Total nonfarm payroll work increased by 187,000 in August, and the joblessness rate increased to 3.8%.
Job gains happened in healthcare, leisure and hospitality, social support, and building and construction.
Employment in leisure and hospitality continued to trend up in August (+40,000). The market had actually acquired approximately 61,000 tasks monthly over the previous 12 months. Employment in leisure and hospitality stays listed below its pre-pandemic February 2020 level by 290,000, or 1.7%.
Social support work increased by 26,000 in August, in line with the previous 12-month typical gain (+22,000). Over the month, task development continued in private and household services (+21,000).
Health care included 71,000 tasks, following a gain of comparable magnitude in July. In August, task development continued in ambulatory healthcare services (+40,000), nursing and property care centers (+17,000), and healthcare facilities (+15,000).
Construction work continued to trend up in August (+22,000), in line with the typical month-to-month gain over the previous 12 months (+17,000). Within the market, work trended up in specialized trade specialists (+11,000) and in heavy and civil engineering building and construction (+7,000).
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