209,000 +
Total Jobs Added*
(* Non-Farm Jobs Only)
3.6 %
Unemployment Rate
(Increased by .1% since May 2023)
Total non-farm payroll employment increased by 209,000 in June, as employment in government, health care, social assistance, and construction continued to trend up. Non-farm employment has grown by an average of 278,000 per month over the first 6 months of 2023, lower than the average of 399,000 per month in 2022.
Employment in government increased by 60,000 in June. Employment continued to trend up in state government (+27,000) and local government (+32,000). Overall, government has added an average of 63,000 jobs per month thus far in 2023, more than twice the average of 23,000 per month in 2022. However, government employment is below its pre-pandemic February 2020 level by 161,000, or 0.7 percent.
USA Industry-Specific Updates – June 2023
Professional & Business Services
+21,000
- Scientific, and technical services +23,000
- Job growth positive
Leisure and Hospitality
+21,000
- Third consecutive month of little change in job growth
- Employment remains below its February 2020 level by 369,000
Healthcare
+41,000
- Home health care +9,000
- Hospitals +15,000
- Nursing and residential care +12,000
Transportation & Warehousing
-7,000
- Couriers and messengers -7,000
- Warehousing -7,000
- Air Transportation +3,000
Construction
+23,000
- Residential specialty trade contractors +10,000
Additional Growth Sectors
- Social assistance + 24,000
- Government employment +60,000
- Motor vehicles and parts +6,000
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for Whites declined to 3.1 percent in June. The jobless rates for adult men (3.4 percent), adult women (3.1 percent), teenagers (11.0 percent), Blacks (6.0 percent), Asians (3.2 percent), and Hispanics (4.3 percent) showed little change over the month.
Source: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics
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