Employment Situation News Release

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The latest Employment Situation news release has been posted on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf and also archived at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_05022025.pdf. Highlights are below.
Payroll employment rises by 177,000 in April; unemployment rate unchanged at 4.2%
05/02/2025
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 177,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.2 percent. Employment continued to trend up in health care, transportation and warehousing, financial activities, and social assistance. Federal government employment declined. HTML \| PDF \| RSS \| Charts

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Payroll employment rises by 177,000 in April; unemployment rate unchanged at 4.2%