economy United States of America A total of 263,000 new items during September Nonfarm jobs are the weakest since April 2021, but still represent a higher-than-expected number, confirming the robustness of the US labor market. allowing to reduce unemployment rate from 3.7% to 3.5%.
Thus, after the employment increase of 315,000 in August and 537,000 in July, Job creation has generated an average of 420,000 jobs per month so far this year in 2022.Compared to 562,000 monthly jobs in 2021.
The sectors that caused the most significant increase in employment in September were entertainment and accommodation as well as health services.
On the other hand andThe number of unemployed fell to 5.8 million in SeptemberIncluding 1.1 million long-term unemployed, it equals 18.5% of the total.
Likewise, the labor force participation rate in September was 62.3%, thus remaining 1.1 points below the pre-Covid-19 pandemic February 2020 level.
In September, Sectors with the highest increase in employment free time and hostelas well as health care.
Specifically, entertainment and accommodation added 83,000 new employees in September, in line with the average monthly increase in the first 8 months of the year, while healthcare created 60,000 new jobs in September.
In the ninth month of the year, 5.2% of employees worked remotely due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 6.5% compared to the previous month. In May 2020, the first month in which this data was collected, 35.4% of employees worked remotely due to the pandemic.
Also in September, average hourly earnings for employees rose 10 cents, or 0.3%, to $32.46. This resulted in a 5% increase in average earnings per hour over the past 12 months.
On the other hand, the number of unemployed decreased to 5.8 million in September, 1.1 million of whom were long-term unemployed, which corresponds to 18.5% of the total.
Likewise, the labor force participation rate in September was 62.3%, thus remaining 1.1 points below the pre-Covid-19 pandemic February 2020 level.