Job report: Employers added just 114,000 jobs in July as unemployment jumped to 4.3% Paul Davidson USA TODAY 0:05 ...

This week, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover report found that employers had 7.4 million jobs open in April, up from 7.2 million in March.

Friday’s report suggests those fears were overblown. A monthly gain of 175,000 jobs isn’t great, but it’s on track with the pace of recovery over the past couple of years.

U.S. employers added 114,000 jobs in July, far short of forecasts, and unemployment rose to 4.3 percent, the highest level since 2021. Monthly change in jobs +0 +100,000 +200,000 +300,000 July Aug ...

Economists had forecast the unemployment rate to hold steady at 4.1% with 170,000 new jobs added, per FactSet estimates. The report offered a closer look at our current labor trends, showing that ...

Jobs Day hits every first Friday at 8:30 AM Eastern, and the jobs number—6.1, 4.9, 3.7—gets treated like a verdict, not an explanation. The jobs report is based on a survey of 60,000 households.

Based on initial estimates, May’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, due out Friday at 8:30 am ET, could be similar: Economists are expecting job growth of 180,000 payrolls and an ...

"The May jobs report was a difficult one to parse, with a wide disparity in the two source surveys. The household survey was weak, showing increased unemployment, but the establishment survey beat ...

The January employment report brought something that hasn’t exactly been in short supply lately: a bit of confusion. The economy turned in another month of [solid job growth] (https://www.wsj ...