Employment increases by 172,000 in May; unemployment rate unchanged at 4.3%
JumpCrisscross
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June 05, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
khriss
The bulk of the gains (~70%) were in Leisure and hospitality (+70k) Health care (+35k), and Social assistance (+12k) Not exactly great news for the medium to long term.
xrd
Last year's gains of 1.5M jobs created was revised down to just 150k. Can anyone explain to me why that happened and why this isn't the same? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/largest-jobs-revisio...