The job market is showing revived strength, despite big-name companies announcing layoffs. The economy had its best three-month average job growth since early 2024. But it's still hard for some to ...

The unemployment rate remained at 4.1% in August. Workers’ paychecks rose 3.1% over the year.

The August jobs report is due out at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday, and economists are expecting that employers added 65,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate inched back up to 4.2%.

“The April jobs report smashing expectations thanks to robust private-sector growth is yet another sign that the American economy remains on a solid trajectory under President Trump. America added ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics just reported that the U.S. economy added a whopping 162,000 jobs in August, far exceeding economists' expectations. Even better, previously reported employment gains ...

The U.S. economy added jobs in March as the labor market rebounded after it unexpectedly shed jobs a month ago. The Labor Department on Friday reported that employers added 178,000 jobs in March. That ...

The labor market has been erratic to start 2026, creating over 100,000 jobs one month and then contracting the next. But Federal Reserve officials aren’t alarmed, with one central banker suggesting ...

Despite the administration’s best attempts, the diminishing status of many American jobs is driving a spike in women’s employment. By Noam Scheiber It didn’t quite make the same splash as Jackie ...

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The U.S. economy is projected to show job gains of 59,000 for the month, an anemic rate by the standards of previous years this decade but enough to keep the unemployment rate at 4.4%. With the ...