April Jobs Report Shows Modest Growth, Signaling Labor Market Resilience Despite Ongoing Economic Uncertainty

Despite modest hiring, revisions to previous months' numbers and slowing wage growth hint at a gradually cooling job market. Read More

April jobs report shows modest hiring slowdown but still solid labor market

Downward revisions for March and February job gains add a worrying edge to a better-than-expected April employment report. Read More

Labor Market Held Steady In April, Adding More Jobs Than Expected

The U.S. economy added 177,000 jobs in April, decelerating from a downwardly revised 185,000 in March, but more than the 133,000 forecasters had expected. The unemployment rate remained relatively low ... Read More

A hotter-than-expected jobs report shows US employment is holding strong as tariffs swirl

The US added 177,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate held at 4.2%. Read More

April jobs report shows solid but slowed growth

The already fragile U.S. economy will come under further focus Friday morning with the release of the April jobs report. It will offer a snapshot of economic momentum as signs of strain grow across ... Read More

US labor market stays resilient, but workers less productive in Q1

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week as the spring break-related boost from the prior week faded, suggesting the labor market continued to ... Read More

America's hiring boom is officially over

The jobs report said the US economy ... of signs the labor market was cooling off. The June Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, also released last week, showed a slowdown in hiring, with ... Read More

U.S. Hiring Stayed Strong in April, the Early Days of Tariff Policy

The picture of a steady job market, even if backward looking, reassured investors worried about a trade-induced economic slowdown. Read More

US job growth hasn’t been this slow since Covid. Trump’s policies could chill it further

In April, the tariff headwinds grew stronger as Trump ramped up duties on Chinese imports to 145%; placed a 10% baseline tariff on all imported goods; applied a 25% tariff on cars; and imposed — then ... Read More

Current Unemployment Rate and Other Jobs Report Findings

Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ... held steady at 4.2% in April, compared to March, according to the jobs report released ... Read More

US: March jobs report expected to show hiring slowed, unemployment rate held steady before Trump's tariffs

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly jobs report is expected to show nonfarm payrolls rose by 140,000 in March, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, according to consensus estimates ... Read More