February Employment Blog
This information is taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Monthly Employment Report. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 175,000 in February, and the unemployment rate, at…
January Employment Blog
Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 113,000 in January 2014, and the unemployment rate, at 6.6 percent, decreased from a revised 6.7 percent in December. Private-sector employment…
December Employment Blog
This is a summary of employment trends based on the monthly report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Monthly Employment report released in December on November…
November Employment Blog
This is a summary of unemployment and employment data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 204,000 in October, an increase…
October Employment Report
Due to the government shutdown, I cannot analyze this month’s jobs data as the Bureau of Labor Statistics will not be publishing their monthly report for…
September Employment Blog
August Employment Report 2013 This month’s review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Reports again has moderately positive results. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 169,000…
August Employment Report
This month’s summary of the Bureau of Labor Statistics report on Employment has continued good news. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in July, and the…
June Employment Trends
Total non-farm payroll employment increased by 195,000 in June. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.6%. Employment rose in the following categories: leisure and hospitality, professional…
May 2013 Employment Trends
May Employment Trends (Information from U S Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics) Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 175,000 in May, with gains in…
April 2013 Employment Trends
Major Trends: Non-farm payroll increased in April 2013 by 165,000 nationally. This compares to an average of 169,000 over the prior 12 month period. The…