Payroll Employment Rises by 138,000 in May, 2017; Unemployment Rate Changes Little (4.3%)

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2017. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 138,000 in May, 2017 and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care and mining.

Household Survey Data

The unemployment rate, at 4.3 percent, and the number of unemployed persons, at 6.9 million, changed little in May. Since January, the unemployment rate has declined by 0.5 percentage point, and the…