Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2011. Nonfarm payroll employment changed little (+54,000) in May, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 9.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains continued in professional and business services, health care, and mining. Employment levels in other major private-sector industries were little changed, and local government employment continued to decline.
Household Survey Data
The number of unemployed persons (13.9 million) and the unemployment rate (9.1 percent)…
