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Government sector and Leisure & Hospitality added significant numbers to the job market in September 2023

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September 2023 Jobs Report

Total non-farm payroll employment rose by 336,000 in September, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.8 percent. Job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality; government; health care; professional, scientific, and technical services; and social assistance.

The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 1.2 million in September. The long-term unemployed accounted for 19.1 percent of all unemployed persons. Both the labor force participation rate, at 62.8 percent, and the employment-population ratio, at 60.4 percent, were unchanged over the month.

Total Jobs Added*

(* Non-Farm Jobs Only)

Unemployment Rate

(No change since August)

USA Industry-Specific Updates
– September 2023

(+) Means Jobs Added MoM (-) Means Jobs Decreased MoM

+29,000

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services

Average monthly gain over the last 12 months +27,000

+96,000

Leisure & Hospitality

Food services & drinking places +61,000
Accommodation Places +16,000

+41,000

Healthcare

Ambulatory health care +24,000
Hospitals +8,000
Nursing and residential care +8,000

+9000

Transportation & Warehousing

Truck transportation +9,000
Air transportation +5,000

+73,000

Government

State government education +29,000
Local government +27000

Other Sectors

Social assistance +25,000
Information -5,000
Motion pictures +7,000

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (3.8 percent), adult women (3.1 percent), teenagers (11.6 percent), Whites (3.4 percent), Blacks (5.7 percent), Asians (2.8 percent), and Hispanics (4.6 percent) showed little or no change in September.

Source: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics

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