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IndiaDecember 2024 Jobs Report
Total non-farm payroll employment increased by 256,000 in December, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.1 percent. Employment trended up in health care, government, and social assistance. Retail trade added jobs in December, following a job loss in November.
In December, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) changed little at 1.6 million but is up by 278,000 from a year earlier. The long-term unemployed accounted for 22.4 percent of all unemployed people in December.
Total Jobs Added*
(* Non-Farm Jobs Only)
Unemployment Rate
(Decreased by 0.1% since November)
USA Industry-Specific Updates
– December 2024
(+) Means Jobs Added MoM (-) Means Jobs Decreased MoM
+23,000
Social Assistance
Individual and family Services +17,000
+ 43,000
Retail
Clothing and accessories +23000
General merchandise +13,000
Health and personal care +7,000
+46,000
Healthcare
Home healthcare +15,000
Nursing and residential +14,000
Hospitals +12,000
+43,000
Leisure & Hospitality
Average jobs per month +24,000
+33,000
Government
State govt. +10,000
Other Sectors
Mining, Quarrying, Transportation, Warehousing No changes
Among the unemployed, the number of permanent job losers declined by 164,000 to 1.7 million in December but is little different from a year earlier. The number of people on temporary layoff, at 862,000, changed little over the month and over the year.
Source: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics