Canada
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IndiaFebruary 2025 Jobs Report
Total non-farm payroll employment rose by 151,000 in February, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.1 percent. Employment trended up in health care, financial activities, transportation and warehousing, and social assistance. Federal government employment declined.
The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more), at 1.5 million, changed little in February. The long-term unemployed accounted for 20.9 percent of all unemployed people.
Total Jobs Added*
%
Unemployment Rate
(No change since January)
USA Industry-Specific Updates
– February 2025
+11,000
Social Assistance
Individual and family services +10,000
General merchandise -15,000
-6,000
Retail
Food and beverage retailers -15,000
Other merchandise retailers +10,000
+52,000
Healthcare
Ambulatory health care +26,000
Nursing and residential +12,000
Hospitals +15,000
+18,000
Transportation and Warehousing
Couriers and messengers +24,000
Air Transportation +4,000
+21,000
Financial Activities
Real estate and rental leasing +10,000
Insurance carriers +5,000
Other Sectors
Mining, manufacturing, construction No change
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for Whites (3.8 percent) increased in February. The jobless rates for adult men (3.8 percent), adult women (3.8 percent), teenagers (12.9 percent), Blacks (6.0 percent), Asians (3.2 percent), and Hispanics (5.2 percent) showed little change over the month.
Source: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics