Canada
Puerto Rico
USA
Belgium
France
UK
IndiaJanuary 2025 Jobs Report
Total non-farm payroll employment rose by 143,000 in January, and the unemployment rate edged down to 4.0 percent. Job gains occurred in health care, retail trade, and social assistance. Employment declined in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industry.
The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more), at 1.4 million, changed little in January. The long-term unemployed accounted for 21.1 percent of all unemployed people.
Total Jobs Added*
%
Unemployment Rate
(Decreased by 0.1% since December)
USA Industry-Specific Updates
– January 2025
+22,000
Social Assistance
Individual and family services +20,000
Community food & housing and others +4,000
+34,000
Retail
Furniture retailer +5,000
General merchandise retailers +31,000
Electronics retailers +7,000
+44,000
Healthcare
Home health care +11,000
Nursing and residential +13,000
Hospitals +14,000
-8,000
Mining, Quarrying and Oil & Gas Extraction
In January, the job loss was concentrated
in support activities for mining
+32,000
Government
Job growth similar to the average monthly gain in 2024 +38,000
Other Sectors
Manufacturing, construction, wholesale trade, and financial activities No change
Among thovse not in the labor force who wanted a job, the number of people marginally attached to the labor force, at 1.6 million, was essentially unchanged in January. These individuals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months but had not looked for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.
Source: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics