Canada
Puerto Rico
USA
Belgium
France
UK
IndiaOctober 2024 Jobs Report
Total non-farm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in October (+12,000), and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent. Employment continued to trend up in health care and government. Temporary help services lost jobs. Employment declined in manufacturing due to strike activity.
The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 1.6 million in October. This measure is up from 1.3 million a year earlier. In October, the long-term unemployed accounted for 22.9 percent of all unemployed people.
Total Jobs Added*
(* Non-Farm Jobs Only)
Unemployment Rate
( No change since September)
USA Industry-Specific Updates
– October 2024
(+) Means Jobs Added MoM (-) Means Jobs Decreased MoM
- 46,000
Manufacturing
Reflecting a decline of 44,000 in transportation equipment manufacturing that was largely due to strike activity
+8,000
Construction
Average job growth in the last 12 months +20,000 per month
+52,000
Healthcare
Ambulatory health care +36,000
Nursing and residential +9,000
-49,000
Professional and Business Services
Temporary help services employment has decreased by 577,000 since reaching a peak in March 2022
+40,000
Government
State govt. +18,000
Other Sectors No Change
Mining
Quarrying
Oil & gas extraction
Among those not in the labor force who wanted a job, the number of people marginally attached to the labor force, at 1.6 million, was little changed in October. 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