When the Labor Department releases January employment numbers, they’re likely to show decent, but unspectacular, job growth ...
US Job Market Likely Began the Year Strong, but Faces Cloudier Future ... but also a downshift from 2024 which averaged 186,000 new jobs a month, including a surge of 256,000 in December.
Because employers typically cut lots of workers at the end of the year, dampening January employment totals, the sparse layoffs likely boosted last month’s net job gains after the figures were ...
And average hourly wages increased 4.1% year-over-year to a new record of $35.87 ... wildfires and extreme winter weather each knocked off about 20,000 jobs added than typical in January ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. labor market probably started 2025 the way it spent most of last year: Generating decent ... 2024 which averaged 186,000 new jobs a month, including a surge of ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. labor market probably started 2025 the way it spent most of last year: Generating decent, but unspectacular, job growth. When the Labor Department releases January ...