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The Employment Situation - October 2018
Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-18-0024. 8:30 (EST) Friday, January 5, 2018. Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 Media contact: (202) 691-5902 THE Employment Situation DECEMBER 2017. Total nonfarm payroll Employment increased by 148,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment gains occurred in health care, construction, and manufacturing. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll Employment over-the-month change, December 2015 December 2017 seasonally adjusted, December 2015 December 2017. Percent Thousands 400. 350. 300. 250. 200. 150. 100.
-2- Household Survey Data . The unemployment rate remained at 3.7 percent in October, and the number of unemployed persons was little changed at 6.1 million. Over the year, the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed persons declined by 0.4 percentage point and 449,000, respectively.
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