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May's Labor Numbers Highlight Job Growth Decline

WASHINGTON, DC--Besides the surprisingly low 138,000 positions added in May, March and April numbers were revised down.

By Erika Morphy | erikamorphy | Updated on June 02, 2017

Labor Department

WASHINGTON, DC–The US economy added 138,000 jobs in May, lower than the 180,000 positions that economists surveyed by Bloomberg had predicted. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3%.

Much of the job gains were in the professional and business services — office-using positions — as well as healthcare and mining industries.

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There were 38,000 positions added in professional and business services, continuing an upward trend for the sector — but still less than the average of 46,000 jobs per month thus far this year.

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