September 2024 Employment Snapshot

• The US economy added 254,000 jobs in September 2024

• With 81,000 new hires, the healthcare industry saw the largest hiring gains

• The leisure industry saw the second largest gain at 78,000 hires

• Nationally, 161,864,000 people were employed

• 6,834,000 people were unemployed

• The average national weekly earning was $1,209.31

• The national unemployment rate was 4.1%

• The average duration of unemployment was 5.6 months

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September 2024, the US economy added 254,000 jobs.

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August 2024, the US economy added 142,000 jobs.

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July 2024, the US economy added 114,000 jobs.

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June 2024, the US economy added 206,000 jobs.

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May 2024, the US economy added 272,000 jobs.

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April 2024, the US economy added 175,000 jobs.

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March 2024, the US economy added 303,000 jobs.

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February 2024, the US economy added 275,000 jobs.

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January 2024, the US economy added 353,000 jobs.

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December 2023, the US economy added 216,000 jobs.

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November 2023, the US economy added 199,000 jobs.

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October 2023, the US economy added 150,000 jobs.

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September 2023, the US economy added 336,000 jobs.

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August 2023, the US economy added 187,000 jobs.

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July 2023, the US economy added 187,000 jobs.

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June 2023, the US economy added 209,000 jobs.

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May 2023, the US economy added 339,000 jobs.

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April 2023, the US economy added 253,000 jobs.

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March 2023, the US economy added 236,000 jobs.

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February 2023, the US economy added 311 ,000 jobs.

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January 2023, the US economy added 517 ,000 jobs.

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December 2022, the US economy added 223 ,000 jobs.

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November 2022, the US economy added 263,000 jobs.

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October 2022, the US economy added 261,000 jobs.

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September 2022, the US economy added 263,000 jobs.

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August 2022, the US economy added 315,000 jobs.

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July 2022, the US economy added 528,000 jobs.

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June 2022, the US economy added 372,000 jobs.

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May 2022, the US economy added 390,000 jobs.

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April 2022, the US economy added 428,000 jobs.

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March 2022, the US economy added 431,000 jobs.

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February 2022, the US economy added 678,000 jobs.

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January 2022, the US economy added 467,000 jobs.

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December 2021, the US economy added 199,000 jobs.

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November 2021, the US economy added 210,000 jobs.

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October 2021, the US economy added 531,000 jobs.

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September 2021, the US economy added 194,000 jobs.

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August 2021, the US economy added 235,000 jobs.

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July 2021, the US economy added 943,000 jobs.

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June 2021, the US economy added 850,000 jobs.

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May 2021, the US economy added 599,000 jobs.

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April 2021, the US economy added 266,000 jobs.

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March 2021, the US economy added 916,000 jobs.

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February 2021, the US economy added 379,000 jobs.

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January 2021, the US economy added 49,000 jobs.

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December 2020, the US economy lost 140,000 jobs.

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November 2020, the US economy added 245,000 jobs.

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October 2020, the US economy added 638,000 jobs.

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September 2020, the US economy gained 661,000 jobs.

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August 2020, the US economy gained 1,400,000 jobs.

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July 2020, the US economy gained 1.8 million jobs.

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June 2020, the US economy gained 4.8 million jobs.

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May 2020, the US economy gained 2.5 million jobs.

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April 2020, the US economy lost 20.5 million jobs.

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March 2020, the US economy lost 701,000 jobs.

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February 2020, the US economy added 273,000 new jobs.

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January 2020, the US economy added 225,000 new jobs.

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December 2019, the US economy added 145,000 new jobs

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November 2019, the US economy added 266,000 new jobs

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October 2019, the US economy added 128,000 new jobs

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September 2019, the US economy added 136,000 new jobs

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August 2019, the US economy added 130,000 new jobs

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July 2019, the US economy added 164,000 new jobs

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June 2019, the US economy added 224,000 new jobs

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May 2019, the US economy added 75,000 new jobs

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April 2019, the US economy added 263,000 new jobs

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March 2019, the US economy added 196,000 new jobs

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February 2019, the US economy added 20,000 jobs

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January 2019, the US economy added 304,000 jobs

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December 2018, US Economy added 312,000 jobs

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November 2018, the US added 155,000 jobs

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October 2018, the U.S. economy added 250,000 jobs

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September 2018, the U.S. economy added 134,000 jobs

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August 2018, the US economy added 201,000 jobs

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July 2018, the U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs

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June 2018, the U.S. economy added 213,000 jobs

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May 2018, the U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs

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April 2018, the U.S. economy added 164,000 jobs

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