U.S. employers added just 143,000 jobs last month, but the jobless rate slipped to 4% to start 2025 and the government revised November and December payrolls higher. The first job report of Donald ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to 5.7 percent in January as businesses added 143,000 new jobs, a shot of good news for an ailing economy. The increase in ...

Employers added 119,000 jobs in September, up from the 4,000 jobs lost in August following a revision and far above expectations of 50,000 added jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday.

U.S. job growth likely picked up moderately in September, while the unemployment rate held steady near a four-year high of 4.3%, consistent with sluggish labor market conditions that economists and ...