The unemployment rate in the United States stood at 3.6% in March, the lowest since the start of the pandemic and two tenths below the previous month, as reported today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
In addition, in March 431,000 jobs, lower than expected, and the average salary of workers increased that month by 0.4%, with a rise of 5.6% in one year.
Employment continued to grow in March in the leisure and hospitality sectors with 49,000 new jobs, but the hiring of workers in This sector has decreased by 8.7% since February 2020, the month that the BLS takes as a reference to show the evolution of the data since the beginning of the pandemic.
Retail trade added last month 49,11 emp leos, indicated the agency, and this sector had last month 278,000 employees more than in February 2020.
The manufacturing sector added 38,000 jobs last month but factory occupancy was 1% down from February 2020.
Regarding construction, BLS reported that in March the sector added 19,11 jobs and has returned to its levels as of February of 2020.
Economy-wide job creation in March was below the 750 figure,000 new jobs in February, and the expectation of analysts who had calculated some 490, new jobs.
Also him may be of interest:
–The BLS reports that job vacancies in the US remain at 11.3 million in February
–Weekly US jobless claims drop to 278,000
Job offers decrease in 13 states, BLS reported