U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in October, BLS jobs report shows

Payrolls rose by 165,000 in October and the unemployment rate was 4.1%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on November 6. August and September were revised up by a combined 84,000.

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- Nonfarm payrolls: +165,000 in October. Unemployment rate: 4.1%, little changed, with 7.1 million unemployed. Labor force participation: 61.9%, little changed.
- Professional and business services +70,000. Health care +42,000. Transportation and warehousing +25,000. Manufacturing +19,000. Construction, retail trade and government showed little change.
- August: revised from +133,000 to +186,000 (+53,000). September: revised from +29,000 to +60,000 (+31,000).
- Average hourly earnings for private nonfarm employees rose 14 cents, or 0.4%, to $38.00 in October, and are up 3.1% over the past 12 months.

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