{"id":234897,"date":"2025-07-03T14:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/234897\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T14:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:13:13","slug":"us-jobs-see-strong-growth-in-june-with-unemployment-down-to-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/234897\/","title":{"rendered":"US jobs see strong growth in June with unemployment down to 4.1%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Hiring in the US defied expectations with 147,000 jobs added in June, according to the latest figures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The gain was much bigger than the 110,000 additions many analysts had predicted, with government and healthcare the sectors driving the rise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The unemployment rate declined to 4.1%, down from 4.2% in May, the Labor Department said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">However, concerns remain around hiring in the private sector, and analysts point to a growing caution among firms, with many employers hesitant to take on new staff or replace those who leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Job gains for April and May were also revised up by a combined total of 16,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Hiring for roles in the federal government, professional services, and manufacturing declined in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">However, roles in state and local government education rose, with around 63,500 positions added, while healthcare and social assistance gained another 58,600 jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Despite the unemployment rate declining, the number of long-term unemployed in the US increased by 190,000 to a total of 1.6 million people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The monthly jobs report from the government is a closely-watched signal of economic health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hiring in the US defied expectations with 147,000 jobs added in June, according to the latest figures. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3092],"tags":[51,897,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-234897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-jobs","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114789718593173308","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}