US employers added 147,000 jobs in June despite Trump's tariffs, federal layoffs and immigration crackdown; unemployment at 4.1% ...

June's jobs report surpassed the expectations of analysts. The economy added a total of 147,000 jobs last month, ahead of May's upwardly revised 144,000 and consensus forecasts of only 100,000.

The US economy added a disappointing 73,000 jobs in July amid Trump's tariffs, immigration constraints; unemployment rises ...

State government payrolls grew by 47,000, while local governments added 33,000 jobs. The bulk of those new jobs on both levels were in education, the data shows.

Since January 2023, more than 1 in 5 new jobs in the U.S. have been in either state and local government or public education, which is over twice the scale of public sector job growth seen in the ...

Local officials in the Washington, D.C., area are bracing for the economic impact of federal workforce cuts. Some states are working to provide resources to fired workers.