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8:30 a.m. (ET) Friday, July 8, 2022. 

Statement of 

William W. Beach 

Commissioner 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Friday, July 8, 2022

Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 372,000 in June, and the 

unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent. Notable job gains 

occurred in professional and business services, leisure and 

hospitality, and health care. 

Total nonfarm employment is down by 524,000, or 0.3 

percent, from its February 2020 level before the onset of the 

coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Private-sector employment has 

recovered the net job losses due to the pandemic and is 140,000 

higher than in February 2020, while government employment is 

664,000 lower. 

Job growth continued in professional and business services 

in June (+74,000). Employment rose in management of companies 

and enterprises (+12,000), computer systems design and related 

services (+10,000), office administrative services (+8,000), and 

scientific research and development services (+6,000). 
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Employment in professional and business services is 880,000 

above its February 2020 level. 

In June, leisure and hospitality added 67,000 jobs. 

However, employment in the industry is down by 1.3 million, or 

7.8 percent, since February 2020. Job growth continued in food 

services and drinking places in June (+41,000). 

Employment in health care rose by 57,000 in June, with job 

growth in ambulatory health care services (+28,000), hospitals 

(+21,000), and nursing and residential care facilities (+8,000). 

Employment in ambulatory health care services is 260,000 above 

its pre-pandemic level. Compared with February 2020, employment 

is down by 57,000 in hospitals and by 379,000 in nursing and 

residential care facilities. Employment in health care overall 

is 176,000 below its February 2020 level. 

Transportation and warehousing added 36,000 jobs in June, 

with gains in warehousing and storage (+18,000) and air 

transportation (+8,000). Employment in transportation and 

warehousing is 759,000 higher than in February 2020. 

In June, manufacturing added 29,000 jobs, mostly in 

nondurable goods (+18,000). Manufacturing employment has 

returned to its pre-pandemic level. 

Employment in information rose by 25,000 in June, including 

an increase of 9,000 in publishing industries, except Internet. 
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Employment in information is 105,000 higher than in February 

2020. 

In June, employment in social assistance grew by 21,000. 

Employment continued to trend up in child day care services 

(+11,000) and in individual and family services (+10,000). 

Employment in social assistance is 87,000 below its February 

2020 level. 

Wholesale trade added 16,000 jobs in June, with half of the 

gain in nondurable goods. Employment in wholesale trade is 

18,000 lower than in February 2020. 

In June, mining employment increased by 5,000, with a gain 

of 2,000 in oil and gas extraction. Since a recent low in 

February 2021, mining employment has grown by 86,000. 

Employment showed little change over the month in other 

major industries, including construction, retail trade, 

financial activities, other services, and government. 

The average workweek for all private-sector workers was 

unchanged at 34.5 hours in June. The average workweek for 

manufacturing was little changed at 40.3 hours. 

Average hourly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm 

payrolls increased by 10 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $32.08 in 

June. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have 

increased by 5.1 percent. 
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Turning to the labor market indicators from the household 

survey, the unemployment rate was 3.6 percent in June for the 

fourth month in a row, and the number of unemployed people was 

essentially unchanged at 5.9 million. Both measures are little 

different from their February 2020 levels (3.5 percent and 5.7 

million, respectively). 

In June, the unemployment rate for Asians increased to 3.0 

percent, offsetting a decrease in the prior month. The jobless 

rates for adult men (3.3 percent), adult women (3.3 percent), 

teenagers (11.0 percent), Whites (3.3 percent), Blacks (5.8 

percent), and Hispanics (4.3 percent) showed little or no change 

in June. 

Among the unemployed, the number of permanent job losers 

was little changed at 1.3 million in June. The number of people 

on temporary layoff was also little changed at 827,000. Both 

measures are little different from their February 2020 levels. 

By duration of unemployment, the number of people 

unemployed for 27 weeks or more (often referred to as the longterm unemployed), at 1.3 million, was essentially unchanged over 

the month but is 215,000 above its February 2020 level. In June, 

the long-term unemployed accounted for 22.6 percent of all 

unemployed people. 

The labor force participation rate, at 62.2 percent, and 

the employment-population ratio, at 59.9 percent, changed little 
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in June. Both measures are below their February 2020 levels, by 

1.2 percentage points and 1.3 percentage points, respectively. 

In June, the number of people working part time for 

economic reasons fell by 707,000 to 3.6 million and is below its 

February 2020 level of 4.4 million. 

The number of people not in the labor force who currently 

want a job was essentially unchanged at 5.7 million in June. 

This measure remains above its February 2020 level of 5.0 

million. 

Among those who were not in the labor force but wanted a 

job, the number of people marginally attached to the labor 

force, at 1.5 million, was essentially unchanged in June. 

(People who are marginally attached to the labor force had not 

actively looked for work in the 4 weeks prior to the survey but 

wanted a job, were available for work, and had looked for a job 

within the last 12 months.) The number of discouraged workers, a 

subset of the marginally attached who believed that no jobs were 

available for them, was little changed at 364,000 in June. 

Looking at the supplemental pandemic-related measures from 

the household survey (these supplemental data are not seasonally 

adjusted), the share of employed people who teleworked because 

of the pandemic was 7.1 percent, down from May. These data refer 

only to employed people who teleworked or worked at home for pay 
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at some point in the last 4 weeks specifically because of the 

pandemic; they do not include all instances of telework. 

In June, the number of people who reported that they had 

been unable to work because their employer closed or lost 

business due to the pandemic was 2.1 million, up from May. 

(These individuals did not work at all or worked fewer hours at 

some point in the last 4 weeks due to the pandemic.) Among those 

who reported in June that they were unable to work because of 

pandemic-related closures or lost business, 24.8 percent 

received at least some pay from their employer for the hours not 

worked, little changed from May. 

Among those not in the labor force in June, 610,000 people 

were prevented from looking for work due to the pandemic, up 

from May. (To be counted as unemployed, by definition, 

individuals must either be actively searching for work or on 

temporary layoff.) 

In summary, nonfarm payroll employment increased by 372,000 

in June, and the unemployment rate held at 3.6 percent.