Monthly analysis is based on seasonally adjusted employment data.
Yearly analysis is based on unadjusted employment data.
Overview March marks the eleventh consecutive month of employment increases in the seasonally adjusted data. Nonagricultural employment increased by 1,000 over the month to 2,649,200 jobs with most of the gains generated by services and construction. This slower growth follows several months of robust employment gains. The rate of employment growth over the past year also slowed somewhat to 2.2 percent, yielding a numerical gain of 56,400 jobs. Mining Mining employment gained 100 jobs over the month after posting no employment change in February.