By: Kellie Lail
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its June 2023 Report, so let’s take a look at how employment fared over the last month.
The great news is:
- In June, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 209,000 people.
- The unemployment rate in June decreased by 0.1% to 3.6%, remaining in the narrow window of 3.5%-3.7% unemployment that has been maintained since March of 2022. The number of unemployed persons in June decreased to 6.0 million.
- Social assistance, government, construction, and health care garnered the largest share of new jobs over the last month.
The good news is:
- The number of long-term unemployed, people who were without a job for 27 weeks or more, was mildly decreased at 1.1 million people, accounting for 18.5% of total unemployed persons.
- In June, average hourly earnings for private non-farm payroll jobs increased by 0.4%, or 12 cents, to $33.58. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 4.3% and the average work week for these employees increased slightly with an average work week of 34.4 hours in June.
- The number of discouraged workers who believed there were no jobs available to them decreased from May by 112,000 ato 310,000 people.
The bad news is:
- The number of people not in the labor force who currently want a job was slightly decreased to 5.4 million people in May. Keep in mind, these 5.4 million people were not counted as unemployed because they were unavailable to take a job or were not actively looking for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.
- The labor force participation rate remained the same in June at 62.6%, for the fourth month in a row, still remaining below the pre-pandemic level of 63.3%.
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