Every month the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a report on the Employment Situation. Here are highlights from the most recent report:
Current Data on the Employment Situation
- Unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent
- Temporary help services and health care continued to add jobs over the month.
- Employment in federal government also rose, reflecting the hiring of temporary workers for Census 2010.
- Employment continued to decline in financial activities and in information.
- 44.1 percent of unemployed persons were jobless for 27 weeks or more.
- The number of persons working part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) increased to 9.1 million in March.
- Job growth continued in temporary help services and in health care.
- Federal government employment increased due to the hiring of temporary workers for Census 2010.
- Manufacturing employment continued to trend up.
- Employment in construction held steady.
- Over the month, employment changed little in transportation and warehousing, leisure and hospitality, retail trade, and wholesale trade.
- The manufacturing workweek for all employees increased by 0.2 hour to 39.9 hours, and factory overtime was up by 0.1 hour over the month.
Click here to view the full report
