Unemployment Rate Decreases

June 2010 Employment Report

Private Employment Up, Government Employment Down, & Unemployment Rate Down

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released today its report on employment for June 2010 (BLS Employment Report June 2010). The good news was that temporary help employment (considered a leading indicator that the economy has moved into recovery) increased by 379,000 in June, private sector employment was up by 83,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate declined to 9.5%. However, government employment fell due to a 225,000 decrease in temporary workers working on the census.

?Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 125,000 in June, and the unemployment rate edged down to 9.5 percent, The decline in payroll employment reflected a decrease (-225,000) in the number of temporary employees working on Census 2010. Private-sector payroll employment edged up by 83,000 due to modest increases in several industries. So far this year, private-sector employment has increased by 593,000 but in June was 7.9 million below its December 2007 level.?

For more information, go to BLS Employment Report June 2010.

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