Commissioner's Statement on the Employment Situation News Release — 2015-06-05

Advance copies of this statement are made available to the press under lock-up conditions with the explicit understanding that the data are embargoed until 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 280,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.5 percent. Employment rose in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and health care. Job losses continued in mining. Incorporating the revisions for March and April, which increased nonfarm employment by 32,000, on net, monthly job gains have averaged 207,000 over the past 3 months. In the 12 months prior to May, employment growth averaged 251,000 per month. Employment in professional and business services rose by 63,000 in May and by 671,000 over the year. Within the industry, computer systems design and related services added 10,000 jobs in May.