Commissioner's Statement on the Employment Situation News Release — 2014-09-05

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 142,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 6.1 percent. Employment rose in professional and business services and in health care. Incorporating the revisions for June and July, which reduced total nonfarm employment by 28,000 on net, monthly job gains have averaged 207,000 over the past 3 months. In the 12 months prior to August, employment growth averaged 212,000 per month. Professional and business services added 47,000 jobs in August. Within this industry, employment in management of companies and enterprises increased by 8,000 over the month. Employment continued to trend up in administrative and support services (+23,000), architectural and engineering services (+3,000), and in management and technical consulting services (+3,000).