January 2015 Employment Situation — 2015-02-06

NOTE: This news release was reissued on February 6, 2015, to correct data in table C for the employed (Dec.-Jan. change, after removing the population control effect). No other data were affected. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 257,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 5.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in retail trade, construction, health care, financial activities, and manufacturing. The unemployment rate, at 5.7 percent, changed little in January and has shown no net change since October. The number of unemployed persons, at 9.0 million, was little changed in January. (See table A-1. See the note at the end of this news release and tables B and C for information about annual population adjustments to the household survey estimates.) Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for teenagers (18.8 percent) increased in January.