The Employment Situation: April 1995 — 1995-05-05

Unemployment increased in April and nonfarm payroll employment was unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The nation's jobless rate rose by 0.3 percentage point to 5.8 percent in April. The number of payroll jobs, as measured by the survey of employers, remained at 115.8 million in April. Total employment, as measured by the household survey, was little changed at 125.1 million. The number of unemployed persons increased by 428,000 in April to 7.7 million, while the unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage point to 5.8 percent. With the exception of Hispanics, whose jobless rate (8.8 percent) was about the same as in March, rates rose for all other major worker groups, including adult men (4.9 percent), adult women (5.2 percent), teenagers (17.5 percent), whites (5.0 percent), and blacks (10.7 percent).