November 2009 Employment Situation — 2009-12-04

(NOTE: This release omitted a notice routinely posted at this time each year announcing the implementation of annually revised season- ally adjusted household survey data next month. The revised data will be included in The Employment Situation news release scheduled for publication on January 8, 2010. Please see the box note at the end of the news release text for additional information.) The unemployment rate edged down to 10.0 percent in November, and nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-11,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In the prior 3 months, payroll job losses had averaged 135,000 a month. In November, employment fell in construction, manufacturing, and information, while temporary help services and health care added jobs. In November, both the number of unemployed persons, at 15.4 million, and the unemployment rate, at 10.0 percent, edged down.