Commissioner's Statement on the Employment Situation News Release - 2022 Q02 Results — 2022-07-08

Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 372,000 in June, and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent. Notable job gains occurred in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and health care. Total nonfarm employment is down by 524,000, or 0.3 percent, from its February 2020 level before the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Private-sector employment has recovered the net job losses due to the pandemic and is 140,000 higher than in February 2020, while government employment is 664,000 lower. Job growth continued in professional and business services in June (+74,000). Employment rose in management of companies and enterprises (+12,000), computer systems design and related services (+10,000), office administrative services (+8,000), and scientific research and development services (+6,000). Employment in professional and business services is 880,000 above its February 2020 level. In June, leisure and hospitality added 67,000 jobs.