The U.S. economy gained 336,000 jobs in September, and the unemployment rate remained at 3.8%, according to figures released Friday morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This strong jobs report shows the continued success of President Biden's policies.
September’s biggest job gains were in leisure and hospitality (+96,000), government (+73,000), health care (+41,000), professional, scientific and technical services (+29,000), social assistance (+25,000), and transportation and warehousing (+9,000). Employment in information (-5,000), declined over the month. Employment showed little change over the month in other major industries, including mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; construction; manufacturing; wholesale trade; retail trade; financial activities; and other services.
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for teenagers (11.6%), Black Americans (5.7%), Hispanics (4.6%), adult men (3.8%), White Americans (3.4%), adult women (3.1%), and Asian Americans (2.8%) showed little or no change in September.
The number of long-term unemployed workers (those jobless for 27 weeks or longer) was little changed in September and accounted for 19.1% of the total number of people unemployed.