Economists had been expecting an overall healthy reading, with 169,000 net new jobs created in the month and the unemployment ...

The economy added a mild 143,000 new jobs in January as massive California wildfires and a cold snap in much of the country ...

January employment report - strong overall despite slower nonfarm payroll gains for the month. Read more here.

January's jobs report, which split time between two presidents and factored in multiple major weather events, was a messy ...

The Labor Department has released its first jobs report of the year, covering January 2025. It shows that payrolls grew by 143,000 — somewhat lower than economists’ expectations of 175,000.

Economists were projecting the unemployment rate would stay at 4.1% and 170,000 jobs would be added, according to FactSet estimates. Friday’s report — which also featured some significant data ...