McLean, VA Jobs Report
Real time jobs report data summary. Figures are based on the latest data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS.gov). All jobs numbers are for non-farm employment.
Metro
+18,500
State
+8,000
National
+263,000
Metro
3.3%
State
2.9%
National
3.6%
U.S. payrolls added 263,000 new non-farm jobs in April, surging past economists’ predictions of 180,000. Sectors showing noteworthy gains include professional & business services, construction, healthcare and social assistance. Unemployment ticked down to 3.6 percent: a half-century low. Steve Rick, the CUNA Mutual Group’s chief economist told Market Insider, “With another strong employment report in April, we’ve gotten reassurance that the labor market is staying on a strong and steady course.” The weaker job gains earlier in the year proved to be a momentary blip rather than an indication of a coming downturn. March and April’s aggregate numbers were revised upward by 16,000 jobs. Markets reacted positively, with S&P and NASDAQ futures as well as the 10-year Treasury yield all rising in response to the job numbers. Average hourly earnings increased 0.2 percent month-over-month, slightly below expectations. The Fed, seeing no immediate threat of an overheated, inflationary economy, held rates steady. Torsten Slok, chief economist at Deutsche Bank Securities, summed up the current economic picture, “Goldilocks is the best description of this.”
BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov. The BLS defines a sector as a subset of the domestic economy and excludes the economic activities of the following: general government, private households, and nonprofit organizations serving individuals. A sector consists of multiple industries. The BLS defines an industry as a group of establishments that produce similar products or provide similar services. Multiple industries makeup sectors.
