339,000 jobs were created versus 190,000 estimated by experts. Job creation focused on professional and business services, government, health care, construction, transport and storage, and social assistance.
The unemployment rate rose however three tenths, to 3.7%, after marking its lowest in five decades in April, and reached its highest level since last October. In total, there are 6.1 million people out of work in the United States. The average workweek was reduced by six minutes, to 34.3 hours.