Trend estimates (monthly change)

• Employment increased 19,900 to 12,071,300.

• Unemployment increased 1,700 to 744,400.

• Unemployment rate remained steady at 5.8%.

• Participation rate increased by less than 0.1 pts to 64.8%.

• Monthly hours worked in all jobs decreased 2.0 million hours (0.12%) to 1,663.6 million hours.

Seasonally adjusted estimates (monthly change)

• Employment increased 37,400 to 12,099,300. Full-time employment decreased 11,600 to 8,227,400 and part-time employment increased 49,000 to 3,871,900.

• Unemployment decreased 19,100 to 732,300. The number of unemployed persons looking for full-time work decreased 12,300 to 514,200 and the number of unemployed persons only looking for part-time work decreased 6,800 to 218,000.

• Unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 pts to 5.7%.

• Participation rate remained steady at 64.8%.

• Monthly hours worked in all jobs decreased 4.3 million hours (0.26%) to 1,659.5 million hours.