U.S. economy adds 115,000 jobs in April
Yahoo Finance·2026-05-08 12:45

115,000 115,000 that was the gain that we saw in the month. So that is better than the consensus estimate here. Change in private payrolls as part of that 123,000 that was expected that that would be the primary driver of this.The unemployment rate indeed holding steady at 4.3%. Average hourly earnings actually rising a little bit less than estimated. 0.2% on a month-over-month basis.That's a tenth of a percent worse than estimated. And year-over-year average hourly earnings up 3.6% which is a slight accele ...

U.S. economy adds 115,000 jobs in April - Reportify