January hiring was narrow. Healthcare (44,000 new jobs), retail (34,000) and government (32,000) together accounted for 77% of new jobs last month. Mines shed 8,000 jobs. The Labor Department said the ...
The economy picked up 143,000 jobs in January, a slower but solid pace to start the new year, even as the California fires and data revisions to employment figures weighed on the job gains.