U.S. Hiring Rebounds After 5 Months of Easing

Even with the pickup, the three-month average eased to 119,000, one of the lowest levels since 2020.

By Mark Niquette | October 03, 2024 at 08:26 AM

Hiring at U.S. companies picked up in September, snapping a five-month stretch of slower payrolls growth.

Private payrolls increased 143,000 last month after an August advance that was the weakest since March 2023, according to the ADP Research Institute in collaboration with Stanford Digital Economy Lab. The Bloomberg survey of economists had called for a gain of 125,000 jobs.

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