US job growth continued to surge forward with 850,000 new jobs added in June, the largest monthly increase since August 2020, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Nebraska and South Dakota unemployment rates are now below the pre-pandemic levels. And 14 states now have a bigger civilian labor force than before the pandemic.
As the economy recovers, US employment is 4.4% below the February 2020 total of 152.5 million jobs. The national unemployment rate slightly increased from 5.8% to 5.9%.
