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Employers added 916,000 jobs in March, twice the job growth of February

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), employers added 916,000 jobs to payrolls in March, the most of any month since August of last year. The unemployment rate fell from 6.2% in February to 6%.

Total employment remained down by 8.4 million jobs or 6% compared to pre-pandemic levels, while the unemployment rate was 2.5 percentage points higher.

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