57,000 jobs were created in the US in June and unemployment remains stable
The BLS reported that 57,000 jobs were created in June in the United States and unemployment remained at 4.2%: here are the sectors that added and lost jobs
Hiring in the United States maintained a positive balance during June, although it showed less dynamism than in recent months. The economy added 57,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate remained stable at 4.2%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The report also detailed which sectors drove job growth and which saw job losses.
The report indicates that total non-agricultural employment increased by 57,000 new jobs during June, a figure similar to the monthly average of the last 12 months, but lower than expected by the market. Economists consulted by FactSet projected the creation of around 100,000 jobs.
At the same time, the unemployment rate remained at 4.2%, while the number of people without work remained at 7.1 million. If unemployment rates by demographic group of workers are taken into account, there were no significant changes either. The unemployment was:
BLS data shows that professional and business services led job creation with 36,000 new positions. Social assistance added 25,000 positions, driven mainly by individual and family services, while the health sector added 22,000 workers, although at a lower rate than the average recorded during the last year.
In contrast, the leisure and hospitality sector lost 61,000 jobs during June. The BLS attributed this result to weaker-than-usual seasonal hiring. Regarding these figures, some specialists consider that adjustments could be recorded in future reports.
“There is no chance that the leisure and hospitality sector will post losses in the middle of the World Cup,” Jamie Cox, managing partner of Harris Financial Group, said in an email reported by CBS News. “Upward revisions are expected in the coming months.”
The report also revised downwards the results of April and May: on the one hand, April went from 179,000 to 148,000 positions; while May was corrected from 172,000 to 129,000. Together, both revisions reduced previously published figures by 74,000 jobs.
Despite these adjustments, the average job creation between April and June was approximately 111,000 positions per month, above the average of close to 73,000 registered during the first quarter of 2026.