![](/remote/aHR0cHM6Ly9naWVjZG4uYmxvYi5jb3JlLndpbmRvd3MubmV0L2ZpbGV1cGxvYWRzL2ltYWdlLzIwMjMvMTEvMTYvdW5lbXBsb3ltZW50X2lzdG9ja19qbGd1dGllcnJlei5qcGc.eww9B00Ha9I.jpg?w=948&h=533&format=webp&mode=pad&anchor=middlecenter&scale=both&bgcolor=F0F1F2)
Image: istock | jlgutierrez
WASHINGTON - Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 150,000 in October, and the unemployment rate changed little at 3.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Job gains occurred in health care, government, and social assistance. Employment declined in manufacturing due to strike activity.
Both the unemployment rate, at 3.9 percent, and the number of unemployed persons, at 6.5 million, changed little in October. However, since their recent lows in April, these measures are up by 0.5 percentage point and 849,000, respectively.
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (3.7 percent), adult women (3.3 percent), teenagers (13.2 percent), Whites (3.5 percent), Blacks (5.8 percent), Asians (3.1 percent), and Hispanics (4.8 percent) showed little change in October.
Latest from Pest Control Technology
- SiteOne Hosts 2024 Women in Green Industry Conference
- Veseris Celebrates Grand Reopening of the Miami ProCenter
- Rollins' 2024 Second Quarters Revenues up 8.7 Percent YOY
- Fleetio Go Fleet Maintenance App Now Available in Spanish
- German Cockroach Control Mythbusting
- Total Pest Control Acquires Target Pest Control
- NPMA Workforce Development Shares Hiring Updates
- Certus Acquires Jarrod's Pest Control