Excluding Federal Government Jobs, Payrolls Grow by 161,000 in May, Wages Jump, Despite All Moaning and Groaning

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Excluding Federal Government Jobs, Payrolls Grow by 161,000 in May, Wages Jump, Despite All Moaning and Groaning

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Federal government jobs fell by 22,000, to the lowest share of total payrolls since… whenever.
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.
Total nonfarm payrolls rose by 139,000 in May from April from March, to 159.6 million, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics today (blue columns in the…

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