Retail trade and government were also strong, adding more than 30,000 jobs apiece. The gains in health care were broadly in ...

January raw numbers typically see big drops in employment, so the blue bar should not be interpreted as abnormal job losses. The chart below shows how the jobs data has been revised. The last ...

A majority of US adults polled by CBS News/YouGov approved of how President Donald Trump was handling the presidency in his first month.

The latest employment report showed that 143,000 jobs were added in January, falling short of the expected 169,000. Read more here.

U.S. employers added 143,000 jobs last month, somewhat fewer than forecast, while unemployment fell to 4 percent and hourly earnings rose.