The U.S. economy gained a staggering 313,00 jobs in the month of February 2018, blowing out projections of 239,000. The national unemployment rate remained a 17 year low of 4.1 percent. Check out the rest of the U.S. Jobs Report for the month of February.

1. FEBRUARY 2018
JOB REPORT - U.S. BUREAU
OF LABOR STATISTICS
Industries with the largest
hiring rates on LinkedIn:
313,000
Jobs created in February
The lowest unemployment
rate since 2000
4.1% Unemployment
rate
2.6% Average hourly
earnings rate
Average work week
hours34.5
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/09/news/economy/february-jobs-report/index.html
https://economicgraph.linkedin.com/resources/linkedin-workforce-report-february-2018
Automotive,
Aerospace &
Transportation
Sources:
How does that compare to the
national average?
13.0 %
Unemployment rate
for college grads2.3%
Manufacturing
& Industrial
Healthcare &
Pharmaceutical
Financial
Services &
Insurance
Architecture
& Engineering
63% Labor force
participation rate
61,000
19,000
Construction
Healthcare
50,000Professional & Business Services
50,000
31,000
Retail Trade
Manufacturing
Financial Activities 9,000
9,000Mining and Logging
February Jobs (Net Change)
13.2% 10.9% 12.5%
6.2%15.5%
803k Increase in civilian
labor force
*Employment in other major industries, including wholesale
trade, transportation and warehousing, information, leisure
and hospitality, and government, showed little change over
the month.