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INSERT INTO vicidial_inbound_dids (did_pattern, did_description, user_group) VALUES ('Total employment increased by 272,000 in May, following a net downward r=evision over the previous two months. The May jobs increase was well above =expectations. Employment trended up in health care, government, leisure and= hospitality, and professional, scientific, and technical services. In May,= the unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage point to 4.0% and was 0.3 p=ercentage point above the rate from a year earlier (3.7%). The number of un=employed persons was relatively unchanged at 6.6 million. In May, the numbe=r of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more), at 1.4 mill=ion, accounted for 20.7% of all unemployed people. The labor force particip=ation rate, at 62.5%, was 0.2 percentage point below the prior month's esti=mate, while the employment-population ratio dipped 0.1 percentage point to =60.1% in May. In May, average hourly earnings increased by $0.14, or 0.4%, =to $34.91. Since May 2023, average hourly earnings rose by 4.1%, which is u=p from the April figure of 3.9%. The average workweek was unchanged at 34.3= hours in May.</span>' |