The economic activity generated 223,000 jobs while the forecast of analysts was expecting 218,000 net creations.
The unemployment rate slipped a tenth of a point to 5.4 %, the lowest since May 2008.
This reassuring rebound in job creation for the beginning of the second quarter after the disappointing economic growth in the first three months of the year (+ 0.2% instead of 2.2% in Q4), however tarnished by revising down sharply in job creation in March.
Decline 0.8% year on year
The economy created only 85,000 jobs in March against 126,000 for the first estimate. This poor performance is the worst in terms of job creation since June 2012, said a statistician.
In one year, the unemployment rate fell by 0.8 percentage points and the number unemployed 1.1 million to $ 8.5 million.
The number of people being only a part-time job, one of the characteristics of the labor market since the crisis financial, fell slightly to 6.58 million against 6.7 million. This was a decline of 880,000 last year.
The services sector “first” employer in April
The sectors that hired in April are the first professional business services (62,000). The health sector also added 45,000 jobs, as well as that of the building.
On the other hand the mining sector, hit by lower oil prices, has destroyed 15,000 jobs after already lost 12,000 jobs in March and 14,000 in February.
The average hourly wage, highly observed by the Fed would like to see prices and wages increase further, gained 3 cents as the month before to 24 87 dollars. In one year, average hourly earnings increased by 2.2%.
(With AFP)
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