The year 2018 is already off to a good start with strong job growth for the U.S. economy. Thanks to big pushes from healthcare, education, construction, and the hospitality industries, the U.S. created 200,000 jobs in January 2018, outperforming Wall Street expectations of 180,000 jobs.

1. JANUARY 2018
JOB REPORT - U.S. BUREAU
OF LABOR STATISTICS
Top 5 Emerging Jobs
200,000
Jobs created in January
The lowest unemployment
rate since 2000
4.1% Unemployment
rate
2.9% Average hourly
earnings rate
Average work week
hours34.3
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/02/582641530/u-s-economy-added-200-000-jobs-in-january
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/02/nonfarm-payrolls-jan-2018.html
https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000
https://economicgraph.linkedin.com/research/LinkedIns-2017-US-Emerging-Jobs-Report
https://economicgraph.linkedin.com/resources/linkedin-workforce-report-january-2018
Machine
Learning
Engineer
U.S. cities with largest
gross hiring:
Houston
Sources:
P h o e n i x D a l l a s
14.6% 14.0% 11.7%
How does that compare to the
national average?
10.4 %
Unemployment rate
for college grads2.1%
Data
Scientist
Sales Development
Representative
Customer
Success
Manager
Big Data
Developer
62% Labor force
participation rate
38,000
36,000
35,000
Education and Health Services
Construction
23,000
Leisure and Hospitality
Professional and Business Services
15,400
15,000
Retail Trade
Manufacturing
11,100Transportation and Warehousing
9,800Warehouse Trade
Financial Activities 9,000
6,000Mining and Logging
January Jobs (Net Change)
6,000Other Services
Government 4,000
Utilities
Information
-1,400
-6,000