The national unemployment rate is 5.5% and 295,000 jobs were created in February, with an average of 266,000 jobs added per month over the last year. Professional and business services saw the largest growth over the past year with an addition of 660,000 jobs, while food service and drinking places, professional and business services, retail trade, construction, health care, transportation and warehousing, and manufacturing all saw increases in February.

1. 5.5%NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
+295KJOBS CREATED IN FEBRUARY
266KAVERAGE JOB GROWTH PER MONTH
+660KNUMBER OF JOBS ADDED IN THE LAST YEAR
TO PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES
• FOOD SERVICE AND DRINKING PLACES +59K
• PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES +51K
• RETAIL TRADE +32K
• CONSTRUCTION +29K
• HEALTH CARE +24K
• TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING +19K
• MANUFACTURING +8K
FEBRUARY EDITION
+51KNEW JOBS IN PROFESSIONAL AND
BUSINESS SERVICES
THROUGHOUT THE U.S., WITH
ADDITIONAL BRANCHES IN
CANADA & EUROPE
70
OFFICES
+7KNEW JOBS IN MANAGEMENT AND
TECHNICAL CONSULTING SERVICES
+5KNEW JOBS IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS
DESIGN AND RELATED SERVICES
JOB GROWTH
BY INDUSTRY
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