August 2026 Jobs Report — 162,000 Jobs Added
Key Takeaways — Published September 4, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET The US economy added 162,000 jobs in August 2026 — far exceeding the 53,000 economists forecast and the strongest monthly gain since March The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1% with 7.0 million total unemployed persons June and July were both revised upward — … Read more