US Jobs Report May 2020

Total non-farm, private sector employment increased by 2.5 million jobs in May 2020.

Job Gains         May Increase

Food Service     2,100,000

Construction         464,000

Ed & Health          424,000

Retail                    368,000

Service                 272,000

Manufacturing      225,000

Business              127,000

Finance                  33,000

Job Loss          May Decrease

Government       -585,000

IT                        -  38,000

Mining                 - 20,000

Transport Whse  - 19,000

Average Earnings $29.75

Average Workweek 34.7 hours

Unemployment Rate 13.3%

Unemployed 21,000,000

This indicates the beginning of the US recovery from the Covid19 shutdown.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader