Research Brief: Employment – November 2024

Discrepancies cloud employment data. October’s atypically low job creation total of 12,000 is largely the result of sector hiring offsets and disruptions from recent events. Education, health services and public service organizations added a combined 97,000 personnel last month, consistent with trends seen thus far this year. Over 60 percent of the positions added in this span were from one of these less cyclical industries. Countering these gains were the loss of 47,000 professional and business services roles and…

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