Payroll employment raw data not seasonally adjusted:
Net employment increase of +431, 000 jobs
Included in the +431,000 is an increase of about one million teachers and education administrators. But also a decline of (448,000) private sector jobs. Bottom line: All jobs outside of the education category fell by about (600,000).
These numbers don't mean much unless compared with September 2021
September 2021 had +704,000 more jobs
Summary: September 2021 was much better than September 2022
Data Source: Employment and Earnings Table B-1b (bls.gov)
The labor force participation rate, which has not returned to pre-Covid pandemic levels, actually declined in September 2022. Moving slightly lower from 62.4% in August to 62.3% in September. More bad news:
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