Trump's buyout for federal workers likely won't disrupt the national job market, but combined with wider federal cuts, it ...

The Labor Department has released its first jobs report of the year, covering January 2025. It shows that payrolls grew by 143,000 — somewhat lower than economists’ expectations of 175,000.

The U.S. economy added fewer jobs in January than economists had forecast, although the jobless rate edged lower.

But first a bit of background: The numbers in Friday’s jobs report most likely will change in the months (and years) to come.

US non-farm payrolls in January posted softer-than-expected growth, but the broader profile of the labor market suggests a ...

In his most recent press conference, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell characterized the labor market as "broadly stable." And in this week's lead-up to the January jobs report, the incoming ...

The U.S. labor market probably started 2025 the way it spent most of last year: generating decent, but unspectacular, job ...

But some on Wall Street think the labor market, not inflation, is the place to look for better clues on what could push the Fed to cut rates later this year. Just look at what happened in ...