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June jobs report: US payrolls rose by 57,000, missing expectations

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Jul 2, 2026 · 13:51

The US economy added 57,000 jobs last month, fewer than economists had anticipated, government data shows. The unemployment rate dipped slightly to 4.2%, its lowest level in a year.

Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had expected the Labor Department's employment situation report to post a gain of 113,000 jobs at the year's midway point, with the unemployment rate remaining flat at 4.3% for the fourth consecutive month, after a string of better-than-predicted government data releases and a mixed week for private data

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/article/june-jobs-report-us-payrolls-rose-by-57000-missing-expectations-190000748.html

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