Source: Sharecast
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hiring continued to trend higher in professional and business services, up by 36,000, while the social assistance and health care sectors added 25,000 and 22,000 jobs, respectively.
Employment in leisure and hospitality fell sharply, down 61,000, reflecting softer‑than‑usual seasonal hiring and likely some impact from the World Cup.
Payrolls showed little or no change across most other major industries, including mining, construction, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, transportation and warehousing, information, financial activities and government.
Revisions subtracted 74,000 jobs from the combined April and May totals.
The unemployment rate, on the other hand, fell to 4.2%, down from 4.3% but still slightly ahead of the 4.1% level seen at the same time a year earlier.
Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com