Unemployment Drops To 3.9 Percent; Wage Growth Remains Sluggish

Civilian unemployment rate

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Wage growth (Hourly average earnings, year-over-year percent change)

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Notes: All values are seasonally adjusted. In the bar chart, figures for the two most recent months are preliminary and may be revised later.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (unemployment rate, payrolls, wages)

Credit: Alyson Hurt/NPR