Unemployment Rate Rose To 3.9 Percent In December;
Payrolls Up 312,000

Civilian unemployment rate

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Month-to-month change in nonfarm payrolls

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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