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U.S. Labor Department to Release June Jobs Report Thursday
The report will show whether hiring gains continued into June after a pickup in recent months. Economists forecast about 100,000 new jobs added.
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The U.S. Labor Department is scheduled to release its monthly employment and unemployment report on Thursday, July 2, 2026, NPR reported. The data will indicate whether the recent pickup in hiring extended into June.
Hiring strengthened after earlier weakness. Employers added an average of 188,000 jobs per month from March through May 2026. That marked a shift from an average loss of 4,000 jobs per month from December 2025 through February 2026.
A FactSet survey of economists forecasts approximately 100,000 new jobs added in June. Such a figure would represent the fourth consecutive month of solid hiring, according to AP News. The unemployment rate is forecast to have stayed at 4.3 percent in June.
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