Breaking Down the Jobs Report — May 2021

Beyond the headline numbers.

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The May jobs report wasn’t quite as disastrous as April’s, but it wasn’t a return to the happy-happy-fun-time envisioned by the Biden administration earlier this spring.

Here are the top level numbers.

• 559,000 jobs added
• 5.8% unemployement rate, down from 6.1% in April