U.S. employers added more jobs than expected in November as the labor market remained strong in the face of higher interest rates and steep inflation.
were broad-based last month, the leisure and hospitality sector – the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic – led the way in hiring, adding another 88,000 workers last month. Bars and restaurants accounted for the bulk of those gains, adding 62,100 workers in November. Hotels, meanwhile, saw payrolls grow by 15,900.
Employment in the leisure and hospitality industry still remains about 980,000 – or 5.8% – below its pre-pandemic levels. Health care accounted for the second-largest area of growth in November, with payrolls climbing by 44,700. The increases were widespread across the industry. Nursing and residential care facilities hired 10,400 workers, while both home health care services and outpatient care centers saw payrolls increase by 6,600.
A pedestrian passes a"Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022.Another source of job creation in November was the government, which saw hiring climb by 42,000 last month. Within the sector, notable gains took place in local governments, which hired 32,000 workers – mostly in education – as well as state governments, which onboarded 11,000 new workers.
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