In spite of recent interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve this week, job numbers from August have shown 315,000 jobs added along with a 5.2% growth in average hourly pay.
Top industries that saw the highest rate of growth included museums, recreational facilities, water transportation and apparel manufacturing. All these industries averaged around a 1.3% rate of growth for the month. However, coal mining saw a reduction of around 600 jobs for an overall -2% rate of growth.
Support activities for mining such as extraction workers, service unit operators and drivers had the biggest rate of growth overall for the month of August at 2.72%
Bloomberg also indicates a positive correlation between a rise in employment and a rise in the average hourly wage. This BLS data is shown in the article visualized from 2006 – 2022.
Ultimately, however positive these numbers may be interest rate decisions against inflation may give way to more uncertainty.
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