by Calculated Risk on 12/06/2019 08:44:00 AM

From the BLS:

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 266,000 in November, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 3.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Notable job gains occurred in health care and in professional and technical services. Employment rose in manufacturing, reflecting the return of workers from a strike.
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The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for September was revised up by 13,000 from +180,000 to +193,000, and the change for October was revised up by 28,000 from +128,000 to +156,000. With these revisions, employment gains in September and October combined were 41,000 more than previously reported.
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In November, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 7 cents to $28.29. Over the last 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 3.1 percent.
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The first graph shows the monthly change in payroll jobs, ex-Census (meaning the impact of the decennial Census temporary hires and layoffs is removed - mostly in 2010 - to show the underlying payroll changes).

Total payrolls increased by 266 thousand in November (private payrolls increased 254 thousand).

Payrolls for September and October were revised up 41 thousand combined.

This graph shows the year-over-year change in total non-farm employment since 1968.

In November, the year-over-year change was 2.204 million jobs.

The third graph shows the employment population ratio and the participation rate.

The Labor Force Participation Rate decreased in November to 63.2%. This is the percentage of the working age population in the labor force.   A large portion of the recent decline in the participation rate is due to demographics and long term trends.

The Employment-Population ratio was unchanged at 61.0% (black line).

I'll post the 25 to 54 age group employment-population ratio graph later.

The fourth graph shows the unemployment rate.

The unemployment rate decreased in November to 3.5%.

This was well above consensus expectations of 180,000 jobs added, and September and October  were revised up by 41,000 combined.   A solid report.

I'll have much more later ...