Tag: United States labor market

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:58 UTC

  US payrolls expanded by 200.000 in January, and wages started to creep up

  

  The United States labor market barreled forward in January, as employers added more jobs than expected and wage growth was its strongest in more than eight years. Payrolls in the United States expanded by 200,000 last month, driven by hiring in construction, food services and health care, the US Labor Department said.