US employers added just 57,000 new jobs in June, lower than expected

Economy The Guardian By Gaya Gupta in Washington 02 Jul 2026 13:21 1 min read

The country’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.2% as US job growth also slowed for the month Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email US job growth slowed in June as employers added 57,000 new jobs – just about half of what economists had predicted – and the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised its figures from the past two months down by a total of 74,000. The country’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.2%, but the number of unemployed people changed little, according to t

The country’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.2% as US job growth also slowed for the month

US job growth slowed in June as employers added 57,000 new jobs – just about half of what economists had predicted – and the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised its figures from the past two months down by a total of 74,000.

The country’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.2%, but the number of unemployed people changed little, according to the latest data, as 720,000 people left the labor force. The bureau revised the unexpectedly high May figures from 172,000 new jobs to 129,000, and revised the April figures from 179,000 to 148,000.

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