May 2025 job report:

Employment decreased slightly in May, even as consumers and companies are ready against customs tariffs and the economy that is likely to slow, according to the work statistics office on Friday.

The non -agricultural salaries lists rose 139,000 for this month, higher than the silent Dow Jones estimated at 125,000 and slightly less than 147,000 added by the American economy in April.

The unemployment rate is fixed at 4.2 %. The most comprehensive procedure, which includes frustrated workers, has not changed, nor low workers changed, holding 7.8 %.

Workers’ salaries grew more than expected, with an average profit per hour by 0.4 % during the month and 3.9 % from last year, compared to the relevant expectations by 0.3 % and 3.7 %.

“It is stronger than the growth of expected jobs and stable unemployment emphasizes the flexibility of the American labor market in the face of recent shocks,” said Lindsay Rosner, head of the fixed income department in the fixed income field in Goldman Sachs.

Nearly half of the job growth of health care came, which added 62000, even higher than his average profit of 44,000 during the past year. Entertainment and hospitality contributed 48,000, while social assistance added 16,000.

On the negative aspect, the government lost 22,000 jobs as efforts to execute the federal workforce by the president Donald Trump and Elon MuskGovernment efficiency management began to show an effect.

The futures contracts in the stock market jumped up after the release as the cabinet did.

Although the May numbers were better than expected, there are some basic sites for problems.

The April number was revised less than 30,000, while March decreased by 65,000 to 120,000.

There were also differences between the corporate scan, which are used to create a salary lists, and to wipe the living families, which are used in the unemployment rate. The last issue, in general, showed more volatile than the establishment survey, a decrease of 696,000 workers. The workers decreased full -time by 623,000, while the timer partially increased by 33,000.

“The May Jobs report still has everyone who is waiting for the other shoe to decrease,” said Daniel Zhao, an economist at the job classification site at the job classification site. “This report clarifies the long -standing labor market, but with the presence of economic winds that are accumulated cumulating, it is a matter of time only before the labor market begins tension against these opposite winds.”

The report comes against the late economic background, complicated by Trump’s tariff and a constantly variable variable in his car to try to settle the world stadium for American goods.

Most indicators show that the economy is still a good distance of stagnation. But feelings polls indicate high degrees of anxiety from both consumers and business leaders as they are ready for the final impact of the amount of definitions that will slow the commercial activity and increase inflation.

For their part, federal reserve officials look at the current scene with caution.

The central bank will hold the next policy meeting in less than two weeks, as the markets largely expect the Federal Reserve to remain in a suspension of interest rates. In modern speeches, politics has pointed out more concern about the possibility of inflation caused by customs tariffs.

“With the focus of the Federal Reserve focusing on the laser managing risk on the side of inflation than his term, the report of the stronger jobs is expected today will not do much to change the patient’s approach.”

On Friday, the last day falls on before federal reserve officials went to a quiet period before the meeting, when they do not issue political notes.