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Healthcare Adds More Than a Quarter of New Jobs in September: Unemployment Reaches 50-Year Low

Written by HealthTrust Workforce Solutions | Oct 4, 2019 5:01:57 PM

The latest BLS Economic Situation reported that the U.S. economy created 136,000 new jobs in September and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5% reaching a 50-year low.  Healthcare contributed more than a quarter last month’s job growth, adding 38,800 jobs to the economy. The bulk of new healthcare jobs were within ambulatory care (28,700), with hospitals adding 8,100 jobs.