During the month of April, the healthcare industry continued to add jobs, gaining 19,000 new positions, according to the new employment data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.
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According to the report, the largest healthcare job gains were in ambulatory care services with 14,000 new jobs, followed by home healthcare services with 6,100 and physicians' offices with 5,400. Over the last 12 months, the healthcare industry has continued to add an average of 24,000 new jobs per month.
Across all industries, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 165,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.5 percent, however, that number has declined by 0.4 percent since January of this year. The number of unemployed individuals was also little changed at 11.7 million last month, but did decrease by 673,000 since January.
In addition to the healthcare industry, other sectors, including professional and business services, food services and drinking places, and retail trade, also saw job gains in April. Professional and business services added 73,000 jobs last month, food services and drinking places added 38,000 jobs, and retail trade employment grew by 29,000 jobs.
Other job sectors, like construction, mining and lodging, and transportation and warehousing, saw little or no change to their job numbers.
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