Payroll employment rises 115,000 in April;
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 115,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.1 percent, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 216,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.8 percent, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on April 1.