The U.S. added an unexpectedly robust 165,000 jobs in October, with the unemployment rate at 4.1%, while jobs in the entertainment industry also picked up.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has provided a snapshot of the labor market that has bounced from months of job gains to lackluster numbers or even losses this year. But the unemployment rate has hovered around 4.1% to 4.3% for much of the year.
The biggest job gains were in professional and business services, healthcare and transportation and warehousing.
In movie and music production, there were 3,200 jobs added to 328,400, while
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