{"id":1004179133,"date":"2017-06-02T06:55:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T14:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004179133"},"modified":"2022-12-08T08:25:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T16:25:03","slug":"economy-watch-job-growth-tepid-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-job-growth-tepid-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy Watch: Job Growth Tepid in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Dees Stribling, Contributing Editor<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004179142\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/BLS-job-creation-0517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004179142\" data-attachment-id=\"1004179142\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-job-growth-tepid-in-may\/bls-job-creation-0517\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/BLS-job-creation-0517.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"470,351\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Samantha Goldberg&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1496400639&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BLS job creation 0517\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/BLS-job-creation-0517.jpg?w=470\" class=\"wp-image-1004179142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/BLS-job-creation-0517.jpg\" alt=\"Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/BLS-job-creation-0517.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/BLS-job-creation-0517.jpg?resize=300,224 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004179142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. economy, which has been creating an average of 181,000 jobs per month over the last 12 months, saw an increase of 138,000 in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-weekly-job-creation-rebounds-in-april\/\">job growth<\/a>\u00a0in March and April combined were 66,000 less than previously reported, after the Bureau revised its figures.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, some segments of the economy that affect commercial space absorption still did reasonably well in terms of job creation. In May, employment in professional and business services, which impacts the office market, continued to trend up (gaining 38,000). The sector has added an average of 46,000 jobs per month thus far this year, in line with the average monthly job gain in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Employment in health care rose by 24,000 in May. Hospitals added 7,000 jobs over the month, and employment in ambulatory health care services\u2014 some of which occupies former retail space\u2014continued to trend up (gaining 13,000). Job growth in health care has averaged 22,000 per month thus far in 2017, compared with an average monthly gain of 32,000 in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The headline U.S. unemployment rate was 4.3 percent, down from 4.4 percent in April, the BLS reported. The bureau&#8217;s more expansive unemployment rate, the U-6, came in at 8.4 percent, compared with 8.6 percent in April. It includes unemployed workers under the standard definition, plus everyone only marginally attached to the labor force (such as discouraged workers) and people who work part time but want full-time work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. economy saw below-average job growth for the month, adding only 138,000 jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. 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