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Healthcare hiring increased substantially in June, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data published Friday.
Employers in the sector added an estimated 56,700 jobs, up from 15,300 in May, preliminary data show. The industry contributed 15% of the 372,000 hires made across the economy in June.
The overall jobless rate has held steady for the past few months at 3.6% and approximately 5.9 million people were unemployed in June. The jobless rate was 3.5% in February 2020, the month before the COVID-19 pandemic began in the U.S. An estimated 2.1 million people reported being unable to work last month due to closures or lost business linked to the pandemic, a number essentially unchanged from May.
The BLS also revised its April and May data. Healthcare companies made 15,300 fewer hires than previously reported, according to the agency. Overall, the economy added 74,000 fewer jobs in April and May than the BLS originally estimated.
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