US Payrolls Grow by 151,000, Unemployment Rate Ticks Up to 4.1 Percent

Health care, financial activities, social assistance, and transportation and warehousing led the job gains in February.

A hiring sign at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City shopping mall in Arlington, Va., on Jan. 3, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Labor market conditions remained resilient in February despite economic headwinds that have blown into the United States.

The U.S. economy created 151,000 new jobs in February, up from the downwardly revised 125,000 in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.