The labor market added 187,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.5% from 3.6%, the government said on Friday.
he numbers show employers still have healthy — though cooling — demand for workers, the latest sign of a resilient economy.
Economists expected a gain of 200,000 jobs in July.
The data shows the labor market added roughly the same number of jobs as June, when a downwardly revised 185,000 jobs were added.
The economy added 281,000 jobs in May, which was revised down by 25,000.
