Employers in the United States have slowed hiring even though they added a solid 139,000 jobs in May.

While that was higher than the forecast of 133,000 jobs, it was lower than the 147,000 hires in April, Labor Department data released on Friday showed. It also sharply revised downward the data for March and April by 95,000 jobs.

The US Labor Department said the biggest gains were in the healthcare industry which added 62,000 jobs; followed by the leisure and hospitality sector which added 48,000, 30,000 of which were in food services.

The social services sector followed suit, adding about 16,000 jobs. The federal government contracted 22,000 jobs.

Industries including manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, transportation and warehousing showed little change as tariff anticipat

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