Key Summary:

May job gains totaled 139,000 amid economic uncertainty

Healthcare and restaurant sectors led job growth

Government jobs dropped due to Trump hiring freeze

Economists watch for signs of potential recession

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers slowed hiring last month, but still added a solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over President Donald .

Hiring fell from a revised 147,000 in April, the Department of Labor said Friday. The job gains last month were slightly higher than the 130,000 economists had forecast. But revisions shaved 95,000 jobs from March and April payrolls.

The unemployment rate stayed at a low 4.2%.

Healthcare companies added 62,000 jobs, bars and restaurants 30,000. But the federal government shed 22,000 jobs, the most since November 2020, as Trump’s jo

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