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Who runs the labor market? Women accounted for 98% of U.S. job gains in August
Women accounted for almost every job added to the U.S. economy in August, an extraordinary statistic within a jobs report full of surprises.
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The U.S. labor market added 162,000 jobs in August, far exceeding economists’ forecasts of about 55,000. Women accounted for roughly 158,000 of those positions, representing about 98% of the net increase in payroll employment. This share highlights a pronounced gender skew in the month’s job growth.
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