236K new jobs came in WAY ahead of expectations of 165K.
Unemployment fell to 7.7%, down from 7.9%. That was totally unexpected.
This is a GREAT number.
Private payrolls jumped 246K.
That means that public sector cutting cost the US another 10K jobs this month.
The full report is here.
One really interesting sub-detail is the big spike in construction employment. Housing starts have been picking up for awhile, jobs in this area have been a little slow in coming.
One interesting, and slightly negative aspect of the report, is that the labor force participation rate actually fell.