May Jobs Report Driven by Leisure and Hospitality, Local Government, Healthcare
The U.S. jobs report for May showed strong overall job growth of 172,000 payrolls, but the gains were largely concentrated in three sectors: leisure and hospitality (70,000), local government (55,000), and healthcare (35,200). The rest of the economy added only 11,800 jobs. Economists suggest this narrow leadership may be early signs of a broader hiring cycle driven by capital expenditures in AI infrastructure.
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