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U.S. added 29,000 jobs in September; unemployment up to 4.2%
Published by UPI on October 2, 2026.
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… <div style="padding-bottom: 15px;"> <script type="module" crossorigin data-ll="1" data-src="https://instaread.co/js/instaread.player.js"></script> <instaread-player publication="upi"></instaread-player> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <article itemprop="articleBody"> <p><span class="story_dl">Oct. 2 (UPI) --</span> U.S. employers added just 29,000 jobs in September, well below expectations, while the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.</p> <p>Nonfarm payrolls across all industries showed <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm" target="_blank">very little change</a> over August but unemployment crept up by 0.1%. About 7.1 million people were unemployed in September. <div class="mt-5 text-center mb-5"> <div align="center" data-freestar-ad="__336x280 __336x280" id="upi-com_incontent_reusable_98873"> …
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- Payrolls rose by an estimated 29,000 in September, a change too small for the survey to tell from none · cited for UPI's account of the 4.2 percent rate
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