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employers added 178,000 jobs in March, offsetting big job losses in February.
Health care saw the biggest gains, adding 76,000 jobs.
About half of that reflects people who returned to work after a February strike.
Construction companies, restaurants, and factories also added jobs in March, while the federal government continued to lose workers.
Revised figures for the two previous months were mixed.
Hiring was stronger than first reported in January, but February's job losses were bigger as well.
The unemployment rate inched down in March to 4.3 percent.
That was largely because almost 400,000 people dropped out of the workforce.
Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
employers added 178,000 jobs in March, offsetting big job losses in February.
Healthcare saw the biggest gains, adding 76,000 jobs.
About half of that reflects people who returned to work after a February strike.
Construction companies, restaurants, and factories also added jobs in March, while the federal government continued to lose workers.
Revised figures for the two previous months were mixed.
Hiring was stronger than first reported in January, but February's job losses were bigger as well.
The unemployment rate inched down in March to 4.3 percent.
That was largely because almost 400,000 people dropped out of the workforce.
Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.