U.S. Adds 178,000 Jobs in March, Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.3%

The United States added 178,000 jobs in March, marking the largest increase since December 2024. This follows a revised decrease of 133,000 jobs in February. The unemployment rate fell from 4.4% to 4.3%. Historically, the U.S. unemployment rate has averaged 5.66% since 1948, reaching a high of 14.8% in April 2020 and a low of 2.5% in May 1953.