June Jobs Report: 4 Charts

Four facts & four charts to help explain the June jobs report:

• The unemployment rate was unchanged in June at 8.2%.
• U.S. employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring that shows the economy is still struggling three years after the recession ended.
• The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined by 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 374,000 in the week ending June 30.
• Nevada, Rhode Island and California have the highest unemployment among U.S. states.

Credit: AP