--- description: The U.S. added 217,000 jobs in May, according to the federal jobs report released Friday. title: US Adds 217k Jobs in May, Unemployment Rate Holds steady image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1498e6d63efa5ceb/6986968135ba6f442cc0273b/unemployment-job-fair.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Economy](/tag/economy/) ## Economy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # U.S. Adds 217,000 Jobs, Unemployment Remains at 6.3% by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2014 12:42 PM CUT  People use computers at a job fair in Detroit on March 1, 2014. People use computers at a job fair in Detroit on March 1, 2014.Joshua Lott—Reuters by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2014 12:42 PM CUT The U.S. added 217,000 jobs in May, according to the federal jobs report released Friday, but the unemployment rate held steady at 6.3%. That rate matches April’s figure, the lowest seen in five years. May marks the fourth straight month of jobs growth in 2014, with the economy adding on average about 214,000 jobs per month this year. The Bureau of Labor statistics report aligns with analysts’ predictions that the May report would reflect moderate growth following April’s strong report. Private-sector employment rose by [179,000](http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/2014/May/NER/NER-May-2014.aspx "undefined") jobs in May, payroll service firm ADP reported Wednesday. April’s jobs numbers were adjusted to show 282,000 jobs were added last month, down 6,000 from the 288,000 additional jobs previously reported. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2837402/jobs-numbers-unemployment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2837402/jobs-numbers-unemployment/"},"headline":"U.S. Adds 217,000 Jobs, Unemployment Remains at 6.3%","datePublished":"2014-06-06T12:42:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:15:41.461Z","description":"May marks the fourth straight month of jobs growth in 2014","url":"https://time.com/2837402/jobs-numbers-unemployment/","keywords":["Economy","Jobs","Bureau of Labor Statistics","Jobs report"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1498e6d63efa5ceb/6986968135ba6f442cc0273b/unemployment-job-fair.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1498e6d63efa5ceb/6986968135ba6f442cc0273b/unemployment-job-fair.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"People use computers at a job fair in Detroit on March 1, 2014.","caption":"People use computers at a job fair in Detroit on March 1, 2014.","creditText":"Joshua Lott—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/economy/","name":"Economy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2837402/jobs-numbers-unemployment/","name":"U.S. Adds 217,000 Jobs, Unemployment Remains at 6.3%"}}]}] ```