The health care industry gained 60,100 jobs in September and the overall unemployment rate in the United States dropped by 0.2 percentage points, returning to pre-pandemic levels from February 2020, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Health care gains 60k jobs
The 60,100 jobs gained by the health care industry in September accounted for more than a fifth of all jobs gained in the U.S. economy during that time, according to BLS.