Employment increased to 11,513,200. Unemployment increased to 652,700. Unemployment rate at 5.4%. Participation rate at 65.1%. Aggregate monthly hours worked decreased to 1,621.1 million hours. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE) Employment increased 10,700 (0.1%) to 11,523,200. Full-time employment increased 18,700 to 8,130,100 and part-time employment decreased 8,000 to 3,393,100. Unemployment decreased 8,800 (1.3%) to 653,200. The number of persons looking for full-time work decreased 10,900 to 472,100 and the number of persons looking for part-time work increased 2,100 to 181,100. The unemployment rate ... (full story)