MARCH KEY POINTS TREND ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE) Employment increased to 11,700,600. Unemployment decreased to 768,600. Unemployment rate remained at 6.2% from a revised February 2015 estimate. Participation rate increased less than 0.1 pts to 64.8%. Aggregate monthly hours worked increased 4.8 million hours to 1,628.7 million hours. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE) Employment increased 37,700 to 11,720,300. Full-time employment increased 31,500 to 8,131,400 and part-time employment increased 6,100 to 3,588,900. Unemployment decreased 1,500 to 764,500. The number of unemployed persons looking for ... (full story)