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A low-hire, low-fire market: jobs are safe, but raises and job moves are harder to get.
- Payrolls rose 29,000 in September against about 84,000 expected; unemployment ticked to 4.2%, partly because more people entered the labor force.
- Jobless claims at 199,000 (Oct 10) are historically low; job openings fell 3.5% in a month to 7.1 million (August) and the quits rate is 1.9%.
- Average hourly pay up 3.0% over the year trails consumer prices near 4%: a real pay cut, and the weakest wage growth since May 2021.
- The recession signal (Sahm rule) reads 0.00 in September: no layoff cycle in the data yet.
Unemployment rate
September 2026
4.2%
-20 bps
1Y
Total jobs (nonfarm payrolls)
September 2026
159,044
+0.3%
1Y
Jobless claims (weekly)
10/17/26
194,000
-16.0%
1Y
Recession signal (Sahm rule)
September 2026
0.00
-0.23
1Y
Job openings
August 2026
7,079
+2.3%
1Y
Quits rate
August 2026
1.9%
-10 bps
1Y
Average hourly pay
September 2026
$37.8
+3.0%
1Y