April 2025 BLS jobs report: payrolls grew by 177,000 jobs. Unemployment rate remained at 4.2%.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

Consensus forecast was for +138,000 jobs and for UR to remain at 4.2%, so actual figures surprised on the high side for jobs and met expectations for unemployment.

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for February was revised down by 15,000, from
+117,000 to +102,000, and the change for March was revised down by 43,000, from +228,000 to
+185,000. With these revisions, employment in February and March combined is 58,000 lower than previously reported.

FRED graph of monthly change (in thousands) in nonfarm payroll employment levels since Jan 2021.

FRED graph of the headline unemployment rate since Jan 2021.

FRED graph of more expansive unemployment definitions (U-3 thru U-6) since Jan 2021