Economists are expecting an overall healthy reading, with 169,000 net new jobs created in the month and the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.1%. The January report includes annual benchmark revisions and updates to models that could affect the data.

The US labor market added fewer jobs than forecasted in January while the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday showed 143,000 new jobs were created in January,

The U.S. economy added fewer jobs in January than economists had forecast, although the jobless rate edged lower.

Defying fears of a pandemic-driven Great Depression and bucking Federal Reserve interest rate hikes as well, the U.S. job market has hit what U.S. central bank officials are characterizing as a moment of stable full employment,

The January jobs report, to be released Friday morning by the Labor Department, will provide the first look at employment in 2025.

The January nonfarm payrolls report is expected to continue the narrative of a still healthy labor market, "cooling, but still pretty warm," as Daniel Doderer, an economist and research director at Flack Global Metals,

Employers added 143,000 jobs in January amid LA wildfires, cold weather, uncertainty over President Donald Trump's trade, immigration policies

Annual revisions to jobs data and disruptions related to the catastrophic Los Angeles fires and severe winter storms are likely to be reasons behind the slump in job gains.

The gain in jobs was less than economists had expected, but the job counts for November and December were revised upward by a combined 100,000

U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in January, likely restrained by wildfires in California and cold weather across much of the country, but a 4.0% unemployment rate probably gives the Federal Reserve cover to hold off cutting interest rates at least until June.

The U.S. added 143,000 jobs in January — fewer than economists expected — while the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised down the number of payrolls created since last March by 589,000 as part of routine annual data adjustments.