- Nonfarm payrolls grew by 428,000 for April, a bit above the Dow Jones estimate of 400,000 and identical to March.
- The unemployment rate held at 3.6% after being expected to nudge lower to 3.5%.
- Leisure and hospitality led job gains followed by manufacturing and transportation and warehousing.
- Wages rose 0.3% and were up 5.5% from a year ago, about the same as March.
