Thousands of jobs created In June, 288,000 jobs were created, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the unemployment rate dropped to 6.1% from 6.3% in May. Both figures outpaced economists’ expectations for 215,000 new jobs and an unchanged unemployment rate of 6.3%. So far, there has been an average of 231,000 jobs added to the economy every month this year, above 2013’s average pace of 194,000 ...