U.S. Adds Just 49,000 Jobs In January, ‘Not Anywhere Close’ To Recovering Lost Jobs

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February 5th, 2021

Workers typically rely on plastic hard hat styles designed in the 1960s. Now, a new generation of hard hats is promising better protection against on-the-job concussions, also known as mild traumatic brain injuries.

Mark J. Terrill / AP

Updated at 9 a.m. ET

Hiring resumed just tepidly last month after a slump in December, as the labor market faces a long climb to recover the millions of jobs lost during the pandemic.

U.S. employers added 49,000 jobs in January, after a revised drop of 227,000 the month before. Unemployment fell to 6.3%, from 6.7% in December, as hundreds of thousands of people left the workforce.

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