June 3, 2016 Print Facebook Twitter Email The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the employment situation for May 2016 on Friday, June 3, 2016. The economy added 25,000 private-sector jobs in May and the unemployment rate declined by 0.3 percentage points to 4.7 percent. Related Files Charts Packet - Jobs Report (06 03 2016) (Final).pdf (244.9 KBs) Permalink: https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/democrats/2016/6/the-may-jobs-report-in-eight-charts