August 2018 US Unemployment Rate – IRP Poverty Dispatch

August jobs report: economy adds 201,000 jobs; 3.9 percent unemployment, By Bill Chappell, September 7, 2018, National Public Radio: “The U.S. economy added 201,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department said on Friday, continuing its nearly eight-year streak of monthly gains. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at a very low 3.9 percent…”
Economy adds more jobs than expected in August, and wage growth hits post-recession high, By Jeff Cox, September 5, 2018, CNBC: “Long-awaited wage growth posted its biggest increase of the economic recovery in August while payroll gains beat expectations and the unemployment rate held near a generational low of 3.9 percent, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report Friday…”