The US added 916,000 jobs in March

 

• It has been over a year since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic. 
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• Unemployment is still high, but a blowout March jobs report shows some positive signs of a recovery.

  The latest employment situation from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed some good news over a year after the official start of the pandemic. There were 916,000 nonfarm payroll jobs added in March, and the hard-hit sector of leisure and hospitality made up a third of those job gains.

 The first three months in 2021 showed more promising increases. March saw the largest monthly gain so far this year at 916,000 nonfarm payroll jobs added. Insider's Andy Kiersz reported the US could reach the pre-pandemic employment level of 152.5 million by January 2022 if this rate continues.