The August figures showing a disappointing lack of jobs growth were revised upwards by 57,000 jobs, while July's data were also revised upward by an additional 42,000 jobs - a two month gain of nearly 100,000.
Though September's 103,000 figure is stronger than anticipated, the number is slightly inflated by the ending of a telecoms strike, which brought 45,000 people back into the workforce.
The private sector added 137,000 jobs, but the government lost 35,000 positions, a downward trend which President Barack Obama said needed to be focused on.
"We know that the biggest problem that we've had in terms of unemployment over the last several months has not been in the private sector; it's actually been lay-offs of teachers and cops and firefighters," he said in a speech on Thursday. "We created over 2m jobs in the private sector - a million jobs this year alone in the private sector, but in the public sector, we keep on seeing these lay-offs having an adverse effect on economies in states all across the country."
The successive months of negative economic indicators have weighed heavily on Obama's standing, as he attempts to push a jobs package through US Congress next week. The legislation includes stimulus measures, tax increases on businesses and job creation programmes. He has faced Republican opposition, especially over increasing corporate and individual taxes.
Recent jobless data has been mixed after months of mounting concern about the US economic recovery.
"The underlying trend in hiring still appears very weak, perhaps even weaker than August," Goldman Sachs analysts said before the release. "But recent US growth data have been mildly encouraging, lay-offs have stayed fairly low and the headline payroll number will be boosted by the return of 45,000 striking communications workers."
Last week, US jobless claims rose modestly to 401,000, according to data released on Thursday, hovering near the level considered indicative of an improving labour market. Initial claims for unemployment insurance were up 6,000 in the week ending October 1 from an upwardly revised 395,000 the previous week. source www.moneycontrol.com
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