Just got this in my email:

Joint Economic Committee (JEC)
Senator Sam Brownback
June Employment and Unemployment: The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report today on employment and unemployment for June (pdf summary available at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf ).
Highlights of the report:
· Non-farm payroll employment increased by 132,000 new jobs in June, following job gains of 122,000 in April and 190,000 in May.
o June marks the 46th consecutive month with payroll job gains.
§ Over 8.2 million new payroll jobs have been created in that period.
§ Over the year ending in June, payroll employment grew by over 2.0 million.
§ Payroll job gains averaged 145,000 per month in the first half of 2007. The average monthly job gain in 2006 was 189,000.
· The unemployment rate was 4.5% in for the 3rd consecutive month and 3rd consecutive quarter in June.
o The unemployment rate has ranged from 4.4% to 4.6% since last September.
o The unemployment rate remains well below the recent peak of 6.3% in June 2003.