The department's survey of business payrolls found nonfarm jobs climbing by 209,000 last month.

The 169,000 rise in jobs shown by the survey of business payrolls was well within the range of expectations.

The number of jobs, as measured by the department's survey of business payrolls, climbed 180,000.

It did, but nobody was ready for the sharpest drop in business payrolls since April, 1991.

While the unemployment rate held steady at 6 percent, the increase in business payrolls of 379,000 jobs was stronger than expected.

The job growth as measured by the department's survey of households, rather than of business payrolls, picked up to 299,000.

U.S. unemployment was steady at 6 percent, but business payrolls increased by 379,000 jobs.

Later it was determined that the man had been carrying a large amount of money for his business payroll, and the killer had robbed him.

The rise in jobs last month, as measured by the department's survey of business payrolls, was 255,000, somewhat less than was generally expected.

A separate survey of business payrolls showed a gain of 175,000 jobs in April.