Creator: Patrick Connole
SNFs Add 2,100 Jobs in October, September Revised Up
The feds said SNFs added 2,100 Jobs in October, and the numbers for September were revised higher.
New data just released at 8:30 a.m. (ET) on Nov. 6 showed skilled nursing facilities adding 2,100 jobs in October compared to the previous month. The raw numbers put jobs in SNFs at 1,591,800 for October 2026, this compares to 1,589,700 in September 2026, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The positive news gets more positive when you consider BLS revised the September jobs number up from the 1,587,400 that it reported for last month’s report.
Looking at year-to-year, SNF jobs stood 33,100 higher this past month when compared to October 2025 when 1,558,700 people held jobs in the sector.
All numbers are seasonally adjusted.
For the country, BLS said U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in October, blowing past expectations for only 59,000 jobs to be created. The national unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1 percent in October, down from 4.2 percent in September.
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