Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 125,000 in June, and the unemployment rate edged down to 9.5 percent. The decline in employment reflects a large drop in the number of temporary workers for Census 2010. The number of jobs in the private sector edged up (+83,000), due to modest increases in several industries. Private sector employment has risen by 593,000 so far in 2010, but in June was 7.9 million below its prerecession level.
