Best December Job Gains Since Recession
Employment Numbers
The unemployment rate rose to 3.9 percent this month. Despite the slight uptick in the unemployment rate, unemployment is down year-over-year with unemployment last year hovering around 4 percent. The health care, food service, construction, manufacturing, and retail trade industries experienced notable job gains, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Description
This chart shows the year-over-year non-farm seasonally adjusted job gains and losses between December 2008 and December 2018.