WASHINGTON — The United States added 165,000 jobs in October, far more than economists had expected, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday 6 November 2026, in a report that reshaped expectations for the Federal Reserve's next move on interest rates. Released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, the report showed a labour market considerably stronger than recent months had suggested, with hiring up across services and manufacturing and the previous two months revised stronger. Illustration: American workers head into a modern office building at sunrise as hiring picks up across the US economy. What Happened Nonfarm payrolls rose by 165,000 in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said. The increase was far above the 65,000 jobs forecast in a Reuters poll of economists, whose estimates ranged from 35,000 to 125,000, and well above the Dow Jones estimate of 59,000, beating the consensus by abo...