Job growth was unchanged in August, the weakest performance in almost a year, the Labor Department said Friday.
The weak report was lower than the 53,000 gain expected by Wall Street economists.
A strike at Verizon Communications Inc cut 45,000 from payrolls in the month.
The unemployment rate held steady at 9.1% as expected.
Average hourly earnings decreased 0.1% to $23.09.
Economists had been expecting a 0.1% gain.
Earnings are up only 1.9% in the past year.
The average workweek fell six minutes to 34.2 hours.
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