September U.S. jobs up 114,000; jobles rate 7.8%

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)
The U.S. economy generated a lackluster 114,000 jobs in September,but the unemployment rate fell to 7.8% from 8.1%, the lowest level since January 2009, the government said Friday Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected a 110,000 increase in jobs, based on the Labor Department's survey of businesses
The unemployment rate, which is drawn from a separate survey of households, was forecast to tick up to 8.2% from 8.1%
Yet the jobless rate fell sharply after the biggest increase in employment as measured by the household survey since 1983
Some 873,000 people in the household survey said they found jobs
Employment gains for August and July, meanwhile, were revised higher by a combined 86,000. The number of new jobs created in August was revised up to 142,000 from an original estimate of 96,000
July's figure was revised up to 181,000 from 141,000
In September, a.verage hourly wages rose 7 cents, or 0.4%, to $23.58
The average workweek edged up 0.1 hour to 34.5