二月份，美国企业增加的雇员超过预期，不过， 美国的失业率仍维持在一月的8.3%的水平。
美国劳工部星期五公布的受到密切关注的月度就业报告称，美国的雇主上个月雇用了22.7万人。另外，报告还将一月份被雇用的人数上调到28.4万人。
二月份之前，美国的失业率连续五个月出现下降。这显示，这个全球最大的经济体正在从1930年代大萧条以来最严峻的经济衰退中稳步恢复。
随着最近几个月就业机会的增加，美国政府说，二月份有更多的失业人口开始再次寻找工作。这使得上个月的失业率保持不变。
政府方面说，就业的增长涉及的行业广泛，而且既包括比较高薪也包括比较低薪的工作。专业性和商业服务、医疗保险、休闲和餐旅等行业增加的就业机会最多。
Businesses in the United States boosted payrolls more than forecast in February, while the jobless rate remained unchanged from January's 8.3 percent.
In its closely watched monthly report, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday that employers hired 227,000 new workers last month. In addition, the report revised upward the number of people hired in January to 284,000.
Until February, the jobless rate had fallen for five straight months in the U.S. -- an indication that the world's largest economy is steadily recovering from the severe economic downturn that was the country's worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
As hiring has increased in recent months, the government said more jobless workers started looking for employment again in February. That left last month's unemployment rate unchanged.
The government said the job growth was broad-based, and included both higher-paying and lower-paying jobs. Professional and business services, health care, and the leisure and hospitality industries added the biggest number of jobs.