Great Again: US nonfarm payrolls total 222,000 in June vs 179,000 expected Prison Planet.com Posted on July 7, 2017 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Money Watch CNBC | The U.S. economy added a better-than-expected 222,000 new jobs in June and the unemployment rate held at 4.4 percent, according to a government report Friday. Share this:Share Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email