United States Bureau of Labor Statistics' issued mixed reports on April employment in Puerto Rico.
The bureau's household survey Friday showed continuing improvement. Total employment in April was up 0.4% from March, 1.4% from a year earlier, and 3% from September 2014, which was the post-recession low. The total employment figure of 1,003,196 was the second highest total employment since May 2013.
The household survey also showed the unemployment rate fell to 11.7%, which tied the lowest rate since June 2008.
The bureau's survey of workplaces showed total employment in April fell 0.1% from March and 1.5% from a year earlier. The survey also indicated that in April private sector employment slipped 0.2% from March and 1.5% from a year earlier.
Some bureau analysts say the divergence is attributable to the inclusion of self-employment and agricultural employment in the household survey. The establishment survey doesn't include these jobs.
All the data in this story has been seasonally adjusted.
