The economy created a net total of 151,000 jobs in October. In the past 30 years, monthly job growth has surpassed 400,000 15 times. These are the months and the totals:
July 1983 418,000
September 1983 1,114,000
January 1984 447,000
February 1984 479,000
October 1987 492,000
February 1988 452,000
March 1994 462,000
November 1994 423,000
February 1996 434,000
September 1997 508,000
May 1998 401,000
February 1999 410,000
October 1999 408,000
March 2000 472,000
May 2010 432,000
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
