(FILES) An employee works in Kawasaki factory in Lincoln, Nebraska, on May 13, 2024. The US added 206,000 jobs in June, said the Labor Department on July 5, 2024,, marking a slower pace of hiring than May's revised 218,000 figure. The jobless rate ticked up from 4.0 percent to 4.1 percent. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)