The legal sector added 3,100 jobs in September, a modest uptick after August doldrums as the economic turmoil from the coronavirus pandemic continues.
The seasonally adjusted job gains, reported by the Labor Department Friday, follow an August in which the legal sector did not add employees to payrolls. In September, employers posted more people to their payrolls as firms—and their employees—grow accustomed to handling legal matters from home offices.
The larger economic recovery slowed over the month, however. Overall non-farm payrolls added a seasonally adjusted 661,000 jobs, bumping the unemployment rate down to 7.9%. The overall job gains are about ...