December jobs blowout: +517k added (vs +187k expected); unemployment rate hits 3.4%

via BLS:

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 517,000 in January, and the unemployment rate
changed little at 3.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job
growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure and hospitality, professional and
business services, and health care. Employment also increased in government, partially
reflecting the return of workers from a strike.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm