today. he instead focused on the positive, yet employment dropped more than expected down to 4.2%, wages were also up, although by less than last month. labor force participation also rose, to 61.8%. >> the incredible news of our unemployment rate has fallen to 4.2%. at this point in the year, we are looking at the sharpest one year decline in unemployment ever. simply put, america, america is back to work. our jobs recovery is going very strong. >> the tally used to calculate the number of new jobs is different from the self recorded household survey that produces the overall unemployment rate. highlight some key differences in the surveys. the jobs numbers have often been revised upwards multiple times this year, but the big concern for some, is that this job growth stumble came even before the omicron variant emerge. hitting industries with travel restrictions and lockdowns earlier in the pandemic,