never performed. organizers saying they created a new campaign attorney and filing updated at the tismghts last recall fell short by about 380,000 signatures. make no mistake this is not a white flag it s a doubling down on our efforts. and talk about prince charming this 4-year-old boy is going viral for tipping his adorable mickey mouse cap to greet disney princesses during a parade at disney world. mom posted on tiktok getting 35 million views. some peeferl recall commenting calling the boy a true prince and a real gentleman. what do you think, rachel? rachel: this is the most adorable thing ever and i m curious to know what is your most favorite disney princess. will, pete?
wages is the bluish line in the middle but then the turquoise line shows you what happened to the workers. these are blue collar workers, often people of color, closer to the become of the income scale, but you can see the wages have shot up because of the demand for workers and shortage of workers, businesses have had to pay more. these workers are making 16% more than they were in january of 2019 and 4% more than they were making in had january of 2021. and as you said, the average worker is now making $16.50 an hour which is more than the pandemic. i will also say the sector has had robust job growth, roughly 380,000 of the jobs last month in the sector. so this is all good news. we can see how the recovery is lifting people at the bottom and we should all be very happy
fastest monthly jobs growth in almost a year and it wasn t just that jobs number. the number added wages also increased by 4% over the same time last year, lending at least some validation, some more validation perhaps to the notion that there is a tighter labor market out there. you mentioned the unemployment rate again. i mentioned it just now. that s the headline number. the number of economists looking also towards the separate measure of unemployment that tracks the number of people who are discouraged out there, those working part-time jobs or multiple jobs for economic reasons, that measure also fell to 9.2% from 9.8% in june. as for where the jobs are, no surprise here, it s leisure and hospitality, where a lot of the gains have been during the pandemic recovery, certainly as business and travel restrictions have been lifted, 380,000 jobs were created in just that industry alone, the majority coming from bars and restaurants. rounded out with professional
what does that mean for the economy? let s begin right there with cnn business anchor julia chatterly. good morning, jim. make no mistake, this was a strong jobs report. the u.s. economy adding back 943,000 jobs in the month of july, not the only good news today, though, too, we saw positive revisions to the prior two months adding back around 100,000 extra jobs we weren t expecting. all of this is good news. where did they come from? well, as you d expect, the toys, the leisure sector gave us back 380,000 jobs. restaurants, bars, hotels have been trying to add people back, forced to pay more wages. we saw that playing into these numbers in july. also the education sector, 220,000 jobs extra added back in the education sector. we know this has been a challenge all through the years as many students have remained educated at home. also the seasonal effects where you normally see jobs lost in