October’s 165,000 Jobs Were Not a Healthcare-Only Count.

The October hiring total of 165,000, reported Friday, Nov. 6, was not a healthcare-only figure. In the Bureau of Labor Statistics count as detailed by CNBC, the gains included professional and business services adding 70,000 jobs, healthcare 42,000, transportation and warehousing 25,000, and manufacturing 19,000.

Fox Business’s account of the same release put private payrolls up 159,000 and government payrolls up 6,000. It said hospitals added 16,000 jobs, home health-care services 10,500, and outpatient care centers 4,800. Couriers and messengers added 17,400. Heather Long of Navy Federal Credit Union said that in 2025 the economy added barely 10,000 jobs a month and that those gains were basically all in healthcare. That comparison is her reading, not a new wage.

None of these averages changes a paycheck you already have. The 0.4 percent October rise in average hourly earnings, and the 3.1 percent yearly gain, were already reported with the headline total.

Does a broader October hiring mix raise the wage in your current job? No individual raise was announced. The new detail is where the 165,000 jobs were counted, led by professional services, not a change to an existing contract.