Jobs Growth Slowed In January Including 15,700 Net Decline At Restaurants And Bars, Revisions Cut Sector Total

The number of those employed at “food service and drinking places” shrank by 15,700 in January, according to the latest “Employment Situation” report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Feb. 7. The drop in the sector is the first in seven months, as BLS’s annual revision of the numbers for 2023 and 2024 showed…