The unemployment rate in the US stood at 5% in December and, with the creation of 292,000 new jobs in the month, the economy generated throughout 2015 a total of 2.65 million jobs, the government reported Wednesday .
In its report, the Labor Department revised up figures for October contract, which was the best month of the year with the creation of 307,000 new jobs, and November.
In addition, net job creation in December exceeded the expectations of analysts, who had predicted for the last month of the year 200,000 new jobs.
Thus, the average monthly job creation in the last quarter of 2015 was 284,000 new hires, the best recorded in a year.
During 2015 the US economy added 2.65 million jobs and was the second best year in recruitment since 1999, after 3.1 million gain recorded in 2014.
As for hourly wages, they decreased slightly in December and stood at an average of $ 25.24, although they have grown by 2.5% over the past twelve months.
The widespread optimism about the strength of the labor market helped the Federal Reserve (Fed) would take in mid-December decision to raise benchmark interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade.
The unemployment rate in the country has since October 5%, the lowest since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008.