An Indian laborer looks on as he works inside a steel factory on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Friday, June 1, 2012. India's economic growth slowed to 5.3 percent in the January-March quarter, the lowest in nine years, as the malaise in manufacturing and other sectors spread to ordinary Indians, who trimmed spending. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
The unemployment rate comes from a survey of households and is calculated by dividing the number of unemployed people by the size of the labor force. In July, more people said they were unemployed, while the size of the labor force shrank even more. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
The job gains were broad-based. Manufacturing added 25,000 jobs, the most since March. Restaurants and bars added 29,000. Retailers hired 7,000 more workers. Education and health services gained 38,000. Governments cut 9,000 positions.