What to Expect from the March Jobs Report

A hiring ad is displayed at a store in Columbia, Md., on Sept. 18, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe March jobs report, scheduled for release on April 3, will mark the end of a quarter defined by wild swings in the U.S. labor market. Economists project that about 60,000 new jobs were added last month, with the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.4 percent.If those estimates are accurate, payrolls grew by about 94,000 in the first quarter of 2026—an improvement over the 61,000 jobs added during the same period a year earlier.