Right, but if "2x median" reflects a range between 1.0 and 3.0% growth, is it really that insightful to call out specific sectors? There are always (mild) winn

Right, but if "2x median" reflects a range between 1.0 and 3.0% growth, is it really that insightful to call out specific sectors? There are always (mild) winners and losers in every distribution. Note also that population growth in the US is something like 0.3% for the past few years, so calling 0.9% jobs growth "flat" seems a bit spun? I mean, we both know what's going on here: there's a desire on the part of multiple posters to try to deny these numbers are good numbers, probably for political reasons. And I guess fingering "government" and "doctors" seems like an easy way to win that argument (i.e. "real people's jobs actually bad"). But that's just incorrect per the numbers. "Real people" are doing well too.