According to the Labor Department data, employers created 227,000 new positions, with the largest growth coming from the restaurant, bar, and healthcare industries.
It was a robust recovery from October, when significant storms and labor disruptions caused a steep decline in job growth.
As analysts discuss how much the US central bank would lower interest rates in the next months, the numbers were released.
In September, the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates, arguing that lower borrowing costs were necessary to maintain economic growth and prevent labor market deterioration.
A month later, as millions of workers were laid off due to hurricanes and strikes at Boeing and other companies, job growth stagnated.
However, the last report’s recovery in growth lends credence to the idea that the weakness