Filed under: Job growth is ever-so-slightly accelerating By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias Jun 6, 2014, 8:51am EDT Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share this on Reddit Share All sharing options Share All sharing options for: Job growth is ever-so-slightly accelerating Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email Average pace of monthly job gains: 2011: +174k 2012: +186k 2013: +194k 2014: +214k so far. Just say "about 180k" and you're always right. — Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) June 6, 2014 In This Stream 217,000 new jobs were created in May Boringest jobs report ever? Job growth is ever-so-slightly accelerating Employers added 217,000 jobs in May View all 8 stories Next Up In The Latest The Latest The slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapse By A.W. Ohlheiser Is Biden on track for defeat? The debate, explained By Andrew Prokop Yes, even most temperate landscapes in the US can and will burn By Kylie Mohr How Sam Bankman-Fried’s possible sentence stacks up against the century’s biggest fraudsters By Nicole Narea There’s a shadow fleet sneaking Russian oil around the world. It’s an ecological disaster waiting to happen. By Joshua Keating We’re long overdue for an Asian lead on The Bachelor franchise By Li Zhou