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title: "AP: U.S. Adds 223,000 Jobs in April"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/f8c48093-5f8a-4d05-8fac-9920e5b91171
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/ap-us-adds-223000-jobs-in-april-1617
category: "Sandwich & sub"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Sandwich & sub"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2015-05-12T19:14:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T13:25:24.783Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8d777f385d3dfec8815d20f7496026dc9053.png
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# AP: U.S. Adds 223,000 Jobs in April

**TL;DR:** The U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs in April, with franchises like Pita Pit experiencing job growth and expansion. The unemployment rate lowered to 5.4 percent, the lowest since May 2008.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-05-12. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/ap-us-adds-223000-jobs-in-april-1617).*

## Story

Job growth may not be showing super strength, but it’s at least steady, according to The Associated Press.

The news source reported the U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs during April, helping to lower the unemployment rate to 5.4 percent, based on data from the Labor Department. This marks the lowest rate of unemployment since May 2008.

This news comes at an ideal time, as the first quarter of 2015 was less than stellar in terms of U.S. economic recovery.

Franchises are seeing their fair share of job growth, with Pita Pit’s franchise, U.S. President Corey Bowman telling the AP his company is hiring and expanding, and doing so without having to pay higher wages.

"I haven't noticed any change in terms of what you have to pay to get people," Bowman said.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- job growth (topic)
- unemployment rate (topic)
- The Associated Press (company)
- Labor Department (regulator)
- U.S. economy (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/ap-us-adds-223000-jobs-in-april-1617). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/f8c48093-5f8a-4d05-8fac-9920e5b91171).