The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8% in September, the lowest since January 2009, from 8.1% in August as employers added 114,000 people to payrolls including 700 in the trucking industry, the Labor Department reported Friday.

U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate fell to 8.1%, from 8.3% a month earlier, the Labor Department said Friday.

The U.S. unemployment rate held at 8.2% in June and trucking employment improved by 2,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.

The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 8.2% in May from April’s three-year-low 8.1%, but trucking and transportation employment improved, the Labor Department said Friday.

The April unemployment rate fell to a three-year low 8.1% and the trucking industry gained 1,800 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.

The U.S. unemployment declined to 8.2% in March — the lowest in three years — but trucking jobs fell by 1,900, the Labor Department said Friday.

The U.S. unemployment rate held at 8.3% in February, and trucking added more than 10,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.

The unemployment rate dropped in December to 8.5%, the lowest in almost three years, while the economy added 200,000 jobs, including 5,100 trucking jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.

The unemployment rate dropped in November to 8.6%, the lowest in more than two and a half years, while the economy added 120,000 jobs, including 3,600 trucking jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.