Consider it a done deal.

American employers expanded their payrolls at a robust pace in November, the government reported on Friday, all but guaranteeing that policy makers at the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade when they meet in less than two weeks.

In addition to announcing 211,000 new hires last month — a bit more than Wall Street had expected — the Labor Department also revised upward its earlier estimate of job creation in September and October by a total of 26,000 jobs. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 5 percent.

The labor market strength evident in the November data removes the last major uncertainty before the Fed decision.

“This is a green light from our perspective,” said Phil Orlando, chief equity strategist at Federated Investors.