Corrects for the number of new jobs.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The U.S. created 266,000 new jobs in November, marking the biggest gain since the first month of the year and signaling the labor market remains quite robust even though the economy has slowed. The increase in new jobs easily topped the 180,000 MarketWatch forecast, helped by the end of the GM auto-workers strike. That added roughly 50,000 jobs to the payrolls number. The unemployment rate slipped to 3.5% from 3.6% and matched a 50-year low. The average wage paid to American workers rose 7 cents, or 0.2%, to $28.29 an hour. The 12-month rate of hourly wage gains slipped to 3.1% from 3.2%. Hours worked each week were flat at 34.4 hours. The government revised the increase in new jobs in October to 156,000 from 128,000. September's gain was raised to 193,000 from 180,000.