■ Average earnings rose by 8 cents an hour and are up 2.7 percent over the past year.

■ The Labor Department revised its estimate of February’s job growth upward, but January’s figure was revised sharply downward. The net result was a loss of 50,000 jobs relative to prior estimates.

The Takeaway

February’s report was a barnburner: Companies added jobs at the strongest pace since 2015, and the labor force gained hundreds of thousands of workers. The report for March wasn’t as strong, but still extended a remarkable run in the job market.

March was the 90th consecutive month of job growth, by far the longest streak on record. Employers have added an average of just over 200,000 jobs per month so far in 2018, a pace that has held relatively steady for the past two years. The unemployment rate hasn’t budged since October, but remains at its lowest level since 2000.

“The fundamentals still remain solid,” said Dan North, chief economist for Euler Hermes North America.