Investing.com - The U.S. economy created more jobs than expected in June as wage growth missed estimates.
The Labor Department said nonfarm payrolls were up 222,000 after a revised increase of 152,000 in May.
Analysts had expected non-farm payrolls to rise 179,000 last month.
The May figure was revised from an initial reading of 138,000.
Average hourly wages were up 0.2% from May when they rose a revised 0.1% against a previous reading of 0.2%.
Wages were forecast to rise by 0.3% last month.
The unemployment rate rose to 4.4% when it was expected to remain unchanged at 4.3%.
The dollar index pared gains and was up 0.04% at 95.62 after the data against a prior reading of 95.78.