US employers added 151,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.1%, signaling hiring has remained relatively steady in the first full month of jobs data from the Trump administration.

The figures came in below expectations of 160,000 jobs, but still represented an increase from January’s underwhelming 143,000 jobs amid the California wildfires and intense snowstorms.

Friday’s data extended a streak of job growth to 50 months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Analysts had expected the unemployment rate to hold still at 4%.

Futures on the S&P 500 inched up following the report’s release.

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