▁jobs ▁created ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁- ▁ 1 8 1 , 0 0 0 ▁jobs ▁created ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁- ▁ 1 4 2 , 0 0 0 ▁jobs ▁created ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁- ▁ 1 1 4 , 0 0 0 ▁jobs ▁created ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁- ▁ 2 2 5 , 0 0 0 ▁jobs ▁created ▁ ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁- ▁ 2 0 3 , 0 0 0 ▁jobs ▁created ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁- ▁ 2 1 4 , 0 0 0 ▁jobs ▁created ▁ ▁Table ▁ ▁Pre lim inary ▁▁▁▁ ▁Note : ▁Job ▁losses ▁in ▁June ▁and ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁are ▁largely ▁attributed ▁to ▁US ▁census ▁worker ▁jobs ▁lost . ▁Private ▁sector ▁jobs ▁have ▁increased ▁during ▁those ▁months . ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁re cess ion , ▁ 8 . 8 ▁million ▁jobs ▁have ▁been ▁lost , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Labor ▁Statistics . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁jobs ▁pay ing ▁between ▁$ 1 4 ▁and ▁$ 2 1 ▁per ▁hour ▁made ▁up ▁about ▁ 6 0 % ▁those ▁lost ▁during ▁the ▁re cess ion , ▁but ▁such ▁mid - w age ▁jobs ▁have ▁compr ised ▁only ▁about ▁ 2 7 % ▁of ▁jobs ▁gained ▁during ▁the ▁recovery ▁through ▁mid - 2 0 1 2 . ▁In ▁contrast , ▁lower - pay ing ▁jobs ▁constit uted ▁about ▁ 5 8 % ▁of