text:  U.S. employers added 206,000 jobs in June, a modest slowdown from the previous month. The unemployment rate inched up to 4.1 percent as nearly 300,000 new people joined the workforce. Health care continued its strong job growth, while construction companies also added workers despite high interest rates, which are weighing on the housing market. Factories and retailers shed a small number of jobs, and temporary health services cut nearly 50,000 jobs.