Even though labor demand has remained resilient, it's unclear how long that will last.
The increase in May hiring was led by leisure and hospitality.
More than half of consumers felt that the government is doing a poor job with economic policy, the highest share in ten months.
Some economists have been wary about drawing strong conclusions from the data.
Seven out of 13 retail categories rose last month, according to Commerce Department data.
The data may bolster chances that the Federal Reserve will pause its run of interest-rate hikes.
The CPI rose by 4.9% from a year earlier, the first sub-5% reading in two years.
Employers announced about 67,000 job cuts last month, bringing the total this year to roughly 340,000.
While the pace of job growth accelerated last month, wages cooled.
Job openings at small firms jumped 80% in February from the start of last year.
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