Women gained two out of every three jobs in U.S

Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that women have more than made up for all of the jobs they lost during the recession and now have even more jobs than at the previous employment peek for women in March 2008.

Amid all the talk of women missing in key leadership positions, the job market looks surprisingly pro-woman these days: Women gained two out of every three jobs added in August and now hold more jobs than their best pre-recession year.

The research— conducted by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — says that in August, men gained 51,000 jobs on nonfarm payrolls, while women gained 91,000.

Here are the numbers for August, broken down by the top industries for hiring:

• Professional and business services: 28,000 new jobs for women
• Education and health services: 23,000 new jobs for women
• Manufacturing: 17,000 new jobs for women
• Leisure and hospitality: 10,000 new jobs for women

Also worth noting: The August data shows that women have more than made up for all of the jobs they lost during the recession. In fact, they now have 68.7 million jobs on payroll — even more than they had at their previous employment peak (67.6 jobs) in March 2008.

And though women gained more jobs than men last month month, only 43 percent of the 2.5 million total jobs added to payrolls between August 2013 and August 2014 were filled by women.