Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) found that employment of immigrants increased by 14,000 in September. Employment of native-born Americans declined by 262,000. The BLS also found that a record number of 94.6 million (ages 16 and over) were not in the labor force. Many in that total are retired or not interested in finding work. But it also includes many people who would like to work, but have given up looking for a job due to discouragement. They are not counted in the official unemployment figure.