US job growth slowed more than expected in January, but a 4.0% unemployment rate probably will give the Federal Reserve cover to hold off cutting interest rates until June.

Jobs in motion pictures and sound recordings grew by 1,600 to 409,500, while employment in publishing climbed by 2,500 to 920,100.

Annual revisions to jobs data and disruptions related to the catastrophic Los Angeles fires and severe winter storms are likely to be reasons behind the slump in job gains.