@cnn: The US labor market has been amazingly resilient in the face of a barrage of economic shocks. The unemployment rate has been at or under 4.5% for a record-setting five years and Friday's stronger-than-expected jobs report for October showed that employers are hiring at one of the fastest clips in the past three years. But the monthly snapshot also revealed some troubling trends: Americans' average stint on unemployment is the longest it's been in nearly five years; the bulk of the job gains remain relatively concentrated to few industries; and workers' wages continue to fall further behind inflation. 📸: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg/Getty Images; Samuel Corum/Getty Images; skynesher/E+/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images; J. Scott Applewhite/AP

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