Payrolls climbed in 31 states last month, led by New York and Texas, while the jobless rate increased in 28 others, painting a mixed employment picture the month before global stock markets slumped.

Businesses in New York boosted staff by 29,400 workers, while those in Texas added 29,300, figures from the Labor Department showed Friday

Joblessness increased by 0.4 percentage point in Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota. Nevada continued to lead the nation in unemployment with a rate of 12.9 percent.

Widespread job growth is needed to shore up incomes after spending among consumers ground to a halt in the second quarter, raising concern the world’s largest economy was stalling.

A Labor Department report on Aug. 5 showed employers added 117,000 workers to payrolls last month and the jobless rate fell to 9.1 percent.