The labor market bounced back last month, as workers sidelined by storms got back on the jobs, and as thousands of striking Boeing employees returned to work.

Thomas Simons, U.S. economist at Jefferies, wrote in a commentary that the recovery from October’s strikes and hurricanes likely boosted last month’s payrolls by 60,000, suggesting that the job market is strong enough to absorb most jobseekers but not enough to raise worries about inflation.