The index for number of employees was slightly positive, while the average workweek index was slightly negative.
For example, the length of the average workweek, another a gauge of labor market health, was unchanged.
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The average workweek, a highly influential measure of the strength of the labor market, held at 34.3 hours.
Digging deeper into the report, hourly earnings inched up 0.1% and the average workweek was steady at 34.3 hours.
The average workweek slipped by a tenth of a point to 34.2 hours.
The average workweek inched up 0.1 hour to 34.5 hours in February, with increases in the manufacturing workweek and factory overtime.
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The average workweek is a low 34.5 hours thanks to employers shortening workers' hours or asking employees to take unpaid leave.
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Besides the weak jobs growth itself, another worrisome detail was a decline of 0.1 hour in the average workweek, Nedoss said.
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Other widely watched data points: the average workweek climbed only slightly to 34.5 hours, and the labor force also increased a bit.
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The outlook for jobs growth also weakened, with the employment of temporary workers and the average workweek remaining unchanged, suggesting no pressing need to add to the jobs rolls.
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But now the Washington policy institute, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), has proposed further trimming of the average workweek, noting that more play and less work could help slow global warming significantly.
The survey also asked about the number of employees and about the average employee workweek.
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