The unemployment rate in the United States has dropped to 5.9%, the lowest level since July 2008.
The jobless rate dropped by 0.2% from the August figure.
Official data showed that the US economy created 248,000 non-farm jobs in September.
The Labor Department said employers added 69,000 more jobs in July and August, higher than the government had previously estimated.
It said job creation was strongest in the restaurant industry, health care, food and beverage stores and administrative services.
More modest additions were recorded in construction and government hiring.
The improved figures come after President Barack Obama touted his administration's economic achievements in a speech on Thursday.
The economy is one of the top issues in voters' minds as the November mid-term elections near.
The lower jobless rate, combined with the surge in hiring, could ratchet up pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise its benchmark interest rate earlier than expected.
Most economists have predicted that the Fed would start raising rates in mid-2015.
"This number will continue to support the notion that the economy is growing ... (but) isn't so strong that the Fed will raise rates anytime soon," Kingsview Asset Management portfolio manager Paul Nolte said.
With rate hike expectations mounting, the dollar pushed higher on foreign exchanges after the figures were published at 1.30pm BST.
Markets across Europe except Germany's DAX, which was closed for the day, jumped on release of the new data.
In broader economic news, officials said the US trade gap narrowed in August to $40.1bn (£25bn).
The Commerce Department said the revised figure was $200m (£125m) down on the first estimate.
Economists had expected the trade gap to have grown to $40.9bn.
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