White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett called Friday's new jobs report number "a little bit disappointing," but added, "I expect it's going to revise up."

Hassett's comments on CNBC's " Squawk on the Street " came shortly after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that nonfarm payrolls rose by only 22,000 in August.

That is less than one-third of the 75,000 new jobs expected by economists who were surveyed by Dow Jones ahead of the report.

When Hassett was asked if he was concerned about a sluggish hiring rate, he responded with a personal anecdote.

"Members of my family have been hired," he said.

"Both of them started their new jobs about a week ago. And so you are seeing that people are being hired."

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