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Payroll employment up by 261,000 in October 2022

November 08, 2022

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 261,000 to 153.3 million in October 2022. Monthly job growth has averaged 407,000 thus far in 2022, compared with 562,000 per month in 2021.

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Nonfarm payroll employment, January 1970–October 2022
Month	Employment level	Over-the-month change	12-month percent change
Jan 1970	71,176,000	-65,000	2.5%
Feb 1970	71,305,000	129,000	2.3
Mar 1970	71,451,000	146,000	2.2
Apr 1970	71,348,000	-103,000	1.8
May 1970	71,124,000	-224,000	1.1
Jun 1970	71,029,000	-95,000	0.6
Jul 1970	71,053,000	24,000	0.5
Aug 1970	70,937,000	-116,000	-0.1
Sep 1970	70,944,000	7,000	0.0
Oct 1970	70,521,000	-423,000	-0.8
Nov 1970	70,409,000	-112,000	-1.0
Dec 1970	70,792,000	383,000	-0.6
Jan 1971	70,865,000	73,000	-0.4
Feb 1971	70,807,000	-58,000	-0.7
Mar 1971	70,860,000	53,000	-0.8
Apr 1971	71,036,000	176,000	-0.4
May 1971	71,247,000	211,000	0.2
Jun 1971	71,254,000	7,000	0.3
Jul 1971	71,315,000	61,000	0.4
Aug 1971	71,373,000	58,000	0.6
Sep 1971	71,614,000	241,000	0.9
Oct 1971	71,642,000	28,000	1.6
Nov 1971	71,847,000	205,000	2.0
Dec 1971	72,109,000	262,000	1.9
Jan 1972	72,441,000	332,000	2.2
Feb 1972	72,648,000	207,000	2.6
Mar 1972	72,944,000	296,000	2.9
Apr 1972	73,162,000	218,000	3.0
May 1972	73,469,000	307,000	3.1
Jun 1972	73,758,000	289,000	3.5
Jul 1972	73,709,000	-49,000	3.4
Aug 1972	74,141,000	432,000	3.9
Sep 1972	74,264,000	123,000	3.7
Oct 1972	74,674,000	410,000	4.2
Nov 1972	74,973,000	299,000	4.4
Dec 1972	75,268,000	295,000	4.4
Jan 1973	75,617,000	349,000	4.4
Feb 1973	76,014,000	397,000	4.6
Mar 1973	76,284,000	270,000	4.6
Apr 1973	76,455,000	171,000	4.5
May 1973	76,648,000	193,000	4.3
Jun 1973	76,887,000	239,000	4.2
Jul 1973	76,913,000	26,000	4.3
Aug 1973	77,168,000	255,000	4.1
Sep 1973	77,276,000	108,000	4.1
Oct 1973	77,607,000	331,000	3.9
Nov 1973	77,920,000	313,000	3.9
Dec 1973	78,031,000	111,000	3.7
Jan 1974	78,100,000	69,000	3.3
Feb 1974	78,254,000	154,000	2.9
Mar 1974	78,296,000	42,000	2.6
Apr 1974	78,382,000	86,000	2.5
May 1974	78,549,000	167,000	2.5
Jun 1974	78,604,000	55,000	2.2
Jul 1974	78,636,000	32,000	2.2
Aug 1974	78,619,000	-17,000	1.9
Sep 1974	78,610,000	-9,000	1.7
Oct 1974	78,630,000	20,000	1.3
Nov 1974	78,265,000	-365,000	0.4
Dec 1974	77,652,000	-613,000	-0.5
Jan 1975	77,293,000	-359,000	-1.0
Feb 1975	76,918,000	-375,000	-1.7
Mar 1975	76,648,000	-270,000	-2.1
Apr 1975	76,460,000	-188,000	-2.5
May 1975	76,624,000	164,000	-2.5
Jun 1975	76,521,000	-103,000	-2.6
Jul 1975	76,770,000	249,000	-2.4
Aug 1975	77,153,000	383,000	-1.9
Sep 1975	77,228,000	75,000	-1.8
Oct 1975	77,540,000	312,000	-1.4
Nov 1975	77,685,000	145,000	-0.7
Dec 1975	78,017,000	332,000	0.5
Jan 1976	78,503,000	486,000	1.6
Feb 1976	78,816,000	313,000	2.5
Mar 1976	79,048,000	232,000	3.1
Apr 1976	79,292,000	244,000	3.7
May 1976	79,312,000	20,000	3.5
Jun 1976	79,376,000	64,000	3.7
Jul 1976	79,547,000	171,000	3.6
Aug 1976	79,704,000	157,000	3.3
Sep 1976	79,892,000	188,000	3.4
Oct 1976	79,911,000	19,000	3.1
Nov 1976	80,240,000	329,000	3.3
Dec 1976	80,448,000	208,000	3.1
Jan 1977	80,690,000	242,000	2.8
Feb 1977	80,988,000	298,000	2.8
Mar 1977	81,391,000	403,000	3.0
Apr 1977	81,728,000	337,000	3.1
May 1977	82,088,000	360,000	3.5
Jun 1977	82,488,000	400,000	3.9
Jul 1977	82,834,000	346,000	4.1
Aug 1977	83,075,000	241,000	4.2
Sep 1977	83,532,000	457,000	4.6
Oct 1977	83,800,000	268,000	4.9
Nov 1977	84,173,000	373,000	4.9
Dec 1977	84,410,000	237,000	4.9
Jan 1978	84,594,000	184,000	4.8
Feb 1978	84,948,000	354,000	4.9
Mar 1978	85,460,000	512,000	5.0
Apr 1978	86,162,000	702,000	5.4
May 1978	86,509,000	347,000	5.4
Jun 1978	86,950,000	441,000	5.4
Jul 1978	87,204,000	254,000	5.3
Aug 1978	87,483,000	279,000	5.3
Sep 1978	87,621,000	138,000	4.9
Oct 1978	87,956,000	335,000	5.0
Nov 1978	88,391,000	435,000	5.0
Dec 1978	88,671,000	280,000	5.0
Jan 1979	88,808,000	137,000	5.0
Feb 1979	89,055,000	247,000	4.8
Mar 1979	89,479,000	424,000	4.7
Apr 1979	89,417,000	-62,000	3.8
May 1979	89,789,000	372,000	3.8
Jun 1979	90,108,000	319,000	3.6
Jul 1979	90,217,000	109,000	3.5
Aug 1979	90,300,000	83,000	3.2
Sep 1979	90,327,000	27,000	3.1
Oct 1979	90,481,000	154,000	2.9
Nov 1979	90,573,000	92,000	2.5
Dec 1979	90,672,000	99,000	2.3
Jan 1980	90,800,000	128,000	2.2
Feb 1980	90,883,000	83,000	2.1
Mar 1980	90,994,000	111,000	1.7
Apr 1980	90,849,000	-145,000	1.6
May 1980	90,420,000	-429,000	0.7
Jun 1980	90,101,000	-319,000	0.0
Jul 1980	89,840,000	-261,000	-0.4
Aug 1980	90,099,000	259,000	-0.2
Sep 1980	90,213,000	114,000	-0.1
Oct 1980	90,490,000	277,000	0.0
Nov 1980	90,747,000	257,000	0.2
Dec 1980	90,943,000	196,000	0.3
Jan 1981	91,033,000	90,000	0.3
Feb 1981	91,105,000	72,000	0.2
Mar 1981	91,210,000	105,000	0.2
Apr 1981	91,283,000	73,000	0.5
May 1981	91,296,000	13,000	1.0
Jun 1981	91,490,000	194,000	1.5
Jul 1981	91,601,000	111,000	2.0
Aug 1981	91,565,000	-36,000	1.6
Sep 1981	91,477,000	-88,000	1.4
Oct 1981	91,380,000	-97,000	1.0
Nov 1981	91,171,000	-209,000	0.5
Dec 1981	90,895,000	-276,000	-0.1
Jan 1982	90,565,000	-330,000	-0.5
Feb 1982	90,563,000	-2,000	-0.6
Mar 1982	90,434,000	-129,000	-0.9
Apr 1982	90,150,000	-284,000	-1.2
May 1982	90,107,000	-43,000	-1.3
Jun 1982	89,865,000	-242,000	-1.8
Jul 1982	89,521,000	-344,000	-2.3
Aug 1982	89,363,000	-158,000	-2.4
Sep 1982	89,183,000	-180,000	-2.5
Oct 1982	88,907,000	-276,000	-2.7
Nov 1982	88,786,000	-121,000	-2.6
Dec 1982	88,771,000	-15,000	-2.3
Jan 1983	88,990,000	219,000	-1.7
Feb 1983	88,917,000	-73,000	-1.8
Mar 1983	89,090,000	173,000	-1.5
Apr 1983	89,364,000	274,000	-0.9
May 1983	89,644,000	280,000	-0.5
Jun 1983	90,021,000	377,000	0.2
Jul 1983	90,437,000	416,000	1.0
Aug 1983	90,129,000	-308,000	0.9
Sep 1983	91,247,000	1,118,000	2.3
Oct 1983	91,520,000	273,000	2.9
Nov 1983	91,875,000	355,000	3.5
Dec 1983	92,230,000	355,000	3.9
Jan 1984	92,673,000	443,000	4.1
Feb 1984	93,157,000	484,000	4.8
Mar 1984	93,429,000	272,000	4.9
Apr 1984	93,792,000	363,000	5.0
May 1984	94,098,000	306,000	5.0
Jun 1984	94,479,000	381,000	5.0
Jul 1984	94,789,000	310,000	4.8
Aug 1984	95,032,000	243,000	5.4
Sep 1984	95,344,000	312,000	4.5
Oct 1984	95,629,000	285,000	4.5
Nov 1984	95,982,000	353,000	4.5
Dec 1984	96,107,000	125,000	4.2
Jan 1985	96,372,000	265,000	4.0
Feb 1985	96,503,000	131,000	3.6
Mar 1985	96,842,000	339,000	3.7
Apr 1985	97,038,000	196,000	3.5
May 1985	97,312,000	274,000	3.4
Jun 1985	97,459,000	147,000	3.2
Jul 1985	97,648,000	189,000	3.0
Aug 1985	97,840,000	192,000	3.0
Sep 1985	98,045,000	205,000	2.8
Oct 1985	98,233,000	188,000	2.7
Nov 1985	98,443,000	210,000	2.6
Dec 1985	98,609,000	166,000	2.6
Jan 1986	98,732,000	123,000	2.4
Feb 1986	98,847,000	115,000	2.4
Mar 1986	98,934,000	87,000	2.2
Apr 1986	99,121,000	187,000	2.1
May 1986	99,248,000	127,000	2.0
Jun 1986	99,155,000	-93,000	1.7
Jul 1986	99,473,000	318,000	1.9
Aug 1986	99,588,000	115,000	1.8
Sep 1986	99,934,000	346,000	1.9
Oct 1986	100,121,000	187,000	1.9
Nov 1986	100,308,000	187,000	1.9
Dec 1986	100,509,000	201,000	1.9
Jan 1987	100,678,000	169,000	2.0
Feb 1987	100,919,000	241,000	2.1
Mar 1987	101,164,000	245,000	2.3
Apr 1987	101,499,000	335,000	2.4
May 1987	101,728,000	229,000	2.5
Jun 1987	101,900,000	172,000	2.8
Jul 1987	102,247,000	347,000	2.8
Aug 1987	102,420,000	173,000	2.8
Sep 1987	102,647,000	227,000	2.7
Oct 1987	103,138,000	491,000	3.0
Nov 1987	103,372,000	234,000	3.1
Dec 1987	103,661,000	289,000	3.1
Jan 1988	103,753,000	92,000	3.1
Feb 1988	104,214,000	461,000	3.3
Mar 1988	104,489,000	275,000	3.3
Apr 1988	104,732,000	243,000	3.2
May 1988	104,962,000	230,000	3.2
Jun 1988	105,326,000	364,000	3.4
Jul 1988	105,550,000	224,000	3.2
Aug 1988	105,674,000	124,000	3.2
Sep 1988	106,013,000	339,000	3.3
Oct 1988	106,276,000	263,000	3.0
Nov 1988	106,617,000	341,000	3.1
Dec 1988	106,898,000	281,000	3.1
Jan 1989	107,161,000	263,000	3.3
Feb 1989	107,427,000	266,000	3.1
Mar 1989	107,621,000	194,000	3.0
Apr 1989	107,791,000	170,000	2.9
May 1989	107,913,000	122,000	2.8
Jun 1989	108,027,000	114,000	2.6
Jul 1989	108,069,000	42,000	2.4
Aug 1989	108,120,000	51,000	2.3
Sep 1989	108,369,000	249,000	2.2
Oct 1989	108,476,000	107,000	2.1
Nov 1989	108,752,000	276,000	2.0
Dec 1989	108,836,000	84,000	1.8
Jan 1990	109,199,000	363,000	1.9
Feb 1990	109,435,000	236,000	1.9
Mar 1990	109,644,000	209,000	1.9
Apr 1990	109,686,000	42,000	1.8
May 1990	109,839,000	153,000	1.8
Jun 1990	109,856,000	17,000	1.7
Jul 1990	109,824,000	-32,000	1.6
Aug 1990	109,616,000	-208,000	1.4
Sep 1990	109,518,000	-98,000	1.1
Oct 1990	109,367,000	-151,000	0.8
Nov 1990	109,214,000	-153,000	0.4
Dec 1990	109,166,000	-48,000	0.3
Jan 1991	109,055,000	-111,000	-0.1
Feb 1991	108,734,000	-321,000	-0.6
Mar 1991	108,574,000	-160,000	-1.0
Apr 1991	108,364,000	-210,000	-1.2
May 1991	108,249,000	-115,000	-1.4
Jun 1991	108,334,000	85,000	-1.4
Jul 1991	108,292,000	-42,000	-1.4
Aug 1991	108,310,000	18,000	-1.2
Sep 1991	108,336,000	26,000	-1.1
Oct 1991	108,357,000	21,000	-0.9
Nov 1991	108,296,000	-61,000	-0.8
Dec 1991	108,328,000	32,000	-0.8
Jan 1992	108,369,000	41,000	-0.6
Feb 1992	108,311,000	-58,000	-0.4
Mar 1992	108,365,000	54,000	-0.2
Apr 1992	108,519,000	154,000	0.1
May 1992	108,649,000	130,000	0.4
Jun 1992	108,715,000	66,000	0.4
Jul 1992	108,793,000	78,000	0.5
Aug 1992	108,925,000	132,000	0.6
Sep 1992	108,959,000	34,000	0.6
Oct 1992	109,139,000	180,000	0.7
Nov 1992	109,272,000	133,000	0.9
Dec 1992	109,495,000	223,000	1.1
Jan 1993	109,794,000	299,000	1.3
Feb 1993	110,044,000	250,000	1.6
Mar 1993	109,994,000	-50,000	1.5
Apr 1993	110,296,000	302,000	1.6
May 1993	110,568,000	272,000	1.8
Jun 1993	110,749,000	181,000	1.9
Jul 1993	111,055,000	306,000	2.1
Aug 1993	111,206,000	151,000	2.1
Sep 1993	111,448,000	242,000	2.3
Oct 1993	111,733,000	285,000	2.4
Nov 1993	111,984,000	251,000	2.5
Dec 1993	112,314,000	330,000	2.6
Jan 1994	112,595,000	281,000	2.6
Feb 1994	112,781,000	186,000	2.5
Mar 1994	113,242,000	461,000	3.0
Apr 1994	113,586,000	344,000	3.0
May 1994	113,921,000	335,000	3.0
Jun 1994	114,238,000	317,000	3.2
Jul 1994	114,610,000	372,000	3.2
Aug 1994	114,896,000	286,000	3.3
Sep 1994	115,247,000	351,000	3.4
Oct 1994	115,458,000	211,000	3.3
Nov 1994	115,869,000	411,000	3.5
Dec 1994	116,165,000	296,000	3.4
Jan 1995	116,501,000	336,000	3.5
Feb 1995	116,697,000	196,000	3.5
Mar 1995	116,907,000	210,000	3.2
Apr 1995	117,069,000	162,000	3.1
May 1995	117,049,000	-20,000	2.7
Jun 1995	117,286,000	237,000	2.7
Jul 1995	117,380,000	94,000	2.4
Aug 1995	117,634,000	254,000	2.4
Sep 1995	117,875,000	241,000	2.3
Oct 1995	118,031,000	156,000	2.2
Nov 1995	118,175,000	144,000	2.0
Dec 1995	118,320,000	145,000	1.9
Jan 1996	118,316,000	-4,000	1.6
Feb 1996	118,739,000	423,000	1.7
Mar 1996	118,993,000	254,000	1.8
Apr 1996	119,158,000	165,000	1.8
May 1996	119,486,000	328,000	2.1
Jun 1996	119,769,000	283,000	2.1
Jul 1996	120,015,000	246,000	2.2
Aug 1996	120,199,000	184,000	2.2
Sep 1996	120,410,000	211,000	2.2
Oct 1996	120,665,000	255,000	2.2
Nov 1996	120,961,000	296,000	2.4
Dec 1996	121,143,000	182,000	2.4
Jan 1997	121,363,000	220,000	2.6
Feb 1997	121,675,000	312,000	2.5
Mar 1997	121,990,000	315,000	2.5
Apr 1997	122,286,000	296,000	2.6
May 1997	122,546,000	260,000	2.6
Jun 1997	122,814,000	268,000	2.5
Jul 1997	123,111,000	297,000	2.6
Aug 1997	123,093,000	-18,000	2.4
Sep 1997	123,585,000	492,000	2.6
Oct 1997	123,929,000	344,000	2.7
Nov 1997	124,235,000	306,000	2.7
Dec 1997	124,549,000	314,000	2.8
Jan 1998	124,812,000	263,000	2.8
Feb 1998	125,016,000	204,000	2.7
Mar 1998	125,164,000	148,000	2.6
Apr 1998	125,442,000	278,000	2.6
May 1998	125,844,000	402,000	2.7
Jun 1998	126,076,000	232,000	2.7
Jul 1998	126,205,000	129,000	2.5
Aug 1998	126,544,000	339,000	2.8
Sep 1998	126,752,000	208,000	2.6
Oct 1998	126,954,000	202,000	2.4
Nov 1998	127,231,000	277,000	2.4
Dec 1998	127,596,000	365,000	2.4
Jan 1999	127,702,000	106,000	2.3
Feb 1999	128,120,000	418,000	2.5
Mar 1999	128,227,000	107,000	2.4
Apr 1999	128,597,000	370,000	2.5
May 1999	128,808,000	211,000	2.4
Jun 1999	129,089,000	281,000	2.4
Jul 1999	129,414,000	325,000	2.5
Aug 1999	129,569,000	155,000	2.4
Sep 1999	129,772,000	203,000	2.4
Oct 1999	130,177,000	405,000	2.5
Nov 1999	130,466,000	289,000	2.5
Dec 1999	130,772,000	306,000	2.5
Jan 2000	131,005,000	233,000	2.6
Feb 2000	131,124,000	119,000	2.3
Mar 2000	131,596,000	472,000	2.6
Apr 2000	131,888,000	292,000	2.6
May 2000	132,105,000	217,000	2.6
Jun 2000	132,061,000	-44,000	2.3
Jul 2000	132,236,000	175,000	2.2
Aug 2000	132,230,000	-6,000	2.1
Sep 2000	132,353,000	123,000	2.0
Oct 2000	132,351,000	-2,000	1.7
Nov 2000	132,556,000	205,000	1.6
Dec 2000	132,709,000	153,000	1.5
Jan 2001	132,698,000	-11,000	1.3
Feb 2001	132,789,000	91,000	1.3
Mar 2001	132,747,000	-42,000	0.9
Apr 2001	132,463,000	-284,000	0.4
May 2001	132,410,000	-53,000	0.2
Jun 2001	132,299,000	-111,000	0.2
Jul 2001	132,177,000	-122,000	0.0
Aug 2001	132,028,000	-149,000	-0.2
Sep 2001	131,771,000	-257,000	-0.4
Oct 2001	131,454,000	-317,000	-0.7
Nov 2001	131,142,000	-312,000	-1.1
Dec 2001	130,982,000	-160,000	-1.3
Jan 2002	130,852,000	-130,000	-1.4
Feb 2002	130,736,000	-116,000	-1.5
Mar 2002	130,717,000	-19,000	-1.5
Apr 2002	130,623,000	-94,000	-1.4
May 2002	130,634,000	11,000	-1.3
Jun 2002	130,684,000	50,000	-1.2
Jul 2002	130,590,000	-94,000	-1.2
Aug 2002	130,587,000	-3,000	-1.1
Sep 2002	130,501,000	-86,000	-1.0
Oct 2002	130,628,000	127,000	-0.6
Nov 2002	130,615,000	-13,000	-0.4
Dec 2002	130,472,000	-143,000	-0.4
Jan 2003	130,580,000	108,000	-0.2
Feb 2003	130,444,000	-136,000	-0.2
Mar 2003	130,232,000	-212,000	-0.4
Apr 2003	130,177,000	-55,000	-0.3
May 2003	130,196,000	19,000	-0.3
Jun 2003	130,194,000	-2,000	-0.4
Jul 2003	130,191,000	-3,000	-0.3
Aug 2003	130,149,000	-42,000	-0.3
Sep 2003	130,254,000	105,000	-0.2
Oct 2003	130,454,000	200,000	-0.1
Nov 2003	130,474,000	20,000	-0.1
Dec 2003	130,588,000	114,000	0.1
Jan 2004	130,769,000	181,000	0.1
Feb 2004	130,825,000	56,000	0.3
Mar 2004	131,142,000	317,000	0.7
Apr 2004	131,411,000	269,000	0.9
May 2004	131,694,000	283,000	1.2
Jun 2004	131,793,000	99,000	1.2
Jul 2004	131,848,000	55,000	1.3
Aug 2004	131,937,000	89,000	1.4
Sep 2004	132,093,000	156,000	1.4
Oct 2004	132,447,000	354,000	1.5
Nov 2004	132,503,000	56,000	1.6
Dec 2004	132,624,000	121,000	1.6
Jan 2005	132,774,000	150,000	1.5
Feb 2005	133,032,000	258,000	1.7
Mar 2005	133,156,000	124,000	1.5
Apr 2005	133,518,000	362,000	1.6
May 2005	133,690,000	172,000	1.5
Jun 2005	133,942,000	252,000	1.6
Jul 2005	134,296,000	354,000	1.9
Aug 2005	134,498,000	202,000	1.9
Sep 2005	134,566,000	68,000	1.9
Oct 2005	134,655,000	89,000	1.7
Nov 2005	134,993,000	338,000	1.9
Dec 2005	135,149,000	156,000	1.9
Jan 2006	135,429,000	280,000	2.0
Feb 2006	135,737,000	308,000	2.0
Mar 2006	136,047,000	310,000	2.2
Apr 2006	136,205,000	158,000	2.0
May 2006	136,244,000	39,000	1.9
Jun 2006	136,325,000	81,000	1.8
Jul 2006	136,520,000	195,000	1.7
Aug 2006	136,694,000	174,000	1.6
Sep 2006	136,843,000	149,000	1.7
Oct 2006	136,852,000	9,000	1.6
Nov 2006	137,063,000	211,000	1.5
Dec 2006	137,249,000	186,000	1.6
Jan 2007	137,477,000	228,000	1.5
Feb 2007	137,558,000	81,000	1.3
Mar 2007	137,793,000	235,000	1.3
Apr 2007	137,842,000	49,000	1.2
May 2007	137,993,000	151,000	1.3
Jun 2007	138,069,000	76,000	1.3
Jul 2007	138,038,000	-31,000	1.1
Aug 2007	138,015,000	-23,000	1.0
Sep 2007	138,095,000	80,000	0.9
Oct 2007	138,174,000	79,000	1.0
Nov 2007	138,284,000	110,000	0.9
Dec 2007	138,392,000	108,000	0.8
Jan 2008	138,403,000	11,000	0.7
Feb 2008	138,324,000	-79,000	0.6
Mar 2008	138,275,000	-49,000	0.3
Apr 2008	138,035,000	-240,000	0.1
May 2008	137,858,000	-177,000	-0.1
Jun 2008	137,687,000	-171,000	-0.3
Jul 2008	137,491,000	-196,000	-0.4
Aug 2008	137,213,000	-278,000	-0.6
Sep 2008	136,753,000	-460,000	-1.0
Oct 2008	136,272,000	-481,000	-1.4
Nov 2008	135,545,000	-727,000	-2.0
Dec 2008	134,839,000	-706,000	-2.6
Jan 2009	134,055,000	-784,000	-3.1
Feb 2009	133,312,000	-743,000	-3.6
Mar 2009	132,512,000	-800,000	-4.2
Apr 2009	131,817,000	-695,000	-4.5
May 2009	131,475,000	-342,000	-4.6
Jun 2009	131,008,000	-467,000	-4.9
Jul 2009	130,668,000	-340,000	-5.0
Aug 2009	130,485,000	-183,000	-4.9
Sep 2009	130,244,000	-241,000	-4.8
Oct 2009	130,045,000	-199,000	-4.6
Nov 2009	130,057,000	12,000	-4.0
Dec 2009	129,788,000	-269,000	-3.7
Jan 2010	129,790,000	2,000	-3.2
Feb 2010	129,698,000	-92,000	-2.7
Mar 2010	129,879,000	181,000	-2.0
Apr 2010	130,110,000	231,000	-1.3
May 2010	130,650,000	540,000	-0.6
Jun 2010	130,511,000	-139,000	-0.4
Jul 2010	130,427,000	-84,000	-0.2
Aug 2010	130,422,000	-5,000	0.0
Sep 2010	130,357,000	-65,000	0.1
Oct 2010	130,625,000	268,000	0.4
Nov 2010	130,750,000	125,000	0.5
Dec 2010	130,822,000	72,000	0.8
Jan 2011	130,841,000	19,000	0.8
Feb 2011	131,053,000	212,000	1.0
Mar 2011	131,288,000	235,000	1.1
Apr 2011	131,602,000	314,000	1.1
May 2011	131,703,000	101,000	0.8
Jun 2011	131,939,000	236,000	1.1
Jul 2011	131,999,000	60,000	1.2
Aug 2011	132,125,000	126,000	1.3
Sep 2011	132,358,000	233,000	1.5
Oct 2011	132,562,000	204,000	1.5
Nov 2011	132,694,000	132,000	1.5
Dec 2011	132,896,000	202,000	1.6
Jan 2012	133,250,000	354,000	1.8
Feb 2012	133,512,000	262,000	1.9
Mar 2012	133,752,000	240,000	1.9
Apr 2012	133,834,000	82,000	1.7
May 2012	133,934,000	100,000	1.7
Jun 2012	134,007,000	73,000	1.6
Jul 2012	134,159,000	152,000	1.6
Aug 2012	134,331,000	172,000	1.7
Sep 2012	134,518,000	187,000	1.6
Oct 2012	134,677,000	159,000	1.6
Nov 2012	134,833,000	156,000	1.6
Dec 2012	135,072,000	239,000	1.6
Jan 2013	135,263,000	191,000	1.5
Feb 2013	135,541,000	278,000	1.5
Mar 2013	135,680,000	139,000	1.4
Apr 2013	135,871,000	191,000	1.5
May 2013	136,093,000	222,000	1.6
Jun 2013	136,274,000	181,000	1.7
Jul 2013	136,386,000	112,000	1.7
Aug 2013	136,628,000	242,000	1.7
Sep 2013	136,815,000	187,000	1.7
Oct 2013	137,040,000	225,000	1.8
Nov 2013	137,304,000	264,000	1.8
Dec 2013	137,373,000	69,000	1.7
Jan 2014	137,548,000	175,000	1.7
Feb 2014	137,714,000	166,000	1.6
Mar 2014	137,968,000	254,000	1.7
Apr 2014	138,293,000	325,000	1.8
May 2014	138,511,000	218,000	1.8
Jun 2014	138,837,000	326,000	1.9
Jul 2014	139,069,000	232,000	2.0
Aug 2014	139,257,000	188,000	1.9
Sep 2014	139,566,000	309,000	2.0
Oct 2014	139,818,000	252,000	2.0
Nov 2014	140,109,000	291,000	2.0
Dec 2014	140,377,000	268,000	2.2
Jan 2015	140,568,000	191,000	2.2
Feb 2015	140,839,000	271,000	2.3
Mar 2015	140,910,000	71,000	2.1
Apr 2015	141,194,000	284,000	2.1
May 2015	141,525,000	331,000	2.2
Jun 2015	141,699,000	174,000	2.1
Jul 2015	142,001,000	302,000	2.1
Aug 2015	142,126,000	125,000	2.1
Sep 2015	142,281,000	155,000	1.9
Oct 2015	142,587,000	306,000	2.0
Nov 2015	142,824,000	237,000	1.9
Dec 2015	143,097,000	273,000	1.9
Jan 2016	143,205,000	108,000	1.9
Feb 2016	143,417,000	212,000	1.8
Mar 2016	143,654,000	237,000	1.9
Apr 2016	143,851,000	197,000	1.9
May 2016	143,892,000	41,000	1.7
Jun 2016	144,150,000	258,000	1.7
Jul 2016	144,521,000	371,000	1.8
Aug 2016	144,664,000	143,000	1.8
Sep 2016	144,953,000	289,000	1.9
Oct 2016	145,071,000	118,000	1.7
Nov 2016	145,201,000	130,000	1.7
Dec 2016	145,415,000	214,000	1.6
Jan 2017	145,628,000	213,000	1.7
Feb 2017	145,818,000	190,000	1.7
Mar 2017	145,960,000	142,000	1.6
Apr 2017	146,165,000	205,000	1.6
May 2017	146,388,000	223,000	1.7
Jun 2017	146,585,000	197,000	1.7
Jul 2017	146,768,000	183,000	1.6
Aug 2017	146,913,000	145,000	1.6
Sep 2017	147,012,000	99,000	1.4
Oct 2017	147,153,000	141,000	1.4
Nov 2017	147,353,000	200,000	1.5
Dec 2017	147,529,000	176,000	1.5
Jan 2018	147,662,000	133,000	1.4
Feb 2018	148,064,000	402,000	1.5
Mar 2018	148,289,000	225,000	1.6
Apr 2018	148,468,000	179,000	1.6
May 2018	148,801,000	333,000	1.6
Jun 2018	148,984,000	183,000	1.6
Jul 2018	149,050,000	66,000	1.6
Aug 2018	149,269,000	219,000	1.6
Sep 2018	149,326,000	57,000	1.6
Oct 2018	149,471,000	145,000	1.6
Nov 2018	149,573,000	102,000	1.5
Dec 2018	149,821,000	248,000	1.6
Jan 2019	150,100,000	279,000	1.7
Feb 2019	150,124,000	24,000	1.4
Mar 2019	150,348,000	224,000	1.4
Apr 2019	150,636,000	288,000	1.5
May 2019	150,713,000	77,000	1.3
Jun 2019	150,843,000	130,000	1.2
Jul 2019	150,921,000	78,000	1.3
Aug 2019	151,081,000	160,000	1.2
Sep 2019	151,244,000	163,000	1.3
Oct 2019	151,337,000	93,000	1.2
Nov 2019	151,589,000	252,000	1.3
Dec 2019	151,789,000	200,000	1.3
Jan 2020	152,128,000	339,000	1.4
Feb 2020	152,504,000	376,000	1.6
Mar 2020	151,006,000	-1,498,000	0.4
Apr 2020	130,513,000	-20,493,000	-13.4
May 2020	133,155,000	2,642,000	-11.6
Jun 2020	137,660,000	4,505,000	-8.7
Jul 2020	139,048,000	1,388,000	-7.9
Aug 2020	140,713,000	1,665,000	-6.9
Sep 2020	141,632,000	919,000	-6.4
Oct 2020	142,279,000	647,000	-6.0
Nov 2020	142,612,000	333,000	-5.9
Dec 2020	142,497,000	-115,000	-6.1
Jan 2021	143,017,000	520,000	-6.0
Feb 2021	143,727,000	710,000	-5.8
Mar 2021	144,431,000	704,000	-4.4
Apr 2021	144,694,000	263,000	10.9
May 2021	145,141,000	447,000	9.0
Jun 2021	145,698,000	557,000	5.8
Jul 2021	146,387,000	689,000	5.3
Aug 2021	146,904,000	517,000	4.4
Sep 2021	147,328,000	424,000	4.0
Oct 2021	148,005,000	677,000	4.0
Nov 2021	148,652,000	647,000	4.2
Dec 2021	149,240,000	588,000	4.7
Jan 2022	149,744,000	504,000	4.7
Feb 2022	150,458,000	714,000	4.7
Mar 2022	150,856,000	398,000	4.4
Apr 2022	151,224,000	368,000	4.5
May 2022	151,610,000	386,000	4.5
Jun 2022	151,903,000	293,000	4.3
Jul 2022	152,440,000	537,000	4.1
Aug 2022	152,732,000	292,000	4.0
Sep 2022	153,047,000	315,000	3.9
Oct 2022	153,308,000	261,000	3.6

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Education and health services added 79,000 jobs in October 2022. Employment in this industry increased by 927,000 over the year, or 3.9 percent.

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Change in nonfarm payroll employment by industry, October 2022
Industry	Change since September 2022	Percent change since September 2022	Change since October 2021	Percent change since October 2021	Change since February 2020	Percent change since February 2020
Total nonfarm	261,000	0.2%	5,303,000	3.6%	804,000	0.5%
Mining and logging	0	0.0	56,000	9.7	-52,000	-7.6
Construction	1,000	0.0	266,000	3.6	97,000	1.3
Manufacturing	32,000	0.2	456,000	3.7	137,000	1.1
Wholesale trade	14,600	0.2	206,800	3.6	30,300	0.5
Retail trade	7,200	0.0	292,100	1.9	231,600	1.5
Transportation and warehousing	8,200	0.1	306,200	4.9	731,600	12.6
Utilities	1,100	0.2	4,800	0.9	-2,800	-0.5
Information	4,000	0.1	157,000	5.4	140,000	4.8
Financial activities	3,000	0.0	154,000	1.7	101,000	1.1
Professional and business services	39,000	0.2	874,000	4.0	1,100,000	5.1
Education and health services	79,000	0.3	927,000	3.9	134,000	0.5
Leisure and hospitality	35,000	0.2	1,158,000	7.9	-1,097,000	-6.5
Other services	9,000	0.2	189,000	3.4	-218,000	-3.7
Government	28,000	0.1	256,000	1.2	-529,000	-2.3

Employment in leisure and hospitality continued to trend up in October 2022 (+35,000). Employment in leisure and hospitality rose by 1.2 million since October 2021, but is down by 1.1 million, or 6.5 percent, from its February 2020 level.

Employment is also down in mining and logging (−7.6 percent), other services (−3.7 percent), and government (−2.3 percent) since February 2020. Employment is up 12.6 percent, or 731,600, in transportation and warehousing over this period.

These data are from the Current Employment Statistics program and are seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent 2 months are preliminary. To learn more, see "The Employment Situation — October 2022." Also see more charts of national employment, hours, and earnings data.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Payroll employment up by 261,000 in October 2022 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2022/payroll-employment-up-by-261000-in-october-2022.htm (visited May 02, 2024).

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