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Both payroll employment (+50,000) and unemployment rate (4.4%) change little in December

Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+50,000) and the unemployment rate (4.4 percent) changed little in December. Employment continued to trend up in food services and drinking places, health care, and social assistance. Retail trade lost jobs.

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01/08/2026 Productivity increases 4.9% in Q3 2025; unit labor costs decrease 1.9% (annual rates)

01/07/2026 November job openings and hires change little; total separations unchanged

01/07/2026 November payroll jobs essentially unchanged; South Dakota has the lowest jobless rate

12/30/2025 October job openings rates up in 3 states; total separations rates down in 8 states

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MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW

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Industry and occupational employment projections overview, 2024–34

Total employment projected to grow 3.1 percent from 2024 to 2034, slower than 13.0-percent growth from 2014–24. read more

BLS REPORTS

A profile of the working poor, 2023

In 2023, 36.8 million people, or 11.1 percent of the nation’s population, lived below the official poverty level. read more

MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW

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Industry growth patterns from 1990 to 2024

A closer look at output, productivity, and hours worked in a sample of fast-growing industries. read more

MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW

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Gains in private-sector average hourly earnings by major industry

This article seeks to isolate the effect each major industry had on the annual change in total private earnings in 2024. read more

MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW

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Total nonfarm employment growth continues to slow in 2024

Total nonfarm employment in the United States expanded in 2024—although by less than in any year since 2020. read more

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Latest Numbers

Unemployment Rate:
4.4% in Dec 2025

Payroll Employment:
+50,000(p) in Dec 2025

Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.12(p) in Dec 2025

Producer Price Index - Final Demand:
+0.3%(p) in Sep 2025

Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+0.8% in 3rd Qtr of 2025

Productivity:
+4.9% in 3rd Qtr of 2025

U.S. Import Price Index:
unchanged in Sep 2025

U.S. Export Price Index:
unchanged in Sep 2025