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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program produces detailed industry estimates of nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings of workers on payrolls. CES National Estimates produces data for the nation, and CES State and Metro Area produces estimates for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions.

Each month, CES surveys approximately 119,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 622,000 individual worksites.

Notices

BLS will no longer publish the Current Employment Statistics Highlights document. Read More »
CES monthly revisions and annual benchmarking video Read More »

Charts

Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, July 2026, seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Industry	1-month net change	1-month 90-percent confidence interval	3-month net change	3-month 90-percent confidence interval	6-month net change	6-month 90-percent confidence interval	12-month net change	12-month 90-percent confidence interval
Total nonfarm	-23	122.3	60	168.9	266	215.2	316	280.8
Total private	30	113.0	121	156.3	325	198.6	631	260.4
Goods-producing	25	37.7	42	56.7	60	77.0	65	100.7
Service providing	-48	115.4	18	159.6	206	198.6	251	260.4
Mining and logging	-2	5.0	-1	8.3	5	10.9	-3	14.9
Construction	22	27.0	29	43.0	26	58.3	82	77.7
Manufacturing	5	22.4	14	33.6	29	46.6	-14	63.5
Wholesale trade	4.7	19.7	10.5	29.0	17.8	39.2	10.8	50.0
Retail trade	-19.4	18.1	-18.1	26.1	14.7	42.9	10.7	53.0
Transportation and warehousing	9.7	20.0	-0.9	32.0	18.1	44.0	-63.3	58.4
Utilities	0.7	2.1	1.3	3.4	3.4	6.3	5.5	9.3
Information	11	15.2	-7	23.6	-35	32.3	-81	39.9
Financial activities	-14	17.8	-36	26.2	-57	33.5	-114	46.0
Professional and business services	18	47.2	58	66.8	110	81.4	115	97.8
Private education and health services	25	51.0	103	66.5	216	83.8	550	106.3
Leisure and hospitality	-40	53.9	-41	74.2	-35	94.5	83	115.6
Other services	9	21.3	9	27.4	12	34.9	49	40.8
Government	-53	46.7	-61	64.0	-59	82.9	-315	105.1
Note: Significant changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level. The variance for total nonfarm is an approximation because government and rail transportation are not based on a probability sample

News Releases

Both payroll employment (-23,000) and unemployment rate (4.1%) change little in July

08/07/2026

Both nonfarm payroll employment (-23,000) and the unemployment rate (4.1 percent) changed little in July. Employment declined in local government education and retail trade. Employment continued to trend up in health care.
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Real average hourly earnings for all employees increase 0.8% in June

07/14/2026

Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.8 percent in June, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.3 percent, and CPI-U decreased 0.4 percent. Real average weekly earnings increased 0.8 percent.
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Next Release

The Employment Situation for August 2026 is scheduled to be released on September 4, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

Real Earnings for July 2026 is scheduled to be released on August 12, 2026, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

The Current Employment Statistics Preliminary Benchmark (National) for March 2026 is scheduled to be released August 28, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

Publications

The Economics Daily

Total nonfarm payroll employment up by 130,000 in January 2026

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 130,000 in January 2026, after changing little in 2025 (+15,000 per month on average). Job gains occurred in health care, social assistance, and construction, while federal government and financial activities lost jobs in January. read more »

Latest Numbers

Change in Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment: -23,000(p) in Jul 2026

Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees: +$0.02(p) in Jul 2026

Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees: unchanged in Jul 2026

Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees: unchanged in Jul 2026

Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees: unchanged in Jul 2026

Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees: -0.1(p) in Jul 2026