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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

CES monthly revisions and annual benchmarking video Read More »

Charts

Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, October 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	165	122.3	411	168.9	495	215.2	885	280.8
Total private	159	113.0	379	156.3	494	198.6	943	260.4
Goods-producing	15	37.7	82	56.7	134	77.0	201	100.7
Service providing	150	115.4	329	159.6	361	198.6	684	260.4
Mining and logging	-1	5.0	-1	8.3	-3	10.9	-1	14.9
Construction	-3	27.0	30	43.0	53	58.3	124	77.7
Manufacturing	19	22.4	53	33.6	84	46.6	78	63.5
Wholesale trade	-9.1	19.7	3.5	29.0	16.9	39.2	14.2	50.0
Retail trade	6.0	18.1	22.1	26.1	42.3	42.9	63.3	53.0
Transportation and warehousing	24.8	20.0	38.3	32.0	39.1	44.0	17.0	58.4
Utilities	0.1	2.1	2.6	3.4	4.7	6.3	9.6	9.3
Information	-1	15.2	-33	23.6	-53	32.3	-119	39.9
Financial activities	7	17.8	-13	26.2	-41	33.5	-99	46.0
Professional and business services	70	47.2	108	66.8	144	81.4	269	97.8
Private education and health services	53	51.0	111	66.5	199	83.8	525	106.3
Leisure and hospitality	-13	53.9	42	74.2	-8	94.5	16	115.6
Other services	6	21.3	15	27.4	16	34.9	46	40.8
Government	6	46.7	32	64.0	1	82.9	-58	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

Payroll employment rises by 165,000 in October; unemployment rate changes little at 4.1%

11/06/2026

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 165,000 in October, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.1 percent. Employment increased in professional and business services, in health care, and in transportation and warehousing.
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Real average hourly earnings for all employees decrease 0.5% in September

10/14/2026

Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.5 percent in September, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.1 percent, and CPI-U increased 0.6 percent. Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.5 percent.
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Preliminary benchmark revision for March payroll employment is -79,000 (-0.1%)

08/28/2026

The preliminary Current Employment Statistics (CES) benchmark revision for March 2026 total nonfarm employment was -79,000 (-0.1 percent); the preliminary revision for total private employment was -178,000 (-0.1 percent).
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Next Release

The Employment Situation for November 2026 is scheduled to be published on December 4, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

Real Earnings for October 2026 is scheduled to be published on November 10, 2026, at 8:30 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: +165,000(p) in Oct 2026

Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees: +$0.14(p) in Oct 2026

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

Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees: +0.1%(p) in Oct 2026

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

Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees: +0.1(p) in Oct 2026