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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, June 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	57	122.3	334	168.9	552	215.2	506	280.8
Total private	49	113.0	296	156.3	530	198.6	721	260.4
Goods-producing	10	37.7	23	56.7	80	77.0	17	100.7
Service providing	47	115.4	311	159.6	472	198.6	489	260.4
Mining and logging	-4	5.0	3	8.3	3	10.9	-9	14.9
Construction	11	27.0	20	43.0	59	58.3	64	77.7
Manufacturing	3	22.4	0	33.6	18	46.6	-38	63.5
Wholesale trade	2.4	19.7	6.6	29.0	15.4	39.2	0.6	50.0
Retail trade	-7.5	18.1	24.2	26.1	46.2	42.9	34.2	53.0
Transportation and warehousing	2.3	20.0	46.1	32.0	48.3	44.0	-51.8	58.4
Utilities	-0.8	2.1	1.0	3.4	2.3	6.3	4.6	9.3
Information	-9	15.2	-19	23.6	-68	32.3	-89	39.9
Financial activities	0	17.8	-28	26.2	-82	33.5	-100	46.0
Professional and business services	36	47.2	67	66.8	135	81.4	88	97.8
Private education and health services	69	51.0	181	66.5	346	83.8	648	106.3
Leisure and hospitality	-61	53.9	-28	74.2	-10	94.5	114	115.6
Other services	8	21.3	22	27.4	17	34.9	56	40.8
Government	8	46.7	38	64.0	22	82.9	-215	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 (+57,000) and unemployment rate (4.2%) change little in June

07/02/2026

Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+57,000) and the unemployment rate (4.2 percent) changed little in June. Employment continued to trend up in professional and business services, social assistance, and health care. Leisure and hospitality lost jobs.
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Real average hourly earnings for all employees decrease 0.1% in May

06/10/2026

Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.1 percent in May, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.3 percent, and CPI-U increased 0.5 percent. Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.2 percent.
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Preliminary benchmark revision for March payroll employment is -911,000 (-0.6%)

09/09/2025

The preliminary CES benchmark revision for March 2025 total nonfarm employment was -911,000 (-0.6 percent); the preliminary revision for total private employment was -880,000 (-0.7 percent).
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Next Release

The Employment Situation for July 2026 is scheduled to be released on August 7, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

Real Earnings for June 2026 is scheduled to be released on July 14, 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: +57,000(p) in Jun 2026

Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees: +$0.13(p) in Jun 2026

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

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

Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees: -0.1(p) in Jun 2026

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