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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)
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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 »
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Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, April 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
115
122.3
144
168.9
328
215.2
251
280.8
Total private
123
113.0
165
156.3
410
198.6
511
260.4
Goods-producing
10
37.7
22
56.7
71
77.0
-32
100.7
Service providing
105
115.4
122
159.6
257
198.6
283
260.4
Mining and logging
3
5.0
4
8.3
0
10.9
-16
14.9
Construction
9
27.0
4
43.0
78
58.3
50
77.7
Manufacturing
-2
22.4
14
33.6
-7
46.6
-66
63.5
Wholesale trade
6.0
19.7
20.9
29.0
10.9
39.2
-1.4
50.0
Retail trade
21.8
18.1
40.1
26.1
28.3
42.9
4.7
53.0
Transportation and warehousing
30.3
20.0
6.3
32.0
-34.8
44.0
-71.1
58.4
Utilities
1.9
2.1
2.9
3.4
5.7
6.3
8.5
9.3
Information
-13
15.2
-42
23.6
-80
32.3
-92
39.9
Financial activities
-11
17.8
-28
26.2
-65
33.5
-86
46.0
Professional and business services
7
47.2
37
66.8
110
81.4
-25
97.8
Private education and health services
46
51.0
88
66.5
301
83.8
618
106.3
Leisure and hospitality
14
53.9
12
74.2
30
94.5
142
115.6
Other services
10
21.3
6
27.4
33
34.9
45
40.8
Government
-8
46.7
-21
64.0
-82
82.9
-260
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 edges up by 115,000 in April; unemployment rate unchanged at 4.3%
05/08/2026
Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 115,000 in April, and the unemployment
rate was unchanged at 4.3 percent. Job gains occurred in health care, transportation
and warehousing, and retail trade. Federal government employment continued to decline.
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Real average hourly earnings for all employees decrease 0.6% in March
04/10/2026
Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.6 percent in March, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.2 percent, and CPI-U increased 0.9 percent. Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.9 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
May 2026
is scheduled to be released on
June 5, 2026,
at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
Real Earnings for
April 2026
is scheduled to be released on
May 12, 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:
+115,000(p) in Apr 2026
Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
+$0.06(p) in Apr 2026
Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
+0.1(p) in Apr 2026
Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees:
+0.3%(p) in Apr 2026
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
+0.1(p) in Apr 2026
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees:
unchanged in Apr 2026
Historical Data
News Release
p - preliminary