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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

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Both payroll employment (+22,000) and unemployment rate (4.3%) change little in August

09/05/2025

Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+22,000) and the unemployment rate (4.3 percent) changed little in August. A job gain in health care was partially offset by losses in federal government and in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.
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