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Civilian employment

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Civilian employment, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Month Total Nonagricultural wage and salary Nonagricultural self-employment Employed part time

Oct 2004

139,732 127,801 9,722 24,936

Nov 2004

140,231 128,239 9,629 24,922

Dec 2004

140,125 128,305 9,582 24,681

Jan 2005

140,245 128,414 9,597 24,314

Feb 2005

140,385 128,470 9,662 24,621

Mar 2005

140,654 128,623 9,696 24,784

Apr 2005

141,254 129,048 9,896 24,549

May 2005

141,609 129,713 9,610 24,584

June 2005

141,714 129,854 9,367 24,350

July 2005

142,026 130,234 9,462 24,767

Aug 2005

142,434 131,009 9,214 24,851

Sept 2005

142,401 130,789 9,359 25,096

Oct 2005

142,548 130,919 9,437 25,074

Nov 2005

142,499 130,777 9,386 24,915

Dec 2005

142,752 131,106 9,487 24,674

Jan 2006

143,150 131,146 9,744 24,884

Feb 2006

143,457 131,452 9,727 24,731

Mar 2006

143,741 131,742 9,683 24,542

Apr 2006

143,761 131,751 9,619 24,325

May 2006

144,089 132,143 9,617 24,989

June 2006

144,353 132,391 9,564 24,774

July 2006

144,202 132,491 9,541 24,477

Aug 2006

144,625 132,821 9,578 24,629

Sept 2006

144,815 132,894 9,651 24,549

Oct 2006

145,314 133,320 9,795 24,784

Nov 2006

145,534 133,399 9,782 24,958

Dec 2006

145,970 133,659 9,973 25,226

Jan 2007

146,028 133,991 9,672 24,986

Feb 2007

146,057 134,023 9,575 25,016

Mar 2007

146,320 134,159 9,761 25,144

Apr 2007

145,586 133,678 9,663 25,143

May 2007

145,903 134,026 9,641 24,932

June 2007

146,063 134,205 9,775 25,435

July 2007

145,905 134,363 9,662 24,897

Aug 2007

145,682 134,261 9,512 24,753

Sept 2007

146,244 134,501 9,510 24,996

Oct 2007

145,946 134,465 9,365 24,680

Nov 2007

146,595 134,965 9,309 24,758

Dec 2007

146,273 134,674 9,256 24,745

Jan 2008

146,378 134,798 9,290 25,067

Feb 2008

146,156 134,410 9,392 24,692

Mar 2008

146,086 134,472 9,238 24,715

Apr 2008

146,132 134,454 9,340 25,352

May 2008

145,908 134,248 9,342 25,063

June 2008

145,737 134,139 9,387 25,416

July 2008

145,532 133,958 9,583 25,288

Aug 2008

145,203 133,707 9,321 25,595

Sept 2008

145,076 133,517 9,163 25,327

Oct 2008

144,802 133,744 8,908 25,508

Nov 2008

144,100 133,022 8,766 25,666

Dec 2008

143,369 132,170 8,886 26,333

Jan 2009

142,152 131,162 8,824 26,377

Feb 2009

141,640 130,466 8,970 26,722

Mar 2009

140,707 129,347 9,202 27,069

Apr 2009

140,656 129,362 9,041 27,279

May 2009

140,248 129,003 8,956 27,239

June 2009

140,009 128,853 8,898 27,459

July 2009

139,901 128,991 8,884 27,737

Aug 2009

139,492 128,211 9,093 27,509

Sept 2009

138,818 127,572 9,023 27,273

Oct 2009

138,432 127,533 8,922 27,462

Nov 2009

138,659 127,467 9,016 27,327

Dec 2009

138,013 126,760 9,090 27,479

Jan 2010

138,438 127,387 8,956 27,781

Feb 2010

138,581 127,257 9,027 27,627

Mar 2010

138,751 127,510 8,927 27,558

Apr 2010

139,297 127,923 8,926 27,386

May 2010

139,241 127,942 8,943 26,692

June 2010

139,141 127,930 8,886 26,658

July 2010

139,179 128,136 8,817 26,991

Aug 2010

139,438 128,452 8,737 27,703

Sept 2010

139,396 128,324 8,751 27,459

Oct 2010

139,119 127,967 8,868 27,353

Nov 2010

139,044 127,978 8,727 27,561

Dec 2010

139,301 128,322 8,739 27,419

Jan 2011

139,250 128,127 8,823 26,987

Feb 2011

139,394 128,400 8,703 26,872

Mar 2011

139,639 128,475 8,773 27,282

Apr 2011

139,586 128,644 8,684 27,333

May 2011

139,624 128,583 8,686 27,381

June 2011

139,384 128,444 8,533 27,469

July 2011

139,524 128,694 8,501 27,432

Aug 2011

139,942 128,941 8,579 27,296

Sept 2011

140,183 129,508 8,297 27,644

Oct 2011

140,368 129,723 8,542 27,474

Nov 2011

140,826 129,879 8,539 27,434

Dec 2011

140,902 129,982 8,576 27,168

Jan 2012

141,584 130,518 8,767 27,834

Feb 2012

141,858 131,134 8,484 27,582

Mar 2012

142,036 131,115 8,530 27,023

Apr 2012

141,899 131,065 8,549 27,508

May 2012

142,206 131,173 8,678 28,054

June 2012

142,391 131,228 8,837 27,674

July 2012

142,292 131,164 8,831 27,746

Aug 2012

142,291 131,353 8,763 27,600

Sept 2012

143,044 131,855 8,842 27,810

Oct 2012

143,431 132,551 8,804 27,975

Nov 2012

143,333 132,169 8,916 27,545

Dec 2012

143,330 132,287 8,993 27,580

Jan 2013

143,292 132,360 8,712 27,546

Feb 2013

143,362 132,625 8,641 27,584

Mar 2013

143,316 132,630 8,346 27,439

Apr 2013

143,635 132,830 8,617 27,584

May 2013

143,882 133,031 8,638 27,715

June 2013

143,999 133,108 8,708 27,863

July 2013

144,264 133,212 8,884 28,145

Aug 2013

144,326 133,391 8,717 27,896

Sept 2013

144,418 133,463 8,646 27,552

Oct 2013

143,537 132,964 8,473 27,323

Nov 2013

144,479 133,862 8,500 27,379

Dec 2013

144,778 133,994 8,547 27,418

Jan 2014

145,150 134,207 8,546 27,574

Feb 2014

145,134 134,292 8,654 27,379

Mar 2014

145,648 134,737 8,584 27,620

Apr 2014

145,667 134,946 8,486 27,170

May 2014

145,825 135,340 8,370 27,105

June 2014

146,247 135,586 8,432 28,023

July 2014

146,399 135,713 8,482 28,028

Aug 2014

146,530 135,688 8,541 27,814

Sept 2014

146,778 135,534 8,744 27,461

Oct 2014

147,427 136,169 8,878 27,772

Nov 2014

147,404 136,247 8,816 27,696

Dec 2014

147,615 136,468 8,717 27,473

Jan 2015

148,145 136,781 8,725 27,559

Feb 2015

148,045 137,168 8,342 27,389

Mar 2015

148,128 136,806 8,636 27,126

Apr 2015

148,511 137,223 8,796 27,645

May 2015

148,817 137,295 9,148 27,355

June 2015

148,816 137,528 8,666 27,778

July 2015

148,830 137,517 8,798 27,211

Aug 2015

149,181 137,975 8,750 27,062

Sept 2015

148,826 137,976 8,403 27,035

Oct 2015

149,246 138,248 8,580 27,251

Nov 2015

149,463 138,556 8,595 27,295

Dec 2015

150,128 139,147 8,534 27,371

Jan 2016

150,653 139,556 8,717 27,517

Feb 2016

150,939 139,755 8,729 27,827

Mar 2016

151,218 139,605 8,867 27,660

Apr 2016

151,074 139,470 8,930 27,783

May 2016

151,132 139,690 8,841 28,008

June 2016

151,223 139,773 8,768 27,559

July 2016

151,554 140,305 8,667 27,569

Aug 2016

151,779 140,415 8,647 27,208

Sept 2016

151,761 140,605 8,558 27,538

Oct 2016

151,793 140,767 8,674 27,645

Nov 2016

151,954 141,021 8,680 27,892

Dec 2016

152,157 140,984 8,929 27,921

Jan 2017

152,152 141,219 8,535 27,428

Feb 2017

152,480 141,116 8,867 27,554

Mar 2017

153,065 141,693 8,744 27,501

Apr 2017

153,255 141,923 8,585 27,202

May 2017

153,069 141,917 8,565 27,479

June 2017

153,318 141,970 8,787 27,168

July 2017

153,569 142,615 8,406 27,600

Aug 2017

153,503 142,460 8,540 27,518

Sept 2017

154,286 142,980 8,813 27,513

Oct 2017

153,609 142,205 8,994 26,990

Nov 2017

153,805 142,433 9,003 27,181

Dec 2017

153,904 142,561 8,993 27,316

Jan 2018

154,425 143,008 9,092 27,321

Feb 2018

155,197 143,746 9,018 27,561

Mar 2018

155,214 143,763 9,047 27,869

Apr 2018

155,312 143,804 9,080 27,453

May 2018

155,652 144,187 8,996 26,990

June 2018

155,762 144,544 8,674 26,979

July 2018

156,146 144,649 8,793 27,032

Aug 2018

155,504 144,273 8,740 26,821

Sept 2018

156,015 144,368 8,906 26,983

Oct 2018

156,391 144,996 8,948 27,130

Nov 2018

156,721 145,220 8,934 27,038

Dec 2018

156,817 145,305 9,075 27,032

Jan 2019

156,487 145,031 8,902 26,637

Feb 2019

156,863 145,483 8,772 26,837

Mar 2019

156,701 145,467 8,734 27,058

Apr 2019

156,625 145,616 8,577 26,972

May 2019

156,821 145,721 8,698 27,154

June 2019

157,232 146,184 8,719 26,827

July 2019

157,529 146,233 8,884 26,921

Aug 2019

157,829 146,628 8,798 26,890

Sept 2019

158,339 146,958 8,824 27,004

Oct 2019

158,545 147,270 8,835 26,905

Nov 2019

158,629 147,244 8,943 27,062

Dec 2019

158,845 147,385 8,901 27,014

Jan 2020

158,486 147,177 8,864 27,445

Feb 2020

158,683 147,153 8,906 27,758

Mar 2020

155,371 144,047 8,775 26,636

Apr 2020

133,185 123,194 7,547 19,287

May 2020

137,133 126,904 7,928 20,897

June 2020

142,345 131,641 8,323 23,085

July 2020

143,787 133,071 8,457 23,873

Aug 2020

147,261 136,328 8,749 24,722

Sept 2020

147,674 136,655 8,658 25,015

Oct 2020

149,949 138,749 8,697 26,096

Nov 2020

149,914 138,798 8,617 25,417

Dec 2020

149,989 138,876 8,631 24,890

Jan 2021

149,817 138,576 8,745 24,533

Feb 2021

150,140 138,916 8,797 25,075

Mar 2021

150,660 139,020 9,214 25,138

Apr 2021

151,083 139,640 9,001 25,042

May 2021

151,487 139,864 9,277 25,265

June 2021

151,747 140,272 9,164 25,647

July 2021

152,789 140,934 9,595 25,362

Aug 2021

153,270 141,401 9,536 25,717

Sept 2021

153,909 142,152 9,417 25,766

Oct 2021

154,504 142,777 9,445 25,955

Nov 2021

155,508 143,951 9,275 26,004

Dec 2021

156,124 144,558 9,258 25,584

Jan 2022

157,066 145,542 9,068 25,718

Feb 2022

157,528 145,922 9,136 25,744

Mar 2022

158,219 146,386 9,232 25,917

Apr 2022

157,888 146,338 9,072 26,122

May 2022

158,314 146,593 9,319 25,858

June 2022

158,116 146,625 9,253 25,578

July 2022

158,282 146,872 8,999 25,867

Aug 2022

158,758 147,516 9,018 26,240

Sept 2022

158,894 147,479 9,163 26,207

Oct 2022

158,729 147,282 9,293 26,444

Nov 2022

158,485 147,222 8,980 26,132

Dec 2022

159,300 147,988 9,014 26,712

Jan 2023

160,152 148,583 9,191 27,331

Feb 2023

160,301 148,613 9,304 27,020

Mar 2023

160,824 149,272 9,151 26,744

Apr 2023

160,962 149,451 9,076 26,673

May 2023

160,707 149,626 8,737 26,493

June 2023

161,004 149,799 8,922 26,248

July 2023

161,209 150,082 8,827 27,181

Aug 2023

161,500 150,262 8,827 27,201

Sept 2023

161,550 150,134 9,043 27,348

Oct 2023

161,280 150,170 8,957 26,702

Nov 2023

161,866 150,505 9,014 27,032

Dec 2023

161,183 149,702 9,335 27,794

Jan 2024

161,152 149,741 9,087 27,890

Feb 2024

160,968 149,321 9,377 27,941

Mar 2024

161,466 149,513 9,522 28,632

Apr 2024

161,491 149,831 9,295 27,718

May 2024

161,083 149,413 9,408 28,004

June 2024

161,199 149,846 9,025 28,054

July 2024

161,266 149,789 9,191 27,729

Aug 2024

161,434 149,476 9,475 28,256

Sept 2024

161,864 150,298 9,235 28,161

Oct 2024

161,496 150,171 9,171 27,934