Employment Situation News Release

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8:30 a.m. (ET) Friday, May 8, 2026

Technical information: 
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 Establishment data:  (202) 691-6555  *  cesinfo@bls.gov  *  www.bls.gov/ces

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                             THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- APRIL 2026


Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 115,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was
unchanged at 4.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains
occurred in health care, transportation and warehousing, and retail trade. Federal government
employment continued to decline.

This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures
labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment
survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information
about the concepts and statistical methodology used in these two surveys, see the Technical
Note.

Household Survey Data

The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3 percent in April, and the number of unemployed
people changed little at 7.4 million. Both measures changed little over the year. (See table
A-1.)

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (4.0 percent), adult women
(3.9 percent), teenagers (14.4 percent), and people who are White (3.7 percent), Black (7.3
percent), Asian (3.3 percent), or Hispanic (5.0 percent) showed little change in April. (See
tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

The number of people jobless less than 5 weeks increased by 358,000 to 2.5 million in April.
The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was essentially
unchanged at 1.8 million and accounted for 25.3 percent of all unemployed people. (See table
A-12.)

Both the labor force participation rate, at 61.8 percent, and the employment-population ratio,
at 59.1 percent, changed little in April. These measures edged down over the year after
accounting for annual population control adjustments. (See table A-1.) 

The number of people employed part time for economic reasons increased by 445,000 to 4.9
million in April. These individuals would have preferred full-time employment but were working
part time because their hours had been reduced or they were unable to find full-time jobs.
(See table A-8.)

The number of people not in the labor force who currently want a job changed little at 6.1
million in April. These individuals were not counted as unemployed because they were not
actively looking for work during the 4 weeks preceding the survey or were unavailable to take
a job. (See table A-1.)

Among those not in the labor force who wanted a job, the number of people marginally attached
to the labor force changed little at 1.8 million in April. These individuals wanted and were
available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months but had not looked
for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. The number of discouraged workers, a subset of
the marginally attached who believed that no jobs were available for them, was also little
changed in April at 475,000. (See Summary table A.)

Establishment Survey Data

Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 115,000 in April, after showing little net change
over the prior 12 months. In April, job gains occurred in health care, transportation and
warehousing, and retail trade. Federal government employment continued to decline. (See table
B-1.)

In April, health care added 37,000 jobs, in line with the average monthly gain of 32,000 over
the prior 12 months. Over the month, job gains occurred in nursing and residential care
facilities (+15,000) and home health care services (+11,000).

Transportation and warehousing employment increased by 30,000 in April, reflecting a gain in
couriers and messengers (+38,000). However, employment in transportation and warehousing is
down by 105,000 since reaching a peak in February 2025.

Retail trade added 22,000 jobs in April. Employment increased in warehouse clubs,
supercenters, and other general merchandise retailers (+18,000) and in building material and
garden equipment and supplies dealers (+13,000). These gains were partially offset by job
losses in department stores (-7,000) and in electronics and appliance retailers (-2,000).
Retail trade employment had shown little net change over the prior 12 months.

Employment in social assistance continued to trend up in April (+17,000), reflecting a gain of
24,000 jobs in individual and family services.

Federal government employment continued to decline in April (-9,000). Since reaching a peak in
October 2024, federal government employment is down by 348,000, or 11.5 percent. Federal
employees on furlough during the partial government shutdown were counted as employed in the
establishment survey because they worked or received (or will receive) pay for the pay period
that included the 12th of the month.

Employment in information continued to trend down in April (-13,000). Telecommunications lost
3,000 jobs, while employment continued to trend down in motion picture and sound recording
industries (-6,000) and in computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting,
and related services (-4,000). Information employment is down by 342,000, or 11.0 percent,
since its most recent peak in November 2022.

Employment showed little change over the month in other major industries, including mining,
quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; construction; manufacturing; wholesale trade; financial
activities; professional and business services; leisure and hospitality; and other services.

In April, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 6
cents, or 0.2 percent, to $37.41. Over the year, average hourly earnings have increased by 3.6
percent. In April, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory
employees rose by 11 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $32.23. (See tables B-3 and B-8.)

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour to
34.3 hours in April. In manufacturing, the average workweek edged up by 0.1 hour to 40.4
hours, and overtime was unchanged at 3.0 hours. The average workweek for production and
nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls remained at 33.8 hours. (See tables B-2
and B-7.)

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for February was revised down by 23,000, from
-133,000 to -156,000, and the change for March was revised up by 7,000, from +178,000 to
+185,000. With these revisions, employment in February and March combined is 16,000 lower than
previously reported. (Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from
businesses and government agencies since the last published estimates and from the
recalculation of seasonal factors.)

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The Employment Situation for May is scheduled to be released on Friday, June 5, 2026,
at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]

Category	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Change from: Mar. 2026- Apr. 2026
Employment status
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	273,197	274,766	274,858	274,955	97
Civilian labor force	171,054	170,483	170,087	169,995	-92
Participation rate	62.6	62.0	61.9	61.8	-0.1
Employed	163,898	162,912	162,848	162,622	-226
Employment-population ratio	60.0	59.3	59.2	59.1	-0.1
Unemployed	7,155	7,571	7,239	7,373	134
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.3	0.0
Not in labor force	102,143	104,283	104,771	104,959	188
Unemployment rates
Total, 16 years and over	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.3	0.0
Adult men (20 years and over)	3.9	4.0	3.8	4.0	0.2
Adult women (20 years and over)	3.7	4.1	4.0	3.9	-0.1
Teenagers (16 to 19 years)	13.0	14.9	13.7	14.4	0.7
White	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.7	0.1
Black or African American	6.4	7.7	7.1	7.3	0.2
Asian	3.1	4.8	3.7	3.3	-0.4
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	5.2	5.2	4.8	5.0	0.2
Total, 25 years and over	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.6	0.0
Less than a high school diploma	6.2	5.6	5.9	6.4	0.5
High school graduates, no college	4.0	4.8	4.7	4.7	0.0
Some college or associate degree	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.2	-0.4
Bachelor's degree and higher	2.5	3.0	2.8	2.8	0.0
Reason for unemployment
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,455	3,620	3,403	3,511	108
Job leavers	854	867	898	844	-54
Reentrants	2,240	2,320	2,254	2,282	28
New entrants	709	805	714	805	91
Duration of unemployment
Less than 5 weeks	2,194	2,319	2,138	2,496	358
5 to 14 weeks	2,262	2,078	1,998	1,859	-139
15 to 26 weeks	993	1,206	1,212	1,057	-155
27 weeks and over	1,672	1,899	1,821	1,833	12
Employed people at work part time
Part time for economic reasons	4,686	4,396	4,497	4,942	445
Slack work or business conditions	3,146	2,838	3,107	3,289	182
Could only find part-time work	1,265	1,251	1,126	1,267	141
Part time for noneconomic reasons	22,733	22,728	22,767	22,706	-61
People not in the labor force
Marginally attached to the labor force	1,627	1,619	1,944	1,792	-152
Discouraged workers	417	366	510	475	-35
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
NOTE: People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)
EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	108	-156	185	115
Total private	99	-148	190	123
Goods-producing	-4	-21	33	10
Mining and logging	2	-1	2	3
Construction	-2	-21	16	9
Manufacturing	-4	1	15	-2
Durable goods(1)	-1	8	13	2
Motor vehicles and parts	-3.2	5.1	2.0	-3.0
Nondurable goods	-3	-7	2	-4
Private service-providing	103	-127	157	113
Wholesale trade	4.9	8.4	6.5	6.0
Retail trade	4.1	-0.3	18.6	21.8
Transportation and warehousing	-16.3	-45.5	21.5	30.3
Utilities	-1.3	1.6	-0.6	1.9
Information	-2	-23	-6	-13
Financial activities	4	2	-19	-11
Professional and business services(1)	13	4	26	7
Temporary help services	-0.8	1.7	5.3	7.9
Private education and health services(1)	84	-49	91	46
Health care and social assistance	76.0	-30.4	90.6	53.9
Leisure and hospitality	13	-31	29	14
Other services	0	6	-10	10
Government	9	-8	-5	-8
(3-month average change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	72	-4	63	48
Total private	69	8	74	55
WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES(2)
Total nonfarm women employees	49.9	50.0	50.0	50.0
Total private women employees	48.5	48.5	48.5	48.5
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees	81.5	81.6	81.6	81.7
HOURS AND EARNINGS ALL EMPLOYEES
Total private
Average weekly hours	34.3	34.3	34.2	34.3
Average hourly earnings	$36.12	$37.27	$37.35	$37.41
Average weekly earnings	$1,238.92	$1,278.36	$1,277.37	$1,283.16
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3)	116.2	116.3	116.2	116.6
Over-the-month percent change	0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.3
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4)	200.6	207.3	207.4	208.6
Over-the-month percent change	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.6
DIFFUSION INDEX (Over 1-month span)(5)
Total private (250 industries)	47.6	50.8	56.8	53.8
Manufacturing (72 industries)	37.5	48.6	51.4	47.2
Footnotes (1) Includes other industries, not shown separately. (2) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. (3) The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours. (4) The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. (5) Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates

1. Why are there two monthly measures of employment?

   The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates
   of employment, and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey
   employment series has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-
   month change than the household survey because of its much larger sample size. An
   over-the-month employment change of about 122,000 is statistically significant in
   the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change
   in the household survey is about 650,000. However, the household survey has a more
   expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes self-employed
   workers whose businesses are unincorporated, unpaid family workers, agricultural
   workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey.
   The household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups.
   For more information on the differences between the two surveys, please visit
   www.bls.gov/web/empsit/ces_cps_trends.htm.

2. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys?

   It is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants. However,
   neither the establishment nor the household survey is designed to identify the legal
   status of workers. Therefore, it is not possible to determine how many are counted in
   either survey. The establishment survey does not collect data on the legal status of
   workers. The household survey does include questions which identify the foreign and
   native born, but it does not include questions about the legal status of the foreign
   born. Data on the foreign and native born are published each month in table A-7 of
   The Employment Situation news release.

3. Why does the establishment survey have revisions?

   The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by
   incorporating additional information that was not available at the time of the
   initial publication of the estimates. The establishment survey revises its initial
   monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 2 months, to incorporate
   additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey and recalculated seasonal
   adjustment factors. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit
   www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cestn.htm#Revisions-Between-Preliminary-and-Final-Data.

   On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that
   re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment
   insurance tax records. The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors
   in the estimates. For more information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit
   www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.htm.

4. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms?

   Yes. About 46 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of business
   establishments with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sample is
   designed to maximize the reliability of the statewide total nonfarm employment
   estimate; firms from all states, size classes, and industries are appropriately
   sampled to achieve that goal.

5. Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses?

   Yes. Monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for
   the net employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment
   comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of
   business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the net impact that
   can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The
   establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because
   the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There
   is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the
   sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the survey
   twice a year. More information on business births and deaths in the establishment
   survey is available at www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm.

6. Is the count of unemployed people limited to just those receiving unemployment
   insurance benefits?

   No. The estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households.
   All people who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are
   included among the unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are included even if
   they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to
   unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey.

7. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who want a job but are not currently
   looking for work?

   Yes. However, there are separate estimates of people outside the labor force who
   want a job, including those who are not currently looking because they believe no
   jobs are available (discouraged workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor
   underutilization (some of which include discouraged workers and other groups not
   officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in table A-15 of The
   Employment Situation news release. For more information about these alternative
   measures, please visit www.bls.gov/cps/lfcharacteristics.htm#altmeasures.

8. How can unusually severe weather affect employment and hours estimates?

   In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period that includes
   the 12th of the month. Unusually severe weather is more likely to have an impact on
   average weekly hours than on employment. Average weekly hours are estimated for paid
   time during the pay period, including pay for holidays, sick leave, or other time off.
   The impact of severe weather on hours estimates typically, but not always, results in
   a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some employees may be off work for
   part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, while some workers,
   such as those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours.
   
   It is not possible to precisely quantify the effect of extreme weather on payroll
   employment estimates. In order for severe weather conditions to reduce employment
   estimates, employees have to be off work without pay for the entire pay period.
   Employees who receive pay for any part of the pay period, even 1 hour, are counted in
   the payroll employment figures. For more information on how often employees are paid,
   please visit www.bls.gov/ces/publications/length-pay-period.htm.

   In the household survey, the reference period is generally the calendar week that
   includes the 12th of the month. People who miss the entire week's work for weather-
   related events are counted as employed whether or not they are paid for the time
   off. The household survey collects data on the number of people who had a job but
   were not at work due to bad weather. It also provides a measure of the number of
   people who usually work full time but had reduced hours due to bad weather. 
   
   Current and historical data are available on the household survey's most requested
   statistics page, please visit data.bls.gov/toppicks?survey=ln.

Technical Note


   This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (CPS; household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (CES; establishment survey). The household survey provides information
on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the "A" tables,
marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 eligible households
conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

   The establishment survey provides information on employment, hours, and
earnings of employees on nonfarm payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables,
marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each month from the payroll
records of a sample of nonagricultural business establishments. Each month
the CES program surveys about 119,000 businesses and government agencies,
representing approximately 622,000 individual worksites, in order to provide
detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm
payrolls. The active sample includes approximately 26 percent of all nonfarm
payroll jobs.

   For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or
pay period. In the household survey, the reference period is generally the
calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment
survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or
may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys

   Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian 
noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on 
work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample
household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force.

   People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees
during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their
own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm.
People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs
because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal
reasons.

   People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria:
they had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at
that time; and they made specific active efforts to find employment sometime during
the 4-week period ending with the reference week. People laid off from a job and
expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The
unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the
eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

   The civilian labor force is the sum of the employed and unemployed.
Those people not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor 
force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the 
labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a 
percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the 
employed as a percent of the population. Additional information about the 
household survey can be found at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm.

   Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
from federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who worked or received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including people on paid leave. People are counted in each job
they hold. Hours and earnings data are produced for the private sector for
all employees and for production and nonsupervisory employees. Production
and nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and related employees
in manufacturing and mining and logging, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory employees in private service-providing industries.

   Industries are classified on the basis of an establishment's principal
activity in accordance with the 2022 version of the North American Industry
Classification System. Additional information about the establishment survey
can be found at www.bls.gov/ces/.

   Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological
differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important
distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are:

   --The household survey includes agricultural workers, self-employed workers
     whose businesses are unincorporated, unpaid family workers, and private
     household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the
     establishment survey.

   --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed.
     The establishment survey does not.

   --The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older.
     The establishment survey is not limited by age.

   --The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
     individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one
     job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one
     job and thus appearing on more than one payroll are counted separately
     for each appearance.

Seasonal adjustment

   Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels
of employment and unemployment undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These 
events may result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, and the opening
and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large.

   Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year,
their influence on the level of a series can be tempered by adjusting for regular
seasonal variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as
declines in employment or increases in the participation of women in the labor
force, easier to spot. For example, in the household survey, the large number of
youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes
that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the 
level of economic activity has risen or declined. Similarly, in the establishment
survey, payroll employment in education declines by about 20 percent at the end
of the spring term and later rises with the start of the fall term, obscuring the
underlying employment trends in the industry. Because seasonal employment changes
at the end and beginning of the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be
adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more discernible. The seasonally
adjusted figures provide a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in
month-to-month economic activity.

   Many seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household
and establishment surveys. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates,
such as total payroll employment, employment in most major sectors, total employment,
and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series.
For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four
major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or 
more detailed age categories. Percentage distributions of unemployment by reason and
duration are derived from the sum of the independently seasonally adjusted component
series and will not necessarily match calculations made using the seasonally adjusted
total unemployment level. Additional information about seasonal adjustment in the 
household survey can be found at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#sa.

   For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment
methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using all
relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household
survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month's data. In the
establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the
three most recent monthly estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to
incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated seasonal adjustment factors.
In both surveys, 5-year revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates

   Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both
sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample, rather than the entire population,
is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the true
population values they represent. The component of this difference that occurs
because samples differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its variability
is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent
chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by
no more than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value because of sampling
error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.

   For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total nonfarm
employment from the establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 122,000.
Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment increases by 50,000 from one month to
the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from
-72,000 to +172,000 (50,000 +/- 122,000). These figures do not mean that the sample
results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent
chance that the true over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this
range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
nonfarm employment had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, the reported
nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at
least a 90-percent chance) that nonfarm employment had, in fact, risen that month.
At an unemployment rate of around 6.0 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval
for the monthly change in unemployment as measured by the household survey is
about +/- 425,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about
+/- 0.3 percentage point.

   In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower
standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based
on a small number of observations. The precision of estimates also is improved when
the data are cumulated over time, such as for quarterly and annual averages.

   The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error,
which can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the
population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample,
inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a
timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or
processing of the data.

   For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months
are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled
preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly
estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is
considered final.

   Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the
inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To
correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation
procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first
component excludes employment losses from business deaths from sample-based
estimation in order to offset the missing employment gains from business births.
This is incorporated into the sample-based estimation procedure by simply not
reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same
employment trend as the other firms in the sample. This procedure accounts for
most of the net birth/death employment.

   The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the
residual net birth-death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The
historical time series used in the ARIMA model is derived from the unemployment
insurance universe micro-level database and reflects the actual
residual net of births and deaths over the past 5 years. In addition to this
time series of actual residual net of births and deaths series, the
ARIMA-based component of the birth-death model includes current sample
information to inform the forecasts. More information on business births
and deaths in the establishment survey is available at
www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm.

   The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a
year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from
administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference 
between the March sample-based employment estimates and the March universe counts
is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey
error. Benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries
when necessary. The absolute average benchmark revision for total nonfarm
employment over the prior 10 years is 0.2 percent. Over this time, revisions 
ranged from -0.4 percent to 0.3 percent.

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Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted(1)
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	273,197	274,858	274,955	273,197	274,816	274,676	274,766	274,858	274,955
Civilian labor force	170,650	170,102	169,548	171,054	171,495	170,465	170,483	170,087	169,995
Participation rate	62.5	61.9	61.7	62.6	62.4	62.1	62.0	61.9	61.8
Employed	164,069	162,764	162,781	163,898	163,992	163,097	162,912	162,848	162,622
Employment-population ratio	60.1	59.2	59.2	60.0	59.7	59.4	59.3	59.2	59.1
Unemployed	6,582	7,337	6,768	7,155	7,503	7,368	7,571	7,239	7,373
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.3	4.0	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3
Not in labor force	102,547	104,756	105,406	102,143	103,321	104,211	104,283	104,771	104,959
People who currently want a job	5,534	5,728	5,956	5,691	6,208	5,838	5,974	6,040	6,111
Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	133,260	132,627	132,670	133,260	134,046	132,546	132,586	132,627	132,670
Civilian labor force	90,451	88,827	88,712	90,642	90,780	89,200	89,101	88,846	88,936
Participation rate	67.9	67.0	66.9	68.0	67.7	67.3	67.2	67.0	67.0
Employed	86,688	84,852	84,981	86,691	86,812	85,348	85,210	85,111	85,007
Employment-population ratio	65.1	64.0	64.1	65.1	64.8	64.4	64.3	64.2	64.1
Unemployed	3,763	3,975	3,731	3,952	3,968	3,852	3,891	3,736	3,929
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.5	4.2	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.4
Not in labor force	42,810	43,799	43,958	42,618	43,266	43,345	43,485	43,780	43,734
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	124,166	123,657	123,704	124,166	124,981	123,570	123,612	123,657	123,704
Civilian labor force	87,280	85,931	85,739	87,281	87,638	86,096	86,006	85,796	85,791
Participation rate	70.3	69.5	69.3	70.3	70.1	69.7	69.6	69.4	69.4
Employed	83,940	82,429	82,420	83,835	84,199	82,783	82,591	82,562	82,353
Employment-population ratio	67.6	66.7	66.6	67.5	67.4	67.0	66.8	66.8	66.6
Unemployed	3,340	3,503	3,320	3,446	3,439	3,313	3,415	3,235	3,438
Unemployment rate	3.8	4.1	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	4.0	3.8	4.0
Not in labor force	36,887	37,726	37,964	36,885	37,344	37,474	37,606	37,860	37,913
Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	139,937	142,231	142,284	139,937	140,770	142,130	142,180	142,231	142,284
Civilian labor force	80,200	81,274	80,837	80,411	80,715	81,265	81,382	81,241	81,059
Participation rate	57.3	57.1	56.8	57.5	57.3	57.2	57.2	57.1	57.0
Employed	77,381	77,912	77,799	77,208	77,180	77,749	77,702	77,737	77,615
Employment-population ratio	55.3	54.8	54.7	55.2	54.8	54.7	54.7	54.7	54.5
Unemployed	2,819	3,362	3,037	3,203	3,535	3,515	3,680	3,503	3,444
Unemployment rate	3.5	4.1	3.8	4.0	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.3	4.2
Not in labor force	59,737	60,957	61,448	59,525	60,055	60,865	60,798	60,991	61,225
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	131,167	133,593	133,648	131,167	132,034	133,489	133,541	133,593	133,648
Civilian labor force	77,173	78,181	77,854	77,218	77,351	78,128	78,183	78,007	77,898
Participation rate	58.8	58.5	58.3	58.9	58.6	58.5	58.5	58.4	58.3
Employed	74,642	75,125	75,168	74,360	74,306	74,925	74,965	74,861	74,872
Employment-population ratio	56.9	56.2	56.2	56.7	56.3	56.1	56.1	56.0	56.0
Unemployed	2,531	3,055	2,686	2,859	3,044	3,203	3,218	3,146	3,026
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.9	3.4	3.7	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9
Not in labor force	53,994	55,413	55,793	53,949	54,683	55,361	55,358	55,587	55,750
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,863	17,608	17,603	17,863	17,801	17,617	17,613	17,608	17,603
Civilian labor force	6,197	5,990	5,955	6,554	6,506	6,241	6,294	6,284	6,307
Participation rate	34.7	34.0	33.8	36.7	36.6	35.4	35.7	35.7	35.8
Employed	5,487	5,211	5,193	5,704	5,486	5,390	5,357	5,425	5,397
Employment-population ratio	30.7	29.6	29.5	31.9	30.8	30.6	30.4	30.8	30.7
Unemployed	711	779	762	850	1,020	851	937	858	910
Unemployment rate	11.5	13.0	12.8	13.0	15.7	13.6	14.9	13.7	14.4
Not in labor force	11,666	11,618	11,648	11,309	11,295	11,376	11,319	11,324	11,297
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted(1)
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population	207,291	202,436	202,448	207,291	208,058	202,423	202,426	202,436	202,448
Civilian labor force	128,801	123,915	123,423	129,020	128,617	123,997	123,986	123,841	123,673
Participation rate	62.1	61.2	61.0	62.2	61.8	61.3	61.2	61.2	61.1
Employed	124,263	119,335	119,209	124,094	123,778	119,412	119,402	119,371	119,071
Employment-population ratio	59.9	58.9	58.9	59.9	59.5	59.0	59.0	59.0	58.8
Unemployed	4,537	4,580	4,214	4,926	4,838	4,585	4,584	4,470	4,602
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.7	3.4	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.7
Not in labor force	78,491	78,521	79,025	78,272	79,441	78,426	78,441	78,595	78,775
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	66,695	63,831	63,345	66,709	66,700	63,834	63,768	63,724	63,399
Participation rate	69.7	68.9	68.4	69.7	69.4	68.9	68.9	68.8	68.5
Employed	64,321	61,584	61,231	64,245	64,411	61,734	61,574	61,684	61,199
Employment-population ratio	67.2	66.5	66.1	67.1	67.0	66.7	66.5	66.6	66.1
Unemployed	2,374	2,246	2,114	2,465	2,289	2,100	2,194	2,040	2,200
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.5	3.3	3.7	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.2	3.5
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	57,292	55,763	55,717	57,270	57,008	55,661	55,682	55,596	55,698
Participation rate	58.0	57.0	56.9	58.0	57.4	56.9	56.9	56.8	56.9
Employed	55,618	53,929	54,100	55,393	55,178	53,748	53,874	53,721	53,876
Employment-population ratio	56.3	55.1	55.3	56.1	55.6	54.9	55.1	54.9	55.1
Unemployed	1,674	1,834	1,617	1,878	1,831	1,913	1,808	1,875	1,821
Unemployment rate	2.9	3.3	2.9	3.3	3.2	3.4	3.2	3.4	3.3
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	4,813	4,321	4,361	5,040	4,909	4,502	4,536	4,521	4,577
Participation rate	37.6	36.0	36.4	39.3	38.5	37.5	37.8	37.7	38.2
Employed	4,324	3,821	3,877	4,457	4,190	3,929	3,955	3,966	3,996
Employment-population ratio	33.7	31.9	32.3	34.8	32.9	32.7	33.0	33.1	33.3
Unemployed	489	500	483	584	719	572	581	555	581
Unemployment rate	10.2	11.6	11.1	11.6	14.6	12.7	12.8	12.3	12.7
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	35,719	35,411	35,434	35,719	35,995	35,364	35,388	35,411	35,434
Civilian labor force	22,170	22,155	21,986	22,198	22,728	22,160	22,286	22,195	22,044
Participation rate	62.1	62.6	62.0	62.1	63.1	62.7	63.0	62.7	62.2
Employed	20,883	20,593	20,538	20,779	21,024	20,553	20,579	20,621	20,442
Employment-population ratio	58.5	58.2	58.0	58.2	58.4	58.1	58.2	58.2	57.7
Unemployed	1,287	1,562	1,449	1,419	1,704	1,607	1,707	1,574	1,602
Unemployment rate	5.8	7.1	6.6	6.4	7.5	7.3	7.7	7.1	7.3
Not in labor force	13,549	13,256	13,448	13,521	13,267	13,204	13,102	13,216	13,390
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	10,505	10,067	10,158	10,505	10,669	10,148	10,113	10,057	10,167
Participation rate	69.2	67.7	68.2	69.2	69.6	68.3	68.0	67.6	68.3
Employed	9,939	9,288	9,490	9,912	9,938	9,402	9,407	9,328	9,464
Employment-population ratio	65.4	62.4	63.8	65.3	64.9	63.3	63.3	62.7	63.6
Unemployed	565	778	668	593	731	747	706	729	703
Unemployment rate	5.4	7.7	6.6	5.6	6.9	7.4	7.0	7.3	6.9
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	10,936	11,290	11,065	10,929	11,222	11,177	11,369	11,308	11,076
Participation rate	61.3	63.2	61.9	61.2	62.4	62.6	63.7	63.3	61.9
Employed	10,355	10,651	10,449	10,257	10,403	10,459	10,565	10,617	10,358
Employment-population ratio	58.0	59.6	58.4	57.5	57.8	58.6	59.2	59.4	57.9
Unemployed	581	639	616	671	820	717	804	691	718
Unemployment rate	5.3	5.7	5.6	6.1	7.3	6.4	7.1	6.1	6.5
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	729	799	764	765	837	835	804	830	801
Participation rate	27.2	30.0	28.6	28.5	31.2	31.3	30.2	31.1	30.0
Employed	588	654	599	610	684	692	606	676	619
Employment-population ratio	21.9	24.5	22.5	22.8	25.5	26.0	22.8	25.4	23.2
Unemployed	140	145	165	155	153	143	197	154	182
Unemployment rate	19.3	18.1	21.6	20.2	18.3	17.1	24.5	18.5	22.7
ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	19,272	21,176	21,088	19,272	19,788	20,856	21,099	21,176	21,088
Civilian labor force	12,655	13,897	13,737	12,711	13,036	13,828	13,892	13,860	13,806
Participation rate	65.7	65.6	65.1	66.0	65.9	66.3	65.8	65.4	65.5
Employed	12,300	13,402	13,327	12,323	12,565	13,241	13,222	13,348	13,350
Employment-population ratio	63.8	63.3	63.2	63.9	63.5	63.5	62.7	63.0	63.3
Unemployed	354	495	410	388	471	588	670	512	456
Unemployment rate	2.8	3.6	3.0	3.1	3.6	4.2	4.8	3.7	3.3
Not in labor force	6,617	7,279	7,351	6,561	6,752	7,027	7,207	7,317	7,282
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted(1)
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Civilian noninstitutional population	51,191	52,675	52,740	51,191	52,080	52,547	52,614	52,675	52,740
Civilian labor force	34,420	35,585	35,380	34,417	35,014	35,403	35,396	35,515	35,407
Participation rate	67.2	67.6	67.1	67.2	67.2	67.4	67.3	67.4	67.1
Employed	32,740	33,820	33,709	32,635	33,286	33,671	33,551	33,794	33,633
Employment-population ratio	64.0	64.2	63.9	63.8	63.9	64.1	63.8	64.2	63.8
Unemployed	1,680	1,765	1,671	1,782	1,728	1,732	1,845	1,722	1,774
Unemployment rate	4.9	5.0	4.7	5.2	4.9	4.9	5.2	4.8	5.0
Not in labor force	16,771	17,091	17,361	16,774	17,066	17,144	17,218	17,160	17,333
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	18,439	18,358	18,336	18,392	18,744	18,424	18,455	18,330	18,311
Participation rate	79.5	78.5	78.3	79.3	79.3	79.0	79.0	78.4	78.2
Employed	17,538	17,588	17,577	17,483	17,935	17,700	17,618	17,621	17,542
Employment-population ratio	75.6	75.2	75.0	75.4	75.9	75.9	75.4	75.3	74.9
Unemployed	901	770	759	910	809	724	837	709	769
Unemployment rate	4.9	4.2	4.1	4.9	4.3	3.9	4.5	3.9	4.2
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	14,511	15,714	15,513	14,500	14,812	15,473	15,423	15,648	15,512
Participation rate	62.5	64.2	63.3	62.4	62.6	63.4	63.1	63.9	63.3
Employed	13,892	14,909	14,822	13,835	14,140	14,731	14,659	14,857	14,774
Employment-population ratio	59.8	60.9	60.5	59.6	59.8	60.3	60.0	60.7	60.3
Unemployed	620	804	691	665	672	742	764	792	738
Unemployment rate	4.3	5.1	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.8	5.0	5.1	4.8
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	1,470	1,512	1,531	1,524	1,458	1,506	1,518	1,537	1,584
Participation rate	30.8	31.5	31.9	32.0	30.5	31.4	31.6	32.0	33.0
Employed	1,310	1,322	1,310	1,318	1,210	1,241	1,274	1,315	1,317
Employment-population ratio	27.5	27.5	27.3	27.6	25.3	25.8	26.5	27.4	27.4
Unemployed	160	190	221	207	248	266	245	221	267
Unemployment rate	10.9	12.6	14.4	13.6	17.0	17.6	16.1	14.4	16.9
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment [Numbers in thousands]

Educational attainment	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	9,002	8,501	8,498	8,893	9,014	8,863	8,539	8,578	8,395
Participation rate	47.0	46.3	45.5	46.5	46.7	45.7	46.8	46.7	45.0
Employed	8,458	7,928	7,965	8,345	8,507	8,392	8,063	8,076	7,860
Employment-population ratio	44.2	43.2	42.7	43.6	44.1	43.3	44.2	44.0	42.1
Unemployed	544	573	534	548	507	471	476	502	534
Unemployment rate	6.0	6.7	6.3	6.2	5.6	5.3	5.6	5.9	6.4
High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	36,631	36,384	36,904	36,531	36,675	36,667	36,097	36,293	36,804
Participation rate	56.9	56.5	56.9	56.7	57.4	56.6	56.5	56.3	56.8
Employed	35,248	34,574	35,275	35,055	35,207	34,997	34,351	34,602	35,075
Employment-population ratio	54.7	53.7	54.4	54.4	55.1	54.0	53.8	53.7	54.1
Unemployed	1,383	1,811	1,629	1,476	1,468	1,670	1,746	1,691	1,730
Unemployment rate	3.8	5.0	4.4	4.0	4.0	4.6	4.8	4.7	4.7
Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	36,674	36,080	35,490	36,464	36,455	35,889	36,338	35,992	35,395
Participation rate	63.1	61.9	61.4	62.7	61.8	61.3	61.9	61.8	61.2
Employed	35,411	34,757	34,428	35,140	35,085	34,598	35,057	34,714	34,276
Employment-population ratio	60.9	59.7	59.6	60.4	59.4	59.1	59.8	59.6	59.3
Unemployed	1,264	1,323	1,062	1,324	1,370	1,292	1,281	1,278	1,119
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.7	3.0	3.6	3.8	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.2
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	66,604	67,609	67,301	66,671	67,419	67,020	67,234	67,265	67,390
Participation rate	72.6	71.9	71.7	72.7	72.6	72.8	71.4	71.5	71.8
Employed	65,070	65,740	65,567	64,999	65,555	65,025	65,216	65,364	65,509
Employment-population ratio	70.9	69.9	69.8	70.8	70.6	70.6	69.3	69.5	69.8
Unemployed	1,533	1,869	1,735	1,671	1,863	1,995	2,018	1,900	1,881
Unemployment rate	2.3	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.8	3.0	3.0	2.8	2.8
Footnotes (1) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes people with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals for those 25 years and over because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service	Total		Men		Women
	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,319	16,989	15,244	14,904	2,075	2,085
Civilian labor force	8,373	8,153	7,146	6,971	1,227	1,183
Participation rate	48.3	48.0	46.9	46.8	59.1	56.7
Employed	8,078	7,858	6,923	6,727	1,155	1,130
Employment-population ratio	46.6	46.3	45.4	45.1	55.7	54.2
Unemployed	295	296	223	243	72	52
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.6	3.1	3.5	5.9	4.4
Not in labor force	8,946	8,836	8,098	7,933	848	902
Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,627	5,876	4,629	4,828	998	1,048
Civilian labor force	4,476	4,540	3,701	3,807	775	733
Participation rate	79.5	77.3	80.0	78.9	77.6	69.9
Employed	4,345	4,357	3,625	3,651	720	706
Employment-population ratio	77.2	74.1	78.3	75.6	72.1	67.4
Unemployed	131	182	75	156	56	26
Unemployment rate	2.9	4.0	2.0	4.1	7.2	3.6
Not in labor force	1,151	1,337	928	1,021	223	316
Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,218	3,094	2,719	2,616	499	478
Civilian labor force	2,127	2,010	1,818	1,706	309	303
Participation rate	66.1	65.0	66.9	65.2	62.0	63.5
Employed	2,024	1,923	1,721	1,643	303	281
Employment-population ratio	62.9	62.2	63.3	62.8	60.7	58.7
Unemployed	103	86	97	64	6	23
Unemployment rate	4.9	4.3	5.3	3.7	2.1	7.4
Not in labor force	1,090	1,084	901	909	189	175
Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	4,936	4,622	4,748	4,445	188	177
Civilian labor force	545	460	532	447	13	13
Participation rate	11.1	10.0	11.2	10.1	7.2	7.2
Employed	520	441	506	428	13	13
Employment-population ratio	10.5	9.5	10.7	9.6	7.2	7.2
Unemployed	26	19	26	19	0	0
Unemployment rate	4.8	4.2	4.9	4.3	-	-
Not in labor force	4,391	4,162	4,216	3,998	175	164
Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,538	3,397	3,148	3,015	390	382
Civilian labor force	1,224	1,144	1,095	1,010	129	134
Participation rate	34.6	33.7	34.8	33.5	33.2	35.1
Employed	1,190	1,137	1,070	1,006	120	131
Employment-population ratio	33.6	33.5	34.0	33.4	30.6	34.2
Unemployed	35	8	25	4	10	3
Unemployment rate	2.8	0.7	2.3	0.4	7.6	2.4
Not in labor force	2,314	2,253	2,053	2,005	261	248
NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	246,501	248,718	113,205	113,117	133,296	135,601
Civilian labor force	160,138	159,287	82,183	80,759	77,955	78,528
Participation rate	65.0	64.0	72.6	71.4	58.5	57.9
Employed	154,146	153,152	78,787	77,458	75,359	75,694
Employment-population ratio	62.5	61.6	69.6	68.5	56.5	55.8
Unemployed	5,992	6,136	3,396	3,301	2,596	2,834
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.9	4.1	4.1	3.3	3.6
Not in labor force	86,363	89,430	31,022	32,358	55,341	57,073
NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-6. Employment status of the civilian population by sex, age, and disability status, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age	People with a disability		People with no disability
	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026
TOTAL, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	34,778	36,615	238,419	238,340
Civilian labor force	8,424	8,584	162,227	160,964
Participation rate	24.2	23.4	68.0	67.5
Employed	7,735	7,970	156,334	154,811
Employment-population ratio	22.2	21.8	65.6	65.0
Unemployed	689	614	5,893	6,154
Unemployment rate	8.2	7.2	3.6	3.8
Not in labor force	26,354	28,031	76,192	77,375
Men, 16 to 64 years
Civilian labor force	3,392	3,603	80,622	78,719
Participation rate	41.8	43.1	83.0	82.8
Employed	3,091	3,271	77,400	75,536
Employment-population ratio	38.1	39.1	79.7	79.4
Unemployed	302	332	3,222	3,183
Unemployment rate	8.9	9.2	4.0	4.0
Not in labor force	4,723	4,766	16,491	16,381
Women, 16 to 64 years
Civilian labor force	3,507	3,395	71,381	71,864
Participation rate	40.2	39.2	72.9	73.2
Employed	3,200	3,179	68,996	69,212
Employment-population ratio	36.7	36.7	70.5	70.5
Unemployed	307	216	2,385	2,652
Unemployment rate	8.8	6.4	3.3	3.7
Not in labor force	5,211	5,276	26,493	26,356
Both sexes, 65 years and over
Civilian labor force	1,525	1,586	10,224	10,382
Participation rate	8.5	8.1	23.5	23.1
Employed	1,444	1,520	9,937	10,063
Employment-population ratio	8.0	7.8	22.9	22.4
Unemployed	80	66	286	319
Unemployment rate	5.3	4.2	2.8	3.1
Not in labor force	16,421	17,989	33,208	34,638
NOTE: A person with a disability has at least one of the following conditions: is deaf or has serious difficulty hearing; is blind or has serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses; has serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition; has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity	Total		Men		Women
	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026
Foreign born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	49,645	49,660	24,363	23,538	25,282	26,121
Civilian labor force	33,004	32,851	18,716	17,999	14,289	14,852
Participation rate	66.5	66.2	76.8	76.5	56.5	56.9
Employed	31,803	31,648	18,024	17,362	13,779	14,286
Employment-population ratio	64.1	63.7	74.0	73.8	54.5	54.7
Unemployed	1,201	1,203	692	637	509	566
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.8
Not in labor force	16,641	16,808	5,647	5,539	10,993	11,269
Native born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	223,552	225,295	108,898	109,132	114,655	116,163
Civilian labor force	137,646	136,697	71,735	70,713	65,911	65,984
Participation rate	61.6	60.7	65.9	64.8	57.5	56.8
Employed	132,266	131,132	68,664	67,619	63,601	63,513
Employment-population ratio	59.2	58.2	63.1	62.0	55.5	54.7
Unemployed	5,381	5,565	3,071	3,093	2,310	2,471
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.4	3.5	3.7
Not in labor force	85,906	88,598	37,162	38,419	48,743	50,179
NOTE: The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. The native born are people who were born in the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-8. Employed people by class of worker and part-time status [In thousands]

Category	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026
CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture and related industries	2,173	2,159	2,227	2,237	2,332	2,152	2,257	2,256	2,288
Wage and salary workers(1)	1,492	1,426	1,527	1,546	1,571	1,400	1,500	1,496	1,562
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	663	702	670	667	751	756	757	721	678
Unpaid family workers	19	31	30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nonagricultural industries	161,895	160,606	160,553	161,472	161,716	160,883	160,706	160,550	160,256
Wage and salary workers(1)	152,587	151,896	151,633	152,141	152,671	151,874	151,786	151,853	151,331
Government	22,108	21,606	21,577	21,876	21,973	21,591	21,739	21,325	21,393
Private industries	130,479	130,290	130,055	130,264	130,708	130,384	130,046	130,542	129,950
Private households	596	641	566	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other industries	129,884	129,649	129,489	129,613	130,160	129,710	129,388	129,805	129,341
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	9,253	8,669	8,877	9,279	9,052	9,056	8,841	8,737	8,904
Unpaid family workers	55	40	43	-	-	-	-	-	-
PEOPLE AT WORK PART TIME(2)
All industries
Part time for economic reasons(3)	4,496	4,616	4,749	4,686	5,341	4,873	4,396	4,497	4,942
Slack work or business conditions	3,007	3,196	3,152	3,146	3,436	3,181	2,838	3,107	3,289
Could only find part-time work	1,272	1,131	1,266	1,265	1,514	1,379	1,251	1,126	1,267
Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)	23,425	23,314	23,382	22,733	22,251	22,899	22,728	22,767	22,706
Nonagricultural industries
Part time for economic reasons(3)	4,430	4,572	4,681	4,618	5,282	4,836	4,380	4,476	4,873
Slack work or business conditions	2,962	3,168	3,135	3,100	3,427	3,167	2,846	3,096	3,274
Could only find part-time work	1,267	1,131	1,259	1,258	1,497	1,373	1,250	1,124	1,258
Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)	23,103	22,948	23,019	22,389	21,839	22,520	22,357	22,393	22,322
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated. (2) Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed people who were absent from their jobs for the entire week. (3) Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business conditions, inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand. (4) Refers to people who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or training, retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes people who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather.
- Data not available. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-9. Selected employment indicators [Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	164,069	162,764	162,781	163,898	163,992	163,097	162,912	162,848	162,622
16 to 19 years	5,487	5,211	5,193	5,704	5,486	5,390	5,357	5,425	5,397
16 to 17 years	1,844	1,829	1,771	1,990	1,938	1,926	1,963	2,000	1,929
18 to 19 years	3,642	3,382	3,421	3,714	3,547	3,465	3,418	3,459	3,496
20 years and over	158,582	157,554	157,588	158,195	158,506	157,708	157,555	157,423	157,225
20 to 24 years	14,395	14,555	14,353	14,465	14,387	14,740	14,709	14,633	14,429
25 years and over	144,187	142,999	143,235	143,700	144,171	142,913	142,777	142,806	142,743
25 to 54 years	105,943	105,120	105,277	105,593	106,087	105,063	104,909	105,007	104,932
25 to 34 years	36,475	36,392	36,549	36,354	36,401	36,442	36,331	36,362	36,427
35 to 44 years	37,143	36,618	36,802	36,985	37,304	36,635	36,556	36,529	36,646
45 to 54 years	32,325	32,110	31,925	32,254	32,382	31,986	32,022	32,116	31,859
55 years and over	38,244	37,879	37,959	38,108	38,085	37,850	37,868	37,799	37,810
Men, 16 years and over	86,688	84,852	84,981	86,691	86,812	85,348	85,210	85,111	85,007
16 to 19 years	2,748	2,424	2,562	2,856	2,613	2,566	2,619	2,549	2,654
16 to 17 years	978	781	796	1,023	925	920	904	860	842
18 to 19 years	1,770	1,643	1,765	1,839	1,689	1,650	1,740	1,707	1,829
20 years and over	83,940	82,429	82,420	83,835	84,199	82,783	82,591	82,562	82,353
20 to 24 years	7,293	7,583	7,344	7,329	7,310	7,489	7,445	7,632	7,382
25 years and over	76,647	74,846	75,076	76,511	76,904	75,325	75,150	74,970	74,972
25 to 54 years	56,308	55,005	55,357	56,200	56,448	55,270	55,230	55,104	55,253
25 to 34 years	19,481	19,147	19,483	19,436	19,307	19,398	19,291	19,171	19,431
35 to 44 years	19,876	19,333	19,354	19,822	20,042	19,310	19,300	19,331	19,304
45 to 54 years	16,951	16,525	16,520	16,942	17,100	16,562	16,639	16,603	16,517
55 years and over	20,338	19,840	19,718	20,311	20,456	20,055	19,920	19,865	19,719
Women, 16 years and over	77,381	77,912	77,799	77,208	77,180	77,749	77,702	77,737	77,615
16 to 19 years	2,739	2,787	2,631	2,848	2,874	2,824	2,737	2,876	2,743
16 to 17 years	866	1,048	975	967	1,014	1,007	1,059	1,140	1,088
18 to 19 years	1,873	1,739	1,656	1,875	1,858	1,815	1,677	1,751	1,667
20 years and over	74,642	75,125	75,168	74,360	74,306	74,925	74,965	74,861	74,872
20 to 24 years	7,102	6,972	7,009	7,136	7,077	7,252	7,264	7,002	7,047
25 years and over	67,540	68,153	68,160	67,189	67,267	67,588	67,628	67,836	67,771
25 to 54 years	49,634	50,115	49,919	49,393	49,639	49,793	49,679	49,903	49,680
25 to 34 years	16,994	17,245	17,066	16,918	17,094	17,044	17,040	17,191	16,996
35 to 44 years	17,267	17,285	17,449	17,163	17,262	17,325	17,256	17,198	17,342
45 to 54 years	15,374	15,586	15,404	15,311	15,283	15,425	15,383	15,513	15,342
55 years and over	17,906	18,038	18,240	17,797	17,628	17,795	17,948	17,934	18,091
MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	46,104	45,339	45,118	46,033	46,289	45,388	45,199	45,327	45,078
Married women, spouse present(1)	37,317	38,157	38,086	37,184	37,254	37,119	37,413	37,963	37,901
Women who maintain families(2)	9,919	10,328	9,996	-	-	-	-	-	-
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	134,994	133,752	133,830	135,351	135,215	134,441	134,341	134,676	134,252
Part-time workers(4)	29,075	29,013	28,951	28,522	28,712	28,727	28,478	28,290	28,413
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
Total multiple jobholders	8,831	8,513	8,399	8,857	8,848	8,723	8,371	8,357	8,434
Percent of total employed	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.1	5.1	5.2
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Self-employed workers, incorporated	6,980	6,732	6,726	-	-	-	-	-	-
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	9,916	9,371	9,548	9,946	9,803	9,812	9,597	9,458	9,582
Footnotes (1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to people in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred to people in opposite-sex married couples only. (2) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not a spouse of either sex. Prior to January 2020, referred to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not an opposite-sex spouse. (3) Employed full-time workers are people who usually work 35 hours or more per week. (4) Employed part-time workers are people who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
- Data not available. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic	Number of unemployed people (in thousands)			Unemployment rates
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	7,155	7,239	7,373	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3
16 to 19 years	850	858	910	13.0	15.7	13.6	14.9	13.7	14.4
16 to 17 years	336	331	384	14.5	18.0	16.3	16.3	14.2	16.6
18 to 19 years	509	536	539	12.1	14.4	12.2	13.8	13.4	13.4
20 years and over	6,305	6,380	6,463	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9
20 to 24 years	1,298	1,007	1,181	8.2	8.2	7.0	7.4	6.4	7.6
25 years and over	5,025	5,321	5,274	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.6
25 to 54 years	3,816	4,032	4,086	3.5	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.7	3.7
25 to 34 years	1,604	1,837	1,829	4.2	4.3	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8
35 to 44 years	1,210	1,212	1,183	3.2	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1
45 to 54 years	1,003	983	1,074	3.0	3.1	3.0	3.4	3.0	3.3
55 years and over	1,210	1,288	1,179	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.0
Men, 16 years and over	3,952	3,736	3,929	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.4
16 to 19 years	506	501	491	15.0	16.8	17.4	15.4	16.4	15.6
16 to 17 years	166	177	215	14.0	19.2	20.6	17.1	17.1	20.3
18 to 19 years	327	324	273	15.1	15.5	15.5	14.3	16.0	13.0
20 years and over	3,446	3,235	3,438	3.9	3.9	3.8	4.0	3.8	4.0
20 to 24 years	777	544	656	9.6	9.4	7.1	8.3	6.7	8.2
25 years and over	2,713	2,654	2,794	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.4	3.6
25 to 54 years	2,039	1,994	2,133	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.7
25 to 34 years	884	942	980	4.3	3.9	4.6	4.8	4.7	4.8
35 to 44 years	639	598	678	3.1	3.3	3.4	3.1	3.0	3.4
45 to 54 years	516	454	475	3.0	3.1	2.7	2.9	2.7	2.8
55 years and over	674	660	661	3.2	3.1	3.4	3.5	3.2	3.2
Women, 16 years and over	3,203	3,503	3,444	4.0	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.3	4.2
16 to 19 years	345	358	418	10.8	14.6	10.0	14.4	11.1	13.2
16 to 17 years	170	154	170	15.0	16.8	11.8	15.6	11.9	13.5
18 to 19 years	183	212	266	8.9	13.3	9.0	13.2	10.8	13.8
20 years and over	2,859	3,146	3,026	3.7	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9
20 to 24 years	521	463	525	6.8	6.9	7.0	6.5	6.2	6.9
25 years and over	2,312	2,667	2,480	3.3	3.6	3.8	3.9	3.8	3.5
25 to 54 years	1,778	2,038	1,954	3.5	3.9	4.0	4.1	3.9	3.8
25 to 34 years	721	895	849	4.1	4.6	5.3	4.7	4.9	4.8
35 to 44 years	571	613	505	3.2	3.7	3.1	3.6	3.4	2.8
45 to 54 years	486	530	599	3.1	3.1	3.4	4.0	3.3	3.8
55 years and over	534	622	514	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.4	2.8
MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	1,090	1,018	933	2.3	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.0
Married women, spouse present(1)	886	1,154	975	2.3	2.6	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.5
Women who maintain families(2)	547	549	443	5.2	5.7	5.5	5.5	5.0	4.2
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	5,952	5,854	5,996	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.3
Part-time workers(4)	1,237	1,358	1,378	4.2	4.6	4.8	5.1	4.6	4.6
Footnotes (1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to people in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred to people in opposite-sex married couples only. (2) Data are not seasonally adjusted. Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not a spouse of either sex. Prior to January 2020, referred to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not an opposite-sex spouse. (3) Full-time workers are unemployed people who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. (4) Part-time workers are unemployed people who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-11. Unemployed people by reason for unemployment [Numbers in thousands]

Reason	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,219	3,626	3,281	3,455	3,473	3,495	3,620	3,403	3,511
On temporary layoff	704	1,012	750	873	929	839	925	877	917
Not on temporary layoff	2,515	2,613	2,531	2,582	2,544	2,657	2,694	2,526	2,595
Permanent job losers	1,903	1,936	1,900	1,913	1,969	2,008	2,037	1,881	1,909
People who completed temporary jobs	612	678	631	668	575	649	658	645	686
Job leavers	809	887	800	854	832	1,038	867	898	844
Reentrants	1,985	2,215	2,019	2,240	2,337	2,168	2,320	2,254	2,282
New entrants	568	610	668	709	840	796	805	714	805
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	48.9	49.4	48.5	47.6	46.4	46.6	47.6	46.8	47.2
On temporary layoff	10.7	13.8	11.1	12.0	12.4	11.2	12.2	12.1	12.3
Not on temporary layoff	38.2	35.6	37.4	35.6	34.0	35.4	35.4	34.7	34.9
Job leavers	12.3	12.1	11.8	11.8	11.1	13.8	11.4	12.4	11.3
Reentrants	30.2	30.2	29.8	30.9	31.2	28.9	30.5	31.0	30.7
New entrants	8.6	8.3	9.9	9.8	11.2	10.6	10.6	9.8	10.8
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.9	2.1	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.1
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to total unemployed in table A-1 because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-12. Unemployed people by duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]

Duration	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Less than 5 weeks	1,793	1,838	2,118	2,194	2,289	2,166	2,319	2,138	2,496
5 to 14 weeks	1,923	2,157	1,561	2,262	2,069	2,151	2,078	1,998	1,859
15 weeks and over	2,865	3,342	3,088	2,665	3,143	3,015	3,105	3,033	2,890
15 to 26 weeks	1,171	1,422	1,234	993	1,195	1,202	1,206	1,212	1,057
27 weeks and over	1,694	1,919	1,854	1,672	1,948	1,813	1,899	1,821	1,833
Average (mean) duration, in weeks	24.9	26.1	26.2	23.2	24.4	23.7	25.7	25.3	24.4
Median duration, in weeks	12.0	12.8	12.7	10.2	11.4	11.0	11.1	11.5	11.0
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Less than 5 weeks	27.2	25.1	31.3	30.8	30.5	29.5	30.9	29.8	34.4
5 to 14 weeks	29.2	29.4	23.1	31.8	27.6	29.3	27.7	27.9	25.7
15 weeks and over	43.5	45.5	45.6	37.4	41.9	41.1	41.4	42.3	39.9
15 to 26 weeks	17.8	19.4	18.2	13.9	15.9	16.4	16.1	16.9	14.6
27 weeks and over	25.7	26.2	27.4	23.5	26.0	24.7	25.3	25.4	25.3
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to total unemployed in table A-1 because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-13. Employed and unemployed people by occupation, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]

Occupation	Employed		Unemployed		Unemployment rates
	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026
Total, 16 years and over(1)	164,069	162,781	6,582	6,768	3.9	4.0
Management, professional, and related occupations	72,185	71,339	1,597	1,621	2.2	2.2
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	31,675	30,659	708	737	2.2	2.3
Professional and related occupations	40,510	40,679	889	885	2.1	2.1
Service occupations	27,297	27,193	1,310	1,362	4.6	4.8
Sales and office occupations	30,024	30,655	1,217	1,310	3.9	4.1
Sales and related occupations	13,982	14,184	618	635	4.2	4.3
Office and administrative support occupations	16,042	16,471	599	675	3.6	3.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,423	13,584	748	669	4.9	4.7
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	997	940	77	75	7.2	7.4
Construction and extraction occupations	8,463	7,786	535	408	5.9	5.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,964	4,859	136	186	2.7	3.7
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	20,140	20,010	1,133	1,096	5.3	5.2
Production occupations	8,081	7,883	347	289	4.1	3.5
Transportation and material moving occupations	12,059	12,127	786	807	6.1	6.2
Footnotes (1) People with no previous work experience and people whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-14. Unemployed people by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and class of worker	Number of unemployed people (in thousands)		Unemployment rates
	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026
Total, 16 years and over(1)	6,582	6,768	3.9	4.0
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,108	5,179	3.8	3.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	23	28	4.0	4.3
Construction	594	382	5.6	3.8
Manufacturing	552	501	3.6	3.3
Durable goods	320	282	3.2	2.8
Nondurable goods	232	219	4.3	4.4
Wholesale and retail trade	862	981	4.3	5.0
Transportation and utilities	280	322	3.3	3.7
Information	119	98	4.6	3.8
Financial activities	308	288	2.9	2.7
Professional and business services	702	825	3.6	4.1
Education and health services	678	757	2.5	2.8
Leisure and hospitality	734	745	5.4	5.4
Other services	257	251	3.8	3.8
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	107	91	7.0	5.8
Government workers	413	503	1.8	2.3
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	385	326	3.7	3.3
Footnotes (1) People with no previous work experience and people whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2025 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2022 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization [Percent]

Measure	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026
U-1 People unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force	1.7	2.0	1.8	1.6	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7
U-2 Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force	1.9	2.1	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.1
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)	3.9	4.3	4.0	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers	4.1	4.6	4.3	4.4	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.6
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other people marginally attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all people marginally attached to the labor force	4.7	5.3	5.0	5.1	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all people marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all people marginally attached to the labor force	7.3	8.0	7.7	7.8	8.4	8.1	7.9	8.0	8.2
NOTE: People marginally attached to the labor force are those who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. People employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-16. People not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]

Category	Total		Men		Women
	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026
NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
Total not in the labor force	102,547	105,406	42,810	43,958	59,737	61,448
People who currently want a job	5,534	5,956	2,625	2,769	2,909	3,187
Marginally attached to the labor force(1)	1,571	1,732	821	915	750	817
Discouraged workers(2)	422	478	241	269	181	209
Other people marginally attached to the labor force(3)	1,149	1,254	580	646	569	608
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
Total multiple jobholders(4)	8,831	8,399	4,298	3,964	4,532	4,435
Percent of total employed	5.4	5.2	5.0	4.7	5.9	5.7
Primary job full time, secondary job part time	4,920	4,773	2,621	2,534	2,299	2,239
Primary and secondary jobs both part time	2,392	2,096	839	744	1,554	1,352
Primary and secondary jobs both full time	424	386	273	191	151	196
Hours vary on primary or secondary job	1,044	1,088	546	461	498	627
Footnotes (1) Data refer to people who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference week, but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks. (2) Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. (3) Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a number for whom reason for nonparticipation was not determined. (4) Includes a small number of people who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail
[In thousands]

Industry	Not seasonally adjusted				Seasonally adjusted
	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar.2026 - Apr.2026(p)
Total nonfarm	158,368	157,214	157,769	158,695	158,485	158,436	158,621	158,736	115
Total private	134,457	133,640	134,125	135,049	134,917	135,115	135,305	135,428	123
Goods-producing	21,430	21,126	21,239	21,401	21,555	21,480	21,513	21,523	10
Mining and logging	617	594	598	603	622	601	603	606	3
Logging	39.8	36.9	37.4	35.0	41.7	36.7	37.6	37.7	0.1
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	577.6	557.5	560.8	567.5	579.8	564.7	565.6	568.1	2.5
Oil and gas extraction	117.9	115.4	115.8	113.8	118.7	116.2	115.9	115.2	-0.7
Mining (except oil and gas)	188.3	182.4	183.5	188.5	189.3	187.5	187.1	188.2	1.1
Coal mining	39.9	38.8	38.2	39.0	40.0	38.9	38.4	38.7	0.3
Metal ore mining	45.0	45.5	45.4	45.8	45.1	45.7	45.6	46.0	0.4
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	103.4	98.1	99.9	103.7	104.2	102.9	103.1	103.4	0.3
Support activities for mining	271.4	259.7	261.5	265.2	271.8	261.0	262.6	264.7	2.1
Construction	8,190	7,999	8,088	8,248	8,271	8,296	8,312	8,321	9
Construction of buildings	1,839.4	1,822.9	1,834.1	1,850.8	1,858.8	1,863.0	1,866.2	1,870.3	4.1
Residential building construction	925.0	906.4	912.1	916.1	933.6	926.8	928.0	926.5	-1.5
Nonresidential building construction	914.4	916.5	922.0	934.7	925.2	936.2	938.2	943.8	5.6
Heavy and civil engineering construction	1,167.1	1,113.8	1,144.1	1,198.0	1,179.0	1,198.1	1,200.5	1,201.3	0.8
Specialty trade contractors	5,183.6	5,062.2	5,109.8	5,199.1	5,233.4	5,235.2	5,245.3	5,249.0	3.7
Residential specialty trade contractors	2,372.2	2,279.1	2,301.2	2,330.0	2,395.1	2,353.3	2,361.9	2,353.0	-8.9
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors	2,811.4	2,783.1	2,808.6	2,869.1	2,838.3	2,881.9	2,883.4	2,896.0	12.6
Manufacturing	12,623	12,533	12,553	12,550	12,662	12,583	12,598	12,596	-2
Durable goods	7,838	7,787	7,804	7,809	7,853	7,811	7,824	7,826	2
Wood product manufacturing	406.9	390.6	391.2	391.5	407.7	392.1	392.7	392.5	-0.2
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing	416.3	410.3	414.1	420.1	418.0	418.8	420.3	421.4	1.1
Primary metal manufacturing	364.4	363.4	363.0	364.4	364.6	364.1	363.3	364.8	1.5
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	1,434.7	1,438.4	1,442.8	1,444.8	1,436.3	1,440.4	1,444.4	1,446.3	1.9
Machinery manufacturing	1,095.5	1,084.1	1,084.8	1,080.0	1,096.0	1,084.8	1,085.5	1,083.7	-1.8
Computer and electronic product manufacturing	997.3	984.3	985.6	986.0	1,001.7	987.8	989.2	989.6	0.4
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing	98.9	98.5	99.1	99.3	99.9	98.8	99.7	99.6	-0.1
Communications equipment manufacturing	78.8	81.0	80.6	80.8	79.0	81.2	80.8	81.2	0.4
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing	382.6	367.2	367.3	367.7	384.0	368.8	368.8	369.3	0.5
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing	408.7	410.5	411.5	411.0	410.0	411.4	412.2	411.8	-0.4
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing	28.3	27.1	27.1	27.2	28.7	27.7	27.7	27.6	-0.1
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing	427.1	433.8	435.4	436.2	427.7	433.8	435.4	436.5	1.1
Transportation equipment manufacturing(1)	1,743.0	1,739.7	1,746.6	1,744.1	1,747.3	1,743.3	1,751.0	1,747.4	-3.6
Motor vehicles and parts(2)	972.1	955.4	959.5	957.2	972.1	957.4	959.4	956.4	-3.0
Furniture and related product manufacturing	338.5	334.4	333.2	333.3	339.6	335.9	334.3	334.4	0.1
Miscellaneous manufacturing	614.2	608.0	607.3	608.3	614.0	609.5	608.3	609.2	0.9
Nondurable goods	4,785	4,746	4,749	4,741	4,809	4,772	4,774	4,770	-4
Food manufacturing	1,770.0	1,768.9	1,766.2	1,761.7	1,783.7	1,779.9	1,779.9	1,781.4	1.5
Textile mills	82.2	79.3	79.0	78.2	82.2	79.8	79.2	78.9	-0.3
Textile product mills	93.5	94.6	93.8	93.3	93.5	94.2	93.7	93.6	-0.1
Apparel manufacturing	80.5	73.5	73.6	71.1	80.3	73.8	74.3	72.5	-1.8
Paper manufacturing	354.8	354.8	357.7	355.6	355.6	355.1	357.2	355.5	-1.7
Printing and related support activities	345.3	340.2	341.2	339.8	345.1	341.1	340.9	340.4	-0.5
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing	109.3	107.1	107.3	109.2	109.7	109.1	109.1	109.1	0.0
Chemical manufacturing	896.9	897.7	892.5	894.0	898.6	898.8	892.9	895.3	2.4
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing	705.6	693.5	696.4	694.7	706.5	693.9	696.6	695.6	-1.0
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing	347.3	336.0	341.1	343.3	353.4	346.5	350.2	347.7	-2.5
Private service-providing	113,027	112,514	112,886	113,648	113,362	113,635	113,792	113,905	113
Trade, transportation, and utilities	28,543	28,379	28,417	28,494	28,783	28,618	28,664	28,724	60
Wholesale trade	6,053.3	6,020.7	6,038.6	6,053.6	6,066.9	6,053.0	6,059.5	6,065.5	6.0
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods	3,402.5	3,389.1	3,398.4	3,402.7	3,408.9	3,402.0	3,405.9	3,407.2	1.3
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods	2,205.9	2,192.6	2,200.6	2,210.5	2,210.4	2,209.1	2,211.5	2,214.7	3.2
Wholesale trade agents and brokers	444.9	439.0	439.6	440.4	447.6	441.9	442.1	443.6	1.5
Retail trade	15,335.3	15,255.2	15,285.9	15,348.7	15,461.6	15,425.9	15,444.5	15,466.3	21.8
Motor vehicle and parts dealers	2,051.8	2,039.5	2,039.9	2,042.7	2,051.8	2,054.6	2,047.2	2,046.2	-1.0
Automobile dealers	1,289.6	1,288.1	1,287.9	1,285.7	1,290.9	1,292.6	1,290.0	1,288.4	-1.6
Other motor vehicle dealers	163.3	154.5	155.7	159.6	162.8	161.0	158.5	159.7	1.2
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers	598.9	596.9	596.3	597.4	598.1	601.1	598.8	598.1	-0.7
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers	1,421.3	1,311.2	1,343.8	1,403.0	1,393.4	1,358.5	1,353.2	1,365.7	12.5
Food and beverage retailers	3,237.7	3,246.3	3,242.0	3,235.1	3,259.5	3,249.4	3,259.6	3,255.0	-4.6
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers	767.4	754.0	751.5	746.3	778.1	758.0	757.5	756.8	-0.7
Furniture and home furnishings retailers	395.8	389.3	388.1	385.4	399.6	389.4	388.4	389.3	0.9
Electronics and appliance retailers	371.6	364.7	363.4	360.9	378.5	368.5	369.1	367.5	-1.6
General merchandise retailers	3,198.2	3,194.4	3,190.9	3,195.6	3,242.9	3,234.6	3,242.4	3,253.9	11.5
Department stores	910.4	913.8	917.0	908.2	936.4	931.4	937.1	930.5	-6.6
Warehouse clubs, supercenters, and other general merchandise retailers	2,287.8	2,280.6	2,273.9	2,287.4	2,306.5	2,303.2	2,305.2	2,323.5	18.3
Health and personal care retailers	1,049.5	1,043.3	1,045.5	1,044.5	1,059.2	1,043.9	1,048.3	1,047.1	-1.2
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers	1,038.4	1,049.8	1,049.4	1,053.5	1,045.6	1,060.5	1,059.7	1,058.3	-1.4
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers	1,100.0	1,115.9	1,119.0	1,108.4	1,136.5	1,143.7	1,148.2	1,148.3	0.1
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers	1,471.0	1,500.8	1,503.9	1,519.6	1,494.6	1,522.7	1,528.4	1,535.0	6.6
Transportation and warehousing	6,556.9	6,498.4	6,488.0	6,485.9	6,655.4	6,532.5	6,554.0	6,584.3	30.3
Air transportation	571.1	571.1	576.1	575.9	571.1	574.3	575.9	576.1	0.2
Rail transportation	156.2	150.0	150.0	150.0	155.7	150.7	149.9	149.3	-0.6
Water transportation	68.1	68.5	69.1	70.2	69.6	71.4	71.5	71.3	-0.2
Truck transportation	1,476.7	1,440.5	1,442.3	1,456.6	1,490.6	1,465.1	1,465.3	1,469.6	4.3
Transit and ground passenger transportation	504.2	505.5	504.6	496.4	489.3	491.2	490.0	482.5	-7.5
Pipeline transportation	55.8	56.2	56.0	55.9	55.6	55.9	55.9	55.7	-0.2
Scenic and sightseeing transportation	28.0	25.3	25.7	26.9	33.2	33.2	33.1	32.3	-0.8
Support activities for transportation	832.0	821.8	821.9	816.3	836.3	823.2	824.1	820.8	-3.3
Couriers and messengers	1,001.1	1,036.5	1,021.8	1,023.2	1,072.7	1,036.4	1,058.1	1,096.0	37.9
Warehousing and storage	1,863.7	1,823.0	1,820.5	1,814.5	1,881.3	1,831.1	1,830.2	1,830.7	0.5
Utilities	597.3	604.3	604.6	605.6	599.1	606.3	605.7	607.6	1.9
Information	2,854	2,772	2,772	2,762	2,865	2,792	2,786	2,773	-13
Motion picture and sound recording industries	354.1	331.1	326.5	324.1	358.6	339.1	334.8	328.8	-6.0
Publishing industries	901.5	892.0	896.3	891.6	905.2	898.9	898.6	896.7	-1.9
Broadcasting and content providers	343.1	335.2	333.1	336.3	342.6	334.8	334.8	335.8	1.0
Telecommunications	595.3	573.5	575.9	574.2	598.0	576.9	577.0	574.5	-2.5
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services	481.0	463.1	460.9	458.6	481.3	463.8	461.6	457.7	-3.9
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services	179.0	177.2	178.9	177.6	179.5	178.7	179.2	179.3	0.1
Financial activities	9,156	9,102	9,073	9,073	9,205	9,149	9,130	9,119	-11
Finance and insurance	6,716.1	6,692.3	6,666.5	6,659.3	6,740.4	6,707.7	6,687.9	6,682.3	-5.6
Monetary authorities-central bank	19.9	18.7	18.6	18.6	20.0	18.9	18.8	18.7	-0.1
Credit intermediation and related activities	2,560.1	2,544.3	2,534.7	2,534.8	2,565.1	2,547.5	2,538.2	2,537.6	-0.6
Depository credit intermediation(1)	1,775.6	1,777.3	1,772.8	1,771.4	1,779.8	1,779.1	1,774.7	1,775.6	0.9
Commercial banking	1,369.9	1,361.3	1,356.9	1,353.4	1,372.3	1,361.7	1,357.2	1,357.4	0.2
Nondepository credit intermediation	505.2	492.9	492.7	493.6	505.9	494.0	494.0	492.7	-1.3
Activities related to credit intermediation	279.3	274.1	269.2	269.8	279.4	274.4	269.5	269.4	-0.1
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities	1,124.9	1,157.4	1,154.8	1,159.3	1,133.9	1,165.8	1,165.3	1,169.5	4.2
Insurance carriers and related activities	3,011.2	2,971.9	2,958.4	2,946.6	3,021.4	2,975.5	2,965.6	2,956.5	-9.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,439.7	2,409.6	2,406.1	2,414.1	2,464.8	2,441.1	2,441.9	2,436.5	-5.4
Real estate	1,847.3	1,838.2	1,828.9	1,835.3	1,861.3	1,853.7	1,849.4	1,847.7	-1.7
Rental and leasing services	570.7	550.2	556.0	557.6	581.6	565.9	571.0	567.4	-3.6
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)	21.7	21.2	21.2	21.2	21.9	21.5	21.5	21.4	-0.1
Professional and business services	22,450	22,145	22,214	22,478	22,470	22,412	22,438	22,445	7
Professional, scientific, and technical services	10,813.3	10,820.7	10,783.6	10,847.5	10,786.7	10,810.0	10,805.1	10,817.0	11.9
Legal services	1,209.7	1,228.2	1,224.6	1,228.4	1,216.3	1,234.9	1,234.7	1,237.1	2.4
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services	1,192.0	1,196.8	1,197.8	1,190.1	1,124.7	1,130.5	1,129.3	1,130.5	1.2
Architectural, engineering, and related services	1,708.0	1,734.9	1,736.1	1,752.5	1,722.4	1,754.5	1,759.0	1,762.9	3.9
Specialized design services	145.8	147.0	148.8	148.6	146.6	148.9	150.7	149.9	-0.8
Computer systems design and related services	2,410.1	2,377.2	2,342.6	2,371.7	2,411.3	2,379.1	2,367.9	2,368.9	1.0
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services	1,858.2	1,867.2	1,860.4	1,875.0	1,866.6	1,875.7	1,875.7	1,879.7	4.0
Scientific research and development services	925.3	906.5	908.0	910.3	930.1	912.9	912.2	912.2	0.0
Advertising, public relations, and related services	480.4	478.9	477.9	479.7	481.8	480.6	480.6	481.5	0.9
Other professional, scientific, and technical services	883.8	884.0	887.4	891.2	886.9	892.8	895.0	894.4	-0.6
Management of companies and enterprises	2,613.7	2,602.6	2,607.3	2,606.3	2,623.4	2,618.0	2,615.3	2,611.8	-3.5
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	9,023.2	8,721.2	8,823.4	9,023.7	9,059.7	8,984.1	9,017.7	9,016.3	-1.4
Administrative and support services	8,504.3	8,203.5	8,304.0	8,502.0	8,538.4	8,459.8	8,492.5	8,491.2	-1.3
Office administrative services	615.5	616.0	624.2	629.5	617.1	620.0	627.5	631.2	3.7
Facilities support services	179.6	181.8	184.0	182.8	180.3	182.8	184.4	183.0	-1.4
Employment services(1)	3,191.7	3,099.4	3,126.0	3,176.2	3,224.2	3,164.8	3,171.6	3,173.1	1.5
Temporary help services	2,504.0	2,412.3	2,434.7	2,487.3	2,527.5	2,471.9	2,477.2	2,485.1	7.9
Business support services	659.0	628.1	627.1	629.0	662.1	628.9	629.9	628.1	-1.8
Travel arrangement and reservation services	188.2	177.5	180.0	182.8	188.5	180.5	181.6	182.4	0.8
Investigation and security services	1,042.5	1,036.9	1,038.1	1,050.1	1,044.6	1,044.5	1,046.1	1,050.1	4.0
Services to buildings and dwellings	2,299.0	2,136.0	2,191.3	2,316.7	2,294.2	2,303.5	2,316.5	2,310.2	-6.3
Other support services	328.8	327.8	333.3	334.9	327.4	334.8	334.9	333.1	-1.8
Waste management and remediation services	518.9	517.7	519.4	521.7	521.3	524.3	525.2	525.1	-0.1
Private education and health services	27,340	27,808	27,883	27,962	27,216	27,697	27,788	27,834	46
Private educational services	4,232.9	4,168.7	4,174.9	4,186.3	4,063.5	4,033.1	4,033.0	4,025.2	-7.8
Health care and social assistance	23,107.3	23,638.8	23,707.9	23,775.5	23,152.0	23,664.0	23,754.6	23,808.5	53.9
Health care(3)	17,942.6	18,305.0	18,364.3	18,409.7	17,989.9	18,330.7	18,409.0	18,446.3	37.3
Ambulatory health care services	8,939.2	9,118.5	9,152.1	9,182.7	8,957.4	9,124.4	9,179.0	9,197.2	18.2
Offices of physicians	2,985.2	3,010.6	3,033.2	3,036.8	2,993.1	3,011.8	3,044.6	3,046.9	2.3
Offices of dentists	1,044.9	1,053.9	1,054.1	1,059.0	1,050.6	1,056.6	1,059.6	1,061.7	2.1
Offices of other health practitioners	1,304.7	1,333.2	1,330.3	1,346.4	1,302.4	1,332.8	1,336.7	1,342.3	5.6
Outpatient care centers	1,172.7	1,194.2	1,197.9	1,192.4	1,174.9	1,193.3	1,198.0	1,196.3	-1.7
Medical and diagnostic laboratories	305.7	309.4	308.3	311.0	305.5	308.0	308.9	309.6	0.7
Home health care services	1,763.8	1,843.9	1,853.1	1,864.6	1,766.9	1,848.7	1,857.1	1,867.9	10.8
Other ambulatory health care services	362.2	373.3	375.2	372.5	363.9	373.2	374.0	372.6	-1.4
Hospitals	5,607.1	5,735.5	5,751.0	5,751.0	5,625.3	5,742.9	5,757.8	5,762.1	4.3
Nursing and residential care facilities	3,396.3	3,451.0	3,461.2	3,476.0	3,407.2	3,463.4	3,472.2	3,487.0	14.8
Skilled nursing care facilities	1,533.6	1,567.2	1,572.5	1,576.2	1,541.2	1,575.7	1,579.1	1,585.4	6.3
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities	686.4	701.6	703.7	707.5	687.8	703.4	705.4	708.0	2.6
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly	1,006.2	1,011.9	1,013.3	1,018.7	1,007.9	1,013.3	1,015.4	1,019.7	4.3
Other residential care facilities	170.1	170.3	171.7	173.6	170.3	171.0	172.4	174.0	1.6
Social assistance	5,164.7	5,333.8	5,343.6	5,365.8	5,162.1	5,333.3	5,345.6	5,362.2	16.6
Individual and family services	3,539.3	3,718.1	3,723.2	3,752.5	3,546.5	3,722.8	3,734.1	3,758.1	24.0
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services	235.0	235.6	238.5	235.4	234.6	235.7	238.0	235.7	-2.3
Vocational rehabilitation services	281.2	277.5	279.2	275.4	282.5	278.9	279.8	276.8	-3.0
Child care services	1,109.2	1,102.6	1,102.7	1,102.5	1,098.5	1,095.9	1,093.7	1,091.5	-2.2
Leisure and hospitality	16,704	16,333	16,543	16,851	16,836	16,935	16,964	16,978	14
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	2,609.9	2,454.8	2,515.2	2,634.6	2,667.9	2,685.9	2,690.6	2,702.7	12.1
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries	599.9	560.2	577.5	627.7	587.6	607.5	611.2	619.4	8.2
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions	174.9	168.4	173.2	179.3	178.5	181.2	181.4	182.0	0.6
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries	1,835.1	1,726.2	1,764.5	1,827.6	1,901.8	1,897.2	1,898.0	1,901.3	3.3
Accommodation and food services	14,093.8	13,877.9	14,027.3	14,216.4	14,168.1	14,249.5	14,273.3	14,275.5	2.2
Accommodation	1,897.5	1,836.3	1,863.6	1,870.8	1,946.2	1,921.8	1,934.1	1,919.1	-15.0
Food services and drinking places	12,196.3	12,041.6	12,163.7	12,345.6	12,221.9	12,327.7	12,339.2	12,356.4	17.2
Other services	5,980	5,975	5,984	6,028	5,987	6,032	6,022	6,032	10
Repair and maintenance	1,471.3	1,469.0	1,469.3	1,477.0	1,468.4	1,479.8	1,473.0	1,471.7	-1.3
Personal and laundry services	1,595.1	1,589.4	1,585.6	1,608.9	1,595.9	1,607.0	1,601.2	1,609.7	8.5
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations	2,913.6	2,916.4	2,929.3	2,941.8	2,923.1	2,945.2	2,947.4	2,950.7	3.3
Government	23,911	23,574	23,644	23,646	23,568	23,321	23,316	23,308	-8
Federal	2,978	2,683	2,672	2,671	2,976	2,689	2,674	2,665	-9
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service	2,373.7	2,080.9	2,070.7	2,070.6	2,376.9	2,089.4	2,076.0	2,068.8	-7.2
U.S. Postal Service	604.1	602.3	601.5	600.0	598.7	599.7	598.3	596.5	-1.8
State government	5,682	5,602	5,618	5,630	5,522	5,473	5,471	5,472	1
State government education	2,813.1	2,747.3	2,758.1	2,766.3	2,645.5	2,604.8	2,602.5	2,603.8	1.3
State government, excluding education	2,868.9	2,854.3	2,859.5	2,863.7	2,876.1	2,867.8	2,868.0	2,867.7	-0.3
Local government	15,251	15,289	15,354	15,345	15,070	15,159	15,171	15,171	0
Local government education	8,464.8	8,477.3	8,518.3	8,481.1	8,203.9	8,229.5	8,236.2	8,231.3	-4.9
Local government, excluding education	6,786.4	6,811.4	6,835.3	6,863.5	6,865.9	6,929.8	6,934.7	6,939.6	4.9
Footnotes (1) Includes other industries, not shown separately. (2) Includes motor vehicle manufacturing, motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing, and motor vehicle parts manufacturing. (3) Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS
Total private	34.3	34.3	34.2	34.3
Goods-producing	39.8	40.1	40.1	40.1
Mining and logging	45.0	45.7	45.7	45.5
Construction	39.0	39.6	39.3	39.3
Manufacturing	40.1	40.2	40.3	40.4
Durable goods	40.6	40.6	40.6	40.7
Nondurable goods	39.3	39.7	39.8	39.9
Private service-providing	33.3	33.2	33.1	33.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	34.1	34.1	34.1	34.1
Wholesale trade	39.3	39.2	39.2	39.2
Retail trade	29.9	30.0	30.0	30.0
Transportation and warehousing	38.5	38.2	38.4	38.2
Utilities	41.9	42.7	42.8	42.7
Information	37.3	37.4	37.4	37.1
Financial activities	37.6	37.4	37.4	37.4
Professional and business services	36.5	36.6	36.6	36.6
Private education and health services	32.8	32.6	32.4	32.6
Leisure and hospitality	25.6	25.5	25.3	25.5
Other services	31.9	32.2	32.2	32.2
AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS
Manufacturing	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0
Durable goods	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0
Nondurable goods	2.9	3.1	3.1	3.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry	Average hourly earnings				Average weekly earnings
	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)
Total private	$36.12	$37.27	$37.35	$37.41	$1,238.92	$1,278.36	$1,277.37	$1,283.16
Goods-producing	36.86	38.17	38.35	38.45	1,467.03	1,530.62	1,537.84	1,541.85
Mining and logging	39.89	40.72	41.10	41.31	1,795.05	1,860.90	1,878.27	1,879.61
Construction	39.33	40.70	40.93	40.97	1,533.87	1,611.72	1,608.55	1,610.12
Manufacturing	35.13	36.39	36.54	36.68	1,408.71	1,462.88	1,472.56	1,481.87
Durable goods	37.27	38.65	38.83	38.98	1,513.16	1,569.19	1,576.50	1,586.49
Nondurable goods	31.50	32.62	32.72	32.83	1,237.95	1,295.01	1,302.26	1,309.92
Private service-providing	35.95	37.06	37.12	37.18	1,197.14	1,230.39	1,228.67	1,234.38
Trade, transportation, and utilities	30.74	31.73	31.78	31.82	1,048.23	1,081.99	1,083.70	1,085.06
Wholesale trade	38.45	39.59	39.74	39.84	1,511.09	1,551.93	1,557.81	1,561.73
Retail trade	25.28	26.10	26.11	26.11	755.87	783.00	783.30	783.30
Transportation and warehousing	31.34	32.33	32.34	32.38	1,206.59	1,235.01	1,241.86	1,236.92
Utilities	51.85	54.66	54.85	55.08	2,172.52	2,333.98	2,347.58	2,351.92
Information	52.01	54.39	54.60	54.83	1,939.97	2,034.19	2,042.04	2,034.19
Financial activities	47.19	48.72	48.90	48.99	1,774.34	1,822.13	1,828.86	1,832.23
Professional and business services	43.76	45.22	45.31	45.47	1,597.24	1,655.05	1,658.35	1,664.20
Private education and health services	35.33	36.21	36.18	36.23	1,158.82	1,180.45	1,172.23	1,181.10
Leisure and hospitality	22.69	23.40	23.48	23.56	580.86	596.70	594.04	600.78
Other services	32.72	33.87	33.69	33.79	1,043.77	1,090.61	1,084.82	1,088.04
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted [2007=100]

Industry	Index of aggregate weekly hours(1)					Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(2)
	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)	Percent change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)	Percent change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)
Total private	116.2	116.3	116.2	116.6	0.3	200.6	207.3	207.4	208.6	0.6
Goods-producing	97.8	98.2	98.3	98.4	0.1	162.9	169.4	170.4	170.9	0.3
Mining and logging	88.0	86.3	86.6	86.6	0.0	140.9	141.1	142.9	143.7	0.6
Construction	111.2	113.2	112.6	112.7	0.1	190.0	200.3	200.3	200.7	0.2
Manufacturing	91.4	91.0	91.4	91.6	0.2	149.3	154.1	155.3	156.3	0.6
Durable goods	89.8	89.3	89.5	89.7	0.2	148.7	153.3	154.3	155.3	0.6
Nondurable goods	94.3	94.6	94.8	95.0	0.2	150.8	156.5	157.5	158.3	0.5
Private service-providing	121.5	121.4	121.3	121.7	0.3	212.3	218.8	218.7	220.0	0.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	107.2	106.6	106.8	107.0	0.2	177.8	182.4	183.0	183.6	0.3
Wholesale trade	105.2	104.7	104.8	104.9	0.1	169.2	173.3	174.2	174.8	0.3
Retail trade	94.1	94.2	94.3	94.4	0.1	157.3	162.6	162.8	163.0	0.1
Transportation and warehousing	147.2	143.4	144.6	144.5	-0.1	234.7	235.8	237.9	238.1	0.1
Utilities	108.6	112.1	112.2	112.3	0.1	186.1	202.3	203.3	204.3	0.5
Information	97.6	95.4	95.2	94.0	-1.3	180.8	184.7	185.0	183.5	-0.8
Financial activities	113.4	112.1	111.9	111.7	-0.2	208.7	213.0	213.4	213.5	0.0
Professional and business services	128.3	128.3	128.4	128.5	0.1	227.3	235.0	235.7	236.6	0.4
Private education and health services	145.8	147.5	147.0	148.2	0.8	247.8	256.9	255.9	258.3	0.9
Leisure and hospitality	123.0	123.2	122.5	123.5	0.8	225.1	232.6	232.0	234.8	1.2
Other services	110.1	112.0	111.8	112.0	0.2	197.5	207.9	206.4	207.4	0.5
Footnotes (1) The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment. (2) The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and employment. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry	Women employees (in thousands)				Percent of all employees
	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)
Total nonfarm	79,157	79,266	79,341	79,405	49.9	50.0	50.0	50.0
Total private	65,381	65,598	65,671	65,736	48.5	48.5	48.5	48.5
Goods-producing	4,926	4,886	4,890	4,884	22.9	22.7	22.7	22.7
Mining and logging	87	82	82	82	14.0	13.6	13.6	13.5
Construction	1,191	1,192	1,191	1,190	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.3
Manufacturing	3,648	3,612	3,617	3,612	28.8	28.7	28.7	28.7
Durable goods	1,922	1,893	1,900	1,899	24.5	24.2	24.3	24.3
Nondurable goods	1,726	1,719	1,717	1,713	35.9	36.0	36.0	35.9
Private service-providing	60,455	60,712	60,781	60,852	53.3	53.4	53.4	53.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	11,166	11,084	11,097	11,111	38.8	38.7	38.7	38.7
Wholesale trade	1,854.9	1,835.2	1,833.1	1,839.5	30.6	30.3	30.3	30.3
Retail trade	7,396.2	7,397.9	7,405.6	7,413.0	47.8	48.0	47.9	47.9
Transportation and warehousing	1,759.0	1,695.1	1,702.8	1,702.7	26.4	25.9	26.0	25.9
Utilities	155.5	155.9	155.4	156.1	26.0	25.7	25.7	25.7
Information	1,145	1,130	1,130	1,126	40.0	40.5	40.6	40.6
Financial activities	5,065	4,994	4,977	4,963	55.0	54.6	54.5	54.4
Professional and business services	10,190	10,131	10,141	10,153	45.3	45.2	45.2	45.2
Private education and health services	20,849	21,238	21,287	21,330	76.6	76.7	76.6	76.6
Leisure and hospitality	8,809	8,883	8,898	8,914	52.3	52.5	52.5	52.5
Other services	3,231	3,252	3,251	3,255	54.0	53.9	54.0	54.0
Government	13,776	13,668	13,670	13,669	58.5	58.6	58.6	58.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1) [In thousands]

Industry	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)
Total private	110,003	110,201	110,425	110,579
Goods-producing	15,306	15,234	15,261	15,274
Mining and logging	462	449	450	452
Construction	6,012	6,035	6,048	6,056
Manufacturing	8,832	8,750	8,763	8,766
Durable goods	5,320	5,280	5,289	5,296
Nondurable goods	3,512	3,470	3,474	3,470
Private service-providing	94,697	94,967	95,164	95,305
Trade, transportation, and utilities	24,403	24,311	24,350	24,407
Wholesale trade	4,805.7	4,771.5	4,776.4	4,791.8
Retail trade	13,281.5	13,306.6	13,328.0	13,353.2
Transportation and warehousing	5,841.3	5,751.2	5,763.4	5,779.5
Utilities	474.6	481.6	481.7	482.8
Information	2,290	2,216	2,218	2,209
Financial activities	6,967	6,945	6,928	6,920
Professional and business services	17,663	17,619	17,641	17,682
Private education and health services	23,832	24,297	24,370	24,415
Leisure and hospitality	14,678	14,686	14,763	14,777
Other services	4,864	4,893	4,894	4,895
Footnotes (1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS
Total private	33.7	33.8	33.8	33.8
Goods-producing	40.7	41.2	41.1	41.2
Mining and logging	45.3	46.3	47.2	47.0
Construction	39.9	40.4	40.1	40.2
Manufacturing	40.9	41.6	41.5	41.6
Durable goods	41.1	41.9	41.8	41.9
Nondurable goods	40.6	41.0	41.0	41.1
Private service-providing	32.6	32.6	32.6	32.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	34.2	34.3	34.3	34.3
Wholesale trade	39.2	39.2	39.2	39.2
Retail trade	30.4	30.6	30.6	30.6
Transportation and warehousing	38.2	38.1	38.2	38.1
Utilities	42.2	43.0	43.2	42.8
Information	36.0	35.9	36.0	35.7
Financial activities	37.4	37.2	37.2	37.3
Professional and business services	36.4	36.6	36.6	36.6
Private education and health services	31.8	31.6	31.6	31.6
Leisure and hospitality	24.1	24.3	24.2	24.2
Other services	31.0	31.3	31.4	31.2
AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS
Manufacturing	3.7	3.9	3.9	4.0
Durable goods	3.6	3.9	3.9	4.0
Nondurable goods	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0
Footnotes (1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry	Average hourly earnings				Average weekly earnings
	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)
Total private	$31.09	$32.04	$32.12	$32.23	$1,047.73	$1,082.95	$1,085.66	$1,089.37
Goods-producing	32.23	33.44	33.59	33.73	1,311.76	1,377.73	1,380.55	1,389.68
Mining and logging	37.17	37.78	38.24	38.65	1,683.80	1,749.21	1,804.93	1,816.55
Construction	36.96	38.44	38.61	38.73	1,474.70	1,552.98	1,548.26	1,556.95
Manufacturing	28.80	29.84	29.97	30.10	1,177.92	1,241.34	1,243.76	1,252.16
Durable goods	30.40	31.67	31.81	32.01	1,249.44	1,326.97	1,329.66	1,341.22
Nondurable goods	26.34	26.99	27.10	27.13	1,069.40	1,106.59	1,111.10	1,115.04
Private service-providing	30.87	31.76	31.83	31.93	1,006.36	1,035.38	1,037.66	1,040.92
Trade, transportation, and utilities	26.61	27.45	27.57	27.62	910.06	941.54	945.65	947.37
Wholesale trade	31.90	32.97	33.18	33.35	1,250.48	1,292.42	1,300.66	1,307.32
Retail trade	21.40	22.04	22.08	22.12	650.56	674.42	675.65	676.87
Transportation and warehousing	29.84	30.85	31.05	31.02	1,139.89	1,175.39	1,186.11	1,181.86
Utilities	45.75	47.85	48.00	48.11	1,930.65	2,057.55	2,073.60	2,059.11
Information	42.63	44.73	44.84	45.43	1,534.68	1,605.81	1,614.24	1,621.85
Financial activities	36.99	38.56	38.67	38.79	1,383.43	1,434.43	1,438.52	1,446.87
Professional and business services	36.88	37.95	38.16	38.32	1,342.43	1,388.97	1,396.66	1,402.51
Private education and health services	32.58	33.14	33.08	33.16	1,036.04	1,047.22	1,045.33	1,047.86
Leisure and hospitality	20.04	20.81	20.85	20.93	482.96	505.68	504.57	506.51
Other services	28.60	29.49	29.38	29.48	886.60	923.04	922.53	919.78
Footnotes (1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1) [2002=100]

Industry	Index of aggregate weekly hours(2)					Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(3)
	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)	Percent change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Apr. 2026(p)	Percent change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)
Total private	123.5	124.1	124.4	124.5	0.1	256.7	265.8	267.0	268.3	0.5
Goods-producing	95.2	95.9	95.8	96.2	0.4	187.9	196.4	197.1	198.6	0.8
Mining and logging	111.2	110.5	112.9	112.9	0.0	240.4	242.7	251.0	253.8	1.1
Construction	120.1	122.1	121.4	121.9	0.4	239.7	253.4	253.2	254.9	0.7
Manufacturing	82.9	83.6	83.5	83.7	0.2	156.2	163.1	163.6	164.8	0.7
Durable goods	82.1	83.1	83.1	83.4	0.4	155.9	164.3	164.9	166.6	1.0
Nondurable goods	84.0	83.8	83.9	84.0	0.1	156.4	159.9	160.7	161.1	0.2
Private service-providing	131.5	131.9	132.2	132.4	0.2	278.5	287.4	288.6	289.9	0.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	116.8	116.7	116.9	117.2	0.3	222.2	229.0	230.4	231.3	0.4
Wholesale trade	111.8	111.0	111.1	111.5	0.4	210.5	216.0	217.6	219.4	0.8
Retail trade	102.4	103.2	103.4	103.6	0.2	187.8	195.1	195.8	196.5	0.4
Transportation and warehousing	168.9	165.8	166.6	166.6	0.0	320.7	325.6	329.3	329.0	-0.1
Utilities	102.4	105.9	106.4	105.6	-0.8	195.5	211.5	213.2	212.2	-0.5
Information	94.1	90.8	91.1	90.0	-1.2	198.6	201.1	202.3	202.4	0.0
Financial activities	122.6	121.6	121.3	121.5	0.2	279.1	288.5	288.6	289.9	0.5
Professional and business services	143.5	144.0	144.1	144.5	0.3	314.8	324.9	327.1	329.3	0.7
Private education and health services	161.6	163.7	164.2	164.5	0.2	347.5	358.1	358.5	360.0	0.4
Leisure and hospitality	129.6	130.7	130.9	131.0	0.1	294.9	308.9	309.9	311.3	0.5
Other services	105.7	107.4	107.8	107.1	-0.6	220.4	230.8	230.7	230.1	-0.3
Footnotes (1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. (2) The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment. (3) The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and employment. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.