Employment Situation News Release

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8:30 a.m. (ET) Friday, September 4, 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 - AUGUST 2026


Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was
unchanged at 4.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment
increased in food services and drinking places and in local government education. The
information industry lost jobs.

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 4.1 percent in August, and the number of unemployed
people changed little at 7.0 million. Both measures changed little over the year.
(See table A-1.)

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for people who are Asian declined to 3.2
percent in August. The rate for teenagers edged up to 14.1 percent over the month, mostly
offsetting a decline in the prior month. The jobless rates for adult men (4.0 percent), adult
women (3.5 percent), and people who are White (3.7 percent), Black (6.0 percent), or Hispanic
(4.8 percent) showed little change in August. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) changed little at 1.9
million in August. The long-term unemployed accounted for 27.0 percent of all unemployed
people. (See table A-12.)

The labor force participation rate edged up to 61.6 percent in August but is down by 0.5
percentage point since January. The employment-population ratio, at 59.1 percent, changed
little over the month and since January. (See table A-1.)

The number of people employed part time for economic reasons decreased by 414,000 to 4.4
million in August. 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.)

In August, the number of people not in the labor force who currently want a job changed little
at 5.7 million. 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 1.7 million in August. 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, changed little in
August at 441,000. (See Summary table A.)

Establishment Survey Data

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 162,000 in August, higher than the average monthly
gain of 31,000 over the prior 12 months. In August, employment increased in food services and
drinking places and in local government education. The information industry lost jobs.
(See table B-1.) 

Employment in food services and drinking places increased by 59,000 in August, well above the
average monthly gain of 12,000 over the prior 12 months. 
 
Local government education added 42,000 jobs in August, largely offsetting a decrease in the
prior month. Local government education has shown little net change since January 2025.

In August, employment in manufacturing continued its upward trend (+16,000) and is up by
58,000 since a recent low in December 2025. Employment in machinery manufacturing (+6,000) and
in fabricated metal product manufacturing (+6,000) continued trending up in August. 

Employment in health care continued to trend up in August (+13,000) but at a slower pace than
the average monthly gain over the prior 12 months (+32,000). Over the month, home health care
services (+11,000) and hospitals (+8,000) added jobs. 

Information employment declined by 23,000 in August, following losses that had averaged 8,000
per month over the prior 12 months. In August, job losses occurred in computing infrastructure
providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services (-8,000), in publishing
industries (-7,000), and in broadcasting and content providers (-5,000). 

Construction employment changed little in August (+22,000). Employment in nonresidential
specialty trade contractors continued to trend up (+8,000), similar to the average monthly
gain over the prior 12 months (+6,000).

Employment showed little change over the month in other major industries, including mining,
quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and
warehousing; financial activities; professional and business services; social assistance; and
other services.

In August, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 10
cents, or 0.3 percent, to $37.75. Over the year, average hourly earnings have increased by 3.1
percent. In August, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory
employees rose by 11 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $32.53. (See tables B-3 and B-8.)

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour to
34.4 hours in August. In manufacturing, the average workweek edged up by 0.1 hour to 40.5
hours, and overtime was unchanged at 3.1 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 June was revised up by 11,000, from
+20,000 to +31,000, and the change for July was revised up by 44,000, from -23,000 to +21,000.
With these revisions, employment in June and July combined is 55,000 higher 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 September 2026 is scheduled to be published on Friday,
October 2, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

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

Category	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Change from: July 2026- Aug. 2026
Employment status
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	274,001	275,166	275,282	275,415	133
Civilian labor force	170,750	169,358	169,094	169,777	683
Participation rate	62.3	61.5	61.4	61.6	0.2
Employed	163,370	162,264	162,177	162,746	569
Employment-population ratio	59.6	59.0	58.9	59.1	0.2
Unemployed	7,380	7,094	6,916	7,031	115
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	0.0
Not in labor force	103,251	105,808	106,189	105,638	-551
Unemployment rates
Total, 16 years and over	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	0.0
Adult men (20 years and over)	4.1	3.9	3.9	4.0	0.1
Adult women (20 years and over)	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.5	-0.2
Teenagers (16 to 19 years)	13.9	14.6	12.1	14.1	2.0
White	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.7	0.1
Black or African American	7.6	6.6	6.3	6.0	-0.3
Asian	3.6	3.9	4.0	3.2	-0.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	5.3	5.2	4.6	4.8	0.2
Total, 25 years and over	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	0.0
Less than a high school diploma	6.7	5.5	5.4	4.7	-0.7
High school graduates, no college	4.3	4.2	4.0	4.4	0.4
Some college or associate degree	3.2	3.6	3.6	3.7	0.1
Bachelor's degree and higher	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	0.0
Reason for unemployment
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,447	3,278	3,309	3,245	-64
Job leavers	785	776	793	914	121
Reentrants	2,302	2,237	2,123	2,137	14
New entrants	792	772	761	702	-59
Duration of unemployment
Less than 5 weeks	2,475	2,182	1,960	2,000	40
5 to 14 weeks	2,058	1,936	2,049	2,077	28
15 to 26 weeks	1,051	1,052	1,157	1,147	-10
27 weeks and over	1,924	1,937	1,771	1,930	159
Employed people at work part time
Part time for economic reasons	4,755	4,681	4,804	4,390	-414
Slack work or business conditions	3,069	3,010	3,019	2,815	-204
Could only find part-time work	1,332	1,409	1,428	1,263	-165
Part time for noneconomic reasons	23,270	22,618	22,770	22,752	-18
People not in the labor force
Marginally attached to the labor force	1,836	1,761	1,806	1,704	-102
Discouraged workers	519	477	476	441	-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	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)
EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	-70	31	21	162
Total private	-20	26	71	127
Goods-producing	-35	14	29	41
Mining and logging	-3	-2	-3	3
Construction	-22	3	18	22
Manufacturing	-10	13	14	16
Durable goods(1)	-15	13	24	15
Motor vehicles and parts	-12.2	-0.4	10.7	-4.5
Nondurable goods	5	0	-10	1
Private service-providing	15	12	42	86
Wholesale trade	-8.6	4.6	5.3	7.8
Retail trade	10.1	9.6	13.2	1.4
Transportation and warehousing	-1.6	-10.3	13.8	5.0
Utilities	-1.2	0.2	1.4	2.5
Information	-1	-19	5	-23
Financial activities	-19	2	-11	-11
Professional and business services(1)	-28	36	15	10
Temporary help services	-10.9	16.9	5.2	6.8
Private education and health services(1)	23	50	12	29
Health care and social assistance	22.8	38.6	13.1	28.4
Leisure and hospitality	22	-54	-21	62
Other services	19	-7	8	3
Government	-50	5	-50	35
(3-month average change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	-9	81	38	71
Total private	0	79	53	75
WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES(2)
Total nonfarm women employees	50.0	50.1	50.1	50.1
Total private women employees	48.5	48.6	48.6	48.7
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees	81.5	81.6	81.5	81.6
HOURS AND EARNINGS ALL EMPLOYEES
Total private
Average weekly hours	34.2	34.3	34.3	34.4
Average hourly earnings	$36.62	$37.59	$37.65	$37.75
Average weekly earnings	$1,252.40	$1,289.34	$1,291.40	$1,298.60
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3)	115.8	116.7	116.8	117.2
Over-the-month percent change	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4)	202.8	209.8	210.2	211.6
Over-the-month percent change	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.7
DIFFUSION INDEX (Over 1-month span)(5)
Total private (250 industries)	45.4	53.6	52.8	55.6
Manufacturing (72 industries)	41.7	57.6	52.1	61.1
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)
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	274,001	275,282	275,415	274,001	274,955	275,054	275,166	275,282	275,415
Civilian labor force	171,035	170,235	170,048	170,750	169,995	170,078	169,358	169,094	169,777
Participation rate	62.4	61.8	61.7	62.3	61.8	61.8	61.5	61.4	61.6
Employed	163,288	162,800	162,667	163,370	162,622	162,771	162,264	162,177	162,746
Employment-population ratio	59.6	59.1	59.1	59.6	59.1	59.2	59.0	58.9	59.1
Unemployed	7,747	7,435	7,381	7,380	7,373	7,307	7,094	6,916	7,031
Unemployment rate	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1
Not in labor force	102,966	105,047	105,367	103,251	104,959	104,976	105,808	106,189	105,638
People who currently want a job	6,499	6,258	5,884	6,347	6,111	6,187	6,045	5,920	5,747
Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	133,651	132,816	132,876	133,651	132,670	132,714	132,763	132,816	132,876
Civilian labor force	91,113	89,680	89,604	90,804	88,936	89,138	88,690	88,739	89,259
Participation rate	68.2	67.5	67.4	67.9	67.0	67.2	66.8	66.8	67.2
Employed	87,194	85,897	85,734	86,834	85,007	85,172	84,854	84,978	85,337
Employment-population ratio	65.2	64.7	64.5	65.0	64.1	64.2	63.9	64.0	64.2
Unemployed	3,920	3,782	3,870	3,970	3,929	3,966	3,836	3,761	3,922
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.4
Not in labor force	42,538	43,136	43,272	42,847	43,734	43,576	44,073	44,077	43,617
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	124,571	123,887	123,959	124,571	123,704	123,760	123,822	123,887	123,959
Civilian labor force	87,779	86,002	86,126	87,686	85,791	85,982	85,690	85,690	86,028
Participation rate	70.5	69.4	69.5	70.4	69.4	69.5	69.2	69.2	69.4
Employed	84,280	82,739	82,744	84,129	82,353	82,539	82,333	82,352	82,585
Employment-population ratio	67.7	66.8	66.8	67.5	66.6	66.7	66.5	66.5	66.6
Unemployed	3,498	3,263	3,381	3,557	3,438	3,443	3,356	3,338	3,444
Unemployment rate	4.0	3.8	3.9	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.0
Not in labor force	36,792	37,885	37,834	36,885	37,913	37,778	38,133	38,198	37,931
Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	140,350	142,467	142,540	140,350	142,284	142,340	142,403	142,467	142,540
Civilian labor force	79,921	80,555	80,444	79,946	81,059	80,940	80,668	80,354	80,518
Participation rate	56.9	56.5	56.4	57.0	57.0	56.9	56.6	56.4	56.5
Employed	76,094	76,903	76,933	76,536	77,615	77,599	77,410	77,199	77,409
Employment-population ratio	54.2	54.0	54.0	54.5	54.5	54.5	54.4	54.2	54.3
Unemployed	3,827	3,653	3,511	3,410	3,444	3,341	3,258	3,155	3,109
Unemployment rate	4.8	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9
Not in labor force	60,429	61,911	62,096	60,404	61,225	61,400	61,735	62,112	62,021
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	131,597	133,864	133,948	131,597	133,648	133,715	133,789	133,864	133,948
Civilian labor force	76,636	76,909	77,251	76,854	77,898	77,827	77,448	77,283	77,495
Participation rate	58.2	57.5	57.7	58.4	58.3	58.2	57.9	57.7	57.9
Employed	73,300	73,666	74,178	73,895	74,872	74,882	74,618	74,445	74,788
Employment-population ratio	55.7	55.0	55.4	56.2	56.0	56.0	55.8	55.6	55.8
Unemployed	3,336	3,243	3,072	2,959	3,026	2,945	2,830	2,838	2,708
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.2	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.5
Not in labor force	54,961	56,955	56,697	54,743	55,750	55,889	56,341	56,581	56,452
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,833	17,531	17,508	17,833	17,603	17,579	17,555	17,531	17,508
Civilian labor force	6,620	7,324	6,672	6,210	6,307	6,269	6,221	6,121	6,254
Participation rate	37.1	41.8	38.1	34.8	35.8	35.7	35.4	34.9	35.7
Employed	5,707	6,394	5,744	5,346	5,397	5,350	5,313	5,380	5,373
Employment-population ratio	32.0	36.5	32.8	30.0	30.7	30.4	30.3	30.7	30.7
Unemployed	913	929	927	864	910	919	907	740	880
Unemployment rate	13.8	12.7	13.9	13.9	14.4	14.7	14.6	12.1	14.1
Not in labor force	11,213	10,207	10,837	11,623	11,297	11,309	11,334	11,410	11,255
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)
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population	207,675	202,529	202,572	207,675	202,448	202,468	202,497	202,529	202,572
Civilian labor force	128,535	123,822	123,619	128,374	123,673	123,868	122,956	123,005	123,432
Participation rate	61.9	61.1	61.0	61.8	61.1	61.2	60.7	60.7	60.9
Employed	123,515	119,055	118,773	123,565	119,071	119,133	118,472	118,574	118,826
Employment-population ratio	59.5	58.8	58.6	59.5	58.8	58.8	58.5	58.5	58.7
Unemployed	5,020	4,766	4,846	4,808	4,602	4,735	4,484	4,431	4,606
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.8	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.7
Not in labor force	79,140	78,707	78,953	79,301	78,775	78,600	79,541	79,524	79,140
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	66,948	63,509	63,594	66,905	63,399	63,656	63,087	63,270	63,524
Participation rate	69.8	68.5	68.6	69.8	68.5	68.7	68.1	68.3	68.5
Employed	64,582	61,395	61,301	64,468	61,199	61,344	60,881	61,085	61,192
Employment-population ratio	67.4	66.3	66.1	67.2	66.1	66.2	65.7	65.9	66.0
Unemployed	2,366	2,114	2,293	2,438	2,200	2,312	2,206	2,185	2,333
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.3	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.7
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	56,529	54,963	55,143	56,725	55,698	55,649	55,346	55,246	55,344
Participation rate	57.1	56.1	56.3	57.3	56.9	56.8	56.5	56.4	56.5
Employed	54,464	52,925	53,214	54,920	53,876	53,776	53,622	53,503	53,667
Employment-population ratio	55.0	54.0	54.3	55.5	55.1	54.9	54.8	54.6	54.8
Unemployed	2,064	2,037	1,929	1,805	1,821	1,873	1,724	1,743	1,677
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.1	3.2	3.0
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	5,059	5,350	4,882	4,743	4,577	4,563	4,523	4,489	4,564
Participation rate	39.6	44.9	41.0	37.1	38.2	38.1	37.9	37.6	38.3
Employed	4,469	4,735	4,258	4,177	3,996	4,012	3,968	3,986	3,968
Employment-population ratio	35.0	39.7	35.8	32.7	33.3	33.5	33.2	33.4	33.3
Unemployed	589	615	624	565	581	551	554	503	596
Unemployment rate	11.7	11.5	12.8	11.9	12.7	12.1	12.3	11.2	13.1
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	35,854	35,500	35,526	35,854	35,434	35,455	35,477	35,500	35,526
Civilian labor force	22,525	21,922	21,910	22,445	22,044	21,996	21,957	21,753	21,872
Participation rate	62.8	61.8	61.7	62.6	62.2	62.0	61.9	61.3	61.6
Employed	20,714	20,427	20,513	20,749	20,442	20,543	20,514	20,391	20,550
Employment-population ratio	57.8	57.5	57.7	57.9	57.7	57.9	57.8	57.4	57.8
Unemployed	1,811	1,495	1,397	1,697	1,602	1,453	1,443	1,361	1,321
Unemployment rate	8.0	6.8	6.4	7.6	7.3	6.6	6.6	6.3	6.0
Not in labor force	13,329	13,578	13,616	13,409	13,390	13,459	13,520	13,747	13,654
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	10,672	10,139	10,237	10,644	10,167	10,093	10,116	10,082	10,203
Participation rate	70.0	68.0	68.6	69.8	68.3	67.8	67.9	67.6	68.3
Employed	9,929	9,508	9,676	9,893	9,464	9,445	9,532	9,462	9,631
Employment-population ratio	65.1	63.7	64.8	64.9	63.6	63.4	63.9	63.4	64.5
Unemployed	744	631	562	751	703	648	584	620	572
Unemployment rate	7.0	6.2	5.5	7.1	6.9	6.4	5.8	6.2	5.6
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	11,026	10,804	10,843	11,016	11,076	11,116	10,982	10,859	10,874
Participation rate	61.5	60.3	60.5	61.5	61.9	62.1	61.3	60.6	60.6
Employed	10,167	10,146	10,150	10,265	10,358	10,499	10,353	10,270	10,264
Employment-population ratio	56.7	56.6	56.6	57.3	57.9	58.7	57.8	57.3	57.2
Unemployed	858	658	693	750	718	617	629	589	610
Unemployment rate	7.8	6.1	6.4	6.8	6.5	5.6	5.7	5.4	5.6
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	828	979	830	786	801	786	859	812	795
Participation rate	30.9	36.8	31.2	29.3	30.0	29.5	32.3	30.5	29.9
Employed	618	773	687	590	619	598	629	660	656
Employment-population ratio	23.0	29.1	25.9	22.0	23.2	22.5	23.6	24.8	24.7
Unemployed	209	206	142	196	182	188	230	153	139
Unemployment rate	25.3	21.1	17.1	24.9	22.7	23.9	26.8	18.8	17.5
ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	19,408	20,627	20,710	19,408	21,088	20,939	20,811	20,627	20,710
Civilian labor force	12,688	13,507	13,510	12,624	13,806	13,698	13,729	13,407	13,457
Participation rate	65.4	65.5	65.2	65.0	65.5	65.4	66.0	65.0	65.0
Employed	12,213	12,947	13,058	12,172	13,350	13,182	13,194	12,875	13,021
Employment-population ratio	62.9	62.8	63.1	62.7	63.3	63.0	63.4	62.4	62.9
Unemployed	475	560	452	453	456	516	535	532	436
Unemployment rate	3.7	4.1	3.3	3.6	3.3	3.8	3.9	4.0	3.2
Not in labor force	6,720	7,120	7,199	6,783	7,282	7,241	7,082	7,220	7,253
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)
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Civilian noninstitutional population	51,629	52,923	52,991	51,629	52,740	52,799	52,861	52,923	52,991
Civilian labor force	34,568	35,278	35,688	34,594	35,407	35,475	34,911	35,165	35,704
Participation rate	67.0	66.7	67.3	67.0	67.1	67.2	66.0	66.4	67.4
Employed	32,685	33,619	33,906	32,777	33,633	33,697	33,085	33,548	33,987
Employment-population ratio	63.3	63.5	64.0	63.5	63.8	63.8	62.6	63.4	64.1
Unemployed	1,882	1,659	1,782	1,817	1,774	1,778	1,825	1,617	1,717
Unemployment rate	5.4	4.7	5.0	5.3	5.0	5.0	5.2	4.6	4.8
Not in labor force	17,061	17,645	17,303	17,034	17,333	17,324	17,950	17,758	17,287
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	18,544	18,436	18,542	18,521	18,311	18,407	18,191	18,425	18,501
Participation rate	79.2	78.4	78.7	79.1	78.2	78.5	77.5	78.3	78.5
Employed	17,649	17,705	17,771	17,639	17,542	17,688	17,444	17,635	17,743
Employment-population ratio	75.4	75.3	75.4	75.3	74.9	75.4	74.3	75.0	75.3
Unemployed	895	731	771	882	769	720	747	790	758
Unemployment rate	4.8	4.0	4.2	4.8	4.2	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.1
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	14,440	15,245	15,609	14,525	15,512	15,514	15,159	15,318	15,696
Participation rate	61.6	61.9	63.3	62.0	63.3	63.2	61.6	62.2	63.6
Employed	13,697	14,531	14,903	13,814	14,774	14,721	14,395	14,630	15,017
Employment-population ratio	58.5	59.0	60.4	58.9	60.3	60.0	58.5	59.4	60.9
Unemployed	742	714	707	711	738	793	764	688	679
Unemployment rate	5.1	4.7	4.5	4.9	4.8	5.1	5.0	4.5	4.3
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	1,585	1,597	1,537	1,549	1,584	1,554	1,560	1,423	1,507
Participation rate	33.2	33.4	32.2	32.4	33.0	32.4	32.6	29.8	31.6
Employed	1,339	1,383	1,233	1,324	1,317	1,288	1,247	1,284	1,227
Employment-population ratio	28.0	29.0	25.8	27.7	27.4	26.9	26.1	26.9	25.7
Unemployed	246	214	304	225	267	265	314	139	280
Unemployment rate	15.5	13.4	19.8	14.5	16.9	17.1	20.1	9.8	18.6
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
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	8,627	7,922	7,841	8,659	8,395	8,267	8,314	8,126	7,885
Participation rate	47.3	44.4	44.5	47.5	45.0	44.0	43.1	45.5	44.7
Employed	8,092	7,518	7,522	8,078	7,860	7,768	7,856	7,688	7,513
Employment-population ratio	44.4	42.1	42.7	44.3	42.1	41.3	40.7	43.1	42.6
Unemployed	535	404	319	581	534	499	458	439	371
Unemployment rate	6.2	5.1	4.1	6.7	6.4	6.0	5.5	5.4	4.7
High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	37,070	36,697	36,358	36,814	36,804	36,786	36,935	36,862	36,176
Participation rate	57.3	56.4	56.4	56.9	56.8	56.8	56.7	56.6	56.1
Employed	35,489	35,202	34,770	35,221	35,075	35,150	35,390	35,377	34,573
Employment-population ratio	54.8	54.1	53.9	54.4	54.1	54.3	54.4	54.3	53.6
Unemployed	1,582	1,495	1,588	1,594	1,730	1,637	1,546	1,484	1,603
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.1	4.4	4.3	4.7	4.4	4.2	4.0	4.4
Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	35,797	35,801	35,703	36,228	35,395	35,893	35,425	35,934	36,059
Participation rate	62.9	61.2	61.2	63.6	61.2	62.0	61.4	61.4	61.8
Employed	34,570	34,438	34,320	35,056	34,276	34,593	34,160	34,632	34,740
Employment-population ratio	60.7	58.9	58.9	61.6	59.3	59.7	59.2	59.2	59.6
Unemployed	1,227	1,363	1,383	1,172	1,119	1,299	1,266	1,302	1,319
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.8	3.9	3.2	3.2	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	67,373	66,364	67,663	67,557	67,390	67,291	66,926	66,602	67,805
Participation rate	71.4	70.5	71.0	71.6	71.8	71.7	71.7	70.7	71.1
Employed	65,343	64,323	65,653	65,738	65,509	65,479	65,144	64,779	65,997
Employment-population ratio	69.3	68.3	68.8	69.7	69.8	69.7	69.8	68.8	69.2
Unemployed	2,030	2,042	2,010	1,818	1,881	1,813	1,782	1,823	1,807
Unemployment rate	3.0	3.1	3.0	2.7	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
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
	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,211	16,884	15,132	14,795	2,079	2,089
Civilian labor force	8,276	8,247	7,039	7,064	1,237	1,182
Participation rate	48.1	48.8	46.5	47.7	59.5	56.6
Employed	8,020	7,964	6,837	6,809	1,182	1,154
Employment-population ratio	46.6	47.2	45.2	46.0	56.9	55.3
Unemployed	256	283	202	255	54	28
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.4	2.9	3.6	4.4	2.4
Not in labor force	8,935	8,637	8,093	7,731	842	907
Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,624	5,661	4,633	4,688	991	974
Civilian labor force	4,384	4,395	3,640	3,729	744	666
Participation rate	77.9	77.6	78.6	79.5	75.0	68.4
Employed	4,254	4,240	3,533	3,589	721	651
Employment-population ratio	75.6	74.9	76.3	76.6	72.7	66.8
Unemployed	130	155	107	140	23	15
Unemployment rate	3.0	3.5	2.9	3.8	3.1	2.3
Not in labor force	1,241	1,267	993	959	248	308
Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,266	3,351	2,750	2,789	516	561
Civilian labor force	2,058	2,188	1,751	1,849	307	339
Participation rate	63.0	65.3	63.7	66.3	59.5	60.5
Employed	2,007	2,099	1,725	1,762	282	338
Employment-population ratio	61.5	62.7	62.7	63.2	54.7	60.1
Unemployed	50	89	26	87	25	2
Unemployment rate	2.4	4.0	1.5	4.7	8.0	0.5
Not in labor force	1,208	1,163	999	941	209	222
Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	4,831	4,520	4,646	4,346	185	174
Civilian labor force	561	502	539	473	22	28
Participation rate	11.6	11.1	11.6	10.9	12.0	16.4
Employed	518	489	496	466	22	23
Employment-population ratio	10.7	10.8	10.7	10.7	12.0	13.3
Unemployed	43	13	43	7	0	5
Unemployment rate	7.7	2.5	8.0	1.5	-	-
Not in labor force	4,270	4,018	4,107	3,873	163	146
Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,490	3,352	3,103	2,972	387	380
Civilian labor force	1,273	1,162	1,109	1,013	164	148
Participation rate	36.5	34.7	35.7	34.1	42.4	39.1
Employed	1,240	1,135	1,083	992	157	143
Employment-population ratio	35.5	33.9	34.9	33.4	40.7	37.6
Unemployed	33	27	26	21	7	6
Unemployment rate	2.6	2.3	2.4	2.1	4.0	3.8
Not in labor force	2,217	2,190	1,994	1,959	223	232
NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	247,438	249,555	113,862	113,555	133,576	136,000
Civilian labor force	160,272	159,403	82,934	81,387	77,338	78,016
Participation rate	64.8	63.9	72.8	71.7	57.9	57.4
Employed	153,144	152,641	79,400	77,939	73,744	74,702
Employment-population ratio	61.9	61.2	69.7	68.6	55.2	54.9
Unemployed	7,129	6,762	3,535	3,447	3,594	3,314
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.6	4.2
Not in labor force	87,166	90,152	30,927	32,168	56,238	57,984
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
	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026
TOTAL, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	35,129	36,526	238,872	238,889
Civilian labor force	8,809	8,975	162,226	161,073
Participation rate	25.1	24.6	67.9	67.4
Employed	8,052	8,279	155,236	154,388
Employment-population ratio	22.9	22.7	65.0	64.6
Unemployed	757	696	6,990	6,685
Unemployment rate	8.6	7.8	4.3	4.2
Not in labor force	26,321	27,551	76,646	77,816
Men, 16 to 64 years
Civilian labor force	3,837	3,587	80,506	79,432
Participation rate	44.3	43.2	83.2	83.5
Employed	3,496	3,274	77,204	76,087
Employment-population ratio	40.4	39.5	79.8	80.0
Unemployed	341	313	3,302	3,345
Unemployment rate	8.9	8.7	4.1	4.2
Not in labor force	4,816	4,710	16,206	15,687
Women, 16 to 64 years
Civilian labor force	3,461	3,812	71,224	71,080
Participation rate	40.1	43.6	72.6	72.5
Employed	3,157	3,514	67,922	68,038
Employment-population ratio	36.6	40.2	69.3	69.4
Unemployed	303	298	3,303	3,042
Unemployment rate	8.8	7.8	4.6	4.3
Not in labor force	5,162	4,936	26,817	26,927
Both sexes, 65 years and over
Civilian labor force	1,511	1,575	10,496	10,561
Participation rate	8.5	8.1	23.8	23.1
Employed	1,398	1,491	10,111	10,262
Employment-population ratio	7.8	7.7	22.9	22.4
Unemployed	113	85	386	299
Unemployment rate	7.4	5.4	3.7	2.8
Not in labor force	16,343	17,904	33,622	35,202
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
	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026
Foreign born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	48,543	48,504	23,536	23,066	25,007	25,438
Civilian labor force	32,239	31,860	18,362	17,622	13,876	14,238
Participation rate	66.4	65.7	78.0	76.4	55.5	56.0
Employed	30,814	30,780	17,602	17,100	13,212	13,680
Employment-population ratio	63.5	63.5	74.8	74.1	52.8	53.8
Unemployed	1,424	1,081	760	522	664	558
Unemployment rate	4.4	3.4	4.1	3.0	4.8	3.9
Not in labor force	16,305	16,644	5,174	5,444	11,131	11,200
Native born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	225,458	226,911	110,115	109,809	115,343	117,101
Civilian labor force	138,796	138,188	72,751	71,982	66,045	66,206
Participation rate	61.6	60.9	66.1	65.6	57.3	56.5
Employed	132,474	131,887	69,592	68,634	62,882	63,253
Employment-population ratio	58.8	58.1	63.2	62.5	54.5	54.0
Unemployed	6,322	6,301	3,159	3,347	3,163	2,953
Unemployment rate	4.6	4.6	4.3	4.7	4.8	4.5
Not in labor force	86,662	88,723	37,364	37,828	49,298	50,896
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
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026
CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture and related industries	2,314	2,356	2,551	2,242	2,288	2,261	2,291	2,216	2,444
Wage and salary workers(1)	1,598	1,667	1,735	1,527	1,562	1,648	1,595	1,508	1,630
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	689	676	795	675	678	582	638	670	770
Unpaid family workers	27	13	21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nonagricultural industries	160,973	160,444	160,116	161,219	160,256	160,589	160,100	160,093	160,325
Wage and salary workers(1)	151,608	151,209	151,171	151,912	151,331	151,624	151,206	150,852	151,467
Government	21,874	20,909	21,744	22,427	21,393	21,270	21,812	21,881	22,198
Private industries	129,734	130,300	129,427	129,450	129,950	130,318	129,330	128,906	129,200
Private households	505	515	536	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other industries	129,229	129,786	128,891	128,978	129,341	129,721	128,657	128,382	128,651
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	9,345	9,168	8,867	9,246	8,904	8,943	8,792	9,066	8,778
Unpaid family workers	20	67	78	-	-	-	-	-	-
PEOPLE AT WORK PART TIME(2)
All industries
Part time for economic reasons(3)	4,684	4,954	4,316	4,755	4,942	4,805	4,681	4,804	4,390
Slack work or business conditions	2,945	3,006	2,686	3,069	3,289	3,263	3,010	3,019	2,815
Could only find part-time work	1,298	1,553	1,227	1,332	1,267	1,208	1,409	1,428	1,263
Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)	21,905	21,297	21,380	23,270	22,706	22,853	22,618	22,770	22,752
Nonagricultural industries
Part time for economic reasons(3)	4,632	4,906	4,275	4,696	4,873	4,750	4,615	4,743	4,341
Slack work or business conditions	2,907	2,969	2,660	3,020	3,274	3,235	2,964	2,968	2,776
Could only find part-time work	1,291	1,548	1,221	1,331	1,258	1,205	1,398	1,426	1,262
Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)	21,473	20,859	20,917	22,827	22,322	22,445	22,213	22,345	22,291
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
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	163,288	162,800	162,667	163,370	162,622	162,771	162,264	162,177	162,746
16 to 19 years	5,707	6,394	5,744	5,346	5,397	5,350	5,313	5,380	5,373
16 to 17 years	2,124	2,154	2,062	1,917	1,929	1,850	1,856	1,771	1,856
18 to 19 years	3,583	4,241	3,682	3,404	3,496	3,510	3,464	3,594	3,499
20 years and over	157,581	156,406	156,922	158,024	157,225	157,421	156,951	156,797	157,373
20 to 24 years	14,087	14,926	14,657	13,992	14,429	14,463	14,507	14,433	14,573
25 years and over	143,494	141,480	142,265	143,959	142,743	142,936	142,421	142,405	142,752
25 to 54 years	105,525	104,039	104,304	105,868	104,932	105,089	104,401	104,674	104,668
25 to 34 years	36,076	36,002	36,267	36,243	36,427	36,549	35,906	36,189	36,428
35 to 44 years	37,157	36,600	36,722	37,242	36,646	36,737	36,755	36,826	36,810
45 to 54 years	32,292	31,437	31,315	32,383	31,859	31,802	31,740	31,659	31,429
55 years and over	37,969	37,441	37,961	38,091	37,810	37,847	38,019	37,731	38,085
Men, 16 years and over	87,194	85,897	85,734	86,834	85,007	85,172	84,854	84,978	85,337
16 to 19 years	2,913	3,158	2,990	2,705	2,654	2,633	2,521	2,626	2,752
16 to 17 years	957	1,013	985	861	842	875	841	821	880
18 to 19 years	1,957	2,145	2,004	1,823	1,829	1,768	1,691	1,800	1,859
20 years and over	84,280	82,739	82,744	84,129	82,353	82,539	82,333	82,352	82,585
20 to 24 years	7,292	8,032	7,820	7,171	7,382	7,522	7,678	7,667	7,698
25 years and over	76,989	74,707	74,924	76,908	74,972	74,984	74,606	74,662	74,852
25 to 54 years	56,450	54,896	54,914	56,374	55,253	55,326	54,781	54,827	54,856
25 to 34 years	19,324	19,146	19,176	19,335	19,431	19,423	19,115	19,104	19,190
35 to 44 years	20,042	19,342	19,383	19,998	19,304	19,333	19,250	19,312	19,339
45 to 54 years	17,084	16,408	16,355	17,041	16,517	16,569	16,416	16,411	16,327
55 years and over	20,539	19,811	20,010	20,534	19,719	19,657	19,825	19,835	19,995
Women, 16 years and over	76,094	76,903	76,933	76,536	77,615	77,599	77,410	77,199	77,409
16 to 19 years	2,794	3,236	2,754	2,641	2,743	2,717	2,792	2,754	2,621
16 to 17 years	1,168	1,140	1,076	1,056	1,088	975	1,015	950	976
18 to 19 years	1,626	2,096	1,678	1,581	1,667	1,742	1,774	1,794	1,640
20 years and over	73,300	73,666	74,178	73,895	74,872	74,882	74,618	74,445	74,788
20 to 24 years	6,795	6,894	6,837	6,821	7,047	6,941	6,829	6,766	6,874
25 years and over	66,505	66,773	67,341	67,051	67,771	67,952	67,815	67,743	67,901
25 to 54 years	49,074	49,142	49,390	49,494	49,680	49,762	49,621	49,847	49,811
25 to 34 years	16,752	16,856	17,091	16,908	16,996	17,126	16,792	17,085	17,239
35 to 44 years	17,115	17,257	17,339	17,244	17,342	17,404	17,505	17,514	17,471
45 to 54 years	15,208	15,029	14,960	15,342	15,342	15,233	15,324	15,248	15,102
55 years and over	17,431	17,630	17,951	17,557	18,091	18,190	18,194	17,896	18,089
MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	46,843	44,616	45,098	46,836	45,078	45,034	44,947	44,764	45,086
Married women, spouse present(1)	37,698	37,097	37,011	37,912	37,901	37,779	37,920	37,626	37,322
Women who maintain families(2)	9,649	9,634	10,183	-	-	-	-	-	-
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	135,475	134,828	135,355	134,468	134,252	134,173	133,659	133,553	134,288
Part-time workers(4)	27,812	27,972	27,311	29,043	28,413	28,679	28,626	28,764	28,541
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
Total multiple jobholders	8,479	8,585	8,505	8,796	8,434	8,428	8,554	8,693	8,805
Percent of total employed	5.2	5.3	5.2	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.4
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Self-employed workers, incorporated	6,979	6,645	6,856	-	-	-	-	-	-
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	10,035	9,844	9,662	9,921	9,582	9,525	9,431	9,735	9,548
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
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	7,380	6,916	7,031	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1
16 to 19 years	864	740	880	13.9	14.4	14.7	14.6	12.1	14.1
16 to 17 years	350	278	326	15.4	16.6	17.4	17.1	13.6	14.9
18 to 19 years	514	456	554	13.1	13.4	13.3	13.0	11.3	13.7
20 years and over	6,516	6,176	6,151	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8
20 to 24 years	1,417	1,101	1,115	9.2	7.6	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.1
25 years and over	5,129	5,063	5,063	3.4	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4
25 to 54 years	3,972	3,875	3,910	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6
25 to 34 years	1,677	1,762	1,653	4.4	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.3
35 to 44 years	1,330	1,109	1,190	3.4	3.1	3.5	3.3	2.9	3.1
45 to 54 years	966	1,004	1,067	2.9	3.3	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.3
55 years and over	1,157	1,196	1,169	2.9	3.0	3.0	2.8	3.1	3.0
Men, 16 years and over	3,970	3,761	3,922	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.4
16 to 19 years	413	423	478	13.2	15.6	16.6	16.0	13.9	14.8
16 to 17 years	182	162	167	17.5	20.3	18.5	17.0	16.5	16.0
18 to 19 years	232	248	313	11.3	13.0	15.3	15.1	12.1	14.4
20 years and over	3,557	3,338	3,444	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.0
20 to 24 years	786	545	598	9.9	8.2	8.2	6.7	6.6	7.2
25 years and over	2,798	2,781	2,872	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7
25 to 54 years	2,157	2,198	2,200	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.9	3.9	3.9
25 to 34 years	920	1,038	1,033	4.5	4.8	4.6	4.8	5.2	5.1
35 to 44 years	714	624	614	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.1	3.1
45 to 54 years	523	536	554	3.0	2.8	2.8	3.1	3.2	3.3
55 years and over	641	584	672	3.0	3.2	3.3	2.8	2.9	3.3
Women, 16 years and over	3,410	3,155	3,109	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9
16 to 19 years	451	317	402	14.6	13.2	12.7	13.3	10.3	13.3
16 to 17 years	168	116	158	13.7	13.5	16.5	17.2	10.8	14.0
18 to 19 years	282	208	241	15.1	13.8	11.2	10.9	10.4	12.8
20 years and over	2,959	2,838	2,708	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.5
20 to 24 years	631	556	517	8.5	6.9	6.2	7.6	7.6	7.0
25 years and over	2,331	2,282	2,190	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.1
25 to 54 years	1,815	1,678	1,710	3.5	3.8	3.9	3.5	3.3	3.3
25 to 34 years	757	725	620	4.3	4.8	4.8	4.3	4.1	3.5
35 to 44 years	615	485	575	3.4	2.8	3.5	2.9	2.7	3.2
45 to 54 years	443	468	514	2.8	3.8	3.4	3.1	3.0	3.3
55 years and over	523	607	499	2.9	2.8	2.5	2.7	3.3	2.7
MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	1,152	949	979	2.4	2.0	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.1
Married women, spouse present(1)	969	906	975	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.4	2.5
Women who maintain families(2)	646	592	560	6.3	4.2	4.7	4.6	5.8	5.2
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	5,985	5,682	5,749	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1
Part-time workers(4)	1,449	1,255	1,304	4.8	4.6	4.7	4.5	4.2	4.4
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
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,556	3,450	3,349	3,447	3,511	3,385	3,278	3,309	3,245
On temporary layoff	943	1,123	891	890	917	778	768	921	839
Not on temporary layoff	2,613	2,326	2,458	2,558	2,595	2,606	2,511	2,388	2,406
Permanent job losers	1,987	1,687	1,832	1,931	1,909	1,927	1,769	1,715	1,777
People who completed temporary jobs	626	639	626	627	686	680	741	673	629
Job leavers	855	825	997	785	844	916	776	793	914
Reentrants	2,412	2,249	2,231	2,302	2,282	2,209	2,237	2,123	2,137
New entrants	924	911	805	792	805	818	772	761	702
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	45.9	46.4	45.4	47.1	47.2	46.2	46.4	47.4	46.4
On temporary layoff	12.2	15.1	12.1	12.1	12.3	10.6	10.9	13.2	12.0
Not on temporary layoff	33.7	31.3	33.3	34.9	34.9	35.6	35.5	34.2	34.4
Job leavers	11.0	11.1	13.5	10.7	11.3	12.5	11.0	11.3	13.1
Reentrants	31.1	30.2	30.2	31.4	30.7	30.2	31.7	30.4	30.5
New entrants	11.9	12.3	10.9	10.8	10.8	11.2	10.9	10.9	10.0
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.9
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4
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
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Less than 5 weeks	2,477	2,217	1,978	2,475	2,496	2,210	2,182	1,960	2,000
5 to 14 weeks	2,409	2,397	2,440	2,058	1,859	1,946	1,936	2,049	2,077
15 weeks and over	2,861	2,821	2,964	2,975	2,890	3,065	2,989	2,929	3,077
15 to 26 weeks	923	1,019	1,018	1,051	1,057	1,077	1,052	1,157	1,147
27 weeks and over	1,938	1,802	1,946	1,924	1,833	1,988	1,937	1,771	1,930
Average (mean) duration, in weeks	24.3	23.7	26.1	24.5	24.4	26.0	25.5	24.9	26.3
Median duration, in weeks	9.8	9.5	11.3	9.9	11.0	11.6	11.0	10.5	11.4
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Less than 5 weeks	32.0	29.8	26.8	33.0	34.4	30.6	30.7	28.2	28.0
5 to 14 weeks	31.1	32.2	33.1	27.4	25.7	27.0	27.2	29.5	29.0
15 weeks and over	36.9	37.9	40.2	39.6	39.9	42.4	42.1	42.2	43.0
15 to 26 weeks	11.9	13.7	13.8	14.0	14.6	14.9	14.8	16.7	16.0
27 weeks and over	25.0	24.2	26.4	25.6	25.3	27.5	27.3	25.5	27.0
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
	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026
Total, 16 years and over(1)	163,288	162,667	7,747	7,381	4.5	4.3
Management, professional, and related occupations	70,866	71,768	1,975	2,181	2.7	2.9
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	31,085	31,485	688	763	2.2	2.4
Professional and related occupations	39,781	40,283	1,287	1,417	3.1	3.4
Service occupations	27,672	26,733	1,673	1,561	5.7	5.5
Sales and office occupations	30,562	30,393	1,435	1,169	4.5	3.7
Sales and related occupations	14,146	14,239	713	613	4.8	4.1
Office and administrative support occupations	16,415	16,154	722	556	4.2	3.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	15,059	14,046	619	598	4.0	4.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,161	1,124	79	73	6.4	6.1
Construction and extraction occupations	8,714	8,075	358	370	3.9	4.4
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,185	4,847	183	155	3.4	3.1
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,129	19,727	1,103	1,031	5.5	5.0
Production occupations	7,482	7,716	300	306	3.9	3.8
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,647	12,011	803	725	6.5	5.7
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
	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026
Total, 16 years and over(1)	7,747	7,381	4.5	4.3
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,610	5,497	4.1	4.1
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	20	15	4.0	3.0
Construction	347	309	3.2	3.1
Manufacturing	555	497	3.8	3.3
Durable goods	287	286	3.0	2.9
Nondurable goods	268	211	5.0	4.3
Wholesale and retail trade	891	865	4.7	4.4
Transportation and utilities	451	365	5.5	4.3
Information	118	176	4.5	5.7
Financial activities	174	294	1.6	2.8
Professional and business services	885	760	4.2	3.8
Education and health services	981	1,038	3.7	3.8
Leisure and hospitality	890	907	6.4	6.6
Other services	298	271	4.5	3.9
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	98	77	6.0	4.4
Government workers	754	717	3.3	3.2
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	361	286	3.5	2.8
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
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026
U-1 People unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.8
U-2 Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.9
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers	4.8	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.4
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	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.1	5.1
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	8.2	8.3	7.8	8.1	8.2	8.1	7.9	7.9	7.7
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
	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026
NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
Total not in the labor force	102,966	105,367	42,538	43,272	60,429	62,096
People who currently want a job	6,499	5,884	2,963	2,670	3,536	3,214
Marginally attached to the labor force(1)	1,791	1,655	844	818	947	837
Discouraged workers(2)	492	411	251	226	241	185
Other people marginally attached to the labor force(3)	1,299	1,244	593	592	706	652
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
Total multiple jobholders(4)	8,479	8,505	4,169	3,910	4,311	4,595
Percent of total employed	5.2	5.2	4.8	4.6	5.7	6.0
Primary job full time, secondary job part time	5,048	4,755	2,693	2,329	2,355	2,426
Primary and secondary jobs both part time	2,000	2,107	669	770	1,331	1,337
Primary and secondary jobs both full time	398	452	246	245	152	207
Hours vary on primary or secondary job	969	1,095	522	531	447	564
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
	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July2026 - Aug.2026(p)
Total nonfarm	158,424	159,734	158,726	158,880	158,472	158,892	158,913	159,075	162
Total private	135,740	136,546	136,598	136,425	134,937	135,554	135,625	135,752	127
Goods-producing	21,740	21,785	21,846	21,879	21,461	21,536	21,565	21,606	41
Mining and logging	616	615	612	615	607	609	606	609	3
Logging	40.7	38.5	40.1	40.7	39.6	38.6	39.0	39.3	0.3
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	575.7	576.3	572.2	574.6	567.8	570.5	566.9	569.9	3.0
Oil and gas extraction	116.9	115.8	115.7	115.5	115.9	115.1	114.7	114.9	0.2
Mining (except oil and gas)	191.5	193.8	193.8	193.4	188.1	190.4	189.5	190.3	0.8
Coal mining	39.7	38.7	38.3	38.2	39.5	38.6	38.0	38.1	0.1
Metal ore mining	45.0	46.7	46.7	46.6	44.5	46.3	46.5	46.5	0.0
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	106.8	108.4	108.8	108.6	104.0	105.5	105.1	105.7	0.6
Support activities for mining	267.3	266.7	262.7	265.7	263.8	265.0	262.7	264.7	2.0
Construction	8,452	8,491	8,531	8,557	8,239	8,319	8,337	8,359	22
Construction of buildings	1,879.7	1,893.9	1,902.9	1,900.6	1,844.1	1,862.0	1,865.5	1,871.0	5.5
Residential building construction	938.6	927.8	932.1	936.9	922.8	916.1	916.4	923.7	7.3
Nonresidential building construction	941.1	966.1	970.8	963.7	921.3	945.9	949.1	947.3	-1.8
Heavy and civil engineering construction	1,236.3	1,244.6	1,248.5	1,260.7	1,183.6	1,204.3	1,206.4	1,210.8	4.4
Specialty trade contractors	5,335.5	5,352.5	5,379.4	5,396.0	5,211.4	5,253.1	5,265.5	5,276.7	11.2
Residential specialty trade contractors	2,426.9	2,398.8	2,395.2	2,399.3	2,369.7	2,347.3	2,345.6	2,349.0	3.4
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors	2,908.6	2,953.7	2,984.2	2,996.7	2,841.7	2,905.8	2,919.9	2,927.7	7.8
Manufacturing	12,672	12,679	12,703	12,707	12,615	12,608	12,622	12,638	16
Durable goods	7,843	7,899	7,918	7,926	7,819	7,852	7,876	7,891	15
Wood product manufacturing	405.3	396.0	396.0	394.7	403.5	392.5	392.5	391.3	-1.2
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing	420.5	427.9	427.3	426.7	417.1	422.2	422.6	422.3	-0.3
Primary metal manufacturing	364.8	369.5	371.5	371.7	363.3	367.5	368.6	369.9	1.3
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	1,437.6	1,456.7	1,461.9	1,461.3	1,435.8	1,449.6	1,455.1	1,460.8	5.7
Machinery manufacturing	1,082.7	1,094.3	1,099.4	1,101.4	1,083.3	1,088.7	1,091.2	1,097.3	6.1
Computer and electronic product manufacturing	1,000.3	1,001.1	1,004.1	1,005.1	995.0	994.8	997.2	998.5	1.3
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing	100.8	100.1	100.3	100.0	100.0	99.8	99.8	99.2	-0.6
Communications equipment manufacturing	79.7	83.5	83.7	84.1	79.6	82.8	83.5	83.9	0.4
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing	378.5	371.9	373.4	373.7	375.6	368.3	369.6	370.4	0.8
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing	411.8	418.6	420.1	421.1	410.9	417.2	418.3	419.2	0.9
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing	29.5	27.0	26.6	26.2	28.9	26.7	26.0	25.8	-0.2
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing	428.4	440.2	443.5	443.2	428.5	439.5	441.3	443.4	2.1
Transportation equipment manufacturing(1)	1,747.1	1,760.6	1,766.6	1,775.1	1,740.0	1,752.5	1,765.6	1,764.6	-1.0
Motor vehicles and parts(2)	967.1	961.5	960.2	968.9	963.2	956.6	967.3	962.8	-4.5
Furniture and related product manufacturing	341.2	333.9	332.1	333.1	339.0	330.5	328.9	330.6	1.7
Miscellaneous manufacturing	615.0	618.4	615.2	613.8	613.0	614.3	612.7	611.8	-0.9
Nondurable goods	4,829	4,780	4,785	4,781	4,796	4,756	4,746	4,747	1
Food manufacturing	1,800.2	1,773.0	1,783.5	1,781.6	1,785.0	1,770.7	1,766.8	1,764.6	-2.2
Textile mills	81.5	78.4	77.4	78.3	81.3	78.2	77.1	78.3	1.2
Textile product mills	92.3	93.8	92.8	93.7	91.8	93.7	93.1	93.7	0.6
Apparel manufacturing	78.7	73.2	72.5	72.6	78.7	72.6	72.2	72.0	-0.2
Paper manufacturing	355.7	357.5	357.1	355.0	356.0	357.7	356.2	355.7	-0.5
Printing and related support activities	342.3	340.9	339.8	338.2	342.0	339.7	339.6	338.5	-1.1
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing	111.4	111.4	112.0	110.3	109.2	109.1	109.2	108.7	-0.5
Chemical manufacturing	904.3	904.9	903.3	904.7	901.5	901.4	898.5	901.5	3.0
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing	705.5	691.4	693.4	692.6	703.9	688.0	689.2	689.1	-0.1
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing	356.7	355.1	353.3	354.0	346.6	344.8	344.2	344.6	0.4
Private service-providing	114,000	114,761	114,752	114,546	113,476	114,018	114,060	114,146	86
Trade, transportation, and utilities	28,620	28,711	28,730	28,679	28,743	28,728	28,762	28,778	16
Wholesale trade	6,056.7	6,083.3	6,094.8	6,079.7	6,043.0	6,059.0	6,064.3	6,072.1	7.8
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods	3,401.1	3,417.6	3,432.0	3,420.9	3,394.4	3,407.4	3,414.4	3,418.6	4.2
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods	2,210.5	2,220.3	2,216.3	2,213.0	2,204.9	2,205.7	2,204.7	2,209.9	5.2
Wholesale trade agents and brokers	445.1	445.4	446.5	445.8	443.7	445.9	445.2	443.6	-1.6
Retail trade	15,406.9	15,492.3	15,517.8	15,470.2	15,440.3	15,473.6	15,486.8	15,488.2	1.4
Motor vehicle and parts dealers	2,054.7	2,059.8	2,064.7	2,059.0	2,046.9	2,049.0	2,052.5	2,051.6	-0.9
Automobile dealers	1,293.4	1,287.4	1,289.2	1,283.5	1,292.5	1,284.3	1,286.3	1,282.7	-3.6
Other motor vehicle dealers	163.2	166.4	167.0	165.4	157.9	159.4	159.8	159.7	-0.1
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers	598.1	606.0	608.5	610.1	596.5	605.2	606.5	609.3	2.8
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers	1,372.4	1,417.0	1,388.7	1,358.6	1,370.5	1,355.9	1,355.2	1,353.2	-2.0
Food and beverage retailers	3,258.5	3,263.8	3,261.8	3,253.4	3,257.6	3,256.1	3,254.3	3,249.9	-4.4
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers	758.7	741.6	744.2	744.2	770.7	756.9	755.6	754.0	-1.6
Furniture and home furnishings retailers	386.9	381.6	382.3	384.0	394.1	388.2	388.3	389.9	1.6
Electronics and appliance retailers	371.8	360.0	361.9	360.2	376.6	368.7	367.2	364.1	-3.1
General merchandise retailers	3,218.5	3,209.0	3,224.6	3,245.3	3,246.4	3,249.0	3,258.0	3,271.1	13.1
Department stores	905.5	917.9	920.3	935.9	927.9	943.9	946.4	950.4	4.0
Warehouse clubs, supercenters, and other general merchandise retailers	2,313.0	2,291.1	2,304.3	2,309.4	2,318.5	2,305.1	2,311.6	2,320.7	9.1
Health and personal care retailers	1,041.5	1,046.2	1,050.0	1,038.8	1,058.3	1,052.7	1,053.8	1,052.3	-1.5
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers	1,054.9	1,074.8	1,072.4	1,068.0	1,046.1	1,064.9	1,059.6	1,057.2	-2.4
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers	1,146.1	1,143.2	1,157.6	1,155.0	1,146.8	1,152.8	1,151.9	1,152.0	0.1
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers	1,501.6	1,536.9	1,553.8	1,547.9	1,497.0	1,536.3	1,545.9	1,546.9	1.0
Transportation and warehousing	6,553.8	6,525.1	6,503.3	6,516.3	6,657.8	6,587.5	6,601.3	6,606.3	5.0
Air transportation	573.9	571.8	570.9	568.9	571.0	568.1	567.7	566.1	-1.6
Rail transportation	154.0	150.0	149.6	149.6	154.1	150.1	149.5	150.4	0.9
Water transportation	75.1	73.0	74.4	73.7	71.5	69.8	70.3	70.6	0.3
Truck transportation	1,501.9	1,475.2	1,480.0	1,488.7	1,480.2	1,465.1	1,465.5	1,470.3	4.8
Transit and ground passenger transportation	427.3	480.1	428.1	433.7	490.3	490.3	493.2	496.9	3.7
Pipeline transportation	57.0	56.5	57.1	57.2	56.9	56.3	57.1	56.9	-0.2
Scenic and sightseeing transportation	47.1	40.7	43.3	41.9	36.4	32.4	32.4	32.0	-0.4
Support activities for transportation	830.4	824.9	826.6	833.1	831.4	826.9	826.6	829.7	3.1
Couriers and messengers	1,026.0	1,025.8	1,042.7	1,037.9	1,096.6	1,082.7	1,099.0	1,096.0	-3.0
Warehousing and storage	1,861.1	1,827.1	1,830.6	1,831.6	1,869.4	1,845.8	1,840.0	1,837.4	-2.6
Utilities	602.1	610.5	613.8	613.0	601.4	607.8	609.2	611.7	2.5
Information	2,879	2,783	2,787	2,759	2,860	2,763	2,768	2,745	-23
Motion picture and sound recording industries	361.1	333.7	338.1	342.5	349.0	322.3	330.6	329.8	-0.8
Publishing industries	913.8	901.7	897.1	887.8	910.9	893.4	889.9	883.2	-6.7
Broadcasting and content providers	340.7	337.6	334.4	325.1	341.7	336.4	333.4	328.4	-5.0
Telecommunications	595.7	569.7	571.8	565.2	594.5	570.3	569.7	567.6	-2.1
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services	481.0	460.4	460.3	453.5	479.4	460.0	461.0	453.3	-7.7
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services	186.3	179.9	185.4	184.6	184.2	180.4	183.2	182.8	-0.4
Financial activities	9,238	9,142	9,160	9,135	9,185	9,108	9,097	9,086	-11
Finance and insurance	6,752.7	6,681.2	6,679.7	6,670.5	6,733.4	6,671.5	6,658.5	6,651.1	-7.4
Monetary authorities-central bank	19.7	18.5	18.5	18.4	19.6	18.4	18.3	18.4	0.1
Credit intermediation and related activities	2,566.8	2,545.2	2,539.5	2,535.7	2,564.5	2,539.1	2,531.7	2,528.3	-3.4
Depository credit intermediation(1)	1,787.5	1,776.4	1,775.0	1,773.1	1,784.5	1,771.6	1,769.5	1,767.8	-1.7
Commercial banking	1,374.5	1,356.1	1,354.4	1,352.8	1,371.7	1,352.8	1,350.5	1,348.3	-2.2
Nondepository credit intermediation	499.6	494.4	491.5	489.3	499.1	492.7	490.4	488.8	-1.6
Activities related to credit intermediation	279.7	274.4	273.0	273.3	280.9	274.8	271.8	271.7	-0.1
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities	1,154.6	1,177.0	1,183.3	1,183.7	1,143.9	1,171.5	1,172.2	1,174.4	2.2
Insurance carriers and related activities	3,011.6	2,940.5	2,938.4	2,932.7	3,005.4	2,942.5	2,936.3	2,930.0	-6.3
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,484.8	2,460.3	2,480.6	2,464.4	2,451.5	2,436.8	2,438.6	2,435.1	-3.5
Real estate	1,869.5	1,852.3	1,867.4	1,855.2	1,853.6	1,845.4	1,846.9	1,843.7	-3.2
Rental and leasing services	593.5	586.6	592.0	588.1	576.2	570.2	570.7	570.4	-0.3
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)	21.8	21.4	21.2	21.1	21.7	21.2	21.0	21.0	0.0
Professional and business services	22,492	22,636	22,643	22,635	22,375	22,502	22,517	22,527	10
Professional, scientific, and technical services	10,772.3	10,846.7	10,883.4	10,842.1	10,765.7	10,833.6	10,837.3	10,842.3	5.0
Legal services	1,219.3	1,256.9	1,256.4	1,241.9	1,224.7	1,244.4	1,245.3	1,245.9	0.6
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services	1,089.1	1,098.3	1,095.5	1,081.5	1,127.1	1,124.8	1,126.4	1,124.6	-1.8
Architectural, engineering, and related services	1,756.2	1,789.2	1,796.4	1,790.1	1,731.4	1,765.1	1,768.5	1,770.7	2.2
Specialized design services	149.2	150.1	151.2	152.1	148.7	150.7	150.9	151.4	0.5
Computer systems design and related services	2,405.7	2,360.2	2,377.9	2,375.3	2,394.0	2,368.3	2,363.6	2,362.7	-0.9
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services	1,858.3	1,887.9	1,894.4	1,895.1	1,858.3	1,887.9	1,891.8	1,896.6	4.8
Scientific research and development services	922.6	923.0	928.0	923.0	916.2	914.3	915.2	914.2	-1.0
Advertising, public relations, and related services	484.1	480.0	479.0	477.7	482.9	477.8	476.8	476.0	-0.8
Other professional, scientific, and technical services	887.8	901.1	904.6	905.4	882.5	900.3	898.9	900.2	1.3
Management of companies and enterprises	2,636.1	2,629.4	2,640.4	2,634.3	2,625.8	2,616.8	2,621.3	2,621.9	0.6
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	9,083.6	9,159.7	9,119.4	9,158.6	8,983.3	9,051.5	9,058.3	9,062.7	4.4
Administrative and support services	8,557.1	8,628.3	8,587.4	8,629.0	8,462.0	8,525.5	8,532.3	8,537.9	5.6
Office administrative services	622.2	639.2	642.8	641.3	619.1	637.7	636.8	639.1	2.3
Facilities support services	182.1	177.9	179.2	180.8	179.8	178.1	178.6	179.6	1.0
Employment services(1)	3,148.6	3,188.4	3,147.0	3,210.9	3,169.4	3,210.4	3,217.2	3,226.4	9.2
Temporary help services	2,460.2	2,488.3	2,448.6	2,505.7	2,483.3	2,507.5	2,512.7	2,519.5	6.8
Business support services	637.0	622.5	619.1	618.8	643.5	627.3	626.1	623.6	-2.5
Travel arrangement and reservation services	188.3	188.3	189.6	189.1	186.7	186.5	186.8	187.4	0.6
Investigation and security services	1,047.3	1,045.6	1,045.2	1,043.9	1,045.8	1,045.6	1,046.7	1,043.1	-3.6
Services to buildings and dwellings	2,404.0	2,427.4	2,430.2	2,412.3	2,290.3	2,306.8	2,306.4	2,307.1	0.7
Other support services	327.6	339.0	334.3	331.9	327.3	333.1	333.6	331.7	-1.9
Waste management and remediation services	526.5	531.4	532.0	529.6	521.3	526.0	526.0	524.8	-1.2
Private education and health services	27,186	27,748	27,657	27,684	27,435	27,933	27,945	27,974	29
Private educational services	3,793.5	3,863.3	3,760.1	3,779.1	4,052.2	4,045.9	4,044.3	4,045.4	1.1
Health care and social assistance	23,392.6	23,884.5	23,896.7	23,904.7	23,382.9	23,887.2	23,900.3	23,928.7	28.4
Health care(3)	18,162.1	18,472.5	18,524.7	18,517.7	18,142.2	18,494.6	18,507.8	18,520.7	12.9
Ambulatory health care services	9,032.6	9,201.5	9,235.0	9,230.6	9,030.0	9,227.3	9,241.4	9,248.5	7.1
Offices of physicians	3,013.3	3,044.9	3,054.5	3,054.2	3,017.0	3,054.4	3,059.5	3,061.5	2.0
Offices of dentists	1,055.5	1,061.9	1,060.0	1,056.1	1,050.6	1,061.5	1,058.6	1,054.0	-4.6
Offices of other health practitioners	1,308.5	1,342.3	1,354.1	1,351.5	1,305.1	1,347.8	1,352.3	1,355.2	2.9
Outpatient care centers	1,173.6	1,189.1	1,193.5	1,191.8	1,174.7	1,192.0	1,194.0	1,194.1	0.1
Medical and diagnostic laboratories	310.7	310.4	311.9	310.2	311.3	311.5	311.8	310.2	-1.6
Home health care services	1,806.3	1,873.2	1,879.5	1,889.4	1,806.3	1,881.2	1,885.1	1,896.4	11.3
Other ambulatory health care services	364.7	379.7	381.5	377.4	364.9	378.8	380.0	377.2	-2.8
Hospitals	5,678.3	5,767.6	5,778.0	5,784.0	5,675.9	5,771.3	5,768.9	5,776.5	7.6
Nursing and residential care facilities	3,451.2	3,503.4	3,511.7	3,503.1	3,436.3	3,496.0	3,497.5	3,495.7	-1.8
Skilled nursing care facilities	1,566.8	1,591.0	1,596.9	1,594.6	1,557.4	1,588.6	1,590.1	1,590.2	0.1
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities	696.3	710.2	709.3	705.9	694.3	707.7	706.9	705.7	-1.2
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly	1,015.8	1,028.9	1,033.4	1,029.4	1,012.9	1,027.0	1,028.3	1,026.9	-1.4
Other residential care facilities	172.3	173.3	172.1	173.2	171.8	172.7	172.3	173.0	0.7
Social assistance	5,230.5	5,412.0	5,372.0	5,387.0	5,240.7	5,392.6	5,392.5	5,408.0	15.5
Individual and family services	3,632.7	3,787.7	3,794.4	3,798.8	3,628.5	3,778.7	3,785.3	3,798.1	12.8
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services	232.8	236.5	237.6	237.3	234.0	235.8	236.5	238.3	1.8
Vocational rehabilitation services	283.5	286.3	282.8	286.1	282.2	281.4	280.2	283.3	3.1
Child care services	1,081.5	1,101.5	1,057.2	1,064.8	1,096.0	1,096.8	1,090.5	1,088.2	-2.3
Leisure and hospitality	17,526	17,643	17,667	17,576	16,870	16,960	16,939	17,001	62
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	2,966.8	2,972.2	2,985.7	2,917.0	2,701.2	2,665.7	2,653.7	2,647.4	-6.3
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries	630.4	621.1	604.9	610.7	607.8	590.1	587.4	584.7	-2.7
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions	188.9	195.5	198.1	193.8	179.2	183.7	184.0	184.8	0.8
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries	2,147.5	2,155.6	2,182.7	2,112.5	1,914.2	1,891.9	1,882.3	1,877.9	-4.4
Accommodation and food services	14,559.3	14,670.6	14,681.2	14,658.9	14,168.3	14,294.1	14,285.6	14,353.4	67.8
Accommodation	2,060.1	2,026.2	2,064.7	2,043.1	1,923.3	1,916.1	1,918.0	1,926.6	8.6
Food services and drinking places	12,499.2	12,644.4	12,616.5	12,615.8	12,245.0	12,378.0	12,367.6	12,426.8	59.2
Other services	6,059	6,098	6,108	6,078	6,008	6,024	6,032	6,035	3
Repair and maintenance	1,483.5	1,483.5	1,487.1	1,482.4	1,477.5	1,468.9	1,481.8	1,478.3	-3.5
Personal and laundry services	1,614.3	1,631.3	1,630.8	1,630.1	1,604.7	1,619.1	1,613.7	1,623.2	9.5
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations	2,960.7	2,983.5	2,990.5	2,965.2	2,925.9	2,935.8	2,936.2	2,933.5	-2.7
Government	22,684	23,188	22,128	22,455	23,535	23,338	23,288	23,323	35
Federal	2,912	2,684	2,679	2,674	2,916	2,685	2,679	2,674	-5
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service	2,323.5	2,084.5	2,077.5	2,078.8	2,323.5	2,082.3	2,076.1	2,072.8	-3.3
U.S. Postal Service	588.0	599.9	601.4	594.9	592.5	602.8	602.6	601.1	-1.5
State government	5,221	5,205	5,136	5,200	5,487	5,462	5,480	5,470	-10
State government education	2,330.2	2,325.7	2,255.0	2,323.0	2,614.0	2,599.4	2,618.5	2,609.8	-8.7
State government, excluding education	2,890.4	2,878.8	2,880.5	2,876.8	2,872.5	2,862.8	2,861.5	2,860.6	-0.9
Local government	14,551	15,299	14,313	14,581	15,132	15,191	15,129	15,179	50
Local government education	7,478.4	8,126.9	7,100.0	7,427.3	8,227.0	8,209.4	8,151.9	8,193.8	41.9
Local government, excluding education	7,072.6	7,172.0	7,212.9	7,154.1	6,905.3	6,981.9	6,976.8	6,985.0	8.2
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	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS
Total private	34.2	34.3	34.3	34.4
Goods-producing	39.7	40.1	40.2	40.3
Mining and logging	45.4	45.6	46.1	45.7
Construction	38.9	39.3	39.4	39.5
Manufacturing	40.0	40.4	40.4	40.5
Durable goods	40.4	40.9	40.8	41.0
Nondurable goods	39.3	39.6	39.7	39.7
Private service-providing	33.2	33.2	33.2	33.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	34.1	34.1	34.1	34.1
Wholesale trade	39.1	39.4	39.4	39.4
Retail trade	30.0	30.0	30.0	30.0
Transportation and warehousing	38.3	37.9	37.9	37.9
Utilities	42.2	42.7	42.6	43.0
Information	37.3	37.3	37.1	37.2
Financial activities	37.5	37.4	37.5	37.7
Professional and business services	36.5	36.7	36.7	36.8
Private education and health services	32.7	32.7	32.7	32.7
Leisure and hospitality	25.5	25.5	25.4	25.4
Other services	31.9	32.1	32.2	32.3
AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS
Manufacturing	2.9	3.2	3.1	3.1
Durable goods	2.8	3.2	3.1	3.1
Nondurable goods	3.0	3.2	3.1	3.2
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
	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)
Total private	$36.62	$37.59	$37.65	$37.75	$1,252.40	$1,289.34	$1,291.40	$1,298.60
Goods-producing	37.39	38.66	38.79	38.88	1,484.38	1,550.27	1,559.36	1,566.86
Mining and logging	40.44	41.97	42.02	41.93	1,835.98	1,913.83	1,937.12	1,916.20
Construction	39.98	41.36	41.50	41.66	1,555.22	1,625.45	1,635.10	1,645.57
Manufacturing	35.58	36.75	36.86	36.92	1,423.20	1,484.70	1,489.14	1,495.26
Durable goods	37.81	38.93	39.09	39.11	1,527.52	1,592.24	1,594.87	1,603.51
Nondurable goods	31.85	33.04	33.06	33.17	1,251.71	1,308.38	1,312.48	1,316.85
Private service-providing	36.45	37.35	37.39	37.49	1,210.14	1,240.02	1,241.35	1,248.42
Trade, transportation, and utilities	31.10	31.96	32.01	32.11	1,060.51	1,089.84	1,091.54	1,094.95
Wholesale trade	38.97	39.75	39.83	39.95	1,523.73	1,566.15	1,569.30	1,574.03
Retail trade	25.59	26.30	26.30	26.38	767.70	789.00	789.00	791.40
Transportation and warehousing	31.65	32.54	32.61	32.73	1,212.20	1,233.27	1,235.92	1,240.47
Utilities	52.69	55.91	56.31	56.28	2,223.52	2,387.36	2,398.81	2,420.04
Information	52.77	55.37	55.70	55.53	1,968.32	2,065.30	2,066.47	2,065.72
Financial activities	47.75	49.52	49.44	49.82	1,790.63	1,852.05	1,854.00	1,878.21
Professional and business services	44.62	45.63	45.64	45.70	1,628.63	1,674.62	1,674.99	1,681.76
Private education and health services	35.75	36.25	36.31	36.39	1,169.03	1,185.38	1,187.34	1,189.95
Leisure and hospitality	22.92	23.66	23.65	23.74	584.46	603.33	600.71	603.00
Other services	33.24	34.06	34.10	34.19	1,060.36	1,093.33	1,098.02	1,104.34
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)
	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)	Percent change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)	Percent change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)
Total private	115.8	116.7	116.8	117.2	0.3	202.8	209.8	210.2	211.6	0.7
Goods-producing	97.1	98.4	98.8	99.2	0.4	164.1	172.0	173.2	174.4	0.7
Mining and logging	86.6	87.3	87.8	87.5	-0.3	140.6	147.0	148.1	147.2	-0.6
Construction	110.5	112.7	113.2	113.8	0.5	191.9	202.5	204.2	206.0	0.9
Manufacturing	90.8	91.7	91.8	92.1	0.3	150.3	156.7	157.3	158.2	0.6
Durable goods	89.0	90.4	90.5	91.1	0.7	149.4	156.4	157.2	158.3	0.7
Nondurable goods	94.1	94.0	94.0	94.1	0.1	152.0	157.6	157.8	158.3	0.3
Private service-providing	121.3	121.9	121.9	122.4	0.4	214.9	221.2	221.5	223.0	0.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	107.1	107.0	107.2	107.2	0.0	179.6	184.5	185.0	185.7	0.4
Wholesale trade	104.2	105.3	105.4	105.5	0.1	169.9	175.1	175.6	176.4	0.5
Retail trade	94.3	94.5	94.6	94.6	0.0	159.5	164.3	164.4	165.0	0.4
Transportation and warehousing	146.5	143.5	143.8	143.9	0.1	235.9	237.5	238.5	239.5	0.4
Utilities	109.8	112.3	112.3	113.8	1.3	191.2	207.5	209.0	211.7	1.3
Information	97.4	94.1	93.8	93.3	-0.5	183.1	185.6	186.0	184.4	-0.9
Financial activities	112.8	111.6	111.8	112.2	0.4	210.2	215.5	215.5	218.1	1.2
Professional and business services	127.7	129.2	129.2	129.6	0.3	230.8	238.7	238.9	240.0	0.5
Private education and health services	146.5	149.2	149.2	149.4	0.1	252.0	260.2	260.7	261.6	0.3
Leisure and hospitality	122.7	123.4	122.8	123.2	0.3	227.0	235.5	234.2	236.0	0.8
Other services	110.5	111.5	112.0	112.4	0.4	201.3	208.1	209.3	210.6	0.6
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
	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)
Total nonfarm	79,254	79,586	79,591	79,749	50.0	50.1	50.1	50.1
Total private	65,476	65,927	65,954	66,076	48.5	48.6	48.6	48.7
Goods-producing	4,887	4,894	4,896	4,909	22.8	22.7	22.7	22.7
Mining and logging	84	84	84	86	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.1
Construction	1,188	1,193	1,194	1,196	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.3
Manufacturing	3,615	3,617	3,618	3,627	28.7	28.7	28.7	28.7
Durable goods	1,903	1,901	1,905	1,913	24.3	24.2	24.2	24.2
Nondurable goods	1,712	1,716	1,713	1,714	35.7	36.1	36.1	36.1
Private service-providing	60,589	61,033	61,058	61,167	53.4	53.5	53.5	53.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	11,164	11,156	11,195	11,179	38.8	38.8	38.9	38.8
Wholesale trade	1,843.8	1,837.9	1,844.3	1,842.8	30.5	30.3	30.4	30.3
Retail trade	7,408.8	7,440.7	7,465.2	7,443.8	48.0	48.1	48.2	48.1
Transportation and warehousing	1,755.9	1,722.2	1,729.4	1,735.6	26.4	26.1	26.2	26.3
Utilities	155.6	155.4	155.6	156.4	25.9	25.6	25.5	25.6
Information	1,138	1,131	1,132	1,125	39.8	40.9	40.9	41.0
Financial activities	5,040	4,950	4,944	4,940	54.9	54.3	54.3	54.4
Professional and business services	10,129	10,237	10,272	10,301	45.3	45.5	45.6	45.7
Private education and health services	21,031	21,381	21,396	21,430	76.7	76.5	76.6	76.6
Leisure and hospitality	8,848	8,927	8,869	8,937	52.4	52.6	52.4	52.6
Other services	3,239	3,251	3,250	3,255	53.9	54.0	53.9	53.9
Government	13,778	13,659	13,637	13,673	58.5	58.5	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	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)
Total private	109,965	110,622	110,597	110,747
Goods-producing	15,213	15,265	15,265	15,273
Mining and logging	451	457	456	457
Construction	5,981	6,052	6,053	6,067
Manufacturing	8,781	8,756	8,756	8,749
Durable goods	5,289	5,311	5,320	5,318
Nondurable goods	3,492	3,445	3,436	3,431
Private service-providing	94,752	95,357	95,332	95,474
Trade, transportation, and utilities	24,388	24,413	24,452	24,429
Wholesale trade	4,782.0	4,793.8	4,796.4	4,795.9
Retail trade	13,288.6	13,361.9	13,393.2	13,370.3
Transportation and warehousing	5,841.1	5,775.0	5,779.0	5,777.7
Utilities	476.2	482.3	483.1	485.1
Information	2,268	2,206	2,204	2,187
Financial activities	6,964	6,899	6,893	6,886
Professional and business services	17,559	17,723	17,724	17,741
Private education and health services	24,049	24,488	24,518	24,551
Leisure and hospitality	14,642	14,732	14,653	14,782
Other services	4,882	4,896	4,888	4,898
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	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS
Total private	33.7	33.8	33.8	33.8
Goods-producing	40.7	41.2	41.2	41.3
Mining and logging	45.3	46.7	47.7	47.1
Construction	39.8	40.0	40.1	40.2
Manufacturing	41.0	41.7	41.7	41.7
Durable goods	41.2	42.2	42.2	42.2
Nondurable goods	40.8	41.0	40.9	41.0
Private service-providing	32.5	32.6	32.6	32.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	34.3	34.2	34.2	34.2
Wholesale trade	39.3	39.5	39.5	39.6
Retail trade	30.5	30.5	30.5	30.5
Transportation and warehousing	38.1	37.7	37.5	37.6
Utilities	42.4	43.0	42.8	43.5
Information	36.1	35.7	35.8	35.7
Financial activities	37.3	37.3	37.4	37.4
Professional and business services	36.4	36.5	36.6	36.6
Private education and health services	31.6	31.8	31.8	31.8
Leisure and hospitality	24.2	24.2	24.1	24.1
Other services	31.2	31.1	31.2	31.3
AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS
Manufacturing	3.7	4.1	4.0	4.0
Durable goods	3.7	4.1	4.1	4.0
Nondurable goods	3.8	4.0	3.9	3.9
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
	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)
Total private	$31.49	$32.38	$32.42	$32.53	$1,061.21	$1,094.44	$1,095.80	$1,099.51
Goods-producing	32.61	33.97	34.06	34.13	1,327.23	1,399.56	1,403.27	1,409.57
Mining and logging	37.38	38.73	38.77	38.74	1,693.31	1,808.69	1,849.33	1,824.65
Construction	37.50	39.09	39.25	39.36	1,492.50	1,563.60	1,573.93	1,582.27
Manufacturing	29.10	30.31	30.33	30.37	1,193.10	1,263.93	1,264.76	1,266.43
Durable goods	30.83	32.24	32.26	32.29	1,270.20	1,360.53	1,361.37	1,362.64
Nondurable goods	26.45	27.24	27.24	27.31	1,079.16	1,116.84	1,114.12	1,119.71
Private service-providing	31.27	32.06	32.09	32.20	1,016.28	1,045.16	1,046.13	1,049.72
Trade, transportation, and utilities	26.98	27.72	27.80	27.93	925.41	948.02	950.76	955.21
Wholesale trade	32.53	33.20	33.27	33.30	1,278.43	1,311.40	1,314.17	1,318.68
Retail trade	21.71	22.26	22.33	22.41	662.16	678.93	681.07	683.51
Transportation and warehousing	30.13	31.14	31.30	31.46	1,147.95	1,173.98	1,173.75	1,182.90
Utilities	46.33	48.91	49.17	49.94	1,964.39	2,103.13	2,104.48	2,172.39
Information	43.51	45.76	45.55	45.46	1,570.71	1,633.63	1,630.69	1,622.92
Financial activities	37.67	38.88	38.91	39.02	1,405.09	1,450.22	1,455.23	1,459.35
Professional and business services	37.37	38.52	38.50	38.66	1,360.27	1,405.98	1,409.10	1,414.96
Private education and health services	32.95	33.20	33.20	33.31	1,041.22	1,055.76	1,055.76	1,059.26
Leisure and hospitality	20.27	21.07	21.10	21.22	490.53	509.89	508.51	511.40
Other services	28.94	29.64	29.57	29.79	902.93	921.80	922.58	932.43
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)
	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)	Percent change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	June 2026	July 2026(p)	Aug. 2026(p)	Percent change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)
Total private	123.5	124.6	124.6	124.7	0.1	259.9	269.6	269.9	271.2	0.5
Goods-producing	94.6	96.1	96.1	96.4	0.3	188.9	199.9	200.4	201.4	0.5
Mining and logging	108.6	113.4	115.6	114.4	-1.0	236.0	255.5	260.6	257.7	-1.1
Construction	119.2	121.2	121.5	122.1	0.5	241.3	255.8	257.6	259.5	0.7
Manufacturing	82.6	83.8	83.8	83.8	0.0	157.3	166.1	166.3	166.3	0.0
Durable goods	81.9	84.2	84.3	84.3	0.0	157.6	169.5	169.9	170.0	0.1
Nondurable goods	83.9	83.2	82.8	82.9	0.1	156.9	160.2	159.4	159.9	0.3
Private service-providing	131.2	132.4	132.4	132.6	0.2	281.4	291.3	291.5	292.9	0.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	117.1	116.9	117.1	117.0	-0.1	225.8	231.5	232.6	233.4	0.3
Wholesale trade	111.5	112.4	112.4	112.7	0.3	214.1	220.2	220.8	221.5	0.3
Retail trade	102.8	103.3	103.6	103.4	-0.2	191.3	197.2	198.3	198.7	0.2
Transportation and warehousing	168.4	164.8	164.0	164.4	0.2	323.0	326.6	326.8	329.2	0.7
Utilities	103.2	106.0	105.7	107.9	2.1	199.6	216.5	217.0	224.9	3.6
Information	93.5	89.9	90.1	89.1	-1.1	201.3	203.6	203.1	200.6	-1.2
Financial activities	122.3	121.1	121.3	121.2	-0.1	283.3	289.7	290.5	291.0	0.2
Professional and business services	142.7	144.4	144.8	144.9	0.1	317.1	330.9	331.6	333.3	0.5
Private education and health services	162.0	166.0	166.2	166.5	0.2	352.4	363.8	364.3	366.0	0.5
Leisure and hospitality	129.8	130.6	129.4	130.5	0.9	298.8	312.5	310.0	314.5	1.5
Other services	106.8	106.8	107.0	107.5	0.5	225.3	230.6	230.4	233.4	1.3
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.