Figure 5. Employment in total nonfarm and temporary help services, January 1990–December 2016, seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Date Total nonfarm Temporary help services

Jan 90

109,185 1,156.3

Feb 90

109,433 1,163.1

Mar 90

109,648 1,168.8

Apr 90

109,687 1,162.4

May 90

109,839 1,161.6

Jun 90

109,861 1,163.5

Jul 90

109,830 1,164.9

Aug 90

109,614 1,158.9

Sep 90

109,524 1,163.4

Oct 90

109,364 1,141.3

Nov 90

109,215 1,135.6

Dec 90

109,159 1,128.6

Jan 91

109,042 1,140.9

Feb 91

108,736 1,125.0

Mar 91

108,578 1,115.5

Apr 91

108,366 1,111.8

May 91

108,243 1,109.4

Jun 91

108,337 1,112.9

Jul 91

108,298 1,109.9

Aug 91

108,308 1,120.8

Sep 91

108,340 1,129.7

Oct 91

108,355 1,132.8

Nov 91

108,298 1,133.5

Dec 91

108,324 1,141.7

Jan 92

108,375 1,150.6

Feb 92

108,314 1,157.3

Mar 92

108,369 1,169.9

Apr 92

108,527 1,183.1

May 92

108,654 1,198.5

Jun 92

108,719 1,207.7

Jul 92

108,792 1,212.5

Aug 92

108,930 1,222.8

Sep 92

108,966 1,230.3

Oct 92

109,147 1,248.9

Nov 92

109,283 1,263.6

Dec 92

109,494 1,285.4

Jan 93

109,804 1,295.8

Feb 93

110,047 1,304.7

Mar 93

109,998 1,318.2

Apr 93

110,306 1,341.7

May 93

110,573 1,363.8

Jun 93

110,752 1,378.7

Jul 93

111,054 1,398.9

Aug 93

111,212 1,411.6

Sep 93

111,453 1,427.6

Oct 93

111,736 1,463.2

Nov 93

111,999 1,466.9

Dec 93

112,315 1,483.2

Jan 94

112,587 1,499.9

Feb 94

112,783 1,527.8

Mar 94

113,247 1,566.6

Apr 94

113,597 1,594.1

May 94

113,931 1,601.1

Jun 94

114,245 1,628.7

Jul 94

114,619 1,653.1

Aug 94

114,902 1,664.5

Sep 94

115,256 1,685.5

Oct 94

115,465 1,696.2

Nov 94

115,886 1,716.0

Dec 94

116,166 1,719.6

Jan 95

116,492 1,735.3

Feb 95

116,693 1,743.9

Mar 95

116,912 1,736.5

Apr 95

117,075 1,728.3

May 95

117,059 1,719.6

Jun 95

117,293 1,716.9

Jul 95

117,389 1,716.0

Aug 95

117,644 1,739.7

Sep 95

117,888 1,775.7

Oct 95

118,039 1,773.1

Nov 95

118,188 1,773.6

Dec 95

118,322 1,778.6

Jan 96

118,307 1,745.2

Feb 96

118,736 1,790.0

Mar 96

119,001 1,794.8

Apr 96

119,165 1,811.4

May 96

119,488 1,829.4

Jun 96

119,773 1,849.6

Jul 96

120,023 1,865.7

Aug 96

120,203 1,884.3

Sep 96

120,427 1,890.6

Oct 96

120,676 1,878.6

Nov 96

120,975 1,910.6

Dec 96

121,146 1,927.8

Jan 97

121,379 1,949.2

Feb 97

121,684 1,974.2

Mar 97

121,999 2,004.2

Apr 97

122,291 2,026.3

May 97

122,552 2,045.8

Jun 97

122,818 2,057.1

Jul 97

123,124 2,084.6

Aug 97

123,093 2,066.4

Sep 97

123,604 2,082.6

Oct 97

123,946 2,106.6

Nov 97

124,250 2,138.6

Dec 97

124,554 2,165.0

Jan 98

124,828 2,178.0

Feb 98

125,027 2,191.2

Mar 98

125,176 2,193.2

Apr 98

125,456 2,202.8

May 98

125,860 2,222.5

Jun 98

126,080 2,248.4

Jul 98

126,209 2,247.6

Aug 98

126,551 2,266.2

Sep 98

126,773 2,242.9

Oct 98

126,974 2,280.6

Nov 98

127,254 2,307.2

Dec 98

127,601 2,334.8

Jan 99

127,727 2,357.1

Feb 99

128,136 2,387.4

Mar 99

128,244 2,403.8

Apr 99

128,618 2,422.8

May 99

128,830 2,438.8

Jun 99

129,093 2,450.7

Jul 99

129,414 2,479.0

Aug 99

129,576 2,481.3

Sep 99

129,792 2,474.3

Oct 99

130,189 2,550.2

Nov 99

130,482 2,573.0

Dec 99

130,781 2,605.4

Jan 00

131,009 2,618.9

Feb 00

131,140 2,623.1

Mar 00

131,608 2,643.6

Apr 00

131,895 2,675.9

May 00

132,121 2,649.2

Jun 00

132,077 2,647.7

Jul 00

132,253 2,654.2

Aug 00

132,240 2,639.7

Sep 00

132,375 2,645.4

Oct 00

132,361 2,629.6

Nov 00

132,589 2,637.7

Dec 00

132,731 2,587.8

Jan 01

132,706 2,564.0

Feb 01

132,778 2,527.4

Mar 01

132,751 2,482.4

Apr 01

132,471 2,397.6

May 01

132,432 2,379.9

Jun 01

132,302 2,337.0

Jul 01

132,191 2,323.7

Aug 01

132,035 2,296.8

Sep 01

131,794 2,252.1

Oct 01

131,467 2,214.9

Nov 01

131,176 2,157.9

Dec 01

131,004 2,144.9

Jan 02

130,869 2,148.4

Feb 02

130,733 2,161.0

Mar 02

130,712 2,188.7

Apr 02

130,634 2,212.7

May 02

130,629 2,218.1

Jun 02

130,685 2,220.9

Jul 02

130,601 2,202.2

Aug 02

130,587 2,232.2

Sep 02

130,527 2,200.3

Oct 02

130,649 2,196.4

Nov 02

130,662 2,183.3

Dec 02

130,504 2,173.9

Jan 03

130,596 2,191.9

Feb 03

130,447 2,177.5

Mar 03

130,238 2,168.2

Apr 03

130,194 2,140.0

May 03

130,187 2,182.0

Jun 03

130,197 2,211.5

Jul 03

130,219 2,262.6

Aug 03

130,178 2,248.5

Sep 03

130,282 2,256.3

Oct 03

130,485 2,266.1

Nov 03

130,496 2,276.5

Dec 03

130,619 2,299.6

Jan 04

130,778 2,290.5

Feb 04

130,826 2,302.6

Mar 04

131,157 2,314.0

Apr 04

131,408 2,346.2

May 04

131,715 2,378.5

Jun 04

131,792 2,376.7

Jul 04

131,837 2,394.7

Aug 04

131,956 2,408.8

Sep 04

132,118 2,418.1

Oct 04

132,464 2,473.5

Nov 04

132,530 2,456.0

Dec 04

132,659 2,445.1

Jan 05

132,795 2,458.6

Feb 05

133,034 2,479.5

Mar 05

133,169 2,492.0

Apr 05

133,533 2,506.9

May 05

133,710 2,505.3

Jun 05

133,955 2,530.6

Jul 05

134,329 2,550.4

Aug 05

134,525 2,567.3

Sep 05

134,592 2,604.0

Oct 05

134,676 2,612.2

Nov 05

135,017 2,636.6

Dec 05

135,174 2,634.0

Jan 06

135,452 2,621.4

Feb 06

135,767 2,631.0

Mar 06

136,049 2,632.9

Apr 06

136,232 2,634.2

May 06

136,257 2,649.6

Jun 06

136,336 2,648.7

Jul 06

136,542 2,647.9

Aug 06

136,725 2,657.4

Sep 06

136,878 2,648.2

Oct 06

136,886 2,638.8

Nov 06

137,095 2,636.5

Dec 06

137,266 2,643.1

Jan 07

137,506 2,647.2

Feb 07

137,595 2,641.9

Mar 07

137,785 2,636.4

Apr 07

137,865 2,627.7

May 07

138,008 2,608.8

Jun 07

138,083 2,605.4

Jul 07

138,049 2,596.1

Aug 07

138,029 2,586.0

Sep 07

138,117 2,566.6

Oct 07

138,201 2,573.1

Nov 07

138,315 2,566.9

Dec 07

138,413 2,552.5

Jan 08

138,430 2,542.9

Feb 08

138,346 2,505.3

Mar 08

138,268 2,479.9

Apr 08

138,058 2,466.0

May 08

137,872 2,434.1

Jun 08

137,710 2,402.5

Jul 08

137,497 2,372.0

Aug 08

137,230 2,338.0

Sep 08

136,780 2,312.7

Oct 08

136,306 2,239.1

Nov 08

135,540 2,119.5

Dec 08

134,846 2,045.5

Jan 09

134,053 1,961.0

Feb 09

133,351 1,913.8

Mar 09

132,528 1,855.5

Apr 09

131,841 1,795.8

May 09

131,492 1,773.4

Jun 09

131,021 1,751.7

Jul 09

130,692 1,749.2

Aug 09

130,479 1,747.4

Sep 09

130,259 1,768.7

Oct 09

130,055 1,791.5

Nov 09

130,053 1,849.8

Dec 09

129,778 1,894.2

Jan 10

129,801 1,952.4

Feb 10

129,733 1,974.9

Mar 10

129,897 2,002.6

Apr 10

130,140 2,031.9

May 10

130,664 2,064.3

Jun 10

130,527 2,092.5

Jul 10

130,459 2,079.1

Aug 10

130,423 2,117.6

Sep 10

130,371 2,138.7

Oct 10

130,633 2,175.5

Nov 10

130,752 2,201.4

Dec 10

130,839 2,247.2

Jan 11

130,882 2,239.8

Feb 11

131,071 2,260.2

Mar 11

131,296 2,293.6

Apr 11

131,642 2,299.2

May 11

131,719 2,292.5

Jun 11

131,944 2,285.4

Jul 11

132,013 2,278.6

Aug 11

132,123 2,316.2

Sep 11

132,371 2,343.6

Oct 11

132,580 2,365.6

Nov 11

132,721 2,378.5

Dec 11

132,930 2,390.9

Jan 12

133,288 2,425.2

Feb 12

133,525 2,464.8

Mar 12

133,758 2,457.3

Apr 12

133,836 2,466.8

May 12

133,951 2,484.1

Jun 12

134,027 2,508.7

Jul 12

134,170 2,523.3

Aug 12

134,347 2,523.5

Sep 12

134,550 2,505.9

Oct 12

134,696 2,522.0

Nov 12

134,828 2,529.2

Dec 12

135,072 2,532.5

Jan 13

135,283 2,544.9

Feb 13

135,569 2,563.0

Mar 13

135,699 2,580.4

Apr 13

135,896 2,596.0

May 13

136,122 2,611.5

Jun 13

136,284 2,623.4

Jul 13

136,406 2,632.7

Aug 13

136,667 2,640.8

Sep 13

136,857 2,654.7

Oct 13

137,069 2,647.9

Nov 13

137,327 2,652.4

Dec 13

137,374 2,671.5

Jan 14

137,564 2,681.9

Feb 14

137,715 2,702.7

Mar 14

137,987 2,715.9

Apr 14

138,316 2,726.1

May 14

138,562 2,737.8

Jun 14

138,866 2,751.4

Jul 14

139,068 2,767.6

Aug 14

139,298 2,787.4

Sep 14

139,578 2,799.5

Oct 14

139,805 2,808.4

Nov 14

140,117 2,822.3

Dec 14

140,372 2,833.5

Jan 15

140,606 2,838.5

Feb 15

140,844 2,834.7

Mar 15

140,930 2,843.1

Apr 15

141,192 2,853.6

May 15

141,536 2,871.2

Jun 15

141,742 2,886.3

Jul 15

141,996 2,881.8

Aug 15

142,153 2,887.4

Sep 15

142,253 2,873.5

Oct 15

142,574 2,900.8

Nov 15

142,846 2,905.3

Dec 15

143,085 2,930.1

Jan 16

143,211 2,886.9

Feb 16

143,448 2,880.2

Mar 16

143,673 2,885.9

Apr 16

143,826 2,892.9

May 16

143,869 2,875.8

Jun 16

144,166 2,894.0

Jul 16

144,457 2,910.4

Aug 16

144,633 2,911.4

Sep 16

144,882 2,940.9

Oct 16

145,006 2,953.5

Nov 16

145,170 2,979.0

Dec 16

145,325 2,961.6
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey.