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United States: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	United States
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2024	157,049	157,271	157,517	157,635	157,828	157,915	158,003	158,074	158,314	158,358	158,619	158,942
2025	159,053	(p)159,170	(p)159,398
Mining and Logging
2024	632	633	637	630	624	623	623	622	624	623	625	624
2025	621	(p)625	(p)623
Construction
2024	8,113	8,136	8,170	8,173	8,188	8,203	8,214	8,237	8,267	8,268	8,274	8,289
2025	8,286	(p)8,300	(p)8,313
Manufacturing
2024	12,866	12,853	12,838	12,847	12,849	12,839	12,840	12,800	12,800	12,750	12,770	12,760
2025	12,755	(p)12,763	(p)12,764
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	28,819	28,856	28,891	28,916	28,935	28,926	28,919	28,912	28,943	28,933	28,952	29,033
2025	29,087	(p)29,108	(p)29,156
Information
2024	2,966	2,963	2,959	2,952	2,953	2,953	2,936	2,929	2,929	2,922	2,927	2,944
2025	2,940	(p)2,941	(p)2,939
Financial Activities
2024	9,165	9,155	9,152	9,152	9,159	9,167	9,164	9,170	9,175	9,178	9,194	9,206
2025	9,220	(p)9,236	(p)9,245
Professional & Business Services
2024	22,667	22,661	22,637	22,645	22,656	22,639	22,623	22,591	22,575	22,541	22,578	22,614
2025	22,579	(p)22,586	(p)22,589
Private Education and Health Services
2024	26,031	26,127	26,214	26,308	26,387	26,464	26,525	26,590	26,688	26,775	26,848	26,931
2025	26,993	(p)27,053	(p)27,130
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	16,720	16,735	16,772	16,768	16,791	16,783	16,792	16,818	16,869	16,878	16,932	16,979
2025	16,965	(p)16,948	(p)16,991
Other Services
2024	5,917	5,928	5,946	5,954	5,963	5,974	5,975	5,975	5,982	5,983	5,995	6,002
2025	6,015	(p)6,017	(p)6,036
Government
2024	23,153	23,224	23,301	23,290	23,323	23,344	23,392	23,430	23,462	23,507	23,524	23,560
2025	23,592	(p)23,593	(p)23,612
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
(seasonally adjusted data, in thousands)
	United States
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2024	(1)167,339	167,475	167,922	167,988	167,799	168,005	168,315	168,496	168,703	168,428	168,304	168,547
2025	(1)170,744	170,359	170,591
Employment
2024	(1)161,190	161,013	161,425	161,495	161,164	161,155	161,219	161,425	161,802	161,456	161,183	161,661
2025	(1)163,895	163,307	163,508
Unemployment
2024	6,149	6,462	6,497	6,492	6,635	6,849	7,097	7,071	6,901	6,972	7,121	6,886
2025	6,849	7,052	7,083
Unemployment Rate
2024	3.7	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.1
2025	4.0	4.1	4.2
Footnotes (1) Data affected by changes in population controls.