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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
2025	158,268	158,310	158,377	158,485	158,498	158,478	158,542	158,472	158,548	158,408	158,449	(p)158,497
2026	(p)158,627
Mining and Logging
2025	622	622	620	622	618	616	610	607	605	606	605	(p)605
2026	(p)603
Construction
2025	8,264	8,267	8,273	8,271	8,269	8,267	8,261	8,239	8,255	8,243	8,279	(p)8,275
2026	(p)8,308
Manufacturing
2025	12,673	12,671	12,666	12,662	12,651	12,636	12,625	12,615	12,612	12,603	12,593	(p)12,585
2026	(p)12,590
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	28,795	28,806	28,792	28,783	28,765	28,741	28,744	28,743	28,725	28,714	28,649	(p)28,609
2026	(p)28,600
Information
2025	2,877	2,876	2,867	2,865	2,864	2,863	2,861	2,860	2,859	2,853	2,848	(p)2,846
2026	(p)2,834
Financial Activities
2025	9,187	9,199	9,201	9,205	9,211	9,204	9,204	9,185	9,189	9,184	9,185	(p)9,184
2026	(p)9,162
Professional & Business Services
2025	22,480	22,473	22,457	22,470	22,450	22,419	22,403	22,375	22,359	22,335	22,391	(p)22,406
2026	(p)22,440
Private Education and Health Services
2025	27,006	27,064	27,132	27,216	27,276	27,325	27,412	27,435	27,489	27,533	27,589	(p)27,642
2026	(p)27,779
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	16,832	16,796	16,823	16,836	16,839	16,837	16,848	16,870	16,907	16,948	16,936	(p)16,981
2026	(p)16,982
Other Services
2025	5,975	5,977	5,987	5,987	5,994	5,984	5,989	6,008	6,005	5,999	6,015	(p)6,021
2026	(p)6,028
Government
2025	23,557	23,559	23,559	23,568	23,561	23,586	23,585	23,535	23,543	23,390	23,359	(p)23,343
2026	(p)23,301
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
2025	(1)170,696	170,441	170,641	171,054	170,492	170,380	170,412	170,750	171,261	(2)-	171,541	171,495
2026	171,882
Employment
2025	(1)163,831	163,338	163,509	163,898	163,244	163,327	163,140	163,370	163,656	(2)-	163,760	163,992
2026	164,520
Unemployment
2025	6,865	7,104	7,132	7,155	7,248	7,054	7,272	7,380	7,605	(2)-	7,781	7,503
2026	7,362
Unemployment Rate
2025	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.4	(2)-	4.5	4.4
2026	4.3
Footnotes (1) Data affected by changes in population controls. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.