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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
2020	152,234	152,523	150,840	130,161	132,994	137,840	139,566	141,149	141,865	142,545	142,809	142,503
2021	142,736	143,272	144,057	144,326	(p)144,909	(p)145,759
Mining and Logging
2020	689	690	674	622	601	597	593	589	592	594	597	597
2021	596	598	613	616	(p)618	(p)630
Construction
2020	7,615	7,648	7,557	6,535	7,004	7,171	7,197	7,223	7,256	7,329	7,353	7,400
2021	7,412	7,355	7,448	7,439	(p)7,417	(p)7,410
Manufacturing
2020	12,792	12,799	12,718	11,414	11,657	11,999	12,037	12,068	12,123	12,155	12,196	12,231
2021	12,213	12,248	12,299	12,264	(p)12,303	(p)12,318
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2020	27,852	27,876	27,729	24,513	24,934	25,934	26,205	26,553	26,662	26,847	26,983	26,984
2021	27,023	27,081	27,186	27,116	(p)27,179	(p)27,278
Information
2020	2,910	2,914	2,898	2,633	2,594	2,602	2,592	2,617	2,659	2,650	2,650	2,659
2021	2,672	2,678	2,683	2,694	(p)2,722	(p)2,736
Financial Activities
2020	8,849	8,875	8,850	8,596	8,613	8,634	8,646	8,674	8,712	8,746	8,756	8,774
2021	8,781	8,774	8,787	8,804	(p)8,801	(p)8,800
Professional & Business Services
2020	21,437	21,469	21,318	19,082	19,247	19,568	19,715	19,915	20,055	20,296	20,391	20,550
2021	20,640	20,733	20,807	20,728	(p)20,764	(p)20,836
Educational & Health Services
2020	24,513	24,565	24,347	21,722	22,107	22,671	22,885	23,084	23,152	23,235	23,278	23,249
2021	23,235	23,292	23,396	23,419	(p)23,478	(p)23,537
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	16,858	16,915	16,133	8,691	10,146	12,158	12,824	12,963	13,357	13,622	13,632	13,134
2021	13,117	13,530	13,757	14,085	(p)14,391	(p)14,734
Other Services
2020	5,930	5,937	5,842	4,527	4,777	5,153	5,316	5,390	5,440	5,488	5,485	5,469
2021	5,480	5,502	5,539	5,576	(p)5,584	(p)5,640
Government
2020	22,789	22,835	22,774	21,826	21,314	21,353	21,556	22,073	21,857	21,583	21,488	21,456
2021	21,567	21,481	21,542	21,585	(p)21,652	(p)21,840
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Employment Situation

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
2020	(1)164,455	164,448	162,721	156,478	158,200	159,797	160,085	160,818	160,078	160,718	160,536	160,567
2021	(1)160,161	160,211	160,558	160,988	160,935	161,086
Employment
2020	(1)158,659	158,732	155,536	133,370	137,224	142,100	143,777	147,276	147,543	149,669	149,809	149,830
2021	(1)150,031	150,239	150,848	151,176	151,620	151,602
Unemployment
2020	5,796	5,717	7,185	23,109	20,975	17,697	16,308	13,542	12,535	11,049	10,728	10,736
2021	10,130	9,972	9,710	9,812	9,316	9,484
Unemployment Rate
2020	3.5	3.5	4.4	14.8	13.3	11.1	10.2	8.4	7.8	6.9	6.7	6.7
2021	6.3	6.2	6.0	6.1	5.8	5.9
Footnotes (1) Data affected by changes in population controls.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Employment Situation

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