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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
2021	143,017	143,727	144,431	144,694	145,141	145,698	146,387	146,904	147,328	148,005	148,652	149,240
2022	149,744	150,458	150,856	151,224	151,610	151,903	152,440	152,732	153,001	153,264	(p)153,520	(p)153,743
Mining and Logging
2021	546	542	551	554	560	566	569	574	576	578	582	590
2022	590	600	605	613	620	628	633	631	634	636	(p)640	(p)644
Construction
2021	7,360	7,308	7,408	7,393	7,381	7,378	7,395	7,397	7,427	7,455	7,502	7,546
2022	7,552	7,606	7,628	7,623	7,658	7,668	7,689	7,698	7,721	7,734	(p)7,749	(p)7,777
Manufacturing
2021	12,184	12,222	12,268	12,240	12,268	12,288	12,350	12,391	12,413	12,466	12,514	12,555
2022	12,581	12,631	12,689	12,750	12,769	12,794	12,831	12,867	12,884	12,918	(p)12,926	(p)12,934
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	27,279	27,403	27,503	27,527	27,538	27,661	27,735	27,807	27,907	28,013	28,084	28,163
2022	28,351	28,562	28,569	28,647	28,655	28,704	28,754	28,799	28,757	28,760	(p)28,719	(p)28,746
Information
2021	2,745	2,758	2,768	2,788	2,803	2,820	2,841	2,866	2,874	2,886	2,904	2,913
2022	2,918	2,918	2,936	2,957	2,983	3,009	3,025	3,032	3,040	3,044	(p)3,066	(p)3,061
Financial Activities
2021	8,732	8,724	8,733	8,747	8,747	8,745	8,772	8,781	8,794	8,817	8,849	8,863
2022	8,865	8,894	8,905	8,936	8,946	8,951	8,958	8,967	8,970	8,981	(p)8,992	(p)8,997
Professional & Business Services
2021	20,800	20,902	21,021	20,943	21,023	21,084	21,226	21,309	21,383	21,619	21,730	21,821
2022	21,909	21,996	22,090	22,130	22,199	22,289	22,373	22,402	22,427	22,440	(p)22,432	(p)22,426
Educational & Health Services
2021	23,378	23,454	23,541	23,582	23,620	23,640	23,699	23,728	23,737	23,805	23,874	23,939
2022	23,972	24,073	24,124	24,186	24,264	24,358	24,480	24,562	24,644	24,721	(p)24,811	(p)24,889
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	12,877	13,270	13,423	13,631	13,830	14,054	14,251	14,453	14,587	14,728	14,919	15,105
2022	15,243	15,367	15,471	15,530	15,599	15,642	15,731	15,744	15,855	15,905	(p)15,984	(p)16,051
Other Services
2021	5,328	5,339	5,356	5,379	5,395	5,437	5,473	5,502	5,519	5,544	5,580	5,604
2022	5,610	5,648	5,663	5,676	5,686	5,682	5,699	5,704	5,729	5,741	(p)5,763	(p)5,777
Government
2021	21,788	21,805	21,859	21,910	21,976	22,025	22,076	22,096	22,111	22,094	22,114	22,141
2022	22,153	22,163	22,176	22,176	22,231	22,178	22,267	22,326	22,340	22,384	(p)22,438	(p)22,441
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
2021	(1)160,025	160,187	160,463	160,908	160,740	161,192	161,486	161,535	161,544	161,740	162,315	162,410
2022	(1)163,633	163,862	164,301	163,950	164,278	164,002	163,990	164,714	164,619	164,646	164,527	164,966
Employment
2021	(1)149,871	150,205	150,751	151,171	151,482	151,684	152,782	153,211	153,867	154,395	155,535	156,081
2022	(1)157,122	157,590	158,328	157,982	158,299	158,057	158,272	158,694	158,850	158,593	158,527	159,244
Unemployment
2021	10,155	9,982	9,712	9,737	9,257	9,508	8,704	8,324	7,677	7,345	6,780	6,329
2022	6,511	6,272	5,972	5,968	5,979	5,945	5,718	6,021	5,770	6,053	6,000	5,722
Unemployment Rate
2021	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.1	5.8	5.9	5.4	5.2	4.8	4.5	4.2	3.9
2022	4.0	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.5
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