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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
2023	154,773	155,060	155,206	155,484	155,787	156,027	156,211	156,421	156,667	156,832	157,014	157,304
2024	157,560	157,796	158,106	158,214	158,430	158,548	158,692	158,770	159,025	(p)159,061	(p)159,288
Mining and Logging
2023	631	633	635	639	642	642	644	644	645	644	640	643
2024	641	641	643	638	634	634	635	635	636	(p)638	(p)640
Construction
2023	7,921	7,947	7,941	7,961	7,977	8,010	8,021	8,052	8,065	8,087	8,102	8,120
2024	8,146	8,170	8,207	8,202	8,215	8,233	8,247	8,275	8,301	(p)8,303	(p)8,313
Manufacturing
2023	12,942	12,940	12,932	12,941	12,936	12,945	12,939	12,941	12,954	12,923	12,948	12,960
2024	12,966	12,957	12,951	12,958	12,961	12,945	12,951	12,925	12,913	(p)12,865	(p)12,887
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	28,771	28,851	28,819	28,834	28,875	28,860	28,869	28,840	28,882	28,888	28,843	28,867
2024	28,874	28,928	28,962	29,003	29,037	29,036	29,036	29,039	29,059	(p)29,055	(p)29,032
Information
2023	3,067	3,049	3,054	3,053	3,050	3,043	3,015	2,997	3,008	2,982	2,999	3,012
2024	3,020	3,017	3,019	3,016	3,015	3,015	2,999	2,991	2,992	(p)2,986	(p)2,986
Financial Activities
2023	9,145	9,146	9,150	9,179	9,192	9,201	9,219	9,223	9,223	9,223	9,227	9,233
2024	9,229	9,222	9,226	9,223	9,235	9,248	9,244	9,251	9,257	(p)9,263	(p)9,280
Professional & Business Services
2023	22,771	22,779	22,797	22,827	22,876	22,883	22,866	22,865	22,864	22,859	22,869	22,882
2024	22,930	22,936	22,953	22,936	22,991	22,980	22,976	22,929	22,951	(p)22,928	(p)22,954
Private Education and Health Services
2023	24,906	24,968	25,030	25,109	25,200	25,277	25,386	25,479	25,560	25,637	25,747	25,831
2024	25,931	26,011	26,087	26,185	26,254	26,336	26,403	26,470	26,561	(p)26,628	(p)26,707
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	16,345	16,412	16,447	16,489	16,528	16,588	16,629	16,681	16,708	16,765	16,775	16,816
2024	16,813	16,839	16,893	16,884	16,902	16,906	16,944	16,953	17,014	(p)17,016	(p)17,069
Other Services
2023	5,784	5,784	5,795	5,799	5,809	5,821	5,830	5,846	5,855	5,854	5,864	5,864
2024	5,874	5,884	5,896	5,900	5,907	5,915	5,912	5,916	5,922	(p)5,922	(p)5,930
Government
2023	22,490	22,551	22,606	22,653	22,702	22,757	22,793	22,853	22,903	22,970	23,000	23,076
2024	23,136	23,191	23,269	23,269	23,279	23,300	23,345	23,386	23,419	(p)23,457	(p)23,490
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
2023	(1)165,871	166,263	166,690	166,678	166,823	167,000	167,113	167,840	167,897	167,723	168,127	167,451
2024	(1)167,276	167,426	167,895	167,982	167,732	168,009	168,429	168,549	168,699	168,479	168,286
Employment
2023	(1)160,152	160,301	160,824	160,962	160,707	161,004	161,209	161,500	161,550	161,280	161,866	161,183
2024	(1)161,152	160,968	161,466	161,491	161,083	161,199	161,266	161,434	161,864	161,496	161,141
Unemployment
2023	5,719	5,962	5,866	5,715	6,117	5,997	5,904	6,340	6,347	6,443	6,262	6,268
2024	6,124	6,458	6,429	6,492	6,649	6,811	7,163	7,115	6,834	6,984	7,145
Unemployment Rate
2023	3.4	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7
2024	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2
Footnotes (1) Data affected by changes in population controls.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Employment Situation

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