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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	159,068	(p)159,280	(p)159,536
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	636	(p)637	(p)634
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	8,300	(p)8,308	(p)8,316
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	12,861	(p)12,886	(p)12,873
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	29,065	(p)29,042	(p)29,091
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	2,990	(p)2,994	(p)3,004
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	9,262	(p)9,273	(p)9,286
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	22,941	(p)22,950	(p)22,978
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	26,635	(p)26,722	(p)26,802
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	17,006	(p)17,058	(p)17,101
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	5,919	(p)5,927	(p)5,935
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	23,453	(p)23,483	(p)23,516
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)165,964	166,358	166,651	166,725	166,886	166,937	167,103	167,759	167,767	167,690	168,140	167,439
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
Employment
2023	(1)160,217	160,395	160,812	160,974	160,796	160,979	161,183	161,475	161,442	161,211	161,886	161,124
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
Unemployment
2023	5,747	5,962	5,839	5,751	6,089	5,958	5,920	6,284	6,326	6,479	6,254	6,315
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
Unemployment Rate
2023	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.7	3.8
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
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