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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
2019	150,134	150,135	150,282	150,492	150,577	150,759	150,953	151,160	151,368	151,553	151,814	(p)151,961
2020	(p)152,186
Mining and Logging
2019	746	741	741	741	743	741	736	731	731	735	724	(p)713
2020	(p)713
Construction
2019	7,452	7,423	7,443	7,469	7,478	7,497	7,504	7,508	7,524	7,541	7,539	(p)7,550
2020	(p)7,594
Manufacturing
2019	12,825	12,830	12,827	12,829	12,829	12,838	12,845	12,848	12,851	12,810	12,868	(p)12,863
2020	(p)12,851
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	27,711	27,688	27,665	27,671	27,667	27,686	27,692	27,688	27,712	27,750	27,762	(p)27,821
2020	(p)27,848
Information
2019	2,843	2,841	2,851	2,845	2,853	2,865	2,862	2,861	2,866	2,865	2,874	(p)2,882
2020	(p)2,887
Financial Activities
2019	8,676	8,690	8,707	8,721	8,727	8,732	8,753	8,768	8,771	8,792	8,804	(p)8,809
2020	(p)8,808
Professional & Business Services
2019	21,126	21,164	21,176	21,226	21,253	21,294	21,337	21,377	21,402	21,444	21,481	(p)21,495
2020	(p)21,516
Educational & Health Services
2019	23,900	23,918	23,981	24,046	24,076	24,131	24,204	24,262	24,323	24,363	24,436	(p)24,458
2020	(p)24,530
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	16,496	16,473	16,494	16,507	16,519	16,526	16,528	16,570	16,631	16,701	16,744	(p)16,780
2020	(p)16,816
Other Services
2019	5,853	5,854	5,869	5,884	5,881	5,896	5,905	5,910	5,907	5,907	5,923	(p)5,926
2020	(p)5,940
Government
2019	22,506	22,513	22,528	22,553	22,551	22,553	22,587	22,637	22,650	22,645	22,659	(p)22,664
2020	(p)22,683
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
2019	(1)163,142	163,047	162,935	162,546	162,782	163,133	163,373	163,894	164,051	164,401	164,347	164,556
2020	(1)164,606
Employment
2019	(1)156,627	156,866	156,741	156,696	156,844	157,148	157,346	157,895	158,298	158,544	158,536	158,803
2020	(1)158,714
Unemployment
2019	6,516	6,181	6,194	5,850	5,938	5,985	6,027	5,999	5,753	5,857	5,811	5,753
2020	5,892
Unemployment Rate
2019	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.5
2020	3.6
Footnotes (1) Data affected by changes in population controls.