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United States: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	United States
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2025	156,382	157,157	157,540	158,368	159,032	159,299	158,267	158,424	158,729	159,355	159,571	159,358	158,457
2026	(p)156,723	(p)157,286
Mining and Logging
2025	615	616	615	617	618	621	617	616	609	610	607	602	614
2026	(p)595	(p)594
Construction
2025	7,938	7,967	8,049	8,190	8,326	8,445	8,476	8,452	8,401	8,413	8,344	8,199	8,267
2026	(p)8,006	(p)8,011
Manufacturing
2025	12,598	12,626	12,620	12,623	12,642	12,707	12,693	12,672	12,623	12,606	12,589	12,600	12,633
2026	(p)12,513	(p)12,526
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	28,760	28,605	28,554	28,543	28,631	28,725	28,666	28,620	28,596	28,757	29,094	29,348	28,742
2026	(p)28,562	(p)28,406
Information
2025	2,851	2,862	2,856	2,854	2,863	2,882	2,882	2,879	2,852	2,851	2,844	2,866	2,862
2026	(p)2,789	(p)2,789
Financial Activities
2025	9,145	9,152	9,145	9,156	9,186	9,239	9,278	9,238	9,190	9,200	9,202	9,221	9,196
2026	(p)9,108	(p)9,117
Professional & Business Services
2025	22,085	22,208	22,220	22,450	22,493	22,534	22,511	22,492	22,433	22,588	22,532	22,442	22,416
2026	(p)22,039	(p)22,133
Private Education and Health Services
2025	26,865	27,170	27,231	27,340	27,274	27,117	27,112	27,186	27,442	27,722	27,830	27,772	27,338
2026	(p)27,656	(p)27,820
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	16,136	16,207	16,406	16,704	17,162	17,540	17,599	17,526	17,022	16,916	16,726	16,661	16,884
2026	(p)16,253	(p)16,328
Other Services
2025	5,903	5,920	5,950	5,980	6,021	6,061	6,067	6,059	5,993	6,003	6,007	6,001	5,997
2026	(p)5,960	(p)5,981
Government
2025	23,486	23,824	23,894	23,911	23,816	23,428	22,366	22,684	23,568	23,689	23,796	23,646	23,509
2026	(p)23,242	(p)23,581
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
(not seasonally adjusted data, in thousands)
	United States
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2025	(1)169,814	170,116	170,653	170,650	170,216	171,343	171,646	171,035	171,217	(2)-	171,467	170,723	(3)170,807
2026	(4)169,612	170,206
Employment
2025	(1)162,347	162,544	163,412	164,069	163,401	163,883	163,799	163,288	163,894	(2)-	164,066	163,720	(3)163,493
2026	(4)161,670	162,153
Unemployment
2025	7,467	7,572	7,242	6,582	6,815	7,460	7,847	7,747	7,324	(2)-	7,401	7,003	(3)7,314
2026	(4)7,942	8,052
Unemployment Rate
2025	4.4	4.5	4.2	3.9	4.0	4.4	4.6	4.5	4.3	(2)-	4.3	4.1	(3)4.3
2026	(4)4.7	4.7
Footnotes (1) Data affected by changes in population controls. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (4) January 2026 estimates were revised to incorporate updated population controls. For more information, see www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#pop.