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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
2020	150,055	150,968	149,952	130,251	133,419	138,501	139,107	140,728	141,946	143,568	144,121	143,602	142,185
2021	140,980	142,133	143,315	144,397	(p)145,369	(p)146,517
Mining and Logging
2020	678	675	669	615	602	600	599	595	597	597	599	602	619
2021	593	589	610	612	(p)618	(p)633
Construction
2020	7,243	7,278	7,297	6,452	7,070	7,359	7,424	7,460	7,419	7,506	7,413	7,312	7,269
2021	7,067	7,008	7,203	7,365	(p)7,477	(p)7,592
Manufacturing
2020	12,705	12,727	12,672	11,369	11,629	12,069	12,107	12,133	12,138	12,158	12,191	12,251	12,179
2021	12,142	12,206	12,267	12,226	(p)12,282	(p)12,389
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2020	27,755	27,504	27,423	24,311	24,830	25,930	26,154	26,452	26,512	26,889	27,520	27,799	26,590
2021	26,957	26,803	26,897	26,845	(p)27,019	(p)27,263
Information
2020	2,868	2,894	2,888	2,630	2,585	2,606	2,606	2,622	2,652	2,654	2,659	2,668	2,694
2021	2,648	2,672	2,675	2,695	(p)2,716	(p)2,743
Financial Activities
2020	8,783	8,820	8,805	8,555	8,593	8,675	8,709	8,730	8,710	8,751	8,763	8,788	8,724
2021	8,733	8,732	8,750	8,770	(p)8,781	(p)8,840
Professional & Business Services
2020	21,036	21,134	21,050	19,053	19,238	19,683	19,856	20,060	20,115	20,505	20,580	20,638	20,246
2021	20,291	20,449	20,549	20,710	(p)20,765	(p)20,946
Educational & Health Services
2020	24,364	24,668	24,471	21,880	22,153	22,491	22,590	22,782	23,086	23,427	23,510	23,400	23,235
2021	23,105	23,388	23,518	23,597	(p)23,538	(p)23,355
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	16,117	16,292	15,745	8,648	10,303	12,637	13,364	13,445	13,446	13,607	13,418	12,896	13,327
2021	12,576	13,065	13,448	14,020	(p)14,611	(p)15,329
Other Services
2020	5,856	5,882	5,805	4,519	4,797	5,217	5,388	5,425	5,426	5,487	5,475	5,448	5,394
2021	5,415	5,457	5,504	5,567	(p)5,604	(p)5,710
Government
2020	22,650	23,094	23,127	22,219	21,619	21,234	20,310	21,024	21,845	21,987	21,993	21,800	21,909
2021	21,453	21,764	21,894	21,990	(p)21,958	(p)21,717
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Employment Situation

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
2020	(1)163,497	164,235	162,537	155,830	157,975	160,883	161,374	160,966	160,073	161,053	160,468	160,017	160,742
2021	(1)159,234	160,008	160,397	160,379	160,607	162,167
Employment
2020	(1)156,994	158,017	155,167	133,326	137,461	142,811	144,492	147,224	147,796	150,433	150,203	149,613	147,795
2021	(1)148,383	149,522	150,493	151,160	151,778	152,283
Unemployment
2020	6,504	6,218	7,370	22,504	20,514	18,072	16,882	13,742	12,277	10,620	10,264	10,404	12,947
2021	10,851	10,486	9,905	9,220	8,829	9,883
Unemployment Rate
2020	4.0	3.8	4.5	14.4	13.0	11.2	10.5	8.5	7.7	6.6	6.4	6.5	8.1
2021	6.8	6.6	6.2	5.7	5.5	6.1
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, not seasonally adjusted