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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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2016

 141,088 141,919 142,814 143,894 144,525 145,182 144,203 144,441 145,084 145,969 146,393 146,158 144,306

2017

 143,273 144,292 144,940 145,948 (p)146,789 (p)147,388              

Mining and Logging

2016

 721 698 681 669 667 669 672 670 668 671 673 669 677

2017

 662 672 680 691 (p)702 (p)717              

Construction

2016

 6,252 6,256 6,402 6,609 6,748 6,899 6,971 6,975 6,943 6,950 6,869 6,660 6,711

2017

 6,415 6,479 6,582 6,765 (p)6,937 (p)7,103              

Manufacturing

2016

 12,293 12,290 12,288 12,299 12,312 12,434 12,439 12,430 12,372 12,349 12,328 12,341 12,348

2017

 12,263 12,300 12,325 12,336 (p)12,376 (p)12,480              

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2016

 26,907 26,727 26,855 26,956 27,112 27,261 27,249 27,259 27,186 27,370 27,819 28,090 27,233

2017

 27,241 27,002 27,029 27,114 (p)27,260 (p)27,421              

Information

2016

 2,724 2,762 2,776 2,784 2,738 2,796 2,792 2,790 2,773 2,777 2,780 2,775 2,772

2017

 2,720 2,745 2,733 2,723 (p)2,720 (p)2,732              

Financial Activities

2016

 8,152 8,155 8,181 8,208 8,248 8,337 8,380 8,381 8,328 8,337 8,337 8,373 8,285

2017

 8,339 8,338 8,356 8,376 (p)8,415 (p)8,507              

Professional & Business Services

2016

 19,539 19,609 19,704 19,970 20,027 20,235 20,271 20,321 20,351 20,516 20,564 20,521 20,136

2017

 20,098 20,216 20,337 20,561 (p)20,680 (p)20,856              

Educational & Health Services

2016

 22,193 22,505 22,590 22,679 22,617 22,406 22,299 22,354 22,665 22,987 23,074 23,023 22,616

2017

 22,707 23,077 23,115 23,187 (p)23,123 (p)22,896              

Leisure & Hospitality

2016

 14,747 14,889 15,143 15,470 15,824 16,288 16,379 16,330 15,866 15,647 15,466 15,394 15,620

2017

 15,018 15,167 15,398 15,754 (p)16,153 (p)16,607              

Other Services

2016

 5,580 5,615 5,642 5,672 5,694 5,751 5,751 5,729 5,695 5,708 5,705 5,676 5,685

2017

 5,641 5,673 5,694 5,730 (p)5,776 (p)5,833              

Government

2016

 21,980 22,413 22,552 22,578 22,538 22,106 21,000 21,202 22,237 22,657 22,778 22,636 22,223

2017

 22,169 22,623 22,691 22,711 (p)22,647 (p)22,236              

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

2016

 (1)157,347 158,279 158,854 158,488 158,800 160,135 160,705 159,800 159,636 159,783 159,451 158,968 159,187

2017

 (1)158,676 159,482 159,912 159,817 159,979 161,337              

Employment

2016

 (1)149,037 150,060 150,738 151,075 151,594 151,990 152,437 151,804 151,977 152,335 152,385 151,798 151,436

2017

 (1)150,527 151,594 152,628 153,262 153,407 154,086              

Unemployment

2016

 8,309 8,219 8,116 7,413 7,207 8,144 8,267 7,996 7,658 7,447 7,066 7,170 7,751

2017

 8,149 7,887 7,284 6,555 6,572 7,250              

Unemployment Rate

2016

 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.7 4.5 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.9

2017

 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.1 4.1 4.5              

Footnotes
 (1) Data affected by changes in population controls.