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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
2023	152,688	153,817	154,253	155,201	156,132	156,842	155,981	156,355	156,845	157,878	158,347	158,269	156,051
2024	155,432	156,551	157,210	158,001	158,842	159,341	158,399	158,731	159,184	(p)160,035	(p)160,560
Mining and Logging
2023	622	624	628	633	640	647	652	652	649	648	642	642	640
2024	628	632	640	633	633	637	642	644	641	(p)642	(p)642
Construction
2023	7,586	7,642	7,701	7,874	8,024	8,195	8,240	8,263	8,216	8,249	8,173	8,051	8,018
2024	7,804	7,860	7,971	8,112	8,265	8,413	8,464	8,494	8,446	(p)8,465	(p)8,381
Manufacturing
2023	12,854	12,893	12,889	12,896	12,910	13,018	12,997	13,001	12,953	12,922	12,953	12,991	12,940
2024	12,881	12,907	12,904	12,911	12,940	13,016	13,013	12,982	12,926	(p)12,868	(p)12,888
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	28,730	28,602	28,553	28,544	28,699	28,802	28,770	28,712	28,724	28,973	29,407	29,648	28,847
2024	28,795	28,686	28,702	28,740	28,884	29,017	28,965	28,918	28,948	(p)29,152	(p)29,584
Information
2023	3,020	3,028	3,036	3,035	3,039	3,063	3,046	3,021	3,000	2,989	3,015	3,028	3,027
2024	2,976	2,997	3,003	2,996	3,003	3,031	3,025	3,022	2,993	(p)2,990	(p)2,999
Financial Activities
2023	9,093	9,097	9,094	9,137	9,164	9,246	9,291	9,278	9,220	9,244	9,239	9,265	9,197
2024	9,177	9,167	9,170	9,174	9,203	9,279	9,318	9,309	9,257	(p)9,284	(p)9,295
Professional & Business Services
2023	22,374	22,533	22,552	22,767	22,872	22,962	22,951	22,980	22,938	23,116	23,067	22,965	22,840
2024	22,549	22,691	22,727	22,903	23,000	23,071	23,057	23,050	23,008	(p)23,128	(p)23,129
Private Education and Health Services
2023	24,712	25,069	25,133	25,208	25,210	25,079	25,095	25,218	25,531	25,848	26,023	25,980	25,342
2024	25,748	26,116	26,182	26,295	26,251	26,143	26,093	26,210	26,524	(p)26,831	(p)26,987
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	15,616	15,801	16,031	16,358	16,782	17,320	17,422	17,306	16,791	16,704	16,496	16,485	16,593
2024	16,076	16,221	16,478	16,753	17,185	17,611	17,689	17,591	17,079	(p)16,946	(p)16,763
Other Services
2023	5,706	5,724	5,750	5,787	5,830	5,901	5,907	5,895	5,839	5,857	5,866	5,846	5,826
2024	5,796	5,821	5,853	5,887	5,929	5,989	5,990	5,964	5,910	(p)5,922	(p)5,929
Government
2023	22,375	22,804	22,886	22,962	22,962	22,609	21,610	22,029	22,984	23,328	23,466	23,368	22,782
2024	23,002	23,453	23,580	23,597	23,549	23,134	22,143	22,547	23,452	(p)23,807	(p)23,963
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
2023	(1)165,070	166,178	166,783	166,221	166,702	167,910	168,354	168,049	167,718	167,774	167,977	166,661	167,116
2024	(1)166,428	167,285	167,960	167,484	167,576	169,007	169,723	168,763	168,569	168,569	168,164
Employment
2023	(1)158,692	159,713	160,741	161,075	161,002	161,559	161,982	161,427	161,669	161,676	162,149	160,754	161,037
2024	(1)159,650	160,315	161,356	161,590	161,341	161,774	162,038	161,348	162,046	161,938	161,456
Unemployment
2023	6,378	6,465	6,043	5,146	5,700	6,351	6,372	6,623	6,049	6,098	5,827	5,907	6,080
2024	6,778	6,970	6,604	5,894	6,235	7,233	7,685	7,415	6,524	6,631	6,708
Unemployment Rate
2023	3.9	3.9	3.6	3.1	3.4	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.6
2024	4.1	4.2	3.9	3.5	3.7	4.3	4.5	4.4	3.9	3.9	4.0
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