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Macro · Labor · SA

Total nonfarm payroll employment

BLS series CES0000000001 · Thousands of jobs

Latest period
Aug 2026
Value (preliminary)
159,075
Change on month
+162k
Change on year
+603k

Thousands of jobs

History

140,000150,000Jan 2017Jun 2019Nov 2021Mar 2024Aug 2026
Total nonfarm payroll employment, Thousands of jobs

Point-in-time

Revision record

No revisions have been observed since EveryIntel began collecting this series. Future revisions will appear here with the originally published value preserved.

Recent values

PeriodValueFirst publishedNote
Aug 2026159,075samePreliminary
Jul 2026158,913samePreliminary
Jun 2026158,892same
May 2026158,861same
Apr 2026158,798same
Mar 2026158,650same
Feb 2026158,436same
Jan 2026158,592same
Dec 2025158,432same
Nov 2025158,449same
Oct 2025158,408same
Sept 2025158,548same
Aug 2025158,472same
Jul 2025158,542same
Jun 2025158,478same
May 2025158,498same
Apr 2025158,485same
Mar 2025158,377same

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, series CES0000000001. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov. “First published” is the value EveryIntel first recorded; history collected before EveryIntel began monitoring reflects the values current at that time.