Figure 2. Total nonfarm employment, percent change from employment peak, indexed to respective employment peaks
Months November 1973– March 1975 July 1981– November 1982 July 1990– March 1991 March 2001– November 2001 December 2007– June 2009

-12

-2.19 -1.93 -1.67 -1.23 -0.67

-11

-1.87 -1.64 -1.63 -0.88 -0.60

-10

-1.73 -1.52 -1.59 -0.66 -0.47

-9

-1.31 -1.21 -1.36 -0.49 -0.41

-8

-0.92 -0.93 -1.26 -0.53 -0.31

-7

-0.76 -0.72 -1.01 -0.40 -0.25

-6

-0.68 -0.62 -0.92 -0.40 -0.27

-5

-0.48 -0.54 -0.62 -0.30 -0.29

-4

-0.43 -0.43 -0.39 -0.31 -0.23

-3

-0.32 -0.35 -0.20 -0.14 -0.17

-2

-0.11 -0.34 -0.16 -0.03 -0.08

-1

-0.04 -0.12 -0.02 -0.05 -0.01

0

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

1

-0.02 -0.04 -0.03 -0.02 -0.06

2

-0.03 -0.13 -0.23 -0.23 -0.12

3

-0.01 -0.24 -0.31 -0.26 -0.27

4

-0.48 -0.47 -0.45 -0.36 -0.40

5

-1.24 -0.77 -0.59 -0.44 -0.52

6

-1.70 -1.13 -0.64 -0.56 -0.67

7

-2.18 -1.14 -0.75 -0.74 -0.87

8

-2.53 -1.28 -1.03 -0.99 -1.19

9

-2.76 -1.58 -1.17 -1.21 -1.53

10

-2.56 -1.63 -1.36 -1.33 -2.09

11

-2.69 -1.90 -1.48 -1.44 -2.59

12

-2.37 -2.27 -1.39 -1.54 -3.16

13

-1.88 -2.44 -1.42 -1.55 -3.67

14

-1.79 -2.64 -1.41 -1.61 -4.27

15

-1.40 -2.94 -1.39 -1.62 -4.76

16

-1.21 -3.08 -1.37 -1.58 -5.01

17

-0.78 -3.09 -1.42 -1.64 -5.35

18

-0.16 -2.85 -1.40 -1.65 -5.59

19

0.23 -2.93 -1.35 -1.70 -5.75

20

0.53 -2.74 -1.41 -1.60 -5.90

21

0.84 -2.44 -1.36 -1.59 -6.05

22

0.86 -2.14 -1.22 -1.71 -6.05

23

0.94 -1.72 -1.10 -1.64 -6.25

24

1.16 -1.27 -1.04 -1.75 -6.23

25

1.36 -1.60 -0.97 -1.91 -6.28

26

1.60 -0.39 -0.85 -1.95 -6.17

27

1.62 -0.09 -0.82 -1.95 -5.99

28

2.04 0.29 -0.65 -1.94 -5.61

29

2.31 0.68 -0.53 -1.93 -5.71

30

2.62 1.17 -0.33 -1.96 -5.76

31

2.99 1.69 -0.05 -1.88 -5.78

32

3.50 1.99 0.17 -1.73 -5.82

33

3.93 2.39 0.12 -1.72 -5.64

34

4.39 2.73 0.40 -1.63 -5.55

35

4.90 3.14 0.65 -1.50 -5.48

36

5.34 3.48 0.81 -1.47 -5.45

37

5.65 3.75 1.09 -1.22 -5.32

38

6.23 4.09 1.23 -1.03 -5.16

39

6.56 4.40 1.45 -0.80 -4.91

40

7.04 4.78 1.71 -0.74 -4.85

41

7.34 4.92 1.95 -0.71 -4.68

42

7.58 5.21 2.23 -0.62 -4.63

43

8.03 5.34 2.48 -0.49 -4.56

44

8.68 5.72 2.66 -0.23 -4.38

45

9.57 5.94 3.08 -0.19 -4.23

46

10.01 6.23 3.40 -0.09 -4.13

47

10.58 6.39 3.70 0.01 -3.98

48

10.90 6.60 3.99 0.19 -3.73

49

11.25 6.81 4.33 0.30 -3.55

50

11.42 7.03 4.59 0.57 -3.37

51

11.85 7.24 4.91 0.70 -3.32

52

12.41 7.47 5.10 0.89 -3.24

53

12.77 7.65 5.48 1.17 -3.17

54

12.94 7.79 5.74 1.32 -3.07

55

13.25 7.90 6.03 1.37 -2.93

56

13.79 8.01 6.22 1.43 -2.80

57

13.71 8.21 6.42 1.69 -2.71

58

14.19 8.35 6.57 1.81 -2.60

59

14.59 8.25 6.55 2.01 -2.42

60

14.73 8.59 6.76 2.25 -2.29

61

14.83 8.72 6.85 2.46 -2.06

62

14.87 9.10 7.08 2.60 -1.96

63

15.07 9.30 7.30 2.62 -1.83

64

15.19 9.50 7.44 2.68 -1.67

65

15.31 9.73 7.58 2.84 -1.56

66

15.47 9.91 7.70 2.97 -1.46

67

15.57 10.17 7.68 3.09 -1.27

68

15.72 10.44 8.08 3.10 -1.13

69

15.53 10.81 8.32 3.25 -1.00

70

14.99 11.05 8.47 3.38 -0.79

71

14.58 11.24 8.76 3.56 -0.75

72

14.25 11.62 9.02 3.63 -0.62

73

14.58 11.81 9.25 3.77 -0.50

74

14.72 12.06 9.41 3.83 -0.30

75

15.08 12.59 9.62 3.94 -0.08

76

15.40 12.85 9.84 4.00 0.08

77

15.65 13.17 10.12 3.97 0.30

78

15.77 13.27 10.27 3.95 0.46

79

15.86 13.76 10.48 4.02 0.62

80

15.99 14.07 10.76 4.09 0.83

81

16.08 14.33 11.05 4.17 0.97

82

16.10 14.58 11.31 4.24 1.21

83

16.35 14.98 11.55 4.26 1.42

84

16.49 15.22 11.79 4.19 1.58

85

16.44 15.36 12.07 4.14 1.77

86

16.33 15.73 12.04 3.98 1.83

87

16.21 16.02 12.51 3.84 2.02

88

15.94 16.39 12.82 3.71 2.21

89

15.59 16.71 13.10 3.56 2.38

90

15.17 16.99 13.37 3.36 2.58

91

15.17 17.27 13.62 3.02 2.69

92

15.00 17.49 13.80 2.66 2.79

93

14.65 17.67 13.94 2.08 3.01

94

14.59 17.80 14.20 1.56 3.21

95

14.28 17.93 14.56 0.96 3.41

Source: Current Employment Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.