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United States: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	United States
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2022	150,106	151,010	151,424	151,678	152,042	152,412	152,980	153,332	153,682	154,006	154,296	(p)154,556
2023	(p)155,073
Mining and Logging
2022	578	583	589	598	600	607	613	611	613	616	624	(p)629
2023	(p)631
Construction
2022	7,590	7,669	7,692	7,698	7,736	7,749	7,773	7,781	7,797	7,814	7,833	(p)7,859
2023	(p)7,884
Manufacturing
2022	12,617	12,654	12,716	12,768	12,789	12,819	12,860	12,891	12,917	12,954	12,968	(p)12,980
2023	(p)12,999
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	28,289	28,561	28,600	28,621	28,634	28,671	28,717	28,777	28,784	28,815	28,731	(p)28,756
2023	(p)28,819
Information
2022	2,985	2,992	3,018	3,035	3,067	3,089	3,102	3,110	3,113	3,116	3,129	(p)3,124
2023	(p)3,119
Financial Activities
2022	8,941	8,982	8,997	9,034	9,040	9,043	9,057	9,066	9,068	9,086	9,097	(p)9,108
2023	(p)9,114
Professional & Business Services
2022	22,164	22,306	22,439	22,421	22,493	22,582	22,659	22,707	22,755	22,791	22,791	(p)22,830
2023	(p)22,912
Private Education and Health Services
2022	23,887	23,996	24,050	24,105	24,181	24,277	24,404	24,496	24,576	24,661	24,756	(p)24,832
2023	(p)24,937
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	15,374	15,536	15,590	15,626	15,699	15,774	15,887	15,935	16,074	16,135	16,258	(p)16,322
2023	(p)16,450
Other Services
2022	5,606	5,649	5,660	5,671	5,681	5,691	5,723	5,727	5,748	5,756	5,785	(p)5,801
2023	(p)5,819
Government
2022	22,075	22,082	22,073	22,101	22,122	22,110	22,185	22,231	22,237	22,262	22,324	(p)22,315
2023	(p)22,389
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
(seasonally adjusted data, in thousands)
	United States
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2022	(1)163,633	163,862	164,301	163,950	164,278	164,002	163,990	164,714	164,619	164,646	164,527	164,966
2023	(1)165,832
Employment
2022	(1)157,122	157,590	158,328	157,982	158,299	158,057	158,272	158,694	158,850	158,593	158,527	159,244
2023	(1)160,138
Unemployment
2022	6,511	6,272	5,972	5,968	5,979	5,945	5,718	6,021	5,770	6,053	6,000	5,722
2023	5,694
Unemployment Rate
2022	4.0	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.5
2023	3.4
Footnotes (1) Data affected by changes in population controls.