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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
2019	150,134	150,135	150,282	150,492	150,577	150,759	150,953	151,160	151,368	151,553	151,814	151,998
2020	152,212	(1)152,463	(1)(p)151,582	(1)(p)131,045
Mining and Logging
2019	746	741	741	741	743	741	736	731	731	735	724	715
2020	712	714	(p)707	(p)657
Construction
2019	7,452	7,423	7,443	7,469	7,478	7,497	7,504	7,508	7,524	7,541	7,539	7,555
2020	7,593	7,639	(p)7,606	(p)6,631
Manufacturing
2019	12,825	12,830	12,827	12,829	12,829	12,838	12,845	12,848	12,851	12,810	12,868	12,866
2020	12,844	12,852	(p)12,818	(p)11,488
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	27,711	27,688	27,665	27,671	27,667	27,686	27,692	27,688	27,712	27,750	27,762	27,809
2020	27,832	27,830	(p)27,776	(p)24,719
Information
2019	2,843	2,841	2,851	2,845	2,853	2,865	2,862	2,861	2,866	2,865	2,874	2,883
2020	2,894	2,894	(p)2,890	(p)2,636
Financial Activities
2019	8,676	8,690	8,707	8,721	8,727	8,732	8,753	8,768	8,771	8,792	8,804	8,814
2020	8,823	8,845	(p)8,842	(p)8,580
Professional & Business Services
2019	21,126	21,164	21,176	21,226	21,253	21,294	21,337	21,377	21,402	21,444	21,481	21,503
2020	21,523	(1)21,550	(1)(p)21,470	(1)(p)19,305
Educational & Health Services
2019	23,900	23,918	23,981	24,046	24,076	24,131	24,204	24,262	24,323	24,363	24,436	24,465
2020	24,534	24,586	(p)24,485	(p)21,941
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	16,496	16,473	16,494	16,507	16,519	16,526	16,528	16,570	16,631	16,701	16,744	16,784
2020	16,808	16,867	(p)16,368	(p)8,715
Other Services
2019	5,853	5,854	5,869	5,884	5,881	5,896	5,905	5,910	5,907	5,907	5,923	5,925
2020	5,935	5,941	(p)5,903	(p)4,636
Government
2019	22,506	22,513	22,528	22,553	22,551	22,553	22,587	22,637	22,650	22,645	22,659	22,679
2020	22,714	22,745	(p)22,717	(p)21,737
Footnotes (1) corrected (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Employment Situation

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
2019	(1)163,142	163,047	162,935	162,546	162,782	163,133	163,373	163,894	164,051	164,401	164,347	164,556
2020	(1)164,606	164,546	162,913	156,481
Employment
2019	(1)156,627	156,866	156,741	156,696	156,844	157,148	157,346	157,895	158,298	158,544	158,536	158,803
2020	(1)158,714	158,759	155,772	133,403
Unemployment
2019	6,516	6,181	6,194	5,850	5,938	5,985	6,027	5,999	5,753	5,857	5,811	5,753
2020	5,892	5,787	7,140	23,078
Unemployment Rate
2019	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.5
2020	3.6	3.5	4.4	14.7
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, seasonally adjusted