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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
2018	147,767	148,097	148,279	148,475	148,745	149,007	149,185	149,467	149,575	149,852	150,048	150,275
2019	150,587	150,643	150,796	151,012	151,074	151,252	151,418	(p)151,586	(p)151,722
Mining and Logging
2018	699	706	714	723	728	735	734	742	745	751	748	752
2019	759	755	756	756	758	756	751	(p)746	(p)746
Construction
2018	7,126	7,199	7,201	7,230	7,267	7,284	7,303	7,337	7,354	7,379	7,384	7,400
2019	7,456	7,433	7,448	7,482	7,483	7,502	7,499	(p)7,503	(p)7,510
Manufacturing
2018	12,561	12,592	12,612	12,634	12,655	12,687	12,707	12,715	12,733	12,762	12,789	12,809
2019	12,826	12,834	12,831	12,834	12,836	12,846	12,850	(p)12,852	(p)12,850
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2018	27,502	27,560	27,591	27,589	27,630	27,622	27,643	27,693	27,692	27,715	27,783	27,788
2019	27,836	27,827	27,810	27,809	27,807	27,815	27,817	(p)27,806	(p)27,811
Information
2018	2,812	2,812	2,824	2,829	2,831	2,831	2,832	2,826	2,822	2,832	2,829	2,827
2019	2,815	2,808	2,812	2,806	2,815	2,828	2,826	(p)2,828	(p)2,837
Financial Activities
2018	8,502	8,528	8,537	8,541	8,556	8,567	8,572	8,583	8,597	8,611	8,614	8,615
2019	8,621	8,626	8,637	8,651	8,656	8,659	8,678	(p)8,693	(p)8,696
Professional & Business Services
2018	20,730	20,774	20,816	20,878	20,929	20,980	21,017	21,075	21,128	21,183	21,217	21,254
2019	21,259	21,313	21,332	21,387	21,408	21,451	21,488	(p)21,531	(p)21,565
Educational & Health Services
2018	23,445	23,481	23,518	23,542	23,581	23,646	23,694	23,754	23,779	23,816	23,845	23,912
2019	23,980	23,999	24,071	24,142	24,176	24,224	24,300	(p)24,356	(p)24,396
Leisure & Hospitality
2018	16,208	16,233	16,244	16,262	16,300	16,343	16,378	16,395	16,371	16,450	16,489	16,554
2019	16,647	16,646	16,678	16,687	16,699	16,703	16,690	(p)16,699	(p)16,720
Other Services
2018	5,808	5,812	5,813	5,826	5,841	5,859	5,847	5,853	5,860	5,867	5,868	5,879
2019	5,888	5,892	5,911	5,927	5,924	5,939	5,946	(p)5,953	(p)5,950
Government
2018	22,374	22,400	22,409	22,421	22,427	22,453	22,458	22,494	22,494	22,486	22,482	22,485
2019	22,500	22,510	22,510	22,531	22,512	22,529	22,573	(p)22,619	(p)22,641
Footnotes (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
2018	(1)161,123	161,900	161,646	161,551	161,667	162,129	162,209	161,802	162,055	162,694	162,821	163,240
2019	(1)163,229	163,184	162,960	162,470	162,646	162,981	163,351	163,922	164,039
Employment
2018	(1)154,482	155,213	155,160	155,216	155,539	155,592	155,964	155,604	156,069	156,582	156,803	156,945
2019	(1)156,694	156,949	156,748	156,645	156,758	157,005	157,288	157,878	158,269
Unemployment
2018	6,641	6,687	6,486	6,335	6,128	6,537	6,245	6,197	5,986	6,112	6,018	6,294
2019	6,535	6,235	6,211	5,824	5,888	5,975	6,063	6,044	5,769
Unemployment Rate
2018	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.8	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.9
2019	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.5
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