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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	United States
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2018	145,428	146,665	147,368	148,383	149,360	150,062	148,948	149,453	149,793	150,853	151,375	151,203	149,074
2019	148,295	149,148	149,864	150,938	151,610	152,243	151,169	(p)151,587	(p)151,949
Mining and Logging
2018	686	695	704	714	725	740	745	757	754	759	751	753	732
2019	745	744	746	747	754	762	762	(p)760	(p)754
Construction
2018	6,729	6,840	6,933	7,129	7,336	7,497	7,555	7,587	7,534	7,559	7,457	7,313	7,289
2019	7,071	7,066	7,174	7,380	7,543	7,699	7,751	(p)7,756	(p)7,689
Manufacturing
2018	12,468	12,521	12,558	12,579	12,636	12,772	12,783	12,801	12,772	12,774	12,783	12,815	12,689
2019	12,741	12,766	12,778	12,778	12,811	12,926	12,925	(p)12,935	(p)12,884
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2018	27,339	27,198	27,283	27,354	27,541	27,660	27,636	27,661	27,578	27,764	28,387	28,512	27,659
2019	27,711	27,474	27,491	27,558	27,687	27,831	27,801	(p)27,752	(p)27,680
Information
2018	2,772	2,807	2,814	2,823	2,826	2,847	2,850	2,851	2,815	2,839	2,854	2,839	2,828
2019	2,769	2,798	2,803	2,796	2,806	2,837	2,845	(p)2,854	(p)2,837
Financial Activities
2018	8,448	8,476	8,491	8,496	8,541	8,628	8,653	8,646	8,599	8,618	8,609	8,622	8,569
2019	8,561	8,571	8,590	8,607	8,636	8,712	8,761	(p)8,762	(p)8,699
Professional & Business Services
2018	20,328	20,462	20,566	20,828	20,941	21,133	21,139	21,216	21,193	21,397	21,444	21,345	20,999
2019	20,841	20,987	21,067	21,333	21,399	21,584	21,604	(p)21,673	(p)21,639
Educational & Health Services
2018	23,262	23,620	23,656	23,705	23,646	23,439	23,333	23,444	23,696	24,018	24,089	24,092	23,667
2019	23,802	24,130	24,208	24,308	24,218	24,032	23,950	(p)24,065	(p)24,322
Leisure & Hospitality
2018	15,437	15,588	15,818	16,132	16,552	17,051	17,164	17,096	16,546	16,402	16,182	16,213	16,348
2019	15,880	15,997	16,260	16,575	16,961	17,403	17,463	(p)17,380	(p)16,872
Other Services
2018	5,734	5,761	5,778	5,821	5,866	5,934	5,917	5,890	5,846	5,871	5,859	5,859	5,845
2019	5,811	5,837	5,877	5,925	5,956	6,014	6,021	(p)5,993	(p)5,936
Government
2018	22,225	22,697	22,767	22,802	22,750	22,361	21,173	21,504	22,460	22,852	22,960	22,840	22,449
2019	22,363	22,778	22,870	22,931	22,839	22,443	21,286	(p)21,657	(p)22,637
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Employment Situation

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
(not seasonally adjusted data, in thousands)
	United States
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2018	(1)160,037	161,494	161,548	161,280	161,765	163,277	163,734	161,909	161,958	162,723	162,665	162,510	162,075
2019	(1)162,104	162,793	162,823	162,097	162,655	164,120	164,941	164,019	163,943
Employment
2018	(1)152,848	154,403	154,877	155,348	156,009	156,465	157,004	155,539	156,191	156,952	157,015	156,481	155,761
2019	(1)154,964	156,167	156,441	156,710	157,152	157,828	158,385	157,816	158,478
Unemployment
2018	7,189	7,091	6,671	5,932	5,756	6,812	6,730	6,370	5,766	5,771	5,650	6,029	6,314
2019	7,140	6,625	6,382	5,387	5,503	6,292	6,556	6,203	5,465
Unemployment Rate
2018	4.5	4.4	4.1	3.7	3.6	4.2	4.1	3.9	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.7	3.9
2019	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.3	3.4	3.8	4.0	3.8	3.3
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, not seasonally adjusted