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Indicators/Topics/Labor/Nonfarm payroll employment/United States

United States

Nonfarm payroll employment

Nonfarm payroll employment tracks job counts across most of the economy. It is one of the fastest and most market-moving reads on labor demand.

Active series

All Employees, Total Nonfarm

FRED . PAYEMS

Nonfarm payroll employment in other countries

Provider

FRED

Frequency

monthly

Transformation

level
IndicatorsLaborNonfarm payroll employment - United States

Nonfarm payroll employment - United States

United StatesFREDLive data
Live data
Latest158.6K
MoM+0.11%
YoY+0.16%
10Y Avg150.9K
FrequencyMonthly
Surprise-155.47

Nonfarm payroll employment - United States time series chart. Showing observations from January 1939 to March 2026. Latest value 158.6K.

Min29.9K
Mean93.6K
Max158.6K

Series details

SourceFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)
CategoryLabor
FrequencyMonthly
UnitThous. of Persons
Last UpdatedMay 2, 2026
Transformslevel, mom, yoy, index 100
About this series

All Employees, Total Nonfarm

Data provenance

Data aggregatorConditional use
Source terms

Other Labor indicators for United States

Unemployment rateU-6 underemployment rateLabor force participation rateInitial jobless claimsContinued jobless claimsJob openingsQuits
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