Employment Report in United States

Oficina de Estadisticas Laborales (BLS) · Monthly · Importance 89

IMF forecast (WEO): 2026: 4.4% 2027: 4.2% 2028: 4.1% 2029: 3.9% 2030: 3.9% 2031: 3.9%

4.1% (Jul-26) ABS · % · Mensual · CSV

Recessions COVID recession

Period	%
Jul 2026	4.1%
Jun 2026	4.2%
May 2026	4.3%
Apr 2026	4.3%
Mar 2026	4.3%
Feb 2026	4.4%
Jan 2026	4.3%
Dec 2025	4.4%
Nov 2025	4.5%
Sep 2025	4.4%
Aug 2025	4.3%
Jul 2025	4.3%
Jun 2025	4.1%
May 2025	4.3%
Apr 2025	4.2%
Mar 2025	4.2%
Feb 2025	4.2%
Jan 2025	4.0%
Dec 2024	4.1%
Nov 2024	4.2%
Oct 2024	4.1%
Sep 2024	4.1%
Aug 2024	4.2%
Jul 2024	4.2%
Jun 2024	4.1%
May 2024	3.9%
Apr 2024	3.9%
Mar 2024	3.9%
Feb 2024	3.9%
Jan 2024	3.7%
Dec 2023	3.8%
Nov 2023	3.7%
Oct 2023	3.9%
Sep 2023	3.7%
Aug 2023	3.7%
Jul 2023	3.5%
Jun 2023	3.6%
May 2023	3.6%
Apr 2023	3.4%
Mar 2023	3.5%
Feb 2023	3.6%
Jan 2023	3.5%
Dec 2022	3.5%
Nov 2022	3.6%
Oct 2022	3.6%
Sep 2022	3.5%
Aug 2022	3.6%
Jul 2022	3.5%
Jun 2022	3.6%
May 2022	3.6%
Apr 2022	3.7%
Mar 2022	3.7%
Feb 2022	3.9%
Jan 2022	4.0%
Dec 2021	3.9%
Nov 2021	4.1%
Oct 2021	4.5%
Sep 2021	4.7%
Aug 2021	5.1%
Jul 2021	5.4%

Period	%
Jul 2026	61.4%
Jun 2026	61.5%
May 2026	61.8%
Apr 2026	61.8%
Mar 2026	61.9%
Feb 2026	62.0%
Jan 2026	62.1%
Dec 2025	62.4%
Nov 2025	62.5%
Sep 2025	62.5%
Aug 2025	62.3%
Jul 2025	62.2%
Jun 2025	62.3%
May 2025	62.4%
Apr 2025	62.6%
Mar 2025	62.5%
Feb 2025	62.5%
Jan 2025	62.6%
Dec 2024	62.5%
Nov 2024	62.4%
Oct 2024	62.5%
Sep 2024	62.7%
Aug 2024	62.7%
Jul 2024	62.7%
Jun 2024	62.6%
May 2024	62.6%
Apr 2024	62.6%
Mar 2024	62.7%
Feb 2024	62.6%
Jan 2024	62.5%
Dec 2023	62.5%
Nov 2023	62.8%
Oct 2023	62.6%
Sep 2023	62.7%
Aug 2023	62.8%
Jul 2023	62.6%
Jun 2023	62.6%
May 2023	62.6%
Apr 2023	62.6%
Mar 2023	62.6%
Feb 2023	62.5%
Jan 2023	62.4%
Dec 2022	62.3%
Nov 2022	62.1%
Oct 2022	62.2%
Sep 2022	62.2%
Aug 2022	62.3%
Jul 2022	62.1%
Jun 2022	62.2%
May 2022	62.3%
Apr 2022	62.2%
Mar 2022	62.4%
Feb 2022	62.3%
Jan 2022	62.2%
Dec 2021	62.0%
Nov 2021	61.9%
Oct 2021	61.8%
Sep 2021	61.7%
Aug 2021	61.7%
Jul 2021	61.8%

Period	thousands workers
Jul 2026	-23
Jun 2026	20
May 2026	63
Apr 2026	148
Mar 2026	214
Feb 2026	-156
Jan 2026	160
Dec 2025	-17
Nov 2025	41
Oct 2025	-140
Sep 2025	76
Aug 2025	-70
Jul 2025	64
Jun 2025	-20
May 2025	13
Apr 2025	108
Mar 2025	67
Feb 2025	42
Jan 2025	-48
Dec 2024	237
Nov 2024	134
Oct 2024	33
Sep 2024	155
Aug 2024	9
Jul 2024	53
Jun 2024	87
May 2024	78
Apr 2024	64
Mar 2024	228
Feb 2024	206
Jan 2024	175
Dec 2023	154
Nov 2023	127
Oct 2023	159
Sep 2023	156
Aug 2023	218
Jul 2023	163
Jun 2023	225
May 2023	280
Apr 2023	241
Mar 2023	68
Feb 2023	290
Jan 2023	434
Dec 2022	100
Nov 2022	303
Oct 2022	357
Sep 2022	220
Aug 2022	290
Jul 2022	714
Jun 2022	434
May 2022	301
Apr 2022	308
Mar 2022	490
Feb 2022	819
Jan 2022	190
Dec 2021	586
Nov 2021	658
Oct 2021	801
Sep 2021	457
Aug 2021	552

Period	hours
Jul 2026	34.3
Jun 2026	34.3
May 2026	34.3
Apr 2026	34.3
Mar 2026	34.2
Feb 2026	34.3
Jan 2026	34.3
Dec 2025	34.2
Nov 2025	34.3
Oct 2025	34.2
Sep 2025	34.2
Aug 2025	34.2
Jul 2025	34.2
Jun 2025	34.2
May 2025	34.2
Apr 2025	34.3
Mar 2025	34.2
Feb 2025	34.2
Jan 2025	34.1
Dec 2024	34.3
Nov 2024	34.3
Oct 2024	34.2
Sep 2024	34.3
Aug 2024	34.3
Jul 2024	34.2
Jun 2024	34.3
May 2024	34.3
Apr 2024	34.2
Mar 2024	34.4
Feb 2024	34.4
Jan 2024	34.2
Dec 2023	34.4
Nov 2023	34.4
Oct 2023	34.3
Sep 2023	34.4
Aug 2023	34.4
Jul 2023	34.3
Jun 2023	34.4
May 2023	34.4
Apr 2023	34.4
Mar 2023	34.4
Feb 2023	34.5
Jan 2023	34.6
Dec 2022	34.4
Nov 2022	34.5
Oct 2022	34.6
Sep 2022	34.6
Aug 2022	34.5
Jul 2022	34.6
Jun 2022	34.6
May 2022	34.6
Apr 2022	34.6
Mar 2022	34.7
Feb 2022	34.7
Jan 2022	34.5
Dec 2021	34.9
Nov 2021	34.8
Oct 2021	34.7
Sep 2021	34.8
Aug 2021	34.8

Period	%
Jul 2026	0.1%
Jun 2026	0.3%
May 2026	0.2%
Apr 2026	0.2%
Mar 2026	0.2%
Feb 2026	0.3%
Jan 2026	0.4%
Dec 2025	0.1%
Nov 2025	0.4%
Oct 2025	0.4%
Sep 2025	0.2%
Aug 2025	0.4%
Jul 2025	0.3%
Jun 2025	0.2%
May 2025	0.4%
Apr 2025	0.0%
Mar 2025	0.5%
Feb 2025	0.3%
Jan 2025	0.4%
Dec 2024	0.3%
Nov 2024	0.4%
Oct 2024	0.3%
Sep 2024	0.3%
Aug 2024	0.4%
Jul 2024	0.2%
Jun 2024	0.3%
May 2024	0.4%
Apr 2024	0.3%
Mar 2024	0.4%
Feb 2024	0.2%
Jan 2024	0.5%
Dec 2023	0.4%
Nov 2023	0.3%
Oct 2023	0.2%
Sep 2023	0.4%
Aug 2023	0.1%
Jul 2023	0.5%
Jun 2023	0.6%
May 2023	0.2%
Apr 2023	0.5%
Mar 2023	0.4%
Feb 2023	0.4%
Jan 2023	0.2%
Dec 2022	0.4%
Nov 2022	0.4%
Oct 2022	0.4%
Sep 2022	0.4%
Aug 2022	0.3%
Jul 2022	0.5%
Jun 2022	0.3%
May 2022	0.4%
Apr 2022	0.5%
Mar 2022	0.5%
Feb 2022	0.1%
Jan 2022	0.7%
Dec 2021	0.5%
Nov 2021	0.3%
Oct 2021	0.5%
Sep 2021	0.7%
Aug 2021	0.4%

Period	%
Jul 2026	3.2%
Jun 2026	3.4%
May 2026	3.3%
Apr 2026	3.6%
Mar 2026	3.4%
Feb 2026	3.7%
Jan 2026	3.7%
Dec 2025	3.7%
Nov 2025	3.9%
Oct 2025	3.9%
Sep 2025	3.9%
Aug 2025	4.0%
Jul 2025	4.0%
Jun 2025	3.9%
May 2025	4.0%
Apr 2025	3.9%
Mar 2025	4.2%
Feb 2025	4.1%
Jan 2025	4.0%
Dec 2024	4.1%
Nov 2024	4.2%
Oct 2024	4.1%
Sep 2024	3.9%
Aug 2024	3.9%
Jul 2024	3.6%
Jun 2024	3.9%
May 2024	4.2%
Apr 2024	4.0%
Mar 2024	4.2%
Feb 2024	4.1%
Jan 2024	4.4%
Dec 2023	4.1%
Nov 2023	4.1%
Oct 2023	4.2%
Sep 2023	4.4%
Aug 2023	4.5%
Jul 2023	4.7%
Jun 2023	4.7%
May 2023	4.4%
Apr 2023	4.6%
Mar 2023	4.6%
Feb 2023	4.8%
Jan 2023	4.5%
Dec 2022	4.9%
Nov 2022	5.1%
Oct 2022	5.0%
Sep 2022	5.1%
Aug 2022	5.4%
Jul 2022	5.5%
Jun 2022	5.4%
May 2022	5.6%
Apr 2022	5.8%
Mar 2022	5.9%
Feb 2022	5.3%
Jan 2022	5.6%
Dec 2021	5.0%
Nov 2021	5.4%
Oct 2021	5.4%
Sep 2021	5.0%
Aug 2021	4.4%

Period	%
Jul 2026	7.9%
Jun 2026	7.9%
May 2026	8.1%
Apr 2026	8.2%
Mar 2026	8.0%
Feb 2026	7.9%
Jan 2026	8.1%
Dec 2025	8.4%
Nov 2025	8.7%
Sep 2025	8.1%
Aug 2025	8.1%
Jul 2025	7.9%
Jun 2025	7.7%
May 2025	7.8%
Apr 2025	7.8%
Mar 2025	7.9%
Feb 2025	8.0%
Jan 2025	7.5%
Dec 2024	7.6%
Nov 2024	7.7%
Oct 2024	7.7%
Sep 2024	7.7%
Aug 2024	7.8%
Jul 2024	7.8%
Jun 2024	7.4%
May 2024	7.4%
Apr 2024	7.4%
Mar 2024	7.3%
Feb 2024	7.3%
Jan 2024	7.2%
Dec 2023	7.2%
Nov 2023	7.0%
Oct 2023	7.2%
Sep 2023	7.0%
Aug 2023	7.1%
Jul 2023	6.7%
Jun 2023	6.9%
May 2023	6.7%
Apr 2023	6.6%
Mar 2023	6.7%
Feb 2023	6.8%
Jan 2023	6.7%
Dec 2022	6.6%
Nov 2022	6.7%
Oct 2022	6.7%
Sep 2022	6.7%
Aug 2022	6.9%
Jul 2022	6.8%
Jun 2022	6.7%
May 2022	7.1%
Apr 2022	7.0%
Mar 2022	7.0%
Feb 2022	7.2%
Jan 2022	7.1%
Dec 2021	7.3%
Nov 2021	7.7%
Oct 2021	8.2%
Sep 2021	8.4%
Aug 2021	8.8%
Jul 2021	9.2%

About this indicator

Source	Bureau of Labor Statistics
Frequency	Monthly
Release	El primer viernes de cada mes se publica el informe correspondiente al mes anterior. (13:30 GMT)
What it is	It is a report by the US Labor Department, which is informed about the labor market situation in the previous month. Among other data is reported the unemployment rate variation Nonfarm Employment, and hourly earnings Worked half hours.
How it's calculated	The unemployment rate is drawn from a survey of households, and the percentage of unemployed people on the total active population. Instead, the number of nonagricultural jobs is based on a survey of entrepreneurs.
Market implications	It allows to know the evolution of the labor market and therefore the main engine of consumption, which is employment.
Limitations	The unemployment rate is not a leading indicator of the economy, but delayed, which means that changes in the labor market are often not anticipate changes, but often reflects the cycle changes after they occur.