United States: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
 United States
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2007

 134,952 135,641 136,533 137,341 138,289 138,791 137,410 137,524 138,075 138,837 139,150 138,934 137,623

2008

 135,912 136,439 137,033 137,730 138,405 138,676 (P) 137,208 (P) 137,121          

Natural Resources & Mining

  

2007

 690 694 701 710 720 733 740 743 736 736 736 735 723

2008

 727 728 738 743 761 777 (P) 791 (P) 807          

Construction

  

2007

 7,295 7,173 7,353 7,513 7,725 7,913 7,941 7,912 7,811 7,767 7,615 7,353 7,614

2008

 7,012 6,939 6,998 7,125 7,306 7,421 (P) 7,461 (P) 7,468          

Manufacturing

  

2007

 13,898 13,886 13,887 13,876 13,903 13,990 13,926 13,934 13,890 13,821 13,806 13,787 13,884

2008

 13,632 13,593 13,576 13,544 13,567 13,627 (P) 13,524 (P) 13,510          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2007

 26,299 26,132 26,292 26,368 26,559 26,662 26,610 26,614 26,584 26,690 27,163 27,328 26,608

2008

 26,456 26,186 26,265 26,274 26,396 26,474 (P) 26,367 (P) 26,320          

Information

  

2007

 3,008 3,025 3,024 3,030 3,044 3,055 3,041 3,031 3,016 3,015 3,027 3,032 3,029

2008

 2,993 3,006 3,008 3,003 3,011 3,021 (P) 2,997 (P) 2,989          

Financial Activities

  

2007

 8,291 8,303 8,303 8,291 8,318 8,383 8,401 8,363 8,282 8,270 8,247 8,249 8,308

2008

 8,185 8,184 8,194 8,206 8,227 8,274 (P) 8,281 (P) 8,259          

Professional & Business Services

  

2007

 17,445 17,549 17,670 17,858 17,937 18,133 18,086 18,157 18,133 18,232 18,179 18,163 17,962

2008

 17,726 17,753 17,796 18,000 17,983 18,090 (P) 18,021 (P) 17,994          

Educational & Health Services

  

2007

 17,955 18,218 18,300 18,369 18,331 18,137 18,012 18,068 18,372 18,669 18,749 18,741 18,327

2008

 18,502 18,773 18,850 18,924 18,868 18,700 (P) 18,592 (P) 18,640          

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2007

 12,703 12,790 12,987 13,272 13,655 14,049 14,142 14,108 13,712 13,530 13,379 13,358 13,474

2008

 13,031 13,110 13,307 13,581 13,906 14,251 (P) 14,329 (P) 14,254          

Other Services

  

2007

 5,394 5,426 5,466 5,490 5,520 5,573 5,565 5,537 5,477 5,478 5,482 5,486 5,491

2008

 5,437 5,473 5,509 5,532 5,553 5,601 (P) 5,595 (P) 5,564          

Government

  

2007

 21,974 22,445 22,550 22,564 22,577 22,163 20,946 21,057 22,062 22,629 22,767 22,702 22,203

2008

 22,211 22,694 22,792 22,798 22,827 22,440 (P) 21,250 (P) 21,316          

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

  

2007

 (1) 151,924 151,879 152,236 151,829 152,350 154,252 154,871 153,493 153,400 153,516 154,035 153,705 153,124

2008

 (1) 152,828 152,503 153,135 153,208 154,003 155,582 156,300 155,387          

Employment

  

2007

 (1) 144,275 144,479 145,323 145,297 145,864 146,958 147,315 146,406 146,448 146,743 147,118 146,334 146,047

2008

 (1) 144,607 144,550 145,108 145,921 145,927 146,649 146,867 145,909          

Unemployment

  

2007

 7,649 7,400 6,913 6,532 6,486 7,295 7,556 7,088 6,952 6,773 6,917 7,371 7,078

2008

 8,221 7,953 8,027 7,287 8,076 8,933 9,433 9,479          

Unemployment Rate

  

2007

 5.0 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.7 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.6

2008

 5.4 5.2 5.2 4.8 5.2 5.7 6.0 6.1          

Footnotes
(1) Data affected by changes in population controls.