Revisions to over-the-month employment changes, seasonally adjusted, 1979-present

Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey incorporates revisions to employment, hours, and earnings estimates from first preliminary estimates to final sample-based estimates throughout the year (commonly referred to as revisions between estimates); the employment figures in this table show the sequence of such revisions for each month from January 1979 forward.

For more details on CES revisions, see www.bls.gov/ces/cesregrevtec.htm.

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1979-present
Month Year Over-the-month change Revision* in over-the-month change
1st 2nd 3rd 2nd - 1st 3rd - 2nd 3rd - 1st

Jan.

 1979 325 184 243 -141 59 -82

Feb.

 1979 301 308 294 7 -14 -7

Mar.

 1979 324 422 445 98 23 121

Apr.

 1979 72 4 -15 -68 -19 -87

May

 1979 171 268 291 97 23 120

Jun.

 1979 97 170 225 73 55 128

Jul.

 1979 44 49 87 5 38 43

Aug.

 1979 2 5 49 3 44 47

Sep.

 1979 135 83 41 -52 -42 -94

Oct.

 1979 306 164 179 -142 15 -127

Nov.

 1979 218 127 118 -91 -9 -100

Dec.

 1979 317 131 141 -186 10 -176

Mean revision

 1979 -33 15 -18

Mean absolute revision

 1979 80 29 94

Jan.

 1980 305 349 411 44 62 106

Feb.

 1980 141 122 193 -19 71 52

Mar.

 1980 -140 -46 -26 94 20 114

Apr.

 1980 -479 -311 -193 168 118 286

May

 1980 -180 -349 -483 -169 -134 -303

Jun.

 1980 -514 -495 -421 19 74 93

Jul.

 1980 -238 -182 -180 56 2 58

Aug.

 1980 201 242 275 41 33 74

Sep.

 1980 187 223 242 36 19 55

Oct.

 1980 257 228 326 -29 98 69

Nov.

 1980 268 207 251 -61 44 -17

Dec.

 1980 205 155 164 -50 9 -41

Mean revision

 1980 11 35 46

Mean absolute revision

 1980 66 57 106

Jan.

 1981 374 374 356 0 -18 -18

Feb.

 1981 51 163 171 112 8 120

Mar.

 1981 1 62 53 61 -9 52

Apr.

 1981 -220 -215 111 5 326 331

May

 1981 -16 72 106 88 34 122

Jun.

 1981 -14 19 51 33 32 65

Jul.

 1981 383 351 265 -32 -86 -118

Aug.

 1981 61 49 21 -12 -28 -40

Sep.

 1981 -54 47 132 101 85 186

Oct.

 1981 -205 -235 -201 -30 34 4

Nov.

 1981 -237 -333 -310 -96 23 -73

Dec.

 1981 -293 -426 -409 -133 17 -116

Mean revision

 1981 8 35 43

Mean absolute revision

 1981 59 58 104

Jan.

 1982 -237 -274 -234 -37 40 3

Feb.

 1982 97 161 140 64 -21 43

Mar.

 1982 -218 -259 -155 -41 104 63

Apr.

 1982 -167 -311 -221 -144 90 -54

May

 1982 -24 68 83 92 15 107

Jun.

 1982 -141 -306 -327 -165 -21 -186

Jul.

 1982 -17 -177 -304 -160 -127 -287

Aug.

 1982 -211 -267 -223 -56 44 -12

Sep.

 1982 -230 -124 -45 106 79 185

Oct.

 1982 -263 -389 -407 -126 -18 -144

Nov.

 1982 -163 -176 -110 -13 66 53

Dec.

 1982 -166 -215 -185 -49 30 -19

Mean revision

 1982 -44 23 -21

Mean absolute revision

 1982 88 55 96

Jan.

 1983 339 330 355 -9 25 16

Feb.

 1983 -180 -185 -161 -5 24 19

Mar.

 1983 119 196 69 77 -127 -50

Apr.

 1983 258 273 287 15 14 29

May

 1983 374 315 320 -59 5 -54

Jun.

 1983 344 411 423 67 12 79

Jul.

 1983 487 358 308 -129 -50 -179

Aug.

 1983 -411 -417 -417 -6 0 -6

Sep.

 1983 733 1018 1116 285 98 383

Oct.

 1983 320 204 236 -116 32 -84

Nov.

 1983 370 326 268 -44 -58 -102

Dec.

 1983 231 228 244 -3 16 13

Mean revision

 1983 6 -1 5

Mean absolute revision

 1983 68 38 84

Jan.

 1984 287 264 331 -23 67 44

Feb.

 1984 386 417 427 31 10 41

Mar.

 1984 143 149 212 6 63 69

Apr.

 1984 407 398 391 -9 -7 -16

May

 1984 232 269 319 37 50 87

Jun.

 1984 301 308 367 7 59 66

Jul.

 1984 302 216 215 -86 -1 -87

Aug.

 1984 159 182 173 23 -9 14

Sep.

 1984 139 231 284 92 53 145

Oct.

 1984 441 343 347 -98 4 -94

Nov.

 1984 303 335 340 32 5 37

Dec.

 1984 309 167 187 -142 20 -122

Mean revision

 1984 -11 26 15

Mean absolute revision

 1984 49 29 68

Jan.

 1985 348 312 364 -36 52 16

Feb.

 1985 119 112 116 -7 4 -3

Mar.

 1985 381 353 319 -28 -34 -62

Apr.

 1985 217 208 210 -9 2 -7

May

 1985 345 266 301 -79 35 -44

Jun.

 1985 80 28 52 -52 24 -28

Jul.

 1985 243 249 234 6 -15 -9

Aug.

 1985 288 280 270 -8 -10 -18

Sep.

 1985 128 138 240 10 102 112

Oct.

 1985 414 354 342 -60 -12 -72

Nov.

 1985 182 180 242 -2 62 60

Dec.

 1985 320 268 285 -52 17 -35

Mean revision

 1985 -26 19 -8

Mean absolute revision

 1985 29 31 39

Jan.

 1986 566 421 410 -145 -11 -156

Feb.

 1986 226 153 160 -73 7 -66

Mar.

 1986 192 178 55 -14 -123 -137

Apr.

 1986 206 313 299 107 -14 93

May

 1986 149 125 135 -24 10 -14

Jun.

 1986 -89 -54 -75 35 -21 14

Jul.

 1986 389 279 262 -110 -17 -127

Aug.

 1986 202 156 178 -46 22 -24

Sep.

 1986 107 165 277 58 112 170

Oct.

 1986 298 260 266 -38 6 -32

Nov.

 1986 249 239 242 -10 3 -7

Dec.

 1986 269 225 254 -44 29 -15

Mean revision

 1986 -25 0 -25

Mean absolute revision

 1986 59 31 71

Jan.

 1987 448 319 304 -129 -15 -144

Feb.

 1987 337 236 228 -101 -8 -109

Mar.

 1987 164 155 179 -9 24 15

Apr.

 1987 316 280 269 -36 -11 -47

May

 1987 123 74 110 -49 36 -13

Jun.

 1987 116 103 110 -13 7 -6

Jul.

 1987 304 296 308 -8 12 4

Aug.

 1987 156 152 149 -4 -3 -7

Sep.

 1987 132 121 159 -11 38 27

Oct.

 1987 549 536 549 -13 13 0

Nov.

 1987 274 263 302 -11 39 28

Dec.

 1987 326 311 327 -15 16 1

Mean revision

 1987 -33 12 -21

Mean absolute revision

 1987 33 18 33

Jan.

 1988 107 174 215 67 41 108

Feb.

 1988 531 517 538 -14 21 7

Mar.

 1988 262 296 291 34 -5 29

Apr.

 1988 174 249 261 75 12 87

May

 1988 209 221 208 12 -13 -1

Jun.

 1988 346 532 568 186 36 222

Jul.

 1988 283 200 214 -83 14 -69

Aug.

 1988 219 169 154 -50 -15 -65

Sep.

 1988 255 304 312 49 8 57

Oct.

 1988 323 238 236 -85 -2 -87

Nov.

 1988 463 404 446 -59 42 -17

Dec.

 1988 279 221 222 -58 1 -57

Mean revision

 1988 6 12 18

Mean absolute revision

 1988 64 18 67

Jan.

 1989 408 415 424 7 9 16

Feb.

 1989 289 280 276 -9 -4 -13

Mar.

 1989 180 171 177 -9 6 -3

Apr.

 1989 117 206 213 89 7 96

May

 1989 101 207 209 106 2 108

Jun.

 1989 180 250 297 70 47 117

Jul.

 1989 169 184 160 15 -24 -9

Aug.

 1989 110 88 120 -22 32 10

Sep.

 1989 209 201 209 -8 8 0

Oct.

 1989 233 93 75 -140 -18 -158

Nov.

 1989 210 222 281 12 59 71

Dec.

 1989 142 96 118 -46 22 -24

Mean revision

 1989 5 12 18

Mean absolute revision

 1989 44 20 52

Jan.

 1990 275 332 361 57 29 86

Feb.

 1990 372 356 373 -16 17 1

Mar.

 1990 26 103 123 77 20 97

Apr.

 1990 64 -23 -26 -87 -3 -90

May

 1990 164 356 369 192 13 205

Jun.

 1990 40 155 212 115 57 172

Jul.

 1990 -219 -89 -89 130 0 130

Aug.

 1990 -75 -83 -127 -8 -44 -52

Sep.

 1990 -101 -52 -1 49 51 100

Oct.

 1990 -68 -178 -180 -110 -2 -112

Nov.

 1990 -267 -259 -267 8 -8 0

Dec.

 1990 -76 -148 -161 -72 -13 -85

Mean revision

 1990 28 10 38

Mean absolute revision

 1990 77 21 94

Jan.

 1991 -232 -233 -191 -1 42 41

Feb.

 1991 -184 -291 -286 -107 5 -102

Mar.

 1991 -206 -241 -258 -35 -17 -52

Apr.

 1991 -124 -180 -166 -56 14 -42

May

 1991 59 119 151 60 32 92

Jun.

 1991 -50 -21 -2 29 19 48

Jul.

 1991 -51 -73 -26 -22 47 25

Aug.

 1991 34 77 112 43 35 78

Sep.

 1991 24 48 95 24 47 71

Oct.

 1991 -1 4 7 5 3 8

Nov.

 1991 -241 -265 -230 -24 35 11

Dec.

 1991 31 3 39 -28 36 8

Mean revision

 1991 -9 25 16

Mean absolute revision

 1991 36 28 48

Jan.

 1992 -91 -149 -122 -58 27 -31

Feb.

 1992 164 107 106 -57 -1 -58

Mar.

 1992 19 39 58 20 19 39

Apr.

 1992 126 182 177 56 -5 51

May

 1992 68 93 119 25 26 51

Jun.

 1992 -117 -63 -73 54 -10 44

Jul.

 1992 198 177 171 -21 -6 -27

Aug.

 1992 -83 -128 -109 -45 19 -26

Sep.

 1992 -57 -72 12 -15 84 69

Oct.

 1992 27 34 74 7 40 47

Nov.

 1992 105 76 75 -29 -1 -30

Dec.

 1992 64 90 106 26 16 42

Mean revision

 1992 -3 17 14

Mean absolute revision

 1992 34 21 43

Jan.

 1993 106 44 113 -62 69 7

Feb.

 1993 365 367 338 2 -29 -27

Mar.

 1993 -22 -9 26 13 35 48

Apr.

 1993 119 216 255 97 39 136

May

 1993 209 215 238 6 23 29

Jun.

 1993 13 44 43 31 -1 30

Jul.

 1993 162 211 237 49 26 75

Aug.

 1993 -39 -41 -33 -2 8 6

Sep.

 1993 156 162 197 6 35 41

Oct.

 1993 177 147 162 -30 15 -15

Nov.

 1993 208 202 216 -6 14 8

Dec.

 1993 183 190 230 7 40 47

Mean revision

 1993 9 23 32

Mean absolute revision

 1993 26 28 39

Jan.

 1994 62 -2 -31 -64 -29 -93

Feb.

 1994 217 198 278 -19 80 61

Mar.

 1994 456 464 379 8 -85 -77

Apr.

 1994 267 358 401 91 43 134

May

 1994 191 252 252 61 0 61

Jun.

 1994 379 356 383 -23 27 4

Jul.

 1994 259 251 290 -8 39 31

Aug.

 1994 179 246 290 67 44 111

Sep.

 1994 239 248 272 9 24 33

Oct.

 1994 194 164 162 -30 -2 -32

Nov.

 1994 350 488 534 138 46 184

Dec.

 1994 256 210 231 -46 21 -25

Mean revision

 1994 15 17 33

Mean absolute revision

 1994 47 37 70

Jan.

 1995 134 176 169 42 -7 35

Feb.

 1995 318 345 355 27 10 37

Mar.

 1995 203 177 179 -26 2 -24

Apr.

 1995 -9 -7 8 2 15 17

May

 1995 -101 -46 -62 55 -16 39

Jun.

 1995 215 250 299 35 49 84

Jul.

 1995 55 6 28 -49 22 -27

Aug.

 1995 249 262 263 13 1 14

Sep.

 1995 121 50 94 -71 44 -27

Oct.

 1995 116 66 68 -50 2 -48

Nov.

 1995 166 164 212 -2 48 46

Dec.

 1995 151 161 145 10 -16 -6

Mean revision

 1995 -1 13 12

Mean absolute revision

 1995 32 19 34

Jan.

 1996 -201 -188 -146 13 42 55

Feb.

 1996 705 624 631 -81 7 -74

Mar.

 1996 140 178 158 38 -20 18

Apr.

 1996 2 163 191 161 28 189

May

 1996 348 365 407 17 42 59

Jun.

 1996 239 220 219 -19 -1 -20

Jul.

 1996 193 228 235 35 7 42

Aug.

 1996 250 241 263 -9 22 13

Sep.

 1996 -40 -35 -2 5 33 38

Oct.

 1996 210 224 261 14 37 51

Nov.

 1996 118 127 181 9 54 63

Dec.

 1996 262 261 231 -1 -30 -31

Mean revision

 1996 15 18 34

Mean absolute revision

 1996 34 27 54

Jan.

 1997 271 247 259 -24 12 -12

Feb.

 1997 339 293 314 -46 21 -25

Mar.

 1997 175 139 182 -36 43 7

Apr.

 1997 142 323 327 181 4 185

May

 1997 138 166 163 28 -3 25

Jun.

 1997 217 228 222 11 -6 5

Jul.

 1997 316 365 384 49 19 68

Aug.

 1997 49 40 52 -9 12 3

Sep.

 1997 215 269 300 54 31 85

Oct.

 1997 284 287 291 3 4 7

Nov.

 1997 404 412 429 8 17 25

Dec.

 1997 370 355 354 -15 -1 -16

Mean revision

 1997 17 13 30

Mean absolute revision

 1997 39 14 39

Jan.

 1998 358 375 399 17 24 41

Feb.

 1998 310 252 259 -58 7 -51

Mar.

 1998 -36 -24 82 12 106 118

Apr.

 1998 262 302 320 40 18 58

May

 1998 296 309 328 13 19 32

Jun.

 1998 205 196 189 -9 -7 -16

Jul.

 1998 66 68 118 2 50 52

Aug.

 1998 365 309 322 -56 13 -43

Sep.

 1998 69 157 172 88 15 103

Oct.

 1998 116 145 164 29 19 48

Nov.

 1998 267 251 277 -16 26 10

Dec.

 1998 378 298 314 -80 16 -64

Mean revision

 1998 -2 26 24

Mean absolute revision

 1998 35 27 53

Jan.

 1999 245 217 217 -28 0 -28

Feb.

 1999 275 297 335 22 38 60

Mar.

 1999 46 7 83 -39 76 37

Apr.

 1999 234 343 321 109 -22 87

May

 1999 11 -5 28 -16 33 17

Jun.

 1999 268 273 281 5 8 13

Jul.

 1999 310 338 373 28 35 63

Aug.

 1999 124 103 129 -21 26 5

Sep.

 1999 -8 41 103 49 62 111

Oct.

 1999 310 263 284 -47 21 -26

Nov.

 1999 234 222 257 -12 35 23

Dec.

 1999 315 316 309 1 -7 -6

Mean revision

 1999 4 25 30

Mean absolute revision

 1999 31 30 40

Jan.

 2000 387 384 394 -3 10 7

Feb.

 2000 43 7 27 -36 20 -16

Mar.

 2000 416 458 527 42 69 111

Apr.

 2000 340 414 410 74 -4 70

May

 2000 231 171 171 -60 0 -60

Jun.

 2000 11 30 57 19 27 46

Jul.

 2000 -108 -51 -40 57 11 68

Aug.

 2000 -105 -91 -79 14 12 26

Sep.

 2000 252 195 195 -57 0 -57

Oct.

 2000 137 77 66 -60 -11 -71

Nov.

 2000 94 59 53 -35 -6 -41

Dec.

 2000 105 19 36 -86 17 -69

Mean revision

 2000 -11 12 1

Mean absolute revision

 2000 45 16 54

Jan.

 2001 268 224 289 -44 65 21

Feb.

 2001 135 140 136 5 -4 1

Mar.

 2001 -86 -53 59 33 112 145

Apr.

 2001 -223 -182 -165 41 17 58

May

 2001 -19 8 41 27 33 60

Jun.

 2001 -114 -93 -99 21 -6 15

Jul.

 2001 -42 13 18 55 5 60

Aug.

 2001 -113 -84 -54 29 30 59

Sep.

 2001 -199 -213 -165 -14 48 34

Oct.

 2001 -415 -468 -448 -53 20 -33

Nov.

 2001 -331 -371 -355 -40 16 -24

Dec.

 2001 -124 -130 -106 -6 24 18

Mean revision

 2001 4 30 34

Mean absolute revision

 2001 31 32 44

Jan.

 2002 -89 -126 -109 -37 17 -20

Feb.

 2002 66 -2 -4 -68 -2 -70

Mar.

 2002 58 -21 -5 -79 16 -63

Apr.

 2002 43 6 -21 -37 -27 -64

May

 2002 41 24 22 -17 -2 -19

Jun.

 2002 36 66 34 30 -32 -2

Jul.

 2002 6 67 54 61 -13 48

Aug.

 2002 39 107 123 68 16 84

Sep.

 2002 -43 -13 -84 30 -71 -41

Oct.

 2002 -5 86 69 91 -17 74

Nov.

 2002 -40 -88 -81 -48 7 -41

Dec.

 2002 -101 -156 -147 -55 9 -46

Mean revision

 2002 -5 -8 -13

Mean absolute revision

 2002 52 19 48

Jan.

 2003 143 185 203 42 18 60

Feb.

 2003 -308 -357 -353 -49 4 -45

Mar.

 2003 -108 -124 -151 -16 NA NA

Apr.

 2003 -48 0 -22 NA -22 NA

May

 2003 -17 -70 -76 -53 -6 -59

Jun.

 2003 -30 -72 -83 -42 -11 -53

Jul.

 2003 -44 -49 -57 -5 -8 -13

Aug.

 2003 -93 -41 35 52 76 128

Sep.

 2003 57 125 99 68 -26 42

Oct.

 2003 126 137 100 11 -37 -26

Nov.

 2003 57 43 83 -14 40 26

Dec.

 2003 1 16 8 15 -8 7

Mean revision

 2003 1 2 7

Mean absolute revision

 2003 33 23 46

Jan.

 2004 112 97 159 -15 62 47

Feb.

 2004 21 46 83 25 37 62

Mar.

 2004 308 337 353 29 16 45

Apr.

 2004 288 346 324 58 -22 36

May

 2004 248 235 208 -13 -27 -40

Jun.

 2004 112 78 96 -34 18 -16

Jul.

 2004 32 73 85 41 12 53

Aug.

 2004 144 128 198 -16 70 54

Sep.

 2004 96 139 119 43 -20 23

Oct.

 2004 337 303 312 -34 9 -25

Nov.

 2004 112 137 132 25 -5 20

Dec.

 2004 157 133 155 -24 22 -2

Mean revision

 2004 7 14 21

Mean absolute revision

 2004 30 27 35

Jan.

 2005 146 132 124 -14 -8 -22

Feb.

 2005 262 243 300 -19 57 38

Mar.

 2005 110 146 122 36 -24 12

Apr.

 2005 274 274 292 0 18 18

May

 2005 78 104 126 26 22 48

Jun.

 2005 146 166 175 20 9 29

Jul.

 2005 207 242 277 35 35 70

Aug.

 2005 169 211 148 42 -63 -21

Sep.

 2005 -35 -8 17 27 25 52

Oct.

 2005 56 44 25 -12 -19 -31

Nov.

 2005 215 305 354 90 49 139

Dec.

 2005 108 140 145 32 5 37

Mean revision

 2005 22 9 31

Mean absolute revision

 2005 29 28 43

Jan.

 2006 193 170 154 -23 -16 -39

Feb.

 2006 243 225 200 -18 -25 -43

Mar.

 2006 211 200 175 -11 -25 -36

Apr.

 2006 138 126 112 -12 -14 -26

May

 2006 75 92 100 17 8 25

Jun.

 2006 121 124 134 3 10 13

Jul.

 2006 113 121 123 8 2 10

Aug.

 2006 128 188 230 60 42 102

Sep.

 2006 51 148 203 97 55 152

Oct.

 2006 92 79 86 -13 7 -6

Nov.

 2006 132 154 196 22 42 64

Dec.

 2006 167 206 226 39 20 59

Mean revision

 2006 14 9 23

Mean absolute revision

 2006 27 22 48

Jan.

 2007 111 146 162 35 16 51

Feb.

 2007 97 113 90 16 -23 -7

Mar.

 2007 180 177 175 -3 -2 -5

Apr.

 2007 88 80 122 -8 42 34

May

 2007 157 190 188 33 -2 31

Jun.

 2007 132 126 69 -6 -57 -63

Jul.

 2007 92 68 93 -24 25 1

Aug.

 2007 -4 89 93 93 4 97

Sep.

 2007 110 96 44 -14 -52 -66

Oct.

 2007 166 170 159 4 -11 -7

Nov.

 2007 94 115 60 21 -55 -34

Dec.

 2007 18 82 41 64 -41 23

Mean revision

 2007 18 -13 5

Mean absolute revision

 2007 27 28 35

Jan.

 2008 -17 -22 -76 -5 -54 -59

Feb.

 2008 -63 -76 -83 -13 -7 -20

Mar.

 2008 -80 -81 -88 -1 -7 -8

Apr.

 2008 -20 -28 -67 -8 -39 -47

May

 2008 -49 -62 -47 -13 15 2

Jun.

 2008 -62 -51 -100 11 -49 -38

Jul.

 2008 -51 -60 -67 -9 -7 -16

Aug.

 2008 -84 -73 11

Sep.

 2008

Oct.

 2008

Nov.

 2008

Dec.

 2008

Mean revision

 2008

Mean absolute revision

 2008

*Over-the-month changes: the 1st preliminary estimate is compared with the previous month's 2nd preliminary estimate, and the 2nd preliminary and 3rd final estimates are compared with the previous month's 3rd final estimates.

NA = not available.

Last Modified Date: October 3, 2008