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

  

2008

 135,840 136,356 136,944 137,543 138,190 138,451 137,050 137,002 137,119 137,492 136,882 135,917 137,066

2009

 132,302 (P) 132,130 (P) 132,072                    

Mining and Logging

  

2008

 730 731 741 746 764 780 792 806 807 805 799 786 774

2009

 766 (P) 754 (P) 736                    

Construction

  

2008

 7,053 6,983 7,047 7,174 7,352 7,466 7,505 7,505 7,388 7,307 7,058 6,739 7,215

2009

 6,295 (P) 6,152 (P) 6,113                    

Manufacturing

  

2008

 13,619 13,578 13,559 13,521 13,542 13,599 13,499 13,492 13,413 13,263 13,140 12,944 13,431

2009

 12,519 (P) 12,344 (P) 12,210                    

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2008

 26,510 26,246 26,330 26,331 26,447 26,522 26,432 26,375 26,233 26,274 26,439 26,475 26,385

2009

 25,534 (P) 25,212 (P) 25,199                    

Information

  

2008

 3,000 3,014 3,016 3,012 3,018 3,029 3,005 2,996 2,975 2,970 2,970 2,954 2,997

2009

 2,895 (P) 2,903 (P) 2,904                    

Financial Activities

  

2008

 8,166 8,163 8,171 8,167 8,183 8,228 8,231 8,203 8,115 8,082 8,028 8,009 8,146

2009

 7,901 (P) 7,863 (P) 7,823                    

Professional & Business Services

  

2008

 17,674 17,695 17,733 17,897 17,878 17,984 17,918 17,913 17,824 17,825 17,590 17,406 17,778

2009

 16,877 (P) 16,741 (P) 16,678                    

Educational & Health Services

  

2008

 18,488 18,757 18,833 18,906 18,847 18,677 18,572 18,631 18,884 19,170 19,255 19,242 18,855

2009

 19,013 (P) 19,239 (P) 19,269                    

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2008

 12,905 12,971 13,156 13,401 13,721 14,069 14,153 14,085 13,599 13,342 13,087 13,013 13,459

2009

 12,667 (P) 12,678 (P) 12,813                    

Other Services

  

2008

 5,445 5,482 5,518 5,542 5,562 5,608 5,607 5,574 5,523 5,535 5,486 5,455 5,528

2009

 5,388 (P) 5,400 (P) 5,402                    

Government

  

2008

 22,250 22,736 22,840 22,846 22,876 22,489 21,336 21,422 22,358 22,919 23,030 22,894 22,500

2009

 22,447 (P) 22,844 (P) 22,925                    

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

  

2008

 (1) 152,828 152,503 153,135 153,208 154,003 155,582 156,300 155,387 154,509 155,012 154,624 154,349 154,287

2009

 (1) 153,445 153,804 153,728                    

Employment

  

2008

 (1) 144,607 144,550 145,108 145,921 145,927 146,649 146,867 145,909 145,310 145,543 144,609 143,350 145,362

2009

 (1) 140,436 140,105 139,833                    

Unemployment

  

2008

 8,221 7,953 8,027 7,287 8,076 8,933 9,433 9,479 9,199 9,469 10,015 10,999 8,924

2009

 13,009 13,699 13,895                    

Unemployment Rate

  

2008

 5.4 5.2 5.2 4.8 5.2 5.7 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.5 7.1 5.8

2009

 8.5 8.9 9.0                    

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