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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program produces detailed industry estimates of nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings of workers on payrolls. CES National Estimates produces data for the nation, and CES State and Metro Area produces estimates for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions.

Each month, CES surveys approximately 145,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 697,000 individual worksites.

Notices

The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the Employment Situation Read More »
2020 CES Preliminary Benchmark Revision Read More »
BLS modified the Current Employment Statistics net birth-death model in order to reflect changes in the relationship between business births and deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More »

Charts

Payroll employment rises by 245,000 in November; unemployment rate edges down to 6.7%

12/04/2020

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 245,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 6.7 percent. These improvements reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to COVID-19, though the pace of improvement has moderated in recent months.
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Real average hourly earnings increase 0.1% over the month in November

12/10/2020

Real average hourly earnings increased 0.1 percent over the month in November, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.3 percent and CPI-U increased 0.2 percent. Real average weekly earnings increased 0.1 percent over the month.
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Next Release

The Employment Situation for December 2020 is scheduled to be released on January 8, 2021, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

Real Earnings for December 2020 is scheduled to be released on January 13, 2021, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

The Economics Daily

Payroll employment up by 245,000 in November; down 9.8 million since February 2020

From October 2020 to November 2020, total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 245,000, below its February employment level by 9.8 million, or 6.5 percent. Notable job gains occurred over the month in transportation and warehousing, professional and business services, and health care. Employment declined in government and retail trade. read more »

Beyond the Numbers

Forty years of falling manufacturing employment

Despite being a leading driver of employment growth for decades, manufacturing has shed employment over the past 40 years as the U.S. economy has shifted to service-providing industries. This article looks at the broad employment trends in manufacturing over the past 40 years, as well as the trends in specific industries that have been most affected. read more »

Monthly Labor Review

Employment changes by employer size during the COVID-19 pandemic: a look at the Current Employment Statistics survey microdata

This article uses microdata from the Current Employment Statistics survey for the private sector to calculate employment changes from February 2020 to August 2020, by employer size. read more »

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Latest Numbers

Change in Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment: +245,000(p) in Nov 2020

Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees: +$0.09(p) in Nov 2020

Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees: unchanged in Nov 2020

Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees: +0.3%(p) in Nov 2020

Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees: -0.2(p) in Nov 2020

Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees: -0.1(p) in Nov 2020

Change in Total Private Real Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees: +$0.01(p) in Nov 2020