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Labor Market Information - United States Nonfarm Employment/Unemployment

United States Nonfarm Employment / Unemployment 1982 - present

Last Updated: July 19, 2024

Nonfarm employment estimates are derived from a survey of businesses to measure jobs by industry. The estimates include all full- and parttime wage and salary employees who worked during or received pay for the pay period which includes the 12th of the month. Excluded from these estimates are proprietors, self-employed workers, private household employees and unpaid family workers. In some cases, due to space constraints, all industry estimates are not shown. Call (860) 263-6275 for a more comprehensive breakout of nonfarm employment estimates. These data are developed in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Month	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Jan	137,472	138,391	134,078	129,802	130,837	133,245	135,257	137,561	140,568	143,210	145,628	147,660	150,059	152,031	142,913	150,006	154,780	157,049	159,053
Feb	137,558	138,327	133,317	129,705	131,056	133,508	135,545	137,712	140,827	143,407	145,848	148,054	150,065	152,292	143,422	150,875	155,086	157,271	159,170
Mar	137,782	138,257	132,492	129,865	131,282	133,748	135,689	137,985	140,923	143,662	145,969	148,280	150,295	150,895	144,246	151,346	155,171	157,517	159,398
Apr	137,845	138,038	131,821	130,120	131,597	133,825	135,873	138,297	141,196	143,855	146,174	148,422	150,593	130,424	144,611	151,651	155,387	157,635
May	137,993	137,851	131,468	130,643	131,704	133,933	136,095	138,512	141,538	143,900	146,380	148,740	150,621	133,040	145,032	151,892	155,614	157,828
Jun	138,069	137,698	131,007	130,509	131,931	134,012	136,279	138,849	141,709	144,146	146,583	148,959	150,839	137,671	145,828	152,353	155,871	157,915
Jul	138,044	137,498	130,662	130,415	131,993	134,157	136,391	139,073	141,991	144,520	146,772	149,020	150,936	139,255	146,759	153,049	156,019	158,003
Aug	138,013	137,211	130,472	130,416	132,125	134,338	136,646	139,269	142,125	144,662	146,919	149,279	151,171	140,819	147,246	153,286	156,176	158,074
Sep	138,101	136,762	130,247	130,342	132,344	134,517	136,821	139,563	142,275	144,967	147,007	149,358	151,365	141,770	147,712	153,513	156,334	158,314
Oct	138,177	136,293	130,062	130,621	132,553	134,668	137,041	139,797	142,579	145,066	147,150	149,526	151,460	142,461	148,569	153,913	156,520	158,358
Nov	138,291	135,543	130,058	130,749	132,690	134,825	137,316	140,090	142,808	145,183	147,373	149,617	151,668	142,731	149,206	154,210	156,661	158,619
Dec	138,395	134,847	129,808	130,830	132,888	135,074	137,373	140,364	143,077	145,408	147,523	149,809	151,795	142,548	149,781	154,336	156,930	158,942

Month	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Jan	103,753	107,161	109,196	109,058	108,365	109,790	112,601	116,505	118,317	121,357	124,806	127,699	131,011	132,703	130,859	130,573	130,756	132,781	135,426
Feb	104,214	107,427	109,436	108,735	108,313	110,048	112,782	116,694	118,737	121,674	125,017	128,118	131,121	132,788	130,736	130,441	130,820	133,033	135,731
Mar	104,489	107,621	109,640	108,568	108,367	110,004	113,245	116,908	118,992	121,991	125,165	128,234	131,604	132,751	130,722	130,235	131,139	133,152	136,036
Apr	104,732	107,791	109,674	108,350	108,517	110,300	113,589	117,065	119,158	122,288	125,446	128,596	131,883	132,457	130,615	130,172	131,412	133,519	136,208
May	104,962	107,913	109,828	108,253	108,647	110,571	113,922	117,047	119,496	122,560	125,846	128,813	132,105	132,409	130,632	130,196	131,697	133,689	136,249
Jun	105,326	108,027	109,850	108,330	108,707	110,742	114,239	117,291	119,770	122,816	126,076	129,084	132,062	132,299	130,673	130,185	131,794	133,947	136,335
Jul	105,550	108,069	109,815	108,290	108,792	111,054	114,608	117,382	120,019	123,114	126,211	129,421	132,228	132,171	130,583	130,184	131,853	134,300	136,529
Aug	105,674	108,120	109,606	108,299	108,916	111,200	114,903	117,646	120,198	123,086	126,546	129,572	132,234	132,021	130,582	130,153	131,940	134,503	136,693
Sep	106,013	108,369	109,523	108,335	108,952	111,449	115,247	117,873	120,400	123,575	126,744	129,772	132,338	131,763	130,503	130,253	132,091	134,554	136,829
Oct	106,276	108,476	109,377	108,361	109,138	111,734	115,457	118,026	120,665	123,924	126,948	130,178	132,352	131,452	130,617	130,440	132,431	134,643	136,846
Nov	106,617	108,752	109,222	108,300	109,283	111,988	115,868	118,165	120,947	124,226	127,223	130,467	132,556	131,144	130,616	130,481	132,504	134,999	137,061
Dec	106,898	108,836	109,168	108,330	109,502	112,324	116,173	118,325	121,143	124,549	127,595	130,783	132,716	130,983	130,465	130,589	132,629	135,158	137,249



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Month	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Jan	7.3	7.3	6.6	5.6	5.6	5.3	4.6	4.3	4.0	4.2	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.3	4.7	4.6	5.0	7.8	9.8	9.1	8.3	8.0	6.6	5.7	4.8	4.7	4.0	4.0	3.6	6.4	4.0	3.5	3.7	4.0
Feb	7.4	7.1	6.6	5.4	5.5	5.2	4.6	4.4	4.1	4.2	5.7	5.9	5.6	5.4	4.8	4.5	4.9	8.3	9.8	9.0	8.3	7.7	6.7	5.5	4.9	4.6	4.1	3.8	3.5	6.2	3.8	3.6	3.9	4.1
Mar	7.4	7.0	6.5	5.4	5.5	5.2	4.7	4.2	4.0	4.3	5.7	5.9	5.8	5.2	4.7	4.4	5.1	8.7	9.9	9.0	8.2	7.5	6.7	5.4	5.0	4.4	4.0	3.8	4.4	6.1	3.7	3.5	3.9	4.2
Apr	7.4	7.1	6.4	5.8	5.6	5.1	4.3	4.3	3.8	4.4	5.9	6.0	5.6	5.2	4.7	4.5	5.0	9.0	9.9	9.1	8.2	7.6	6.2	5.4	5.1	4.4	4.0	3.7	14.8	6.1	3.7	3.4	3.9
May	7.6	7.1	6.1	5.6	5.6	4.9	4.4	4.2	4.0	4.3	5.8	6.1	5.6	5.1	4.6	4.4	5.4	9.4	9.6	9.0	8.2	7.5	6.3	5.6	4.8	4.4	3.8	3.6	13.2	5.8	3.6	3.6	4.0
Jun	7.8	7.0	6.1	5.6	5.3	5.0	4.5	4.3	4.0	4.5	5.8	6.3	5.6	5.0	4.6	4.6	5.6	9.5	9.4	9.1	8.2	7.5	6.1	5.3	4.9	4.3	4.0	3.6	11.0	5.9	3.6	3.6	4.1
Jul	7.7	6.9	6.1	5.7	5.5	4.9	4.5	4.3	4.0	4.6	5.8	6.2	5.5	5.0	4.7	4.7	5.8	9.5	9.4	9.0	8.2	7.3	6.2	5.2	4.8	4.3	3.8	3.7	10.2	5.4	3.5	3.5	4.2
Aug	7.6	6.8	6.0	5.7	5.1	4.8	4.5	4.2	4.1	4.9	5.7	6.1	5.4	4.9	4.7	4.6	6.1	9.6	9.5	9.0	8.1	7.2	6.1	5.1	4.9	4.4	3.8	3.6	8.4	5.1	3.6	3.7	4.2
Sep	7.6	6.7	5.9	5.6	5.2	4.9	4.6	4.2	3.9	5.0	5.7	6.1	5.4	5.0	4.5	4.7	6.1	9.8	9.5	9.0	7.8	7.2	5.9	5.0	5.0	4.3	3.7	3.5	7.8	4.7	3.5	3.8	4.1
Oct	7.3	6.8	5.8	5.5	5.2	4.7	4.5	4.1	3.9	5.3	5.7	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.4	4.7	6.5	10.0	9.4	8.8	7.8	7.2	5.7	5.0	4.9	4.2	3.8	3.6	6.9	4.5	3.6	3.9	4.1
Nov	7.4	6.6	5.6	5.6	5.4	4.6	4.4	4.1	3.9	5.5	5.9	5.8	5.4	5.0	4.5	4.7	6.8	9.9	9.8	8.6	7.7	6.9	5.8	5.1	4.7	4.2	3.8	3.6	6.7	4.2	3.6	3.7	4.2
Dec	7.4	6.5	5.5	5.6	5.4	4.7	4.4	4.0	3.9	5.7	6.0	5.7	5.4	4.9	4.4	5.0	7.3	9.9	9.3	8.5	7.9	6.7	5.6	5.0	4.7	4.1	3.9	3.6	6.7	3.9	3.5	3.8	4.1



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