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Labor Market Information - United States Nonfarm Employment/Unemployment

United States Nonfarm Employment / Unemployment 1982 - present

Last Updated: April 18, 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	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Jan	135,425	137,475	138,397	134,066	129,795	130,839	133,243	135,263	137,551	140,562	143,196	145,636	147,667	150,062	152,045	142,916	150,014	154,773	157,533
Feb	135,732	137,556	138,326	133,314	129,702	131,054	133,521	135,548	137,710	140,831	143,411	145,848	148,054	150,067	152,309	143,443	150,876	155,060	157,830
Mar	136,041	137,782	138,256	132,494	129,865	131,278	133,745	135,690	137,987	140,925	143,666	145,976	148,280	150,294	150,898	144,274	151,370	155,206	158,133
Apr	136,210	137,842	138,037	131,825	130,115	131,604	133,828	135,876	138,298	141,202	143,856	146,173	148,426	150,602	130,421	144,593	151,642	155,484
May	136,247	137,993	137,847	131,470	130,645	131,704	133,935	136,090	138,500	141,539	143,901	146,389	148,755	150,640	133,040	145,044	151,928	155,787
Jun	136,328	138,072	137,689	131,003	130,501	131,936	134,008	136,269	138,833	141,695	144,152	146,588	148,968	150,844	137,655	145,822	152,348	156,027
Jul	136,522	138,042	137,492	130,661	130,420	131,992	134,153	136,391	139,076	141,989	144,515	146,772	149,023	150,934	139,240	146,761	153,038	156,211
Aug	136,688	138,017	137,209	130,480	130,423	132,123	134,329	136,634	139,257	142,130	144,664	146,907	149,274	151,155	140,774	147,226	153,281	156,421
Sep	136,825	138,103	136,759	130,241	130,340	132,346	134,512	136,819	139,564	142,265	144,961	146,999	149,361	151,358	141,820	147,706	153,536	156,667
Oct	136,849	138,175	136,294	130,061	130,620	132,557	134,672	137,039	139,804	142,584	145,069	147,146	149,525	151,458	142,493	148,566	153,897	156,832
Nov	137,068	138,291	135,546	130,059	130,754	132,701	134,831	137,312	140,088	142,810	145,188	147,375	149,622	151,666	142,761	149,197	154,155	157,014
Dec	137,251	138,396	134,848	129,807	130,836	132,902	135,074	137,367	140,366	143,083	145,410	147,521	149,804	151,792	142,518	149,763	154,291	157,304

Month	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Jan	100,678	103,753	107,161	109,188	109,050	108,367	109,794	112,598	116,504	118,318	121,363	124,813	127,704	131,009	132,699	130,853	130,580	130,766	132,779
Feb	100,919	104,214	107,427	109,432	108,731	108,313	110,044	112,779	116,692	118,734	121,675	125,019	128,118	131,120	132,786	130,732	130,443	130,822	133,033
Mar	101,164	104,489	107,621	109,636	108,568	108,360	109,992	113,240	116,907	118,990	121,989	125,164	128,234	131,604	132,751	130,720	130,232	131,139	133,154
Apr	101,499	104,732	107,791	109,670	108,351	108,515	110,295	113,587	117,065	119,156	122,284	125,447	128,598	131,883	132,455	130,616	130,176	131,409	133,515
May	101,728	104,962	107,913	109,833	108,249	108,648	110,570	113,923	117,050	119,489	122,551	125,847	128,810	132,106	132,411	130,632	130,196	131,693	133,687
Jun	101,900	105,326	108,027	109,857	108,337	108,717	110,751	114,237	117,285	119,770	122,816	126,078	129,088	132,060	132,296	130,682	130,192	131,789	133,939
Jul	102,247	105,550	108,069	109,823	108,290	108,799	111,060	114,607	117,377	120,015	123,112	126,208	129,422	132,228	132,173	130,585	130,184	131,850	134,297
Aug	102,420	105,674	108,120	109,609	108,301	108,922	111,209	114,899	117,639	120,201	123,092	126,547	129,569	132,231	132,024	130,587	130,153	131,936	134,495
Sep	102,647	106,013	108,369	109,521	108,334	108,955	111,455	115,254	117,880	120,402	123,577	126,745	129,781	132,357	131,765	130,498	130,252	132,083	134,552
Oct	103,138	106,276	108,476	109,373	108,361	109,135	111,733	115,457	118,029	120,663	123,924	126,950	130,179	132,352	131,452	130,621	130,439	132,435	134,646
Nov	103,372	106,617	108,752	109,220	108,301	109,279	111,989	115,872	118,168	120,949	124,229	127,224	130,466	132,553	131,141	130,617	130,482	132,509	135,001
Dec	103,661	106,898	108,836	109,172	108,333	109,502	112,323	116,174	118,325	121,145	124,551	127,599	130,780	132,718	130,984	130,469	130,594	132,633	135,160



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Month	1991	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
Jan	6.4	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	3.4	3.7
Feb	6.6	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
Mar	6.8	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	3.6	3.5	3.8
Apr	6.7	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	14.9	6.1	3.7	3.4
May	6.9	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	13.3	5.8	3.6	3.7
Jun	6.9	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
Jul	6.8	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
Aug	6.9	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	3.8
Sep	6.9	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
Oct	7.0	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	6.8	4.5	3.6	3.8
Nov	7.0	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	4.1	3.6	3.7
Dec	7.3	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	3.7



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