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  United States Nonfarm Employment / Unemployment 1982 - present Last Updated: November 16, 2023
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 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Jan 132,778 135,425 137,476 138,399 134,069 129,798 130,842 133,246 135,265 137,552 140,562 143,198 145,639 147,670 150,114 152,098 142,969 150,106 155,007
Feb 133,033 135,731 137,554 138,323 133,311 129,700 131,052 133,518 135,544 137,707 140,829 143,410 145,845 148,058 150,092 152,371 143,544 151,010 155,255
Mar 133,153 136,040 137,781 138,255 132,493 129,864 131,277 133,744 135,689 137,986 140,924 143,666 145,975 148,281 150,320 150,944 144,328 151,424 155,472
Apr 133,516 136,211 137,843 138,038 131,825 130,115 131,604 133,827 135,876 138,298 141,202 143,856 146,172 148,426 150,563 130,430 144,614 151,678 155,689
May 133,687 136,247 137,993 137,847 131,470 130,645 131,704 133,935 136,091 138,501 141,540 143,901 146,389 148,755 150,630 133,055 145,096 152,042 155,970
Jun 133,940 136,328 138,072 137,689 131,002 130,501 131,936 134,007 136,269 138,833 141,695 144,152 146,588 148,966 150,797 137,620 145,789 152,412 156,075
Jul 134,297 136,522 138,042 137,492 130,661 130,420 131,991 134,153 136,391 139,076 141,989 144,515 146,772 149,022 150,879 139,064 146,558 152,980 156,311
Aug 134,495 136,688 138,017 137,209 130,480 130,424 132,124 134,330 136,635 139,258 142,130 144,664 146,907 149,272 151,111 140,799 147,221 153,332 156,476
Sep 134,551 136,824 138,103 136,758 130,240 130,339 132,345 134,512 136,819 139,563 142,265 144,961 146,999 149,361 151,318 141,760 147,778 153,682 156,773
Oct 134,644 136,848 138,174 136,294 130,062 130,620 132,557 134,671 137,039 139,805 142,585 145,069 147,147 149,526 151,447 142,479 148,559 154,006 156,923
Nov 135,001 137,069 138,292 135,546 130,059 130,754 132,701 134,834 137,314 140,089 142,810 145,189 147,377 149,622 151,662 142,743 149,173 154,296
Dec 135,161 137,253 138,398 134,849 129,808 130,835 132,901 135,075 137,368 140,366 143,083 145,408 147,521 149,805 151,764 142,475 149,742 154,556
Month 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Jan 98,732 100,678 103,753 107,161 109,188 109,050 108,367 109,794 112,598 116,504 118,318 121,363 124,813 127,704 131,009 132,698 130,852 130,579 130,765
Feb 98,847 100,919 104,214 107,427 109,432 108,731 108,313 110,044 112,779 116,692 118,734 121,675 125,019 128,118 131,120 132,785 130,732 130,443 130,822
Mar 98,934 101,164 104,489 107,621 109,636 108,568 108,360 109,992 113,240 116,907 118,990 121,989 125,164 128,234 131,605 132,753 130,721 130,233 131,139
Apr 99,121 101,499 104,732 107,791 109,670 108,351 108,515 110,295 113,587 117,065 119,156 122,284 125,447 128,598 131,884 132,456 130,617 130,176 131,410
May 99,248 101,728 104,962 107,913 109,833 108,249 108,648 110,570 113,923 117,050 119,489 122,551 125,847 128,810 132,106 132,412 130,633 130,197 131,694
Jun 99,155 101,900 105,326 108,027 109,857 108,337 108,717 110,751 114,237 117,285 119,770 122,816 126,078 129,088 132,060 132,296 130,683 130,192 131,789
Jul 99,473 102,247 105,550 108,069 109,823 108,290 108,799 111,060 114,607 117,377 120,015 123,112 126,208 129,422 132,226 132,171 130,583 130,183 131,849
Aug 99,588 102,420 105,674 108,120 109,609 108,301 108,922 111,209 114,899 117,639 120,201 123,092 126,547 129,569 132,231 132,024 130,587 130,153 131,936
Sep 99,934 102,647 106,013 108,369 109,521 108,334 108,955 111,455 115,254 117,880 120,402 123,577 126,745 129,781 132,356 131,765 130,498 130,252 132,082
Oct 100,121 103,138 106,276 108,476 109,373 108,361 109,135 111,733 115,457 118,029 120,663 123,924 126,950 130,179 132,352 131,452 130,621 130,439 132,433
Nov 100,308 103,372 106,617 108,752 109,220 108,301 109,279 111,989 115,872 118,168 120,949 124,229 127,224 130,466 132,553 131,142 130,618 130,482 132,509
Dec 100,509 103,661 106,898 108,836 109,172 108,333 109,502 112,323 116,174 118,325 121,145 124,551 127,599 130,780 132,718 130,985 130,470 130,595 132,633
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Month 1990 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
Jan 5.4 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 3.5 6.3 4.0 3.4
Feb 5.3 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
Mar 5.2 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
Apr 5.4 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 3.6 14.7 6.1 3.6 3.4
May 5.4 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 3.7 13.2 5.8 3.6 3.7
Jun 5.2 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 5.5 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 5.7 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 3.7 8.4 5.2 3.7 3.8
Sep 5.9 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 7.9 4.8 3.5 3.8
Oct 5.9 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 6.9 4.5 3.7 3.9
Nov 6.2 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 4.2 3.6
Dec 6.3 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
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