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Labor Market Information - United States Nonfarm Employment/Unemployment

United States Nonfarm Employment / Unemployment 1982 - present

Last Updated: October 18, 2018

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	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Jan	132,702	130,852	130,597	130,777	132,798	135,450	137,497	138,419	134,055	129,799	130,878	133,272	135,282	137,550	140,592	143,196	145,696	147,801
Feb	132,776	130,724	130,451	130,835	133,042	135,762	137,582	138,338	133,351	129,726	131,060	133,505	135,547	137,732	140,859	143,453	145,896	148,125
Mar	132,748	130,707	130,243	131,163	133,180	136,059	137,796	138,283	132,549	129,919	131,314	133,769	135,703	137,993	140,937	143,688	145,969	148,280
Apr	132,469	130,624	130,194	131,417	133,538	136,227	137,855	138,054	131,845	130,140	131,637	133,841	135,882	138,304	141,219	143,862	146,144	148,455
May	132,428	130,641	130,205	131,714	133,710	136,258	138,008	137,870	131,491	130,662	131,718	133,958	136,122	138,556	141,545	143,896	146,299	148,723
Jun	132,307	130,692	130,198	131,796	133,957	136,337	138,085	137,716	131,022	130,522	131,952	134,026	136,280	138,862	141,736	144,181	146,538	148,931
Jul	132,199	130,615	130,217	131,841	134,328	136,543	138,055	137,503	130,680	130,444	132,024	134,182	136,391	139,058	141,992	144,506	146,728	149,078
Aug	132,053	130,608	130,171	131,957	134,524	136,722	138,027	137,226	130,484	130,428	132,136	134,355	136,651	139,284	142,156	144,681	146,949	149,366
Sep	131,803	130,541	130,281	132,114	134,590	136,870	138,123	136,783	130,255	130,365	132,369	134,549	136,852	139,568	142,244	144,945	146,963	149,500
Oct	131,475	130,654	130,486	132,462	134,676	136,882	138,201	136,308	130,046	130,632	132,578	134,702	137,062	139,823	142,595	145,085	147,234
Nov	131,178	130,660	130,489	132,525	135,013	137,090	138,307	135,549	130,058	130,761	132,723	134,832	137,283	140,130	142,859	145,257	147,450
Dec	131,001	130,490	130,610	132,651	135,168	137,263	138,411	134,842	129,781	130,834	132,924	135,075	137,376	140,381	143,093	145,437	147,625

Month	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Jan	88,993	92,673	96,373	98,734	100,683	103,758	107,168	109,184	109,042	108,374	109,804	112,590	116,495	118,310	121,379	124,831	127,725	131,007
Feb	88,918	93,154	96,497	98,841	100,915	104,211	107,426	109,432	108,735	108,317	110,051	112,788	116,693	118,735	121,687	125,029	128,135	131,138
Mar	89,090	93,429	96,843	98,935	101,164	104,487	107,619	109,647	108,577	108,369	109,997	113,249	116,912	119,000	121,999	125,174	128,242	131,605
Apr	89,366	93,792	97,039	99,122	101,502	104,732	107,792	109,687	108,365	108,526	110,304	113,596	117,074	119,165	122,291	125,454	128,614	131,898
May	89,643	94,100	97,313	99,249	101,728	104,961	107,910	109,840	108,249	108,653	110,573	113,929	117,057	119,491	122,554	125,856	128,825	132,117
Jun	90,022	94,479	97,459	99,155	101,900	105,324	108,026	109,865	108,337	108,718	110,749	114,248	117,297	119,772	122,818	126,079	129,089	132,081
Jul	90,440	94,792	97,649	99,473	102,247	105,546	108,066	109,829	108,297	108,792	111,055	114,618	117,389	120,023	123,121	126,209	129,417	132,254
Aug	90,132	95,034	97,842	99,587	102,418	105,670	108,115	109,619	108,314	108,927	111,210	114,900	117,641	120,208	123,099	126,549	129,571	132,239
Sep	91,247	95,344	98,045	99,934	102,646	106,009	108,365	109,517	108,334	108,959	111,455	115,260	117,893	120,421	123,598	126,767	129,796	132,383
Oct	91,518	95,630	98,233	100,120	103,138	106,277	108,476	109,370	108,359	109,145	111,741	115,469	118,045	120,682	123,942	126,968	130,190	132,368
Nov	91,871	95,979	98,442	100,306	103,370	106,616	108,753	109,220	108,303	109,277	111,991	115,876	118,191	120,977	124,241	127,241	130,479	132,590
Dec	92,227	96,107	98,609	100,511	103,664	106,906	108,849	109,163	108,325	109,494	112,314	116,168	118,323	121,148	124,559	127,608	130,789	132,727



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Month	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	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
Jan	7.3	6.7	6.6	5.7	5.4	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	4.9	4.8	4.1
Feb	7.2	7.2	6.6	5.7	5.2	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	4.7	4.1
Mar	7.2	7.2	6.6	5.7	5.0	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	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.1
Apr	7.3	7.1	6.3	5.4	5.2	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	6.3	5.4	5.0	4.4	3.9
May	7.2	7.2	6.3	5.6	5.2	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	5.5	4.7	4.3	3.8
Jun	7.4	7.2	6.2	5.4	5.3	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
Jul	7.4	7.0	6.1	5.4	5.2	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	4.9	4.3	3.9
Aug	7.1	6.9	6.0	5.6	5.2	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	6.2	5.1	4.9	4.4	3.9
Sep	7.1	7.0	5.9	5.4	5.3	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	4.2	3.7
Oct	7.1	7.0	6.0	5.4	5.3	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	4.1
Nov	7.0	6.9	5.8	5.3	5.4	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	5.0	4.6	4.1
Dec	7.0	6.6	5.7	5.3	5.4	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



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