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Labor Market Information - United States Nonfarm Employment/Unemployment

United States Nonfarm Employment / Unemployment 1982 - present

Last Updated: December 17, 2020

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	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Jan	130,580	130,769	132,774	135,429	137,477	138,403	134,055	129,790	130,841	133,250	135,263	137,548	140,568	143,170	145,627	147,672	150,134	152,212
Feb	130,444	130,825	133,032	135,737	137,558	138,324	133,312	129,698	131,053	133,512	135,541	137,714	140,839	143,433	145,815	148,078	150,135	152,463
Mar	130,232	131,142	133,156	136,047	137,793	138,275	132,512	129,879	131,288	133,752	135,680	137,968	140,910	143,662	145,944	148,254	150,282	151,582
Apr	130,177	131,411	133,518	136,205	137,842	138,035	131,817	130,110	131,602	133,834	135,871	138,293	141,194	143,849	146,141	148,391	150,492	130,403
May	130,196	131,694	133,690	136,244	137,993	137,858	131,475	130,650	131,703	133,934	136,093	138,511	141,525	143,891	146,296	148,669	150,577	133,002
Jun	130,194	131,793	133,942	136,325	138,069	137,687	131,008	130,511	131,939	134,007	136,274	138,837	141,699	144,158	146,512	148,888	150,759	137,809
Jul	130,191	131,848	134,296	136,520	138,038	137,491	130,668	130,427	131,999	134,159	136,386	139,069	142,001	144,512	146,727	149,024	150,953	139,570
Aug	130,149	131,937	134,498	136,694	138,015	137,213	130,485	130,422	132,125	134,331	136,628	139,257	142,126	144,647	146,911	149,268	151,160	141,063
Sep	130,254	132,093	134,566	136,843	138,095	136,753	130,244	130,357	132,358	134,518	136,815	139,566	142,281	144,916	146,929	149,348	151,368	141,774
Oct	130,454	132,447	134,655	136,852	138,174	136,272	130,045	130,625	132,562	134,677	137,040	139,818	142,587	145,061	147,196	149,549	151,553	142,384
Nov	130,474	132,503	134,993	137,063	138,284	135,545	130,057	130,750	132,694	134,833	137,304	140,109	142,824	145,212	147,421	149,683	151,814	142,629
Dec	130,588	132,624	135,149	137,249	138,392	134,839	129,788	130,822	132,896	135,072	137,373	140,377	143,097	145,442	147,551	149,865	151,998

Month	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Jan	92,673	96,372	98,732	100,678	103,753	107,161	109,199	109,055	108,369	109,794	112,595	116,501	118,316	121,363	124,812	127,702	131,005	132,698	130,852
Feb	93,157	96,503	98,847	100,919	104,214	107,427	109,435	108,734	108,311	110,044	112,781	116,697	118,739	121,675	125,016	128,120	131,124	132,789	130,736
Mar	93,429	96,842	98,934	101,164	104,489	107,621	109,644	108,574	108,365	109,994	113,242	116,907	118,993	121,990	125,164	128,227	131,596	132,747	130,717
Apr	93,792	97,038	99,121	101,499	104,732	107,791	109,686	108,364	108,519	110,296	113,586	117,069	119,158	122,286	125,442	128,597	131,888	132,463	130,623
May	94,098	97,312	99,248	101,728	104,962	107,913	109,839	108,249	108,649	110,568	113,921	117,049	119,486	122,546	125,844	128,808	132,105	132,410	130,634
Jun	94,479	97,459	99,155	101,900	105,326	108,027	109,856	108,334	108,715	110,749	114,238	117,286	119,769	122,814	126,076	129,089	132,061	132,299	130,684
Jul	94,789	97,648	99,473	102,247	105,550	108,069	109,824	108,292	108,793	111,055	114,610	117,380	120,015	123,111	126,205	129,414	132,236	132,177	130,590
Aug	95,032	97,840	99,588	102,420	105,674	108,120	109,616	108,310	108,925	111,206	114,896	117,634	120,199	123,093	126,544	129,569	132,230	132,028	130,587
Sep	95,344	98,045	99,934	102,647	106,013	108,369	109,518	108,336	108,959	111,448	115,247	117,875	120,410	123,585	126,752	129,772	132,353	131,771	130,501
Oct	95,629	98,233	100,121	103,138	106,276	108,476	109,367	108,357	109,139	111,733	115,458	118,031	120,665	123,929	126,954	130,177	132,351	131,454	130,628
Nov	95,982	98,443	100,308	103,372	106,617	108,752	109,214	108,296	109,272	111,984	115,869	118,175	120,961	124,235	127,231	130,466	132,556	131,142	130,615
Dec	96,107	98,609	100,509	103,661	106,898	108,836	109,166	108,328	109,495	112,314	116,165	118,320	121,143	124,549	127,596	130,772	132,709	130,982	130,472



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Month	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	2019	2020	2021
Jan	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	4.7	4.1	4.0	3.6
Feb	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	4.6	4.1	3.8	3.8
Mar	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	5.4	5.0	4.4	4.0	3.8	4.4
Apr	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	6.2	5.4	5.0	4.4	4.0	3.6	14.7
May	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	5.6	4.8	4.4	3.8	3.6	13.3
Jun	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	3.7	11.1
Jul	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	4.8	4.3	3.8	3.7	10.2
Aug	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	6.1	5.1	4.9	4.4	3.8	3.7	8.4
Sep	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	3.5	7.9
Oct	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	3.8	3.6	6.9
Nov	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	5.1	4.7	4.2	3.7	3.5	6.7
Dec	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	3.9	3.5



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