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Labor Market Information - United States Nonfarm Employment/Unemployment

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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