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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program produces detailed industry estimates of nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings of workers on payrolls. CES National Estimates produces data for the nation, and CES State and Metro Area produces estimates for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions.

Each month, CES surveys approximately 144,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 697,000 individual worksites.

Notices

Modifications to the Current Employment Statistics net birth-death model and seasonal adjustment with the October 2021 Employment Situation news release Read More »
2021 CES Preliminary Benchmark Revision Read More »
The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the Employment Situation Read More »

Charts

Payroll employment rises by 531,000 in October; unemployment rate edges down to 4.6%

11/05/2021

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 531,000 in October, and the unemployment rate edged down to 4.6 percent. Job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, in professional and business services, in manufacturing, and in transportation and warehousing. Public education lost jobs.
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Real average hourly earnings for all employees decrease 0.5% in October

11/10/2021

Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.5 percent in October, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.4 percent and CPI-U increased 0.9 percent. Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.9 percent over the month.
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Next Release

The Employment Situation for November 2021 is scheduled to be released on December 3, 2021, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

Real Earnings for November 2021 is scheduled to be released on December 10, 2021, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

Monthly Labor Review

Employment in rail transportation heads downhill between November 2018 and December 2020

This article provides an analysis of the recent employment declines in the rail transportation industry. read more »

The Economics Daily

Real average hourly earnings increased 0.2 percent from August to September 2021

Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.2 percent from August to September, seasonally adjusted. This result stems from an increase of 0.6 percent in average hourly earnings combined with an increase of 0.4 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. read more »

Beyond the Numbers

Employment trends in retail trade, 2010–19

This Beyond the Numbers article analyzes employment trends in retail trade since 2010, using data from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey. It also examines the growth in retail sales with emphasis on e-commerce sales, both from the U.S. Census Bureau, and in relation to employment in retail trade. read more »

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Latest Numbers

Change in Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment: +531,000(p) in Oct 2021

Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees: +$0.11(p) in Oct 2021

Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees: -0.1(p) in Oct 2021

Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees: +0.2%(p) in Oct 2021

Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees: -0.1(p) in Oct 2021

Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees: -0.1(p) in Oct 2021

Change in Total Private Real Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees: -$0.06(p) in Oct 2021