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US Nonfarm Payrolls by Industry

US nonfarm payroll employment by industry, total and across major sectors, from the BLS.

Source: FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)Last updated: Sep 21, 2026, 14:14Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator08-202607-202606-202605-202604-202603-202602-202601-202612-202511-202510-202509-202508-202507-202506-202505-202504-202503-202502-202501-202512-202411-202410-202409-202408-202407-202406-202405-202404-202403-202402-202401-202412-202311-202310-202309-202308-2023
Total nonfarm payrolls2+162+21+31+63+148+214−156+160−17+41−140+76−70+64−20+13+108+67+42−48+237+134+33+155+9+53+87+78+64+228+206+175+154+127+159+156+218
Private sector2+127+71+26+61+150+202−148+180−7+72+13+68−20+65−45+20+99+67+40−76+212+116−4+142−27−8+78+45+63+143+135+126+99+84+114+115+148
Goods-producing sector3+41+29+14+3+6+33−21+45−21+25−20+11−35−23−19−17−4−1+1−32−11+21−53+6−8+6+5−6−5+19−14+21+27+27−10+22+24
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction2+3−3−2+3+4+3−1−2−1−1+1−2−3−6−2−4+2−200−2+20+2−2+2−4−4−8+30−5+2−3−20−1
Logging+0.3+0.4−0.2−0.3+1.3+1.1−0.4−0.5−0.4−0.6−0.4−0.6−0.3−1.1−0.4−0.3+0.5−0.2+0.4+0.1+0.2+0.1+0.2+0.5−0.1+0.9−0.8−1.7−1+0.5−0.2−0.7−0.9−1.7+0.1+0.4−0.6
Mining and quarrying+3−3.6−2.1+4.2+2.3+1.4−0.3−1.3−0.3−0.7+1.2−1.7−2.4−4.3−2.4−2.9+1.3−2.1−0.80−2+2.5−1+1.4−1+0.5−2.9−2.7−6.6+2.7+0.2−4.3+2.7−1.1−2−0.80
Construction3+22+18+3+2+3+15−21+45−7+36−12+16−22−6−2−2−2+6+3−12+9+5+8+18+28+12+20+6+6+32+9+23+12+8+27+11+26
Residential construction+5.5+3.5−2−3.9+3+1.9+3.5+6.3−0.8+10.4−2.8+2.3−9.5−3.7−1.6+0.1−1.3+2.8−2.4+0.4+1−0.6+2.5+0.3+5.5−1.5+10.4−3.5+0.7+11.4+3.7+5+3.8+0.3+7.3+7.6+6.4
Heavy and civil engineering construction+4.4+2.1+2.4+0.7−0.8+3.9−8+10.2+5.7+6.7−1+0.9+1+5.3−3.3+1.6−1.3+5.1+1.1−3.4+7.1+2.3+3.7+5.9+10.1−4+2.2+1.4+2.7+0.6+4+1.4+1.8+3+3.4+2.9+6.5
Specialty trade contractors+11.2+12.4+3.2+4.9+0.7+9.1−15.8+28.6−12.1+18.8−8.3+12.6−13−7.9+3.2−4.3+0.9−2+4.1−8.8+0.7+3.1+1.9+12.1+12.1+17.9+7.3+8.6+2.1+19.6+2+15.9+6.6+5.3+16.3+0.6+12.7
Manufacturing2+16+14+13−2−1+15+1+2−13−10−9−3−10−11−15−11−4−5−2−20−18+14−61−14−34−8−11−8−3−16−23+3+13+22−35+11−1
Durable goods+15+24+13+14+1+13+8+6−5−3−9−5−15+1−12−8−1−5+1−17−20+25−51−9−30−8−13−7−5−11−19−6+12+27−390+4
Nondurable goods+1−100−16−2+2−7−4−8−70+2+5−12−3−3−30−3−3+2−11−10−5−40+2−1+2−5−4+9+1−5+4+11−5
Private service-providing sector7+86+42+12+58+144+169−127+135+14+47+33+57+15+88−26+37+103+68+39−44+223+95+49+136−19−14+73+51+68+124+149+105+72+57+124+93+124
Trade, transportation, and utilities4+16+34+4+9+65+32−36+38−33−65−11−18−1+3−24−18−9−14+11−16+56−39−19+11−28−21−290+25+16+40−30−8−28+33+33−17
Wholesale trade+7.8+5.3+4.6+2.5+0.6−1.7+8.4+2.1−5.7−6.4+2.8+8.8−8.6−5.7−10.4+0.8+4.9−13.9+2.6−18.8+2.6−5.3−4.6−6.8−4.2−1.5+2.8−18.4+0.3+6.7−5.5−6.8+0.5+4.9+1.5+9.2+4.2
Retail trade+1.4+13.2+9.6+5+23.5+9.6−0.3+12.7−23.6−0.9−15.4+13.1+10.1+4.7−14.5−21.6+4.1+15.7−17.5−0.8+50.3−42.6−4.3−1.7−22.4−19.1−36.1+4.8+1.9+0.8+4.5−26.9+39.6−32.6+12.6+0.1−8.3
Transportation and warehousing+5+13.8−10.3+0.8+39.4+25.1−45.5+22.6−4.8−58.9+0.6−39.3−1.6+3.90+0.1−16.3−17.4+24.2+1.7+3.6+9.4−9.2+16.2−2.8−1.2+2.6+13.2+21.3+9.8+37.8+1.9−50.4−1.2+16.9+20.8−14.9
Utilities+2.5+1.4+0.2+0.8+1−0.5+1.6+0.2+0.7+1.9+0.50−1.2+0.4+0.5+2.6−1.3+1.6+1.8+1.1−0.6+0.2−0.7+3.2+1.3+0.1+1.8+1.2+0.6−1.1+3.5+1.6+2.5+0.9+1.9+2.5+2.9
Information6−23+5−19−5−6+1−23−27−6−5−6−1−1−2−1−1−2−9−1−18+10−2−16−6−8−130−10−11−7−50+1+11−24−6−20
Publishing industries (except internet)−6.7−3.5−4.7−2.6+0.4+1.4−2.8−2.3−1.5+2−9.5+2.1+1.5+2+0.8+1.4−1.2+0.1−0.3−1.6+2.7−1+0.8−0.9−2.7−1.8−0.6−1.6+0.6−1.5−2.7−3.6−3.5−3.1−14.8+6.5+0.5
Motion picture and sound recording industries−0.8+8.3−3.3−5.8−5.2−2.5−13.3+6.3−1.5−0.4−0.8−0.2−6+0.7−0.6−3.7−0.7−5.8−1.9−3.7+1.8−2.8−7.1−5.3+0.3−2.1−4.1−1.9−7.6−2−1.1+4.8+2+18.3−5.7−6.8−16.1
Broadcasting (except internet)−5−3+0.7−2.2+2.9+0.20−5.7−0.6−1.7+0.3+0.8−0.7−0.4+0.6−0.4+2.2−0.2+2+2−5−1.1−0.2−0.10−1.5+1.6+0.1−0.3−2.8+1.4−0.7+1−0.9+1.4−0.6−3.3
Telecommunications−2.1−0.6−5.3+0.5−2.1+0.3−3.1−18.3+7.1−2.9−1+0.6+1.3−2.8−2.4+0.4−0.2−2.8−0.7−15.7+9.2+2.5−6.6−0.9−5.8−3.7+1−3.2−4.1+0.2−3.1−1−0.2−3.6−2.9−2.3−2.9
Data processing, hosting, and related services−7.7+1−5.7+3.4−1.7+0.2−3.7−5.4−6.7−1.1+4.4−3.1−0.6−1.4+0.2−0.1−1.6+0.5+1.1+0.4+2.30−2.9+0.2+1−1.5+0.1−1.5+0.60−0.9−0.7+0.4−0.3−1.2−3.9+0.6
Other information services−0.4+2.8−0.5+1.2+0.3+0.7+0.4−2.3−2.4−0.7+0.6−1.1+3−0.2+0.3+1.6−0.1−0.6−1.3+0.4−0.9+0.1+0.5+0.3−0.3−2.3+1.6−1.3−1−0.3+1+1.2+1.1+0.8−0.4+1.3+0.3
Financial activities2−11−11+2−20−6−17+2−39+1+1−5+4−190−7+6+4+2+12+8+6+9+20+8−5+12+3−5−2−14−11+4−7−7−70
Finance and insurance−7.4−13+4.9−18.2−3.2−19.7−2.7−23.8−1.1−2.5−0.1+4.5−13.9+5.8−3.4+4.5−2.6+2.5+9.3+7.6+5.5+10.4−2.6+0.8+4.1−4.4+13.8+5.4+4.1−0.7−10.5−6.2+0.3−9.8−6.2−10.2−1
Real estate and rental and leasing−3.5+1.8−2.3−2.3−2.3+2.6+4.3−14.9+1.7+4.2−5.5−0.2−4.9−6.3−3.2+1.1+6.7−0.6+2.5+0.6+1.1−1.4+3.8−0.8+4.2−0.7−1.2−2.8−9.3−1.1−3.1−4.9+3.3+3.3−0.8+2.6+1.5
Professional and business services3+10+15+36+6+20+28+4+36−19+56−24−16−28−16−31−20+13−16−7−52+33+13−39−19−40−22−27+17−15−27−10+25−18−54−28−25−11
Professional, scientific, and technical services+5+3.7+17.8+6.9+13.3−14.4+19.6+5.8−6.2+36.7−6.5−5.1−6.8+4.5−15.8−2.9+4.4+2.4−12.8−21.2+25.6+5.7−12.4+1.3−12.2−14.7+3+24.3+3.2−19.1+2.2+6.9+22−2.2−4.1−2.7+0.2
Management of companies and enterprises+0.6+4.5−0.7+4.1−2.8−1.8−1.6−2.4−4.4+1.2−2.6+2+0.7−0.5+0.4+1.8+2.5+6−0.7−3.6+4.9−0.8+1.5+0.3−2.8+3+2.6−2.7−2.6−5.5+5.4+1.3−1.3−0.6−0.7+0.8+14.1
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services+4.4+6.8+18.5−4.5+8.9+44.5−14.1+33.2−8.9+18−14.2−13.2−21.6−20.5−15.4−18.9+5.7−23.7+6.4−27.6+2.7+8.1−28.2−21.1−24.9−10.3−32.5−4.5−15−2.9−17.4+16.5−38.9−50.9−23.3−22.6−25.4
Education and health services2+29+12+50+24+67+95−49+119+38+56+44+54+23+87+49+60+84+68+58+61+75+84+95+118+58+41+91+70+88+95+97+98+82+118+94+97+109
Educational services+1.1−1.6+11.9−10.8+9.2+2.5−18.9+12.7−4−3.9−3.1−1.9+0.2+4.3−11−4.8+80+10.2+1.3+5.4+7.1+14.4+31.2+12.8−6.8+21.1+4.7+5.3+9.9+1.3+21.5+8.8+11.7+16.4+11.6+8.9
Health care and social assistance+28.4+13.1+38.6+34.8+57.1+92.7−30.4+106.9+41.8+59.9+47.6+55.3+22.8+82.6+60.5+65+76+67.7+47.9+59+69.8+76.8+81.2+86.9+44.8+48.2+69.1+65.4+82.6+85.4+95.6+76.9+73.3+106.2+77.5+85+100.1
Leisure and hospitality2+62−21−54+42−7+44−31+5+25−12+41+37+22+11−2+3+13+27−36−30+39+24+23+30−5+7+13−31−18+36+28+12+10+5+46−8+35
Arts, entertainment, and recreation−6.3−12−24.6+2.4+0.5+1.5+17.3−10.9+14.7−32.8−4.1+0.5+5.5+6.3+8.6+12.9−2+10.1+7.5+0.2+5.1+16.3+11.3−12+7.3+6.7+5.9+5.1+0.2+17.60+19.4+14.7−1.5+45.6−15.7+7.2
Accommodation and food service+67.8−8.5−29.1+39−7.4+42.1−47.4+15.1+10.2+20.9+45.4+37+16.4+4.7−10.8−10.1+15+16.8−43.8−29.5+33.3+8.5+11.3+41.9−12.7+1+6.7−36.4−18.1+19.2+27.6−7.7−4.9+6.9+0.3+8.3+27.1
Other services3+3+8−7+2+11−14+6+3+8+16−6−3+19+5−10+70+10+2+3+4+6+3+2−4−1+13+2+4+13+13+11+1+12+10+9+28
Repair and maintenance−3.5+12.9−5.2+3.2−1.6−7.3+8.3−3.5+2.9+2.8−7−1.2+11.1−0.8−4.6+3.4−0.8+2.1+3.5+1.5+0.2+1.8+3+1.6−3.6−4.1−0.4−2.4−0.1+1.2−2+0.5+1.9+1.1+1.5+3.5+3.3
Personal and laundry services+9.5−5.4+7.9+0.4+9.5−5.7−1.7+1.7+1.1+8.1−2.5−4.4+8.6+4.3−4.10+1.4+3.5−2.7+1.2+2.2+3.8+0.8+0.4−3.2+5.4+5.9−0.7+0.7+3.8+5.5+5.6−5.9+0.8+4.7+8.5+14.8
Membership associations and organizations−2.7+0.4−10.1−1.1+2.6−0.8−0.3+4.6+3.5+5.1+3.5+2.9−0.5+1.4−0.9+2.80+3.9+1.4+0.6+1.2+0.5−1.1+0.2+3.3−2.2+7.6+4.2+4.3+7.8+9.2+4.8+5+9.9+4−2.6+9.3
Government3+35−50+5+2−2+12−8−20−10−31−153+8−50−1+25−7+90+2+28+25+18+37+13+36+61+9+33+1+85+71+49+55+43+45+41+70
Federal2−5−60+4−1−7+4−37−11−15−166−2−19−9−8−24−12−9−13+10−4+1+1+4+2+4+9+3+9+9+7+4+4+5+5+16
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service−3.3−6.2−0.3+0.1−0.2−6.7−0.9−37.3−12.4−16.8−164.7−2−15.7−11.8−9.2−16.7−13.1−7.1−8.6−5.1+3.8−1.7+2.1+1.6+3.5+5.5+3.9+6.4+4.7+7.7+7.6+5.2+4+5.9+4.2+7.6+9.6
U.S. Postal Service−1.5−0.2+0.9+3.5−0.6−0.7+5.1+0.4+1.6+1.4−1.5+0.2−3+2.6+0.7−6.5+0.4−1.5−4.3+5.5−3.1−2.9−1.1−0.3+0.8−3.4−0.3+2.6−1.7+1.8+0.9+1.5+0.2−2.2+0.9−2.3+6
State government2−10+18−5−20−4−6+3−5−12−4+10−17−12+1−7−1−20+10+13+10+13+11+25+20+3−1+8+8+17+16+9+2+24+17+22
State government education−8.7+19.1+2.7−2.4−0.6−5.1−7.4+9.6−3.2−16.6+1.2+7.2−12.7−11.1+1.5−9.2−2.2−1.3−4.1+9+8.6+5.3+4.5+7+19.1+10.5−9.4−7.9+6.3−0.3+8.8+4.7−0.3−4+11.3+9.9+8.5
State government, excluding education−0.9−1.3−7.8+0.6+0.3+1.9+1−6.9−1.4+4.4−4.6+2.8−4.8−0.5−0.6+2.3+0.4+0.1+3.9+1.1+4.6+4+8.4+4.5+5.8+9.3+12.2+7.3+2+7.9+7.8+11.3+9.4+6.2+13+6.5+14.2
Local government2+50−62+100−1+23−6+14+6−4+170−14+20+32+24+22+11+15+17+12+12+23+1+7+39+2+25−10+68+45+26+42+37+16+19+32
Local government education+41.9−57.5+6−26.1−11+11−5.2+2.9−5.8−2+5.6+7+2.6+4.6+11.9+4+5.1+7.4+7.9+10+8.3+5+11.8+2.4+5.6+34.2−20.5+3.7−7.2+31.6+16.5+3.1+19.2+21.8+7.6+9.1+27
Local government, excluding education+8.2−5.1+4.1+26.1+10.4+11.5−0.5+11+12.3−2.7+11.3−6.9−16.3+15.1+20+20.6+16.8+3.8+6.7+7.1+3.6+6.7+11.6−1.5+1.2+5.2+22.8+20.7−3+36.9+28.7+22.3+23.5+14.4+8.7+10.4+5.1

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Total nonfarm payrolls stood at 159,075 thousand persons in Aug 2026. That is +162 thousand persons from Jul 2026 and +603 thousand persons from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1939 to Aug 2026. Source: FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis).

vs previous period
+162 thousand persons
Jul 2026
vs a year earlier
+603 thousand persons
Latest
159,075 thousand persons
Aug 2026

About this data

US nonfarm payroll employment by industry, total and across major sectors, from the BLS. Track monthly employment levels in thousand persons for goods-producing, services, and government sectors. The dataset includes seasonally adjusted series dating back to 1939 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Use these figures to evaluate month-to-month labor market momentum.

Frequently asked questions

What does the US Nonfarm Payrolls by Industry table measure?
The US Nonfarm Payrolls by Industry table measures the total number of paid US workers excluding farm employees, private household workers, and non-profit organization employees, broken down by industry sector.
How frequently is this employment data updated and how far back does it go?
This employment data is published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with major industry series maintaining continuous coverage dating back to 1939.
What industry breakdowns are included in the dataset?
The dataset includes breakdowns for goods-producing sectors like construction and manufacturing, various service sectors like retail and financial activities, and disaggregated federal, state, and local government entities.
How should these employment figures be interpreted?
The figures are reported in thousand persons and are seasonally adjusted to remove normal seasonal hiring and firing patterns, allowing analysts to assess genuine economic shifts.
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