All Employees, Total Nonfarm
Total US nonfarm payroll jobs, seasonally adjusted. It counts jobs, not people, so a person with two jobs is counted twice.
159044.00
Thousands of Persons
All Employees, Total Nonfarm — latest reading: 159044.00 thousands of persons. As of September 2026, it is up 0.3% over the past 12 months, well above its 10-year average. Source: PAYEMS, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, published monthly. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it. Higher than every one of the other 1052 readings since 1939-01-01.
Min
29923.00
Max
159044.00
Average
93953.92
10Y Percentile
100%
3M Change
+0.1%
All Employees, Total Nonfarm (PAYEMS) — 1053 observations from 1939-01-01 to 2026-09-01. Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Red shading indicates NBER recession periods.
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How these numbers changed
Every figure above is the current one. These are the same periods as first published — what All Employees, Total Nonfarm said on the day, before it was restated. Measured in Thousands of Persons.
| Period | First print | Now | Change | Republished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 159075 | 159015 | -60 | 1× |
| Jul 2026 | 158858 | 158882 | +24 | 2× |
| Jun 2026 | 158984 | 158892 | -92 | 2× |
| May 2026 | 159001 | 158861 | -140 | 2× |
| Apr 2026 | 158736 | 158798 | +62 | 2× |
| Mar 2026 | 158637 | 158650 | +13 | 2× |
| Feb 2026 | 158466 | 158436 | -30 | 2× |
| Jan 2026 | 158627 | 158592 | -35 | 2× |
| Dec 2025 | 159526 | 158432 | -1094 | 2× |
| Nov 2025 | 159552 | 158449 | -1103 | 2× |
| Oct 2025 | 159488 | 158408 | -1080 | 2× |
All Employees, Total Nonfarm for August 2026 first printed at 159075 on September 4, 2026, was revised once, and now reads down to 159015. Recompute any row from FRED's own vintage archive.
Macro Regime Context
The growth regime is currently late cycle (71% confidence).
See what this means across all four regime dimensions →3-Month
+0.1%
6-Month
+0.2%
12-Month
+0.3%
What this means
All Employees, Total Nonfarm is currently at 159044.00 thousands of persons, which is well above its 10-year historical average. The trend is stable (+0.1% over the past 3 months).
Over the past 6 months the change is +0.2%, and over 12 months it is +0.3%. The short-term pace is consistent with the longer trend.
Cite this page
MacroRadar, "All Employees, Total Nonfarm," https://www.macroradar.io/all-employees-total-nonfarm (as of September 2026).