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.

158858.00

Thousands of Persons

Updated 2026-07-01 · monthly→ Stable

All Employees, Total Nonfarm — latest reading: 158858.00 thousands of persons. As of July 2026, it is up 0.2% 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 all but 2 of 1051 readings since 1939-01-01. Last at or above this level on 2026-06-01.

Min

29923.00

Max

158881.00

Average

93830.05

10Y Percentile

98%

3M Change

+0.0%

Jul 2026 · 158,858 Thousands of Persons
NBER recession periods

All Employees, Total Nonfarm (PAYEMS) — 1051 observations from 1939-01-01 to 2026-07-01. 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.

PeriodFirst printNowChangeRepublished
Jun 2026158984158881-1031×
May 2026159001158861-1402×
Apr 2026158736158798+622×
Mar 2026158637158650+132×
Feb 2026158466158436-302×
Jan 2026158627158592-352×
Dec 2025159526158432-10942×
Nov 2025159552158449-11032×
Oct 2025159488158408-10802×
Sep 2025159626158548-10782×
Aug 2025159540158472-10683×

All Employees, Total Nonfarm for June 2026 first printed at 158984 on July 2, 2026, was revised once, and now reads down to 158881. Recompute any row from FRED's own vintage archive.

Macro Regime Context

The growth regime is currently late cycle (67% confidence).

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3-Month

+0.0%

6-Month

+0.2%

12-Month

+0.2%

What this means

All Employees, Total Nonfarm is currently at 158858.00 thousands of persons, which is well above its 10-year historical average. The trend is stable (+0.0% over the past 3 months).

Over the past 6 months the change is +0.2%, and over 12 months it is +0.2%. 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 July 2026).

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