Hires: Total Nonfarm

Hires during the month as a share of employment, seasonally adjusted. It is a rate, not the number of hires.

3.40

Rate

Updated 2026-06-01 · monthly Decreasing

Hires: Total Nonfarm — latest reading: 3.40 rate. As of June 2026, it is unchanged over the past 12 months, well below its 10-year average. Source: JTSHIR, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, published monthly. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it.

Min

2.80

Max

6.10

Average

3.68

10Y Percentile

14%

3M Change

-2.9%

Jun 2026 · 3.4 Rate
NBER recession periods

Hires: Total Nonfarm (JTSHIR) — 307 observations from 2000-12-01 to 2026-06-01. 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 Hires: Total Nonfarm said on the day, before it was restated. Measured in Rate.

PeriodFirst printNowChangeRepublished
Apr 20263.23.3+0.1
Jan 20263.33.4+0.1
Oct 20253.23.3+0.1
Sep 20253.43.3-0.1

Hires: Total Nonfarm for April 2026 first printed at 3.2 on June 2, 2026, was revised once, and now reads up to 3.3. 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

-2.9%

6-Month

+3.0%

12-Month

+0.0%

What this means

Hires: Total Nonfarm is currently at 3.40 rate, which is well below its 10-year historical average. The trend is decreasing (-2.9% over the past 3 months).

Over the past 6 months the change is +3.0%, and over 12 months it is +0.0%. The short-term move is accelerating relative to the longer trend.

Cite this page

MacroRadar, "Hires: Total Nonfarm," https://www.macroradar.io/hires-total-nonfarm (as of June 2026).