Jobs · monthly · 93 readings since Jan 2019

US payroll jobs 159.04 million

Sep 2026, preliminary

US payroll jobs rose 6% since Jan 2019

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Jesse Hawkins, “Grapher: US payroll jobs”, jesseahawkins.com, data retrieved 11 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/series/payrolls/. Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, public domain.

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@misc{hawkins2026seriespayrolls,
  author = {Hawkins, Jesse},
  title = {{Grapher: US payroll jobs}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://jesseahawkins.com/series/payrolls/}},
  note = {Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-11}
}

The series

All employees, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted (Current Employment Statistics (establishment survey)). Retrieved by this site on 2026-10-11.

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Newest reading, preliminary	Sep 2026	159.04 million
A year before	Sep 2025	158.55 million
Highest reading	Sep 2026	159.04 million
Lowest reading	Apr 2020	130.43 million
First reading	Jan 2019	150.06 million

What the series is

All employees, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted (Current Employment Statistics (establishment survey)). Unit: thousands of jobs. The newest reading is preliminary, and the source can revise it.

Terms: Seasonally adjusted

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, public domain: US payroll jobs. Retrieved 2026-10-11.