All Employees, Total Nonfarm

The All Employees, Total Nonfarm was 159,075 on 2026-08-01, per U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED.

Latest 159,075
Change vs previous +162
As of
Unit Thousands

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED · Source data · As of · 308 observations

Recent observations

The most recent 60 observations, newest first. Change is against the previous published observation, not the previous calendar day — the series is only published on days the source publishes it.

Date Value Change
159,075 +162
158,913 +21
158,892 +31
158,861 +63
158,798 +148
158,650 +214
158,436 -156
158,592 +160
158,432 -17
158,449 +41
158,408 -140
158,548 +76
158,472 -70
158,542 +64
158,478 -20
158,498 +13
158,485 +108
158,377 +67
158,310 +42
158,268 -48
158,316 +237
158,079 +134
157,945 +33
157,912 +155
157,757 +9
157,748 +53
157,695 +87
157,608 +78
157,530 +64
157,466 +228
157,238 +206
157,032 +175
156,857 +154
156,703 +127
156,576 +159
156,417 +156
156,261 +218
156,043 +163
155,880 +225
155,655 +280
155,375 +241
155,134 +68
155,066 +290
154,776 +434
154,342 +100
154,242 +303
153,939 +357
153,582 +220
153,362 +290
153,072 +714
152,358 +434
151,924 +301
151,623 +308
151,315 +490
150,825 +819
150,006 +190
149,816 +586
149,230 +658
148,572 +801
147,771 —

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED · As of · Showing 60 of 308 observations; the chart above plots the full history.

Methodology

The number of people on nonfarm payrolls, in thousands, from the BLS establishment survey, seasonally adjusted. This is the LEVEL; the headline 'jobs added' figure the market reacts to is the month-on-month change in it.

Attribution & licence
Attribution
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED
Originator
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Licence
Public domain
Why
The underlying data is a U.S. federal government work (public domain). FRED is the redistributor, not the author, so the attribution names the originating agency 'via FRED'. FRED's terms permit redistribution but FORBID use with AI/LLM services — hence llmForbidden.