The number of employed persons in The United States decreased to 156748 Thousand in March of 2019 from 156949 Thousand in February of 2019. Employed Persons in the United States averaged 105055.12 Thousand from 1950 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 156949 Thousand in February of 2019 and a record low of 57635 Thousand in January of 1950.

Employed Persons in the United States is expected to be 156950.00 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Employed Persons in the United States to stand at 157100.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Employed Persons is projected to trend around 153000.00 Thousand in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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United States Labour Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Unemployment Rate 3.80 3.80 10.80 2.50 percent [+]
Non Farm Payrolls 196.00 33.00 1118.00 -1959.00 Thousand [+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private 182.00 28.00 1092.00 -811.00 Thousand [+]
Government Payrolls 14.00 5.00 427.00 -260.00 Thousand [+]
Manufacturing Payrolls -6.00 1.00 572.00 -519.00 Thousand [+]
Initial Jobless Claims 192.00 197.00 695.00 162.00 Thousand [+]
Continuing Jobless Claims 1653.00 1716.00 6635.00 988.00 Thousand [+]
ADP Employment Change 129.00 197.00 360.00 -706.00 Thousand [+]
Employed Persons 156748.00 156949.00 156949.00 57635.00 Thousand [+]
Unemployed Persons 6211.00 6235.00 15352.00 1596.00 Thousand [+]
Average Hourly Earnings 0.10 0.40 0.60 -0.20 percent [+]
Average Weekly Hours 34.50 34.40 34.60 33.70 Hours [+]
Labor Force Participation Rate 63.00 63.20 67.30 58.10 percent [+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate 0.80 0.78 4.40 0.08 percent [+]
Youth Unemployment Rate 8.80 8.90 19.50 7.80 percent [+]
Labour Costs 109.78 109.25 109.78 17.00 Index Points [+]
Productivity 106.10 105.61 106.10 26.03 Index Points [+]
Job Vacancies 6708.00 7484.00 7484.00 2132.00 Thousand [+]
Job Offers 7087.00 7625.00 7626.00 2264.00 Thousand [+]
Challenger Job Cuts 60587.00 76835.00 248475.00 15100.00 Persons [+]
Wages 23.24 23.18 23.24 2.50 USD/Hour [+]
Wage Growth 4.20 4.24 13.78 -5.88 percent [+]
Wages in Manufacturing 21.93 21.91 21.94 1.27 USD/Hour [+]
Minimum Wages 7.25 7.25 7.25 0.25 USD/Hour [+]
Employment Cost Index 0.70 0.80 1.60 0.20 percent [+]
Population 325.72 323.41 325.72 76.09 Million [+]
Retirement Age Women 66.00 66.00 66.00 66.00 [+]
Retirement Age Men 66.00 66.00 66.00 66.00 [+]
Employment Rate 60.60 60.70 64.70 55.00 percent [+]
Full Time Employment 129969.00 130159.00 130159.00 64640.00 Thousand [+]
Part Time Employment 26938.00 26878.00 28134.00 10086.00 Thousand [+]
Living Wage Family 2380.00 2270.00 2380.00 2160.00 USD/Month [+]
Living Wage Individual 1660.00 1560.00 1660.00 1450.00 USD/Month [+]
Wages High Skilled 4520.00 4330.00 4950.00 4330.00 USD/Month [+]
Wages Low Skilled 1960.00 1760.00 2340.00 1760.00 USD/Month [+]


United States Employed Persons

In the United States, employed persons are individuals with a minimum required age who work during a certain time for a business. This page provides - United States Employed Persons - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Employed Persons - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2019.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
156748.00 156949.00 156949.00 57635.00 1950 - 2019 Thousand Monthly
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Country Last Previous
Argentina 11793.00 Dec/18
Australia 12791.51 Mar/19
Brazil 92.13 Feb/19
Canada 18922.60 Mar/19
China 77586.00 Dec/18
Euro Area 158.90 Dec/18
France 28208.80 Dec/18
Germany 45041.00 Feb/19
India 29579.00 Dec/12
Indonesia 127067835.00 Dec/18
Italy 23210.79 Feb/19
Japan 67140.00 Feb/19
Mexico 54194608.00 Dec/18
Netherlands 8916.00 Mar/19
Russia 71.50 Feb/19
Saudi Arabia 11168.50 Dec/17
Singapore 3715.80 Dec/18
South Africa 10151000.00 Dec/18
South Korea 27088.00 Mar/19
Spain 19564.60 Dec/18
Switzerland 5065.00 Dec/18
Turkey 27157.00 Jan/19
United Kingdom 32721.00 Jan/19
United States 156748.00 Mar/19


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