The number of employed persons in The United States increased to 157878 Thousand in August of 2019 from 157288 Thousand in July of 2019. Employed Persons in the United States averaged 105366.48 Thousand from 1950 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 157878 Thousand in August of 2019 and a record low of 57635 Thousand in January of 1950.

Employed Persons in the United States is expected to be 157000.00 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 157500.00 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 3.70 3.70 10.80 2.50 percent [+]
Non Farm Payrolls 130.00 159.00 1118.00 -1959.00 Thousand [+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private 96.00 131.00 1092.00 -1766.00 Thousand [+]
Government Payrolls 34.00 28.00 427.00 -260.00 Thousand [+]
Manufacturing Payrolls 3.00 4.00 655.00 -1715.00 Thousand [+]
Initial Jobless Claims 204.00 219.00 695.00 162.00 Thousand [+]
Continuing Jobless Claims 1670.00 1674.00 6635.00 988.00 Thousand [+]
ADP Employment Change 195.00 142.00 360.00 -706.00 Thousand [+]
Employed Persons 157878.00 157288.00 157878.00 57635.00 Thousand [+]
Unemployed Persons 6044.00 6063.00 15352.00 1596.00 Thousand [+]
Average Hourly Earnings 0.40 0.30 0.60 -0.20 percent [+]
Average Weekly Hours 34.40 34.30 34.60 33.70 Hours [+]
Labor Force Participation Rate 63.20 63.00 67.30 58.10 percent [+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate 0.71 0.87 4.40 0.08 percent [+]
Youth Unemployment Rate 8.60 8.50 19.50 7.80 percent [+]
Labour Costs 111.98 111.28 111.98 17.00 Index Points [+]
Productivity 107.54 106.93 107.54 25.99 Index Points [+]
Job Vacancies 7471.00 7225.00 7884.00 2157.00 Thousand [+]
Job Offers 7217.00 7248.00 7626.00 2264.00 Thousand [+]
Challenger Job Cuts 53480.00 38845.00 248475.00 15100.00 Persons [+]
Wages 23.59 23.46 23.59 2.50 USD/Hour [+]
Wages in Manufacturing 22.19 22.13 22.19 1.27 USD/Hour [+]
Wage Growth 5.20 5.45 13.78 -5.88 percent [+]
Minimum Wages 7.25 7.25 7.25 0.25 USD/Hour [+]
Employment Cost Index 0.60 0.70 2.00 0.20 percent [+]
Population 327.17 325.15 327.17 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 60.90 60.70 64.70 55.00 percent [+]
Full Time Employment 130789.00 130429.00 130789.00 64640.00 Thousand [+]
Part Time Employment 26974.00 26861.00 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 Low Skilled 1960.00 1760.00 2340.00 1760.00 USD/Month [+]
Wages High Skilled 4520.00 4330.00 4950.00 4330.00 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 September of 2019.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
157878.00 157288.00 157878.00 57635.00 1950 - 2019 Thousand Monthly
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Argentina 11947.00 Mar/19
Australia 12908.17 Jul/19
Brazil 93.58 Jul/19
Canada 19111.50 Aug/19
China 77586.00 Dec/18
Euro Area 159.50 Mar/19
France 28383.20 Jun/19
Germany 45089.00 Jul/19
Indonesia 127067835.00 Dec/18
Italy 23404.17 Jul/19
Japan 67160.00 Jul/19
Mexico 54936719.00 Jun/19
Netherlands 8954.00 Jul/19
Russia 72.20 Jul/19
Saudi Arabia 10085.90 Dec/18
Singapore 3715.80 Dec/18
South Africa 10174000.00 Mar/19
South Korea 27196.00 Aug/19
Spain 19804.90 Jun/19
Switzerland 5098.00 Jun/19
Turkey 28269.00 May/19
United Kingdom 32777.00 Jun/19
United States 157878.00 Aug/19


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