United States Nonfarm Payrolls - Private 1950-2018 | Data | Chart

Nonfarm Payrolls Private in the United States increased by 204 thousand in August of 2018. Nonfarm Payrolls Private in the United States averaged 108.46 Thousand from 1950 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 1089 Thousand in September of 1983 and a record low of -821 Thousand in April of 2009.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-07-06	12:30 PM	Nonfarm Payrolls Private	202K	239K	190K	175K
2018-08-03	12:30 PM	Nonfarm Payrolls Private	170K	234K	189K	204K
2018-09-07	12:30 PM	Nonfarm Payrolls Private	204K	153K	190K	199K
2018-10-05	12:30 PM	Nonfarm Payrolls Private		204K		190K
2018-11-02	12:30 PM	Nonfarm Payrolls Private				178K
2018-12-07	01:30 PM	Nonfarm Payrolls Private				160K

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.90	3.90	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	201.00	147.00	1115.00	-834.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	204.00	153.00	1089.00	-821.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	-3.00	-6.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	-3.00	18.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	204.00	205.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1696.00	1711.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	163.00	217.00	384.00	-836.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	155542.00	155965.00	155965.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	6234.00	6280.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.40	0.30	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.50	34.50	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.70	62.90	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.82	0.88	2.80	0.74	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.60	8.90	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	109.33	109.60	109.60	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	105.08	104.34	105.08	26.03	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	7313.00	6653.00	7313.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	6939.00	6822.00	6939.00	2196.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	38472.00	27122.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	22.73	22.66	22.73	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	4.83	4.99	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	21.42	21.41	21.53	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.60	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	60.30	60.50	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	128577.00	129021.00	129021.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	26913.00	26992.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	2240.00	2150.00	2240.00	2120.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1540.00	1460.00	1540.00	1420.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4290.00	4120.00	4320.00	3640.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	2090.00	1830.00	2100.00	1650.00	USD/Month	[+]

United States Nonfarm Payrolls - Private

Private Nonfarm Payrolls measures the change in the number of total payrolls in any business, excluding general government employees, private household employees, employees of nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to individuals and farm employees. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Nonfarm Payrolls - Private - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Nonfarm Payrolls - Private - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2018.