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Current Data · Updated September 2026

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Labor Market Data

Employment, unemployment, and hours — 15 figures, rebuilt with current BLS data

August 2026's jobs report (released September 4, 2026) anchors most figures here: payrolls rose 162,000, unemployment held at 4.1%.

1. 08Total Nonfarm Employment Change (thousands, monthly)

   Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics — August 2026: +162,000, the strongest gain in five months

   June and July shown as revised (originally +20,000 and −23,000).

2. 09Unemployment Rate (%)

   Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics — August 2026: 4.1%, unchanged

3. 10Total Employed Persons, Household Survey (millions)

   Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics — May 2026: 162.77M

   The 2009 original tracked payroll employment against a 2007 base; the establishment-survey level series wasn't available in the sources retrieved, so this uses the comparable household-survey employment level instead.

4. 11Employment Change Revisions (thousands)

   Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics — July 2026 revised up +44,000 (from −23,000 to +21,000)

5. 12Total Household Employment Change (thousands, monthly)

   Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics — May 2026: +150,000

   Derived from month-to-month change in the household-survey employment level above.

6. 13Employment Change in Service-Providing Industries
   A clean monthly series for service-providing industries specifically (BLS Table B-1) wasn't located in the sources retrieved this session. Qualitatively, the August 2026 report showed continued strength in health care and social assistance and a pullback in information services.

   Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

7. 14Employment Change in Manufacturing
   A reliable current monthly figure for manufacturing payroll change wasn't confirmed in the sources retrieved this session, so it's omitted rather than guessed.

   Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

8. 15Unemployment Level (millions)

   Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics — August 2026: 7.0M

9. 16International Comparisons of Unemployment Rates
   Current comparable unemployment rates for peer economies (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK) weren't gathered this session. The U.S. rate for reference: 4.1% in August 2026.

   Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

10. 17Initial Jobless Claims (thousands, weekly)

    Source: Department of Labor — Week of Aug 22, 2026: 203,000, historically low

11. 18Employment Change by Major Industry, July 2026 (thousands)

    Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics — largest July gain: Health & Social Assistance (+22.6K); largest decline: Government (−53K)

12. 19Overall Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

    Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics — August 2026: 61.6%, 0.5 point below its January level

13. 20Employment Change by Major Occupation Group
    A current breakdown by occupation group wasn't located in the sources retrieved this session.

    Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

14. 21Change in Index of Aggregate Weekly Payroll: Private Sector
    This specific index wasn't located in the sources retrieved this session; average hourly earnings rose 0.3% in August 2026 (+3.1% year-over-year), which feeds into it.

    Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

15. 22Average Workweek, Private Nonfarm Payrolls (hours)

    Used here as the closest available proxy for the original "aggregate weekly hours index" chart, which wasn't located directly.

    Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics — August 2026: 34.4 hours, up 0.1 hour

Economic Data Report · Data current as of early September 2026 · Section II of VI