All Employees, Total Nonfarm

PAYNSAlaborFree tier

Series IDPAYNSA
UnitsThousands of Persons
FrequencyMonthly
Categorylabor
Latest observation2026-09-01
HistoryPoint-in-time: every value as first published plus each revision, so backtests see only what was known on the day

Latest reading

The latest All Employees, Total Nonfarm observation, for 2026-09-01, is 159,238 Thousands of Persons, up from 158,905 for 2026-08-01. It has not been revised since it was first published. 53.9% of observations in this history were revised after first release.

Latest observation2026-09-01
Latest value159,238 Thousands of Persons
Previous158,905 (2026-08-01)
Change333 (+0.2%)
First published value159,238
Last release2026-10-02
Vintages stored216
Observations1,053
Largest revision (5 years)2024-11-01: 160,560 → 159,307

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