Employment Situation
Economy
Jobs
Unemployment
Household Survey (CPS): Labor Force Data
Conducted by the Census Bureau and BLS, this survey provides data on individuals in the civilian labor force.
- Conducted by the Census Bureau & BLS via household interviews.
- Measures unemployment rate, labor force participation, and employment-population ratio.
- Focuses on individuals rather than jobs.
Employment
U.S. Unemployment Rate
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rate/Total Unemployed, Plus All Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force, Plus Total Employed Part Time for Economic Reasons, as a Percent of the Civilian Labor Force Plus All Persons Marginally Attached to the Labor Force (U-6) retrieved from FRED.
- The Unemployment Rate Average Since 2000 is 5.66` %.
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims
- Source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration, 4-Week Moving Average of Continued Claims (Insured Unemployment)/4-Week Moving Average of Initial Claims, retrieved from FRED.
Monthly Change in Jobs
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, All Employees, Total Nonfarm, retrieved from FRED
- YTD, the economy has added 598,000 jobs to the economy.
- Total Nonfarm Payrolls: All Employees, Total in Thousands, a key economic indicator published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) as part of the Employment Situation Report.
Jobs Per Unemployed Person
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings: Total Nonfarm/ Unemployment Level, retrieved from FRED.
BLS Job Categories
Jobs by Category Over Time
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, All Employees, retrieved from FRED.
Jobs by Category
| Monthly Change in Jobs | |
|---|---|
| Name | Amount |
| Education & Health Services | 46,000 |
| Leisure & Hospitality | 28,000 |
| Other Services | 12,000 |
| Trade, Transport, & Util. | 2,000 |
| Financial Activities | −3,000 |
| Information | −5,000 |
| Mining & Logging | −6,000 |
| Construction | −7,000 |
| Manufacturing | −12,000 |
| Government | −16,000 |
| Prof. Business Services | −17,000 |
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, All Employees, retrieved from FRED.
ADP Job Categories
- Most Recent Monthly Change Amount
| ADP Weekly Change in Jobs by Category | |
|---|---|
| Name | Amount |
| Professional & Business Services | 12,000 |
| Trade, Transportation & Utilities | 10,000 |
| Natural Resources & Mining | 4,000 |
| Education & Health Services | 1,000 |
| Manufacturing | 0 |
| Financial Activities | −3,000 |
| Information | −3,000 |
| Other Services | −4,000 |
| Leisure & Hospitality | −9,000 |
- Source: Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Nonfarm Private Payroll Employment, retrieved from FRED
Supplemental Notes
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims
- Continued Claims: 4-Week Moving Average – This tracks the average number of people who continue to receive unemployment benefits over the past four weeks, smoothing out short-term fluctuations.
- See Supplemental notes for more information.
- Continued claims, also referred to as insured unemployment, is the number of people who have already filed an initial claim and who have experienced a week of unemployment and then filed a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims data are based on the week of unemployment, not the week when the initial claim was filed.
- An initial claim is a claim filed by an unemployed individual after a separation from an employer. The claim requests a determination of basic eligibility for the Unemployment Insurance program.
- Initial Claims: 4-Week Moving Average – This measures the average number of new people filing for unemployment benefits each week over the last four weeks, helping to show trends in job losses.
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