All Employees, Total Nonfarm

PAYEMSlaborFree tier

Series IDPAYEMS
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 159,044 Thousands of Persons, up from 159,015 for 2026-08-01. It has not been revised since it was first published. 99.9% of observations in this history were revised after first release.

Latest observation2026-09-01
Latest value159,044 Thousands of Persons
Previous159,015 (2026-08-01)
Change29 (0.0%)
First published value159,044
Last release2026-10-02
Vintages stored860
Observations1,053
Largest revision (5 years)2025-06-01: 159,724 → 158,478

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df.tail()

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