Total nonfarm payroll employment
Total nonfarm employees, thousands, seasonally adjusted (the level; the monthly change is the NFP headline). Series id us.payrolls.total. Seasonally adjusted. Licence: US public domain.
Recent observations
| Period | Value | Vintage |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09 | 159044 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-08 | 159015 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-07 | 158882 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-06 | 158892 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-05 | 158861 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-04 | 158798 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-03 | 158650 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-02 | 158436 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2026-01 | 158592 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-12 | 158432 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-11 | 158449 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-10 | 158408 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-09 | 158548 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-08 | 158472 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-07 | 158542 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-06 | 158478 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-05 | 158498 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-04 | 158485 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-03 | 158377 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-02 | 158310 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2025-01 | 158268 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2024-12 | 158316 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2024-11 | 158079 | 2026-11-02 |
| 2024-10 | 157945 | 2026-11-02 |
Calls
GET /api/v1/series/us.payrolls.total
GET /api/v1/series/us.payrolls.total/history?limit=120
GET /api/v1/series/us.payrolls.total/history?as_of=2026-06-30
GET /api/v1/series/us.payrolls.total/vintages?period=2026-09
MCP: macro_latest(series_id="us.payrolls.total")Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Adapter bls.
About this series
Total nonfarm payroll employment is published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly in thousands, seasonally adjusted. Total nonfarm employees, thousands, seasonally adjusted (the level; the monthly change is the NFP headline). MacroDataAPI collects it at release, keeps every revision with its vintage date, and serves it under its US public domain licence with attribution in the source field.
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