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Jobs report

How many jobs the economy added last month, and what share of people looking for work could not find any.

History

Nonfarm payrollslatest +162k (2026-08-01) · 60 prints
-156k+332k+819k2021-09-01: +457k2021-10-01: +801k2021-11-01: +658k2021-12-01: +586k2022-01-01: +190k2022-02-01: +819k2022-03-01: +490k2022-04-01: +308k2022-05-01: +301k2022-06-01: +434k2022-07-01: +714k2022-08-01: +290k2022-09-01: +220k2022-10-01: +357k2022-11-01: +303k2022-12-01: +100k2023-01-01: +434k2023-02-01: +290k2023-03-01: +68k2023-04-01: +241k2023-05-01: +280k2023-06-01: +225k2023-07-01: +163k2023-08-01: +218k2023-09-01: +156k2023-10-01: +159k2023-11-01: +127k2023-12-01: +154k2024-01-01: +175k2024-02-01: +206k2024-03-01: +228k2024-04-01: +64k2024-05-01: +78k2024-06-01: +87k2024-07-01: +53k2024-08-01: +9k2024-09-01: +155k2024-10-01: +33k2024-11-01: +134k2024-12-01: +237k2025-01-01: -48k2025-02-01: +42k2025-03-01: +67k2025-04-01: +108k2025-05-01: +13k2025-06-01: -20k2025-07-01: +64k2025-08-01: -70k2025-09-01: +76k2025-10-01: -140k2025-11-01: +41k2025-12-01: -17k2026-01-01: +160k2026-02-01: -156k2026-03-01: +214k2026-04-01: +148k2026-05-01: +63k2026-06-01: +31k2026-07-01: +21k2026-08-01: +162k202120222023202420252026
Unemployment ratelatest 4.1% (2026-08-01) · 60 prints
0.0%2.6%5.1%2021-08-01: 5.1%2021-09-01: 4.7%2021-10-01: 4.5%2021-11-01: 4.1%2021-12-01: 3.9%2022-01-01: 4.0%2022-02-01: 3.9%2022-03-01: 3.7%2022-04-01: 3.7%2022-05-01: 3.6%2022-06-01: 3.6%2022-07-01: 3.5%2022-08-01: 3.6%2022-09-01: 3.5%2022-10-01: 3.6%2022-11-01: 3.6%2022-12-01: 3.5%2023-01-01: 3.5%2023-02-01: 3.6%2023-03-01: 3.5%2023-04-01: 3.4%2023-05-01: 3.6%2023-06-01: 3.6%2023-07-01: 3.5%2023-08-01: 3.7%2023-09-01: 3.7%2023-10-01: 3.9%2023-11-01: 3.7%2023-12-01: 3.8%2024-01-01: 3.7%2024-02-01: 3.9%2024-03-01: 3.9%2024-04-01: 3.9%2024-05-01: 3.9%2024-06-01: 4.1%2024-07-01: 4.2%2024-08-01: 4.2%2024-09-01: 4.1%2024-10-01: 4.1%2024-11-01: 4.2%2024-12-01: 4.1%2025-01-01: 4.0%2025-02-01: 4.2%2025-03-01: 4.2%2025-04-01: 4.2%2025-05-01: 4.3%2025-06-01: 4.1%2025-07-01: 4.3%2025-08-01: 4.3%2025-09-01: 4.4%2025-11-01: 4.5%2025-12-01: 4.4%2026-01-01: 4.3%2026-02-01: 4.4%2026-03-01: 4.3%2026-04-01: 4.3%2026-05-01: 4.3%2026-06-01: 4.2%2026-07-01: 4.1%2026-08-01: 4.1%202120222023202420252026

Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, from Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Values shown are as currently published, so revisions are included here even though the game scores the first print.

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PrintPayrollsUnemploymentCalled right
August jobs report
Sep 4, 2026
+162k
no line
4.1%
no line
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