Nonfarm Payrolls — economic data & chart — Scrolld®

Name: Nonfarm Payrolls
Creator: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
License: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/

Explore Nonfarm Payrolls, a US macroeconomic indicator, on Scrolld — latest observations with dates and available summary statistics.

as of 2026-08-01

Latest observation

All Employees, Total Nonfarm — 159,075 Thousands of Persons on 2026-08-01.

1,052 observations from 1939-01-01 to 2026-08-01.

All Employees, Total Nonfarm — historical observations

1,052 observations from 1939-01-01 to 2026-08-01. Frequency: monthly.

The chart shows 234 sampled observations, retaining the minimum and maximum of each time bucket. Statistics use all 1,052 observations.

Statistics over the available window

Latest recorded value: 159,075 Thousands of Persons on 2026-08-01. Minimum: 29,923 Thousands of Persons. Maximum: 159,075 Thousands of Persons. Arithmetic mean: 93,892.135 Thousands of Persons. Observation count: 1,052. First date: 1939-01-01. Last date: 2026-08-01.

1-month change: 162 Thousands of Persons (0.10%), from 158,913 Thousands of Persons on 2026-07-01 to 159,075 Thousands of Persons on 2026-08-01.

1-year change: 603 Thousands of Persons (0.38%), from 158,472 Thousands of Persons on 2025-08-01 to 159,075 Thousands of Persons on 2026-08-01.

All Employees, Total Nonfarm: 24 most recent observations, newest first (Thousands of Persons)
Observation date	Recorded value
2026-08-01	159,075 Thousands of Persons
2026-07-01	158,913 Thousands of Persons
2026-06-01	158,892 Thousands of Persons
2026-05-01	158,861 Thousands of Persons
2026-04-01	158,798 Thousands of Persons
2026-03-01	158,650 Thousands of Persons
2026-02-01	158,436 Thousands of Persons
2026-01-01	158,592 Thousands of Persons
2025-12-01	158,432 Thousands of Persons
2025-11-01	158,449 Thousands of Persons
2025-10-01	158,408 Thousands of Persons
2025-09-01	158,548 Thousands of Persons
2025-08-01	158,472 Thousands of Persons
2025-07-01	158,542 Thousands of Persons
2025-06-01	158,478 Thousands of Persons
2025-05-01	158,498 Thousands of Persons
2025-04-01	158,485 Thousands of Persons
2025-03-01	158,377 Thousands of Persons
2025-02-01	158,310 Thousands of Persons
2025-01-01	158,268 Thousands of Persons
2024-12-01	158,316 Thousands of Persons
2024-11-01	158,079 Thousands of Persons
2024-10-01	157,945 Thousands of Persons
2024-09-01	157,912 Thousands of Persons