Title: Total Nonfarm Payrolls: All Employees Series ID: PAYEMS Source: U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics Release: The Employment Situation Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Thousands Date Range: 1939-01-01 to 2009-10-01 Last Updated: 2009-11-06 9:01 AM CST Notes: Handbook of Methods Establishment Survey - (http://stats.bls.gov:80/opub/hom/homch2_itc.htm) Frequently Asked Questions - (http://stats.bls.gov:80/cps/cps_faq.htm) DATE VALUE 1939-01-01 29923 1939-02-01 30100 1939-03-01 30280 1939-04-01 30094 1939-05-01 30300 1939-06-01 30502 1939-07-01 30419 1939-08-01 30662 1939-09-01 31032 1939-10-01 31408 1939-11-01 31469 1939-12-01 31539 1940-01-01 31603 1940-02-01 31715 1940-03-01 31826 1940-04-01 31699 1940-05-01 31880 1940-06-01 31978 1940-07-01 31942 1940-08-01 32352 1940-09-01 32810 1940-10-01 33265 1940-11-01 33668 1940-12-01 34172 1941-01-01 34480 1941-02-01 34844 1941-03-01 35094 1941-04-01 35468 1941-05-01 36182 1941-06-01 36651 1941-07-01 37137 1941-08-01 37544 1941-09-01 37836 1941-10-01 37948 1941-11-01 38024 1941-12-01 38104 1942-01-01 38348 1942-02-01 38513 1942-03-01 38936 1942-04-01 39351 1942-05-01 39772 1942-06-01 40028 1942-07-01 40470 1942-08-01 40988 1942-09-01 41254 1942-10-01 41514 1942-11-01 41673 1942-12-01 41915 1943-01-01 42174 1943-02-01 42395 1943-03-01 42553 1943-04-01 42646 1943-05-01 42596 1943-06-01 42781 1943-07-01 42701 1943-08-01 42546 1943-09-01 42484 1943-10-01 42675 1943-11-01 42819 1943-12-01 42747 1944-01-01 42661 1944-02-01 42543 1944-03-01 42291 1944-04-01 42062 1944-05-01 41985 1944-06-01 41947 1944-07-01 41904 1944-08-01 41848 1944-09-01 41671 1944-10-01 41708 1944-11-01 41711 1944-12-01 41861 1945-01-01 41903 1945-02-01 41903 1945-03-01 41795 1945-04-01 41443 1945-05-01 41304 1945-06-01 41148 1945-07-01 40873 1945-08-01 40466 1945-09-01 38500 1945-10-01 38598 1945-11-01 38996 1945-12-01 39111 1946-01-01 39839 1946-02-01 39250 1946-03-01 40192 1946-04-01 40908 1946-05-01 41348 1946-06-01 41732 1946-07-01 42153 1946-08-01 42642 1946-09-01 42908 1946-10-01 43094 1946-11-01 43396 1946-12-01 43379 1947-01-01 43545 1947-02-01 43563 1947-03-01 43605 1947-04-01 43491 1947-05-01 43637 1947-06-01 43808 1947-07-01 43742 1947-08-01 43958 1947-09-01 44201 1947-10-01 44415 1947-11-01 44486 1947-12-01 44578 1948-01-01 44686 1948-02-01 44537 1948-03-01 44680 1948-04-01 44369 1948-05-01 44795 1948-06-01 45032 1948-07-01 45160 1948-08-01 45175 1948-09-01 45294 1948-10-01 45250 1948-11-01 45194 1948-12-01 45028 1949-01-01 44675 1949-02-01 44500 1949-03-01 44238 1949-04-01 44230 1949-05-01 43982 1949-06-01 43739 1949-07-01 43530 1949-08-01 43621 1949-09-01 43784 1949-10-01 42950 1949-11-01 43244 1949-12-01 43516 1950-01-01 43530 1950-02-01 43298 1950-03-01 43952 1950-04-01 44376 1950-05-01 44717 1950-06-01 45084 1950-07-01 45453 1950-08-01 46187 1950-09-01 46442 1950-10-01 46712 1950-11-01 46778 1950-12-01 46855 1951-01-01 47289 1951-02-01 47577 1951-03-01 47871 1951-04-01 47856 1951-05-01 47952 1951-06-01 48067 1951-07-01 48061 1951-08-01 48008 1951-09-01 47955 1951-10-01 48009 1951-11-01 48149 1951-12-01 48308 1952-01-01 48299 1952-02-01 48522 1952-03-01 48504 1952-04-01 48616 1952-05-01 48645 1952-06-01 48286 1952-07-01 48144 1952-08-01 48922 1952-09-01 49319 1952-10-01 49598 1952-11-01 49816 1952-12-01 50164 1953-01-01 50145 1953-02-01 50339 1953-03-01 50474 1953-04-01 50432 1953-05-01 50491 1953-06-01 50522 1953-07-01 50536 1953-08-01 50487 1953-09-01 50365 1953-10-01 50242 1953-11-01 49906 1953-12-01 49702 1954-01-01 49467 1954-02-01 49381 1954-03-01 49158 1954-04-01 49177 1954-05-01 48965 1954-06-01 48896 1954-07-01 48834 1954-08-01 48825 1954-09-01 48881 1954-10-01 48944 1954-11-01 49179 1954-12-01 49331 1955-01-01 49497 1955-02-01 49644 1955-03-01 49963 1955-04-01 50246 1955-05-01 50512 1955-06-01 50790 1955-07-01 50985 1955-08-01 51112 1955-09-01 51262 1955-10-01 51431 1955-11-01 51592 1955-12-01 51805 1956-01-01 51975 1956-02-01 52167 1956-03-01 52295 1956-04-01 52375 1956-05-01 52506 1956-06-01 52583 1956-07-01 51954 1956-08-01 52632 1956-09-01 52600 1956-10-01 52781 1956-11-01 52822 1956-12-01 52930 1957-01-01 52888 1957-02-01 53098 1957-03-01 53156 1957-04-01 53238 1957-05-01 53149 1957-06-01 53066 1957-07-01 53122 1957-08-01 53128 1957-09-01 52932 1957-10-01 52765 1957-11-01 52557 1957-12-01 52385 1958-01-01 52077 1958-02-01 51576 1958-03-01 51300 1958-04-01 51026 1958-05-01 50913 1958-06-01 50912 1958-07-01 51037 1958-08-01 51233 1958-09-01 51506 1958-10-01 51485 1958-11-01 51943 1958-12-01 52088 1959-01-01 52481 1959-02-01 52687 1959-03-01 53016 1959-04-01 53320 1959-05-01 53549 1959-06-01 53678 1959-07-01 53803 1959-08-01 53337 1959-09-01 53428 1959-10-01 53359 1959-11-01 53635 1959-12-01 54175 1960-01-01 54274 1960-02-01 54513 1960-03-01 54458 1960-04-01 54812 1960-05-01 54472 1960-06-01 54347 1960-07-01 54303 1960-08-01 54272 1960-09-01 54228 1960-10-01 54144 1960-11-01 53962 1960-12-01 53743 1961-01-01 53683 1961-02-01 53556 1961-03-01 53662 1961-04-01 53626 1961-05-01 53783 1961-06-01 53977 1961-07-01 54124 1961-08-01 54299 1961-09-01 54387 1961-10-01 54521 1961-11-01 54743 1961-12-01 54871 1962-01-01 54891 1962-02-01 55187 1962-03-01 55276 1962-04-01 55601 1962-05-01 55626 1962-06-01 55644 1962-07-01 55746 1962-08-01 55838 1962-09-01 55977 1962-10-01 56041 1962-11-01 56055 1962-12-01 56027 1963-01-01 56116 1963-02-01 56231 1963-03-01 56322 1963-04-01 56580 1963-05-01 56616 1963-06-01 56658 1963-07-01 56795 1963-08-01 56910 1963-09-01 57078 1963-10-01 57284 1963-11-01 57255 1963-12-01 57360 1964-01-01 57487 1964-02-01 57752 1964-03-01 57898 1964-04-01 57923 1964-05-01 58089 1964-06-01 58221 1964-07-01 58412 1964-08-01 58620 1964-09-01 58903 1964-10-01 58794 1964-11-01 59217 1964-12-01 59420 1965-01-01 59583 1965-02-01 59800 1965-03-01 60003 1965-04-01 60258 1965-05-01 60492 1965-06-01 60690 1965-07-01 60963 1965-08-01 61228 1965-09-01 61490 1965-10-01 61718 1965-11-01 61997 1965-12-01 62321 1966-01-01 62528 1966-02-01 62796 1966-03-01 63191 1966-04-01 63436 1966-05-01 63711 1966-06-01 64110 1966-07-01 64301 1966-08-01 64507 1966-09-01 64645 1966-10-01 64854 1966-11-01 65019 1966-12-01 65199 1967-01-01 65407 1967-02-01 65427 1967-03-01 65530 1967-04-01 65467 1967-05-01 65618 1967-06-01 65750 1967-07-01 65887 1967-08-01 66142 1967-09-01 66163 1967-10-01 66225 1967-11-01 66703 1967-12-01 66900 1968-01-01 66805 1968-02-01 67214 1968-03-01 67296 1968-04-01 67555 1968-05-01 67652 1968-06-01 67904 1968-07-01 68126 1968-08-01 68328 1968-09-01 68487 1968-10-01 68720 1968-11-01 68985 1968-12-01 69245 1969-01-01 69438 1969-02-01 69698 1969-03-01 69906 1969-04-01 70072 1969-05-01 70328 1969-06-01 70636 1969-07-01 70730 1969-08-01 71005 1969-09-01 70918 1969-10-01 71119 1969-11-01 71088 1969-12-01 71240 1970-01-01 71176 1970-02-01 71302 1970-03-01 71453 1970-04-01 71348 1970-05-01 71122 1970-06-01 71028 1970-07-01 71055 1970-08-01 70932 1970-09-01 70949 1970-10-01 70519 1970-11-01 70409 1970-12-01 70790 1971-01-01 70866 1971-02-01 70805 1971-03-01 70859 1971-04-01 71037 1971-05-01 71247 1971-06-01 71253 1971-07-01 71316 1971-08-01 71368 1971-09-01 71620 1971-10-01 71642 1971-11-01 71844 1971-12-01 72108 1972-01-01 72445 1972-02-01 72652 1972-03-01 72945 1972-04-01 73163 1972-05-01 73467 1972-06-01 73760 1972-07-01 73709 1972-08-01 74137 1972-09-01 74268 1972-10-01 74672 1972-11-01 74965 1972-12-01 75270 1973-01-01 75620 1973-02-01 76017 1973-03-01 76286 1973-04-01 76456 1973-05-01 76646 1973-06-01 76886 1973-07-01 76911 1973-08-01 77166 1973-09-01 77281 1973-10-01 77605 1973-11-01 77909 1973-12-01 78035 1974-01-01 78104 1974-02-01 78253 1974-03-01 78295 1974-04-01 78384 1974-05-01 78547 1974-06-01 78602 1974-07-01 78634 1974-08-01 78619 1974-09-01 78614 1974-10-01 78627 1974-11-01 78259 1974-12-01 77657 1975-01-01 77297 1975-02-01 76919 1975-03-01 76649 1975-04-01 76463 1975-05-01 76623 1975-06-01 76519 1975-07-01 76768 1975-08-01 77154 1975-09-01 77232 1975-10-01 77535 1975-11-01 77679 1975-12-01 78017 1976-01-01 78506 1976-02-01 78817 1976-03-01 79049 1976-04-01 79293 1976-05-01 79311 1976-06-01 79376 1976-07-01 79546 1976-08-01 79704 1976-09-01 79892 1976-10-01 79905 1976-11-01 80237 1976-12-01 80448 1977-01-01 80692 1977-02-01 80987 1977-03-01 81391 1977-04-01 81730 1977-05-01 82089 1977-06-01 82488 1977-07-01 82836 1977-08-01 83074 1977-09-01 83532 1977-10-01 83794 1977-11-01 84173 1977-12-01 84408 1978-01-01 84595 1978-02-01 84948 1978-03-01 85461 1978-04-01 86163 1978-05-01 86509 1978-06-01 86951 1978-07-01 87205 1978-08-01 87481 1978-09-01 87618 1978-10-01 87954 1978-11-01 88391 1978-12-01 88674 1979-01-01 88811 1979-02-01 89054 1979-03-01 89480 1979-04-01 89418 1979-05-01 89790 1979-06-01 90108 1979-07-01 90214 1979-08-01 90296 1979-09-01 90323 1979-10-01 90480 1979-11-01 90574 1979-12-01 90669 1980-01-01 90800 1980-02-01 90879 1980-03-01 90991 1980-04-01 90846 1980-05-01 90415 1980-06-01 90095 1980-07-01 89832 1980-08-01 90092 1980-09-01 90205 1980-10-01 90485 1980-11-01 90741 1980-12-01 90936 1981-01-01 91031 1981-02-01 91098 1981-03-01 91202 1981-04-01 91276 1981-05-01 91286 1981-06-01 91482 1981-07-01 91594 1981-08-01 91558 1981-09-01 91471 1981-10-01 91371 1981-11-01 91162 1981-12-01 90884 1982-01-01 90557 1982-02-01 90551 1982-03-01 90422 1982-04-01 90141 1982-05-01 90096 1982-06-01 89853 1982-07-01 89510 1982-08-01 89352 1982-09-01 89171 1982-10-01 88894 1982-11-01 88770 1982-12-01 88756 1983-01-01 88981 1983-02-01 88903 1983-03-01 89076 1983-04-01 89352 1983-05-01 89629 1983-06-01 90007 1983-07-01 90425 1983-08-01 90117 1983-09-01 91231 1983-10-01 91502 1983-11-01 91854 1983-12-01 92210 1984-01-01 92657 1984-02-01 93136 1984-03-01 93411 1984-04-01 93774 1984-05-01 94082 1984-06-01 94461 1984-07-01 94773 1984-08-01 95014 1984-09-01 95325 1984-10-01 95611 1984-11-01 95960 1984-12-01 96087 1985-01-01 96353 1985-02-01 96477 1985-03-01 96823 1985-04-01 97018 1985-05-01 97292 1985-06-01 97437 1985-07-01 97626 1985-08-01 97819 1985-09-01 98023 1985-10-01 98210 1985-11-01 98419 1985-12-01 98587 1986-01-01 98710 1986-02-01 98817 1986-03-01 98910 1986-04-01 99098 1986-05-01 99223 1986-06-01 99130 1986-07-01 99448 1986-08-01 99561 1986-09-01 99907 1986-10-01 100094 1986-11-01 100280 1986-12-01 100484 1987-01-01 100655 1987-02-01 100887 1987-03-01 101136 1987-04-01 101474 1987-05-01 101701 1987-06-01 101872 1987-07-01 102218 1987-08-01 102388 1987-09-01 102617 1987-10-01 103109 1987-11-01 103340 1987-12-01 103634 1988-01-01 103728 1988-02-01 104180 1988-03-01 104456 1988-04-01 104701 1988-05-01 104928 1988-06-01 105291 1988-07-01 105514 1988-08-01 105635 1988-09-01 105975 1988-10-01 106243 1988-11-01 106582 1988-12-01 106871 1989-01-01 107133 1989-02-01 107391 1989-03-01 107583 1989-04-01 107756 1989-05-01 107874 1989-06-01 107991 1989-07-01 108030 1989-08-01 108077 1989-09-01 108326 1989-10-01 108437 1989-11-01 108714 1989-12-01 108809 1990-01-01 109151 1990-02-01 109396 1990-03-01 109611 1990-04-01 109651 1990-05-01 109800 1990-06-01 109817 1990-07-01 109775 1990-08-01 109567 1990-09-01 109485 1990-10-01 109324 1990-11-01 109180 1990-12-01 109120 1991-01-01 109001 1991-02-01 108695 1991-03-01 108535 1991-04-01 108324 1991-05-01 108196 1991-06-01 108283 1991-07-01 108236 1991-08-01 108251 1991-09-01 108286 1991-10-01 108298 1991-11-01 108240 1991-12-01 108263 1992-01-01 108312 1992-02-01 108246 1992-03-01 108296 1992-04-01 108454 1992-05-01 108580 1992-06-01 108640 1992-07-01 108711 1992-08-01 108852 1992-09-01 108887 1992-10-01 109064 1992-11-01 109204 1992-12-01 109415 1993-01-01 109725 1993-02-01 109967 1993-03-01 109916 1993-04-01 110225 1993-05-01 110490 1993-06-01 110663 1993-07-01 110958 1993-08-01 111119 1993-09-01 111360 1993-10-01 111637 1993-11-01 111898 1993-12-01 112206 1994-01-01 112474 1994-02-01 112675 1994-03-01 113137 1994-04-01 113490 1994-05-01 113821 1994-06-01 114136 1994-07-01 114499 1994-08-01 114799 1994-09-01 115153 1994-10-01 115360 1994-11-01 115783 1994-12-01 116057 1995-01-01 116378 1995-02-01 116587 1995-03-01 116809 1995-04-01 116971 1995-05-01 116955 1995-06-01 117186 1995-07-01 117265 1995-08-01 117536 1995-09-01 117781 1995-10-01 117928 1995-11-01 118076 1995-12-01 118207 1996-01-01 118188 1996-02-01 118622 1996-03-01 118885 1996-04-01 119046 1996-05-01 119369 1996-06-01 119647 1996-07-01 119879 1996-08-01 120075 1996-09-01 120295 1996-10-01 120538 1996-11-01 120834 1996-12-01 121001 1997-01-01 121231 1997-02-01 121532 1997-03-01 121844 1997-04-01 122135 1997-05-01 122391 1997-06-01 122644 1997-07-01 122927 1997-08-01 122909 1997-09-01 123417 1997-10-01 123756 1997-11-01 124059 1997-12-01 124358 1998-01-01 124628 1998-02-01 124817 1998-03-01 124961 1998-04-01 125238 1998-05-01 125639 1998-06-01 125851 1998-07-01 125970 1998-08-01 126322 1998-09-01 126540 1998-10-01 126733 1998-11-01 127017 1998-12-01 127359 1999-01-01 127480 1999-02-01 127890 1999-03-01 127996 1999-04-01 128372 1999-05-01 128585 1999-06-01 128851 1999-07-01 129142 1999-08-01 129334 1999-09-01 129536 1999-10-01 129944 1999-11-01 130238 1999-12-01 130532 2000-01-01 130781 2000-02-01 130902 2000-03-01 131374 2000-04-01 131660 2000-05-01 131885 2000-06-01 131839 2000-07-01 132002 2000-08-01 132005 2000-09-01 132127 2000-10-01 132116 2000-11-01 132347 2000-12-01 132485 2001-01-01 132469 2001-02-01 132530 2001-03-01 132500 2001-04-01 132219 2001-05-01 132175 2001-06-01 132047 2001-07-01 131922 2001-08-01 131762 2001-09-01 131518 2001-10-01 131193 2001-11-01 130901 2001-12-01 130723 2002-01-01 130591 2002-02-01 130444 2002-03-01 130420 2002-04-01 130335 2002-05-01 130328 2002-06-01 130373 2002-07-01 130276 2002-08-01 130260 2002-09-01 130205 2002-10-01 130331 2002-11-01 130339 2002-12-01 130183 2003-01-01 130266 2003-02-01 130108 2003-03-01 129896 2003-04-01 129847 2003-05-01 129841 2003-06-01 129839 2003-07-01 129864 2003-08-01 129822 2003-09-01 129925 2003-10-01 130128 2003-11-01 130146 2003-12-01 130270 2004-01-01 130420 2004-02-01 130463 2004-03-01 130801 2004-04-01 131051 2004-05-01 131361 2004-06-01 131442 2004-07-01 131489 2004-08-01 131610 2004-09-01 131770 2004-10-01 132121 2004-11-01 132185 2004-12-01 132317 2005-01-01 132499 2005-02-01 132720 2005-03-01 132841 2005-04-01 133153 2005-05-01 133365 2005-06-01 133624 2005-07-01 133946 2005-08-01 134136 2005-09-01 134223 2005-10-01 134321 2005-11-01 134701 2005-12-01 134861 2006-01-01 135155 2006-02-01 135429 2006-03-01 135711 2006-04-01 135862 2006-05-01 135886 2006-06-01 135956 2006-07-01 136142 2006-08-01 136291 2006-09-01 136438 2006-10-01 136520 2006-11-01 136781 2006-12-01 137000 2007-01-01 137180 2007-02-01 137216 2007-03-01 137400 2007-04-01 137435 2007-05-01 137591 2007-06-01 137645 2007-07-01 137580 2007-08-01 137552 2007-09-01 137652 2007-10-01 137817 2007-11-01 138032 2007-12-01 138152 2008-01-01 138080 2008-02-01 137936 2008-03-01 137814 2008-04-01 137654 2008-05-01 137517 2008-06-01 137356 2008-07-01 137228 2008-08-01 137053 2008-09-01 136732 2008-10-01 136352 2008-11-01 135755 2008-12-01 135074 2009-01-01 134333 2009-02-01 133652 2009-03-01 133000 2009-04-01 132481 2009-05-01 132178 2009-06-01 131715 2009-07-01 131411 2009-08-01 131257 2009-09-01 131038 2009-10-01 130848