Establishment survey · May 2026 · Updated Thursday, June 25, 2026 01:54 PM ET
NFP Sector Momentum
SQLite store populated from BLS CES establishment survey and CPS household survey component series; U-3 and LFPR exact rows are calculated from components and separated from official rounded published rates. Top rows separate exact CPS component calculations from official rounded household rates; payroll rows show month-over-month job changes in thousands.
Headline 1M
+172k
159.0m payrolls
Major-sector breadth
10/14
positive 1M changes
Largest 1M gain
+70.0k
Leisure and hospitality
Largest 1M drag
-22.0k
Financial activities
Latest official month
May 2026
BLS CES table pull
U-3 unemployment rate
4.296%
Official rounded: 4.3% · 4.63 bps above 4.2% cutoff; 5.37 bps below 4.4% cutoff
Labor force participation rate
61.834%
Official rounded: 61.8% · 8.44 bps above 61.7% cutoff; 1.56 bps below 61.9% cutoff
Last 12 monthly prints
Establishment Survey Detail
Exact U-3 is 100 * unemployed persons / civilian labor force; exact participation is 100 * labor force / civilian noninstitutional population. Official rows are the rounded BLS published rates; AHE rows are CES wage m/m and y/y changes; payroll rows are job changes in thousands.
Category
May-26
Apr-26
Mar-26
Feb-26
Jan-26
Dec-25
Nov-25
Oct-25
Sep-25
Aug-25
Jul-25
Jun-25
Unemployment rate calc exact
Household formula exact
4.296%
4.337%
4.256%
4.441%
4.322%
4.375%
4.536%
n/a
4.441%
4.322%
4.267%
4.140%
Unemployment rate official rounded
Household published U-3
4.3%
4.3%
4.3%
4.4%
4.3%
4.4%
4.5%
n/a
4.4%
4.3%
4.3%
4.1%
Participation rate calc exact
Household formula exact
61.834%
61.826%
61.882%
62.047%
62.060%
62.404%
62.462%
n/a
62.453%
62.317%
62.243%
62.277%
Participation rate official rounded
Household published LFPR
61.8%
61.8%
61.9%
62.0%
62.1%
62.4%
62.5%
n/a
62.5%
62.3%
62.2%
62.3%
Avg hourly earnings m/m
Establishment survey wages
0.321%
0.161%
0.215%
0.323%
0.351%
0.0541%
0.407%
0.409%
0.218%
0.411%
0.303%
0.221%
Avg hourly earnings y/y
Establishment survey wages
3.45%
3.57%
3.43%
3.70%
3.66%
3.73%
3.93%
3.92%
3.85%
3.98%
3.96%
3.86%
Total nonfarm
Headline
+172k
+179k
+214k
-156k
+160k
-17.0k
+41.0k
-140k
+76.0k
-70.0k
+64.0k
-20.0k
Total private
Aggregate
+120k
+177k
+202k
-148k
+180k
-7.0k
+72.0k
+13.0k
+68.0k
-20.0k
+65.0k
-45.0k
Goods-producing
Aggregate
+28.0k
+14.0k
+33.0k
-21.0k
+45.0k
-21.0k
+25.0k
-20.0k
+11.0k
-35.0k
-23.0k
-19.0k
Private service-providing
Aggregate
+92.0k
+163k
+169k
-127k
+135k
+14.0k
+47.0k
+33.0k
+57.0k
+15.0k
+88.0k
-26.0k
Mining and logging
Major sector
+4.0k
+5.0k
+3.0k
-1.0k
-2.0k
-1.0k
-1.0k
+1.0k
-2.0k
-3.0k
-6.0k
-2.0k
Construction
Major sector
+17.0k
+9.0k
+15.0k
-21.0k
+45.0k
-7.0k
+36.0k
-12.0k
+16.0k
-22.0k
-6.0k
-2.0k
Manufacturing
Major sector
+7.0k
+0.0k
+15.0k
+1.0k
+2.0k
-13.0k
-10.0k
-9.0k
-3.0k
-10.0k
-11.0k
-15.0k
Wholesale trade
Major sector
-3.7k
-1.8k
-1.7k
+8.4k
+2.1k
-5.7k
-6.4k
+2.8k
+8.8k
-8.6k
-5.7k
-10.4k
Retail trade
Major sector
-1.1k
+23.5k
+9.6k
-0.3k
+12.7k
-23.6k
-0.9k
-15.4k
+13.1k
+10.1k
+4.7k
-14.5k
Transportation and warehousing
Major sector
+0.6k
+39.3k
+25.1k
-45.5k
+22.6k
-4.8k
-58.9k
+0.6k
-39.3k
-1.6k
+3.9k
+0.0k
Utilities
Major sector
+1.4k
+1.0k
-0.5k
+1.6k
+0.2k
+0.7k
+1.9k
+0.5k
+0.0k
-1.2k
+0.4k
+0.5k
Information
Major sector
-2.0k
-8.0k
+1.0k
-23.0k
-27.0k
-6.0k
-5.0k
-6.0k
-1.0k
-1.0k
-2.0k
-1.0k
Financial activities
Major sector
-22.0k
-6.0k
-17.0k
+2.0k
-39.0k
+1.0k
+1.0k
-5.0k
+4.0k
-19.0k
+0.0k
-7.0k
Professional and business services
Major sector
+6.0k
+22.0k
+28.0k
+4.0k
+36.0k
-19.0k
+56.0k
-24.0k
-16.0k
-28.0k
-16.0k
-31.0k
Private education and health services
Major sector
+40.0k
+54.0k
+95.0k
-49.0k
+119k
+38.0k
+56.0k
+44.0k
+54.0k
+23.0k
+87.0k
+49.0k
Health care and social assistance
Detail
+47.2k
+58.0k
+92.7k
-30.4k
+107k
+41.8k
+59.9k
+47.6k
+55.3k
+22.8k
+82.6k
+60.5k
Leisure and hospitality
Major sector
+70.0k
+30.0k
+44.0k
-31.0k
+5.0k
+25.0k
-12.0k
+41.0k
+37.0k
+22.0k
+11.0k
-2.0k
Other services
Major sector
+3.0k
+9.0k
-14.0k
+6.0k
+3.0k
+8.0k
+16.0k
-6.0k
-3.0k
+19.0k
+5.0k
-10.0k
Government
Major sector
+52.0k
+2.0k
+12.0k
-8.0k
-20.0k
-10.0k
-31.0k
-153k
+8.0k
-50.0k
-1.0k
+25.0k
Federal government
Detail
+1.0k
-6.0k
-7.0k
+4.0k
-37.0k
-11.0k
-15.0k
-166k
-2.0k
-19.0k
-9.0k
-8.0k
Category
Level
1M
3M
6M
12M
Total nonfarm
Headline · CES0000000001
159.0m
+172k
+565k
+552k
+503k
Total private
Aggregate · CES0500000001
135.6m
+120k
+499k
+524k
+677k
Goods-producing
Aggregate · CES0600000001
21.6m
+28.0k
+75.0k
+78.0k
+17.0k
Private service-providing
Aggregate · CES0800000001
114.1m
+92.0k
+424k
+446k
+660k
Mining and logging
Major sector · CES1000000001
613.0k
+4.0k
+12.0k
+8.0k
-5.0k
Construction
Major sector · CES2000000001
8.3m
+17.0k
+41.0k
+58.0k
+68.0k
Manufacturing
Major sector · CES3000000001
12.6m
+7.0k
+22.0k
+12.0k
-46.0k
Wholesale trade
Major sector · CES4142000001
6.0m
-3.7k
-7.2k
-2.4k
-21.9k
Retail trade
Major sector · CES4200000001
15.5m
-1.1k
+32.0k
+20.8k
+17.9k
Transportation and warehousing
Major sector · CES4300000001
6.6m
+0.6k
+65.0k
+37.3k
-58.0k
Utilities
Major sector · CES4422000001
608.2k
+1.4k
+1.9k
+4.4k
+6.5k
Information
Major sector · CES5000000001
2.8m
-2.0k
-9.0k
-65.0k
-81.0k
Financial activities
Major sector · CES5500000001
9.1m
-22.0k
-45.0k
-81.0k
-107k
Professional and business services
Major sector · CES6000000001
22.5m
+6.0k
+56.0k
+77.0k
+18.0k
Private education and health services
Major sector · CES6500000001
27.9m
+40.0k
+189k
+297k
+610k
Health care and social assistance
Detail · CES6562000001
23.9m
+47.2k
+198k
+316k
+645k
Leisure and hospitality
Major sector · CES7000000001
17.1m
+70.0k
+144k
+143k
+240k
Other services
Major sector · CES8000000001
6.0m
+3.0k
-2.0k
+15.0k
+36.0k
Government
Major sector · CES9000000001
23.4m
+52.0k
+66.0k
+28.0k
-174k
Federal government
Detail · CES9091000001
2.7m
+1.0k
-12.0k
-56.0k
-275k