Nonfarm payrolls in the US increased by 225 thousand in January of 2020, following an upwardly revised 147 thousand rise in the previous month and beating market expectations of 160 thousand. Notable job gains occurred in construction, in health care, and in transportation and warehousing. The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for November was revised up by 5,000 from +256,000 to +261,000, and the change for December was revised up by 2,000 from +145,000 to +147,000. With these revisions, employment gains in November and December combined were 7,000 higher than previously reported. Annual revisions showed payroll employment rose by 2.096 million in 2019, the least since 2011, barely in line with the previous release. 2018 data was revised lower to 2.314 million from 2.68 million.

Non Farm Payrolls in the United States averaged 125.78 Thousand from 1939 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1118 Thousand in September of 1983 and a record low of -1959 Thousand in September of 1945. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Non Farm Payrolls - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Non Farm Payrolls in the United States is expected to be 180.00 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Non Farm Payrolls in the United States to stand at 170.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Non Farm Payrolls is projected to trend around 170.00 Thousand in 2021, according to our econometric models.


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United States Non Farm Payrolls

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
225.00 147.00 1118.00 -1959.00 1939 - 2020 Thousand Monthly


Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2019-11-01 12:30 PM Oct 128K 180K 89K 100K
2019-12-06 01:30 PM Nov 266K 156K 180K 175K
2020-01-10 01:30 PM Dec 145K 256K 164K 165K
2020-02-07 01:30 PM Jan 225K 147K 160K 148K
2020-03-06 01:30 PM Feb 225K 150K
2020-04-03 12:30 PM Mar 180K
2020-05-08 12:30 PM Apr
2020-06-05 12:30 PM May
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Nonfarm Payrolls Beat Forecasts
Nonfarm payrolls in the US increased by 225 thousand in January of 2020, following an upwardly revised 147 thousand rise in the previous month and beating market expectations of 160 thousand. Notable job gains occurred in construction, in health care, and in transportation and warehousing. The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for November was revised up by 5,000 from +256,000 to +261,000, and the change for December was revised up by 2,000 from +145,000 to +147,000. With these revisions, employment gains in November and December combined were 7,000 higher than previously reported. Annual revisions showed payroll employment rose by 2.096 million in 2019, the least since 2011, barely in line with the previous release. 2018 data was revised lower to 2.314 million from 2.68 million.
2020-02-07
US Job Growth Seen Picking Up in January
US jobs report for January is projected to show a payroll increase of 160 thousand, after a smaller-than-expected 145 thousand rise last month. Private sector employment is likely to grow by 150 thousand while manufacturing is seen shedding 5 thousand jobs. Markets also anticipate the jobless rate to hold steady at 3.5 percent and wage growth to pick up slightly to 3 percent on an annual basis. The closely watched employment report comes in as China's virus outbreak disrupts trade and Boeing's decision to suspend production of the 737 MAX weigh on manufacturing. The annual benchmark revisions to payrolls will also attract attention as job gains from April 2018 through March 2019 are expected to be revised lower.
2020-02-07
Nonfarm Payrolls Rise the Least Since May
Nonfarm payrolls in the US increased by 145 thousand in December 2019, following a downwardly revised 256 thousand rise in the previous month and below market expectations of 164 thousand. Notable job gains occurred in retail trade and health care, while mining lost jobs. The decline can be partially due to a later-than-normal Thanksgiving Day in 2019, which could have shifted hiring of seasonal workers, and to a boost in November from the return of workers from a GM strike. In 2019, payroll employment rose by 2.1 million, the least since 2011.
2020-01-10
Nonfarm Payrolls Seen Falling to 164K
Nonfarm payrolls are expected to have fallen to 164K in the last month of 2019 from a ten-month high of 266K in November. The decline is partially due to a later-than-normal Thanksgiving Day in 2019, which could have shifted hiring of seasonal workers, and to a boost in November from the return of workers from a GM strike. Investors also await the full year figure, and expect it to have reached more than 2 million, the ninth straight year above that threshold. The unemployment rate is seen steady at 3.5%, average weekly hours worked at 31.4 while wage growth is expected to pick up to 0.3 percent from 0.2 percent.
2020-01-10

United States Non Farm Payrolls
Nonfarm payrolls is an employment report released monthly, usually on the first Friday of every month, and heavily affects the US dollar, the bond market and the stock market. Current Employment Statistics (CES) program from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, surveys about 141,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 486,000 individual work sites, in order to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls.