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Employment, pay, and hours. Look for agreement across measures before generalizing from one release.

Latest collected observation

2.52 M

Observation period: 2026-08 · provisional

At collection: provisional

Last collection · 28 Sep 2026, 12:00 UTC

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Since the previous collection

The displayed value and observation period are unchanged from the collection on 2026-09-27.

A new period advances the comparison window. A revision changes an existing period.

Source history

thousands of people

2026-08 · 2,519.5

2,451.4 — 2,564Chart range
2024-09 · 2,5642024-10 · 2,547.82024-11 · 2,5502024-12 · 2,541.92025-01 · 2,539.32025-02 · 2,5332025-03 · 2,528.32025-04 · 2,527.52025-05 · 2,513.12025-06 · 2,504.62025-07 · 2,494.22025-08 · 2,483.32025-09 · 2,471.62025-10 · 2,451.82025-11 · 2,465.52025-12 · 2,451.42026-01 · 2,470.22026-02 · 2,471.92026-03 · 2,479.92026-04 · 2,490.42026-05 · 2,490.62026-06 · 2,507.52026-07 · 2,512.72026-08 · 2,519.5
2024-092026-08

Latest 24 source observations in this collection. Points are spaced by observation, not elapsed time. Missing values remain gaps. History may include revisions; it does not recreate what was known at each date.

Inspect the exact values
Source values · thousands of people
PeriodValue
2026-082,519.5
2026-072,512.7
2026-062,507.5
2026-052,490.6
2026-042,490.4
2026-032,479.9
2026-022,471.9
2026-012,470.2
2025-122,451.4
2025-112,465.5
2025-102,451.8
2025-092,471.6
2025-082,483.3
2025-072,494.2
2025-062,504.6
2025-052,513.1
2025-042,527.5
2025-032,528.3
2025-022,533
2025-012,539.3
2024-122,541.9
2024-112,550
2024-102,547.8
2024-092,564

Behind this number

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Source unit
thousands of people
Collected
2026-09-28 12:00:03.058 UTC
Source release / update
2026-09-11 12:30:00.000 UTC
Instrument
US_TEMP_HELP_EMPLOYMENT