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Numbers listed from 1941 and onward are Bureau of Labor Statistics data [7] of nonfarm jobs (in thousands), and are shown from the year beginning and ending each presidential term. The monthly statistics are quoted from January, as U.S. presidents take office at the end of that month.
The JOLTS report or Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey is a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics measuring employment, layoffs, job openings, and quits in the United States economy. The report is released monthly and usually a month after the jobs report for the same reference period. Job separations are broken down into three ...
In February 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, there were 164.6 million civilians in the labor force. [2] Before the pandemic, the U.S. labor force had risen each year since 1960 with the exception of the period following the Great Recession, when it remained below 2008 levels from 2009 to 2011. [2]
In October’s jobs report, the numbers for the previous month surpassed expectations, with the Labor Department reporting the addition of 254,000 new jobs, numbers that would indicate a healthy ...
Wednesday's release shows the US labor market added fewer jobs than initially reported in the 12-month period ending in March 2024 but economists are wary about reading too much into the release.
The number of people who applied for first-time unemployment benefits fell by 12,000 to 216,000 for the week ending October 26, according to Department of Labor data released Thursday morning.
The Current Population Survey (CPS) [1] is a monthly survey of about 60,000 U.S. households conducted by the United States Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS uses the data to publish reports early each month called the Employment Situation. [2]
Job creation refers to the number of net jobs added, which is reported monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. [6] In October 2020, Journalist Glenn Kessler of The Washington Post summarized the total job creation by president from Harry S. Truman through Donald Trump as of August 2020. For the 13 presidents beginning with Truman, total job ...