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All employees, thousands, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted

158,984 latest (2026-06-01) Thousands of employees unit monthly frequency United States geography passing
verified 16h ago

Coverage 1939-01-01 to 2026-06-01 · series id bls/CES0000000001

Recent values

PeriodValueRevision
2026-06-01 158,984 1
2026-05-01 158,927 1
2026-04-01 158,798 1
2026-03-01 158,650 1
2026-02-01 158,436 1
2026-01-01 158,592 1
2025-12-01 158,432 1
2025-11-01 158,449 1
2025-10-01 158,408 1
2025-09-01 158,548 1
2025-08-01 158,472 1
2025-07-01 158,542 1

Verification history

CheckResultExpectedActualWhen
golden pass 131,011 131,011 16h ago
golden_live pass 131,011 131,011 16h ago
golden pass 141,709 141,709 16h ago
golden_live pass 141,709 141,709 16h ago
freshness pass 16h ago
golden pass 131,011 131,011 3d ago

License and citation

License public-domain (terms). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS data are in the public domain.

Official table: Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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curl "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/sources/bls/series/CES0000000001/observations?latest=12"

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<img src="https://starwell.dev/sources/bls/CES0000000001/chart.svg"
     alt="All employees, thousands, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted" width="720" />
curl -X POST "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/answer" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"question": "What is the latest value?", "series": [{"source": "bls", "seriesId": "CES0000000001"}]}'