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All Employees, Total Nonfarm

158,984 latest (2026-06-01) Thousands of Persons unit monthly frequency United States geography unverified
verified 1h ago

Coverage 1939-01-01 to 2026-06-01 · series id fred/PAYEMS

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

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License public-domain (terms). Source: U.S. federal statistical agencies via FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. This product uses the FRED API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Official table: Employment Situation · Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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<img src="https://starwell.dev/sources/fred/PAYEMS/chart.svg"
     alt="All Employees, Total Nonfarm" 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": "fred", "seriesId": "PAYEMS"}]}'