United States Non Farm Payrolls

Last Release

Jun 30, 2025

Actual

147

Units In

Thousand

144

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Aug 01, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
4,846 Jun 2020	-20,679 Apr 2020	125.81 Thousand	1939-2025	U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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.

Latest Updates

US nonfarm payrolls rose by 147K in June 2025, following an upwardly revised 144K in May and well above forecasts of 110K. The reading was also in line with the average monthly gain of 146K over the prior 12 months. Government employment rose by 73K, namely state government (47K), largely in education (40K). Employment in local government education continued to trend up (23K). On the other hand, job losses continued in federal government (-7K), where employment is down by 69K since reaching a recent peak in January. Also, health care added 39K jobs, similar to the average monthly gain of 43K over the prior 12 months, led by hospitals (16K) and nursing and residential care facilities (14K). Employment also increased in social assistance (19K). The June report continues to underscore a fundamentally resilient labor market, but a slowdown could happen soon as uncertainty surrounding tariffs, trade, and immigration policies may lead many employers to adopt a more cautious hiring stance.