US Employment and Jobs

There were 149,893,000 jobs in the US in November 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 156,795,000 employed persons for the month. The US added 155,000 jobs in November 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS employment measure rose by 233,000. (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.)

Employment Survey	November 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	149,893,000	+155,000	+2,443,000
CPS	156,795,000	+233,000	+2,878,000

Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly change in the US as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total US Employment

CES employment in November 2018 is at a new high of 149,893,000.

CPS employment in November 2018 is at a new high of 156,795,000.

Employment: CES, CPS

US Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
November 2018	149,893,000	155K	156,795,000	233K
October 2018	149,738,000	237K	156,562,000	600K
September 2018	149,501,000	119K	155,962,000	420K
August 2018	149,382,000	286K	155,542,000	-423K
July 2018	149,096,000	165K	155,965,000	389K
June 2018	148,931,000	208K	155,576,000	102K
May 2018	148,723,000	268K	155,474,000	293K
April 2018	148,455,000	175K	155,181,000	3K
March 2018	148,280,000	155K	155,178,000	-37K
February 2018	148,125,000	324K	155,215,000	785K
January 2018	147,801,000	176K	154,430,000	409K
December 2017	147,625,000	175K	154,021,000	104K