US Employment and Jobs

There were 148,230,000 jobs in the US in March 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 155,178,000 employed persons for the month. The US added 103,000 jobs in March 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS employment measure fell by 37,000. (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.)

Employment Survey	March 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	148,230,000	+103,000	+2,261,000
CPS	155,178,000	-37,000	+2,114,000

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 March 2018 is at a new high of 148,230,000.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 155,215,000 in February 2018. 37,000 have been lost since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

US Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
March 2018	148,230,000	103K	155,178,000	-37K
February 2018	148,127,000	326K	155,215,000	785K
January 2018	147,801,000	176K	154,430,000	409K
December 2017	147,625,000	175K	154,021,000	104K
November 2017	147,450,000	216K	153,917,000	71K
October 2017	147,234,000	271K	153,846,000	-478K
September 2017	146,963,000	14K	154,324,000	853K
August 2017	146,949,000	221K	153,471,000	-40K
July 2017	146,728,000	190K	153,511,000	261K
June 2017	146,538,000	239K	153,250,000	358K
May 2017	146,299,000	155K	152,892,000	-269K
April 2017	146,144,000	175K	153,161,000	97K