US Employment and Jobs

There were 152,383,000 jobs in the US in December 2019 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 158,803,000 employed persons for the month. The US added 145,000 jobs in December 2019 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS employment measure rose by 267,000. (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.)

Employment Survey	December 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	152,383,000	+145,000	+2,108,000
CPS	158,803,000	+267,000	+1,978,000

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 December 2019 is at a new high of 152,383,000.

CPS employment in December 2019 is at a new high of 158,803,000.

Employment: CES, CPS

US Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
December 2019	152,383,000	145K	158,803,000	267K
November 2019	152,238,000	256K	158,536,000	-8K
October 2019	151,982,000	152K	158,544,000	246K
September 2019	151,830,000	193K	158,298,000	403K
August 2019	151,637,000	219K	157,895,000	549K
July 2019	151,418,000	166K	157,346,000	198K
June 2019	151,252,000	178K	157,148,000	304K
May 2019	151,074,000	62K	156,844,000	148K
April 2019	151,012,000	216K	156,696,000	-45K
March 2019	150,796,000	153K	156,741,000	-125K
February 2019	150,643,000	56K	156,866,000	239K
January 2019	150,587,000	312K	156,627,000	-198K