US Employment and Jobs

There were 151,541,000 jobs in the US in August 2019 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 157,878,000 employed persons for the month. The US added 130,000 jobs in August 2019 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS employment measure rose by 590,000. (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.)

Employment Survey	August 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	151,541,000	+130,000	+2,074,000
CPS	157,878,000	+590,000	+2,274,000

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 August 2019 is at a new high of 151,541,000.

CPS employment in August 2019 is at a new high of 157,878,000.

Employment: CES, CPS

US Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
August 2019	151,541,000	130K	157,878,000	590K
July 2019	151,411,000	159K	157,288,000	283K
June 2019	151,252,000	178K	157,005,000	247K
May 2019	151,074,000	62K	156,758,000	113K
April 2019	151,012,000	216K	156,645,000	-103K
March 2019	150,796,000	153K	156,748,000	-201K
February 2019	150,643,000	56K	156,949,000	255K
January 2019	150,587,000	312K	156,694,000	-251K
December 2018	150,275,000	227K	156,945,000	142K
November 2018	150,048,000	196K	156,803,000	221K
October 2018	149,852,000	277K	156,582,000	513K
September 2018	149,575,000	108K	156,069,000	465K