12-Month Growth in Total Nonfarm Employment, Seasonally Adjusted (in thousands)
Monthly Growth in Total Nonfarm Employment, Seasonally Adjusted (in thousands)
Monthly Growth in Total Nonfarm Employment, Seasonally Adjusted: 1980-2008
(thousands of employees)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
1980 131 79 112 -145 -431 -320 -263 260 113 280 256 195
1981 95 67 104 74 10 196 112 -36 -87 -100 -209 -278
1982 -327 -6 -129 -281 -45 -243 -343 -158 -181 -277 -124 -14
1983 225 -78 173 276 277 378 418 -308 1114 271 352 356
1984 447 479 275 363 308 379 312 241 311 286 349 127
1985 266 124 346 195 274 145 189 193 204 187 209 168
1986 123 107 93 188 125 -93 318 113 346 187 186 204
1987 171 232 249 338 227 171 346 170 229 492 231 294
1988 94 452 276 245 227 363 223 121 340 268 339 289
1989 262 258 192 173 118 117 39 47 249 111 277 95
1990 342 245 215 40 149 17 -42 -208 -82 -161 -144 -60
1991 -119 -306 -160 -211 -128 87 -47 15 35 12 -58 23
1992 49 -66 50 158 126 60 71 141 35 177 140 211
1993 310 242 -51 309 265 173 295 161 241 277 261 308
1994 268 201 462 353 331 315 363 300 354 207 423 274
1995 321 209 222 162 -16 231 79 271 245 147 148 131
1996 -19 434 263 161 323 278 232 196 220 243 296 167
1997 230 301 312 291 256 253 283 -18 508 339 303 299
1998 270 189 144 277 401 212 119 352 218 193 284 342
1999 121 410 106 376 213 266 291 192 202 408 294 294
2000 249 121 472 286 225 -46 163 3 122 -11 231 138
2001 -16 61 -30 -281 -44 -128 -125 -160 -244 -325 -292 -178
2002 -132 -147 -24 -85 -7 45 -97 -16 -55 126 8 -156
2003 83 -158 -212 -49 -6 -2 25 -42 103 203 18 124
2004 142 27 334 270 282 89 112 83 176 359 63 144
2005 125 209 119 332 177 261 368 213 110 105 361 152
2006 232 273 259 147 22 94 262 191 165 73 182 199
2007 126 25 177 46 162 107 57 74 81 140 60 41
2008 -76 -83 -81* -20*
* preliminary
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Series CES0000000001,
online at http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ce
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