US Employment Situation
March 2025
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Last update: Apr 4, 2025, 1:01 PMTotal nonfarm payroll employment varied by +228,000 in March 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:
| January 2025 | February 2025 | March 2025 | |
| total | 159,053,000 | 159,170,000 | 159,398,000 |
| total monthly variation | +434,000 | +117,000 | +228,000 |
| annual variation | +2,004,000 | +1,899,000 | +1,881,000 |
| annual percentage variation | +1.28% | +1.21% | +1.19% |
nonfarm employment total monthly variation
The following chart and table show annual percentage variation data by industry sectors:
retail tradeleisure and hospitalityresidential building constructiontruck transportation
annual percentage variation by sectorShaded area = recession
| January 2025 | February 2025 | March 2025 | |
| accommodation | +1.42% | +1.53% | +1.46% |
| construction | +2.13% | +2.02% | +1.75% |
| durable goods | -1.37% | -1.17% | -1.10% |
| financial activities | +0.60% | +0.88% | +1.02% |
| government | +1.90% | +1.59% | +1.33% |
| information | -0.88% | -0.74% | -0.68% |
| leisure and hospitality | +1.47% | +1.27% | +1.31% |
| manufacturing | -0.86% | -0.70% | -0.58% |
| mining and logging | -1.74% | -1.26% | -2.21% |
| nondurable goods | -0.02% | +0.08% | +0.27% |
| private education and health services | +3.70% | +3.54% | +3.49% |
| residential building construction | +2.67% | +2.66% | +1.94% |
| retail trade | +0.34% | +0.27% | +0.32% |
| service providing | +1.44% | +1.35% | +1.34% |
| total nonfarm | +1.28% | +1.21% | +1.19% |
| total private | +1.17% | +1.13% | +1.17% |
| trade transportation and utilities | +0.93% | +0.87% | +0.92% |
| transportation and warehousing | +2.44% | +2.22% | +2.38% |
| truck transportation | -0.84% | -0.93% | -0.33% |