US Employment Situation
April 2025
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Last update:Total nonfarm payroll employment varied by +177,000 in April 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:
| February 2025 | March 2025 | April 2025 | |
| total | 159,155,000 | 159,340,000 | 159,517,000 |
| total monthly variation | +213,000 | +185,000 | +177,000 |
| annual variation | +1,884,000 | +1,823,000 | +1,882,000 |
| annual percentage variation | +1.20% | +1.15% | +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
| February 2025 | March 2025 | April 2025 | |
| accommodation | +1.50% | +1.38% | +1.19% |
| construction | +1.99% | +1.65% | +1.75% |
| durable goods | -1.19% | -1.10% | -1.11% |
| financial activities | +0.87% | +0.97% | +1.12% |
| government | +1.56% | +1.29% | +1.38% |
| information | -0.78% | -0.71% | -0.47% |
| leisure and hospitality | +1.17% | +1.17% | +1.34% |
| manufacturing | -0.70% | -0.57% | -0.64% |
| mining and logging | -1.26% | -2.04% | -0.79% |
| nondurable goods | +0.10% | +0.31% | +0.12% |
| private education and health services | +3.56% | +3.50% | +3.40% |
| residential building construction | +2.60% | +1.84% | +1.65% |
| retail trade | +0.25% | +0.28% | +0.28% |
| service providing | +1.34% | +1.30% | +1.34% |
| total nonfarm | +1.20% | +1.15% | +1.19% |
| total private | +1.12% | +1.12% | +1.15% |
| trade transportation and utilities | +0.88% | +0.84% | +0.86% |
| transportation and warehousing | +2.25% | +2.10% | +2.27% |
| truck transportation | -0.94% | -0.52% | -0.26% |