US Employment Situation
September 2026
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Last update:Total nonfarm payroll employment varied by September 2026 in +29,000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:
| July 2026 | August 2026 | September 2026 | |
| total | 158,882,000 | 159,015,000 | 159,044,000 |
| total monthly variation | +21,000 | +133,000 | +29,000 |
| annual variation | +340,000 | +543,000 | +496,000 |
| annual percentage variation | +0.21% | +0.34% | +0.31% |
The unemployment rate in US was 4.20% in September 2026, a +0.1 percentage points variation compared with the previous month, and -0.2 percentage points compared the previous year:
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
| July 2026 | August 2026 | September 2026 | |
| accommodation | -0.75% | -0.17% | -0.26% |
| construction | +0.92% | +1.38% | +1.32% |
| durable goods | +0.54% | +0.91% | +1.07% |
| financial activities | -1.15% | -1.05% | -1.16% |
| government | -1.21% | -0.81% | -0.92% |
| information | -3.29% | -3.88% | -4.20% |
| leisure and hospitality | +0.44% | +0.53% | +0.37% |
| manufacturing | +0.02% | +0.22% | +0.32% |
| mining and logging | -0.66% | +0.33% | +0.33% |
| nondurable goods | -0.81% | -0.90% | -0.92% |
| private education and health services | +1.95% | +2.00% | +1.88% |
| residential building construction | -1.48% | -0.34% | -0.43% |
| retail trade | +0.32% | +0.22% | +0.17% |
| service providing | +0.19% | +0.29% | +0.25% |
| total nonfarm | +0.21% | +0.34% | +0.31% |
| total private | +0.46% | +0.54% | +0.53% |
| trade transportation and utilities | +0.02% | +0.06% | +0.18% |
| transportation and warehousing | -0.93% | -0.85% | -0.15% |
| truck transportation | -1.09% | -0.66% | +0.05% |