US Employment Situation
June 2026
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Last update:Total nonfarm payroll employment varied by June 2026 in +57,000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:
| April 2026 | May 2026 | June 2026 | |
| total | 158,798,000 | 158,927,000 | 158,984,000 |
| total monthly variation | +362,000 | +129,000 | +57,000 |
| annual variation | +313,000 | +429,000 | +506,000 |
| annual percentage variation | +0.20% | +0.27% | +0.32% |
The unemployment rate in US was 4.20% in June 2026, a -0.1 percentage points variation compared with the previous month, and +0.1 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
| April 2026 | May 2026 | June 2026 | |
| accommodation | -1.14% | -0.26% | -0.76% |
| construction | +0.52% | +0.62% | +0.77% |
| durable goods | -0.36% | -0.14% | +0.09% |
| financial activities | -0.86% | -1.16% | -1.09% |
| government | -1.01% | -0.84% | -0.91% |
| information | -2.72% | -2.83% | -3.11% |
| leisure and hospitality | +0.81% | +1.03% | +0.68% |
| manufacturing | -0.51% | -0.44% | -0.30% |
| mining and logging | -2.25% | -1.13% | -1.46% |
| nondurable goods | -0.77% | -0.94% | -0.94% |
| private education and health services | +2.36% | +2.30% | +2.37% |
| residential building construction | -0.95% | -1.48% | -1.55% |
| retail trade | -0.02% | +0.18% | +0.22% |
| service providing | +0.25% | +0.32% | +0.36% |
| total nonfarm | +0.20% | +0.27% | +0.32% |
| total private | +0.41% | +0.46% | +0.53% |
| trade transportation and utilities | -0.24% | -0.11% | -0.05% |
| transportation and warehousing | -0.88% | -0.81% | -0.78% |
| truck transportation | -1.42% | -1.33% | -1.09% |