Release
Employment — September 2025
Release Date: October 2, 2025
Summary
Non-farm employment measures the total employment in the US (public and private) leveraging individual level data collected from online professional profiles. The monthly change in this total employment is a proxy for number of jobs added in the economy during the month. In September, the US economy added approximately 60 thousand jobs. The growth in employment was driven by the Education and health services sector.
Employment by Sector
Employment data by sector for September 2024, July, August, and September 2025, including year-over-year and month-over-month changes (in thousands).
Sector | Sep 2024 | Jul 2025 | Aug 2025 | Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 - Sep 2024 | Sep 2025 - Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total nonfarm | 158,706.6 | 159,050.9 | 159,075.6 | 159,135.8 | +429.2 | +60.1 |
Goods-producing | 21,678.9 | 21,695.5 | 21,710.5 | 21,726.5 | +47.6 | +15.9 |
Mining and logging | 632.6 | 626.3 | 625.7 | 625.4 | -7.2 | -0.4 |
Construction | 8,190.5 | 8,211.9 | 8,218.4 | 8,229.6 | +39.0 | +11.2 |
Manufacturing | 12,855.7 | 12,857.2 | 12,866.4 | 12,871.6 | +15.8 | +5.1 |
Wholesale trade | 6,120.1 | 6,069.2 | 6,068.8 | 6,073.1 | -47.0 | +4.3 |
Retail trade | 15,450.8 | 15,257.8 | 15,186.4 | 15,226.5 | -224.3 | +40.1 |
Transportation and warehousing | 6,461.9 | 6,449.8 | 6,443.9 | 6,443.9 | -18.0 | -0.0 |
Utilities | 607.5 | 619.9 | 621.9 | 622.3 | +14.9 | +0.4 |
Information | 2,951.4 | 2,996.8 | 3,001.2 | 2,991.2 | +39.8 | -9.9 |
Financial activities | 9,249.6 | 9,474.0 | 9,502.1 | 9,501.5 | +251.9 | -0.6 |
Professional and business services | 22,788.4 | 22,990.4 | 23,016.8 | 23,005.9 | +217.5 | -10.8 |
Education and health services | 26,428.9 | 26,795.2 | 26,842.3 | 26,887.9 | +459.0 | +45.6 |
Leisure and hospitality | 16,680.4 | 16,482.7 | 16,465.5 | 16,431.3 | -249.1 | -34.2 |
Other services | 5,969.0 | 5,944.0 | 5,949.2 | 5,956.1 | -12.9 | +6.9 |
Government | 23,316.7 | 23,282.8 | 23,271.2 | 23,270.7 | -46.0 | -0.5 |
Unclassified | 661.4 | 655.5 | 656.9 | 659.1 | -2.3 | +2.2 |
Summary Revisions
Summary of employment data revisions across different releases (in thousands).
Release | June 2025 | July 2025 | August 2025 | September 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Release | 59.0 | 134.2 | 49.6 | 60.1 |
2nd Release | 86.3 | 116.8 | 24.7 | — |
Current Release | 53.4 | 39.2 | 24.7 | 60.1 |
Total Revisions | -5.6 | -94.9 | -24.9 | — |
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