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Employment — August 2025
Release Date: September 4, 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 August, the US economy added approximately 50 thousand jobs. The growth in employment was driven by the Education and health services sector.
Employment by Sector
Employment data by sector for August 2024, June, July, and August 2025, including year-over-year and month-over-month changes (in thousands).
Sector | Aug 2024 | Jun 2025 | Jul 2025 | Aug 2025 | YoY Change (Aug 24–Aug 25) | MoM Change (Jul 25–Aug 25) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total nonfarm | 158,534.5 | 159,126.8 | 159,243.6 | 159,293.3 | +758.8 | +49.7 |
Total private | 135,247.2 | 135,747.8 | 135,808.0 | 135,913.9 | +666.7 | +105.9 |
Goods-producing | 21,686.1 | 21,766.8 | 21,774.0 | 21,797.8 | +111.7 | +23.8 |
Mining and logging | 634.1 | 631.2 | 630.7 | 631.1 | -3.0 | +0.4 |
Construction | 8,182.2 | 8,227.9 | 8,235.1 | 8,246.6 | +64.4 | +11.5 |
Manufacturing | 12,869.8 | 12,907.6 | 12,908.2 | 12,920.1 | +50.3 | +11.9 |
Wholesale trade | 6,123.0 | 6,102.0 | 6,101.8 | 6,105.3 | -17.7 | +3.5 |
Retail trade | 15,459.2 | 15,273.1 | 15,262.0 | 15,258.0 | -201.2 | -4.0 |
Transportation and warehousing | 6,433.3 | 6,437.5 | 6,431.0 | 6,429.0 | -4.3 | -2.0 |
Utilities | 600.7 | 614.7 | 615.8 | 617.5 | +16.8 | +1.7 |
Information | 2,954.2 | 3,005.3 | 3,009.2 | 2,996.9 | +42.7 | -12.3 |
Financial activities | 9,253.2 | 9,468.4 | 9,474.9 | 9,490.9 | +237.7 | +16.0 |
Professional and business services | 22,812.5 | 23,081.4 | 23,110.3 | 23,149.9 | +337.4 | +39.6 |
Education and health services | 26,317.1 | 26,680.5 | 26,722.6 | 26,809.0 | +491.9 | +86.4 |
Leisure and hospitality | 16,674.8 | 16,395.8 | 16,381.7 | 16,345.8 | -329.0 | -35.9 |
Other services | 5,953.6 | 5,952.6 | 5,955.5 | 5,944.3 | -9.3 | -11.2 |
Government | 23,287.3 | 23,379.1 | 23,435.6 | 23,379.3 | +92.0 | -56.3 |
Unclassified | 641.0 | 635.7 | 635.6 | 635.7 | -5.3 | +0.1 |
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