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Payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, August 2026
The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer—measured as "payroll employment" in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours—decreased by 49,600 (-0.3%) in August, after edging down by 15,700 (-0.1%) in July. On a year-over-year basis, payroll employment was up by 57,200 (+0.3%) in August.
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