Payroll Employment

February 11, 2026 . Payroll employment climbed by 130 thousand in January following an increase of 48 thousand in December.  In the past three months payroll employment has risen on average by 73  thousand per mont.   Employment should continue to rise slowly in the...

Private Employment

February 11, 2026 . Privatge sector employment climbed by 130 thousand in January following an increase of 64 thousand in December.  In the past three months private employment has risen on average by 103  thousand per month.   Employment should continue to rise...

Unemployment Rate

February 11, 2026 OK The unemployment rate fell 0.1% in January to 4.3% after having declined 0.1% in December..  The labor force climbed by 387 thousand in January while employment rose 528 thousand.  As a result, the number of unemployed workers declined by 141...

Nonfarm Workweek

Februarty 11, 2026 In any given month employers can boost output by either additional hiring workers or by lengthening the number of hours that their employees work.  Payroll employment climbed by 130 thousand in January.  The nonfarm workweek rose 0.1 hour in January...

Average Hourly Earnings

February 11 2026 Average  hourly earnings rose 0.4% in January to $37.17 after having risen 0.1% in Decvember,  Earnings growth  in the past year has been 3.7%. While nominal earnings have risen 3.7% in the past year, inflation has risen fairly quickly and real or...

Employment Cost Index

February 10, 2026 The employment cost index for civilian workers rose 0.7% in the fourth quarter which works out to a 3.0% annual rate after gainng 3.8% in the third quarter.    Over the course of the past year it has risen 3.4% but what is importanat is that it has...