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Nonfarm payroll employment is a compiled name for goods, construction and manufacturing companies in the US. Approximately 80% of the workforce is accounted for nonfarm payrolls [1] and it excludes farm workers, private household employees, actively serving military or non-profit organization employees. Approximately 131,000 businesses and ...
The US government’s monthly jobs report provides crucial information about the health of the labor market by tallying “nonfarm payrolls.” Why are the farmers excluded?
Apr. 18—Oregon's seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment rose by 1,400 jobs in March, following a revised gain of 2,800 jobs in February, according to the Oregon Employment Department.
Despite a tight labor market, total nonfarm payroll employment rose by a surprisingly strong 678,000 in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday, March 4. This was well above the...
The CBPP wrote in January 2013: "[December 2012] is the 34th straight month of private-sector job creation, with payrolls growing by 5.3 million jobs (a pace of 157,000 jobs a month) since February 2010; total nonfarm employment (private plus government jobs) has grown by 4.8 million jobs over the same period, or 141,000 a month.
Employees on non-farm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period (which includes the 12th of the month), including persons on paid leave. Further, BLS explains that: "The CES employment series are estimates of nonfarm wage and salary jobs, not an estimate of employed persons; an individual with two jobs is ...
Here were the main metrics from the print, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Non-farm payrolls: +431,000 vs. +490,000 expected and an upwardly revised +750,000 in February ...
Americans deeply distrust government these days, and sure enough, multiple bloggers have challenged the accuracy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics's claim that 290,000 jobs were added in April. So ...