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Monthly Job Gains (nonfarm payrolls)

• Jobs added (thousands): 29.0K (Sep 2026).
• A year earlier: 76.0K (Sep 2025), a change of −61.8%.
• Highest on record here: 4,631K (Jun 2020); lowest: −20,469K (Apr 2020).

Source: FRED PAYEMS (All Employees, Total Nonfarm). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Gray bands mark U.S. recessions as dated by the NBER (FRED USREC).

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