Payroll

Total number of jobs in the economy: Payroll employment

Date Actual CBO projection Trump projection 
Jan-1995 116495000
Feb-1995 116693000
Mar-1995 116912000
Apr-1995 117074000
May-1995 117057000
Jun-1995 117297000
Jul-1995 117389000
Aug-1995 117641000
Sep-1995 117893000
Oct-1995 118045000
Nov-1995 118191000
Dec-1995 118323000
Jan-1996 118310000
Feb-1996 118735000
Mar-1996 119000000
Apr-1996 119165000
May-1996 119491000
Jun-1996 119772000
Jul-1996 120023000
Aug-1996 120208000
Sep-1996 120421000
Oct-1996 120682000
Nov-1996 120977000
Dec-1996 121148000
Jan-1997 121379000
Feb-1997 121687000
Mar-1997 121999000
Apr-1997 122291000
May-1997 122554000
Jun-1997 122818000
Jul-1997 123121000
Aug-1997 123099000
Sep-1997 123598000
Oct-1997 123942000
Nov-1997 124241000
Dec-1997 124559000
Jan-1998 124831000
Feb-1998 125029000
Mar-1998 125174000
Apr-1998 125454000
May-1998 125856000
Jun-1998 126079000
Jul-1998 126209000
Aug-1998 126549000
Sep-1998 126767000
Oct-1998 126968000
Nov-1998 127241000
Dec-1998 127608000
Jan-1999 127725000
Feb-1999 128135000
Mar-1999 128242000
Apr-1999 128614000
May-1999 128825000
Jun-1999 129089000
Jul-1999 129417000
Aug-1999 129571000
Sep-1999 129796000
Oct-1999 130190000
Nov-1999 130479000
Dec-1999 130789000
Jan-2000 131007000
Feb-2000 131138000
Mar-2000 131605000
Apr-2000 131898000
May-2000 132117000
Jun-2000 132081000
Jul-2000 132254000
Aug-2000 132239000
Sep-2000 132383000
Oct-2000 132368000
Nov-2000 132590000
Dec-2000 132727000
Jan-2001 132702000
Feb-2001 132776000
Mar-2001 132748000
Apr-2001 132469000
May-2001 132428000
Jun-2001 132307000
Jul-2001 132199000
Aug-2001 132053000
Sep-2001 131803000
Oct-2001 131475000
Nov-2001 131178000
Dec-2001 131001000
Jan-2002 130852000
Feb-2002 130724000
Mar-2002 130707000
Apr-2002 130624000
May-2002 130641000
Jun-2002 130692000
Jul-2002 130615000
Aug-2002 130608000
Sep-2002 130541000
Oct-2002 130654000
Nov-2002 130660000
Dec-2002 130490000
Jan-2003 130597000
Feb-2003 130451000
Mar-2003 130243000
Apr-2003 130194000
May-2003 130205000
Jun-2003 130198000
Jul-2003 130217000
Aug-2003 130171000
Sep-2003 130281000
Oct-2003 130486000
Nov-2003 130489000
Dec-2003 130610000
Jan-2004 130777000
Feb-2004 130835000
Mar-2004 131163000
Apr-2004 131417000
May-2004 131714000
Jun-2004 131796000
Jul-2004 131841000
Aug-2004 131957000
Sep-2004 132114000
Oct-2004 132462000
Nov-2004 132525000
Dec-2004 132651000
Jan-2005 132798000
Feb-2005 133042000
Mar-2005 133180000
Apr-2005 133538000
May-2005 133710000
Jun-2005 133957000
Jul-2005 134328000
Aug-2005 134524000
Sep-2005 134590000
Oct-2005 134676000
Nov-2005 135013000
Dec-2005 135168000
Jan-2006 135450000
Feb-2006 135762000
Mar-2006 136059000
Apr-2006 136227000
May-2006 136258000
Jun-2006 136337000
Jul-2006 136543000
Aug-2006 136722000
Sep-2006 136870000
Oct-2006 136882000
Nov-2006 137090000
Dec-2006 137263000
Jan-2007 137497000
Feb-2007 137582000
Mar-2007 137796000
Apr-2007 137855000
May-2007 138008000
Jun-2007 138085000
Jul-2007 138055000
Aug-2007 138027000
Sep-2007 138123000
Oct-2007 138201000
Nov-2007 138307000
Dec-2007 138411000
Jan-2008 138419000
Feb-2008 138338000
Mar-2008 138283000
Apr-2008 138054000
May-2008 137870000
Jun-2008 137716000
Jul-2008 137503000
Aug-2008 137226000
Sep-2008 136783000
Oct-2008 136308000
Nov-2008 135549000
Dec-2008 134842000
Jan-2009 134055000
Feb-2009 133351000
Mar-2009 132549000
Apr-2009 131845000
May-2009 131491000
Jun-2009 131022000
Jul-2009 130680000
Aug-2009 130484000
Sep-2009 130255000
Oct-2009 130046000
Nov-2009 130058000
Dec-2009 129781000
Jan-2010 129799000
Feb-2010 129726000
Mar-2010 129919000
Apr-2010 130140000
May-2010 130662000
Jun-2010 130522000
Jul-2010 130444000
Aug-2010 130428000
Sep-2010 130365000
Oct-2010 130632000
Nov-2010 130761000
Dec-2010 130834000
Jan-2011 130878000
Feb-2011 131060000
Mar-2011 131314000
Apr-2011 131637000
May-2011 131718000
Jun-2011 131952000
Jul-2011 132024000
Aug-2011 132136000
Sep-2011 132369000
Oct-2011 132578000
Nov-2011 132723000
Dec-2011 132924000
Jan-2012 133272000
Feb-2012 133505000
Mar-2012 133769000
Apr-2012 133841000
May-2012 133958000
Jun-2012 134026000
Jul-2012 134182000
Aug-2012 134355000
Sep-2012 134549000
Oct-2012 134702000
Nov-2012 134832000
Dec-2012 135075000
Jan-2013 135282000
Feb-2013 135547000
Mar-2013 135703000
Apr-2013 135882000
May-2013 136122000
Jun-2013 136280000
Jul-2013 136391000
Aug-2013 136651000
Sep-2013 136852000
Oct-2013 137062000
Nov-2013 137283000
Dec-2013 137376000
Jan-2014 137550000
Feb-2014 137732000
Mar-2014 137993000
Apr-2014 138304000
May-2014 138556000
Jun-2014 138862000
Jul-2014 139058000
Aug-2014 139284000
Sep-2014 139568000
Oct-2014 139823000
Nov-2014 140130000
Dec-2014 140381000
Jan-2015 140592000
Feb-2015 140859000
Mar-2015 140937000
Apr-2015 141219000
May-2015 141545000
Jun-2015 141736000
Jul-2015 141992000
Aug-2015 142156000
Sep-2015 142244000
Oct-2015 142595000
Nov-2015 142859000
Dec-2015 143093000
Jan-2016 143196000
Feb-2016 143453000
Mar-2016 143688000
Apr-2016 143862000
May-2016 143896000
Jun-2016 144181000
Jul-2016 144506000
Aug-2016 144681000
Sep-2016 144945000
Oct-2016 145085000
Nov-2016 145257000
Dec-2016 145437000
Jan-2017 145696000 145656000 145696000
Feb-2017 145896000 145806333 145898417
Mar-2017 145969000 145956667 146100833
Apr-2017 146144000 146107000 146303250
May-2017 146299000 146227667 146505667
Jun-2017 146538000 146348333 146708083
Jul-2017 146728000 146469000 146910500
Aug-2017 146949000 146579667 147112917
Sep-2017 146963000 146690333 147315333
Oct-2017 147234000 146801000 147517750
Nov-2017 147450000 146905667 147720167
Dec-2017 147625000 147010333 147922583
Jan-2018 147801000 147115000 148125000
Feb-2018 148125000 147212667 148327417
Mar-2018 148280000 147310333 148529833
Apr-2018 148439000 147408000 148732250
May-2018 148662000  147499000 148934667
Jun-2018 147590000 149137083
Jul-2018 147681000 149339500
Aug-2018 147764667 149541917
Sep-2018 147848333 149744333
Oct-2018 147932000 149946750
Nov-2018 148003333 150149167
Dec-2018 148074667 150351583
Jan-2019 148146000 150554000
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