Chart 2. Over-the-year change in total nonfarm employment, seasonally adjusted, 1940–2021 (in thousands)
Date	Employment change
Dec 1940	2,632
Dec 1941	3,930
Dec 1942	3,811
Dec 1943	831
Dec 1944	-886
Dec 1945	-2,750
Dec 1946	4,269
Dec 1947	1,202
Dec 1948	451
Dec 1949	-1,510
Dec 1950	3,339
Dec 1951	1,453
Dec 1952	1,852
Dec 1953	-463
Dec 1954	-372
Dec 1955	2,474
Dec 1956	1,124
Dec 1957	-545
Dec 1958	-299
Dec 1959	2,089
Dec 1960	-432
Dec 1961	1,130
Dec 1962	1,156
Dec 1963	1,333
Dec 1964	2,060
Dec 1965	2,901
Dec 1966	2,877
Dec 1967	1,701
Dec 1968	2,348
Dec 1969	1,993
Dec 1970	-449
Dec 1971	1,317
Dec 1972	3,159
Dec 1973	2,763
Dec 1974	-379
Dec 1975	365
Dec 1976	2,431
Dec 1977	3,962
Dec 1978	4,261
Dec 1979	2,001
Dec 1980	271
Dec 1981	-48
Dec 1982	-2,124
Dec 1983	3,459
Dec 1984	3,877
Dec 1985	2,502
Dec 1986	1,900
Dec 1987	3,152
Dec 1988	3,237
Dec 1989	1,938
Dec 1990	330
Dec 1991	-838
Dec 1992	1,167
Dec 1993	2,819
Dec 1994	3,851
Dec 1995	2,155
Dec 1996	2,823
Dec 1997	3,406
Dec 1998	3,047
Dec 1999	3,176
Dec 2000	1,937
Dec 2001	-1,727
Dec 2002	-510
Dec 2003	116
Dec 2004	2,036
Dec 2005	2,525
Dec 2006	2,100
Dec 2007	1,143
Dec 2008	-3,553
Dec 2009	-5,051
Dec 2010	1,034
Dec 2011	2,074
Dec 2012	2,176
Dec 2013	2,301
Dec 2014	3,004
Dec 2015	2,720
Dec 2016	2,318
Dec 2017	2,114
Dec 2018	2,292
Dec 2019	1,968
Dec 2020	-9,292
Dec 2021	6,743
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.