Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1979-present

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) first preliminary estimates of employment, hours, and earnings are published each month approximately 3 weeks after the reference period. Estimates are then revised twice, before being held constant until the annual benchmarking process. Second preliminary estimates for a given month are published the month following the initial release, and final sample-based estimates are published 2 months after the initial release. Technical information on revisions can be found in the revisions section of the CES handbook of methods webpage.

Summary of MEAN revisions between nonfarm payroll employment over-the-month estimates, 1979-present

Time Period**	Seasonally adjusted			Not seasonally adjusted
	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
1979 - 2003	-3	17	14	-4	16	12
2003 - present	10	3	13	14	-1	12
Total All Periods	3	11	14	4	8	12

Summary of ABSOLUTE MEAN revisions between nonfarm payroll employment over-the-month estimates, 1979-present

Time Period**	Seasonally adjusted			Not seasonally adjusted
	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
1979 - 2003	48	29	61	46	53	83
2003 - present	33	33	51	46	18	53
Total All Periods	41	31	57	46	38	70

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2023

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2023	517	504	472	-13	-32	-45	-2505	-2508	-2505	-3	3	0
Feb.	2023	311	326	248	15	-78	-63	1119	1158	1144	39	-14	25
Mar.	2023	236	165	217	-71	52	-19	520	462	457	-58	-5	-63
Apr.	2023	253	294	217	41	-77	-36	892	946	929	54	-17	37
May	2023	339	306		-33			920	897		-23
Jun.	2023	209						697
Jul.	2023
Aug.	2023
Sep.	2023
Oct.	2023
Nov.	2023
Dec.	2023
Mean revision	2023
Mean absolute revision	2023

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2022

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2022	467	481	504	14	23	37	-2824	-2842	-2847	-18	-5	-23
Feb.	2022	678	750	714	72	-36	36	1457	1639	1638	182	-1	181
Mar.	2022	431	428	398	-3	-30	-33	794	769	762	-25	-7	-32
Apr.	2022	428	436	368	8	-68	-60	1071	1059	1052	-12	-7	-19
May	2022	390	384	386	-6	2	-4	809	791	771	-18	-20	-38
Jun.	2022	372	398	293	26	-105	-79	944	906	879	-38	-27	-65
Jul.	2022	528	526	537	-2	11	9	-385	-344	-349	41	-5	36
Aug.	2022	315	315	292	0	-23	-23	309	384	416	75	32	107
Sep.	2022	263	315	269	52	-46	6	431	523	530	92	7	99
Oct.	2022	261	284	263	23	-21	2	1172	1212	1197	40	-15	25
Nov.	2022	263	256	290	-7	34	27	574	614	601	40	-13	27
Dec.	2022	223	260	239	37	-21	16	-244	-293	-298	-49	-5	-54
Mean revision	2022				18	-23	-6				26	-6	20
Mean absolute revision	2022				21	35	28				53	12	59

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2021

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2021	49	166	233	117	67	184	-2773	-2654	-2622	119	32	151
Feb.	2021	379	468	536	89	68	157	978	1097	1153	119	56	175
Mar.	2021	916	770	785	-146	15	-131	1323	1176	1182	-147	6	-141
Apr.	2021	266	278	269	12	-9	3	1089	1097	1082	8	-15	-7
May	2021	559	583	614	24	31	55	973	972	958	-1	-14	-15
Jun.	2021	850	938	962	88	24	112	1148	1248	1223	100	-25	75
Jul.	2021	943	1053	1091	110	38	148	-133	-34	-42	99	-8	91
Aug.	2021	235	366	483	131	117	248	312	492	476	180	-16	164
Sep.	2021	194	312	379	118	67	185	654	647	638	-7	-9	-16
Oct.	2021	531	546	648	15	102	117	1558	1576	1595	18	19	37
Nov.	2021	210	249	647	39	398	437	778	853	900	75	47	122
Dec.	2021	199	510	588	311	78	389	72	139	142	67	3	70
Mean revision	2021				76	83	159				53	6	59
Mean absolute revision	2021				100	85	181				78	21	89

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2020

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2020	225	273	214	48	-59	-11	-2832	-2812	-2776	20	36	56
Feb.	2020	273	275	251	2	-24	-22	880	902	923	22	21	43
Mar.	2020	-701	-881	-1373	-180	-492	-672	-251	-493	-1003	-242	-510	-752
Apr.	2020	-20537	-20687	-20787	-150	-100	-250	-19512	-19662	-19756	-150	-94	-244
May	2020	2509	2699	2725	190	26	216	2931	3093	3115	162	22	184
Jun.	2020	4800	4791	4781	-9	-10	-19	5103	5077	5070	-26	-7	-33
Jul.	2020	1763	1734	1761	-29	27	-2	591	561	574	-30	13	-17
Aug.	2020	1371	1489	1493	118	4	122	1535	1642	1624	107	-18	89
Sep.	2020	661	672	711	11	39	50	1137	1154	1201	17	47	64
Oct.	2020	638	610	654	-28	44	16	1605	1587	1601	-18	14	-4
Nov.	2020	245	336	264	91	-72	19	517	603	553	86	-50	36
Dec.	2020	-140	-227	-306	-87	-79	-166	-328	-421	-519	-93	-98	-191
Mean revision	2020				-2	-58	-60				-12	-52	-64
Mean absolute revision	2020				79	81	130				81	78	143

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2019

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2019	304	311	312	7	1	8	-2981	-2897	-2908	84	-11	73
Feb.	2019	20	33	56	13	23	36	827	848	853	21	5	26
Mar.	2019	196	189	153	-7	-36	-43	724	714	716	-10	2	-8
Apr.	2019	263	224	216	-39	-8	-47	1126	1078	1074	-48	-4	-52
May	2019	75	72	62	-3	-10	-13	687	662	672	-25	10	-15
Jun.	2019	224	193	178	-31	-15	-46	707	632	633	-75	1	-74
Jul.	2019	164	159	166	-5	7	2	-1059	-1074	-1074	-15	0	-15
Aug.	2019	130	168	219	38	51	89	348	418	438	70	20	90
Sep.	2019	136	180	193	44	13	57	362	408	409	46	1	47
Oct.	2019	128	156	152	28	-4	24	947	986	985	39	-1	38
Nov.	2019	266	256	261	-10	5	-5	622	619	607	-3	-12	-15
Dec.	2019	145	147	184	2	37	39	-278	-243	-248	35	-5	30
Mean revision	2019				3	5	8				10	1	10
Mean absolute revision	2019				19	18	34				39	6	40

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2018

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2018	200	239	176	39	-63	-24	-3085	-3058	-3095	27	-37	-10
Feb.	2018	313	326	324	13	-2	11	1224	1232	1239	8	7	15
Mar.	2018	103	135	155	32	20	52	665	695	710	30	15	45
Apr.	2018	164	159	175	-5	16	11	998	982	988	-16	6	-10
May	2018	223	244	268	21	24	45	943	962	973	19	11	30
Jun.	2018	213	248	208	35	-40	-5	646	712	695	66	-17	49
Jul.	2018	157	147	165	-10	18	8	-1156	-1148	-1143	8	5	13
Aug.	2018	201	270	286	69	16	85	334	494	509	160	15	175
Sep.	2018	134	118	119	-16	1	-15	350	332	335	-18	3	-15
Oct.	2018	250	237	274	-13	37	24	1015	1016	1019	1	3	4
Nov.	2018	155	176	196	21	20	41	475	484	522	9	38	47
Dec.	2018	312	222	227	-90	5	-85	-54	-193	-172	-139	21	-118
Mean revision	2018				8	4	12				13	6	19
Mean absolute revision	2018				30	22	34				42	15	44

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2017

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2017	227	238	216	11	-22	-11	-2948	-2897	-2885	51	12	63
Feb.	2017	235	219	232	-16	13	-3	1010	1006	1019	-4	13	9
Mar.	2017	98	79	50	-19	-29	-48	670	661	648	-9	-13	-22
Apr.	2017	211	174	207	-37	33	-4	1026	998	1008	-28	10	-18
May	2017	138	152	145	14	-7	7	810	841	836	31	-5	26
Jun.	2017	222	231	210	9	-21	-12	599	623	637	24	14	38
Jul.	2017	209	189	138	-20	-51	-71	-1039	-1091	-1133	-52	-42	-94
Aug.	2017	156	169	208	13	39	52	211	252	299	41	47	88
Sep.	2017	-33	18	38	51	20	71	340	377	367	37	-10	27
Oct.	2017	261	244	211	-17	-33	-50	1042	1021	998	-21	-23	-44
Nov.	2017	228	252	216	24	-36	-12	532	574	580	42	6	48
Dec.	2017	148	160	175	12	15	27	-180	-225	-253	-45	-28	-73
Mean revision	2017				2	-7	-5				6	-2	4
Mean absolute revision	2017				20	27	31				32	19	46

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2016

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2016	151	172	168	21	-4	17	-2989	-2961	-2966	28	-5	23
Feb.	2016	242	245	233	3	-12	-9	850	837	842	-13	5	-8
Mar.	2016	215	208	186	-7	-22	-29	890	895	903	5	8	13
Apr.	2016	160	123	144	-37	21	-16	1057	1046	1039	-11	-7	-18
May	2016	38	11	24	-27	13	-14	651	623	621	-28	-2	-30
Jun.	2016	287	292	271	5	-21	-16	682	660	644	-22	-16	-38
Jul.	2016	255	275	252	20	-23	-3	-1030	-999	-1016	31	-17	14
Aug.	2016	151	167	176	16	9	25	224	233	230	9	-3	6
Sep.	2016	156	191	208	35	17	52	527	616	639	89	23	112
Oct.	2016	161	142	135	-19	-7	-26	899	868	842	-31	-26	-57
Nov.	2016	178	204	164	26	-40	-14	479	524	424	45	-100	-55
Dec.	2016	156	157	155	1	-2	-1	-270	-225	-235	45	-10	35
Mean revision	2016				3	-6	-3				12	-13	0
Mean absolute revision	2016				18	16	19				30	19	34

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2015

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2015	257	239	201	-18	-38	-56	-2755	-2821	-2813	-66	8	-58
Feb.	2015	295	264	266	-31	2	-29	903	832	848	-71	16	-55
Mar.	2015	126	85	119	-41	34	-7	823	765	779	-58	14	-44
Apr.	2015	223	221	187	-2	-34	-36	1178	1152	1139	-26	-13	-39
May	2015	280	254	260	-26	6	-20	970	925	928	-45	3	-42
Jun.	2015	223	231	245	8	14	22	455	474	471	19	-3	16
Jul.	2015	215	245	223	30	-22	8	-1045	-968	-964	77	4	81
Aug.	2015	173	136	153	-37	17	-20	258	197	190	-61	-7	-68
Sep.	2015	142	137	145	-5	8	3	558	525	542	-33	17	-16
Oct.	2015	271	298	307	27	9	36	1152	1180	1160	28	-20	8
Nov.	2015	211	252	280	41	28	69	344	416	433	72	17	89
Dec.	2015	292	262	271	-30	9	-21	11	-10	-6	-21	4	-17
Mean revision	2015				-7	3	-4				-15	3	-12
Mean absolute revision	2015				25	18	27				48	11	44

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2014

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2014	113	129	144	16	15	31	-2870	-2836	-2818	34	18	52
Feb.	2014	175	197	222	22	25	47	750	743	741	-7	-2	-9
Mar.	2014	192	203	203	11	0	11	941	944	955	3	11	14
Apr.	2014	288	282	304	-6	22	16	1152	1125	1118	-27	-7	-34
May	2014	217	224	229	7	5	12	920	914	919	-6	5	-1
Jun.	2014	288	298	267	10	-31	-21	582	592	588	10	-4	6
Jul.	2014	209	212	243	3	31	34	-1110	-1110	-1103	0	7	7
Aug.	2014	142	180	203	38	23	61	327	382	392	55	10	65
Sep.	2014	248	256	271	8	15	23	701	692	692	-9	0	-9
Oct.	2014	214	243	261	29	18	47	1064	1051	1058	-13	7	-6
Nov.	2014	321	353	423	32	70	102	497	510	478	13	-32	-19
Dec.	2014	252	329	329	77	0	77	-65	5	6	70	1	71
Mean revision	2014				21	16	37				10	1	11
Mean absolute revision	2014				22	21	40				21	9	24

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2013

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2013	157	119	148	-38	29	-9	-2840	-2916	-2856	-76	60	-16
Feb.	2013	236	268	332	32	64	96	959	1022	1048	63	26	89
Mar.	2013	88	138	142	50	4	54	759	810	818	51	8	59
Apr.	2013	165	149	199	-16	50	34	932	912	943	-20	31	11
May	2013	175	195	176	20	-19	1	885	870	870	-15	0	-15
Jun.	2013	195	188	172	-7	-16	-23	422	394	386	-28	-8	-36
Jul.	2013	162	104	89	-58	-15	-73	-1113	-1186	-1192	-73	-6	-79
Aug.	2013	169	193	238	24	45	69	378	411	425	33	14	47
Sep.	2013	148	163	175	15	12	27	612	598	610	-14	12	-2
Oct.	2013	204	200	200	-4	0	-4	940	909	911	-31	2	-29
Nov.	2013	203	241	274	38	33	71	421	476	523	55	47	102
Dec.	2013	74	75	84	1	9	10	-246	-270	-267	-24	3	-21
Mean revision	2013				5	16	21				-7	16	9
Mean absolute revision	2013				25	25	39				40	18	42

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2012

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2012	243	284	275	41	-9	32	-2689	-2652	-2668	37	-16	21
Feb.	2012	227	240	259	13	19	32	851	902	913	51	11	62
Mar.	2012	120	154	143	34	-11	23	811	861	871	50	10	60
Apr.	2012	115	77	68	-38	-9	-47	896	857	864	-39	7	-32
May	2012	69	77	87	8	10	18	789	780	778	-9	-2	-11
Jun.	2012	80	64	45	-16	-19	-35	391	349	334	-42	-15	-57
Jul.	2012	163	141	181	-22	40	18	-1204	-1217	-1204	-13	13	0
Aug.	2012	96	142	192	46	50	96	252	370	381	118	11	129
Sep.	2012	114	148	132	34	-16	18	574	647	632	73	-15	58
Oct.	2012	171	138	137	-33	-1	-34	911	836	842	-75	6	-69
Nov.	2012	146	161	247	15	86	101	367	357	395	-10	38	28
Dec.	2012	155	196	219	41	23	64	-243	-91	-76	152	15	167
Mean revision	2012				10	14	24				24	5	30
Mean absolute revision	2012				28	24	43				56	13	58

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2011

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2011	36	63	68	27	5	32	-2898	-2867	-2867	31	0	31
Feb.	2011	192	194	235	2	41	43	816	799	811	-17	12	-5
Mar.	2011	216	221	194	5	-27	-22	925	925	905	0	-20	-20
Apr.	2011	244	232	217	-12	-15	-27	1169	1172	1173	3	1	4
May	2011	54	25	53	-29	28	-1	682	631	635	-51	4	-47
Jun.	2011	18	46	20	28	-26	2	376	444	437	68	-7	61
Jul.	2011	117	85	127	-32	42	10	-1231	-1356	-1323	-125	33	-92
Aug.	2011	0	57	104	57	47	104	118	212	237	94	25	119
Sep.	2011	103	158	210	55	52	107	519	631	688	112	57	169
Oct.	2011	80	100	112	20	12	32	883	874	882	-9	8	-1
Nov.	2011	120	100	157	-20	57	37	339	312	302	-27	-10	-37
Dec.	2011	200	203	223	3	20	23	-219	-220	-207	-1	13	12
Mean revision	2011				9	20	28				7	10	16
Mean absolute revision	2011				24	31	37				45	16	50

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2010

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2010	-20	-26	14	-6	40	34	-2819	-2842	-2834	-23	8	-15
Feb.	2010	-36	-14	39	22	53	75	473	469	471	-4	2	-2
Mar.	2010	162	230	208	68	-22	46	843	876	873	33	-3	30
Apr.	2010	290	290	313	0	23	23	1158	1150	1158	-8	8	0
May	2010	431	433	432	2	-1	1	1090	1093	1106	3	13	16
Jun.	2010	-125	-221	-175	-96	46	-50	247	123	124	-124	1	-123
Jul.	2010	-131	-54	-66	77	-12	65	-1391	-1269	-1287	122	-18	104
Aug.	2010	-54	-57	-1	-3	56	53	72	77	76	5	-1	4
Sep.	2010	-95	-41	-24	54	17	71	428	461	493	33	32	65
Oct.	2010	151	172	210	21	38	59	919	966	972	47	6	53
Nov.	2010	39	71	93	32	22	54	217	271	300	54	29	83
Dec.	2010	103	121	152	18	31	49	-357	-309	-321	48	-12	36
Mean revision	2010				16	24	40				16	5	21
Mean absolute revision	2010				33	30	48				42	11	44

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2009

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2009	-598	-655	-741	-57	-86	-143	-3606	-3570	-3615	36	-45	-9
Feb.	2009	-651	-651	-681	0	-30	-30	-248	-172	-164	76	8	84
Mar.	2009	-663	-699	-652	-36	47	11	-58	-84	-61	-26	23	-3
Apr.	2009	-539	-504	-519	35	-15	20	241	271	259	30	-12	18
May	2009	-345	-322	-303	23	19	42	319	383	384	64	1	65
Jun.	2009	-467	-443	-463	24	-20	4	-110	-69	-95	41	-26	15
Jul.	2009	-247	-276	-304	-29	-28	-57	-1333	-1443	-1498	-110	-55	-165
Aug.	2009	-216	-201	-154	15	47	62	-179	-124	-81	55	43	98
Sep.	2009	-263	-219	-139	44	80	124	303	353	389	50	36	86
Oct.	2009	-190	-111	-127	79	-16	63	641	708	678	67	-30	37
Nov.	2009	-11	4	64	15	60	75	80	114	80	34	-34	0
Dec.	2009	-85	-150	-109	-65	41	-24	-406	-538	-521	-132	17	-115
Mean revision	2009				4	8	12				15	-6	9
Mean absolute revision	2009				35	41	55				60	28	58

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2008

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2008	-17	-22	-76	-5	-54	-59	-3044	-3008	-3022	36	-14	22
Feb.	2008	-63	-76	-83	-13	-7	-20	525	529	527	4	-2	2
Mar.	2008	-80	-81	-88	-1	-7	-8	574	580	594	6	14	20
Apr.	2008	-20	-28	-67	-8	-39	-47	703	712	697	9	-15	-6
May	2008	-49	-62	-47	-13	15	2	648	653	675	5	22	27
Jun.	2008	-62	-51	-100	11	-49	-38	241	289	271	48	-18	30
Jul.	2008	-51	-60	-67	-9	-7	-16	-1458	-1468	-1417	-10	51	41
Aug.	2008	-84	-73	-127	11	-54	-43	-87	-28	-13	59	15	74
Sep.	2008	-159	-284	-403	-125	-119	-244	245	107	128	-138	21	-117
Oct.	2008	-240	-320	-423	-80	-103	-183	303	360	341	57	-19	38
Nov.	2008	-533	-584	-597	-51	-13	-64	-634	-642	-610	-8	32	24
Dec.	2008	-524	-577	-681	-53	-104	-157	-954	-935	-965	19	-30	-11
Mean revision	2008				-28	-45	-73				7	5	12
Mean absolute revision	2008				32	48	73				33	21	34

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2007

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2007	111	146	162	35	16	51	-2814	-2780	-2770	34	10	44
Feb.	2007	97	113	90	16	-23	-7	705	714	715	9	1	10
Mar.	2007	180	177	175	-3	-2	-5	939	931	922	-8	-9	-17
Apr.	2007	88	80	122	-8	42	34	833	827	856	-6	29	23
May	2007	157	190	188	33	-2	31	880	941	973	61	32	93
Jun.	2007	132	126	69	-6	-57	-63	504	506	506	2	0	2
Jul.	2007	92	68	93	-24	25	1	-1333	-1367	-1375	-34	-8	-42
Aug.	2007	-4	89	93	93	4	97	-42	123	123	165	0	165
Sep.	2007	110	96	44	-14	-52	-66	626	593	547	-33	-46	-79
Oct.	2007	166	170	159	4	-11	-7	759	797	802	38	5	43
Nov.	2007	94	115	60	21	-55	-34	240	310	313	70	3	73
Dec.	2007	18	82	41	64	-41	23	-339	-177	-216	162	-39	123
Mean revision	2007				18	-13	5				38	-2	36
Mean absolute revision	2007				27	28	35				52	15	60

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2006

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2006	193	170	154	-23	-16	-39	-2625	-2680	-2713	-55	-33	-88
Feb.	2006	243	225	200	-18	-25	-43	904	873	868	-31	-5	-36
Mar.	2006	211	200	175	-11	-25	-36	939	921	920	-18	-1	-19
Apr.	2006	138	126	112	-12	-14	-26	922	925	914	3	-11	-8
May	2006	75	92	100	17	8	25	769	811	835	42	24	66
Jun.	2006	121	124	134	3	10	13	539	542	541	3	-1	2
Jul.	2006	113	121	123	8	2	10	-1266	-1232	-1232	34	0	34
Aug.	2006	128	188	230	60	42	102	107	206	224	99	18	117
Sep.	2006	51	148	203	97	55	152	462	628	680	166	52	218
Oct.	2006	92	79	86	-13	7	-6	712	707	709	-5	2	-3
Nov.	2006	132	154	196	22	42	64	318	354	409	36	55	91
Dec.	2006	167	206	226	39	20	59	-206	-136	-93	70	43	113
Mean revision	2006				14	9	23				29	12	41
Mean absolute revision	2006				27	22	48				47	20	66

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2005

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2005	146	132	124	-14	-8	-22	-2662	-2713	-2692	-51	21	-30
Feb.	2005	262	243	300	-19	57	38	856	833	842	-23	9	-14
Mar.	2005	110	146	122	36	-24	12	817	858	859	41	1	42
Apr.	2005	274	274	292	0	18	18	1179	1178	1181	-1	3	2
May	2005	78	104	126	26	22	48	707	730	735	23	5	28
Jun.	2005	146	166	175	20	9	29	611	620	606	9	-14	-5
Jul.	2005	207	242	277	35	35	70	-1201	-1139	-1135	62	4	66
Aug.	2005	169	211	148	42	-63	-21	123	210	187	87	-23	64
Sep.	2005	-35	-8	17	27	25	52	532	566	565	34	-1	33
Oct.	2005	56	44	25	-12	-19	-31	702	690	664	-12	-26	-38
Nov.	2005	215	305	354	90	49	139	336	462	499	126	37	163
Dec.	2005	108	140	145	32	5	37	-273	-272	-275	1	-3	-2
Mean revision	2005				22	9	31				25	1	26
Mean absolute revision	2005				29	28	43				39	12	41

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2004

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2004	112	97	159	-15	62	47	-2624	-2677	-2672	-53	5	-48
Feb.	2004	21	46	83	25	37	62	588	604	596	16	-8	8
Mar.	2004	308	337	353	29	16	45	1007	1034	1030	27	-4	23
Apr.	2004	288	346	324	58	-22	36	1109	1159	1162	50	3	53
May	2004	248	235	208	-13	-27	-40	939	897	903	-42	6	-36
Jun.	2004	112	78	96	-34	18	-16	484	444	444	-40	0	-40
Jul.	2004	32	73	85	41	12	53	-1206	-1135	-1152	71	-17	54
Aug.	2004	144	128	198	-16	70	54	12	39	36	27	-3	24
Sep.	2004	96	139	119	43	-20	23	704	730	715	26	-15	11
Oct.	2004	337	303	312	-34	9	-25	1051	1014	1004	-37	-10	-47
Nov.	2004	112	137	132	25	-5	20	224	279	267	55	-12	43
Dec.	2004	157	133	155	-24	22	-2	-180	-206	-219	-26	-13	-39
Mean revision	2004				7	14	21				6	-6	0
Mean absolute revision	2004				30	27	35				39	8	36

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2003

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2003	143	185	203	42	18	60	-2722	-2684	-2669	38	15	53
Feb.	2003	-308	-357	-353	-49	4	-45	315	274	276	-41	2	-39
Mar.	2003	-108	-124	0	-16	NA***	NA***	496	484	0	-12	NA	NA
Apr.	2003	-48	0	0	NA***	NA***	NA***	714	0	0	NA	NA	NA
May	2003	-17	-70	-76	-53	-6	-59	729	684	680	-45	-4	-49
Jun.	2003	-30	-72	-83	-42	-11	-53	349	311	303	-38	-8	-46
Jul.	2003	-44	-49	-57	-5	-8	-13	-1355	-1337	-1343	18	-6	12
Aug.	2003	-93	-41	35	52	76	128	-76	5	32	81	27	108
Sep.	2003	57	125	99	68	-26	42	490	616	601	126	-15	111
Oct.	2003	126	137	100	11	-37	-26	822	821	791	-1	-30	-31
Nov.	2003	57	43	83	-14	40	26	143	132	46	-11	-86	-97
Dec.	2003	1	16	8	15	-8	7	-202	-193	-209	9	-16	-7
Mean revision	2003				1	4	7				11	-12	2
Mean absolute revision	2003				33	23	46				38	21	55

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2002

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2002	-89	-126	-109	-37	17	-20	-2894	-2926	-2910	-32	16	-16
Feb.	2002	66	-2	-4	-68	-2	-70	622	554	554	-68	0	-68
Mar.	2002	58	-21	-5	-79	16	-63	644	566	88	-78	-478	-556
Apr.	2002	43	6	-21	-37	-27	-64	785	762	733	-23	-29	-52
May	2002	41	24	22	-17	-2	-19	840	826	823	-14	-3	-17
Jun.	2002	36	66	34	30	-32	-2	415	446	413	31	-33	-2
Jul.	2002	6	67	54	61	-13	48	-1305	-1242	-1255	63	-13	50
Aug.	2002	39	107	123	68	16	84	15	84	96	69	12	81
Sep.	2002	-43	-13	-84	30	-71	-41	478	511	522	33	11	44
Oct.	2002	-5	86	69	91	-17	74	567	601	580	34	-21	13
Nov.	2002	-40	-88	-81	-48	7	-41	100	58	63	-42	5	-37
Dec.	2002	-101	-156	-147	-55	9	-46	-341	-393	-377	-52	16	-36
Mean revision	2002				-5	-8	-13				-7	-43	-50
Mean absolute revision	2002				52	19	48				45	53	81

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2001

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2001	268	224	289	-44	65	21	-2738	-2782	-2719	-44	63	19
Feb.	2001	135	140	136	5	-4	1	656	665	656	9	-9	0
Mar.	2001	-86	-53	59	33	112	145	533	570	993	37	423	460
Apr.	2001	-223	-182	-165	41	17	58	672	654	674	-18	20	2
May	2001	-19	8	41	27	33	60	710	736	770	26	34	60
Jun.	2001	-114	-93	-99	21	-6	15	466	478	471	12	-7	5
Jul.	2001	-42	13	18	55	5	60	-1379	-1327	-1318	52	9	61
Aug.	2001	-113	-84	-54	29	30	59	-123	-119	-93	4	26	30
Sep.	2001	-199	-213	-165	-14	48	34	330	315	321	-15	6	-9
Oct.	2001	-415	-468	-448	-53	20	-33	84	46	60	-38	14	-24
Nov.	2001	-331	-371	-355	-40	16	-24	-133	-170	-153	-37	17	-20
Dec.	2001	-124	-130	-106	-6	24	18	-301	-307	-292	-6	15	9
Mean revision	2001				4	30	34				-2	51	49
Mean absolute revision	2001				31	32	44				25	54	58

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 2000

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	2000	387	384	394	-3	10	7	-2593	-2593	-2580	0	13	13
Feb.	2000	43	7	27	-36	20	-16	657	619	640	-38	21	-17
Mar.	2000	416	458	527	42	69	111	984	1029	1246	45	217	262
Apr.	2000	340	414	410	74	-4	70	1133	1243	1234	110	-9	101
May	2000	231	171	171	-60	0	-60	1059	1002	1000	-57	-2	-59
Jun.	2000	11	30	57	19	27	46	600	626	653	26	27	53
Jul.	2000	-108	-51	-40	57	11	68	-1442	-1398	-1386	44	12	56
Aug.	2000	-105	-91	-79	14	12	26	-179	-176	-174	3	2	5
Sep.	2000	252	195	195	-57	0	-57	737	692	718	-45	26	-19
Oct.	2000	137	77	66	-60	-11	-71	656	550	536	-106	-14	-120
Nov.	2000	94	59	53	-35	-6	-41	384	348	341	-36	-7	-43
Dec.	2000	105	19	36	-86	17	-69	-101	-190	-173	-89	17	-72
Mean revision	2000				-11	12	1				-12	25	13
Mean absolute revision	2000				45	16	54				50	31	68

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1999

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1999	245	217	217	-28	0	-28	-2729	-2760	-2760	-31	0	-31
Feb.	1999	275	297	335	22	38	60	852	871	916	19	45	64
Mar.	1999	46	7	83	-39	76	37	650	598	775	-52	177	125
Apr.	1999	234	343	321	109	-22	87	1085	1144	1123	59	-21	38
May	1999	11	-5	28	-16	33	17	841	832	860	-9	28	19
Jun.	1999	268	273	281	5	8	13	720	735	743	15	8	23
Jul.	1999	310	338	373	28	35	63	-845	-825	-791	20	34	54
Aug.	1999	124	103	129	-21	26	5	-47	-70	-49	-23	21	-2
Sep.	1999	-8	41	103	49	62	111	630	689	698	59	9	68
Oct.	1999	310	263	284	-47	21	-26	754	739	758	-15	19	4
Nov.	1999	234	222	257	-12	35	23	393	380	418	-13	38	25
Dec.	1999	315	316	309	1	-7	-6	105	102	91	-3	-11	-14
Mean revision	1999				4	25	30				2	29	31
Mean absolute revision	1999				31	30	40				26	34	39

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1998

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1998	358	375	399	17	24	41	-2574	-2559	-2538	15	21	36
Feb.	1998	310	252	259	-58	7	-51	834	780	780	-54	0	-54
Mar.	1998	-36	-24	82	12	106	118	636	656	1066	20	410	430
Apr.	1998	262	302	320	40	18	58	1027	1062	1082	35	20	55
May	1998	296	309	328	13	19	32	1046	1065	1078	19	13	32
Jun.	1998	205	196	189	-9	-7	-16	718	716	707	-2	-9	-11
Jul.	1998	66	68	118	2	50	52	-1085	-1078	-1032	7	46	53
Aug.	1998	365	309	322	-56	13	-43	203	150	165	-53	15	-38
Sep.	1998	69	157	172	88	15	103	685	768	792	83	24	107
Oct.	1998	116	145	164	29	19	48	713	687	706	-26	19	-7
Nov.	1998	267	251	277	-16	26	10	333	316	336	-17	20	3
Dec.	1998	378	298	314	-80	16	-64	156	76	96	-80	20	-60
Mean revision	1998				-2	26	24				-4	50	46
Mean absolute revision	1998				35	27	53				34	51	74

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1997

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1997	271	247	259	-24	12	-12	-2570	-2584	-2567	-14	17	3
Feb.	1997	339	293	314	-46	21	-25	800	750	767	-50	17	-33
Mar.	1997	175	139	182	-36	43	7	847	817	755	-30	-62	-92
Apr.	1997	142	323	327	181	4	185	835	967	964	132	-3	129
May	1997	138	166	163	28	-3	25	1014	1046	1041	32	-5	27
Jun.	1997	217	228	222	11	-6	5	627	638	634	11	-4	7
Jul.	1997	316	365	384	49	19	68	-938	-898	-879	40	19	59
Aug.	1997	49	40	52	-9	12	3	18	4	16	-14	12	-2
Sep.	1997	215	269	300	54	31	85	903	956	981	53	25	78
Oct.	1997	284	287	291	3	4	7	870	876	882	6	6	12
Nov.	1997	404	412	429	8	17	25	389	397	420	8	23	31
Dec.	1997	370	355	354	-15	-1	-16	187	168	167	-19	-1	-20
Mean revision	1997				17	13	30				13	4	17
Mean absolute revision	1997				39	14	39				34	16	41

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1996

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1996	-201	-188	-146	13	42	55	-2798	-2781	-2740	17	41	58
Feb.	1996	705	624	631	-81	7	-74	1035	959	963	-76	4	-72
Mar.	1996	140	178	158	38	-20	18	676	719	1515	43	796	839
Apr.	1996	2	163	191	161	28	189	795	846	870	51	24	75
May	1996	348	365	407	17	42	59	1063	1077	1122	14	45	59
Jun.	1996	239	220	219	-19	-1	-20	713	695	691	-18	-4	-22
Jul.	1996	193	228	235	35	7	42	-1066	-1039	-1024	27	15	42
Aug.	1996	250	241	263	-9	22	13	211	210	227	-1	17	16
Sep.	1996	-40	-35	-2	5	33	38	718	727	750	9	23	32
Oct.	1996	210	224	261	14	37	51	660	672	711	12	39	51
Nov.	1996	118	127	181	9	54	63	280	284	336	4	52	56
Dec.	1996	262	261	231	-1	-30	-31	-25	-26	-61	-1	-35	-36
Mean revision	1996				15	18	34				7	85	92
Mean absolute revision	1996				34	27	54				23	91	113

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1995

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1995	134	176	169	42	-7	35	-2411	-2365	-2376	46	-11	35
Feb.	1995	318	345	355	27	10	37	590	620	626	30	6	36
Mar.	1995	203	177	179	-26	2	-24	679	655	1174	-24	519	495
Apr.	1995	-9	-7	8	2	15	17	833	813	826	-20	13	-7
May	1995	-101	-46	-62	55	-16	39	673	739	725	66	-14	52
Jun.	1995	215	250	299	35	49	84	668	710	757	42	47	89
Jul.	1995	55	6	28	-49	22	-27	-1157	-1211	-1192	-54	19	-35
Aug.	1995	249	262	263	13	1	14	154	166	165	12	-1	11
Sep.	1995	121	50	94	-71	44	-27	868	801	842	-67	41	-26
Oct.	1995	116	66	68	-50	2	-48	582	531	533	-51	2	-49
Nov.	1995	166	164	212	-2	48	46	149	147	195	-2	48	46
Dec.	1995	151	161	145	10	-16	-6	7	18	-1	11	-19	-8
Mean revision	1995				-1	13	12				-1	54	53
Mean absolute revision	1995				32	19	34				35	62	74

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1994

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1994	62	-2	-31	-64	-29	-93	-2305	-2369	-2399	-64	-30	-94
Feb.	1994	217	198	278	-19	80	61	485	466	541	-19	75	56
Mar.	1994	456	464	379	8	-85	-77	859	870	1386	11	516	527
Apr.	1994	267	358	401	91	43	134	985	1055	1098	70	43	113
May	1994	191	252	252	61	0	61	954	1017	1019	63	2	65
Jun.	1994	379	356	383	-23	27	4	843	829	855	-14	26	12
Jul.	1994	259	251	290	-8	39	31	-941	-949	-909	-8	40	32
Aug.	1994	179	246	290	67	44	111	140	199	239	59	40	99
Sep.	1994	239	248	272	9	24	33	963	972	995	9	23	32
Oct.	1994	194	164	162	-30	-2	-32	604	571	575	-33	4	-29
Nov.	1994	350	488	534	138	46	184	418	557	601	139	44	183
Dec.	1994	256	210	231	-46	21	-25	35	-3	16	-38	19	-19
Mean revision	1994				15	17	33				15	67	81
Mean absolute revision	1994				47	37	70				44	72	105

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1993

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1993	106	44	113	-62	69	7	-2191	-2251	-2182	-60	69	9
Feb.	1993	365	367	338	2	-29	-27	549	552	521	3	-31	-28
Mar.	1993	-22	-9	26	13	35	48	416	431	799	15	368	383
Apr.	1993	119	216	255	97	39	136	734	875	910	141	35	176
May	1993	209	215	238	6	23	29	902	918	939	16	21	37
Jun.	1993	13	44	43	31	-1	30	494	525	527	31	2	33
Jul.	1993	162	211	237	49	26	75	-1022	-973	-950	49	23	72
Aug.	1993	-39	-41	-33	-2	8	6	-7	-7	3	0	10	10
Sep.	1993	156	162	197	6	35	41	835	842	874	7	32	39
Oct.	1993	177	147	162	-30	15	-15	572	544	556	-28	12	-16
Nov.	1993	208	202	216	-6	14	8	275	272	287	-3	15	12
Dec.	1993	183	190	230	7	40	47	0	8	48	8	40	48
Mean revision	1993				9	23	32				15	50	65
Mean absolute revision	1993				26	28	39				30	55	72

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1992

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1992	-91	-149	-122	-58	27	-31	-2337	-2395	-2368	-58	27	-31
Feb.	1992	164	107	106	-57	-1	-58	319	262	262	-57	0	-57
Mar.	1992	19	39	58	20	19	39	459	480	-236	21	-716	-695
Apr.	1992	126	182	177	56	-5	51	681	785	781	104	-4	100
May	1992	68	93	119	25	26	51	686	712	736	26	24	50
Jun.	1992	-117	-63	-73	54	-10	44	457	518	502	61	-16	45
Jul.	1992	198	177	171	-21	-6	-27	-1061	-1077	-1080	-16	-3	-19
Aug.	1992	-83	-128	-109	-45	19	-26	-26	-73	-54	-47	19	-28
Sep.	1992	-57	-72	12	-15	84	69	643	626	708	-17	82	65
Oct.	1992	27	34	74	7	40	47	398	411	448	13	37	50
Nov.	1992	105	76	75	-29	-1	-30	219	195	192	-24	-3	-27
Dec.	1992	64	90	106	26	16	42	-102	-72	-58	30	14	44
Mean revision	1992				-3	17	14				3	-45	-42
Mean absolute revision	1992				34	21	43				40	79	101

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1991

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1991	-232	-233	-191	-1	42	41	-2525	-2520	-2480	5	40	45
Feb.	1991	-184	-291	-286	-107	5	-102	61	-43	-39	-104	4	-100
Mar.	1991	-206	-241	-258	-35	-17	-52	307	271	-160	-36	-431	-467
Apr.	1991	-124	-180	-166	-56	14	-42	509	429	443	-80	14	-66
May	1991	59	119	151	60	32	92	619	681	714	62	33	95
Jun.	1991	-50	-21	-2	29	19	48	484	515	532	31	17	48
Jul.	1991	-51	-73	-26	-22	47	25	-1257	-1275	-1229	-18	46	28
Aug.	1991	34	77	112	43	35	78	11	48	80	37	32	69
Sep.	1991	24	48	95	24	47	71	662	685	734	23	49	72
Oct.	1991	-1	4	7	5	3	8	368	374	375	6	1	7
Nov.	1991	-241	-265	-230	-24	35	11	8	-12	26	-20	38	18
Dec.	1991	31	3	39	-28	36	8	-126	-154	-121	-28	33	5
Mean revision	1991				-9	25	16				-10	-10	-20
Mean absolute revision	1991				36	28	48				38	62	85

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1990

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1990	275	332	361	57	29	86	-2126	-2074	-2044	52	30	82
Feb.	1990	372	356	373	-16	17	1	527	506	523	-21	17	-4
Mar.	1990	26	103	123	77	20	97	601	664	686	63	22	85
Apr.	1990	64	-23	-26	-87	-3	-90	773	682	684	-91	2	-89
May	1990	164	356	369	192	13	205	768	955	967	187	12	199
Jun.	1990	40	155	212	115	57	172	548	665	542	117	-123	-6
Jul.	1990	-219	-89	-89	130	0	130	-1384	-1296	-1297	88	-1	87
Aug.	1990	-75	-83	-127	-8	-44	-52	-132	-136	-173	-4	-37	-41
Sep.	1990	-101	-52	-1	49	51	100	513	554	606	41	52	93
Oct.	1990	-68	-178	-180	-110	-2	-112	377	261	258	-116	-3	-119
Nov.	1990	-267	-259	-267	8	-8	0	-67	-59	-69	8	-10	-2
Dec.	1990	-76	-148	-161	-72	-13	-85	-187	-258	-273	-71	-15	-86
Mean revision	1990				28	10	38				21	-4	17
Mean absolute revision	1990				77	21	94				72	27	74

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1989

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1989	408	415	424	7	9	16	-1973	-1968	-1960	5	8	13
Feb.	1989	289	280	276	-9	-4	-13	416	411	406	-5	-5	-10
Mar.	1989	180	171	177	-9	6	-3	679	669	80	-10	-589	-599
Apr.	1989	117	206	213	89	7	96	890	919	927	29	8	37
May	1989	101	207	209	106	2	108	693	798	801	105	3	108
Jun.	1989	180	250	297	70	47	117	676	739	789	63	50	113
Jul.	1989	169	184	160	15	-24	-9	-977	-972	-994	5	-22	-17
Aug.	1989	110	88	120	-22	32	10	118	98	126	-20	28	8
Sep.	1989	209	201	209	-8	8	0	815	811	820	-4	9	5
Oct.	1989	233	93	75	-140	-18	-158	647	507	489	-140	-18	-158
Nov.	1989	210	222	281	12	59	71	342	353	415	11	62	73
Dec.	1989	142	96	118	-46	22	-24	51	1	26	-50	25	-25
Mean revision	1989				5	12	18				-1	-37	-38
Mean absolute revision	1989				44	20	52				37	69	97

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1988

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1988	107	174	215	67	41	108	-2092	-2025	-1985	67	40	107
Feb.	1988	531	517	538	-14	21	7	576	563	581	-13	18	5
Mar.	1988	262	296	291	34	-5	29	747	785	1192	38	407	445
Apr.	1988	174	249	261	75	12	87	854	983	998	129	15	144
May	1988	209	221	208	12	-13	-1	802	810	797	8	-13	-5
Jun.	1988	346	532	568	186	36	222	740	926	964	186	38	224
Jul.	1988	283	200	214	-83	14	-69	-784	-865	-851	-81	14	-67
Aug.	1988	219	169	154	-50	-15	-65	232	184	172	-48	-12	-60
Sep.	1988	255	304	312	49	8	57	844	888	897	44	9	53
Oct.	1988	323	238	236	-85	-2	-87	800	716	712	-84	-4	-88
Nov.	1988	463	404	446	-59	42	-17	478	421	463	-57	42	-15
Dec.	1988	279	221	222	-58	1	-57	236	174	178	-62	4	-58
Mean revision	1988				6	12	18				11	46	57
Mean absolute revision	1988				64	18	67				68	51	106

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1987

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1987	448	319	304	-129	-15	-144	-1652	-1775	-1790	-123	-15	-138
Feb.	1987	337	236	228	-101	-8	-109	410	315	309	-95	-6	-101
Mar.	1987	164	155	179	-9	24	15	648	637	-32	-11	-669	-680
Apr.	1987	316	280	269	-36	-11	-47	960	928	919	-32	-9	-41
May	1987	123	74	110	-49	36	-13	774	722	759	-52	37	-15
Jun.	1987	116	103	110	-13	7	-6	567	556	564	-11	8	-3
Jul.	1987	304	296	308	-8	12	4	-764	-770	-757	-6	13	7
Aug.	1987	156	152	149	-4	-3	-7	214	207	205	-7	-2	-9
Sep.	1987	132	121	159	-11	38	27	771	761	803	-10	42	32
Oct.	1987	549	536	549	-13	13	0	836	818	832	-18	14	-4
Nov.	1987	274	263	302	-11	39	28	322	306	347	-16	41	25
Dec.	1987	326	311	327	-15	16	1	240	223	239	-17	16	-1
Mean revision	1987				-33	12	-21				-33	-44	-77
Mean absolute revision	1987				33	18	33				33	73	88

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1986

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1986	566	421	410	-145	-11	-156	-1542	-1683	-1694	-141	-11	-152
Feb.	1986	226	153	160	-73	7	-66	286	220	225	-66	5	-61
Mar.	1986	192	178	55	-14	-123	-137	678	662	357	-16	-305	-321
Apr.	1986	206	313	299	107	-14	93	895	952	936	57	-16	41
May	1986	149	125	135	-24	10	-14	801	780	788	-21	8	-13
Jun.	1986	-89	-54	-75	35	-21	14	395	434	411	39	-23	16
Jul.	1986	389	279	262	-110	-17	-127	-631	-736	-754	-105	-18	-123
Aug.	1986	202	156	178	-46	22	-24	216	170	191	-46	21	-25
Sep.	1986	107	165	277	58	112	170	731	788	900	57	112	169
Oct.	1986	298	260	266	-38	6	-32	537	498	506	-39	8	-31
Nov.	1986	249	239	242	-10	3	-7	289	279	284	-10	5	-5
Dec.	1986	269	225	254	-44	29	-15	117	69	96	-48	27	-21
Mean revision	1986				-25	0	-25				-28	-16	-44
Mean absolute revision	1986				59	31	71				54	47	82

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1985

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1985	348	312	364	-36	52	16	-1697	-1733	-1680	-36	53	17
Feb.	1985	119	112	116	-7	4	-3	224	218	223	-6	5	-1
Mar.	1985	381	353	319	-28	-34	-62	814	787	1194	-27	407	380
Apr.	1985	217	208	210	-9	2	-7	845	864	864	19	0	19
May	1985	345	266	301	-79	35	-44	921	843	878	-78	35	-43
Jun.	1985	80	28	52	-52	24	-28	624	566	590	-58	24	-34
Jul.	1985	243	249	234	6	-15	-9	-717	-714	-727	3	-13	-10
Aug.	1985	288	280	270	-8	-10	-18	286	274	265	-12	-9	-21
Sep.	1985	128	138	240	10	102	112	751	760	861	9	101	110
Oct.	1985	414	354	342	-60	-12	-72	604	543	533	-61	-10	-71
Nov.	1985	182	180	242	-2	62	60	221	218	281	-3	63	60
Dec.	1985	320	268	285	-52	17	-35	173	122	139	-51	17	-34
Mean revision	1985				-26	19	-8				-25	56	31
Mean absolute revision	1985				29	31	39				30	61	67

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1984

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1984	287	264	331	-23	67	44	-1656	-1675	-1612	-19	63	44
Feb.	1984	386	417	427	31	10	41	461	498	505	37	7	44
Mar.	1984	143	149	212	6	63	69	655	663	1094	8	431	439
Apr.	1984	407	398	391	-9	-7	-16	1005	1000	995	-5	-5	-10
May	1984	232	269	319	37	50	87	829	865	917	36	52	88
Jun.	1984	301	308	367	7	59	66	792	802	857	10	55	65
Jul.	1984	302	216	215	-86	-1	-87	-684	-767	-764	-83	3	-80
Aug.	1984	159	182	173	23	-9	14	250	268	261	18	-7	11
Sep.	1984	139	231	284	92	53	145	717	806	858	89	52	141
Oct.	1984	441	343	347	-98	4	-94	634	536	541	-98	5	-93
Nov.	1984	303	335	340	32	5	37	321	353	358	32	5	37
Dec.	1984	309	167	187	-142	20	-122	179	34	51	-145	17	-128
Mean revision	1984				-11	26	15				-10	56	46
Mean absolute revision	1984				49	29	68				48	58	98

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1983

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1983	339	330	355	-9	25	16	-1631	-1639	-1615	-8	24	16
Feb.	1983	-180	-185	-161	-5	24	19	-19	-25	1	-6	26	20
Mar.	1983	119	196	69	77	-127	-50	522	597	428	75	-169	-94
Apr.	1983	258	273	287	15	14	29	776	833	844	57	11	68
May	1983	374	315	320	-59	5	-54	868	811	814	-57	3	-54
Jun.	1983	344	411	423	67	12	79	744	811	824	67	13	80
Jul.	1983	487	358	308	-129	-50	-179	-534	-662	-708	-128	-46	-174
Aug.	1983	-411	-417	-417	-6	0	-6	-343	-347	-347	-4	0	-4
Sep.	1983	733	1018	1116	285	98	383	1234	1517	1614	283	97	380
Oct.	1983	320	204	236	-116	32	-84	600	480	512	-120	32	-88
Nov.	1983	370	326	268	-44	-58	-102	435	393	336	-42	-57	-99
Dec.	1983	231	228	244	-3	16	13	171	171	186	0	15	15
Mean revision	1983				6	-1	5				10	-4	6
Mean absolute revision	1983				68	38	84				71	41	91

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1982

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1982	-237	-274	-234	-37	40	3	-2134	-2172	-2133	-38	39	1
Feb.	1982	97	161	140	64	-21	43	103	165	146	62	-19	43
Mar.	1982	-218	-259	-155	-41	104	63	291	247	-266	-44	-513	-557
Apr.	1982	-167	-311	-221	-144	90	-54	259	218	305	-41	87	46
May	1982	-24	68	83	92	15	107	362	456	471	94	15	109
Jun.	1982	-141	-306	-327	-165	-21	-186	301	141	115	-160	-26	-186
Jul.	1982	-17	-177	-304	-160	-127	-287	-1057	-1208	-1332	-151	-124	-275
Aug.	1982	-211	-267	-223	-56	44	-12	-167	-225	-181	-58	44	-14
Sep.	1982	-230	-124	-45	106	79	185	286	389	466	103	77	180
Oct.	1982	-263	-389	-407	-126	-18	-144	136	13	-7	-123	-20	-143
Nov.	1982	-163	-176	-110	-13	66	53	-85	-98	-29	-13	69	56
Dec.	1982	-166	-215	-185	-49	30	-19	-107	-160	-129	-53	31	-22
Mean revision	1982				-44	23	-21				-35	-28	-64
Mean absolute revision	1982				88	55	96				78	89	136

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1981

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1981	374	374	356	0	-18	-18	-1750	-1748	-1764	2	-16	-14
Feb.	1981	51	163	171	112	8	120	49	154	163	105	9	114
Mar.	1981	1	62	53	61	-9	52	523	583	572	60	-11	49
Apr.	1981	-220	-215	111	5	326	331	537	546	520	9	-26	-17
May	1981	-16	72	106	88	34	122	497	479	511	-18	32	14
Jun.	1981	-14	19	51	33	32	65	562	598	633	36	35	71
Jul.	1981	383	351	265	-32	-86	-118	-766	-796	-881	-30	-85	-115
Aug.	1981	61	49	21	-12	-28	-40	82	26	-2	-56	-28	-84
Sep.	1981	-54	47	132	101	85	186	400	481	561	81	80	161
Oct.	1981	-205	-235	-201	-30	34	4	253	230	265	-23	35	12
Nov.	1981	-237	-333	-310	-96	23	-73	-58	-152	-131	-94	21	-73
Dec.	1981	-293	-426	-409	-133	17	-116	-257	-378	-361	-121	17	-104
Mean revision	1981				8	35	43				-4	5	1
Mean absolute revision	1981				59	58	104				53	33	69

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1980

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1980	305	349	411	44	62	106	-1824	-1784	-1724	40	60	100
Feb.	1980	141	122	193	-19	71	52	76	61	132	-15	71	56
Mar.	1980	-140	-46	-26	94	20	114	428	525	543	97	18	115
Apr.	1980	-479	-311	-193	168	118	286	169	335	445	166	110	276
May	1980	-180	-349	-483	-169	-134	-303	311	227	88	-84	-139	-223
Jun.	1980	-514	-495	-421	19	74	93	102	126	200	24	74	98
Jul.	1980	-238	-182	-180	56	2	58	-1293	-1234	-1229	59	5	64
Aug.	1980	201	242	275	41	33	74	194	226	252	32	26	58
Sep.	1980	187	223	242	36	19	55	618	646	657	28	11	39
Oct.	1980	257	228	326	-29	98	69	524	503	603	-21	100	79
Nov.	1980	268	207	251	-61	44	-17	379	320	361	-59	41	-18
Dec.	1980	205	155	164	-50	9	-41	180	146	153	-34	7	-27
Mean revision	1980				11	35	46				19	32	51
Mean absolute revision	1980				66	57	106				55	55	96

Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Revisions between over-the-month estimates, 1979

Month	Year	Seasonally adjusted						Not seasonally adjusted
		Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change			Over-the-month change			Revision* in over-the-month change
		1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd - 1st	3rd - 2nd	3rd - 1st
Jan.	1979	325	184	243	-141	59	-82	-1681	-1818	-1759	-137	59	-78
Feb.	1979	301	308	294	7	-14	-7	205	208	192	3	-16	-13
Mar.	1979	324	422	445	98	23	121	740	836	859	96	23	119
Apr.	1979	72	4	-15	-68	-19	-87	679	611	596	-68	-15	-83
May	1979	171	268	291	97	23	120	716	809	835	93	26	119
Jun.	1979	97	170	225	73	55	128	697	772	826	75	54	129
Jul.	1979	44	49	87	5	38	43	-904	-895	-923	9	-28	-19
Aug.	1979	2	5	49	3	44	47	6	15	55	9	40	49
Sep.	1979	135	83	41	-52	-42	-94	631	582	538	-49	-44	-93
Oct.	1979	306	164	179	-142	15	-127	596	456	467	-140	11	-129
Nov.	1979	218	127	118	-91	-9	-100	320	230	224	-90	-6	-96
Dec.	1979	317	131	141	-186	10	-176	271	98	107	-173	9	-164
Mean revision	1979				-33	15	-18				-31	9	-22
Mean absolute revision	1979				80	29	94				78	28	91

Notes:

*Revisions to CES over-the-month changes are calculated by comparing each month's second preliminary sample-based over-the-month change to the first preliminary over-the-month change, the final sample-based over-the month change with the second preliminary over-the-month change, and the final sample-based over-the-month change to the first preliminary over-the-month change.

Monthly employment change figures shown in the table do not reflect subsequent changes due to the introduction of benchmark revisions, seasonal adjustment, or other updates.

Mean absolute revisions indicate the overall magnitude of change to the estimates, while the mean revisions are a measure of whether there is a bias in direction of the revisions. The closer the mean revision is to zero, the less indication that revisions are predominantly either upward or downward.

**The time periods are before and after implementation of the new, probability-based sample design in 2003. Revision data is not available for part of 2003. Therefore, the time periods included in each column are as follows:

2nd - 1st: (First period) January 1979 - March 2003; (Second period) May 2003 - Current month

3rd - 2nd: (First period) January 1979 - February 2003; (Second period) May 2003 - Current month

3rd - 1st: (First period) January 1979 - February 2003; (Second period) May 2003 - Current month

Total All Periods: January 1979 - Current month

***NA entries occurred in 2003 due to the implementation of the CES sample redesign.

 

Last Modified Date: July 7, 2023