Employment Situation

July 2025

Released August 01, 2025

+73K
Change in nonfarm payroll jobs
Jun 2025 to Jul 2025

+0.1 percent
Change in unemployment rate
Jun 2025 to Jul 2025

-0.1 percent
Change in labor force participation rate
Jun 2025 to Jul 2025

From June 2025 to July 2025:

• Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 73K.
  • Private sector payroll employment increased by 83K.
  • Government payroll employment decreased by 10K.
• The headline unemployment rate (U-3) increased by 0.1 percentage points to 4.2 percent.
  • The broadest measure of unemployment (U-6, which adds underemployment to unemployment), increased by 0.2 percentage points to 7.9 percent.
• The labor force participation rate (LFPR) decreased by 0.1 percentage points to 62.2 percent.

From June 2025 to July 2025:

• The best performing sectors were private education and health services (+79K) and financial activities (+15K).
• The worst performing sectors were professional and business services (-14K) and federal government (-12K).

From July 2024 to July 2025:

• The best performing sectors were private education and health services (+884K) and state and local government (+248K).
• The worst performing sectors were manufacturing (-113K) and federal government (-71K).

From July 2024 to July 2025:

• For all employees on private nonfarm payrolls:
  • Average nominal weekly earnings increased by 4.21 percent.
  • Average nominal hourly earnings increased by 3.91 percent.
• For production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls:
  • Average nominal weekly earnings increased by 3.88 percent.
  • Average nominal hourly earnings increased by 3.88 percent.

Table 1. Labor Indicators

	Jul 2025	Jun 2025	M/M change	Jul 2024	Y/Y change
Payroll jobs
Nonfarm	159.539M	159.466M	73K	158.003M	1.536M
Private	135.970M	135.887M	83K	134.611M	1.359M
Unemployment
Official rate (U-3)	4.2%	4.1%	0.1pp	4.2%	0.0pp
Broader rate (U-6)	7.9%	7.7%	0.2pp	7.8%	0.1pp
Labor force participation rate
16 years and over	62.2%	62.3%	-0.1pp	62.7%	-0.5pp
Prime age (25-54 years)	83.4%	83.5%	-0.1pp	83.9%	-0.5pp
Employment-to-Population Ratio	59.6%	59.7%	-0.1pp	60.0%	-0.4pp

Table 2. Earnings Indicators

	Jul 2025	Jun 2025	M/M change	Jul 2024	Y/Y change
Production and non-supervisory
Hourly earnings	$31.34	$31.26	0.26%	$30.17	3.88%
Weekly earnings	$1,056.16	$1,050.34	0.55%	$1,016.73	3.88%
All employees
Hourly earnings	$36.44	$36.32	0.33%	$35.07	3.91%
Weekly earnings	$1,249.89	$1,242.14	0.62%	$1,199.39	4.21%

Table 3. Revisions

	1st	2nd	3rd	Net revision
Nonfarm jobs added
June 2025	147K	14K		-133K
May 2025	139K	144K	19K	-120K
April 2025	177K	147K	158K	-19K

Table 4. Comparison to ADP Estimate

	BLS	ADP	Difference
Private nonfarm jobs added	83K	104K	-21K

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey

June 2025

Released July 29, 2025

-275K
Change in nonfarm job openings
May 2025 to Jun 2025

-261K
Change in nonfarm hires
May 2025 to Jun 2025

-153K
Change in nonfarm separations
May 2025 to Jun 2025

Job Openings: The total number of nonfarm job openings decreased by 275K to 7.44 million, and the rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 4.4 percent.

• The best performing sectors were professional and business services (+156K) and trade, transportation, and utilities (+143K).
• The worst performing sectors were leisure and hospitality (-264K) and private education and health services (-255K).

Hires: The total number of nonfarm hires decreased by 261K to 5.20 million, and the rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points to 3.3 percent.

• The best performing sectors were trade, transportation, and utilities (+49K) and private education and health services (+18K).
• The worst performing sectors were leisure and hospitality (-148K) and professional and business services (-133K).

Separations: The total number of nonfarm separations decreased by 153K to 5.06 million, and the rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points to 3.2 percent.

• Quits decreased by 128K to 3.14 million, and the rate remained unchanged at 2 percent.
• Layoffs and discharges decreased by 7K to 1.60 million, and the rate remained unchanged at 1 percent.
• Other separations decreased by 18K to 314K, and the rate remained unchanged at 0.2 percent.

Table 5. JOLTS Level Indicators

	Jun 2025	May 2025	M/M change	Jun 2024	Y/Y change
Job openings level
Nonfarm	7.437M	7.712M	-275K	7.412M	25K
Private	6.551M	6.876M	-325K	6.455M	96K
Hire level
Nonfarm	5.204M	5.465M	-261K	5.088M	116K
Private	4.863M	5.109M	-246K	4.756M	107K
Separation level
Nonfarm	5.060M	5.213M	-153K	5.064M	-4K
Private	4.784M	4.860M	-76K	4.749M	35K

Table 6. JOLTS Rate Indicators

	Jun 2025	May 2025	M/M change	Jun 2024	Y/Y change
Job openings rate
Nonfarm	4.4%	4.6%	-0.2pp	4.5%	-0.1pp
Private	4.6%	4.8%	-0.2pp	4.6%	0.0pp
Hire rate
Nonfarm	3.3%	3.4%	-0.1pp	3.2%	0.1pp
Private	3.6%	3.8%	-0.2pp	3.5%	0.1pp
Separation rate
Nonfarm	3.2%	3.3%	-0.1pp	3.2%	0.0pp
Private	3.5%	3.6%	-0.1pp	3.5%	0.0pp

Upcoming releases

Date	Time	Release	Data source
Aug 05	08:30 AM	Monthly Trade Update, June 2025	Bureau of Economic Analysis
Aug 07	10:00 AM	Monthly Debt Update, August 2025	U.S. Treasury
Aug 12	08:30 AM	Monthly Inflation Update, July 2025	Bureau of Labor Statistics
Aug 13	10:00 AM	Monthly Fiscal Update, July 2025	U.S. Treasury
Aug 19	10:00 AM	State Employment Update, July 2025	Bureau of Labor Statistics
Aug 28	08:30 AM	Monthly GDP Update, Q2 2025 Second Estimate	Bureau of Economic Analysis
Aug 29	08:30 AM	Monthly Expenditures Update, July 2025	Bureau of Economic Analysis

Notes

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; ADP National Employment Report; JEC Republicans calculations

“pp” = percentage points; “M/M” = month over month; “Y/Y” = year over year

Consistent with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, monthly figures are seasonally adjusted. Discrepancy in change figures is possible due to rounding.