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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in United States

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in the United States was 218,324,700 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.3% from 2024.

2025, jobs218,324,700
Change on 2024+0.3%
Series high218,324,7002025
Series low91,053,2001969

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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in United States, 1969 to 2025

50M100M150M200M250M19691978198719962005201420251969: 91,053,200 jobs1970: 91,277,600 jobs1971: 91,581,400 jobs1972: 94,312,200 jobs1973: 98,427,500 jobs1974: 100,111,800 jobs1975: 98,900,600 jobs1976: 101,591,200 jobs1977: 105,042,200 jobs1978: 109,686,600 jobs1979: 113,147,100 jobs1980: 113,983,200 jobs1981: 114,914,000 jobs1982: 114,163,300 jobs1983: 115,645,700 jobs1984: 120,528,100 jobs1985: 123,796,700 jobs1986: 126,232,300 jobs1987: 129,548,400 jobs1988: 133,563,900 jobs1989: 136,177,800 jobs1990: 138,330,900 jobs1991: 137,612,800 jobs1992: 138,166,100 jobs1993: 140,774,400 jobs1994: 144,196,600 jobs1995: 147,915,800 jobs1996: 151,056,200 jobs1997: 154,541,200 jobs1998: 158,481,200 jobs1999: 161,531,300 jobs2000: 165,370,800 jobs2001: 165,522,200 jobs2002: 165,095,100 jobs2003: 165,921,500 jobs2004: 168,839,700 jobs2005: 172,338,400 jobs2006: 175,868,600 jobs2007: 179,543,700 jobs2008: 179,213,900 jobs2009: 173,636,700 jobs2010: 172,901,700 jobs2011: 176,091,700 jobs2012: 178,979,700 jobs2013: 182,340,100 jobs2014: 186,264,800 jobs2015: 190,365,800 jobs2016: 193,481,900 jobs2017: 196,467,100 jobs2018: 200,398,200 jobs2019: 201,769,200 jobs2020: 195,474,600 jobs2021: 202,947,100 jobs2022: 210,748,200 jobs2023: 214,326,600 jobs2024: 217,708,700 jobs2025: 218,324,700 jobs50M100M150M200M250M19691988200720251969: 91,053,200 jobs1970: 91,277,600 jobs1971: 91,581,400 jobs1972: 94,312,200 jobs1973: 98,427,500 jobs1974: 100,111,800 jobs1975: 98,900,600 jobs1976: 101,591,200 jobs1977: 105,042,200 jobs1978: 109,686,600 jobs1979: 113,147,100 jobs1980: 113,983,200 jobs1981: 114,914,000 jobs1982: 114,163,300 jobs1983: 115,645,700 jobs1984: 120,528,100 jobs1985: 123,796,700 jobs1986: 126,232,300 jobs1987: 129,548,400 jobs1988: 133,563,900 jobs1989: 136,177,800 jobs1990: 138,330,900 jobs1991: 137,612,800 jobs1992: 138,166,100 jobs1993: 140,774,400 jobs1994: 144,196,600 jobs1995: 147,915,800 jobs1996: 151,056,200 jobs1997: 154,541,200 jobs1998: 158,481,200 jobs1999: 161,531,300 jobs2000: 165,370,800 jobs2001: 165,522,200 jobs2002: 165,095,100 jobs2003: 165,921,500 jobs2004: 168,839,700 jobs2005: 172,338,400 jobs2006: 175,868,600 jobs2007: 179,543,700 jobs2008: 179,213,900 jobs2009: 173,636,700 jobs2010: 172,901,700 jobs2011: 176,091,700 jobs2012: 178,979,700 jobs2013: 182,340,100 jobs2014: 186,264,800 jobs2015: 190,365,800 jobs2016: 193,481,900 jobs2017: 196,467,100 jobs2018: 200,398,200 jobs2019: 201,769,200 jobs2020: 195,474,600 jobs2021: 202,947,100 jobs2022: 210,748,200 jobs2023: 214,326,600 jobs2024: 217,708,700 jobs2025: 218,324,700 jobs
jobs. Source: BEA, SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 57 values
Periodjobs
2025218,324,700
2024217,708,700
2023214,326,600
2022210,748,200
2021202,947,100
2020195,474,600
2019201,769,200
2018200,398,200
2017196,467,100
2016193,481,900
2015190,365,800
2014186,264,800
2013182,340,100
2012178,979,700
2011176,091,700
2010172,901,700
2009173,636,700
2008179,213,900
2007179,543,700
2006175,868,600
2005172,338,400
2004168,839,700
2003165,921,500
2002165,095,100
2001165,522,200
2000165,370,800
1999161,531,300
1998158,481,200
1997154,541,200
1996151,056,200
1995147,915,800
1994144,196,600
1993140,774,400
1992138,166,100
1991137,612,800
1990138,330,900
1989136,177,800
1988133,563,900
1987129,548,400
1986126,232,300
1985123,796,700
1984120,528,100
1983115,645,700
1982114,163,300
1981114,914,000
1980113,983,200
1979113,147,100
1978109,686,600
1977105,042,200
1976101,591,200
197598,900,600
1974100,111,800
197398,427,500
197294,312,200
197191,581,400
197091,277,600
196991,053,200

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Definition

Average annual number of full-time and part-time jobs located in a place, wage and salary jobs plus proprietors (self-employed and partners), farm and nonfarm. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 7010, nation and states.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice, and jobs are counted where they are, not where the worker lives. Broader than oews_employment, which leaves out the self-employed and farm workers. BEA stopped publishing county employment after 2022, so there is no county level.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states (Total employment (jobs, BEA), United States, 1969 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip

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SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), United States, 1969 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/united-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Total employment (jobs, BEA), United States, 1969 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/united-states.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), United States, 1969 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states: Total employment (jobs, BEA), United States, 1969 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/united-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in the United States was 218,324,700 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.3% from 2024.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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