Jobs report
The January 2025 jobs report in charts
Employers cut 48,000 jobs in January 2025, by the latest estimate, after adding 237,000 in December 2024. Over the 12 months to January 2025 they added an average of 103,000 a month. The unemployment rate was 4.0%, down from 4.1% in December 2024 and up from 3.7% in January 2024. Average hourly pay was $35.84, 4.0% more than a year earlier, while consumer prices rose 3.0% in the 12 months to January 2025, so pay outpaced prices.
Jobs cut in January
48,000
Added 103,000 a month over 12 months
Unemployment rate
4.0%
Down from 4.1% in December 2024
Hourly pay, change over 12 months
4.0%
$35.84 an hour on average
Jobs added each month, Jan 2023 to Jan 2025
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The unemployment rate, Jan 2023 to Jan 2025
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How fast hourly pay is rising, Jan 2023 to Jan 2025
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The numbers
Each month to January 2025, newest first. A dash means BLS published no figure.
| Month | Jobs added | Unemployment rate | Hourly pay, 12-month change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | -48,000 | 4.0% | 4.0% |
| Dec 2024 | 237,000 | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| Nov 2024 | 134,000 | 4.2% | 4.2% |
| Oct 2024 | 33,000 | 4.1% | 4.0% |
| Sep 2024 | 155,000 | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Aug 2024 | 9,000 | 4.2% | 3.9% |
| Jul 2024 | 53,000 | 4.2% | 3.6% |
| Jun 2024 | 87,000 | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| May 2024 | 78,000 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Apr 2024 | 64,000 | 3.9% | 4.0% |
| Mar 2024 | 228,000 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Feb 2024 | 206,000 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Jan 2024 | 175,000 | 3.7% | 4.4% |
| Dec 2023 | 154,000 | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| Nov 2023 | 127,000 | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Oct 2023 | 159,000 | 3.9% | 4.2% |
| Sep 2023 | 156,000 | 3.7% | 4.4% |
| Aug 2023 | 218,000 | 3.7% | 4.5% |
| Jul 2023 | 163,000 | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Jun 2023 | 225,000 | 3.6% | 4.7% |
| May 2023 | 280,000 | 3.6% | 4.4% |
| Apr 2023 | 241,000 | 3.4% | 4.6% |
| Mar 2023 | 68,000 | 3.5% | 4.6% |
| Feb 2023 | 290,000 | 3.6% | 4.8% |
| Jan 2023 | 434,000 | 3.5% | 4.5% |
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Sources and notes
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, all items) (Public domain (U.S. government work)), data as of September 30, 2026.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics (total nonfarm payroll employment) (Public domain (U.S. government work)), data as of September 30, 2026.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics (average hourly earnings of all employees, total private) (Public domain (U.S. government work)), data as of September 30, 2026.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey (Public domain (U.S. government work)), data as of September 30, 2026.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes each month's jobs report (the Employment Situation) early the next month. Jobs added and hourly pay come from its survey of employers' payrolls; the unemployment rate comes from its survey of households. All three are seasonally adjusted. These are the latest figures, so they include the revisions BLS makes in the two reports after each month and once a year, and can differ from what was first reported. Hourly pay is in dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation, and its average jumped in spring 2020 because mostly lower-paid people lost their jobs, not because pay rose. BLS published no unemployment rate for October 2025, when a lapse in federal funding stopped the household survey.