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United States Employment Level 2023-08-04 08:30 America/New_York: data, chart, and analysis

United States Employment Level came in at 161,246.00 on Aug 4, 2023, compared with 160,973.00 previously. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
161,246.00
Previous
160,973.00
Forecast
--
Reference period
2023-07-31

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United States Employment Level release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

United States Employment Level chart through 2023-07-31
USD Employment Level readings through 2023-07-31. Latest: 161,246.00.

Employment Level release read

United States Employment Level came in at 161,246.00 on Aug 4, 2023, compared with 160,973.00 previously. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

The parent Employment Level page shows the full time series for United States. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For USD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID usd_employment_2023-08-04
API announcement ID usd_employment_2023-07-31
Release time
2023-08-04 12:30 UTC
Reference period date 2023-07-31
Actual value 161,246.00
Previous value 160,973.00
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1691152200

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full United States Employment Level history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

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More United States Employment Level releases

Move through adjacent announcement records for the same series.

Newer release

2023-09-01 08:30 America/New_York · 161,485.00

Older release

2023-07-07 08:30 America/New_York · 160,973.00

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Average Hourly Earnings

Measures the change in the price businesses pay for labor.

Average Weekly Earnings / Wages

Measures nominal wage growth.

Full-Time Employment

Number of persons employed full-time.

Initial Jobless Claims

Weekly initial unemployment insurance claims.

Job Openings

Total number of unfilled job positions, a key indicator of labor market demand and tightness.

Labor Force Participation Rate

Ratio of the labor force to the working-age population.

Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for United States Employment Level.

What did United States Employment Level come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

United States Employment Level was 161,246.00 Persons in July 2023. The previous reading was 160,973.00 Persons.

When was this United States Employment Level release published?

This release was published on Aug 4, 2023 at 08:30 America/New_York.

When is the next United States Employment Level release?

The next United States Employment Level release is scheduled for Oct 2, 2026 at 08:30 America/New_York.

What is the official source for United States Employment Level?

BLS publishes the official Employment Level series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1691152200,
  "announcement_id": "usd_employment_2023-07-31",
  "date": "2023-07-31",
  "previous_value": 160973.0,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1691152200,
      "val": 161246.0
    }
  ],
  "val": 161246.0
}