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United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 2026-08-07 08:30 America/New_York: data, chart, and analysis

US nonfarm payrolls fell by 23,000 in July 2026, released by BLS on Aug 7, 2026. Total payroll employment stood at 158,882,000. See the release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

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Payrolls change
-23,000
Released
Aug 7, 2026

2026-08-07 12:30 UTC

Payroll employment level
158,882,000

Previous: 158,892,000

Reference period
July 2026

Last updated:

The headline NFP figure is the BLS over-the-month change in payroll jobs; the chart and API series below track the total employment level it is measured from. Why the NFP report moves the Fed and the dollar.

Annotated USD Nonfarm Payrolls chart showing the latest reading, previous reading, and release context.
Annotated USD Nonfarm Payrolls chart showing the latest reading, previous reading, and release context.

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United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) release chart

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

United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) chart through 2026-07-31
USD Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) readings through 2026-07-31. Latest: 158,882,000.
Indicator
Nonfarm Payrolls
Released
August 07, 2026 12:30 UTC
Actual Value
158,858,000 Persons
Prior
158,881,000 Persons
Change
-23,000 Persons

United States's Nonfarm Payrolls fell to 158,858,000 Persons from 158,881,000 Persons in the release published at Aug 07, 2026 12:30 UTC. The result gives markets a fresh reading on monthly labour demand and household income growth and places the latest observation within the official series rather than treating it as an isolated headline.

For USD markets, the significance lies in how the release changes expectations for domestic growth, inflation and financial conditions. It feeds into the relative return on US dollar assets, the policy debate at Federal Reserve (Fed) and positioning across EUR/USD, USD/JPY and GBP/USD. The strongest interpretation will come from confirmation in related releases and market pricing.

Recent Readings

What Nonfarm Payrolls Measures

Nonfarm Payrolls measures employment on non-farm payrolls and provides a broad monthly reading of employer demand for labour. The Bureau of Labor Statistics aggregates employer survey responses across industries under the payroll-employment framework. The release is published by BLS and reported here in Persons. Its construction matters because the headline can reflect a different economic mechanism from a market price, a single company survey or an unrelated activity measure.

Stronger payroll growth supports income and demand, while a sustained slowdown reduces labour-market pressure and changes the rate outlook. Traders therefore use the series as part of a wider USD evidence set rather than as a standalone trading rule. A sequence of consistent readings carries more information than one print because policy makers and asset prices respond to persistence, breadth and the outlook. The most useful cross-checks are revisions, the unemployment rate, participation, hours and average hourly earnings.

Breaking Down the August 2026 Numbers

The latest reading was 158,858,000 Persons, compared with 158,881,000 Persons previously, a reported move of -23,000 Persons. The sequence began at 158,432,000 Persons on 2025-12-31, moved through 158,798,000 Persons on 2026-04-30, and stood at 158,881,000 Persons on 2026-06-30 before the latest 158,858,000 Persons on 2026-07-31. Taken together, those observations describe a falling recent trend. This historical frame separates the current level from the momentum around it and shows whether the newest observation extends or interrupts the preceding direction.

The market reading should distinguish the level, the latest change and the composition behind that change. For this release, the central question is whether the result represents a durable shift in monthly labour demand and household income growth or a temporary movement in one component. Evidence from revisions, the unemployment rate, participation, hours and average hourly earnings will determine how much weight the headline deserves in the next policy and FX reassessment.

Impact on USD and FX Markets

Stronger payroll growth supports income and demand, while a sustained slowdown reduces labour-market pressure and changes the rate outlook. When the release strengthens the domestic growth, inflation or carry case relative to other economies, demand for US dollar exposure can improve; when it weakens that case, the opposite pressure can dominate. The transmission runs through expected rate differentials, local asset returns, hedging demand and the compensation investors require for currency risk.

EUR/USD is the primary expression for many global traders, while USD/JPY adds a regional or risk-sensitive comparison and GBP/USD helps test whether the move is specific to United States. Quotation conventions differ across pairs, so the reliable signal is consistent local-currency strength or weakness across the basket rather than the same numerical direction in every cross. A reaction confirmed by rates and more than one pair carries greater information than an isolated price spike.

Monetary Policy Implications

The Federal Reserve weighs maximum employment and price stability alongside financial conditions and the cumulative effect of its policy stance. The new result changes that assessment through monthly labour demand and household income growth. A reading that points to stronger demand or more persistent prices leans against rapid easing; one that signals softer activity or declining pressure gives policy makers more room to consider support. Indicators with mixed growth and inflation effects require confirmation before they shift the expected path.

The release does not determine policy alone. Federal Reserve (Fed) will judge whether the move is broad, durable and consistent with other evidence, and whether financial conditions are already delivering sufficient restraint or support. For USD rates and FX, the most durable reaction comes when the data changes the expected policy path rather than merely changing the tone for one session. That distinction separates a lasting repricing from a short-lived headline response.

Looking Ahead

The next release must show whether the latest observation marks a continuing trend or a temporary interruption. Analysts should focus on revisions, the unemployment rate, participation, hours and average hourly earnings. Consistency across those details would make the headline more useful for forecasting monthly labour demand and household income growth; divergence would reduce confidence in extrapolating the move and return attention to the longer history.

The practical FX question is whether incoming evidence keeps moving the expected United States rate and growth path relative to those abroad. The most important confirmation set is inflation, payrolls, wages, consumption and interest-rate expectations. Global yields and risk appetite can reinforce or offset that domestic signal, so the next move in US dollar will be most credible when the macro data, rates and several currency pairs point in the same direction.

Track This Release

Access the full Nonfarm Payrolls time series for USD via the FXMacroData API:

curl "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/non_farm_payrolls?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

See the Nonfarm Payrolls indicator page for full details, API examples, and release history, or explore the live dashboard.

Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) release read

US nonfarm payrolls fell by 23,000 in July 2026, released by BLS on Aug 7, 2026. Total payroll employment stood at 158,882,000. See the release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

The parent Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 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_non_farm_payrolls_2026-08-07
API announcement ID usd_non_farm_payrolls_2026-07-31
Release time
2026-08-07 12:30 UTC
Reference period date 2026-07-31
Actual value 158,882,000
Previous value 158,892,000
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1786105800

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 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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Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP).

What did United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) was 158,882,000 Persons in July 2026. The previous reading was 158,892,000 Persons.

When was this United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) release published?

This release was published on Aug 7, 2026 at 08:30 America/New_York.

When is the next United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) release?

The next United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) release is scheduled for Nov 6, 2026 at 08:30 America/New_York.

What is the official source for United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP)?

BLS publishes the official Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 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.

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  "date": "2026-07-31",
  "observed_at_ns": 1791004864325378420,
  "official_planned_release_datetime": 1786105800,
  "previous_value": 158892000.0,
  "publication_time_basis": "official_schedule",
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  "publication_time_status": "unverified",
  "revisions": [
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      "val": 158858000.0,
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      "epoch": 1786105800,
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      "observed_at_ns": 1789364950289573500,
      "publication_time_precision": "unknown",
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      "source_url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_08072026.htm",
      "val": 158913000.0,
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    },
    {
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      "publication_time_precision": "unknown",
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  "source": "BLS",
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}