What the source reports
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a September 2026 increase of 29,000 in nonfarm payroll employment, compared with an average monthly increase of 45,000 over the preceding year. It describes employment in the main industry groupings as little changed.
Health care continued to add jobs, while financial activities employment remained below its May 2025 peak. BLS identifies the latest two months of these seasonally adjusted data as preliminary.
Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics [1]. This brief uses original wording; it is not a reproduction of the source article.
What this does not tell us
Payroll data measure jobs rather than every person’s employment experience. This release does not identify AI as the cause of a hiring decision, and preliminary results can be revised.
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- U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNonfarm employment little changed in September 2026 ↗Original publication: · Accessed 27 Oct 2026
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