THE JOBS REPORT HAS A SECOND DRAFT

June 2025: the estimate changed

June 2025 employment change: first +147,000; third −13,000; Mar 6, 2026 vintage −20,000 jobs.

The estimated monthly change switched sign between the first and named dated estimate. This alone does not establish a recession or a cause.

June 2025 · U.S. nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted
EstimatePublication dateMonthly change (jobs)
First estimateJul 3, 2025+147,000
Third estimateSep 5, 2025−13,000
Mar 6, 2026 vintageMar 6, 2026−20,000

Monthly revisions incorporate more responses, corrections and seasonal adjustment. Annual benchmarking can change earlier months too. These bars describe the difference between published estimates; they do not isolate its causes.

Source: BLS CES, distributed by ALFRED. Source levels are in thousands; each monthly change subtracts the preceding month in the same vintage, then multiplies by 1,000.

ALFRED dated CSVs substitute for the inaccessible BLS workbook. Independent BLS release-table checks are supplied; workbook-cell admission remains pending.

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