Job Creation

Job Creation

Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)
Super Sector:		Total nonfarm								Data Type:			ALL EMPLOYEES, THOUSANDS
Industry:		Total nonfarm								Years:			1976 to 2012
Series Id:		CES0000000001
President	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual	Complete Term Total
FORD	1976	489	311	232	244	18	65	170	158	188	13	332	211	2,431,000
CARTER	1977	244	295	404	339	359	399	348	238	458	262	379	235	3,960,000
CARTER	1978	187	353	513	702	346	442	254	276	137	336	437	283	4,266,000
CARTER	1979	137	243	426	-62	372	318	106	82	27	157	94	95	1,995,000
CARTER	1980	131	79	112	-145	-431	-320	-263	260	113	280	256	195	267,000	10,488,000
REAGAN	1981	95	67	104	74	10	196	112	-36	-87	-100	-209	-278	(52,000)
REAGAN	1982	-327	-6	-129	-281	-45	-243	-343	-158	-181	-277	-124	-14	(2,128,000)
REAGAN	1983	225	-78	173	276	277	378	418	-308	1114	271	352	356	3,454,000
REAGAN	1984	447	479	275	363	308	379	312	241	311	286	349	127	3,877,000
REAGAN	1985	266	124	346	195	274	145	189	193	204	187	209	168	2,500,000
REAGAN	1986	123	107	93	188	125	-93	318	113	346	187	186	204	1,897,000
REAGAN	1987	171	232	249	338	227	171	346	170	229	492	231	294	3,150,000
REAGAN	1988	94	452	276	245	227	363	223	121	340	268	339	289	3,237,000	15,935,000
BUSH	1989	262	258	192	173	118	117	39	47	249	111	277	95	1,938,000
BUSH	1990	338	249	214	40	150	17	-40	-208	-85	-159	-146	-59	311,000
BUSH	1991	-122	-302	-161	-212	-127	88	-48	17	32	12	-58	23	(858,000)
BUSH	1992	50	-66	52	157	126	60	70	141	35	178	139	212	1,154,000	2,545,000
CLINTON	1993	310	242	-51	308	265	174	295	160	239	278	261	307	2,788,000
CLINTON	1994	270	201	462	353	333	313	364	298	355	208	422	272	3,851,000
CLINTON	1995	322	210	223	160	-16	232	79	272	244	146	149	132	2,153,000
CLINTON	1996	-21	434	264	160	323	279	232	197	219	243	296	168	2,794,000
CLINTON	1997	231	299	313	290	256	255	281	-16	507	339	300	300	3,355,000
CLINTON	1998	273	188	144	278	399	212	118	353	219	194	280	344	3,002,000
CLINTON	1999	127	404	106	374	214	266	290	193	204	405	293	298	3,174,000
CLINTON	2000	248	122	471	288	224	-47	165	1	125	-12	227	136	1,948,000	23,065,000
BUSH	2001	-15	63	-28	-282	-44	-128	-125	-155	-243	-331	-295	-178	(1,761,000)
BUSH	2002	-129	-146	-24	-84	-9	47	-100	-11	-55	121	8	-163	(545,000)
BUSH	2003	95	-159	-213	-49	-9	0	25	-45	109	197	14	119	84,000
BUSH	2004	162	44	337	249	310	81	46	122	161	348	63	134	2,057,000
BUSH	2005	137	240	141	360	170	243	374	193	66	80	334	160	2,498,000
BUSH	2006	283	316	283	181	14	76	209	183	157	-9	204	171	2,068,000
BUSH	2007	236	93	190	72	139	75	-40	-18	73	79	112	89	1,100,000
BUSH	2008	41	-84	-95	-208	-190	-198	-210	-274	-432	-489	-803	-661	(3,603,000)	1,898,000
OBAMA	2009	-818	-724	-799	-692	-361	-482	-339	-231	-199	-202	-42	-171	(5,060,000)
OBAMA	2010	-40	-35	189	239	516	-167	-58	-51	-27	220	121	120	1,027,000
OBAMA	2011	110	220	246	251	54	84	96	85	202	112	157	223	1,840,000
OBAMA	2012	275	259	143	68	87	45	181	142	114				1,314,000	(879,000)
Data from Bureau of Labor Statistics
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