Record · the original document behind a story
The Employment Situation, August 2026
Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on September 4, 2026.
The government's monthly jobs report: the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts payroll jobs through a survey of employers and measures unemployment through a survey of households, and publishes both in this release. Our copy was saved the day it came out.
The cited passage, with surrounding source text
… Transmission of material in this news release is embargoed until USDL-26-1435 8:30 a.m. (ET) Friday, September 4, 2026 Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 * cpsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/cps Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 * cesinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/ces Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * PressOffice@bls.gov THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION - AUGUST 2026 Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in food services and drinking places and in local government education. The information industry lost jobs. This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information …
Read the original · Open the copy we saved
Where we use it
- Payrolls rise by 162,000 and July's loss becomes a gain, with two volatile categories supplying 101,000 of it · cited for every figure the story marks as record
- Payrolls rose by an estimated 29,000 in September, a change too small for the survey to tell from none · cited for the August gain this release revises
About this saved copy
The fingerprint identifies the saved text used for this record. A different copy has a different fingerprint.
- Text fingerprint (SHA-256)
3fc04a11ffd394d5e4b7207095447b89a73e9d7bdf6e7bc38faaa81e54c5277f
Timeline entries this record anchors: August release, the figures this report revises.