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Preliminary benchmark revision to establishment survey data
Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on August 28, 2026.
Once a year the agency checks its survey-based payroll count against near-complete state unemployment-insurance records. This release reports how far off the survey was as of March 2026.
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- The job market goes into reverse: payrolls fall by 23,000 · cited for the benchmark check
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to total nonfarm employment for March 2026 was -79,000 (-0.1 percent)
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Timeline entries this record anchors: Preliminary benchmark check.