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| Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | Last data point: August 2008 |
Total nonagricultural employment is the measure of the economy’s job count most commonly used by economists. Employment is estimated from the Current Employment Survey, which is administered to private, non-farm businesses and government offices and includes questions on the number of jobs, wages, hours, and other measures of work force activity. Significantly, this employment figure is a measure of the number jobs, not the number of people who have a job. If a person holds two jobs both are counted. People who are self-employed are not counted and full-time jobs are not differentiated from part-time jobs. These nuances are important to remember when analyzing this employment data.
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