Acquisition is not the release date
This record describes the employment data acquired by this site on September 30, 2026. The BLS Employment Situation for August was published September 4, 2026. The route date identifies the site acquisition record; it must not be read as a new September 30 agency Employment Situation release.
The approved household and establishment observations retain their source codes and adjustment. U-3 concerns unemployed people relative to the civilian labor force. Nonfarm payroll employment counts establishment jobs. Average hourly earnings and weekly hours concern employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
Changes and revisions
The unemployment rate is 4.1% for August in this snapshot. Payroll employment increased 162,000 jobs compared with the preceding level in the acquired file. These are changes between observation periods, separate from revisions to earlier estimates. The raw source values and transformed views are linked below.
This first acquired archive does not contain an earlier authentic BLS vintage for the same periods. Previously reported prior values are therefore unavailable here. Current prior-period readings must not be relabeled as earlier reports. Future acquisitions can be compared by exact period and stable series ID.
Reproduce and follow the next event
Download the frozen snapshot and cite the BLS series code, reference month, adjustment, September 4 source publication and September 30 site acquisition. The employment indicator page provides an accessible table and CSV that agree with its chart.
The verified next Employment Situation schedule is October 2, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. America/New_York, for September. Scheduled publication and successful site validation are separate events. This record does not advance its status automatically when that time passes. Source corrections or later benchmark updates require a new acquired version.