Employment, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): United States

The latest reading SOTW holds for United States is 162,968.452 thousands of persons for 2026-Q3, from ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · thousands of persons · ILO.EMP.LVL.Q · USA

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Latest
162,968.452
thousands of persons · 2026-Q3
Previous
162,799.977
thousands of persons · 2026-Q2
Earliest held
147,101.796
thousands of persons · 2015-Q1
Readings shown
47
Every reading SOTW holds

United States · history

thousands of persons · Quarterly

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). Viewer read 2026-11-12T05:26:16.015Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Employment, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): United States: 47 readings, newest first. Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).
PeriodValue (thousands of persons)Status
2026-Q3162,968.452
2026-Q2162,799.977
2026-Q1162,195.961
2025-Q4163,893.244Series break (B)
2025-Q3163,660.000
2025-Q2163,784.147
2025-Q1162,767.513
2024-Q4161,562.879
2024-Q3161,810.600
2024-Q2161,568.193
2024-Q1160,440.448
2023-Q4161,526.533
2023-Q3161,692.550
2023-Q2161,212.090
2023-Q1159,714.914
2022-Q4158,921.627
2022-Q3158,928.034
2022-Q2158,426.076
2022-Q1156,888.809
2021-Q4155,498.422
2021-Q3153,617.912
2021-Q2151,740.409
2021-Q1149,465.945
2020-Q4150,083.288
2020-Q3146,504.060
2020-Q2137,865.975
2020-Q1156,726.110Series break (B)
2019-Q4158,838.377
2019-Q3158,226.443
2019-Q2157,229.986
2019-Q1155,857.467
2018-Q4156,815.955
2018-Q3156,244.760
2018-Q2155,940.805
2018-Q1154,042.678
2017-Q4154,001.556
2017-Q3154,179.997
2017-Q2153,585.160
2017-Q1151,583.037
2016-Q4152,172.754
2016-Q3152,072.748
2016-Q2151,552.940
2016-Q1149,945.212
2015-Q4149,728.486
2015-Q3149,309.901
2015-Q2149,193.930
2015-Q1147,101.796

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). All 47 readings held, 2015-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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