us job numbers by month
US Employment and Jobs. There were 144,448,000 jobs in the US in July 2016 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 151,517,000 employed persons for the month. The US added 255,000 jobs in July 2016 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS employment measure rose by 420,000. (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.) The charts below show the monthly change in the US as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.