Economy
October payrolls up 165,000; unemployment rate 4.1%Accept the payroll increase with the footnotes attached
Economic Affairs has a stronger headline and a full release to circulate. The victory graphic is waiting for someone to read past the headline.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / Labor Department / Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Status
- October payrolls up 165,000; unemployment rate 4.1%
- Due
- Monthly estimates subject to revision
- Paying for it
- Employers fund payrolls; federal statistical resources produce the report
ACTIVITY
UpdatedThe release and its survey qualifications have been entered.
I would like the upward number in the large type.
And September got bigger after September, very interesting, the month is over and still improving itself. I appreciate that kind of effort. Nobody sends me a thank-you for waiting while they find the other jobs, I wait very professionally, tremendous patience when the revision is UP.
Revisions update estimates as additional information arrives.
I read the footnotes. Sometimes.
The part-time and participation measures remain in the briefing.
Fine, include the whole thing. I want people working full schedules too, a very small shift doesn't pay a very large grocery bill, I've seen the bills.
PUBLIC RECORD
BLS reported November 6 that October nonfarm payrolls rose 165,000. Unemployment was 4.1%, which BLS described as little changed; Reuters noted September's 4.2% rate. September payroll growth was revised to 60,000 from 29,000. BLS reported participation at 61.9% and an increase of 339,000 in involuntary part-time workers to 4.8 million. These are survey estimates, not a measure attributing jobs to a particular policy.
BLS · October 2026 Employment Situation, released November 6 · 2026-11-06 ↗
Reuters · October payrolls and September revision · 2026-11-06 ↗