Hiring and pay
U.S. private-sector employment
National Employment Report
August 2026
+ 38,000 jobs
Month-over-month change
NER Pulse: Week ending August 29, 2026
+ 16,250 jobs
Week-over-week change to four-week moving average
Pay Insights
Median year-over-year change in base pay, August 2026
+3.2%
All workers
+3.0%
Job-stayers
+4.7%
Job-changers
Top stories
EMC Index
Employee sentiment improved in September
Real estate is at its lowest level since June 2023.
AI
Canaries Dashboard: Employment in AI-exposed occupations rose slightly in July
Nela Richardson, Ph.D.
August 19, 2026
Employment
Unbundling jobs: Measuring the value of tasks in an AI economy
Nela Richardson, Ph.D. , Andrew Wang, Ph.D.
July 29, 2026
Geographic trends
Who went the distance?
Issi Romem, Ph.D.
July 16, 2026