Payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, April 2026

The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer—measured as “payroll employment” in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours—edged up by 22,000 (+0.1%) in April, following little variation in March (+5,700; +0.0%). Year over year, payroll employment was up by 78,100 (+0.4%) in April.