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US nonfarm payrolls (Employment Situation): September 2026 data

2 October 2026 · macro statistics · confidence: confirmed · status: scheduled · impact 4/5 · EU relevance 5/5

Why it matters

Nonfarm payrolls set the market’s read on US labour-market heat — repricing Fed cuts, the dollar and euro-area yields within minutes of release.

What to watch

• Headline payrolls versus consensus and the prior two months’ revisions.
• Unemployment rate and wage growth (average hourly earnings).
• Fed-pricing and EUR/USD reaction, and read-across to euro-area yields.

Result captured

US nonfarm payrolls, September: +29,000 jobs; unemployment rate 4.2%. Source: BLS Employment Situation release.

Previous: Previous related release (2026-09-04): US nonfarm payrolls, August: +162,000 jobs; unemployment rate 4.1%. Source: BLS Employment Situation release. Revision context: BLS revised the two prior months up: June from +20,000 to +31,000 (+11,000) and July from -23,000 to +21,000 (+44,000). Combined, June and July employment was 55,000 higher than previously reported, turning July's reported contraction into a gain. Prior interpretation: Nonfarm payrolls rose 162,000 in August. The revisions carry more information than the headline this month: July's reported -23,000 became +21,000 and June was raised 11,000, so the prior two months were 55,000 stronger than first published. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1%.

Nonfarm payrolls rose 29,000 in September, below the average monthly gain of 45,000 over the past year. The revisions say more than the headline: July is now a loss of 10,000 and August's 162,000 became 133,000, so the two months were 60,000 weaker than first published. The hot button manufacturing category added 9,000 jobs and is up 72,000 since its low in December 2025. The unemployment rate rose to 4.2% from 4.1%. Soft numbers (AI?), but manufacturing creeping upward.

Briefing

September's near-stall in job creation—just 29,000 payrolls added against an average of 45,000 over the prior 12 months—signals a sharp deceleration in US labour demand that will force the Fed to recalibrate its cutting path downward, weakening the dollar and compressing euro-area yields in a way that reshapes the ECB's policy calculus.

Sources

• BLS Employment Situation news release (current)
• BLS Employment Situation release schedule

Themes: Politics, Economy, Trade · Regions: United States, Global, EU · Actors: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Reserve watchers, Rates and FX markets, ECB policy analysts

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