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Non-Farm Payroll
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Non-Farm Payroll
In the United States, a figure compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics representing the total number of working-age persons working in all professions, except the following: government employees, household employees, many nonprofit employees, and farm employees. At any given time, this number represents approximately 80% of the American workforce currently employed. Economists use the non-farm payroll to help gauge the state of the overall economy.


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nonfarm payrolls report for December, set to be released Friday.
Nonfarm payrolls rose 39,000, with private hiring gaining only 50,000, the Labor Department said Friday.
Nonfarm payroll employment in July was up just 300 from a year earlier.
 
 
 
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