Where it sits: higher than ~76% of its last decade.
The full history
1968
high 135,898 · low 64,640 · now 133,659 · 8 recessions shaded 2026
How it is read
What it measures
full-time jobs
Where it sits
higher than ~76% of its last decade: at the 76th percentile of its last decade.
z vs. its window
0.85 (strain side: down). 117 observations in the window.
State rule
z < 1 CALM · 1 ≤ z < 2 WATCH · z ≥ 2 EXTREME, measured only toward the declared strain side.
Confidence
ROBUST : a primary official series, mechanically reported.
Reliability (DRS)
DRS 95: Household-survey (CPS) full-time employment level, thousands, seasonally adjusted. Grows secularly with the population, so its decade z-window sits near the top by construction — the state reads distance from typical, the trajectory reads the recent run. Noisier month-to-month than the payroll (CES) count. BLS-produced; subject to the integrity-events DRS factor.
Where it comes from
FRED ↗Every number on this site is reproducible from this primary source.