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US jobs report (Non-Farm Payrolls) release dates

The Employment Situation report carries non-farm payroll employment, the unemployment rate and average hourly earnings, from two separate surveys — one of employers, one of households. It is published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Next release

Friday, 2 October 2026

08:30 ET · 12:30 UTC

for September 2026

Why it matters

It is the single largest scheduled source of volatility in dollar pairs, and the payroll figure is revised in the two reports that follow it.

That is a description of how the market treats it, not a prediction and not a reason to trade it. Nothing on this site tells you what a release will say.

Scheduled dates

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Recent releases

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Dates only. We do not publish the figures themselves — read them at Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is where they are authoritative.

Common questions

When is the next US jobs report (Non-Farm Payrolls)?

Friday, 2 October 2026, at 08:30 ET. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes both the date and the time.

What does the US jobs report (Non-Farm Payrolls) measure?

The Employment Situation report carries non-farm payroll employment, the unemployment rate and average hourly earnings, from two separate surveys — one of employers, one of households. It is published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Where do these dates come from?

Directly from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s own published calendar, re-read every six hours. Nothing is copied from another calendar site and no date is inferred from a pattern.

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