Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP): Release Dates, Results & History
Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) last printed -23K on Fri, Aug 7, 2026 against a 80K consensus forecast and a 57K prior, a -1.43 standard-deviation surprise. The next release is Friday, September 4, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.
Jobs Friday is the biggest scheduled event in macro outside FOMC. NFP sets the tone for the entire month's Fed narrative: a strong labor market keeps the Fed patient, a crack in payrolls brings cuts forward. Revisions to prior months routinely matter as much as the headline.
The trend, at a glance
How it moves Treasuries
A payrolls beat is bearish Treasuries. Big surprises drive 5-10bp yield moves within minutes, front-end led. Watch average hourly earnings in the same report; wage heat can flip the reaction even on a soft headline. See it scored live on the Helious desk, or read how the standard-deviation surprise is computed.
Recent prints, as captured by the desk
| DATE | ACTUAL | FORECAST | PRIOR | SURPRISE (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -23K | 80K | 57K | -1.43 | BELOW FORECAST | |
| 57K | 110K | 172K | -0.74 | BELOW FORECAST |
The 2 most recent prints from the desk's live capture (began July 2026), a sample. Every row links the print page published the moment the number landed; the full graded history is served by the API.
Official series history
| PERIOD | VALUE (K JOBS) | PRIOR |
|---|---|---|
| -23K | +20K | |
| +20K | +63K | |
| +63K | +148K | |
| +148K | +214K | |
| +214K | -156K | |
| -156K | +160K | |
| +160K | -17K | |
| -17K | +41K |
The most recent official rows; the chart above draws the longer series. Desk-captured prints above include the consensus forecast and standard-deviation surprise the moment each number landed.
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Monthly, first Friday (Employment Situation report) · 8:30 AM ET · download a sample (CSV, recent rows), free to cite with a link to this page. The full history comes through the Helious API and MCP at api.helious.io/mcp, with depth set by plan.