Friday, August 5, 2022

2022 Payroll employment numbers are suspicious: +179,000 vs. +528,000 vs. -385,000

 July 2022 versus June 2022
Payroll survey +528,000 new jobs

Household survey +179,000 new jobs

Payroll raw data (- 385,000 fewer jobs)
(Payroll raw data in July 2021 = (-41.000 fewer jobs)

Net birth of new businesses adjustment in July 2022
+309,000 imagined jobs

Net birth of new businesses adjustment in July 2022
+264,000 imagined jobs

Raw data July 2022 versus July 2021
-385,000 fewer jobs versus -41,000 fewer jobs,
or 344,000 fewer jobs in July 2022

Net birth adjustment July 2022 versus July 2021
+309,000 imagined jobs versus +264,000 imagined jobs,
or 45.000 more imagined jobs in July 2022

Net adjustments to raw Payroll Survey data created almost +400.000 more jobs in July 2022 than in July 2021.

Color me suspicious.


Details:

Household Survey 
(includes self-employed)

January 2022: 157,174,000 employed

June 2022:  158,111,000

July 2022:  158,290,000

July versus June 2022:  +179,000

July versus January 2022:  +1,116,000

SOURCE:
Bureau of Labor Statistics Data (bls.gov)


Establishment (payroll) Survey
 (excludes self-employed)

January 2022:  149,744,000 employed

June 2022:  152,008,000

July 2022:  152,536,000

July versus June 2022:  +528,000

July versus January 2022:  +2,792,000


Establishment Survey Raw Data 
(no seasonal adjustments)

July 2022 versus June 2022 = (-385,000) fewer jobs

In July 2021, the non-seasonally adjusted number was a loss of -41,000 jobs







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