Being a data junky, I keep track of stuff like this. Informative, I think.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Data (bls.gov)
| JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | ||
| 2008 | 8 | (81) | (55) | (229) | (184) | (154) | (213) | (277) | (443) | (475) | (759) | (707) | (3,569) |
| 2009 | (787) | (704) | (802) | (704) | (354) | (469) | (342) | (196) | (229) | (209) | 12 | (277) | (5,061) |
| 2010 | 2 | (92) | 181 | 231 | 540 | (139) | (84) | (5) | (65) | 268 | 125 | 72 | 1,034 |
| 2011 | 19 | 212 | 235 | 314 | 101 | 236 | 60 | 126 | 233 | 204 | 132 | 202 | 2,074 |
| 2012 | 354 | 262 | 240 | 82 | 100 | 73 | 152 | 172 | 187 | 159 | 156 | 239 | 2,176 |
| 2013 | 191 | 278 | 139 | 191 | 222 | 181 | 112 | 242 | 187 | 225 | 264 | 69 | 2,301 |
| 2014 | 175 | 166 | 254 | 325 | 218 | 326 | 232 | 188 | 309 | 252 | 291 | 268 | 3,004 |
| 2015 | 191 | 271 | 71 | 284 | 331 | 174 | 302 | 125 | 155 | 306 | 237 | 273 | 2,720 |
| 2016 | 73 | 263 | 229 | 187 | 42 | 267 | 354 | 135 | 269 | 145 | 151 | 230 | 2,345 |
| 2017 | 185 | 188 | 129 | 197 | 155 | 216 | 215 | 184 | 18 | 267 | 225 | 130 | 2,109 |
| 2018 | 121 | 406 | 176 | 137 | 278 | 219 | 136 | 244 | 80 | 201 | 134 | 182 | 2,314 |
| 2019 | 269 | 1 | 147 | 210 | 85 | 182 | 194 | 207 | 208 | 185 | 261 | 147 | 2,096 |
| 2020 | 315 | 289 | -1683 | -20679 | 2833 | 4846 | 1726 | 1583 | 716 | 680 | 264 | -227 | (9,652) |
| 2021 | 49 | ||||||||||||
| 801 | 1,459 | (739) | 1,225 | 1,534 | 1,112 | 1,118 | 1,145 | 909 | 1,528 | 1,229 | 828 | 13,543 |
Thanks Tim.
The number for last April is mind boggling
Yeah. Monthly job numbers in the millions, in either direction, is unprecedented, Interesting times on so many levels.