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Retail Trade — Private — Employment

Labor-market metric · BLS QCEW · Monthly · National

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Latest reading December 2025

15.7M +0.51%up MoM

−0.91%down YoY

Retail Trade — Private — Employment, National. 60 observations from January 2021 to December 2025.

Key Stats

Latest15,718,954 personsDecember 2025
Prior Period15,639,668Nov 2025
Period Change+0.51%upMoM
Prior Year15,862,812Dec 2024
Year Change−0.91%downYoY
12-Mo High15,718,954Dec 2025
12-Mo Low15,244,184Feb 2025
3-Yr High15,946,398Dec 2023
3-Yr Low15,244,184Feb 2025
FrequencyMonthly
Seasonal Adj.Not seasonally adjusted
Observations60Jan 2021 – Dec 2025
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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

1 Month

+0.51%up

December 2025

3 Month

+3.03%up

since Sep 2025

1 Year

−0.91%down

YoY

3 Year

−1.48%down

since Dec 2022

Data & Methodology

Source BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)
Dataset bls.qcew
Reference Period December 2025
Frequency Monthly
Seasonal Adjustment Not seasonally adjusted
Geography National
Unit persons
Metric ID bls.qcew.employment.private.naics_44_45
Observations 60
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National is the default geography. Atlanta Beta covers msa:12060 only.

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