The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), part of the US Department of Labor, schedules its first jobs report of 2027 for Friday 8 January. The report covers December 2026. Its official name is the Employment Situation.
We wrote this page on 11 November 2026 from the BLS release calendar as it stood that day. The calendar lists 12 jobs reports for 2027. The next one is Friday 4 December 2026, for November 2026.
When are the 2027 jobs report release dates? The BLS lists 12 jobs reports for 2027, from 8 January to 3 December. Each comes out on a Friday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
Each report measures the month before. The 8 January report covers December 2026. The 3 December report covers November 2027.
Each report gives the change in Nonfarm Payrolls (paid jobs outside farms), the Unemployment Rate (the share of the labour force without a job), and average hourly earnings.
Ten of the 12 fall on the first Friday of the month. The other two, 8 January and 8 October, fall on the second Friday, in months where the 1st is a Friday.
What are the 2027 jobs report release dates?
The BLS publishes every jobs report on a schedule page that lists the release date, the release time, and the month the report measures. The table below copies the 2027 entries and sets each one beside the release in the same month of 2026.
Release | Covers | Days since the previous report | Same month in 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Fri 8 Jan | December 2026 | 35 | Fri 9 Jan |
Fri 5 Feb | January 2027 | 28 | Wed 11 Feb |
Fri 5 Mar | February 2027 | 28 | Fri 6 Mar |
Fri 2 Apr | March 2027 | 28 | Fri 3 Apr |
Fri 7 May | April 2027 | 35 | Fri 8 May |
Fri 4 Jun | May 2027 | 28 | Fri 5 Jun |
Fri 2 Jul | June 2027 | 28 | Thu 2 Jul |
Fri 6 Aug | July 2027 | 35 | Fri 7 Aug |
Fri 3 Sep | August 2027 | 28 | Fri 4 Sep |
Fri 8 Oct | September 2027 | 35 | Fri 2 Oct |
Fri 5 Nov | October 2027 | 28 | Fri 6 Nov |
Fri 3 Dec | November 2027 | 28 | Fri 4 Dec |
2027 Employment Situation release schedule as listed by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on 11 November 2026. Every report is released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Days since the previous report for 8 January 2027 count from 4 December 2026. Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
The table shows 12 Friday releases in 2027, each 28 or 35 days after the one before. Each row sets a 2027 release beside the same month of 2026. The 2026 column has two days that are not Fridays: Wednesday 11 February and Thursday 2 July.
The BLS calls the month a report measures its reference month. The report for a reference month arrives in the following month.
What time does the jobs report come out?
The BLS releases the jobs report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The schedule page lists that time for all 12 releases in 2027. The BLS monthly calendar pages list the same time for all 12 releases in 2026.
The 6 November 2026 report names the date of the next one. It states that the report for November 2026 is scheduled for Friday 4 December 2026 at 8:30 a.m.
Is the jobs report always on the first Friday?
No. In 2027, 10 of the 12 reports fall on the first Friday of the month. The other two, 8 January and 8 October, fall on the second Friday. The 1st of both months is a Friday.
The 2026 calendar has more variety. Ten of its 12 reports are on a Friday. Eight of them are on the first Friday of the month. Two 2026 reports are on other days: Wednesday 11 February and Thursday 2 July. The 2027 calendar has none.
Chart 1 shows the day of the month of each report. In 2027, every report falls between the 2nd and the 8th.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics; YX Insights
The 2026 bars show the 11 February and 2 July exceptions. Each bar label gives the weekday where it is not a Friday.
How many days apart are the 2027 jobs reports?
Each 2027 report comes 28 or 35 days after the one before. Eight gaps are 28 days, which is four weeks. Four are 35 days, which is five weeks.
The 35-day gaps lead into the January, May, August, and October reports. The January gap starts from the 4 December 2026 report.
The 2026 gaps vary more. Between February and December 2026, they run from 23 days to 36 days. Chart 2 sets the two years side by side.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics; YX Insights
Chart 2 covers February to December. In 2027, 8 of those gaps are 28 days and 3 are 35 days. The January gap of 35 days is not shown.
The BLS publishes its first payroll estimates approximately three weeks after the reference period.
Both surveys below measure the period that includes the 12th of the reference month. In the 2027 calendar, a report comes 20 to 27 days after the 12th, so roughly three to four weeks. The shortest is 2 July, with 20 days. The longest is 8 January, with 27 days.
What is in the jobs report?
The report combines two monthly surveys.
The household survey asks about 60,000 households who is working and who is looking for work. It gives the Unemployment Rate. The US Census Bureau runs it for the BLS. The establishment survey covers about 119,000 businesses and government agencies and gives payroll jobs, hours, and earnings.
The household survey measures the calendar week that includes the 12th of the reference month. The establishment survey measures the pay period that includes the 12th.
Nonfarm Payrolls count the jobs on those payrolls. The BLS counts a person in each job they hold, so a person with two jobs appears twice. Our guide to what Nonfarm Payrolls are covers the measure.
The Unemployment Rate is the number of unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force. Our guide to the Unemployment Rate explains who counts as unemployed.
The 6 November 2026 report covered October 2026. Nonfarm Payrolls rose by 165,000. The Unemployment Rate was 4.1%. Average hourly earnings for private-sector employees rose 14 cents, or 0.4%, to $38.00. Over the 12 months to October 2026, they rose 3.1%.
Our guide on how to read the jobs report walks through each line.
Does the jobs report number change after release?
Yes. The BLS revises each month's payroll estimate twice, in the next two monthly reports. It also re-anchors the estimates once a year to employment counts from unemployment insurance tax records. The BLS calls that the annual benchmark.
The 6 November 2026 report shows the size of a revision. August 2026 payroll growth moved from 133,000 to 186,000. September 2026 moved from 29,000 to 60,000. Together, the two months came out 84,000 higher than first reported.
The BLS says a one-month change of about 122,000 in payrolls is statistically significant, meaning large enough that sampling error alone is unlikely to explain it. For the household survey, the threshold is about 650,000. The October 2026 payroll gain of 165,000 is above the 122,000 level.
Where do these dates come from?
Every date on this page comes from the BLS. On 11 November 2026, we opened the Employment Situation schedule page, the BLS monthly calendar pages for 2026 and 2027, and the 6 November 2026 report. The schedule page and the monthly calendar pages give the same dates for every report from the 6 November 2026 report onward.
The 2027 reports run from 8 January to 3 December, all on Fridays at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
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Common questions about jobs report release dates in 2027
When is the next jobs report?
The next jobs report is Friday 4 December 2026 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, as of 11 November 2026. It covers November 2026. The BLS published the October 2026 report on 6 November, with payrolls up 165,000 and an Unemployment Rate of 4.1%. The first 2027 report follows on Friday 8 January.
What day is the jobs report released in 2027?
Every 2027 jobs report falls on a Friday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The BLS lists 12: 8 January, 5 February, 5 March, 2 April, 7 May, 4 June, 2 July, 6 August, 3 September, 8 October, 5 November, and 3 December. Ten of them are the first Friday of the month.
Who publishes the jobs report?
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), part of the US Department of Labor, publishes the jobs report under the name Employment Situation. The household survey behind the Unemployment Rate is run by the US Census Bureau for the BLS. The BLS runs the establishment survey of businesses. Our guide to reading the jobs report covers both.
Which jobs reports in 2027 are not on the first Friday?
Two, 8 January and 8 October. Ten of the 12 reports in the 2027 calendar fall on the first Friday. Both fall on the second Friday because the 1st is a Friday in both months. The 2026 calendar has two reports on other days: Wednesday 11 February and Thursday 2 July.
What are the main numbers in the jobs report?
The jobs report shows the change in Nonfarm Payrolls, the Unemployment Rate, and average hourly earnings for the previous month. The 6 November 2026 report showed payrolls up 165,000, an Unemployment Rate of 4.1%, and average hourly earnings up 0.4% to $38.00. Our guide to Nonfarm Payrolls explains the first figure.
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