"Figure 1: The revisions made to the employee jobs series","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Millions" "","" "","Revised","Original" "Q2 1959","23.17281","22.999935" "Q3 1959","23.297883","23.124075" "Q4 1959","23.421297","23.246569" "Q1 1960","23.583427","23.407489" "Q2 1960","23.688164","23.511445" "Q3 1960","23.741317","23.564202" "Q4 1960","23.952459","23.773768" "Q1 1961","24.072186","23.892602" "Q2 1961","24.047829","23.868427" "Q3 1961","24.13002","23.950005" "Q4 1961","24.079907","23.900265" "Q1 1962","24.242999","24.062141" "Q2 1962","24.283908","24.102745" "Q3 1962","24.278371","24.097249" "Q4 1962","24.223317","24.042606" "Q1 1963","24.146275","23.966139" "Q2 1963","24.344028","24.162416" "Q3 1963","24.377122","24.195264" "Q4 1963","24.531869","24.348856" "Q1 1964","24.591431","24.407974" "Q2 1964","24.673117","24.48905" "Q3 1964","24.794111","24.609142" "Q4 1964","24.883882","24.698243" "Q1 1965","24.947806","24.76169" "Q2 1965","24.962188","24.775965" "Q3 1965","24.971023","24.784734" "Q4 1965","25.115496","24.928129" "Q1 1966","25.171968","24.984179" "Q2 1966","25.151826","24.964188" "Q3 1966","25.115514","24.928147" "Q4 1966","24.865334","24.679833" "Q1 1967","24.693032","24.508817" "Q2 1967","24.688365","24.504185" "Q3 1967","24.700032","24.515764" "Q4 1967","24.597779","24.414275" "Q1 1968","24.5573","24.374097" "Q2 1968","24.527199","24.344221" "Q3 1968","24.524314","24.341357" "Q4 1968","24.53947","24.356401" "Q1 1969","24.522423","24.339481" "Q2 1969","24.506765","24.32394" "Q3 1969","24.48557","24.302902" "Q4 1969","24.453324","24.270896" "Q1 1970","24.469106","24.286561" "Q2 1970","24.35995","24.17822" "Q3 1970","24.331975","24.150453" "Q4 1970","24.292369","24.111143" "Q1 1971","24.012873","23.833732" "Q2 1971","23.999264","23.820224" "Q3 1971","23.81503","23.637365" "Q4 1971","23.801572","23.624007" "Q1 1972","23.982884","23.803966" "Q2 1972","23.998362","23.819329" "Q3 1972","24.103977","23.924156" "Q4 1972","24.266316","24.085284" "Q1 1973","24.585553","24.402139" "Q2 1973","24.590063","24.406616" "Q3 1973","24.635532","24.451745" "Q4 1973","24.67099","24.486939" "Q1 1974","24.635713","24.451925" "Q2 1974","24.724927","24.540474" "Q3 1974","24.821677","24.636502" "Q4 1974","24.768292","24.583515" "Q1 1975","24.666809","24.48279" "Q2 1975","24.640389","24.456566" "Q3 1975","24.587916","24.404485" "Q4 1975","24.51459","24.331706" "Q1 1976","24.469372","24.286826" "Q2 1976","24.458293","24.275829" "Q3 1976","24.466911","24.284382" "Q4 1976","24.501074","24.318291" "Q1 1977","24.523686","24.340734" "Q2 1977","24.534894","24.351858" "Q3 1977","24.557158","24.373957" "Q4 1977","24.567062","24.383786" "Q1 1978","24.641834","24.458001" "Q2 1978","24.712901","24.52262" "Q3 1978","24.865234","24.673665" "Q4 1978","25.044214","24.851138" "Q1 1979","24.862562","24.671874" "Q2 1979","25.136614","24.941054" "Q3 1979","25.238071","25.041512" "Q4 1979","25.242103","25.047221" "Q1 1980","24.929039","24.737273" "Q2 1980","24.957004","24.763098" "Q3 1980","24.718632","24.527347" "Q4 1980","24.366542","24.179014" "Q1 1981","23.881216","23.698766" "Q2 1981","23.798827","23.614951" "Q3 1981","23.719566","23.53592" "Q4 1981","23.515121","23.334408" "Q1 1982","23.268653","23.089532" "Q2 1982","23.306083","23.123896" "Q3 1982","23.216524","23.035262" "Q4 1982","23.015786","22.837514" "Q1 1983","22.748142","22.571542" "Q2 1983","22.930921","22.750667" "Q3 1983","23.065812","22.882745" "Q4 1983","23.123418","22.941252" "Q1 1984","22.974282","22.793143" "Q2 1984","23.163093","22.977615" "Q3 1984","23.280961","23.093458" "Q4 1984","23.373649","23.186854" "Q1 1985","23.199116","23.013923" "Q2 1985","23.375782","23.186148" "Q3 1985","23.440721","23.249868" "Q4 1985","23.452289","23.263634" "Q1 1986","23.212338","23.025922" "Q2 1986","23.340585","23.149948" "Q3 1986","23.388141","23.196946" "Q4 1986","23.441009","23.251195" "Q1 1987","23.261872","23.073558" "Q2 1987","23.581502","23.38799" "Q3 1987","23.790626","23.594674" "Q4 1987","24.068226","23.87144" "Q1 1988","24.052096","23.855226" "Q2 1988","24.331171","24.129414" "Q3 1988","24.546653","24.341711" "Q4 1988","24.692007","24.487102" "Q1 1989","24.68416","24.478306" "Q2 1989","24.821739","24.611886" "Q3 1989","24.936982","24.724542" "Q4 1989","25.112252","24.901133" "Q1 1990","24.963177","24.753193" "Q2 1990","25.140776","24.926583" "Q3 1990","25.086622","24.872483" "Q4 1990","24.983436","24.772404" "Q1 1991","24.553049","24.346474" "Q2 1991","24.445302","24.237781" "Q3 1991","24.300066","24.09338" "Q4 1991","24.228482","24.02632" "Q1 1992","24.065528","23.864381" "Q2 1992","24.056025","23.852955" "Q3 1992","23.669288","23.468938" "Q4 1992","23.654803","23.455555" "Q1 1993","23.518926","23.320352" "Q2 1993","23.671705","23.469238" "Q3 1993","23.714603","23.510274" "Q4 1993","23.797619","23.595319" "Q1 1994","23.600194","23.400062" "Q2 1994","23.763925","23.561377" "Q3 1994","23.9263","23.72023" "Q4 1994","24.061577","23.856206" "Q1 1995","23.897547","23.69385" "Q2 1995","24.153388","23.94552" "Q3 1995","24.141607","23.933367" "Q4 1995","24.405033","24.196327" "Q1 1996","24.171598","23.962882" "Q2 1996","24.462334","24.248134" "Q3 1996","24.56374","24.346728" "Q4 1996","24.782703","24.565238" "Q1 1997","24.66933","24.451041" "Q2 1997","25.063548","24.839033" "Q3 1997","25.204761","24.975065" "Q4 1997","25.467631","25.237302" "Q1 1998","25.31927","25.093882" "Q2 1998","25.409873","25.183333" "Q3 1998","25.545013","25.316775" "Q4 1998","25.795776","25.566476" "Q1 1999","25.641908","25.413487" "Q2 1999","25.793553","25.563389" "Q3 1999","26.098369","25.863295" "Q4 1999","26.352443","26.116062" "Q1 2000","26.11454","25.878377" "Q2 2000","26.358829","26.120078" "Q3 2000","26.548869","26.307173" "Q4 2000","26.736908","26.495392" "Q1 2001","26.542307","26.302752" "Q2 2001","26.72201","26.479293" "Q3 2001","26.918141","26.673477" "Q4 2001","27.074502","26.83068" "Q1 2002","26.853987","26.611248" "Q2 2002","26.943277","26.698514" "Q3 2002","27.012324","26.766455" "Q4 2002","27.175693","26.929183" "Q1 2003","26.904785","26.66046" "Q2 2003","27.069258","26.821808" "Q3 2003","27.126886","26.877518" "Q4 2003","27.352855","27.102131" "Q1 2004","27.207751","26.957672" "Q2 2004","27.328451","27.075668" "Q3 2004","27.378932","27.123494" "Q4 2004","27.708194","27.449768" "Q1 2005","27.624311","27.363364" "Q2 2005","27.738494","27.473346" "Q3 2005","27.825388","27.557638" "Q4 2005","28.058267","27.787133" "Q1 2006","27.874695","27.605933" "Q2 2006","28.067517","27.79328" "Q3 2006","28.117698","27.842579" "Q4 2006","28.376795","28.098449" "Q1 2007","28.084623","27.80865" "Q2 2007","28.227849","27.949459" "Q3 2007","28.331177","28.051717" "Q4 2007","28.544405","28.264575" "Q1 2008","28.335735","28.058672" "Q2 2008","28.478602","28.200387" "Q3 2008","28.469136","28.191795" "Q4 2008","28.406788","28.135687" "Q1 2009","27.9566","27.697317" "Q2 2009","27.859643","27.601412" "Q3 2009","27.672218","27.420718" "Q4 2009","27.687181","27.434467" "Q1 2010","27.408116","27.15879" "Q2 2010","27.496825","27.250659" "Q3 2010","27.445449","27.197597" "Q4 2010","27.547521","27.304152" "Q1 2011","27.471269","27.230079" "Q2 2011","27.446177","27.201935" "Q3 2011","27.495561","27.244882" "Q4 2011","27.70069","27.448469" "Q1 2012","27.7725","27.518904" "Q2 2012","27.713299","27.460598" "Q3 2012","27.629853","27.374449" "Q4 2012","27.784612","27.531428" "Q1 2013","27.78478","27.527895" "Q2 2013","27.930614","27.665182" "Q3 2013","28.014481","27.750132" "Q4 2013","28.363534","28.095052" "Q1 2014","28.419266","28.143087" "Q2 2014","28.766038","28.483982" "Q3 2014","28.88901","28.608483" "Q4 2014","29.15358","28.871164" "Q1 2015","29.20294","28.914272" "Q2 2015","29.321885","29.028379" "Q3 2015","29.350823","29.053853" "Q4 2015","29.569635","29.315486"