The ISM Manufacturing Employment subindex in the United States decreased to 44.70 points in March 2025 from 47.60 points in February. ISM Manufacturing Employment in the United States averaged 50.12 points from 1950 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 73.70 points in February of 1951 and a record low of 27.80 points in May of 1982. source: Institute for Supply Management



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-03-03 03:00 PM
ISM Manufacturing Employment
Feb 47.6 50.3 50.6
2025-04-01 02:00 PM
ISM Manufacturing Employment
Mar 44.7 47.6 47.5
2025-05-01 02:00 PM
ISM Manufacturing Employment
Apr 44.7


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
ISM Manufacturing PMI 49.00 50.30 points Mar 2025
ISM Manufacturing Backlog of Orders 46.80 44.90 points Feb 2025
ISM Manufacturing Employment 44.70 47.60 points Mar 2025
ISM Manufacturing Inventories 53.40 49.90 points Mar 2025
ISM Manufacturing New Orders 45.20 48.60 points Mar 2025
ISM Manufacturing Prices 69.40 62.40 points Mar 2025
ISM Manufacturing Production 48.30 50.70 points Mar 2025
ISM Manufacturing Supplier Deliveries 53.50 54.50 points Mar 2025
ISM Services Business Activity 55.90 54.40 points Mar 2025
ISM Services Employment 46.20 53.90 points Mar 2025
ISM Services New Orders 50.40 52.20 points Mar 2025
ISM Services Prices 60.90 62.60 points Mar 2025

United States ISM Manufacturing Employment
The Manufacturing ISM Report On Business is based on data compiled from purchasing and supply executives nationwide. Survey responses reflect the change, if any, in the current month compared to the previous month. For each of the indicators measured (New Orders, Backlog of Orders, New Export Orders, Imports, Production, Supplier Deliveries, Inventories, Customers' Inventories, Employment and Prices), the report shows the percentage reporting each response, the net difference between the number of responses in the positive economic direction and the negative economic direction, and the diffusion index. A PMI reading above 50 percent indicates that the manufacturing economy is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it is generally declining.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
44.70 47.60 73.70 27.80 1950 - 2025 points Monthly
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