The next jobs report, covering November, comes Friday, Dec. 4, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. ET. The next inflation report, the November Consumer Price Index, follows on Thursday, Dec. 10. Every scheduled release through December 2027 is below, along with the latest numbers.
Last updated Nov. 10, 2026. Release dates are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics schedules, which BLS says can change; all releases are at 8:30 a.m. ET.
At a glance
- Latest jobs report (October 2026, released Nov. 6): employers added 165,000 jobs; the unemployment rate was 4.1%; average hourly earnings were $38.00, up 3.1% over the year. August and September were revised up by a combined 84,000 jobs; August now shows a gain of 186,000 and September 60,000.
- Latest inflation report (October 2026 CPI, released Nov. 10): prices rose 0.4% in the month, after 0.6% in September; core inflation, which leaves out food and energy, rose 0.3% in the month. BLS did not publish 12-month changes for October because it collected no data in October 2025 during the lapse in appropriations. The September report put inflation at 3.7% over 12 months and core at 2.6%.
- Next up: November jobs report Dec. 4; the Fed’s rate decision Dec. 9 (see the Fed meeting calendar); November CPI Dec. 10; December jobs report Jan. 8, 2027.
Jobs report release dates
The Employment Situation report covers the month before. Each date below is a Friday.
| Report for | Release date |
|---|---|
| October 2026 | Nov. 6, 2026 |
| November 2026 | Dec. 4, 2026 |
| December 2026 | Jan. 8, 2027 |
| January 2027 | Feb. 5, 2027 |
| February 2027 | March 5, 2027 |
| March 2027 | April 2, 2027 |
| April 2027 | May 7, 2027 |
| May 2027 | June 4, 2027 |
| June 2027 | July 2, 2027 |
| July 2027 | Aug. 6, 2027 |
| August 2027 | Sept. 3, 2027 |
| September 2027 | Oct. 8, 2027 |
| October 2027 | Nov. 5, 2027 |
| November 2027 | Dec. 3, 2027 |
CPI inflation report release dates
| Report for | Release date |
|---|---|
| October 2026 | Tue., Nov. 10, 2026 |
| November 2026 | Thu., Dec. 10, 2026 |
| December 2026 | Wed., Jan. 13, 2027 |
| January 2027 | Thu., Feb. 11, 2027 |
| February 2027 | Wed., March 10, 2027 |
| March 2027 | Tue., April 13, 2027 |
| April 2027 | Wed., May 12, 2027 |
| May 2027 | Thu., June 10, 2027 |
| June 2027 | Wed., July 14, 2027 |
| July 2027 | Wed., Aug. 11, 2027 |
| August 2027 | Tue., Sept. 14, 2027 |
| September 2027 | Thu., Oct. 14, 2027 |
| October 2027 | Wed., Nov. 10, 2027 |
| November 2027 | Fri., Dec. 10, 2027 |
How to read them
The jobs report has two surveys. The payroll number (“employers added X jobs”) comes from businesses; the unemployment rate comes from households. The first number is revised twice in the following months, which is why last month’s headline can quietly shrink or grow. The CPI is the inflation number most people mean; the Fed prefers a separate index, PCE, that the Commerce Department publishes about two weeks later. The July–September CPI-W readings set the Social Security COLA each October.
Sources: BLS, Employment Situation release schedule; BLS, Consumer Price Index release schedule; BLS, Employment Situation, October 2026; BLS, Consumer Price Index, October 2026.
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