Well, if you insist...
The data can be found here. Note the differences in household data and establishment data.
The differences are explained here:
--The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.
--The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
--The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
--The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
Each of these affects the numbers differently, in both directions. Note that the standard (establishment) numbers don't include self-employed people. Like me.
The official unemployment rate appears to use the household numbers. The jobs gained or lost appears to use the establishment numbers.
I was just trying to keep it simple, by finding a distilled version.
