Presidential comparison

This workspace is the foundation for comparing presidential terms and metrics against the existing backend comparison API.

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Richard Nixon - Term 2 (resigned)

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Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment

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Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment

Thousands of Jobs
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Metric type Thousands of Jobs
Generated 10/28/2026 03:32
Source Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment

Thousands of Jobs

79.0K 78.1K 77.3K 76.5K 75.7K1 February1 June1 October2 February2 June2 August
Richard Nixon - Term 2 (resigned)

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Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment

Thousands of Jobs

Monthly observations aligned by relative year within each presidential term.

Relative MonthActual DateRichard Nixon - Term 2 (resigned)Thousands of Jobs
FebruaryFeb 197376014.000000
MarchMar 197376284.000000
AprilApr 197376455.000000
MayMay 197376648.000000
JuneJun 197376887.000000
JulyJul 197376913.000000
AugustAug 197377168.000000
SeptemberSep 197377276.000000
OctoberOct 197377607.000000
NovemberNov 197377920.000000
DecemberDec 197378031.000000
JanuaryJan 197478100.000000

Summary Statistics

Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment · Thousands of Jobs

StatisticRichard Nixon - Term 2 (resigned)
Average77.61K
Minimum76.01K
Maximum78.64K
Range2.62K

Key Observations

Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment · Thousands of Jobs

  • Richard Nixon - Term 2 (resigned) reached the highest total nonfarm payroll employment of 78.64K during the comparison period.
  • Richard Nixon - Term 2 (resigned) reached the lowest total nonfarm payroll employment of 76.01K during the comparison period.
  • Richard Nixon - Term 2 (resigned) had a range of 2.62K during the comparison period.

Data Source

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

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