Whats the difference between non-farm employment and labor force employment?
Non-farm employment is estimated based on the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of business establishments, and represents a count of jobs by place of work. Labor force employment is based largely on a household survey, the Current Population Survey (CPS), and represents employed persons by place of residence. Therefore, a person with two jobs counts once in the labor force estimates, but twice in the CES survey. Similarly, a person who resides in New Hampshire but commutes to work in another state is not counted in New Hampshire CES employment (their workplace job is in another state), but they are counted in the New Hampshire Labor Force employment (because they are working, and are a resident of New Hampshire).
