nonfarm
Adjective
Meaning
nonfarm (not comparable)
Concerned with the economic activities of all businesses except agricultural ones.
Antonyms
Examples
Between July 2019 and July 2020, nonfarm employment decreased by 160,600 jobs in Tennessee.
Economists had forecast nonfarm payrolls to grow by 192,000 and unemployment to tick down from 4.1 percent to 4.0 percent.
The figures came ahead of Friday’s much-anticipated July nonfarm payrolls report.
Data on nonfarm productivity and unit labor costs for the first quarter and the international trade report for April will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Kansas lost 8,300 total nonfarm jobs between August 2015 and August 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Total nonfarm employment declined by 33,000 net jobs in September compared with an upwardly revised gain of 169,000 the previous month.