Nonfarm payroll employment rises by 4.8 million in June; unemployment rate falls to 11.1%

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18. The survey periods

This from the Covid-19 section of the OP

In the establishment survey (which produces the nonfarm payroll jobs numbers -Progree), workers who are paid by their employer for all or any part of the pay period including the 12th of the month are counted as employed, even if they were not actually at their jobs. Workers who are temporarily or permanently absent from their jobs and are not being paid are not counted as employed, even if they are continuing to receive benefits.

(Most are paid either twice a month or every 2 weeks, some are paid weekly, a few are paid monthly, so the establishment survey numbers pretty much reflect conditions in the first half of June. I saw the percentages somewhere on how many people are paid each way, probably could find it if I looked hard, but don't have it handy -Progree)

In the household survey (which produces the unemployment rate -Progree), individuals are classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force based on their answers to a series of questions about their activities during the survey reference week (June 7th through June 13th). Workers who indicate they were not working during the entire survey reference week and expect to be recalled to their jobs should be classified as unemployed on temporary layoff. In June, a large number of persons were classified as unemployed on temporary layoff.