nonfarm
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But recent labor-market data may be telling an incomplete story, where headline numbers — such as nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment rate — look better than the health of the consumer.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026
The quarterly census of employment and wages administrative records released this past week differed little from the nonfarm payroll data covering the same period.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Treasury yields were little changed ahead of U.S. nonfarm payrolls at 1230 GMT.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Pan thinks the annual preliminary benchmark revision to payroll data, to be released in September, may validate the nonfarm payroll estimates, something that hasn’t happened in recent years.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
In 1946, the average income of farm people was $779, contrasted with an average income of $1,288 for nonfarm people.
From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
