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US production employment, July 2026

What will BLS first report for people employed in Production occupations in July 2026, not seasonally adjusted, in millions?

Overdue · was due Aug 6, 2026

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NO_REPORT · resolver status as of Oct 7, 2026

Forecast

7.6M
7.4M–7.8M
80% prediction interval
gpt-5.6-solRun record ↗

Cumulative probability

Chance that the outcome is at or below each value.

0%25%50%75%100%7.1M7.6M8MForecast value

Shaded band: 80% interval (7.4M–7.8M). Dashed line: point estimate (7.6M).

Derived from the point estimate and 80% interval; the agent did not report a full distribution.

Analysis

§July 2026 CPS production-occupation employment forecast

The target is the first BLS print for total people employed in Production occupations in July 2026, not seasonally adjusted, from CPS Employment Situation Table A-19 (cpseea19.htm). BLS reports thousands; the resolver multiplies by 0.001. Later revisions do not replace the first print. Archived A-13 tables are used only as historical evidence where that numbering appeared.

▸ Reported tool use: official.lookupmodel report
Read BLS archived Employment Situation releases for January through March 2026.
↳ Fetched first-print production-occupation employment of 7,905 thousand in January 2026, 7,742 thousand in February, and 7,685 thousand in March.
▸ Reported tool use: official.lookupmodel report
Read BLS archived Employment Situation releases for April through June 2026.
↳ Fetched first-print production-occupation employment of 7,883 thousand in April 2026, 7,912 thousand in May, and 7,759 thousand in June.
▸ Reported tool use: official.lookupmodel report
Read the archived July 2025 Employment Situation for a same-month seasonal comparison.
↳ Fetched production-occupation employment of 7,889 thousand in July 2024 and 7,662 thousand in July 2025; the June 2025 official value was 7,938 thousand, implying a 276-thousand June-to-July decline in 2025.
▸ Reported tool use: official.lookupmodel report
Verify the July 2026 Employment Situation publication date using the official BLS release calendar and June 2026 release.
↳ The official calendar lists Friday, August 7, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET, and the June release repeats August 7, 2026; this is 1 day after the registered ledger resolutionDate of August 6.

The reference class/base rate is persistence around the latest NSA CPS occupation level with a negative July seasonal update. The January-June sequence is choppy but centered near 7.8 million, while July 2025 fell 0.276 million from June and remained 0.227 million below July 2024.

Prior/update/interval: persistence prior = June 2026 first print of 7.759 million; historical sample = January-June 2026 first prints [7.905, 7.742, 7.685, 7.883, 7.912, 7.759]. Successive changes are [-0.163, -0.057, +0.198, +0.029, -0.153] million, whose sample standard deviation is sigma = 0.149 million. Apply a -0.200 million update, mostly a judgmental shrinkage from the single observed June-to-July 2025 decline of -0.276 million, with recent soft year-over-year context and no separate policy adjustment: 7.759 - 0.200 = 7.559. The normal 80% half-width is 1.28*sigma = 1.28*0.149 = 0.191 million, implying bounds 7.559 +/- 0.191 = [7.368, 7.750].

Upside risk is an abrupt rebound like April 2026, which could put the print above 7.750 million. Downside risk is a July seasonal drop materially larger than 2025's 0.276 million or renewed manufacturing weakness; a decline exceeding 0.391 million from June would land below the interval. Either outcome would be outside the interval.

Review disposition: Accepted canonical Table A-19 resolver wording, explicit treatment of the August 7 official-calendar discrepancy, inclusion of June 2025 context, and characterization of the -0.200 million update as judgmental shrinkage from a limited seasonal sample.

Key drivers

  • Recent CPS production-employment level
  • Judgmentally shrunk July NSA seasonal decline
  • Household-survey sampling volatility
  • Soft year-over-year production employment

Tool evidence

This run has no captured tool responses. “Reported tool use” in the analysis is the model’s account, not an archived tool response.

Sources and resolution

Official source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation, Table A-19
Resolution date
August 6, 2026· outcome not recorded
Resolution rule
Resolve to the first BLS-published July 2026 value for Production occupations in CPS Employment Situation Table A-19, not seasonally adjusted, reported in thousands and multiplied by 0.001 to millions. Preserve the first print despite later revisions and round to three decimal places. Keep the registered resolutionDate of 2026-08-06, although the official BLS calendar schedules the release for 2026-08-07.
Run details

The analysis is the model’s written report. Tool-use descriptions in that report are model claims; the activity artifacts contain the execution record.

thesis.analyst · gpt-5.6-sol · fast · v2.2.0

pre-submit review · completed

Draft is mostly publishable, but it should tighten resolver wording to the canonical Table A-19 target and better support the large July seasonal adjustment with a broader or explicitly limited seasonal sample.

  • warning resolver: The resolver/source text says Table A-13/A-19 even though the ledger binding is cpseea19.htm, CPS Employment Situation Table A-19, field Production occupations; the official release date also appears to be 2026-08-07 while the ledger resolutionDate is 2026-08-06.
  • warning update: The -0.200 million movement from June persistence is material and is mainly justified by one June-to-July comparison from 2025 plus a qualitative weak-momentum claim.
  • info optional_suggestion: Include the June 2025 value in historicalContext if it remains central to the seasonal update.
  • info optional_suggestion: Clarify that archived A-13 references are evidence lookups only if older releases used different table numbering, while the target resolver remains Table A-19.

disposition accepted: Review disposition: Accepted canonical Table A-19 resolver wording, explicit treatment of the August 7 official-calendar discrepancy, inclusion of June 2025 context, and characterization of the -0.200 million update as judgmental shrinkage from a limited seasonal sample.

disposition accepted: Review disposition: Accepted canonical Table A-19 resolver wording, explicit treatment of the August 7 official-calendar discrepancy, inclusion of June 2025 context, and characterization of the -0.200 million update as judgmental shrinkage from a limited seasonal sample.

disposition not applicable: Review disposition: Accepted canonical Table A-19 resolver wording, explicit treatment of the August 7 official-calendar discrepancy, inclusion of June 2025 context, and characterization of the -0.200 million update as judgmental shrinkage from a limited seasonal sample.

disposition not applicable: Review disposition: Accepted canonical Table A-19 resolver wording, explicit treatment of the August 7 official-calendar discrepancy, inclusion of June 2025 context, and characterization of the -0.200 million update as judgmental shrinkage from a limited seasonal sample.

Activity artifacts

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§July 2026 CPS production-occupation employment forecast

The target is the first BLS print for total people employed in Production occupations in July 2026, not seasonally adjusted, from CPS Employment Situation Table A-19 (cpseea19.htm). BLS reports thousands; the resolver multiplies by 0.001. Later revisions do not replace the first print. Archived A-13 tables are used only as historical evidence where that numbering appeared.

▸ Reported tool use: official.lookupmodel report
Read BLS archived Employment Situation releases for January through March 2026.
↳ Fetched first-print production-occupation employment of 7,905 thousand in January 2026, 7,742 thousand in February, and 7,685 thousand in March.
▸ Reported tool use: official.lookupmodel report
Read BLS archived Employment Situation releases for April through June 2026.
↳ Fetched first-print production-occupation employment of 7,883 thousand in April 2026, 7,912 thousand in May, and 7,759 thousand in June.
▸ Reported tool use: official.lookupmodel report
Read the archived July 2025 Employment Situation for a same-month seasonal comparison.
↳ Fetched production-occupation employment of 7,889 thousand in July 2024 and 7,662 thousand in July 2025; the June 2025 official value was 7,938 thousand, implying a 276-thousand June-to-July decline in 2025.
▸ Reported tool use: official.lookupmodel report
Verify the July 2026 Employment Situation publication date using the official BLS release calendar and June 2026 release.
↳ The official calendar lists Friday, August 7, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET, and the June release repeats August 7, 2026; this is 1 day after the registered ledger resolutionDate of August 6.

The reference class/base rate is persistence around the latest NSA CPS occupation level with a negative July seasonal update. The January-June sequence is choppy but centered near 7.8 million, while July 2025 fell 0.276 million from June and remained 0.227 million below July 2024.

Prior/update/interval: persistence prior = June 2026 first print of 7.759 million; historical sample = January-June 2026 first prints [7.905, 7.742, 7.685, 7.883, 7.912, 7.759]. Successive changes are [-0.163, -0.057, +0.198, +0.029, -0.153] million, whose sample standard deviation is sigma = 0.149 million. Apply a -0.200 million update, mostly a judgmental shrinkage from the single observed June-to-July 2025 decline of -0.276 million, with recent soft year-over-year context and no separate policy adjustment: 7.759 - 0.200 = 7.559. The normal 80% half-width is 1.28*sigma = 1.28*0.149 = 0.191 million, implying bounds 7.559 +/- 0.191 = [7.368, 7.750].

Upside risk is an abrupt rebound like April 2026, which could put the print above 7.750 million. Downside risk is a July seasonal drop materially larger than 2025's 0.276 million or renewed manufacturing weakness; a decline exceeding 0.391 million from June would land below the interval. Either outcome would be outside the interval.

Review disposition: Accepted canonical Table A-19 resolver wording, explicit treatment of the August 7 official-calendar discrepancy, inclusion of June 2025 context, and characterization of the -0.200 million update as judgmental shrinkage from a limited seasonal sample.

calibrated forecast · 80% CI
7.6M[7.4M · 7.8M]
Target metadata

Data point: bls.cps.employed_people_by_occupation.production.july_2026.first_print

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