Non-farm payrolls: what do the three numbers mean?

The monthly US jobs report comes with the headline payrolls number, the unemployment rate and average hourly earnings — and the market often reacts to the details, not the headline.

For beginners:

• which of the three do you pay attention to first?
• what are revisions, and why do they matter?
• do you trade the release or avoid it?

The non-farm payrolls guide breaks down each number and why it moves the dollar.