[concerned about politics]

or an unemployed farm worker.... You are counted.

"DATA SNAP:US Nov Nonfarm Payrolls +146K; Jobless Rate 7.7%"

[1rudeboy]

Now you’ve gone from discussing the way the unemployment rate number is calculated to discussing the (various) “payroll” numbers. Seriously . . . you are in way over your head.

[1rudeboy]

Although this might help (from the article that follows the headline you provided):

DATA SNAP:US Nov Nonfarm Payrolls +146K; Jobless Rate 7.7%
U.S. nonfarm payrolls increased by a seasonally adjusted 146,000 last month, the Labor Department said Friday. The unemployment rate, obtained by a separate survey of U.S. households, fell two-tenths of a percentage point to 7.7%, the lowest level since December 2008. [emphasis added]