@SteveRoth This graph (from skeptonomist's comment https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=X9Rn is helpful). So yeah, household and establishment survey differ, but they usually parallel, their slopes are usually more similar than this year.
Update: Link to skeptonomist's comment https://jabberwocking.com/how-many-new-jobs-have-we-created-this-year/#comment-85738