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You are quoting the Current Population Survey definition of employed. The CPS showed an increase of 903,000 employed.
The -33,000 is from the Current Employment Statistics Survey. The definition of Employed is a little different:
"Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls who worked or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th day of the month.
The data exclude proprietors, the unincorporated self-employed, unpaid volunteer or family employees, farm employees, and domestic employees. Salaried officers of corporations are included. Government employment covers only civilian employees; military personnel are excluded. Employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, and the Defense Intelligence Agency also are excluded.
Persons on establishment payrolls who are on paid sick leave (for cases in which pay is received directly from the firm), on paid holiday, or on paid vacation, or who work during a part of the pay period even though they are unemployed or on strike during the rest of the period are counted as employed. Not counted as employed are persons who are on layoff, on leave without pay, or on strike for the entire period, or who were hired but have not yet reported during the period."
Source: https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cestn.htm#section3a
