Bls Data

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category

Dec.
2014

Jan.
2015

Feb.
2015

Mar.
2015

Apr.
2015

May
2015

June
2015

July
2015

Aug.
2015

Sept.
2015

Oct.
2015

Nov.
2015p

Dec.
2015p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY
(Over-the-month change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Durable goods1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . .
Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . .
Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Professional and business services1. . . .
Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . .
Education and health services1. . . . . . . .
Health care and social assistance. . . .
Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

329
319
64
1
44
19
14
2.2
5
255
14.3
-0.2
38.4
1.8
6
7
72
21.0
54
47.5
56
6
10

201
202
51
-7
41
17
12
3.8
5
151
12.3
35.4
-13.1
0.1
6
19
20
-7.8
42
49.8
24
5
-1

266
261
20
-14
31
3
6
3.4
-3
241
10.4
23.1
9.4
0.9
7
9
49
-4.4
61
38.7
61
10
5

119
117
-20
-14
-12
6
6
5.8
0
137
5.4
31.6
1.9
0.8
-2
13
39
15.8
42
36.3
6
0
2

187
189
16
-14
30
0
-3
1.9
3
173
-3.9
10.8
11.5
0.8
10
7
66
10.8
54
59.4
8
8
-2

260
252
-2
-20
12
6
-3
6.8
9
254
9.6
33.0
13.2
1.5
-1
9
68
8.6
57
58.6
56
8
8

245
218
-3
-5
1
1
1
0.0
0
221
3.1
36.2
12.7
0.0
3
21
68
19.9
61
56.9
19
-3
27

223
195
7
-9
5
11
-4
1.9
15
188
2.6
28.6
14.1
2.1
4
15
40
-11.3
42
40.2
32
8
28

153
125
-21
-10
8
-19
-5
6.6
-14
146
5.4
4.1
5.2
1.2
-4
14
35
5.7
56
53.1
37
-8
28

145
165
-4
-15
19
-8
-6
3.2
-2
169
-1.3
10.3
-6.2
0.5
15
3
32
0.2
58
45.3
52
5
-20

307
312
34
-4
35
3
-7
-1.0
10
278
10.5
24.6
2.2
0.1
5
11
94
34.6
73
61.2
48
10
-5

252
240
39
-11
48
2
-7
-3.1
9
201
8.9
32.0
20.2
1.8
-9
15
21
-12.0
50
39.8
47
14
12

292
275
45
-8
45
8
-6
-2.4
14
230
2.4
4.3
23.1
1.4
16
11
73
34.4
59
52.6
29
11
17

(3-month average change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

324
317

318
312

265
261

195
193

191
189

189
186

231
220

243
222

207
179

174
162

202
201

235
239

284
276

49.3
47.9

49.3
47.9

49.3
47.9

49.3
47.9

49.3
47.9

49.4
47.9

49.4
48.0

49.4
48.0

49.4
48.0

49.4
48.0

49.4
48.0

49.4
48.0

49.4
48.0

82.5

82.5

82.5

82.5

82.5

82.5

82.5

82.4

82.4

82.4

82.4

82.4

82.4

34.6
$24.62
$851.85
102.7
0.3
120.6
0.0

34.6
$24.76
$856.70
102.8
0.1
121.5
0.7

34.6
$24.78
$857.39
103.1
0.3
121.9
0.3

34.5
$24.85
$857.33
102.9
-0.2
122.0
0.1

34.5
$24.89
$858.71
103.0
0.1
122.4
0.3

34.5
$24.95
$860.78
103.2
0.2
122.9
0.4

34.5
$24.95
$860.78
103.4
0.2
123.2
0.2

34.6
$25.01
$865.35
103.9
0.5
124.0
0.6

34.6
$25.10
$868.46
104.0
0.1
124.6
0.5

34.5
$25.12
$866.64
103.8
-0.2
124.5
-0.1

34.6
$25.20
$871.92
104.4
0.6
125.6
0.9

34.5
$25.25
$871.13
104.3
-0.1
125.7
0.1

34.5
$25.24
$870.78
104.6
0.3
126.0
0.2

69.2
78.5
79.3
77.9

60.5
76.2
76.6
80.8

62.0
70.3
76.6
81.7

59.3
65.4
74.9
78.3

60.3
66.9
75.1
77.9

58.4
62.2
72.6
77.0

57.2
63.9
71.3
78.7

60.1
65.0
70.3
78.7

57.2
61.8
65.6
75.1

54.2
61.4
62.7
73.8

57.6
60.3
66.5
73.2

61.4
61.4
65.2
67.9

64.4
66.2
66.9
69.8

64.4
76.9
76.9
70.0

58.8
71.9
76.9
73.1

54.4
66.9
76.3
74.4

46.9
52.5
66.3
70.6

52.5
56.9
64.4
69.4

46.3
50.0
58.1
67.5

51.3
56.3
65.6
72.5

50.6
50.6
60.0
68.1

39.4
49.4
55.6
65.6

41.9
45.6
46.9
63.8

54.4
41.3
52.5
60.6

52.5
50.0
50.0
51.9

58.8
56.3
49.4
53.1

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND
NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES
AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2
Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . .
Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . .
Total private production and nonsupervisory
employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES
Total private
Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Index of aggregate weekly hours3. . . . . . . . . .
Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . .
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls4. . . . . . . .
Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . .

Over
Over
Over
Over
Over
Over
Over
Over

DIFFUSION INDEXES5
Total Private
1-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Manufacturing
1-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.
Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries.
3
The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours.
4
The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average aggregate weekly payrolls.
5
Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with
increasing and decreasing employment. Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
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