Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category | Sept. 2018 |
July 2019 |
Aug. 2019(p) |
Sept. 2019(p) |
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EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY |
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Total nonfarm |
108 | 166 | 168 | 136 |
Total private |
108 | 122 | 122 | 114 |
Goods-producing |
38 | -4 | 1 | 5 |
Mining and logging |
3 | -5 | -5 | 0 |
Construction |
17 | -3 | 4 | 7 |
Manufacturing |
18 | 4 | 2 | -2 |
Durable goods(1) |
14 | 2 | 0 | -4 |
Motor vehicles and parts |
2.8 | -2.4 | -1.3 | -4.1 |
Nondurable goods |
4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Private service-providing |
70 | 126 | 121 | 109 |
Wholesale trade |
2.0 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
Retail trade |
-26.0 | -2.0 | -6.0 | -11.4 |
Transportation and warehousing |
23.2 | -0.7 | -4.1 | 15.7 |
Utilities |
0.1 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -1.8 |
Information |
-4 | -2 | 2 | 9 |
Financial activities |
14 | 19 | 15 | 3 |
Professional and business services(1) |
53 | 37 | 43 | 34 |
Temporary help services |
13.7 | -10.5 | 14.5 | 10.2 |
Education and health services(1) |
25 | 76 | 56 | 40 |
Health care and social assistance |
37.7 | 46.9 | 51.4 | 41.4 |
Leisure and hospitality |
-24 | -13 | 9 | 21 |
Other services |
7 | 7 | 7 | -3 |
Government |
0 | 44 | 46 | 22 |
(3-month average change, in thousands) |
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Total nonfarm |
189 | 135 | 171 | 157 |
Total private |
176 | 121 | 135 | 119 |
WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES |
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Total nonfarm women employees |
49.7 | 49.9 | 49.9 | 49.9 |
Total private women employees |
48.3 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 48.6 |
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees |
82.4 | 82.3 | 82.3 | 82.3 |
HOURS AND EARNINGS |
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Total private |
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Average weekly hours |
34.5 | 34.3 | 34.4 | 34.4 |
Average hourly earnings |
$27.30 | $27.99 | $28.10 | $28.09 |
Average weekly earnings |
$941.85 | $960.06 | $966.64 | $966.30 |
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3) |
110.0 | 110.9 | 111.4 | 111.5 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.0 | -0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4) |
143.6 | 148.4 | 149.6 | 149.7 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
DIFFUSION INDEX |
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Total private (258 industries) |
61.8 | 58.1 | 53.5 | 53.7 |
Manufacturing (76 industries) |
63.2 | 52.6 | 52.0 | 44.7 |
Footnotes | ||||
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2018
benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment
factors. |