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Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Data)

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, Seasonally adjusted

   

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    Jan 1939    
 
 
    May 2024
Thousands of Persons
Name Period Value Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
Total nonfarm
May 2024 158,543 158,271 155,787
Total private
May 2024 135,224 134,995 133,085
Goods-producing
May 2024 21,826 21,801 21,555
Mining and logging
May 2024 633 637 642
Logging
May 2024 40.8 41.6 44.9
Mining
May 2024 592.3 595.7 597.3
Oil and gas extraction
May 2024 119.9 118.9 117.7
Mining, except oil and gas
May 2024 190.1 190.1 186.7
Coal mining
May 2024 43.8 43.9 42.7
Support activities for mining
May 2024 282.3 286.7 292.9
Construction
May 2024 8,228 8,207 7,977
Construction of buildings
May 2024 1,870.3 1,863.8 1,797.7
Residential building
May 2024 949.7 946.2 922.6
Nonresidential building
May 2024 920.6 917.6 875.1
Heavy and civil engineering construction
May 2024 1,145.0 1,143.9 1,100.9
Specialty trade contractors
May 2024 5,212.4 5,199.4 5,078.2
Residential specialty trade contractors
May 2024 2,408.7 2,408.7 2,363.9
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
May 2024 2,803.7 2,790.7 2,714.3
Manufacturing
May 2024 12,965 12,957 12,936
Durable goods
May 2024 8,140 8,142 8,085
Wood products
May 2024 416.2 415.0 418.3
Nonmetallic mineral products
May 2024 421.0 422.0 417.7
Primary metals
May 2024 370.9 371.3 374.4
Fabricated metal products
May 2024 1,466.7 1,467.7 1,450.5
Machinery
May 2024 1,138.6 1,138.4 1,132.1
Computer and electronic products
May 2024 1,102.8 1,101.8 1,108.3
Computer and peripheral equipment
May 2024 161.5 161.1 163.6
Communication equipment
May 2024 86.4 85.6 86.0
Semiconductors and electronic components
May 2024 391.7 391.0 395.6
Electronic instruments
May 2024 432.4 433.1 431.3
Electrical equipment and appliances
May 2024 410.9 412.4 416.1
Transportation equipment
May 2024 1,848.2 1,843.5 1,785.6
Motor vehicles and parts
May 2024 1,070.1 1,067.0 1,039.7
Furniture and related products
May 2024 342.3 344.5 356.6
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing
May 2024 622.1 625.0 625.8
Nondurable goods
May 2024 4,825 4,815 4,851
Food manufacturing
May 2024 1,738.9 1,735.5 1,726.6
Textile mills
May 2024 89.8 89.3 90.7
Textile product mills
May 2024 95.4 95.1 99.5
Apparel
May 2024 84.2 83.8 90.6
Paper and paper products
May 2024 348.3 348.8 357.5
Printing and related support activities
May 2024 364.5 365.3 371.9
Petroleum and coal products
May 2024 109.5 109.5 108.3
Chemicals
May 2024 903.1 899.0 905.1
Plastics and rubber products
May 2024 727.6 727.2 738.8
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing
May 2024 363.8 361.9 361.5
Private service-providing
May 2024 113,398 113,194 111,530
Trade, transportation, and utilities
May 2024 29,032 29,005 28,875
Wholesale trade
May 2024 6,163.4 6,160.3 6,102.4
Durable goods
May 2024 3,432.6 3,426.9 3,386.1
Nondurable goods
May 2024 2,218.2 2,219.6 2,207.0
Electronic markets and agents and brokers
May 2024 512.6 513.8 509.3
Retail trade
May 2024 15,697.2 15,684.6 15,599.3
Motor vehicles and parts dealers
May 2024 2,075.4 2,075.5 2,035.5
Automobile dealers
May 2024 1,300.5 1,298.9 1,271.2
Furniture and home furnishings stores
May 2024 420.0 423.9 432.4
Electronics and appliance stores
May 2024 396.5 397.5 419.4
Building material and garden supply stores
May 2024 1,391.7 1,379.6 1,401.6
Food and beverage stores
May 2024 3,270.9 3,264.9 3,234.8
Health and personal care stores
May 2024 1,097.5 1,096.8 1,097.9
Gasoline stations
May 2024 1,081.7 1,081.1 1,057.1
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
May 2024 1,147.2 1,143.0 1,146.0
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
May 2024 1,545.0 1,545.0 1,532.8
General merchandise stores
May 2024 3,271.3 3,277.3 3,241.8
Department stores
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Miscellaneous store retailers
. . . .
Nonstore retailers
. . . .
Transportation and warehousing
May 2024 6,583.5 6,572.9 6,599.0
Air transportation
May 2024 576.4 573.8 546.5
Rail transportation
May 2024 152.9 153.0 152.8
Water transportation
May 2024 75.0 74.5 71.2
Truck transportation
May 2024 1,550.1 1,555.5 1,579.7
Transit and ground passenger transportation
May 2024 437.7 436.5 429.4
Pipeline transportation
May 2024 53.5 53.2 51.5
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
May 2024 35.9 33.4 29.7
Support activities for transportation
May 2024 847.6 842.7 821.8
Couriers and messengers
May 2024 1,082.3 1,078.9 1,093.6
Warehousing and storage
May 2024 1,772.1 1,771.4 1,822.8
Utilities
May 2024 588.2 586.9 574.3
Information
May 2024 3,014 3,014 3,050
Publishing industries, except Internet
May 2024 933.0 932.6 946.1
Motion picture and sound recording industries
May 2024 441.9 440.3 438.4
Broadcasting, except Internet
May 2024 340.4 340.9 349.6
Telecommunications
May 2024 624.7 627.3 649.5
Data processing, hosting and related services
May 2024 498.3 497.0 488.0
Other information services
May 2024 176.1 176.3 177.9
Financial activities
May 2024 9,234 9,224 9,192
Finance and insurance
May 2024 6,735.9 6,731.4 6,736.5
Monetary authorities - central bank
May 2024 22.7 22.7 22.7
Credit intermediation and related activities
May 2024 2,590.1 2,590.4 2,639.3
Depository credit intermediation
May 2024 1,777.6 1,778.9 1,802.3
Commercial banking
May 2024 1,365.8 1,367.6 1,395.4
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts
May 2024 1,110.2 1,110.2 1,099.4
Insurance carriers and related activities
May 2024 3,012.9 3,008.1 2,975.1
Real estate and rental and leasing
May 2024 2,497.8 2,492.1 2,455.9
Real estate
May 2024 1,884.1 1,875.8 1,852.6
Rental and leasing services
May 2024 590.2 592.8 580.3
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
May 2024 23.5 23.5 23.0
Professional and business services
May 2024 22,985 22,952 22,876
Professional and technical services
May 2024 11,022.9 10,990.5 10,810.4
Legal services
May 2024 1,189.0 1,188.6 1,178.4
Accounting and bookkeeping services
May 2024 1,172.9 1,165.3 1,152.9
Architectural and engineering services
May 2024 1,700.8 1,690.9 1,658.3
Computer systems design and related services
May 2024 2,541.5 2,539.1 2,494.3
Management and technical consulting services
May 2024 1,910.0 1,896.1 1,862.1
Management of companies and enterprises
May 2024 2,557.6 2,556.6 2,560.5
Administrative and waste services
May 2024 9,404.5 9,404.5 9,504.7
Administrative and support services
May 2024 8,884.3 8,886.8 9,004.8
Employment services
May 2024 3,506.2 3,522.8 3,689.7
Temporary help services
May 2024 2,728.6 2,742.7 2,918.4
Business support services
May 2024 710.0 709.6 749.6
Services to buildings and dwellings
May 2024 2,292.3 2,287.1 2,251.5
Waste management and remediation services
May 2024 520.2 517.7 499.9
Education and health services
May 2024 26,279 26,193 25,200
Educational services
May 2024 3,864.8 3,862.8 3,822.0
Health care and social assistance
May 2024 22,414.0 22,330.5 21,378.4
Health care
May 2024 17,618.6 17,550.3 16,836.7
Ambulatory health care services
May 2024 8,792.3 8,749.6 8,404.6
Offices of physicians
May 2024 3,025.6 3,012.2 2,897.2
Outpatient care centers
May 2024 1,086.5 1,083.8 1,053.5
Home health care services
May 2024 1,761.5 1,741.9 1,613.4
Hospitals
May 2024 5,545.8 5,530.8 5,304.8
Nursing and residential care facilities
May 2024 3,280.5 3,269.9 3,127.3
Nursing care facilities
May 2024 1,466.4 1,466.5 1,405.5
Social assistance
May 2024 4,795.4 4,780.2 4,541.7
Child day care services
May 2024 1,067.5 1,064.9 1,037.1
Leisure and hospitality
May 2024 16,947 16,905 16,528
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
May 2024 2,661.6 2,645.0 2,510.4
Performing arts and spectator sports
May 2024 631.2 624.6 573.4
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
May 2024 177.9 178.1 171.8
Amusements, gambling, and recreation
May 2024 1,852.5 1,842.3 1,765.2
Accommodation and food services
May 2024 14,285.5 14,260.2 14,017.1
Accommodation
May 2024 1,926.0 1,925.3 1,874.3
Food services and drinking places
May 2024 12,359.5 12,334.9 12,142.8
Other services
May 2024 5,907 5,901 5,809
Repair and maintenance
May 2024 1,482.8 1,481.8 1,447.6
Personal and laundry services
May 2024 1,553.2 1,551.7 1,526.5
Membership associations and organizations
May 2024 2,871.0 2,867.8 2,835.2
Government
May 2024 23,319 23,276 22,702
Federal
May 2024 2,999 2,995 2,914
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
May 2024 2,392.0 2,388.6 2,307.9
U.S. Postal Service
May 2024 607.0 606.3 606.3
State government
May 2024 5,455 5,450 5,280
State government education
May 2024 2,662.5 2,663.2 2,568.9
State government, excluding education
May 2024 2,792.4 2,787.0 2,711.3
Local government
May 2024 14,865 14,831 14,508
Local government education
May 2024 8,089.8 8,080.0 7,945.8
Local government, excluding education
May 2024 6,774.7 6,751.0 6,561.7
   

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