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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    
 
 
    Feb 2024
Thousands of Persons
Name Period Value Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
Total nonfarm
Feb 2024 157,808 157,533 155,060
Total private
Feb 2024 134,628 134,405 132,509
Goods-producing
Feb 2024 21,766 21,747 21,520
Mining and logging
Feb 2024 640 640 633
Logging
Feb 2024 41.9 41.8 44.6
Mining
Feb 2024 598.1 598.0 588.4
Oil and gas extraction
Feb 2024 119.1 119.7 116.3
Mining, except oil and gas
Feb 2024 189.4 189.2 187.6
Coal mining
Feb 2024 43.1 42.9 42.6
Support activities for mining
Feb 2024 289.6 289.1 284.5
Construction
Feb 2024 8,162 8,139 7,947
Construction of buildings
Feb 2024 1,848.3 1,844.2 1,799.8
Residential building
Feb 2024 936.0 936.2 926.8
Nonresidential building
Feb 2024 912.3 908.0 873.0
Heavy and civil engineering construction
Feb 2024 1,145.9 1,133.4 1,104.6
Specialty trade contractors
Feb 2024 5,167.6 5,161.2 5,042.1
Residential specialty trade contractors
Feb 2024 2,394.9 2,395.9 2,347.3
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
Feb 2024 2,772.7 2,765.3 2,694.8
Manufacturing
Feb 2024 12,964 12,968 12,940
Durable goods
Feb 2024 8,149 8,147 8,075
Wood products
Feb 2024 415.6 414.0 421.6
Nonmetallic mineral products
Feb 2024 420.9 421.8 422.4
Primary metals
Feb 2024 371.6 372.3 371.1
Fabricated metal products
Feb 2024 1,472.9 1,468.5 1,449.8
Machinery
Feb 2024 1,140.4 1,141.7 1,127.3
Computer and electronic products
Feb 2024 1,105.9 1,107.6 1,109.7
Computer and peripheral equipment
Feb 2024 161.3 162.6 163.7
Communication equipment
Feb 2024 86.6 86.7 85.1
Semiconductors and electronic components
Feb 2024 392.6 393.3 400.5
Electronic instruments
Feb 2024 434.7 434.1 429.1
Electrical equipment and appliances
Feb 2024 414.1 411.6 415.9
Transportation equipment
Feb 2024 1,834.1 1,836.0 1,761.3
Motor vehicles and parts
Feb 2024 1,065.1 1,065.5 1,026.1
Furniture and related products
Feb 2024 346.7 346.8 364.4
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing
Feb 2024 626.9 626.3 631.6
Nondurable goods
Feb 2024 4,815 4,821 4,865
Food manufacturing
Feb 2024 1,729.1 1,730.8 1,725.6
Textile mills
Feb 2024 90.0 89.3 92.3
Textile product mills
Feb 2024 94.9 95.2 102.7
Apparel
Feb 2024 86.3 87.3 91.2
Paper and paper products
Feb 2024 350.3 351.2 361.0
Printing and related support activities
Feb 2024 365.7 367.4 376.2
Petroleum and coal products
Feb 2024 111.1 110.5 107.6
Chemicals
Feb 2024 893.5 895.6 903.1
Plastics and rubber products
Feb 2024 729.5 729.8 744.6
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing
Feb 2024 364.7 363.6 360.9
Private service-providing
Feb 2024 112,862 112,658 110,989
Trade, transportation, and utilities
Feb 2024 28,892 28,852 28,851
Wholesale trade
Feb 2024 6,155.0 6,156.2 6,087.0
Durable goods
Feb 2024 3,423.8 3,425.5 3,373.1
Nondurable goods
Feb 2024 2,219.6 2,219.3 2,199.7
Electronic markets and agents and brokers
Feb 2024 511.6 511.4 514.2
Retail trade
Feb 2024 15,636.6 15,617.9 15,606.8
Motor vehicles and parts dealers
Feb 2024 2,071.3 2,070.9 2,027.2
Automobile dealers
Feb 2024 1,290.6 1,293.7 1,267.9
Furniture and home furnishings stores
Feb 2024 425.8 426.2 438.2
Electronics and appliance stores
Feb 2024 399.7 401.9 427.6
Building material and garden supply stores
Feb 2024 1,378.8 1,385.1 1,420.1
Food and beverage stores
Feb 2024 3,253.1 3,250.2 3,238.7
Health and personal care stores
Feb 2024 1,100.5 1,094.5 1,099.7
Gasoline stations
Feb 2024 1,074.3 1,072.3 1,050.9
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
Feb 2024 1,150.9 1,148.8 1,156.0
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
Feb 2024 1,538.4 1,541.3 1,531.2
General merchandise stores
Feb 2024 3,243.9 3,226.7 3,217.2
Department stores
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Miscellaneous store retailers
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Nonstore retailers
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Transportation and warehousing
Feb 2024 6,511.4 6,491.7 6,588.0
Air transportation
Feb 2024 573.4 569.5 536.0
Rail transportation
Feb 2024 152.8 153.0 151.4
Water transportation
Feb 2024 72.7 72.3 67.4
Truck transportation
Feb 2024 1,551.2 1,551.5 1,579.5
Transit and ground passenger transportation
Feb 2024 432.3 430.2 426.3
Pipeline transportation
Feb 2024 52.5 52.4 51.8
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
Feb 2024 32.2 31.6 29.5
Support activities for transportation
Feb 2024 836.3 833.7 819.0
Couriers and messengers
Feb 2024 1,049.3 1,032.0 1,077.6
Warehousing and storage
Feb 2024 1,758.7 1,765.5 1,849.5
Utilities
Feb 2024 588.9 585.7 569.1
Information
Feb 2024 3,020 3,018 3,049
Publishing industries, except Internet
Feb 2024 930.3 928.1 954.0
Motion picture and sound recording industries
Feb 2024 443.2 440.0 416.4
Broadcasting, except Internet
Feb 2024 341.4 343.2 353.4
Telecommunications
Feb 2024 632.0 634.2 656.8
Data processing, hosting and related services
Feb 2024 494.3 494.0 483.2
Other information services
Feb 2024 178.9 178.7 185.2
Financial activities
Feb 2024 9,233 9,232 9,146
Finance and insurance
Feb 2024 6,730.9 6,733.7 6,699.4
Monetary authorities - central bank
Feb 2024 22.5 22.6 22.6
Credit intermediation and related activities
Feb 2024 2,589.0 2,597.9 2,643.2
Depository credit intermediation
Feb 2024 1,779.1 1,782.6 1,802.5
Commercial banking
Feb 2024 1,370.5 1,374.2 1,399.5
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts
Feb 2024 1,115.1 1,113.1 1,086.5
Insurance carriers and related activities
Feb 2024 3,004.3 3,000.1 2,947.1
Real estate and rental and leasing
Feb 2024 2,501.9 2,498.4 2,447.0
Real estate
Feb 2024 1,879.7 1,876.4 1,849.5
Rental and leasing services
Feb 2024 598.8 598.6 574.7
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
Feb 2024 23.4 23.4 22.8
Professional and business services
Feb 2024 22,931 22,922 22,779
Professional and technical services
Feb 2024 10,972.7 10,957.0 10,712.2
Legal services
Feb 2024 1,192.6 1,189.9 1,181.4
Accounting and bookkeeping services
Feb 2024 1,163.6 1,162.6 1,134.0
Architectural and engineering services
Feb 2024 1,689.7 1,683.3 1,642.9
Computer systems design and related services
Feb 2024 2,534.3 2,530.1 2,479.4
Management and technical consulting services
Feb 2024 1,886.3 1,887.2 1,842.0
Management of companies and enterprises
Feb 2024 2,560.6 2,557.3 2,551.0
Administrative and waste services
Feb 2024 9,397.8 9,408.0 9,515.7
Administrative and support services
Feb 2024 8,885.2 8,896.3 9,020.6
Employment services
Feb 2024 3,523.6 3,537.7 3,728.1
Temporary help services
Feb 2024 2,747.9 2,763.3 2,955.0
Business support services
Feb 2024 716.6 719.9 757.1
Services to buildings and dwellings
Feb 2024 2,274.1 2,273.1 2,237.0
Waste management and remediation services
Feb 2024 512.6 511.7 495.1
Education and health services
Feb 2024 26,023 25,938 24,968
Educational services
Feb 2024 3,856.8 3,862.4 3,795.1
Health care and social assistance
Feb 2024 22,165.8 22,075.1 21,173.0
Health care
Feb 2024 17,424.0 17,357.3 16,703.3
Ambulatory health care services
Feb 2024 8,689.8 8,661.8 8,335.7
Offices of physicians
Feb 2024 3,004.1 2,995.4 2,874.7
Outpatient care centers
Feb 2024 1,074.1 1,077.6 1,054.7
Home health care services
Feb 2024 1,709.9 1,697.0 1,586.3
Hospitals
Feb 2024 5,494.0 5,466.3 5,267.9
Nursing and residential care facilities
Feb 2024 3,240.2 3,229.2 3,099.7
Nursing care facilities
Feb 2024 1,455.7 1,449.3 1,391.7
Social assistance
Feb 2024 4,741.8 4,717.8 4,469.7
Child day care services
Feb 2024 1,065.0 1,061.6 1,022.8
Leisure and hospitality
Feb 2024 16,882 16,824 16,412
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
Feb 2024 2,634.3 2,621.0 2,442.9
Performing arts and spectator sports
Feb 2024 624.6 620.3 537.5
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
Feb 2024 177.7 177.2 167.6
Amusements, gambling, and recreation
Feb 2024 1,832.0 1,823.5 1,737.8
Accommodation and food services
Feb 2024 14,247.3 14,202.7 13,969.5
Accommodation
Feb 2024 1,925.2 1,922.2 1,880.4
Food services and drinking places
Feb 2024 12,322.1 12,280.5 12,089.1
Other services
Feb 2024 5,881 5,872 5,784
Repair and maintenance
Feb 2024 1,477.1 1,475.4 1,431.8
Personal and laundry services
Feb 2024 1,548.3 1,546.2 1,523.4
Membership associations and organizations
Feb 2024 2,856.0 2,850.3 2,829.2
Government
Feb 2024 23,180 23,128 22,551
Federal
Feb 2024 2,982 2,973 2,892
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
Feb 2024 2,376.4 2,367.6 2,288.8
U.S. Postal Service
Feb 2024 605.8 605.5 602.9
State government
Feb 2024 5,428 5,423 5,229
State government education
Feb 2024 2,649.8 2,648.0 2,537.1
State government, excluding education
Feb 2024 2,778.6 2,774.9 2,691.4
Local government
Feb 2024 14,770 14,732 14,430
Local government education
Feb 2024 8,053.2 8,041.0 7,919.8
Local government, excluding education
Feb 2024 6,716.3 6,690.6 6,510.6
   

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