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Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Data)

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, Not seasonally adjusted

   

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    Jan 1939    
 
 
    Mar 2024
Thousands of Persons
Name Period Value Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
Total nonfarm
Mar 2024 157,218 156,559 154,253
Total private
Mar 2024 133,647 133,112 131,367
Goods-producing
Mar 2024 21,527 21,401 21,218
Mining and logging
Mar 2024 639 632 628
Logging
Mar 2024 41.6 41.8 43.9
Mining
Mar 2024 597.8 590.0 584.1
Oil and gas extraction
Mar 2024 118.7 118.2 115.5
Mining, except oil and gas
Mar 2024 186.0 184.4 183.3
Coal mining
Mar 2024 42.9 42.9 42.7
Support activities for mining
Mar 2024 293.1 287.4 285.3
Construction
Mar 2024 7,976 7,860 7,701
Construction of buildings
Mar 2024 1,823.3 1,808.9 1,762.1
Residential building
Mar 2024 923.8 914.9 907.5
Nonresidential building
Mar 2024 899.5 894.0 854.6
Heavy and civil engineering construction
Mar 2024 1,088.0 1,056.3 1,043.8
Specialty trade contractors
Mar 2024 5,064.4 4,995.0 4,894.6
Residential specialty trade contractors
Mar 2024 2,339.1 2,316.1 2,277.9
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
Mar 2024 2,725.3 2,678.9 2,616.7
Manufacturing
Mar 2024 12,912 12,909 12,889
Durable goods
Mar 2024 8,124 8,120 8,054
Wood products
Mar 2024 414.4 413.0 419.6
Nonmetallic mineral products
Mar 2024 414.1 411.3 414.5
Primary metals
Mar 2024 369.2 370.1 373.7
Fabricated metal products
Mar 2024 1,468.9 1,470.4 1,444.4
Machinery
Mar 2024 1,131.4 1,135.4 1,129.3
Computer and electronic products
Mar 2024 1,101.2 1,103.4 1,102.4
Computer and peripheral equipment
Mar 2024 159.7 161.2 162.7
Communication equipment
Mar 2024 85.7 86.2 85.1
Semiconductors and electronic components
Mar 2024 391.4 391.5 395.6
Electronic instruments
Mar 2024 433.9 434.1 428.4
Electrical equipment and appliances
Mar 2024 410.9 412.5 414.6
Transportation equipment
Mar 2024 1,841.4 1,831.8 1,764.5
Motor vehicles and parts
Mar 2024 1,070.5 1,062.0 1,025.4
Furniture and related products
Mar 2024 345.6 346.7 363.5
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing
Mar 2024 626.6 625.4 627.5
Nondurable goods
Mar 2024 4,788 4,789 4,835
Food manufacturing
Mar 2024 1,721.1 1,725.4 1,718.7
Textile mills
Mar 2024 89.1 89.1 91.9
Textile product mills
Mar 2024 94.5 95.5 101.6
Apparel
Mar 2024 83.2 85.7 90.7
Paper and paper products
Mar 2024 351.8 350.6 362.4
Printing and related support activities
Mar 2024 364.7 363.3 374.6
Petroleum and coal products
Mar 2024 108.1 107.1 105.0
Chemicals
Mar 2024 900.2 895.6 898.5
Plastics and rubber products
Mar 2024 725.9 725.6 741.6
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing
Mar 2024 349.7 350.9 350.4
Private service-providing
Mar 2024 112,120 111,711 110,149
Trade, transportation, and utilities
Mar 2024 28,703 28,687 28,553
Wholesale trade
Mar 2024 6,135.2 6,114.5 6,072.1
Durable goods
Mar 2024 3,411.7 3,408.1 3,374.0
Nondurable goods
Mar 2024 2,212.1 2,198.4 2,189.1
Electronic markets and agents and brokers
Mar 2024 511.4 508.0 509.0
Retail trade
Mar 2024 15,491.4 15,482.9 15,390.8
Motor vehicles and parts dealers
Mar 2024 2,064.8 2,056.5 2,018.4
Automobile dealers
Mar 2024 1,294.1 1,287.9 1,264.4
Furniture and home furnishings stores
Mar 2024 423.5 425.4 437.3
Electronics and appliance stores
Mar 2024 398.1 400.4 420.2
Building material and garden supply stores
Mar 2024 1,358.8 1,339.7 1,409.5
Food and beverage stores
Mar 2024 3,243.1 3,254.9 3,210.9
Health and personal care stores
Mar 2024 1,087.5 1,098.9 1,093.7
Gasoline stations
Mar 2024 1,066.7 1,063.3 1,034.9
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
Mar 2024 1,110.8 1,116.1 1,122.0
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
Mar 2024 1,515.2 1,514.7 1,489.0
General merchandise stores
Mar 2024 3,222.9 3,213.0 3,154.9
Department stores
. . . .
Miscellaneous store retailers
. . . .
Nonstore retailers
. . . .
Transportation and warehousing
Mar 2024 6,489.4 6,504.1 6,519.4
Air transportation
Mar 2024 571.4 568.1 542.1
Rail transportation
Mar 2024 153.6 153.6 152.3
Water transportation
Mar 2024 72.3 69.5 65.8
Truck transportation
Mar 2024 1,532.2 1,526.1 1,551.6
Transit and ground passenger transportation
Mar 2024 445.7 445.6 442.3
Pipeline transportation
Mar 2024 53.2 53.1 52.1
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
Mar 2024 26.8 26.7 24.6
Support activities for transportation
Mar 2024 839.2 837.0 819.6
Couriers and messengers
Mar 2024 1,031.2 1,053.0 1,047.3
Warehousing and storage
Mar 2024 1,763.8 1,771.4 1,821.7
Utilities
Mar 2024 587.1 585.4 570.4
Information
Mar 2024 2,997 2,997 3,036
Publishing industries, except Internet
Mar 2024 923.4 919.0 949.0
Motion picture and sound recording industries
Mar 2024 427.4 428.7 410.3
Broadcasting, except Internet
Mar 2024 341.7 345.2 352.0
Telecommunications
Mar 2024 631.0 631.9 656.3
Data processing, hosting and related services
Mar 2024 495.4 494.3 482.7
Other information services
Mar 2024 177.6 177.4 186.1
Financial activities
Mar 2024 9,166 9,169 9,094
Finance and insurance
Mar 2024 6,707.0 6,709.9 6,690.6
Monetary authorities - central bank
Mar 2024 22.5 22.5 22.5
Credit intermediation and related activities
Mar 2024 2,588.9 2,592.3 2,636.7
Depository credit intermediation
Mar 2024 1,781.6 1,782.3 1,804.5
Commercial banking
Mar 2024 1,372.4 1,374.3 1,400.8
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts
Mar 2024 1,103.3 1,103.0 1,084.1
Insurance carriers and related activities
Mar 2024 2,992.3 2,992.1 2,947.3
Real estate and rental and leasing
Mar 2024 2,458.7 2,458.6 2,403.7
Real estate
Mar 2024 1,858.3 1,858.0 1,824.1
Rental and leasing services
Mar 2024 577.3 577.5 557.1
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
Mar 2024 23.1 23.1 22.5
Professional and business services
Mar 2024 22,718 22,693 22,552
Professional and technical services
Mar 2024 10,961.8 10,986.5 10,727.0
Legal services
Mar 2024 1,177.1 1,185.6 1,171.0
Accounting and bookkeeping services
Mar 2024 1,240.6 1,236.1 1,219.6
Architectural and engineering services
Mar 2024 1,665.5 1,667.5 1,625.7
Computer systems design and related services
Mar 2024 2,513.9 2,530.7 2,459.7
Management and technical consulting services
Mar 2024 1,878.9 1,882.3 1,830.9
Management of companies and enterprises
Mar 2024 2,549.4 2,555.6 2,545.0
Administrative and waste services
Mar 2024 9,206.4 9,151.3 9,279.8
Administrative and support services
Mar 2024 8,698.6 8,644.7 8,789.8
Employment services
Mar 2024 3,480.7 3,482.4 3,639.9
Temporary help services
Mar 2024 2,710.2 2,718.6 2,876.6
Business support services
Mar 2024 709.4 716.3 749.0
Services to buildings and dwellings
Mar 2024 2,156.5 2,096.0 2,118.7
Waste management and remediation services
Mar 2024 507.8 506.6 490.0
Education and health services
Mar 2024 26,205 26,119 25,133
Educational services
Mar 2024 4,014.4 4,003.0 3,931.5
Health care and social assistance
Mar 2024 22,190.2 22,115.6 21,201.7
Health care
Mar 2024 17,453.9 17,386.5 16,705.1
Ambulatory health care services
Mar 2024 8,702.8 8,678.7 8,340.0
Offices of physicians
Mar 2024 2,996.7 2,996.1 2,872.6
Outpatient care centers
Mar 2024 1,078.4 1,075.3 1,056.3
Home health care services
Mar 2024 1,725.4 1,707.2 1,595.3
Hospitals
Mar 2024 5,506.6 5,477.8 5,270.4
Nursing and residential care facilities
Mar 2024 3,244.5 3,230.0 3,094.7
Nursing care facilities
Mar 2024 1,453.7 1,447.5 1,388.3
Social assistance
Mar 2024 4,736.3 4,729.1 4,496.6
Child day care services
Mar 2024 1,063.9 1,064.1 1,035.4
Leisure and hospitality
Mar 2024 16,473 16,225 16,031
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
Mar 2024 2,477.5 2,403.6 2,292.8
Performing arts and spectator sports
Mar 2024 592.9 571.7 511.0
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
Mar 2024 169.6 163.7 160.7
Amusements, gambling, and recreation
Mar 2024 1,715.0 1,668.2 1,621.1
Accommodation and food services
Mar 2024 13,995.0 13,821.2 13,738.3
Accommodation
Mar 2024 1,855.2 1,829.4 1,806.7
Food services and drinking places
Mar 2024 12,139.8 11,991.8 11,931.6
Other services
Mar 2024 5,858 5,821 5,750
Repair and maintenance
Mar 2024 1,473.1 1,461.4 1,429.2
Personal and laundry services
Mar 2024 1,540.2 1,530.8 1,511.5
Membership associations and organizations
Mar 2024 2,844.7 2,829.0 2,809.4
Government
Mar 2024 23,571 23,447 22,886
Federal
Mar 2024 2,980 2,972 2,884
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
Mar 2024 2,371.6 2,364.9 2,280.2
U.S. Postal Service
Mar 2024 608.2 607.1 603.5
State government
Mar 2024 5,582 5,555 5,374
State government education
Mar 2024 2,804.1 2,785.6 2,682.1
State government, excluding education
Mar 2024 2,777.5 2,769.0 2,691.7
Local government
Mar 2024 15,009 14,920 14,628
Local government education
Mar 2024 8,357.1 8,318.2 8,204.7
Local government, excluding education
Mar 2024 6,651.9 6,601.3 6,422.8
   

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