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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    
 
 
    Feb 2024
Thousands of Persons
Name Dec 2014 Nov 2014 Dec 2013
Total nonfarm
141,306 141,314 138,274
Total private
118,999 118,893 116,095
Goods-producing
19,397 19,552 18,793
Mining and logging
898 904 867
Logging
52.4 53.9 52.7
Mining
845.5 849.8 814.1
Oil and gas extraction
201.4 200.5 194.2
Mining, except oil and gas
203.2 207.4 202.8
Coal mining
70.0 70.8 76.8
Support activities for mining
440.9 441.9 417.1
Construction
6,205 6,365 5,842
Construction of buildings
1,384.4 1,400.7 1,310.8
Residential building
671.5 686.2 628.1
Nonresidential building
712.9 714.5 682.7
Heavy and civil engineering construction
891.7 948.8 840.6
Specialty trade contractors
3,929.2 4,015.3 3,690.3
Residential specialty trade contractors
1,693.6 1,736.3 1,577.4
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,235.6 2,279.0 2,112.9
Manufacturing
12,294 12,283 12,084
Durable goods
7,758 7,744 7,596
Wood products
374.3 377.4 359.9
Nonmetallic mineral products
388.3 393.3 372.7
Primary metals
403.7 401.1 396.1
Fabricated metal products
1,472.2 1,466.8 1,443.6
Machinery
1,140.3 1,136.5 1,107.6
Computer and electronic products
1,051.9 1,050.4 1,055.8
Computer and peripheral equipment
160.9 160.5 158.2
Communication equipment
90.9 91.6 97.0
Semiconductors and electronic components
368.2 367.2 372.4
Electronic instruments
394.1 393.3 390.5
Electrical equipment and appliances
380.6 379.9 378.3
Transportation equipment
1,587.2 1,580.0 1,533.7
Motor vehicles and parts
896.3 890.4 855.2
Furniture and related products
375.2 374.0 364.9
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing
584.2 584.5 583.4
Nondurable goods
4,536 4,539 4,488
Food manufacturing
1,492.8 1,492.8 1,485.9
Textile mills
117.1 117.5 118.0
Textile product mills
118.0 117.6 114.4
Apparel
138.0 138.4 144.2
Paper and paper products
372.7 371.8 376.5
Printing and related support activities
454.6 454.1 454.1
Petroleum and coal products
111.9 112.5 106.8
Chemicals
809.3 806.8 794.6
Plastics and rubber products
680.6 682.7 665.3
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing
241.3 244.8 228.6
Private service-providing
99,602 99,341 97,302
Trade, transportation, and utilities
27,267 26,971 26,734
Wholesale trade
5,776.3 5,770.3 5,697.8
Durable goods
3,078.7 3,068.4 3,024.4
Nondurable goods
2,127.6 2,135.5 2,108.0
Electronic markets and agents and brokers
570.0 566.4 565.4
Retail trade
15,996.7 15,843.6 15,790.6
Motor vehicles and parts dealers
1,891.3 1,894.6 1,821.9
Automobile dealers
1,210.8 1,211.3 1,156.9
Furniture and home furnishings stores
501.6 495.6 491.3
Electronics and appliance stores
551.5 548.6 547.8
Building material and garden supply stores
1,202.3 1,212.9 1,198.6
Food and beverage stores
3,134.7 3,120.4 3,055.5
Health and personal care stores
1,088.9 1,086.2 1,082.5
Gasoline stations
964.8 968.2 949.3
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
1,561.6 1,517.0 1,608.7
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
1,697.6 1,677.6 1,654.8
General merchandise stores
3,402.4 3,322.5 3,380.2
Department stores
1,502.4 1,443.3 1,514.1
Miscellaneous store retailers
423.2 419.0 404.6
Nonstore retailers
540.3 536.6 523.2
Transportation and warehousing
4,940.1 4,804.6 4,695.4
Air transportation
447.2 448.4 441.2
Rail transportation
205.8 204.4 195.1
Water transportation
67.0 66.7 65.2
Truck transportation
1,441.5 1,444.5 1,390.1
Transit and ground passenger transportation
498.6 498.9 484.6
Pipeline transportation
47.6 47.6 45.9
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
26.0 26.3 25.3
Support activities for transportation
649.5 648.5 622.3
Couriers and messengers
757.9 626.1 679.0
Warehousing and storage
799.0 793.2 746.7
Utilities
553.9 552.1 549.9
Information
2,742 2,748 2,732
Publishing industries, except Internet
767.6 766.8 765.3
Motion picture and sound recording industries
385.0 390.7 376.4
Broadcasting, except Internet
356.6 355.6 347.7
Telecommunications
824.0 829.3 858.5
Data processing, hosting and related services
288.4 286.6 276.0
Other information services
120.5 119.0 108.1
Financial activities
8,052 8,035 7,926
Finance and insurance
5,989.0 5,979.3 5,917.5
Monetary authorities - central bank
18.0 17.9 18.2
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,567.5 2,562.4 2,595.5
Depository credit intermediation
1,723.2 1,722.6 1,755.8
Commercial banking
1,339.1 1,339.2 1,363.9
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts
892.3 893.2 872.6
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,511.2 2,505.8 2,431.2
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,062.9 2,055.2 2,008.6
Real estate
1,502.6 1,494.1 1,472.9
Rental and leasing services
536.3 537.2 511.7
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
24.0 23.9 24.0
Professional and business services
19,551 19,548 18,907
Professional and technical services
8,548.8 8,477.6 8,273.6
Legal services
1,122.1 1,119.3 1,126.5
Accounting and bookkeeping services
958.3 908.2 923.9
Architectural and engineering services
1,392.0 1,394.4 1,356.6
Computer systems design and related services
1,857.1 1,850.3 1,745.8
Management and technical consulting services
1,302.1 1,297.3 1,255.7
Management of companies and enterprises
2,249.6 2,238.8 2,193.8
Administrative and waste services
8,752.8 8,831.5 8,439.8
Administrative and support services
8,366.4 8,443.1 8,063.8
Employment services
3,606.0 3,603.5 3,419.9
Temporary help services
2,941.9 2,935.3 2,769.5
Business support services
913.7 903.9 894.9
Services to buildings and dwellings
1,879.6 1,961.1 1,830.0
Waste management and remediation services
386.4 388.4 376.0
Education and health services
21,853 21,873 21,373
Educational services
3,543.4 3,615.1 3,484.4
Health care and social assistance
18,309.7 18,257.7 17,888.7
Health care
14,881.9 14,837.4 14,603.8
Ambulatory health care services
6,762.7 6,743.9 6,562.1
Offices of physicians
2,446.9 2,437.5 2,406.4
Outpatient care centers
782.7 778.6 749.0
Home health care services
1,297.8 1,295.9 1,248.8
Hospitals
4,832.0 4,821.6 4,785.6
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,287.2 3,271.9 3,256.1
Nursing care facilities
1,653.2 1,652.6 1,652.2
Social assistance
3,427.8 3,420.3 3,284.9
Child day care services
875.9 879.2 856.8
Leisure and hospitality
14,563 14,587 14,124
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
1,966.4 1,977.4 1,907.2
Performing arts and spectator sports
429.8 436.0 412.7
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
142.3 145.1 137.0
Amusements, gambling, and recreation
1,394.3 1,396.3 1,357.5
Accommodation and food services
12,596.9 12,609.2 12,216.6
Accommodation
1,841.6 1,843.7 1,810.4
Food services and drinking places
10,755.3 10,765.5 10,406.2
Other services
5,574 5,579 5,506
Repair and maintenance
1,247.1 1,247.9 1,221.5
Personal and laundry services
1,387.0 1,384.4 1,350.2
Membership associations and organizations
2,939.7 2,946.2 2,933.9
Government
22,307 22,421 22,179
Federal
2,756 2,736 2,749
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,145.0 2,140.8 2,144.9
U.S. Postal Service
611.2 594.7 604.1
State government
5,173 5,229 5,164
State government education
2,511.3 2,570.7 2,527.6
State government, excluding education
2,661.4 2,658.3 2,636.6
Local government
14,378 14,456 14,266
Local government education
8,162.5 8,196.7 8,079.2
Local government, excluding education
6,215.6 6,258.9 6,186.5
   

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