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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 Mar 2015 Feb 2015 Mar 2014
Total nonfarm
140,080 139,323 137,169
Total private
117,732 117,064 114,944
Goods-producing
19,153 19,042 18,675
Mining and logging
848 861 868
Logging
50.7 50.9 50.0
Mining
797.0 809.9 817.6
Oil and gas extraction
195.9 196.2 192.7
Mining, except oil and gas
197.0 196.1 201.0
Coal mining
67.9 68.3 73.6
Support activities for mining
404.1 417.6 423.9
Construction
6,051 5,962 5,746
Construction of buildings
1,362.6 1,346.3 1,283.4
Residential building
656.5 648.4 615.2
Nonresidential building
706.1 697.9 668.2
Heavy and civil engineering construction
845.6 826.6 823.9
Specialty trade contractors
3,842.5 3,788.7 3,638.2
Residential specialty trade contractors
1,647.8 1,629.9 1,549.4
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,194.7 2,158.8 2,088.8
Manufacturing
12,254 12,219 12,061
Durable goods
7,744 7,721 7,600
Wood products
372.9 372.7 361.9
Nonmetallic mineral products
383.5 376.8 369.1
Primary metals
399.7 399.6 396.3
Fabricated metal products
1,465.0 1,463.7 1,438.5
Machinery
1,134.0 1,135.8 1,116.1
Computer and electronic products
1,050.4 1,050.1 1,048.3
Computer and peripheral equipment
158.4 158.9 158.2
Communication equipment
88.9 89.3 95.3
Semiconductors and electronic components
368.3 368.6 368.0
Electronic instruments
398.5 397.2 389.6
Electrical equipment and appliances
382.1 382.1 375.3
Transportation equipment
1,596.8 1,588.2 1,547.4
Motor vehicles and parts
904.5 896.2 865.6
Furniture and related products
375.4 371.9 366.0
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing
584.1 580.5 581.0
Nondurable goods
4,510 4,498 4,461
Food manufacturing
1,482.0 1,478.4 1,460.8
Textile mills
117.1 117.0 117.2
Textile product mills
114.7 114.5 113.2
Apparel
137.3 137.6 142.6
Paper and paper products
371.4 370.1 372.1
Printing and related support activities
449.9 448.6 452.7
Petroleum and coal products
105.4 105.3 107.5
Chemicals
805.8 805.9 797.9
Plastics and rubber products
683.3 680.9 668.6
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing
242.7 239.3 228.3
Private service-providing
98,579 98,022 96,269
Trade, transportation, and utilities
26,316 26,211 25,724
Wholesale trade
5,756.9 5,741.2 5,685.8
Durable goods
3,072.1 3,067.3 3,033.2
Nondurable goods
2,121.1 2,109.6 2,097.0
Electronic markets and agents and brokers
563.7 564.3 555.6
Retail trade
15,260.2 15,193.4 14,966.1
Motor vehicles and parts dealers
1,906.4 1,893.1 1,832.4
Automobile dealers
1,219.8 1,214.0 1,163.7
Furniture and home furnishings stores
475.4 477.5 458.3
Electronics and appliance stores
523.0 524.2 495.1
Building material and garden supply stores
1,231.5 1,194.7 1,219.0
Food and beverage stores
3,081.5 3,083.3 3,000.5
Health and personal care stores
1,062.7 1,064.6 1,044.8
Gasoline stations
963.6 958.7 940.2
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
1,339.8 1,341.6 1,359.6
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
1,548.7 1,557.3 1,519.2
General merchandise stores
3,127.6 3,098.4 3,097.0
Department stores
1,305.4 1,308.5 1,312.8
Miscellaneous store retailers
403.6 399.3 388.4
Nonstore retailers
500.4 500.2 485.1
Transportation and warehousing
4,745.6 4,725.2 4,522.4
Air transportation
449.2 447.6 440.2
Rail transportation
208.9 207.8 194.8
Water transportation
65.1 65.0 64.9
Truck transportation
1,418.4 1,417.9 1,374.8
Transit and ground passenger transportation
495.8 492.2 483.8
Pipeline transportation
48.2 47.9 46.5
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
25.1 24.5 24.5
Support activities for transportation
652.9 643.6 624.6
Couriers and messengers
587.3 589.6 539.2
Warehousing and storage
794.7 789.1 729.1
Utilities
553.3 551.6 549.7
Information
2,730 2,729 2,719
Publishing industries, except Internet
761.7 761.5 756.7
Motion picture and sound recording industries
391.1 390.7 380.1
Broadcasting, except Internet
355.5 354.1 348.0
Telecommunications
807.6 811.2 849.4
Data processing, hosting and related services
292.3 290.8 274.4
Other information services
121.3 120.6 110.1
Financial activities
8,037 8,016 7,889
Finance and insurance
5,992.3 5,984.0 5,894.9
Monetary authorities - central bank
17.7 17.8 18.2
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,556.8 2,555.8 2,562.7
Depository credit intermediation
1,712.2 1,714.8 1,744.8
Commercial banking
1,331.4 1,333.8 1,356.7
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts
895.8 897.2 874.3
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,522.0 2,513.2 2,439.7
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,044.6 2,031.7 1,994.2
Real estate
1,490.7 1,480.6 1,459.4
Rental and leasing services
530.6 527.9 511.3
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
23.3 23.2 23.5
Professional and business services
19,347 19,250 18,795
Professional and technical services
8,632.1 8,618.8 8,359.4
Legal services
1,112.9 1,112.0 1,118.0
Accounting and bookkeeping services
1,085.4 1,091.1 1,058.8
Architectural and engineering services
1,380.8 1,375.0 1,345.0
Computer systems design and related services
1,870.4 1,871.0 1,749.3
Management and technical consulting services
1,279.7 1,280.4 1,243.2
Management of companies and enterprises
2,247.0 2,236.8 2,201.7
Administrative and waste services
8,468.1 8,394.6 8,233.8
Administrative and support services
8,082.9 8,009.6 7,857.9
Employment services
3,383.5 3,339.9 3,253.0
Temporary help services
2,748.6 2,709.5 2,626.8
Business support services
890.3 896.2 876.0
Services to buildings and dwellings
1,842.1 1,812.0 1,803.9
Waste management and remediation services
385.2 385.0 375.9
Education and health services
21,973 21,887 21,438
Educational services
3,615.3 3,591.1 3,555.4
Health care and social assistance
18,358.1 18,296.0 17,882.6
Health care
14,883.9 14,847.4 14,563.0
Ambulatory health care services
6,765.9 6,745.3 6,556.1
Offices of physicians
2,449.3 2,444.8 2,397.0
Outpatient care centers
786.9 783.1 750.2
Home health care services
1,294.7 1,287.1 1,240.0
Hospitals
4,853.3 4,838.7 4,767.3
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,264.7 3,263.4 3,239.6
Nursing care facilities
1,639.7 1,641.8 1,644.3
Social assistance
3,474.2 3,448.6 3,319.6
Child day care services
888.5 878.3 866.4
Leisure and hospitality
14,599 14,374 14,181
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
1,982.2 1,916.4 1,927.5
Performing arts and spectator sports
428.9 406.0 421.0
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
142.9 137.9 138.0
Amusements, gambling, and recreation
1,410.4 1,372.5 1,368.5
Accommodation and food services
12,617.0 12,457.6 12,253.4
Accommodation
1,851.6 1,831.9 1,819.2
Food services and drinking places
10,765.4 10,625.7 10,434.2
Other services
5,577 5,555 5,523
Repair and maintenance
1,267.2 1,260.5 1,232.3
Personal and laundry services
1,381.3 1,369.0 1,351.9
Membership associations and organizations
2,928.0 2,925.0 2,938.6
Government
22,348 22,259 22,225
Federal
2,734 2,730 2,716
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,141.7 2,136.5 2,127.5
U.S. Postal Service
592.7 593.1 588.2
State government
5,220 5,197 5,211
State government education
2,552.5 2,535.8 2,565.4
State government, excluding education
2,667.9 2,661.2 2,645.1
Local government
14,394 14,332 14,298
Local government education
8,195.0 8,159.1 8,129.0
Local government, excluding education
6,199.3 6,172.5 6,169.3
   

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