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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 Oct 2015 Sep 2015 Oct 2014
Total nonfarm
143,626 142,477 140,848
Total private
121,180 120,504 118,541
Goods-producing
19,893 19,887 19,643
Mining and logging
779 788 909
Logging
54.3 54.0 54.6
Mining
725.0 734.3 854.1
Oil and gas extraction
190.1 192.5 200.9
Mining, except oil and gas
196.1 197.6 210.0
Coal mining
60.8 61.8 71.5
Support activities for mining
338.8 344.2 443.2
Construction
6,740 6,704 6,460
Construction of buildings
1,464.8 1,458.2 1,413.8
Residential building
717.0 713.6 690.9
Nonresidential building
747.8 744.6 722.9
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,004.8 1,000.1 983.8
Specialty trade contractors
4,270.7 4,245.4 4,062.7
Residential specialty trade contractors
1,840.5 1,835.8 1,761.2
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,430.2 2,409.6 2,301.5
Manufacturing
12,374 12,395 12,274
Durable goods
7,765 7,777 7,727
Wood products
389.2 388.3 377.5
Nonmetallic mineral products
407.8 405.7 394.1
Primary metals
387.9 388.8 400.6
Fabricated metal products
1,444.0 1,448.8 1,464.9
Machinery
1,105.5 1,110.4 1,135.8
Computer and electronic products
1,051.4 1,053.4 1,047.9
Computer and peripheral equipment
162.4 162.5 160.3
Communication equipment
87.4 87.3 91.3
Semiconductors and electronic components
369.0 368.6 366.7
Electronic instruments
397.5 399.6 392.3
Electrical equipment and appliances
383.9 384.7 378.4
Transportation equipment
1,617.3 1,622.1 1,568.9
Motor vehicles and parts
927.3 929.5 881.4
Furniture and related products
385.7 385.6 373.2
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing
592.7 589.6 585.4
Nondurable goods
4,609 4,618 4,547
Food manufacturing
1,530.6 1,541.9 1,501.1
Textile mills
115.6 115.8 116.6
Textile product mills
117.4 116.5 116.8
Apparel
136.5 136.5 139.7
Paper and paper products
372.6 372.9 371.7
Printing and related support activities
451.4 448.6 453.3
Petroleum and coal products
115.7 116.7 114.4
Chemicals
804.5 805.8 806.8
Plastics and rubber products
692.7 691.4 677.1
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing
271.5 271.6 249.5
Private service-providing
101,287 100,617 98,898
Trade, transportation, and utilities
26,913 26,705 26,496
Wholesale trade
5,783.7 5,774.0 5,764.8
Durable goods
3,078.8 3,071.9 3,069.2
Nondurable goods
2,143.3 2,140.9 2,130.8
Electronic markets and agents and brokers
561.6 561.2 564.8
Retail trade
15,644.2 15,460.0 15,431.8
Motor vehicles and parts dealers
1,958.2 1,954.5 1,892.4
Automobile dealers
1,257.3 1,250.9 1,207.1
Furniture and home furnishings stores
485.7 478.9 484.0
Electronics and appliance stores
549.1 533.2 524.0
Building material and garden supply stores
1,224.7 1,224.8 1,218.2
Food and beverage stores
3,130.7 3,125.4 3,098.3
Health and personal care stores
1,073.1 1,065.5 1,069.5
Gasoline stations
986.9 984.4 962.6
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
1,413.2 1,357.0 1,394.6
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
1,623.1 1,590.0 1,630.8
General merchandise stores
3,199.5 3,146.3 3,157.4
Department stores
1,309.1 1,283.2 1,336.7
Miscellaneous store retailers
432.6 425.0 414.0
Nonstore retailers
539.3 520.2 517.1
Transportation and warehousing
4,929.7 4,915.5 4,747.6
Air transportation
466.0 464.1 448.0
Rail transportation
198.5 200.4 203.5
Water transportation
65.2 66.3 67.4
Truck transportation
1,468.4 1,475.3 1,450.4
Transit and ground passenger transportation
503.6 497.9 497.3
Pipeline transportation
50.6 50.9 47.4
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
34.6 40.4 31.7
Support activities for transportation
670.5 673.0 648.0
Couriers and messengers
597.4 591.8 575.6
Warehousing and storage
874.9 855.4 778.3
Utilities
555.5 555.8 551.4
Information
2,769 2,755 2,727
Publishing industries, except Internet
768.2 769.5 764.1
Motion picture and sound recording industries
406.5 397.4 376.2
Broadcasting, except Internet
353.7 355.0 354.7
Telecommunications
815.8 809.9 829.5
Data processing, hosting and related services
298.3 298.3 284.6
Other information services
126.1 124.8 118.2
Financial activities
8,168 8,156 8,020
Finance and insurance
6,063.1 6,045.1 5,956.7
Monetary authorities - central bank
18.3 18.1 18.0
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,572.7 2,571.7 2,556.3
Depository credit intermediation
1,710.9 1,711.5 1,721.3
Commercial banking
1,336.3 1,336.3 1,336.9
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts
917.6 909.7 892.3
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,554.5 2,545.6 2,490.1
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,104.9 2,111.0 2,063.0
Real estate
1,531.2 1,527.1 1,495.4
Rental and leasing services
549.7 560.2 543.9
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
24.0 23.7 23.7
Professional and business services
20,092 19,889 19,512
Professional and technical services
8,714.6 8,612.0 8,434.1
Legal services
1,122.8 1,114.8 1,117.1
Accounting and bookkeeping services
914.5 898.1 893.9
Architectural and engineering services
1,414.5 1,403.8 1,394.5
Computer systems design and related services
1,954.3 1,926.2 1,836.6
Management and technical consulting services
1,347.7 1,324.8 1,291.3
Management of companies and enterprises
2,275.0 2,268.6 2,232.0
Administrative and waste services
9,101.9 9,008.7 8,845.8
Administrative and support services
8,701.6 8,606.6 8,456.2
Employment services
3,673.0 3,601.7 3,583.5
Temporary help services
3,010.0 2,945.5 2,912.6
Business support services
912.3 892.4 894.8
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,082.9 2,093.1 2,004.2
Waste management and remediation services
400.3 402.1 389.6
Education and health services
22,422 22,062 21,776
Educational services
3,654.6 3,424.5 3,592.3
Health care and social assistance
18,767.3 18,637.0 18,183.9
Health care
15,191.8 15,108.0 14,786.1
Ambulatory health care services
6,942.9 6,881.2 6,707.8
Offices of physicians
2,495.9 2,475.4 2,426.3
Outpatient care centers
820.5 813.7 774.0
Home health care services
1,339.1 1,323.3 1,286.3
Hospitals
4,947.1 4,927.2 4,810.1
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,301.8 3,299.6 3,268.2
Nursing care facilities
1,650.9 1,650.4 1,650.2
Social assistance
3,575.5 3,529.0 3,397.8
Child day care services
901.6 882.6 873.4
Leisure and hospitality
15,293 15,441 14,787
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,151.3 2,241.9 2,087.6
Performing arts and spectator sports
463.0 469.6 453.5
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
156.0 157.0 148.4
Amusements, gambling, and recreation
1,532.3 1,615.3 1,485.7
Accommodation and food services
13,141.6 13,198.9 12,699.6
Accommodation
1,919.2 1,970.9 1,889.5
Food services and drinking places
11,222.4 11,228.0 10,810.1
Other services
5,630 5,609 5,580
Repair and maintenance
1,288.3 1,278.2 1,249.6
Personal and laundry services
1,417.1 1,409.5 1,381.2
Membership associations and organizations
2,925.0 2,921.3 2,949.4
Government
22,446 21,973 22,307
Federal
2,755 2,763 2,735
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,162.0 2,169.1 2,143.2
U.S. Postal Service
593.1 593.8 591.6
State government
5,254 5,120 5,215
State government education
2,579.8 2,444.3 2,553.5
State government, excluding education
2,673.7 2,675.3 2,661.0
Local government
14,437 14,090 14,357
Local government education
8,125.6 7,748.5 8,100.5
Local government, excluding education
6,311.5 6,341.3 6,256.3
   

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