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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    
 
 
    Apr 2024
Thousands of Persons
Name Jan 2016 Dec 2015 Jan 2015
Total nonfarm
141,072 144,045 138,491
Total private
119,092 121,585 116,668
Goods-producing
19,266 19,658 19,033
Mining and logging
721 748 877
Logging
50.5 52.1 51.6
Mining
670.3 696.3 825.7
Oil and gas extraction
186.6 188.5 198.6
Mining, except oil and gas
179.9 186.6 197.3
Coal mining
55.3 57.4 68.7
Support activities for mining
303.8 321.2 429.8
Construction
6,252 6,542 5,953
Construction of buildings
1,415.0 1,452.5 1,351.8
Residential building
688.5 711.2 655.8
Nonresidential building
726.5 741.3 696.0
Heavy and civil engineering construction
838.2 914.5 826.8
Specialty trade contractors
3,998.6 4,175.2 3,774.3
Residential specialty trade contractors
1,727.4 1,802.6 1,621.1
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,271.2 2,372.6 2,153.2
Manufacturing
12,293 12,368 12,203
Durable goods
7,721 7,758 7,710
Wood products
385.3 391.7 373.1
Nonmetallic mineral products
390.5 401.4 377.7
Primary metals
384.8 386.6 402.6
Fabricated metal products
1,435.9 1,441.0 1,462.5
Machinery
1,095.4 1,100.9 1,137.2
Computer and electronic products
1,050.9 1,048.6 1,048.7
Computer and peripheral equipment
162.9 157.4 159.5
Communication equipment
86.5 87.0 89.3
Semiconductors and electronic components
369.5 370.1 368.4
Electronic instruments
397.1 398.5 394.3
Electrical equipment and appliances
384.8 384.6 380.1
Transportation equipment
1,618.1 1,621.6 1,576.7
Motor vehicles and parts
929.3 929.3 890.5
Furniture and related products
385.8 387.0 371.8
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing
589.8 594.8 579.9
Nondurable goods
4,572 4,610 4,493
Food manufacturing
1,516.2 1,528.8 1,475.1
Textile mills
115.6 115.8 116.3
Textile product mills
115.4 116.6 113.9
Apparel
133.4 136.2 138.6
Paper and paper products
372.6 373.8 370.8
Printing and related support activities
450.0 454.6 447.5
Petroleum and coal products
108.5 112.0 110.1
Chemicals
806.6 809.6 803.6
Plastics and rubber products
693.6 695.7 678.7
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing
260.3 266.7 238.7
Private service-providing
99,826 101,927 97,635
Trade, transportation, and utilities
26,776 27,655 26,411
Wholesale trade
5,738.3 5,784.9 5,728.4
Durable goods
3,066.2 3,082.8 3,061.8
Nondurable goods
2,113.8 2,139.5 2,103.3
Electronic markets and agents and brokers
558.3 562.6 563.3
Retail trade
15,572.2 16,168.2 15,369.8
Motor vehicles and parts dealers
1,950.9 1,959.2 1,882.4
Automobile dealers
1,258.9 1,262.8 1,208.6
Furniture and home furnishings stores
485.4 502.1 480.5
Electronics and appliance stores
559.6 566.9 543.4
Building material and garden supply stores
1,196.7 1,222.1 1,177.1
Food and beverage stores
3,101.6 3,143.2 3,097.0
Health and personal care stores
1,078.7 1,096.4 1,071.1
Gasoline stations
983.7 990.1 960.8
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
1,405.0 1,543.7 1,397.9
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
1,594.7 1,712.7 1,576.8
General merchandise stores
3,215.9 3,431.8 3,182.8
Department stores
1,334.3 1,460.6 1,366.5
Miscellaneous store retailers
423.6 443.0 402.1
Nonstore retailers
530.8 566.0 505.9
Transportation and warehousing
4,910.9 5,144.8 4,760.1
Air transportation
466.4 466.2 447.0
Rail transportation
186.4 191.7 206.8
Water transportation
62.7 63.6 65.3
Truck transportation
1,428.8 1,455.4 1,417.1
Transit and ground passenger transportation
496.1 502.9 495.7
Pipeline transportation
51.2 51.1 47.3
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
24.3 27.3 24.0
Support activities for transportation
665.3 674.8 642.5
Couriers and messengers
645.5 803.2 634.8
Warehousing and storage
884.2 908.6 779.6
Utilities
554.7 556.7 553.0
Information
2,725 2,766 2,703
Publishing industries, except Internet
768.6 770.8 762.1
Motion picture and sound recording industries
375.8 402.3 359.8
Broadcasting, except Internet
352.8 355.6 354.8
Telecommunications
803.9 809.8 814.4
Data processing, hosting and related services
294.9 299.9 289.7
Other information services
128.8 128.0 121.7
Financial activities
8,152 8,199 8,008
Finance and insurance
6,078.0 6,094.2 5,981.0
Monetary authorities - central bank
18.3 18.4 17.8
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,586.2 2,585.7 2,560.4
Depository credit intermediation
1,721.4 1,719.6 1,721.0
Commercial banking
1,349.9 1,346.9 1,338.4
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts
917.5 923.6 893.2
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,556.0 2,566.5 2,509.6
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,073.9 2,104.5 2,027.1
Real estate
1,514.0 1,537.9 1,478.5
Rental and leasing services
536.8 542.6 525.4
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
23.1 24.0 23.2
Professional and business services
19,653 20,100 19,146
Professional and technical services
8,804.4 8,799.0 8,531.2
Legal services
1,111.0 1,126.6 1,107.5
Accounting and bookkeeping services
1,053.0 969.6 1,034.5
Architectural and engineering services
1,390.0 1,401.0 1,378.4
Computer systems design and related services
1,951.5 1,954.1 1,860.4
Management and technical consulting services
1,349.6 1,372.7 1,269.9
Management of companies and enterprises
2,277.0 2,286.9 2,238.4
Administrative and waste services
8,571.8 9,013.6 8,376.8
Administrative and support services
8,180.4 8,615.7 7,992.9
Employment services
3,393.4 3,713.9 3,341.6
Temporary help services
2,763.0 3,046.7 2,713.6
Business support services
904.3 921.2 892.4
Services to buildings and dwellings
1,866.1 1,950.3 1,808.0
Waste management and remediation services
391.4 397.9 383.9
Education and health services
22,193 22,497 21,601
Educational services
3,402.8 3,630.0 3,338.1
Health care and social assistance
18,789.8 18,867.3 18,263.1
Health care
15,200.0 15,264.6 14,827.6
Ambulatory health care services
6,942.2 6,981.4 6,731.3
Offices of physicians
2,492.7 2,507.0 2,442.0
Outpatient care centers
830.2 832.8 781.5
Home health care services
1,333.9 1,341.5 1,284.8
Hospitals
4,966.8 4,967.3 4,827.4
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,291.0 3,315.9 3,268.9
Nursing care facilities
1,639.3 1,654.7 1,645.9
Social assistance
3,589.8 3,602.7 3,435.5
Child day care services
906.4 903.7 872.9
Leisure and hospitality
14,747 15,077 14,234
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
1,951.2 2,030.6 1,889.9
Performing arts and spectator sports
399.6 435.2 393.5
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
142.1 147.7 137.7
Amusements, gambling, and recreation
1,409.5 1,447.7 1,358.7
Accommodation and food services
12,795.5 13,046.1 12,343.9
Accommodation
1,841.8 1,872.0 1,817.3
Food services and drinking places
10,953.7 11,174.1 10,526.6
Other services
5,580 5,633 5,532
Repair and maintenance
1,272.6 1,284.9 1,248.4
Personal and laundry services
1,403.5 1,424.5 1,371.6
Membership associations and organizations
2,903.4 2,923.4 2,911.8
Government
21,980 22,460 21,823
Federal
2,755 2,792 2,729
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,159.9 2,169.8 2,136.4
U.S. Postal Service
595.5 621.7 592.5
State government
4,999 5,205 4,972
State government education
2,337.2 2,538.4 2,312.9
State government, excluding education
2,662.0 2,666.9 2,659.2
Local government
14,226 14,463 14,122
Local government education
7,985.9 8,187.1 7,957.6
Local government, excluding education
6,239.6 6,275.8 6,164.6
   

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