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Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Data)

Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, thousands, Seasonally adjusted

   

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    Jan 1939    
 
 
    Feb 2024
Thousands of Persons
Name May 2015 Apr 2015 May 2014
Total private
98,580 98,267 96,422
Goods-producing
14,118 14,075 13,797
Mining and logging
602 617 653
Construction
4,831 4,798 4,611
Manufacturing
8,685 8,660 8,533
Durable goods
5,360 5,339 5,260
Nondurable goods
3,325 3,321 3,273
Private service-providing
84,462 84,192 82,625
Trade, transportation, and utilities
22,504 22,455 22,111
Wholesale trade
4,643.2 4,647.8 4,638.9
Retail trade
13,233.8 13,202.7 13,040.4
Transportation and warehousing
4,178.0 4,158.0 3,986.6
Utilities
449.1 446.7 444.6
Information
2,226 2,222 2,201
Financial activities
6,256 6,249 6,136
Professional and business services
16,199 16,124 15,805
Education and health services
19,272 19,225 18,763
Leisure and hospitality
13,323 13,247 12,966
Other services
4,682 4,670 4,643
   

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