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Category | Apr. 2023 |
Feb. 2024 |
Mar. 2024(p) |
Apr. 2024(p) |
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EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY |
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Total nonfarm |
278 | 236 | 315 | 175 |
Total private |
231 | 181 | 243 | 167 |
Goods-producing |
33 | 15 | 39 | 14 |
Mining and logging |
4 | 0 | 3 | -3 |
Construction |
20 | 24 | 40 | 9 |
Manufacturing |
9 | -9 | -4 | 8 |
Durable goods(1) |
10 | -3 | 2 | 1 |
Motor vehicles and parts |
9.0 | -3.1 | 3.8 | -2.1 |
Nondurable goods |
-1 | -6 | -6 | 7 |
Private service-providing |
198 | 166 | 204 | 153 |
Wholesale trade |
-1.0 | -3.6 | 10.4 | 10.1 |
Retail trade |
6.4 | 23.4 | 15.1 | 20.1 |
Transportation and warehousing |
7.2 | 31.3 | 5.9 | 21.8 |
Utilities |
1.9 | 3.0 | -0.9 | 0.0 |
Information |
-1 | -3 | 4 | -8 |
Financial activities |
29 | -7 | 5 | 6 |
Professional and business services(1) |
30 | 6 | 10 | -4 |
Temporary help services |
-18.3 | -16.2 | -2.7 | -16.4 |
Private education and health services(1) |
79 | 80 | 88 | 95 |
Health care and social assistance |
66.5 | 88.9 | 86.9 | 87.0 |
Leisure and hospitality |
42 | 26 | 53 | 5 |
Other services |
4 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
Government |
47 | 55 | 72 | 8 |
(3-month average change, in thousands) |
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Total nonfarm |
237 | 261 | 269 | 242 |
Total private |
183 | 197 | 207 | 197 |
WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES |
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Total nonfarm women employees |
49.8 | 49.9 | 49.9 | 49.9 |
Total private women employees |
48.3 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 48.4 |
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees |
81.4 | 81.4 | 81.4 | 81.4 |
HOURS AND EARNINGS |
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Total private |
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Average weekly hours |
34.3 | 34.3 | 34.4 | 34.3 |
Average hourly earnings |
$33.44 | $34.56 | $34.68 | $34.75 |
Average weekly earnings |
$1,146.99 | $1,185.41 | $1,192.99 | $1,191.93 |
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3) |
114.4 | 115.9 | 116.4 | 116.3 |
Over-the-month percent change |
-0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | -0.1 |
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4) |
182.9 | 191.5 | 193.1 | 193.1 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
DIFFUSION INDEX |
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Total private (250 industries) |
60.4 | 54.0 | 59.6 | 60.4 |
Manufacturing (72 industries) |
43.1 | 47.2 | 38.2 | 54.2 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2023 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. |