Employment and Earnings Summary Table B

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category	May 2023	June 2023	July 2023	Aug. 2023	Sept. 2023	Oct. 2023	Nov. 2023	Dec. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024	Apr. 2024(p)	May 2024(p)
EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	303	240	184	210	246	165	182	290	256	236	310	165	272
Total private	254	185	148	150	196	98	152	214	196	181	232	158	229
Goods-producing	14	42	7	33	27	-10	36	33	30	15	33	0	25
Mining and logging	3	0	2	0	1	-1	-4	3	-2	0	2	-6	-4
Construction	16	33	11	31	13	22	15	18	26	24	37	0	21
Manufacturing	-5	9	-6	2	13	-31	25	12	6	-9	-6	6	8
Durable goods(1)	1	19	9	3	9	-33	37	19	-4	-3	-1	2	-2
Motor vehicles and parts	5.7	4.4	2.9	-4.3	10.1	-27.5	33.2	4.6	2.2	-3.1	5.1	-0.3	3.1
Nondurable goods	-6	-10	-15	-1	4	2	-12	-7	10	-6	-5	4	10
Private service-providing	240	143	141	117	169	108	116	181	166	166	199	158	204
Wholesale trade	7.2	1.4	16.3	1.5	11.7	11.9	6.9	7.4	-6.7	-3.6	9.7	1.4	3.1
Retail trade	13.3	-5.5	5.6	-5.6	18.2	1.3	-42.9	32.3	16.6	23.4	19.3	22.6	12.6
Transportation and warehousing	19.9	-12.1	-10.7	-27.5	9.2	-8.5	-10.5	-18.3	-3.8	31.3	5.3	19.5	10.6
Utilities	0.8	0.9	-1.7	2.8	2.0	1.5	1.6	2.4	1.5	3.0	-0.9	-0.5	1.3
Information	-3	-7	-28	-18	11	-26	17	13	8	-3	2	-5	0
Financial activities	13	9	18	4	0	0	4	6	-4	-7	4	-2	10
Professional and business services(1)	49	7	-17	-1	-1	-5	10	13	48	6	17	-1	33
Temporary help services	-3.7	-28.3	-27.6	-18.9	-21.6	-22.6	-13.6	-21.3	7.5	-16.2	-0.8	-12.3	-14.1
Private education and health services(1)	91	77	109	93	81	77	110	84	100	80	76	106	86
Health care and social assistance	75.9	74.9	105.8	93.5	81.2	72.0	106.6	76.1	73.0	88.9	79.6	100.5	83.5
Leisure and hospitality	39	60	41	52	27	57	10	41	-3	26	54	12	42
Other services	10	12	9	16	9	-1	10	0	10	10	12	5	6
Government	49	55	36	60	50	67	30	76	60	55	78	7	43

(3-month average change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	242	274	242	211	213	207	198	212	243	261	267	237	249
Total private	192	223	196	161	165	148	149	155	187	197	203	190	206

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES(2) AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES
Total nonfarm women employees	49.8	49.8	49.8	49.8	49.8	49.8	49.8	49.9	49.9	49.9	49.8	49.8	49.8
Total private women employees	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.3
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees	81.4	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.4	81.4	81.4	81.4	81.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS ALL EMPLOYEES
Total private
Average weekly hours	34.4	34.4	34.3	34.4	34.4	34.3	34.4	34.4	34.2	34.3	34.4	34.3	34.3
Average hourly earnings	$33.54	$33.70	$33.84	$33.91	$34.01	$34.10	$34.23	$34.34	$34.51	$34.56	$34.69	$34.77	$34.91
Average weekly earnings	$1,153.78	$1,159.28	$1,160.71	$1,166.50	$1,169.94	$1,169.63	$1,177.51	$1,181.30	$1,180.24	$1,185.41	$1,193.34	$1,192.61	$1,197.41
Index of aggregate weekly hours(3)	114.9	115.1	114.9	115.3	115.5	115.3	115.7	115.9	115.4	115.9	116.4	116.2	116.4
Over-the-month percent change	0.4	0.2	-0.2	0.3	0.2	-0.2	0.3	0.2	-0.4	0.4	0.4	-0.2	0.2
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(4)	184.3	185.4	185.9	187.0	187.8	187.9	189.4	190.3	190.4	191.5	193.1	193.2	194.3
Over-the-month percent change	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.1	0.6

DIFFUSION INDEXES(5)
Total Private
Over 1-month span	58.8	57.2	58.0	61.0	60.4	56.6	52.4	63.0	62.2	54.0	55.4	56.6	63.4
Over 3-month span	65.0	64.2	60.6	58.6	61.8	62.8	58.8	62.6	63.0	63.0	60.6	61.2	63.0
Over 6-month span	67.8	67.4	65.2	64.4	63.6	63.2	59.6	61.2	64.8	63.8	61.2	62.4	66.2
Over 12-month span	73.2	70.6	69.6	70.0	69.8	65.4	66.4	69.4	66.6	66.4	65.2	65.0	64.6
Manufacturing
Over 1-month span	41.0	52.8	47.9	51.4	47.9	43.1	42.4	54.2	53.5	47.2	34.0	51.4	59.0
Over 3-month span	49.3	50.7	43.8	47.9	50.0	47.9	45.1	42.4	51.4	49.3	41.0	48.6	47.9
Over 6-month span	49.3	52.8	43.1	47.2	42.4	41.0	41.0	43.8	47.9	46.5	37.5	44.4	50.0
Over 12-month span	59.7	59.0	56.3	52.1	50.0	43.1	47.2	47.9	45.1	47.2	41.7	45.1	44.4
Footnotes (1) Includes other industries, not shown separately. (2) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. (3) The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours. (4) The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. (5) Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment. Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2023 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: June 7, 2024