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Employment change by industry, March 2024, seasonally adjusted
Industry
Employed (thousands)
1-month net change (thousands)
1-month percent change
3-month net change (thousands)
3-month percent change
6-month net change (thousands)
6-month percent change
12-month net change (thousands)
12-month percent change
Mining and logging
645 3 0.5 2 0.3 0 0.0 10 1.6
Logging
42.4 0.5 1.2 -0.1 -0.2 -3.1 -6.8 -2.4 -5.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
602.9 2.6 0.4 2.7 0.4 3.2 0.5 13.0 2.2
Oil and gas extraction
119.5 0.3 0.3 1.4 1.2 1.9 1.6 3.3 2.8
Mining (except oil and gas)
189.5 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.5 2.7 1.4 2.4 1.3
Coal mining
42.8 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2
Metal ore mining
43.0 -0.4 -0.9 -1.0 -2.3 -0.7 -1.6 -0.4 -0.9
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
103.7 0.7 0.7 2.0 2.0 3.3 3.3 2.7 2.7
Support activities for mining
293.9 2.0 0.7 0.3 0.1 -1.4 -0.5 7.3 2.5
Construction
8,211 39 0.5 91 1.1 146 1.8 270 3.4
Construction of buildings
1,856.0 7.8 0.4 18.9 1.0 36.5 2.0 59.8 3.3
Residential building construction
941.1 5.5 0.6 7.5 0.8 12.4 1.3 15.6 1.7
Nonresidential building construction
914.9 2.3 0.3 11.4 1.3 24.1 2.7 44.2 5.1
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,150.7 6.0 0.5 16.0 1.4 22.7 2.0 41.9 3.8
Specialty trade contractors
5,204.6 25.2 0.5 56.4 1.1 87.2 1.7 168.8 3.4
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,407.6 8.9 0.4 13.6 0.6 20.6 0.9 63.2 2.7
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,797.0 16.3 0.6 42.8 1.6 66.6 2.4 105.6 3.9
Manufacturing
12,956 0 0.0 -4 0.0 2 0.0 24 0.2
Durable goods
8,145 4 0.0 -3 0.0 20 0.2 71 0.9
Wood product manufacturing
415.6 0.4 0.1 1.3 0.3 -0.9 -0.2 -5.0 -1.2
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
420.8 0.7 0.2 -3.5 -0.8 -0.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.0
Primary metal manufacturing
369.3 -1.2 -0.3 -3.1 -0.8 -6.6 -1.8 -4.2 -1.1
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,471.3 -0.7 0.0 7.0 0.5 14.1 1.0 25.4 1.8
Machinery manufacturing
1,133.9 -2.5 -0.2 -8.1 -0.7 -5.2 -0.5 2.0 0.2
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
1,104.8 -1.7 -0.2 -3.1 -0.3 -1.8 -0.2 -1.4 -0.1
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
160.8 -0.8 -0.5 -2.4 -1.5 -1.5 -0.9 -3.0 -1.8
Communications equipment manufacturing
85.7 -0.7 -0.8 -1.2 -1.4 -1.1 -1.3 0.7 0.8
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
392.1 -0.7 -0.2 -0.7 -0.2 0.2 0.1 -4.4 -1.1
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
435.3 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.8 0.2 5.4 1.3
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing
30.9 0.1 0.3 0.7 2.3 -0.3 -1.0 -0.2 -0.6
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
411.7 -2.1 -0.5 -2.1 -0.5 -5.0 -1.2 -3.4 -0.8
Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,843.4 11.4 0.6 12.1 0.7 33.1 1.8 77.2 4.4
Motor vehicles and parts
1,069.9 6.5 0.6 6.8 0.6 17.1 1.6 44.9 4.4
Furniture and related product manufacturing
345.8 -1.3 -0.4 -3.9 -1.1 -8.2 -2.3 -17.8 -4.9
Miscellaneous manufacturing
628.7 1.1 0.2 1.2 0.2 1.6 0.3 -0.9 -0.1
Nondurable goods
4,811 -4 -0.1 -1 0.0 -18 -0.4 -47 -1.0
Food manufacturing
1,730.7 -0.2 0.0 1.7 0.1 7.3 0.4 2.5 0.1
Textile mills
89.3 -0.6 -0.7 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.6 -3.0 -3.3
Textile product mills
94.2 -1.2 -1.3 -1.1 -1.2 -3.5 -3.6 -6.9 -6.8
Apparel manufacturing
83.9 -2.1 -2.4 -3.7 -4.2 -5.2 -5.8 -7.1 -7.8
Paper manufacturing
350.7 0.4 0.1 -2.9 -0.8 -3.1 -0.9 -10.8 -3.0
Printing and related support activities
365.8 0.1 0.0 1.7 0.5 -0.2 -0.1 -10.2 -2.7
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
110.8 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.5 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.5
Chemical manufacturing
899.5 4.4 0.5 4.5 0.5 -2.6 -0.3 1.0 0.1
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
726.8 -1.1 -0.2 -0.3 0.0 -10.9 -1.5 -15.0 -2.0
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing
359.4 -3.5 -1.0 -2.0 -0.6 -2.8 -0.8 -0.1 0.0
Wholesale trade
6,158.4 8.5 0.1 -1.1 0.0 25.1 0.4 62.2 1.0
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
3,418.6 0.8 0.0 -6.7 -0.2 9.8 0.3 37.3 1.1
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
2,225.5 4.3 0.2 6.6 0.3 15.5 0.7 22.5 1.0
Wholesale trade agents and brokers
514.3 3.4 0.7 -1.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 2.4 0.5
Retail trade
15,659.9 17.6 0.1 57.2 0.4 47.9 0.3 80.3 0.5
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
2,073.5 0.9 0.0 1.7 0.1 14.7 0.7 47.5 2.3
Automobile dealers
1,295.7 4.0 0.3 2.8 0.2 14.0 1.1 30.0 2.4
Other motor vehicle dealers
172.9 -0.3 -0.2 -1.9 -1.1 -4.8 -2.7 -6.1 -3.4
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers
604.9 -2.7 -0.4 0.7 0.1 5.5 0.9 23.6 4.1
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1,364.7 -9.5 -0.7 -34.9 -2.5 -35.6 -2.5 -46.9 -3.3
Food and beverage retailers
3,260.7 3.0 0.1 13.3 0.4 20.0 0.6 29.7 0.9
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers
824.6 -1.4 -0.2 -5.0 -0.6 -14.4 -1.7 -36.3 -4.2
General merchandise retailers
3,272.6 20.1 0.6 63.5 2.0 32.5 1.0 50.3 1.6
Health and personal care retailers
1,090.2 -3.7 -0.3 -3.0 -0.3 -8.7 -0.8 -5.1 -0.5
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers
1,076.8 2.3 0.2 5.8 0.5 10.4 1.0 31.0 3.0
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers
1,143.9 -0.1 0.0 -1.9 -0.2 5.5 0.5 -12.7 -1.1
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers
1,552.9 6.0 0.4 17.7 1.2 23.5 1.5 22.8 1.5
Transportation and warehousing
6,540.5 1.2 0.0 19.9 0.3 -17.4 -0.3 -31.4 -0.5
Air transportation
572.5 0.4 0.1 2.6 0.5 12.5 2.2 30.0 5.5
Rail transportation
153.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.4 1.3 0.9
Water transportation
74.3 1.5 2.1 3.4 4.8 3.4 4.8 6.4 9.4
Truck transportation
1,558.9 5.1 0.3 7.1 0.5 7.8 0.5 -18.6 -1.2
Transit and ground passenger transportation
432.0 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.1 2.7 0.6 3.3 0.8
Pipeline transportation
53.1 0.1 0.2 1.3 2.5 0.6 1.1 1.1 2.1
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
31.0 -0.7 -2.2 -2.0 -6.1 1.6 5.4 1.6 5.4
Support activities for transportation
839.8 1.5 0.2 7.9 0.9 14.0 1.7 19.6 2.4
Couriers and messengers
1,068.3 -1.4 -0.1 8.4 0.8 -25.5 -2.3 -13.8 -1.3
Warehousing and storage
1,757.2 -5.5 -0.3 -9.7 -0.5 -35.1 -2.0 -62.3 -3.4
Utilities
588.0 -0.4 -0.1 4.2 0.7 9.7 1.7 16.4 2.9
Information
3,017 0 0.0 5 0.2 9 0.3 -37 -1.2
Motion picture and sound recording industries
438.4 -2.6 -0.6 7.1 1.6 38.1 9.5 15.5 3.7
Publishing industries
931.5 4.5 0.5 -0.2 0.0 -23.5 -2.5 -23.0 -2.4
Broadcasting and content providers
341.5 -2.3 -0.7 -1.5 -0.4 -1.6 -0.5 -9.9 -2.8
Telecommunications
629.8 -1.4 -0.2 -5.0 -0.8 -11.1 -1.7 -25.2 -3.8
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
497.4 2.4 0.5 3.8 0.8 6.6 1.3 13.3 2.7
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
178.0 -0.5 -0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.3 -8.3 -4.5
Financial activities
9,226 3 0.0 -7 -0.1 3 0.0 76 0.8
Finance and insurance
6,723.7 0.2 0.0 -13.9 -0.2 -18.4 -0.3 19.0 0.3
Monetary authorities-central bank
22.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,590.9 -1.0 0.0 -12.9 -0.5 -31.4 -1.2 -48.3 -1.8
Depository credit intermediation
1,780.7 -0.2 0.0 -4.6 -0.3 -16.2 -0.9 -23.0 -1.3
Commercial banking
1,371.0 -1.1 -0.1 -6.7 -0.5 -18.6 -1.3 -28.6 -2.0
Nondepository credit intermediation
524.7 -2.0 -0.4 -6.7 -1.3 -8.4 -1.6 -15.4 -2.9
Activities related to credit intermediation
285.5 1.1 0.4 -1.7 -0.6 -6.8 -2.3 -10.0 -3.4
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities
1,112.1 1.5 0.1 -2.5 -0.2 4.3 0.4 21.0 1.9
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,998.1 -0.3 0.0 1.4 0.0 8.7 0.3 46.3 1.6
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,502.2 3.0 0.1 6.5 0.3 21.2 0.9 56.9 2.3
Real estate
1,883.4 4.7 0.3 10.6 0.6 23.2 1.2 34.3 1.9
Rental and leasing services
595.3 -1.8 -0.3 -4.4 -0.7 -2.4 -0.4 22.0 3.8
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
23.5 0.1 0.4 0.3 1.3 0.4 1.7 0.6 2.6
Professional and business services
22,954 7 0.0 72 0.3 90 0.4 157 0.7
Professional, scientific, and technical services
10,979.0 8.5 0.1 44.6 0.4 104.9 1.0 246.2 2.3
Legal services
1,187.0 -3.0 -0.3 -6.5 -0.5 2.0 0.2 7.9 0.7
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
1,162.7 0.2 0.0 5.1 0.4 10.9 0.9 23.7 2.1
Architectural, engineering, and related services
1,689.7 -1.0 -0.1 17.1 1.0 22.6 1.4 40.9 2.5
Specialized design services
153.3 -1.6 -1.0 -1.3 -0.8 -0.8 -0.5 0.3 0.2
Computer systems design and related services
2,537.1 4.1 0.2 12.2 0.5 31.1 1.2 56.0 2.3
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
1,896.3 5.1 0.3 5.5 0.3 14.6 0.8 50.1 2.7
Scientific research and development services
956.0 3.2 0.3 5.5 0.6 10.7 1.1 29.8 3.2
Advertising, public relations, and related services
520.9 0.9 0.2 3.0 0.6 9.9 1.9 18.6 3.7
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
876.0 0.6 0.1 4.0 0.5 3.8 0.4 18.9 2.2
Management of companies and enterprises
2,558.3 -4.7 -0.2 0.3 0.0 -7.7 -0.3 4.5 0.2
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
9,416.8 3.7 0.0 27.6 0.3 -6.9 -0.1 -93.7 -1.0
Administrative and support services
8,903.0 2.7 0.0 21.9 0.2 -17.8 -0.2 -111.1 -1.2
Office administrative services
636.7 1.3 0.2 4.5 0.7 10.6 1.7 23.5 3.8
Facilities support services
174.9 0.2 0.1 2.1 1.2 4.3 2.5 7.7 4.6
Employment services
3,536.0 0.3 0.0 2.6 0.1 -52.1 -1.5 -178.3 -4.8
Temporary help services
2,758.8 -1.3 0.0 -5.7 -0.2 -63.2 -2.2 -181.6 -6.2
Business support services
714.8 -2.1 -0.3 -8.9 -1.2 -21.3 -2.9 -40.0 -5.3
Travel arrangement and reservation services
197.3 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 4.3 2.2 11.4 6.1
Investigation and security services
1,018.3 -2.6 -0.3 5.5 0.5 13.4 1.3 20.5 2.1
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,281.2 6.7 0.3 15.1 0.7 17.4 0.8 36.3 1.6
Other support services
343.7 -1.2 -0.3 1.1 0.3 5.5 1.6 7.7 2.3
Waste management and remediation services
513.8 1.0 0.2 5.7 1.1 10.9 2.2 17.4 3.5
Private education and health services
26,101 88 0.3 270 1.0 541 2.1 1,071 4.3
Private educational services
3,872.3 6.1 0.2 29.8 0.8 45.8 1.2 78.5 2.1
Health care
17,490.6 72.3 0.4 197.3 1.1 387.3 2.3 748.3 4.5
Ambulatory health care services
8,718.7 27.5 0.3 83.7 1.0 181.3 2.1 362.2 4.3
Offices of physicians
3,006.1 5.1 0.2 21.0 0.7 58.4 2.0 126.3 4.4
Offices of dentists
1,035.3 0.8 0.1 3.7 0.4 4.0 0.4 13.2 1.3
Offices of other health practitioners
1,195.6 4.1 0.3 12.0 1.0 28.3 2.4 57.3 5.0
Outpatient care centers
1,077.1 3.8 0.4 1.2 0.1 13.7 1.3 23.0 2.2
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
323.5 0.4 0.1 -1.8 -0.6 0.0 0.0 4.8 1.5
Home health care services
1,724.7 11.7 0.7 44.3 2.6 72.8 4.4 126.0 7.9
Other ambulatory health care services
356.4 1.7 0.5 3.3 0.9 4.1 1.2 11.5 3.3
Hospitals
5,514.4 27.1 0.5 74.5 1.4 134.4 2.5 236.5 4.5
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,257.5 17.7 0.5 39.1 1.2 71.6 2.2 149.6 4.8
Skilled nursing care facilities
1,462.8 9.5 0.7 18.4 1.3 32.3 2.3 65.3 4.7
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
661.6 2.2 0.3 7.9 1.2 16.9 2.6 36.6 5.9
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
971.8 4.1 0.4 9.6 1.0 18.3 1.9 42.4 4.6
Other residential care facilities
161.4 2.0 1.3 3.2 2.0 4.1 2.6 5.3 3.4
Social assistance
4,737.6 9.0 0.2 42.4 0.9 107.1 2.3 243.9 5.4
Individual and family services
3,164.0 9.2 0.3 36.3 1.2 81.8 2.7 193.6 6.5
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
224.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.5 -0.2 1.6 0.7 9.1 4.2
Vocational rehabilitation services
288.1 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.7 5.0 1.8 9.0 3.2
Child care services
1,061.3 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.4 18.7 1.8 32.2 3.1
Leisure and hospitality
16,905 49 0.3 89 0.5 197 1.2 458 2.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,647.3 17.5 0.7 47.6 1.8 108.3 4.3 186.2 7.6
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
627.9 7.0 1.1 14.3 2.3 33.9 5.7 82.3 15.1
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
178.4 0.9 0.5 2.7 1.5 3.5 2.0 9.0 5.3
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,841.0 9.6 0.5 30.6 1.7 70.9 4.0 94.9 5.4
Accommodation and food services
14,257.8 31.5 0.2 41.4 0.3 89.2 0.6 271.6 1.9
Accommodation
1,929.9 3.2 0.2 5.7 0.3 21.2 1.1 49.8 2.6
Food services and drinking places
12,327.9 28.3 0.2 35.7 0.3 68.0 0.6 221.8 1.8
Other services
5,901 16 0.3 37 0.6 46 0.8 106 1.8
Repair and maintenance
1,482.0 4.2 0.3 8.8 0.6 17.7 1.2 44.8 3.1
Personal and laundry services
1,554.0 4.7 0.3 11.5 0.7 1.2 0.1 29.1 1.9
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
2,865.4 7.8 0.3 17.1 0.6 27.9 1.0 32.8 1.2
Government
23,270 71 0.3 194 0.8 367 1.6 664 2.9
Federal
2,993 9 0.3 32 1.1 48 1.6 93 3.2
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,386.3 9.0 0.4 26.6 1.1 46.3 2.0 90.3 3.9
U.S. Postal Service
607.1 0.8 0.1 6.0 1.0 1.9 0.3 3.5 0.6
State government
5,444 13 0.2 40 0.7 98 1.8 195 3.7
State government education
2,659.0 10.1 0.4 22.0 0.8 58.1 2.2 109.2 4.3
State government, excluding education
2,784.8 3.1 0.1 18.3 0.7 39.3 1.4 85.8 3.2
Local government
14,833 49 0.3 122 0.8 221 1.5 376 2.6
Local government education
8,079.6 17.9 0.2 40.9 0.5 83.8 1.0 148.9 1.9
Local government, excluding education
6,753.3 30.8 0.5 81.4 1.2 136.7 2.1 227.2 3.5
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