Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category Jan.
2011		 Nov.
2011		 Dec.
2011(p)		 Jan.
2012(p)

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY
(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

 110 157 203 243

Total private

 119 178 220 257

Goods-producing

 36 8 71 81

Mining and logging

 5 4 8 10

Construction

 -21 1 31 21

Manufacturing

 52 3 32 50

Durable goods(1)

 55 14 33 44

Motor vehicles and parts

 16.0 1.4 8.2 7.9

Nondurable goods

 -3 -11 -1 6

Private service-providing(1)

 83 170 149 176

Wholesale trade

 10.0 6.9 14.8 14.0

Retail trade

 36.9 33.8 6.2 10.5

Transportation and warehousing

 1.1 9.9 6.7 13.1

Information

 -9 -2 1 -13

Financial activities

 -3 11 4 -5

Professional and business services(1)

 46 39 63 70

Temporary help services

 16.1 19.7 8.3 20.1

Education and health services(1)

 18 20 28 36

Health care and social assistance

 4.6 6.2 22.0 29.7

Leisure and hospitality

 -8 42 19 44

Other services

 -7 8 5 7

Government

 -9 -21 -17 -14

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES(2)
AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES

Total nonfarm women employees

 49.6 49.4 49.3 49.3

Total private women employees

 48.1 47.9 47.8 47.8

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

 82.4 82.5 82.5 82.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

 34.3 34.4 34.5 34.5

Average hourly earnings

 $22.86 $23.23 $23.25 $23.29

Average weekly earnings

 $784.10 $799.11 $802.13 $803.51

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3)

 93.0 94.8 95.3 95.5

Over-the-month percent change

 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4)

 101.4 105.0 105.6 106.0

Over-the-month percent change

 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS
PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

 33.4 33.7 33.7 33.8

Average hourly earnings

 $19.33 $19.58 $19.60 $19.62

Average weekly earnings

 $645.62 $659.85 $660.52 $663.16

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)

 99.5 102.2 102.4 103.0

Over-the-month percent change

 -0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)(4)

 128.5 133.7 134.1 135.0

Over-the-month percent change

 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7

DIFFUSION INDEX(5)
(Over 1-month span)

Total private (266 industries)

 61.8 55.6 62.4 64.1

Manufacturing (81 industries)

 70.4 48.1 64.2 69.1

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.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2011 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: February 03, 2012