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Category | Feb. 2023 |
Dec. 2023 |
Jan. 2024(p) |
Feb. 2024(p) |
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EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY |
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Total nonfarm |
287 | 290 | 229 | 275 |
Total private |
226 | 214 | 177 | 223 |
Goods-producing |
26 | 33 | 24 | 19 |
Mining and logging |
2 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
Construction |
26 | 18 | 19 | 23 |
Manufacturing |
-2 | 12 | 8 | -4 |
Durable goods(1) |
0 | 19 | -1 | 2 |
Motor vehicles and parts |
1.9 | 4.6 | 2.4 | -0.4 |
Nondurable goods |
-2 | -7 | 9 | -6 |
Private service-providing |
200 | 181 | 153 | 204 |
Wholesale trade |
12.5 | 7.4 | -3.3 | -1.2 |
Retail trade |
88.5 | 32.3 | 15.2 | 18.7 |
Transportation and warehousing |
-21.4 | -18.3 | -28.9 | 19.7 |
Utilities |
0.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
Information |
-18 | 13 | 6 | 2 |
Financial activities |
1 | 6 | -1 | 1 |
Professional and business services(1) |
8 | 13 | 40 | 9 |
Temporary help services |
-25.3 | -21.3 | -1.2 | -15.4 |
Private education and health services(1) |
62 | 84 | 107 | 85 |
Health care and social assistance |
64.5 | 76.1 | 86.6 | 90.7 |
Leisure and hospitality |
67 | 41 | 8 | 58 |
Other services |
0 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
Government |
61 | 76 | 52 | 52 |
(3-month average change, in thousands) |
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Total nonfarm |
302 | 212 | 234 | 265 |
Total private |
239 | 155 | 181 | 205 |
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 | 81.3 | 81.4 | 81.4 |
HOURS AND EARNINGS |
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Total private |
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Average weekly hours |
34.5 | 34.4 | 34.2 | 34.3 |
Average hourly earnings |
$33.15 | $34.34 | $34.52 | $34.57 |
Average weekly earnings |
$1,143.68 | $1,181.30 | $1,180.58 | $1,185.75 |
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3) |
114.8 | 115.9 | 115.4 | 115.9 |
Over-the-month percent change |
-0.1 | 0.2 | -0.4 | 0.4 |
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4) |
181.9 | 190.3 | 190.4 | 191.6 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
DIFFUSION INDEX |
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Total private (250 industries) |
57.4 | 63.0 | 61.8 | 62.6 |
Manufacturing (72 industries) |
50.7 | 54.2 | 54.2 | 57.6 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2023 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. |