Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category	Apr. 2023	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024(p)	Apr. 2024(p)
EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands)
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)
Total nonfarm	237	261	269	242
Total private	183	197	207	197

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES(2)
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 ALL EMPLOYEES
Total private
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 (Over 1-month span)(5)
Total private (250 industries)	60.4	54.0	59.6	60.4
Manufacturing (72 industries)	43.1	47.2	38.2	54.2
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 2023 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: May 03, 2024