Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail
[In thousands]
Industry Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
May
2012
Mar.
2013
Apr.
2013(p)
May
2013(p)
May
2012
Mar.
2013
Apr.
2013(p)
May
2013(p)
Change from:
Apr.2013 - May2013(p)

Total nonfarm

134,213 134,570 135,482 136,367 133,522 135,313 135,462 135,637 175

Total private

111,915 112,304 113,221 114,128 111,616 113,454 113,611 113,789 178

Goods-producing

18,410 18,256 18,425 18,669 18,396 18,652 18,637 18,636 -1

Mining and logging

855 857 856 867 855 869 865 865 0

Logging

49.4 47.7 47.4 49.4 50.9 50.4 51.0 51.0 0.0

Mining

805.6 808.8 808.4 817.1 803.9 818.1 814.2 814.2 0.0

Oil and gas extraction

185.9 191.0 192.1 193.5 185.7 192.4 193.1 193.8 0.7

Mining, except oil and gas(1)

227.1 220.1 220.5 225.1 223.6 226.1 222.8 220.7 -2.1

Coal mining

88.8 85.8 84.1 84.9 88.1 85.4 84.1 84.0 -0.1

Support activities for mining

392.6 397.7 395.8 398.5 394.6 399.6 398.3 399.7 1.4

Construction

5,648 5,487 5,655 5,848 5,615 5,799 5,797 5,804 7

Construction of buildings

1,228.3 1,212.2 1,236.4 1,264.4 1,234.3 1,263.7 1,269.4 1,267.7 -1.7

Residential building

569.6 551.7 571.9 590.2 572.5 580.1 589.7 590.6 0.9

Nonresidential building

658.7 660.5 664.5 674.2 661.8 683.6 679.7 677.1 -2.6

Heavy and civil engineering construction

880.2 809.8 857.6 915.1 860.8 889.6 886.3 889.4 3.1

Specialty trade contractors

3,539.6 3,464.7 3,560.8 3,668.3 3,519.4 3,646.0 3,641.5 3,647.3 5.8

Residential specialty trade contractors

1,482.2 1,451.5 1,503.0 1,557.8 1,468.3 1,536.6 1,540.0 1,544.6 4.6

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

2,057.4 2,013.2 2,057.8 2,110.5 2,051.1 2,109.4 2,101.5 2,102.7 1.2

Manufacturing

11,907 11,912 11,914 11,954 11,926 11,984 11,975 11,967 -8

Durable goods

7,468 7,486 7,491 7,510 7,467 7,512 7,510 7,508 -2

Wood products

338.1 340.4 341.6 346.2 336.2 346.3 344.6 345.9 1.3

Nonmetallic mineral products

367.1 358.5 363.6 371.4 363.7 367.7 366.7 367.4 0.7

Primary metals

404.4 397.4 396.9 394.7 404.1 398.2 396.2 394.0 -2.2

Fabricated metal products

1,410.7 1,425.1 1,429.2 1,434.6 1,411.9 1,431.4 1,433.7 1,434.0 0.3

Machinery

1,100.4 1,104.3 1,105.0 1,104.1 1,101.5 1,104.0 1,106.4 1,103.3 -3.1

Computer and electronic products(1)

1,096.8 1,082.3 1,080.2 1,082.5 1,098.8 1,084.3 1,083.6 1,084.5 0.9

Computer and peripheral equipment

158.2 159.4 160.2 161.2 158.7 160.0 160.8 161.9 1.1

Communications equipment

109.3 107.8 107.2 107.3 109.7 108.0 107.7 107.4 -0.3

Semiconductors and electronic components

384.9 379.4 378.4 378.7 386.0 379.8 379.2 379.2 0.0

Electronic instruments

403.1 396.5 395.4 395.9 403.1 396.9 396.5 396.5 0.0

Electrical equipment and appliances

370.7 363.6 363.9 364.3 371.1 365.9 365.9 366.1 0.2

Transportation equipment(1)

1,449.6 1,489.8 1,484.8 1,483.5 1,449.5 1,484.2 1,483.9 1,484.0 0.1

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

771.4 802.9 796.5 798.2 770.3 796.9 794.2 796.6 2.4

Furniture and related products

352.1 350.7 351.0 352.5 350.6 352.4 351.8 350.9 -0.9

Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing

578.3 573.9 574.9 576.4 580.0 577.5 577.6 577.5 -0.1

Nondurable goods

4,439 4,426 4,423 4,444 4,459 4,472 4,465 4,459 -6

Food manufacturing

1,449.8 1,445.0 1,445.2 1,453.7 1,468.9 1,474.5 1,474.9 1,472.1 -2.8

Textile mills

118.7 114.4 114.3 114.3 118.0 114.6 114.3 113.8 -0.5

Textile product mills

117.5 115.2 114.0 114.4 116.9 115.8 114.5 114.2 -0.3

Apparel

150.4 145.7 142.7 143.8 149.6 145.8 143.2 143.3 0.1

Paper and paper products

379.2 375.3 374.9 375.6 380.3 377.3 376.9 376.6 -0.3

Printing and related support activities

465.6 454.5 451.5 450.0 465.4 456.0 452.7 449.5 -3.2

Petroleum and coal products

113.7 112.8 113.8 115.0 112.7 115.4 114.4 113.6 -0.8

Chemicals

779.9 793.3 793.8 796.4 782.4 793.8 794.8 795.7 0.9

Plastics and rubber products

643.6 654.2 654.4 656.7 643.4 655.9 656.2 656.3 0.1

Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing

220.5 215.3 218.8 224.5 221.5 222.4 223.4 224.2 0.8

Private service-providing

93,505 94,048 94,796 95,459 93,220 94,802 94,974 95,153 179

Trade, transportation, and utilities

25,423 25,497 25,619 25,828 25,463 25,804 25,835 25,868 33

Wholesale trade

5,678.8 5,704.7 5,722.2 5,761.5 5,666.7 5,737.1 5,741.0 5,748.9 7.9

Durable goods

2,829.7 2,843.2 2,846.7 2,861.5 2,828.4 2,855.9 2,857.4 2,860.1 2.7

Nondurable goods

1,980.3 1,980.1 1,990.5 2,010.1 1,969.9 1,996.0 1,996.4 1,999.2 2.8

Electronic markets and agents and brokers

868.8 881.4 885.0 889.9 868.4 885.2 887.2 889.6 2.4

Retail trade

14,787.3 14,815.7 14,909.6 15,036.6 14,838.9 15,049.5 15,069.4 15,097.1 27.7

Motor vehicle and parts dealers(1)

1,735.0 1,748.4 1,761.9 1,774.0 1,727.3 1,760.8 1,760.8 1,762.1 1.3

Automobile dealers

1,089.4 1,106.4 1,113.4 1,117.5 1,088.2 1,110.9 1,113.6 1,113.9 0.3

Furniture and home furnishings stores

433.3 443.8 445.6 444.9 440.5 450.7 452.7 453.5 0.8

Electronics and appliance stores

502.7 498.8 496.2 496.6 511.1 504.2 503.2 504.8 1.6

Building material and garden supply stores

1,242.3 1,167.5 1,225.9 1,262.3 1,170.5 1,177.0 1,181.0 1,183.8 2.8

Food and beverage stores

2,853.6 2,864.0 2,873.3 2,905.4 2,852.9 2,895.5 2,899.7 2,904.3 4.6

Health and personal care stores

992.5 1,019.5 1,025.0 1,024.8 994.4 1,026.2 1,031.7 1,029.9 -1.8

Gasoline stations

844.6 837.7 844.7 857.1 841.1 850.6 851.0 855.8 4.8

Clothing and clothing accessories stores

1,344.2 1,391.3 1,378.7 1,385.4 1,389.2 1,443.4 1,431.0 1,436.8 5.8

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

570.8 561.7 560.3 560.3 585.4 578.7 577.8 575.1 -2.7

General merchandise stores(1)

3,039.9 3,061.3 3,069.5 3,078.8 3,087.6 3,108.3 3,123.1 3,132.8 9.7

Department stores

1,466.5 1,451.0 1,455.8 1,454.3 1,507.0 1,486.1 1,493.9 1,497.1 3.2

Miscellaneous store retailers

799.4 785.2 795.9 812.9 796.5 807.8 811.0 812.5 1.5

Nonstore retailers

429.0 436.5 432.6 434.1 442.4 446.3 446.4 445.7 -0.7

Transportation and warehousing

4,402.4 4,422.7 4,431.9 4,471.3 4,402.7 4,462.2 4,468.1 4,464.2 -3.9

Air transportation

461.0 444.4 446.2 448.3 460.0 446.4 447.3 447.3 0.0

Rail transportation

231.1 230.5 231.5 231.7 231.2 230.9 230.9 230.6 -0.3

Water transportation

62.3 61.5 61.9 62.6 62.2 62.9 63.0 62.4 -0.6

Truck transportation

1,342.1 1,348.2 1,368.3 1,385.0 1,345.9 1,374.0 1,386.5 1,385.8 -0.7

Transit and ground passenger transportation

464.3 483.8 484.1 488.2 446.7 470.5 470.1 470.4 0.3

Pipeline transportation

43.6 44.5 44.3 45.1 43.8 44.7 44.7 45.2 0.5

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

28.7 21.4 23.6 28.9 26.9 27.0 26.3 26.7 0.4

Support activities for transportation

577.8 584.2 583.4 583.9 578.3 586.4 583.4 582.2 -1.2

Couriers and messengers

518.2 522.0 510.3 518.3 528.7 532.3 530.3 530.4 0.1

Warehousing and storage

673.3 682.2 678.3 679.3 679.0 687.1 685.6 683.2 -2.4

Utilities

554.7 553.9 555.5 558.1 554.2 555.6 556.5 557.3 0.8

Information

2,690 2,699 2,689 2,706 2,681 2,701 2,694 2,697 3

Publishing industries, except Internet

734.7 727.5 727.9 725.9 738.9 730.1 730.2 729.6 -0.6

Motion picture and sound recording industries

391.4 401.5 388.4 407.1 376.1 400.2 391.6 394.0 2.4

Broadcasting, except Internet

286.7 286.0 286.8 284.8 288.0 285.8 286.0 285.1 -0.9

Telecommunications

853.3 856.0 855.2 855.0 856.0 855.1 856.1 857.1 1.0

Data processing, hosting and related services

252.3 250.6 252.0 252.8 250.1 250.3 250.5 250.1 -0.4

Other information services

171.6 177.6 178.6 180.2 171.9 179.3 180.0 181.3 1.3

Financial activities

7,773 7,823 7,843 7,874 7,782 7,859 7,868 7,872 4

Finance and insurance

5,814.0 5,876.4 5,879.0 5,881.8 5,825.4 5,880.1 5,889.9 5,889.3 -0.6

Monetary authorities - central bank

16.9 16.5 16.6 16.7 17.0 16.7 16.7 16.7 0.0

Credit intermediation and related
activities(1)

2,562.6 2,601.9 2,606.7 2,604.5 2,570.0 2,602.9 2,611.1 2,608.2 -2.9

Depository credit intermediation(1)

1,734.8 1,735.2 1,734.0 1,731.2 1,737.6 1,737.0 1,737.2 1,734.1 -3.1

Commercial banking

1,317.1 1,308.8 1,306.2 1,301.9 1,318.8 1,309.4 1,308.4 1,305.0 -3.4

Securities, commodity contracts, investments

809.9 826.0 826.4 825.7 813.3 826.4 828.5 829.9 1.4

Insurance carriers and related activities

2,337.5 2,345.7 2,342.7 2,348.5 2,337.9 2,347.6 2,346.8 2,348.0 1.2

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles

87.1 86.3 86.6 86.4 87.2 86.5 86.8 86.5 -0.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

1,958.5 1,946.7 1,964.2 1,992.5 1,956.1 1,978.9 1,978.1 1,982.7 4.6

Real estate

1,418.2 1,416.7 1,426.7 1,442.3 1,416.9 1,437.0 1,433.4 1,437.5 4.1

Rental and leasing services

516.1 506.7 514.8 527.3 514.9 518.4 521.8 522.1 0.3

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets

24.2 23.3 22.7 22.9 24.3 23.5 22.9 23.1 0.2

Professional and business services

17,872 18,169 18,386 18,481 17,878 18,350 18,410 18,467 57

Professional and technical services(1)

7,801.4 8,127.7 8,155.6 8,052.3 7,867.4 8,063.1 8,085.5 8,103.7 18.2

Legal services

1,118.0 1,123.1 1,125.9 1,127.6 1,121.5 1,128.2 1,129.8 1,129.3 -0.5

Accounting and bookkeeping services

863.9 1,053.8 1,040.0 898.1 913.6 935.0 937.0 940.1 3.1

Architectural and engineering services

1,321.6 1,325.8 1,334.3 1,348.8 1,323.5 1,343.5 1,346.0 1,350.9 4.9

Computer systems design and related services

1,604.2 1,667.3 1,677.2 1,685.6 1,609.7 1,676.1 1,680.8 1,686.8 6.0

Management and technical consulting services

1,108.1 1,160.3 1,168.3 1,176.0 1,112.8 1,169.6 1,172.9 1,176.1 3.2

Management of companies and enterprises

2,000.6 2,024.3 2,024.4 2,034.2 2,004.4 2,030.7 2,034.1 2,037.2 3.1

Administrative and waste services

8,070.2 8,016.7 8,206.3 8,394.6 8,006.3 8,256.0 8,290.8 8,326.4 35.6

Administrative and support services(1)

7,698.9 7,646.2 7,832.8 8,015.3 7,634.8 7,877.8 7,913.6 7,948.6 35.0

Employment services(1)

3,133.4 3,183.9 3,246.7 3,324.6 3,132.7 3,286.2 3,314.6 3,334.5 19.9

Temporary help services

2,496.8 2,535.0 2,588.8 2,659.3 2,493.8 2,627.8 2,654.2 2,679.8 25.6

Business support services

813.0 834.5 835.6 838.1 824.0 835.9 841.3 845.6 4.3

Services to buildings and dwellings

1,906.0 1,743.5 1,859.7 1,947.7 1,830.9 1,862.2 1,861.3 1,867.7 6.4

Waste management and remediation services

371.3 370.5 373.5 379.3 371.5 378.2 377.2 377.8 0.6

Education and health services

20,357 20,748 20,800 20,709 20,290 20,590 20,627 20,653 26

Educational services

3,401.5 3,516.8 3,525.3 3,418.5 3,353.7 3,360.6 3,365.9 3,380.1 14.2

Health care and social assistance

16,955.9 17,231.0 17,274.7 17,290.9 16,936.1 17,229.1 17,261.4 17,273.2 11.8

Health care(3)

14,259.6 14,487.4 14,515.8 14,529.4 14,274.3 14,508.5 14,532.8 14,543.5 10.7

Ambulatory health care services(1)

6,299.5 6,454.5 6,479.2 6,496.6 6,301.6 6,467.7 6,484.8 6,500.1 15.3

Offices of physicians

2,385.8 2,418.7 2,421.1 2,426.4 2,391.1 2,423.3 2,429.5 2,434.2 4.7

Outpatient care centers

647.2 679.8 681.7 685.3 646.9 679.3 680.9 684.4 3.5

Home health care services

1,192.3 1,256.4 1,268.6 1,275.7 1,190.6 1,259.2 1,266.5 1,273.4 6.9

Hospitals

4,771.2 4,830.6 4,828.4 4,821.6 4,781.1 4,831.0 4,835.8 4,829.9 -5.9

Nursing and residential care facilities(1)

3,188.9 3,202.3 3,208.2 3,211.2 3,191.6 3,209.8 3,212.2 3,213.5 1.3

Nursing care facilities

1,664.4 1,659.3 1,660.1 1,659.0 1,665.6 1,662.9 1,662.8 1,660.1 -2.7

Social assistance(1)

2,696.3 2,743.6 2,758.9 2,761.5 2,661.8 2,720.6 2,728.6 2,729.7 1.1

Child day care services

881.9 879.8 881.6 882.8 855.7 858.8 857.8 855.5 -2.3

Leisure and hospitality

13,946 13,668 13,993 14,356 13,702 14,026 14,065 14,108 43

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

2,027.0 1,865.2 1,964.1 2,093.5 1,955.8 2,010.3 2,008.7 2,018.2 9.5

Performing arts and spectator sports

423.5 408.6 445.3 450.7 403.0 428.4 433.1 430.5 -2.6

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

138.4 131.6 135.4 141.7 133.5 139.3 138.0 137.6 -0.4

Amusements, gambling, and recreation

1,465.1 1,325.0 1,383.4 1,501.1 1,419.3 1,442.6 1,437.6 1,450.1 12.5

Accommodation and food services

11,919.3 11,802.8 12,028.7 12,262.5 11,746.6 12,015.8 12,056.4 12,089.7 33.3

Accommodation

1,823.4 1,762.5 1,787.5 1,833.8 1,822.5 1,827.4 1,833.7 1,828.9 -4.8

Food services and drinking places

10,095.9 10,040.3 10,241.2 10,428.7 9,924.1 10,188.4 10,222.7 10,260.8 38.1

Other services

5,444 5,444 5,466 5,505 5,424 5,472 5,475 5,488 13

Repair and maintenance

1,194.2 1,194.4 1,200.3 1,206.5 1,185.9 1,198.1 1,198.8 1,203.5 4.7

Personal and laundry services

1,316.9 1,322.4 1,332.0 1,347.2 1,303.8 1,329.5 1,329.9 1,333.0 3.1

Membership associations and organizations

2,933.0 2,927.3 2,933.3 2,951.4 2,934.5 2,944.2 2,946.4 2,951.5 5.1

Government

22,298 22,266 22,261 22,239 21,906 21,859 21,851 21,848 -3

Federal

2,821.0 2,762.0 2,760.0 2,748.0 2,821.0 2,773.0 2,762.0 2,748.0 -14.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

2,209.3 2,173.4 2,169.0 2,166.2 2,207.1 2,180.7 2,173.2 2,163.8 -9.4

U.S. Postal Service

612.0 588.8 590.5 581.7 614.3 592.3 588.4 584.6 -3.8

State government

5,081.0 5,197.0 5,202.0 5,082.0 5,049.0 5,051.0 5,048.0 5,046.0 -2.0

State government education

2,404.7 2,546.1 2,551.0 2,431.6 2,378.4 2,395.5 2,397.0 2,401.3 4.3

State government, excluding education

2,676.7 2,650.5 2,651.2 2,650.2 2,670.5 2,655.0 2,650.7 2,644.5 -6.2

Local government

14,396.0 14,307.0 14,299.0 14,409.0 14,036.0 14,035.0 14,041.0 14,054.0 13.0

Local government education

8,135.8 8,142.3 8,111.8 8,141.9 7,766.3 7,767.7 7,771.2 7,778.4 7.2

Local government, excluding education

6,260.5 6,165.1 6,187.1 6,267.5 6,269.6 6,267.7 6,269.5 6,275.2 5.7

Footnotes
(1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
(2) Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
(3) Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
(p) Preliminary

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Last Modified Date: June 07, 2013