Chart 1. Index of employment change in wholesale trade, by various methods of industry assignment, 1990–2018
Quarter Industry assignment method
Worksite Unemployment insurance account Employer identification number

Q1 1990

100.0 100.0 100.0

Q2 1990

101.2 101.2 101.1

Q3 1990

101.0 101.1 101.0

Q4 1990

100.6 100.6 100.1

Q1 1991

96.4 96.5 96.7

Q2 1991

97.2 97.4 97.5

Q3 1991

96.5 96.7 96.4

Q4 1991

96.1 96.2 96.9

Q1 1992

94.7 94.7 95.9

Q2 1992

96.1 96.4 97.7

Q3 1992

95.6 95.8 97.2

Q4 1992

95.9 96.3 97.5

Q1 1993

94.5 94.7 96.5

Q2 1993

96.1 97.3 98.2

Q3 1993

96.1 96.6 97.8

Q4 1993

96.8 97.5 99.6

Q1 1994

95.8 96.5 97.8

Q2 1994

97.6 98.2 100.2

Q3 1994

98.3 99.1 100.9

Q4 1994

99.0 100.3 101.8

Q1 1995

98.7 100.2 102.6

Q2 1995

100.6 102.0 105.3

Q3 1995

100.6 101.6 105.6

Q4 1995

101.3 102.2 105.6

Q1 1996

100.6 101.5 105.2

Q2 1996

102.2 103.1 106.7

Q3 1996

102.1 103.2 107.1

Q4 1996

103.5 104.6 108.7

Q1 1997

103.2 104.3 107.3

Q2 1997

105.1 106.1 109.9

Q3 1997

105.4 106.5 110.1

Q4 1997

106.4 107.6 111.1

Q1 1998

106.0 107.1 111.2

Q2 1998

108.1 109.2 113.1

Q3 1998

107.8 108.9 113.2

Q4 1998

108.6 109.7 113.8

Q1 1999

108.0 109.0 112.4

Q2 1999

109.9 111.1 114.9

Q3 1999

109.7 111.0 114.7

Q4 1999

110.8 111.9 115.7

Q1 2000

110.6 111.7 114.7

Q2 2000

112.5 113.9 117.2

Q3 2000

112.2 113.7 116.7

Q4 2000

113.1 114.6 117.1

Q1 2001

112.4 113.7 116.0

Q2 2001

112.7 114.1 116.8

Q3 2001

111.0 112.4 113.8

Q4 2001

110.2 111.6 113.0

Q1 2002

109.1 110.9 112.3

Q2 2002

110.2 111.9 113.7

Q3 2002

109.2 110.7 113.1

Q4 2002

109.1 110.7 115.7

Q1 2003

108.5 110.2 116.3

Q2 2003

109.4 111.2 118.0

Q3 2003

108.6 110.4 117.3

Q4 2003

109.0 110.9 117.6

Q1 2004

108.7 110.5 117.9

Q2 2004

110.4 112.3 119.9

Q3 2004

110.1 112.0 119.3

Q4 2004

111.2 113.1 120.8

Q1 2005

110.5 112.7 120.3

Q2 2005

112.5 114.7 122.3

Q3 2005

112.6 114.8 122.3

Q4 2005

113.4 115.5 123.4

Q1 2006

113.3 115.2 123.4

Q2 2006

115.4 117.4 125.6

Q3 2006

115.0 117.0 124.9

Q4 2006

115.8 117.8 126.0

Q1 2007

115.6 117.6 127.1

Q2 2007

117.2 119.4 127.8

Q3 2007

116.7 118.8 127.1

Q4 2007

117.5 119.7 128.2

Q1 2008

116.0 118.1 126.3

Q2 2008

116.9 119.1 126.9

Q3 2008

115.6 117.6 125.0

Q4 2008

114.0 116.0 123.0

Q1 2009

109.3 111.3 118.2

Q2 2009

108.4 110.4 116.4

Q3 2009

106.6 108.5 114.5

Q4 2009

106.6 108.4 115.0

Q1 2010

105.0 107.0 113.4

Q2 2010

106.7 108.7 114.9

Q3 2010

106.4 108.5 115.1

Q4 2010

107.3 109.4 116.3

Q1 2011

106.3 108.3 115.1

Q2 2011

108.2 110.2 117.3

Q3 2011

108.4 110.3 117.1

Q4 2011

109.2 111.2 118.2

Q1 2012

108.8 111.1 118.5

Q2 2012

110.7 113.0 120.4

Q3 2012

110.3 112.6 119.8

Q4 2012

111.1 113.2 121.1

Q1 2013

110.2 112.5 121.5

Q2 2013

112.0 114.2 123.3

Q3 2013

111.9 114.3 122.6

Q4 2013

112.8 115.2 123.9

Q1 2014

111.4 113.6 122.5

Q2 2014

113.3 115.6 124.5

Q3 2014

113.2 115.6 124.5

Q4 2014

114.5 116.9 125.9

Q1 2015

112.9 114.8 123.6

Q2 2015

114.5 116.6 125.3

Q3 2015

114.2 116.1 124.1

Q4 2015

115.1 117.0 124.9

Q1 2016

112.8 114.5 122.2

Q2 2016

114.0 116.1 124.0

Q3 2016

113.8 115.7 123.4

Q4 2016

114.4 116.3 124.1

Q1 2017

113.3 115.1 123.3

Q2 2017

115.2 116.8 125.5

Q3 2017

114.7 116.4 124.7

Q4 2017

115.5 117.4 125.6

Q1 2018

112.5 114.1 122.3

Q2 2018

114.1 115.8 124.0

Q3 2018

113.6 115.1 123.3

Q4 2018

114.6 116.2 124.5

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.