Chart 3: Index of top-level CES industries employment, seasonally adjusted, 2008–18
Month Goods producing Private service providing Government

Jan 2008

1.000 1.000 1.000

Feb 2008

1.009 1.001 0.985

Mar 2008

1.004 1.001 0.985

Apr 2008

0.991 1.003 0.990

May 2008

1.015 1.007 0.990

Jun 2008

1.009 1.008 0.992

Jul 2008

1.007 1.011 0.995

Aug 2008

1.004 1.007 1.000

Sep 2008

1.015 1.007 0.998

Oct 2008

1.011 1.005 0.995

Nov 2008

1.002 1.006 0.995

Dec 2008

1.029 1.007 0.996

Jan 2009

0.998 1.002 0.998

Feb 2009

1.002 1.002 1.001

Mar 2009

0.998 0.999 1.000

Apr 2009

0.989 0.995 1.011

May 2009

0.989 0.997 1.005

Jun 2009

0.985 0.992 1.015

Jul 2009

0.987 0.994 1.015

Aug 2009

0.976 0.996 1.015

Sep 2009

0.956 1.002 1.015

Oct 2009

0.951 1.005 1.018

Nov 2009

0.951 1.002 1.016

Dec 2009

0.954 0.998 1.018

Jan 2010

0.962 1.002 1.018

Feb 2010

0.951 1.000 1.021

Mar 2010

0.954 0.999 1.024

Apr 2010

0.962 1.004 1.028

May 2010

0.971 1.004 1.034

Jun 2010

0.976 1.009 1.040

Jul 2010

0.998 1.014 1.036

Aug 2010

0.993 1.012 1.035

Sep 2010

0.993 1.016 1.035

Oct 2010

0.978 1.023 1.035

Nov 2010

0.993 1.023 1.034

Dec 2010

0.989 1.023 1.035

Jan 2011

0.980 1.025 1.050

Feb 2011

0.985 1.027 1.029

Mar 2011

0.980 1.030 1.024

Apr 2011

0.987 1.031 1.023

May 2011

0.991 1.028 1.022

Jun 2011

1.007 1.030 1.030

Jul 2011

1.013 1.033 1.025

Aug 2011

1.020 1.036 1.011

Sep 2011

1.044 1.039 1.018

Oct 2011

1.031 1.041 1.027

Nov 2011

1.029 1.042 1.023

Dec 2011

1.009 1.043 1.023

Jan 2012

1.038 1.050 1.005

Feb 2012

1.038 1.049 1.027

Mar 2012

1.040 1.049 1.031

Apr 2012

1.042 1.050 1.019

May 2012

1.053 1.052 1.013

Jun 2012

1.060 1.053 1.013

Jul 2012

1.051 1.052 1.015

Aug 2012

1.051 1.049 1.017

Sep 2012

1.049 1.053 1.019

Oct 2012

1.075 1.071 1.017

Nov 2012

1.066 1.062 1.016

Dec 2012

1.051 1.062 1.017

Jan 2013

1.049 1.062 0.995

Feb 2013

1.057 1.064 1.010

Mar 2013

1.062 1.063 1.010

Apr 2013

1.062 1.064 1.007

May 2013

1.060 1.059 1.002

Jun 2013

1.057 1.064 1.005

Jul 2013

1.060 1.062 1.001

Aug 2013

1.071 1.066 0.996

Sep 2013

1.099 1.064 0.995

Oct 2013

1.077 1.066 0.992

Nov 2013

1.079 1.067 0.995

Dec 2013

1.095 1.066 0.993

Jan 2014

1.091 1.066 0.993

Feb 2014

1.088 1.066 0.993

Mar 2014

1.086 1.068 0.995

Apr 2014

1.115 1.067 0.995

May 2014

1.095 1.070 0.995

Jun 2014

1.097 1.064 0.994

Jul 2014

1.093 1.067 1.002

Aug 2014

1.093 1.067 0.995

Sep 2014

1.091 1.067 0.992

Oct 2014

1.095 1.071 0.992

Nov 2014

1.113 1.069 0.993

Dec 2014

1.113 1.072 0.995

Jan 2015

1.115 1.077 0.994

Feb 2015

1.106 1.077 0.994

Mar 2015

1.117 1.077 0.994

Apr 2015

1.110 1.071 0.994

May 2015

1.093 1.078 0.994

Jun 2015

1.088 1.076 0.990

Jul 2015

1.091 1.074 0.998

Aug 2015

1.079 1.072 0.992

Sep 2015

1.075 1.076 0.992

Oct 2015

1.071 1.075 0.988

Nov 2015

1.053 1.077 0.987

Dec 2015

1.053 1.075 0.989

Jan 2016

1.044 1.074 0.990

Feb 2016

1.035 1.072 0.987

Mar 2016

1.038 1.072 0.987

Apr 2016

1.015 1.078 0.993

May 2016

0.985 1.078 0.990

Jun 2016

0.969 1.069 0.990

Jul 2016

0.982 1.072 0.985

Aug 2016

0.954 1.075 0.985

Sep 2016

0.925 1.072 0.985

Oct 2016

0.943 1.069 0.990

Nov 2016

0.945 1.068 0.989

Dec 2016

0.947 1.070 0.984

Jan 2017

0.925 1.069 0.985

Feb 2017

0.929 1.071 0.984

Mar 2017

0.929 1.068 0.984

Apr 2017

0.907 1.071 0.983

May 2017

0.901 1.072 0.992

Jun 2017

0.914 1.073 0.982

Jul 2017

0.914 1.073 0.973

Aug 2017

0.925 1.075 0.972

Sep 2017

0.925 1.070 0.978

Oct 2017

0.907 1.067 0.973

Nov 2017

0.901 1.069 0.972

Dec 2017

0.894 1.067 0.975

Jan 2018

0.901 1.068 0.972

Feb 2018

0.901 1.067 0.975

Mar 2018

0.903 1.068 0.976

Apr 2018

0.896 1.065 0.977

May 2018

0.892 1.067 0.981

Jun 2018

0.905 1.069 0.971

Jul 2018

0.905 1.067 0.971

Aug 2018

0.901 1.067 0.973

Sep 2018

0.905 1.066 0.970

Oct 2018

0.918 1.071 0.966

Nov 2018

0.914 1.069 0.967

Dec 2018

0.918 1.069 0.964

Note: CES = Consumer Expenditure Survey. The index has a base of January 2008. Recession labels are for author-defined recessions in Alaska.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.