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Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 211,000 in April 2017. That follows gains of 79,000 in March and 232,000 in February. Employment rose in April in leisure and hospitality, health care and social assistance, financial activities, and mining.
In April, leisure and hospitality added 55,000 jobs. Within leisure and hospitality, employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up over the month (+26,000) and has increased by 260,000 over the year.
Over-the-month employment change by industry, April 2017, seasonally adjusted
Industry
Change
Was change statistically significant?
Leisure and hospitality
55,000
Yes
Education and health services
41,000
Yes
Professional and business services
39,000
No
Financial activities
19,000
Yes
Government
17,000
No
Mining and logging
10,000
Yes
Wholesale trade
8,200
No
Other services
7,000
No
Retail trade
6,300
No
Manufacturing
6,000
No
Construction
5,000
No
Transportation and warehousing
3,500
No
Utilities
700
No
Information
-7,000
No
Note: All numbers are preliminary.
Employment in education and health services increased by 41,000 in April. Health care employment continued to trend up over the month (+20,000). This is in line with the industry's average monthly job growth during the first quarter of this year but below the average gain of 32,000 per month in 2016. Social assistance added 17,000 jobs in April, with all of the gain in individual and family services.
In April, financial activities added 19,000 jobs, with insurance carriers and related activities accounting for most of the gain (+14,000). Over the year, financial activities has added 173,000 jobs.
Employment in mining rose by 9,000 in April, with most of the increase in support activities for mining (+7,000). Since a recent low in October 2016, mining has added 44,000 jobs, with three-fourths of the gain in support activities for mining.
Employment in professional and business services continued to trend up in April (+39,000). The industry has added 612,000 jobs over the past 12 months.
Employment in other major industries, including construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, information, and government, showed little change over the month.
United States Department of Labor
