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Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 210,000 in November 2021. Thus far this year, monthly job growth has averaged 555,000. Nonfarm employment has increased by 18.5 million since April 2020 but is down by 3.9 million, or 2.6 percent, from its pre-pandemic level in February 2020. In November, notable job gains occurred in professional and business services, transportation and warehousing, construction, and manufacturing. Employment in retail trade declined over the month.
Employment change by industry, October 2021 to November 2021
Industry
Employment change
Mining and logging
-2,000
Logging
-200
Mining
-1,600
Oil and gas extraction
-1,200
Mining, except oil and gas
100
Coal mining
-300
Metal ore mining
200
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
200
Support activities for mining
-500
Construction
31,000
Construction of buildings
10,000
Residential building
4,100
Nonresidential building
5,900
Heavy and civil engineering construction
8,100
Specialty trade contractors
13,000
Residential specialty trade contractors
6,200
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
6,800
Manufacturing
31,000
Durable goods
15,000
Wood products
2,000
Nonmetallic mineral products
2,700
Primary metals
700
Fabricated metal products
7,900
Machinery
-6,000
Computer and electronic products
-1,300
Computer and peripheral equipment
400
Communications equipment
-600
Semiconductors and electronic components
-600
Electronic instruments
-600
Miscellaneous computer and electronic products
0
Electrical equipment and appliances
3,300
Transportation equipment
-3,800
Motor vehicles and parts
-10,100
Furniture and related products
-300
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing
10,000
Nondurable goods
16,000
Food manufacturing
7,400
Textile mills
600
Textile product mills
-100
Apparel
800
Paper and paper products
2,200
Printing and related support activities
-100
Petroleum and coal products
0
Chemicals
0
Plastics and rubber products
1,600
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing
3,500
Wholesale trade
8,000
Durable goods
8,000
Nondurable goods
-100
Electronic markets and agents and brokers
100
Retail trade
-20,400
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
1,100
Automobile dealers
200
Other motor vehicle dealers
200
Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores
700
Furniture and home furnishings stores
-300
Electronics and appliance stores
-1,300
Building material and garden supply stores
7,300
Food and beverage stores
8,600
Health and personal care stores
4,400
Gasoline stations
2,300
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
-17,700
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
-8,900
General merchandise stores
-20,400
Department stores
-7,500
General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters
-12,900
Miscellaneous store retailers
300
Nonstore retailers
4,200
Transportation and warehousing
49,700
Air transportation
3,400
Rail transportation
300
Water transportation
500
Truck transportation
5,600
Transit and ground passenger transportation
-900
Pipeline transportation
200
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
2,500
Support activities for transportation
2,500
Couriers and messengers
26,800
Warehousing and storage
8,800
Utilities
-400
Information
-2,000
Publishing industries, except Internet
900
Motion picture and sound recording industries
-3,400
Broadcasting, except Internet
-500
Telecommunications
-2,700
Data processing, hosting and related services
-200
Other information services
4,100
Financial activities
13,000
Finance and insurance
9,300
Monetary authorities - central bank
100
Credit intermediation and related activities
-2,100
Depository credit intermediation
-2,600
Commercial banking
-2,700
Nondepository credit intermediation
-100
Activities related to credit intermediation
600
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts
8,800
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,500
Real estate and rental and leasing
3,400
Real estate
4,900
Rental and leasing services
-1,400
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
-100
Professional and business services
90,000
Professional and technical services
43,800
Legal services
2,700
Accounting and bookkeeping services
7,600
Architectural and engineering services
2,000
Specialized design services
1,000
Computer systems design and related services
9,500
Management and technical consulting services
12,000
Scientific research and development services
3,300
Advertising and related services
1,600
Other professional and technical services
4,300
Management of companies and enterprises
3,900
Administrative and waste services
41,600
Administrative and support services
42,400
Office administrative services
3,900
Facilities support services
-400
Employment services
23,700
Temporary help services
6,200
Business support services
5,700
Travel arrangement and reservation services
-1,700
Investigation and security services
700
Services to buildings and dwellings
10,400
Other support services
200
Waste management and remediation services
-800
Education and health services
4,000
Educational services
-2,300
Health care
2,100
Ambulatory health care services
17,000
Offices of physicians
2,400
Offices of dentists
3,800
Offices of other health practitioners
6,800
Outpatient care centers
2,500
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
500
Home health care services
-300
Other ambulatory health care services
1,300
Hospitals
-3,900
Nursing and residential care facilities
-11,000
Nursing care facilities
-8,400
Residential mental health facilities
-1,100
Community care facilities for the elderly
-1,900
Other residential care facilities
400
Social assistance
3,600
Individual and family services
3,700
Emergency and other relief services
1,300
Vocational rehabilitation services
700
Child day care services
-2,100
Leisure and hospitality
23,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
5,100
Performing arts and spectator sports
7,500
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
-300
Amusements, gambling, and recreation
-2,100
Accommodation and food services
17,600
Accommodation
6,600
Food services and drinking places
11,000
Other services
10,000
Repair and maintenance
10,100
Personal and laundry services
-5,000
Membership associations and organizations
4,700
Government
-25,000
Federal
2,000
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
-2,300
U.S. Postal Service
4,700
State government
-9,000
State government education
-3,000
State government, excluding education
-6,100
Local government
-18,000
Local government education
-12,600
Local government, excluding education
-4,500
Professional and business services added 90,000 jobs in November. Job gains continued in administrative and waste services (+42,000). Job growth also continued in management and technical consulting services (+12,000) and in computer system design and related services (+10,000). Employment in professional and business services overall is 69,000 below its level in February 2020.
Employment in transportation and warehousing increased by 50,000 in November and is 210,000 above its February 2020 level. In November, job gains occurred in couriers and messengers (+27,000) and in warehousing and storage (+9,000).
Construction employment rose by 31,000 in November, following similar gains in the prior 2 months. Construction employment is 115,000 below its February 2020 level. Manufacturing added 31,000 jobs in November. Manufacturing employment is down by 253,000 since February 2020. Employment in financial activities continued to trend up in November (+13,000) and is 30,000 above its February 2020 level.
Employment in retail trade declined by 20,000 in November, with job losses in general merchandise stores (−20,000); clothing and clothing accessories stores (−18,000); and sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores (−9,000). These losses were partially offset by job gains in food and beverage stores (+9,000) and in building material and garden supply stores (+7,000). Retail trade employment is 176,000 lower than in February 2020.
United States Department of Labor
