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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)
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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program produces detailed industry estimates of nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings of workers on payrolls. CES National Estimates produces data for the nation, and CES State and Metro Area produces estimates for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions.
Each month, CES surveys approximately 131,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 670,000 individual worksites.
Notices
- 2022 CES Preliminary Benchmark Revision Read More »
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Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, September 2022, seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Industry
1-month net change
1-month 90-percent confidence interval
3-month net change
3-month 90-percent confidence interval
6-month net change
6-month 90-percent confidence interval
12-month net change
12-month 90-percent confidence interval
Total nonfarm
263
116.1
1,115
187.3
2,162
259.9
5,690
339.9
Total private
288
109.7
1,011
177.1
2,056
243.8
5,519
317.1
Goods-producing
44
34.1
142
51.7
310
72.5
816
107.6
Service providing
219
110.0
973
180.0
1,852
248.7
4,874
322.6
Mining and logging
3
5.0
5
10.2
28
17.5
57
27.4
Construction
19
22.4
51
36.4
91
52.0
292
71.4
Manufacturing
22
23.2
86
34.4
191
46.9
467
75.7
Wholesale trade
11.3
14.8
43.2
35.5
94.5
45.7
205.3
56.7
Retail trade
-1.1
22.1
57.8
35.3
36.8
60.7
348.1
78.6
Transportation and warehousing
-7.9
15.4
15.1
24.4
118.1
39.3
359.0
54.8
Utilities
0.2
2.2
1.9
4.8
3.6
8.3
2.2
10.5
Information
13
19.4
34
57.7
107
87.1
169
105.8
Financial activities
-8
15.3
6
24.1
52
39.8
163
57.8
Professional and business services
46
47.6
184
75.2
383
98.7
1,090
137.3
Education and health services
90
46.5
287
66.8
521
79.3
908
110.8
Leisure and hospitality
83
55.1
203
88.6
374
127.7
1,258
160.3
Other services
17
22.9
37
33.6
56
47.9
200
61.0
Government
-25
38.2
104
60.8
106
90.1
171
122.3
Note: Significant changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level. The variance for total nonfarm is an approximation because government and rail transportation are not based on a probability sample
News Releases
Payroll employment increases by 263,000 in September; unemployment rate edges down to 3.5%
10/07/2022
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 263,000 in September, and the unemployment
rate edged down to 3.5 percent. Notable job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality
and in health care.
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Commissioner's Statement
Real average hourly earnings for all employees decrease 0.1% in September
10/13/2022
Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.1 percent in September, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.3 percent, and CPI-U increased 0.4 percent. Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.1 percent.
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Next Release
The Employment Situation for
October 2022
is scheduled to be released on
November 4, 2022,
at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
Real Earnings for
October 2022
is scheduled to be released on
November 10, 2022,
at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
read more »
Publications
The Economics Daily
Real average hourly earnings down 0.8 percent from February to March 2022
Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.8 percent from February to March 2022. This result stems from an increase of 0.4 percent in average hourly earnings combined with an increase of 1.2 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. read more »
Beyond the Numbers
How did the 2020 census affect employment?
Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a full count of the entire population of the United States, as mandated by the U.S. Constitution. To achieve this mission, the Census Bureau hires hundreds of thousands of temporary workers. These workers are reflected in the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey employment estimates. read more »
Monthly Labor Review
Employment in rail transportation heads downhill between November 2018 and December 2020
This article provides an analysis of the recent employment declines in the rail transportation industry. read more »
Latest Numbers
Change in Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment:
+263,000(p) in Sep 2022
Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
+$0.10(p) in Sep 2022
Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
unchanged in Sep 2022
Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees:
+0.2%(p) in Sep 2022
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
unchanged in Sep 2022
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees:
unchanged in Sep 2022
Change in Total Private Real Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
-$0.01(p) in Sep 2022
Historical Data
News Release
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