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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 119,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 629,000 individual worksites.
Notices
- Notice of Publication Changes with the Release of Data on February 7, 2025 Read More »
- CES collection rates have been added to the online public database Read More »
- Redesigned News Releases Read More »
Charts
- 1-month
- 3-month
- 6-month
- 12-month
Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, December 2024, 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
256
134.4
511
205.6
988
276.2
2,232
374.1
Total private
223
124.3
414
191.2
772
251.5
1,792
341.0
Goods-producing
-8
41.8
-27
63.8
11
85.4
100
121.9
Service providing
264
125.3
538
195.7
977
260.9
2,132
350.7
Mining and logging
-3
5.3
-2
11.9
0
19.3
-9
26.2
Construction
8
26.9
15
44.2
83
58.8
196
80.7
Manufacturing
-13
28.2
-40
42.1
-72
59.1
-87
87.3
Wholesale trade
-3.5
18.2
7.3
29.0
22.0
38.5
32.3
48.3
Retail trade
43.4
24.4
23.0
35.9
12.2
60.9
74.4
80.7
Transportation and warehousing
9.6
20.6
2.4
31.7
19.3
49.1
109.6
67.5
Utilities
-0.3
2.7
-1.4
5.9
1.5
8.8
7.8
14.6
Information
10
19.4
12
39.8
-11
54.3
-8
75.6
Financial activities
13
19.4
29
31.5
38
46.5
53
62.3
Professional and business services
28
56.5
27
87.4
-2
114.7
96
146.8
Private education and health services
80
49.6
241
71.1
466
101.1
971
133.8
Leisure and hospitality
43
61.3
87
89.9
195
122.2
285
173.0
Other services
8
22.5
13
32.1
20
48.1
71
57.3
Government
33
51.1
97
75.7
216
114.1
440
154.0
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 rises by 256,000 in December; unemployment rate changes little at 4.1%
01/10/2025
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 256,000 in December, and the
unemployment rate changed little at 4.1 percent. Employment trended up in
health care, government, and social assistance. Retail trade added jobs in
December, following a job loss in November.
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Real average hourly earnings for all employees decrease 0.2% in December
01/15/2025
Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.2 percent in December, 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
January 2025
is scheduled to be released on
February 7, 2025,
at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
Real Earnings for
January 2025
is scheduled to be released on
February 12, 2025,
at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
read more »
Publications
Monthly Labor Review
Reconstruction of CES time series: implementing the NAICS 2022 redefinitions
Current Employment Statistics data are reclassified after changes to the North American Industry Classification System in 2022. read more »
The Economics Daily
Real average hourly earnings increased 1.4 percent from January 2023 to January 2024
Real average hourly earnings increased 1.4 percent from January 2023 to January 2024. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a decrease of 1.4 percent in the average workweek resulted in a 0.1-percent decrease in real average weekly earnings over this period. read more »
Latest Numbers
Change in Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment:
+256,000(p) in Dec 2024
Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
+$0.10(p) in Dec 2024
Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
unchanged in Dec 2024
Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees:
+0.2%(p) in Dec 2024
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
-0.1(p) in Dec 2024
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees:
-0.1(p) in Dec 2024
Change in Total Private Real Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
-$0.02(p) in Dec 2024
Historical Data
News Release
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