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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
- 2024 Preliminary Benchmark Revision Read More »
- Redesigned News Releases Read More »
Charts
- 1-month
- 3-month
- 6-month
- 12-month
Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, October 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
12
134.4
313
205.6
791
276.2
2,173
374.1
Total private
-28
124.3
201
191.2
603
251.5
1,686
341.0
Goods-producing
-37
41.8
-12
63.8
23
85.4
167
121.9
Service providing
49
125.3
325
195.7
768
260.9
2,006
350.7
Mining and logging
1
5.3
3
11.9
0
19.3
-6
26.2
Construction
8
26.9
63
44.2
108
58.8
223
80.7
Manufacturing
-46
28.2
-78
42.1
-85
59.1
-50
87.3
Wholesale trade
10.4
18.2
23.4
29.0
33.2
38.5
53.4
48.3
Retail trade
-6.4
24.4
-5.5
35.9
-20.4
60.9
42.5
80.7
Transportation and warehousing
-3.7
20.6
9.7
31.7
44.8
49.1
69.6
67.5
Utilities
-1.7
2.7
1.1
5.9
4.2
8.8
11.8
14.6
Information
3
19.4
-2
39.8
-19
54.3
15
75.6
Financial activities
0
19.4
11
31.5
32
46.5
32
62.3
Professional and business services
-47
56.5
-103
87.4
-63
114.7
14
146.8
Private education and health services
57
49.6
219
71.1
437
101.1
985
133.8
Leisure and hospitality
-4
61.3
45
89.9
105
122.2
224
173.0
Other services
1
22.5
14
32.1
26
48.1
72
57.3
Government
40
51.1
112
75.7
188
114.1
487
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 essentially unchanged in October (+12,000); jobless rate holds at 4.1%
11/01/2024
Total nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in October (+12,000), and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent. Employment continued to trend up in health care and government. Temporary help services lost jobs. Employment declined in manufacturing due to strike activity.
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Real average hourly earnings for all employees increase 0.1% in October
11/13/2024
Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.1 percent in October, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.4 percent, and CPI-U increased 0.2 percent. Real average weekly earnings increased 0.1 percent.
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Next Release
The Employment Situation for
November 2024
is scheduled to be released on
December 6, 2024,
at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
Real Earnings for
November 2024
is scheduled to be released on
December 11, 2024,
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:
+12,000(p) in Oct 2024
Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
+$0.13(p) in Oct 2024
Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
unchanged in Oct 2024
Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees:
unchanged in Oct 2024
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
-0.1(p) in Oct 2024
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees:
-0.1(p) in Oct 2024
Change in Total Private Real Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
+$0.01(p) in Oct 2024
Historical Data
News Release
p - preliminary