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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
- CES Benchmark Announcement — Revisions to total nonfarm employment Read More »
- Redesigned News Releases Read More »
Charts
- 1-month
- 3-month
- 6-month
- 12-month
Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, January 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
353
134.4
868
205.6
1,489
276.2
2,927
374.1
Total private
317
124.3
747
191.2
1,191
251.5
2,326
341.0
Goods-producing
28
41.8
97
63.8
147
85.4
257
121.9
Service providing
325
125.3
771
195.7
1,342
260.9
2,670
350.7
Mining and logging
-6
5.3
-9
11.9
-9
19.3
4
26.2
Construction
11
26.9
50
44.2
116
58.8
216
80.7
Manufacturing
23
28.2
56
42.1
40
59.1
37
87.3
Wholesale trade
2.1
18.2
19.7
29.0
44.8
38.5
90.4
48.3
Retail trade
45.2
24.4
45.5
35.9
59.4
60.9
140.5
80.7
Transportation and warehousing
15.5
20.6
6.6
31.7
-20.2
49.1
-53.4
67.5
Utilities
1.8
2.7
5.7
5.9
12.0
8.8
17.1
14.6
Information
15
19.4
50
39.8
17
54.3
-35
75.6
Financial activities
8
19.4
25
31.5
29
46.5
103
62.3
Professional and business services
74
56.5
119
87.4
112
114.7
207
146.8
Private education and health services
112
49.6
306
71.1
557
101.1
1,037
133.8
Leisure and hospitality
11
61.3
59
89.9
195
122.2
479
173.0
Other services
5
22.5
14
32.1
38
48.1
84
57.3
Government
36
51.1
121
75.7
298
114.1
601
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 353,000 in January; unemployment rate remains at 3.7%
02/02/2024
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 353,000 in January, and the
unemployment rate remained at 3.7 percent. Job gains occurred in
professional and business services, health care, retail trade, and
social assistance. Employment declined in mining, quarrying, and oil
and gas extraction.
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Real average hourly earnings for all employees increase 0.3% in January
02/13/2024
Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.3 percent in January, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.6 percent, and CPI-U increased 0.3 percent. Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.3 percent.
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Next Release
The Employment Situation for
February 2024
is scheduled to be released on
March 8, 2024,
at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
Real Earnings for
February 2024
is scheduled to be released on
March 12, 2024,
at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
read more »
Publications
The Economics Daily
Real average weekly earnings up 0.5 percent from November 2022 to November 2023
Real average hourly earnings increased 0.8 percent from November 2022 to November 2023. Real earnings are earnings that have been adjusted for changes in consumer prices. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a decrease of 0.3 percent in the average workweek resulted in a 0.5-percent increase in real average weekly earnings. read more »
Monthly Labor Review
The NAICS 2022 update and its effect on BLS employment estimates in the retail trade sector
This article examines the effects of the NAICS 2022 update on CES national employment estimates in the retail trade sector and its component industries. read more »
Latest Numbers
Change in Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment:
+353,000(p) in Jan 2024
Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
+$0.19(p) in Jan 2024
Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
-0.2(p) in Jan 2024
Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees:
-0.3%(p) in Jan 2024
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
unchanged in Jan 2024
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees:
-0.1(p) in Jan 2024
Change in Total Private Real Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
+$0.03(p) in Jan 2024
Historical Data
News Release
p - preliminary