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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)
Bureau of Labor Statistics > Current Employment Statistics > Data > Employment and Earnings Tables

October 2019 ‐ Summary table B. Employment, hours, and earnings, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
CategoryOct.
2018
Nov.
2018
Dec.
2018
Jan.
2019
Feb.
2019
Mar.
2019
Apr.
2019
May
2019
June
2019
July
2019
Aug.
2019
Sept.
2019(p)
Oct.
2019(p)

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY
(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

2771962273125615321662178166219180128

Total private

2852002242974615319581161122163167131

Goods-producing

60294080-191337527-447-26

Mining and logging

6-347-4102-2-5-510

Construction

2551656-231534119-371110

Manufacturing

292720178-3321042-5-36

Durable goods(1)

191614195-61392-2-6-41

Motor vehicles and parts

7.1-1.91.2-1.11.5-6.6-2.52.0-2.0-2.4-2.6-3.5-41.6

Nondurable goods

10116-2332-112415

Private service-providing

2251711842176514015876134126159160157

Wholesale trade

6.711.312.57.812.50.18.15.4-1.15.22.47.110.8

Retail trade

-9.932.5-5.99.3-13.7-14.8-14.8-12.2-12.0-2.0-1.36.76.1

Transportation and warehousing

24.323.6-1.130.2-6.3-3.38.43.420.2-0.7-7.66.39.9

Utilities

1.40.3-0.20.3-1.31.1-2.41.11.2-0.8-0.9-1.3-1.4

Information

10-3-2-12-74-6913-2-44-4

Financial activities

1431651114531917816

Professional and business services(1)

5534375541955214337383722

Temporary help services

14.31.313.5-26.37.0-10.54.3-2.0-2.9-10.59.520.1-8.1

Education and health services(1)

37296768197271344876634939

Health care and social assistance

46.736.652.941.735.867.357.528.239.946.954.844.834.2

Leisure and hospitality

79396593-1329124-13484561

Other services

7111941916-31575-2-3

Government

-8-431510021-1917445613-3

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

222194233245198174142144152135188188176

Total private

213198236240189165131143146121149151154

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND
NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES(2)
AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES

Total nonfarm women employees

49.749.749.749.749.849.849.849.949.849.949.949.949.9

Total private women employees

48.348.348.348.348.448.448.448.548.548.548.548.648.6

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

82.482.482.482.482.482.482.382.482.382.382.382.382.2

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

34.534.434.534.534.434.534.434.434.434.334.434.434.4

Average hourly earnings

$27.35$27.43$27.53$27.56$27.66$27.71$27.75$27.82$27.91$27.99$28.11$28.12$28.18

Average weekly earnings

$943.58$943.59$949.79$950.82$951.50$956.00$954.60$957.01$960.10$960.06$966.98$967.33$969.39

Index of aggregate weekly hours(3)

110.3110.1110.7110.9110.6111.1110.9111.0111.1110.9111.4111.5111.6

Over-the-month percent change

0.3-0.20.50.2-0.30.5-0.20.10.1-0.20.50.10.1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(4)

144.2144.4145.6146.1146.3147.1147.2147.6148.3148.4149.7149.9150.4

Over-the-month percent change

0.40.10.80.30.10.50.10.30.50.10.90.10.3

DIFFUSION INDEXES(5)

Total Private

Over 1-month span

67.461.665.959.158.158.158.954.859.958.155.855.455.4

Over 3-month span

66.969.470.968.067.463.058.160.361.460.762.656.860.3

Over 6-month span

76.776.474.674.071.770.967.268.461.460.163.663.062.2

Over 12-month span

76.278.777.177.776.474.075.672.571.169.868.667.468.8

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span

59.965.865.157.952.653.952.050.059.952.648.740.843.4

Over 3-month span

65.871.768.467.861.253.954.650.059.955.359.243.446.7

Over 6-month span

74.374.375.773.071.164.562.562.557.954.655.955.344.7

Over 12-month span

74.380.379.676.379.674.375.770.469.768.469.767.861.8

Footnotes
(1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
(2) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries.
(3) The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours.
(4) The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average aggregate weekly payrolls.
(5) Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment. Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2018 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

 

Last Modified Date: November 1, 2019