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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)
Bureau of Labor Statistics > Current Employment Statistics > Data > Employment and Earnings Tables
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category Nov.
2023
Dec.
2023
Jan.
2024
Feb.
2024
Mar.
2024
Apr.
2024
May
2024
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024(p)
Nov.
2024(p)

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

Total nonfarm

182 290 256 236 310 108 216 118 144 78 255 36 227

Total private

152 214 196 181 232 108 206 97 99 37 222 -2 194

Goods-producing

36 33 30 15 33 -3 12 2 21 2 15 -44 34

Mining and logging

-4 3 -2 0 2 -5 -4 0 1 0 1 2 2

Construction

15 18 26 24 37 -5 13 18 14 28 26 2 10

Manufacturing

25 12 6 -9 -6 7 3 -16 6 -26 -12 -48 22

Durable goods(1)

37 19 -4 -3 -1 3 -1 -17 5 -30 -4 -44 26

Motor vehicles and parts

33.2 4.6 2.2 -3.1 5.1 2.2 3.6 4.6 4.8 -15.5 -4.5 -3.0 -0.4

Nondurable goods

-12 -7 10 -6 -5 4 4 1 1 4 -8 -4 -4

Private service-providing

116 181 166 166 199 111 194 95 78 35 207 42 160

Wholesale trade

6.9 7.4 -6.7 -3.6 9.7 6.5 -1.6 6.0 5.4 6.9 2.4 4.1 1.6

Retail trade

-42.9 32.3 16.6 23.4 19.3 14.2 8.2 -19.5 -3.6 -14.5 7.3 -3.7 -28.0

Transportation and warehousing

-10.5 -18.3 -3.8 31.3 5.3 20.8 25.8 10.9 -1.6 10.7 7.8 -4.0 3.4

Utilities

1.6 2.4 1.5 3.0 -0.9 0.0 1.4 1.3 0.4 -0.1 2.6 -1.0 -0.1

Information

17 13 8 -3 2 -3 -1 0 -16 -8 1 -6 0

Financial activities

4 6 -4 -7 4 -3 12 13 -4 7 6 6 17

Professional and business services(1)

10 13 48 6 17 -17 55 -11 -4 -47 22 -23 26

Temporary help services

-13.6 -21.3 7.5 -16.2 -0.8 -23.7 14.0 -29.7 -19.1 -23.3 4.8 -33.3 1.6

Private education and health services(1)

110 84 100 80 76 98 69 82 67 67 91 67 79

Health care and social assistance

106.6 76.1 73.0 88.9 79.6 98.4 73.4 68.7 63.7 55.3 81.4 64.2 72.3

Leisure and hospitality

10 41 -3 26 54 -9 18 4 38 9 61 2 53

Other services

10 0 10 10 12 4 7 8 -3 4 6 0 8

Government

30 76 60 55 78 0 10 21 45 41 33 38 33

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

198 212 243 261 267 218 211 147 159 113 159 123 173

Total private

149 155 187 197 203 174 182 137 134 78 119 86 138

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

Total nonfarm women employees

49.8 49.9 49.9 49.9 49.8 49.8 49.8 49.8 49.8 49.8 49.8 49.8 49.8

Total private women employees

48.4 48.4 48.4 48.4 48.4 48.4 48.3 48.3 48.3 48.4 48.3 48.3 48.3

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

81.3 81.3 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.3

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

34.4 34.4 34.2 34.3 34.4 34.3 34.3 34.3 34.2 34.3 34.3 34.2 34.3

Average hourly earnings

$34.23 $34.34 $34.51 $34.56 $34.69 $34.75 $34.88 $34.99 $35.07 $35.22 $35.33 $35.48 $35.61

Average weekly earnings

$1,177.51 $1,181.30 $1,180.24 $1,185.41 $1,193.34 $1,191.93 $1,196.38 $1,200.16 $1,199.39 $1,208.05 $1,211.82 $1,213.42 $1,221.42

Index of aggregate weekly hours(3)

115.7 115.9 115.4 115.9 116.4 116.2 116.4 116.5 116.2 116.6 116.8 116.4 116.9

Over-the-month percent change

0.3 0.2 -0.4 0.4 0.4 -0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.3 0.4

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(4)

189.4 190.3 190.4 191.5 193.1 193.0 194.1 194.8 194.8 196.3 197.2 197.5 199.1

Over-the-month percent change

0.8 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.8 -0.1 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.8

DIFFUSION INDEXES(5)

Total Private

Over 1-month span

52.4 63.0 62.2 54.0 55.4 55.4 53.6 51.6 49.2 50.8 59.4 53.2 56.2

Over 3-month span

58.8 62.6 63.0 63.0 60.6 61.6 62.2 56.8 50.0 51.0 53.2 52.6 58.8

Over 6-month span

59.6 61.2 64.8 63.8 61.2 61.4 64.0 60.0 55.2 55.0 55.4 55.6 53.8

Over 12-month span

66.4 69.4 66.6 66.4 65.2 65.4 63.6 61.6 60.4 61.6 60.4 59.6 59.8

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span

42.4 54.2 53.5 47.2 34.0 54.2 49.3 31.9 41.7 37.5 41.7 46.5 47.9

Over 3-month span

45.1 42.4 51.4 49.3 41.0 49.3 49.3 41.7 37.5 30.6 37.5 32.6 41.7

Over 6-month span

41.0 43.8 47.9 46.5 37.5 43.1 45.8 41.7 38.9 36.1 36.1 34.0 31.3

Over 12-month span

47.2 47.9 45.1 47.2 41.7 46.5 43.1 38.2 37.5 40.3 38.2 36.1 36.1

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 2023 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.