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Employment change by industry, December 2025, seasonally adjusted
Industry
Employed (thousands)
1-month net change (thousands)
1-month percent change
3-month net change (thousands)
3-month percent change
6-month net change (thousands)
6-month percent change
12-month net change (thousands)
12-month percent change
Mining and logging
608 -2 -0.3 -3 -0.5 -12 -1.9 -16 -2.6
Logging
35.6 -0.4 -1.1 -1.0 -2.7 -3.2 -8.2 -3.4 -8.7
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
572.4 -1.3 -0.2 -1.8 -0.3 -9.1 -1.6 -12.6 -2.2
Oil and gas extraction
121.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 0.7 -0.6 -0.5 -2.0 -1.6
Mining (except oil and gas)
190.3 -1.0 -0.5 -1.0 -0.5 -1.4 -0.7 -1.0 -0.5
Coal mining
40.7 -0.4 -1.0 0.2 0.5 -0.3 -0.7 -1.1 -2.6
Metal ore mining
45.6 0.4 0.9 1.1 2.5 1.3 2.9 0.5 1.1
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
104.0 -0.9 -0.9 -2.3 -2.2 -2.4 -2.3 -0.4 -0.4
Support activities for mining
261.1 -0.2 -0.1 -1.7 -0.6 -7.1 -2.6 -9.6 -3.5
Construction
8,303 -11 -0.1 -2 0.0 0 0.0 14 0.2
Construction of buildings
1,869.7 -5.4 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 -7.8 -0.4 1.3 0.1
Residential building construction
951.8 -4.2 -0.4 -2.0 -0.2 -3.8 -0.4 -1.4 -0.1
Nonresidential building construction
917.9 -1.2 -0.1 1.7 0.2 -4.0 -0.4 2.7 0.3
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,185.5 2.3 0.2 0.5 0.0 13.7 1.2 12.8 1.1
Specialty trade contractors
5,248.0 -7.8 -0.1 -1.9 0.0 -5.5 -0.1 0.1 0.0
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,366.7 1.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 -14.3 -0.6 -40.0 -1.7
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,881.3 -8.9 -0.3 -2.4 -0.1 8.8 0.3 40.1 1.4
Manufacturing
12,692 -8 -0.1 -19 -0.1 -44 -0.3 -68 -0.5
Durable goods
7,852 -3 0.0 -15 -0.2 -35 -0.4 -58 -0.7
Wood product manufacturing
404.4 -0.7 -0.2 -4.6 -1.1 -9.0 -2.2 -9.9 -2.4
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
427.8 -0.7 -0.2 -4.3 -1.0 -2.1 -0.5 2.1 0.5
Primary metal manufacturing
374.6 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.3 -0.1 2.7 0.7
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,442.6 -0.5 0.0 3.5 0.2 5.9 0.4 8.8 0.6
Machinery manufacturing
1,103.2 -2.8 -0.3 -2.7 -0.2 -5.3 -0.5 -10.6 -1.0
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
996.6 0.1 0.0 -4.8 -0.5 -7.4 -0.7 -17.9 -1.8
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
107.6 -0.3 -0.3 -2.1 -1.9 -2.2 -2.0 -3.4 -3.1
Communications equipment manufacturing
83.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.9 2.3 1.9 2.3
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
365.2 -0.1 0.0 -2.9 -0.8 -10.1 -2.7 -17.7 -4.6
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
413.3 1.0 0.2 1.0 0.2 4.3 1.1 3.5 0.9
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing
27.1 -0.5 -1.8 -0.9 -3.2 -1.1 -3.9 -2.2 -7.5
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
409.2 -0.4 -0.1 2.6 0.6 2.7 0.7 2.2 0.5
Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,751.5 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 -13.3 -0.8 -26.1 -1.5
Motor vehicles and parts
979.9 -0.7 -0.1 -9.2 -0.9 -19.3 -1.9 -27.6 -2.7
Furniture and related product manufacturing
334.8 -1.2 -0.4 -3.6 -1.1 -4.7 -1.4 -3.1 -0.9
Miscellaneous manufacturing
607.5 1.8 0.3 -0.9 -0.1 -1.6 -0.3 -6.0 -1.0
Nondurable goods
4,840 -5 -0.1 -4 -0.1 -9 -0.2 -10 -0.2
Food manufacturing
1,768.8 -0.2 0.0 -2.6 -0.1 -5.9 -0.3 -0.8 0.0
Textile mills
84.5 0.1 0.1 -0.9 -1.1 -0.8 -0.9 -1.6 -1.9
Textile product mills
99.2 0.5 0.5 1.3 1.3 -0.1 -0.1 -0.5 -0.5
Apparel manufacturing
79.3 -0.4 -0.5 -2.7 -3.3 -2.5 -3.1 -4.0 -4.8
Paper manufacturing
355.5 -0.5 -0.1 -0.8 -0.2 0.3 0.1 1.1 0.3
Printing and related support activities
346.2 1.2 0.3 -1.5 -0.4 -4.9 -1.4 -7.6 -2.1
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
107.7 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.0 -0.7 -0.6
Chemical manufacturing
907.1 -3.1 -0.3 1.2 0.1 3.1 0.3 5.4 0.6
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
711.5 -4.9 -0.7 -2.3 -0.3 -4.6 -0.6 -7.8 -1.1
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing
379.7 1.4 0.4 4.1 1.1 5.0 1.3 5.8 1.6
Wholesale trade
6,161.1 -2.0 0.0 -4.8 -0.1 -6.4 -0.1 -17.6 -0.3
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
3,458.4 -0.9 0.0 0.4 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -1.2 0.0
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
2,218.7 -2.4 -0.1 -6.4 -0.3 -3.8 -0.2 -6.8 -0.3
Wholesale trade agents and brokers
484.0 1.3 0.3 1.2 0.2 -2.5 -0.5 -9.6 -1.9
Retail trade
15,539.4 -25.0 -0.2 -65.8 -0.4 -31.3 -0.2 1.9 0.0
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
2,057.5 0.7 0.0 1.7 0.1 1.9 0.1 6.2 0.3
Automobile dealers
1,296.8 -0.3 0.0 -1.1 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1 2.8 0.2
Other motor vehicle dealers
163.0 0.6 0.4 3.4 2.1 5.2 3.3 -1.5 -0.9
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers
597.7 0.4 0.1 -0.6 -0.1 -1.8 -0.3 4.9 0.8
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1,374.1 3.3 0.2 7.1 0.5 -9.5 -0.7 -12.9 -0.9
Food and beverage retailers
3,235.4 -8.9 -0.3 -17.4 -0.5 -8.3 -0.3 0.9 0.0
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers
796.3 2.4 0.3 3.0 0.4 4.7 0.6 -5.5 -0.7
General merchandise retailers
3,268.9 -17.0 -0.5 -46.6 -1.4 -34.0 -1.0 -3.7 -0.1
Health and personal care retailers
1,067.1 -3.7 -0.3 -20.3 -1.9 -23.0 -2.1 -22.8 -2.1
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers
1,071.5 -0.7 -0.1 6.5 0.6 16.3 1.5 13.9 1.3
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers
1,139.4 -4.4 -0.4 -8.2 -0.7 5.0 0.4 5.6 0.5
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers
1,529.2 3.3 0.2 8.4 0.6 15.6 1.0 20.2 1.3
Transportation and warehousing
6,664.7 -6.6 -0.1 -37.9 -0.6 -73.1 -1.1 -58.5 -0.9
Air transportation
580.9 1.0 0.2 3.3 0.6 3.4 0.6 11.6 2.0
Rail transportation
151.0 0.7 0.5 -0.5 -0.3 -2.3 -1.5 -3.9 -2.5
Water transportation
73.0 0.9 1.2 1.4 2.0 1.1 1.5 3.1 4.4
Truck transportation
1,513.3 0.0 0.0 -2.0 -0.1 -6.2 -0.4 -3.5 -0.2
Transit and ground passenger transportation
499.9 3.7 0.7 10.5 2.1 9.1 1.9 14.9 3.1
Pipeline transportation
61.6 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.7 1.1 5.2 9.2
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
36.3 0.2 0.6 0.7 2.0 0.7 2.0 6.1 20.2
Support activities for transportation
837.9 -5.2 -0.6 -7.8 -0.9 -10.8 -1.3 -6.0 -0.7
Couriers and messengers
1,119.3 -1.0 -0.1 -17.5 -1.5 -30.6 -2.7 -33.5 -2.9
Warehousing and storage
1,791.5 -7.2 -0.4 -26.8 -1.5 -38.2 -2.1 -52.5 -2.8
Utilities
601.1 0.8 0.1 3.3 0.6 2.6 0.4 8.0 1.3
Information
2,914 0 0.0 -10 -0.3 -24 -0.8 -30 -1.0
Motion picture and sound recording industries
394.3 -2.1 -0.5 -2.5 -0.6 -15.6 -3.8 -12.6 -3.1
Publishing industries
912.7 -0.5 -0.1 -11.8 -1.3 -6.7 -0.7 -4.8 -0.5
Broadcasting and content providers
334.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 3.0 0.9
Telecommunications
610.2 10.6 1.8 7.9 1.3 8.0 1.3 -10.6 -1.7
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
477.7 -6.2 -1.3 -1.9 -0.4 -9.9 -2.0 -6.7 -1.4
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
185.1 -1.7 -0.9 -1.4 -0.8 0.7 0.4 1.4 0.8
Financial activities
9,244 7 0.1 8 0.1 0 0.0 38 0.4
Finance and insurance
6,746.0 1.6 0.0 1.1 0.0 2.0 0.0 21.4 0.3
Monetary authorities-central bank
20.4 -0.1 -0.5 -0.4 -1.9 -0.7 -3.3 -0.8 -3.8
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,560.5 0.4 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 4.2 0.2
Depository credit intermediation
1,786.1 2.7 0.2 3.4 0.2 7.9 0.4 7.5 0.4
Commercial banking
1,364.4 2.9 0.2 1.1 0.1 0.9 0.1 -4.8 -0.4
Nondepository credit intermediation
499.0 -1.2 -0.2 -1.2 -0.2 -7.1 -1.4 -6.9 -1.4
Activities related to credit intermediation
275.4 -1.0 -0.4 -1.2 -0.4 0.4 0.1 3.6 1.3
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities
1,162.5 3.1 0.3 9.8 0.9 17.0 1.5 34.6 3.1
Insurance carriers and related activities
3,002.6 -1.8 -0.1 -9.3 -0.3 -15.4 -0.5 -16.6 -0.5
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,497.7 5.5 0.2 6.6 0.3 -2.6 -0.1 16.7 0.7
Real estate
1,882.4 2.3 0.1 6.2 0.3 2.5 0.1 10.0 0.5
Rental and leasing services
592.3 3.2 0.5 0.5 0.1 -5.1 -0.9 6.8 1.2
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
23.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.4
Professional and business services
22,517 -9 0.0 -12 -0.1 -46 -0.2 -97 -0.4
Professional, scientific, and technical services
10,863.0 -7.7 -0.1 2.7 0.0 13.2 0.1 -1.8 0.0
Legal services
1,208.1 2.0 0.2 4.1 0.3 8.7 0.7 16.1 1.4
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
1,156.6 -1.7 -0.1 -4.1 -0.4 2.7 0.2 15.6 1.4
Architectural, engineering, and related services
1,764.6 2.3 0.1 11.4 0.7 15.7 0.9 35.9 2.1
Specialized design services
148.4 -1.5 -1.0 -1.6 -1.1 -0.8 -0.5 -2.5 -1.7
Computer systems design and related services
2,399.3 -3.9 -0.2 -13.0 -0.5 -22.7 -0.9 -46.8 -1.9
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
1,887.1 0.8 0.0 4.2 0.2 11.0 0.6 1.9 0.1
Scientific research and development services
921.2 1.1 0.1 -1.1 -0.1 -9.6 -1.0 -19.6 -2.1
Advertising, public relations, and related services
493.8 -2.8 -0.6 0.7 0.1 1.0 0.2 -2.9 -0.6
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
884.0 -3.9 -0.4 2.2 0.2 7.2 0.8 0.6 0.1
Management of companies and enterprises
2,633.0 0.8 0.0 -1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 11.3 0.4
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
9,021.3 -1.5 0.0 -13.4 -0.1 -59.6 -0.7 -106.5 -1.2
Administrative and support services
8,501.6 -1.8 0.0 -13.1 -0.2 -57.9 -0.7 -107.5 -1.2
Office administrative services
624.3 2.8 0.5 4.6 0.7 3.3 0.5 -1.9 -0.3
Facilities support services
185.1 -0.8 -0.4 -0.9 -0.5 -0.1 -0.1 -1.1 -0.6
Employment services
3,150.8 -10.9 -0.3 -40.0 -1.3 -72.6 -2.3 -118.0 -3.6
Temporary help services
2,452.6 -5.7 -0.2 -34.9 -1.4 -66.4 -2.6 -99.2 -3.9
Business support services
639.8 0.3 0.0 -2.8 -0.4 -12.7 -1.9 -29.9 -4.5
Travel arrangement and reservation services
196.7 0.5 0.3 3.1 1.6 0.8 0.4 5.6 2.9
Investigation and security services
1,036.8 -0.1 0.0 -0.4 0.0 4.2 0.4 6.4 0.6
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,329.0 7.8 0.3 17.4 0.8 14.7 0.6 18.2 0.8
Other support services
339.1 -1.5 -0.4 5.9 1.8 4.4 1.3 13.2 4.1
Waste management and remediation services
519.7 0.3 0.1 -0.3 -0.1 -1.7 -0.3 1.0 0.2
Private education and health services
27,640 41 0.1 141 0.5 311 1.1 709 2.6
Private educational services
3,988.0 2.1 0.1 -5.3 -0.1 -5.5 -0.1 -4.1 -0.1
Health care
18,354.2 21.1 0.1 95.4 0.5 216.2 1.2 404.6 2.3
Ambulatory health care services
9,091.3 4.6 0.1 51.6 0.6 120.8 1.3 157.4 1.8
Offices of physicians
3,089.6 3.3 0.1 13.5 0.4 38.5 1.3 74.8 2.5
Offices of dentists
1,061.8 -1.9 -0.2 8.5 0.8 11.8 1.1 14.0 1.3
Offices of other health practitioners
1,290.4 1.0 0.1 6.0 0.5 11.4 0.9 27.6 2.2
Outpatient care centers
1,129.4 1.1 0.1 6.4 0.6 8.1 0.7 11.5 1.0
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
313.7 -0.5 -0.2 2.3 0.7 5.1 1.7 8.2 2.7
Home health care services
1,837.9 -0.1 0.0 10.6 0.6 41.4 2.3 11.5 0.6
Other ambulatory health care services
368.6 1.7 0.5 4.4 1.2 4.5 1.2 10.0 2.8
Hospitals
5,804.2 16.3 0.3 31.2 0.5 61.8 1.1 163.5 2.9
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,458.7 0.2 0.0 12.6 0.4 33.6 1.0 83.7 2.5
Skilled nursing care facilities
1,560.0 -3.9 -0.2 4.3 0.3 12.2 0.8 44.6 2.9
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
709.4 2.0 0.3 5.7 0.8 13.6 2.0 22.7 3.3
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
1,014.7 1.6 0.2 2.7 0.3 8.0 0.8 11.3 1.1
Other residential care facilities
174.6 0.6 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 5.1 3.0
Social assistance
5,297.5 17.4 0.3 50.8 1.0 100.2 1.9 308.0 6.2
Individual and family services
3,659.9 13.0 0.4 40.3 1.1 99.8 2.8 289.2 8.6
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
241.3 -0.1 0.0 1.3 0.5 1.3 0.5 5.8 2.5
Vocational rehabilitation services
284.8 1.1 0.4 3.3 1.2 -3.1 -1.1 -1.7 -0.6
Child care services
1,111.5 3.4 0.3 5.9 0.5 2.1 0.2 14.7 1.3
Leisure and hospitality
17,167 47 0.3 77 0.5 151 0.9 188 1.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,707.9 17.4 0.6 -14.4 -0.5 -3.1 -0.1 42.4 1.6
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
648.5 3.0 0.5 5.1 0.8 9.7 1.5 32.3 5.2
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
185.8 0.3 0.2 1.4 0.8 4.2 2.3 3.4 1.9
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,873.6 14.1 0.8 -20.9 -1.1 -17.0 -0.9 6.7 0.4
Accommodation and food services
14,459.5 30.2 0.2 91.6 0.6 154.1 1.1 146.0 1.0
Accommodation
1,945.0 3.0 0.2 6.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 -3.5 -0.2
Food services and drinking places
12,514.5 27.2 0.2 84.8 0.7 153.7 1.2 149.5 1.2
Other services
6,064 5 0.1 14 0.2 31 0.5 62 1.0
Repair and maintenance
1,484.8 0.2 0.0 -4.1 -0.3 -0.1 0.0 13.9 0.9
Personal and laundry services
1,634.6 1.9 0.1 6.8 0.4 18.8 1.2 23.7 1.5
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
2,944.6 3.2 0.1 11.1 0.4 12.1 0.4 24.0 0.8
Government
23,411 13 0.1 -155 -0.7 -171 -0.7 -149 -0.6
Federal
2,738 2 0.1 -174 -6.0 -205 -7.0 -274 -9.1
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,144.5 1.4 0.1 -174.5 -7.5 -205.2 -8.7 -268.1 -11.1
U.S. Postal Service
593.4 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 -5.5 -0.9
State government
5,467 -7 -0.1 -19 -0.3 -44 -0.8 -45 -0.8
State government education
2,577.2 -4.3 -0.2 -16.3 -0.6 -41.6 -1.6 -52.5 -2.0
State government, excluding education
2,890.1 -2.7 -0.1 -2.7 -0.1 -2.2 -0.1 8.0 0.3
Local government
15,206 18 0.1 38 0.3 78 0.5 170 1.1
Local government education
8,260.9 2.7 0.0 4.9 0.1 35.8 0.4 75.1 0.9
Local government, excluding education
6,945.1 15.6 0.2 33.0 0.5 42.0 0.6 95.1 1.4
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