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Employment change by industry, September 2021, 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
647 4 0.6 15 2.4 34 5.5 55 9.3
Logging
43.5 -1.0 -2.2 -1.3 -2.9 -1.4 -3.1 -1.2 -2.7
Mining
603.0 4.7 0.8 16.3 2.8 35.3 6.2 55.9 10.2
Oil and gas extraction
140.4 1.1 0.8 2.8 2.0 5.2 3.8 3.8 2.8
Mining, except oil and gas
182.7 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 0.5 2.5 1.4 5.1 2.9
Coal mining
42.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 -0.9 -2.1 1.5 3.7
Metal ore mining
42.4 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.5 0.8 1.9 0.6 1.4
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
98.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 0.9 2.6 2.7 3.1 3.3
Support activities for mining
279.9 3.7 1.3 12.6 4.7 27.6 10.9 47.0 20.2
Construction
7,447 22 0.3 34 0.5 -1 0.0 191 2.6
Construction of buildings
1,696.9 6.3 0.4 8.9 0.5 13.8 0.8 70.6 4.3
Residential building
882.3 2.2 0.2 8.9 1.0 12.4 1.4 56.2 6.8
Nonresidential building
814.6 4.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.2 14.4 1.8
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,036.5 3.1 0.3 -10.0 -1.0 -22.3 -2.1 18.7 1.8
Specialty trade contractors
4,713.3 12.6 0.3 35.2 0.8 7.3 0.2 101.9 2.2
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,178.5 1.2 0.1 17.9 0.8 23.8 1.1 80.1 3.8
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,534.8 11.4 0.5 17.3 0.7 -16.5 -0.6 21.8 0.9
Manufacturing
12,446 26 0.2 114 0.9 147 1.2 323 2.7
Durable goods
7,740 16 0.2 77 1.0 104 1.4 202 2.7
Wood products
411.0 2.3 0.6 6.8 1.7 6.7 1.7 18.2 4.6
Nonmetallic mineral products
397.0 0.8 0.2 2.8 0.7 -0.1 0.0 2.2 0.6
Primary metals
355.2 0.5 0.1 3.0 0.9 7.0 2.0 11.0 3.2
Fabricated metal products
1,424.8 8.2 0.6 18.7 1.3 28.3 2.0 49.0 3.6
Machinery
1,085.3 6.3 0.6 17.5 1.6 26.0 2.5 34.0 3.2
Computer and electronic products
1,089.3 2.0 0.2 3.3 0.3 8.6 0.8 19.2 1.8
Computer and peripheral equipment
166.6 0.7 0.4 1.3 0.8 2.8 1.7 5.1 3.2
Communications equipment
85.5 0.5 0.6 -0.6 -0.7 -0.3 -0.3 -0.4 -0.5
Semiconductors and electronic components
374.0 1.1 0.3 1.7 0.5 3.4 0.9 5.4 1.5
Electronic instruments
429.4 0.1 0.0 1.4 0.3 3.1 0.7 8.4 2.0
Miscellaneous computer and electronic products
33.8 -0.4 -1.2 -0.5 -1.5 -0.4 -1.2 0.7 2.1
Electrical equipment and appliances
379.0 -0.8 -0.2 -2.5 -0.7 5.5 1.5 5.8 1.6
Transportation equipment
1,608.5 -5.1 -0.3 23.6 1.5 -2.4 -0.1 19.0 1.2
Motor vehicles and parts
906.6 -6.1 -0.7 17.9 2.0 2.6 0.3 10.9 1.2
Furniture and related products
363.1 1.3 0.4 1.8 0.5 11.3 3.2 11.9 3.4
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing
626.5 0.2 0.0 1.7 0.3 12.6 2.1 31.0 5.2
Nondurable goods
4,706 10 0.2 37 0.8 43 0.9 121 2.6
Food manufacturing
1,647.3 3.5 0.2 13.8 0.8 7.2 0.4 29.3 1.8
Textile mills
97.8 -0.2 -0.2 0.3 0.3 1.3 1.3 3.3 3.5
Textile product mills
107.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 3.0 2.9
Apparel
92.5 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.8 0.9 3.1 3.5
Paper and paper products
352.8 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.1 -3.4 -1.0 -3.3 -0.9
Printing and related support activities
377.2 4.2 1.1 3.3 0.9 3.0 0.8 10.4 2.8
Petroleum and coal products
100.9 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.7 -1.7 -1.7 -2.2 -2.1
Chemicals
858.4 -0.3 0.0 2.4 0.3 7.8 0.9 18.1 2.2
Plastics and rubber products
736.6 1.0 0.1 10.3 1.4 8.8 1.2 27.7 3.9
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing
335.0 1.1 0.3 5.6 1.7 19.1 6.0 31.9 10.5
Wholesale trade
5,735.8 16.9 0.3 28.7 0.5 77.8 1.4 157.4 2.8
Durable goods
3,151.2 15.5 0.5 18.9 0.6 48.6 1.6 107.2 3.5
Nondurable goods
2,107.0 1.8 0.1 7.8 0.4 30.7 1.5 50.2 2.4
Electronic markets and agents and brokers
477.6 -0.4 -0.1 2.0 0.4 -1.5 -0.3 0.0 0.0
Retail trade
15,407.6 56.1 0.4 46.2 0.3 173.0 1.1 382.3 2.5
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
1,985.3 2.8 0.1 4.2 0.2 16.3 0.8 67.9 3.5
Automobile dealers
1,255.0 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.0 5.2 0.4 40.8 3.4
Other motor vehicle dealers
166.2 1.2 0.7 2.9 1.8 7.7 4.9 15.2 10.1
Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores
564.1 1.2 0.2 1.0 0.2 3.4 0.6 12.0 2.2
Furniture and home furnishings stores
447.1 -0.2 0.0 -1.5 -0.3 3.2 0.7 28.4 6.8
Electronics and appliance stores
425.6 1.7 0.4 4.2 1.0 9.2 2.2 3.8 0.9
Building material and garden supply stores
1,377.8 16.0 1.2 -21.9 -1.6 -0.1 0.0 -12.5 -0.9
Food and beverage stores
3,079.3 -12.3 -0.4 -23.1 -0.7 -81.2 -2.6 -44.3 -1.4
Health and personal care stores
1,011.3 5.1 0.5 7.8 0.8 13.6 1.4 52.6 5.5
Gasoline stations
950.4 -2.4 -0.3 3.3 0.3 10.3 1.1 17.0 1.8
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
1,075.3 27.3 2.6 26.9 2.6 88.5 9.0 115.9 12.1
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
499.6 -2.3 -0.5 7.6 1.5 29.0 6.2 32.6 7.0
General merchandise stores
3,096.5 16.1 0.5 17.0 0.6 24.6 0.8 24.0 0.8
Department stores
1,008.9 5.4 0.5 5.9 0.6 30.0 3.1 35.8 3.7
General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters
2,087.6 10.7 0.5 11.1 0.5 -5.4 -0.3 -11.8 -0.6
Miscellaneous store retailers
826.9 0.0 0.0 8.5 1.0 32.1 4.0 59.5 7.8
Nonstore retailers
632.5 4.3 0.7 13.2 2.1 27.5 4.5 37.4 6.3
Transportation and warehousing
5,894.7 47.3 0.8 157.9 2.8 141.6 2.5 378.3 6.9
Air transportation
455.7 9.7 2.2 23.0 5.3 43.1 10.4 46.2 11.3
Rail transportation
141.7 -0.5 -0.4 -2.8 -1.9 -1.1 -0.8 -3.7 -2.5
Water transportation
59.3 0.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -1.4 -2.3 0.4 0.7
Truck transportation
1,502.9 2.5 0.2 14.6 1.0 21.9 1.5 52.8 3.6
Transit and ground passenger transportation
403.0 5.2 1.3 17.2 4.5 20.5 5.4 59.6 17.4
Pipeline transportation
49.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.6 -0.9 -1.8
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
32.4 0.9 2.9 2.2 7.3 4.4 15.7 10.9 50.7
Support activities for transportation
724.5 1.2 0.2 13.5 1.9 22.7 3.2 42.2 6.2
Couriers and messengers
1,045.2 12.5 1.2 44.0 4.4 -38.8 -3.6 64.3 6.6
Warehousing and storage
1,480.7 15.6 1.1 46.1 3.2 70.0 5.0 106.5 7.7
Utilities
537.6 -0.5 -0.1 -1.0 -0.2 -2.2 -0.4 -4.0 -0.7
Information
2,806 32 1.2 80 2.9 123 4.6 147 5.5
Publishing industries, except Internet
783.8 11.0 1.4 11.7 1.5 15.1 2.0 31.8 4.2
Motion picture and sound recording industries
339.4 13.7 4.2 45.0 15.3 70.3 26.1 69.8 25.9
Broadcasting, except Internet
239.5 -0.4 -0.2 1.1 0.5 -0.2 -0.1 -5.2 -2.1
Telecommunications
672.9 -1.1 -0.2 -3.7 -0.5 -10.3 -1.5 -11.3 -1.7
Data processing, hosting and related services
385.8 6.3 1.7 15.1 4.1 29.5 8.3 34.1 9.7
Other information services
384.8 2.7 0.7 10.7 2.9 19.3 5.3 28.5 8.0
Financial activities
8,850 2 0.0 44 0.5 63 0.7 138 1.6
Finance and insurance
6,541.0 -5.1 -0.1 6.7 0.1 -2.4 0.0 31.7 0.5
Monetary authorities - central bank
20.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.5
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,665.9 -1.2 0.0 4.6 0.2 -0.1 0.0 13.2 0.5
Depository credit intermediation
1,723.3 -1.4 -0.1 -4.1 -0.2 -15.3 -0.9 -38.5 -2.2
Commercial banking
1,333.2 -3.0 -0.2 -8.2 -0.6 -21.6 -1.6 -43.7 -3.2
Nondepository credit intermediation
620.5 3.8 0.6 7.5 1.2 13.8 2.3 36.8 6.3
Activities related to credit intermediation
322.1 -3.6 -1.1 1.2 0.4 1.4 0.4 14.9 4.9
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts
994.3 -1.0 -0.1 3.3 0.3 16.2 1.7 24.6 2.5
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,860.6 -2.9 -0.1 -1.2 0.0 -18.5 -0.6 -6.0 -0.2
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,308.9 6.9 0.3 37.1 1.6 65.2 2.9 106.2 4.8
Real estate
1,768.3 3.3 0.2 21.3 1.2 42.4 2.5 72.6 4.3
Rental and leasing services
518.4 3.6 0.7 15.8 3.1 22.8 4.6 33.8 7.0
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
22.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.9
Professional and business services
21,084 60 0.3 236 1.1 277 1.3 1,029 5.1
Professional and technical services
9,952.7 55.5 0.6 161.7 1.7 302.5 3.1 555.3 5.9
Legal services
1,145.6 4.3 0.4 11.6 1.0 17.4 1.5 31.5 2.8
Accounting and bookkeeping services
1,065.5 0.3 0.0 10.5 1.0 44.6 4.4 71.9 7.2
Architectural and engineering services
1,592.9 15.1 1.0 36.4 2.3 54.6 3.5 78.9 5.2
Specialized design services
143.5 0.7 0.5 4.3 3.1 8.6 6.4 11.6 8.8
Computer systems design and related services
2,278.2 8.8 0.4 26.5 1.2 46.2 2.1 103.4 4.8
Management and technical consulting services
1,650.6 15.2 0.9 34.7 2.1 56.9 3.6 132.8 8.7
Scientific research and development services
836.3 5.2 0.6 19.1 2.3 38.6 4.8 65.9 8.6
Advertising and related services
452.1 4.5 1.0 7.5 1.7 11.8 2.7 14.3 3.3
Other professional and technical services
788.0 1.4 0.2 11.1 1.4 23.8 3.1 45.1 6.1
Management of companies and enterprises
2,339.3 3.1 0.1 9.4 0.4 -0.3 0.0 6.3 0.3
Administrative and waste services
8,791.9 1.7 0.0 65.3 0.7 -25.1 -0.3 467.4 5.6
Administrative and support services
8,339.0 -1.4 0.0 59.0 0.7 -28.9 -0.3 458.9 5.8
Office administrative services
564.2 0.9 0.2 12.7 2.3 21.1 3.9 39.9 7.6
Facilities support services
151.3 -1.7 -1.1 0.8 0.5 -1.7 -1.1 -2.0 -1.3
Employment services
3,330.1 -5.1 -0.2 15.6 0.5 -68.1 -2.0 342.5 11.5
Temporary help services
2,688.0 -5.2 -0.2 9.7 0.4 -74.1 -2.7 289.7 12.1
Business support services
784.4 3.8 0.5 4.0 0.5 -14.3 -1.8 -11.1 -1.4
Travel arrangement and reservation services
166.3 4.8 3.0 13.5 8.8 17.8 12.0 14.9 9.8
Investigation and security services
899.2 -1.8 -0.2 -0.7 -0.1 -11.3 -1.2 10.6 1.2
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,124.8 -2.6 -0.1 -3.3 -0.2 4.3 0.2 34.8 1.7
Other support services
318.7 0.3 0.1 16.4 5.4 23.3 7.9 29.2 10.1
Waste management and remediation services
452.9 3.1 0.7 6.3 1.4 3.8 0.8 8.5 1.9
Education and health services
23,665 -7 0.0 128 0.5 269 1.1 513 2.2
Educational services
3,606.4 -18.9 -0.5 70.6 2.0 150.7 4.4 202.5 5.9
Health care
15,968.4 -17.5 -0.1 13.9 0.1 14.8 0.1 132.5 0.8
Ambulatory health care services
7,870.5 28.2 0.4 68.5 0.9 122.3 1.6 283.5 3.7
Offices of physicians
2,711.6 0.4 0.0 14.8 0.5 35.2 1.3 72.7 2.8
Offices of dentists
1,022.6 4.1 0.4 10.1 1.0 23.6 2.4 60.5 6.3
Offices of other health practitioners
1,003.5 10.5 1.1 29.4 3.0 42.5 4.4 74.7 8.0
Outpatient care centers
1,011.5 2.5 0.2 6.5 0.6 12.5 1.3 30.3 3.1
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
297.9 0.9 0.3 3.9 1.3 5.2 1.8 17.8 6.4
Home health care services
1,506.3 8.2 0.5 3.2 0.2 2.2 0.1 14.0 0.9
Other ambulatory health care services
317.1 1.6 0.5 0.6 0.2 1.1 0.3 13.4 4.4
Hospitals
5,144.2 -8.1 -0.2 6.1 0.1 -1.4 0.0 34.5 0.7
Nursing and residential care facilities
2,953.7 -37.6 -1.3 -60.7 -2.0 -106.1 -3.5 -185.5 -5.9
Nursing care facilities
1,344.9 -15.8 -1.2 -26.2 -1.9 -55.6 -4.0 -111.7 -7.7
Residential mental health facilities
590.3 -3.7 -0.6 -10.0 -1.7 -19.2 -3.2 -24.5 -4.0
Community care facilities for the elderly
867.6 -19.5 -2.2 -26.1 -2.9 -30.9 -3.4 -44.2 -4.8
Other residential care facilities
150.9 1.4 0.9 1.6 1.1 -0.4 -0.3 -5.1 -3.3
Social assistance
4,090.3 29.8 0.7 43.6 1.1 103.4 2.6 178.2 4.6
Individual and family services
2,683.4 10.2 0.4 32.9 1.2 41.3 1.6 97.6 3.8
Emergency and other relief services
185.4 0.8 0.4 1.5 0.8 0.8 0.4 3.0 1.6
Vocational rehabilitation services
283.7 1.0 0.4 1.4 0.5 5.8 2.1 3.7 1.3
Child day care services
937.8 17.8 1.9 7.8 0.8 55.5 6.3 74.0 8.6
Leisure and hospitality
15,321 74 0.5 520 3.5 1,564 11.4 1,964 14.7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,185.7 43.0 2.0 148.1 7.3 389.9 21.7 450.5 26.0
Performing arts and spectator sports
455.9 23.7 5.5 58.2 14.6 109.6 31.6 165.2 56.8
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
145.4 2.4 1.7 6.8 4.9 14.4 11.0 15.1 11.6
Amusements, gambling, and recreation
1,584.4 16.9 1.1 83.1 5.5 265.9 20.2 270.2 20.6
Accommodation and food services
13,135.3 31.1 0.2 372.4 2.9 1,174.5 9.8 1,513.3 13.0
Accommodation
1,757.7 2.1 0.1 88.5 5.3 271.1 18.2 322.8 22.5
Food services and drinking places
11,377.6 29.0 0.3 283.9 2.6 903.4 8.6 1,190.5 11.7
Other services
5,727 -16 -0.3 62 1.1 188 3.4 287 5.3
Repair and maintenance
1,369.7 0.1 0.0 18.4 1.4 46.1 3.5 76.2 5.9
Personal and laundry services
1,416.8 -9.0 -0.6 29.5 2.1 76.5 5.7 133.5 10.4
Membership associations and organizations
2,940.7 -7.1 -0.2 14.0 0.5 66.1 2.3 77.9 2.7
Government
21,984 -123 -0.6 186 0.9 442 2.1 127 0.6
Federal
2,886 0 0.0 10 0.3 -2 -0.1 -231 -7.4
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,277.9 -1.0 0.0 -0.4 0.0 1.0 0.0 -236.0 -9.4
U.S. Postal Service
607.6 1.0 0.2 10.2 1.7 -3.8 -0.6 4.6 0.8
State government
5,046 -22 -0.4 -28 -0.6 79 1.6 36 0.7
State government education
2,402.6 -16.6 -0.7 -8.8 -0.4 111.3 4.9 87.6 3.8
State government, excluding education
2,643.7 -5.1 -0.2 -19.3 -0.7 -32.1 -1.2 -51.3 -1.9
Local government
14,052 -101 -0.7 204 1.5 365 2.7 322 2.3
Local government education
7,719.4 -144.2 -1.8 128.6 1.7 330.4 4.5 275.9 3.7
Local government, excluding education
6,332.1 42.5 0.7 75.3 1.2 34.1 0.5 45.5 0.7
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