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Employment change by industry, March 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
623 -2 -0.3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.2 -14 -2.2
Logging
38.8 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 -0.5 -0.1 -0.3 -3.8 -8.9
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
584.4 -1.2 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 -9.9 -1.7
Oil and gas extraction
122.6 0.2 0.2 -0.4 -0.3 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.4
Mining (except oil and gas)
190.7 -1.4 -0.7 -0.6 -0.3 -1.0 -0.5 -1.9 -1.0
Coal mining
40.2 -1.0 -2.4 -1.6 -3.8 -2.1 -5.0 -2.1 -5.0
Metal ore mining
45.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.1
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
105.3 -0.5 -0.5 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 -0.4 -0.4
Support activities for mining
271.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 -8.5 -3.0
Construction
8,313 13 0.2 24 0.3 46 0.6 143 1.8
Construction of buildings
1,874.6 2.7 0.1 6.2 0.3 9.4 0.5 30.6 1.7
Residential building construction
957.9 3.1 0.3 4.7 0.5 8.2 0.9 18.2 1.9
Nonresidential building construction
916.7 -0.4 0.0 1.5 0.2 1.2 0.1 12.4 1.4
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,180.4 3.4 0.3 7.7 0.7 16.6 1.4 30.6 2.7
Specialty trade contractors
5,257.9 6.4 0.1 10.0 0.2 20.3 0.4 81.8 1.6
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,392.1 -12.9 -0.5 -14.6 -0.6 -25.5 -1.1 -4.2 -0.2
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,865.8 19.3 0.7 24.6 0.9 45.8 1.6 86.0 3.1
Manufacturing
12,764 1 0.0 4 0.0 -36 -0.3 -74 -0.6
Durable goods
7,907 -3 0.0 -3 0.0 -37 -0.5 -87 -1.1
Wood product manufacturing
414.6 -1.3 -0.3 0.3 0.1 -1.8 -0.4 -2.7 -0.6
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
429.9 -1.0 -0.2 4.2 1.0 5.8 1.4 10.7 2.6
Primary metal manufacturing
377.4 1.3 0.3 5.5 1.5 5.1 1.4 5.3 1.4
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,436.1 -1.6 -0.1 2.3 0.2 -1.9 -0.1 -12.2 -0.8
Machinery manufacturing
1,113.3 -0.3 0.0 -0.5 0.0 -2.1 -0.2 -7.7 -0.7
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
1,010.3 0.1 0.0 -4.2 -0.4 -15.6 -1.5 -20.6 -2.0
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
110.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.7 -0.6 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.3
Communications equipment manufacturing
82.6 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.5 0.6 -0.8 -1.0
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
378.8 -0.9 -0.2 -4.1 -1.1 -13.5 -3.4 -15.8 -4.0
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
410.3 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.1 -1.4 -0.3 -4.0 -1.0
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing
28.2 -0.3 -1.1 -1.1 -3.8 -1.3 -4.4 -1.5 -5.1
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
405.6 -1.2 -0.3 -1.4 -0.3 -3.6 -0.9 -13.0 -3.1
Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,770.7 -1.1 -0.1 -6.9 -0.4 -20.8 -1.2 -26.0 -1.4
Motor vehicles and parts
1,005.7 -0.2 0.0 -1.8 -0.2 -8.6 -0.8 -13.8 -1.4
Furniture and related product manufacturing
336.5 -0.3 -0.1 -1.4 -0.4 -3.8 -1.1 -11.9 -3.4
Miscellaneous manufacturing
612.3 2.1 0.3 -1.2 -0.2 1.2 0.2 -9.2 -1.5
Nondurable goods
4,857 4 0.1 7 0.1 1 0.0 13 0.3
Food manufacturing
1,769.4 1.2 0.1 -0.2 0.0 -6.7 -0.4 8.5 0.5
Textile mills
85.5 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -0.7 -1.0 -1.2 -1.2 -1.4
Textile product mills
99.5 0.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.2 0.2 1.6 1.6
Apparel manufacturing
84.1 0.1 0.1 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.2 -0.8 -0.9
Paper manufacturing
354.0 -1.5 -0.4 -0.4 -0.1 -0.7 -0.2 -0.9 -0.3
Printing and related support activities
352.3 -1.4 -0.4 -1.5 -0.4 -2.5 -0.7 -7.8 -2.2
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
109.1 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.6 -0.1 -0.1 -1.7 -1.5
Chemical manufacturing
902.1 0.9 0.1 0.4 0.0 3.8 0.4 5.2 0.6
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
721.8 2.0 0.3 2.5 0.3 -1.1 -0.2 -6.1 -0.8
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing
378.7 1.7 0.5 4.8 1.3 8.8 2.4 15.5 4.3
Wholesale trade
6,177.8 -2.0 0.0 -0.9 0.0 23.3 0.4 47.6 0.8
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
3,466.8 3.7 0.1 7.2 0.2 16.9 0.5 43.7 1.3
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
2,222.3 -2.7 -0.1 -3.2 -0.1 11.3 0.5 9.0 0.4
Wholesale trade agents and brokers
488.7 -3.0 -0.6 -4.9 -1.0 -4.9 -1.0 -5.1 -1.0
Retail trade
15,595.1 23.7 0.2 57.6 0.4 71.9 0.5 49.8 0.3
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
2,064.9 3.7 0.2 13.6 0.7 14.1 0.7 15.4 0.8
Automobile dealers
1,299.7 3.8 0.3 5.7 0.4 9.9 0.8 17.0 1.3
Other motor vehicle dealers
166.3 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.1 -0.2 -0.1 -6.3 -3.7
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers
598.9 0.0 0.0 6.1 1.0 4.4 0.7 4.8 0.8
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1,396.4 4.3 0.3 9.4 0.7 -0.9 -0.1 3.8 0.3
Food and beverage retailers
3,241.1 20.7 0.6 6.6 0.2 15.3 0.5 21.5 0.7
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers
794.5 -1.9 -0.2 -7.3 -0.9 -12.6 -1.6 -15.3 -1.9
General merchandise retailers
3,301.8 -4.8 -0.1 29.2 0.9 29.4 0.9 40.4 1.2
Health and personal care retailers
1,091.1 2.5 0.2 1.2 0.1 4.9 0.5 0.7 0.1
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers
1,060.1 -1.2 -0.1 2.5 0.2 5.5 0.5 8.0 0.8
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers
1,128.5 -0.6 -0.1 -5.3 -0.5 2.8 0.2 -18.1 -1.6
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers
1,516.7 1.0 0.1 7.7 0.5 13.4 0.9 -6.6 -0.4
Transportation and warehousing
6,783.6 22.9 0.3 60.4 0.9 113.5 1.7 157.5 2.4
Air transportation
575.2 0.9 0.2 5.9 1.0 10.3 1.8 12.7 2.3
Rail transportation
153.6 -0.7 -0.5 -1.3 -0.8 -1.3 -0.8 -4.3 -2.7
Water transportation
69.2 0.2 0.3 -0.7 -1.0 -0.8 -1.1 -0.5 -0.7
Truck transportation
1,525.9 9.6 0.6 9.1 0.6 10.1 0.7 -5.1 -0.3
Transit and ground passenger transportation
488.3 2.3 0.5 3.3 0.7 6.6 1.4 22.7 4.9
Pipeline transportation
58.8 -0.3 -0.5 2.4 4.3 2.8 5.0 4.3 7.9
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
30.6 0.6 2.0 0.4 1.3 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -2.9
Support activities for transportation
847.1 3.9 0.5 3.2 0.4 5.4 0.6 19.0 2.3
Couriers and messengers
1,212.5 15.8 1.3 59.7 5.2 108.8 9.9 131.7 12.2
Warehousing and storage
1,822.4 -9.4 -0.5 -21.6 -1.2 -28.4 -1.5 -22.1 -1.2
Utilities
599.1 3.0 0.5 6.0 1.0 4.1 0.7 10.1 1.7
Information
2,939 -2 -0.1 -5 -0.2 10 0.3 -20 -0.7
Motion picture and sound recording industries
409.0 -1.2 -0.3 2.1 0.5 10.7 2.7 7.0 1.7
Publishing industries
920.9 1.5 0.2 3.4 0.4 8.5 0.9 4.6 0.5
Broadcasting and content providers
331.2 -0.8 -0.2 0.2 0.1 -8.4 -2.5 -11.5 -3.4
Telecommunications
604.7 -2.9 -0.5 -16.1 -2.6 -11.3 -1.8 -23.8 -3.8
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
490.5 1.8 0.4 6.1 1.3 11.1 2.3 5.2 1.1
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
182.9 -0.2 -0.1 -0.8 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 -1.2 -0.7
Financial activities
9,245 9 0.1 39 0.4 70 0.8 93 1.0
Finance and insurance
6,748.1 6.4 0.1 23.5 0.3 40.7 0.6 60.1 0.9
Monetary authorities-central bank
21.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.9 0.4 1.9 0.9 4.4
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,554.2 -1.5 -0.1 -2.1 -0.1 -3.4 -0.1 -20.3 -0.8
Depository credit intermediation
1,772.5 -0.8 0.0 -6.1 -0.3 -9.9 -0.6 -15.3 -0.9
Commercial banking
1,361.6 -0.1 0.0 -7.6 -0.6 -12.9 -0.9 -20.3 -1.5
Nondepository credit intermediation
506.8 0.7 0.1 0.9 0.2 3.4 0.7 0.0 0.0
Activities related to credit intermediation
274.9 -1.5 -0.5 3.1 1.1 3.1 1.1 -5.0 -1.8
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities
1,136.4 4.7 0.4 8.5 0.8 16.1 1.4 27.4 2.5
Insurance carriers and related activities
3,036.1 3.2 0.1 16.9 0.6 27.6 0.9 52.1 1.7
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,496.6 2.5 0.1 15.6 0.6 29.3 1.2 32.2 1.3
Real estate
1,883.3 2.1 0.1 10.9 0.6 13.4 0.7 22.0 1.2
Rental and leasing services
590.1 0.4 0.1 4.6 0.8 15.5 2.7 9.5 1.6
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
23.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.8 0.7 3.1
Professional and business services
22,589 3 0.0 -25 -0.1 14 0.1 -48 -0.2
Professional, scientific, and technical services
10,861.9 5.7 0.1 -2.9 0.0 26.6 0.2 72.2 0.7
Legal services
1,195.1 3.7 0.3 3.1 0.3 5.1 0.4 0.9 0.1
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
1,141.4 -0.7 -0.1 0.4 0.0 -16.1 -1.4 -11.5 -1.0
Architectural, engineering, and related services
1,744.3 3.9 0.2 15.6 0.9 38.7 2.3 53.7 3.2
Specialized design services
150.0 0.6 0.4 -0.9 -0.6 -0.2 -0.1 -1.6 -1.1
Computer systems design and related services
2,428.8 -8.3 -0.3 -17.3 -0.7 -19.0 -0.8 -8.5 -0.3
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
1,878.0 2.5 0.1 -7.2 -0.4 13.8 0.7 20.7 1.1
Scientific research and development services
944.1 2.3 0.2 3.3 0.4 6.3 0.7 9.6 1.0
Advertising, public relations, and related services
493.4 -0.6 -0.1 -3.3 -0.7 -4.3 -0.9 -0.7 -0.1
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
886.7 2.2 0.2 3.3 0.4 2.1 0.2 9.6 1.1
Management of companies and enterprises
2,626.6 7.1 0.3 4.9 0.2 6.8 0.3 10.4 0.4
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
9,100.0 -9.8 -0.1 -27.8 -0.3 -19.9 -0.2 -131.0 -1.4
Administrative and support services
8,578.3 -10.6 -0.1 -30.8 -0.4 -28.0 -0.3 -147.0 -1.7
Office administrative services
626.2 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 8.6 1.4 7.5 1.2
Facilities support services
185.4 0.0 0.0 -0.8 -0.4 1.8 1.0 8.9 5.0
Employment services
3,235.9 -12.7 -0.4 -32.9 -1.0 -30.3 -0.9 -155.4 -4.6
Temporary help services
2,527.3 -6.4 -0.3 -24.5 -1.0 -28.2 -1.1 -148.4 -5.5
Business support services
661.8 -2.2 -0.3 -7.9 -1.2 -20.9 -3.1 -42.3 -6.0
Travel arrangement and reservation services
194.5 -0.1 -0.1 3.4 1.8 5.8 3.1 4.6 2.4
Investigation and security services
1,027.4 1.7 0.2 -3.0 -0.3 -1.2 -0.1 5.6 0.5
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,312.1 -2.6 -0.1 1.3 0.1 6.2 0.3 24.3 1.1
Other support services
334.9 4.2 1.3 9.0 2.8 2.1 0.6 -0.2 -0.1
Waste management and remediation services
521.7 0.8 0.2 3.0 0.6 8.1 1.6 16.0 3.2
Private education and health services
27,130 77 0.3 199 0.7 442 1.7 916 3.5
Private educational services
3,999.4 -1.0 0.0 7.3 0.2 12.2 0.3 56.9 1.4
Health care
18,084.6 53.6 0.3 135.0 0.8 309.8 1.7 612.7 3.5
Ambulatory health care services
8,991.7 19.8 0.2 57.8 0.6 138.2 1.6 311.0 3.6
Offices of physicians
3,034.2 5.0 0.2 19.4 0.6 43.9 1.5 87.2 3.0
Offices of dentists
1,050.9 -2.6 -0.2 3.1 0.3 0.7 0.1 12.3 1.2
Offices of other health practitioners
1,273.1 8.7 0.7 10.3 0.8 30.7 2.5 59.0 4.9
Outpatient care centers
1,117.1 -1.3 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 -8.1 -0.7 8.4 0.8
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
307.3 0.9 0.3 1.8 0.6 2.3 0.8 -3.9 -1.3
Home health care services
1,847.1 5.2 0.3 20.7 1.1 67.9 3.8 141.9 8.3
Other ambulatory health care services
362.1 4.1 1.1 3.5 1.0 0.9 0.2 6.2 1.7
Hospitals
5,680.5 17.1 0.3 39.8 0.7 91.3 1.6 177.6 3.2
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,412.4 16.7 0.5 37.4 1.1 80.3 2.4 124.1 3.8
Skilled nursing care facilities
1,539.4 11.3 0.7 24.0 1.6 41.7 2.8 55.4 3.7
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
693.6 6.3 0.9 6.9 1.0 21.7 3.2 31.1 4.7
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
1,007.8 -1.6 -0.2 4.4 0.4 13.1 1.3 28.5 2.9
Other residential care facilities
171.6 0.7 0.4 2.1 1.2 3.9 2.3 9.0 5.5
Social assistance
5,045.5 24.2 0.5 56.0 1.1 119.5 2.4 245.5 5.1
Individual and family services
3,419.3 21.9 0.6 48.6 1.4 111.0 3.4 221.1 6.9
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
239.4 0.3 0.1 3.9 1.7 3.8 1.6 11.3 5.0
Vocational rehabilitation services
284.8 -0.6 -0.2 -1.7 -0.6 -0.6 -0.2 0.1 0.0
Child care services
1,101.9 2.6 0.2 5.1 0.5 5.1 0.5 13.0 1.2
Leisure and hospitality
16,991 43 0.3 12 0.1 122 0.7 219 1.3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,701.2 12.3 0.5 35.7 1.3 67.7 2.6 88.5 3.4
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
631.5 8.6 1.4 15.3 2.5 33.7 5.6 43.6 7.4
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
183.8 -0.9 -0.5 1.4 0.8 5.5 3.1 5.5 3.1
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,885.9 4.6 0.2 19.0 1.0 28.5 1.5 39.4 2.1
Accommodation and food services
14,289.5 30.6 0.2 -24.0 -0.2 54.4 0.4 129.8 0.9
Accommodation
1,950.0 0.8 0.0 1.5 0.1 7.3 0.4 28.1 1.5
Food services and drinking places
12,339.5 29.8 0.2 -25.5 -0.2 47.1 0.4 101.7 0.8
Other services
6,036 19 0.3 34 0.6 54 0.9 90 1.5
Repair and maintenance
1,486.1 9.0 0.6 15.2 1.0 20.7 1.4 19.4 1.3
Personal and laundry services
1,618.2 3.9 0.2 7.3 0.5 18.7 1.2 41.4 2.6
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
2,932.1 6.4 0.2 11.5 0.4 15.0 0.5 30.1 1.0
Government
23,612 19 0.1 52 0.2 150 0.6 311 1.3
Federal
3,000 -4 -0.1 -12 -0.4 -8 -0.3 3 0.1
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,400.2 -3.2 -0.1 -12.4 -0.5 -0.9 0.0 11.4 0.5
U.S. Postal Service
599.9 -0.7 -0.1 1.0 0.2 -7.3 -1.2 -8.2 -1.3
State government
5,526 6 0.1 14 0.3 58 1.1 112 2.1
State government education
2,635.8 5.0 0.2 6.1 0.2 29.8 1.1 34.5 1.3
State government, excluding education
2,890.4 1.3 0.0 8.3 0.3 28.3 1.0 78.1 2.8
Local government
15,086 17 0.1 50 0.3 100 0.7 196 1.3
Local government education
8,210.9 8.7 0.1 25.1 0.3 43.3 0.5 94.3 1.2
Local government, excluding education
6,875.2 8.1 0.1 25.2 0.4 56.6 0.8 101.8 1.5
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