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Employment change by industry, April 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
625 1 0.2 4 0.6 2 0.3 -5 -0.8
Logging
39.3 0.4 1.0 0.4 1.0 0.6 1.6 -2.7 -6.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
585.6 0.1 0.0 4.0 0.7 0.9 0.2 -2.6 -0.4
Oil and gas extraction
122.4 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.6 0.5
Mining (except oil and gas)
192.6 0.4 0.2 1.3 0.7 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.1
Coal mining
40.9 -0.3 -0.7 -0.4 -1.0 -1.0 -2.4 -2.4 -5.5
Metal ore mining
44.7 -0.4 -0.9 -0.4 -0.9 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0.4
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
107.0 1.1 1.0 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.2
Support activities for mining
270.6 -0.3 -0.1 3.4 1.3 -0.1 0.0 -3.3 -1.2
Construction
8,316 11 0.1 30 0.4 48 0.6 143 1.7
Construction of buildings
1,878.5 2.9 0.2 7.7 0.4 14.3 0.8 32.8 1.8
Residential building construction
956.3 -0.7 -0.1 1.0 0.1 5.8 0.6 15.5 1.6
Nonresidential building construction
922.2 3.6 0.4 6.7 0.7 8.5 0.9 17.3 1.9
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,178.7 -0.5 0.0 5.3 0.5 14.3 1.2 31.4 2.7
Specialty trade contractors
5,259.0 9.0 0.2 17.1 0.3 19.6 0.4 78.7 1.5
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,393.1 4.1 0.2 -4.8 -0.2 -15.3 -0.6 -10.5 -0.4
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,865.9 4.9 0.2 21.9 0.8 34.9 1.2 89.2 3.2
Manufacturing
12,765 -1 0.0 10 0.1 15 0.1 -82 -0.6
Durable goods
7,909 2 0.0 6 0.1 11 0.1 -88 -1.1
Wood product manufacturing
415.5 1.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.1 -2.5 -0.6
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
429.7 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.2 3.5 0.8 9.9 2.4
Primary metal manufacturing
376.0 -0.1 0.0 2.8 0.8 4.0 1.1 0.8 0.2
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,439.0 3.1 0.2 3.4 0.2 3.7 0.3 -7.4 -0.5
Machinery manufacturing
1,118.9 2.0 0.2 4.7 0.4 3.9 0.3 -4.1 -0.4
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
1,007.2 -4.0 -0.4 -5.0 -0.5 -16.2 -1.6 -22.3 -2.2
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
110.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.3 0.3
Communications equipment manufacturing
81.8 -0.5 -0.6 0.5 0.6 -0.1 -0.1 -0.9 -1.1
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
379.2 -1.1 -0.3 -2.4 -0.6 -11.0 -2.8 -15.0 -3.8
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
408.4 -1.7 -0.4 -1.9 -0.5 -3.1 -0.8 -4.6 -1.1
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing
27.6 -0.6 -2.1 -1.4 -4.8 -1.8 -6.1 -2.1 -7.1
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
407.6 1.7 0.4 -0.2 0.0 -2.5 -0.6 -11.6 -2.8
Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,763.8 -3.1 -0.2 -1.9 -0.1 14.4 0.8 -36.8 -2.0
Motor vehicles and parts
997.3 -4.7 -0.5 0.0 0.0 -14.5 -1.4 -20.8 -2.0
Furniture and related product manufacturing
338.4 1.5 0.4 1.0 0.3 -1.0 -0.3 -7.5 -2.2
Miscellaneous manufacturing
612.4 -0.4 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 0.9 0.1 -7.3 -1.2
Nondurable goods
4,856 -3 -0.1 4 0.1 4 0.1 6 0.1
Food manufacturing
1,774.5 3.1 0.2 6.2 0.4 -0.6 0.0 10.8 0.6
Textile mills
85.6 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.6 -0.7 -0.8 -0.9
Textile product mills
98.0 -1.7 -1.7 -1.2 -1.2 -1.7 -1.7 -2.6 -2.6
Apparel manufacturing
83.7 -0.3 -0.4 -1.1 -1.3 0.3 0.4 -0.4 -0.5
Paper manufacturing
354.8 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1
Printing and related support activities
352.3 -0.5 -0.1 -2.0 -0.6 -2.2 -0.6 -7.8 -2.2
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
106.8 -1.7 -1.6 -2.7 -2.5 -2.3 -2.1 -3.1 -2.8
Chemical manufacturing
902.0 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.1 3.6 0.4 5.7 0.6
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
719.1 -2.6 -0.4 0.2 0.0 -1.9 -0.3 -9.4 -1.3
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing
379.2 0.7 0.2 3.5 0.9 9.3 2.5 13.4 3.7
Wholesale trade
6,186.5 5.8 0.1 12.1 0.2 25.9 0.4 49.0 0.8
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
3,476.9 5.8 0.2 22.4 0.6 21.7 0.6 48.6 1.4
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
2,222.0 0.7 0.0 -4.1 -0.2 9.9 0.4 7.4 0.3
Wholesale trade agents and brokers
487.6 -0.7 -0.1 -6.2 -1.3 -5.7 -1.2 -7.0 -1.4
Retail trade
15,589.3 -1.8 0.0 16.1 0.1 72.7 0.5 43.6 0.3
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
2,058.6 -4.6 -0.2 2.9 0.1 6.2 0.3 6.4 0.3
Automobile dealers
1,297.0 -2.1 -0.2 3.1 0.2 5.0 0.4 12.0 0.9
Other motor vehicle dealers
164.3 -2.0 -1.2 -2.1 -1.3 -1.4 -0.8 -7.2 -4.2
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers
597.3 -0.6 -0.1 1.9 0.3 2.6 0.4 1.7 0.3
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1,394.3 2.7 0.2 3.4 0.2 -2.1 -0.2 -3.9 -0.3
Food and beverage retailers
3,251.1 9.5 0.3 14.1 0.4 17.0 0.5 30.3 0.9
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers
792.9 -2.4 -0.3 -6.7 -0.8 -12.6 -1.6 -13.9 -1.7
General merchandise retailers
3,305.0 0.4 0.0 9.2 0.3 34.8 1.1 38.8 1.2
Health and personal care retailers
1,090.0 -1.6 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 3.0 0.3 -3.1 -0.3
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers
1,058.9 -1.2 -0.1 3.1 0.3 5.4 0.5 5.0 0.5
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers
1,124.1 -3.3 -0.3 -5.6 -0.5 8.3 0.7 -19.7 -1.7
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers
1,514.4 -1.3 -0.1 -3.2 -0.2 12.7 0.8 3.7 0.2
Transportation and warehousing
6,794.5 29.0 0.4 50.0 0.7 133.4 2.0 150.8 2.3
Air transportation
578.1 2.9 0.5 7.1 1.2 14.5 2.6 14.6 2.6
Rail transportation
153.8 0.1 0.1 -0.9 -0.6 -1.3 -0.8 -4.1 -2.6
Water transportation
69.6 -0.3 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4 -0.8 -1.1
Truck transportation
1,524.5 1.4 0.1 5.4 0.4 10.0 0.7 -4.0 -0.3
Transit and ground passenger transportation
489.9 2.1 0.4 0.8 0.2 5.1 1.1 21.9 4.7
Pipeline transportation
59.8 0.8 1.4 1.1 1.9 4.1 7.4 5.1 9.3
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
32.7 1.3 4.1 2.6 8.6 1.8 5.8 1.4 4.5
Support activities for transportation
848.6 2.5 0.3 5.9 0.7 5.9 0.7 15.9 1.9
Couriers and messengers
1,184.1 8.4 0.7 11.7 1.0 84.0 7.6 96.6 8.9
Warehousing and storage
1,853.4 9.8 0.5 16.4 0.9 9.6 0.5 4.2 0.2
Utilities
596.1 -0.6 -0.1 1.6 0.3 1.9 0.3 7.3 1.2
Information
2,938 0 0.0 -2 -0.1 16 0.5 -14 -0.5
Motion picture and sound recording industries
411.1 2.0 0.5 3.5 0.9 14.5 3.7 13.4 3.4
Publishing industries
921.8 0.7 0.1 3.7 0.4 7.5 0.8 4.4 0.5
Broadcasting and content providers
334.7 2.5 0.8 1.8 0.5 -3.9 -1.2 -8.0 -2.3
Telecommunications
602.3 -1.8 -0.3 -6.5 -1.1 -8.4 -1.4 -23.0 -3.7
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
485.2 -3.2 -0.7 -2.9 -0.6 7.4 1.5 -0.4 -0.1
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
183.0 0.2 0.1 -1.0 -0.5 -1.2 -0.7 -0.2 -0.1
Financial activities
9,255 14 0.2 35 0.4 77 0.8 103 1.1
Finance and insurance
6,749.1 4.0 0.1 15.7 0.2 43.8 0.7 58.3 0.9
Monetary authorities-central bank
21.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.9 0.9 4.4
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,556.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.4 0.1 -14.1 -0.5
Depository credit intermediation
1,773.7 0.5 0.0 -2.5 -0.1 -9.1 -0.5 -12.4 -0.7
Commercial banking
1,360.6 -1.2 -0.1 -6.3 -0.5 -13.9 -1.0 -19.0 -1.4
Nondepository credit intermediation
507.9 1.0 0.2 2.9 0.6 6.5 1.3 2.7 0.5
Activities related to credit intermediation
274.4 -0.6 -0.2 0.2 0.1 4.0 1.5 -4.5 -1.6
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities
1,139.9 3.1 0.3 13.7 1.2 20.0 1.8 29.7 2.7
Insurance carriers and related activities
3,031.8 -0.1 0.0 1.5 0.0 22.0 0.7 41.8 1.4
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,505.4 9.1 0.4 18.7 0.8 32.7 1.3 44.7 1.8
Real estate
1,885.3 3.6 0.2 8.7 0.5 14.4 0.8 24.7 1.3
Rental and leasing services
597.0 5.5 0.9 10.1 1.7 18.0 3.1 19.4 3.4
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
23.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 1.3 0.6 2.7
Professional and business services
22,614 17 0.1 35 0.2 73 0.3 -31 -0.1
Professional, scientific, and technical services
10,865.3 3.5 0.0 2.9 0.0 31.4 0.3 61.1 0.6
Legal services
1,196.9 1.4 0.1 3.1 0.3 5.6 0.5 2.0 0.2
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
1,144.3 -0.9 -0.1 2.5 0.2 -11.9 -1.0 -9.0 -0.8
Architectural, engineering, and related services
1,746.5 5.1 0.3 10.4 0.6 39.3 2.3 54.8 3.2
Specialized design services
148.7 -1.2 -0.8 -1.7 -1.1 -3.1 -2.0 -2.6 -1.7
Computer systems design and related services
2,432.1 1.3 0.1 -14.6 -0.6 -12.6 -0.5 -10.6 -0.4
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
1,879.6 -0.6 0.0 8.5 0.5 14.6 0.8 22.9 1.2
Scientific research and development services
940.7 -1.8 -0.2 -0.8 -0.1 1.5 0.2 4.5 0.5
Advertising, public relations, and related services
491.3 -0.9 -0.2 -4.6 -0.9 -6.5 -1.3 -8.3 -1.7
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
885.1 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 4.4 0.5 7.2 0.8
Management of companies and enterprises
2,625.7 0.8 0.0 7.7 0.3 7.1 0.3 11.4 0.4
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
9,122.5 11.8 0.1 24.1 0.3 34.5 0.4 -104.1 -1.1
Administrative and support services
8,599.1 7.7 0.1 21.8 0.3 27.0 0.3 -119.3 -1.4
Office administrative services
621.6 -0.8 -0.1 -2.1 -0.3 4.1 0.7 3.9 0.6
Facilities support services
183.4 -1.3 -0.7 -2.8 -1.5 0.0 0.0 2.9 1.6
Employment services
3,254.1 3.8 0.1 -3.2 -0.1 22.6 0.7 -130.9 -3.9
Temporary help services
2,542.5 3.6 0.1 -1.3 -0.1 22.4 0.9 -123.2 -4.6
Business support services
658.8 -2.5 -0.4 -6.1 -0.9 -19.5 -2.9 -39.3 -5.6
Travel arrangement and reservation services
197.0 1.4 0.7 3.7 1.9 7.1 3.7 9.1 4.8
Investigation and security services
1,028.5 2.5 0.2 4.5 0.4 -5.5 -0.5 8.8 0.9
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,320.2 3.5 0.2 20.0 0.9 11.7 0.5 27.4 1.2
Other support services
335.6 1.1 0.3 7.8 2.4 6.6 2.0 -1.2 -0.4
Waste management and remediation services
523.4 4.1 0.8 2.3 0.4 7.5 1.5 15.2 3.0
Private education and health services
27,202 70 0.3 209 0.8 427 1.6 894 3.4
Private educational services
4,008.0 11.5 0.3 16.7 0.4 17.3 0.4 55.0 1.4
Health care
18,144.0 50.6 0.3 155.7 0.9 307.2 1.7 612.5 3.5
Ambulatory health care services
9,012.6 21.4 0.2 59.4 0.7 119.1 1.3 300.4 3.4
Offices of physicians
3,043.6 8.0 0.3 24.4 0.8 43.1 1.4 88.1 3.0
Offices of dentists
1,057.1 3.4 0.3 3.1 0.3 -1.5 -0.1 18.2 1.8
Offices of other health practitioners
1,277.0 4.7 0.4 14.6 1.2 28.9 2.3 57.3 4.7
Outpatient care centers
1,120.6 5.4 0.5 4.9 0.4 -1.5 -0.1 8.6 0.8
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
306.6 -0.8 -0.3 0.5 0.2 0.8 0.3 -4.6 -1.5
Home health care services
1,845.8 0.1 0.0 7.9 0.4 52.3 2.9 128.1 7.5
Other ambulatory health care services
361.9 0.5 0.1 3.9 1.1 -3.0 -0.8 4.7 1.3
Hospitals
5,716.0 22.1 0.4 65.9 1.2 114.6 2.0 195.1 3.5
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,415.4 7.1 0.2 30.4 0.9 73.5 2.2 117.0 3.5
Skilled nursing care facilities
1,537.6 2.9 0.2 18.3 1.2 36.6 2.4 48.7 3.3
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
695.0 0.8 0.1 7.6 1.1 20.1 3.0 29.5 4.4
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
1,009.9 1.3 0.1 1.9 0.2 11.5 1.2 29.6 3.0
Other residential care facilities
173.0 2.2 1.3 2.7 1.6 5.4 3.2 9.3 5.7
Social assistance
5,050.0 7.6 0.2 37.1 0.7 102.1 2.1 226.1 4.7
Individual and family services
3,416.8 2.4 0.1 26.7 0.8 87.9 2.6 200.5 6.2
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
241.6 1.7 0.7 2.1 0.9 5.2 2.2 9.8 4.2
Vocational rehabilitation services
284.5 -0.3 -0.1 -0.5 -0.2 1.2 0.4 -0.5 -0.2
Child care services
1,107.1 3.8 0.3 8.8 0.8 7.9 0.7 16.4 1.5
Leisure and hospitality
16,993 24 0.1 28 0.2 115 0.7 225 1.3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,693.6 3.1 0.1 13.4 0.5 61.5 2.3 88.4 3.4
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
621.1 -2.3 -0.4 5.1 0.8 22.7 3.8 44.8 7.8
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
182.7 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 0.0 4.2 2.4 3.8 2.1
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,889.8 5.7 0.3 8.3 0.4 34.6 1.9 39.8 2.2
Accommodation and food services
14,298.9 20.6 0.1 14.3 0.1 53.4 0.4 136.1 1.0
Accommodation
1,952.5 4.0 0.2 5.9 0.3 9.5 0.5 22.9 1.2
Food services and drinking places
12,346.4 16.6 0.1 8.4 0.1 43.9 0.4 113.2 0.9
Other services
6,031 -1 0.0 16 0.3 48 0.8 77 1.3
Repair and maintenance
1,483.8 -0.1 0.0 5.0 0.3 16.4 1.1 15.6 1.1
Personal and laundry services
1,617.4 1.2 0.1 4.1 0.3 18.7 1.2 38.2 2.4
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
2,929.9 -2.0 -0.1 7.0 0.2 13.0 0.4 23.6 0.8
Government
23,612 10 0.0 20 0.1 105 0.4 322 1.4
Federal
2,989 -9 -0.3 -26 -0.9 -22 -0.7 -6 -0.2
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,389.4 -8.5 -0.4 -20.9 -0.9 -15.6 -0.6 1.4 0.1
U.S. Postal Service
600.0 0.2 0.0 -4.3 -0.7 -5.6 -0.9 -7.1 -1.2
State government
5,522 6 0.1 -2 0.0 38 0.7 104 1.9
State government education
2,624.8 1.4 0.1 -14.5 -0.5 12.7 0.5 21.6 0.8
State government, excluding education
2,896.9 4.3 0.1 12.7 0.4 24.6 0.9 82.1 2.9
Local government
15,101 13 0.1 48 0.3 89 0.6 224 1.5
Local government education
8,223.2 6.7 0.1 28.6 0.3 46.5 0.6 103.3 1.3
Local government, excluding education
6,877.7 6.4 0.1 19.6 0.3 42.4 0.6 120.8 1.8
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