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Employment change by industry, October 2026, 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
605 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.2 -3 -0.5 -1 -0.2
Logging
39.1 -0.4 -1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.3
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
565.9 -0.5 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 -2.5 -0.4 -1.4 -0.2
Oil and gas extraction
113.9 -0.6 -0.5 -0.7 -0.6 -1.3 -1.1 -1.8 -1.6
Mining (except oil and gas)
189.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.2 0.6 1.5 0.8
Coal mining
38.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 -0.4 -1.0 -1.3 -3.3
Metal ore mining
46.8 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.5 1.9 4.2
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
104.8 0.4 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9
Support activities for mining
262.4 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -2.4 -0.9 -1.1 -0.4
Construction
8,367 -3 0.0 30 0.4 53 0.6 124 1.5
Construction of buildings
1,873.5 1.7 0.1 9.1 0.5 5.6 0.3 29.9 1.6
Residential building construction
920.9 -1.2 -0.1 6.5 0.7 -3.8 -0.4 -4.4 -0.5
Nonresidential building construction
952.6 2.9 0.3 2.6 0.3 9.4 1.0 34.3 3.7
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,212.7 2.5 0.2 7.1 0.6 11.5 1.0 29.2 2.5
Specialty trade contractors
5,281.0 -7.3 -0.1 14.2 0.3 36.0 0.7 65.3 1.3
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,332.4 -15.2 -0.6 -13.2 -0.6 -23.7 -1.0 -35.8 -1.5
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,948.6 7.9 0.3 27.4 0.9 59.7 2.1 101.1 3.6
Manufacturing
12,681 19 0.2 53 0.4 84 0.7 78 0.6
Durable goods
7,928 25 0.3 52 0.7 103 1.3 123 1.6
Wood product manufacturing
393.9 -0.4 -0.1 0.8 0.2 1.4 0.4 -5.9 -1.5
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
421.4 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.2 1.6 0.4 3.4 0.8
Primary metal manufacturing
373.6 3.7 1.0 5.5 1.5 8.1 2.2 11.0 3.0
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,468.6 5.9 0.4 13.9 1.0 24.0 1.7 29.9 2.1
Machinery manufacturing
1,104.0 3.9 0.4 12.5 1.1 20.1 1.9 19.4 1.8
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
1,008.3 6.7 0.7 10.9 1.1 15.7 1.6 17.6 1.8
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
99.7 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 1.5 1.5
Communications equipment manufacturing
84.0 1.4 1.7 0.7 0.8 1.8 2.2 2.9 3.6
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
376.8 3.3 0.9 6.8 1.8 7.4 2.0 7.3 2.0
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
422.2 2.2 0.5 4.1 1.0 8.1 2.0 8.8 2.1
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing
25.6 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -1.9 -1.3 -4.8 -2.9 -10.2
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
448.4 1.1 0.2 6.6 1.5 11.3 2.6 18.6 4.3
Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,769.5 3.8 0.2 3.3 0.2 24.3 1.4 38.5 2.2
Motor vehicles and parts
965.5 4.1 0.4 -2.7 -0.3 11.8 1.2 9.9 1.0
Furniture and related product manufacturing
329.5 1.6 0.5 0.9 0.3 -3.3 -1.0 -8.3 -2.5
Miscellaneous manufacturing
610.8 -1.3 -0.2 -2.0 -0.3 0.2 0.0 -0.7 -0.1
Nondurable goods
4,753 -6 -0.1 1 0.0 -19 -0.4 -45 -0.9
Food manufacturing
1,771.0 0.7 0.0 2.0 0.1 -7.8 -0.4 -14.0 -0.8
Textile mills
77.7 -0.3 -0.4 0.6 0.8 -1.2 -1.5 -3.9 -4.8
Textile product mills
93.0 -0.7 -0.7 -0.1 -0.1 -0.9 -1.0 0.1 0.1
Apparel manufacturing
71.2 -0.4 -0.6 -1.0 -1.4 -2.0 -2.7 -6.9 -8.8
Paper manufacturing
352.9 -0.9 -0.3 -3.0 -0.8 -3.7 -1.0 -3.7 -1.0
Printing and related support activities
335.8 -0.6 -0.2 -3.1 -0.9 -4.5 -1.3 -3.8 -1.1
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
109.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4
Chemical manufacturing
906.9 0.3 0.0 4.3 0.5 9.2 1.0 3.3 0.4
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
695.4 -1.3 -0.2 5.5 0.8 -0.5 -0.1 -6.4 -0.9
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing
339.9 -2.4 -0.7 -3.7 -1.1 -7.3 -2.1 -9.8 -2.8
Wholesale trade
6,068.8 -9.1 -0.1 3.5 0.1 16.9 0.3 14.2 0.2
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
3,423.6 -3.1 -0.1 7.5 0.2 24.8 0.7 22.6 0.7
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
2,198.3 -7.7 -0.3 -5.4 -0.2 -10.9 -0.5 -14.8 -0.7
Wholesale trade agents and brokers
446.9 1.7 0.4 1.4 0.3 3.0 0.7 6.4 1.5
Retail trade
15,501.3 6.0 0.0 22.1 0.1 42.3 0.3 63.3 0.4
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
2,049.6 -2.9 -0.1 -2.6 -0.1 5.0 0.2 2.2 0.1
Automobile dealers
1,277.9 -3.7 -0.3 -8.5 -0.7 -9.1 -0.7 -14.2 -1.1
Other motor vehicle dealers
159.0 -2.1 -1.3 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 -0.2 0.5 0.3
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers
612.7 2.8 0.5 6.8 1.1 14.5 2.4 15.9 2.7
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1,344.0 -15.4 -1.1 -13.0 -1.0 -15.9 -1.2 -22.0 -1.6
Food and beverage retailers
3,243.4 -2.7 -0.1 -9.9 -0.3 -13.1 -0.4 -22.6 -0.7
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers
749.7 -0.8 -0.1 -5.8 -0.8 -9.0 -1.2 -15.1 -2.0
General merchandise retailers
3,287.5 18.3 0.6 35.8 1.1 35.0 1.1 53.1 1.6
Health and personal care retailers
1,055.9 -0.7 -0.1 2.5 0.2 7.2 0.7 5.8 0.6
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers
1,066.3 1.2 0.1 5.5 0.5 10.2 1.0 9.3 0.9
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers
1,167.8 12.5 1.1 16.1 1.4 18.4 1.6 16.4 1.4
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers
1,537.1 -3.5 -0.2 -6.5 -0.4 4.5 0.3 36.2 2.4
Transportation and warehousing
6,636.1 24.8 0.4 38.3 0.6 39.1 0.6 17.0 0.3
Air transportation
574.0 3.5 0.6 5.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.2 0.6
Rail transportation
149.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.1 -3.7 -2.4
Water transportation
70.0 -0.6 -0.8 -0.4 -0.6 -0.9 -1.3 -0.8 -1.1
Truck transportation
1,471.3 0.0 0.0 5.0 0.3 1.9 0.1 -1.3 -0.1
Transit and ground passenger transportation
497.6 0.9 0.2 4.9 1.0 11.0 2.3 5.7 1.2
Pipeline transportation
57.6 0.7 1.2 0.4 0.7 1.7 3.0 0.8 1.4
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
30.7 -1.7 -5.2 -2.2 -6.7 -1.7 -5.2 -4.8 -13.5
Support activities for transportation
838.7 5.0 0.6 11.4 1.4 14.4 1.7 8.5 1.0
Couriers and messengers
1,107.4 17.4 1.6 12.0 1.1 10.8 1.0 10.1 0.9
Warehousing and storage
1,839.2 -0.3 0.0 0.7 0.0 1.8 0.1 -0.7 0.0
Utilities
611.5 0.1 0.0 2.6 0.4 4.7 0.8 9.6 1.6
Information
2,734 -1 0.0 -33 -1.2 -53 -1.9 -119 -4.2
Motion picture and sound recording industries
328.4 3.2 1.0 -2.0 -0.6 -3.0 -0.9 -19.6 -5.6
Publishing industries
880.0 -4.1 -0.5 -10.0 -1.1 -20.7 -2.3 -23.5 -2.6
Broadcasting and content providers
327.6 0.2 0.1 -5.9 -1.8 -10.3 -3.0 -15.2 -4.4
Telecommunications
559.1 -0.7 -0.1 -10.0 -1.8 -16.0 -2.8 -35.0 -5.9
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
454.8 0.0 0.0 -6.3 -1.4 -7.5 -1.6 -25.9 -5.4
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
184.3 1.0 0.5 1.1 0.6 4.6 2.6 0.6 0.3
Financial activities
9,085 7 0.1 -13 -0.1 -41 -0.4 -99 -1.1
Finance and insurance
6,640.8 1.3 0.0 -18.7 -0.3 -44.0 -0.7 -97.0 -1.4
Monetary authorities-central bank
18.1 -0.1 -0.5 -0.2 -1.1 -0.5 -2.7 -1.4 -7.2
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,528.1 4.0 0.2 -2.7 -0.1 -10.2 -0.4 -35.0 -1.4
Depository credit intermediation
1,767.6 -0.4 0.0 -2.1 -0.1 -6.7 -0.4 -19.9 -1.1
Commercial banking
1,346.2 -1.2 -0.1 -4.4 -0.3 -11.0 -0.8 -26.1 -1.9
Nondepository credit intermediation
488.5 1.1 0.2 -1.3 -0.3 -4.3 -0.9 -7.6 -1.5
Activities related to credit intermediation
272.0 3.2 1.2 0.7 0.3 0.8 0.3 -7.4 -2.6
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities
1,176.8 2.9 0.2 4.2 0.4 7.2 0.6 29.1 2.5
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,917.8 -5.5 -0.2 -20.0 -0.7 -40.5 -1.4 -89.7 -3.0
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,443.9 5.6 0.2 5.1 0.2 2.5 0.1 -1.9 -0.1
Real estate
1,848.8 4.3 0.2 2.4 0.1 -1.0 -0.1 -3.9 -0.2
Rental and leasing services
574.1 1.2 0.2 2.7 0.5 3.9 0.7 2.7 0.5
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
21.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -1.9 -0.7 -3.2
Professional and business services
22,604 70 0.3 108 0.5 144 0.6 269 1.2
Professional, scientific, and technical services
10,881.3 32.9 0.3 45.4 0.4 72.4 0.7 127.2 1.2
Legal services
1,251.2 2.4 0.2 5.1 0.4 14.0 1.1 22.8 1.9
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
1,125.9 2.3 0.2 1.2 0.1 1.0 0.1 -0.5 0.0
Architectural, engineering, and related services
1,787.0 4.9 0.3 16.9 1.0 25.9 1.5 50.2 2.9
Specialized design services
151.3 -1.8 -1.2 0.3 0.2 1.9 1.3 4.0 2.7
Computer systems design and related services
2,354.1 3.2 0.1 -7.9 -0.3 -15.4 -0.6 -25.6 -1.1
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
1,905.7 17.3 0.9 16.4 0.9 26.2 1.4 45.7 2.5
Scientific research and development services
925.1 4.1 0.4 8.7 0.9 13.1 1.4 18.2 2.0
Advertising, public relations, and related services
478.2 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.2 -2.4 -0.5 -2.9 -0.6
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
902.9 0.1 0.0 4.0 0.4 8.1 0.9 15.4 1.7
Management of companies and enterprises
2,630.8 8.7 0.3 10.0 0.4 17.4 0.7 5.6 0.2
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
9,091.4 28.1 0.3 52.1 0.6 53.9 0.6 135.5 1.5
Administrative and support services
8,559.9 24.4 0.3 47.1 0.6 48.4 0.6 124.9 1.5
Office administrative services
644.0 2.0 0.3 8.4 1.3 12.4 2.0 29.0 4.7
Facilities support services
181.2 0.3 0.2 2.7 1.5 -0.9 -0.5 -1.2 -0.7
Employment services
3,228.9 20.3 0.6 31.9 1.0 38.4 1.2 91.2 2.9
Temporary help services
2,526.0 18.6 0.7 28.5 1.1 35.6 1.4 74.2 3.0
Business support services
622.1 -0.1 0.0 -3.4 -0.5 -6.8 -1.1 -21.3 -3.3
Travel arrangement and reservation services
186.9 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.3 3.5 1.9 -1.9 -1.0
Investigation and security services
1,048.8 -3.2 -0.3 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -0.1
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,312.9 3.5 0.2 5.5 0.2 1.0 0.0 25.8 1.1
Other support services
335.0 0.9 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.2 4.2 1.3
Waste management and remediation services
531.5 3.7 0.7 5.0 0.9 5.5 1.0 10.6 2.0
Private education and health services
28,058 53 0.2 111 0.4 199 0.7 525 1.9
Private educational services
4,053.3 -2.0 0.0 7.2 0.2 8.5 0.2 6.1 0.2
Health care
18,592.0 41.6 0.2 79.5 0.4 145.5 0.8 376.6 2.1
Ambulatory health care services
9,280.5 19.4 0.2 38.7 0.4 78.4 0.9 199.1 2.2
Offices of physicians
3,058.6 -0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.9 0.3 28.7 0.9
Offices of dentists
1,055.2 -1.2 -0.1 -2.8 -0.3 -6.5 -0.6 3.2 0.3
Offices of other health practitioners
1,369.1 5.4 0.4 15.9 1.2 27.3 2.0 53.7 4.1
Outpatient care centers
1,204.4 4.8 0.4 9.6 0.8 10.7 0.9 23.0 1.9
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
309.4 -0.6 -0.2 -2.4 -0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -3.0 -1.0
Home health care services
1,903.6 10.5 0.6 18.9 1.0 35.6 1.9 80.1 4.4
Other ambulatory health care services
380.2 1.3 0.3 -0.5 -0.1 3.7 1.0 13.3 3.6
Hospitals
5,816.0 16.0 0.3 41.6 0.7 57.9 1.0 125.8 2.2
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,495.5 6.2 0.2 -0.8 0.0 9.2 0.3 51.7 1.5
Skilled nursing care facilities
1,591.8 2.1 0.1 3.0 0.2 7.3 0.5 33.1 2.1
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
710.5 2.0 0.3 2.9 0.4 2.7 0.4 13.3 1.9
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
1,021.6 1.4 0.1 -6.4 -0.6 0.8 0.1 5.1 0.5
Other residential care facilities
171.6 0.6 0.4 -0.4 -0.2 -1.7 -1.0 0.2 0.1
Social assistance
5,412.6 13.5 0.3 24.6 0.5 45.3 0.8 142.2 2.7
Individual and family services
3,813.9 16.4 0.4 31.5 0.8 56.0 1.5 148.7 4.1
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
239.5 0.2 0.1 3.2 1.4 4.0 1.7 4.3 1.8
Vocational rehabilitation services
279.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 1.8 0.6 0.9 0.3
Child care services
1,080.2 -3.1 -0.3 -10.0 -0.9 -16.5 -1.5 -11.8 -1.1
Leisure and hospitality
16,964 -13 -0.1 42 0.2 -8 0.0 16 0.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,659.9 -2.6 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 -28.0 -1.0 -37.7 -1.4
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
592.9 -1.5 -0.3 2.5 0.4 -8.4 -1.4 -12.1 -2.0
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
184.4 1.2 0.7 1.1 0.6 1.4 0.8 3.4 1.9
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,882.6 -2.3 -0.1 -4.1 -0.2 -21.0 -1.1 -29.0 -1.5
Accommodation and food services
14,304.1 -10.6 -0.1 42.3 0.3 19.9 0.1 53.4 0.4
Accommodation
1,920.4 -3.4 -0.2 7.0 0.4 -3.7 -0.2 -3.8 -0.2
Food services and drinking places
12,383.7 -7.2 -0.1 35.3 0.3 23.6 0.2 57.2 0.5
Other services
6,045 6 0.1 15 0.2 16 0.3 46 0.8
Repair and maintenance
1,476.3 2.6 0.2 -3.8 -0.3 5.4 0.4 7.0 0.5
Personal and laundry services
1,624.0 1.9 0.1 12.7 0.8 13.2 0.8 26.2 1.6
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
2,944.2 0.6 0.0 5.3 0.2 -2.8 -0.1 11.9 0.4
Government
23,332 6 0.0 32 0.1 1 0.0 -58 -0.2
Federal
2,677 -1 0.0 -9 -0.3 -4 -0.1 -71 -2.6
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,074.8 -5.0 -0.2 -8.7 -0.4 -7.7 -0.4 -82.0 -3.8
U.S. Postal Service
602.5 4.3 0.7 0.4 0.1 4.1 0.7 11.3 1.9
State government
5,479 8 0.1 -3 -0.1 10 0.2 -14 -0.3
State government education
2,610.8 11.5 0.4 -5.9 -0.2 11.7 0.5 -11.6 -0.4
State government, excluding education
2,868.6 -2.6 -0.1 3.8 0.1 -1.4 0.0 -2.1 -0.1
Local government
15,176 -1 0.0 44 0.3 -5 0.0 27 0.2
Local government education
8,209.3 4.8 0.1 51.9 0.6 -20.2 -0.2 -30.3 -0.4
Local government, excluding education
6,966.4 -6.3 -0.1 -8.0 -0.1 14.7 0.2 56.7 0.8
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