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Employment by industry, monthly changes

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Employment change by industry, February 2020, 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

 717 4 0.6 -7 -1.0 -14 -1.9 -24 -3.2

Logging

 54.5 0.6 1.1 0.8 1.5 3.0 5.8 5.9 12.1

Mining

 662.0 3.1 0.5 -8.5 -1.3 -17.0 -2.5 -30.6 -4.4

Oil and gas extraction

 157.0 1.1 0.7 1.1 0.7 4.7 3.1 13.4 9.3

Mining, except oil and gas

 189.4 -0.7 -0.4 -1.3 -0.7 -0.4 -0.2 -3.9 -2.0

Coal mining

 50.6 -0.5 -1.0 -1.6 -3.1 -1.6 -3.1 -1.5 -2.9

Metal ore mining(1)

 40.9 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 -0.5 -1.2 -2.9

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying(1)

 97.9 -0.1 -0.1 0.5 0.5 1.4 1.5 -1.2 -1.2

Support activities for mining

 315.6 2.7 0.9 -8.3 -2.6 -21.3 -6.3 -40.1 -11.3

Construction

 7,646 42 0.6 107 1.4 138 1.8 223 3.0

Construction of buildings

 1,692.3 13.1 0.8 21.9 1.3 25.9 1.6 39.3 2.4

Residential building

 841.7 9.7 1.2 11.5 1.4 16.4 2.0 26.5 3.3

Nonresidential building

 850.6 3.4 0.4 10.4 1.2 9.5 1.1 12.8 1.5

Heavy and civil engineering construction

 1,099.1 3.0 0.3 12.8 1.2 25.0 2.3 32.8 3.1

Specialty trade contractors

 4,854.4 25.6 0.5 72.6 1.5 86.7 1.8 151.2 3.2

Residential specialty trade contractors

 2,127.1 12.2 0.6 36.0 1.7 44.6 2.1 56.9 2.7

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

 2,727.3 13.4 0.5 36.6 1.4 42.1 1.6 94.3 3.6

Manufacturing

 12,861 15 0.1 -7 -0.1 13 0.1 31 0.2

Durable goods

 8,064 11 0.1 0 0.0 -2 0.0 2 0.0

Wood products

 410.9 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.5 2.2 0.5

Nonmetallic mineral products

 427.0 3.7 0.9 3.5 0.8 5.4 1.3 7.4 1.8

Primary metals

 372.6 -0.6 -0.2 -6.4 -1.7 -11.9 -3.1 -16.7 -4.3

Fabricated metal products

 1,486.9 1.8 0.1 -2.8 -0.2 -4.7 -0.3 -5.1 -0.3

Machinery

 1,112.8 -2.3 -0.2 -6.5 -0.6 -12.9 -1.1 -19.4 -1.7

Computer and electronic products

 1,098.9 1.9 0.2 6.6 0.6 13.4 1.2 28.6 2.7

Computer and peripheral equipment

 169.5 0.5 0.3 3.1 1.9 5.7 3.5 8.6 5.3

Communications equipment

 84.7 0.2 0.2 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.6

Semiconductors and electronic components

 378.6 0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 3.6 1.0

Electronic instruments

 433.3 0.9 0.2 3.2 0.7 7.0 1.6 14.9 3.6

Miscellaneous computer and electronic products(1)

 32.8 0.3 0.9 -0.3 -0.9 -0.2 -0.6 0.1 0.3

Electrical equipment and appliances

 404.7 -0.8 -0.2 -0.4 -0.1 -1.1 -0.3 0.0 0.0

Transportation equipment

 1,742.4 7.8 0.4 3.3 0.2 6.1 0.4 2.1 0.1

Motor vehicles and parts

 996.5 6.8 0.7 0.6 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 -15.7 -1.6

Furniture and related products

 385.4 -1.6 -0.4 -2.2 -0.6 -1.7 -0.4 -4.2 -1.1

Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing

 622.4 1.3 0.2 4.5 0.7 3.0 0.5 7.5 1.2

Nondurable goods

 4,797 4 0.1 -7 -0.1 15 0.3 29 0.6

Food manufacturing

 1,655.7 0.4 0.0 -5.7 -0.3 15.0 0.9 22.2 1.4

Textile mills

 106.5 -0.3 -0.3 -0.7 -0.7 -2.1 -1.9 -2.8 -2.6

Textile product mills

 111.7 -1.2 -1.1 -0.9 -0.8 -1.2 -1.1 -2.7 -2.4

Apparel

 104.2 -0.5 -0.5 -2.6 -2.4 -7.3 -6.5 -5.7 -5.2

Paper and paper products

 364.2 -0.7 -0.2 -0.8 -0.2 -1.1 -0.3 -1.7 -0.5

Printing and related support activities

 418.7 -0.4 -0.1 -2.6 -0.6 -6.1 -1.4 -8.9 -2.1

Petroleum and coal products

 114.8 0.2 0.2 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.3 -1.0 -0.9

Chemicals

 850.9 2.0 0.2 -2.7 -0.3 1.6 0.2 -0.2 0.0

Plastics and rubber products

 747.0 1.7 0.2 6.0 0.8 7.4 1.0 12.8 1.7

Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing

 323.7 3.0 0.9 2.4 0.7 7.3 2.3 17.3 5.6

Wholesale trade

 5,936.2 -2.6 0.0 9.9 0.2 29.4 0.5 51.5 0.9

Durable goods

 3,218.3 -1.9 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 7.4 0.2 30.5 1.0

Nondurable goods

 2,184.1 -0.6 0.0 12.2 0.6 14.0 0.6 21.1 1.0

Electronic markets and agents and brokers

 533.8 -0.1 0.0 -2.0 -0.4 8.0 1.5 -0.1 0.0

Retail trade

 15,659.4 -7.0 0.0 28.6 0.2 45.6 0.3 -7.8 0.0

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

 2,064.0 -0.5 0.0 10.4 0.5 26.5 1.3 43.3 2.1

Automobile dealers

 1,313.0 1.5 0.1 10.8 0.8 13.8 1.1 14.9 1.1

Other motor vehicle dealers(1)

 166.1 0.4 0.2 -0.3 -0.2 4.0 2.5 3.8 2.3

Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores(1)

 585.0 -2.3 -0.4 0.1 0.0 8.9 1.5 24.7 4.4

Furniture and home furnishings stores

 471.6 1.9 0.4 4.0 0.9 0.9 0.2 -1.5 -0.3

Electronics and appliance stores

 475.9 2.6 0.5 -5.2 -1.1 4.1 0.9 -3.4 -0.7

Building material and garden supply stores

 1,303.0 -5.5 -0.4 0.3 0.0 1.1 0.1 11.3 0.9

Food and beverage stores

 3,091.4 0.4 0.0 -0.7 0.0 18.5 0.6 19.5 0.6

Health and personal care stores

 1,063.3 10.9 1.0 10.9 1.0 13.1 1.2 9.5 0.9

Gasoline stations

 948.9 -2.6 -0.3 -2.5 -0.3 1.1 0.1 8.2 0.9

Clothing and clothing accessories stores

 1,276.2 -12.2 -0.9 27.0 2.2 -17.6 -1.4 -53.9 -4.1

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

 554.2 1.7 0.3 12.1 2.2 -1.7 -0.3 3.6 0.7

General merchandise stores

 3,040.1 -2.5 -0.1 -16.2 -0.5 21.2 0.7 -6.2 -0.2

Department stores

 1,074.4 -0.3 0.0 -10.6 -1.0 5.7 0.5 -14.6 -1.3

General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters(1)

 1,965.7 -2.2 -0.1 -5.6 -0.3 15.5 0.8 8.3 0.4

Miscellaneous store retailers

 822.6 0.5 0.1 -3.4 -0.4 -8.2 -1.0 -16.5 -2.0

Nonstore retailers

 548.2 -1.7 -0.3 -8.1 -1.5 -13.4 -2.4 -21.7 -3.8

Transportation and warehousing

 5,681.7 -4.0 -0.1 23.7 0.4 63.6 1.1 95.8 1.7

Air transportation

 510.8 1.7 0.3 3.6 0.7 7.7 1.5 9.0 1.8

Rail transportation

 158.8 -2.0 -1.2 -7.0 -4.2 -13.8 -8.0 -23.7 -13.0

Water transportation

 65.1 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -1.5 -0.6 -0.9 -0.9 -1.4

Truck transportation

 1,529.4 1.7 0.1 -0.4 0.0 -2.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.0

Transit and ground passenger transportation

 508.7 1.0 0.2 4.9 1.0 15.6 3.2 10.6 2.1

Pipeline transportation

 50.4 -0.6 -1.2 -1.0 -1.9 -0.9 -1.8 -0.1 -0.2

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

 36.6 0.3 0.8 0.4 1.1 0.4 1.1 1.3 3.7

Support activities for transportation

 763.9 0.8 0.1 3.9 0.5 11.3 1.5 14.7 2.0

Couriers and messengers

 853.8 -12.2 -1.4 8.7 1.0 32.3 3.9 62.6 7.9

Warehousing and storage

 1,204.2 5.3 0.4 11.6 1.0 13.7 1.2 22.5 1.9

Utilities

 547.4 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.0 -1.5 -0.3 -2.7 -0.5

Information

 2,898 4 0.1 24 0.8 37 1.3 57 2.0

Publishing industries, except Internet

 769.1 3.0 0.4 4.2 0.5 6.2 0.8 17.5 2.3

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 456.2 0.1 0.0 10.5 2.4 14.8 3.4 24.5 5.7

Broadcasting, except Internet

 261.7 -0.6 -0.2 -3.1 -1.2 -3.6 -1.4 -7.2 -2.7

Telecommunications

 706.5 -1.0 -0.1 1.4 0.2 -1.9 -0.3 -19.3 -2.7

Data processing, hosting and related services

 350.4 0.0 0.0 5.2 1.5 9.4 2.8 15.2 4.5

Other information services

 354.4 2.8 0.8 5.9 1.7 12.3 3.6 27.1 8.3

Financial activities

 8,850 26 0.3 46 0.5 82 0.9 160 1.8

Finance and insurance

 6,488.9 13.6 0.2 31.0 0.5 49.4 0.8 95.4 1.5

Monetary authorities - central bank

 19.2 -0.3 -1.5 -0.4 -2.0 -0.5 -2.5 -0.6 -3.0

Credit intermediation and related activities

 2,680.6 6.1 0.2 16.5 0.6 30.0 1.1 31.2 1.2

Depository credit intermediation

 1,789.9 4.5 0.3 10.2 0.6 13.2 0.7 14.1 0.8

Commercial banking

 1,396.9 3.4 0.2 6.5 0.5 5.6 0.4 3.7 0.3

Nondepository credit intermediation(1)

 586.0 2.1 0.4 7.0 1.2 11.3 2.0 14.5 2.5

Activities related to credit intermediation(1)

 304.6 -0.6 -0.2 -0.8 -0.3 5.4 1.8 2.6 0.9

Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts

 970.8 2.3 0.2 4.1 0.4 4.2 0.4 12.7 1.3

Insurance carriers and related activities

 2,818.3 5.5 0.2 10.8 0.4 15.7 0.6 52.1 1.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2,361.5 12.9 0.5 15.9 0.7 33.2 1.4 64.7 2.8

Real estate

 1,752.2 7.9 0.5 11.8 0.7 25.8 1.5 55.5 3.3

Rental and leasing services

 585.5 4.9 0.8 3.8 0.7 6.8 1.2 8.6 1.5

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets

 23.8 0.1 0.4 0.3 1.3 0.6 2.6 0.6 2.6

Professional and business services

 21,569 41 0.2 88 0.4 192 0.9 405 1.9

Professional and technical services

 9,717.3 32.3 0.3 67.4 0.7 130.3 1.4 285.4 3.0

Legal services

 1,162.6 1.6 0.1 5.5 0.5 10.0 0.9 17.4 1.5

Accounting and bookkeeping services

 1,035.6 2.8 0.3 3.7 0.4 5.0 0.5 23.0 2.3

Architectural and engineering services

 1,540.3 10.3 0.7 14.1 0.9 23.5 1.5 39.6 2.6

Specialized design services(1)

 145.3 -0.7 -0.5 -0.5 -0.3 1.6 1.1 1.7 1.2

Computer systems design and related services

 2,257.7 7.8 0.3 21.9 1.0 35.6 1.6 97.1 4.5

Management and technical consulting services

 1,565.3 2.5 0.2 11.8 0.8 26.6 1.7 52.4 3.5

Scientific research and development services(1)

 748.7 5.2 0.7 6.9 0.9 16.4 2.2 32.6 4.6

Advertising and related services(1)

 495.2 0.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.1 3.4 0.7 2.4 0.5

Other professional and technical services(1)

 766.6 2.8 0.4 4.4 0.6 8.3 1.1 19.2 2.6

Management of companies and enterprises

 2,447.8 -1.8 -0.1 2.8 0.1 13.3 0.5 36.6 1.5

Administrative and waste services

 9,404.1 10.3 0.1 18.4 0.2 49.1 0.5 83.0 0.9

Administrative and support services

 8,937.0 8.7 0.1 15.4 0.2 39.8 0.4 63.1 0.7

Office administrative services(1)

 530.9 0.7 0.1 1.5 0.3 2.6 0.5 10.8 2.1

Facilities support services(1)

 164.4 -1.6 -1.0 -2.0 -1.2 -1.3 -0.8 1.7 1.0

Employment services

 3,652.4 1.1 0.0 3.3 0.1 18.6 0.5 10.1 0.3

Temporary help services

 2,944.1 -3.3 -0.1 -1.4 0.0 2.4 0.1 -18.1 -0.6

Business support services

 869.8 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 -5.9 -0.7 -14.0 -1.6

Travel arrangement and reservation services(1)

 221.7 -1.0 -0.4 -0.1 0.0 1.6 0.7 3.1 1.4

Investigation and security services(1)

 972.8 4.9 0.5 11.8 1.2 14.6 1.5 21.7 2.3

Services to buildings and dwellings

 2,179.7 1.1 0.1 3.5 0.2 3.2 0.1 18.0 0.8

Other support services(1)

 345.3 3.9 1.1 -2.5 -0.7 6.3 1.9 11.7 3.5

Waste management and remediation services

 467.1 1.6 0.3 3.0 0.6 9.3 2.0 19.9 4.4

Education and health services

 24,591 54 0.2 155 0.6 329 1.4 673 2.8

Educational services

 3,838.1 -1.8 0.0 31.4 0.8 58.6 1.6 114.6 3.1

Health care

 16,502.9 31.6 0.2 83.7 0.5 185.3 1.1 367.5 2.3

Ambulatory health care services

 7,855.3 23.6 0.3 62.6 0.8 130.5 1.7 249.9 3.3

Offices of physicians

 2,723.1 9.5 0.4 20.6 0.8 45.1 1.7 77.8 2.9

Offices of dentists(1)

 977.1 1.7 0.2 2.2 0.2 5.2 0.5 14.2 1.5

Offices of other health practitioners(1)

 987.3 3.3 0.3 8.5 0.9 13.7 1.4 30.7 3.2

Outpatient care centers

 980.1 -1.2 -0.1 7.6 0.8 14.7 1.5 24.6 2.6

Medical and diagnostic laboratories(1)

 289.4 -0.8 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 5.1 1.8 10.6 3.8

Home health care services

 1,574.1 9.7 0.6 18.5 1.2 36.7 2.4 75.0 5.0

Other ambulatory health care services(1)

 324.1 1.2 0.4 5.3 1.7 9.7 3.1 16.9 5.5

Hospitals

 5,257.9 7.8 0.1 21.1 0.4 50.0 1.0 92.2 1.8

Nursing and residential care facilities

 3,389.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.8 0.1 25.4 0.8

Nursing care facilities

 1,590.7 -0.7 0.0 -4.0 -0.3 -9.1 -0.6 -9.2 -0.6

Residential mental health facilities(1)

 652.9 0.5 0.1 1.7 0.3 3.4 0.5 9.9 1.5

Community care facilities for the elderly(1)

 978.0 0.6 0.1 1.0 0.1 7.4 0.8 22.2 2.3

Other residential care facilities(1)

 168.1 -0.2 -0.1 1.3 0.8 3.1 1.9 2.5 1.5

Social assistance

 4,250.4 24.9 0.6 40.7 1.0 85.6 2.1 191.2 4.7

Individual and family services(1)

 2,697.9 17.5 0.7 29.4 1.1 63.1 2.4 147.2 5.8

Emergency and other relief services(1)

 187.0 1.6 0.9 1.2 0.6 2.7 1.5 5.3 2.9

Vocational rehabilitation services(1)

 325.8 2.4 0.7 1.4 0.4 5.0 1.6 1.5 0.5

Child day care services

 1,039.7 3.4 0.3 8.6 0.8 14.9 1.5 37.2 3.7

Leisure and hospitality

 16,873 51 0.3 129 0.8 303 1.8 400 2.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 2,493.9 1.2 0.0 24.6 1.0 72.9 3.0 69.4 2.9

Performing arts and spectator sports

 516.4 -2.4 -0.5 -1.3 -0.3 2.8 0.5 -0.5 -0.1

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

 176.7 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 4.4 2.6 5.9 3.5

Amusements, gambling, and recreation

 1,800.8 3.5 0.2 25.5 1.4 65.7 3.8 64.0 3.7

Accommodation and food services

 14,379.3 49.8 0.3 104.7 0.7 230.8 1.6 330.6 2.4

Accommodation

 2,091.8 -2.8 -0.1 1.2 0.1 12.8 0.6 26.6 1.3

Food services and drinking places

 12,287.5 52.6 0.4 103.5 0.8 218.0 1.8 304.0 2.5

Other services

 5,939 4 0.1 16 0.3 29 0.5 85 1.5

Repair and maintenance

 1,376.9 5.3 0.4 8.2 0.6 16.9 1.2 44.1 3.3

Personal and laundry services

 1,536.1 0.9 0.1 6.8 0.4 10.3 0.7 16.8 1.1

Membership associations and organizations

 3,026.3 -1.4 0.0 1.8 0.1 2.2 0.1 24.9 0.8

Government

 22,775 45 0.2 116 0.5 138 0.6 262 1.2

Federal

 2,865.0 8.0 0.3 15.0 0.5 8.0 0.3 51.0 1.8

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

 2,262.7 9.6 0.4 19.0 0.8 12.5 0.6 55.4 2.5

U.S. Postal Service

 602.4 -1.7 -0.3 -3.4 -0.6 -4.8 -0.8 -4.7 -0.8

State government

 5,217.0 18.0 0.3 36.0 0.7 33.0 0.6 42.0 0.8

State government education

 2,506.1 15.5 0.6 27.6 1.1 16.8 0.7 21.2 0.9

State government, excluding education

 2,711.2 2.7 0.1 9.2 0.3 16.9 0.6 21.4 0.8

Local government

 14,693.0 19.0 0.1 65.0 0.4 97.0 0.7 169.0 1.2

Local government education

 8,056.4 6.2 0.1 24.6 0.3 35.9 0.4 80.9 1.0

Local government, excluding education

 6,636.1 12.2 0.2 40.2 0.6 60.3 0.9 87.8 1.3

Footnotes
(1) Seasonally adjusted independently. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cestn.htm#SA_ind for details.