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Employment change by industry, March 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
603 2 0.3 -1 -0.2 -2 -0.3 -17 -2.7
Logging
37.6 0.9 2.5 0.0 0.0 -1.4 -3.6 -3.6 -8.7
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
565.5 1.3 0.2 -0.8 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 -13.0 -2.2
Oil and gas extraction
116.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.4 -0.3 0.2 0.2 -2.1 -1.8
Mining (except oil and gas)
187.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.9 -0.5 -1.0 -0.5 -2.6 -1.4
Coal mining
38.3 -0.5 -1.3 -1.2 -3.0 -1.0 -2.5 -1.8 -4.5
Metal ore mining
45.6 0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.9 0.9 2.0 -0.1 -0.2
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
103.3 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.6 -0.6
Support activities for mining
262.3 1.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 -8.3 -3.1
Construction
8,330 26 0.3 58 0.7 75 0.9 57 0.7
Construction of buildings
1,873.4 7.6 0.4 20.2 1.1 27.0 1.5 13.3 0.7
Residential building construction
931.6 3.1 0.3 6.5 0.7 4.9 0.5 -3.9 -0.4
Nonresidential building construction
941.8 4.5 0.5 13.7 1.5 22.1 2.4 17.2 1.9
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,204.6 3.8 0.3 8.7 0.7 20.1 1.7 24.3 2.1
Specialty trade contractors
5,252.0 15.1 0.3 29.6 0.6 28.0 0.5 19.5 0.4
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,369.0 11.2 0.5 7.2 0.3 -0.1 0.0 -25.4 -1.1
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,883.0 3.9 0.1 22.4 0.8 28.1 1.0 44.9 1.6
Manufacturing
12,591 15 0.1 11 0.1 -21 -0.2 -75 -0.6
Durable goods
7,819 15 0.2 22 0.3 5 0.1 -35 -0.4
Wood product manufacturing
393.6 1.3 0.3 -1.6 -0.4 -7.8 -1.9 -13.5 -3.3
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
421.5 2.8 0.7 6.6 1.6 2.4 0.6 4.6 1.1
Primary metal manufacturing
362.6 -1.1 -0.3 -0.7 -0.2 -0.8 -0.2 -2.2 -0.6
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,445.7 5.2 0.4 6.0 0.4 9.5 0.7 11.5 0.8
Machinery manufacturing
1,087.4 1.9 0.2 3.0 0.3 1.7 0.2 -7.5 -0.7
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
987.5 0.1 0.0 -2.0 -0.2 -6.2 -0.6 -18.1 -1.8
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
99.8 1.1 1.1 1.6 1.6 -0.2 -0.2 -1.2 -1.2
Communications equipment manufacturing
80.6 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.5 1.4 1.8
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
368.4 -0.3 -0.1 -1.7 -0.5 -4.3 -1.2 -17.4 -4.5
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
412.1 0.7 0.2 -0.9 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 1.3 0.3
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing
26.7 -0.6 -2.2 -1.1 -4.0 -1.8 -6.3 -2.1 -7.3
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
435.8 1.9 0.4 3.8 0.9 6.8 1.6 7.5 1.8
Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,745.2 6.5 0.4 12.2 0.7 9.8 0.6 -4.9 -0.3
Motor vehicles and parts
952.8 0.6 0.1 1.8 0.2 -8.1 -0.8 -22.5 -2.3
Furniture and related product manufacturing
332.6 -2.0 -0.6 -1.7 -0.5 -5.5 -1.6 -5.2 -1.5
Miscellaneous manufacturing
607.5 -1.6 -0.3 -3.5 -0.6 -4.6 -0.8 -6.7 -1.1
Nondurable goods
4,772 0 0.0 -11 -0.2 -26 -0.5 -40 -0.8
Food manufacturing
1,778.5 -1.4 -0.1 -1.7 -0.1 -5.6 -0.3 -3.4 -0.2
Textile mills
79.2 -0.6 -0.8 -1.7 -2.1 -2.9 -3.5 -3.5 -4.2
Textile product mills
94.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.3 0.3 1.7 1.8 0.2 0.2
Apparel manufacturing
74.3 0.5 0.7 -0.9 -1.2 -4.4 -5.6 -6.7 -8.3
Paper manufacturing
357.8 2.4 0.7 5.0 1.4 2.0 0.6 3.3 0.9
Printing and related support activities
340.4 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -1.4 -0.4 -5.4 -1.6
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
108.5 -0.3 -0.3 -1.2 -1.1 -1.6 -1.5 -2.5 -2.3
Chemical manufacturing
893.1 -5.2 -0.6 -7.7 -0.9 -9.0 -1.0 -5.7 -0.6
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
696.4 2.5 0.4 -1.1 -0.2 -4.9 -0.7 -11.7 -1.7
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing
349.6 2.6 0.7 -1.7 -0.5 0.4 0.1 -4.9 -1.4
Wholesale trade
6,054.6 3.3 0.1 12.1 0.2 2.8 0.0 -7.4 -0.1
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
3,402.1 1.9 0.1 4.4 0.1 2.7 0.1 -5.7 -0.2
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
2,212.5 2.6 0.1 8.0 0.4 1.6 0.1 5.3 0.2
Wholesale trade agents and brokers
440.0 -1.2 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1 -1.5 -0.3 -7.0 -1.6
Retail trade
15,427.9 9.7 0.1 14.4 0.1 -25.5 -0.2 -29.6 -0.2
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
2,045.3 -8.6 -0.4 -6.5 -0.3 -1.9 -0.1 -8.0 -0.4
Automobile dealers
1,289.2 -3.9 -0.3 -3.5 -0.3 -2.4 -0.2 -2.8 -0.2
Other motor vehicle dealers
157.9 -2.8 -1.7 -4.7 -2.9 -0.1 -0.1 -7.0 -4.2
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers
598.2 -1.9 -0.3 1.8 0.3 0.6 0.1 1.9 0.3
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1,346.8 -5.3 -0.4 -29.6 -2.2 -20.5 -1.5 -43.9 -3.2
Food and beverage retailers
3,263.5 9.9 0.3 16.1 0.5 -0.7 0.0 12.8 0.4
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers
756.3 -0.7 -0.1 -10.9 -1.4 -15.1 -2.0 -23.3 -3.0
General merchandise retailers
3,234.4 2.4 0.1 17.7 0.6 -12.5 -0.4 -10.2 -0.3
Health and personal care retailers
1,049.3 4.9 0.5 14.2 1.4 -7.2 -0.7 -12.4 -1.2
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers
1,059.9 -1.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.7 12.5 1.2
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers
1,149.7 4.2 0.4 0.6 0.1 -0.3 0.0 14.5 1.3
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers
1,522.7 3.9 0.3 12.8 0.8 25.5 1.7 28.4 1.9
Transportation and warehousing
6,550.5 21.0 0.3 -4.9 -0.1 -68.0 -1.0 -121.2 -1.8
Air transportation
575.2 0.9 0.2 4.2 0.7 5.0 0.9 7.8 1.4
Rail transportation
149.6 -0.8 -0.5 -2.5 -1.6 -4.1 -2.7 -6.2 -4.0
Water transportation
71.6 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 2.0 2.9
Truck transportation
1,464.1 -0.8 -0.1 -3.1 -0.2 -8.2 -0.6 -27.3 -1.8
Transit and ground passenger transportation
492.2 0.0 0.0 -3.7 -0.7 2.5 0.5 4.6 0.9
Pipeline transportation
55.9 0.0 0.0 -1.7 -3.0 -0.6 -1.1 0.9 1.6
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
34.3 0.3 0.9 0.8 2.4 -1.7 -4.7 2.3 7.2
Support activities for transportation
826.2 1.7 0.2 6.7 0.8 -3.2 -0.4 -5.7 -0.7
Couriers and messengers
1,050.8 20.4 2.0 0.0 0.0 -35.7 -3.3 -49.4 -4.5
Warehousing and storage
1,830.6 -0.9 0.0 -5.6 -0.3 -22.8 -1.2 -50.2 -2.7
Utilities
605.0 -1.2 -0.2 0.5 0.1 3.6 0.6 4.6 0.8
Information
2,791 -3 -0.1 -51 -1.8 -68 -2.4 -76 -2.7
Motion picture and sound recording industries
337.4 -1.1 -0.3 -8.7 -2.5 -11.4 -3.3 -21.9 -6.1
Publishing industries
902.8 0.8 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 -10.2 -1.1 -3.6 -0.4
Broadcasting and content providers
334.2 0.1 0.0 -6.3 -1.9 -8.3 -2.4 -6.2 -1.8
Telecommunications
574.4 -1.6 -0.3 -23.9 -4.0 -20.7 -3.5 -23.8 -4.0
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
462.6 -1.5 -0.3 -10.3 -2.2 -13.7 -2.9 -20.3 -4.2
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
180.0 0.6 0.3 -0.6 -0.3 -3.1 -1.7 0.4 0.2
Financial activities
9,134 -15 -0.2 -52 -0.6 -55 -0.6 -67 -0.7
Finance and insurance
6,689.9 -16.2 -0.2 -44.3 -0.7 -48.0 -0.7 -53.1 -0.8
Monetary authorities-central bank
18.8 -0.1 -0.5 -0.3 -1.6 -0.8 -4.1 -1.2 -6.0
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,536.8 -8.5 -0.3 -27.2 -1.1 -28.3 -1.1 -28.5 -1.1
Depository credit intermediation
1,773.6 -4.3 -0.2 -13.6 -0.8 -13.4 -0.7 -7.0 -0.4
Commercial banking
1,356.8 -4.4 -0.3 -14.6 -1.1 -16.2 -1.2 -17.0 -1.2
Nondepository credit intermediation
494.5 0.5 0.1 -2.2 -0.4 -3.3 -0.7 -10.6 -2.1
Activities related to credit intermediation
268.6 -4.7 -1.7 -11.5 -4.1 -11.7 -4.2 -11.0 -3.9
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities
1,163.4 -1.9 -0.2 5.1 0.4 16.6 1.4 31.0 2.7
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,970.9 -5.7 -0.2 -21.9 -0.7 -35.5 -1.2 -54.4 -1.8
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,444.0 1.3 0.1 -7.7 -0.3 -7.3 -0.3 -14.1 -0.6
Real estate
1,851.4 -3.2 -0.2 -8.9 -0.5 -1.7 -0.1 -7.9 -0.4
Rental and leasing services
571.2 4.6 0.8 1.4 0.2 -5.2 -0.9 -5.8 -1.0
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
21.4 -0.1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.9 -0.4 -1.8 -0.4 -1.8
Professional and business services
22,417 2 0.0 45 0.2 58 0.3 -40 -0.2
Professional, scientific, and technical services
10,790.1 -13.5 -0.1 5.5 0.1 29.5 0.3 7.8 0.1
Legal services
1,233.1 -0.7 -0.1 1.9 0.2 6.9 0.6 17.4 1.4
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
1,125.3 -3.1 -0.3 -4.5 -0.4 -3.2 -0.3 -0.7 -0.1
Architectural, engineering, and related services
1,757.4 4.0 0.2 11.5 0.7 23.6 1.4 39.0 2.3
Specialized design services
150.3 1.3 0.9 2.2 1.5 2.5 1.7 2.0 1.3
Computer systems design and related services
2,368.1 -13.2 -0.6 -12.5 -0.5 -19.5 -0.8 -40.8 -1.7
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
1,872.5 -1.0 -0.1 0.9 0.0 12.5 0.7 8.2 0.4
Scientific research and development services
911.4 -0.9 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 -21.6 -2.3
Advertising, public relations, and related services
476.2 -2.9 -0.6 -5.5 -1.1 -5.1 -1.1 -5.9 -1.2
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
895.7 2.9 0.3 12.3 1.4 12.5 1.4 10.1 1.1
Management of companies and enterprises
2,614.9 -2.8 -0.1 -7.1 -0.3 -12.9 -0.5 -6.0 -0.2
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
9,012.0 18.5 0.2 47.0 0.5 41.9 0.5 -42.0 -0.5
Administrative and support services
8,486.1 17.2 0.2 43.0 0.5 36.8 0.4 -49.0 -0.6
Office administrative services
621.3 1.3 0.2 1.9 0.3 4.7 0.8 1.1 0.2
Facilities support services
183.5 1.1 0.6 3.5 1.9 2.8 1.5 3.6 2.0
Employment services
3,184.7 11.0 0.3 41.0 1.3 27.3 0.9 -38.9 -1.2
Temporary help services
2,474.5 4.4 0.2 23.1 0.9 2.9 0.1 -53.8 -2.1
Business support services
629.2 0.2 0.0 -7.2 -1.1 -14.2 -2.2 -34.4 -5.2
Travel arrangement and reservation services
180.8 0.4 0.2 -2.4 -1.3 -5.5 -3.0 -5.7 -3.1
Investigation and security services
1,044.0 0.3 0.0 -1.7 -0.2 -5.1 -0.5 5.2 0.5
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,307.7 2.7 0.1 4.5 0.2 19.8 0.9 13.6 0.6
Other support services
335.0 0.3 0.1 3.5 1.1 7.1 2.2 6.5 2.0
Waste management and remediation services
525.9 1.3 0.2 4.0 0.8 5.1 1.0 7.0 1.3
Private education and health services
27,795 91 0.3 168 0.6 306 1.1 663 2.4
Private educational services
4,038.8 1.7 0.0 -0.5 0.0 -11.5 -0.3 -16.7 -0.4
Health care
18,407.6 76.4 0.4 112.3 0.6 225.8 1.2 379.5 2.1
Ambulatory health care services
9,178.0 54.3 0.6 57.2 0.6 124.9 1.4 165.4 1.8
Offices of physicians
3,047.9 35.0 1.2 8.9 0.3 23.1 0.8 62.5 2.1
Offices of dentists
1,058.9 3.2 0.3 3.4 0.3 9.8 0.9 8.1 0.8
Offices of other health practitioners
1,334.7 2.8 0.2 9.0 0.7 25.5 1.9 36.7 2.8
Outpatient care centers
1,199.2 5.4 0.5 10.8 0.9 19.5 1.7 27.9 2.4
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
308.4 0.2 0.1 -3.9 -1.2 -2.5 -0.8 -0.4 -0.1
Home health care services
1,854.7 6.9 0.4 24.4 1.3 41.2 2.3 19.2 1.0
Other ambulatory health care services
374.2 0.7 0.2 4.6 1.2 8.3 2.3 11.4 3.1
Hospitals
5,759.9 14.9 0.3 41.1 0.7 70.2 1.2 147.3 2.6
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,469.7 7.2 0.2 14.0 0.4 30.7 0.9 66.8 2.0
Skilled nursing care facilities
1,577.5 2.4 0.2 7.6 0.5 20.2 1.3 39.5 2.6
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
705.0 1.8 0.3 4.0 0.6 9.1 1.3 18.1 2.6
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
1,015.1 1.7 0.2 1.6 0.2 1.2 0.1 5.3 0.5
Other residential care facilities
172.1 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.1 3.9 2.3
Social assistance
5,348.9 13.5 0.3 56.7 1.1 92.5 1.8 301.0 6.0
Individual and family services
3,732.2 10.9 0.3 56.5 1.5 83.4 2.3 297.9 8.7
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
237.9 1.9 0.8 3.3 1.4 3.8 1.6 4.1 1.8
Vocational rehabilitation services
280.3 1.0 0.4 -2.5 -0.9 0.6 0.2 -4.4 -1.5
Child care services
1,098.5 -0.3 0.0 -0.5 0.0 4.6 0.4 3.3 0.3
Leisure and hospitality
16,999 44 0.3 38 0.2 92 0.5 176 1.0
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,700.8 14.0 0.5 21.3 0.8 -0.9 0.0 30.9 1.2
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
619.6 11.5 1.9 15.2 2.5 10.0 1.6 25.7 4.3
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
181.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.5 0.8 2.4 1.3
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,899.5 2.1 0.1 6.0 0.3 -12.4 -0.6 2.8 0.1
Accommodation and food services
14,298.0 29.4 0.2 16.2 0.1 92.7 0.7 144.9 1.0
Accommodation
1,936.2 7.9 0.4 -2.3 -0.1 14.8 0.8 -8.5 -0.4
Food services and drinking places
12,361.8 21.5 0.2 18.5 0.1 77.9 0.6 153.4 1.3
Other services
6,022 -9 -0.1 -1 0.0 17 0.3 35 0.6
Repair and maintenance
1,472.6 -6.8 -0.5 -2.4 -0.2 -3.7 -0.3 3.4 0.2
Personal and laundry services
1,601.8 -5.0 -0.3 -5.2 -0.3 1.5 0.1 7.3 0.5
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
2,948.0 3.1 0.1 7.1 0.2 19.2 0.7 24.9 0.9
Government
23,317 -8 0.0 -32 -0.1 -226 -1.0 -242 -1.0
Federal
2,658 -18 -0.7 -64 -2.4 -256 -8.8 -330 -11.0
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,059.4 -16.3 -0.8 -68.2 -3.2 -262.1 -11.3 -330.6 -13.8
U.S. Postal Service
598.6 -1.3 -0.2 4.4 0.7 5.9 1.0 0.3 0.1
State government
5,476 -4 -0.1 0 0.0 -21 -0.4 -47 -0.9
State government education
2,611.1 -3.0 -0.1 8.5 0.3 -10.1 -0.4 -36.6 -1.4
State government, excluding education
2,864.8 -1.2 0.0 -8.9 -0.3 -10.5 -0.4 -10.9 -0.4
Local government
15,183 14 0.1 32 0.2 51 0.3 135 0.9
Local government education
8,248.1 9.2 0.1 16.3 0.2 14.1 0.2 49.3 0.6
Local government, excluding education
6,934.8 5.1 0.1 15.5 0.2 36.4 0.5 85.7 1.3
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