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Employment by industry, monthly changes

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Employment change by industry, January 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

615 -7 -1.1 -8 -1.3 -8 -1.3 -17 -2.7

Logging

39.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.0 0.2 0.5 -3.2 -7.6

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

575.7 -7.7 -1.3 -9.0 -1.5 -8.2 -1.4 -14.4 -2.4

Oil and gas extraction

122.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.6 -0.5 0.3 0.2

Mining (except oil and gas)

191.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.6 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1

Coal mining

41.0 -0.7 -1.7 -0.9 -2.1 -1.9 -4.4 -1.3 -3.1

Metal ore mining(1)

45.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.1

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying(1)

105.1 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.4 1.4 1.4 0.8 0.8

Support activities for mining

262.2 -7.6 -2.8 -8.5 -3.1 -7.0 -2.6 -14.6 -5.3

Construction

8,291 4 0.0 23 0.3 77 0.9 178 2.2

Construction of buildings

1,872.2 3.0 0.2 8.0 0.4 15.1 0.8 43.3 2.4

Residential building construction

956.0 1.9 0.2 5.5 0.6 15.2 1.6 25.5 2.7

Nonresidential building construction

916.2 1.1 0.1 2.5 0.3 -0.1 0.0 17.8 2.0

Heavy and civil engineering construction

1,168.5 -2.3 -0.2 4.1 0.4 22.0 1.9 29.2 2.6

Specialty trade contractors

5,250.4 3.5 0.1 11.0 0.2 40.0 0.8 105.4 2.0

Residential specialty trade contractors

2,403.0 -2.1 -0.1 -5.4 -0.2 -7.1 -0.3 14.6 0.6

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

2,847.4 5.6 0.2 16.4 0.6 47.1 1.7 90.8 3.3

Manufacturing

12,761 3 0.0 11 0.1 -79 -0.6 -105 -0.8

Durable goods

7,904 -3 0.0 6 0.1 -79 -1.0 -109 -1.4

Wood product manufacturing

417.0 2.7 0.7 1.8 0.4 -2.0 -0.5 0.6 0.1

Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

428.6 3.0 0.7 2.4 0.6 6.7 1.6 8.5 2.0

Primary metal manufacturing

372.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 -1.4 -0.4 -1.1 -0.3

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

1,437.5 3.8 0.3 2.2 0.2 -1.9 -0.1 -12.6 -0.9

Machinery manufacturing

1,113.2 0.8 0.1 -1.8 -0.2 -3.5 -0.3 -14.6 -1.3

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

1,010.3 -4.3 -0.4 -13.1 -1.3 -18.7 -1.8 -29.7 -2.9

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

110.2 -0.8 -0.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.2 0.2 -1.9 -1.7

Communications equipment manufacturing

81.7 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.8 -1.0 -3.1 -3.7

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

378.5 -4.1 -1.1 -11.7 -3.0 -15.6 -4.0 -17.4 -4.4

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

410.1 0.3 0.1 -1.4 -0.3 -2.9 -0.7 -7.3 -1.7

Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing(1)

29.9 0.3 1.0 0.5 1.7 0.4 1.4 0.2 0.7

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing

408.5 2.1 0.5 -1.6 -0.4 -4.4 -1.1 -8.6 -2.1

Transportation equipment manufacturing

1,763.9 -12.4 -0.7 14.5 0.8 -52.0 -2.9 -35.1 -2.0

Motor vehicles and parts

995.8 -9.7 -1.0 -16.0 -1.6 -36.8 -3.6 -28.6 -2.8

Furniture and related product manufacturing

336.8 -0.8 -0.2 -2.6 -0.8 -5.9 -1.7 -11.6 -3.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing

615.9 2.0 0.3 4.4 0.7 4.2 0.7 -5.2 -0.8

Nondurable goods

4,857 6 0.1 5 0.1 0 0.0 4 0.1

Food manufacturing

1,771.7 0.7 0.0 -3.4 -0.2 1.6 0.1 14.7 0.8

Textile mills

86.3 -0.2 -0.2 0.1 0.1 -0.6 -0.7 -0.1 -0.1

Textile product mills

99.7 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.5 1.0 1.0

Apparel manufacturing

84.8 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.7 0.4 0.5 -2.8 -3.2

Paper manufacturing

355.0 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 -0.6 -0.2 -0.9 -0.3

Printing and related support activities

354.3 0.5 0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -1.2 -0.3 -8.8 -2.4

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing

109.3 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 -1.2 -1.1

Chemical manufacturing

902.3 0.8 0.1 3.9 0.4 3.2 0.4 6.3 0.7

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

718.3 -1.3 -0.2 -2.7 -0.4 -6.8 -0.9 -13.2 -1.8

Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing

374.9 1.1 0.3 5.0 1.4 4.0 1.1 8.4 2.3

Wholesale trade

6,180.6 2.0 0.0 20.0 0.3 37.0 0.6 52.0 0.8

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

3,458.2 0.2 0.0 3.0 0.1 14.7 0.4 36.4 1.1

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

2,227.1 0.6 0.0 15.0 0.7 19.3 0.9 13.9 0.6

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

495.3 1.2 0.2 2.0 0.4 3.0 0.6 1.7 0.3

Retail trade

15,573.7 34.3 0.2 57.1 0.4 50.9 0.3 52.9 0.3

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

2,055.9 4.5 0.2 3.5 0.2 5.5 0.3 4.8 0.2

Automobile dealers

1,296.8 2.3 0.2 4.8 0.4 7.5 0.6 14.4 1.1

Other motor vehicle dealers(1)

167.1 2.6 1.6 1.4 0.8 -1.0 -0.6 -7.0 -4.0

Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers(1)

592.0 -0.4 -0.1 -2.7 -0.5 -1.0 -0.2 -2.5 -0.4

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

1,385.7 -0.8 -0.1 -10.7 -0.8 -15.3 -1.1 -18.0 -1.3

Food and beverage retailers

3,237.1 0.3 0.0 3.0 0.1 17.4 0.5 20.5 0.6

Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers

800.2 -1.7 -0.2 -5.3 -0.7 -0.7 -0.1 -14.8 -1.8

General merchandise retailers

3,306.9 31.2 1.0 36.7 1.1 35.4 1.1 79.8 2.5

Health and personal care retailers

1,092.0 2.3 0.2 5.0 0.5 5.3 0.5 3.1 0.3

Gasoline stations and fuel dealers

1,056.0 -1.4 -0.1 2.5 0.2 2.1 0.2 5.4 0.5

Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers

1,125.2 -7.7 -0.7 9.4 0.8 -7.6 -0.7 -28.3 -2.5

Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers

1,514.7 7.6 0.5 13.0 0.9 8.8 0.6 0.4 0.0

Transportation and warehousing

6,711.4 1.1 0.0 50.3 0.8 50.1 0.8 127.6 1.9

Air transportation

569.4 1.1 0.2 5.8 1.0 4.6 0.8 8.5 1.5

Rail transportation

156.3 0.9 0.6 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 -0.8 -0.5

Water transportation

69.5 -0.1 -0.1 -0.4 -0.6 -1.2 -1.7 0.4 0.6

Truck transportation

1,521.9 3.8 0.3 7.4 0.5 5.3 0.3 -10.0 -0.7

Transit and ground passenger transportation

490.1 4.1 0.8 5.3 1.1 23.3 5.0 32.9 7.2

Pipeline transportation

54.5 -1.7 -3.0 -1.2 -2.2 -1.8 -3.2 -0.1 -0.2

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

29.4 -0.5 -1.7 -1.5 -4.9 -2.0 -6.4 -1.6 -5.2

Support activities for transportation

846.8 1.3 0.2 4.1 0.5 5.3 0.6 21.0 2.5

Couriers and messengers

1,135.3 -3.2 -0.3 35.2 3.2 35.0 3.2 74.5 7.0

Warehousing and storage

1,838.2 -4.6 -0.2 -5.6 -0.3 -18.7 -1.0 2.8 0.2

Utilities

593.2 0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.2 1.6 0.3 7.0 1.2

Information

2,945 2 0.1 23 0.8 9 0.3 -21 -0.7

Motion picture and sound recording industries

408.5 1.6 0.4 11.9 3.0 7.8 1.9 3.1 0.8

Publishing industries

920.1 2.5 0.3 5.8 0.6 7.5 0.8 3.6 0.4

Broadcasting and content providers

333.0 1.8 0.5 -5.6 -1.7 -7.8 -2.3 -11.8 -3.4

Telecommunications

612.9 -7.9 -1.3 2.2 0.4 -6.4 -1.0 -18.9 -3.0

Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services

485.0 1.9 0.4 7.2 1.5 4.7 1.0 1.4 0.3

Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services

185.4 1.6 0.9 1.2 0.7 3.3 1.8 1.3 0.7

Financial activities

9,220 7 0.1 42 0.5 56 0.6 55 0.6

Finance and insurance

6,735.4 3.4 0.1 30.1 0.4 30.5 0.5 36.5 0.5

Monetary authorities-central bank

21.4 0.2 0.9 0.4 1.9 0.9 4.4 0.6 2.9

Credit intermediation and related activities

2,553.2 -2.5 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 -9.2 -0.4 -31.9 -1.2

Depository credit intermediation

1,777.1 -1.8 -0.1 -5.7 -0.3 -2.9 -0.2 -12.3 -0.7

Commercial banking

1,368.7 -1.4 -0.1 -5.8 -0.4 -5.4 -0.4 -15.5 -1.1

Nondepository credit intermediation(1)

505.2 -0.6 -0.1 3.8 0.8 -1.8 -0.4 -9.2 -1.8

Activities related to credit intermediation(1)

270.9 -0.1 0.0 0.5 0.2 -4.5 -1.6 -10.4 -3.7

Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities

1,125.5 -1.2 -0.1 5.6 0.5 9.0 0.8 15.1 1.4

Insurance carriers and related activities

3,035.3 6.9 0.2 25.5 0.8 29.8 1.0 52.7 1.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

2,484.6 3.9 0.2 11.9 0.5 25.8 1.0 18.6 0.8

Real estate

1,877.0 3.6 0.2 6.1 0.3 9.5 0.5 18.0 1.0

Rental and leasing services

584.4 0.2 0.0 5.4 0.9 15.6 2.7 -0.1 0.0

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

23.2 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.8 0.7 3.1 0.7 3.1

Professional and business services

22,598 -11 0.0 57 0.3 -25 -0.1 -69 -0.3

Professional, scientific, and technical services

10,890.9 17.1 0.2 57.0 0.5 58.9 0.5 85.6 0.8

Legal services

1,194.9 0.9 0.1 3.6 0.3 4.4 0.4 1.2 0.1

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

1,144.7 0.6 0.1 -11.5 -1.0 -11.1 -1.0 -9.5 -0.8

Architectural, engineering, and related services

1,736.9 7.1 0.4 29.7 1.7 30.0 1.8 52.7 3.1

Specialized design services(1)

151.7 0.4 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 1.6 1.1 -1.8 -1.2

Computer systems design and related services

2,457.9 13.7 0.6 13.2 0.5 10.4 0.4 10.9 0.4

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

1,877.1 -10.4 -0.6 12.1 0.6 11.1 0.6 17.0 0.9

Scientific research and development services(1)

942.0 0.6 0.1 2.8 0.3 7.2 0.8 5.9 0.6

Advertising, public relations, and related services(1)

497.4 0.3 0.1 -0.4 -0.1 0.2 0.0 -2.9 -0.6

Other professional, scientific, and technical services(1)

888.4 3.9 0.4 7.7 0.9 5.2 0.6 12.2 1.4

Management of companies and enterprises

2,619.3 -2.5 -0.1 0.7 0.0 -3.5 -0.1 6.4 0.2

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

9,088.0 -25.1 -0.3 0.0 0.0 -79.9 -0.9 -160.5 -1.7

Administrative and support services

8,567.5 -26.9 -0.3 -4.6 -0.1 -89.5 -1.0 -177.5 -2.0

Office administrative services(1)

624.0 -2.1 -0.3 6.5 1.1 6.2 1.0 3.2 0.5

Facilities support services(1)

187.7 2.0 1.1 4.3 2.3 5.7 3.1 13.0 7.4

Employment services

3,242.3 -15.0 -0.5 10.8 0.3 -73.1 -2.2 -179.2 -5.2

Temporary help services

2,534.7 -12.4 -0.5 14.6 0.6 -59.6 -2.3 -165.5 -6.1

Business support services

663.4 -5.4 -0.8 -14.9 -2.2 -24.4 -3.5 -47.2 -6.6

Travel arrangement and reservation services(1)

191.0 0.2 0.1 1.1 0.6 3.2 1.7 -0.5 -0.3

Investigation and security services(1)

1,029.3 -1.1 -0.1 -4.7 -0.5 1.3 0.1 10.5 1.0

Services to buildings and dwellings

2,300.4 -8.5 -0.4 -8.1 -0.4 -3.3 -0.1 29.1 1.3

Other support services(1)

329.2 2.8 0.9 0.2 0.1 -5.2 -1.6 -6.6 -2.0

Waste management and remediation services

520.5 1.8 0.3 4.6 0.9 9.6 1.9 17.0 3.4

Private education and health services

26,991 61 0.2 216 0.8 466 1.8 960 3.7

Private educational services

3,981.0 -4.4 -0.1 -9.7 -0.2 24.1 0.6 50.4 1.3

Health care

17,999.2 43.7 0.2 162.4 0.9 315.9 1.8 661.2 3.8

Ambulatory health care services

8,953.3 16.6 0.2 59.8 0.7 154.2 1.8 325.1 3.8

Offices of physicians

3,019.5 2.2 0.1 19.0 0.6 39.4 1.3 77.2 2.6

Offices of dentists(1)

1,056.8 8.0 0.8 -1.8 -0.2 8.8 0.8 20.8 2.0

Offices of other health practitioners(1)

1,261.8 -1.2 -0.1 13.7 1.1 29.8 2.4 59.9 5.0

Outpatient care centers

1,115.5 -2.4 -0.2 -6.6 -0.6 -3.1 -0.3 14.1 1.3

Medical and diagnostic laboratories(1)

305.9 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.2 -7.1 -2.3

Home health care services

1,836.3 10.6 0.6 42.8 2.4 80.6 4.6 155.5 9.3

Other ambulatory health care services(1)

357.5 -1.2 -0.3 -7.4 -2.0 -0.9 -0.3 4.8 1.4

Hospitals

5,656.1 13.9 0.2 54.7 1.0 93.7 1.7 203.4 3.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

3,389.8 13.2 0.4 47.9 1.4 68.0 2.0 132.7 4.1

Skilled nursing care facilities

1,523.2 7.1 0.5 22.2 1.5 29.7 2.0 54.7 3.7

Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities(1)

686.9 -0.1 0.0 12.0 1.8 15.2 2.3 31.2 4.8

Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly(1)

1,009.2 5.2 0.5 10.8 1.1 20.7 2.1 36.6 3.8

Other residential care facilities(1)

170.6 1.1 0.6 3.0 1.8 2.6 1.5 10.4 6.5

Social assistance

5,011.1 22.3 0.4 63.2 1.3 125.9 2.6 248.5 5.2

Individual and family services(1)

3,390.4 20.1 0.6 61.5 1.8 122.5 3.7 225.9 7.1

Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services(1)

239.8 4.4 1.9 3.4 1.4 2.9 1.2 12.1 5.3

Vocational rehabilitation services(1)

284.5 -1.4 -0.5 1.2 0.4 -3.0 -1.0 0.2 0.1

Child care services

1,096.4 -0.7 -0.1 -2.8 -0.3 3.5 0.3 10.3 0.9

Leisure and hospitality

16,978 -3 0.0 100 0.6 186 1.1 258 1.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

2,677.9 14.8 0.6 45.8 1.7 50.4 1.9 87.8 3.4

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

613.5 -0.9 -0.1 15.1 2.5 30.2 5.2 28.3 4.8

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

182.4 0.7 0.4 3.9 2.2 4.0 2.2 4.7 2.6

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

1,882.0 15.0 0.8 26.8 1.4 16.2 0.9 54.8 3.0

Accommodation and food services

14,299.9 -17.5 -0.1 54.4 0.4 135.0 1.0 170.2 1.2

Accommodation

1,943.1 -1.8 -0.1 0.1 0.0 11.3 0.6 23.8 1.2

Food services and drinking places

12,356.8 -15.7 -0.1 54.3 0.4 123.7 1.0 146.4 1.2

Other services

6,021 17 0.3 38 0.6 46 0.8 104 1.8

Repair and maintenance

1,480.8 9.9 0.7 13.4 0.9 16.2 1.1 15.0 1.0

Personal and laundry services

1,615.8 4.1 0.3 17.1 1.1 19.6 1.2 46.7 3.0

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

2,924.5 3.0 0.1 7.6 0.3 10.6 0.4 42.5 1.5

Government

23,590 32 0.1 83 0.4 198 0.8 437 1.9

Federal

3,024 9 0.3 13 0.4 22 0.7 47 1.6

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

2,419.5 3.7 0.2 14.5 0.6 24.8 1.0 48.8 2.1

U.S. Postal Service

604.8 5.7 1.0 -0.8 -0.1 -2.0 -0.3 -1.3 -0.2

State government

5,506 2 0.0 22 0.4 62 1.1 116 2.2

State government education

2,620.1 -0.8 0.0 8.0 0.3 26.7 1.0 26.2 1.0

State government, excluding education

2,885.9 3.0 0.1 13.6 0.5 35.8 1.3 89.7 3.2

Local government

15,060 21 0.1 48 0.3 114 0.8 274 1.9

Local government education

8,200.7 10.8 0.1 24.0 0.3 55.8 0.7 118.8 1.5

Local government, excluding education

6,858.8 9.7 0.1 23.5 0.3 58.0 0.9 154.9 2.3

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