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Employment by industry, monthly changes

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Employment change by industry, April 2023, 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

642 7 1.1 10 1.6 26 4.2 44 7.4

Logging

46.6 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.4 1.5 3.3 1.9 4.3

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

595.1 5.9 1.0 9.7 1.7 24.0 4.2 41.9 7.6

Oil and gas extraction

118.0 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 1.4 1.2 -1.8 -1.5

Mining (except oil and gas)

187.0 -0.3 -0.2 0.3 0.2 2.2 1.2 6.5 3.6

Coal mining

41.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.4 1.0 1.3 3.3

Metal ore mining(1)

44.0 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.9 1.1 2.6

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying(1)

101.8 -0.4 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 1.1 1.1 4.2 4.3

Support activities for mining

290.1 5.8 2.0 8.9 3.2 20.4 7.6 37.2 14.7

Construction

7,903 15 0.2 18 0.2 89 1.1 205 2.7

Construction of buildings

1,786.2 -3.6 -0.2 -10.4 -0.6 22.4 1.3 40.1 2.3

Residential building construction

929.9 -1.8 -0.2 -5.9 -0.6 0.4 0.0 11.6 1.3

Nonresidential building construction

856.3 -1.8 -0.2 -4.5 -0.5 22.0 2.6 28.5 3.4

Heavy and civil engineering construction

1,094.3 -8.1 -0.7 6.8 0.6 20.5 1.9 26.6 2.5

Specialty trade contractors

5,022.4 26.7 0.5 21.3 0.4 46.4 0.9 137.8 2.8

Residential specialty trade contractors

2,332.3 16.0 0.7 16.1 0.7 9.1 0.4 45.4 2.0

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

2,690.1 10.7 0.4 5.2 0.2 37.3 1.4 92.4 3.6

Manufacturing

12,991 11 0.1 6 0.0 37 0.3 223 1.7

Durable goods

8,102 10 0.1 6 0.1 43 0.5 167 2.1

Wood product manufacturing

424.5 -1.4 -0.3 -4.2 -1.0 -4.3 -1.0 -5.3 -1.2

Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

429.1 -2.3 -0.5 -4.6 -1.1 2.9 0.7 14.0 3.4

Primary metal manufacturing

368.0 0.4 0.1 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 7.7 2.1

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

1,452.8 6.3 0.4 2.1 0.1 6.1 0.4 30.4 2.1

Machinery manufacturing

1,126.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.1 12.7 1.1 24.3 2.2

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

1,102.2 3.2 0.3 2.3 0.2 4.7 0.4 22.3 2.1

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

168.9 0.4 0.2 1.6 1.0 2.6 1.6 8.6 5.4

Communications equipment manufacturing

84.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 -1.0 -1.2 -1.7 -2.0

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

390.8 1.4 0.4 -2.7 -0.7 -1.6 -0.4 8.9 2.3

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

425.0 1.0 0.2 2.9 0.7 3.4 0.8 5.3 1.3

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

33.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.2 3.8 1.2 3.8

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing

401.8 -2.6 -0.6 -4.7 -1.2 -4.2 -1.0 -1.4 -0.3

Transportation equipment manufacturing

1,794.8 6.7 0.4 17.3 1.0 35.9 2.0 79.7 4.6

Motor vehicles and parts

1,055.7 5.8 0.6 12.2 1.2 22.8 2.2 47.1 4.7

Furniture and related product manufacturing

369.3 -0.3 -0.1 -3.0 -0.8 -11.5 -3.0 -12.5 -3.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing

633.2 -0.4 -0.1 -2.4 -0.4 0.4 0.1 7.3 1.2

Nondurable goods

4,889 1 0.0 0 0.0 -6 -0.1 56 1.2

Food manufacturing

1,730.3 1.0 0.1 5.7 0.3 22.7 1.3 42.3 2.5

Textile mills

96.1 0.1 0.1 -0.8 -0.8 -1.1 -1.1 -3.4 -3.4

Textile product mills

101.2 -1.0 -1.0 -2.4 -2.3 -1.2 -1.2 -4.4 -4.2

Apparel manufacturing

93.8 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.1

Paper manufacturing

353.7 -2.7 -0.8 -3.9 -1.1 -9.0 -2.5 -8.0 -2.2

Printing and related support activities

382.3 -0.3 -0.1 0.8 0.2 1.4 0.4 2.5 0.7

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing

106.6 1.0 0.9 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.5 -0.3 -0.3

Chemical manufacturing

918.0 2.0 0.2 3.7 0.4 1.1 0.1 20.9 2.3

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

749.6 0.4 0.1 -5.7 -0.8 -19.2 -2.5 -2.5 -0.3

Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing

357.7 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.2 -2.3 -0.6 8.5 2.4

Wholesale trade

6,043.2 -2.2 0.0 5.5 0.1 23.6 0.4 100.4 1.7

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

3,340.7 -0.3 0.0 5.5 0.2 18.9 0.6 68.9 2.1

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

2,175.4 -3.5 -0.2 -1.7 -0.1 2.3 0.1 16.7 0.8

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

527.1 1.6 0.3 1.7 0.3 2.4 0.5 14.8 2.9

Retail trade

15,536.3 7.7 0.0 36.2 0.2 39.6 0.3 31.7 0.2

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

2,019.7 -0.9 0.0 -5.4 -0.3 4.5 0.2 16.1 0.8

Automobile dealers

1,251.8 0.2 0.0 -4.8 -0.4 -3.2 -0.3 -2.5 -0.2

Other motor vehicle dealers(1)

176.6 -0.6 -0.3 -2.4 -1.3 -1.2 -0.7 3.5 2.0

Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers(1)

591.3 -0.5 -0.1 1.8 0.3 8.9 1.5 15.1 2.6

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

1,393.3 -0.3 0.0 -12.7 -0.9 -27.1 -1.9 12.2 0.9

Food and beverage retailers

3,241.8 1.1 0.0 -0.8 0.0 31.4 1.0 62.5 2.0

Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers

868.2 -4.0 -0.5 -8.6 -1.0 -28.5 -3.2 -46.9 -5.1

General merchandise retailers

3,140.7 4.2 0.1 58.5 1.9 34.8 1.1 -81.1 -2.5

Health and personal care retailers

1,104.5 0.1 0.0 -2.2 -0.2 -4.3 -0.4 6.3 0.6

Gasoline stations and fuel dealers

1,069.0 9.0 0.8 7.2 0.7 19.8 1.9 38.4 3.7

Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers

1,159.5 -2.9 -0.2 0.8 0.1 6.3 0.5 13.3 1.2

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

1,539.6 1.4 0.1 -0.6 0.0 2.7 0.2 10.9 0.7

Transportation and warehousing

6,743.3 10.6 0.2 6.7 0.1 1.6 0.0 121.4 1.8

Air transportation

537.4 3.3 0.6 10.3 2.0 20.6 4.0 45.9 9.3

Rail transportation

149.9 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.5 2.3 1.6 3.6 2.5

Water transportation

66.5 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.1 0.3 0.5 3.8 6.1

Truck transportation

1,612.5 3.0 0.2 1.1 0.1 7.1 0.4 40.8 2.6

Transit and ground passenger transportation

428.0 -8.1 -1.9 -10.0 -2.3 11.0 2.6 20.1 4.9

Pipeline transportation

48.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 -2.4 -4.7

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

36.8 1.8 5.1 3.6 10.8 2.8 8.2 8.4 29.6

Support activities for transportation

819.2 3.9 0.5 3.6 0.4 17.9 2.2 34.7 4.4

Couriers and messengers

1,118.9 2.1 0.2 3.8 0.3 -37.2 -3.2 -12.8 -1.1

Warehousing and storage

1,925.9 4.0 0.2 -7.3 -0.4 -23.3 -1.2 -20.7 -1.1

Utilities

555.3 1.0 0.2 1.6 0.3 -1.6 -0.3 3.5 0.6

Information

3,096 1 0.0 -1 0.0 -20 -0.6 61 2.0

Motion picture and sound recording industries

459.3 -1.5 -0.3 6.5 1.4 -4.2 -0.9 13.7 3.1

Publishing industries

940.1 1.3 0.1 -3.2 -0.3 -10.2 -1.1 6.0 0.6

Broadcasting and content providers

355.8 -1.2 -0.3 -1.8 -0.5 -1.2 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1

Telecommunications

652.9 0.8 0.1 -2.1 -0.3 -11.0 -1.7 -11.3 -1.7

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

492.5 7.3 1.5 7.0 1.4 12.1 2.5 39.0 8.6

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

195.2 -6.1 -3.0 -7.6 -3.7 -5.3 -2.6 14.1 7.8

Financial activities

9,122 23 0.3 22 0.2 36 0.4 88 1.0

Finance and insurance

6,700.6 13.2 0.2 7.5 0.1 0.6 0.0 26.9 0.4

Monetary authorities-central bank

22.0 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.4 1.9 0.8 3.8

Credit intermediation and related activities

2,666.8 -2.5 -0.1 -12.1 -0.5 -27.6 -1.0 -35.7 -1.3

Depository credit intermediation

1,785.1 -0.5 0.0 2.2 0.1 7.3 0.4 31.9 1.8

Commercial banking

1,375.1 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 0.8 0.1 13.6 1.0

Nondepository credit intermediation(1)

569.3 -1.4 -0.2 -9.7 -1.7 -21.1 -3.6 -45.5 -7.4

Activities related to credit intermediation(1)

312.4 -0.6 -0.2 -4.6 -1.5 -13.8 -4.2 -22.1 -6.6

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

1,075.2 0.6 0.1 4.5 0.4 11.9 1.1 36.8 3.5

Insurance carriers and related activities

2,936.6 15.0 0.5 14.9 0.5 15.9 0.5 25.0 0.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

2,420.9 9.8 0.4 13.8 0.6 35.1 1.5 61.0 2.6

Real estate

1,857.3 8.7 0.5 8.0 0.4 21.8 1.2 47.4 2.6

Rental and leasing services

541.1 1.1 0.2 5.7 1.1 13.4 2.5 13.6 2.6

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

22.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 0.0

Professional and business services

22,945 43 0.2 87 0.4 154 0.7 524 2.3

Professional, scientific, and technical services

10,834.0 45.3 0.4 103.1 1.0 169.2 1.6 428.7 4.1

Legal services

1,179.4 1.5 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.4 0.0 4.6 0.4

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

1,150.1 7.7 0.7 17.5 1.5 15.5 1.4 54.4 5.0

Architectural, engineering, and related services

1,670.8 5.0 0.3 20.0 1.2 37.3 2.3 81.8 5.1

Specialized design services(1)

158.9 -0.6 -0.4 1.0 0.6 5.2 3.4 8.6 5.7

Computer systems design and related services

2,502.3 12.7 0.5 16.7 0.7 13.6 0.5 65.9 2.7

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

1,865.6 8.4 0.5 24.2 1.3 52.2 2.9 100.7 5.7

Scientific research and development services(1)

933.3 3.9 0.4 15.2 1.7 23.4 2.6 52.9 6.0

Advertising, public relations, and related services(1)

494.8 2.1 0.4 0.5 0.1 -0.7 -0.1 11.6 2.4

Other professional, scientific, and technical services(1)

878.8 4.7 0.5 9.3 1.1 22.3 2.6 48.1 5.8

Management of companies and enterprises

2,523.9 7.0 0.3 8.0 0.3 18.0 0.7 53.9 2.2

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

9,587.2 -8.9 -0.1 -23.9 -0.2 -32.8 -0.3 41.6 0.4

Administrative and support services

9,090.9 -13.6 -0.1 -35.3 -0.4 -45.7 -0.5 18.0 0.2

Office administrative services(1)

620.3 2.1 0.3 6.5 1.1 13.1 2.2 36.8 6.3

Facilities support services(1)

160.4 -0.7 -0.4 0.5 0.3 3.3 2.1 4.4 2.8

Employment services

3,775.6 -23.8 -0.6 -69.1 -1.8 -121.8 -3.1 -120.3 -3.1

Temporary help services

3,002.7 -23.3 -0.8 -51.8 -1.7 -138.7 -4.4 -118.9 -3.8

Business support services

761.5 -2.4 -0.3 -4.5 -0.6 -17.8 -2.3 -43.0 -5.3

Travel arrangement and reservation services(1)

179.4 0.8 0.4 -2.2 -1.2 4.9 2.8 10.4 6.2

Investigation and security services(1)

976.9 3.5 0.4 -3.3 -0.3 10.8 1.1 30.3 3.2

Services to buildings and dwellings

2,275.2 7.3 0.3 35.8 1.6 57.9 2.6 87.9 4.0

Other support services(1)

341.6 -0.5 -0.1 0.9 0.3 4.0 1.2 11.6 3.5

Waste management and remediation services

496.3 4.7 1.0 11.4 2.4 12.9 2.7 23.6 5.0

Private education and health services

25,139 77 0.3 201 0.8 478 1.9 1,034 4.3

Private educational services

3,924.8 12.6 0.3 34.4 0.9 78.3 2.0 171.9 4.6

Health care

16,752.6 39.6 0.2 107.3 0.6 265.5 1.6 597.6 3.7

Ambulatory health care services

8,349.8 24.2 0.3 51.3 0.6 132.8 1.6 293.6 3.6

Offices of physicians

2,878.5 12.2 0.4 16.0 0.6 42.5 1.5 90.3 3.2

Offices of dentists(1)

1,031.2 4.6 0.4 2.5 0.2 4.5 0.4 26.8 2.7

Offices of other health practitioners(1)

1,127.5 4.4 0.4 13.9 1.2 18.5 1.7 55.7 5.2

Outpatient care centers

1,059.5 -1.5 -0.1 -1.9 -0.2 13.8 1.3 35.7 3.5

Medical and diagnostic laboratories(1)

325.7 2.5 0.8 4.0 1.2 8.3 2.6 2.2 0.7

Home health care services

1,593.2 2.3 0.1 18.3 1.2 42.4 2.7 69.4 4.6

Other ambulatory health care services(1)

334.3 -0.3 -0.1 -1.4 -0.4 2.7 0.8 13.6 4.2

Hospitals

5,277.3 6.6 0.1 22.7 0.4 57.7 1.1 157.2 3.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

3,125.5 8.8 0.3 33.3 1.1 75.0 2.5 146.8 4.9

Skilled nursing care facilities

1,397.3 2.6 0.2 14.4 1.0 32.6 2.4 55.1 4.1

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

626.6 2.8 0.4 3.2 0.5 7.3 1.2 26.8 4.5

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

946.5 3.8 0.4 15.9 1.7 33.2 3.6 60.7 6.9

Other residential care facilities(1)

155.1 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 1.9 1.2 4.3 2.9

Social assistance

4,461.3 24.6 0.6 59.1 1.3 133.9 3.1 264.5 6.3

Individual and family services(1)

2,973.0 21.4 0.7 45.2 1.5 97.9 3.4 191.7 6.9

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

213.3 0.9 0.4 2.7 1.3 6.2 3.0 11.9 5.9

Vocational rehabilitation services(1)

279.2 -0.2 -0.1 0.8 0.3 9.8 3.6 9.4 3.5

Child care services

995.8 2.4 0.2 10.4 1.1 20.0 2.0 51.4 5.4

Leisure and hospitality

16,543 31 0.2 128 0.8 408 2.5 917 5.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

2,430.6 5.9 0.2 23.3 1.0 70.4 3.0 175.5 7.8

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

521.0 0.7 0.1 7.6 1.5 1.0 0.2 21.3 4.3

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

171.7 1.1 0.6 4.9 2.9 9.7 6.0 16.4 10.6

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

1,737.9 4.1 0.2 10.8 0.6 59.7 3.6 137.8 8.6

Accommodation and food services

14,112.5 25.0 0.2 104.5 0.7 337.5 2.5 741.8 5.5

Accommodation

1,860.7 0.2 0.0 6.1 0.3 41.6 2.3 116.5 6.7

Food services and drinking places

12,251.8 24.8 0.2 98.4 0.8 295.9 2.5 625.3 5.4

Other services

5,844 5 0.1 25 0.4 88 1.5 173 3.1

Repair and maintenance

1,437.2 4.4 0.3 15.0 1.1 26.7 1.9 53.7 3.9

Personal and laundry services

1,530.8 -1.0 -0.1 -0.6 0.0 25.4 1.7 72.6 5.0

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

2,875.6 1.1 0.0 10.7 0.4 35.7 1.3 46.0 1.6

Government

22,570 23 0.1 120 0.5 308 1.4 469 2.1

Federal

2,906 3 0.1 20 0.7 35 1.2 35 1.2

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

2,301.0 1.5 0.1 13.5 0.6 31.4 1.4 35.9 1.6

U.S. Postal Service

605.1 1.3 0.2 6.7 1.1 3.4 0.6 -0.3 0.0

State government

5,191 3 0.1 35 0.7 87 1.7 114 2.2

State government education

2,513.2 5.6 0.2 28.3 1.1 67.2 2.7 79.6 3.3

State government, excluding education

2,678.0 -2.3 -0.1 7.3 0.3 19.6 0.7 34.3 1.3

Local government

14,473 17 0.1 65 0.5 186 1.3 320 2.3

Local government education

7,910.1 -1.5 0.0 18.7 0.2 83.3 1.1 139.8 1.8

Local government, excluding education

6,562.5 18.2 0.3 46.1 0.7 102.1 1.6 179.6 2.8

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