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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
44.0 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.9 1.1 2.6
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
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
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
176.6 -0.6 -0.3 -2.4 -1.3 -1.2 -0.7 3.5 2.0
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers
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
569.3 -1.4 -0.2 -9.7 -1.7 -21.1 -3.6 -45.5 -7.4
Activities related to credit intermediation
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
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
933.3 3.9 0.4 15.2 1.7 23.4 2.6 52.9 6.0
Advertising, public relations, and related services
494.8 2.1 0.4 0.5 0.1 -0.7 -0.1 11.6 2.4
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
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
620.3 2.1 0.3 6.5 1.1 13.1 2.2 36.8 6.3
Facilities support services
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
179.4 0.8 0.4 -2.2 -1.2 4.9 2.8 10.4 6.2
Investigation and security services
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
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
1,031.2 4.6 0.4 2.5 0.2 4.5 0.4 26.8 2.7
Offices of other health practitioners
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
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
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
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
946.5 3.8 0.4 15.9 1.7 33.2 3.6 60.7 6.9
Other residential care facilities
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
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
213.3 0.9 0.4 2.7 1.3 6.2 3.0 11.9 5.9
Vocational rehabilitation services
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
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