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Employment change by industry, September 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
607 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.3 3 0.5 2 0.3
Logging
39.9 0.4 1.0 1.3 3.4 2.1 5.6 0.9 2.3
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
566.9 -2.1 -0.4 -3.6 -0.6 0.8 0.1 0.8 0.1
Oil and gas extraction
114.1 -0.6 -0.5 -1.0 -0.9 -1.8 -1.6 -1.8 -1.6
Mining (except oil and gas)
189.6 -0.2 -0.1 -0.8 -0.4 2.3 1.2 1.5 0.8
Coal mining
37.9 -0.1 -0.3 -0.7 -1.8 -0.5 -1.3 -1.4 -3.6
Metal ore mining
46.9 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.3 1.2 2.6 2.2 4.9
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
104.8 -0.3 -0.3 -0.7 -0.7 1.6 1.6 0.7 0.7
Support activities for mining
263.2 -1.3 -0.5 -1.8 -0.7 0.3 0.1 1.1 0.4
Construction
8,364 11 0.1 45 0.5 53 0.6 109 1.3
Construction of buildings
1,873.4 4.2 0.2 11.4 0.6 8.5 0.5 27.0 1.5
Residential building construction
922.7 3.0 0.3 6.6 0.7 -4.3 -0.5 -4.0 -0.4
Nonresidential building construction
950.7 1.2 0.1 4.8 0.5 12.8 1.4 31.0 3.4
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,210.8 2.6 0.2 6.5 0.5 8.8 0.7 26.3 2.2
Specialty trade contractors
5,279.9 4.4 0.1 26.8 0.5 35.6 0.7 55.9 1.1
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,340.3 -7.9 -0.3 -7.0 -0.3 -22.1 -0.9 -28.8 -1.2
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,939.6 12.3 0.4 33.8 1.2 57.7 2.0 84.7 3.0
Manufacturing
12,652 9 0.1 44 0.3 54 0.4 40 0.3
Durable goods
7,898 8 0.1 46 0.6 74 0.9 84 1.1
Wood product manufacturing
394.0 2.1 0.5 1.5 0.4 1.5 0.4 -7.4 -1.8
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
420.8 -0.8 -0.2 -1.4 -0.3 1.0 0.2 1.7 0.4
Primary metal manufacturing
369.1 -0.2 -0.1 1.6 0.4 5.2 1.4 5.7 1.6
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,460.6 -0.9 -0.1 11.0 0.8 17.0 1.2 24.4 1.7
Machinery manufacturing
1,101.0 4.5 0.4 12.3 1.1 15.2 1.4 15.3 1.4
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
1,000.4 0.1 0.0 5.6 0.6 10.9 1.1 6.7 0.7
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
99.4 -0.3 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.6 -0.6
Communications equipment manufacturing
82.7 -1.0 -1.2 -0.1 -0.1 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.1
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
372.7 1.2 0.3 4.4 1.2 4.0 1.1 0.0 0.0
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
419.4 0.3 0.1 2.2 0.5 6.7 1.6 7.2 1.7
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing
26.2 -0.1 -0.4 -0.5 -1.9 -1.4 -5.1 -2.3 -8.1
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
446.3 1.8 0.4 6.8 1.5 10.9 2.5 17.3 4.0
Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,766.4 3.4 0.2 13.9 0.8 15.8 0.9 31.0 1.8
Motor vehicles and parts
962.5 1.6 0.2 5.9 0.6 3.4 0.4 1.6 0.2
Furniture and related product manufacturing
327.4 -2.0 -0.6 -3.1 -0.9 -6.4 -1.9 -10.7 -3.2
Miscellaneous manufacturing
612.0 0.2 0.0 -2.3 -0.4 3.1 0.5 -0.1 0.0
Nondurable goods
4,754 1 0.0 -2 0.0 -20 -0.4 -44 -0.9
Food manufacturing
1,768.2 -0.4 0.0 -2.5 -0.1 -10.1 -0.6 -15.9 -0.9
Textile mills
78.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 -1.1 -1.4 -4.0 -4.9
Textile product mills
93.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 1.2 1.3
Apparel manufacturing
71.4 -0.6 -0.8 -1.2 -1.7 -3.0 -4.0 -7.3 -9.3
Paper manufacturing
353.1 -2.6 -0.7 -4.6 -1.3 -4.4 -1.2 -2.7 -0.8
Printing and related support activities
335.8 -1.8 -0.5 -3.9 -1.1 -5.2 -1.5 -6.0 -1.8
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
109.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -0.8
Chemical manufacturing
905.5 0.9 0.1 4.1 0.5 10.9 1.2 3.4 0.4
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
694.9 4.6 0.7 6.9 1.0 -1.5 -0.2 -6.4 -0.9
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing
343.7 0.1 0.0 -1.1 -0.3 -5.9 -1.7 -5.5 -1.6
Wholesale trade
6,078.3 5.0 0.1 19.3 0.3 27.0 0.4 26.5 0.4
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
3,429.3 7.1 0.2 21.9 0.6 30.0 0.9 29.9 0.9
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
2,206.5 -0.5 0.0 0.8 0.0 -4.1 -0.2 -4.4 -0.2
Wholesale trade agents and brokers
442.5 -1.6 -0.4 -3.4 -0.8 1.1 0.2 1.0 0.2
Retail trade
15,479.9 5.8 0.0 6.3 0.0 44.4 0.3 26.5 0.2
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
2,053.6 2.1 0.1 4.6 0.2 7.9 0.4 6.4 0.3
Automobile dealers
1,283.3 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 -5.9 -0.5 -8.3 -0.6
Other motor vehicle dealers
160.5 1.1 0.7 1.1 0.7 2.0 1.3 2.5 1.6
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers
609.8 1.1 0.2 4.6 0.8 11.8 2.0 12.2 2.0
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1,360.3 4.2 0.3 4.4 0.3 8.8 0.7 -7.0 -0.5
Food and beverage retailers
3,248.1 1.7 0.1 -8.0 -0.2 -11.3 -0.3 -16.1 -0.5
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers
751.8 -1.2 -0.2 -5.1 -0.7 -6.4 -0.8 -19.6 -2.5
General merchandise retailers
3,257.0 -4.8 -0.1 8.0 0.2 18.1 0.6 10.1 0.3
Health and personal care retailers
1,048.4 -3.7 -0.4 -4.3 -0.4 -0.3 0.0 -8.1 -0.8
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers
1,065.1 7.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 5.6 0.5 12.4 1.2
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers
1,152.5 0.6 0.1 -0.3 0.0 6.8 0.6 2.5 0.2
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers
1,543.1 -0.4 0.0 6.8 0.4 15.2 1.0 45.9 3.1
Transportation and warehousing
6,608.7 7.6 0.1 21.2 0.3 51.1 0.8 -9.8 -0.1
Air transportation
568.5 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 -7.4 -1.3 -1.7 -0.3
Rail transportation
148.9 -0.3 -0.2 -1.2 -0.8 -1.0 -0.7 -4.8 -3.1
Water transportation
70.9 0.2 0.3 1.1 1.6 -0.4 -0.6 0.1 0.1
Truck transportation
1,473.1 2.6 0.2 8.0 0.5 8.8 0.6 0.8 0.1
Transit and ground passenger transportation
500.8 3.1 0.6 10.5 2.1 10.0 2.0 11.1 2.3
Pipeline transportation
56.6 -0.2 -0.4 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.3 0.1 0.2
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
33.5 0.9 2.8 1.1 3.4 0.1 0.3 -2.5 -6.9
Support activities for transportation
835.0 3.5 0.4 8.1 1.0 11.2 1.4 5.6 0.7
Couriers and messengers
1,089.6 0.7 0.1 6.9 0.6 29.8 2.8 3.1 0.3
Warehousing and storage
1,831.8 -4.1 -0.2 -14.0 -0.8 -0.7 0.0 -21.6 -1.2
Utilities
611.5 0.5 0.1 3.7 0.6 5.7 0.9 10.1 1.7
Information
2,739 -10 -0.4 -24 -0.9 -54 -1.9 -120 -4.2
Motion picture and sound recording industries
328.5 -0.2 -0.1 6.2 1.9 -8.1 -2.4 -20.3 -5.8
Publishing industries
880.4 -4.0 -0.5 -13.0 -1.5 -19.9 -2.2 -32.6 -3.6
Broadcasting and content providers
328.1 -3.0 -0.9 -8.3 -2.5 -6.9 -2.1 -14.4 -4.2
Telecommunications
564.6 -1.7 -0.3 -5.7 -1.0 -12.6 -2.2 -30.5 -5.1
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
453.8 -1.6 -0.4 -6.2 -1.3 -10.2 -2.2 -22.5 -4.7
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
183.3 0.2 0.1 2.9 1.6 3.9 2.2 0.2 0.1
Financial activities
9,082 -7 -0.1 -26 -0.3 -50 -0.5 -107 -1.2
Finance and insurance
6,644.6 -7.0 -0.1 -26.9 -0.4 -43.4 -0.6 -93.3 -1.4
Monetary authorities-central bank
18.3 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -0.5 -2.7 -1.3 -6.6
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,521.9 -4.6 -0.2 -17.2 -0.7 -15.4 -0.6 -43.2 -1.7
Depository credit intermediation
1,767.1 -0.8 0.0 -4.5 -0.3 -6.5 -0.4 -19.9 -1.1
Commercial banking
1,347.5 -0.5 0.0 -5.3 -0.4 -9.4 -0.7 -25.5 -1.9
Nondepository credit intermediation
485.6 -2.2 -0.5 -7.1 -1.4 -8.2 -1.7 -12.2 -2.5
Activities related to credit intermediation
269.2 -1.6 -0.6 -5.6 -2.0 -0.7 -0.3 -11.1 -4.0
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities
1,174.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.2 8.5 0.7 27.2 2.4
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,930.4 -2.3 -0.1 -12.1 -0.4 -36.0 -1.2 -76.0 -2.5
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,437.7 0.5 0.0 0.9 0.0 -6.0 -0.2 -13.6 -0.6
Real estate
1,842.0 -2.0 -0.1 -3.4 -0.2 -8.6 -0.5 -11.1 -0.6
Rental and leasing services
574.9 2.7 0.5 4.7 0.8 3.2 0.6 -1.5 -0.3
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
20.8 -0.2 -1.0 -0.4 -1.9 -0.6 -2.8 -1.0 -4.6
Professional and business services
22,482 -9 0.0 -20 -0.1 42 0.2 123 0.6
Professional, scientific, and technical services
10,843.6 6.4 0.1 10.0 0.1 48.0 0.4 83.0 0.8
Legal services
1,249.0 2.0 0.2 4.6 0.4 14.9 1.2 22.8 1.9
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
1,121.2 -1.3 -0.1 -3.6 -0.3 0.3 0.0 -7.3 -0.6
Architectural, engineering, and related services
1,778.8 5.8 0.3 13.7 0.8 20.6 1.2 45.0 2.6
Specialized design services
152.6 1.2 0.8 1.9 1.3 2.3 1.5 4.8 3.2
Computer systems design and related services
2,355.4 -4.4 -0.2 -12.9 -0.5 -14.2 -0.6 -32.2 -1.3
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
1,888.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.2 0.0 12.9 0.7 28.1 1.5
Scientific research and development services
918.3 2.0 0.2 4.0 0.4 7.6 0.8 6.1 0.7
Advertising, public relations, and related services
478.6 1.8 0.4 0.8 0.2 -1.9 -0.4 -2.7 -0.6
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
901.6 0.6 0.1 1.3 0.1 5.5 0.6 18.4 2.1
Management of companies and enterprises
2,619.6 -0.5 0.0 2.8 0.1 3.4 0.1 -8.2 -0.3
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
9,018.6 -15.3 -0.2 -32.9 -0.4 -10.0 -0.1 48.5 0.5
Administrative and support services
8,490.6 -17.6 -0.2 -34.9 -0.4 -13.0 -0.2 41.3 0.5
Office administrative services
632.8 -3.3 -0.5 -4.9 -0.8 6.2 1.0 16.2 2.6
Facilities support services
180.0 0.6 0.3 1.9 1.1 -4.3 -2.3 -0.7 -0.4
Employment services
3,181.6 -14.3 -0.4 -28.8 -0.9 1.1 0.0 24.2 0.8
Temporary help services
2,486.8 -10.9 -0.4 -20.7 -0.8 6.9 0.3 15.2 0.6
Business support services
618.2 -4.2 -0.7 -9.1 -1.5 -11.9 -1.9 -25.2 -3.9
Travel arrangement and reservation services
185.6 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -0.5 2.2 1.2 -0.7 -0.4
Investigation and security services
1,046.4 -0.3 0.0 0.8 0.1 -0.1 0.0 -2.7 -0.3
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,311.0 1.4 0.1 4.2 0.2 -5.9 -0.3 23.1 1.0
Other support services
335.2 2.6 0.8 2.1 0.6 -0.1 0.0 7.3 2.2
Waste management and remediation services
528.0 2.3 0.4 2.0 0.4 3.0 0.6 7.2 1.4
Private education and health services
28,005 20 0.1 72 0.3 213 0.8 516 1.9
Private educational services
4,046.4 -3.2 -0.1 0.5 0.0 10.8 0.3 -3.9 -0.1
Health care
18,553.6 16.7 0.1 59.0 0.3 142.5 0.8 371.8 2.0
Ambulatory health care services
9,266.4 13.4 0.1 39.1 0.4 81.8 0.9 213.3 2.4
Offices of physicians
3,062.7 1.1 0.0 8.3 0.3 12.9 0.4 37.9 1.3
Offices of dentists
1,057.6 4.0 0.4 -3.9 -0.4 -2.2 -0.2 8.5 0.8
Offices of other health practitioners
1,362.3 6.7 0.5 14.5 1.1 25.3 1.9 53.1 4.1
Outpatient care centers
1,199.7 3.4 0.3 7.7 0.6 4.3 0.4 20.0 1.7
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
309.6 -0.7 -0.2 -1.9 -0.6 0.6 0.2 -1.3 -0.4
Home health care services
1,894.2 -2.3 -0.1 13.0 0.7 35.7 1.9 80.7 4.4
Other ambulatory health care services
380.2 1.1 0.3 1.4 0.4 5.1 1.4 14.3 3.9
Hospitals
5,797.8 12.0 0.2 26.5 0.5 42.5 0.7 108.1 1.9
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,489.4 -8.7 -0.2 -6.6 -0.2 18.2 0.5 50.4 1.5
Skilled nursing care facilities
1,587.4 -1.6 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 8.9 0.6 30.1 1.9
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
708.9 1.0 0.1 1.2 0.2 4.1 0.6 13.0 1.9
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
1,022.1 -7.0 -0.7 -4.9 -0.5 6.6 0.6 8.2 0.8
Other residential care facilities
171.1 -1.1 -0.6 -1.6 -0.9 -1.3 -0.8 -0.8 -0.5
Social assistance
5,405.0 6.3 0.1 12.4 0.2 59.4 1.1 148.6 2.8
Individual and family services
3,801.6 10.5 0.3 22.9 0.6 68.1 1.8 152.8 4.2
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
238.2 0.2 0.1 2.4 1.0 0.2 0.1 4.1 1.8
Vocational rehabilitation services
279.0 -2.0 -0.7 -2.4 -0.9 -0.9 -0.3 -0.7 -0.3
Child care services
1,086.3 -2.3 -0.2 -10.5 -1.0 -7.9 -0.7 -7.6 -0.7
Leisure and hospitality
16,969 10 0.1 9 0.1 -10 -0.1 62 0.4
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,659.1 2.5 0.1 -6.6 -0.2 -28.3 -1.1 -42.6 -1.6
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
596.2 6.7 1.1 6.1 1.0 -9.2 -1.5 -13.4 -2.2
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
182.6 -1.1 -0.6 -1.1 -0.6 0.7 0.4 2.4 1.3
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,880.3 -3.1 -0.2 -11.6 -0.6 -19.8 -1.0 -31.6 -1.7
Accommodation and food services
14,309.5 7.2 0.1 15.4 0.1 17.9 0.1 104.2 0.7
Accommodation
1,916.5 -3.6 -0.2 0.4 0.0 -19.9 -1.0 -4.9 -0.3
Food services and drinking places
12,393.0 10.8 0.1 15.0 0.1 37.8 0.3 109.1 0.9
Other services
6,039 6 0.1 15 0.2 21 0.3 34 0.6
Repair and maintenance
1,472.9 -3.9 -0.3 4.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 -3.4 -0.2
Personal and laundry services
1,621.1 0.2 0.0 2.0 0.1 19.8 1.2 20.8 1.3
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
2,944.6 9.4 0.3 8.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 15.8 0.5
Government
23,327 -17 -0.1 -11 0.0 -6 0.0 -216 -0.9
Federal
2,682 -1 0.0 -3 -0.1 0 0.0 -232 -8.0
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,083.3 0.7 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 -238.2 -10.3
U.S. Postal Service
598.4 -1.9 -0.3 -4.4 -0.7 -0.6 -0.1 5.7 1.0
State government
5,472 -3 -0.1 10 0.2 3 0.1 -25 -0.5
State government education
2,601.8 -2.7 -0.1 2.4 0.1 2.1 0.1 -19.4 -0.7
State government, excluding education
2,870.6 0.3 0.0 7.8 0.3 0.9 0.0 -4.7 -0.2
Local government
15,173 -13 -0.1 -18 -0.1 -9 -0.1 41 0.3
Local government education
8,204.9 -1.8 0.0 -4.5 -0.1 -35.6 -0.4 -29.1 -0.4
Local government, excluding education
6,968.3 -10.6 -0.2 -13.6 -0.2 27.0 0.4 69.9 1.0
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