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Employment change by industry, April 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
606 3 0.5 4 0.7 0 0.0 -16 -2.6
Logging
37.7 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.6 -0.9 -2.3 -4.0 -9.6
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
568.1 2.5 0.4 3.1 0.5 0.8 0.1 -11.7 -2.0
Oil and gas extraction
115.2 -0.7 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 -0.5 -0.4 -3.5 -2.9
Mining (except oil and gas)
188.2 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.1 -1.1 -0.6
Coal mining
38.7 0.3 0.8 -0.4 -1.0 -0.6 -1.5 -1.3 -3.3
Metal ore mining
46.0 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.9 1.1 2.4 0.9 2.0
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
103.4 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 -0.5 -0.5 -0.8 -0.8
Support activities for mining
264.7 2.1 0.8 2.5 1.0 1.2 0.5 -7.1 -2.6
Construction
8,321 9 0.1 4 0.0 78 0.9 50 0.6
Construction of buildings
1,870.3 4.1 0.2 10.8 0.6 26.7 1.4 11.5 0.6
Residential building construction
926.5 -1.5 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 1.2 0.1 -7.1 -0.8
Nonresidential building construction
943.8 5.6 0.6 10.9 1.2 25.5 2.8 18.6 2.0
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,201.3 0.8 0.1 -4.8 -0.4 17.8 1.5 22.3 1.9
Specialty trade contractors
5,249.0 3.7 0.1 -2.0 0.0 33.3 0.6 15.6 0.3
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,353.0 -8.9 -0.4 -16.1 -0.7 -15.2 -0.6 -42.1 -1.8
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,896.0 12.6 0.4 14.1 0.5 48.5 1.7 57.7 2.0
Manufacturing
12,596 -2 0.0 14 0.1 -7 -0.1 -66 -0.5
Durable goods
7,826 2 0.0 23 0.3 21 0.3 -27 -0.3
Wood product manufacturing
392.5 -0.2 -0.1 -1.5 -0.4 -7.3 -1.8 -15.2 -3.7
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
421.4 1.1 0.3 3.2 0.8 3.4 0.8 3.4 0.8
Primary metal manufacturing
364.8 1.5 0.4 0.6 0.2 2.2 0.6 0.2 0.1
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,446.3 1.9 0.1 7.5 0.5 7.6 0.5 10.0 0.7
Machinery manufacturing
1,083.7 -1.8 -0.2 -0.7 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 -12.3 -1.1
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
989.6 0.4 0.0 1.3 0.1 -1.1 -0.1 -12.1 -1.2
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
99.6 -0.1 -0.1 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.4 -0.3 -0.3
Communications equipment manufacturing
81.2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.1 2.2 2.8
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
369.3 0.5 0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -14.7 -3.8
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
411.8 -0.4 -0.1 0.2 0.0 -1.6 -0.4 1.8 0.4
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing
27.6 -0.1 -0.4 -0.4 -1.4 -0.9 -3.2 -1.1 -3.8
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
436.5 1.1 0.3 3.7 0.9 6.7 1.6 8.8 2.1
Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,747.4 -3.6 -0.2 8.2 0.5 16.4 0.9 0.1 0.0
Motor vehicles and parts
956.4 -3.0 -0.3 4.1 0.4 0.8 0.1 -15.7 -1.6
Furniture and related product manufacturing
334.4 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.1 -3.4 -1.0 -5.2 -1.5
Miscellaneous manufacturing
609.2 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 -2.3 -0.4 -4.8 -0.8
Nondurable goods
4,770 -4 -0.1 -9 -0.2 -28 -0.6 -39 -0.8
Food manufacturing
1,781.4 1.5 0.1 1.2 0.1 -3.6 -0.2 -2.3 -0.1
Textile mills
78.9 -0.3 -0.4 -1.1 -1.4 -2.7 -3.3 -3.3 -4.0
Textile product mills
93.6 -0.1 -0.1 -0.6 -0.6 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.1
Apparel manufacturing
72.5 -1.8 -2.4 -2.0 -2.7 -5.6 -7.2 -7.8 -9.7
Paper manufacturing
355.5 -1.7 -0.5 0.6 0.2 -1.1 -0.3 -0.1 0.0
Printing and related support activities
340.4 -0.5 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 0.8 0.2 -4.7 -1.4
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
109.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.6 -0.5
Chemical manufacturing
895.3 2.4 0.3 -2.7 -0.3 -8.3 -0.9 -3.3 -0.4
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
695.6 -1.0 -0.1 -1.4 -0.2 -6.2 -0.9 -10.9 -1.5
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing
347.7 -2.5 -0.7 -2.2 -0.6 -2.0 -0.6 -5.7 -1.6
Wholesale trade
6,065.5 6.0 0.1 20.9 0.3 10.9 0.2 -1.4 0.0
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
3,407.2 1.3 0.0 9.8 0.3 6.2 0.2 -1.7 0.0
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
2,214.7 3.2 0.1 8.1 0.4 1.6 0.1 4.3 0.2
Wholesale trade agents and brokers
443.6 1.5 0.3 3.0 0.7 3.1 0.7 -4.0 -0.9
Retail trade
15,466.3 21.8 0.1 40.1 0.3 28.3 0.2 4.7 0.0
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
2,046.2 -1.0 0.0 -10.0 -0.5 -1.2 -0.1 -5.6 -0.3
Automobile dealers
1,288.4 -1.6 -0.1 -8.2 -0.6 -3.7 -0.3 -2.5 -0.2
Other motor vehicle dealers
159.7 1.2 0.8 -1.9 -1.2 1.2 0.8 -3.1 -1.9
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers
598.1 -0.7 -0.1 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.0
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1,365.7 12.5 0.9 11.8 0.9 -0.3 0.0 -27.7 -2.0
Food and beverage retailers
3,255.0 -4.6 -0.1 -3.6 -0.1 -11.0 -0.3 -4.5 -0.1
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers
756.8 -0.7 -0.1 -6.7 -0.9 -8.0 -1.0 -21.3 -2.7
General merchandise retailers
3,253.9 11.5 0.4 23.8 0.7 19.5 0.6 11.0 0.3
Health and personal care retailers
1,047.1 -1.2 -0.1 2.5 0.2 -3.0 -0.3 -12.1 -1.1
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers
1,058.3 -1.4 -0.1 -3.0 -0.3 1.3 0.1 12.7 1.2
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers
1,148.3 0.1 0.0 4.6 0.4 -3.1 -0.3 11.8 1.0
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers
1,535.0 6.6 0.4 20.7 1.4 34.1 2.3 40.4 2.7
Transportation and warehousing
6,584.3 30.3 0.5 6.3 0.1 -34.8 -0.5 -71.1 -1.1
Air transportation
576.1 0.2 0.0 6.4 1.1 5.3 0.9 5.0 0.9
Rail transportation
149.3 -0.6 -0.4 -1.7 -1.1 -4.0 -2.6 -6.4 -4.1
Water transportation
71.3 -0.2 -0.3 -1.1 -1.5 0.5 0.7 1.7 2.4
Truck transportation
1,469.6 4.3 0.3 4.0 0.3 -3.0 -0.2 -21.0 -1.4
Transit and ground passenger transportation
482.5 -7.5 -1.5 -11.5 -2.3 -9.4 -1.9 -6.8 -1.4
Pipeline transportation
55.7 -0.2 -0.4 0.1 0.2 -1.1 -1.9 0.1 0.2
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
32.3 -0.8 -2.4 -0.6 -1.8 -3.2 -9.0 -0.9 -2.7
Support activities for transportation
820.8 -3.3 -0.4 -5.2 -0.6 -9.4 -1.1 -15.5 -1.9
Couriers and messengers
1,096.0 37.9 3.6 15.6 1.4 -1.3 -0.1 23.3 2.2
Warehousing and storage
1,830.7 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 -9.2 -0.5 -50.6 -2.7
Utilities
607.6 1.9 0.3 2.9 0.5 5.7 0.9 8.5 1.4
Information
2,773 -13 -0.5 -42 -1.5 -80 -2.8 -92 -3.2
Motion picture and sound recording industries
328.8 -6.0 -1.8 -23.6 -6.7 -19.2 -5.5 -29.8 -8.3
Publishing industries
896.7 -1.9 -0.2 -5.0 -0.6 -6.8 -0.8 -8.5 -0.9
Broadcasting and content providers
335.8 1.0 0.3 1.0 0.3 -7.0 -2.0 -6.8 -2.0
Telecommunications
574.5 -2.5 -0.4 -5.5 -0.9 -19.6 -3.3 -23.5 -3.9
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
457.7 -3.9 -0.8 -9.8 -2.1 -23.0 -4.8 -23.6 -4.9
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
179.3 0.1 0.1 1.0 0.6 -4.4 -2.4 -0.2 -0.1
Financial activities
9,119 -11 -0.1 -28 -0.3 -65 -0.7 -86 -0.9
Finance and insurance
6,682.3 -5.6 -0.1 -28.1 -0.4 -55.5 -0.8 -58.1 -0.9
Monetary authorities-central bank
18.7 -0.1 -0.5 -0.2 -1.1 -0.8 -4.1 -1.3 -6.5
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,537.6 -0.6 0.0 -13.2 -0.5 -25.5 -1.0 -27.5 -1.1
Depository credit intermediation
1,775.6 0.9 0.1 -5.6 -0.3 -11.9 -0.7 -4.2 -0.2
Commercial banking
1,357.4 0.2 0.0 -7.2 -0.5 -14.9 -1.1 -14.9 -1.1
Nondepository credit intermediation
492.7 -1.3 -0.3 -2.6 -0.5 -3.4 -0.7 -13.2 -2.6
Activities related to credit intermediation
269.4 -0.1 0.0 -4.9 -1.8 -10.0 -3.6 -10.0 -3.6
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities
1,169.5 4.2 0.4 10.8 0.9 21.8 1.9 35.6 3.1
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,956.5 -9.1 -0.3 -25.5 -0.9 -51.0 -1.7 -64.9 -2.1
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,436.5 -5.4 -0.2 -0.3 0.0 -9.3 -0.4 -28.3 -1.1
Real estate
1,847.7 -1.7 -0.1 -0.8 0.0 -5.0 -0.3 -13.6 -0.7
Rental and leasing services
567.4 -3.6 -0.6 0.6 0.1 -4.0 -0.7 -14.2 -2.4
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
21.4 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -0.3 -1.4 -0.5 -2.3
Professional and business services
22,445 7 0.0 37 0.2 110 0.5 -25 -0.1
Professional, scientific, and technical services
10,817.0 11.9 0.1 26.6 0.2 62.9 0.6 30.3 0.3
Legal services
1,237.1 2.4 0.2 3.2 0.3 8.7 0.7 20.8 1.7
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
1,130.5 1.2 0.1 1.3 0.1 4.1 0.4 5.8 0.5
Architectural, engineering, and related services
1,762.9 3.9 0.2 12.5 0.7 26.1 1.5 40.5 2.4
Specialized design services
149.9 -0.8 -0.5 1.1 0.7 2.6 1.8 3.3 2.3
Computer systems design and related services
2,368.9 1.0 0.0 -5.3 -0.2 -10.8 -0.5 -42.4 -1.8
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
1,879.7 4.0 0.2 8.6 0.5 19.7 1.1 13.1 0.7
Scientific research and development services
912.2 0.0 0.0 -1.5 -0.2 5.3 0.6 -17.9 -1.9
Advertising, public relations, and related services
481.5 0.9 0.2 5.0 1.0 0.4 0.1 -0.3 -0.1
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
894.4 -0.6 -0.1 1.7 0.2 6.9 0.8 7.5 0.8
Management of companies and enterprises
2,611.8 -3.5 -0.1 -7.8 -0.3 -13.4 -0.5 -11.6 -0.4
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
9,016.3 -1.4 0.0 18.1 0.2 60.4 0.7 -43.4 -0.5
Administrative and support services
8,491.2 -1.3 0.0 15.9 0.2 56.2 0.7 -47.2 -0.6
Office administrative services
631.2 3.7 0.6 12.9 2.1 16.2 2.6 14.1 2.3
Facilities support services
183.0 -1.4 -0.8 1.9 1.0 0.6 0.3 2.7 1.5
Employment services
3,173.1 1.5 0.0 2.6 0.1 35.4 1.1 -51.1 -1.6
Temporary help services
2,485.1 7.9 0.3 14.9 0.6 33.3 1.4 -42.4 -1.7
Business support services
628.1 -1.8 -0.3 -4.5 -0.7 -15.3 -2.4 -34.0 -5.1
Travel arrangement and reservation services
182.4 0.8 0.4 4.0 2.2 -6.4 -3.4 -6.1 -3.2
Investigation and security services
1,050.1 4.0 0.4 5.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 5.5 0.5
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,310.2 -6.3 -0.3 -4.6 -0.2 23.1 1.0 16.0 0.7
Other support services
333.1 -1.8 -0.5 -1.5 -0.4 2.3 0.7 5.7 1.7
Waste management and remediation services
525.1 -0.1 0.0 2.2 0.4 4.2 0.8 3.8 0.7
Private education and health services
27,834 46 0.2 88 0.3 301 1.1 618 2.3
Private educational services
4,025.2 -7.8 -0.2 -26.8 -0.7 -22.0 -0.5 -38.3 -0.9
Health care
18,446.3 37.3 0.2 82.7 0.5 230.9 1.3 456.4 2.5
Ambulatory health care services
9,197.2 18.2 0.2 36.5 0.4 115.8 1.3 239.8 2.7
Offices of physicians
3,046.9 2.3 0.1 -5.4 -0.2 17.0 0.6 53.8 1.8
Offices of dentists
1,061.7 2.1 0.2 5.8 0.5 9.7 0.9 11.1 1.1
Offices of other health practitioners
1,342.3 5.6 0.4 11.5 0.9 26.9 2.0 39.9 3.1
Outpatient care centers
1,196.3 -1.7 -0.1 4.4 0.4 14.9 1.3 21.4 1.8
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
309.6 0.7 0.2 -2.1 -0.7 -2.8 -0.9 4.1 1.3
Home health care services
1,867.9 10.8 0.6 20.9 1.1 44.4 2.4 101.0 5.7
Other ambulatory health care services
372.6 -1.4 -0.4 1.5 0.4 5.7 1.6 8.7 2.4
Hospitals
5,762.1 4.3 0.1 28.0 0.5 71.9 1.3 136.8 2.4
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,487.0 14.8 0.4 18.2 0.5 43.2 1.3 79.8 2.3
Skilled nursing care facilities
1,585.4 6.3 0.4 11.0 0.7 26.7 1.7 44.2 2.9
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
708.0 2.6 0.4 4.2 0.6 10.8 1.5 20.2 2.9
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
1,019.7 4.3 0.4 1.3 0.1 3.2 0.3 11.8 1.2
Other residential care facilities
174.0 1.6 0.9 1.7 1.0 2.6 1.5 3.7 2.2
Social assistance
5,362.2 16.6 0.3 31.4 0.6 91.8 1.7 200.1 3.9
Individual and family services
3,758.1 24.0 0.6 45.8 1.2 92.9 2.5 211.6 6.0
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
235.7 -2.3 -1.0 -0.3 -0.1 0.5 0.2 1.1 0.5
Vocational rehabilitation services
276.8 -3.0 -1.1 -3.5 -1.2 -1.3 -0.5 -5.7 -2.0
Child care services
1,091.5 -2.2 -0.2 -10.6 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 -7.0 -0.6
Leisure and hospitality
16,978 14 0.1 12 0.1 30 0.2 142 0.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,702.7 12.1 0.4 34.1 1.3 5.1 0.2 34.8 1.3
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
619.4 8.2 1.3 27.6 4.7 14.4 2.4 31.8 5.4
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
182.0 0.6 0.3 -0.9 -0.5 1.0 0.6 3.5 2.0
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,901.3 3.3 0.2 7.4 0.4 -10.3 -0.5 -0.5 0.0
Accommodation and food services
14,275.5 2.2 0.0 -21.4 -0.1 24.8 0.2 107.4 0.8
Accommodation
1,919.1 -15.0 -0.8 -11.3 -0.6 -5.1 -0.3 -27.1 -1.4
Food services and drinking places
12,356.4 17.2 0.1 -10.1 -0.1 29.9 0.2 134.5 1.1
Other services
6,032 10 0.2 6 0.1 33 0.6 45 0.8
Repair and maintenance
1,471.7 -1.3 -0.1 0.2 0.0 2.4 0.2 3.3 0.2
Personal and laundry services
1,609.7 8.5 0.5 1.0 0.1 11.9 0.7 13.8 0.9
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
2,950.7 3.3 0.1 5.2 0.2 18.4 0.6 27.6 0.9
Government
23,308 -8 0.0 -21 -0.1 -82 -0.4 -260 -1.1
Federal
2,665 -9 -0.3 -20 -0.7 -83 -3.0 -311 -10.5
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,068.8 -7.2 -0.3 -21.5 -1.0 -88.0 -4.1 -308.1 -13.0
U.S. Postal Service
596.5 -1.8 -0.3 1.9 0.3 5.3 0.9 -2.2 -0.4
State government
5,472 1 0.0 -7 -0.1 -21 -0.4 -50 -0.9
State government education
2,603.8 1.3 0.0 -8.4 -0.3 -18.6 -0.7 -41.7 -1.6
State government, excluding education
2,867.7 -0.3 0.0 0.9 0.0 -3.0 -0.1 -8.4 -0.3
Local government
15,171 0 0.0 6 0.0 22 0.1 101 0.7
Local government education
8,231.3 -4.9 -0.1 -3.4 0.0 -8.3 -0.1 27.4 0.3
Local government, excluding education
6,939.6 4.9 0.1 9.3 0.1 29.9 0.4 73.7 1.1
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