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Employment change by industry, July 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
617 -4 -0.6 -9 -1.4 -4 -0.6 -6 -1.0
Logging
37.9 -0.9 -2.3 -1.6 -4.1 -1.0 -2.6 -1.0 -2.6
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
579.0 -3.4 -0.6 -7.0 -1.2 -2.6 -0.4 -4.9 -0.8
Oil and gas extraction
121.8 -0.4 -0.3 -0.8 -0.7 -1.3 -1.1 -1.2 -1.0
Mining (except oil and gas)
190.9 -0.8 -0.4 -0.8 -0.4 -0.4 -0.2 -0.8 -0.4
Coal mining
40.6 -0.4 -1.0 -0.5 -1.2 -0.7 -1.7 -2.3 -5.4
Metal ore mining
44.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.4 -0.9 -1.0 -2.2 -1.0 -2.2
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
106.2 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.2 2.5 2.4
Support activities for mining
266.3 -2.2 -0.8 -5.4 -2.0 -0.9 -0.3 -2.9 -1.1
Construction
8,310 2 0.0 7 0.1 24 0.3 96 1.2
Construction of buildings
1,876.3 -2.9 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 5.5 0.3 19.2 1.0
Residential building construction
954.7 -1.4 -0.1 -2.2 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 13.9 1.5
Nonresidential building construction
921.6 -1.5 -0.2 2.1 0.2 6.1 0.7 5.3 0.6
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,178.0 6.0 0.5 4.2 0.4 4.6 0.4 31.5 2.7
Specialty trade contractors
5,255.9 -1.1 0.0 2.9 0.1 14.0 0.3 45.5 0.9
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,378.0 -3.0 -0.1 -13.6 -0.6 -19.9 -0.8 -32.1 -1.3
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,877.9 1.9 0.1 16.5 0.6 33.9 1.2 77.6 2.8
Manufacturing
12,727 -11 -0.1 -37 -0.3 -28 -0.2 -113 -0.9
Durable goods
7,889 0 0.0 -21 -0.3 -14 -0.2 -94 -1.2
Wood product manufacturing
412.1 -1.1 -0.3 -3.3 -0.8 -2.9 -0.7 -6.9 -1.6
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
430.3 0.2 0.0 -1.1 -0.3 1.3 0.3 8.4 2.0
Primary metal manufacturing
376.7 1.4 0.4 0.9 0.2 3.5 0.9 3.0 0.8
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,438.5 1.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 2.9 0.2 -0.9 -0.1
Machinery manufacturing
1,104.4 -3.2 -0.3 -13.9 -1.2 -9.8 -0.9 -12.3 -1.1
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
1,003.8 0.0 0.0 -3.4 -0.3 -8.4 -0.8 -25.2 -2.4
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
109.4 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.6 -0.5
Communications equipment manufacturing
81.6 0.5 0.6 -0.3 -0.4 0.3 0.4 -0.9 -1.1
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
373.6 -2.2 -0.6 -4.9 -1.3 -8.0 -2.1 -20.5 -5.2
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
411.1 2.1 0.5 2.0 0.5 0.8 0.2 -1.9 -0.5
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing
28.1 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 -0.9 -3.1 -1.4 -4.7
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
405.6 -0.6 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2 -0.5 -7.3 -1.8
Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,766.2 -1.0 -0.1 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.0 -49.7 -2.7
Motor vehicles and parts
996.9 -2.4 -0.2 -2.4 -0.2 -0.4 0.0 -35.7 -3.5
Furniture and related product manufacturing
340.9 0.9 0.3 2.0 0.6 3.5 1.0 -1.8 -0.5
Miscellaneous manufacturing
610.6 1.5 0.2 -1.7 -0.3 -2.5 -0.4 -1.1 -0.2
Nondurable goods
4,838 -11 -0.2 -16 -0.3 -14 -0.3 -19 -0.4
Food manufacturing
1,771.9 -2.1 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 3.6 0.2 1.8 0.1
Textile mills
83.8 -1.5 -1.8 -1.4 -1.6 -2.1 -2.4 -3.1 -3.6
Textile product mills
98.1 -1.1 -1.1 -0.5 -0.5 -1.1 -1.1 -2.1 -2.1
Apparel manufacturing
82.3 0.4 0.5 -0.9 -1.1 -2.5 -2.9 -2.1 -2.5
Paper manufacturing
355.6 0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.3 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.0
Printing and related support activities
348.6 -2.7 -0.8 -2.6 -0.7 -5.7 -1.6 -6.9 -1.9
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
106.9 0.3 0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -2.6 -2.4 -2.3 -2.1
Chemical manufacturing
902.4 -1.1 -0.1 0.6 0.1 1.4 0.2 3.3 0.4
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
716.6 0.3 0.0 -2.5 -0.3 -2.3 -0.3 -8.5 -1.2
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing
371.6 -3.5 -0.9 -6.2 -1.6 -4.1 -1.1 0.7 0.2
Wholesale trade
6,163.7 -7.8 -0.1 -14.3 -0.2 -10.7 -0.2 20.1 0.3
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
3,456.9 -3.2 -0.1 -9.8 -0.3 2.4 0.1 13.4 0.4
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
2,223.9 -1.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 -2.2 -0.1 16.1 0.7
Wholesale trade agents and brokers
482.9 -3.5 -0.7 -5.1 -1.0 -10.9 -2.2 -9.4 -1.9
Retail trade
15,577.1 15.7 0.1 -13.4 -0.1 3.9 0.0 54.3 0.3
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
2,058.4 1.9 0.1 -3.9 -0.2 2.7 0.1 8.0 0.4
Automobile dealers
1,298.9 0.4 0.0 1.4 0.1 5.0 0.4 9.6 0.7
Other motor vehicle dealers
159.3 1.4 0.9 -4.5 -2.7 -7.1 -4.3 -8.8 -5.2
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers
600.1 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 4.7 0.8 7.1 1.2
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1,388.6 0.8 0.1 -5.0 -0.4 -2.3 -0.2 -12.4 -0.9
Food and beverage retailers
3,241.4 -1.5 0.0 -5.1 -0.2 4.4 0.1 21.7 0.7
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers
792.2 0.6 0.1 -3.1 -0.4 -7.4 -0.9 -8.7 -1.1
General merchandise retailers
3,313.0 10.8 0.3 10.3 0.3 17.2 0.5 41.5 1.3
Health and personal care retailers
1,091.4 2.1 0.2 1.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 4.7 0.4
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers
1,053.8 3.0 0.3 -3.3 -0.3 -2.0 -0.2 -0.1 0.0
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers
1,131.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.3 0.1 -1.8 -0.2
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers
1,507.3 -2.0 -0.1 -5.1 -0.3 -10.3 -0.7 1.4 0.1
Transportation and warehousing
6,738.2 3.6 0.1 3.7 0.1 -6.3 -0.1 76.9 1.2
Air transportation
579.5 2.5 0.4 1.6 0.3 8.5 1.5 14.7 2.6
Rail transportation
153.2 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -0.4 -1.5 -1.0 -2.8 -1.8
Water transportation
71.4 -0.2 -0.3 1.2 1.7 1.7 2.4 0.7 1.0
Truck transportation
1,523.2 3.6 0.2 -2.1 -0.1 4.1 0.3 6.6 0.4
Transit and ground passenger transportation
489.5 -2.1 -0.4 -0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 22.7 4.9
Pipeline transportation
60.4 -0.4 -0.7 0.6 1.0 1.7 2.9 4.1 7.3
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
36.0 0.4 1.1 2.8 8.4 5.9 19.6 4.6 14.6
Support activities for transportation
849.0 0.2 0.0 -1.9 -0.2 6.3 0.7 7.5 0.9
Couriers and messengers
1,157.7 6.0 0.5 20.9 1.8 -14.7 -1.3 57.4 5.2
Warehousing and storage
1,818.3 -6.4 -0.4 -18.7 -1.0 -18.7 -1.0 -38.6 -2.1
Utilities
598.4 -0.1 0.0 2.8 0.5 3.9 0.7 6.8 1.1
Information
2,939 -2 -0.1 0 0.0 -1 0.0 3 0.1
Motion picture and sound recording industries
415.3 2.5 0.6 4.1 1.0 7.7 1.9 14.6 3.6
Publishing industries
919.8 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.1 1.7 0.2 7.2 0.8
Broadcasting and content providers
334.6 0.3 0.1 -0.5 -0.1 1.7 0.5 -6.2 -1.8
Telecommunications
600.5 -2.3 -0.4 -4.4 -0.7 -8.3 -1.4 -18.8 -3.0
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
483.9 -3.5 -0.7 -2.9 -0.6 -4.2 -0.9 3.6 0.7
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
184.5 0.4 0.2 2.2 1.2 0.5 0.3 2.4 1.3
Financial activities
9,263 15 0.2 20 0.2 43 0.5 99 1.1
Finance and insurance
6,758.7 14.2 0.2 16.8 0.2 25.3 0.4 53.8 0.8
Monetary authorities-central bank
20.8 -0.3 -1.4 -0.6 -2.8 -0.6 -2.8 0.3 1.5
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,561.2 2.2 0.1 5.0 0.2 5.7 0.2 -1.2 0.0
Depository credit intermediation
1,778.4 0.3 0.0 4.7 0.3 2.2 0.1 -1.6 -0.1
Commercial banking
1,362.1 -1.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -4.8 -0.4 -12.0 -0.9
Nondepository credit intermediation
505.3 -0.8 -0.2 -2.4 -0.5 0.3 0.1 -1.7 -0.3
Activities related to credit intermediation
277.5 2.8 1.0 2.7 1.0 3.3 1.2 2.1 0.8
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities
1,151.6 4.8 0.4 13.6 1.2 25.4 2.3 35.1 3.1
Insurance carriers and related activities
3,025.1 7.5 0.2 -1.2 0.0 -5.2 -0.2 19.6 0.7
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,504.7 1.3 0.1 3.6 0.1 18.0 0.7 45.9 1.9
Real estate
1,881.5 0.7 0.0 -0.6 0.0 4.9 0.3 14.0 0.7
Rental and leasing services
600.1 0.5 0.1 4.2 0.7 13.2 2.2 31.3 5.5
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
23.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 0.6 2.7
Professional and business services
22,562 -14 -0.1 -48 -0.2 -17 -0.1 -61 -0.3
Professional, scientific, and technical services
10,852.0 3.1 0.0 -11.4 -0.1 -10.4 -0.1 20.0 0.2
Legal services
1,199.9 0.6 0.1 4.2 0.4 6.1 0.5 9.4 0.8
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
1,155.0 0.6 0.1 8.7 0.8 13.2 1.2 -0.8 -0.1
Architectural, engineering, and related services
1,754.3 6.7 0.4 10.0 0.6 18.2 1.0 47.4 2.8
Specialized design services
149.2 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.5 -1.2 -0.8 -0.9 -0.6
Computer systems design and related services
2,421.1 -5.2 -0.2 -11.5 -0.5 -25.6 -1.0 -26.4 -1.1
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
1,869.2 -2.6 -0.1 -10.9 -0.6 -1.9 -0.1 3.2 0.2
Scientific research and development services
930.4 -1.0 -0.1 -7.9 -0.8 -11.1 -1.2 -4.4 -0.5
Advertising, public relations, and related services
495.4 2.8 0.6 4.0 0.8 -0.5 -0.1 -1.8 -0.4
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
877.6 0.8 0.1 -8.6 -1.0 -7.5 -0.8 -5.6 -0.6
Management of companies and enterprises
2,637.9 1.8 0.1 9.4 0.4 19.9 0.8 15.1 0.6
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
9,072.0 -19.1 -0.2 -45.7 -0.5 -26.4 -0.3 -95.9 -1.0
Administrative and support services
8,549.8 -19.8 -0.2 -46.9 -0.5 -27.5 -0.3 -107.2 -1.2
Office administrative services
621.9 1.0 0.2 3.0 0.5 -1.8 -0.3 4.1 0.7
Facilities support services
184.1 -0.8 -0.4 -2.0 -1.1 -2.1 -1.1 2.1 1.2
Employment services
3,224.4 -7.2 -0.2 -30.1 -0.9 -32.9 -1.0 -91.0 -2.7
Temporary help services
2,521.6 -4.4 -0.2 -22.6 -0.9 -22.2 -0.9 -72.7 -2.8
Business support services
646.5 -5.7 -0.9 -13.5 -2.0 -18.4 -2.8 -41.3 -6.0
Travel arrangement and reservation services
194.3 -1.4 -0.7 -2.4 -1.2 1.0 0.5 6.5 3.5
Investigation and security services
1,034.4 0.6 0.1 3.0 0.3 10.4 1.0 6.4 0.6
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,305.9 -7.9 -0.3 -9.6 -0.4 5.7 0.2 2.2 0.1
Other support services
338.4 1.8 0.5 4.8 1.4 10.6 3.2 4.0 1.2
Waste management and remediation services
522.2 0.7 0.1 1.2 0.2 1.1 0.2 11.3 2.2
Private education and health services
27,409 79 0.3 201 0.7 416 1.5 884 3.3
Private educational services
4,000.1 5.8 0.1 -3.4 -0.1 8.8 0.2 43.2 1.1
Health care
18,198.6 55.4 0.3 150.8 0.8 210.3 1.2 515.3 2.9
Ambulatory health care services
9,003.9 33.6 0.4 74.0 0.8 50.7 0.6 204.8 2.3
Offices of physicians
3,057.1 6.7 0.2 15.1 0.5 37.9 1.3 77.0 2.6
Offices of dentists
1,056.9 7.1 0.7 5.0 0.5 2.9 0.3 8.9 0.8
Offices of other health practitioners
1,281.2 2.0 0.2 6.8 0.5 18.8 1.5 49.2 4.0
Outpatient care centers
1,121.7 1.3 0.1 3.2 0.3 6.0 0.5 3.1 0.3
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
309.1 1.0 0.3 4.4 1.4 3.0 1.0 2.7 0.9
Home health care services
1,812.6 14.4 0.8 34.9 2.0 -25.3 -1.4 56.9 3.2
Other ambulatory health care services
365.4 1.1 0.3 4.6 1.3 7.4 2.1 7.0 2.0
Hospitals
5,759.2 16.0 0.3 52.9 0.9 109.1 1.9 196.8 3.5
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,435.5 5.8 0.2 23.9 0.7 50.5 1.5 113.7 3.4
Skilled nursing care facilities
1,553.7 2.9 0.2 15.8 1.0 34.4 2.3 60.2 4.0
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
697.8 2.0 0.3 3.1 0.4 10.4 1.5 26.1 3.9
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
1,009.5 1.1 0.1 3.7 0.4 1.5 0.1 21.0 2.1
Other residential care facilities
174.4 -0.4 -0.2 1.3 0.8 4.1 2.4 6.4 3.8
Social assistance
5,210.2 17.9 0.3 53.5 1.0 197.3 3.9 325.0 6.7
Individual and family services
3,578.5 20.6 0.6 53.8 1.5 188.4 5.6 310.6 9.5
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
241.2 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.2 1.7 0.7 4.3 1.8
Vocational rehabilitation services
287.6 -1.2 -0.4 3.7 1.3 2.6 0.9 0.1 0.0
Child care services
1,102.9 -2.5 -0.2 -4.4 -0.4 4.6 0.4 10.0 0.9
Leisure and hospitality
17,030 5 0.0 36 0.2 65 0.4 238 1.4
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,712.6 0.7 0.0 19.2 0.7 32.4 1.2 85.1 3.2
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
636.9 -0.6 -0.1 14.3 2.3 20.9 3.4 53.6 9.2
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
182.7 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 4.3 2.4
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,893.0 0.5 0.0 4.3 0.2 11.5 0.6 27.2 1.5
Accommodation and food services
14,317.4 4.8 0.0 17.0 0.1 32.8 0.2 152.5 1.1
Accommodation
1,950.6 5.1 0.3 1.7 0.1 4.0 0.2 18.8 1.0
Food services and drinking places
12,366.8 -0.3 0.0 15.3 0.1 28.8 0.2 133.7 1.1
Other services
6,036 2 0.0 7 0.1 21 0.3 61 1.0
Repair and maintenance
1,482.9 -1.2 -0.1 1.4 0.1 4.1 0.3 18.3 1.2
Personal and laundry services
1,618.2 2.4 0.1 0.5 0.0 4.9 0.3 22.0 1.4
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
2,934.7 0.7 0.0 5.3 0.2 11.8 0.4 20.8 0.7
Government
23,569 -10 0.0 -49 -0.2 -23 -0.1 177 0.8
Federal
2,931 -12 -0.4 -47 -1.6 -84 -2.8 -71 -2.4
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,335.1 -14.1 -0.6 -43.4 -1.8 -75.2 -3.1 -59.6 -2.5
U.S. Postal Service
596.1 2.4 0.4 -3.1 -0.5 -8.2 -1.4 -10.7 -1.8
State government
5,530 5 0.1 4 0.1 6 0.1 86 1.6
State government education
2,627.5 -1.2 0.0 -5.2 -0.2 -11.8 -0.4 34.1 1.3
State government, excluding education
2,902.1 5.9 0.2 9.0 0.3 17.9 0.6 52.0 1.8
Local government
15,108 -3 0.0 -6 0.0 55 0.4 162 1.1
Local government education
8,193.6 -10.4 -0.1 -40.5 -0.5 -1.0 0.0 48.7 0.6
Local government, excluding education
6,914.1 7.5 0.1 34.0 0.5 56.0 0.8 113.3 1.7
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