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Employment change by industry, February 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
600 -2 -0.3 -5 -0.8 -7 -1.2 -22 -3.5
Logging
36.6 -0.5 -1.3 -1.4 -3.7 -3.0 -7.6 -4.8 -11.6
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
563.7 -1.4 -0.2 -2.9 -0.5 -4.1 -0.7 -16.9 -2.9
Oil and gas extraction
116.2 0.7 0.6 -0.3 -0.3 0.3 0.3 -2.7 -2.3
Mining (except oil and gas)
187.6 -0.1 -0.1 -1.0 -0.5 -0.5 -0.3 -2.7 -1.4
Coal mining
39.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0.8 -2.0 -0.3 -0.8 -1.1 -2.7
Metal ore mining
45.7 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.2 2.7 0.1 0.2
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
102.7 0.1 0.1 -0.4 -0.4 -1.3 -1.3 -1.6 -1.5
Support activities for mining
259.9 -2.0 -0.8 -1.6 -0.6 -3.9 -1.5 -11.5 -4.2
Construction
8,309 -11 -0.1 30 0.4 70 0.8 42 0.5
Construction of buildings
1,866.4 6.5 0.3 12.4 0.7 22.3 1.2 9.1 0.5
Residential building construction
929.4 2.4 0.3 1.0 0.1 6.6 0.7 -4.7 -0.5
Nonresidential building construction
937.0 4.1 0.4 11.4 1.2 15.7 1.7 13.8 1.5
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,198.6 -6.5 -0.5 8.4 0.7 15.0 1.3 23.4 2.0
Specialty trade contractors
5,244.1 -10.9 -0.2 9.6 0.2 32.7 0.6 9.6 0.2
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,359.9 -9.5 -0.4 -5.8 -0.2 -9.8 -0.4 -41.4 -1.7
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,884.2 -1.4 0.0 15.4 0.5 42.5 1.5 51.0 1.8
Manufacturing
12,573 -12 -0.1 -20 -0.2 -42 -0.3 -98 -0.8
Durable goods
7,801 -4 -0.1 -1 0.0 -18 -0.2 -58 -0.7
Wood product manufacturing
391.1 -2.4 -0.6 -6.4 -1.6 -12.4 -3.1 -17.9 -4.4
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
418.9 0.4 0.1 3.3 0.8 1.8 0.4 2.3 0.6
Primary metal manufacturing
362.6 -1.7 -0.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.7 -0.2 -2.5 -0.7
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,441.2 2.1 0.1 1.3 0.1 5.4 0.4 5.5 0.4
Machinery manufacturing
1,086.4 1.1 0.1 1.6 0.1 3.1 0.3 -9.0 -0.8
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
988.8 -0.7 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 -6.2 -0.6 -16.9 -1.7
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
98.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 -1.4 -1.4 -3.2 -3.1
Communications equipment manufacturing
81.3 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.4 1.7 2.1 2.4 3.0
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
368.6 -1.0 -0.3 -2.2 -0.6 -7.0 -1.9 -17.2 -4.5
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
411.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.2 1.7 0.4
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing
28.4 -0.4 -1.4 0.3 1.1 -0.5 -1.7 -0.6 -2.1
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
434.6 1.2 0.3 3.4 0.8 6.1 1.4 7.1 1.7
Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,733.9 -4.0 -0.2 -1.2 -0.1 -6.1 -0.4 -20.8 -1.2
Motor vehicles and parts
949.6 -1.6 -0.2 -5.7 -0.6 -13.6 -1.4 -29.9 -3.1
Furniture and related product manufacturing
333.4 -0.1 0.0 -1.8 -0.5 -5.6 -1.7 -3.9 -1.2
Miscellaneous manufacturing
610.1 0.3 0.0 -0.6 -0.1 -2.9 -0.5 -2.3 -0.4
Nondurable goods
4,772 -8 -0.2 -19 -0.4 -24 -0.5 -40 -0.8
Food manufacturing
1,780.1 -1.7 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 -4.9 -0.3 0.5 0.0
Textile mills
79.7 -0.3 -0.4 -1.3 -1.6 -1.6 -2.0 -3.0 -3.6
Textile product mills
93.9 -0.1 -0.1 0.5 0.5 2.1 2.3 -0.7 -0.7
Apparel manufacturing
74.3 -0.3 -0.4 -1.1 -1.5 -4.4 -5.6 -6.9 -8.5
Paper manufacturing
355.4 0.8 0.2 0.8 0.2 -0.6 -0.2 0.1 0.0
Printing and related support activities
340.5 -0.2 -0.1 0.5 0.1 -1.5 -0.4 -8.0 -2.3
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
108.2 -0.4 -0.4 -0.9 -0.8 -1.0 -0.9 -2.1 -1.9
Chemical manufacturing
900.5 1.0 0.1 -3.1 -0.3 -1.0 -0.1 2.3 0.3
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
692.5 -4.2 -0.6 -9.9 -1.4 -11.4 -1.6 -14.3 -2.0
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing
347.2 -2.1 -0.6 -2.8 -0.8 0.6 0.2 -7.8 -2.2
Wholesale trade
6,051.0 6.0 0.1 2.8 0.0 8.0 0.1 -24.9 -0.4
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
3,401.9 3.3 0.1 0.7 0.0 7.5 0.2 -7.5 -0.2
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
2,207.5 1.7 0.1 0.5 0.0 2.6 0.1 -4.3 -0.2
Wholesale trade agents and brokers
441.6 1.0 0.2 1.6 0.4 -2.1 -0.5 -13.1 -2.9
Retail trade
15,426.5 2.3 0.0 -10.6 -0.1 -13.8 -0.1 -15.3 -0.1
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
2,057.6 0.4 0.0 8.5 0.4 10.7 0.5 2.6 0.1
Automobile dealers
1,296.2 -1.1 -0.1 4.2 0.3 3.7 0.3 4.0 0.3
Other motor vehicle dealers
161.1 -0.6 -0.4 -0.8 -0.5 3.2 2.0 -3.5 -2.1
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers
600.3 2.1 0.4 5.2 0.9 3.8 0.6 2.1 0.4
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1,355.0 0.0 0.0 -16.4 -1.2 -15.5 -1.1 -34.2 -2.5
Food and beverage retailers
3,248.7 -6.2 -0.2 -13.8 -0.4 -8.9 -0.3 20.0 0.6
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers
755.9 -6.7 -0.9 -15.5 -2.0 -14.8 -1.9 -25.8 -3.3
General merchandise retailers
3,240.7 7.8 0.2 8.7 0.3 -5.7 -0.2 -8.5 -0.3
Health and personal care retailers
1,046.9 2.6 0.2 7.0 0.7 -11.4 -1.1 -14.6 -1.4
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers
1,062.6 -0.1 0.0 1.7 0.2 16.5 1.6 14.0 1.3
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers
1,141.0 -0.1 0.0 -4.9 -0.4 -5.8 -0.5 8.8 0.8
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers
1,518.1 4.6 0.3 14.1 0.9 21.1 1.4 22.4 1.5
Transportation and warehousing
6,531.7 -11.3 -0.2 -28.5 -0.4 -126.1 -1.9 -157.4 -2.4
Air transportation
575.1 5.1 0.9 3.5 0.6 4.1 0.7 6.3 1.1
Rail transportation
151.9 -0.7 -0.5 -0.8 -0.5 -2.2 -1.4 -4.5 -2.9
Water transportation
71.4 -1.0 -1.4 0.5 0.7 -0.1 -0.1 1.9 2.7
Truck transportation
1,462.5 -0.5 0.0 -5.3 -0.4 -17.7 -1.2 -25.1 -1.7
Transit and ground passenger transportation
493.9 -0.5 -0.1 -1.2 -0.2 3.6 0.7 7.7 1.6
Pipeline transportation
56.0 0.4 0.7 -0.7 -1.2 -0.9 -1.6 0.6 1.1
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
33.7 0.9 2.7 -0.3 -0.9 -2.7 -7.4 2.7 8.7
Support activities for transportation
824.5 -0.7 -0.1 -1.5 -0.2 -6.9 -0.8 -6.4 -0.8
Couriers and messengers
1,028.0 -16.6 -1.6 -15.4 -1.5 -68.6 -6.3 -91.9 -8.2
Warehousing and storage
1,834.7 2.3 0.1 -7.3 -0.4 -34.7 -1.9 -48.7 -2.6
Utilities
606.2 1.3 0.2 2.4 0.4 4.8 0.8 7.4 1.2
Information
2,812 -11 -0.4 -36 -1.3 -48 -1.7 -64 -2.2
Motion picture and sound recording industries
344.1 -9.5 -2.7 -3.5 -1.0 -4.9 -1.4 -21.0 -5.8
Publishing industries
903.9 -0.8 -0.1 -1.6 -0.2 -7.0 -0.8 -2.4 -0.3
Broadcasting and content providers
334.5 -0.4 -0.1 -6.6 -1.9 -7.2 -2.1 -6.1 -1.8
Telecommunications
581.3 -1.0 -0.2 -9.9 -1.7 -13.2 -2.2 -19.7 -3.3
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
468.5 -0.3 -0.1 -11.1 -2.3 -10.9 -2.3 -13.9 -2.9
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
179.5 1.2 0.7 -3.5 -1.9 -4.7 -2.6 -0.7 -0.4
Financial activities
9,166 10 0.1 -19 -0.2 -19 -0.2 -33 -0.4
Finance and insurance
6,719.6 4.6 0.1 -15.7 -0.2 -13.8 -0.2 -20.9 -0.3
Monetary authorities-central bank
18.8 -0.1 -0.5 -0.4 -2.1 -0.8 -4.1 -1.2 -6.0
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,551.4 -4.1 -0.2 -12.8 -0.5 -13.1 -0.5 -14.5 -0.6
Depository credit intermediation
1,778.7 -3.1 -0.2 -7.9 -0.4 -5.8 -0.3 -2.0 -0.1
Commercial banking
1,362.1 -3.0 -0.2 -7.8 -0.6 -9.6 -0.7 -11.4 -0.8
Nondepository credit intermediation
495.9 -0.9 -0.2 -1.8 -0.4 -3.2 -0.6 -8.7 -1.7
Activities related to credit intermediation
276.8 0.0 0.0 -3.1 -1.1 -4.1 -1.5 -3.8 -1.4
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities
1,169.0 8.0 0.7 14.9 1.3 25.1 2.2 40.2 3.6
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,980.4 0.8 0.0 -17.4 -0.6 -25.0 -0.8 -45.4 -1.5
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,446.5 5.8 0.2 -3.5 -0.1 -5.0 -0.2 -12.2 -0.5
Real estate
1,859.6 6.1 0.3 3.4 0.2 6.0 0.3 0.5 0.0
Rental and leasing services
565.4 -0.3 -0.1 -6.7 -1.2 -10.8 -1.9 -12.2 -2.1
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
21.5 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.9 -0.2 -0.9 -0.5 -2.3
Professional and business services
22,385 -5 0.0 -6 0.0 10 0.0 -88 -0.4
Professional, scientific, and technical services
10,807.5 11.1 0.1 16.7 0.2 41.8 0.4 27.6 0.3
Legal services
1,237.6 2.6 0.2 7.7 0.6 12.9 1.1 26.1 2.2
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
1,128.3 -1.4 -0.1 -5.7 -0.5 1.2 0.1 3.2 0.3
Architectural, engineering, and related services
1,752.8 1.5 0.1 10.3 0.6 21.4 1.2 35.2 2.0
Specialized design services
149.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 1.4 0.9
Computer systems design and related services
2,382.1 5.9 0.2 0.6 0.0 -11.9 -0.5 -34.6 -1.4
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
1,873.7 1.4 0.1 5.4 0.3 15.4 0.8 12.1 0.6
Scientific research and development services
911.5 -1.4 -0.2 -0.4 0.0 -4.7 -0.5 -21.3 -2.3
Advertising, public relations, and related services
480.2 2.4 0.5 -4.9 -1.0 -2.7 -0.6 -3.4 -0.7
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
892.2 0.1 0.0 3.3 0.4 9.7 1.1 9.0 1.0
Management of companies and enterprises
2,614.9 -2.0 -0.1 -11.5 -0.4 -10.9 -0.4 0.0 0.0
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
8,962.7 -14.3 -0.2 -11.2 -0.1 -20.6 -0.2 -115.0 -1.3
Administrative and support services
8,434.7 -18.8 -0.2 -19.3 -0.2 -27.3 -0.3 -122.1 -1.4
Office administrative services
621.0 2.4 0.4 5.8 0.9 1.9 0.3 -2.0 -0.3
Facilities support services
181.3 0.2 0.1 1.0 0.6 1.5 0.8 0.8 0.4
Employment services
3,144.3 -4.6 -0.1 -12.1 -0.4 -25.1 -0.8 -90.2 -2.8
Temporary help services
2,447.4 -6.5 -0.3 -18.1 -0.7 -35.9 -1.4 -85.6 -3.4
Business support services
628.9 -4.3 -0.7 -9.3 -1.5 -14.6 -2.3 -37.0 -5.6
Travel arrangement and reservation services
180.7 2.2 1.2 -5.9 -3.2 -6.0 -3.2 -6.4 -3.4
Investigation and security services
1,040.8 -4.4 -0.4 -3.8 -0.4 -5.0 -0.5 1.7 0.2
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,302.1 -10.5 -0.5 2.8 0.1 11.8 0.5 -0.3 0.0
Other support services
335.5 0.1 0.0 2.1 0.6 8.2 2.5 11.2 3.5
Waste management and remediation services
528.0 4.5 0.9 8.1 1.6 6.7 1.3 7.1 1.4
Private education and health services
27,722 -34 -0.1 133 0.5 287 1.0 658 2.4
Private educational services
4,036.2 -15.7 -0.4 -7.1 -0.2 -16.0 -0.4 -19.3 -0.5
Health care
18,344.0 -28.0 -0.2 78.6 0.4 201.8 1.1 363.5 2.0
Ambulatory health care services
9,132.9 -34.0 -0.4 21.0 0.2 102.9 1.1 136.1 1.5
Offices of physicians
3,013.8 -37.4 -1.2 -23.3 -0.8 -3.2 -0.1 28.7 1.0
Offices of dentists
1,057.5 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.1 6.9 0.7 5.7 0.5
Offices of other health practitioners
1,339.2 3.3 0.2 17.5 1.3 34.1 2.6 47.8 3.7
Outpatient care centers
1,193.6 1.7 0.1 8.7 0.7 18.9 1.6 23.2 2.0
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
307.3 -4.7 -1.5 -6.2 -2.0 -4.0 -1.3 0.4 0.1
Home health care services
1,848.2 0.7 0.0 19.1 1.0 41.9 2.3 17.7 1.0
Other ambulatory health care services
373.2 2.2 0.6 4.3 1.2 8.3 2.3 12.5 3.5
Hospitals
5,749.1 11.6 0.2 47.8 0.8 73.2 1.3 154.0 2.8
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,462.0 -5.6 -0.2 9.8 0.3 25.7 0.7 73.4 2.2
Skilled nursing care facilities
1,574.1 0.4 0.0 6.6 0.4 16.7 1.1 44.6 2.9
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
702.5 -0.8 -0.1 2.4 0.3 8.2 1.2 21.4 3.1
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
1,013.0 -5.4 -0.5 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 0.0 3.4 0.3
Other residential care facilities
172.4 0.2 0.1 1.9 1.1 0.6 0.3 4.0 2.4
Social assistance
5,341.3 9.4 0.2 61.0 1.2 100.6 1.9 313.5 6.2
Individual and family services
3,725.2 12.4 0.3 57.5 1.6 96.7 2.7 309.5 9.1
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
235.4 -0.3 -0.1 0.9 0.4 1.4 0.6 1.9 0.8
Vocational rehabilitation services
279.3 -1.2 -0.4 -1.3 -0.5 -2.9 -1.0 -5.4 -1.9
Child care services
1,101.4 -1.6 -0.1 3.9 0.4 5.4 0.5 7.4 0.7
Leisure and hospitality
16,922 -27 -0.2 -14 -0.1 52 0.3 126 0.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,672.9 7.6 0.3 8.1 0.3 -28.3 -1.0 13.1 0.5
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
594.9 5.9 1.0 -7.8 -1.3 -12.9 -2.1 3.9 0.7
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
181.3 -1.7 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 2.1 1.2 0.6 0.3
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,896.7 3.4 0.2 16.5 0.9 -17.5 -0.9 8.6 0.5
Accommodation and food services
14,248.9 -34.7 -0.2 -22.7 -0.2 80.6 0.6 112.6 0.8
Accommodation
1,922.1 -5.0 -0.3 -1.4 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 -16.2 -0.8
Food services and drinking places
12,326.8 -29.7 -0.2 -21.3 -0.2 81.8 0.7 128.8 1.1
Other services
6,039 8 0.1 24 0.4 31 0.5 62 1.0
Repair and maintenance
1,480.7 6.4 0.4 8.6 0.6 3.2 0.2 13.6 0.9
Personal and laundry services
1,610.8 0.4 0.0 4.9 0.3 6.1 0.4 19.8 1.2
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
2,947.1 0.6 0.0 9.7 0.3 21.2 0.7 27.9 1.0
Government
23,323 -6 0.0 -36 -0.2 -212 -0.9 -236 -1.0
Federal
2,683 -10 -0.4 -50 -1.8 -233 -8.0 -314 -10.5
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,083.6 -15.1 -0.7 -56.4 -2.6 -239.9 -10.3 -313.5 -13.1
U.S. Postal Service
599.8 5.5 0.9 7.2 1.2 7.3 1.2 0.0 0.0
State government
5,480 5 0.1 -1 0.0 -7 -0.1 -45 -0.8
State government education
2,615.7 7.2 0.3 9.9 0.4 1.7 0.1 -33.3 -1.3
State government, excluding education
2,864.7 -1.6 -0.1 -10.4 -0.4 -7.8 -0.3 -10.9 -0.4
Local government
15,160 -1 0.0 15 0.1 28 0.2 123 0.8
Local government education
8,232.6 0.5 0.0 -5.0 -0.1 5.6 0.1 41.2 0.5
Local government, excluding education
6,927.4 -1.3 0.0 20.4 0.3 22.1 0.3 82.1 1.2
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