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Employment change by industry, March 2021, 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
610 20 3.4 13 2.2 18 3.0 -64 -9.5
Logging
45.0 -1.1 -2.4 -0.9 -2.0 0.3 0.7 -2.6 -5.5
Mining
565.2 21.0 3.9 14.6 2.7 18.1 3.3 -61.1 -9.8
Oil and gas extraction
133.3 0.6 0.5 -6.2 -4.4 -3.3 -2.4 -1.9 -1.4
Mining, except oil and gas
180.3 1.1 0.6 1.6 0.9 2.7 1.5 -4.0 -2.2
Coal mining
43.6 0.7 1.6 1.4 3.3 2.8 6.9 -1.3 -2.9
Metal ore mining
41.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.7
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
94.9 0.4 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -2.4 -2.5
Support activities for mining
251.6 19.3 8.3 19.2 8.3 18.7 8.0 -55.2 -18.0
Construction
7,466 110 1.5 66 0.9 210 2.9 -91 -1.2
Construction of buildings
1,689.3 17.8 1.1 31.1 1.9 63.0 3.9 13.0 0.8
Residential building
872.7 10.2 1.2 25.0 2.9 46.6 5.6 40.0 4.8
Nonresidential building
816.6 7.6 0.9 6.1 0.8 16.4 2.0 -27.0 -3.2
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,062.9 27.3 2.6 11.9 1.1 45.1 4.4 -34.5 -3.1
Specialty trade contractors
4,714.2 65.0 1.4 23.5 0.5 102.8 2.2 -69.3 -1.4
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,157.6 26.8 1.3 17.3 0.8 59.2 2.8 47.9 2.3
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,556.6 38.2 1.5 6.2 0.2 43.6 1.7 -117.2 -4.4
Manufacturing
12,284 53 0.4 53 0.4 161 1.3 -434 -3.4
Durable goods
7,620 30 0.4 22 0.3 82 1.1 -341 -4.3
Wood products
404.4 1.4 0.3 1.9 0.5 11.6 3.0 -3.9 -1.0
Nonmetallic mineral products
396.0 2.9 0.7 -4.3 -1.1 1.2 0.3 -21.0 -5.0
Primary metals
348.6 2.6 0.8 0.2 0.1 4.4 1.3 -29.9 -7.9
Fabricated metal products
1,397.8 13.7 1.0 12.0 0.9 22.0 1.6 -56.4 -3.9
Machinery
1,059.1 3.5 0.3 3.2 0.3 7.8 0.7 -45.8 -4.1
Computer and electronic products
1,078.6 3.1 0.3 6.4 0.6 8.5 0.8 -0.9 -0.1
Computer and peripheral equipment
163.6 0.2 0.1 1.0 0.6 2.1 1.3 1.9 1.2
Communications equipment
85.9 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.1 0.0 0.0 -1.3 -1.5
Semiconductors and electronic components
370.1 0.7 0.2 1.9 0.5 1.5 0.4 -3.5 -0.9
Electronic instruments
424.8 1.9 0.4 2.8 0.7 3.8 0.9 -0.3 -0.1
Miscellaneous computer and electronic products
34.2 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.6 1.1 3.3 2.3 7.2
Electrical equipment and appliances
374.0 2.7 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.8 0.2 -21.7 -5.5
Transportation equipment
1,593.9 -3.0 -0.2 -2.6 -0.2 4.4 0.3 -127.6 -7.4
Motor vehicles and parts
900.4 -1.0 -0.1 -10.4 -1.1 4.7 0.5 -78.5 -8.0
Furniture and related products
352.2 -1.3 -0.4 -4.0 -1.1 1.0 0.3 -31.0 -8.1
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing
615.2 4.5 0.7 8.2 1.4 19.7 3.3 -2.6 -0.4
Nondurable goods
4,664 23 0.5 31 0.7 79 1.7 -93 -2.0
Food manufacturing
1,639.8 3.4 0.2 5.7 0.3 21.8 1.3 -8.1 -0.5
Textile mills
96.8 2.8 3.0 0.7 0.7 2.3 2.4 -7.2 -6.9
Textile product mills
106.7 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.4 2.2 2.1 -3.3 -3.0
Apparel
94.1 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 4.7 5.3 -8.9 -8.6
Paper and paper products
356.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -6.6 -1.8
Printing and related support activities
374.4 5.9 1.6 1.3 0.3 7.6 2.1 -40.9 -9.8
Petroleum and coal products
103.2 -0.5 -0.5 -3.7 -3.5 0.1 0.1 -9.8 -8.7
Chemicals
853.3 3.0 0.4 10.6 1.3 13.0 1.5 1.2 0.1
Plastics and rubber products
726.0 -0.3 0.0 1.3 0.2 17.1 2.4 -1.8 -0.2
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing
313.9 7.4 2.4 12.9 4.3 10.8 3.6 -7.7 -2.4
Wholesale trade
5,661.3 23.7 0.4 44.1 0.8 82.9 1.5 -215.3 -3.7
Durable goods
3,106.9 14.3 0.5 33.1 1.1 62.9 2.1 -107.9 -3.4
Nondurable goods
2,076.5 9.7 0.5 13.6 0.7 19.7 1.0 -75.1 -3.5
Electronic markets and agents and brokers
477.9 -0.3 -0.1 -2.6 -0.5 0.3 0.1 -32.3 -6.3
Retail trade
15,228.8 22.5 0.1 69.0 0.5 203.5 1.4 -254.8 -1.6
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
1,966.9 13.0 0.7 13.6 0.7 49.5 2.6 -58.3 -2.9
Automobile dealers
1,248.5 9.1 0.7 8.9 0.7 34.3 2.8 -52.6 -4.0
Other motor vehicle dealers
158.2 2.4 1.5 2.8 1.8 7.2 4.8 -1.7 -1.1
Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores
560.2 1.5 0.3 1.9 0.3 8.1 1.5 -4.0 -0.7
Furniture and home furnishings stores
443.8 5.6 1.3 8.6 2.0 25.1 6.0 -17.9 -3.9
Electronics and appliance stores
414.5 -2.8 -0.7 -16.7 -3.9 -7.3 -1.7 -42.6 -9.3
Building material and garden supply stores
1,386.8 -9.1 -0.7 -39.8 -2.8 -3.5 -0.3 72.9 5.5
Food and beverage stores
3,162.6 -2.0 -0.1 17.5 0.6 39.0 1.2 103.2 3.4
Health and personal care stores
996.2 5.0 0.5 35.4 3.7 37.5 3.9 -32.2 -3.1
Gasoline stations
939.5 2.6 0.3 0.2 0.0 6.1 0.7 -8.4 -0.9
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
981.8 16.3 1.7 2.8 0.3 22.4 2.3 -259.1 -20.9
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
463.5 -6.0 -1.3 3.1 0.7 -3.5 -0.7 -70.2 -13.2
General merchandise stores
3,077.2 -7.1 -0.2 29.1 1.0 4.7 0.2 74.5 2.5
Department stores
977.3 -0.2 0.0 0.5 0.1 4.2 0.4 -34.8 -3.4
General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters
2,099.9 -6.9 -0.3 28.6 1.4 0.5 0.0 109.2 5.5
Miscellaneous store retailers
791.5 5.6 0.7 21.5 2.8 24.1 3.1 -39.0 -4.7
Nonstore retailers
604.5 1.4 0.2 -6.3 -1.0 9.4 1.6 22.3 3.8
Transportation and warehousing
5,757.0 47.5 0.8 88.9 1.6 240.6 4.4 -65.1 -1.1
Air transportation
412.9 5.7 1.4 14.6 3.7 3.4 0.8 -105.6 -20.4
Rail transportation
140.7 -0.9 -0.6 -3.8 -2.6 -4.7 -3.2 -17.6 -11.1
Water transportation
60.2 1.0 1.7 1.0 1.7 1.3 2.2 -6.8 -10.1
Truck transportation
1,482.7 3.3 0.2 3.8 0.3 32.6 2.2 -33.5 -2.2
Transit and ground passenger transportation
380.4 12.8 3.5 17.4 4.8 37.0 10.8 -104.2 -21.5
Pipeline transportation
49.1 0.6 1.2 -0.3 -0.6 -1.1 -2.2 -3.1 -5.9
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
27.9 2.7 10.7 3.3 13.4 6.4 29.8 -5.6 -16.7
Support activities for transportation
699.9 6.1 0.9 5.2 0.7 17.6 2.6 -54.4 -7.2
Couriers and messengers
1,088.9 16.7 1.6 54.6 5.3 108.0 11.0 195.2 21.8
Warehousing and storage
1,414.3 -0.5 0.0 -6.9 -0.5 40.1 2.9 70.5 5.2
Utilities
539.6 0.3 0.1 1.1 0.2 -2.0 -0.4 -7.4 -1.4
Information
2,673 -2 -0.1 14 0.5 14 0.5 -225 -7.8
Publishing industries, except Internet
764.6 3.1 0.4 3.0 0.4 12.6 1.7 -24.1 -3.1
Motion picture and sound recording industries
263.8 2.9 1.1 5.1 2.0 -5.8 -2.2 -166.8 -38.7
Broadcasting, except Internet
240.7 -8.2 -3.3 -5.6 -2.3 -4.0 -1.6 -19.6 -7.5
Telecommunications
686.5 -1.2 -0.2 7.0 1.0 2.3 0.3 -15.6 -2.2
Data processing, hosting and related services
353.3 -0.7 -0.2 -2.5 -0.7 1.6 0.5 -8.1 -2.2
Other information services
364.5 3.0 0.8 7.3 2.0 8.2 2.3 9.5 2.7
Financial activities
8,788 16 0.2 14 0.2 76 0.9 -62 -0.7
Finance and insurance
6,544.8 4.8 0.1 5.4 0.1 35.5 0.5 38.6 0.6
Monetary authorities - central bank
20.2 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 0.2 1.0
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,664.4 -6.6 -0.2 -6.0 -0.2 11.7 0.4 -3.7 -0.1
Depository credit intermediation
1,738.3 -3.7 -0.2 -11.6 -0.7 -23.5 -1.3 -44.7 -2.5
Commercial banking
1,353.2 -3.4 -0.3 -10.9 -0.8 -23.7 -1.7 -42.3 -3.0
Nondepository credit intermediation
607.0 -3.2 -0.5 1.3 0.2 23.3 4.0 24.4 4.2
Activities related to credit intermediation
319.1 0.3 0.1 4.3 1.4 11.9 3.9 16.6 5.5
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts
975.9 0.3 0.0 2.9 0.3 6.2 0.6 10.3 1.1
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,884.3 11.2 0.4 8.6 0.3 17.7 0.6 31.8 1.1
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,243.6 11.6 0.5 8.9 0.4 40.9 1.9 -99.8 -4.3
Real estate
1,726.2 10.0 0.6 5.8 0.3 30.5 1.8 -16.7 -1.0
Rental and leasing services
495.2 1.7 0.3 3.3 0.7 10.6 2.2 -82.4 -14.3
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
22.2 -0.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.9 -0.2 -0.9 -0.7 -3.1
Professional and business services
20,784 66 0.3 234 1.1 729 3.6 -534 -2.5
Professional and technical services
9,620.3 27.5 0.3 94.3 1.0 222.9 2.4 -46.3 -0.5
Legal services
1,127.6 -1.4 -0.1 5.7 0.5 13.5 1.2 -35.0 -3.0
Accounting and bookkeeping services
1,000.9 0.4 0.0 4.4 0.4 7.3 0.7 -17.6 -1.7
Architectural and engineering services
1,539.4 7.4 0.5 13.7 0.9 25.4 1.7 -4.5 -0.3
Specialized design services
135.2 0.5 0.4 1.6 1.2 3.3 2.5 -5.1 -3.6
Computer systems design and related services
2,230.3 5.5 0.2 18.6 0.8 55.5 2.6 3.9 0.2
Management and technical consulting services
1,590.1 7.6 0.5 35.9 2.3 72.3 4.8 19.9 1.3
Scientific research and development services
795.4 1.1 0.1 11.3 1.4 25.0 3.2 33.3 4.4
Advertising and related services
442.6 3.4 0.8 2.0 0.5 4.8 1.1 -39.9 -8.3
Other professional and technical services
758.8 3.0 0.4 1.1 0.1 15.9 2.1 -1.4 -0.2
Management of companies and enterprises
2,338.9 0.8 0.0 -12.8 -0.5 5.9 0.3 -80.1 -3.3
Administrative and waste services
8,825.2 38.5 0.4 153.4 1.8 500.7 6.0 -407.1 -4.4
Administrative and support services
8,374.6 36.6 0.4 152.2 1.9 494.5 6.3 -401.2 -4.6
Office administrative services
542.5 3.0 0.6 14.1 2.7 18.2 3.5 -2.4 -0.4
Facilities support services
153.6 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 -10.2 -6.2
Employment services
3,393.9 12.9 0.4 137.4 4.2 406.3 13.6 -133.8 -3.8
Temporary help services
2,769.3 -0.8 0.0 148.7 5.7 371.0 15.5 -125.2 -4.3
Business support services
799.7 0.9 0.1 -4.4 -0.5 4.2 0.5 -60.9 -7.1
Travel arrangement and reservation services
147.7 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.5 -3.7 -2.4 -62.4 -29.7
Investigation and security services
913.0 10.0 1.1 17.1 1.9 24.4 2.7 -36.0 -3.8
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,128.3 4.0 0.2 -5.3 -0.2 38.3 1.8 -62.9 -2.9
Other support services
295.9 4.4 1.5 -8.2 -2.7 6.4 2.2 -32.6 -9.9
Waste management and remediation services
450.6 1.9 0.4 1.2 0.3 6.2 1.4 -5.9 -1.3
Education and health services
23,393 101 0.4 144 0.6 241 1.0 -954 -3.9
Educational services
3,469.0 64.4 1.9 148.0 4.5 65.1 1.9 -227.3 -6.1
Health care
15,935.3 11.5 0.1 -44.0 -0.3 99.4 0.6 -462.1 -2.8
Ambulatory health care services
7,731.4 15.3 0.2 31.2 0.4 144.4 1.9 -58.7 -0.8
Offices of physicians
2,671.9 2.9 0.1 9.0 0.3 33.0 1.3 -27.5 -1.0
Offices of dentists
992.4 1.0 0.1 8.9 0.9 30.3 3.1 32.7 3.4
Offices of other health practitioners
962.1 7.5 0.8 13.7 1.4 33.3 3.6 -24.7 -2.5
Outpatient care centers
992.6 0.1 0.0 -5.8 -0.6 11.4 1.2 -5.1 -0.5
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
291.5 0.0 0.0 3.5 1.2 11.4 4.1 4.3 1.5
Home health care services
1,505.3 4.2 0.3 -3.4 -0.2 13.0 0.9 -37.6 -2.4
Other ambulatory health care services
315.6 -0.4 -0.1 5.3 1.7 11.9 3.9 -0.7 -0.2
Hospitals
5,137.7 -0.6 0.0 -37.1 -0.7 28.0 0.5 -97.8 -1.9
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,066.2 -3.2 -0.1 -38.1 -1.2 -73.0 -2.3 -305.6 -9.1
Nursing care facilities
1,408.0 1.7 0.1 -25.4 -1.8 -48.6 -3.3 -173.6 -11.0
Residential mental health facilities
609.8 -0.7 -0.1 -1.2 -0.2 -5.0 -0.8 -40.9 -6.3
Community care facilities for the elderly
897.3 -2.8 -0.3 -8.7 -1.0 -14.5 -1.6 -77.2 -7.9
Other residential care facilities
151.1 -1.4 -0.9 -2.8 -1.8 -4.9 -3.1 -13.9 -8.4
Social assistance
3,988.5 24.9 0.6 39.5 1.0 76.4 2.0 -264.5 -6.2
Individual and family services
2,642.9 20.1 0.8 28.5 1.1 57.1 2.2 -90.4 -3.3
Emergency and other relief services
184.8 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.4 2.4 1.3 -1.5 -0.8
Vocational rehabilitation services
278.3 2.0 0.7 1.2 0.4 -1.7 -0.6 -42.3 -13.2
Child day care services
882.5 2.1 0.2 9.0 1.0 18.7 2.2 -130.4 -12.9
Leisure and hospitality
13,781 280 2.1 647 4.9 424 3.2 -2,352 -14.6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
1,793.7 64.4 3.7 77.8 4.5 58.5 3.4 -612.5 -25.5
Performing arts and spectator sports
348.9 20.9 6.4 27.0 8.4 58.2 20.0 -149.3 -30.0
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
131.5 2.3 1.8 -1.5 -1.1 1.2 0.9 -40.9 -23.7
Amusements, gambling, and recreation
1,313.3 41.2 3.2 52.3 4.1 -0.9 -0.1 -422.3 -24.3
Accommodation and food services
11,987.6 215.9 1.8 569.5 5.0 365.6 3.1 -1,739.0 -12.7
Accommodation
1,483.4 40.1 2.8 62.2 4.4 48.5 3.4 -566.9 -27.6
Food services and drinking places
10,504.2 175.8 1.7 507.3 5.1 317.1 3.1 -1,172.1 -10.0
Other services
5,541 42 0.8 72 1.3 101 1.9 -301 -5.2
Repair and maintenance
1,323.5 18.3 1.4 11.3 0.9 30.0 2.3 -21.1 -1.6
Personal and laundry services
1,344.6 18.6 1.4 46.3 3.6 61.3 4.8 -162.4 -10.8
Membership associations and organizations
2,873.2 5.2 0.2 14.7 0.5 10.4 0.4 -117.3 -3.9
Government
21,613 136 0.6 157 0.7 -244 -1.1 -1,161 -5.1
Federal
2,882 7 0.2 -10 -0.3 -235 -7.5 3 0.1
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,273.1 7.3 0.3 -12.2 -0.5 -240.8 -9.6 -4.7 -0.2
U.S. Postal Service
608.9 -0.4 -0.1 2.2 0.4 5.9 1.0 7.4 1.2
State government
5,002 46 0.9 72 1.5 -8 -0.2 -240 -4.6
State government education
2,326.7 49.6 2.2 83.0 3.7 11.7 0.5 -209.5 -8.3
State government, excluding education
2,675.5 -3.5 -0.1 -10.9 -0.4 -19.5 -0.7 -30.5 -1.1
Local government
13,729 83 0.6 95 0.7 -1 0.0 -924 -6.3
Local government education
7,435.9 76.0 1.0 109.5 1.5 -7.6 -0.1 -573.4 -7.2
Local government, excluding education
6,293.1 7.1 0.1 -14.2 -0.2 6.5 0.1 -350.5 -5.3
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