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Employment by industry, monthly changes

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Employment change by industry, August 2020, 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 -2 -0.3 -16 -2.5 -97 -13.6 -114 -15.6

Logging

 50.3 -0.9 -1.8 -0.9 -1.8 -4.2 -7.7 -1.2 -2.3

Mining

 566.3 -1.7 -0.3 -15.9 -2.7 -93.4 -14.2 -112.7 -16.6

Oil and gas extraction

 153.7 -1.1 -0.7 0.2 0.1 -2.9 -1.9 1.4 0.9

Mining, except oil and gas

 180.0 0.3 0.2 1.9 1.1 -8.6 -4.6 -9.8 -5.2

Coal mining

 45.6 0.1 0.2 1.1 2.5 -4.8 -9.5 -6.6 -12.6

Metal ore mining(1)

 40.9 0.2 0.5 1.4 3.5 0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.5

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying(1)

 93.5 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -0.6 -3.9 -4.0 -3.0 -3.1

Support activities for mining

 232.6 -0.9 -0.4 -18.0 -7.2 -81.9 -26.0 -104.3 -31.0

Construction

 7,214 16 0.2 202 2.9 -425 -5.6 -294 -3.9

Construction of buildings

 1,610.9 13.4 0.8 53.1 3.4 -78.2 -4.6 -55.5 -3.3

Residential building

 820.1 3.2 0.4 41.0 5.3 -21.2 -2.5 -5.2 -0.6

Nonresidential building

 790.8 10.2 1.3 12.1 1.6 -57.0 -6.7 -50.3 -6.0

Heavy and civil engineering construction

 1,010.4 -5.5 -0.5 -13.8 -1.3 -88.5 -8.1 -63.7 -5.9

Specialty trade contractors

 4,592.9 8.8 0.2 162.9 3.7 -257.8 -5.3 -174.8 -3.7

Residential specialty trade contractors

 2,059.2 24.5 1.2 101.8 5.2 -65.5 -3.1 -23.3 -1.1

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

 2,533.7 -15.7 -0.6 61.1 2.5 -192.3 -7.1 -151.5 -5.6

Manufacturing

 12,132 29 0.2 403 3.4 -720 -5.6 -716 -5.6

Durable goods

 7,562 2 0.0 293 4.0 -496 -6.2 -504 -6.2

Wood products

 388.5 1.1 0.3 3.3 0.9 -22.1 -5.4 -20.4 -5.0

Nonmetallic mineral products

 398.3 -4.4 -1.1 6.3 1.6 -27.3 -6.4 -23.3 -5.5

Primary metals

 337.6 -0.5 -0.1 4.0 1.2 -35.1 -9.4 -46.9 -12.2

Fabricated metal products

 1,387.6 5.9 0.4 -1.6 -0.1 -96.3 -6.5 -104.0 -7.0

Machinery

 1,037.0 -1.3 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 -72.9 -6.6 -88.7 -7.9

Computer and electronic products

 1,086.1 2.3 0.2 2.5 0.2 -12.1 -1.1 0.6 0.1

Computer and peripheral equipment

 169.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.4 6.1 3.7

Communications equipment

 82.6 0.3 0.4 1.2 1.5 -2.0 -2.4 -1.1 -1.3

Semiconductors and electronic components

 372.1 0.0 0.0 -1.2 -0.3 -5.9 -1.6 -6.7 -1.8

Electronic instruments

 426.2 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 -6.9 -1.6 -0.1 0.0

Miscellaneous computer and electronic products(1)

 35.3 0.3 0.9 2.1 6.3 2.1 6.3 2.3 7.0

Electrical equipment and appliances

 379.3 -0.4 -0.1 1.8 0.5 -25.2 -6.2 -26.5 -6.5

Transportation equipment

 1,600.0 -8.4 -0.5 214.1 15.4 -142.9 -8.2 -136.3 -7.9

Motor vehicles and parts

 904.9 -5.3 -0.6 227.1 33.5 -93.8 -9.4 -93.3 -9.3

Furniture and related products

 354.4 5.7 1.6 18.3 5.4 -32.0 -8.3 -32.7 -8.4

Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing

 593.0 2.0 0.3 45.4 8.3 -29.9 -4.8 -26.4 -4.3

Nondurable goods

 4,570 27 0.6 110 2.5 -224 -4.7 -212 -4.4

Food manufacturing

 1,605.2 12.1 0.8 24.6 1.6 -50.2 -3.0 -35.5 -2.2

Textile mills

 91.0 -1.2 -1.3 2.9 3.3 -15.5 -14.6 -17.6 -16.2

Textile product mills

 102.0 1.2 1.2 2.7 2.7 -9.3 -8.4 -10.9 -9.7

Apparel

 86.3 3.2 3.9 8.7 11.2 -18.7 -17.8 -25.2 -22.6

Paper and paper products

 355.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.6 -8.6 -2.4 -10.3 -2.8

Printing and related support activities

 360.3 -4.1 -1.1 2.4 0.7 -56.9 -13.6 -64.5 -15.2

Petroleum and coal products

 103.9 0.6 0.6 -0.6 -0.6 -10.4 -9.1 -9.4 -8.3

Chemicals

 839.8 5.5 0.7 9.7 1.2 -11.3 -1.3 -9.5 -1.1

Plastics and rubber products

 726.1 6.5 0.9 30.8 4.4 -20.1 -2.7 -13.5 -1.8

Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing

 300.5 3.4 1.1 27.4 10.0 -23.0 -7.1 -15.9 -5.0

Wholesale trade

 5,606.2 13.5 0.2 45.8 0.8 -328.0 -5.5 -300.6 -5.1

Durable goods

 3,048.1 0.4 0.0 32.0 1.1 -172.9 -5.4 -162.8 -5.1

Nondurable goods

 2,054.5 8.5 0.4 11.5 0.6 -125.9 -5.8 -115.6 -5.3

Electronic markets and agents and brokers

 503.6 4.6 0.9 2.3 0.5 -29.2 -5.5 -22.2 -4.2

Retail trade

 15,016.6 248.9 1.7 1,343.1 9.8 -655.4 -4.2 -597.2 -3.8

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

 1,925.3 22.3 1.2 153.6 8.7 -138.4 -6.7 -112.2 -5.5

Automobile dealers

 1,203.0 16.8 1.4 92.3 8.3 -106.4 -8.1 -96.2 -7.4

Other motor vehicle dealers(1)

 152.9 3.0 2.0 17.6 13.0 -12.7 -7.7 -9.2 -5.7

Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores(1)

 569.4 2.5 0.4 43.7 8.3 -19.3 -3.3 -6.7 -1.2

Furniture and home furnishings stores

 407.2 10.5 2.6 111.7 37.8 -63.5 -13.5 -63.5 -13.5

Electronics and appliance stores

 430.3 20.8 5.1 75.1 21.1 -45.0 -9.5 -41.5 -8.8

Building material and garden supply stores

 1,388.8 13.2 1.0 56.5 4.2 79.5 6.1 86.9 6.7

Food and beverage stores

 3,126.1 3.8 0.1 22.9 0.7 35.9 1.2 53.2 1.7

Health and personal care stores

 970.8 15.3 1.6 66.4 7.3 -87.5 -8.3 -79.4 -7.6

Gasoline stations

 918.0 6.3 0.7 27.1 3.0 -29.2 -3.1 -29.8 -3.1

Clothing and clothing accessories stores

 916.9 11.1 1.2 343.0 59.8 -372.2 -28.9 -376.9 -29.1

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

 444.9 5.8 1.3 75.5 20.4 -104.9 -19.1 -111.0 -20.0

General merchandise stores

 3,218.3 116.4 3.8 270.6 9.2 171.5 5.6 199.4 6.6

Department stores

 1,051.1 32.3 3.2 194.3 22.7 -27.4 -2.5 -17.6 -1.6

General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters(1)

 2,167.2 84.1 4.0 76.3 3.6 198.9 10.1 217.0 11.1

Miscellaneous store retailers

 723.9 17.2 2.4 116.0 19.1 -96.5 -11.8 -106.9 -12.9

Nonstore retailers

 546.1 6.2 1.1 24.7 4.7 -5.1 -0.9 -15.5 -2.8

Transportation and warehousing

 5,297.4 78.1 1.5 214.1 4.2 -380.7 -6.7 -320.7 -5.7

Air transportation

 403.1 7.5 1.9 19.3 5.0 -108.1 -21.1 -100.0 -19.9

Rail transportation

 145.4 0.1 0.1 -2.6 -1.8 -14.5 -9.1 -27.2 -15.8

Water transportation

 55.2 -0.1 -0.2 -1.3 -2.3 -9.7 -14.9 -10.5 -16.0

Truck transportation

 1,449.5 10.0 0.7 17.1 1.2 -77.8 -5.1 -82.0 -5.4

Transit and ground passenger transportation

 348.1 11.4 3.4 36.7 11.8 -160.1 -31.5 -145.0 -29.4

Pipeline transportation

 49.8 -0.2 -0.4 -0.7 -1.4 -0.7 -1.4 -1.5 -2.9

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

 20.8 0.1 0.5 4.1 24.6 -15.9 -43.3 -15.4 -42.5

Support activities for transportation

 680.6 7.2 1.1 16.0 2.4 -83.2 -10.9 -72.0 -9.6

Couriers and messengers

 923.3 7.7 0.8 37.9 4.3 75.5 8.9 101.8 12.4

Warehousing and storage

 1,221.6 34.4 2.9 87.6 7.7 13.8 1.1 31.1 2.6

Utilities

 539.0 0.6 0.1 -1.7 -0.3 -7.1 -1.3 -9.9 -1.8

Information

 2,582 15 0.6 13 0.5 -312 -10.8 -279 -9.8

Publishing industries, except Internet

 733.7 3.3 0.5 -6.3 -0.9 -36.3 -4.7 -29.2 -3.8

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 228.0 13.9 6.5 18.5 8.8 -228.3 -50.0 -213.4 -48.3

Broadcasting, except Internet

 243.5 4.3 1.8 5.0 2.1 -19.8 -7.5 -21.8 -8.2

Telecommunications

 682.3 -2.7 -0.4 -6.1 -0.9 -18.2 -2.6 -26.1 -3.7

Data processing, hosting and related services

 338.6 -3.2 -0.9 -0.9 -0.3 -11.0 -3.1 -2.4 -0.7

Other information services

 356.2 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.8 1.8 0.5 14.1 4.1

Financial activities

 8,654 36 0.4 69 0.8 -191 -2.2 -114 -1.3

Finance and insurance

 6,464.7 12.9 0.2 19.3 0.3 -21.7 -0.3 25.2 0.4

Monetary authorities - central bank

 19.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.6 0.1 0.5

Credit intermediation and related activities

 2,659.5 8.9 0.3 9.3 0.4 -21.0 -0.8 8.9 0.3

Depository credit intermediation

 1,763.0 -1.8 -0.1 -9.1 -0.5 -25.1 -1.4 -13.7 -0.8

Commercial banking

 1,376.5 -1.4 -0.1 -7.1 -0.5 -17.3 -1.2 -14.8 -1.1

Nondepository credit intermediation(1)

 585.3 10.0 1.7 12.5 2.2 -1.9 -0.3 10.6 1.8

Activities related to credit intermediation(1)

 311.2 0.7 0.2 5.9 1.9 6.0 2.0 12.0 4.0

Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts

 969.5 0.9 0.1 1.0 0.1 0.7 0.1 2.9 0.3

Insurance carriers and related activities

 2,815.9 3.1 0.1 9.0 0.3 -1.9 -0.1 13.3 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2,189.1 23.1 1.1 49.5 2.3 -169.4 -7.2 -139.2 -6.0

Real estate

 1,688.6 14.9 0.9 35.7 2.2 -61.4 -3.5 -37.8 -2.2

Rental and leasing services

 477.4 8.1 1.7 13.6 2.9 -107.4 -18.4 -101.3 -17.5

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets

 23.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.9 -0.6 -2.5 -0.1 -0.4

Professional and business services

 20,075 197 1.0 661 3.4 -1,475 -6.8 -1,302 -6.1

Professional and technical services

 9,336.1 41.7 0.4 126.1 1.4 -371.5 -3.8 -250.9 -2.6

Legal services

 1,107.5 0.0 0.0 9.1 0.8 -55.2 -4.7 -45.1 -3.9

Accounting and bookkeeping services

 1,010.5 -1.6 -0.2 10.5 1.1 -27.5 -2.6 -20.1 -2.0

Architectural and engineering services

 1,484.0 14.4 1.0 22.9 1.6 -55.8 -3.6 -32.8 -2.2

Specialized design services(1)

 132.6 0.6 0.5 7.3 5.8 -12.5 -8.6 -11.1 -7.7

Computer systems design and related services

 2,166.4 12.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 -86.3 -3.8 -55.7 -2.5

Management and technical consulting services

 1,498.8 5.3 0.4 18.7 1.3 -62.3 -4.0 -39.9 -2.6

Scientific research and development services(1)

 749.4 9.6 1.3 20.0 2.7 -0.1 0.0 17.1 2.3

Advertising and related services(1)

 443.4 -1.9 -0.4 -6.3 -1.4 -49.2 -10.0 -48.4 -9.8

Other professional and technical services(1)

 743.5 2.5 0.3 43.9 6.3 -22.6 -3.0 -14.8 -2.0

Management of companies and enterprises

 2,337.8 4.1 0.2 -1.4 -0.1 -109.5 -4.5 -96.7 -4.0

Administrative and waste services

 8,400.9 151.2 1.8 536.2 6.8 -994.1 -10.6 -954.1 -10.2

Administrative and support services

 7,949.2 150.8 1.9 537.2 7.2 -978.8 -11.0 -948.0 -10.7

Office administrative services(1)

 506.3 0.8 0.2 11.8 2.4 -24.0 -4.5 -22.0 -4.2

Facilities support services(1)

 156.0 -2.5 -1.6 4.5 3.0 -8.3 -5.1 -9.7 -5.9

Employment services

 3,098.9 126.3 4.2 407.4 15.1 -551.3 -15.1 -534.9 -14.7

Temporary help services

 2,467.9 106.7 4.5 373.1 17.8 -471.9 -16.1 -473.8 -16.1

Business support services

 774.2 13.3 1.7 27.2 3.6 -95.2 -11.0 -101.5 -11.6

Travel arrangement and reservation services(1)

 156.4 -2.9 -1.8 -11.7 -7.0 -66.1 -29.7 -63.7 -28.9

Investigation and security services(1)

 907.2 5.4 0.6 18.7 2.1 -63.0 -6.5 -51.0 -5.3

Services to buildings and dwellings

 2,049.5 5.1 0.2 69.5 3.5 -129.3 -5.9 -127.0 -5.8

Other support services(1)

 300.7 5.3 1.8 9.8 3.4 -41.6 -12.2 -38.3 -11.3

Waste management and remediation services

 451.7 0.4 0.1 -1.0 -0.2 -15.3 -3.3 -6.1 -1.3

Education and health services

 23,129 147 0.6 936 4.2 -1,457 -5.9 -1,133 -4.7

Educational services

 3,530.0 56.9 1.6 184.3 5.5 -298.5 -7.8 -249.5 -6.6

Health care

 15,791.8 75.3 0.5 558.2 3.7 -715.4 -4.3 -525.8 -3.2

Ambulatory health care services

 7,482.1 75.0 1.0 570.6 8.3 -373.1 -4.7 -242.7 -3.1

Offices of physicians

 2,619.4 26.5 1.0 128.9 5.2 -103.5 -3.8 -58.6 -2.2

Offices of dentists(1)

 939.3 21.6 2.4 263.5 39.0 -37.7 -3.9 -32.6 -3.4

Offices of other health practitioners(1)

 893.2 10.6 1.2 76.3 9.3 -94.6 -9.6 -80.4 -8.3

Outpatient care centers

 945.7 2.4 0.3 34.7 3.8 -34.5 -3.5 -19.7 -2.0

Medical and diagnostic laboratories(1)

 274.5 0.3 0.1 15.4 5.9 -15.1 -5.2 -9.8 -3.4

Home health care services

 1,506.2 11.6 0.8 42.2 2.9 -66.2 -4.2 -31.2 -2.0

Other ambulatory health care services(1)

 303.8 2.0 0.7 9.6 3.3 -21.5 -6.6 -10.6 -3.4

Hospitals

 5,147.6 14.0 0.3 43.1 0.8 -113.4 -2.2 -60.3 -1.2

Nursing and residential care facilities

 3,162.1 -13.7 -0.4 -55.5 -1.7 -228.9 -6.8 -222.8 -6.6

Nursing care facilities

 1,468.8 -7.7 -0.5 -40.7 -2.7 -123.4 -7.8 -131.0 -8.2

Residential mental health facilities(1)

 620.0 3.2 0.5 4.7 0.8 -33.0 -5.1 -29.5 -4.5

Community care facilities for the elderly(1)

 915.2 -7.9 -0.9 -17.6 -1.9 -62.7 -6.4 -55.4 -5.7

Other residential care facilities(1)

 158.1 -1.3 -0.8 -1.9 -1.2 -9.8 -5.8 -6.9 -4.2

Social assistance

 3,807.3 14.8 0.4 193.8 5.4 -443.2 -10.4 -357.5 -8.6

Individual and family services(1)

 2,518.5 11.3 0.5 45.8 1.9 -181.4 -6.7 -116.3 -4.4

Emergency and other relief services(1)

 182.3 -2.0 -1.1 4.4 2.5 -3.7 -2.0 -2.0 -1.1

Vocational rehabilitation services(1)

 281.5 6.1 2.2 18.1 6.9 -44.5 -13.7 -39.3 -12.3

Child day care services

 825.0 -0.6 -0.1 125.5 17.9 -213.6 -20.6 -199.8 -19.5

Leisure and hospitality

 12,728 174 1.4 2,774 27.9 -4,139 -24.5 -3,842 -23.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 1,602.7 25.1 1.6 405.9 33.9 -869.7 -35.2 -818.3 -33.8

Performing arts and spectator sports

 276.2 19.1 7.4 18.0 7.0 -235.5 -46.0 -237.4 -46.2

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

 127.1 2.3 1.8 5.1 4.2 -48.1 -27.5 -45.2 -26.2

Amusements, gambling, and recreation

 1,199.4 3.7 0.3 382.8 46.9 -586.1 -32.8 -535.7 -30.9

Accommodation and food services

 11,125.6 149.0 1.4 2,368.6 27.0 -3,268.5 -22.7 -3,022.9 -21.4

Accommodation

 1,310.5 15.4 1.2 241.8 22.6 -780.5 -37.3 -768.5 -37.0

Food services and drinking places

 9,815.1 133.6 1.4 2,126.8 27.7 -2,488.0 -20.2 -2,254.4 -18.7

Other services

 5,410 74 1.4 594 12.3 -531 -8.9 -500 -8.5

Repair and maintenance

 1,312.1 28.7 2.2 99.2 8.2 -66.5 -4.8 -47.9 -3.5

Personal and laundry services

 1,249.2 13.9 1.1 407.8 48.5 -288.0 -18.7 -276.6 -18.1

Membership associations and organizations

 2,848.5 30.8 1.1 87.2 3.2 -177.1 -5.9 -175.6 -5.8

Government

 21,914 344 1.6 649 3.1 -831 -3.7 -723 -3.2

Federal

 3,163 251 8.6 278 9.6 296.0 10.3 306.0 10.7

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

 2,561.0 246.7 10.7 278.2 12.2 295.7 13.1 310.8 13.8

U.S. Postal Service

 601.7 4.2 0.7 -0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 -5.5 -0.9

State government

 4,981 -2 0.0 25 0.5 -218.0 -4.2 -203.0 -3.9

State government education

 2,284.5 -3.9 -0.2 23.2 1.0 -205.4 -8.2 -204.8 -8.2

State government, excluding education

 2,696.7 2.0 0.1 2.4 0.1 -12.6 -0.5 2.4 0.1

Local government

 13,770 95 0.7 346 2.6 -909.0 -6.2 -826.0 -5.7

Local government education

 7,579.9 31.7 0.4 271.9 3.7 -462.1 -5.7 -440.6 -5.5

Local government, excluding education

 6,189.6 63.3 1.0 73.7 1.2 -447.2 -6.7 -386.2 -5.9

Footnotes
(1) Seasonally adjusted independently. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cestn.htm#SA_ind for details.