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Employment by industry, monthly changes

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Employment change by industry, June 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

 624 -10 -1.6 -82 -11.6 -91 -12.7 -117 -15.8

Logging

 51.4 0.2 0.4 -3.1 -5.7 -1.8 -3.4 1.6 3.2

Mining

 572.5 -9.8 -1.7 -78.7 -12.1 -88.8 -13.4 -118.6 -17.2

Oil and gas extraction

 151.9 -1.2 -0.8 -4.5 -2.9 -6.0 -3.8 2.3 1.5

Mining, except oil and gas

 177.7 -1.3 -0.7 -10.0 -5.3 -11.6 -6.1 -14.4 -7.5

Coal mining

 43.8 -0.6 -1.4 -5.5 -11.2 -7.3 -14.3 -8.1 -15.6

Metal ore mining(1)

 40.9 0.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.5 -1.6 -3.8

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying(1)

 93.0 -1.1 -1.2 -4.4 -4.5 -4.5 -4.6 -4.7 -4.8

Support activities for mining

 242.9 -7.3 -2.9 -64.2 -20.9 -71.2 -22.7 -106.5 -30.5

Construction

 7,167 158 2.3 -407 -5.4 -388 -5.1 -330 -4.4

Construction of buildings

 1,588.6 32.2 2.1 -89.3 -5.3 -87.3 -5.2 -67.7 -4.1

Residential building

 795.4 19.1 2.5 -42.1 -5.0 -34.1 -4.1 -21.2 -2.6

Nonresidential building

 793.2 13.1 1.7 -47.2 -5.6 -53.2 -6.3 -46.5 -5.5

Heavy and civil engineering construction

 1,013.9 -9.7 -0.9 -69.5 -6.4 -73.7 -6.8 -60.1 -5.6

Specialty trade contractors

 4,564.7 135.4 3.1 -248.3 -5.2 -227.2 -4.7 -202.2 -4.2

Residential specialty trade contractors

 2,021.2 64.1 3.3 -84.2 -4.0 -73.8 -3.5 -62.7 -3.0

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

 2,543.5 71.3 2.9 -164.1 -6.1 -153.4 -5.7 -139.5 -5.2

Manufacturing

 12,095 356 3.0 -711 -5.6 -771 -6.0 -743 -5.8

Durable goods

 7,569 290 4.0 -462 -5.8 -495 -6.1 -495 -6.1

Wood products

 390.6 5.2 1.3 -19.3 -4.7 -20.4 -5.0 -17.1 -4.2

Nonmetallic mineral products

 399.5 7.2 1.8 -25.6 -6.0 -22.8 -5.4 -21.1 -5.0

Primary metals

 338.9 5.4 1.6 -33.0 -8.9 -37.0 -9.8 -48.0 -12.4

Fabricated metal products

 1,400.5 11.1 0.8 -74.5 -5.1 -84.6 -5.7 -92.2 -6.2

Machinery

 1,055.2 17.5 1.7 -50.2 -4.5 -62.1 -5.6 -74.5 -6.6

Computer and electronic products

 1,091.2 7.3 0.7 -6.7 -0.6 -4.1 -0.4 12.4 1.1

Computer and peripheral equipment

 171.9 2.0 1.2 2.5 1.5 4.4 2.6 9.7 6.0

Communications equipment

 82.3 0.9 1.1 -2.1 -2.5 -1.9 -2.3 -0.6 -0.7

Semiconductors and electronic components

 373.8 1.2 0.3 -3.7 -1.0 -5.3 -1.4 -3.2 -0.8

Electronic instruments

 429.8 2.9 0.7 -3.5 -0.8 -1.5 -0.3 6.2 1.5

Miscellaneous computer and electronic products(1)

 33.4 0.3 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.6

Electrical equipment and appliances

 382.3 5.0 1.3 -21.7 -5.4 -23.3 -5.7 -22.5 -5.6

Transportation equipment

 1,583.4 193.1 13.9 -154.5 -8.9 -160.3 -9.2 -154.1 -8.9

Motor vehicles and parts

 877.8 195.8 28.7 -115.8 -11.7 -120.1 -12.0 -124.3 -12.4

Furniture and related products

 348.4 12.4 3.7 -37.4 -9.7 -38.4 -9.9 -38.6 -10.0

Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing

 578.7 25.5 4.6 -39.0 -6.3 -42.0 -6.8 -39.8 -6.4

Nondurable goods

 4,526 66 1.5 -249 -5.2 -276 -5.7 -248 -5.2

Food manufacturing

 1,588.3 7.6 0.5 -61.0 -3.7 -72.8 -4.4 -47.5 -2.9

Textile mills

 91.3 3.0 3.4 -13.9 -13.2 -15.4 -14.4 -17.7 -16.2

Textile product mills

 103.8 3.8 3.8 -5.8 -5.3 -8.2 -7.3 -9.7 -8.5

Apparel

 86.4 8.6 11.1 -17.4 -16.8 -19.9 -18.7 -25.4 -22.7

Paper and paper products

 354.2 1.5 0.4 -9.2 -2.5 -10.8 -3.0 -10.6 -2.9

Printing and related support activities

 360.0 2.6 0.7 -53.2 -12.9 -59.3 -14.1 -65.7 -15.4

Petroleum and coal products

 103.0 -1.5 -1.4 -10.8 -9.5 -10.9 -9.6 -11.6 -10.1

Chemicals

 832.9 2.5 0.3 -16.8 -2.0 -20.4 -2.4 -16.0 -1.9

Plastics and rubber products

 718.2 21.8 3.1 -27.1 -3.6 -24.8 -3.3 -18.5 -2.5

Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing

 287.5 16.1 5.9 -33.8 -10.5 -33.4 -10.4 -25.4 -8.1

Wholesale trade

 5,616.9 67.6 1.2 -305.3 -5.2 -316.3 -5.3 -282.0 -4.8

Durable goods

 3,053.3 38.7 1.3 -164.9 -5.1 -164.9 -5.1 -147.9 -4.6

Nondurable goods

 2,064.8 26.9 1.3 -109.1 -5.0 -114.7 -5.3 -105.6 -4.9

Electronic markets and agents and brokers

 498.8 2.0 0.4 -31.3 -5.9 -36.7 -6.9 -28.5 -5.4

Retail trade

 14,398.9 739.8 5.4 -1,187.7 -7.6 -1,273.3 -8.1 -1,214.5 -7.8

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

 1,853.8 84.0 4.7 -199.0 -9.7 -203.3 -9.9 -176.5 -8.7

Automobile dealers

 1,167.5 58.1 5.2 -132.1 -10.2 -139.0 -10.6 -130.8 -10.1

Other motor vehicle dealers(1)

 148.2 13.1 9.7 -17.1 -10.3 -18.1 -10.9 -15.2 -9.3

Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores(1)

 538.1 12.8 2.4 -49.8 -8.5 -46.2 -7.9 -30.5 -5.4

Furniture and home furnishings stores

 381.7 84.2 28.3 -76.8 -16.8 -88.5 -18.8 -90.7 -19.2

Electronics and appliance stores

 380.8 26.4 7.4 -90.6 -19.2 -99.0 -20.6 -96.6 -20.2

Building material and garden supply stores

 1,343.1 15.3 1.2 22.3 1.7 37.3 2.9 51.5 4.0

Food and beverage stores

 3,127.3 31.8 1.0 48.7 1.6 39.0 1.3 56.4 1.8

Health and personal care stores

 932.4 30.7 3.4 -124.4 -11.8 -123.4 -11.7 -116.0 -11.1

Gasoline stations

 907.5 14.5 1.6 -35.0 -3.7 -44.0 -4.6 -36.3 -3.8

Clothing and clothing accessories stores

 767.2 201.6 35.6 -498.2 -39.4 -519.7 -40.4 -532.1 -41.0

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

 432.7 65.5 17.8 -101.4 -19.0 -110.4 -20.3 -116.6 -21.2

General merchandise stores

 3,061.7 108.1 3.7 6.4 0.2 1.0 0.0 34.0 1.1

Department stores

 906.9 48.7 5.7 -174.9 -16.2 -183.7 -16.8 -167.8 -15.6

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

 2,154.8 59.4 2.8 181.3 9.2 184.7 9.4 201.9 10.3

Miscellaneous store retailers

 678.6 70.1 11.5 -125.5 -15.6 -142.9 -17.4 -158.7 -19.0

Nonstore retailers

 532.1 7.6 1.4 -14.2 -2.6 -19.4 -3.5 -32.9 -5.8

Transportation and warehousing

 5,178.8 98.7 1.9 -489.4 -8.6 -477.1 -8.4 -443.9 -7.9

Air transportation

 379.6 -3.6 -0.9 -132.5 -25.9 -128.6 -25.3 -123.7 -24.6

Rail transportation

 145.8 -2.5 -1.7 -13.6 -8.5 -18.0 -11.0 -30.0 -17.1

Water transportation

 58.5 1.7 3.0 -5.8 -9.0 -6.7 -10.3 -6.7 -10.3

Truck transportation

 1,440.7 8.1 0.6 -81.9 -5.4 -85.7 -5.6 -94.6 -6.2

Transit and ground passenger transportation

 314.0 3.8 1.2 -187.8 -37.4 -192.1 -38.0 -188.6 -37.5

Pipeline transportation

 50.1 -0.4 -0.8 -1.3 -2.5 -1.1 -2.1 -1.6 -3.1

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

 19.4 3.2 19.8 -16.0 -45.2 -16.5 -46.0 -17.0 -46.7

Support activities for transportation

 671.5 6.8 1.0 -83.1 -11.0 -89.2 -11.7 -84.7 -11.2

Couriers and messengers

 904.8 21.1 2.4 54.8 6.4 58.4 6.9 96.2 11.9

Warehousing and storage

 1,194.4 60.5 5.3 -22.2 -1.8 2.4 0.2 6.8 0.6

Utilities

 537.5 -3.2 -0.6 -8.4 -1.5 -10.4 -1.9 -13.0 -2.4

Information

 2,579 9 0.4 -309 -10.7 -304 -10.5 -286 -10.0

Publishing industries, except Internet

 739.3 -0.6 -0.1 -32.1 -4.2 -25.1 -3.3 -22.9 -3.0

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 212.6 2.6 1.2 -238.8 -52.9 -241.8 -53.2 -237.4 -52.8

Broadcasting, except Internet

 238.3 -0.2 -0.1 -21.2 -8.2 -25.7 -9.7 -28.1 -10.5

Telecommunications

 688.1 -0.3 0.0 -9.0 -1.3 -16.2 -2.3 -24.9 -3.5

Data processing, hosting and related services

 345.5 5.6 1.6 -4.0 -1.1 -0.9 -0.3 9.4 2.8

Other information services

 355.6 2.2 0.6 -3.6 -1.0 6.1 1.7 18.8 5.6

Financial activities

 8,608 32 0.4 -219 -2.5 -206 -2.3 -124 -1.4

Finance and insurance

 6,449.0 9.3 0.1 -35.0 -0.5 -15.4 -0.2 33.7 0.5

Monetary authorities - central bank

 19.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.0 0.6 3.1 0.2 1.0

Credit intermediation and related activities

 2,651.6 0.9 0.0 -28.4 -1.1 -17.5 -0.7 4.5 0.2

Depository credit intermediation

 1,773.6 0.5 0.0 -10.4 -0.6 -9.8 -0.5 -2.6 -0.1

Commercial banking

 1,385.6 0.4 0.0 -6.0 -0.4 -7.2 -0.5 -6.6 -0.5

Nondepository credit intermediation(1)

 573.5 -1.9 -0.3 -15.3 -2.6 -6.7 -1.2 0.6 0.1

Activities related to credit intermediation(1)

 304.5 2.3 0.8 -2.7 -0.9 -1.0 -0.3 6.5 2.2

Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts

 971.2 2.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.3 7.1 0.7

Insurance carriers and related activities

 2,806.4 6.3 0.2 -6.8 -0.2 -1.1 0.0 21.9 0.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2,158.9 22.8 1.1 -183.9 -7.8 -190.2 -8.1 -158.2 -6.8

Real estate

 1,667.7 18.3 1.1 -75.9 -4.4 -75.8 -4.3 -47.5 -2.8

Rental and leasing services

 468.3 4.5 1.0 -107.4 -18.7 -113.7 -19.5 -110.4 -19.1

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets

 22.9 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -2.6 -0.7 -3.0 -0.3 -1.3

Professional and business services

 19,720 306 1.6 -1,736 -8.1 -1,783 -8.3 -1,574 -7.4

Professional and technical services

 9,276.0 62.3 0.7 -422.5 -4.4 -391.4 -4.0 -258.1 -2.7

Legal services

 1,106.8 7.5 0.7 -53.5 -4.6 -49.5 -4.3 -41.8 -3.6

Accounting and bookkeeping services

 1,016.0 17.5 1.8 -26.8 -2.6 -21.1 -2.0 -12.3 -1.2

Architectural and engineering services

 1,475.9 12.4 0.8 -61.9 -4.0 -54.3 -3.5 -37.1 -2.5

Specialized design services(1)

 131.4 5.5 4.4 -12.6 -8.8 -13.0 -9.0 -12.2 -8.5

Computer systems design and related services

 2,145.1 -20.4 -0.9 -104.7 -4.7 -93.8 -4.2 -57.1 -2.6

Management and technical consulting services

 1,490.6 9.4 0.6 -67.3 -4.3 -66.6 -4.3 -32.8 -2.2

Scientific research and development services(1)

 737.7 6.1 0.8 -13.2 -1.8 -7.1 -1.0 11.3 1.6

Advertising and related services(1)

 452.3 2.5 0.6 -37.6 -7.7 -42.8 -8.6 -40.4 -8.2

Other professional and technical services(1)

 720.2 21.8 3.1 -44.9 -5.9 -43.2 -5.7 -35.7 -4.7

Management of companies and enterprises

 2,348.3 4.8 0.2 -96.8 -4.0 -99.4 -4.1 -76.7 -3.2

Administrative and waste services

 8,095.8 239.0 3.0 -1,216.5 -13.1 -1,291.6 -13.8 -1,239.1 -13.3

Administrative and support services

 7,646.6 242.7 3.3 -1,199.3 -13.6 -1,275.6 -14.3 -1,236.4 -13.9

Office administrative services(1)

 492.7 -0.6 -0.1 -36.8 -6.9 -37.4 -7.1 -34.4 -6.5

Facilities support services(1)

 155.3 5.6 3.7 -9.1 -5.5 -11.4 -6.8 -9.0 -5.5

Employment services

 2,852.3 161.2 6.0 -741.3 -20.6 -801.1 -21.9 -774.7 -21.4

Temporary help services

 2,243.7 148.9 7.1 -644.7 -22.3 -706.3 -23.9 -699.0 -23.8

Business support services

 762.5 14.8 2.0 -103.5 -12.0 -107.0 -12.3 -119.5 -13.5

Travel arrangement and reservation services(1)

 161.5 -7.6 -4.5 -50.6 -23.9 -61.0 -27.4 -56.7 -26.0

Investigation and security services(1)

 895.1 7.0 0.8 -71.1 -7.4 -67.8 -7.0 -62.1 -6.5

Services to buildings and dwellings

 2,028.8 53.1 2.7 -144.8 -6.7 -141.2 -6.5 -141.4 -6.5

Other support services(1)

 298.4 9.2 3.2 -42.1 -12.4 -48.7 -14.0 -38.6 -11.5

Waste management and remediation services

 449.2 -3.7 -0.8 -17.2 -3.7 -16.0 -3.4 -2.7 -0.6

Education and health services

 22,772 568 2.6 -1,636 -6.7 -1,693 -6.9 -1,359 -5.6

Educational services

 3,440.2 93.4 2.8 -344.6 -9.1 -370.1 -9.7 -310.4 -8.3

Health care

 15,603.2 358.0 2.3 -813.9 -5.0 -835.4 -5.1 -647.2 -4.0

Ambulatory health care services

 7,294.8 371.4 5.4 -471.3 -6.1 -516.3 -6.6 -385.9 -5.0

Offices of physicians

 2,570.0 80.0 3.2 -125.9 -4.7 -139.2 -5.1 -100.1 -3.7

Offices of dentists(1)

 874.6 190.4 27.8 -68.2 -7.2 -99.4 -10.2 -92.1 -9.5

Offices of other health practitioners(1)

 865.7 47.5 5.8 -105.2 -10.8 -116.3 -11.8 -100.0 -10.4

Outpatient care centers

 937.1 24.1 2.6 -40.8 -4.2 -40.3 -4.1 -23.9 -2.5

Medical and diagnostic laboratories(1)

 265.7 7.0 2.7 -22.1 -7.7 -22.5 -7.8 -16.1 -5.7

Home health care services

 1,482.9 17.8 1.2 -87.8 -5.6 -77.2 -4.9 -40.3 -2.6

Other ambulatory health care services(1)

 298.8 4.6 1.6 -21.3 -6.7 -21.5 -6.7 -13.4 -4.3

Hospitals

 5,111.8 6.7 0.1 -154.0 -2.9 -130.3 -2.5 -79.8 -1.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 3,196.6 -20.1 -0.6 -188.6 -5.6 -188.8 -5.6 -181.5 -5.4

Nursing care facilities

 1,490.6 -18.3 -1.2 -97.8 -6.2 -97.6 -6.1 -109.1 -6.8

Residential mental health facilities(1)

 615.0 0.0 0.0 -38.2 -5.8 -35.7 -5.5 -33.1 -5.1

Community care facilities for the elderly(1)

 931.4 -1.4 -0.2 -45.6 -4.7 -48.3 -4.9 -36.2 -3.7

Other residential care facilities(1)

 159.6 -0.4 -0.3 -7.0 -4.2 -7.2 -4.3 -3.1 -1.9

Social assistance

 3,728.9 116.9 3.2 -477.2 -11.3 -486.7 -11.5 -400.7 -9.7

Individual and family services(1)

 2,499.2 27.7 1.1 -196.7 -7.3 -171.0 -6.4 -106.5 -4.1

Emergency and other relief services(1)

 179.1 0.4 0.2 -6.5 -3.5 -7.1 -3.8 -5.5 -3.0

Vocational rehabilitation services(1)

 270.3 8.8 3.4 -50.9 -15.8 -54.9 -16.9 -51.6 -16.0

Child day care services

 780.3 80.0 11.4 -223.1 -22.2 -253.7 -24.5 -237.0 -23.3

Leisure and hospitality

 12,040 2,088 21.0 -4,084 -25.3 -4,744 -28.3 -4,486 -27.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 1,563.2 365.9 30.6 -857.1 -35.4 -918.3 -37.0 -852.2 -35.3

Performing arts and spectator sports

 270.6 11.4 4.4 -219.1 -44.7 -243.7 -47.4 -248.0 -47.8

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

 122.7 1.2 1.0 -50.8 -29.3 -55.8 -31.3 -48.9 -28.5

Amusements, gambling, and recreation

 1,169.9 353.3 43.3 -587.2 -33.4 -618.8 -34.6 -555.3 -32.2

Accommodation and food services

 10,477.0 1,722.0 19.7 -3,226.9 -23.5 -3,825.9 -26.7 -3,633.8 -25.8

Accommodation

 1,304.8 238.6 22.4 -729.2 -35.9 -794.8 -37.9 -779.8 -37.4

Food services and drinking places

 9,172.2 1,483.4 19.3 -2,497.7 -21.4 -3,031.1 -24.8 -2,854.0 -23.7

Other services

 5,189 357 7.4 -661 -11.3 -736 -12.4 -707 -12.0

Repair and maintenance

 1,273.7 60.4 5.0 -88.2 -6.5 -91.7 -6.7 -78.1 -5.8

Personal and laundry services

 1,120.2 264.2 30.9 -354.8 -24.1 -412.8 -26.9 -404.1 -26.5

Membership associations and organizations

 2,794.6 32.2 1.2 -218.7 -7.3 -231.7 -7.7 -224.8 -7.4

Government

 21,276 33 0.2 -1,452 -6.4 -1,403 -6.2 -1,277 -5.7

Federal

 2,885.0 1.0 0.0 -1.0 0.0 38.0 1.3 56.0 2.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

 2,280.7 -0.1 0.0 -5.0 -0.2 37.0 1.6 59.9 2.7

U.S. Postal Service

 604.3 1.2 0.2 3.8 0.6 1.2 0.2 -3.9 -0.6

State government

 4,915.0 -25.0 -0.5 -247.0 -4.8 -269.0 -5.2 -242.0 -4.7

State government education

 2,232.2 -18.8 -0.8 -219.0 -8.9 -249.1 -10.0 -237.9 -9.6

State government, excluding education

 2,683.2 -5.6 -0.2 -27.4 -1.0 -19.2 -0.7 -3.6 -0.1

Local government

 13,476.0 57.0 0.4 -1,204.0 -8.2 -1,172.0 -8.0 -1,091.0 -7.5

Local government education

 7,374.9 70.3 1.0 -666.7 -8.3 -664.3 -8.3 -612.0 -7.7

Local government, excluding education

 6,100.9 -13.8 -0.2 -537.5 -8.1 -508.3 -7.7 -479.1 -7.3

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