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Employment change by industry, August 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
609 -6 -1.0 -13 -2.1 -16 -2.6 -13 -2.1
Logging
37.5 -0.1 -0.3 -1.7 -4.3 -1.7 -4.3 -1.1 -2.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
571.9 -5.5 -1.0 -11.0 -1.9 -13.9 -2.4 -11.6 -2.0
Oil and gas extraction
119.1 -2.1 -1.7 -3.5 -2.9 -3.3 -2.7 -2.8 -2.3
Mining (except oil and gas)
190.4 -0.4 -0.2 -1.4 -0.7 -2.0 -1.0 -0.9 -0.5
Coal mining
40.3 -0.3 -0.7 -0.7 -1.7 -1.0 -2.4 -2.1 -5.0
Metal ore mining
44.2 0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0.9 -2.0 -1.1 -2.4
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
105.9 -0.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0.5 -0.1 -0.1 2.2 2.1
Support activities for mining
262.4 -3.0 -1.1 -6.1 -2.3 -8.6 -3.2 -7.9 -2.9
Construction
8,295 -7 -0.1 -10 -0.1 -3 0.0 58 0.7
Construction of buildings
1,872.3 -4.2 -0.2 -8.9 -0.5 0.6 0.0 11.0 0.6
Residential building construction
954.1 -0.9 -0.1 -2.7 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 9.6 1.0
Nonresidential building construction
918.2 -3.3 -0.4 -6.2 -0.7 0.8 0.1 1.4 0.2
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,180.1 2.3 0.2 4.1 0.3 4.3 0.4 23.0 2.0
Specialty trade contractors
5,242.2 -5.4 -0.1 -5.9 -0.1 -8.4 -0.2 23.4 0.4
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,373.6 -5.2 -0.2 -7.7 -0.3 -28.5 -1.2 -35.7 -1.5
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,868.6 -0.2 0.0 1.8 0.1 20.1 0.7 59.1 2.1
Manufacturing
12,722 -12 -0.1 -31 -0.2 -41 -0.3 -78 -0.6
Durable goods
7,873 -19 -0.2 -29 -0.4 -36 -0.5 -70 -0.9
Wood product manufacturing
412.4 -0.4 -0.1 -3.6 -0.9 -3.6 -0.9 -5.5 -1.3
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
429.2 -0.9 -0.2 -0.9 -0.2 -1.7 -0.4 7.2 1.7
Primary metal manufacturing
374.8 -1.3 -0.3 -1.3 -0.3 -0.6 -0.2 1.6 0.4
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,437.4 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.9 0.1
Machinery manufacturing
1,108.1 1.2 0.1 -3.7 -0.3 -7.5 -0.7 -6.1 -0.5
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
1,001.4 -2.1 -0.2 -5.4 -0.5 -8.7 -0.9 -24.5 -2.4
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
110.6 0.9 0.8 1.4 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4
Communications equipment manufacturing
82.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.0
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
369.2 -3.7 -1.0 -8.2 -2.2 -10.8 -2.8 -24.2 -6.2
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
410.6 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.1 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.0
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing
28.5 0.2 0.7 0.4 1.4 0.1 0.4 -1.0 -3.4
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
406.8 0.9 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 -4.0 -1.0
Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,755.7 -14.5 -0.8 -11.7 -0.7 -13.3 -0.8 -34.4 -1.9
Motor vehicles and parts
993.9 -7.3 -0.7 -8.3 -0.8 -9.2 -0.9 -22.7 -2.2
Furniture and related product manufacturing
338.3 -2.0 -0.6 -0.7 -0.2 1.2 0.4 -3.1 -0.9
Miscellaneous manufacturing
609.1 -0.4 -0.1 -2.1 -0.3 -1.1 -0.2 -2.0 -0.3
Nondurable goods
4,849 7 0.1 -2 0.0 -5 -0.1 -8 -0.2
Food manufacturing
1,776.6 3.1 0.2 1.5 0.1 6.8 0.4 2.1 0.1
Textile mills
85.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -0.7 -1.2 -1.4
Textile product mills
99.4 1.3 1.3 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.2 1.0 1.0
Apparel manufacturing
81.9 -0.4 -0.5 -0.7 -0.8 -2.1 -2.5 -2.2 -2.6
Paper manufacturing
354.5 -0.9 -0.3 -0.4 -0.1 -1.1 -0.3 -0.7 -0.2
Printing and related support activities
347.3 -1.1 -0.3 -3.4 -1.0 -6.6 -1.9 -7.5 -2.1
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
106.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.5 0.5 -1.5 -1.4 -2.5 -2.3
Chemical manufacturing
906.7 2.4 0.3 4.1 0.5 5.6 0.6 7.4 0.8
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
719.6 4.3 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 -4.7 -0.6
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing
371.7 -0.6 -0.2 -4.5 -1.2 -5.4 -1.4 0.5 0.1
Wholesale trade
6,147.5 -11.7 -0.2 -32.1 -0.5 -34.0 -0.6 0.1 0.0
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
3,447.0 -7.6 -0.2 -18.5 -0.5 -18.1 -0.5 0.9 0.0
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
2,215.0 -5.6 -0.3 -10.9 -0.5 -9.6 -0.4 5.9 0.3
Wholesale trade agents and brokers
485.5 1.5 0.3 -2.7 -0.6 -6.3 -1.3 -6.7 -1.4
Retail trade
15,588.4 10.5 0.1 12.7 0.1 19.0 0.1 78.9 0.5
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
2,055.8 2.0 0.1 -5.5 -0.3 -4.8 -0.2 6.9 0.3
Automobile dealers
1,300.4 1.8 0.1 1.5 0.1 4.6 0.4 11.8 0.9
Other motor vehicle dealers
159.5 1.3 0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -6.5 -3.9 -7.4 -4.4
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers
595.9 -1.0 -0.2 -6.4 -1.1 -2.8 -0.5 2.4 0.4
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1,370.4 -7.5 -0.5 -15.4 -1.1 -19.5 -1.4 -28.9 -2.1
Food and beverage retailers
3,247.2 4.2 0.1 3.7 0.1 26.3 0.8 25.5 0.8
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers
788.9 -1.8 -0.2 -6.2 -0.8 -7.9 -1.0 -15.3 -1.9
General merchandise retailers
3,321.6 10.4 0.3 16.6 0.5 13.7 0.4 52.8 1.6
Health and personal care retailers
1,092.4 -0.8 -0.1 5.5 0.5 3.9 0.4 12.2 1.1
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers
1,055.9 -4.6 -0.4 -0.1 0.0 -5.9 -0.6 1.3 0.1
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers
1,141.4 6.2 0.5 9.5 0.8 13.0 1.2 14.2 1.3
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers
1,514.8 2.4 0.2 4.6 0.3 0.2 0.0 10.2 0.7
Transportation and warehousing
6,747.7 3.6 0.1 13.7 0.2 -15.1 -0.2 84.7 1.3
Air transportation
580.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 5.5 1.0 14.1 2.5
Rail transportation
152.8 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -0.4 -1.6 -1.0 -2.5 -1.6
Water transportation
71.9 0.1 0.1 0.9 1.3 2.1 3.0 1.8 2.6
Truck transportation
1,523.0 -0.9 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 6.9 0.5 6.6 0.4
Transit and ground passenger transportation
484.9 0.2 0.0 -4.7 -1.0 -1.4 -0.3 15.1 3.2
Pipeline transportation
61.3 0.5 0.8 1.2 2.0 2.3 3.9 5.6 10.1
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
38.2 1.0 2.7 4.0 11.7 8.0 26.5 6.7 21.3
Support activities for transportation
847.8 -1.5 -0.2 -1.1 -0.1 4.5 0.5 5.5 0.7
Couriers and messengers
1,157.9 3.7 0.3 13.0 1.1 -27.8 -2.3 58.6 5.3
Warehousing and storage
1,829.8 0.8 0.0 2.4 0.1 -13.6 -0.7 -26.8 -1.4
Utilities
598.3 -0.8 -0.1 0.1 0.0 3.0 0.5 5.9 1.0
Information
2,926 -5 -0.2 -15 -0.5 -14 -0.5 -3 -0.1
Motion picture and sound recording industries
401.1 -7.6 -1.9 -10.0 -2.4 -9.1 -2.2 1.1 0.3
Publishing industries
922.3 1.1 0.1 2.8 0.3 2.6 0.3 11.7 1.3
Broadcasting and content providers
333.7 -0.3 -0.1 -0.7 -0.2 0.8 0.2 -6.1 -1.8
Telecommunications
597.6 -0.7 -0.1 -6.9 -1.1 -9.8 -1.6 -18.0 -2.9
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
484.5 0.1 0.0 -2.4 -0.5 -2.3 -0.5 4.1 0.9
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
187.2 2.9 1.6 2.8 1.5 4.1 2.2 4.5 2.5
Financial activities
9,250 -3 0.0 0 0.0 15 0.2 80 0.9
Finance and insurance
6,751.6 -4.7 -0.1 4.0 0.1 12.4 0.2 46.5 0.7
Monetary authorities-central bank
20.7 -0.1 -0.5 -0.5 -2.4 -0.6 -2.8 -0.1 -0.5
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,560.6 -0.5 0.0 1.8 0.1 4.5 0.2 0.7 0.0
Depository credit intermediation
1,780.0 1.3 0.1 3.7 0.2 6.3 0.4 -0.5 0.0
Commercial banking
1,362.5 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 -11.0 -0.8
Nondepository credit intermediation
504.3 -1.0 -0.2 -2.2 -0.4 -1.7 -0.3 -0.2 0.0
Activities related to credit intermediation
276.3 -0.8 -0.3 0.3 0.1 -0.1 0.0 1.3 0.5
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities
1,149.9 1.4 0.1 8.0 0.7 18.1 1.6 33.5 3.0
Insurance carriers and related activities
3,020.4 -5.5 -0.2 -5.3 -0.2 -9.6 -0.3 12.4 0.4
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,498.0 1.6 0.1 -4.7 -0.2 2.3 0.1 33.1 1.3
Real estate
1,882.2 2.9 0.2 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 13.8 0.7
Rental and leasing services
592.8 -1.2 -0.2 -5.5 -0.9 2.4 0.4 18.9 3.3
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
23.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.9 -0.2 -0.9 0.4 1.8
Professional and business services
22,536 -17 -0.1 -51 -0.2 -58 -0.3 -55 -0.2
Professional, scientific, and technical services
10,855.3 -3.6 0.0 -5.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 27.2 0.3
Legal services
1,201.4 -0.2 0.0 4.8 0.4 9.7 0.8 11.5 1.0
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
1,154.0 0.7 0.1 1.0 0.1 9.5 0.8 -3.1 -0.3
Architectural, engineering, and related services
1,752.3 -1.6 -0.1 7.8 0.4 13.2 0.8 46.8 2.7
Specialized design services
150.9 0.3 0.2 2.1 1.4 1.6 1.1 0.5 0.3
Computer systems design and related services
2,415.4 -3.3 -0.1 -16.3 -0.7 -23.0 -0.9 -31.5 -1.3
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
1,879.8 3.0 0.2 1.9 0.1 5.0 0.3 17.2 0.9
Scientific research and development services
924.3 -3.6 -0.4 -12.1 -1.3 -16.9 -1.8 -10.7 -1.1
Advertising, public relations, and related services
495.9 0.9 0.2 4.1 0.8 2.8 0.6 -0.2 0.0
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
881.3 0.2 0.0 1.3 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 -3.1 -0.4
Management of companies and enterprises
2,632.3 0.3 0.0 -1.0 0.0 13.3 0.5 14.3 0.5
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
9,048.3 -13.4 -0.1 -44.7 -0.5 -71.5 -0.8 -96.7 -1.1
Administrative and support services
8,525.9 -13.7 -0.2 -46.4 -0.5 -72.9 -0.8 -106.6 -1.2
Office administrative services
621.5 -1.2 -0.2 -2.0 -0.3 -2.3 -0.4 4.0 0.6
Facilities support services
185.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 2.5 1.4
Employment services
3,198.7 -11.8 -0.4 -38.3 -1.2 -59.0 -1.8 -93.6 -2.8
Temporary help services
2,499.0 -9.8 -0.4 -30.0 -1.2 -42.6 -1.7 -74.8 -2.9
Business support services
643.1 -4.4 -0.7 -13.7 -2.1 -20.9 -3.1 -42.9 -6.3
Travel arrangement and reservation services
193.7 -1.5 -0.8 -1.5 -0.8 -1.7 -0.9 5.6 3.0
Investigation and security services
1,036.9 1.6 0.2 5.6 0.5 11.4 1.1 9.0 0.9
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,315.1 7.9 0.3 3.6 0.2 -1.2 -0.1 10.9 0.5
Other support services
331.5 -5.0 -1.5 -0.7 -0.2 0.8 0.2 -2.2 -0.7
Waste management and remediation services
522.4 0.3 0.1 1.7 0.3 1.4 0.3 9.9 1.9
Private education and health services
27,452 46 0.2 174 0.6 394 1.5 862 3.2
Private educational services
3,998.4 -0.5 0.0 -3.5 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 30.9 0.8
Health care
18,219.9 30.6 0.2 114.3 0.6 184.2 1.0 498.7 2.8
Ambulatory health care services
9,017.9 12.7 0.1 58.3 0.7 45.0 0.5 194.4 2.2
Offices of physicians
3,066.4 9.1 0.3 17.2 0.6 36.0 1.2 81.5 2.7
Offices of dentists
1,053.6 -3.8 -0.4 3.2 0.3 -0.8 -0.1 4.9 0.5
Offices of other health practitioners
1,283.7 1.7 0.1 7.1 0.6 19.7 1.6 46.2 3.7
Outpatient care centers
1,121.5 -1.3 -0.1 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.3 0.3 0.0
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
312.7 2.7 0.9 6.3 2.1 6.3 2.1 6.6 2.2
Home health care services
1,817.1 7.6 0.4 23.1 1.3 -24.0 -1.3 52.9 3.0
Other ambulatory health care services
362.9 -3.3 -0.9 1.5 0.4 4.2 1.2 2.0 0.6
Hospitals
5,763.4 8.8 0.2 34.7 0.6 94.3 1.7 189.6 3.4
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,438.6 9.1 0.3 21.3 0.6 44.9 1.3 114.7 3.5
Skilled nursing care facilities
1,556.5 7.6 0.5 11.6 0.8 30.8 2.0 62.8 4.2
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
700.3 2.4 0.3 5.2 0.7 12.8 1.9 29.6 4.4
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
1,007.0 -1.2 -0.1 3.2 0.3 -2.9 -0.3 14.9 1.5
Other residential care facilities
174.7 0.2 0.1 1.1 0.6 4.1 2.4 7.3 4.4
Social assistance
5,233.8 16.2 0.3 62.9 1.2 210.9 4.2 332.9 6.8
Individual and family services
3,598.6 15.9 0.4 59.0 1.7 200.4 5.9 311.1 9.5
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
239.3 -0.7 -0.3 -2.3 -1.0 0.0 0.0 4.1 1.7
Vocational rehabilitation services
281.1 -2.8 -1.0 -4.3 -1.5 -3.6 -1.3 -3.9 -1.4
Child care services
1,114.9 3.9 0.4 10.6 1.0 14.2 1.3 21.7 2.0
Leisure and hospitality
17,050 28 0.2 29 0.2 119 0.7 232 1.4
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,722.0 14.3 0.5 17.8 0.7 38.7 1.4 89.2 3.4
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
644.5 1.0 0.2 15.7 2.5 25.4 4.1 49.6 8.3
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
182.4 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 -1.5 -0.8 3.8 2.1
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,895.1 12.7 0.7 1.9 0.1 14.8 0.8 35.8 1.9
Accommodation and food services
14,327.7 13.2 0.1 11.1 0.1 79.9 0.6 142.5 1.0
Accommodation
1,950.1 2.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 1.4 0.1 15.1 0.8
Food services and drinking places
12,377.6 11.0 0.1 10.9 0.1 78.5 0.6 127.4 1.0
Other services
6,050 12 0.2 11 0.2 35 0.6 75 1.3
Repair and maintenance
1,492.2 9.9 0.7 5.3 0.4 15.4 1.0 28.0 1.9
Personal and laundry services
1,627.9 4.9 0.3 8.8 0.5 14.6 0.9 33.1 2.1
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
2,930.2 -2.8 -0.1 -2.6 -0.1 5.5 0.2 14.0 0.5
Government
23,568 -16 -0.1 0 0.0 -19 -0.1 138 0.6
Federal
2,918 -15 -0.5 -34 -1.2 -84 -2.8 -86 -2.9
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,325.0 -11.3 -0.5 -34.1 -1.4 -76.7 -3.2 -73.0 -3.0
U.S. Postal Service
593.0 -3.3 -0.6 0.3 0.1 -7.5 -1.2 -13.3 -2.2
State government
5,493 -13 -0.2 -22 -0.4 -21 -0.4 40 0.7
State government education
2,605.8 -6.1 -0.2 -15.0 -0.6 -18.2 -0.7 7.7 0.3
State government, excluding education
2,887.5 -6.5 -0.2 -6.6 -0.2 -2.9 -0.1 32.6 1.1
Local government
15,157 12 0.1 56 0.4 86 0.6 184 1.2
Local government education
8,241.8 9.2 0.1 37.4 0.5 35.8 0.4 76.0 0.9
Local government, excluding education
6,915.0 2.2 0.0 18.5 0.3 50.2 0.7 107.4 1.6
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