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Employment by industry, monthly changes

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Employment change by industry, December 2019, 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

 731 -9 -1.2 -15 -2.0 -25 -3.3 -21 -2.8

Logging

 50.3 -0.7 -1.4 1.6 3.3 3.2 6.8 3.1 6.6

Mining

 681.0 -7.6 -1.1 -16.7 -2.4 -27.8 -3.9 -24.1 -3.4

Oil and gas extraction

 167.6 2.5 1.5 3.7 2.3 8.7 5.5 19.3 13.0

Mining, except oil and gas

 190.0 -1.9 -1.0 -2.6 -1.3 -4.8 -2.5 -4.9 -2.5

Coal mining

 52.0 -1.2 -2.3 -1.2 -2.3 -1.0 -1.9 -0.7 -1.3

Metal ore mining(1)

 39.4 -0.3 -0.8 -0.4 -1.0 -1.9 -4.6 -1.6 -3.9

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying(1)

 98.5 -0.5 -0.5 -1.1 -1.1 -2.0 -2.0 -2.6 -2.6

Support activities for mining

 323.4 -8.2 -2.5 -17.8 -5.2 -31.7 -8.9 -38.5 -10.6

Construction

 7,551 20 0.3 36 0.5 49 0.7 151 2.0

Construction of buildings

 1,671.1 4.0 0.2 8.1 0.5 14.4 0.9 21.4 1.3

Residential building

 844.5 -1.1 -0.1 1.7 0.2 10.6 1.3 19.8 2.4

Nonresidential building

 826.6 5.1 0.6 6.4 0.8 3.8 0.5 1.6 0.2

Heavy and civil engineering construction

 1,091.3 1.8 0.2 9.3 0.9 9.6 0.9 15.9 1.5

Specialty trade contractors

 4,788.2 14.1 0.3 18.1 0.4 24.8 0.5 113.7 2.4

Residential specialty trade contractors

 2,077.3 4.3 0.2 5.3 0.3 7.5 0.4 30.6 1.5

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

 2,710.9 9.8 0.4 12.8 0.5 17.3 0.6 83.1 3.2

Manufacturing

 12,855 -12 -0.1 1 0.0 9 0.1 46 0.4

Durable goods

 8,056 -7 -0.1 -10 -0.1 -11 -0.1 20 0.2

Wood products

 413.3 1.2 0.3 2.5 0.6 4.0 1.0 7.1 1.7

Nonmetallic mineral products

 416.8 -1.2 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1 0.8 0.2 -0.8 -0.2

Primary metals

 370.6 -2.3 -0.6 -7.6 -2.0 -10.2 -2.7 -11.4 -3.0

Fabricated metal products

 1,472.6 -7.2 -0.5 -7.7 -0.5 -10.5 -0.7 -8.6 -0.6

Machinery

 1,126.8 -2.1 -0.2 -4.8 -0.4 -14.7 -1.3 -10.2 -0.9

Computer and electronic products

 1,097.7 1.5 0.1 5.3 0.5 14.7 1.4 30.1 2.8

Computer and peripheral equipment

 165.7 0.8 0.5 2.3 1.4 4.3 2.7 7.6 4.8

Communications equipment

 86.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.1 0.1

Semiconductors and electronic components

 379.7 -0.5 -0.1 -1.0 -0.3 1.4 0.4 7.4 2.0

Electronic instruments

 431.8 1.1 0.3 3.7 0.9 7.9 1.9 15.3 3.7

Miscellaneous computer and electronic products(1)

 34.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.6 -0.3 -0.9

Electrical equipment and appliances

 404.8 0.9 0.2 2.0 0.5 2.2 0.5 -0.1 0.0

Transportation equipment

 1,741.6 1.9 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.6 0.0 10.0 0.6

Motor vehicles and parts

 986.9 -0.8 -0.1 -5.1 -0.5 -9.5 -1.0 -18.2 -1.8

Furniture and related products

 392.6 -1.3 -0.3 -0.9 -0.2 0.8 0.2 -2.6 -0.7

Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing

 618.9 1.5 0.2 0.8 0.1 1.2 0.2 5.8 0.9

Nondurable goods

 4,799 -5 -0.1 11 0.2 20 0.4 26 0.5

Food manufacturing

 1,652.3 -3.7 -0.2 10.5 0.6 18.9 1.2 20.6 1.3

Textile mills

 109.6 -0.5 -0.5 -1.3 -1.2 -2.5 -2.2 -3.0 -2.7

Textile product mills

 113.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.7 0.6 -0.8 -0.7 -3.1 -2.7

Apparel

 101.7 -0.5 -0.5 -3.5 -3.3 -6.4 -5.9 -6.7 -6.2

Paper and paper products

 370.2 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.2 0.7 0.2 -0.5 -0.1

Printing and related support activities

 415.1 -1.6 -0.4 -4.3 -1.0 -6.2 -1.5 -10.4 -2.4

Petroleum and coal products

 116.0 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.1 0.1 -0.7 -0.6

Chemicals

 861.6 -0.2 0.0 1.4 0.2 4.8 0.6 12.2 1.4

Plastics and rubber products

 743.2 0.9 0.1 3.1 0.4 3.9 0.5 5.5 0.7

Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing

 316.5 -0.3 -0.1 2.5 0.8 7.7 2.5 12.0 3.9

Wholesale trade

 5,963.2 8.3 0.1 16.5 0.3 29.1 0.5 61.9 1.0

Durable goods

 3,231.8 2.7 0.1 5.2 0.2 17.6 0.5 42.0 1.3

Nondurable goods

 2,173.5 5.0 0.2 5.7 0.3 3.5 0.2 13.0 0.6

Electronic markets and agents and brokers

 557.9 0.6 0.1 5.6 1.0 8.0 1.5 6.9 1.3

Retail trade

 15,829.5 41.2 0.3 58.0 0.4 66.7 0.4 8.5 0.1

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

 2,076.7 2.9 0.1 13.8 0.7 27.9 1.4 42.9 2.1

Automobile dealers

 1,314.9 3.4 0.3 4.4 0.3 6.7 0.5 10.0 0.8

Other motor vehicle dealers(1)

 162.9 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.1 3.8 2.4 3.2 2.0

Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores(1)

 598.9 -0.6 -0.1 7.8 1.3 17.5 3.0 29.7 5.2

Furniture and home furnishings stores

 482.7 1.7 0.4 -1.2 -0.2 -3.5 -0.7 -1.8 -0.4

Electronics and appliance stores

 470.7 2.6 0.6 7.5 1.6 2.3 0.5 -3.5 -0.7

Building material and garden supply stores

 1,324.6 7.1 0.5 5.9 0.4 18.4 1.4 23.6 1.8

Food and beverage stores

 3,137.9 -2.1 -0.1 6.4 0.2 21.9 0.7 30.0 1.0

Health and personal care stores

 1,046.6 -0.5 0.0 5.8 0.6 4.4 0.4 -15.7 -1.5

Gasoline stations

 959.2 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.3 7.2 0.8 16.5 1.8

Clothing and clothing accessories stores

 1,313.2 33.2 2.6 10.7 0.8 -11.3 -0.9 -35.0 -2.6

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

 548.4 -2.9 -0.5 -12.6 -2.2 -8.9 -1.6 5.6 1.0

General merchandise stores

 3,086.9 2.8 0.1 31.5 1.0 38.9 1.3 -18.2 -0.6

Department stores

 1,138.9 4.3 0.4 23.1 2.1 23.2 2.1 -3.7 -0.3

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

 1,947.9 -1.6 -0.1 8.3 0.4 15.6 0.8 -14.6 -0.7

Miscellaneous store retailers

 813.5 -5.5 -0.7 -11.2 -1.4 -21.0 -2.5 -28.8 -3.4

Nonstore retailers

 569.1 1.9 0.3 -1.3 -0.2 -9.6 -1.7 -7.1 -1.2

Transportation and warehousing

 5,568.1 -10.4 -0.2 4.3 0.1 4.5 0.1 57.1 1.0

Air transportation

 521.3 0.8 0.2 3.7 0.7 3.0 0.6 13.0 2.6

Rail transportation

 194.8 0.7 0.4 -4.4 -2.2 -11.4 -5.5 -20.6 -9.6

Water transportation

 63.7 -0.8 -1.2 -0.9 -1.4 -0.5 -0.8 -1.2 -1.8

Truck transportation

 1,509.4 -3.5 -0.2 -3.2 -0.2 -11.5 -0.8 -2.2 -0.1

Transit and ground passenger transportation

 495.6 2.7 0.5 5.9 1.2 2.8 0.6 8.2 1.7

Pipeline transportation

 47.7 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0.2 -0.4 -0.8 0.0 0.0

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

 35.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.2

Support activities for transportation

 727.1 1.4 0.2 4.2 0.6 2.8 0.4 5.8 0.8

Couriers and messengers

 773.0 -9.4 -1.2 -3.6 -0.5 10.2 1.3 23.2 3.1

Warehousing and storage

 1,200.5 -2.2 -0.2 2.0 0.2 9.5 0.8 30.5 2.6

Utilities

 552.2 0.8 0.1 0.6 0.1 -2.4 -0.4 -2.4 -0.4

Information

 2,839 3 0.1 11 0.4 11 0.4 12 0.4

Publishing industries, except Internet

 742.8 -0.7 -0.1 -1.8 -0.2 0.1 0.0 10.0 1.4

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 433.8 3.6 0.8 4.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 -5.3 -1.2

Broadcasting, except Internet

 266.7 -0.9 -0.3 -0.6 -0.2 -2.1 -0.8 -3.7 -1.4

Telecommunications

 707.3 -1.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 -9.5 -1.3 -28.2 -3.8

Data processing, hosting and related services

 342.8 2.1 0.6 5.1 1.5 11.0 3.3 13.3 4.0

Other information services

 345.5 0.4 0.1 3.7 1.1 11.7 3.5 25.8 8.1

Financial activities

 8,737 6 0.1 36 0.4 78 0.9 122 1.4

Finance and insurance

 6,386.7 4.8 0.1 19.6 0.3 49.6 0.8 58.6 0.9

Monetary authorities - central bank

 19.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.0

Credit intermediation and related activities

 2,657.4 5.3 0.2 16.3 0.6 25.9 1.0 18.9 0.7

Depository credit intermediation

 1,722.6 4.0 0.2 7.6 0.4 12.3 0.7 8.1 0.5

Commercial banking

 1,313.8 2.2 0.2 3.9 0.3 5.5 0.4 -1.7 -0.1

Nondepository credit intermediation(1)

 624.0 1.8 0.3 3.3 0.5 7.0 1.1 7.4 1.2

Activities related to credit intermediation(1)

 310.8 -0.5 -0.2 5.4 1.8 6.7 2.2 3.5 1.1

Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts

 977.4 0.7 0.1 1.6 0.2 3.5 0.4 10.5 1.1

Insurance carriers and related activities

 2,732.5 -1.2 0.0 1.7 0.1 20.2 0.7 29.4 1.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2,349.9 1.3 0.1 16.3 0.7 28.4 1.2 63.0 2.8

Real estate

 1,734.1 3.0 0.2 16.6 1.0 26.4 1.5 51.3 3.0

Rental and leasing services

 592.5 -1.8 -0.3 -0.5 -0.1 1.7 0.3 11.7 2.0

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets

 23.3 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.0

Professional and business services

 21,651 10 0.0 98 0.5 200 0.9 397 1.9

Professional and technical services

 9,710.3 9.2 0.1 64.0 0.7 128.0 1.3 275.4 2.9

Legal services

 1,150.4 -1.6 -0.1 2.2 0.2 6.3 0.6 10.5 0.9

Accounting and bookkeeping services

 1,071.4 4.6 0.4 11.8 1.1 16.7 1.6 37.1 3.6

Architectural and engineering services

 1,532.8 3.1 0.2 10.2 0.7 15.3 1.0 37.5 2.5

Specialized design services(1)

 150.8 -0.5 -0.3 0.3 0.2 1.9 1.3 4.5 3.1

Computer systems design and related services

 2,243.2 0.7 0.0 15.0 0.7 31.7 1.4 81.0 3.7

Management and technical consulting services

 1,557.3 1.7 0.1 10.1 0.7 29.9 2.0 51.6 3.4

Scientific research and development services(1)

 744.7 2.8 0.4 8.6 1.2 17.7 2.4 34.4 4.8

Advertising and related services(1)

 491.9 -1.6 -0.3 2.1 0.4 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.1

Other professional and technical services(1)

 768.0 0.4 0.1 3.9 0.5 7.3 1.0 18.5 2.5

Management of companies and enterprises

 2,441.3 3.6 0.1 10.9 0.4 21.9 0.9 46.0 1.9

Administrative and waste services

 9,499.8 -2.7 0.0 23.7 0.3 51.0 0.5 76.5 0.8

Administrative and support services

 9,030.3 -3.3 0.0 17.5 0.2 37.7 0.4 54.2 0.6

Office administrative services(1)

 534.3 1.8 0.3 3.7 0.7 3.9 0.7 15.7 3.0

Facilities support services(1)

 158.2 -0.1 -0.1 1.8 1.2 1.3 0.8 2.9 1.9

Employment services

 3,736.8 3.4 0.1 6.8 0.2 30.5 0.8 5.6 0.2

Temporary help services

 3,043.3 6.4 0.2 5.0 0.2 13.9 0.5 -16.5 -0.5

Business support services

 880.0 -3.3 -0.4 -3.5 -0.4 -14.6 -1.6 -17.5 -1.9

Travel arrangement and reservation services(1)

 221.1 1.1 0.5 5.8 2.7 5.9 2.7 4.6 2.1

Investigation and security services(1)

 959.2 0.9 0.1 8.0 0.8 5.5 0.6 11.1 1.2

Services to buildings and dwellings

 2,194.5 -5.7 -0.3 -8.8 -0.4 -3.6 -0.2 17.3 0.8

Other support services(1)

 346.1 -1.5 -0.4 3.7 1.1 8.6 2.5 14.5 4.4

Waste management and remediation services

 469.5 0.6 0.1 6.2 1.3 13.3 2.9 22.3 5.0

Education and health services

 24,559 36 0.1 139 0.6 335 1.4 647 2.7

Educational services

 3,835.9 1.3 0.0 2.8 0.1 48.0 1.3 90.4 2.4

Health care

 16,583.5 28.1 0.2 91.2 0.6 200.1 1.2 398.8 2.5

Ambulatory health care services

 7,884.0 23.1 0.3 65.3 0.8 137.6 1.8 269.4 3.5

Offices of physicians

 2,723.5 5.4 0.2 22.6 0.8 39.1 1.5 75.7 2.9

Offices of dentists(1)

 989.1 -0.1 0.0 2.2 0.2 7.5 0.8 17.6 1.8

Offices of other health practitioners(1)

 984.6 4.9 0.5 3.5 0.4 18.1 1.9 30.6 3.2

Outpatient care centers

 990.1 7.3 0.7 11.8 1.2 20.0 2.1 36.2 3.8

Medical and diagnostic laboratories(1)

 299.2 0.2 0.1 4.5 1.5 8.6 3.0 16.8 5.9

Home health care services

 1,578.3 3.9 0.2 17.1 1.1 36.7 2.4 78.0 5.2

Other ambulatory health care services(1)

 319.2 1.4 0.4 3.6 1.1 7.6 2.4 14.5 4.8

Hospitals

 5,297.1 8.8 0.2 27.8 0.5 54.3 1.0 102.0 2.0

Nursing and residential care facilities

 3,402.4 -3.8 -0.1 -1.9 -0.1 8.2 0.2 27.4 0.8

Nursing care facilities

 1,597.0 -6.7 -0.4 -13.2 -0.8 -10.7 -0.7 -12.2 -0.8

Residential mental health facilities(1)

 656.4 -0.1 0.0 2.0 0.3 3.2 0.5 9.2 1.4

Community care facilities for the elderly(1)

 976.4 2.6 0.3 7.7 0.8 11.8 1.2 26.7 2.8

Other residential care facilities(1)

 172.6 0.4 0.2 1.5 0.9 4.0 2.4 3.7 2.2

Social assistance

 4,139.2 5.8 0.1 44.3 1.1 86.1 2.1 157.8 4.0

Individual and family services(1)

 2,622.1 1.7 0.1 31.6 1.2 64.7 2.5 119.9 4.8

Emergency and other relief services(1)

 180.0 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.7 2.8 1.6

Vocational rehabilitation services(1)

 330.5 0.6 0.2 3.0 0.9 3.3 1.0 0.4 0.1

Child day care services

 1,006.6 3.1 0.3 8.9 0.9 16.9 1.7 34.7 3.6

Leisure and hospitality

 16,942 40 0.2 148 0.9 239 1.4 388 2.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 2,520.7 14.7 0.6 40.4 1.6 73.3 3.0 76.1 3.1

Performing arts and spectator sports

 516.2 -2.2 -0.4 -6.8 -1.3 -1.1 -0.2 0.2 0.0

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

 182.2 2.5 1.4 6.2 3.5 7.3 4.2 8.2 4.7

Amusements, gambling, and recreation

 1,822.3 14.4 0.8 41.0 2.3 67.1 3.8 67.7 3.9

Accommodation and food services

 14,421.2 24.9 0.2 107.4 0.8 165.7 1.2 311.7 2.2

Accommodation

 2,076.4 9.0 0.4 22.7 1.1 10.2 0.5 40.4 2.0

Food services and drinking places

 12,344.8 15.9 0.1 84.7 0.7 155.5 1.3 271.3 2.2

Other services

 5,959 5 0.1 13 0.2 20 0.3 80 1.4

Repair and maintenance

 1,371.6 -1.5 -0.1 3.5 0.3 12.7 0.9 34.6 2.6

Personal and laundry services

 1,535.4 3.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 2.6 0.2 11.2 0.7

Membership associations and organizations

 3,051.6 3.2 0.1 8.4 0.3 4.3 0.1 33.4 1.1

Government

 22,646 6 0.0 7 0.0 117 0.5 161 0.7

Federal

 2,826.0 0.0 0.0 -20.0 -0.7 9.0 0.3 28.0 1.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

 2,222.1 1.8 0.1 -16.4 -0.7 13.8 0.6 30.2 1.4

U.S. Postal Service

 603.5 -2.6 -0.4 -3.5 -0.6 -5.4 -0.9 -2.8 -0.5

State government

 5,185.0 -8.0 -0.2 -5.0 -0.1 20.0 0.4 2.0 0.0

State government education

 2,477.8 -3.0 -0.1 -2.9 -0.1 10.9 0.4 -8.9 -0.4

State government, excluding education

 2,707.6 -4.1 -0.2 -1.3 0.0 9.6 0.4 11.8 0.4

Local government

 14,635.0 14.0 0.1 32.0 0.2 88.0 0.6 131.0 0.9

Local government education

 8,038.4 2.8 0.0 6.9 0.1 60.2 0.8 64.7 0.8

Local government, excluding education

 6,596.1 11.0 0.2 24.8 0.4 27.3 0.4 66.2 1.0

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