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Employment change by industry, November 2024, 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
640 2 0.3 5 0.8 6 0.9 0 0.0
Logging
38.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 -1.4 -3.5 -5.2 -12.0
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
601.5 2.2 0.4 4.8 0.8 7.6 1.3 5.3 0.9
Oil and gas extraction
119.7 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.6 -0.2 -0.2 2.3 2.0
Mining (except oil and gas)
190.0 0.7 0.4 1.4 0.7 -0.2 -0.1 2.9 1.5
Coal mining
43.4 0.6 1.4 0.2 0.5 -0.4 -0.9 0.7 1.6
Metal ore mining
43.7 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.0 0.0
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
102.9 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 2.2 2.2
Support activities for mining
291.8 1.4 0.5 2.7 0.9 8.0 2.8 0.1 0.0
Construction
8,313 10 0.1 38 0.5 98 1.2 211 2.6
Construction of buildings
1,883.5 -0.3 0.0 0.8 0.0 14.4 0.8 53.7 2.9
Residential building construction
957.6 1.4 0.1 6.0 0.6 9.9 1.0 26.2 2.8
Nonresidential building construction
925.9 -1.7 -0.2 -5.2 -0.6 4.5 0.5 27.5 3.1
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,161.3 1.5 0.1 8.8 0.8 18.5 1.6 29.8 2.6
Specialty trade contractors
5,268.1 8.7 0.2 28.8 0.5 64.8 1.2 127.8 2.5
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,416.2 1.7 0.1 1.9 0.1 8.0 0.3 26.2 1.1
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,851.9 7.0 0.2 26.9 1.0 56.8 2.0 101.6 3.7
Manufacturing
12,887 22 0.2 -38 -0.3 -74 -0.6 -61 -0.5
Durable goods
8,078 26 0.3 -22 -0.3 -64 -0.8 -51 -0.6
Wood product manufacturing
412.5 -0.3 -0.1 -2.1 -0.5 -3.8 -0.9 -2.6 -0.6
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
426.7 -1.5 -0.4 3.7 0.9 4.7 1.1 4.2 1.0
Primary metal manufacturing
371.3 0.3 0.1 -1.0 -0.3 -2.0 -0.5 -0.8 -0.2
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,456.4 0.1 0.0 -2.1 -0.1 -8.3 -0.6 -3.6 -0.2
Machinery manufacturing
1,134.7 2.7 0.2 5.3 0.5 -2.0 -0.2 -3.3 -0.3
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
1,089.2 -4.0 -0.4 -8.0 -0.7 -13.2 -1.2 -17.3 -1.6
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
159.6 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -1.6 -1.0 -2.6 -1.6
Communications equipment manufacturing
85.1 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.4 -1.1 -1.3 -1.9 -2.2
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
384.1 -3.5 -0.9 -6.9 -1.8 -7.6 -1.9 -8.0 -2.0
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
429.1 -1.8 -0.4 -1.6 -0.4 -3.3 -0.8 -5.5 -1.3
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing
31.4 0.7 2.3 0.5 1.6 0.5 1.6 0.8 2.6
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
400.8 -2.6 -0.6 -2.7 -0.7 -9.4 -2.3 -14.3 -3.4
Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,828.6 32.0 1.8 -14.0 -0.8 -22.6 -1.2 6.5 0.4
Motor vehicles and parts
1,059.1 -0.4 0.0 -7.9 -0.7 -14.0 -1.3 0.6 0.1
Furniture and related product manufacturing
338.6 -1.0 -0.3 -1.9 -0.6 -4.3 -1.3 -13.4 -3.8
Miscellaneous manufacturing
619.1 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.1 -3.0 -0.5 -6.4 -1.0
Nondurable goods
4,809 -4 -0.1 -16 -0.3 -10 -0.2 -10 -0.2
Food manufacturing
1,741.8 -1.0 -0.1 -3.5 -0.2 5.0 0.3 12.5 0.7
Textile mills
89.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 -0.8 -0.9 -0.8 -0.9
Textile product mills
95.4 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.0 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7
Apparel manufacturing
83.3 0.0 0.0 -0.8 -1.0 -1.1 -1.3 -5.3 -6.0
Paper manufacturing
349.1 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 -0.2 3.2 0.9 -4.0 -1.1
Printing and related support activities
358.9 -0.8 -0.2 -1.7 -0.5 -4.5 -1.2 -5.6 -1.5
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
107.0 -0.3 -0.3 -0.8 -0.7 -2.3 -2.1 -2.0 -1.8
Chemical manufacturing
902.5 0.7 0.1 -0.3 0.0 1.7 0.2 5.3 0.6
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
717.0 -1.2 -0.2 -5.4 -0.7 -9.9 -1.4 -12.7 -1.7
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing
364.9 -0.7 -0.2 -4.4 -1.2 -0.5 -0.1 3.5 1.0
Wholesale trade
6,190.2 1.6 0.0 8.1 0.1 26.4 0.4 38.1 0.6
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
3,453.1 -2.0 -0.1 3.4 0.1 20.0 0.6 32.6 1.0
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
2,223.5 3.7 0.2 4.4 0.2 7.4 0.3 7.7 0.3
Wholesale trade agents and brokers
513.6 -0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 -1.0 -0.2 -2.2 -0.4
Retail trade
15,622.4 -28.0 -0.2 -24.4 -0.2 -62.0 -0.4 52.0 0.3
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
2,080.8 2.6 0.1 7.4 0.4 5.8 0.3 14.8 0.7
Automobile dealers
1,307.7 0.9 0.1 5.0 0.4 5.9 0.5 16.4 1.3
Other motor vehicle dealers
167.8 1.8 1.1 1.7 1.0 -1.4 -0.8 -7.1 -4.1
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers
605.3 -0.2 0.0 0.8 0.1 1.3 0.2 5.5 0.9
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1,368.1 -3.9 -0.3 -6.8 -0.5 -18.4 -1.3 -30.8 -2.2
Food and beverage retailers
3,268.5 -2.9 -0.1 8.5 0.3 5.8 0.2 21.0 0.6
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers
825.6 2.2 0.3 8.1 1.0 9.4 1.2 -6.4 -0.8
General merchandise retailers
3,268.1 -15.0 -0.5 -18.5 -0.6 -9.9 -0.3 75.1 2.4
Health and personal care retailers
1,089.3 -3.3 -0.3 2.5 0.2 -9.7 -0.9 -4.3 -0.4
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers
1,080.7 1.2 0.1 1.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 13.8 1.3
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers
1,114.0 -3.2 -0.3 -14.7 -1.3 -29.0 -2.5 -18.7 -1.7
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers
1,527.3 -5.7 -0.4 -12.0 -0.8 -16.3 -1.1 -12.5 -0.8
Transportation and warehousing
6,627.2 3.4 0.1 7.2 0.1 27.2 0.4 88.3 1.4
Air transportation
574.8 0.4 0.1 -2.1 -0.4 0.0 0.0 8.8 1.6
Rail transportation
150.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.3 -2.5 -1.6 -2.8 -1.8
Water transportation
73.6 -0.4 -0.5 -0.9 -1.2 -1.7 -2.3 2.6 3.7
Truck transportation
1,548.7 2.9 0.2 2.3 0.1 0.7 0.0 -1.4 -0.1
Transit and ground passenger transportation
454.7 1.8 0.4 14.7 3.3 15.4 3.5 24.4 5.7
Pipeline transportation
54.6 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.7 2.5 4.8
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
32.7 -0.9 -2.7 -2.7 -7.6 -2.7 -7.6 1.7 5.5
Support activities for transportation
862.3 3.0 0.3 6.4 0.7 13.2 1.6 35.4 4.3
Couriers and messengers
1,103.6 -2.2 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 10.4 1.0 17.2 1.6
Warehousing and storage
1,772.2 -1.4 -0.1 -9.7 -0.5 -6.5 -0.4 -0.1 0.0
Utilities
591.9 -0.1 0.0 1.5 0.3 3.1 0.5 10.5 1.8
Information
2,986 0 0.0 -5 -0.2 -29 -1.0 -13 -0.4
Motion picture and sound recording industries
444.9 1.9 0.4 -2.6 -0.6 -1.3 -0.3 24.5 5.8
Publishing industries
921.6 -3.0 -0.3 3.2 0.3 -7.8 -0.8 -11.4 -1.2
Broadcasting and content providers
334.1 -1.5 -0.4 -2.5 -0.7 -6.3 -1.9 -8.2 -2.4
Telecommunications
614.5 1.2 0.2 -5.2 -0.8 -12.8 -2.0 -20.5 -3.2
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
493.2 1.1 0.2 -0.7 -0.1 -3.1 -0.6 2.5 0.5
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
178.0 1.0 0.6 2.8 1.6 2.3 1.3 0.6 0.3
Financial activities
9,280 17 0.2 29 0.3 45 0.5 53 0.6
Finance and insurance
6,765.1 13.2 0.2 17.2 0.3 25.4 0.4 28.5 0.4
Monetary authorities-central bank
23.4 0.2 0.9 0.4 1.7 0.7 3.1 0.8 3.5
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,582.3 6.8 0.3 4.8 0.2 -5.8 -0.2 -24.9 -1.0
Depository credit intermediation
1,773.9 -0.2 0.0 3.0 0.2 -3.0 -0.2 -13.7 -0.8
Commercial banking
1,361.0 -0.2 0.0 1.5 0.1 -4.6 -0.3 -19.1 -1.4
Nondepository credit intermediation
529.6 4.9 0.9 4.0 0.8 3.2 0.6 -2.3 -0.4
Activities related to credit intermediation
278.8 2.0 0.7 -2.3 -0.8 -6.1 -2.1 -8.9 -3.1
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities
1,125.0 1.1 0.1 5.2 0.5 9.7 0.9 11.6 1.0
Insurance carriers and related activities
3,034.4 5.1 0.2 6.8 0.2 20.8 0.7 41.0 1.4
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,515.2 3.7 0.1 12.5 0.5 20.2 0.8 24.5 1.0
Real estate
1,894.0 1.2 0.1 3.8 0.2 10.7 0.6 25.1 1.3
Rental and leasing services
597.3 2.5 0.4 8.5 1.4 9.1 1.5 -1.3 -0.2
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
23.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.4 1.7 0.7 3.0
Professional and business services
22,954 26 0.1 25 0.1 -37 -0.2 85 0.4
Professional, scientific, and technical services
11,050.7 15.9 0.1 28.3 0.3 35.0 0.3 143.5 1.3
Legal services
1,184.3 0.8 0.1 3.5 0.3 -2.2 -0.2 -3.8 -0.3
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
1,170.6 -0.8 -0.1 -2.9 -0.2 -1.4 -0.1 19.6 1.7
Architectural, engineering, and related services
1,717.3 10.4 0.6 10.4 0.6 16.0 0.9 43.9 2.6
Specialized design services
155.6 0.9 0.6 2.7 1.8 3.9 2.6 1.4 0.9
Computer systems design and related services
2,549.5 1.2 0.0 2.8 0.1 7.4 0.3 31.8 1.3
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
1,908.0 2.4 0.1 5.4 0.3 7.6 0.4 21.8 1.2
Scientific research and development services
961.9 1.0 0.1 6.7 0.7 4.9 0.5 13.4 1.4
Advertising, public relations, and related services
522.9 -0.3 -0.1 1.9 0.4 0.4 0.1 8.1 1.6
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
880.6 0.4 0.0 -2.2 -0.2 -1.5 -0.2 7.2 0.8
Management of companies and enterprises
2,564.8 -0.9 0.0 5.3 0.2 8.4 0.3 8.6 0.3
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
9,338.8 11.2 0.1 -8.0 -0.1 -80.2 -0.9 -66.7 -0.7
Administrative and support services
8,813.3 8.9 0.1 -13.4 -0.2 -85.5 -1.0 -86.7 -1.0
Office administrative services
633.2 1.1 0.2 2.7 0.4 1.5 0.2 0.3 0.0
Facilities support services
185.7 1.5 0.8 2.3 1.3 3.6 2.0 13.3 7.7
Employment services
3,436.5 6.8 0.2 -18.0 -0.5 -84.9 -2.4 -116.7 -3.3
Temporary help services
2,646.3 1.6 0.1 -26.9 -1.0 -99.0 -3.6 -139.5 -5.0
Business support services
687.1 -0.2 0.0 -7.6 -1.1 -18.8 -2.7 -36.5 -5.0
Travel arrangement and reservation services
198.5 1.8 0.9 3.6 1.8 4.4 2.3 1.0 0.5
Investigation and security services
1,025.6 -4.5 -0.4 1.4 0.1 5.0 0.5 12.7 1.3
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,307.7 3.0 0.1 7.2 0.3 10.6 0.5 41.3 1.8
Other support services
339.1 -0.6 -0.2 -4.9 -1.4 -6.8 -2.0 -2.0 -0.6
Waste management and remediation services
525.5 2.3 0.4 5.4 1.0 5.3 1.0 20.0 4.0
Private education and health services
26,707 79 0.3 237 0.9 453 1.7 960 3.7
Private educational services
3,899.7 6.9 0.2 18.9 0.5 47.8 1.2 64.7 1.7
Health care
17,920.8 53.6 0.3 179.8 1.0 315.0 1.8 679.4 3.9
Ambulatory health care services
8,960.0 22.4 0.3 98.4 1.1 174.1 2.0 355.5 4.1
Offices of physicians
3,061.5 1.9 0.1 20.2 0.7 38.6 1.3 84.3 2.8
Offices of dentists
1,052.6 -4.7 -0.4 8.8 0.8 16.1 1.6 21.5 2.1
Offices of other health practitioners
1,239.0 9.5 0.8 20.7 1.7 34.2 2.8 61.0 5.2
Outpatient care centers
1,094.4 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.1 8.0 0.7 20.4 1.9
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
318.2 -0.2 -0.1 0.2 0.1 -3.3 -1.0 -5.4 -1.7
Home health care services
1,831.4 16.0 0.9 45.3 2.5 73.4 4.2 163.9 9.8
Other ambulatory health care services
363.0 -0.5 -0.1 2.4 0.7 7.2 2.0 9.9 2.8
Hospitals
5,633.6 19.3 0.3 47.8 0.9 90.2 1.6 213.4 3.9
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,327.2 11.9 0.4 33.6 1.0 50.7 1.5 110.5 3.4
Skilled nursing care facilities
1,484.7 3.9 0.3 13.6 0.9 18.0 1.2 41.2 2.9
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
680.0 3.9 0.6 8.1 1.2 11.2 1.7 29.2 4.5
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
994.3 2.5 0.3 9.3 0.9 15.8 1.6 29.6 3.1
Other residential care facilities
168.2 1.6 1.0 2.6 1.6 5.7 3.5 10.5 6.7
Social assistance
4,886.6 18.7 0.4 38.1 0.8 90.6 1.9 215.6 4.6
Individual and family services
3,303.9 17.2 0.5 34.8 1.1 90.9 2.8 195.7 6.3
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
231.0 -1.7 -0.7 -0.8 -0.3 1.1 0.5 6.6 2.9
Vocational rehabilitation services
288.8 1.6 0.6 -0.2 -0.1 -0.8 -0.3 3.1 1.1
Child care services
1,062.9 1.6 0.2 4.3 0.4 -0.5 0.0 10.3 1.0
Leisure and hospitality
17,069 53 0.3 116 0.7 167 1.0 294 1.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,690.2 18.4 0.7 25.0 0.9 42.0 1.6 112.4 4.4
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
652.9 9.7 1.5 7.0 1.1 29.6 4.7 48.6 8.0
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
180.2 1.0 0.6 2.3 1.3 1.7 1.0 4.1 2.3
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,857.1 7.7 0.4 15.7 0.9 10.7 0.6 59.7 3.3
Accommodation and food services
14,378.7 34.6 0.2 91.1 0.6 125.4 0.9 181.4 1.3
Accommodation
1,933.7 5.7 0.3 11.7 0.6 15.4 0.8 23.1 1.2
Food services and drinking places
12,445.0 28.9 0.2 79.4 0.6 110.0 0.9 158.3 1.3
Other services
5,930 8 0.1 14 0.2 23 0.4 66 1.1
Repair and maintenance
1,481.4 2.1 0.1 7.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 11.0 0.7
Personal and laundry services
1,568.1 4.1 0.3 4.3 0.3 16.2 1.0 19.1 1.2
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
2,880.4 1.6 0.1 2.6 0.1 6.7 0.2 35.7 1.3
Government
23,490 33 0.1 104 0.4 211 0.9 490 2.1
Federal
3,001 -2 -0.1 4 0.1 7 0.2 49 1.7
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,398.7 0.7 0.0 7.0 0.3 11.8 0.5 48.5 2.1
U.S. Postal Service
602.2 -2.7 -0.4 -3.4 -0.6 -5.0 -0.8 0.5 0.1
State government
5,534 20 0.4 61 1.1 105 1.9 151 2.8
State government education
2,681.3 11.6 0.4 36.6 1.4 48.8 1.9 56.7 2.2
State government, excluding education
2,852.9 9.0 0.3 24.2 0.9 56.4 2.0 94.4 3.4
Local government
14,955 15 0.1 39 0.3 99 0.7 290 2.0
Local government education
8,131.1 5.5 0.1 6.5 0.1 45.8 0.6 113.8 1.4
Local government, excluding education
6,824.2 9.5 0.1 32.5 0.5 53.5 0.8 176.8 2.7
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