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Employment change by industry, January 2026, 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
603 -2 -0.3 -3 -0.5 -7 -1.1 -19 -3.1
Logging
37.2 -0.4 -1.1 -1.4 -3.6 -2.7 -6.8 -3.8 -9.3
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
566.0 -0.9 -0.2 -1.3 -0.2 -4.2 -0.7 -15.4 -2.6
Oil and gas extraction
115.3 -1.2 -1.0 -0.4 -0.3 -1.9 -1.6 -4.5 -3.8
Mining (except oil and gas)
188.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.3 -0.2 -1.3 -0.7
Coal mining
39.5 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0.5 -0.1 -0.3 -1.0 -2.5
Metal ore mining
45.9 -0.2 -0.4 1.0 2.2 1.4 3.1 0.4 0.9
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
102.7 0.2 0.2 -1.2 -1.2 -1.7 -1.6 -0.8 -0.8
Support activities for mining
262.5 0.2 0.1 -1.0 -0.4 -2.0 -0.8 -9.6 -3.5
Construction
8,308 33 0.4 65 0.8 47 0.6 44 0.5
Construction of buildings
1,855.4 3.9 0.2 11.8 0.6 1.8 0.1 -4.3 -0.2
Residential building construction
925.1 0.3 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -3.0 -0.3 -12.2 -1.3
Nonresidential building construction
930.3 3.6 0.4 12.0 1.3 4.8 0.5 7.9 0.9
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,195.8 -0.8 -0.1 12.3 1.0 13.2 1.1 21.7 1.8
Specialty trade contractors
5,257.1 30.7 0.6 41.4 0.8 32.7 0.6 26.7 0.5
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,370.2 5.6 0.2 2.0 0.1 -9.5 -0.4 -31.4 -1.3
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,886.9 25.1 0.9 39.4 1.4 42.2 1.5 58.1 2.1
Manufacturing
12,590 5 0.0 -13 -0.1 -35 -0.3 -83 -0.7
Durable goods
7,809 9 0.1 4 0.1 -25 -0.3 -49 -0.6
Wood product manufacturing
396.4 0.6 0.2 -3.4 -0.9 -7.5 -1.9 -12.7 -3.1
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
416.6 1.7 0.4 -1.4 -0.3 -0.6 -0.1 0.1 0.0
Primary metal manufacturing
364.5 0.9 0.2 1.9 0.5 -0.1 0.0 0.6 0.2
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,439.0 -0.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 4.3 0.3 5.3 0.4
Machinery manufacturing
1,085.7 1.3 0.1 1.1 0.1 0.7 0.1 -10.9 -1.0
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
989.0 -0.2 0.0 -1.7 -0.2 -6.8 -0.7 -18.6 -1.8
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
99.1 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 -0.5 -0.5 -2.8 -2.7
Communications equipment manufacturing
80.6 0.2 0.2 -0.5 -0.6 1.4 1.8 1.8 2.3
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
368.6 -1.2 -0.3 -0.9 -0.2 -9.7 -2.6 -18.8 -4.9
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
412.3 -0.7 -0.2 -1.1 -0.3 2.3 0.6 2.3 0.6
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing
28.4 0.6 2.2 -0.1 -0.4 -0.3 -1.0 -1.2 -4.1
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
433.3 1.4 0.3 3.5 0.8 4.6 1.1 6.9 1.6
Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,740.7 4.8 0.3 9.7 0.6 -10.7 -0.6 -12.0 -0.7
Motor vehicles and parts
954.8 0.9 0.1 -0.8 -0.1 -20.6 -2.1 -20.7 -2.1
Furniture and related product manufacturing
333.3 -0.8 -0.2 -4.5 -1.3 -6.9 -2.0 -4.1 -1.2
Miscellaneous manufacturing
610.5 -0.5 -0.1 -1.0 -0.2 -2.0 -0.3 -3.7 -0.6
Nondurable goods
4,781 -4 -0.1 -17 -0.4 -10 -0.2 -34 -0.7
Food manufacturing
1,782.0 0.8 0.0 -3.0 -0.2 -2.8 -0.2 2.8 0.2
Textile mills
79.9 -1.0 -1.2 -1.7 -2.1 -0.9 -1.1 -3.6 -4.3
Textile product mills
94.5 0.5 0.5 1.6 1.7 3.9 4.3 -0.3 -0.3
Apparel manufacturing
73.4 -1.8 -2.4 -4.7 -6.0 -5.6 -7.1 -8.4 -10.3
Paper manufacturing
354.6 1.1 0.3 -2.0 -0.6 -0.8 -0.2 0.7 0.2
Printing and related support activities
340.1 -0.1 0.0 0.5 0.1 -2.7 -0.8 -9.0 -2.6
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
108.2 -1.4 -1.3 -0.8 -0.7 -1.2 -1.1 -2.4 -2.2
Chemical manufacturing
899.0 -1.8 -0.2 -4.6 -0.5 -1.1 -0.1 0.4 0.0
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
697.8 -0.1 0.0 -4.0 -0.6 -4.5 -0.6 -9.4 -1.3
Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing
351.0 -0.4 -0.1 1.3 0.4 5.0 1.4 -5.3 -1.5
Wholesale trade
6,042.7 -0.4 0.0 -11.9 -0.2 -8.9 -0.1 -30.6 -0.5
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
3,396.6 -2.7 -0.1 -4.4 -0.1 -2.6 -0.1 -3.0 -0.1
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
2,206.3 2.6 0.1 -6.8 -0.3 -2.9 -0.1 -7.5 -0.3
Wholesale trade agents and brokers
439.8 -0.3 -0.1 -0.7 -0.2 -3.4 -0.8 -20.1 -4.4
Retail trade
15,402.9 1.2 0.0 -35.1 -0.2 -27.3 -0.2 -56.4 -0.4
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
2,052.8 2.6 0.1 5.4 0.3 8.1 0.4 2.2 0.1
Automobile dealers
1,295.0 2.9 0.2 2.9 0.2 2.8 0.2 4.9 0.4
Other motor vehicle dealers
162.0 -0.8 -0.5 3.5 2.2 5.4 3.4 -3.0 -1.8
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers
595.8 0.5 0.1 -1.0 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1,354.6 -19.5 -1.4 -11.4 -0.8 -21.3 -1.5 -35.6 -2.6
Food and beverage retailers
3,256.7 7.7 0.2 -9.3 -0.3 2.6 0.1 12.9 0.4
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers
766.1 -2.6 -0.3 1.3 0.2 -6.5 -0.8 -21.5 -2.7
General merchandise retailers
3,235.2 18.7 0.6 0.8 0.0 -0.3 0.0 -13.2 -0.4
Health and personal care retailers
1,037.9 3.9 0.4 -12.2 -1.2 -24.7 -2.3 -29.4 -2.8
Gasoline stations and fuel dealers
1,062.5 2.8 0.3 5.5 0.5 11.2 1.1 18.0 1.7
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers
1,126.8 -14.1 -1.2 -24.6 -2.1 -13.1 -1.1 -2.6 -0.2
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers
1,510.3 1.7 0.1 9.4 0.6 16.7 1.1 12.8 0.9
Transportation and warehousing
6,548.0 -11.2 -0.2 -71.1 -1.1 -111.4 -1.7 -116.9 -1.8
Air transportation
570.1 -0.9 -0.2 -0.7 -0.1 -2.2 -0.4 5.1 0.9
Rail transportation
153.0 0.6 0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -1.8 -1.2 -3.7 -2.4
Water transportation
72.9 0.9 1.3 2.1 3.0 2.2 3.1 3.4 4.9
Truck transportation
1,462.6 -4.3 -0.3 -10.0 -0.7 -19.9 -1.3 -30.5 -2.0
Transit and ground passenger transportation
494.1 -1.8 -0.4 2.2 0.4 3.8 0.8 5.2 1.1
Pipeline transportation
55.2 -2.3 -4.0 -1.6 -2.8 -1.2 -2.1 0.4 0.7
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
32.5 -0.9 -2.7 -3.0 -8.5 -4.1 -11.2 1.6 5.2
Support activities for transportation
826.2 6.0 0.7 -4.0 -0.5 -8.0 -1.0 -5.3 -0.6
Couriers and messengers
1,054.4 -2.4 -0.2 -42.9 -3.9 -37.9 -3.5 -38.9 -3.6
Warehousing and storage
1,827.0 -6.1 -0.3 -12.9 -0.7 -42.3 -2.3 -54.2 -2.9
Utilities
606.2 1.0 0.2 4.3 0.7 3.6 0.6 9.2 1.5
Information
2,834 -12 -0.4 -19 -0.7 -27 -0.9 -43 -1.5
Motion picture and sound recording industries
360.9 13.9 4.0 12.9 3.7 5.9 1.7 -6.1 -1.7
Publishing industries
906.9 1.3 0.1 3.4 0.4 -2.5 -0.3 0.3 0.0
Broadcasting and content providers
335.9 -4.8 -1.4 -6.9 -2.0 -6.5 -1.9 -2.7 -0.8
Telecommunications
584.1 -15.0 -2.5 -10.0 -1.7 -9.1 -1.5 -17.6 -2.9
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
468.1 -4.3 -0.9 -12.6 -2.6 -11.9 -2.5 -13.2 -2.7
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
178.4 -2.4 -1.3 -5.3 -2.9 -2.8 -1.5 -3.1 -1.7
Financial activities
9,162 -22 -0.2 -22 -0.2 -42 -0.5 -25 -0.3
Finance and insurance
6,721.5 -12.3 -0.2 -16.3 -0.2 -25.8 -0.4 -9.7 -0.1
Monetary authorities-central bank
18.8 -0.2 -1.1 -0.7 -3.6 -0.8 -4.1 -1.3 -6.5
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,561.8 -3.9 -0.2 -1.3 -0.1 -5.4 -0.2 -2.4 -0.1
Depository credit intermediation
1,789.2 0.3 0.0 1.7 0.1 4.9 0.3 7.0 0.4
Commercial banking
1,371.5 -0.6 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 -5.5 -0.4
Nondepository credit intermediation
495.8 -0.9 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 -6.2 -1.2 -8.3 -1.6
Activities related to credit intermediation
276.8 -3.3 -1.2 -2.6 -0.9 -4.0 -1.4 -1.2 -0.4
Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities
1,160.5 3.1 0.3 12.8 1.1 16.6 1.5 36.8 3.3
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,980.4 -11.3 -0.4 -27.1 -0.9 -36.2 -1.2 -42.8 -1.4
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,440.6 -9.8 -0.4 -5.2 -0.2 -15.8 -0.6 -15.6 -0.6
Real estate
1,855.3 -4.4 -0.2 2.6 0.1 -0.4 0.0 -2.1 -0.1
Rental and leasing services
563.8 -5.3 -0.9 -7.6 -1.3 -15.1 -2.6 -12.9 -2.2
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
21.5 -0.1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.9 -0.3 -1.4 -0.6 -2.7
Professional and business services
22,440 34 0.2 105 0.5 37 0.2 -40 -0.2
Professional, scientific, and technical services
10,815.4 27.3 0.3 61.3 0.6 42.9 0.4 22.7 0.2
Legal services
1,236.6 5.5 0.4 8.2 0.7 13.1 1.1 26.8 2.2
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
1,135.5 1.9 0.2 9.1 0.8 8.8 0.8 10.4 0.9
Architectural, engineering, and related services
1,749.8 4.6 0.3 13.0 0.7 16.7 1.0 33.3 1.9
Specialized design services
148.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.5 -0.5 -0.3 -0.8 -0.5
Computer systems design and related services
2,380.0 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.0 -15.7 -0.7 -46.3 -1.9
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
1,876.7 5.0 0.3 16.7 0.9 17.7 1.0 17.5 0.9
Scientific research and development services
916.9 3.3 0.4 10.0 1.1 -3.2 -0.3 -17.0 -1.8
Advertising, public relations, and related services
479.9 -2.2 -0.5 -1.2 -0.2 -3.6 -0.7 -7.0 -1.4
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
891.9 8.3 0.9 4.4 0.5 9.3 1.1 5.6 0.6
Management of companies and enterprises
2,621.3 -2.5 -0.1 -3.9 -0.1 -3.8 -0.1 5.7 0.2
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
9,003.6 10.0 0.1 47.7 0.5 -1.3 0.0 -67.7 -0.7
Administrative and support services
8,482.5 9.5 0.1 47.5 0.6 -0.7 0.0 -67.6 -0.8
Office administrative services
613.2 -4.1 -0.7 -1.8 -0.3 -6.2 -1.0 -8.9 -1.4
Facilities support services
181.2 1.2 0.7 -1.2 -0.7 2.0 1.1 0.2 0.1
Employment services
3,182.8 14.1 0.4 45.1 1.4 -0.9 0.0 -59.9 -1.8
Temporary help services
2,480.1 9.1 0.4 28.3 1.2 -14.1 -0.6 -59.2 -2.3
Business support services
630.8 -5.9 -0.9 -12.6 -2.0 -19.1 -2.9 -35.4 -5.3
Travel arrangement and reservation services
182.0 -3.9 -2.1 -6.8 -3.6 -5.9 -3.1 -3.8 -2.0
Investigation and security services
1,046.8 0.6 0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.4 0.0 10.1 1.0
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,311.5 5.3 0.2 24.4 1.1 25.9 1.1 18.3 0.8
Other support services
334.1 2.1 0.6 3.3 1.0 2.9 0.9 11.7 3.6
Waste management and remediation services
521.1 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.0 -0.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.0
Private education and health services
27,779 137 0.5 246 0.9 367 1.3 773 2.9
Private educational services
4,060.4 13.2 0.3 13.2 0.3 8.4 0.2 15.1 0.4
Health care
18,380.7 81.9 0.4 165.3 0.9 254.1 1.4 436.9 2.4
Ambulatory health care services
9,174.2 50.3 0.6 92.8 1.0 144.3 1.6 198.2 2.2
Offices of physicians
3,057.4 17.8 0.6 27.5 0.9 46.9 1.6 78.4 2.6
Offices of dentists
1,057.5 1.5 0.1 5.5 0.5 5.1 0.5 4.7 0.4
Offices of other health practitioners
1,335.6 9.5 0.7 20.2 1.5 23.5 1.8 47.1 3.7
Outpatient care centers
1,192.6 3.7 0.3 11.2 0.9 13.0 1.1 29.6 2.5
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
312.5 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.0 2.4 0.8 6.6 2.2
Home health care services
1,848.2 17.1 0.9 24.7 1.4 49.0 2.7 20.4 1.1
Other ambulatory health care services
370.4 1.1 0.3 3.5 1.0 4.3 1.2 11.3 3.1
Hospitals
5,735.6 18.3 0.3 45.4 0.8 67.2 1.2 149.1 2.7
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,470.9 13.3 0.4 27.1 0.8 42.6 1.2 89.6 2.6
Skilled nursing care facilities
1,575.6 6.0 0.4 16.9 1.1 23.1 1.5 52.9 3.5
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
703.6 2.4 0.3 6.4 0.9 12.0 1.7 21.8 3.2
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
1,019.5 3.9 0.4 3.0 0.3 6.9 0.7 10.8 1.1
Other residential care facilities
172.3 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.5 4.2 2.5
Social assistance
5,337.4 41.6 0.8 67.0 1.3 103.9 2.0 320.8 6.4
Individual and family services
3,715.6 38.3 1.0 50.4 1.4 96.4 2.7 313.3 9.2
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
235.8 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.3 1.6 0.7 1.5 0.6
Vocational rehabilitation services
280.7 -2.3 -0.8 2.6 0.9 -2.8 -1.0 -4.7 -1.6
Child care services
1,105.3 4.5 0.4 13.3 1.2 8.7 0.8 10.8 1.0
Leisure and hospitality
16,982 1 0.0 34 0.2 134 0.8 150 0.9
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,661.9 -15.6 -0.6 -35.7 -1.3 -33.8 -1.3 9.6 0.4
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
586.0 -16.2 -2.7 -19.0 -3.1 -21.5 -3.5 -2.6 -0.4
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
183.8 1.3 0.7 2.8 1.5 5.0 2.8 4.4 2.5
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,892.1 -0.7 0.0 -19.5 -1.0 -17.3 -0.9 7.8 0.4
Accommodation and food services
14,320.3 17.2 0.1 69.6 0.5 168.4 1.2 140.2 1.0
Accommodation
1,930.5 -10.6 -0.5 6.3 0.3 2.6 0.1 -13.4 -0.7
Food services and drinking places
12,389.8 27.8 0.2 63.3 0.5 165.8 1.4 153.6 1.3
Other services
6,028 7 0.1 29 0.5 39 0.7 53 0.9
Repair and maintenance
1,470.1 -2.2 -0.1 0.8 0.1 3.7 0.3 6.5 0.4
Personal and laundry services
1,609.0 3.9 0.2 11.2 0.7 12.9 0.8 15.3 1.0
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
2,949.0 5.1 0.2 16.7 0.6 22.6 0.8 31.2 1.1
Government
23,301 -42 -0.2 -89 -0.4 -284 -1.2 -256 -1.1
Federal
2,686 -34 -1.3 -62 -2.3 -249 -8.5 -324 -10.8
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,093.4 -32.8 -1.5 -63.4 -2.9 -245.8 -10.5 -312.3 -13.0
U.S. Postal Service
592.8 -0.5 -0.1 1.6 0.3 -2.7 -0.5 -11.3 -1.9
State government
5,453 -18 -0.3 -40 -0.7 -51 -0.9 -72 -1.3
State government education
2,590.6 -7.3 -0.3 -31.8 -1.2 -36.1 -1.4 -62.5 -2.4
State government, excluding education
2,862.6 -10.3 -0.4 -8.1 -0.3 -14.7 -0.5 -9.1 -0.3
Local government
15,162 10 0.1 13 0.1 16 0.1 140 0.9
Local government education
8,233.5 -0.1 0.0 -6.1 -0.1 9.1 0.1 50.0 0.6
Local government, excluding education
6,928.3 9.7 0.1 18.6 0.3 6.7 0.1 89.7 1.3
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