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Employment by industry, monthly changes, with confidence intervals

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Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, November 2024, seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Industry 1-month net change 1-month 90-percent confidence interval 3-month net change 3-month 90-percent confidence interval 6-month net change 6-month 90-percent confidence interval 12-month net change 12-month 90-percent confidence interval

Total nonfarm

227 134.4 518 205.6 858 276.2 2,274 374.1

Total private

194 124.3 414 191.2 647 251.5 1,784 341.0

Goods-producing

34 41.8 5 63.8 30 85.4 150 121.9

Service providing

193 125.3 513 195.7 828 260.9 2,124 350.7

Mining and logging

2 5.3 5 11.9 6 19.3 0 26.2

Construction

10 26.9 38 44.2 98 58.8 211 80.7

Manufacturing

22 28.2 -38 42.1 -74 59.1 -61 87.3

Wholesale trade

1.6 18.2 8.1 29.0 26.4 38.5 38.1 48.3

Retail trade

-28.0 24.4 -24.4 35.9 -62.0 60.9 52.0 80.7

Transportation and warehousing

3.4 20.6 7.2 31.7 27.2 49.1 88.3 67.5

Utilities

-0.1 2.7 1.5 5.9 3.1 8.8 10.5 14.6

Information

0 19.4 -5 39.8 -29 54.3 -13 75.6

Financial activities

17 19.4 29 31.5 45 46.5 53 62.3

Professional and business services

26 56.5 25 87.4 -37 114.7 85 146.8

Private education and health services

79 49.6 237 71.1 453 101.1 960 133.8

Leisure and hospitality

53 61.3 116 89.9 167 122.2 294 173.0

Other services

8 22.5 14 32.1 23 48.1 66 57.3

Government

33 51.1 104 75.7 211 114.1 490 154.0

Note: Significant changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level. The variance for total nonfarm is an approximation because government and rail transportation are not based on a probability sample