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Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, October 2020, 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
638
108.9
2,803
173.2
12,070
244.7
-9,180
304.4
Total private
906
102.2
2,826
163.0
12,317
229.7
-8,064
285.5
Goods-producing
123
31.1
273
50.4
1,500
69.3
-888
99.2
Service providing
515
104.5
2,530
166.0
10,570
234.7
-8,292
286.8
Mining and logging
1
6.0
2
12.2
-31
20.3
-113
26.3
Construction
84
22.5
143
36.5
789
52.2
-196
74.7
Manufacturing
38
19.0
128
30.6
742
40.0
-579
59.5
Wholesale trade
6.4
12.5
37.7
27.2
93.6
45.1
-292.7
62.0
Retail trade
103.7
20.6
388.1
32.2
1,885.9
55.8
-471.2
68.7
Transportation and warehousing
63.2
14.9
188.9
23.2
299.0
35.5
-228.0
47.1
Utilities
-1.5
2.0
0.6
3.5
-2.9
5.8
-6.8
7.5
Information
-3
16.8
67
38.1
23
55.2
-233
63.0
Financial activities
31
13.9
96
22.4
150
33.2
-76
45.6
Professional and business services
208
47.3
514
72.8
1,147
108.1
-1,043
136.7
Education and health services
57
42.3
281
61.5
1,455
72.4
-1,103
94.1
Leisure and hospitality
271
54.8
815
88.6
4,832
126.3
-3,320
144.7
Other services
47
20.8
165
32.2
934
39.5
-402
51.8
Government
-268
37.7
-23
58.6
-247
84.5
-1,116
105.6
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
United States Department of Labor
