Employment by industry, monthly changes, with confidence intervals

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Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, October 2018, 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	250	114.6	654	210.5	1,295	265.7	2,516	308.7
Total private	246	106.9	634	198.7	1,223	248.9	2,450	288.4
Goods-producing	67	35.8	158	67.2	291	85.6	691	97.9
Service providing	183	106.8	496	199.2	1,004	252.3	1,825	292.6
Mining and logging	5	6.0	16	13.3	26	18.4	65	21.6
Construction	30	26.4	81	52.0	138	68.7	330	72.5
Manufacturing	32	20.5	61	38.8	127	49.3	296	58.7
Wholesale trade	9.1	13.7	33.0	26.4	65.0	36.2	93.9	45.9
Retail trade	2.4	22.7	-20.9	48.2	-31.6	76.4	36.6	81.3
Transportation and warehousing	24.8	19.4	68.7	39.1	107.7	53.2	183.7	55.0
Utilities	1.2	2.3	2.2	5.5	-2.9	8.5	-1.7	9.7
Information	7	17.1	-1	32.7	1	39.3	-15	54.8
Financial activities	7	14.7	31	28.5	58	40.8	115	47.8
Professional and business services	35	49.2	135	95.0	270	130.2	516	156.3
Education and health services	44	40.3	137	68.6	282	81.9	499	101.1
Leisure and hospitality	42	52.9	72	100.5	148	115.7	254	129.9
Other services	7	19.4	19	34.9	35	39.2	78	47.7
Government	4	41.2	20	69.5	72	93.0	66	110.1
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