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Employment by industry, monthly changes, with confidence intervals

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Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, November 2023, 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

199 131.5 611 207.3 1,117 285.4 2,791 377.5

Total private

150 122.7 434 193.5 779 263.1 2,148 346.7

Goods-producing

29 38.5 40 59.4 112 81.7 237 118.8

Service providing

170 124.2 571 198.7 1,005 272.9 2,554 358.6

Mining and logging

-1 5.5 0 13.3 1 22.5 20 30.1

Construction

2 24.6 36 39.8 107 55.3 200 76.4

Manufacturing

28 27.2 4 40.1 4 55.4 17 85.6

Wholesale trade

8.3 16.2 35.1 31.9 46.3 42.6 81.2 53.3

Retail trade

-38.4 24.6 -41.4 38.7 -57.4 64.9 39.6 85.5

Transportation and warehousing

-5.0 18.2 -5.0 28.5 -57.8 45.0 -23.8 60.8

Utilities

0.1 2.7 2.7 6.0 4.4 9.3 5.1 15.6

Information

10 21.7 -15 56.0 -66 80.7 -104 99.8

Financial activities

4 17.6 -1 28.7 17 46.9 55 64.1

Professional and business services

-9 57.3 -24 88.8 -46 116.4 180 154.6

Private education and health services

99 48.2 268 73.1 556 95.0 1,037 126.1

Leisure and hospitality

40 62.1 158 94.5 230 134.1 529 179.9

Other services

12 23.9 17 35.2 41 51.0 112 64.0

Government

49 47.2 177 74.2 338 110.5 643 149.4

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