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Employment by industry, monthly changes, with confidence intervals

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Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, July 2026, 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

-23 122.3 60 168.9 266 215.2 316 280.8

Total private

30 113.0 121 156.3 325 198.6 631 260.4

Goods-producing

25 37.7 42 56.7 60 77.0 65 100.7

Service providing

-48 115.4 18 159.6 206 198.6 251 260.4

Mining and logging

-2 5.0 -1 8.3 5 10.9 -3 14.9

Construction

22 27.0 29 43.0 26 58.3 82 77.7

Manufacturing

5 22.4 14 33.6 29 46.6 -14 63.5

Wholesale trade

4.7 19.7 10.5 29.0 17.8 39.2 10.8 50.0

Retail trade

-19.4 18.1 -18.1 26.1 14.7 42.9 10.7 53.0

Transportation and warehousing

9.7 20.0 -0.9 32.0 18.1 44.0 -63.3 58.4

Utilities

0.7 2.1 1.3 3.4 3.4 6.3 5.5 9.3

Information

11 15.2 -7 23.6 -35 32.3 -81 39.9

Financial activities

-14 17.8 -36 26.2 -57 33.5 -114 46.0

Professional and business services

18 47.2 58 66.8 110 81.4 115 97.8

Private education and health services

25 51.0 103 66.5 216 83.8 550 106.3

Leisure and hospitality

-40 53.9 -41 74.2 -35 94.5 83 115.6

Other services

9 21.3 9 27.4 12 34.9 49 40.8

Government

-53 46.7 -61 64.0 -59 82.9 -315 105.1

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