Employment by industry, monthly changes, with confidence intervals

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Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, January 2019, 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	304	107.4	722	185.5	1,389	248.5	2,807	301.0
Total private	296	99.9	702	174.2	1,341	233.9	2,675	283.7
Goods-producing	72	33.8	154	59.2	302	78.3	660	103.9
Service providing	232	101.0	568	175.8	1,087	236.5	2,147	282.0
Mining and logging	7	5.5	9	11.1	26	17.5	61	23.2
Construction	52	25.6	85	46.3	161	62.6	338	80.5
Manufacturing	13	19.7	60	34.1	115	44.1	261	59.3
Wholesale trade	4.7	12.9	26.9	23.6	55.0	41.8	80.3	57.2
Retail trade	20.8	21.6	41.3	36.9	11.3	66.5	26.3	76.7
Transportation and warehousing	26.6	17.3	45.3	28.1	116.6	44.4	219.1	53.2
Utilities	-0.5	2.1	-0.4	4.2	1.7	6.2	0.0	7.1
Information	-4	17.4	-11	27.7	-11	34.6	9	49.1
Financial activities	13	14.3	20	26.4	59	38.0	129	45.4
Professional and business services	30	47.5	93	83.9	259	122.1	546	146.2
Education and health services	55	38.5	151	61.7	273	75.8	522	95.6
Leisure and hospitality	74	50.5	168	89.7	240	117.7	410	132.0
Other services	4	18.5	14	32.8	34	38.3	73	48.9
Government	8	39.3	20	63.8	48	83.9	132	100.6
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