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Employment by industry, monthly changes, with confidence intervals

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Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, February 2024, 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

275 134.4 794 205.6 1,387 276.2 2,748 374.1

Total private

223 124.3 614 191.2 1,060 251.5 2,119 341.0

Goods-producing

19 41.8 76 63.8 129 85.4 246 121.9

Service providing

256 125.3 718 195.7 1,258 260.9 2,502 350.7

Mining and logging

0 5.3 0 11.9 -4 19.3 7 26.2

Construction

23 26.9 60 44.2 110 58.8 215 80.7

Manufacturing

-4 28.2 16 42.1 23 59.1 24 87.3

Wholesale trade

-1.2 18.2 2.9 29.0 33.4 38.5 68.0 48.3

Retail trade

18.7 24.4 66.2 35.9 42.8 60.9 29.8 80.7

Transportation and warehousing

19.7 20.6 -27.5 31.7 -37.3 49.1 -76.6 67.5

Utilities

3.2 2.7 7.5 5.9 12.6 8.8 19.8 14.6

Information

2 19.4 21 39.8 23 54.3 -29 75.6

Financial activities

1 19.4 6 31.5 10 46.5 87 62.3

Professional and business services

9 56.5 62 87.4 66 114.7 152 146.8

Private education and health services

85 49.6 276 71.1 544 101.1 1,055 133.8

Leisure and hospitality

58 61.3 107 89.9 201 122.2 470 173.0

Other services

9 22.5 17 32.1 35 48.1 97 57.3

Government

52 51.1 180 75.7 327 114.1 629 154.0

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