1-year percent change in hours and output, and current employment level

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1-year percent change in hours and output, and current employment level, 2024
Industry	Hours	Output	Employment level
Utilities	2.9	1.8	591.3
Power generation and supply	2.5	0.4	413.1
Natural gas distribution	2.6	6.6	116.1
Water, sewage and other systems	7.1	4.8	62.1
Air transportation	4.6	4.5	563.2
Line-haul railroads	-3.2	1.6	143.9
Truck transportation	-3.0	1.5	1,727.3
General freight trucking	-4.0	1.6	1,253.0
General freight trucking, local	-2.8	0.3	356.1
General freight trucking, long-distance	-4.5	2.1	896.9
Specialized freight trucking	-0.4	1.0	474.3
Postal service	-0.6	-6.8	606.6
Couriers and messengers	0.8	-4.9	1,336.9
Warehousing and storage	0.4	-0.2	1,861.8
Publishing	-0.9	3.8	890.6
Newspaper publishers	-7.5	-4.1	89.9
Periodical publishers	-2.6	-0.5	69.0
Software publishers	0.0	3.8	647.6
Broadcasting, except Internet	-1.9	5.6	236.6
Radio and television broadcasting	-1.9	1.9	190.2
Cable and other subscription programming	-1.7	5.7	46.4
Wired telecommunications carriers	-0.6	-6.4	455.1
Wireless telecommunications carriers	-1.1	0.9	85.3
Commercial banking	-1.4	0.4	1,376.7
Truck, trailer, and RV rental and leasing	-6.6	-0.7	95.3
Accounting and bookkeeping services	0.0	-3.0	1,315.9
Engineering services	3.1	7.1	1,205.2
Travel arrangement and reservation services	-5.6	3.1	234.4
Medical and diagnostic laboratories	-3.1	5.0	325.1
Amusement parks and arcades	7.0	-3.2	236.2
Gambling industries	1.5	3.5	133.2
Accommodation	1.4	1.4	1,953.4
Traveler accommodation	1.9	1.3	1,862.0
Food services and drinking places	-0.1	1.1	12,494.4
Restaurants and other eating places	-0.4	1.6	11,121.0
Automotive repair and maintenance	1.9	-4.3	1,282.3
Drycleaning and laundry services	0.2	0.5	272.6