Other Services (except Public Administration): NAICS 81

About the Other Services (except Public Administration) sector

The other services (except public administration) sector is part of the service-providing industries supersector group.

The other services (except public administration) sector consists of these subsectors:

• Repair and Maintenance: NAICS 811
• Personal and Laundry Services: NAICS 812
• Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations: NAICS 813
• Private Households: NAICS 814

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment and unemployment in other services (except public administration). While most data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys, information on industry unemployment comes from a national survey of households. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, the unemployment rate of those previously employed in the industry, job openings and labor turnover, union membership and representation, gross job gains and losses, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment, Unemployment, and Openings, Hires, and Separations

Data series	Back data	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024	Nov. 2024
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		5,916	5,922	(p)5,922	(p)5,930
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees (seasonally adjusted)		4,803	4,806	(p)4,815	(p)4,822
Unemployment
Unemployment rate		3.3%	2.8%	3.1%	3.0%
Job openings, hires, and separations (in thousands)
Job openings		309	308	(p)259
Hires		249	267	(p)260
Separations		310	251	(p)233
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Current Population Survey, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey)

Union Membership and Representation

Data series	Back data	2020	2021	2022	2023
Union membership and representation
Members of unions (percent of wage and salary workers)		2.5%	3.1%	2.8%	3.0%
Represented by unions (percent of wage and salary workers)		3.0%	3.7%	3.3%	3.6%

(Source: Current Population Survey)

Dynamic Changes in Employment

Data series	Back data	2nd quarter 2023	3rd quarter 2023	4th quarter 2023	1st quarter 2024
Dynamic changes in employment (in thousands)
Gross job gains		337	315	320	312
Gross job losses		298	303	290	298

(Source: Business Employment Dynamics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2023
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	239,300
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	64,700
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	265,640
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	90,610

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for other services (except public administration).

(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Earnings and Hours

This section presents data on employee earnings and weekly hours. The latest industry averages of hourly earnings and weekly hours, as well as weekly earnings by union membership status, are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in other services (except public administration). This section also contains information on the average cost of benefits paid by employers, as well as recent rates of change in wages and total compensation.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024	Nov. 2024
Average hourly earnings		$31.69	$31.70	(p)$31.80	(p)$31.83
Average weekly hours		32.2	32.3	(p)32.2	(p)32.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024	Nov. 2024
Average hourly earnings		$27.37	$27.50	(p)$27.62	(p)$27.65
Average weekly hours		31.3	31.3	(p)31.3	(p)31.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2023
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	$22.33	$23.70	$46,450	$49,300
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	$30.65	$32.52	$63,740	$67,640
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	$17.01	$20.35	$35,380	$42,330
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	$14.93	$15.17	$31,050	$31,550

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Employee Benefits

This section presents data on the incidence (the percentage of workers with access to and participation in employer-provided benefit plans) and provisions of selected employee benefits from the National Compensation Survey. More Benefits estimates are also accessible from the Benefits database, the archived NCS publications page, and the complete Employee Benefits Excel dataset (XLSX).

Data series	Access		Participation
	Back data	2024	Back data	2024
Private industry
Retirement benefit plans		53		38
Defined benefit plans		8		5
Defined contribution plans		49		35

(Source: Employee Benefits in the United States)

Data series	After 1 year of service		After 20 years of service
	Back data	2024	Back data	2024
Mean number of vacation days for private industry workers without consolidated leave plans		9		17

(Source: Employee Benefits in the United States)

Data series	Back data	2024
Percent of private industry workers with access to employer-sponsored benefits
Health care		55
Paid vacation		72
Paid sick leave		71

(Source: Employee Benefits in the United States)

Employer Compensation Costs

Data series	Back data	4th quarter 2023	1st quarter 2024	2nd quarter 2024	3rd quarter 2024
Private industry
12-month percent change
Total compensation		5.1%	5.3%	5.0%	4.5%
Wages and salaries		5.4%	5.6%	5.2%	4.7%
3-month percent change
Total compensation		0.6%	2.4%	0.9%	0.6%
Wages and salaries		0.7%	2.3%	1.0%	0.6%

(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)

Data series	Private industry
	Compensation component ($ per hour worked)		Percent of total compensation
	Back data	2nd quarter 2024	Back data	2nd quarter 2024
Total compensation		39.79		100.0
Wages and salaries		29.54		74.2
Total benefits		10.26		25.8
Insurance		2.31		5.8
Retirement		1.53		3.9
Paid leave		2.88		7.2

(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)

Union Membership and Representation

Data series	Back data	Median weekly earnings
		2020	2021	2022	2023
Union membership and representation
Full-time workers		$823	$858	$910	$923
Members of unions		$1,174	$1,200	$1,239	$1,151
Represented by unions		$1,143	$1,166	$1,231	$1,136
Nonunion		$812	$847	$899	$915

(Source: Current Population Survey)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in other services (except public administration). An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.

Data series	2019	2020	2021	2022
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	210	188	249	205
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Data series	2023
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	1.7
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	0.9
Cases involving days away from work	0.7
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.3
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments and the number of establishments experiencing job gains or job losses in other services (except public administration).

Establishments

Data series	Back data	3rd quarter 2023	4th quarter 2023	1st quarter 2024	2nd quarter 2024
Number of establishments
Private industry		882,190	885,454	(p)893,824	(p)902,502
Local government		2,092	2,102	(p)2,109	(p)2,116
State government		181	181	(p)180	(p)179
Federal government		165	166	(p)167	(p)170
Establishments with changes in employment (in thousands)
With job gains (seasonally adjusted)		129	135	125
With job losses (seasonally adjusted)		130	124	129
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Business Employment Dynamics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

This section presents productivity and related data for the industry, presented as the percent change from the previous year. Measures of total factor productivity (TFP) compare growth in output to the growth in a combination of inputs that include labor, capital, energy, materials, and services. Measures of labor productivity, or output per hour, compare the growth in output to the growth in hours worked.

Data series	Back data	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total factor productivity (TFP)		-1.1	-0.2	-1.0	-3.3
Output		-10.5	7.9	8.1	3.3
Combined inputs		-9.5	8.1	9.2	6.9
Capital input		1.4	1.0	3.1	3.6
Labor input		-12.3	6.5	7.5	1.7
Labor productivity, output per hour		4.4	0.0	0.6	1.3

(Source: Productivity)

 

Data extracted on: December 13, 2024