Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, August 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	162	122.3	214	168.9	639	215.2	603	280.8
Total private	127	113.0	224	156.3	637	198.6	815	260.4
Goods-producing	41	37.7	84	56.7	126	77.0	145	100.7
Service providing	121	115.4	130	159.6	513	198.6	458	260.4
Mining and logging	3	5.0	-2	8.3	8	10.9	2	14.9
Construction	22	27.0	43	43.0	63	58.3	120	77.7
Manufacturing	16	22.4	43	33.6	55	46.6	23	63.5
Wholesale trade	7.8	19.7	17.7	29.0	19.1	39.2	29.1	50.0
Retail trade	1.4	18.1	24.2	26.1	62.3	42.9	47.9	53.0
Transportation and warehousing	5.0	20.0	8.5	32.0	73.8	44.0	-51.5	58.4
Utilities	2.5	2.1	4.1	3.4	5.4	6.3	10.3	9.3
Information	-23	15.2	-37	23.6	-47	32.3	-115	39.9
Financial activities	-11	17.8	-20	26.2	-63	33.5	-99	46.0
Professional and business services	10	47.2	61	66.8	115	81.4	152	97.8
Private education and health services	29	51.0	91	66.5	277	83.8	539	106.3
Leisure and hospitality	62	53.9	-13	74.2	66	94.5	131	115.6
Other services	3	21.3	4	27.4	3	34.9	27	40.8
Government	35	46.7	-10	64.0	2	82.9	-212	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