Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category Nov.
2017		 Sept.
2018		 Oct.
2018(p)		 Nov.
2018(p)

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY
(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

 216 119 237 155

Total private

 217 117 251 161

Goods-producing

 78 37 53 29

Mining and logging

 6 3 3 -3

Construction

 42 15 24 5

Manufacturing

 30 19 26 27

Durable goods(1)

 27 15 16 15

Motor vehicles and parts

 3.3 1.1 6.2 -0.8

Nondurable goods

 3 4 10 12

Private service-providing

 139 80 198 132

Wholesale trade

 10.0 2.7 9.3 9.5

Retail trade

 27.2 -26.8 -7.1 18.2

Transportation and warehousing

 12.1 24.7 15.7 25.4

Utilities

 0.1 0.2 1.2 0.2

Information

 -4 -7 8 -8

Financial activities

 9 17 12 6

Professional and business services(1)

 16 52 58 32

Temporary help services

 7.1 12.8 16.5 8.3

Education and health services(1)

 38 9 39 34

Health care and social assistance

 27.8 31.7 44.7 40.1

Leisure and hospitality

 20 5 56 15

Other services

 11 3 6 0

Government

 -1 2 -14 -6

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

 167 190 214 170

Total private

 170 174 212 176

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES
AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES(2)

Total nonfarm women employees

 49.5 49.7 49.7 49.7

Total private women employees

 48.1 48.3 48.3 48.3

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.3

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

 34.5 34.4 34.5 34.4

Average hourly earnings

 $26.54 $27.25 $27.29 $27.35

Average weekly earnings

 $915.63 $937.40 $941.51 $940.84

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3)

 108.3 109.7 110.3 110.1

Over-the-month percent change

 0.5 -0.3 0.5 -0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4)

 137.5 143.0 143.9 144.0

Over-the-month percent change

 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.1

DIFFUSION INDEX
(Over 1-month span)(5)

Total private (258 industries)

 66.1 61.0 64.7 58.3

Manufacturing (76 industries)

 63.2 65.1 61.8 63.8

Footnotes
(1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
(2) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries.
(3) The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours.
(4) The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average aggregate weekly payrolls.
(5) Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2017 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: December 07, 2018