Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category	Oct. 2025	Aug. 2026	Sept. 2026(p)	Oct. 2026(p)
EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	-140	186	60	165
Total private	13	142	78	159
Goods-producing	-20	40	27	15
Mining and logging	1	2	-2	-1
Construction	-12	17	16	-3
Manufacturing	-9	21	13	19
Durable goods(1)	-9	18	9	25
Motor vehicles and parts	-5.3	-6.6	-0.2	4.1
Nondurable goods	0	3	4	-6
Private service-providing	33	102	51	144
Wholesale trade	2.8	4.5	8.1	-9.1
Retail trade	-15.4	3.4	12.7	6.0
Transportation and warehousing	0.6	6.1	7.4	24.8
Utilities	0.5	2.1	0.4	0.1
Information	-6	-21	-11	-1
Financial activities	-5	-6	-14	7
Professional and business services(1)	-24	30	8	70
Temporary help services	-19.8	15.5	-5.6	18.6
Private education and health services(1)	44	37	21	53
Health care and social assistance	47.6	29.2	19.8	55.1
Leisure and hospitality	41	42	13	-13
Other services	-6	4	5	6
Government	-153	44	-18	6

(3-month average change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	-45	69	79	137
Total private	20	65	83	126

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES(2)
Total nonfarm women employees	50.0	50.1	50.1	50.1
Total private women employees	48.5	48.7	48.6	48.6
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees	81.4	81.6	81.6	81.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS ALL EMPLOYEES
Total private
Average weekly hours	34.2	34.4	34.4	34.4
Average hourly earnings	$36.85	$37.76	$37.86	$38.00
Average weekly earnings	$1,260.27	$1,298.94	$1,302.38	$1,307.20
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3)	115.9	117.2	117.3	117.4
Over-the-month percent change	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.1
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4)	204.2	211.6	212.3	213.3
Over-the-month percent change	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.5

DIFFUSION INDEX (Over 1-month span)(5)
Total private (250 industries)	48.6	59.4	54.2	57.6
Manufacturing (72 industries)	45.8	68.8	51.4	62.5
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 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: November 06, 2026