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Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category Dec.
2018		 Oct.
2019		 Nov.
2019(p)		 Dec.
2019(p)

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

Total nonfarm

 227 152 256 145

Total private

 224 164 243 139

Goods-producing

 40 -29 52 -1

Mining and logging

 4 2 -8 -9

Construction

 16 14 2 20

Manufacturing

 20 -45 58 -12

Durable goods(1)

 14 -51 48 -7

Motor vehicles and parts

 1.2 -43.6 39.3 -0.8

Nondurable goods

 6 6 10 -5

Private service-providing

 184 193 191 140

Wholesale trade

 12.5 10.7 -2.5 8.3

Retail trade

 -5.9 30.9 -14.1 41.2

Transportation and warehousing

 -1.1 2.8 11.9 -10.4

Utilities

 -0.2 -1.4 1.2 0.8

Information

 -2 0 8 3

Financial activities

 1 16 14 6

Professional and business services(1)

 37 35 53 10

Temporary help services

 13.5 -5.4 4.0 6.4

Education and health services(1)

 67 31 72 36

Health care and social assistance

 52.9 37.8 63.8 33.9

Leisure and hospitality

 65 70 38 40

Other services

 11 -2 10 5

Government

 3 -12 13 6

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

 233 188 200 184

Total private

 236 170 197 182

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

Total nonfarm women employees

 49.7 50.0 50.0 50.0

Total private women employees

 48.3 48.6 48.6 48.7

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

 82.4 82.2 82.2 82.2

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

 34.5 34.3 34.3 34.3

Average hourly earnings

 $27.53 $28.20 $28.29 $28.32

Average weekly earnings

 $949.79 $967.26 $970.35 $971.38

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

 110.7 111.4 111.6 111.7

Over-the-month percent change

 0.5 -0.1 0.2 0.1

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

 145.6 150.1 150.9 151.2

Over-the-month percent change

 0.8 0.1 0.5 0.2

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

Total private (258 industries)

 65.9 55.2 65.7 57.0

Manufacturing (76 industries)

 65.1 38.2 65.8 44.7

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 2018 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: January 10, 2020