Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category	Sept. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Sept. 2026(p)
EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	76	-10	133	29
Total private	68	28	89	46
Goods-producing	11	35	34	18
Mining and logging	-2	-3	3	-2
Construction	16	18	16	11
Manufacturing	-3	20	15	9
Durable goods(1)	-5	24	14	8
Motor vehicles and parts	-2.3	11.6	-7.3	1.6
Nondurable goods	2	-4	1	1
Private service-providing	57	-7	55	28
Wholesale trade	8.8	6.3	8.0	5.0
Retail trade	13.1	5.6	-5.1	5.8
Transportation and warehousing	-39.3	10.3	3.3	7.6
Utilities	0.0	1.1	2.1	0.5
Information	-1	4	-18	-10
Financial activities	4	-10	-9	-7
Professional and business services(1)	-16	-6	-5	-9
Temporary help services	-11.7	-10.0	0.2	-10.9
Private education and health services(1)	54	14	38	20
Health care and social assistance	55.3	13.3	35.1	23.0
Leisure and hospitality	37	-38	37	10
Other services	-3	6	3	6
Government	8	-38	44	-17

(3-month average change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	23	28	51	51
Total private	38	38	48	54

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	48.6	48.7	48.7
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees	81.5	81.6	81.6	81.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS ALL EMPLOYEES
Total private
Average weekly hours	34.2	34.3	34.4	34.4
Average hourly earnings	$36.70	$37.64	$37.76	$37.81
Average weekly earnings	$1,255.14	$1,291.05	$1,298.94	$1,300.66
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3)	115.9	116.7	117.2	117.2
Over-the-month percent change	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4)	203.4	210.1	211.5	211.9
Over-the-month percent change	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.2

DIFFUSION INDEX (Over 1-month span)(5)
Total private (250 industries)	50.4	54.4	57.6	49.0
Manufacturing (72 industries)	47.2	52.1	63.9	46.5
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: October 02, 2026