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Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category May
2020		 Mar.
2021		 Apr.
2021(p)		 May
2021(p)

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

Total nonfarm

 2,833 785 278 559

Total private

 3,345 724 219 492

Goods-producing

 691 159 -36 3

Mining and logging

 -21 15 1 0

Construction

 469 93 -5 -20

Manufacturing

 243 51 -32 23

Durable goods(1)

 139 28 -31 18

Motor vehicles and parts

 37.6 -0.3 -37.7 24.8

Nondurable goods

 104 23 -1 5

Private service-providing

 2,654 565 255 489

Wholesale trade

 22.6 18.9 6.2 19.9

Retail trade

 408.8 41.9 -30.2 -5.8

Transportation and warehousing

 -9.5 42.7 -52.7 22.9

Utilities

 -1.5 0.6 0.6 -0.2

Information

 -39 5 9 29

Financial activities

 17 13 16 -1

Professional and business services(1)

 165 74 -81 35

Temporary help services

 49.1 -5.8 -115.8 4.4

Education and health services(1)

 385 104 25 87

Health care and social assistance

 367.3 51.3 35.6 45.8

Leisure and hospitality

 1,455 227 328 292

Other services

 250 37 35 10

Government

 -512 61 59 67

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

 -6,510 518 533 541

Total private

 -6,003 489 522 478

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

Total nonfarm women employees

 49.1 49.7 49.8 49.8

Total private women employees

 47.6 48.4 48.4 48.4

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

 80.6 81.4 81.3 81.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

 34.7 34.9 34.9 34.9

Average hourly earnings

 $29.74 $29.97 $30.18 $30.33

Average weekly earnings

 $1,031.98 $1,045.95 $1,053.28 $1,058.52

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

 97.3 107.3 107.5 108.0

Over-the-month percent change

 4.6 1.4 0.2 0.5

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

 138.3 153.8 155.2 156.6

Over-the-month percent change

 3.4 1.4 0.9 0.9

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

Total private (257 industries)

 63.2 73.0 60.9 62.3

Manufacturing (75 industries)

 69.3 75.3 58.7 57.3

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 2020 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: June 04, 2021