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Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category Oct.
2022
Aug.
2023
Sept.
2023(p)
Oct.
2023(p)

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

Total nonfarm

324 165 297 150

Total private

299 114 246 99

Goods-producing

57 28 28 -11

Mining and logging

3 0 1 1

Construction

17 30 13 23

Manufacturing

37 -2 14 -35

Durable goods(1)

27 0 10 -36

Motor vehicles and parts

3.4 -3.7 8.9 -33.2

Nondurable goods

10 -2 4 1

Private service-providing

242 86 218 110

Wholesale trade

15.8 2.5 16.0 9.4

Retail trade

-5.6 -5.9 13.3 0.7

Transportation and warehousing

19.9 -26.9 12.5 -12.1

Utilities

1.3 2.4 1.5 0.8

Information

3 -22 -4 -9

Financial activities

18 1 2 -2

Professional and business services(1)

36 8 17 15

Temporary help services

10.2 -10.1 -8.9 6.6

Private education and health services(1)

85 105 78 89

Health care and social assistance

74.0 96.1 69.3 77.2

Leisure and hospitality

61 8 74 19

Other services

8 14 8 -1

Government

25 51 51 51

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

342 169 233 204

Total private

316 115 168 153

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

Total nonfarm women employees

49.8 49.8 49.8 49.9

Total private women employees

48.4 48.4 48.4 48.4

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

81.4 81.4 81.3 81.3

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

34.6 34.4 34.4 34.3

Average hourly earnings

$32.66 $33.82 $33.93 $34.00

Average weekly earnings

$1,130.04 $1,163.41 $1,167.19 $1,166.20

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

114.4 115.4 115.7 115.4

Over-the-month percent change

0.2 0.3 0.3 -0.3

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

178.7 186.7 187.6 187.6

Over-the-month percent change

0.6 0.6 0.5 0.0

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

Total private (250 industries)

65.2 60.0 61.4 52.0

Manufacturing (72 industries)

62.5 50.7 47.9 42.4

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 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: November 03, 2023