Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category	June 2023	Apr. 2024	May 2024(p)	June 2024(p)
EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	240	108	218	206
Total private	185	108	193	136
Goods-producing	42	-3	12	19
Mining and logging	0	-5	-4	0
Construction	33	-5	16	27
Manufacturing	9	7	0	-8
Durable goods(1)	19	3	-5	-10
Motor vehicles and parts	4.4	2.2	5.3	5.9
Nondurable goods	-10	4	5	2
Private service-providing	143	111	181	117
Wholesale trade	1.4	6.5	1.5	14.2
Retail trade	-5.5	14.2	7.1	-8.5
Transportation and warehousing	-12.1	20.8	12.2	7.3
Utilities	0.9	0.0	1.3	0.9
Information	-7	-3	5	6
Financial activities	9	-3	12	9
Professional and business services(1)	7	-17	31	-17
Temporary help services	-28.3	-23.7	-15.9	-48.9
Private education and health services(1)	77	98	81	82
Health care and social assistance	74.9	98.4	82.9	82.4
Leisure and hospitality	60	-9	22	7
Other services	12	4	8	16
Government	55	0	25	70

(3-month average change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	274	218	212	177
Total private	223	174	178	146

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES(2)
Total nonfarm women employees	49.8	49.8	49.8	49.8
Total private women employees	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees	81.3	81.4	81.4	81.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS ALL EMPLOYEES
Total private
Average weekly hours	34.4	34.3	34.3	34.3
Average hourly earnings	$33.70	$34.75	$34.90	$35.00
Average weekly earnings	$1,159.28	$1,191.93	$1,197.07	$1,200.50
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3)	115.1	116.2	116.4	116.5
Over-the-month percent change	0.2	-0.2	0.2	0.1
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4)	185.4	193.0	194.2	194.9
Over-the-month percent change	0.6	-0.1	0.6	0.4

DIFFUSION INDEX (Over 1-month span)(5)
Total private (250 industries)	57.2	55.4	56.4	59.6
Manufacturing (72 industries)	52.8	54.2	48.6	45.8
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 2023 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: July 05, 2024