Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category Sept.
2017		 July
2018		 Aug.
2018(p)		 Sept.
2018(p)

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

Total nonfarm

 14 165 270 134

Total private

 16 137 254 121

Goods-producing

 15 41 37 46

Mining and logging

 0 0 6 5

Construction

 9 19 26 23

Manufacturing

 6 22 5 18

Durable goods(1)

 5 21 5 17

Motor vehicles and parts

 -2.4 -1.0 1.6 -0.4

Nondurable goods

 1 1 0 1

Private service-providing

 1 96 217 75

Wholesale trade

 7.6 10.3 21.3 4.4

Retail trade

 1.8 2.0 11.5 -20.0

Transportation and warehousing

 25.4 8.2 21.3 23.8

Utilities

 0.4 -3.0 0.6 0.1

Information

 -8 1 -3 0

Financial activities

 8 3 12 13

Professional and business services(1)

 27 39 65 54

Temporary help services

 10.5 10.3 12.4 10.6

Education and health services(1)

 14 36 58 18

Health care and social assistance

 10.2 33.0 42.4 29.8

Leisure and hospitality

 -75 13 21 -17

Other services

 0 -13 9 -1

Government

 -2 28 16 13

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

 142 214 214 190

Total private

 137 196 194 171

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

Total nonfarm women employees

 49.5 49.7 49.7 49.7

Total private women employees

 48.1 48.3 48.3 48.3

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

 34.3 34.5 34.5 34.5

Average hourly earnings

 $26.51 $27.07 $27.16 $27.24

Average weekly earnings

 $909.29 $933.92 $937.02 $939.78

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

 107.3 109.7 110.0 110.1

Over-the-month percent change

 -0.3 -0.2 0.3 0.1

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

 136.0 142.0 142.8 143.3

Over-the-month percent change

 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.4

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

Total private (258 industries)

 57.0 59.7 63.6 60.9

Manufacturing (76 industries)

 54.6 59.9 61.8 62.5

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 2017 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: October 05, 2018