Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category	Nov. 2024	Sept. 2025	Oct. 2025(p)	Nov. 2025(p)
EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	261	108	-105	64
Total private	244	104	52	69
Goods-producing	28	17	-9	19
Mining and logging	2	-3	1	-4
Construction	6	25	-1	28
Manufacturing	20	-5	-9	-5
Durable goods(1)	27	-5	-7	-4
Motor vehicles and parts	-0.9	-4.1	-2.0	-4.9
Nondurable goods	-7	0	-2	-1
Private service-providing	216	87	61	50
Wholesale trade	5.1	8.9	2.3	-2.2
Retail trade	-13.5	23.4	-2.4	6.2
Transportation and warehousing	27.7	-33.4	-0.5	-17.7
Utilities	-0.3	-0.2	0.3	1.0
Information	5	-3	-5	-4
Financial activities	16	6	-3	-2
Professional and business services(1)	37	-8	-7	12
Temporary help services	30.0	-6.2	-12.7	-5.0
Private education and health services(1)	73	56	59	65
Health care and social assistance	78.9	59.1	64.6	64.0
Leisure and hospitality	54	42	16	-12
Other services	12	-5	2	3
Government	17	4	-157	-5

(3-month average change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	182	51	-8	22
Total private	150	57	55	75

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES(2)
Total nonfarm women employees	49.9	49.9	49.9	49.9
Total private women employees	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees	81.4	81.5	81.5	81.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS ALL EMPLOYEES
Total private
Average weekly hours	34.3	34.2	34.2	34.3
Average hourly earnings	$35.61	$36.65	$36.81	$36.86
Average weekly earnings	$1,221.42	$1,253.43	$1,258.90	$1,264.30
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3)	116.3	116.8	116.8	117.2
Over-the-month percent change	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4)	198.0	204.6	205.6	206.6
Over-the-month percent change	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.5

DIFFUSION INDEX (Over 1-month span)(5)
Total private (250 industries)	58.6	54.6	51.2	56.8
Manufacturing (72 industries)	47.9	50.0	43.8	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 2024 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: December 16, 2025