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Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail
 [In thousands]
Industry Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Feb.
2022		 Dec.
2022		 Jan.
2023(p)		 Feb.
2023(p)		 Feb.
2022		 Dec.
2022		 Jan.
2023(p)		 Feb.
2023(p)		 Change from:
Jan.2023 - Feb.2023(p)

Total nonfarm

 149,606 155,344 152,836 153,955 151,010 154,535 155,039 155,350 311

Total private

 127,338 132,746 130,512 131,234 128,928 132,204 132,590 132,855 265

Goods-producing

 20,523 21,377 21,062 21,156 20,906 21,461 21,512 21,532 20

Mining and logging

 574 626 622 622 583 628 631 631 0

Logging

 45.1 45.5 46.4 46.4 44.7 45.7 46.2 45.9 -0.3

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 529.2 580.5 575.1 575.9 538.2 582.4 585.1 584.7 -0.4

Oil and gas extraction

 111.1 118.0 117.3 117.1 111.9 117.2 118.1 118.0 -0.1

Mining (except oil and gas)

 174.3 183.9 180.3 181.9 180.4 186.5 186.3 187.4 1.1

Coal mining

 39.6 40.8 40.9 41.1 39.6 41.1 41.0 41.1 0.1

Metal ore mining

 41.9 43.2 43.4 43.5 42.3 43.5 43.7 43.7 0.0

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

 92.8 99.9 96.0 97.3 98.5 102.0 101.6 102.5 0.9

Support activities for mining

 243.8 278.6 277.5 276.9 245.9 278.7 280.7 279.3 -1.4

Construction

 7,349 7,763 7,549 7,613 7,669 7,859 7,894 7,918 24

Construction of buildings

 1,682.9 1,773.2 1,751.1 1,756.6 1,732.2 1,785.9 1,798.0 1,800.9 2.9

Residential building construction

 886.9 928.2 911.0 915.9 910.6 934.3 937.3 938.5 1.2

Nonresidential building construction

 796.0 845.0 840.1 840.7 821.6 851.6 860.7 862.4 1.7

Heavy and civil engineering construction

 972.1 1,040.2 986.5 1,009.0 1,061.5 1,081.5 1,085.9 1,093.6 7.7

Specialty trade contractors

 4,693.7 4,949.3 4,811.1 4,846.9 4,875.1 4,991.4 5,009.9 5,023.3 13.4

Residential specialty trade contractors

 2,196.9 2,301.4 2,235.1 2,262.9 2,274.1 2,324.8 2,325.3 2,336.5 11.2

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

 2,496.8 2,647.9 2,576.0 2,584.0 2,601.0 2,666.6 2,684.6 2,686.8 2.2

Manufacturing

 12,600 12,988 12,891 12,921 12,654 12,974 12,987 12,983 -4

Durable goods

 7,835 8,107 8,052 8,069 7,859 8,096 8,095 8,095 0

Wood product manufacturing

 424.6 429.2 426.8 426.0 425.7 429.3 429.0 428.0 -1.0

Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

 406.5 428.9 423.5 424.9 420.5 432.4 434.1 435.6 1.5

Primary metal manufacturing

 360.7 368.6 364.3 365.0 360.2 366.5 365.4 365.0 -0.4

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

 1,412.5 1,448.6 1,443.8 1,444.0 1,417.5 1,449.4 1,450.9 1,449.8 -1.1

Machinery manufacturing

 1,087.9 1,124.6 1,121.0 1,123.3 1,089.9 1,123.0 1,124.0 1,124.4 0.4

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

 1,072.9 1,102.4 1,096.0 1,100.8 1,074.3 1,100.7 1,100.8 1,103.6 2.8

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

 160.0 168.2 167.0 167.1 160.0 167.4 167.3 167.8 0.5

Communications equipment manufacturing

 85.6 84.5 83.7 84.4 85.7 85.2 84.1 84.6 0.5

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

 377.0 393.8 391.9 392.6 377.5 393.9 394.3 394.3 0.0

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

 419.6 423.4 421.0 423.9 420.0 422.0 422.3 423.8 1.5

Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing

 30.7 32.5 32.4 32.8 31.1 32.3 32.8 33.1 0.3

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing

 397.9 403.9 405.1 403.7 399.0 405.2 406.7 406.6 -0.1

Transportation equipment manufacturing(1)

 1,668.2 1,792.0 1,769.8 1,780.4 1,664.9 1,782.4 1,776.3 1,777.6 1.3

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

 971.9 1,060.0 1,040.2 1,045.1 967.8 1,048.1 1,043.0 1,043.2 0.2

Furniture and related product manufacturing

 382.3 374.7 369.8 369.3 382.0 373.2 372.5 369.7 -2.8

Miscellaneous manufacturing

 621.0 634.4 631.4 631.9 625.1 634.3 635.7 635.1 -0.6

Nondurable goods

 4,765 4,881 4,839 4,852 4,795 4,878 4,892 4,888 -4

Food manufacturing

 1,664.6 1,725.4 1,709.2 1,715.1 1,675.7 1,717.3 1,726.2 1,725.1 -1.1

Textile mills

 98.3 96.0 96.0 94.1 99.1 96.0 96.7 95.0 -1.7

Textile product mills

 105.4 102.3 103.3 103.1 105.8 102.6 103.6 103.5 -0.1

Apparel manufacturing

 93.4 92.6 92.2 92.9 93.5 91.9 93.7 92.4 -1.3

Paper manufacturing

 360.5 359.0 356.8 356.0 361.5 358.7 357.3 356.2 -1.1

Printing and related support activities

 373.8 385.5 377.7 378.9 377.2 381.5 381.3 382.1 0.8

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing

 100.9 102.0 100.2 101.6 104.5 104.0 104.4 105.4 1.0

Chemical manufacturing

 890.6 915.2 909.9 915.7 890.3 916.1 914.7 917.2 2.5

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

 747.5 755.4 750.2 748.1 745.9 754.7 755.8 751.1 -4.7

Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing

 330.2 347.8 343.2 346.6 341.7 355.3 358.4 360.3 1.9

Private service-providing

 106,815 111,369 109,450 110,078 108,022 110,743 111,078 111,323 245

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 28,294 29,506 28,749 28,635 28,561 28,767 28,824 28,862 38

Wholesale trade

 5,847.2 6,032.5 5,989.0 6,009.6 5,882.0 6,028.8 6,037.7 6,048.8 11.1

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

 3,227.2 3,331.1 3,316.4 3,326.7 3,238.8 3,330.0 3,336.3 3,341.3 5.0

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

 2,119.1 2,175.6 2,151.1 2,157.2 2,138.8 2,174.6 2,176.3 2,179.3 3.0

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

 500.9 525.8 521.5 525.7 504.4 524.2 525.1 528.2 3.1

Retail trade

 15,351.8 15,868.1 15,454.3 15,406.7 15,564.1 15,477.8 15,511.7 15,561.8 50.1

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

 1,976.4 2,019.7 2,003.7 2,009.7 1,992.6 2,026.1 2,027.2 2,026.7 -0.5

Automobile dealers

 1,244.6 1,257.3 1,249.5 1,253.2 1,247.9 1,259.7 1,259.4 1,258.8 -0.6

Other motor vehicle dealers

 166.4 172.7 168.7 170.5 174.3 178.6 179.0 178.4 -0.6

Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers

 565.4 589.7 585.5 586.0 570.4 587.7 588.8 589.5 0.7

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

 1,388.9 1,386.9 1,357.3 1,361.8 1,426.8 1,416.4 1,411.6 1,408.6 -3.0

Food and beverage retailers

 3,161.8 3,259.9 3,232.4 3,235.8 3,169.4 3,231.9 3,244.8 3,249.3 4.5

Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers

 923.3 906.0 885.6 874.8 929.6 877.5 881.6 882.1 0.5

Furniture and home furnishings retailers

 468.5 462.6 451.7 446.2 470.9 448.2 447.4 446.6 -0.8

Electronics and appliance retailers

 454.8 443.4 433.9 428.6 454.2 426.7 427.9 427.4 -0.5

General merchandise retailers

 3,179.5 3,269.2 3,114.6 3,121.6 3,240.6 3,068.4 3,079.0 3,118.2 39.2

Department stores

 956.7 1,038.0 952.3 924.8 989.2 917.4 923.3 937.9 14.6

Warehouse clubs, supercenters, and other general merchandise retailers

 2,222.8 2,231.2 2,162.3 2,196.8 2,251.4 2,151.0 2,155.7 2,180.2 24.5

Health and personal care retailers

 1,110.7 1,139.7 1,118.9 1,108.6 1,111.9 1,114.1 1,109.0 1,110.8 1.8

Gasoline stations and fuel dealers

 1,011.0 1,055.6 1,051.4 1,050.8 1,025.6 1,055.4 1,060.4 1,061.8 1.4

Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers

 1,102.6 1,239.9 1,169.0 1,131.7 1,137.8 1,153.0 1,160.0 1,166.8 6.8

Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers

 1,497.6 1,591.2 1,521.4 1,511.9 1,529.8 1,535.0 1,538.1 1,537.5 -0.6

Transportation and warehousing

 6,546.1 7,049.5 6,754.3 6,670.0 6,563.3 6,704.9 6,721.2 6,699.7 -21.5

Air transportation

 478.9 520.5 522.3 523.8 482.7 523.6 526.6 528.0 1.4

Rail transportation

 145.2 148.7 148.6 148.6 145.8 148.8 149.1 148.9 -0.2

Water transportation

 59.5 64.5 63.0 63.9 61.4 65.7 66.2 67.0 0.8

Truck transportation

 1,542.0 1,611.0 1,586.4 1,575.8 1,564.9 1,607.1 1,608.4 1,599.9 -8.5

Transit and ground passenger transportation

 415.7 444.0 443.0 444.7 405.0 428.7 436.5 433.5 -3.0

Pipeline transportation

 50.6 48.1 47.3 47.9 51.1 47.9 48.0 48.4 0.4

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

 24.0 27.5 23.6 23.7 29.7 31.2 30.6 30.6 0.0

Support activities for transportation

 777.4 820.7 813.6 810.6 776.4 809.0 816.4 812.4 -4.0

Couriers and messengers

 1,129.6 1,383.6 1,165.1 1,094.7 1,132.9 1,109.5 1,104.5 1,101.6 -2.9

Warehousing and storage

 1,923.2 1,980.9 1,941.4 1,936.3 1,913.4 1,933.4 1,934.9 1,929.4 -5.5

Utilities

 549.2 555.5 551.7 549.0 551.2 555.3 553.2 552.1 -1.1

Information

 2,974 3,139 3,050 3,044 2,992 3,120 3,100 3,075 -25

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 430.0 470.1 417.8 421.3 444.3 461.7 451.1 442.2 -8.9

Publishing industries

 912.1 955.5 938.1 934.1 916.6 952.3 946.5 941.4 -5.1

Broadcasting and content providers

 355.6 359.9 354.8 353.2 354.3 359.6 357.4 354.5 -2.9

Telecommunications

 655.4 662.7 651.8 651.9 654.3 658.1 654.8 652.1 -2.7

Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services

 445.7 490.0 485.7 484.1 445.6 486.7 487.1 483.1 -4.0

Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services

 175.6 200.8 201.7 199.2 176.6 201.3 203.0 201.6 -1.4

Financial activities

 8,931 9,132 9,049 9,047 8,982 9,101 9,106 9,105 -1

Finance and insurance

 6,629.1 6,716.2 6,682.3 6,675.1 6,634.4 6,691.7 6,694.7 6,684.5 -10.2

Monetary authorities-central bank

 21.1 21.8 21.7 21.9 21.1 21.8 21.9 22.0 0.1

Credit intermediation and related
activities

 2,705.8 2,684.9 2,678.0 2,672.9 2,705.3 2,681.3 2,679.5 2,672.8 -6.7

Depository credit intermediation(1)

 1,755.4 1,784.7 1,782.7 1,786.3 1,754.6 1,783.4 1,783.3 1,786.4 3.1

Commercial banking

 1,366.4 1,376.9 1,376.1 1,379.8 1,364.6 1,376.6 1,376.0 1,377.3 1.3

Nondepository credit intermediation

 613.8 579.5 576.9 569.8 615.2 577.6 578.5 571.7 -6.8

Activities related to credit intermediation

 336.6 320.7 318.4 316.8 335.5 320.3 317.7 314.7 -3.0

Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities

 1,020.3 1,073.5 1,065.3 1,066.2 1,025.7 1,068.3 1,071.3 1,071.9 0.6

Insurance carriers and related activities

 2,881.9 2,936.0 2,917.3 2,914.1 2,882.3 2,920.3 2,922.0 2,917.8 -4.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2,302.3 2,416.1 2,366.4 2,371.9 2,347.4 2,409.2 2,410.9 2,420.3 9.4

Real estate

 1,776.2 1,855.6 1,825.0 1,826.3 1,804.4 1,844.9 1,851.1 1,855.0 3.9

Rental and leasing services

 504.4 537.7 519.5 523.5 520.9 541.8 537.4 542.8 5.4

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

 21.7 22.8 21.9 22.1 22.1 22.5 22.4 22.5 0.1

Professional and business services

 22,086 22,907 22,474 22,630 22,306 22,814 22,867 22,912 45

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 10,332.2 10,750.7 10,697.0 10,773.7 10,302.6 10,713.5 10,741.2 10,760.7 19.5

Legal services

 1,163.6 1,190.0 1,174.5 1,174.2 1,169.0 1,180.4 1,181.2 1,182.7 1.5

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

 1,157.3 1,130.5 1,164.8 1,213.1 1,072.8 1,131.7 1,137.2 1,136.7 -0.5

Architectural, engineering, and related services

 1,557.8 1,645.5 1,629.6 1,631.4 1,578.5 1,644.7 1,650.3 1,654.9 4.6

Specialized design services

 144.8 159.3 155.5 158.0 146.7 157.2 158.2 159.8 1.6

Computer systems design and related services

 2,411.5 2,492.2 2,481.4 2,482.8 2,416.3 2,493.4 2,486.8 2,484.4 -2.4

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

 1,737.3 1,850.9 1,830.9 1,846.9 1,744.9 1,832.2 1,845.2 1,857.1 11.9

Scientific research and development services

 864.4 914.5 910.3 917.3 870.9 913.9 917.7 921.4 3.7

Advertising, public relations, and related services

 474.7 493.9 489.1 490.4 474.9 493.3 495.3 494.3 -1.0

Other professional, scientific, and technical services

 820.8 873.9 860.9 859.6 828.6 866.7 869.4 869.5 0.1

Management of companies and enterprises

 2,464.8 2,523.7 2,511.5 2,508.3 2,475.1 2,516.3 2,519.5 2,520.6 1.1

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 9,289.3 9,632.1 9,265.3 9,347.8 9,528.5 9,584.0 9,606.4 9,630.4 24.0

Administrative and support services

 8,829.3 9,147.9 8,789.4 8,866.3 9,061.5 9,101.6 9,121.2 9,142.0 20.8

Office administrative services

 569.4 610.0 606.6 612.9 574.5 612.8 615.0 619.1 4.1

Facilities support services

 153.3 158.7 159.2 160.0 154.1 158.4 159.3 160.3 1.0

Employment services(1)

 3,858.5 3,945.7 3,720.5 3,770.3 3,902.3 3,839.5 3,840.4 3,851.3 10.9

Temporary help services

 3,112.0 3,147.1 2,944.4 2,998.0 3,148.7 3,037.9 3,053.2 3,060.0 6.8

Business support services

 823.2 784.8 772.7 764.2 820.4 766.2 766.3 763.1 -3.2

Travel arrangement and reservation services

 160.1 179.2 178.0 177.2 164.9 180.9 181.9 180.8 -1.1

Investigation and security services

 936.8 979.2 967.9 966.1 942.1 970.9 979.2 975.5 -3.7

Services to buildings and dwellings

 2,015.1 2,151.1 2,053.2 2,080.9 2,183.1 2,230.2 2,237.6 2,247.9 10.3

Other support services

 312.9 339.2 331.3 334.7 320.2 342.8 341.5 344.1 2.6

Waste management and remediation services

 460.0 484.2 475.9 481.5 467.0 482.4 485.2 488.4 3.2

Private education and health services

 24,078 24,960 24,749 25,111 23,996 24,827 24,934 25,008 74

Private educational services

 3,852.0 3,920.4 3,779.0 4,035.2 3,732.8 3,856.3 3,888.4 3,899.8 11.4

Health care and social assistance

 20,225.9 21,039.2 20,970.1 21,076.1 20,263.5 20,970.2 21,045.8 21,108.6 62.8

Health care(3)

 16,064.1 16,660.1 16,585.5 16,657.4 16,098.5 16,591.3 16,644.1 16,688.3 44.2

Ambulatory health care services

 8,007.8 8,314.9 8,256.5 8,289.1 8,020.8 8,272.8 8,294.2 8,305.3 11.1

Offices of physicians

 2,772.6 2,877.4 2,851.2 2,857.7 2,778.3 2,855.9 2,862.3 2,864.1 1.8

Offices of dentists

 1,003.4 1,031.4 1,027.3 1,024.0 1,004.9 1,031.2 1,028.8 1,027.9 -0.9

Offices of other health practitioners

 1,062.0 1,114.6 1,106.4 1,117.9 1,063.1 1,110.2 1,114.1 1,120.7 6.6

Outpatient care centers

 1,019.0 1,058.2 1,058.1 1,059.2 1,019.1 1,053.0 1,060.2 1,059.4 -0.8

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

 323.1 321.1 321.8 324.8 323.5 320.4 322.2 324.3 2.1

Home health care services

 1,506.8 1,575.7 1,556.9 1,572.9 1,513.3 1,567.7 1,571.2 1,576.5 5.3

Other ambulatory health care services

 320.9 336.5 334.8 332.6 318.7 334.4 335.3 332.4 -2.9

Hospitals

 5,099.1 5,262.8 5,247.6 5,273.2 5,105.7 5,245.3 5,258.5 5,277.9 19.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

 2,957.2 3,082.4 3,081.4 3,095.1 2,972.0 3,073.2 3,091.4 3,105.1 13.7

Skilled nursing care facilities

 1,335.3 1,382.1 1,379.8 1,382.8 1,343.3 1,375.9 1,381.4 1,386.8 5.4

Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities

 596.2 623.5 620.3 620.6 597.4 621.7 623.8 623.4 -0.4

Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly

 874.5 923.0 926.6 936.5 880.0 921.2 930.7 940.3 9.6

Other residential care facilities

 151.2 153.8 154.7 155.2 151.3 154.4 155.5 154.6 -0.9

Social assistance

 4,161.8 4,379.1 4,384.6 4,418.7 4,165.0 4,378.9 4,401.7 4,420.3 18.6

Individual and family services

 2,756.2 2,912.0 2,917.1 2,938.9 2,759.4 2,913.6 2,926.8 2,941.3 14.5

Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

 199.7 211.1 211.2 212.6 199.3 208.9 210.9 210.6 -0.3

Vocational rehabilitation services

 268.1 274.1 273.1 275.6 272.0 275.1 278.1 278.5 0.4

Child care services

 937.8 981.9 983.2 991.6 934.3 981.3 985.8 990.0 4.2

Leisure and hospitality

 14,864 15,947 15,638 15,844 15,536 16,316 16,430 16,535 105

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 2,013.6 2,241.7 2,142.5 2,191.9 2,241.8 2,397.8 2,408.2 2,429.6 21.4

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

 433.2 487.5 446.0 474.8 476.9 513.4 513.5 520.5 7.0

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

 139.4 161.8 152.3 153.8 153.1 164.8 166.0 167.5 1.5

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

 1,441.0 1,592.4 1,544.2 1,563.3 1,611.8 1,719.6 1,728.7 1,741.6 12.9

Accommodation and food services

 12,850.6 13,705.5 13,495.2 13,651.6 13,294.2 13,918.1 14,021.3 14,105.6 84.3

Accommodation

 1,612.9 1,770.5 1,751.7 1,775.4 1,710.8 1,846.2 1,860.6 1,875.0 14.4

Food services and drinking places

 11,237.7 11,935.0 11,743.5 11,876.2 11,583.4 12,071.9 12,160.7 12,230.6 69.9

Other services

 5,588 5,778 5,741 5,767 5,649 5,798 5,817 5,826 9

Repair and maintenance

 1,366.9 1,410.8 1,403.9 1,412.1 1,380.2 1,417.7 1,420.7 1,424.9 4.2

Personal and laundry services

 1,435.7 1,520.9 1,508.9 1,513.2 1,454.2 1,521.6 1,532.5 1,531.8 -0.7

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

 2,785.6 2,846.4 2,827.7 2,841.8 2,814.3 2,859.1 2,864.0 2,869.0 5.0

Government

 22,268 22,598 22,324 22,721 22,082 22,331 22,449 22,495 46

Federal

 2,860 2,890 2,871 2,884 2,874 2,874 2,881 2,888 7

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

 2,251.4 2,277.9 2,271.6 2,280.0 2,266.8 2,278.8 2,283.2 2,287.4 4.2

U.S. Postal Service

 608.5 611.7 599.2 604.1 607.5 595.5 597.5 600.9 3.4

State government

 5,183 5,167 5,066 5,269 5,088 5,087 5,162 5,164 2

State government education

 2,553.5 2,511.3 2,413.5 2,603.7 2,447.4 2,421.5 2,492.4 2,488.1 -4.3

State government, excluding education

 2,629.1 2,655.5 2,652.8 2,665.1 2,640.7 2,665.8 2,669.5 2,676.3 6.8

Local government

 14,225 14,541 14,387 14,568 14,120 14,370 14,406 14,443 37

Local government education

 7,975.4 8,114.9 7,995.0 8,153.9 7,745.9 7,868.1 7,888.7 7,911.8 23.1

Local government, excluding education

 6,249.1 6,426.5 6,391.6 6,414.2 6,373.6 6,501.6 6,517.3 6,531.3 14.0

Footnotes
(1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
(2) Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
(3) Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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