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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
Jan.
2025		 Nov.
2025		 Dec.
2025(p)		 Jan.
2026(p)		 Jan.
2025		 Nov.
2025		 Dec.
2025(p)		 Jan.
2026(p)		 Change from:
Dec.2025 - Jan.2026(p)

Total nonfarm

 156,382 159,571 159,363 156,714 158,268 158,449 158,497 158,627 130

Total private

 132,896 135,775 135,718 133,507 134,711 135,090 135,154 135,326 172

Goods-producing

 21,151 21,540 21,405 21,100 21,559 21,477 21,465 21,501 36

Mining and logging

 615 607 602 596 622 605 605 603 -2

Logging

 41.2 38.2 37.7 37.0 41.0 38.0 37.6 37.2 -0.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 574.0 569.2 563.9 559.1 581.4 566.6 566.9 566.0 -0.9

Oil and gas extraction

 120.2 116.9 116.8 115.6 119.8 116.5 116.5 115.3 -1.2

Mining (except oil and gas)

 184.7 189.3 186.0 183.7 189.5 188.6 188.1 188.2 0.1

Coal mining

 40.5 39.9 39.4 39.6 40.5 40.0 39.6 39.5 -0.1

Metal ore mining

 45.4 45.5 46.1 46.0 45.5 45.6 46.1 45.9 -0.2

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

 98.8 103.9 100.5 98.1 103.5 103.1 102.5 102.7 0.2

Support activities for mining

 269.1 263.0 261.1 259.8 272.1 261.5 262.3 262.5 0.2

Construction

 7,938 8,344 8,201 7,988 8,264 8,279 8,275 8,308 33

Construction of buildings

 1,819.5 1,861.2 1,846.2 1,815.1 1,859.7 1,854.0 1,851.5 1,855.4 3.9

Residential building construction

 917.6 932.9 924.2 904.4 937.3 928.4 924.8 925.1 0.3

Nonresidential building construction

 901.9 928.3 922.0 910.7 922.4 925.6 926.7 930.3 3.6

Heavy and civil engineering construction

 1,075.8 1,210.3 1,163.5 1,098.1 1,174.1 1,190.2 1,196.6 1,195.8 -0.8

Specialty trade contractors

 5,042.3 5,272.7 5,191.6 5,074.3 5,230.4 5,234.5 5,226.4 5,257.1 30.7

Residential specialty trade contractors

 2,315.1 2,381.6 2,346.5 2,286.6 2,401.6 2,365.7 2,364.6 2,370.2 5.6

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

 2,727.2 2,891.1 2,845.1 2,787.7 2,828.8 2,868.8 2,861.8 2,886.9 25.1

Manufacturing

 12,598 12,589 12,602 12,516 12,673 12,593 12,585 12,590 5

Durable goods

 7,821 7,797 7,817 7,776 7,858 7,802 7,800 7,809 9

Wood product manufacturing

 406.0 395.5 394.4 393.2 409.1 397.5 395.8 396.4 0.6

Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

 408.9 417.5 415.8 409.0 416.5 415.6 414.9 416.6 1.7

Primary metal manufacturing

 361.9 361.3 363.7 362.9 363.9 362.7 363.6 364.5 0.9

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

 1,432.0 1,437.6 1,440.0 1,437.2 1,433.7 1,439.9 1,439.2 1,439.0 -0.2

Machinery manufacturing

 1,095.0 1,083.3 1,085.1 1,084.4 1,096.6 1,084.8 1,084.4 1,085.7 1.3

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

 1,003.8 988.9 990.2 986.0 1,007.6 989.3 989.2 989.0 -0.2

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

 101.5 98.7 98.9 99.2 101.9 98.6 98.3 99.1 0.8

Communications equipment manufacturing

 78.7 80.2 80.6 80.7 78.8 80.2 80.4 80.6 0.2

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

 386.0 369.6 369.2 367.4 387.4 370.8 369.8 368.6 -1.2

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

 408.8 412.2 413.5 411.0 410.0 411.6 413.0 412.3 -0.7

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

 28.8 28.2 28.0 27.7 29.6 28.1 27.8 28.4 0.6

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing

 426.7 431.9 431.5 433.8 426.4 431.2 431.9 433.3 1.4

Transportation equipment manufacturing(1)

 1,739.3 1,737.3 1,748.4 1,729.9 1,752.7 1,735.1 1,735.9 1,740.7 4.8

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

 965.7 956.1 963.9 946.6 975.5 955.3 953.9 954.8 0.9

Furniture and related product manufacturing

 335.9 334.6 334.5 331.3 337.4 335.2 334.1 333.3 -0.8

Miscellaneous manufacturing

 611.4 609.2 613.7 608.0 614.2 610.7 611.0 610.5 -0.5

Nondurable goods

 4,777 4,792 4,785 4,740 4,815 4,791 4,785 4,781 -4

Food manufacturing

 1,765.8 1,785.0 1,786.9 1,766.6 1,779.2 1,781.2 1,781.2 1,782.0 0.8

Textile mills

 83.2 81.1 81.0 79.7 83.5 81.0 80.9 79.9 -1.0

Textile product mills

 95.0 92.9 94.2 94.8 94.8 93.4 94.0 94.5 0.5

Apparel manufacturing

 80.8 76.6 75.0 71.9 81.8 75.4 75.2 73.4 -1.8

Paper manufacturing

 354.6 355.1 354.9 354.9 353.9 354.6 353.5 354.6 1.1

Printing and related support activities

 347.1 341.1 341.9 339.2 349.1 340.0 340.2 340.1 -0.1

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing

 108.0 109.7 107.4 104.9 110.6 109.1 109.6 108.2 -1.4

Chemical manufacturing

 895.2 901.1 901.4 894.3 898.6 903.6 900.8 899.0 -1.8

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

 705.5 700.0 698.0 696.0 707.2 702.4 697.9 697.8 -0.1

Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing

 342.2 349.1 344.3 337.3 356.3 350.0 351.4 351.0 -0.4

Private service-providing

 111,745 114,235 114,313 112,407 113,152 113,613 113,689 113,825 136

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 28,760 29,094 29,355 28,550 28,795 28,649 28,609 28,600 -9

Wholesale trade

 6,051.6 6,056.6 6,067.2 6,019.6 6,073.3 6,048.2 6,043.1 6,042.7 -0.4

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

 3,393.4 3,403.0 3,413.3 3,389.4 3,399.6 3,401.2 3,399.3 3,396.6 -2.7

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

 2,200.3 2,210.4 2,210.3 2,191.8 2,213.8 2,207.0 2,203.7 2,206.3 2.6

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

 457.9 443.2 443.6 438.4 459.9 440.0 440.1 439.8 -0.3

Retail trade

 15,411.8 15,689.1 15,808.0 15,353.7 15,459.3 15,437.1 15,401.7 15,402.9 1.2

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

 2,028.5 2,050.4 2,048.7 2,031.8 2,050.6 2,049.1 2,050.2 2,052.8 2.6

Automobile dealers

 1,280.7 1,294.4 1,294.5 1,286.0 1,290.1 1,292.0 1,292.1 1,295.0 2.9

Other motor vehicle dealers

 156.2 158.6 157.2 153.8 165.0 161.9 162.8 162.0 -0.8

Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers

 591.6 597.4 597.0 592.0 595.4 595.1 595.3 595.8 0.5

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

 1,342.5 1,346.5 1,353.9 1,305.7 1,390.2 1,371.4 1,374.1 1,354.6 -19.5

Food and beverage retailers

 3,242.0 3,289.2 3,285.7 3,251.3 3,243.8 3,262.5 3,249.0 3,256.7 7.7

Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers

 788.7 797.2 809.1 768.4 787.6 771.4 768.7 766.1 -2.6

Furniture and home furnishings retailers

 406.3 402.7 406.9 395.5 403.9 392.8 388.9 391.5 2.6

Electronics and appliance retailers

 382.4 394.5 402.2 372.9 383.6 378.6 379.9 374.6 -5.3

General merchandise retailers

 3,250.2 3,340.0 3,382.0 3,239.7 3,248.4 3,232.0 3,216.5 3,235.2 18.7

Department stores

 959.9 991.7 1,034.1 939.4 958.1 929.4 931.1 932.7 1.6

Warehouse clubs, supercenters, and other general merchandise retailers

 2,290.3 2,348.3 2,347.9 2,300.3 2,290.3 2,302.6 2,285.3 2,302.6 17.3

Health and personal care retailers

 1,075.8 1,056.1 1,063.6 1,045.4 1,067.3 1,039.9 1,034.0 1,037.9 3.9

Gasoline stations and fuel dealers

 1,035.8 1,060.4 1,059.9 1,054.9 1,044.5 1,060.9 1,059.7 1,062.5 2.8

Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers

 1,159.2 1,207.0 1,247.4 1,150.6 1,129.4 1,145.9 1,140.9 1,126.8 -14.1

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

 1,489.1 1,542.3 1,557.7 1,505.9 1,497.5 1,504.0 1,508.6 1,510.3 1.7

Transportation and warehousing

 6,700.4 6,744.4 6,873.5 6,572.2 6,664.9 6,560.2 6,559.2 6,548.0 -11.2

Air transportation

 560.7 569.1 570.7 565.7 565.0 571.6 571.0 570.1 -0.9

Rail transportation

 155.5 152.5 151.7 151.7 156.7 152.7 152.4 153.0 0.6

Water transportation

 65.8 68.5 69.4 69.3 69.5 70.9 72.0 72.9 0.9

Truck transportation

 1,474.0 1,475.6 1,471.0 1,443.4 1,493.1 1,467.8 1,466.9 1,462.6 -4.3

Transit and ground passenger transportation

 498.6 513.0 513.1 503.6 488.9 495.1 495.9 494.1 -1.8

Pipeline transportation

 55.8 56.6 56.9 56.0 54.8 56.7 57.5 55.2 -2.3

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

 23.5 29.4 28.4 24.3 30.9 34.0 33.4 32.5 -0.9

Support activities for transportation

 830.0 832.4 827.6 824.8 831.5 826.0 820.2 826.2 6.0

Couriers and messengers

 1,160.2 1,165.1 1,309.5 1,112.1 1,093.3 1,043.4 1,056.8 1,054.4 -2.4

Warehousing and storage

 1,876.3 1,882.2 1,875.2 1,821.3 1,881.2 1,842.0 1,833.1 1,827.0 -6.1

Utilities

 595.8 604.1 606.5 604.9 597.0 603.8 605.2 606.2 1.0

Information

 2,851 2,844 2,867 2,801 2,877 2,848 2,846 2,834 -12

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 341.5 349.5 354.4 338.2 367.0 347.6 347.0 360.9 13.9

Publishing industries

 903.7 899.4 908.9 900.6 906.6 905.5 905.6 906.9 1.3

Broadcasting and content providers

 338.1 341.8 342.5 334.0 338.6 341.1 340.7 335.9 -4.8

Telecommunications

 603.2 590.3 606.6 582.6 601.7 591.2 599.1 584.1 -15.0

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

 482.0 478.3 473.0 467.2 481.3 479.6 472.4 468.1 -4.3

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

 182.2 184.9 181.1 178.2 181.5 183.0 180.8 178.4 -2.4

Financial activities

 9,145 9,202 9,220 9,117 9,187 9,185 9,184 9,162 -22

Finance and insurance

 6,722.0 6,746.9 6,757.0 6,711.3 6,731.2 6,735.3 6,733.8 6,721.5 -12.3

Monetary authorities-central bank

 20.1 19.2 19.0 18.8 20.1 19.2 19.0 18.8 -0.2

Credit intermediation and related
activities

 2,563.1 2,561.7 2,569.2 2,560.7 2,564.2 2,564.2 2,565.7 2,561.8 -3.9

Depository credit intermediation(1)

 1,782.3 1,784.5 1,790.8 1,789.2 1,782.2 1,786.6 1,788.9 1,789.2 0.3

Commercial banking

 1,377.1 1,367.3 1,373.0 1,371.7 1,377.0 1,369.9 1,372.1 1,371.5 -0.6

Nondepository credit intermediation

 503.3 497.7 498.6 495.3 504.1 497.7 496.7 495.8 -0.9

Activities related to credit intermediation

 277.5 279.5 279.8 276.2 278.0 279.9 280.1 276.8 -3.3

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

 1,116.2 1,158.8 1,166.3 1,153.1 1,123.7 1,154.1 1,157.4 1,160.5 3.1

Insurance carriers and related activities

 3,022.6 3,007.2 3,002.5 2,978.7 3,023.2 2,997.8 2,991.7 2,980.4 -11.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2,422.5 2,455.3 2,463.1 2,405.4 2,456.2 2,450.0 2,450.4 2,440.6 -9.8

Real estate

 1,838.9 1,863.8 1,876.1 1,836.4 1,857.4 1,856.2 1,859.7 1,855.3 -4.4

Rental and leasing services

 561.9 569.7 565.1 547.8 576.7 572.1 569.1 563.8 -5.3

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

 21.7 21.8 21.9 21.2 22.1 21.7 21.6 21.5 -0.1

Professional and business services

 22,085 22,532 22,442 22,056 22,480 22,391 22,406 22,440 34

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 10,753.3 10,804.8 10,824.7 10,784.1 10,792.7 10,790.8 10,788.1 10,815.4 27.3

Legal services

 1,205.2 1,236.2 1,240.9 1,232.6 1,209.8 1,229.9 1,231.1 1,236.6 5.5

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

 1,143.2 1,106.6 1,124.2 1,155.5 1,125.1 1,134.0 1,133.6 1,135.5 1.9

Architectural, engineering, and related services

 1,699.1 1,742.7 1,743.4 1,733.7 1,716.5 1,742.5 1,745.2 1,749.8 4.6

Specialized design services

 147.6 151.1 150.2 146.7 148.8 148.8 148.0 148.0 0.0

Computer systems design and related services

 2,426.7 2,393.6 2,385.7 2,381.8 2,426.3 2,381.5 2,379.2 2,380.0 0.8

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

 1,848.3 1,884.2 1,890.5 1,867.1 1,859.2 1,868.3 1,871.7 1,876.7 5.0

Scientific research and development services

 923.6 909.7 912.2 908.0 933.9 911.9 913.6 916.9 3.3

Advertising, public relations, and related services

 484.9 485.6 486.5 477.8 486.9 485.1 482.1 479.9 -2.2

Other professional, scientific, and technical services

 874.7 895.1 891.1 880.9 886.3 888.9 883.6 891.9 8.3

Management of companies and enterprises

 2,604.7 2,625.1 2,634.9 2,608.7 2,615.6 2,626.4 2,623.8 2,621.3 -2.5

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 8,726.9 9,102.0 8,982.1 8,663.0 9,071.3 8,973.9 8,993.6 9,003.6 10.0

Administrative and support services

 8,211.5 8,580.2 8,463.2 8,147.8 8,550.1 8,454.0 8,473.0 8,482.5 9.5

Office administrative services

 618.7 617.8 617.7 609.8 622.1 615.2 617.3 613.2 -4.1

Facilities support services

 180.0 180.2 179.4 180.1 181.0 180.3 180.0 181.2 1.2

Employment services(1)

 3,122.0 3,250.8 3,233.2 3,061.6 3,242.7 3,156.4 3,168.7 3,182.8 14.1

Temporary help services

 2,431.3 2,549.8 2,529.1 2,371.4 2,539.3 2,465.5 2,471.0 2,480.1 9.1

Business support services

 665.8 649.1 653.2 629.7 666.2 638.2 636.7 630.8 -5.9

Travel arrangement and reservation services

 184.0 187.9 185.3 180.1 185.8 186.6 185.9 182.0 -3.9

Investigation and security services

 1,025.9 1,054.2 1,049.6 1,035.0 1,036.7 1,044.6 1,046.2 1,046.8 0.6

Services to buildings and dwellings

 2,103.9 2,305.1 2,215.4 2,128.6 2,293.2 2,299.3 2,306.2 2,311.5 5.3

Other support services

 311.2 335.1 329.4 322.9 322.4 333.4 332.0 334.1 2.1

Waste management and remediation services

 515.4 521.8 518.9 515.2 521.2 519.9 520.6 521.1 0.5

Private education and health services

 26,865 27,830 27,762 27,654 27,006 27,589 27,642 27,779 137

Private educational services

 3,971.1 4,194.9 4,097.6 3,989.4 4,045.3 4,043.3 4,047.2 4,060.4 13.2

Health care and social assistance

 22,893.8 23,635.0 23,664.7 23,664.9 22,960.4 23,545.7 23,594.6 23,718.1 123.5

Health care(3)

 17,899.4 18,341.5 18,361.9 18,344.9 17,943.8 18,265.4 18,298.8 18,380.7 81.9

Ambulatory health care services

 8,948.7 9,165.5 9,165.7 9,154.2 8,976.0 9,111.9 9,123.9 9,174.2 50.3

Offices of physicians

 2,972.0 3,053.4 3,063.3 3,051.5 2,979.0 3,037.1 3,039.6 3,057.4 17.8

Offices of dentists

 1,051.3 1,064.7 1,061.6 1,056.0 1,052.8 1,056.7 1,056.0 1,057.5 1.5

Offices of other health practitioners

 1,279.2 1,328.8 1,324.7 1,331.0 1,288.5 1,321.7 1,326.1 1,335.6 9.5

Outpatient care centers

 1,163.0 1,190.1 1,193.8 1,191.9 1,163.0 1,184.9 1,188.9 1,192.6 3.7

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

 307.1 314.3 313.4 313.5 305.9 313.5 312.7 312.5 -0.2

Home health care services

 1,816.5 1,843.5 1,839.5 1,838.8 1,827.8 1,829.1 1,831.1 1,848.2 17.1

Other ambulatory health care services

 359.6 370.7 369.4 371.5 359.1 368.9 369.3 370.4 1.1

Hospitals

 5,581.8 5,719.4 5,726.4 5,730.6 5,586.5 5,701.3 5,717.3 5,735.6 18.3

Nursing and residential care facilities

 3,368.9 3,456.6 3,469.8 3,460.1 3,381.3 3,452.2 3,457.6 3,470.9 13.3

Skilled nursing care facilities

 1,516.0 1,571.0 1,575.6 1,569.3 1,522.7 1,567.5 1,569.6 1,575.6 6.0

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

 678.4 701.4 703.8 700.6 681.8 700.1 701.2 703.6 2.4

Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly

 1,006.9 1,013.4 1,019.1 1,018.4 1,008.7 1,014.0 1,015.6 1,019.5 3.9

Other residential care facilities

 167.6 170.8 171.3 171.8 168.1 170.5 171.2 172.3 1.1

Social assistance

 4,994.4 5,293.5 5,302.8 5,320.0 5,016.6 5,280.3 5,295.8 5,337.4 41.6

Individual and family services

 3,389.1 3,677.7 3,679.6 3,705.2 3,402.3 3,667.7 3,677.3 3,715.6 38.3

Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

 233.6 234.9 236.2 235.0 234.3 234.5 234.6 235.8 1.2

Vocational rehabilitation services

 280.9 280.0 283.4 276.4 285.4 280.6 283.0 280.7 -2.3

Child care services

 1,090.8 1,100.9 1,103.6 1,103.4 1,094.5 1,097.5 1,100.8 1,105.3 4.5

Leisure and hospitality

 16,136 16,726 16,666 16,272 16,832 16,936 16,981 16,982 1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 2,417.5 2,541.5 2,512.8 2,414.9 2,652.3 2,664.8 2,677.5 2,661.9 -15.6

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

 532.6 602.8 588.0 528.1 588.6 602.7 602.2 586.0 -16.2

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

 166.3 179.9 178.4 171.4 179.4 181.9 182.5 183.8 1.3

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

 1,718.6 1,758.8 1,746.4 1,715.4 1,884.3 1,880.2 1,892.8 1,892.1 -0.7

Accommodation and food services

 13,718.2 14,184.0 14,153.3 13,857.2 14,180.1 14,271.6 14,303.1 14,320.3 17.2

Accommodation

 1,841.0 1,874.1 1,881.4 1,831.5 1,943.9 1,923.5 1,941.1 1,930.5 -10.6

Food services and drinking places

 11,877.2 12,309.9 12,271.9 12,025.7 12,236.2 12,348.1 12,362.0 12,389.8 27.8

Other services

 5,903 6,007 6,001 5,957 5,975 6,015 6,021 6,028 7

Repair and maintenance

 1,449.1 1,474.0 1,466.0 1,455.1 1,463.6 1,472.1 1,472.3 1,470.1 -2.2

Personal and laundry services

 1,574.5 1,605.8 1,606.3 1,589.8 1,593.7 1,605.9 1,605.1 1,609.0 3.9

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

 2,879.4 2,926.8 2,928.3 2,912.0 2,917.8 2,937.4 2,943.9 2,949.0 5.1

Government

 23,486 23,796 23,645 23,207 23,557 23,359 23,343 23,301 -42

Federal

 3,003 2,744 2,740 2,680 3,010 2,733 2,720 2,686 -34

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

 2,399.8 2,149.4 2,138.4 2,088.2 2,405.7 2,140.0 2,126.2 2,093.4 -32.8

U.S. Postal Service

 602.8 594.4 601.6 592.0 604.1 592.6 593.3 592.8 -0.5

State government

 5,463 5,657 5,571 5,382 5,525 5,481 5,471 5,453 -18

State government education

 2,606.7 2,785.7 2,706.0 2,535.4 2,653.1 2,605.8 2,597.9 2,590.6 -7.3

State government, excluding education

 2,856.2 2,871.5 2,864.5 2,846.5 2,871.7 2,875.1 2,872.9 2,862.6 -10.3

Local government

 15,020 15,395 15,334 15,145 15,022 15,145 15,152 15,162 10

Local government education

 8,304.5 8,529.6 8,492.8 8,343.1 8,183.5 8,237.6 8,233.6 8,233.5 -0.1

Local government, excluding education

 6,715.4 6,865.2 6,841.0 6,801.7 6,838.6 6,907.0 6,918.6 6,928.3 9.7

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

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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