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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.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025(p)
Feb.
2025(p)
Feb.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025(p)
Feb.
2025(p)
Change from:
Jan.2025 - Feb.2025(p)

Total nonfarm

156,007 159,923 157,092 157,983 157,271 158,942 159,067 159,218 151

Total private

132,520 136,080 133,595 134,132 134,047 135,382 135,463 135,603 140

Goods-producing

21,255 21,628 21,248 21,322 21,622 21,673 21,666 21,700 34

Mining and logging

623 623 619 619 633 624 620 625 5

Logging

42.5 39.3 39.1 39.6 42.1 39.0 39.0 39.2 0.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

580.8 583.4 579.4 579.7 591.1 585.0 581.4 586.1 4.7

Oil and gas extraction

121.0 123.2 123.4 121.2 121.9 123.0 122.9 122.0 -0.9

Mining (except oil and gas)

186.6 189.7 187.0 187.4 191.7 191.3 191.8 192.5 0.7

Coal mining

42.1 41.8 41.4 40.8 42.3 41.8 41.3 40.9 -0.4

Metal ore mining

44.7 44.9 45.0 45.1 44.8 45.1 45.2 45.4 0.2

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

99.8 103.0 100.6 101.5 104.6 104.4 105.3 106.3 1.0

Support activities for mining

273.2 270.5 269.0 271.1 277.5 270.7 266.7 271.6 4.9

Construction

7,832 8,219 7,955 7,992 8,136 8,289 8,291 8,310 19

Construction of buildings

1,792.4 1,865.8 1,830.8 1,828.3 1,833.0 1,868.4 1,870.6 1,872.4 1.8

Residential building construction

909.5 953.5 934.7 933.4 930.1 953.2 955.0 955.1 0.1

Nonresidential building construction

882.9 912.3 896.1 894.9 902.9 915.2 915.6 917.3 1.7

Heavy and civil engineering construction

1,060.4 1,137.1 1,073.6 1,086.8 1,147.4 1,172.7 1,173.7 1,176.2 2.5

Specialty trade contractors

4,978.8 5,216.1 5,050.4 5,076.5 5,155.9 5,247.9 5,246.7 5,261.3 14.6

Residential specialty trade contractors

2,309.7 2,388.5 2,305.9 2,327.5 2,388.8 2,406.7 2,401.7 2,414.3 12.6

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

2,669.1 2,827.6 2,744.5 2,749.0 2,767.1 2,841.2 2,845.0 2,847.0 2.0

Manufacturing

12,800 12,786 12,674 12,711 12,853 12,760 12,755 12,765 10

Durable goods

7,979 7,934 7,861 7,889 8,004 7,910 7,904 7,915 11

Wood product manufacturing

415.0 414.1 412.3 415.5 417.5 414.3 415.7 416.9 1.2

Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

410.0 427.9 420.0 421.2 419.5 425.7 429.9 431.9 2.0

Primary metal manufacturing

372.0 372.8 371.2 372.5 372.9 371.9 372.6 373.7 1.1

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

1,451.1 1,434.6 1,433.3 1,435.3 1,453.0 1,433.8 1,435.8 1,436.8 1.0

Machinery manufacturing

1,122.0 1,114.5 1,113.1 1,118.0 1,124.2 1,113.8 1,115.6 1,119.2 3.6

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

1,033.0 1,016.2 1,005.7 1,005.1 1,035.5 1,014.5 1,009.8 1,007.1 -2.7

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

110.3 111.9 109.4 110.3 110.8 111.0 109.9 110.6 0.7

Communications equipment manufacturing

84.1 81.9 81.1 80.8 84.4 81.6 81.2 81.0 -0.2

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

394.1 382.8 378.9 376.5 394.9 382.9 379.7 377.2 -2.5

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

415.2 410.1 408.0 409.6 415.9 409.8 410.0 409.9 -0.1

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

29.3 29.5 28.3 27.9 29.6 29.3 29.0 28.4 -0.6

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing

418.1 407.4 407.7 407.5 419.9 407.0 407.9 407.3 -0.6

Transportation equipment manufacturing(1)

1,789.9 1,792.3 1,753.5 1,766.4 1,791.1 1,777.6 1,766.2 1,772.0 5.8

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

1,015.9 1,019.7 988.3 1,002.4 1,018.1 1,007.5 997.1 1,006.0 8.9

Furniture and related product manufacturing

347.2 338.9 335.6 336.4 348.2 337.9 337.2 336.9 -0.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing

620.5 615.7 608.9 611.2 622.4 613.5 613.1 613.1 0.0

Nondurable goods

4,821 4,852 4,813 4,822 4,849 4,850 4,851 4,850 -1

Food manufacturing

1,752.5 1,777.9 1,754.7 1,759.2 1,758.9 1,769.6 1,768.1 1,768.8 0.7

Textile mills

86.6 86.1 85.9 84.9 87.4 86.1 85.7 85.2 -0.5

Textile product mills

98.7 99.8 99.2 99.5 98.9 99.7 99.1 99.3 0.2

Apparel manufacturing

86.1 83.5 83.2 83.1 86.5 83.3 84.7 83.5 -1.2

Paper manufacturing

356.4 355.8 355.4 356.9 355.8 354.4 355.2 357.1 1.9

Printing and related support activities

358.2 355.5 352.2 351.7 360.6 353.8 354.5 353.9 -0.6

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing

107.8 105.2 105.9 106.2 110.9 108.4 109.4 108.7 -0.7

Chemical manufacturing

893.4 902.0 898.3 899.7 893.5 901.7 900.6 900.2 -0.4

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

727.9 720.3 716.2 716.4 730.1 719.3 717.9 716.9 -1.0

Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing

353.1 366.3 362.0 364.8 366.0 373.9 375.6 376.1 0.5

Private service-providing

111,265 114,452 112,347 112,810 112,425 113,709 113,797 113,903 106

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28,605 29,799 29,012 28,877 28,856 29,033 29,078 29,099 21

Wholesale trade

6,086.3 6,202.4 6,142.8 6,149.2 6,121.7 6,178.7 6,174.5 6,183.3 8.8

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

3,407.7 3,472.1 3,441.3 3,454.6 3,420.0 3,459.6 3,455.0 3,465.9 10.9

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

2,189.2 2,233.6 2,210.0 2,206.1 2,210.0 2,225.5 2,225.8 2,225.4 -0.4

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

489.4 496.7 491.5 488.5 491.7 493.6 493.7 492.0 -1.7

Retail trade

15,367.3 15,954.0 15,517.4 15,396.4 15,530.2 15,537.5 15,567.0 15,560.7 -6.3

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

2,035.9 2,049.4 2,036.6 2,045.0 2,051.6 2,051.3 2,055.7 2,061.2 5.5

Automobile dealers

1,275.8 1,297.0 1,286.4 1,291.5 1,279.1 1,294.0 1,293.5 1,295.3 1.8

Other motor vehicle dealers

166.0 157.9 157.2 158.6 173.4 164.5 166.5 166.5 0.0

Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers

594.1 594.5 593.0 594.9 599.1 592.8 595.7 599.5 3.8

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

1,363.0 1,363.8 1,341.1 1,343.2 1,399.6 1,387.0 1,386.6 1,385.3 -1.3

Food and beverage retailers

3,216.7 3,276.0 3,233.3 3,221.0 3,219.3 3,234.5 3,233.1 3,218.1 -15.0

Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers

812.5 841.2 801.7 792.7 813.2 801.8 798.1 793.8 -4.3

Furniture and home furnishings retailers

413.9 426.0 413.6 408.7 414.0 407.3 410.5 409.1 -1.4

Electronics and appliance retailers

398.6 415.2 388.1 384.0 399.3 394.5 387.7 384.7 -3.0

General merchandise retailers

3,201.4 3,455.5 3,298.6 3,262.7 3,240.9 3,272.6 3,302.7 3,313.0 10.3

Department stores

981.7 1,124.0 1,025.1 1,000.0 1,003.6 1,020.9 1,023.5 1,023.7 0.2

Warehouse clubs, supercenters, and other general merchandise retailers

2,219.7 2,331.5 2,273.5 2,262.7 2,237.4 2,251.7 2,279.2 2,289.3 10.1

Health and personal care retailers

1,094.8 1,122.1 1,100.6 1,089.6 1,093.0 1,089.9 1,090.9 1,088.5 -2.4

Gasoline stations and fuel dealers

1,039.8 1,057.2 1,046.5 1,048.0 1,051.9 1,057.6 1,055.7 1,061.3 5.6

Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers

1,118.4 1,235.7 1,154.8 1,100.6 1,148.7 1,133.8 1,127.4 1,124.6 -2.8

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

1,484.8 1,553.1 1,504.2 1,493.6 1,512.0 1,509.0 1,516.8 1,514.9 -1.9

Transportation and warehousing

6,565.0 7,048.5 6,758.7 6,738.2 6,614.1 6,723.2 6,741.9 6,759.7 17.8

Air transportation

559.6 568.4 566.7 571.6 563.5 569.3 571.1 574.6 3.5

Rail transportation

158.3 154.6 153.6 153.6 157.6 154.9 154.6 154.0 -0.6

Water transportation

65.0 67.7 66.5 67.9 68.2 69.9 70.1 70.4 0.3

Truck transportation

1,504.1 1,521.9 1,499.8 1,493.9 1,530.5 1,516.8 1,517.0 1,515.1 -1.9

Transit and ground passenger transportation

475.7 500.9 498.6 498.6 461.4 485.0 489.8 485.7 -4.1

Pipeline transportation

54.4 56.2 59.2 58.8 54.5 56.4 58.7 58.4 -0.3

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

24.6 26.1 23.5 23.6 31.8 30.2 30.0 30.0 0.0

Support activities for transportation

825.9 855.1 841.5 842.4 827.8 843.9 841.9 842.4 0.5

Couriers and messengers

1,057.8 1,407.3 1,211.3 1,196.5 1,079.8 1,152.8 1,168.2 1,191.7 23.5

Warehousing and storage

1,839.6 1,890.3 1,838.0 1,831.3 1,839.0 1,844.0 1,840.5 1,837.4 -3.1

Utilities

586.7 594.3 592.6 593.2 589.8 593.1 594.2 595.5 1.3

Information

2,939 2,964 2,912 2,931 2,963 2,944 2,947 2,952 5

Motion picture and sound recording industries

388.9 415.8 381.0 401.2 404.8 406.9 408.8 413.5 4.7

Publishing industries

907.8 924.7 914.4 911.4 915.2 917.5 918.4 918.8 0.4

Broadcasting and content providers

346.8 332.2 331.0 333.5 345.3 331.0 332.5 331.5 -1.0

Telecommunications

629.1 622.0 613.1 613.2 629.0 620.8 613.3 614.3 1.0

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

482.5 485.5 487.3 489.2 484.3 484.4 489.5 490.2 0.7

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

184.3 183.7 185.3 182.8 184.4 183.7 184.8 183.8 -1.0

Financial activities

9,096 9,235 9,171 9,190 9,155 9,206 9,220 9,241 21

Finance and insurance

6,670.4 6,743.9 6,721.0 6,729.7 6,690.1 6,724.6 6,733.4 6,743.8 10.4

Monetary authorities-central bank

20.5 21.2 21.4 21.3 20.6 21.2 21.4 21.4 0.0

Credit intermediation and related
activities

2,575.7 2,558.7 2,552.5 2,553.9 2,576.3 2,556.3 2,553.6 2,554.9 1.3

Depository credit intermediation(1)

1,789.1 1,779.7 1,777.4 1,774.6 1,787.0 1,778.6 1,776.6 1,773.7 -2.9

Commercial banking

1,384.5 1,369.6 1,368.2 1,363.8 1,382.1 1,369.2 1,366.7 1,362.0 -4.7

Nondepository credit intermediation

506.5 507.9 504.9 505.9 509.5 505.9 505.4 506.8 1.4

Activities related to credit intermediation

280.1 271.1 270.2 273.4 279.8 271.8 271.7 274.5 2.8

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

1,100.0 1,135.5 1,120.8 1,123.7 1,109.9 1,127.9 1,126.9 1,130.9 4.0

Insurance carriers and related activities

2,974.2 3,028.5 3,026.3 3,030.8 2,983.3 3,019.2 3,031.5 3,036.6 5.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

2,425.8 2,490.9 2,449.7 2,459.8 2,464.8 2,481.0 2,487.0 2,496.9 9.9

Real estate

1,839.5 1,886.9 1,854.8 1,862.1 1,859.5 1,872.4 1,877.1 1,884.0 6.9

Rental and leasing services

564.1 580.7 572.1 574.8 582.8 585.5 586.7 589.7 3.0

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

22.2 23.3 22.8 22.9 22.5 23.1 23.2 23.2 0.0

Professional and business services

22,392 22,707 22,195 22,312 22,661 22,614 22,575 22,573 -2

Professional, scientific, and technical services

10,812.5 10,912.2 10,812.3 10,849.3 10,802.5 10,864.8 10,856.1 10,846.8 -9.3

Legal services

1,192.9 1,203.7 1,188.8 1,184.9 1,197.0 1,192.0 1,192.8 1,189.5 -3.3

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

1,224.1 1,133.8 1,162.3 1,207.8 1,152.8 1,141.0 1,140.7 1,140.1 -0.6

Architectural, engineering, and related services

1,668.3 1,727.3 1,715.0 1,715.1 1,691.9 1,728.7 1,734.3 1,737.5 3.2

Specialized design services

150.9 153.3 148.8 147.1 152.4 150.9 150.1 148.9 -1.2

Computer systems design and related services

2,440.4 2,453.8 2,441.8 2,428.3 2,443.5 2,446.1 2,445.9 2,436.1 -9.8

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

1,846.2 1,908.9 1,859.8 1,866.8 1,857.3 1,885.2 1,871.1 1,875.8 4.7

Scientific research and development services

928.0 939.8 930.0 933.5 933.1 940.8 940.8 941.2 0.4

Advertising, public relations, and related services

495.1 500.5 493.2 492.9 497.2 496.7 495.7 494.1 -1.6

Other professional, scientific, and technical services

866.6 891.1 872.6 872.9 877.2 883.4 884.7 883.6 -1.1

Management of companies and enterprises

2,612.1 2,631.3 2,610.3 2,606.3 2,618.8 2,621.7 2,616.4 2,615.2 -1.2

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

8,967.7 9,163.9 8,772.6 8,856.6 9,239.8 9,127.8 9,102.7 9,110.8 8.1

Administrative and support services

8,469.2 8,646.0 8,258.5 8,345.1 8,735.4 8,609.1 8,582.5 8,591.3 8.8

Office administrative services

615.6 626.9 619.5 621.3 619.9 626.2 623.0 624.4 1.4

Facilities support services

175.1 184.7 184.5 187.4 176.5 186.2 187.3 188.8 1.5

Employment services(1)

3,343.1 3,380.1 3,146.1 3,184.4 3,402.4 3,268.8 3,259.0 3,248.5 -10.5

Temporary help services

2,634.3 2,643.0 2,442.4 2,487.2 2,684.8 2,551.8 2,541.5 2,529.2 -12.3

Business support services

707.7 686.4 665.3 660.4 707.6 669.7 665.4 661.2 -4.2

Travel arrangement and reservation services

188.2 190.3 191.6 191.7 190.8 191.1 194.1 194.6 0.5

Investigation and security services

1,017.2 1,034.5 1,015.6 1,026.7 1,023.5 1,030.4 1,024.4 1,029.9 5.5

Services to buildings and dwellings

2,093.5 2,218.8 2,119.7 2,150.8 2,278.1 2,310.8 2,302.1 2,314.6 12.5

Other support services

328.8 324.3 316.2 322.4 336.7 325.9 327.1 329.3 2.2

Waste management and remediation services

498.5 517.9 514.1 511.5 504.4 518.7 520.2 519.5 -0.7

Private education and health services

26,248 27,093 26,854 27,172 26,127 26,931 26,997 27,070 73

Private educational services

4,086.1 4,055.8 3,911.1 4,128.2 3,937.2 3,992.1 3,994.1 4,003.7 9.6

Health care and social assistance

22,161.5 23,037.6 22,943.0 23,043.3 22,189.5 22,939.1 23,003.0 23,066.1 63.1

Health care(3)

17,371.9 18,034.7 17,949.5 18,018.3 17,401.9 17,949.6 17,991.7 18,043.7 52.0

Ambulatory health care services

8,643.3 8,990.3 8,925.0 8,970.5 8,656.0 8,933.9 8,953.5 8,979.1 25.6

Offices of physicians

2,941.7 3,041.8 3,013.2 3,028.3 2,946.4 3,014.8 3,020.3 3,031.1 10.8

Offices of dentists

1,036.0 1,053.2 1,052.8 1,051.8 1,040.3 1,047.8 1,054.7 1,055.1 0.4

Offices of other health practitioners

1,209.8 1,272.0 1,254.4 1,268.4 1,208.2 1,262.8 1,262.4 1,268.3 5.9

Outpatient care centers

1,101.9 1,123.2 1,114.2 1,119.0 1,100.5 1,117.9 1,115.3 1,119.2 3.9

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

312.0 306.0 306.8 308.5 311.6 305.5 306.0 306.4 0.4

Home health care services

1,687.2 1,835.6 1,825.9 1,837.2 1,693.9 1,826.4 1,837.7 1,841.8 4.1

Other ambulatory health care services

354.7 358.5 357.7 357.3 355.1 358.6 357.0 357.1 0.1

Hospitals

5,468.4 5,654.9 5,651.9 5,662.6 5,477.7 5,640.7 5,652.6 5,667.5 14.9

Nursing and residential care facilities

3,260.2 3,389.5 3,372.6 3,385.2 3,268.2 3,375.0 3,385.6 3,397.1 11.5

Skilled nursing care facilities

1,468.6 1,522.5 1,514.6 1,521.1 1,472.7 1,515.4 1,520.0 1,527.4 7.4

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

657.9 689.3 683.4 686.0 660.0 686.7 686.7 687.7 1.0

Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly

973.4 1,007.6 1,004.8 1,006.6 975.3 1,003.4 1,008.6 1,010.8 2.2

Other residential care facilities

160.3 170.1 169.8 171.5 160.3 169.5 170.3 171.3 1.0

Social assistance

4,789.6 5,002.9 4,993.5 5,025.0 4,787.6 4,989.5 5,011.3 5,022.4 11.1

Individual and family services

3,182.1 3,374.8 3,375.6 3,397.2 3,185.3 3,370.7 3,390.2 3,400.2 10.0

Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

229.2 238.2 238.8 239.9 228.6 235.5 239.6 240.1 0.5

Vocational rehabilitation services

282.2 286.1 281.2 285.1 284.9 286.5 285.3 286.3 1.0

Child care services

1,096.1 1,103.8 1,097.9 1,102.8 1,088.9 1,096.8 1,096.3 1,095.8 -0.5

Leisure and hospitality

16,116 16,672 16,263 16,363 16,735 16,979 16,965 16,949 -16

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

2,359.7 2,510.9 2,434.6 2,466.5 2,589.4 2,665.5 2,680.8 2,688.6 7.8

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

531.5 599.3 558.7 585.8 580.6 616.2 616.2 626.9 10.7

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

164.4 177.7 168.9 172.3 177.9 182.4 183.2 185.0 1.8

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

1,663.8 1,733.9 1,707.0 1,708.4 1,830.9 1,866.9 1,881.4 1,876.7 -4.7

Accommodation and food services

13,755.8 14,161.1 13,828.5 13,896.5 14,145.8 14,313.5 14,284.5 14,260.7 -23.8

Accommodation

1,836.9 1,889.5 1,850.7 1,862.5 1,919.9 1,948.5 1,949.0 1,952.7 3.7

Food services and drinking places

11,918.9 12,271.6 11,977.8 12,034.0 12,225.9 12,365.0 12,335.5 12,308.0 -27.5

Other services

5,869 5,982 5,940 5,965 5,928 6,002 6,015 6,019 4

Repair and maintenance

1,450.8 1,465.5 1,461.3 1,467.7 1,463.6 1,470.9 1,478.0 1,475.4 -2.6

Personal and laundry services

1,555.2 1,611.1 1,596.1 1,601.2 1,572.6 1,610.9 1,615.3 1,618.1 2.8

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

2,863.0 2,905.6 2,882.7 2,896.2 2,892.1 2,920.6 2,921.4 2,925.2 3.8

Government

23,487 23,843 23,497 23,851 23,224 23,560 23,604 23,615 11

Federal

2,975 3,020 3,002 2,991 2,985 3,012 3,017 3,007 -10

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

2,367.7 2,414.2 2,399.1 2,391.1 2,378.1 2,412.6 2,412.2 2,405.5 -6.7

U.S. Postal Service

607.5 606.0 602.9 600.3 606.4 598.9 604.7 601.2 -3.5

State government

5,537 5,608 5,460 5,661 5,404 5,512 5,531 5,532 1

State government education

2,745.4 2,735.8 2,589.8 2,783.5 2,599.3 2,629.7 2,645.0 2,639.7 -5.3

State government, excluding education

2,791.8 2,872.5 2,870.4 2,877.8 2,804.9 2,882.1 2,886.1 2,891.8 5.7

Local government

14,975 15,215 15,035 15,199 14,835 15,036 15,056 15,076 20

Local government education

8,360.4 8,448.8 8,308.5 8,458.3 8,097.4 8,185.8 8,195.7 8,206.0 10.3

Local government, excluding education

6,615.0 6,766.1 6,726.2 6,741.1 6,737.6 6,850.0 6,860.5 6,870.3 9.8

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 2024 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: March 07, 2025