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
Nov.
2017
Sept.
2018
Oct.
2018(p)
Nov.
2018(p)
Nov.
2017
Sept.
2018
Oct.
2018(p)
Nov.
2018(p)
Change from:
Oct.2018 - Nov.2018(p)

Total nonfarm

148,783 149,741 150,757 151,232 147,450 149,501 149,738 149,893 155

Total private

125,970 127,369 128,000 128,360 125,120 127,103 127,354 127,515 161

Goods-producing

20,342 21,027 21,056 20,952 20,246 20,787 20,840 20,869 29

Mining and logging

703 759 764 755 697 750 753 750 -3

Logging

50.6 48.7 48.1 47.2 49.3 47.2 47.0 46.4 -0.6

Mining

652.0 710.5 716.1 707.8 647.3 702.8 705.8 703.8 -2.0

Oil and gas extraction

146.9 152.6 153.2 154.0 146.0 152.4 153.0 153.4 0.4

Mining, except oil and gas

187.5 193.0 194.2 191.8 186.2 190.0 190.7 190.7 0.0

Coal mining

52.3 52.9 53.1 53.2 52.1 52.8 52.8 53.2 0.4

Metal ore mining

38.4 39.0 39.0 38.7 38.5 38.9 38.9 38.7 -0.2

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

96.8 101.1 102.1 99.9 95.6 98.3 98.9 98.7 -0.2

Support activities for mining

317.6 364.9 368.7 362.0 315.1 360.4 362.1 359.7 -2.4

Construction

7,117 7,476 7,500 7,394 7,030 7,283 7,307 7,312 5

Construction of buildings

1,567.6 1,642.0 1,647.4 1,638.2 1,555.1 1,617.8 1,620.2 1,626.5 6.3

Residential building

765.0 812.8 817.9 819.2 758.1 801.6 805.8 812.9 7.1

Nonresidential building

802.6 829.2 829.5 819.0 797.0 816.2 814.4 813.6 -0.8

Heavy and civil engineering construction

1,005.9 1,092.7 1,093.3 1,049.5 984.5 1,025.7 1,028.8 1,029.0 0.2

Specialty trade contractors

4,543.3 4,741.5 4,759.5 4,705.9 4,490.0 4,639.4 4,658.3 4,656.1 -2.2

Residential specialty trade contractors

1,993.3 2,076.6 2,086.3 2,065.5 1,972.6 2,035.7 2,044.9 2,045.7 0.8

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

2,550.0 2,664.9 2,673.2 2,640.4 2,517.4 2,603.7 2,613.4 2,610.4 -3.0

Manufacturing

12,522 12,792 12,792 12,803 12,519 12,754 12,780 12,807 27

Durable goods

7,796 7,986 8,000 8,017 7,792 7,985 8,001 8,016 15

Wood products

396.8 408.6 409.1 408.5 395.6 407.9 408.1 408.8 0.7

Nonmetallic mineral products

416.4 425.6 425.9 425.7 413.0 421.5 421.7 422.8 1.1

Primary metals

374.6 381.8 381.8 384.3 375.2 382.9 382.5 385.3 2.8

Fabricated metal products

1,451.8 1,495.9 1,495.0 1,494.0 1,449.5 1,495.4 1,494.8 1,493.3 -1.5

Machinery

1,089.9 1,128.4 1,130.9 1,133.2 1,092.9 1,130.9 1,134.1 1,136.0 1.9

Computer and electronic products

1,050.8 1,068.3 1,069.2 1,073.1 1,052.5 1,070.0 1,071.1 1,074.3 3.2

Computer and peripheral equipment

165.1 170.3 170.7 172.3 165.0 170.5 171.0 171.8 0.8

Communications equipment

86.4 85.1 85.5 85.8 86.6 85.3 85.6 85.8 0.2

Semiconductors and electronic components

364.7 369.0 368.3 370.4 365.3 369.9 369.6 371.0 1.4

Electronic instruments

401.6 411.0 411.6 411.6 402.7 411.6 412.1 412.7 0.6

Miscellaneous computer and electronic products

33.0 32.9 33.1 33.0 32.9 32.7 32.8 33.0 0.2

Electrical equipment and appliances

394.0 409.0 407.9 409.6 394.2 408.5 408.7 410.1 1.4

Transportation equipment(1)

1,635.4 1,679.3 1,684.4 1,692.8 1,635.6 1,676.6 1,686.2 1,691.5 5.3

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

955.0 964.2 968.8 970.0 953.8 962.8 969.0 968.2 -0.8

Furniture and related products

391.1 390.7 391.3 390.8 391.7 391.3 391.2 392.0 0.8

Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing

594.8 598.4 604.1 604.6 592.2 600.1 602.5 601.6 -0.9

Nondurable goods

4,726 4,806 4,792 4,786 4,727 4,769 4,779 4,791 12

Food manufacturing

1,614.8 1,667.5 1,655.2 1,647.4 1,616.5 1,640.8 1,646.8 1,651.7 4.9

Textile mills

111.8 111.9 111.1 112.0 111.7 111.8 111.2 111.8 0.6

Textile product mills

113.2 111.4 111.0 110.9 112.6 110.9 110.4 110.2 -0.2

Apparel

117.3 111.5 111.9 111.2 115.9 111.1 111.5 110.6 -0.9

Paper and paper products

369.9 378.1 377.0 378.5 370.2 379.3 378.7 379.4 0.7

Printing and related support activities

439.8 433.3 432.5 432.2 437.9 432.7 431.6 430.7 -0.9

Petroleum and coal products

115.9 119.9 119.0 114.6 115.2 116.6 116.0 114.5 -1.5

Chemicals

824.2 835.4 837.1 842.2 827.3 837.1 839.2 845.0 5.8

Plastics and rubber products

722.5 726.6 726.7 732.2 724.1 727.8 730.9 733.7 2.8

Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing

296.7 310.4 310.5 304.5 295.6 301.0 303.0 303.8 0.8

Private service-providing

105,628 106,342 106,944 107,408 104,874 106,316 106,514 106,646 132

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28,171 27,720 27,894 28,485 27,602 27,837 27,856 27,909 53

Wholesale trade

5,943.6 6,010.5 6,026.6 6,040.5 5,933.3 6,007.5 6,016.8 6,026.3 9.5

Durable goods

2,988.5 3,037.2 3,038.6 3,048.7 2,987.9 3,036.2 3,041.4 3,047.4 6.0

Nondurable goods

2,060.0 2,055.5 2,065.0 2,067.3 2,052.3 2,053.3 2,054.5 2,056.7 2.2

Electronic markets and agents and brokers

895.1 917.8 923.0 924.5 893.1 918.0 920.9 922.2 1.3

Retail trade

16,344.1 15,773.7 15,890.9 16,354.5 15,887.0 15,899.6 15,892.5 15,910.7 18.2

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

2,019.4 2,044.3 2,045.8 2,039.9 2,018.5 2,037.1 2,041.3 2,038.5 -2.8

Automobile dealers

1,303.7 1,314.9 1,314.3 1,311.4 1,301.6 1,310.7 1,310.5 1,309.4 -1.1

Other motor vehicle dealers

151.1 158.7 156.9 152.5 156.1 156.8 157.9 157.2 -0.7

Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores

564.6 570.7 574.6 576.0 560.8 569.6 572.9 571.9 -1.0

Furniture and home furnishings stores

497.0 478.0 488.7 502.3 479.8 484.2 485.9 484.9 -1.0

Electronics and appliance stores

512.2 486.4 489.7 493.0 490.2 488.5 486.5 475.6 -10.9

Building material and garden supply stores

1,266.7 1,278.8 1,276.7 1,270.0 1,293.9 1,303.0 1,302.8 1,302.2 -0.6

Food and beverage stores

3,118.7 3,089.0 3,105.9 3,130.5 3,097.5 3,099.0 3,103.6 3,106.5 2.9

Health and personal care stores

1,081.2 1,047.7 1,056.1 1,078.9 1,066.0 1,058.4 1,059.3 1,061.5 2.2

Gasoline stations

938.4 944.0 939.5 944.6 934.9 940.7 938.5 940.9 2.4

Clothing and clothing accessories stores

1,478.8 1,327.2 1,342.2 1,452.9 1,353.4 1,353.6 1,352.0 1,337.9 -14.1

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

671.4 554.1 557.5 591.9 607.9 561.9 554.3 543.2 -11.1

General merchandise stores

3,325.0 3,102.4 3,150.0 3,380.8 3,149.0 3,147.9 3,148.1 3,187.4 39.3

Department stores

1,288.8 1,144.1 1,177.6 1,303.8 1,186.2 1,176.2 1,182.0 1,193.6 11.6

General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters

2,036.2 1,958.3 1,972.4 2,077.0 1,962.8 1,971.7 1,966.1 1,993.8 27.7

Miscellaneous store retailers

833.4 826.4 831.7 846.2 819.7 825.4 821.0 830.8 9.8

Nonstore retailers

601.9 595.4 607.1 623.5 576.2 599.9 599.2 601.3 2.1

Transportation and warehousing

5,329.9 5,385.9 5,424.6 5,537.6 5,227.5 5,378.2 5,393.9 5,419.3 25.4

Air transportation

497.6 506.7 505.7 502.8 499.3 505.6 505.6 504.8 -0.8

Rail transportation

212.6 215.6 215.6 215.6 212.4 215.2 215.0 215.0 0.0

Water transportation

64.7 66.4 66.0 64.4 65.4 65.2 65.5 65.2 -0.3

Truck transportation

1,467.3 1,507.2 1,504.3 1,503.1 1,456.7 1,488.7 1,488.5 1,493.0 4.5

Transit and ground passenger transportation

511.3 509.4 512.0 510.3 494.7 496.9 493.9 494.1 0.2

Pipeline transportation

47.9 46.9 47.0 46.2 48.0 46.8 46.9 46.4 -0.5

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

30.8 41.0 34.6 30.5 35.2 34.7 34.1 35.1 1.0

Support activities for transportation

698.2 714.5 720.5 724.1 696.9 714.3 717.6 722.8 5.2

Couriers and messengers

758.3 729.1 748.8 846.0 705.3 760.3 769.5 779.4 9.9

Warehousing and storage

1,041.2 1,049.1 1,070.1 1,094.6 1,013.6 1,050.5 1,057.3 1,063.5 6.2

Utilities

553.3 549.7 552.0 552.2 554.3 551.4 552.6 552.8 0.2

Information

2,799 2,752 2,773 2,778 2,780 2,759 2,767 2,759 -8

Publishing industries, except Internet

721.1 716.8 714.3 714.2 718.7 713.9 712.7 711.7 -1.0

Motion picture and sound recording industries

433.2 403.5 421.2 420.2 418.1 410.8 415.1 405.4 -9.7

Broadcasting, except Internet

265.1 264.5 263.6 264.2 263.7 262.9 262.1 262.6 0.5

Telecommunications

775.7 746.1 746.5 748.8 774.7 747.7 749.2 748.1 -1.1

Data processing, hosting and related services

320.5 325.7 328.3 328.3 320.6 327.0 328.0 329.1 1.1

Other information services

283.8 294.9 298.9 302.3 284.3 296.2 299.5 302.2 2.7

Financial activities

8,499 8,607 8,626 8,615 8,503 8,604 8,616 8,622 6

Finance and insurance

6,289.4 6,326.1 6,339.5 6,342.3 6,286.3 6,336.2 6,338.6 6,342.4 3.8

Monetary authorities - central bank

18.9 19.1 19.2 19.2 18.8 19.2 19.2 19.1 -0.1

Credit intermediation and related
activities

2,654.0 2,661.5 2,662.8 2,655.4 2,655.4 2,664.8 2,665.2 2,658.9 -6.3

Depository credit intermediation(1)

1,712.6 1,712.0 1,713.8 1,715.0 1,716.5 1,719.0 1,720.0 1,719.3 -0.7

Commercial banking

1,319.9 1,313.1 1,313.3 1,313.9 1,323.2 1,319.3 1,318.7 1,318.1 -0.6

Nondepository credit intermediation

628.0 634.4 632.6 625.9 625.9 630.6 629.3 625.1 -4.2

Activities related to credit intermediation

313.4 315.1 316.4 314.5 313.0 315.2 315.9 314.5 -1.4

Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts

949.2 969.1 970.9 976.0 949.0 971.5 970.3 976.6 6.3

Insurance carriers and related activities

2,667.3 2,676.4 2,686.6 2,691.7 2,663.1 2,680.7 2,683.9 2,687.8 3.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

2,209.4 2,281.2 2,286.2 2,272.8 2,216.6 2,267.8 2,276.9 2,279.1 2.2

Real estate

1,611.5 1,645.1 1,653.4 1,645.2 1,612.3 1,640.9 1,645.8 1,645.6 -0.2

Rental and leasing services

573.5 611.1 607.5 602.6 580.1 601.8 605.9 608.6 2.7

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets

24.4 25.0 25.3 25.0 24.2 25.1 25.2 24.9 -0.3

Professional and business services

20,864 21,184 21,385 21,422 20,646 21,117 21,175 21,207 32

Professional and technical services

9,090.7 9,208.4 9,315.7 9,358.9 9,068.2 9,291.6 9,321.4 9,339.1 17.7

Legal services

1,138.5 1,132.4 1,141.4 1,137.7 1,135.8 1,137.9 1,138.1 1,135.7 -2.4

Accounting and bookkeeping services

966.4 952.7 968.7 993.3 987.3 1,013.5 1,017.0 1,015.6 -1.4

Architectural and engineering services

1,452.0 1,488.7 1,501.9 1,500.6 1,451.2 1,486.0 1,493.9 1,499.6 5.7

Specialized design services

141.0 140.0 140.1 142.1 139.2 140.0 139.0 140.0 1.0

Computer systems design and related services

2,073.4 2,108.7 2,140.2 2,151.6 2,060.4 2,121.5 2,131.8 2,139.4 7.6

Management and technical consulting services

1,436.0 1,463.2 1,484.5 1,489.7 1,419.9 1,465.7 1,470.2 1,473.8 3.6

Scientific research and development services

662.8 681.9 687.1 690.5 662.8 685.2 688.6 690.8 2.2

Advertising and related services

491.4 496.1 497.6 498.1 488.8 497.1 496.0 496.6 0.6

Other professional and technical services

729.2 744.7 754.2 755.3 722.7 744.8 746.7 747.6 0.9

Management of companies and enterprises

2,305.4 2,332.4 2,338.6 2,341.8 2,304.7 2,337.3 2,340.5 2,341.3 0.8

Administrative and waste services

9,468.0 9,643.6 9,730.4 9,721.1 9,272.8 9,488.5 9,512.8 9,527.0 14.2

Administrative and support services

9,052.5 9,206.6 9,293.1 9,285.5 8,856.2 9,054.1 9,076.9 9,090.5 13.6

Office administrative services

520.5 527.0 530.0 531.6 517.5 527.6 528.9 529.0 0.1

Facilities support services

155.1 159.1 159.6 157.8 154.2 157.5 158.0 157.3 -0.7

Employment services(1)

3,829.7 3,824.1 3,904.3 3,938.0 3,671.1 3,755.4 3,770.0 3,777.9 7.9

Temporary help services

3,144.8 3,122.3 3,199.1 3,233.2 2,999.1 3,060.1 3,076.6 3,084.9 8.3

Business support services

930.6 910.6 924.3 932.6 907.9 911.4 909.9 909.8 -0.1

Travel arrangement and reservation services

214.6 218.2 217.6 213.8 215.9 216.9 217.2 215.5 -1.7

Investigation and security services

930.3 952.9 950.9 952.4 922.5 944.2 944.9 946.0 1.1

Services to buildings and dwellings

2,144.2 2,269.0 2,258.7 2,216.4 2,136.4 2,197.3 2,205.2 2,209.6 4.4

Other support services

327.5 345.7 347.7 342.9 330.6 343.8 342.9 345.4 2.5

Waste management and remediation services

415.5 437.0 437.3 435.6 416.6 434.4 435.9 436.5 0.6

Education and health services

23,609 23,683 23,996 24,077 23,350 23,750 23,789 23,823 34

Educational services

3,894.7 3,707.5 3,900.8 3,921.4 3,696.9 3,742.6 3,736.7 3,730.3 -6.4

Health care and social assistance

19,713.8 19,975.5 20,094.7 20,155.9 19,653.5 20,007.6 20,052.3 20,092.4 40.1

Health care(3)

15,881.5 16,084.2 16,163.3 16,211.4 15,835.0 16,098.3 16,131.2 16,163.3 32.1

Ambulatory health care services

7,404.5 7,519.4 7,568.9 7,593.5 7,372.7 7,530.3 7,543.8 7,563.0 19.2

Offices of physicians

2,619.6 2,641.6 2,661.7 2,667.4 2,610.3 2,647.8 2,652.5 2,658.0 5.5

Offices of dentists

939.5 949.6 954.8 955.3 936.5 949.1 951.9 952.2 0.3

Offices of other health practitioners

906.9 930.8 942.9 948.5 901.8 935.9 940.9 943.3 2.4

Outpatient care centers

914.3 936.5 944.1 951.9 913.2 939.7 944.1 949.9 5.8

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

273.6 284.8 284.3 282.3 272.6 283.7 283.4 282.5 -0.9

Home health care services

1,440.0 1,468.7 1,478.6 1,484.7 1,429.0 1,467.9 1,470.2 1,474.2 4.0

Other ambulatory health care services

310.6 307.4 302.5 303.4 309.2 306.2 300.8 302.8 2.0

Hospitals

5,118.9 5,201.7 5,220.2 5,238.7 5,110.2 5,202.4 5,215.5 5,228.2 12.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

3,358.1 3,363.1 3,374.2 3,379.2 3,352.1 3,365.6 3,371.9 3,372.1 0.2

Nursing care facilities

1,626.0 1,611.0 1,615.9 1,620.5 1,621.9 1,611.7 1,614.0 1,614.9 0.9

Residential mental health facilities

632.7 636.4 636.8 636.1 632.6 637.3 637.2 636.3 -0.9

Community care facilities for the elderly

929.3 942.5 947.5 947.9 927.6 943.1 946.7 946.6 -0.1

Other residential care facilities

170.1 173.2 174.0 174.7 169.9 173.4 173.9 174.3 0.4

Social assistance

3,832.3 3,891.3 3,931.4 3,944.5 3,818.5 3,909.3 3,921.1 3,929.1 8.0

Individual and family services

2,369.8 2,434.1 2,457.2 2,469.3 2,366.5 2,449.5 2,458.5 2,466.8 8.3

Emergency and other relief services

169.6 174.3 175.4 176.7 170.3 175.1 176.2 176.9 0.7

Vocational rehabilitation services

344.2 346.0 348.0 347.8 343.9 346.8 348.3 347.6 -0.7

Child day care services

948.7 936.9 950.8 950.7 937.7 937.9 938.2 937.8 -0.4

Leisure and hospitality

15,877 16,531 16,384 16,157 16,176 16,373 16,429 16,444 15

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

2,172.2 2,413.2 2,355.6 2,230.5 2,343.7 2,369.3 2,392.0 2,393.1 1.1

Performing arts and spectator sports

477.4 512.5 530.4 499.0 494.0 502.5 518.3 513.8 -4.5

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

163.7 176.8 176.4 172.0 169.8 174.7 176.1 177.8 1.7

Amusements, gambling, and recreation

1,531.1 1,723.9 1,648.8 1,559.5 1,679.9 1,692.1 1,697.6 1,701.5 3.9

Accommodation and food services

13,704.9 14,117.8 14,028.2 13,926.5 13,832.6 14,003.9 14,037.2 14,051.2 14.0

Accommodation

1,955.2 2,078.8 2,024.9 1,968.6 2,013.3 2,035.4 2,035.9 2,028.7 -7.2

Food services and drinking places

11,749.7 12,039.0 12,003.3 11,957.9 11,819.3 11,968.5 12,001.3 12,022.5 21.2

Other services

5,809 5,865 5,886 5,874 5,817 5,876 5,882 5,882 0

Repair and maintenance

1,312.2 1,324.1 1,327.8 1,319.3 1,316.9 1,323.5 1,325.9 1,323.8 -2.1

Personal and laundry services

1,507.6 1,533.8 1,543.0 1,541.5 1,505.6 1,534.1 1,538.9 1,538.4 -0.5

Membership associations and organizations

2,989.1 3,007.0 3,015.2 3,012.8 2,994.7 3,018.2 3,017.5 3,020.0 2.5

Government

22,813 22,372 22,757 22,872 22,330 22,398 22,384 22,378 -6

Federal

2,796.0 2,802.0 2,799.0 2,802.0 2,803.0 2,799.0 2,801.0 2,804.0 3.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

2,182.2 2,197.8 2,195.2 2,187.4 2,186.8 2,191.6 2,193.9 2,191.8 -2.1

U.S. Postal Service

613.3 604.3 603.7 614.6 616.2 607.2 606.6 612.6 6.0

State government

5,316.0 5,193.0 5,289.0 5,302.0 5,129.0 5,145.0 5,128.0 5,115.0 -13.0

State government education

2,655.4 2,525.8 2,629.3 2,651.2 2,462.2 2,480.2 2,461.5 2,455.3 -6.2

State government, excluding education

2,660.9 2,667.1 2,659.8 2,651.0 2,667.1 2,665.1 2,666.0 2,659.7 -6.3

Local government

14,701.0 14,377.0 14,669.0 14,768.0 14,398.0 14,454.0 14,455.0 14,459.0 4.0

Local government education

8,283.7 7,893.0 8,214.2 8,301.0 7,934.0 7,960.6 7,958.4 7,956.4 -2.0

Local government, excluding education

6,416.9 6,484.0 6,454.4 6,466.7 6,464.4 6,493.2 6,496.8 6,502.4 5.6

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 2017 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: December 07, 2018