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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
Dec.
2023		 Oct.
2024		 Nov.
2024(p)		 Dec.
2024(p)		 Dec.
2023		 Oct.
2024		 Nov.
2024(p)		 Dec.
2024(p)		 Change from:
Nov.2024 - Dec.2024(p)

Total nonfarm

 158,269 160,030 160,539 160,458 157,304 159,068 159,280 159,536 256

Total private

 134,901 136,223 136,587 136,661 134,228 135,615 135,797 136,020 223

Goods-producing

 21,684 21,969 21,909 21,774 21,723 21,797 21,831 21,823 -8

Mining and logging

 642 641 640 634 643 636 637 634 -3

Logging

 42.7 39.5 39.1 38.9 42.5 38.4 38.4 38.4 0.0

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 599.1 601.4 600.6 595.4 600.2 597.8 598.5 595.8 -2.7

Oil and gas extraction

 118.8 120.1 120.8 119.3 118.1 119.5 119.6 118.7 -0.9

Mining (except oil and gas)

 187.0 190.2 190.3 187.1 188.5 189.2 189.4 188.6 -0.8

Coal mining

 42.6 42.6 43.2 42.5 42.8 42.8 43.3 42.6 -0.7

Metal ore mining

 43.9 43.4 43.7 43.7 44.0 43.5 43.6 43.7 0.1

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

 100.5 104.2 103.4 100.9 101.7 102.8 102.6 102.3 -0.3

Support activities for mining

 293.3 291.1 289.5 289.0 293.6 289.1 289.5 288.5 -1.0

Construction

 8,051 8,462 8,378 8,242 8,120 8,300 8,308 8,316 8

Construction of buildings

 1,834.7 1,905.9 1,889.0 1,883.4 1,837.1 1,884.0 1,883.2 1,886.9 3.7

Residential building construction

 933.2 969.6 959.8 960.4 933.6 956.5 957.0 960.5 3.5

Nonresidential building construction

 901.5 936.3 929.2 923.0 903.5 927.5 926.2 926.4 0.2

Heavy and civil engineering construction

 1,097.9 1,210.2 1,182.2 1,123.6 1,134.7 1,158.6 1,159.3 1,159.9 0.6

Specialty trade contractors

 5,118.5 5,346.1 5,307.1 5,235.3 5,148.2 5,257.0 5,265.1 5,269.5 4.4

Residential specialty trade contractors

 2,376.5 2,451.0 2,435.2 2,396.1 2,394.0 2,414.1 2,417.6 2,418.1 0.5

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

 2,742.0 2,895.1 2,871.9 2,839.2 2,754.2 2,842.9 2,847.5 2,851.4 3.9

Manufacturing

 12,991 12,866 12,891 12,898 12,960 12,861 12,886 12,873 -13

Durable goods

 8,172 8,041 8,079 8,081 8,148 8,047 8,076 8,060 -16

Wood product manufacturing

 414.3 412.2 411.5 410.0 414.3 412.2 411.7 410.6 -1.1

Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

 425.6 433.9 430.5 428.4 424.3 428.5 426.6 426.7 0.1

Primary metal manufacturing

 374.3 370.7 370.3 372.4 372.4 371.0 371.1 370.9 -0.2

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

 1,465.4 1,455.1 1,457.3 1,459.2 1,464.3 1,457.7 1,458.2 1,457.4 -0.8

Machinery manufacturing

 1,142.7 1,125.6 1,129.0 1,129.3 1,142.0 1,130.4 1,129.9 1,127.3 -2.6

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

 1,109.7 1,091.9 1,087.2 1,084.1 1,107.9 1,093.0 1,089.3 1,083.1 -6.2

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

 164.2 159.6 159.4 159.6 163.2 159.3 159.4 158.8 -0.6

Communications equipment manufacturing

 87.0 84.1 84.9 84.6 86.9 84.2 84.8 84.3 -0.5

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

 392.8 386.2 382.9 379.7 392.8 387.3 384.1 380.0 -4.1

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

 435.2 431.3 428.7 429.5 434.8 431.5 429.8 429.3 -0.5

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

 30.5 30.7 31.3 30.7 30.2 30.7 31.2 30.6 -0.6

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing

 414.1 403.1 402.6 401.6 413.8 403.3 402.4 401.0 -1.4

Transportation equipment manufacturing(1)

 1,846.3 1,792.7 1,833.1 1,837.7 1,831.3 1,793.9 1,830.7 1,827.6 -3.1

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

 1,076.3 1,058.7 1,063.2 1,067.0 1,063.1 1,059.2 1,060.7 1,056.6 -4.1

Furniture and related product manufacturing

 351.2 337.8 338.2 336.5 349.7 338.8 337.2 335.3 -1.9

Miscellaneous manufacturing

 628.4 617.7 619.4 621.9 627.5 618.4 619.0 620.1 1.1

Nondurable goods

 4,819 4,825 4,812 4,817 4,812 4,814 4,810 4,813 3

Food manufacturing

 1,738.4 1,752.1 1,747.4 1,748.6 1,729.0 1,743.1 1,742.9 1,740.9 -2.0

Textile mills

 89.3 89.1 89.7 89.3 89.3 89.1 89.3 89.3 0.0

Textile product mills

 95.6 94.4 94.4 95.0 95.3 94.8 94.6 95.0 0.4

Apparel manufacturing

 87.5 83.1 83.5 83.1 87.6 83.3 83.4 83.0 -0.4

Paper manufacturing

 356.0 348.8 349.8 349.1 353.6 348.8 348.1 346.8 -1.3

Printing and related support activities

 366.2 361.0 361.8 361.6 364.1 360.1 360.1 359.5 -0.6

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing

 106.8 109.2 106.4 104.8 109.2 107.7 107.3 107.4 0.1

Chemical manufacturing

 896.7 898.5 900.4 905.5 895.0 902.0 903.1 904.0 0.9

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

 728.2 716.0 715.7 718.7 727.1 718.5 717.1 718.3 1.2

Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing

 354.3 373.0 363.1 361.6 361.4 366.5 364.2 369.1 4.9

Private service-providing

 113,217 114,254 114,678 114,887 112,505 113,818 113,966 114,197 231

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 29,648 29,150 29,581 29,842 28,867 29,065 29,042 29,091 49

Wholesale trade

 6,178.1 6,205.0 6,206.6 6,210.8 6,159.5 6,191.9 6,195.3 6,191.8 -3.5

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

 3,435.2 3,460.0 3,457.9 3,459.7 3,425.3 3,456.6 3,453.6 3,450.3 -3.3

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

 2,224.6 2,227.5 2,230.6 2,232.9 2,218.9 2,221.4 2,227.4 2,226.6 -0.8

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

 518.3 517.5 518.1 518.2 515.3 513.9 514.3 514.9 0.6

Retail trade

 16,048.2 15,675.5 15,955.6 16,104.0 15,602.7 15,662.9 15,633.7 15,677.1 43.4

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

 2,067.8 2,080.7 2,077.9 2,071.1 2,071.8 2,077.2 2,077.1 2,075.4 -1.7

Automobile dealers

 1,294.1 1,306.9 1,308.3 1,308.6 1,292.9 1,306.6 1,307.5 1,307.5 0.0

Other motor vehicle dealers

 168.3 165.4 163.0 157.6 174.8 165.2 166.6 164.2 -2.4

Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers

 605.4 608.4 606.6 604.9 604.2 605.4 603.0 603.7 0.7

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

 1,393.3 1,354.0 1,345.1 1,339.2 1,399.6 1,369.2 1,360.3 1,348.9 -11.4

Food and beverage retailers

 3,285.1 3,270.9 3,300.1 3,309.6 3,247.4 3,272.1 3,272.0 3,273.5 1.5

Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers

 866.3 828.2 849.4 862.3 829.6 823.4 823.9 823.7 -0.2

Furniture and home furnishings retailers

 445.2 423.4 432.5 440.8 426.2 421.0 420.6 420.2 -0.4

Electronics and appliance retailers

 421.1 404.8 416.9 421.5 403.5 402.4 403.3 403.5 0.2

General merchandise retailers

 3,421.9 3,306.6 3,422.6 3,479.5 3,209.1 3,286.2 3,270.5 3,283.2 12.7

Department stores

 1,052.9 978.7 1,030.6 1,073.0 938.4 969.9 958.0 965.9 7.9

Warehouse clubs, supercenters, and other general merchandise retailers

 2,369.0 2,327.9 2,392.0 2,406.5 2,270.7 2,316.3 2,312.5 2,317.3 4.8

Health and personal care retailers

 1,122.1 1,099.2 1,116.3 1,133.9 1,093.2 1,095.6 1,096.2 1,103.2 7.0

Gasoline stations and fuel dealers

 1,070.3 1,079.8 1,084.0 1,083.1 1,071.0 1,079.7 1,080.9 1,084.0 3.1

Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers

 1,237.7 1,114.6 1,186.8 1,236.0 1,145.8 1,120.4 1,118.6 1,141.2 22.6

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

 1,583.7 1,541.5 1,573.4 1,589.3 1,535.2 1,539.1 1,534.2 1,544.0 9.8

Transportation and warehousing

 6,837.2 6,676.6 6,827.3 6,934.1 6,520.6 6,618.1 6,620.6 6,630.2 9.6

Air transportation

 568.6 574.7 573.0 577.3 569.9 574.8 575.5 578.0 2.5

Rail transportation

 152.7 149.8 149.9 149.9 153.1 150.2 150.3 150.3 0.0

Water transportation

 69.4 74.8 72.6 72.1 70.9 74.2 74.2 74.3 0.1

Truck transportation

 1,557.8 1,560.8 1,561.9 1,551.2 1,551.8 1,545.0 1,546.7 1,545.9 -0.8

Transit and ground passenger transportation

 447.5 472.4 471.3 472.5 431.4 453.3 454.8 456.0 1.2

Pipeline transportation

 51.7 54.3 54.6 54.8 51.8 54.4 54.7 55.0 0.3

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

 29.0 34.5 29.0 28.4 33.0 33.6 32.7 32.7 0.0

Support activities for transportation

 841.9 858.5 862.7 869.7 831.9 857.1 859.1 860.9 1.8

Couriers and messengers

 1,301.2 1,101.3 1,234.7 1,343.4 1,059.9 1,107.3 1,104.4 1,106.8 2.4

Warehousing and storage

 1,817.4 1,795.5 1,817.6 1,814.8 1,766.9 1,768.2 1,768.2 1,770.3 2.1

Utilities

 584.9 592.4 591.5 592.6 583.8 591.9 591.9 591.6 -0.3

Information

 3,028 2,990 3,003 3,020 3,012 2,990 2,994 3,004 10

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 439.5 447.0 456.0 468.9 431.3 446.0 449.8 460.6 10.8

Publishing industries

 935.5 926.0 926.5 933.2 931.7 927.0 926.0 928.5 2.5

Broadcasting and content providers

 345.7 336.5 332.8 329.1 343.0 334.8 331.9 327.9 -4.0

Telecommunications

 634.8 611.7 617.5 616.6 634.8 613.8 616.9 616.1 -0.8

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

 495.5 491.7 492.0 494.7 493.6 491.5 492.3 493.9 1.6

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

 177.3 177.2 178.4 177.1 177.6 176.7 177.1 177.0 -0.1

Financial activities

 9,265 9,284 9,291 9,317 9,233 9,262 9,273 9,286 13

Finance and insurance

 6,756.9 6,756.0 6,773.8 6,789.1 6,737.6 6,752.3 6,762.0 6,771.2 9.2

Monetary authorities-central bank

 22.5 23.1 23.4 23.5 22.5 23.2 23.4 23.6 0.2

Credit intermediation and related
activities

 2,607.6 2,569.3 2,575.7 2,573.4 2,603.8 2,574.2 2,576.8 2,571.6 -5.2

Depository credit intermediation(1)

 1,785.9 1,768.6 1,771.1 1,768.3 1,785.3 1,773.2 1,772.5 1,768.0 -4.5

Commercial banking

 1,377.0 1,356.2 1,357.8 1,353.7 1,377.7 1,360.3 1,359.4 1,354.6 -4.8

Nondepository credit intermediation

 534.2 523.5 528.1 528.3 531.4 523.9 527.0 526.5 -0.5

Activities related to credit intermediation

 287.5 277.2 276.5 276.8 287.2 277.1 277.3 277.1 -0.2

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

 1,120.0 1,127.6 1,129.2 1,132.5 1,114.6 1,124.0 1,125.7 1,126.6 0.9

Insurance carriers and related activities

 3,006.8 3,036.0 3,045.5 3,059.7 2,996.7 3,030.9 3,036.1 3,049.4 13.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2,508.0 2,527.9 2,517.4 2,527.6 2,495.7 2,510.1 2,511.4 2,514.6 3.2

Real estate

 1,891.3 1,906.8 1,901.2 1,907.3 1,872.8 1,891.1 1,891.2 1,889.5 -1.7

Rental and leasing services

 593.2 597.0 592.1 596.1 599.7 595.1 596.3 601.1 4.8

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

 23.5 24.1 24.1 24.2 23.2 23.9 23.9 24.0 0.1

Professional and business services

 22,965 23,125 23,124 23,045 22,882 22,941 22,950 22,978 28

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 10,984.7 11,045.7 11,076.0 11,095.6 10,934.4 11,029.0 11,044.1 11,053.5 9.4

Legal services

 1,204.9 1,188.4 1,192.0 1,194.9 1,193.5 1,183.0 1,183.7 1,182.5 -1.2

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

 1,159.5 1,130.0 1,137.2 1,163.0 1,157.6 1,169.5 1,166.8 1,166.9 0.1

Architectural, engineering, and related services

 1,670.4 1,716.1 1,724.2 1,726.1 1,672.6 1,708.1 1,720.5 1,727.9 7.4

Specialized design services

 156.3 156.2 158.1 156.8 154.6 154.6 155.8 154.8 -1.0

Computer systems design and related services

 2,531.2 2,557.7 2,566.8 2,550.5 2,524.9 2,546.2 2,547.8 2,545.4 -2.4

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

 1,910.9 1,923.5 1,924.7 1,931.2 1,890.8 1,905.0 1,907.1 1,912.2 5.1

Scientific research and development services

 949.2 960.4 960.6 959.7 950.5 960.2 960.1 960.6 0.5

Advertising, public relations, and related services

 521.1 525.8 523.9 523.7 517.9 522.8 522.3 520.8 -1.5

Other professional, scientific, and technical services

 881.2 887.6 888.5 889.7 872.0 879.7 879.9 882.4 2.5

Management of companies and enterprises

 2,566.7 2,565.0 2,559.1 2,580.6 2,558.0 2,564.5 2,560.3 2,570.3 10.0

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 9,413.3 9,514.1 9,489.3 9,368.3 9,389.2 9,347.1 9,345.1 9,354.5 9.4

Administrative and support services

 8,906.7 8,985.3 8,959.6 8,840.6 8,881.1 8,822.0 8,817.2 8,824.9 7.7

Office administrative services

 630.2 636.5 635.6 639.2 632.2 632.7 633.5 640.5 7.0

Facilities support services

 172.7 184.0 185.0 184.5 172.8 183.8 185.6 186.7 1.1

Employment services(1)

 3,633.7 3,532.6 3,558.7 3,545.9 3,533.4 3,448.7 3,443.0 3,449.5 6.5

Temporary help services

 2,855.1 2,743.0 2,753.9 2,745.3 2,764.5 2,648.7 2,654.9 2,660.2 5.3

Business support services

 742.6 692.4 699.7 692.3 723.7 685.3 681.1 673.9 -7.2

Travel arrangement and reservation services

 196.1 198.1 198.7 197.5 197.4 196.7 197.9 198.1 0.2

Investigation and security services

 1,015.3 1,034.4 1,032.7 1,029.0 1,012.8 1,029.6 1,027.0 1,026.5 -0.5

Services to buildings and dwellings

 2,173.8 2,363.6 2,308.0 2,219.3 2,266.1 2,306.6 2,309.7 2,315.4 5.7

Other support services

 342.3 343.7 341.2 332.9 342.6 338.6 339.2 334.2 -5.0

Waste management and remediation services

 506.6 528.8 529.7 527.7 508.1 525.1 527.9 529.6 1.7

Private education and health services

 25,980 26,834 26,992 26,962 25,831 26,635 26,722 26,802 80

Private educational services

 3,907.2 4,032.2 4,071.4 3,981.6 3,842.5 3,893.7 3,900.8 3,911.9 11.1

Health care and social assistance

 22,073.0 22,801.9 22,920.1 22,980.7 21,988.5 22,740.9 22,820.7 22,890.2 69.5

Health care(3)

 17,368.6 17,915.6 18,008.1 18,055.2 17,293.3 17,870.6 17,928.5 17,974.6 46.1

Ambulatory health care services

 8,684.6 8,971.9 9,015.5 9,037.6 8,635.0 8,940.5 8,963.0 8,983.6 20.6

Offices of physicians

 3,008.4 3,072.8 3,082.6 3,100.0 2,985.1 3,061.8 3,064.3 3,074.7 10.4

Offices of dentists

 1,037.1 1,057.8 1,054.9 1,052.9 1,031.6 1,056.3 1,051.3 1,047.6 -3.7

Offices of other health practitioners

 1,188.6 1,235.2 1,249.9 1,250.5 1,183.6 1,230.2 1,240.1 1,243.3 3.2

Outpatient care centers

 1,082.9 1,094.1 1,099.1 1,095.6 1,075.9 1,093.0 1,093.5 1,090.7 -2.8

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

 326.3 318.7 317.7 320.2 325.3 318.2 317.6 318.8 1.2

Home health care services

 1,687.6 1,827.7 1,848.2 1,860.4 1,680.4 1,818.0 1,835.5 1,850.7 15.2

Other ambulatory health care services

 353.7 365.6 363.1 358.0 353.1 362.9 360.7 357.9 -2.8

Hospitals

 5,453.3 5,626.5 5,655.6 5,662.9 5,439.9 5,614.8 5,637.2 5,648.7 11.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

 3,230.7 3,317.2 3,337.0 3,354.7 3,218.4 3,315.3 3,328.3 3,342.3 14.0

Skilled nursing care facilities

 1,449.2 1,484.4 1,490.8 1,497.3 1,444.4 1,480.8 1,485.7 1,492.3 6.6

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

 655.3 676.0 681.6 688.1 653.7 676.2 681.2 685.9 4.7

Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly

 967.3 990.2 996.8 1,000.7 962.2 991.6 993.7 996.0 2.3

Other residential care facilities

 158.9 166.6 167.8 168.6 158.2 166.8 167.6 168.1 0.5

Social assistance

 4,704.4 4,886.3 4,912.0 4,925.5 4,695.2 4,870.3 4,892.2 4,915.6 23.4

Individual and family services

 3,130.0 3,293.0 3,316.6 3,324.9 3,127.7 3,285.8 3,305.9 3,322.9 17.0

Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

 228.0 232.4 231.9 234.8 224.7 232.6 230.6 231.8 1.2

Vocational rehabilitation services

 285.6 287.7 289.5 290.7 286.1 287.5 289.3 290.9 1.6

Child care services

 1,060.8 1,073.2 1,074.0 1,075.1 1,056.8 1,064.4 1,066.4 1,070.0 3.6

Leisure and hospitality

 16,485 16,951 16,761 16,784 16,816 17,006 17,058 17,101 43

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 2,447.8 2,628.8 2,532.6 2,537.3 2,599.7 2,664.4 2,686.8 2,693.4 6.6

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

 593.2 661.2 642.8 634.4 613.6 641.5 653.9 654.3 0.4

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

 170.2 178.8 178.2 177.2 175.7 179.6 180.7 181.7 1.0

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

 1,684.4 1,788.8 1,711.6 1,725.7 1,810.4 1,843.3 1,852.2 1,857.4 5.2

Accommodation and food services

 14,037.1 14,321.8 14,228.8 14,246.5 14,216.4 14,341.9 14,371.6 14,407.4 35.8

Accommodation

 1,853.3 1,919.0 1,875.8 1,877.8 1,924.2 1,930.2 1,936.7 1,942.7 6.0

Food services and drinking places

 12,183.8 12,402.8 12,353.0 12,368.7 12,292.2 12,411.7 12,434.9 12,464.7 29.8

Other services

 5,846 5,920 5,926 5,917 5,864 5,919 5,927 5,935 8

Repair and maintenance

 1,468.3 1,483.7 1,477.6 1,469.1 1,473.2 1,478.1 1,476.2 1,475.4 -0.8

Personal and laundry services

 1,543.4 1,566.4 1,574.6 1,580.5 1,542.5 1,561.8 1,569.3 1,576.7 7.4

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

 2,834.3 2,870.1 2,873.4 2,867.5 2,848.3 2,879.4 2,881.2 2,882.8 1.6

Government

 23,368 23,807 23,952 23,797 23,076 23,453 23,483 23,516 33

Federal

 2,971 3,008 3,008 3,015 2,961 3,004 3,004 3,010 6

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

 2,358.3 2,405.4 2,405.0 2,409.3 2,359.7 2,400.2 2,402.6 2,411.1 8.5

U.S. Postal Service

 612.3 603.0 603.2 605.6 601.1 604.1 601.6 598.5 -3.1

State government

 5,494 5,679 5,711 5,626 5,404 5,508 5,521 5,531 10

State government education

 2,737.8 2,832.8 2,862.9 2,779.0 2,637.0 2,663.6 2,670.9 2,674.8 3.9

State government, excluding education

 2,756.4 2,846.3 2,847.7 2,846.7 2,766.5 2,844.8 2,850.5 2,856.2 5.7

Local government

 14,903 15,120 15,233 15,156 14,711 14,941 14,958 14,975 17

Local government education

 8,308.9 8,344.2 8,425.6 8,404.1 8,038.7 8,124.2 8,129.7 8,136.6 6.9

Local government, excluding education

 6,594.0 6,775.7 6,807.2 6,751.6 6,671.9 6,816.7 6,828.4 6,838.2 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 2023 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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