U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Department of Labor Logo United States Department of Labor
Dot gov

The .gov means it's official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Economic News Release
PRINT:Print
CPS CPS Program Links
CES CES Program Links

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
Aug.
2023		 June
2024		 July
2024(p)		 Aug.
2024(p)		 Aug.
2023		 June
2024		 July
2024(p)		 Aug.
2024(p)		 Change from:
July2024 - Aug.2024(p)

Total nonfarm

 156,355 159,341 158,387 158,650 156,421 158,548 158,637 158,779 142

Total private

 134,326 136,207 136,256 136,194 133,568 135,248 135,322 135,440 118

Goods-producing

 21,916 22,066 22,116 22,123 21,637 21,812 21,832 21,842 10

Mining and logging

 652 637 641 644 644 634 635 635 0

Logging

 46.1 38.0 39.5 38.6 44.7 38.5 38.2 37.2 -1.0

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 605.5 599.2 601.7 605.3 599.1 595.9 596.4 597.7 1.3

Oil and gas extraction

 118.6 120.7 121.1 120.1 117.4 120.1 119.8 118.4 -1.4

Mining (except oil and gas)

 190.7 192.3 192.8 192.3 187.0 189.6 188.9 188.7 -0.2

Coal mining

 43.1 44.2 44.0 43.0 43.0 44.1 43.6 43.0 -0.6

Metal ore mining

 43.9 43.7 44.0 44.1 43.5 43.5 43.6 43.7 0.1

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

 103.7 104.4 104.8 105.2 100.5 102.0 101.7 102.0 0.3

Support activities for mining

 296.2 286.2 287.8 292.9 294.7 286.2 287.7 290.6 2.9

Construction

 8,263 8,413 8,463 8,497 8,052 8,233 8,246 8,280 34

Construction of buildings

 1,845.3 1,905.7 1,915.0 1,915.7 1,813.4 1,876.5 1,877.2 1,882.8 5.6

Residential building construction

 937.7 961.2 963.9 967.9 923.0 948.1 946.1 950.9 4.8

Nonresidential building construction

 907.6 944.5 951.1 947.8 890.4 928.4 931.1 931.9 0.8

Heavy and civil engineering construction

 1,177.8 1,190.8 1,191.7 1,207.8 1,124.6 1,144.8 1,142.7 1,156.2 13.5

Specialty trade contractors

 5,240.0 5,316.6 5,355.8 5,373.5 5,114.0 5,211.9 5,225.8 5,240.6 14.8

Residential specialty trade contractors

 2,434.3 2,467.9 2,479.4 2,473.8 2,381.3 2,410.5 2,415.7 2,416.5 0.8

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

 2,805.7 2,848.7 2,876.4 2,899.7 2,732.7 2,801.4 2,810.1 2,824.1 14.0

Manufacturing

 13,001 13,016 13,012 12,982 12,941 12,945 12,951 12,927 -24

Durable goods

 8,147 8,173 8,154 8,132 8,116 8,125 8,130 8,105 -25

Wood product manufacturing

 419.8 419.0 419.5 416.9 417.3 417.1 416.5 415.8 -0.7

Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

 425.0 428.2 428.7 429.5 419.6 422.1 423.6 423.3 -0.3

Primary metal manufacturing

 377.8 375.1 373.9 373.7 377.1 373.1 372.7 372.7 0.0

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

 1,456.5 1,468.6 1,467.7 1,464.1 1,455.5 1,459.6 1,461.5 1,460.5 -1.0

Machinery manufacturing

 1,143.4 1,140.3 1,137.6 1,131.2 1,139.6 1,131.1 1,129.9 1,127.5 -2.4

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

 1,115.0 1,106.0 1,109.0 1,101.7 1,108.3 1,100.1 1,099.6 1,097.1 -2.5

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

 163.8 159.8 160.6 160.2 163.1 159.8 159.6 159.2 -0.4

Communications equipment manufacturing

 86.4 86.2 85.9 84.9 86.4 85.3 85.1 84.8 -0.3

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

 395.4 394.7 395.7 392.9 392.4 391.7 391.6 391.3 -0.3

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

 437.7 434.1 435.5 432.2 435.4 432.4 432.5 430.9 -1.6

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

 31.7 31.2 31.3 31.5 31.1 30.8 30.8 30.9 0.1

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing

 417.4 408.0 407.8 402.7 416.8 406.4 405.4 401.7 -3.7

Transportation equipment manufacturing(1)

 1,805.8 1,859.8 1,847.0 1,854.0 1,799.6 1,854.1 1,862.0 1,850.0 -12.0

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

 1,048.2 1,078.5 1,065.4 1,079.1 1,042.7 1,077.7 1,084.0 1,078.1 -5.9

Furniture and related product manufacturing

 356.3 345.3 340.2 339.2 355.6 342.5 339.8 338.3 -1.5

Miscellaneous manufacturing

 629.7 623.0 622.2 619.2 626.3 619.2 618.5 617.9 -0.6

Nondurable goods

 4,854 4,843 4,858 4,850 4,825 4,820 4,821 4,822 1

Food manufacturing

 1,734.1 1,738.9 1,750.7 1,755.3 1,720.5 1,738.3 1,739.6 1,743.9 4.3

Textile mills

 90.4 89.7 90.4 89.5 90.1 89.3 89.8 88.8 -1.0

Textile product mills

 98.0 95.3 94.6 93.8 98.3 95.6 94.6 93.2 -1.4

Apparel manufacturing

 89.6 84.5 84.3 84.0 89.4 83.8 84.0 84.2 0.2

Paper manufacturing

 352.3 348.2 350.3 350.1 353.5 348.4 350.2 350.6 0.4

Printing and related support activities

 368.3 362.0 361.0 358.8 367.8 361.1 360.0 358.4 -1.6

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing

 110.6 111.7 110.7 111.8 108.2 109.0 108.3 108.8 0.5

Chemical manufacturing

 901.7 904.5 908.1 901.8 900.4 900.5 902.0 900.5 -1.5

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

 735.8 729.8 726.1 724.3 733.8 724.9 723.6 723.6 0.0

Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing

 373.4 378.5 381.4 380.2 363.2 368.7 369.1 369.8 0.7

Private service-providing

 112,410 114,141 114,140 114,071 111,931 113,436 113,490 113,598 108

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 28,712 29,017 28,974 28,924 28,840 29,036 29,045 29,047 2

Wholesale trade

 6,137.5 6,200.6 6,210.2 6,201.8 6,121.6 6,169.8 6,177.1 6,182.0 4.9

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

 3,403.5 3,456.1 3,464.1 3,458.6 3,397.2 3,442.1 3,447.4 3,448.7 1.3

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

 2,215.3 2,232.7 2,231.4 2,228.6 2,207.7 2,215.2 2,216.9 2,220.3 3.4

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

 518.7 511.8 514.7 514.6 516.7 512.5 512.8 513.0 0.2

Retail trade

 15,561.9 15,683.3 15,678.5 15,619.4 15,593.8 15,664.9 15,661.5 15,650.4 -11.1

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

 2,061.1 2,085.9 2,090.0 2,089.4 2,048.0 2,073.5 2,077.9 2,080.4 2.5

Automobile dealers

 1,280.3 1,307.4 1,310.0 1,310.7 1,276.6 1,304.5 1,308.2 1,308.6 0.4

Other motor vehicle dealers

 185.5 176.3 176.4 171.3 178.6 167.4 167.3 165.7 -1.6

Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers

 595.3 602.2 603.6 607.4 592.8 601.6 602.4 606.2 3.8

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

 1,406.1 1,434.2 1,404.5 1,377.8 1,401.5 1,381.7 1,376.6 1,374.6 -2.0

Food and beverage retailers

 3,248.3 3,269.0 3,274.3 3,264.4 3,239.6 3,262.0 3,258.4 3,260.3 1.9

Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers

 829.2 801.5 800.7 807.1 841.0 814.3 814.9 816.4 1.5

Furniture and home furnishings retailers

 422.4 413.3 410.9 412.4 430.4 418.1 418.4 418.4 0.0

Electronics and appliance retailers

 406.8 388.2 389.8 394.7 410.6 396.2 396.5 397.9 1.4

General merchandise retailers

 3,185.0 3,248.1 3,262.6 3,253.7 3,237.1 3,282.1 3,289.2 3,287.0 -2.2

Department stores

 939.7 946.4 954.7 949.0 964.0 969.4 969.7 964.5 -5.2

Warehouse clubs, supercenters, and other general merchandise retailers

 2,245.3 2,301.7 2,307.9 2,304.7 2,273.1 2,312.7 2,319.5 2,322.4 2.9

Health and personal care retailers

 1,081.6 1,088.7 1,078.8 1,073.3 1,096.7 1,097.2 1,092.8 1,086.2 -6.6

Gasoline stations and fuel dealers

 1,075.5 1,092.2 1,092.0 1,089.3 1,062.2 1,080.0 1,079.9 1,080.1 0.2

Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers

 1,142.2 1,122.5 1,125.4 1,121.0 1,139.8 1,134.8 1,131.5 1,126.0 -5.5

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

 1,532.9 1,541.2 1,550.2 1,543.4 1,527.9 1,539.3 1,540.3 1,539.4 -0.9

Transportation and warehousing

 6,434.6 6,540.3 6,490.7 6,511.9 6,548.7 6,610.9 6,616.5 6,624.4 7.9

Air transportation

 559.1 580.8 579.0 579.4 555.7 576.7 575.2 577.7 2.5

Rail transportation

 153.0 151.6 150.8 150.8 153.0 151.9 151.2 151.2 0.0

Water transportation

 73.4 78.6 78.5 76.8 70.9 75.8 75.0 73.7 -1.3

Truck transportation

 1,560.9 1,558.9 1,560.6 1,562.4 1,543.1 1,546.9 1,544.9 1,543.5 -1.4

Transit and ground passenger transportation

 372.3 431.7 379.0 382.6 431.4 442.4 437.2 441.7 4.5

Pipeline transportation

 52.2 54.1 55.0 53.2 51.9 54.0 54.6 53.3 -1.3

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

 37.3 41.7 43.9 44.6 29.7 35.6 36.1 36.7 0.6

Support activities for transportation

 825.4 848.0 853.5 852.5 823.6 851.5 855.0 855.6 0.6

Couriers and messengers

 1,028.8 1,041.7 1,032.5 1,044.6 1,091.4 1,095.5 1,099.4 1,099.2 -0.2

Warehousing and storage

 1,772.2 1,753.2 1,757.9 1,765.0 1,798.0 1,780.6 1,787.9 1,791.8 3.9

Utilities

 577.6 592.8 594.1 591.2 576.3 590.1 589.9 589.7 -0.2

Information

 3,021 3,031 3,026 3,023 2,997 3,015 3,000 2,993 -7

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 419.3 460.3 462.8 458.6 404.8 449.2 448.5 444.3 -4.2

Publishing industries

 944.0 931.9 929.1 927.1 936.3 925.7 920.4 916.7 -3.7

Broadcasting and content providers

 342.2 340.1 337.9 336.8 343.0 340.3 338.7 337.5 -1.2

Telecommunications

 641.6 627.1 624.7 627.7 641.8 626.9 623.7 624.4 0.7

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

 495.8 494.8 495.6 496.0 494.5 496.5 493.9 494.4 0.5

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

 177.6 177.2 175.7 177.1 176.2 176.7 174.6 175.2 0.6

Financial activities

 9,278 9,279 9,319 9,313 9,223 9,248 9,247 9,258 11

Finance and insurance

 6,768.0 6,760.5 6,781.6 6,776.6 6,747.2 6,751.3 6,749.4 6,754.7 5.3

Monetary authorities-central bank

 22.7 22.9 23.1 23.3 22.6 22.8 22.7 23.0 0.3

Credit intermediation and related
activities

 2,639.4 2,589.2 2,590.3 2,587.1 2,630.3 2,584.5 2,580.4 2,582.2 1.8

Depository credit intermediation(1)

 1,806.6 1,779.1 1,779.2 1,776.4 1,800.6 1,774.0 1,770.8 1,770.5 -0.3

Commercial banking

 1,398.4 1,366.3 1,366.4 1,363.7 1,393.0 1,362.9 1,360.1 1,359.1 -1.0

Nondepository credit intermediation

 537.6 526.4 530.2 529.4 535.9 526.1 527.9 528.5 0.6

Activities related to credit intermediation

 295.2 283.7 280.9 281.3 293.8 284.4 281.8 283.1 1.3

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

 1,117.3 1,123.5 1,134.2 1,130.9 1,107.6 1,121.4 1,120.4 1,120.3 -0.1

Insurance carriers and related activities

 2,988.6 3,024.9 3,034.0 3,035.3 2,986.7 3,022.6 3,025.9 3,029.2 3.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2,510.2 2,518.7 2,537.0 2,535.9 2,476.1 2,496.5 2,497.5 2,503.6 6.1

Real estate

 1,874.0 1,892.3 1,907.9 1,906.9 1,859.2 1,885.0 1,889.2 1,892.7 3.5

Rental and leasing services

 613.0 602.7 605.3 605.2 594.0 588.2 584.8 587.4 2.6

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

 23.2 23.7 23.8 23.8 22.9 23.3 23.5 23.5 0.0

Professional and business services

 22,980 23,071 23,047 23,068 22,865 22,980 22,967 22,975 8

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 10,870.2 11,035.7 11,074.0 11,039.1 10,861.9 11,028.5 11,026.0 11,039.4 13.4

Legal services

 1,180.3 1,194.5 1,192.5 1,175.9 1,182.8 1,183.7 1,182.2 1,179.9 -2.3

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

 1,107.8 1,142.3 1,136.7 1,123.3 1,152.3 1,173.7 1,168.7 1,170.2 1.5

Architectural, engineering, and related services

 1,690.8 1,726.7 1,738.2 1,735.3 1,668.7 1,705.5 1,709.0 1,709.8 0.8

Specialized design services

 154.7 151.7 152.9 153.4 154.2 151.8 152.6 153.3 0.7

Computer systems design and related services

 2,520.4 2,539.9 2,560.5 2,559.7 2,507.6 2,546.0 2,548.4 2,551.8 3.4

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

 1,877.1 1,902.7 1,908.5 1,899.4 1,875.5 1,901.6 1,903.1 1,901.7 -1.4

Scientific research and development services

 952.1 966.2 971.7 971.7 940.7 958.0 956.9 961.1 4.2

Advertising, public relations, and related services

 511.0 525.2 524.4 521.6 509.2 522.3 521.7 520.5 -1.2

Other professional, scientific, and technical services

 876.0 886.5 888.6 898.8 870.7 886.0 883.5 891.2 7.7

Management of companies and enterprises

 2,575.2 2,572.6 2,579.3 2,566.7 2,566.4 2,559.1 2,562.1 2,555.2 -6.9

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 9,534.1 9,462.7 9,393.7 9,461.7 9,436.8 9,391.9 9,379.0 9,379.9 0.9

Administrative and support services

 9,025.1 8,936.7 8,867.8 8,934.9 8,934.7 8,871.4 8,859.3 8,859.2 -0.1

Office administrative services

 624.2 632.3 636.7 635.0 619.7 632.2 632.8 632.7 -0.1

Facilities support services

 173.3 182.6 184.1 184.4 170.7 181.5 182.3 182.1 -0.2

Employment services(1)

 3,584.2 3,442.1 3,365.4 3,437.3 3,612.3 3,495.6 3,480.3 3,479.5 -0.8

Temporary help services

 2,816.0 2,667.5 2,590.1 2,651.4 2,843.6 2,715.6 2,697.5 2,694.6 -2.9

Business support services

 734.3 694.5 688.1 689.0 740.3 703.0 698.2 695.0 -3.2

Travel arrangement and reservation services

 194.3 194.7 196.5 198.7 191.8 193.3 194.7 196.3 1.6

Investigation and security services

 1,004.5 1,021.6 1,021.7 1,026.7 1,002.6 1,022.2 1,023.2 1,023.8 0.6

Services to buildings and dwellings

 2,370.3 2,420.5 2,428.1 2,416.6 2,260.5 2,300.2 2,302.5 2,304.7 2.2

Other support services

 340.0 348.4 347.2 347.2 336.8 343.4 345.4 345.1 -0.3

Waste management and remediation services

 509.0 526.0 525.9 526.8 502.1 520.5 519.7 520.7 1.0

Private education and health services

 25,218 26,143 26,095 26,190 25,479 26,336 26,391 26,438 47

Private educational services

 3,567.4 3,678.9 3,576.9 3,607.9 3,826.6 3,865.9 3,862.0 3,864.7 2.7

Health care and social assistance

 21,650.2 22,463.6 22,518.4 22,581.7 21,652.6 22,470.5 22,529.3 22,573.4 44.1

Health care(3)

 17,056.0 17,636.9 17,708.5 17,752.0 17,045.9 17,649.8 17,701.0 17,731.9 30.9

Ambulatory health care services

 8,501.3 8,797.4 8,825.9 8,861.3 8,505.6 8,808.8 8,835.4 8,859.3 23.9

Offices of physicians

 2,932.7 3,031.3 3,035.0 3,042.7 2,936.7 3,036.4 3,038.4 3,045.5 7.1

Offices of dentists

 1,033.9 1,043.7 1,045.1 1,045.5 1,029.5 1,041.5 1,041.8 1,040.8 -1.0

Offices of other health practitioners

 1,163.5 1,205.0 1,208.5 1,221.2 1,162.6 1,210.2 1,212.1 1,220.2 8.1

Outpatient care centers

 1,059.2 1,086.8 1,089.8 1,091.7 1,061.2 1,089.6 1,091.4 1,093.1 1.7

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

 322.4 317.3 317.4 317.9 322.0 318.4 318.6 318.7 0.1

Home health care services

 1,638.4 1,757.4 1,775.1 1,782.6 1,641.7 1,755.7 1,775.4 1,780.9 5.5

Other ambulatory health care services

 351.2 355.9 355.0 359.7 351.9 357.0 357.7 360.1 2.4

Hospitals

 5,364.5 5,550.0 5,577.1 5,585.8 5,360.3 5,558.3 5,574.5 5,584.1 9.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 3,190.2 3,289.5 3,305.5 3,304.9 3,180.0 3,282.7 3,291.1 3,288.5 -2.6

Skilled nursing care facilities

 1,434.6 1,468.5 1,479.4 1,477.4 1,429.6 1,467.2 1,471.6 1,468.0 -3.6

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

 642.4 672.7 675.6 674.9 640.7 670.4 672.8 672.6 -0.2

Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly

 956.0 980.4 983.3 988.0 953.3 978.3 981.0 984.3 3.3

Other residential care facilities

 157.2 167.9 167.2 164.6 156.4 166.8 165.7 163.7 -2.0

Social assistance

 4,594.2 4,826.7 4,809.9 4,829.7 4,606.7 4,820.7 4,828.3 4,841.5 13.2

Individual and family services

 3,063.0 3,245.7 3,258.0 3,273.2 3,061.9 3,242.6 3,248.2 3,266.4 18.2

Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

 220.4 232.4 233.0 232.0 221.9 231.7 233.1 232.9 -0.2

Vocational rehabilitation services

 283.1 292.3 295.4 290.8 280.8 289.7 291.7 289.5 -2.2

Child care services

 1,027.7 1,056.3 1,023.5 1,033.7 1,042.1 1,056.7 1,055.2 1,052.7 -2.5

Leisure and hospitality

 17,306 17,611 17,691 17,594 16,681 16,906 16,930 16,976 46

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 2,807.7 2,937.3 3,001.2 2,927.3 2,549.5 2,660.0 2,667.7 2,680.0 12.3

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

 612.8 661.7 662.2 669.0 588.2 629.1 635.5 645.8 10.3

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

 183.3 191.0 193.8 187.7 173.7 178.3 178.0 177.9 -0.1

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

 2,011.6 2,084.6 2,145.2 2,070.6 1,787.6 1,852.6 1,854.2 1,856.3 2.1

Accommodation and food services

 14,498.3 14,673.6 14,689.7 14,666.6 14,131.4 14,245.6 14,262.3 14,295.8 33.5

Accommodation

 2,024.6 2,035.9 2,072.3 2,045.6 1,897.5 1,912.2 1,914.5 1,918.1 3.6

Food services and drinking places

 12,473.7 12,637.7 12,617.4 12,621.0 12,233.9 12,333.4 12,347.8 12,377.7 29.9

Other services

 5,895 5,989 5,988 5,959 5,846 5,915 5,910 5,911 1

Repair and maintenance

 1,467.5 1,493.6 1,486.0 1,483.2 1,459.8 1,481.4 1,475.6 1,478.1 2.5

Personal and laundry services

 1,546.9 1,569.3 1,572.7 1,570.8 1,543.0 1,555.0 1,561.7 1,563.7 2.0

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

 2,880.3 2,925.7 2,929.5 2,904.9 2,842.9 2,878.5 2,872.7 2,869.1 -3.6

Government

 22,029 23,134 22,131 22,456 22,853 23,300 23,315 23,339 24

Federal

 2,946 2,996 3,010 3,006 2,939 2,996 2,996 2,997 1

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

 2,344.4 2,391.6 2,401.4 2,405.2 2,332.4 2,388.3 2,389.6 2,391.1 1.5

U.S. Postal Service

 601.4 603.9 608.4 601.1 606.9 607.4 606.6 605.7 -0.9

State government

 5,069 5,186 5,108 5,184 5,329 5,436 5,446 5,447 1

State government education

 2,312.9 2,357.2 2,268.5 2,338.2 2,586.3 2,624.7 2,624.5 2,621.3 -3.2

State government, excluding education

 2,755.9 2,828.5 2,839.3 2,846.1 2,742.5 2,811.1 2,821.5 2,826.0 4.5

Local government

 14,014 14,952 14,013 14,266 14,585 14,868 14,873 14,895 22

Local government education

 7,231.6 7,981.4 6,992.1 7,292.9 7,989.1 8,070.4 8,090.7 8,095.9 5.2

Local government, excluding education

 6,782.2 6,970.8 7,020.8 6,972.7 6,596.0 6,797.5 6,782.5 6,799.2 16.7

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 2023 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
Table of Contents
Last Modified Date: September 06, 2024