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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
Apr.
2022		 Feb.
2023		 Mar.
2023(p)		 Apr.
2023(p)		 Apr.
2022		 Feb.
2023		 Mar.
2023(p)		 Apr.
2023(p)		 Change from:
Mar.2023 - Apr.2023(p)

Total nonfarm

 151,449 153,983 154,445 155,337 151,678 155,255 155,420 155,673 253

Total private

 129,056 131,236 131,622 132,452 129,577 132,750 132,873 133,103 230

Goods-producing

 20,936 21,159 21,219 21,405 21,064 21,520 21,503 21,536 33

Mining and logging

 590 624 628 635 598 633 635 642 7

Logging

 40.8 46.6 45.7 43.9 44.7 46.1 46.2 46.6 0.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 549.3 577.7 582.3 591.2 553.2 587.3 589.2 595.1 5.9

Oil and gas extraction

 117.7 116.6 116.9 116.8 119.8 117.5 117.6 118.0 0.4

Mining (except oil and gas)

 180.1 182.4 183.3 185.2 180.5 187.6 187.3 187.0 -0.3

Coal mining

 40.2 41.2 41.3 41.4 40.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 0.1

Metal ore mining

 42.6 43.5 43.6 43.8 42.9 43.8 43.8 44.0 0.2

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

 97.3 97.7 98.4 100.0 97.6 102.7 102.2 101.8 -0.4

Support activities for mining

 251.5 278.7 282.1 289.2 252.9 282.2 284.3 290.1 5.8

Construction

 7,623 7,602 7,657 7,829 7,698 7,899 7,888 7,903 15

Construction of buildings

 1,723.4 1,753.3 1,754.7 1,764.4 1,746.1 1,793.6 1,789.8 1,786.2 -3.6

Residential building construction

 906.4 910.7 911.7 916.7 918.3 931.7 931.7 929.9 -1.8

Nonresidential building construction

 817.0 842.6 843.0 847.7 827.8 861.9 858.1 856.3 -1.8

Heavy and civil engineering construction

 1,062.7 1,013.8 1,042.3 1,097.7 1,067.7 1,097.0 1,102.4 1,094.3 -8.1

Specialty trade contractors

 4,836.7 4,834.9 4,859.5 4,966.8 4,884.6 5,008.1 4,995.7 5,022.4 26.7

Residential specialty trade contractors

 2,268.2 2,251.2 2,254.9 2,309.5 2,286.9 2,323.2 2,316.3 2,332.3 16.0

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

 2,568.5 2,583.7 2,604.6 2,657.3 2,597.7 2,684.9 2,679.4 2,690.1 10.7

Manufacturing

 12,723 12,933 12,934 12,941 12,768 12,988 12,980 12,991 11

Durable goods

 7,919 8,076 8,076 8,083 7,935 8,097 8,092 8,102 10

Wood product manufacturing

 430.2 424.3 424.8 423.5 429.8 426.3 425.9 424.5 -1.4

Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

 414.7 424.5 425.3 426.8 415.1 433.6 431.4 429.1 -2.3

Primary metal manufacturing

 359.3 365.8 368.2 367.8 360.3 366.2 367.6 368.0 0.4

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

 1,420.6 1,447.0 1,444.7 1,450.8 1,422.4 1,451.0 1,446.5 1,452.8 6.3

Machinery manufacturing

 1,097.7 1,122.3 1,125.0 1,123.9 1,101.7 1,123.9 1,125.8 1,126.0 0.2

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

 1,076.3 1,099.8 1,095.5 1,097.6 1,079.9 1,101.5 1,099.0 1,102.2 3.2

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

 160.1 167.2 167.2 167.7 160.3 167.8 168.5 168.9 0.4

Communications equipment manufacturing

 85.6 84.0 84.3 84.5 86.0 84.2 84.0 84.3 0.3

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

 379.8 392.2 388.4 388.6 381.9 392.9 389.4 390.8 1.4

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

 419.3 423.8 423.0 424.2 419.7 423.6 424.0 425.0 1.0

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

 31.5 32.6 32.6 32.6 31.9 33.0 33.0 33.1 0.1

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing

 402.4 404.8 404.1 400.6 403.2 407.0 404.4 401.8 -2.6

Transportation equipment manufacturing(1)

 1,712.4 1,786.5 1,789.3 1,793.3 1,715.1 1,783.1 1,788.1 1,794.8 6.7

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

 1,010.0 1,050.4 1,050.6 1,058.4 1,008.6 1,047.3 1,049.9 1,055.7 5.8

Furniture and related product manufacturing

 380.9 368.3 368.3 367.2 381.8 369.4 369.6 369.3 -0.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing

 624.2 632.6 630.8 631.0 625.9 634.9 633.6 633.2 -0.4

Nondurable goods

 4,804 4,857 4,858 4,858 4,833 4,891 4,888 4,889 1

Food manufacturing

 1,663.7 1,716.4 1,715.4 1,711.0 1,688.0 1,726.1 1,729.3 1,730.3 1.0

Textile mills

 98.9 94.5 95.5 96.0 99.5 95.4 96.0 96.1 0.1

Textile product mills

 105.6 103.4 102.3 101.0 105.6 103.5 102.2 101.2 -1.0

Apparel manufacturing

 92.0 93.1 93.5 93.9 92.8 93.1 93.9 93.8 -0.1

Paper manufacturing

 362.4 356.4 356.6 352.6 361.7 356.2 356.4 353.7 -2.7

Printing and related support activities

 379.4 379.4 381.2 380.6 379.8 382.5 382.6 382.3 -0.3

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing

 106.3 101.4 102.6 105.8 106.9 105.4 105.6 106.6 1.0

Chemical manufacturing

 896.6 918.4 915.1 916.2 897.1 918.5 916.0 918.0 2.0

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

 754.2 747.8 747.6 749.5 752.1 751.4 749.2 749.6 0.4

Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing

 344.8 345.9 347.8 351.5 349.2 358.6 357.0 357.7 0.7

Private service-providing

 108,120 110,077 110,403 111,047 108,513 111,230 111,370 111,567 197

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 28,304 28,633 28,588 28,585 28,621 28,864 28,861 28,878 17

Wholesale trade

 5,925.1 6,010.3 6,020.4 6,027.4 5,942.8 6,044.4 6,045.4 6,043.2 -2.2

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

 3,264.8 3,328.0 3,332.4 3,334.1 3,271.8 3,339.2 3,341.0 3,340.7 -0.3

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

 2,150.7 2,157.2 2,166.0 2,169.1 2,158.7 2,178.2 2,178.9 2,175.4 -3.5

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

 509.6 525.1 522.0 524.2 512.3 527.0 525.5 527.1 1.6

Retail trade

 15,323.7 15,391.9 15,345.9 15,370.8 15,504.6 15,548.1 15,528.6 15,536.3 7.7

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

 2,004.0 2,008.4 2,014.1 2,022.4 2,003.6 2,023.1 2,020.6 2,019.7 -0.9

Automobile dealers

 1,255.3 1,252.0 1,250.0 1,253.0 1,254.3 1,255.2 1,251.6 1,251.8 0.2

Other motor vehicle dealers

 173.3 170.2 173.4 177.0 173.1 177.8 177.2 176.6 -0.6

Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers

 575.4 586.2 590.7 592.4 576.2 590.1 591.8 591.3 -0.5

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

 1,411.4 1,357.6 1,382.5 1,405.6 1,381.1 1,404.0 1,393.6 1,393.3 -0.3

Food and beverage retailers

 3,154.7 3,236.5 3,218.8 3,215.8 3,179.3 3,247.4 3,240.7 3,241.8 1.1

Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers

 907.3 875.4 866.0 856.0 915.1 879.8 872.2 868.2 -4.0

Furniture and home furnishings retailers

 459.2 446.4 444.0 437.0 465.2 445.0 444.4 441.4 -3.0

Electronics and appliance retailers

 448.1 429.0 422.0 419.0 452.7 427.6 427.2 426.3 -0.9

General merchandise retailers

 3,133.3 3,122.4 3,100.4 3,096.0 3,221.8 3,124.4 3,136.5 3,140.7 4.2

Department stores

 931.0 927.0 926.0 922.1 978.0 944.7 959.2 959.8 0.6

Warehouse clubs, supercenters, and other general merchandise retailers

 2,202.3 2,195.4 2,174.4 2,173.9 2,243.7 2,179.7 2,177.3 2,181.0 3.7

Health and personal care retailers

 1,091.1 1,107.4 1,099.5 1,093.2 1,098.2 1,106.8 1,104.4 1,104.5 0.1

Gasoline stations and fuel dealers

 1,025.9 1,050.4 1,047.0 1,060.2 1,030.6 1,062.0 1,060.0 1,069.0 9.0

Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers

 1,100.4 1,123.7 1,122.5 1,118.4 1,146.2 1,160.1 1,162.4 1,159.5 -2.9

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

 1,495.6 1,510.1 1,495.1 1,503.2 1,528.7 1,540.5 1,538.2 1,539.6 1.4

Transportation and warehousing

 6,505.1 6,681.9 6,668.8 6,632.4 6,621.9 6,718.9 6,732.7 6,743.3 10.6

Air transportation

 490.9 523.6 533.6 535.7 491.5 528.6 534.1 537.4 3.3

Rail transportation

 146.2 149.4 149.8 149.8 146.3 149.7 149.8 149.9 0.1

Water transportation

 61.6 63.0 64.0 65.2 62.7 66.0 66.2 66.5 0.3

Truck transportation

 1,553.0 1,580.9 1,582.3 1,594.9 1,571.7 1,606.3 1,609.5 1,612.5 3.0

Transit and ground passenger transportation

 419.7 446.6 449.9 439.5 407.9 433.8 436.1 428.0 -8.1

Pipeline transportation

 50.6 47.8 47.9 48.1 50.6 48.3 48.0 48.2 0.2

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

 24.8 27.2 29.4 32.7 28.4 34.1 35.0 36.8 1.8

Support activities for transportation

 779.4 809.7 812.0 813.9 784.5 812.3 815.3 819.2 3.9

Couriers and messengers

 1,052.1 1,094.3 1,082.6 1,048.5 1,131.7 1,111.4 1,116.8 1,118.9 2.1

Warehousing and storage

 1,926.8 1,939.4 1,917.3 1,904.1 1,946.6 1,928.4 1,921.9 1,925.9 4.0

Utilities

 550.4 549.3 553.1 554.4 551.8 552.6 554.3 555.3 1.0

Information

 3,031 3,061 3,074 3,068 3,035 3,089 3,095 3,096 1

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 441.0 432.7 447.2 449.6 445.6 453.2 460.8 459.3 -1.5

Publishing industries

 931.0 934.6 932.7 930.9 934.1 940.9 938.8 940.1 1.3

Broadcasting and content providers

 355.3 358.3 357.3 354.4 356.0 358.0 357.0 355.8 -1.2

Telecommunications

 666.1 654.9 652.6 649.8 664.2 654.1 652.1 652.9 0.8

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

 457.6 483.4 483.3 490.3 453.5 483.0 485.2 492.5 7.3

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

 180.1 197.4 200.6 193.2 181.1 199.3 201.3 195.2 -6.1

Financial activities

 8,994 9,046 9,042 9,071 9,034 9,100 9,099 9,122 23

Finance and insurance

 6,656.6 6,671.0 6,672.3 6,674.8 6,673.7 6,680.4 6,687.4 6,700.6 13.2

Monetary authorities-central bank

 21.1 21.9 21.8 21.9 21.2 22.0 21.9 22.0 0.1

Credit intermediation and related
activities

 2,700.6 2,673.3 2,666.2 2,658.7 2,702.5 2,670.6 2,669.3 2,666.8 -2.5

Depository credit intermediation(1)

 1,749.9 1,787.9 1,785.7 1,779.5 1,753.2 1,784.9 1,785.6 1,785.1 -0.5

Commercial banking

 1,359.8 1,381.6 1,377.5 1,371.5 1,361.5 1,377.1 1,375.9 1,375.1 -0.8

Nondepository credit intermediation

 613.8 569.1 567.6 566.2 614.8 571.6 570.7 569.3 -1.4

Activities related to credit intermediation

 336.9 316.3 312.9 313.0 334.5 314.2 313.0 312.4 -0.6

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

 1,030.9 1,065.5 1,067.1 1,068.0 1,038.4 1,071.3 1,074.6 1,075.2 0.6

Insurance carriers and related activities

 2,904.0 2,910.3 2,917.2 2,926.2 2,911.6 2,916.5 2,921.6 2,936.6 15.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2,337.0 2,375.3 2,369.7 2,396.4 2,359.9 2,419.3 2,411.1 2,420.9 9.8

Real estate

 1,796.0 1,826.6 1,822.5 1,842.6 1,809.9 1,851.7 1,848.6 1,857.3 8.7

Rental and leasing services

 518.7 526.6 525.1 531.5 527.5 545.1 540.0 541.1 1.1

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

 22.3 22.1 22.1 22.3 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 0.0

Professional and business services

 22,393 22,636 22,672 22,866 22,421 22,879 22,902 22,945 43

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 10,446.0 10,778.1 10,782.2 10,860.5 10,405.3 10,759.1 10,788.7 10,834.0 45.3

Legal services

 1,167.2 1,173.3 1,169.7 1,169.9 1,174.8 1,179.8 1,177.9 1,179.4 1.5

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

 1,166.4 1,209.7 1,222.6 1,225.7 1,095.7 1,134.0 1,142.4 1,150.1 7.7

Architectural, engineering, and related services

 1,575.5 1,634.6 1,642.2 1,655.5 1,589.0 1,658.1 1,665.8 1,670.8 5.0

Specialized design services

 149.3 156.7 157.3 158.3 150.3 158.6 159.5 158.9 -0.6

Computer systems design and related services

 2,443.5 2,487.3 2,470.9 2,498.5 2,436.4 2,488.0 2,489.6 2,502.3 12.7

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

 1,760.7 1,842.9 1,840.3 1,857.8 1,764.9 1,850.0 1,857.2 1,865.6 8.4

Scientific research and development services

 875.4 918.5 922.1 927.1 880.4 923.5 929.4 933.3 3.9

Advertising, public relations, and related services

 482.3 491.5 490.9 494.1 483.2 494.6 492.7 494.8 2.1

Other professional, scientific, and technical services

 825.7 863.6 866.2 873.6 830.7 872.4 874.1 878.8 4.7

Management of companies and enterprises

 2,465.5 2,507.8 2,507.2 2,511.5 2,470.0 2,518.8 2,516.9 2,523.9 7.0

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 9,481.3 9,350.1 9,382.6 9,493.6 9,545.6 9,600.6 9,596.1 9,587.2 -8.9

Administrative and support services

 9,013.6 8,866.9 8,898.2 9,005.1 9,072.9 9,109.7 9,104.5 9,090.9 -13.6

Office administrative services

 582.4 608.4 611.1 617.1 583.5 615.1 618.2 620.3 2.1

Facilities support services

 155.9 159.4 161.6 160.6 156.0 160.2 161.1 160.4 -0.7

Employment services(1)

 3,837.1 3,767.8 3,743.9 3,699.7 3,895.9 3,815.9 3,799.4 3,775.6 -23.8

Temporary help services

 3,084.4 3,000.3 2,972.2 2,934.1 3,121.6 3,044.9 3,026.0 3,002.7 -23.3

Business support services

 805.7 766.6 759.7 756.5 804.5 764.6 763.9 761.5 -2.4

Travel arrangement and reservation services

 169.0 176.9 176.5 178.8 169.0 179.9 178.6 179.4 0.8

Investigation and security services

 946.2 969.1 969.7 976.8 946.6 976.6 973.4 976.9 3.5

Services to buildings and dwellings

 2,188.2 2,085.5 2,138.8 2,277.3 2,187.3 2,256.1 2,267.9 2,275.2 7.3

Other support services

 329.1 333.2 336.9 338.3 330.0 341.1 342.1 341.6 -0.5

Waste management and remediation services

 467.7 483.2 484.4 488.5 472.7 490.9 491.6 496.3 4.7

Private education and health services

 24,247 25,110 25,177 25,261 24,105 25,002 25,062 25,139 77

Private educational services

 3,903.5 4,039.1 4,055.1 4,066.2 3,752.9 3,900.4 3,912.2 3,924.8 12.6

Health care and social assistance

 20,343.9 21,071.3 21,121.4 21,195.2 20,351.8 21,102.0 21,149.7 21,213.9 64.2

Health care(3)

 16,128.8 16,652.4 16,678.7 16,725.4 16,155.0 16,681.8 16,713.0 16,752.6 39.6

Ambulatory health care services

 8,051.3 8,298.6 8,311.5 8,345.8 8,056.2 8,312.3 8,325.6 8,349.8 24.2

Offices of physicians

 2,786.3 2,856.9 2,860.2 2,878.7 2,788.2 2,864.1 2,866.3 2,878.5 12.2

Offices of dentists

 1,003.8 1,025.5 1,023.2 1,028.4 1,004.4 1,028.9 1,026.6 1,031.2 4.6

Offices of other health practitioners

 1,071.3 1,121.3 1,118.0 1,126.6 1,071.8 1,121.9 1,123.1 1,127.5 4.4

Outpatient care centers

 1,022.5 1,063.1 1,062.4 1,057.7 1,023.8 1,061.1 1,061.0 1,059.5 -1.5

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

 324.6 324.3 322.0 327.7 323.5 323.7 323.2 325.7 2.5

Home health care services

 1,521.9 1,573.4 1,589.9 1,593.5 1,523.8 1,579.0 1,590.9 1,593.2 2.3

Other ambulatory health care services

 320.9 334.1 335.8 333.2 320.7 333.7 334.6 334.3 -0.3

Hospitals

 5,112.6 5,254.2 5,265.4 5,266.4 5,120.1 5,260.3 5,270.7 5,277.3 6.6

Nursing and residential care facilities

 2,964.9 3,099.6 3,101.8 3,113.2 2,978.7 3,109.2 3,116.7 3,125.5 8.8

Skilled nursing care facilities

 1,333.3 1,386.0 1,385.7 1,391.4 1,342.2 1,390.8 1,394.7 1,397.3 2.6

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

 598.8 622.0 622.2 624.9 599.8 624.2 623.8 626.6 2.8

Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly

 883.5 936.2 938.5 943.0 885.8 939.4 942.7 946.5 3.8

Other residential care facilities

 149.3 155.4 155.4 153.9 150.8 154.9 155.5 155.1 -0.4

Social assistance

 4,215.1 4,418.9 4,442.7 4,469.8 4,196.8 4,420.2 4,436.7 4,461.3 24.6

Individual and family services

 2,788.7 2,939.1 2,950.8 2,975.7 2,781.3 2,941.5 2,951.6 2,973.0 21.4

Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

 201.7 212.0 214.0 213.9 201.4 210.4 212.4 213.3 0.9

Vocational rehabilitation services

 268.7 275.5 277.7 277.7 269.8 278.7 279.4 279.2 -0.2

Child care services

 956.0 992.3 1,000.2 1,002.5 944.4 989.6 993.4 995.8 2.4

Leisure and hospitality

 15,492 15,827 16,054 16,364 15,626 16,472 16,512 16,543 31

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 2,205.7 2,188.5 2,255.2 2,365.6 2,255.1 2,414.5 2,424.7 2,430.6 5.9

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

 510.0 471.9 491.2 539.5 499.7 518.3 520.3 521.0 0.7

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

 151.0 154.3 160.9 167.2 155.3 168.5 170.6 171.7 1.1

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

 1,544.7 1,562.3 1,603.1 1,658.9 1,600.1 1,727.7 1,733.8 1,737.9 4.1

Accommodation and food services

 13,285.9 13,638.4 13,799.1 13,997.9 13,370.7 14,057.8 14,087.5 14,112.5 25.0

Accommodation

 1,703.8 1,771.4 1,792.3 1,810.3 1,744.2 1,859.0 1,860.5 1,860.7 0.2

Food services and drinking places

 11,582.1 11,867.0 12,006.8 12,187.6 11,626.5 12,198.8 12,227.0 12,251.8 24.8

Other services

 5,659 5,764 5,796 5,832 5,671 5,824 5,839 5,844 5

Repair and maintenance

 1,381.9 1,413.9 1,425.8 1,438.8 1,383.5 1,427.4 1,432.8 1,437.2 4.4

Personal and laundry services

 1,462.6 1,511.8 1,518.9 1,531.2 1,458.2 1,529.3 1,531.8 1,530.8 -1.0

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

 2,814.4 2,838.7 2,851.3 2,862.4 2,829.6 2,866.8 2,874.5 2,875.6 1.1

Government

 22,393 22,747 22,823 22,885 22,101 22,505 22,547 22,570 23

Federal

 2,861 2,885 2,889 2,902 2,871 2,895 2,903 2,906 3

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

 2,253.8 2,280.8 2,284.5 2,291.2 2,265.1 2,292.4 2,299.5 2,301.0 1.5

U.S. Postal Service

 606.9 604.1 604.5 610.7 605.4 602.3 603.8 605.1 1.3

State government

 5,208 5,289 5,314 5,341 5,077 5,175 5,188 5,191 3

State government education

 2,566.0 2,626.2 2,640.0 2,662.6 2,433.6 2,500.0 2,507.6 2,513.2 5.6

State government, excluding education

 2,642.0 2,662.4 2,673.9 2,678.2 2,643.7 2,675.1 2,680.3 2,678.0 -2.3

Local government

 14,324 14,573 14,620 14,642 14,153 14,435 14,456 14,473 17

Local government education

 8,020.4 8,161.3 8,179.0 8,158.2 7,770.3 7,904.8 7,911.6 7,910.1 -1.5

Local government, excluding education

 6,303.8 6,412.0 6,441.1 6,484.0 6,382.9 6,529.8 6,544.3 6,562.5 18.2

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 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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