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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
July
2025		 May
2026		 June
2026(p)		 July
2026(p)		 July
2025		 May
2026		 June
2026(p)		 July
2026(p)		 Change from:
June2026 - July2026(p)

Total nonfarm

 158,267 159,386 159,748 158,649 158,542 158,861 158,881 158,858 -23

Total private

 135,901 135,754 136,557 136,536 134,957 135,528 135,558 135,588 30

Goods-producing

 21,786 21,555 21,787 21,845 21,496 21,522 21,536 21,561 25

Mining and logging

 617 611 615 615 610 611 609 607 -2

Logging

 40.8 37.4 38.5 40.0 39.9 38.8 38.4 38.8 0.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 575.9 573.7 576.7 575.0 570.2 572.6 570.4 568.5 -1.9

Oil and gas extraction

 118.2 115.0 115.9 115.8 117.2 115.4 115.1 114.6 -0.5

Mining (except oil and gas)

 192.3 191.8 194.1 193.7 188.5 189.7 190.4 189.3 -1.1

Coal mining

 39.8 38.2 39.2 38.8 39.6 38.3 38.9 38.3 -0.6

Metal ore mining

 44.9 46.1 46.5 46.4 44.5 46.2 46.2 46.2 0.0

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

 107.6 107.5 108.4 108.5 104.4 105.2 105.3 104.8 -0.5

Support activities for mining

 265.4 266.9 266.7 265.5 264.5 267.5 264.9 264.6 -0.3

Construction

 8,476 8,363 8,494 8,536 8,261 8,316 8,321 8,343 22

Construction of buildings

 1,894.6 1,865.1 1,895.1 1,904.4 1,853.6 1,864.0 1,864.2 1,867.9 3.7

Residential building construction

 945.2 921.8 927.3 931.5 928.1 918.9 915.1 914.6 -0.5

Nonresidential building construction

 949.4 943.3 967.8 972.9 925.5 945.1 949.1 953.3 4.2

Heavy and civil engineering construction

 1,230.8 1,229.2 1,245.9 1,245.9 1,182.6 1,201.9 1,203.3 1,203.7 0.4

Specialty trade contractors

 5,350.4 5,268.9 5,352.6 5,386.1 5,224.4 5,249.9 5,253.2 5,271.2 18.0

Residential specialty trade contractors

 2,443.3 2,364.4 2,397.4 2,402.0 2,379.7 2,353.0 2,346.4 2,349.0 2.6

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

 2,907.1 2,904.5 2,955.2 2,984.1 2,844.7 2,896.9 2,906.8 2,922.2 15.4

Manufacturing

 12,693 12,581 12,678 12,694 12,625 12,595 12,606 12,611 5

Durable goods

 7,867 7,834 7,899 7,913 7,834 7,839 7,851 7,869 18

Wood product manufacturing

 407.6 392.9 395.9 395.8 403.9 391.9 392.9 393.0 0.1

Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

 421.9 422.5 427.7 427.5 417.2 420.9 422.2 423.0 0.8

Primary metal manufacturing

 366.4 366.7 368.5 370.5 364.6 366.5 366.4 367.0 0.6

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

 1,440.4 1,447.2 1,457.7 1,460.4 1,434.7 1,448.4 1,450.2 1,452.7 2.5

Machinery manufacturing

 1,090.4 1,085.2 1,094.4 1,101.1 1,085.0 1,085.8 1,088.6 1,091.2 2.6

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

 1,005.6 991.7 1,001.7 1,005.1 995.8 993.9 995.1 998.0 2.9

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

 100.4 99.6 100.3 100.4 99.6 100.2 100.0 100.0 0.0

Communications equipment manufacturing

 79.8 82.4 83.5 83.7 79.2 82.4 82.7 83.3 0.6

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

 383.4 369.2 372.2 374.3 378.3 369.2 368.5 370.2 1.7

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

 412.9 414.1 418.6 419.9 410.0 415.3 417.1 418.1 1.0

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

 29.1 26.4 27.1 26.8 28.7 26.7 26.7 26.3 -0.4

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing

 430.5 437.8 440.0 441.9 428.7 438.5 438.8 439.4 0.6

Transportation equipment manufacturing(1)

 1,746.1 1,746.1 1,760.7 1,765.2 1,751.4 1,749.9 1,752.5 1,764.4 11.9

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

 963.6 956.9 961.4 958.8 975.4 957.0 956.6 964.5 7.9

Furniture and related product manufacturing

 342.6 331.8 334.0 331.8 340.2 330.7 330.1 327.8 -2.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing

 615.7 611.6 618.3 614.1 612.5 612.4 614.5 612.8 -1.7

Nondurable goods

 4,826 4,747 4,779 4,781 4,791 4,756 4,755 4,742 -13

Food manufacturing

 1,797.0 1,760.8 1,773.4 1,779.9 1,784.8 1,771.9 1,770.5 1,764.3 -6.2

Textile mills

 81.2 78.2 78.4 77.3 80.8 78.3 78.1 77.1 -1.0

Textile product mills

 90.7 93.2 93.6 92.6 90.6 93.1 93.5 92.8 -0.7

Apparel manufacturing

 78.9 72.6 73.1 72.0 79.0 72.8 72.4 71.8 -0.6

Paper manufacturing

 355.7 355.3 357.4 358.4 355.4 356.4 357.6 357.5 -0.1

Printing and related support activities

 343.1 341.7 340.6 338.2 342.8 340.3 339.5 339.0 -0.5

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing

 111.5 110.7 111.3 111.9 109.4 109.3 109.3 109.5 0.2

Chemical manufacturing

 906.3 897.8 904.8 904.6 900.1 898.7 900.8 898.8 -2.0

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

 704.4 692.1 691.5 691.3 702.3 690.5 687.9 686.9 -1.0

Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing

 357.6 344.9 355.1 354.5 346.0 344.4 345.0 344.6 -0.4

Private service-providing

 114,115 114,199 114,770 114,691 113,461 114,006 114,022 114,027 5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 28,666 28,610 28,711 28,652 28,744 28,724 28,712 28,708 -4

Wholesale trade

 6,081.2 6,057.5 6,082.6 6,093.8 6,051.6 6,054.4 6,057.7 6,062.4 4.7

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

 3,413.1 3,398.6 3,416.5 3,432.2 3,399.2 3,400.8 3,406.6 3,414.4 7.8

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

 2,223.9 2,216.4 2,220.5 2,214.5 2,209.2 2,209.7 2,204.8 2,201.8 -3.0

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

 444.2 442.5 445.6 447.1 443.2 443.9 446.3 446.2 -0.1

Retail trade

 15,440.7 15,413.9 15,491.2 15,450.5 15,430.2 15,464.0 15,460.3 15,440.9 -19.4

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

 2,054.2 2,051.7 2,058.0 2,061.4 2,044.7 2,047.2 2,047.5 2,050.1 2.6

Automobile dealers

 1,293.3 1,285.6 1,285.9 1,287.9 1,292.2 1,285.3 1,283.5 1,286.5 3.0

Other motor vehicle dealers

 164.9 163.7 165.8 165.8 156.6 159.3 158.9 158.9 0.0

Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers

 596.0 602.4 606.3 607.7 595.9 602.6 605.1 604.6 -0.5

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

 1,407.1 1,424.2 1,417.7 1,390.0 1,375.9 1,365.7 1,356.5 1,356.2 -0.3

Food and beverage retailers

 3,267.6 3,243.1 3,265.5 3,258.8 3,254.1 3,254.8 3,258.2 3,255.5 -2.7

Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers

 758.9 743.2 740.9 744.2 772.6 756.8 756.4 755.3 -1.1

Furniture and home furnishings retailers

 389.1 382.1 381.3 381.7 395.8 387.9 387.3 386.5 -0.8

Electronics and appliance retailers

 369.8 361.1 359.6 362.5 376.8 369.0 369.2 368.8 -0.4

General merchandise retailers

 3,209.8 3,199.2 3,209.1 3,173.2 3,235.5 3,241.8 3,233.5 3,212.2 -21.3

Department stores

 903.5 910.7 917.9 916.9 924.6 937.9 940.2 939.4 -0.8

Warehouse clubs, supercenters, and other general merchandise retailers

 2,306.3 2,288.5 2,291.2 2,256.3 2,311.0 2,303.9 2,293.4 2,272.8 -20.6

Health and personal care retailers

 1,048.9 1,045.0 1,046.3 1,044.0 1,062.6 1,050.7 1,052.1 1,050.5 -1.6

Gasoline stations and fuel dealers

 1,063.6 1,060.5 1,074.3 1,071.8 1,051.3 1,061.3 1,065.0 1,060.4 -4.6

Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers

 1,130.5 1,118.2 1,142.5 1,157.8 1,139.9 1,149.2 1,154.0 1,154.1 0.1

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

 1,500.1 1,528.8 1,536.9 1,549.3 1,493.6 1,536.5 1,537.1 1,546.6 9.5

Transportation and warehousing

 6,536.7 6,531.8 6,526.4 6,494.9 6,659.4 6,597.8 6,586.4 6,596.1 9.7

Air transportation

 577.6 570.8 571.8 571.0 572.3 568.1 568.4 568.4 0.0

Rail transportation

 154.6 150.0 150.0 150.0 154.8 149.6 149.7 149.3 -0.4

Water transportation

 74.4 70.7 73.4 74.6 70.7 69.8 70.1 70.5 0.4

Truck transportation

 1,499.3 1,467.6 1,476.5 1,481.3 1,482.5 1,467.7 1,465.0 1,465.1 0.1

Transit and ground passenger transportation

 426.5 508.5 480.9 430.1 490.3 492.8 491.0 494.4 3.4

Pipeline transportation

 56.7 55.9 56.5 57.4 56.4 56.1 56.3 57.3 1.0

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

 47.1 36.1 41.2 43.8 36.6 32.7 33.0 33.3 0.3

Support activities for transportation

 834.3 822.5 824.1 826.6 834.2 825.1 825.7 825.2 -0.5

Couriers and messengers

 1,015.5 1,027.1 1,025.4 1,037.7 1,092.3 1,094.2 1,083.1 1,098.0 14.9

Warehousing and storage

 1,850.7 1,822.6 1,826.6 1,822.4 1,869.3 1,841.7 1,844.1 1,834.6 -9.5

Utilities

 606.9 606.5 610.4 612.9 602.6 607.6 607.4 608.1 0.7

Information

 2,882 2,777 2,784 2,788 2,861 2,782 2,769 2,780 11

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 369.0 330.0 333.7 338.8 355.0 325.6 322.8 332.7 9.9

Publishing industries

 913.0 894.1 901.1 895.8 909.4 898.1 895.4 893.3 -2.1

Broadcasting and content providers

 342.2 334.9 337.9 334.9 342.4 335.7 337.3 335.8 -1.5

Telecommunications

 593.4 573.9 570.5 573.2 593.2 575.6 571.7 571.8 0.1

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

 482.6 465.4 460.4 460.1 480.0 465.7 461.1 463.5 2.4

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

 181.9 178.5 179.9 185.3 181.2 180.9 180.5 183.2 2.7

Financial activities

 9,278 9,081 9,136 9,149 9,204 9,106 9,104 9,090 -14

Finance and insurance

 6,781.6 6,644.5 6,676.1 6,673.4 6,747.3 6,666.6 6,666.8 6,652.2 -14.6

Monetary authorities-central bank

 19.8 18.4 18.5 18.5 19.6 18.4 18.3 18.2 -0.1

Credit intermediation and related
activities

 2,576.8 2,532.5 2,544.7 2,536.7 2,567.2 2,536.5 2,538.4 2,529.6 -8.8

Depository credit intermediation(1)

 1,791.6 1,767.8 1,776.1 1,773.9 1,784.3 1,771.9 1,771.2 1,768.7 -2.5

Commercial banking

 1,378.6 1,350.6 1,355.9 1,353.5 1,372.2 1,354.7 1,352.6 1,350.1 -2.5

Nondepository credit intermediation

 504.5 490.3 494.5 490.8 502.0 490.9 492.9 490.3 -2.6

Activities related to credit intermediation

 280.7 274.4 274.1 272.0 280.8 273.7 274.4 270.6 -3.8

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

 1,159.8 1,157.3 1,172.2 1,180.1 1,143.9 1,165.3 1,167.8 1,168.8 1.0

Insurance carriers and related activities

 3,025.2 2,936.3 2,940.7 2,938.1 3,016.6 2,946.4 2,942.3 2,935.6 -6.7

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2,496.6 2,436.0 2,459.8 2,475.7 2,456.4 2,439.1 2,437.1 2,437.3 0.2

Real estate

 1,876.3 1,842.1 1,852.2 1,865.2 1,855.7 1,847.9 1,846.2 1,847.6 1.4

Rental and leasing services

 598.3 572.7 586.2 589.3 578.9 570.0 569.7 568.7 -1.0

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

 22.0 21.2 21.4 21.2 21.8 21.2 21.2 21.0 -0.2

Professional and business services

 22,511 22,503 22,631 22,647 22,403 22,466 22,500 22,518 18

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 10,826.6 10,762.9 10,840.8 10,878.7 10,772.5 10,815.8 10,832.2 10,837.3 5.1

Legal services

 1,235.2 1,229.6 1,256.1 1,255.0 1,223.5 1,238.3 1,244.2 1,245.2 1.0

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

 1,097.7 1,097.3 1,098.5 1,095.9 1,126.7 1,124.0 1,126.6 1,129.1 2.5

Architectural, engineering, and related services

 1,765.1 1,760.4 1,788.3 1,797.4 1,733.1 1,764.1 1,765.1 1,769.7 4.6

Specialized design services

 148.8 148.5 150.3 150.4 148.5 149.4 150.7 150.2 -0.5

Computer systems design and related services

 2,408.5 2,368.8 2,361.1 2,382.7 2,395.7 2,370.0 2,369.2 2,366.4 -2.8

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

 1,864.2 1,872.3 1,888.8 1,887.9 1,859.0 1,878.0 1,888.1 1,886.6 -1.5

Scientific research and development services

 933.0 910.3 922.0 933.1 920.1 912.8 915.0 920.3 5.3

Advertising, public relations, and related services

 486.2 478.9 478.7 477.9 483.5 480.3 476.7 475.9 -0.8

Other professional, scientific, and technical services

 887.9 896.8 897.0 898.4 882.6 899.0 896.6 894.0 -2.6

Management of companies and enterprises

 2,648.9 2,606.9 2,628.7 2,644.3 2,625.1 2,617.5 2,616.7 2,624.5 7.8

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 9,035.2 9,132.8 9,161.1 9,124.4 9,004.9 9,033.0 9,050.9 9,056.0 5.1

Administrative and support services

 8,507.3 8,606.8 8,630.0 8,592.5 8,483.2 8,507.1 8,524.6 8,529.3 4.7

Office administrative services

 623.3 632.7 639.0 642.0 619.4 632.5 637.0 635.0 -2.0

Facilities support services

 179.6 179.1 177.6 178.7 179.2 180.5 177.7 177.8 0.1

Employment services(1)

 3,086.9 3,217.9 3,185.0 3,144.9 3,183.7 3,190.0 3,202.7 3,206.8 4.1

Temporary help services

 2,403.7 2,515.6 2,485.5 2,448.2 2,494.2 2,490.6 2,501.6 2,505.0 3.4

Business support services

 641.6 621.6 623.4 622.0 649.9 627.7 628.8 629.4 0.6

Travel arrangement and reservation services

 189.1 184.8 188.7 189.3 187.9 184.6 186.6 186.5 -0.1

Investigation and security services

 1,045.8 1,049.5 1,049.7 1,044.1 1,046.4 1,049.6 1,049.4 1,048.6 -0.8

Services to buildings and dwellings

 2,406.9 2,381.8 2,427.5 2,436.6 2,285.6 2,306.7 2,307.9 2,309.8 1.9

Other support services

 334.1 339.4 339.1 334.9 331.2 335.6 334.5 335.5 1.0

Waste management and remediation services

 527.9 526.0 531.1 531.9 521.7 525.9 526.3 526.7 0.4

Private education and health services

 27,112 27,896 27,740 27,666 27,412 27,883 27,937 27,962 25

Private educational services

 3,762.0 4,061.7 3,860.8 3,769.3 4,052.0 4,034.0 4,046.9 4,049.7 2.8

Health care and social assistance

 23,349.8 23,834.4 23,878.7 23,896.8 23,360.1 23,848.6 23,889.6 23,912.2 22.6

Health care(3)

 18,137.4 18,439.3 18,466.7 18,521.2 18,126.6 18,476.2 18,496.5 18,518.5 22.0

Ambulatory health care services

 9,020.4 9,213.3 9,198.3 9,229.4 9,029.9 9,224.8 9,229.3 9,247.4 18.1

Offices of physicians

 3,007.5 3,048.4 3,045.0 3,051.7 3,010.5 3,054.8 3,054.8 3,059.0 4.2

Offices of dentists

 1,056.8 1,062.4 1,062.2 1,060.9 1,052.4 1,063.0 1,062.8 1,061.9 -0.9

Offices of other health practitioners

 1,305.3 1,344.4 1,337.0 1,348.1 1,312.1 1,344.7 1,346.6 1,352.4 5.8

Outpatient care centers

 1,179.0 1,191.1 1,188.2 1,191.2 1,179.6 1,193.9 1,191.5 1,193.5 2.0

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

 309.0 310.7 310.3 311.7 310.1 311.3 311.7 312.1 0.4

Home health care services

 1,796.9 1,876.8 1,874.3 1,881.9 1,799.2 1,878.0 1,881.5 1,886.1 4.6

Other ambulatory health care services

 365.9 379.5 381.3 383.9 366.1 379.1 380.4 382.4 2.0

Hospitals

 5,675.7 5,742.3 5,766.9 5,780.4 5,668.4 5,761.3 5,770.8 5,770.4 -0.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

 3,441.3 3,483.7 3,501.5 3,511.4 3,428.3 3,490.1 3,496.4 3,500.7 4.3

Skilled nursing care facilities

 1,559.8 1,578.5 1,591.3 1,598.6 1,552.5 1,584.7 1,589.7 1,592.9 3.2

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

 694.3 707.4 710.0 709.4 691.6 707.0 708.1 707.9 -0.2

Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly

 1,014.6 1,023.9 1,027.4 1,031.8 1,012.6 1,024.8 1,026.4 1,028.2 1.8

Other residential care facilities

 172.6 173.9 172.8 171.6 171.5 173.6 172.2 171.6 -0.6

Social assistance

 5,212.4 5,395.1 5,412.0 5,375.6 5,233.5 5,372.4 5,393.1 5,393.7 0.6

Individual and family services

 3,627.7 3,767.5 3,787.6 3,795.3 3,619.2 3,764.8 3,779.0 3,786.8 7.8

Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

 234.6 236.7 236.6 238.3 234.2 236.3 235.7 236.6 0.9

Vocational rehabilitation services

 288.3 278.1 286.2 282.3 283.5 279.1 281.0 278.6 -2.4

Child care services

 1,061.8 1,112.8 1,101.6 1,059.7 1,096.6 1,092.2 1,097.4 1,091.7 -5.7

Leisure and hospitality

 17,599 17,279 17,667 17,676 16,848 17,014 16,971 16,931 -40

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 3,035.6 2,770.9 2,984.4 2,989.3 2,695.7 2,690.3 2,681.3 2,665.2 -16.1

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

 634.7 624.4 621.6 600.1 607.5 603.9 589.7 583.4 -6.3

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

 193.6 185.5 195.7 198.7 178.8 183.1 183.9 184.2 0.3

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

 2,207.3 1,961.0 2,167.1 2,190.5 1,909.4 1,903.3 1,907.7 1,897.6 -10.1

Accommodation and food services

 14,563.7 14,508.5 14,682.4 14,686.6 14,151.9 14,323.2 14,289.7 14,266.2 -23.5

Accommodation

 2,082.1 1,941.4 2,026.7 2,065.8 1,927.9 1,938.2 1,916.8 1,919.4 2.6

Food services and drinking places

 12,481.6 12,567.1 12,655.7 12,620.8 12,224.0 12,385.0 12,372.9 12,346.8 -26.1

Other services

 6,067 6,053 6,101 6,113 5,989 6,031 6,029 6,038 9

Repair and maintenance

 1,476.6 1,480.7 1,483.5 1,488.8 1,466.4 1,474.1 1,470.8 1,486.2 15.4

Personal and laundry services

 1,608.5 1,620.7 1,630.7 1,632.2 1,596.1 1,611.2 1,618.2 1,612.3 -5.9

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

 2,981.9 2,951.9 2,987.0 2,992.1 2,926.4 2,945.9 2,940.1 2,939.0 -1.1

Government

 22,366 23,632 23,191 22,113 23,585 23,333 23,323 23,270 -53

Federal

 2,940 2,680 2,684 2,687 2,935 2,685 2,686 2,683 -3

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

 2,340.8 2,079.6 2,084.5 2,086.0 2,339.2 2,082.6 2,082.9 2,079.7 -3.2

U.S. Postal Service

 598.9 600.6 599.9 601.4 595.5 601.9 603.0 603.1 0.1

State government

 5,161 5,465 5,208 5,121 5,504 5,467 5,464 5,471 7

State government education

 2,265.4 2,596.2 2,329.3 2,240.8 2,626.7 2,596.7 2,601.1 2,609.8 8.7

State government, excluding education

 2,895.6 2,868.9 2,878.3 2,880.0 2,877.3 2,870.6 2,862.4 2,861.2 -1.2

Local government

 14,265 15,487 15,299 14,305 15,146 15,181 15,173 15,116 -57

Local government education

 7,116.3 8,504.5 8,125.5 7,087.8 8,224.4 8,203.4 8,191.8 8,142.2 -49.6

Local government, excluding education

 7,148.5 6,982.3 7,173.9 7,216.8 6,921.6 6,977.8 6,981.1 6,973.3 -7.8

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 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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