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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
June
2019		 Apr.
2020		 May
2020(p)		 June
2020(p)		 June
2019		 Apr.
2020		 May
2020(p)		 June
2020(p)		 Change from:
May2020 - June2020(p)

Total nonfarm

 151,739 130,317 133,410 138,513 150,759 130,303 133,002 137,802 4,800

Total private

 129,278 108,159 111,866 117,360 128,206 108,527 111,759 116,526 4,767

Goods-producing

 21,367 18,540 19,413 20,156 21,076 18,698 19,382 19,886 504

Mining and logging

 746 643 632 628 741 653 634 624 -10

Logging

 50.3 47.6 50.0 51.6 49.8 50.5 51.2 51.4 0.2

Mining

 696.0 595.6 581.6 576.5 691.1 602.9 582.3 572.5 -9.8

Oil and gas extraction

 151.0 153.1 152.7 153.0 149.6 155.4 153.1 151.9 -1.2

Mining, except oil and gas

 196.7 175.4 180.3 181.2 192.1 177.1 179.0 177.7 -1.3

Coal mining

 52.0 41.6 43.8 43.8 51.9 41.9 44.4 43.8 -0.6

Metal ore mining

 43.1 40.8 40.5 41.4 42.5 40.9 40.5 40.9 0.4

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

 101.6 93.0 96.0 96.0 97.7 94.4 94.1 93.0 -1.1

Support activities for mining

 348.3 267.1 248.6 242.3 349.4 270.4 250.2 242.9 -7.3

Construction

 7,699 6,465 7,073 7,359 7,497 6,556 7,009 7,167 158

Construction of buildings

 1,685.6 1,434.4 1,554.3 1,617.8 1,656.3 1,456.7 1,556.4 1,588.6 32.2

Residential building

 831.9 702.0 775.7 811.3 816.6 712.8 776.3 795.4 19.1

Nonresidential building

 853.7 732.4 778.6 806.5 839.7 743.9 780.1 793.2 13.1

Heavy and civil engineering construction

 1,129.8 976.8 1,052.4 1,067.7 1,074.0 992.9 1,023.6 1,013.9 -9.7

Specialty trade contractors

 4,883.1 4,054.0 4,466.5 4,673.3 4,766.9 4,106.6 4,429.3 4,564.7 135.4

Residential specialty trade contractors

 2,142.1 1,772.4 1,979.3 2,075.0 2,083.9 1,796.4 1,957.1 2,021.2 64.1

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

 2,741.0 2,281.6 2,487.2 2,598.3 2,683.0 2,310.2 2,472.2 2,543.5 71.3

Manufacturing

 12,922 11,432 11,708 12,169 12,838 11,489 11,739 12,095 356

Durable goods

 8,117 7,109 7,269 7,616 8,064 7,126 7,279 7,569 290

Wood products

 410.7 374.1 385.1 393.2 407.7 375.4 385.4 390.6 5.2

Nonmetallic mineral products

 427.3 375.8 395.3 406.3 420.6 375.6 392.3 399.5 7.2

Primary metals

 388.8 341.7 332.9 340.8 386.9 342.9 333.5 338.9 5.4

Fabricated metal products

 1,502.6 1,360.9 1,387.9 1,409.9 1,492.7 1,362.8 1,389.4 1,400.5 11.1

Machinery

 1,137.3 1,016.8 1,036.7 1,062.3 1,129.7 1,019.2 1,037.7 1,055.2 17.5

Computer and electronic products

 1,083.4 1,083.9 1,079.8 1,094.6 1,078.8 1,087.4 1,083.9 1,091.2 7.3

Computer and peripheral equipment

 162.1 169.8 169.3 171.8 162.2 170.4 169.9 171.9 2.0

Communications equipment

 83.5 83.1 81.2 82.5 82.9 83.1 81.4 82.3 0.9

Semiconductors and electronic components

 379.3 373.4 370.6 375.6 377.0 374.9 372.6 373.8 1.2

Electronic instruments

 425.1 425.2 425.7 430.9 423.6 425.9 426.9 429.8 2.9

Miscellaneous computer and electronic products

 33.4 32.4 33.0 33.8 33.2 33.0 33.1 33.4 0.3

Electrical equipment and appliances

 405.3 383.1 375.6 382.3 404.8 384.7 377.3 382.3 5.0

Transportation equipment(1)

 1,748.7 1,339.6 1,387.2 1,594.3 1,737.5 1,341.8 1,390.3 1,583.4 193.1

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

 1,009.3 640.0 681.3 885.5 1,002.1 638.7 682.0 877.8 195.8

Furniture and related products

 389.7 309.7 335.7 350.4 387.0 310.5 336.0 348.4 12.4

Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing

 622.8 523.8 552.6 582.3 618.5 525.2 553.2 578.7 25.5

Nondurable goods

 4,805 4,323 4,439 4,553 4,774 4,363 4,460 4,526 66

Food manufacturing

 1,646.9 1,528.8 1,558.3 1,596.8 1,635.8 1,557.5 1,580.7 1,588.3 7.6

Textile mills

 109.2 85.5 88.7 91.5 109.0 85.7 88.3 91.3 3.0

Textile product mills

 113.2 85.2 100.0 103.4 113.5 85.8 100.0 103.8 3.8

Apparel

 112.8 67.6 78.0 87.2 111.8 67.6 77.8 86.4 8.6

Paper and paper products

 366.4 354.8 353.3 355.5 364.8 354.6 352.7 354.2 1.5

Printing and related support activities

 426.7 335.4 356.9 360.7 425.7 337.1 357.4 360.0 2.6

Petroleum and coal products

 117.8 104.7 105.7 106.2 114.6 105.7 104.5 103.0 -1.5

Chemicals

 852.3 827.8 829.0 836.2 848.9 830.0 830.4 832.9 2.5

Plastics and rubber products

 741.9 672.8 697.3 723.2 736.7 673.1 696.4 718.2 21.8

Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing

 317.9 260.5 271.5 292.3 312.9 266.0 271.4 287.5 16.1

Private service-providing

 107,911 89,619 92,453 97,204 107,130 89,829 92,377 96,640 4,263

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 27,698 24,253 24,740 25,753 27,686 24,475 24,829 25,732 903

Wholesale trade

 5,926.2 5,520.3 5,548.7 5,641.4 5,898.9 5,537.0 5,549.3 5,616.9 67.6

Durable goods

 3,211.8 3,011.1 3,012.1 3,063.1 3,201.2 3,018.9 3,014.6 3,053.3 38.7

Nondurable goods

 2,185.8 2,013.7 2,041.8 2,078.9 2,170.4 2,020.0 2,037.9 2,064.8 26.9

Electronic markets and agents and brokers

 528.6 495.5 494.8 499.4 527.3 498.1 496.8 498.8 2.0

Retail trade

 15,622.9 13,174.9 13,627.5 14,418.5 15,613.4 13,287.6 13,659.1 14,398.9 739.8

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

 2,042.7 1,683.4 1,775.7 1,864.5 2,030.3 1,686.4 1,769.8 1,853.8 84.0

Automobile dealers

 1,301.7 1,016.8 1,109.2 1,169.5 1,298.3 1,019.9 1,109.4 1,167.5 58.1

Other motor vehicle dealers

 172.2 124.5 140.9 156.7 163.4 123.2 135.1 148.2 13.1

Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores

 568.8 542.1 525.6 538.3 568.6 543.3 525.3 538.1 12.8

Furniture and home furnishings stores

 468.1 247.9 292.7 377.6 472.4 253.6 297.5 381.7 84.2

Electronics and appliance stores

 471.2 423.5 350.0 375.6 477.4 427.0 354.4 380.8 26.4

Building material and garden supply stores

 1,349.4 1,320.3 1,394.9 1,405.9 1,291.6 1,274.1 1,327.8 1,343.1 15.3

Food and beverage stores

 3,091.8 3,024.2 3,089.9 3,147.1 3,070.9 3,047.8 3,095.5 3,127.3 31.8

Health and personal care stores

 1,045.0 942.3 896.1 929.4 1,048.4 949.4 901.7 932.4 30.7

Gasoline stations

 955.6 891.7 893.9 918.3 943.8 898.6 893.0 907.5 14.5

Clothing and clothing accessories stores

 1,278.6 476.2 549.7 754.5 1,299.3 492.0 565.6 767.2 201.6

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

 535.5 327.4 356.0 421.8 549.3 338.7 367.2 432.7 65.5

General merchandise stores

 2,974.6 2,802.7 2,900.7 3,010.2 3,027.7 2,869.3 2,953.6 3,061.7 108.1

Department stores

 1,038.5 780.0 826.2 876.7 1,074.7 810.8 858.2 906.9 48.7

General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters

 1,936.1 2,022.7 2,074.5 2,133.5 1,952.9 2,058.5 2,095.4 2,154.8 59.4

Miscellaneous store retailers

 847.4 535.5 611.8 685.6 837.3 544.0 608.5 678.6 70.1

Nonstore retailers

 563.0 499.8 516.1 528.0 565.0 506.7 524.5 532.1 7.6

Transportation and warehousing

 5,595.2 5,017.6 5,024.0 5,152.7 5,622.7 5,108.4 5,080.1 5,178.8 98.7

Air transportation

 507.6 432.7 384.7 383.0 503.3 433.1 383.2 379.6 -3.6

Rail transportation

 176.0 154.9 148.0 145.5 175.8 154.4 148.3 145.8 -2.5

Water transportation

 67.2 57.9 57.4 60.5 65.2 59.1 56.8 58.5 1.7

Truck transportation

 1,548.7 1,414.6 1,430.2 1,453.5 1,535.3 1,430.6 1,432.6 1,440.7 8.1

Transit and ground passenger transportation

 496.9 331.3 327.7 308.0 502.6 317.0 310.2 314.0 3.8

Pipeline transportation

 51.8 50.5 50.4 50.1 51.7 50.5 50.5 50.1 -0.4

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

 46.1 11.4 17.6 24.5 36.4 12.5 16.2 19.4 3.2

Support activities for transportation

 756.7 666.7 661.3 671.5 756.2 668.6 664.7 671.5 6.8

Couriers and messengers

 767.5 785.6 823.2 874.0 808.6 861.2 883.7 904.8 21.1

Warehousing and storage

 1,176.7 1,112.0 1,123.5 1,182.1 1,187.6 1,121.4 1,133.9 1,194.4 60.5

Utilities

 554.1 540.0 539.5 540.0 550.5 542.3 540.7 537.5 -3.2

Information

 2,874 2,607 2,561 2,586 2,865 2,609 2,570 2,579 9

Publishing industries, except Internet

 763.4 742.2 734.9 741.3 762.2 747.0 739.9 739.3 -0.6

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 457.7 224.9 214.4 219.5 450.0 220.4 210.0 212.6 2.6

Broadcasting, except Internet

 265.9 246.2 237.4 237.7 266.4 246.4 238.5 238.3 -0.2

Telecommunications

 712.7 692.2 684.2 687.5 713.0 694.7 688.4 688.1 -0.3

Data processing, hosting and related services

 335.8 345.9 340.0 343.4 336.1 344.1 339.9 345.5 5.6

Other information services

 338.3 355.1 350.3 356.2 336.8 356.4 353.4 355.6 2.2

Financial activities

 8,783 8,523 8,552 8,650 8,732 8,566 8,576 8,608 32

Finance and insurance

 6,428.9 6,419.7 6,419.0 6,459.9 6,415.3 6,442.9 6,439.7 6,449.0 9.3

Monetary authorities - central bank

 19.7 19.6 19.7 19.9 19.6 19.7 19.8 19.8 0.0

Credit intermediation and related
activities

 2,655.0 2,637.5 2,645.7 2,659.2 2,647.1 2,648.1 2,650.7 2,651.6 0.9

Depository credit intermediation(1)

 1,784.3 1,767.3 1,772.3 1,781.4 1,776.2 1,771.3 1,773.1 1,773.6 0.5

Commercial banking

 1,397.8 1,379.3 1,384.3 1,391.1 1,392.2 1,384.0 1,385.2 1,385.6 0.4

Nondepository credit intermediation

 573.4 572.7 572.7 574.5 572.9 578.5 575.4 573.5 -1.9

Activities related to credit intermediation

 297.3 297.5 300.7 303.3 298.0 298.3 302.2 304.5 2.3

Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts

 966.2 961.2 962.0 973.5 964.1 966.6 969.1 971.2 2.1

Insurance carriers and related activities

 2,788.0 2,801.4 2,791.6 2,807.3 2,784.5 2,808.5 2,800.1 2,806.4 6.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2,354.0 2,103.1 2,132.5 2,190.5 2,317.1 2,123.5 2,136.1 2,158.9 22.8

Real estate

 1,731.7 1,625.8 1,644.2 1,683.3 1,715.2 1,638.5 1,649.4 1,667.7 18.3

Rental and leasing services

 598.5 454.5 465.4 483.8 578.7 461.9 463.8 468.3 4.5

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets

 23.8 22.8 22.9 23.4 23.2 23.1 22.9 22.9 0.0

Professional and business services

 21,428 19,215 19,398 19,836 21,294 19,254 19,414 19,720 306

Professional and technical services

 9,520.0 9,193.2 9,142.4 9,246.0 9,534.1 9,146.8 9,213.7 9,276.0 62.3

Legal services

 1,159.2 1,086.7 1,096.3 1,116.7 1,148.6 1,092.3 1,099.3 1,106.8 7.5

Accounting and bookkeeping services

 973.9 1,055.0 946.7 950.3 1,028.3 965.0 998.5 1,016.0 17.5

Architectural and engineering services

 1,531.7 1,448.5 1,462.3 1,494.0 1,513.0 1,459.5 1,463.5 1,475.9 12.4

Specialized design services

 144.2 125.1 126.1 131.9 143.6 125.8 125.9 131.4 5.5

Computer systems design and related services

 2,199.1 2,164.9 2,160.5 2,141.4 2,202.2 2,172.6 2,165.5 2,145.1 -20.4

Management and technical consulting services

 1,525.7 1,462.3 1,475.2 1,491.1 1,523.4 1,472.5 1,481.2 1,490.6 9.4

Scientific research and development services

 733.4 726.5 729.8 744.5 726.4 730.7 731.6 737.7 6.1

Advertising and related services

 495.2 449.5 449.4 454.4 492.7 450.4 449.8 452.3 2.5

Other professional and technical services

 757.6 674.7 696.1 721.7 755.9 678.0 698.4 720.2 21.8

Management of companies and enterprises

 2,442.3 2,341.3 2,340.2 2,365.1 2,425.0 2,355.5 2,343.5 2,348.3 4.8

Administrative and waste services

 9,465.5 7,680.0 7,915.2 8,224.6 9,334.9 7,751.8 7,856.8 8,095.8 239.0

Administrative and support services

 9,007.4 7,231.8 7,461.3 7,769.6 8,883.0 7,300.6 7,403.9 7,646.6 242.7

Office administrative services

 530.9 489.7 494.0 496.3 527.1 490.9 493.3 492.7 -0.6

Facilities support services

 163.8 152.5 149.0 154.7 164.3 153.1 149.7 155.3 5.6

Employment services(1)

 3,629.1 2,580.0 2,675.8 2,852.3 3,627.0 2,640.7 2,691.1 2,852.3 161.2

Temporary help services

 2,940.7 1,993.1 2,080.7 2,239.9 2,942.7 2,047.9 2,094.8 2,243.7 148.9

Business support services

 867.8 746.1 737.8 750.5 882.0 751.0 747.7 762.5 14.8

Travel arrangement and reservation services

 222.2 175.8 170.6 164.3 218.2 175.9 169.1 161.5 -7.6

Investigation and security services

 957.1 885.0 888.9 895.2 957.2 890.2 888.1 895.1 7.0

Services to buildings and dwellings

 2,293.4 1,913.7 2,055.0 2,152.0 2,170.2 1,911.1 1,975.7 2,028.8 53.1

Other support services

 343.1 289.0 290.2 304.3 337.0 287.7 289.2 298.4 9.2

Waste management and remediation services

 458.1 448.2 453.9 455.0 451.9 451.2 452.9 449.2 -3.7

Education and health services

 23,939 21,972 22,243 22,569 24,131 21,805 22,204 22,772 568

Educational services

 3,549.3 3,488.3 3,376.6 3,231.0 3,750.6 3,317.6 3,346.8 3,440.2 93.4

Health care and social assistance

 20,389.8 18,483.4 18,866.4 19,337.7 20,380.0 18,487.7 18,857.2 19,332.1 474.9

Health care(3)

 16,267.0 14,901.4 15,223.2 15,617.3 16,250.4 14,929.6 15,245.2 15,603.2 358.0

Ambulatory health care services

 7,687.9 6,513.0 6,924.4 7,300.8 7,680.7 6,522.0 6,923.4 7,294.8 371.4

Offices of physicians

 2,668.8 2,422.1 2,487.7 2,569.0 2,670.1 2,427.6 2,490.0 2,570.0 80.0

Offices of dentists

 969.4 427.3 684.2 876.8 966.7 427.9 684.2 874.6 190.4

Offices of other health practitioners

 968.0 748.9 819.8 867.9 965.7 750.7 818.2 865.7 47.5

Outpatient care centers

 960.2 901.3 912.5 936.1 961.0 900.7 913.0 937.1 24.1

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

 282.4 257.6 257.5 266.0 281.8 258.6 258.7 265.7 7.0

Home health care services

 1,525.6 1,461.8 1,467.7 1,485.0 1,523.2 1,461.7 1,465.1 1,482.9 17.8

Other ambulatory health care services

 313.5 294.0 295.0 300.0 312.2 294.8 294.2 298.8 4.6

Hospitals

 5,193.6 5,132.8 5,087.4 5,113.4 5,191.6 5,139.6 5,105.1 5,111.8 6.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

 3,385.5 3,255.6 3,211.4 3,203.1 3,378.1 3,268.0 3,216.7 3,196.6 -20.1

Nursing care facilities

 1,601.1 1,534.1 1,505.2 1,491.8 1,599.7 1,540.8 1,508.9 1,490.6 -18.3

Residential mental health facilities

 650.6 621.3 614.6 617.4 648.1 623.0 615.0 615.0 0.0

Community care facilities for the elderly

 969.5 941.1 932.3 933.0 967.6 944.7 932.8 931.4 -1.4

Other residential care facilities

 164.3 159.1 159.3 160.9 162.7 159.5 160.0 159.6 -0.4

Social assistance

 4,122.8 3,582.0 3,643.2 3,720.4 4,129.6 3,558.1 3,612.0 3,728.9 116.9

Individual and family services

 2,610.6 2,458.8 2,480.3 2,503.0 2,605.7 2,452.6 2,471.5 2,499.2 27.7

Emergency and other relief services

 185.0 177.0 178.0 179.5 184.6 177.9 178.7 179.1 0.4

Vocational rehabilitation services

 325.2 258.3 261.3 272.8 321.9 259.6 261.5 270.3 8.8

Child day care services

 1,002.0 687.9 723.6 765.1 1,017.3 668.0 700.3 780.3 80.0

Leisure and hospitality

 17,219 8,485 10,107 12,556 16,526 8,549 9,952 12,040 2,088

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 2,714.5 1,114.4 1,232.4 1,752.3 2,415.4 1,143.1 1,197.3 1,563.2 365.9

Performing arts and spectator sports

 553.2 273.7 275.7 288.0 518.6 268.9 259.2 270.6 11.4

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

 187.2 123.4 125.1 133.7 171.6 125.3 121.5 122.7 1.2

Amusements, gambling, and recreation

 1,974.1 717.3 831.6 1,330.6 1,725.2 748.9 816.6 1,169.9 353.3

Accommodation and food services

 14,504.8 7,370.6 8,874.6 10,804.0 14,110.8 7,406.1 8,755.0 10,477.0 1,722.0

Accommodation

 2,192.7 1,130.4 1,069.1 1,412.8 2,084.6 1,179.0 1,066.2 1,304.8 238.6

Food services and drinking places

 12,312.1 6,240.2 7,805.5 9,391.2 12,026.2 6,227.1 7,688.8 9,172.2 1,483.4

Other services

 5,970 4,564 4,852 5,254 5,896 4,571 4,832 5,189 357

Repair and maintenance

 1,360.4 1,137.8 1,222.4 1,281.7 1,351.8 1,134.2 1,213.3 1,273.7 60.4

Personal and laundry services

 1,540.7 686.5 864.6 1,132.5 1,524.3 685.0 856.0 1,120.2 264.2

Membership associations and organizations

 3,069.0 2,740.1 2,764.7 2,839.3 3,019.4 2,751.3 2,762.4 2,794.6 32.2

Government

 22,461 22,158 21,544 21,153 22,553 21,776 21,243 21,276 33

Federal

 2,845.0 2,876.0 2,881.0 2,902.0 2,829.0 2,893.0 2,884.0 2,885.0 1.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

 2,238.3 2,281.1 2,280.1 2,298.5 2,220.8 2,289.6 2,280.8 2,280.7 -0.1

U.S. Postal Service

 606.2 595.2 601.0 603.5 608.2 602.9 603.1 604.3 1.2

State government

 4,898.0 5,146.0 4,929.0 4,648.0 5,157.0 4,993.0 4,940.0 4,915.0 -25.0

State government education

 2,193.0 2,444.6 2,239.6 1,948.7 2,470.1 2,290.0 2,251.0 2,232.2 -18.8

State government, excluding education

 2,704.7 2,701.4 2,689.0 2,699.1 2,686.8 2,702.8 2,688.8 2,683.2 -5.6

Local government

 14,718.0 14,136.0 13,734.0 13,603.0 14,567.0 13,890.0 13,419.0 13,476.0 57.0

Local government education

 7,940.6 7,920.1 7,611.8 7,317.1 7,986.9 7,596.1 7,304.6 7,374.9 70.3

Local government, excluding education

 6,777.2 6,216.1 6,122.0 6,286.1 6,580.0 6,294.3 6,114.7 6,100.9 -13.8

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 2019 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: July 02, 2020