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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
Sept.
2019
July
2020
Aug.
2020(p)
Sept.
2020(p)
Sept.
2019
July
2020
Aug.
2020(p)
Sept.
2020(p)
Change from:
Aug.2020 - Sept.2020(p)

Total nonfarm

151,556 139,076 140,718 141,855 151,368 139,570 141,059 141,720 661

Total private

128,917 118,808 119,731 120,059 128,718 118,018 119,040 119,917 877

Goods-producing

21,318 20,232 20,293 20,258 21,106 19,925 19,970 20,063 93

Mining and logging

738 630 620 619 731 620 612 613 1

Logging

52.6 52.3 52.1 51.6 51.5 51.2 50.5 50.6 0.1

Mining

685.8 577.6 567.7 567.4 679.8 569.0 561.5 562.4 0.9

Oil and gas extraction

154.4 156.6 157.4 157.3 154.3 155.2 156.0 156.9 0.9

Mining, except oil and gas

192.5 182.8 183.2 181.9 190.0 180.1 180.0 179.8 -0.2

Coal mining

52.3 45.3 45.4 44.6 52.2 45.9 45.4 44.5 -0.9

Metal ore mining

40.9 40.7 40.9 40.6 41.0 40.4 40.6 40.8 0.2

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

99.3 96.8 96.9 96.7 96.8 93.8 94.0 94.5 0.5

Support activities for mining

338.9 238.2 227.1 228.2 335.5 233.7 225.5 225.7 0.2

Construction

7,700 7,427 7,461 7,415 7,524 7,202 7,219 7,245 26

Construction of buildings

1,686.0 1,637.5 1,648.5 1,639.7 1,664.6 1,598.8 1,609.0 1,620.9 11.9

Residential building

835.1 831.0 835.7 836.8 825.4 818.4 820.7 827.3 6.6

Nonresidential building

850.9 806.5 812.8 802.9 839.2 780.4 788.3 793.6 5.3

Heavy and civil engineering construction

1,140.6 1,072.3 1,074.0 1,066.8 1,079.1 1,014.9 1,009.1 1,005.7 -3.4

Specialty trade contractors

4,873.1 4,717.5 4,738.9 4,708.5 4,780.1 4,588.3 4,600.7 4,618.3 17.6

Residential specialty trade contractors

2,125.0 2,098.7 2,117.0 2,107.7 2,089.5 2,036.4 2,059.5 2,075.0 15.5

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

2,748.1 2,618.8 2,621.9 2,600.8 2,690.6 2,551.9 2,541.2 2,543.3 2.1

Manufacturing

12,880 12,175 12,212 12,224 12,851 12,103 12,139 12,205 66

Durable goods

8,063 7,585 7,596 7,609 8,066 7,561 7,568 7,614 46

Wood products

411.3 390.9 392.5 393.6 410.3 387.7 388.3 392.2 3.9

Nonmetallic mineral products

425.7 410.0 406.1 409.7 422.2 403.8 399.4 405.6 6.2

Primary metals

383.5 338.8 339.0 335.2 384.0 338.1 339.0 335.6 -3.4

Fabricated metal products

1,487.3 1,387.9 1,390.0 1,388.0 1,489.9 1,380.5 1,386.3 1,390.5 4.2

Machinery

1,117.7 1,045.8 1,039.2 1,044.8 1,122.2 1,039.3 1,036.9 1,050.7 13.8

Computer and electronic products

1,088.0 1,090.5 1,090.6 1,083.8 1,089.0 1,084.0 1,085.7 1,086.4 0.7

Computer and peripheral equipment

165.3 169.4 170.6 168.9 165.1 169.5 169.8 169.1 -0.7

Communications equipment

83.4 82.3 83.0 81.6 83.5 82.3 82.5 82.0 -0.5

Semiconductors and electronic components

378.9 376.1 374.6 371.0 379.4 372.3 372.3 372.1 -0.2

Electronic instruments

426.8 427.3 426.7 427.1 427.8 424.9 425.9 428.6 2.7

Miscellaneous computer and electronic products

33.6 35.4 35.7 35.2 33.1 35.0 35.2 34.6 -0.6

Electrical equipment and appliances

405.1 382.5 378.9 378.4 404.9 380.0 377.3 378.1 0.8

Transportation equipment(1)

1,739.6 1,594.4 1,612.2 1,627.4 1,737.4 1,607.5 1,609.8 1,625.1 15.3

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

998.4 891.3 905.3 919.5 997.7 909.0 904.7 919.0 14.3

Furniture and related products

386.8 351.2 353.3 352.4 386.9 349.0 353.0 352.7 -0.3

Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing

618.1 592.7 594.2 595.9 619.1 591.0 592.6 597.0 4.4

Nondurable goods

4,817 4,590 4,616 4,615 4,785 4,542 4,571 4,591 20

Food manufacturing

1,669.6 1,621.2 1,635.5 1,631.3 1,645.2 1,593.8 1,607.3 1,612.3 5.0

Textile mills

107.9 92.0 94.3 96.4 107.9 92.1 94.0 96.4 2.4

Textile product mills

112.2 102.0 102.4 104.4 111.9 100.8 102.1 104.0 1.9

Apparel

109.4 82.5 86.0 86.2 109.7 83.0 85.7 86.1 0.4

Paper and paper products

364.0 357.0 355.1 355.9 364.9 355.1 354.0 357.0 3.0

Printing and related support activities

424.9 364.4 361.6 365.3 424.2 364.1 360.2 364.9 4.7

Petroleum and coal products

116.3 107.2 106.7 106.5 113.2 103.3 104.0 103.8 -0.2

Chemicals

850.6 837.9 840.4 834.9 851.7 833.9 839.2 837.2 -2.0

Plastics and rubber products

736.3 723.4 726.0 721.7 738.2 719.4 723.2 724.2 1.0

Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing

325.4 302.0 308.2 312.7 317.6 296.9 300.9 304.9 4.0

Private service-providing

107,599 98,576 99,438 99,801 107,612 98,093 99,070 99,854 784

Trade, transportation, and utilities

27,575 26,095 26,403 26,591 27,712 26,136 26,490 26,727 237

Wholesale trade

5,910.9 5,619.3 5,624.2 5,620.0 5,913.2 5,592.9 5,603.8 5,622.5 18.7

Durable goods

3,213.2 3,060.6 3,059.9 3,059.4 3,215.5 3,047.4 3,046.7 3,059.7 13.0

Nondurable goods

2,169.3 2,059.5 2,060.8 2,061.5 2,168.8 2,046.5 2,054.6 2,062.9 8.3

Electronic markets and agents and brokers

528.4 499.2 503.5 499.1 528.9 499.0 502.5 499.9 -2.6

Retail trade

15,487.4 14,794.4 15,022.7 15,060.6 15,622.8 14,785.4 15,046.6 15,189.0 142.4

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

2,050.5 1,914.4 1,939.6 1,950.3 2,042.4 1,902.8 1,927.8 1,943.9 16.1

Automobile dealers

1,305.1 1,188.6 1,207.7 1,217.7 1,300.7 1,186.0 1,204.5 1,214.7 10.2

Other motor vehicle dealers

167.0 158.4 160.5 157.6 165.0 149.8 153.8 155.6 1.8

Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores

578.4 567.4 571.4 575.0 576.7 567.0 569.5 573.6 4.1

Furniture and home furnishings stores

463.9 391.5 401.4 406.5 470.5 397.5 408.2 413.5 5.3

Electronics and appliance stores

464.1 398.7 414.5 423.0 472.5 411.4 430.6 432.9 2.3

Building material and garden supply stores

1,283.6 1,413.9 1,403.8 1,385.8 1,306.0 1,376.6 1,391.4 1,399.4 8.0

Food and beverage stores

3,070.4 3,147.1 3,148.7 3,128.9 3,084.5 3,124.7 3,131.6 3,139.6 8.0

Health and personal care stores

1,034.5 951.4 963.1 975.9 1,046.7 955.8 970.4 986.3 15.9

Gasoline stations

951.3 924.9 931.7 923.6 949.7 912.1 917.8 921.1 3.3

Clothing and clothing accessories stores

1,246.1 911.3 923.3 934.7 1,282.3 912.2 924.4 964.2 39.8

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

546.8 429.9 445.5 456.3 554.8 441.4 454.9 466.4 11.5

General merchandise stores

2,993.4 3,056.6 3,176.3 3,196.0 3,025.7 3,101.9 3,218.2 3,237.7 19.5

Department stores

1,043.6 985.7 1,021.1 1,028.6 1,070.1 1,018.6 1,050.7 1,060.6 9.9

General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters

1,949.8 2,070.9 2,155.2 2,167.4 1,955.7 2,083.3 2,167.5 2,177.1 9.6

Miscellaneous store retailers

830.8 719.4 733.6 731.4 830.3 708.8 725.8 729.2 3.4

Nonstore retailers

552.0 535.3 541.2 548.2 557.4 540.2 545.5 554.8 9.3

Transportation and warehousing

5,631.1 5,139.8 5,215.7 5,370.2 5,628.6 5,218.5 5,300.2 5,373.8 73.6

Air transportation

503.2 398.9 409.4 404.1 503.5 395.4 405.9 404.3 -1.6

Rail transportation

170.5 145.5 146.0 146.0 170.0 145.3 145.8 145.9 0.1

Water transportation

66.6 57.5 57.3 57.2 65.7 55.0 54.9 56.1 1.2

Truck transportation

1,543.4 1,458.3 1,467.0 1,470.2 1,528.0 1,439.8 1,449.8 1,454.4 4.6

Transit and ground passenger transportation

513.8 273.5 282.4 380.5 500.7 335.0 346.2 367.6 21.4

Pipeline transportation

51.4 50.0 49.8 49.5 51.3 50.0 49.8 49.5 -0.3

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

42.3 27.3 27.3 25.4 35.9 20.7 20.9 21.7 0.8

Support activities for transportation

755.1 674.5 680.4 683.2 755.0 672.3 679.0 683.9 4.9

Couriers and messengers

792.4 877.1 883.2 903.7 825.3 917.8 926.3 936.6 10.3

Warehousing and storage

1,192.4 1,177.2 1,212.9 1,250.4 1,193.2 1,187.2 1,221.6 1,253.8 32.2

Utilities

545.8 541.3 539.9 539.9 547.5 538.8 539.0 541.8 2.8

Information

2,860 2,583 2,601 2,607 2,866 2,565 2,591 2,618 27

Publishing industries, except Internet

769.0 734.8 737.8 737.7 765.2 730.4 734.2 733.7 -0.5

Motion picture and sound recording industries

439.9 225.9 250.8 256.6 445.5 214.0 241.1 264.3 23.2

Broadcasting, except Internet

266.0 238.3 240.8 247.5 265.0 239.1 242.0 246.4 4.4

Telecommunications

700.5 684.3 677.7 675.0 704.4 684.4 680.1 678.8 -1.3

Data processing, hosting and related services

341.3 342.0 336.1 335.3 341.9 341.1 337.8 337.7 -0.1

Other information services

343.2 358.1 357.9 355.0 344.4 355.5 355.4 357.3 1.9

Financial activities

8,775 8,681 8,703 8,682 8,771 8,620 8,646 8,683 37

Finance and insurance

6,435.2 6,473.3 6,483.2 6,472.6 6,442.1 6,452.9 6,466.1 6,482.4 16.3

Monetary authorities - central bank

19.6 20.2 20.0 19.9 19.7 19.8 19.8 20.0 0.2

Credit intermediation and related
activities

2,649.1 2,661.2 2,663.1 2,654.5 2,650.9 2,650.2 2,656.9 2,661.5 4.6

Depository credit intermediation(1)

1,771.3 1,774.0 1,768.6 1,752.8 1,777.1 1,765.1 1,762.7 1,760.7 -2.0

Commercial banking

1,385.6 1,384.9 1,379.4 1,365.5 1,390.3 1,377.3 1,375.1 1,372.9 -2.2

Nondepository credit intermediation

579.4 577.9 585.0 588.5 575.3 574.8 582.5 586.7 4.2

Activities related to credit intermediation

298.4 309.3 309.5 313.2 298.5 310.3 311.7 314.1 2.4

Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts

964.8 975.4 980.0 973.7 967.1 969.4 970.6 974.6 4.0

Insurance carriers and related activities

2,801.7 2,816.5 2,820.1 2,824.5 2,804.4 2,813.5 2,818.8 2,826.3 7.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

2,339.5 2,207.5 2,220.0 2,209.0 2,328.9 2,167.3 2,180.2 2,200.2 20.0

Real estate

1,727.7 1,695.1 1,703.9 1,694.1 1,725.9 1,674.0 1,680.4 1,692.3 11.9

Rental and leasing services

588.6 488.9 492.6 492.1 579.8 470.3 476.8 484.9 8.1

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets

23.2 23.5 23.5 22.8 23.2 23.0 23.0 23.0 0.0

Professional and business services

21,479 20,010 20,220 20,239 21,402 19,887 20,075 20,164 89

Professional and technical services

9,516.9 9,307.8 9,338.9 9,295.7 9,603.0 9,294.8 9,339.8 9,387.1 47.3

Legal services

1,146.9 1,116.6 1,112.4 1,108.0 1,152.4 1,108.4 1,110.4 1,113.5 3.1

Accounting and bookkeeping services

969.9 947.6 950.8 946.7 1,032.6 1,012.7 1,011.8 1,014.0 2.2

Architectural and engineering services

1,520.4 1,496.4 1,505.6 1,501.6 1,518.4 1,470.7 1,487.7 1,500.8 13.1

Specialized design services

144.7 132.1 133.0 134.5 145.1 132.1 133.0 134.6 1.6

Computer systems design and related services

2,210.9 2,178.2 2,188.1 2,167.0 2,223.5 2,154.2 2,167.6 2,179.3 11.7

Management and technical consulting services

1,541.9 1,497.2 1,504.0 1,498.1 1,543.8 1,490.9 1,495.9 1,499.0 3.1

Scientific research and development services

732.4 749.3 753.4 748.0 735.7 739.9 747.6 752.6 5.0

Advertising and related services

490.2 448.4 443.0 443.1 492.4 445.4 440.5 444.9 4.4

Other professional and technical services

759.6 742.0 748.6 748.7 759.1 740.5 745.3 748.4 3.1

Management of companies and enterprises

2,434.1 2,354.7 2,353.0 2,348.0 2,438.3 2,336.6 2,340.0 2,351.3 11.3

Administrative and waste services

9,527.6 8,347.1 8,527.9 8,594.8 9,360.2 8,255.3 8,394.7 8,425.7 31.0

Administrative and support services

9,066.1 7,886.9 8,068.7 8,137.3 8,901.2 7,803.9 7,942.4 7,970.6 28.2

Office administrative services

526.9 508.1 507.9 509.6 527.9 506.9 505.7 510.2 4.5

Facilities support services

165.6 158.3 156.9 155.7 164.4 158.4 156.9 155.3 -1.6

Employment services(1)

3,722.8 2,941.0 3,108.7 3,176.5 3,644.6 2,977.9 3,098.2 3,098.7 0.5

Temporary help services

3,016.9 2,319.4 2,473.9 2,542.8 2,949.1 2,365.1 2,466.6 2,474.7 8.1

Business support services

871.3 752.0 766.5 780.9 871.6 761.3 773.5 781.9 8.4

Travel arrangement and reservation services

219.6 161.4 157.6 155.5 218.3 158.7 156.0 154.7 -1.3

Investigation and security services

962.2 899.6 908.1 911.8 952.5 901.3 904.9 902.3 -2.6

Services to buildings and dwellings

2,252.6 2,172.5 2,165.1 2,147.2 2,180.1 2,044.2 2,048.5 2,070.9 22.4

Other support services

345.1 294.0 297.9 300.1 341.7 295.2 298.7 296.6 -2.1

Waste management and remediation services

461.5 460.2 459.2 457.5 459.0 451.4 452.3 455.1 2.8

Education and health services

24,257 22,646 22,835 23,125 24,323 22,979 23,149 23,189 40

Educational services

3,763.5 3,164.5 3,233.5 3,445.7 3,791.6 3,471.5 3,542.2 3,473.7 -68.5

Health care and social assistance

20,493.4 19,481.0 19,601.3 19,678.9 20,531.1 19,507.2 19,607.2 19,714.9 107.7

Health care(3)

16,342.4 15,736.4 15,806.0 15,824.0 16,356.8 15,712.8 15,786.8 15,839.6 52.8

Ambulatory health care services

7,735.4 7,411.7 7,492.6 7,529.3 7,748.9 7,404.2 7,487.1 7,544.7 57.6

Offices of physicians

2,678.6 2,592.1 2,617.7 2,629.1 2,684.6 2,591.9 2,618.1 2,636.3 18.2

Offices of dentists

969.4 918.8 939.6 937.2 972.1 917.6 936.0 939.9 3.9

Offices of other health practitioners

975.0 885.9 898.4 906.2 979.4 883.1 896.2 910.0 13.8

Outpatient care centers

965.3 942.8 951.6 952.3 968.6 943.1 952.3 955.5 3.2

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

285.7 273.9 273.8 276.4 285.1 273.0 273.6 276.0 2.4

Home health care services

1,542.8 1,496.3 1,509.0 1,524.6 1,542.0 1,494.0 1,508.4 1,524.6 16.2

Other ambulatory health care services

318.6 301.9 302.5 303.5 317.2 301.5 302.5 302.4 -0.1

Hospitals

5,219.9 5,135.7 5,142.1 5,136.0 5,218.8 5,133.1 5,141.6 5,135.2 -6.4

Nursing and residential care facilities

3,387.1 3,189.0 3,171.3 3,158.7 3,389.1 3,175.5 3,158.1 3,159.7 1.6

Nursing care facilities

1,602.5 1,480.3 1,472.5 1,463.8 1,601.5 1,476.6 1,467.3 1,462.5 -4.8

Residential mental health facilities

647.9 620.7 620.8 619.9 649.6 616.6 618.3 621.2 2.9

Community care facilities for the elderly

970.6 927.1 918.9 916.1 972.0 923.0 914.4 917.1 2.7

Other residential care facilities

166.1 160.9 159.1 158.9 166.0 159.3 158.1 158.9 0.8

Social assistance

4,151.0 3,744.6 3,795.3 3,854.9 4,174.3 3,794.4 3,820.4 3,875.3 54.9

Individual and family services

2,619.4 2,513.6 2,525.2 2,537.4 2,639.4 2,508.3 2,524.0 2,555.7 31.7

Emergency and other relief services

185.0 182.7 179.4 181.6 185.4 183.0 180.8 182.2 1.4

Vocational rehabilitation services

320.7 279.6 283.2 283.0 322.4 274.7 280.3 284.4 4.1

Child day care services

1,025.9 768.7 807.5 852.9 1,027.0 828.4 835.3 853.0 17.7

Leisure and hospitality

16,759 13,152 13,231 13,124 16,631 12,566 12,709 13,027 318

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

2,483.7 1,826.5 1,798.1 1,702.6 2,440.7 1,587.4 1,609.6 1,676.6 67.0

Performing arts and spectator sports

537.7 273.3 287.4 279.0 521.0 257.4 274.0 269.6 -4.4

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

174.3 138.6 135.7 130.0 172.5 124.8 126.3 128.9 2.6

Amusements, gambling, and recreation

1,771.7 1,414.6 1,375.0 1,293.6 1,747.2 1,205.2 1,209.3 1,278.1 68.8

Accommodation and food services

14,275.4 11,325.5 11,432.8 11,421.2 14,189.8 10,978.6 11,099.7 11,350.7 251.0

Accommodation

2,115.1 1,450.4 1,456.4 1,404.3 2,076.5 1,298.1 1,314.9 1,365.6 50.7

Food services and drinking places

12,160.3 9,875.1 9,976.4 10,016.9 12,113.3 9,680.5 9,784.8 9,985.1 200.3

Other services

5,894 5,409 5,445 5,433 5,907 5,340 5,410 5,446 36

Repair and maintenance

1,360.6 1,289.9 1,308.9 1,310.7 1,360.3 1,282.6 1,305.8 1,310.6 4.8

Personal and laundry services

1,528.0 1,248.7 1,258.4 1,255.2 1,527.8 1,239.7 1,255.0 1,255.4 0.4

Membership associations and organizations

3,005.0 2,870.2 2,877.6 2,866.6 3,018.4 2,817.6 2,849.3 2,879.9 30.6

Government

22,639 20,268 20,987 21,796 22,650 21,552 22,019 21,803 -216

Federal

2,859.0 2,929 3,172 3,133 2,857.0 2,912 3,162 3,128 -34

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

2,256.1 2,335.0 2,571.8 2,531.6 2,250.4 2,314.2 2,559.2 2,525.3 -33.9

U.S. Postal Service

603.1 593.6 599.8 601.3 606.2 598.2 602.5 602.3 -0.2

State government

5,238.0 4,634 4,707 4,993 5,181.0 4,964 4,983 4,935 -48

State government education

2,538.5 1,924.7 2,000.4 2,297.6 2,483.2 2,269.8 2,288.9 2,239.5 -49.4

State government, excluding education

2,699.4 2,709.0 2,706.6 2,695.8 2,697.7 2,694.0 2,694.3 2,695.1 0.8

Local government

14,542.0 12,705 13,108 13,670 14,612.0 13,676 13,874 13,740 -134

Local government education

7,967.5 6,347.9 6,749.0 7,400.0 8,027.0 7,549.2 7,687.8 7,456.7 -231.1

Local government, excluding education

6,574.9 6,357.2 6,358.7 6,270.2 6,585.2 6,127.1 6,186.4 6,282.8 96.4

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: October 05, 2020