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

Total nonfarm

156,845 158,399 158,717 159,177 156,667 158,692 158,851 159,105 254

Total private

133,861 136,256 136,176 135,718 133,764 135,347 135,461 135,684 223

Goods-producing

21,818 22,119 22,120 22,014 21,664 21,833 21,838 21,859 21

Mining and logging

649 642 644 645 645 635 636 639 3

Logging

46.2 39.6 39.5 39.9 45.5 38.5 38.1 38.3 0.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

602.7 601.9 604.5 604.7 599.7 596.7 597.6 600.5 2.9

Oil and gas extraction

118.1 121.0 120.7 119.8 117.6 120.0 119.1 119.8 0.7

Mining (except oil and gas)

189.2 192.7 192.1 190.5 186.8 188.8 188.4 188.1 -0.3

Coal mining

42.8 44.0 43.2 43.0 42.7 43.6 43.2 43.0 -0.2

Metal ore mining

43.8 43.9 44.0 43.5 43.7 43.5 43.5 43.5 0.0

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

102.6 104.8 104.9 104.0 100.4 101.7 101.6 101.7 0.1

Support activities for mining

295.4 288.2 291.7 294.4 295.3 287.9 290.1 292.6 2.5

Construction

8,216 8,464 8,496 8,446 8,065 8,247 8,278 8,303 25

Construction of buildings

1,833.5 1,914.8 1,914.8 1,889.6 1,819.5 1,876.2 1,880.3 1,879.4 -0.9

Residential building construction

932.9 963.7 966.1 957.1 928.7 945.9 949.5 951.5 2.0

Nonresidential building construction

900.6 951.1 948.7 932.5 890.8 930.3 930.8 927.9 -2.9

Heavy and civil engineering construction

1,180.0 1,191.2 1,205.3 1,203.3 1,128.0 1,141.3 1,152.1 1,155.9 3.8

Specialty trade contractors

5,202.8 5,358.4 5,375.7 5,353.1 5,117.4 5,229.7 5,245.1 5,267.9 22.8

Residential specialty trade contractors

2,419.8 2,479.4 2,478.3 2,454.9 2,387.0 2,416.6 2,418.9 2,424.7 5.8

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

2,783.0 2,879.0 2,897.4 2,898.2 2,730.4 2,813.1 2,826.2 2,843.2 17.0

Manufacturing

12,953 13,013 12,980 12,923 12,954 12,951 12,924 12,917 -7

Durable goods

8,117 8,155 8,125 8,090 8,125 8,130 8,100 8,097 -3

Wood product manufacturing

415.7 419.5 416.6 414.5 416.5 416.3 415.1 414.3 -0.8

Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

425.1 428.3 427.9 428.2 421.4 423.3 422.4 423.7 1.3

Primary metal manufacturing

375.1 373.8 373.8 371.6 375.9 372.6 372.5 371.8 -0.7

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

1,454.5 1,466.8 1,461.3 1,460.9 1,457.2 1,461.5 1,459.7 1,463.4 3.7

Machinery manufacturing

1,134.7 1,138.3 1,132.0 1,126.4 1,139.1 1,131.1 1,129.3 1,130.7 1.4

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

1,103.7 1,108.7 1,101.9 1,096.0 1,106.6 1,099.5 1,097.3 1,097.5 0.2

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

162.2 160.8 160.5 160.0 162.3 160.0 159.7 160.1 0.4

Communications equipment manufacturing

86.2 85.6 84.7 84.6 86.8 84.8 84.7 84.6 -0.1

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

389.9 395.7 393.3 389.5 391.9 391.5 391.3 390.5 -0.8

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

434.1 435.3 432.0 430.8 434.5 432.5 430.8 431.3 0.5

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

31.3 31.3 31.4 31.1 31.2 30.8 30.9 30.9 0.0

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing

416.1 407.6 403.2 400.1 416.7 405.2 402.0 400.0 -2.0

Transportation equipment manufacturing(1)

1,814.6 1,847.0 1,847.3 1,839.5 1,810.3 1,860.8 1,844.1 1,838.9 -5.2

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

1,057.2 1,065.3 1,071.5 1,065.1 1,052.8 1,082.5 1,069.1 1,062.6 -6.5

Furniture and related product manufacturing

350.8 342.5 341.2 336.4 354.0 341.3 339.7 338.1 -1.6

Miscellaneous manufacturing

626.2 622.1 619.8 616.3 627.1 618.5 618.3 618.5 0.2

Nondurable goods

4,836 4,858 4,855 4,833 4,829 4,821 4,824 4,820 -4

Food manufacturing

1,728.9 1,750.2 1,756.5 1,757.1 1,723.4 1,739.8 1,744.7 1,747.1 2.4

Textile mills

90.0 90.4 89.6 89.1 89.8 89.7 88.9 88.9 0.0

Textile product mills

97.5 95.0 94.3 94.1 97.7 95.0 93.8 94.4 0.6

Apparel manufacturing

88.7 84.3 84.1 83.5 89.1 84.0 84.1 83.7 -0.4

Paper manufacturing

353.0 350.3 348.9 346.7 353.8 350.1 349.5 347.5 -2.0

Printing and related support activities

363.9 360.9 361.4 361.5 366.0 360.4 360.6 361.3 0.7

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing

108.9 110.7 110.7 109.4 107.6 108.1 107.9 107.9 0.0

Chemical manufacturing

897.7 908.1 904.8 899.9 902.1 902.3 902.5 902.2 -0.3

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

736.4 726.1 723.4 717.1 737.7 723.3 722.4 720.7 -1.7

Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing

371.0 381.6 381.3 374.9 362.2 368.5 369.2 366.1 -3.1

Private service-providing

112,043 114,137 114,056 113,704 112,100 113,514 113,623 113,825 202

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28,724 28,965 28,908 28,902 28,882 29,036 29,031 29,044 13

Wholesale trade

6,131.8 6,210.4 6,197.0 6,174.5 6,133.3 6,175.2 6,175.6 6,177.5 1.9

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

3,406.7 3,462.4 3,454.1 3,438.7 3,408.8 3,444.8 3,443.2 3,443.2 0.0

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

2,210.4 2,232.9 2,228.6 2,221.3 2,210.0 2,217.2 2,219.3 2,220.8 1.5

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

514.7 515.1 514.3 514.5 514.5 513.2 513.1 513.5 0.4

Retail trade

15,474.2 15,671.1 15,610.9 15,538.3 15,612.0 15,661.3 15,652.5 15,668.1 15.6

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

2,063.1 2,085.3 2,082.1 2,077.7 2,058.8 2,073.7 2,073.8 2,074.1 0.3

Automobile dealers

1,282.3 1,305.5 1,304.4 1,305.4 1,281.7 1,304.2 1,303.0 1,304.3 1.3

Other motor vehicle dealers

179.3 176.6 172.2 168.0 177.7 167.5 166.2 166.0 -0.2

Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers

601.5 603.2 605.5 604.3 599.4 602.0 604.5 603.8 -0.7

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

1,381.6 1,403.5 1,377.8 1,356.3 1,400.3 1,376.2 1,374.7 1,373.5 -1.2

Food and beverage retailers

3,221.4 3,273.9 3,261.1 3,241.0 3,240.7 3,258.2 3,259.1 3,261.7 2.6

Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers

831.6 801.2 807.7 814.6 839.0 816.9 818.9 820.7 1.8

Furniture and home furnishings retailers

423.1 411.0 413.2 416.5 430.6 419.7 420.3 421.1 0.8

Electronics and appliance retailers

408.5 390.2 394.5 398.1 408.4 397.2 398.6 399.6 1.0

General merchandise retailers

3,184.8 3,262.3 3,251.7 3,257.6 3,240.1 3,289.8 3,288.9 3,293.1 4.2

Department stores

938.3 954.7 948.8 958.1 967.3 972.5 970.2 974.4 4.2

Warehouse clubs, supercenters, and other general merchandise retailers

2,246.5 2,307.6 2,302.9 2,299.5 2,272.8 2,317.3 2,318.7 2,318.8 0.1

Health and personal care retailers

1,085.4 1,077.1 1,071.9 1,081.4 1,098.9 1,093.1 1,086.9 1,090.9 4.0

Gasoline stations and fuel dealers

1,070.2 1,092.3 1,089.8 1,081.2 1,066.4 1,080.0 1,080.2 1,081.1 0.9

Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers

1,116.6 1,125.7 1,126.2 1,100.4 1,138.4 1,134.5 1,132.0 1,134.8 2.8

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

1,519.5 1,549.8 1,542.6 1,528.1 1,529.4 1,538.9 1,538.0 1,538.2 0.2

Transportation and warehousing

6,540.8 6,489.9 6,508.6 6,596.5 6,557.9 6,609.3 6,612.5 6,603.9 -8.6

Air transportation

561.5 579.2 579.4 575.3 560.0 575.2 577.1 575.6 -1.5

Rail transportation

152.7 150.8 150.2 150.2 152.8 150.9 150.3 150.1 -0.2

Water transportation

72.6 78.5 77.8 77.0 70.9 75.3 74.7 75.4 0.7

Truck transportation

1,562.0 1,560.8 1,563.8 1,557.7 1,551.1 1,545.0 1,544.3 1,543.6 -0.7

Transit and ground passenger transportation

443.7 376.9 379.6 457.5 429.3 435.4 439.5 442.9 3.4

Pipeline transportation

52.4 55.2 54.0 54.6 52.5 54.9 54.2 54.6 0.4

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

35.2 43.9 44.4 39.7 29.4 35.5 35.7 34.7 -1.0

Support activities for transportation

826.9 853.2 853.9 852.9 825.8 854.4 855.7 855.7 0.0

Couriers and messengers

1,048.6 1,032.7 1,043.3 1,061.2 1,093.8 1,099.9 1,099.4 1,100.7 1.3

Warehousing and storage

1,785.2 1,758.7 1,762.2 1,770.4 1,792.3 1,782.8 1,781.6 1,770.6 -11.0

Utilities

577.1 594.0 591.8 593.0 578.3 590.5 590.8 594.2 3.4

Information

3,000 3,025 3,024 2,994 3,008 2,999 2,992 2,996 4

Motion picture and sound recording industries

398.0 461.0 463.7 440.0 400.3 447.3 447.3 445.6 -1.7

Publishing industries

950.1 930.2 930.1 929.9 955.0 921.3 918.6 919.7 1.1

Broadcasting and content providers

341.9 338.0 336.7 334.9 343.1 338.6 337.1 336.1 -1.0

Telecommunications

641.4 624.3 620.2 613.4 640.9 621.9 619.0 617.4 -1.6

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

491.9 495.9 496.4 500.9 490.8 494.9 495.2 501.2 6.0

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

176.8 175.7 177.0 175.1 177.4 174.6 175.2 175.5 0.3

Financial activities

9,220 9,318 9,311 9,259 9,223 9,244 9,254 9,259 5

Finance and insurance

6,727.8 6,780.4 6,771.5 6,749.3 6,742.1 6,747.8 6,751.1 6,756.8 5.7

Monetary authorities-central bank

22.6 23.1 23.3 23.2 22.6 22.7 23.0 23.2 0.2

Credit intermediation and related
activities

2,615.7 2,589.8 2,582.2 2,570.9 2,622.3 2,578.9 2,578.4 2,576.3 -2.1

Depository credit intermediation(1)

1,790.3 1,778.4 1,775.0 1,767.5 1,796.9 1,770.7 1,771.2 1,773.8 2.6

Commercial banking

1,384.2 1,366.4 1,362.8 1,355.6 1,389.6 1,360.6 1,359.7 1,360.6 0.9

Nondepository credit intermediation

532.6 530.4 527.0 526.8 533.1 527.4 526.4 526.1 -0.3

Activities related to credit intermediation

292.8 281.0 280.2 276.6 292.3 280.9 280.7 276.4 -4.3

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

1,102.3 1,133.8 1,130.1 1,120.7 1,107.8 1,120.2 1,119.9 1,122.7 2.8

Insurance carriers and related activities

2,987.2 3,033.7 3,035.9 3,034.5 2,989.4 3,026.0 3,029.8 3,034.6 4.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

2,492.6 2,537.8 2,539.1 2,509.9 2,481.0 2,496.1 2,503.3 2,501.8 -1.5

Real estate

1,861.5 1,909.5 1,907.7 1,891.9 1,860.2 1,889.0 1,891.6 1,893.7 2.1

Rental and leasing services

608.0 604.5 607.5 594.1 597.7 583.5 588.0 584.2 -3.8

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

23.1 23.8 23.9 23.9 23.1 23.6 23.7 23.9 0.2

Professional and business services

22,938 23,057 23,057 23,027 22,864 22,976 22,972 22,989 17

Professional, scientific, and technical services

10,795.6 11,075.5 11,034.4 10,949.7 10,874.1 11,029.6 11,033.8 11,046.1 12.3

Legal services

1,178.2 1,192.7 1,175.2 1,172.7 1,185.0 1,182.6 1,179.8 1,181.4 1.6

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

1,099.0 1,137.5 1,130.0 1,121.7 1,151.8 1,173.3 1,175.9 1,177.9 2.0

Architectural, engineering, and related services

1,670.9 1,737.6 1,733.6 1,712.2 1,667.1 1,707.8 1,707.1 1,708.0 0.9

Specialized design services

153.1 152.8 153.1 151.8 154.1 152.3 152.6 151.7 -0.9

Computer systems design and related services

2,491.7 2,561.7 2,561.0 2,531.9 2,506.0 2,548.6 2,551.6 2,554.5 2.9

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

1,878.1 1,909.5 1,903.3 1,893.7 1,881.7 1,903.8 1,903.4 1,904.1 0.7

Scientific research and development services

942.6 970.3 964.0 957.7 945.3 955.8 956.2 959.1 2.9

Advertising, public relations, and related services

509.9 525.2 522.2 522.0 511.0 522.6 521.6 523.3 1.7

Other professional, scientific, and technical services

872.1 888.2 892.0 886.0 872.2 882.9 885.6 886.1 0.5

Management of companies and enterprises

2,562.8 2,584.2 2,570.0 2,564.7 2,566.0 2,567.4 2,560.1 2,566.5 6.4

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

9,579.1 9,397.1 9,452.7 9,512.2 9,423.7 9,379.3 9,378.0 9,376.0 -2.0

Administrative and support services

9,071.4 8,871.3 8,925.3 8,988.9 8,920.8 8,860.1 8,857.9 8,856.3 -1.6

Office administrative services

628.3 634.8 633.6 639.4 626.1 632.4 633.5 637.2 3.7

Facilities support services

172.5 184.1 187.3 186.6 170.6 183.0 184.2 186.0 1.8

Employment services(1)

3,652.0 3,369.9 3,429.5 3,497.5 3,588.1 3,479.8 3,474.8 3,462.8 -12.0

Temporary help services

2,881.6 2,594.2 2,646.4 2,709.8 2,822.0 2,696.5 2,690.0 2,676.2 -13.8

Business support services

733.6 688.7 688.7 696.6 736.1 699.3 696.7 695.7 -1.0

Travel arrangement and reservation services

194.1 196.4 197.5 195.2 193.0 194.1 194.7 193.9 -0.8

Investigation and security services

1,008.2 1,022.2 1,028.5 1,035.8 1,004.9 1,024.1 1,025.8 1,028.2 2.4

Services to buildings and dwellings

2,339.6 2,428.1 2,413.5 2,388.4 2,263.8 2,302.1 2,303.4 2,306.5 3.1

Other support services

343.1 347.1 346.7 349.4 338.2 345.3 344.9 345.9 1.0

Waste management and remediation services

507.7 525.8 527.4 523.3 502.9 519.2 520.1 519.7 -0.4

Private education and health services

25,531 26,093 26,203 26,500 25,560 26,403 26,463 26,544 81

Private educational services

3,826.4 3,577.4 3,614.5 3,866.8 3,826.5 3,868.4 3,875.2 3,884.6 9.4

Health care and social assistance

21,704.9 22,516.0 22,588.8 22,632.8 21,733.8 22,534.2 22,588.1 22,659.8 71.7

Health care(3)

17,102.7 17,705.0 17,755.2 17,769.3 17,103.3 17,697.6 17,733.9 17,779.1 45.2

Ambulatory health care services

8,524.8 8,824.1 8,856.7 8,866.1 8,537.4 8,832.9 8,854.7 8,879.0 24.3

Offices of physicians

2,942.8 3,035.2 3,039.4 3,032.0 2,947.7 3,036.6 3,040.3 3,042.2 1.9

Offices of dentists

1,027.1 1,044.6 1,047.3 1,041.7 1,031.3 1,041.8 1,042.0 1,043.9 1.9

Offices of other health practitioners

1,165.2 1,209.2 1,221.6 1,222.3 1,167.3 1,212.2 1,219.8 1,223.3 3.5

Outpatient care centers

1,060.2 1,089.2 1,091.7 1,095.3 1,063.4 1,091.6 1,094.0 1,099.3 5.3

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

322.5 316.5 316.7 315.3 323.5 317.4 317.1 315.7 -1.4

Home health care services

1,654.1 1,774.0 1,780.5 1,798.2 1,651.9 1,775.4 1,781.7 1,794.4 12.7

Other ambulatory health care services

352.9 355.4 359.5 361.3 352.3 358.0 359.9 360.4 0.5

Hospitals

5,391.6 5,576.3 5,589.3 5,599.4 5,380.0 5,574.1 5,586.0 5,597.5 11.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

3,186.3 3,304.6 3,309.2 3,303.8 3,185.9 3,290.6 3,293.2 3,302.6 9.4

Skilled nursing care facilities

1,432.4 1,478.5 1,480.1 1,478.8 1,430.5 1,471.0 1,471.1 1,475.0 3.9

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

645.6 675.0 674.0 672.9 644.7 672.1 671.7 673.1 1.4

Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly

951.1 983.6 988.9 985.8 953.5 981.5 985.2 988.6 3.4

Other residential care facilities

157.2 167.5 166.2 166.3 157.3 166.1 165.1 166.0 0.9

Social assistance

4,602.2 4,811.0 4,833.6 4,863.5 4,630.5 4,836.6 4,854.2 4,880.7 26.5

Individual and family services

3,064.4 3,259.3 3,276.4 3,278.1 3,082.2 3,250.4 3,271.1 3,292.3 21.2

Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

220.1 233.0 231.7 230.9 222.6 233.1 232.5 232.7 0.2

Vocational rehabilitation services

282.2 295.4 290.2 288.5 283.1 291.9 289.3 290.1 0.8

Child care services

1,035.5 1,023.3 1,035.3 1,066.0 1,042.6 1,061.3 1,061.4 1,065.6 4.2

Leisure and hospitality

16,791 17,689 17,592 17,121 16,708 16,944 16,997 17,075 78

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

2,586.6 3,000.6 2,927.0 2,692.1 2,539.0 2,663.5 2,674.5 2,676.5 2.0

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

623.2 662.4 670.0 664.1 594.0 634.9 645.4 645.5 0.1

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

176.3 193.9 188.5 179.2 174.9 177.6 177.3 176.8 -0.5

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

1,787.1 2,144.3 2,068.5 1,848.8 1,770.1 1,851.0 1,851.8 1,854.2 2.4

Accommodation and food services

14,203.9 14,688.6 14,664.7 14,428.8 14,168.6 14,280.3 14,322.2 14,398.2 76.0

Accommodation

1,932.4 2,073.0 2,045.9 1,952.6 1,908.7 1,917.0 1,921.4 1,928.0 6.6

Food services and drinking places

12,271.5 12,615.6 12,618.8 12,476.2 12,259.9 12,363.3 12,400.8 12,470.2 69.4

Other services

5,839 5,990 5,961 5,901 5,855 5,912 5,914 5,918 4

Repair and maintenance

1,463.6 1,485.1 1,477.7 1,471.6 1,464.3 1,474.6 1,473.0 1,473.3 0.3

Personal and laundry services

1,546.9 1,573.9 1,570.5 1,562.2 1,552.8 1,562.4 1,563.4 1,565.5 2.1

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

2,828.2 2,930.7 2,913.2 2,867.4 2,837.5 2,874.6 2,877.1 2,878.9 1.8

Government

22,984 22,143 22,541 23,459 22,903 23,345 23,390 23,421 31

Federal

2,954 3,010 3,004 3,005 2,945 2,996 2,997 2,999 2

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

2,352.8 2,401.4 2,403.3 2,403.0 2,340.0 2,389.6 2,390.7 2,391.8 1.1

U.S. Postal Service

601.5 608.4 601.1 601.6 605.2 606.7 605.9 607.3 1.4

State government

5,433 5,115 5,211 5,567 5,346 5,459 5,470 5,483 13

State government education

2,683.1 2,275.2 2,362.3 2,731.2 2,600.9 2,636.6 2,643.1 2,654.1 11.0

State government, excluding education

2,749.6 2,840.1 2,848.2 2,835.8 2,745.5 2,821.9 2,826.9 2,828.7 1.8

Local government

14,597 14,018 14,326 14,887 14,612 14,890 14,923 14,939 16

Local government education

7,980.4 6,997.4 7,360.9 8,101.7 7,995.8 8,108.2 8,131.9 8,139.7 7.8

Local government, excluding education

6,616.7 7,021.0 6,964.7 6,785.4 6,616.6 6,781.5 6,790.7 6,799.5 8.8

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 2023 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: October 04, 2024