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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
Oct.
2025		 Aug.
2026		 Sept.
2026(p)		 Oct.
2026(p)		 Oct.
2025		 Aug.
2026		 Sept.
2026(p)		 Oct.
2026(p)		 Change from:
Sept.2026 - Oct.2026(p)

Total nonfarm

 159,355 158,910 159,254 160,277 158,408 159,068 159,128 159,293 165

Total private

 135,666 136,408 135,899 136,624 135,018 135,724 135,802 135,961 159

Goods-producing

 21,629 21,885 21,798 21,827 21,452 21,611 21,638 21,653 15

Mining and logging

 610 615 610 609 606 608 606 605 -1

Logging

 39.2 40.7 40.5 39.9 38.6 39.3 39.5 39.1 -0.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 570.6 574.6 569.5 569.0 567.3 569.0 566.4 565.9 -0.5

Oil and gas extraction

 116.1 115.5 114.1 113.7 115.7 114.8 114.5 113.9 -0.6

Mining (except oil and gas)

 189.5 193.1 191.6 191.2 188.1 189.8 189.3 189.6 0.3

Coal mining

 39.4 38.0 37.9 38.0 39.3 38.0 37.9 38.0 0.1

Metal ore mining

 44.9 47.0 46.9 46.7 44.9 46.8 46.9 46.8 -0.1

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

 105.2 108.1 106.8 106.5 103.9 105.0 104.4 104.8 0.4

Support activities for mining

 265.0 266.0 263.8 264.1 263.5 264.4 262.6 262.4 -0.2

Construction

 8,413 8,555 8,512 8,525 8,243 8,354 8,370 8,367 -3

Construction of buildings

 1,867.4 1,897.2 1,882.2 1,892.6 1,843.6 1,868.4 1,871.8 1,873.5 1.7

Residential building construction

 939.1 931.9 928.1 934.3 925.3 919.4 922.1 920.9 -1.2

Nonresidential building construction

 928.3 965.3 954.1 958.3 918.3 949.0 949.7 952.6 2.9

Heavy and civil engineering construction

 1,237.0 1,257.2 1,259.0 1,263.1 1,183.5 1,208.1 1,210.2 1,212.7 2.5

Specialty trade contractors

 5,308.6 5,400.1 5,370.3 5,368.9 5,215.7 5,277.8 5,288.3 5,281.0 -7.3

Residential specialty trade contractors

 2,406.8 2,404.3 2,381.4 2,363.2 2,368.2 2,349.6 2,347.6 2,332.4 -15.2

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

 2,901.8 2,995.8 2,988.9 3,005.7 2,847.5 2,928.2 2,940.7 2,948.6 7.9

Manufacturing

 12,606 12,715 12,676 12,693 12,603 12,649 12,662 12,681 19

Durable goods

 7,795 7,925 7,901 7,924 7,805 7,894 7,903 7,928 25

Wood product manufacturing

 398.3 395.4 395.5 393.0 399.8 392.1 394.3 393.9 -0.4

Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

 420.1 426.1 424.8 424.1 418.0 421.7 421.4 421.4 0.0

Primary metal manufacturing

 362.1 371.5 369.4 373.5 362.6 369.9 369.9 373.6 3.7

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

 1,437.6 1,463.7 1,459.7 1,468.6 1,438.7 1,463.0 1,462.7 1,468.6 5.9

Machinery manufacturing

 1,081.6 1,098.3 1,096.2 1,101.3 1,084.6 1,096.1 1,100.1 1,104.0 3.9

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

 990.7 1,007.1 1,001.2 1,009.6 990.7 1,001.0 1,001.6 1,008.3 6.7

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

 98.6 101.1 99.9 99.8 98.2 100.1 99.8 99.7 -0.1

Communications equipment manufacturing

 80.6 83.9 82.4 84.2 81.1 83.7 82.6 84.0 1.4

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

 369.9 374.8 373.1 376.6 369.5 372.0 373.5 376.8 3.3

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

 413.2 421.1 419.9 423.4 413.4 419.5 420.0 422.2 2.2

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

 28.4 26.2 25.9 25.6 28.5 25.8 25.6 25.6 0.0

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing

 429.9 445.0 447.0 448.7 429.8 445.3 447.3 448.4 1.1

Transportation equipment manufacturing(1)

 1,730.0 1,771.9 1,770.5 1,768.4 1,731.0 1,763.5 1,765.7 1,769.5 3.8

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

 953.8 965.7 964.6 963.8 955.6 961.6 961.4 965.5 4.1

Furniture and related product manufacturing

 334.4 331.9 326.4 327.2 337.8 329.6 327.9 329.5 1.6

Miscellaneous manufacturing

 610.3 613.8 610.2 609.8 611.5 611.8 612.1 610.8 -1.3

Nondurable goods

 4,811 4,790 4,775 4,769 4,798 4,755 4,759 4,753 -6

Food manufacturing

 1,792.4 1,786.7 1,781.2 1,780.5 1,785.0 1,769.2 1,770.3 1,771.0 0.7

Textile mills

 81.8 78.4 78.4 78.0 81.6 78.3 78.0 77.7 -0.3

Textile product mills

 92.7 93.5 93.4 92.8 92.9 93.5 93.7 93.0 -0.7

Apparel manufacturing

 78.0 72.6 71.6 71.9 78.1 72.1 71.6 71.2 -0.4

Paper manufacturing

 356.2 356.4 353.7 352.3 356.6 356.5 353.8 352.9 -0.9

Printing and related support activities

 340.8 337.9 335.2 335.7 339.6 337.9 336.4 335.8 -0.6

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing

 110.8 110.5 110.7 111.1 109.0 109.0 109.3 109.4 0.1

Chemical manufacturing

 902.0 908.7 905.9 906.7 903.6 904.9 906.6 906.9 0.3

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

 700.6 693.1 694.1 694.9 701.8 690.9 696.7 695.4 -1.3

Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing

 355.7 352.4 350.6 344.9 349.7 342.4 342.3 339.9 -2.4

Private service-providing

 114,037 114,523 114,101 114,797 113,566 114,113 114,164 114,308 144

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 28,757 28,657 28,670 28,891 28,714 28,767 28,796 28,818 22

Wholesale trade

 6,061.1 6,079.6 6,077.1 6,076.1 6,054.6 6,069.8 6,077.9 6,068.8 -9.1

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

 3,403.9 3,421.5 3,424.4 3,427.2 3,401.0 3,419.2 3,426.7 3,423.6 -3.1

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

 2,213.4 2,211.1 2,207.3 2,198.7 2,213.1 2,205.6 2,206.0 2,198.3 -7.7

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

 443.8 447.0 445.4 450.2 440.5 445.0 445.2 446.9 1.7

Retail trade

 15,444.5 15,459.8 15,381.8 15,516.6 15,438.0 15,482.6 15,495.3 15,501.3 6.0

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

 2,053.1 2,060.0 2,055.1 2,054.7 2,047.4 2,050.7 2,052.5 2,049.6 -2.9

Automobile dealers

 1,296.2 1,285.4 1,281.6 1,281.1 1,292.1 1,282.5 1,281.6 1,277.9 -3.7

Other motor vehicle dealers

 158.4 164.8 162.6 157.5 158.5 159.3 161.1 159.0 -2.1

Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers

 598.5 609.8 610.9 616.1 596.8 608.9 609.9 612.7 2.8

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

 1,346.0 1,358.2 1,345.9 1,325.6 1,366.0 1,352.4 1,359.4 1,344.0 -15.4

Food and beverage retailers

 3,262.2 3,247.1 3,226.2 3,242.1 3,266.0 3,245.2 3,246.1 3,243.4 -2.7

Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers

 774.1 742.5 743.5 756.6 764.8 752.9 750.5 749.7 -0.8

Furniture and home furnishings retailers

 393.5 381.7 379.4 389.3 388.9 387.9 385.7 386.0 0.3

Electronics and appliance retailers

 380.6 360.8 364.1 367.3 375.9 365.0 364.8 363.7 -1.1

General merchandise retailers

 3,242.7 3,240.2 3,237.7 3,302.5 3,234.4 3,269.3 3,269.2 3,287.5 18.3

Department stores

 924.8 934.3 931.1 960.8 924.4 951.7 953.5 960.3 6.8

Warehouse clubs, supercenters, and other general merchandise retailers

 2,317.9 2,305.9 2,306.6 2,341.7 2,310.1 2,317.6 2,315.7 2,327.3 11.6

Health and personal care retailers

 1,056.1 1,043.5 1,050.0 1,063.9 1,050.1 1,056.7 1,056.6 1,055.9 -0.7

Gasoline stations and fuel dealers

 1,058.0 1,067.3 1,067.3 1,067.7 1,057.0 1,057.4 1,065.1 1,066.3 1.2

Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers

 1,143.9 1,154.2 1,125.6 1,165.7 1,151.4 1,156.2 1,155.3 1,167.8 12.5

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

 1,508.4 1,546.8 1,530.5 1,537.8 1,500.9 1,541.8 1,540.6 1,537.1 -3.5

Transportation and warehousing

 6,649.7 6,505.6 6,600.8 6,687.8 6,619.1 6,603.9 6,611.3 6,636.1 24.8

Air transportation

 568.7 569.6 569.2 572.5 570.8 567.9 570.5 574.0 3.5

Rail transportation

 153.1 149.2 149.6 149.6 153.3 149.6 149.7 149.6 -0.1

Water transportation

 70.9 74.0 72.1 69.7 70.8 70.6 70.6 70.0 -0.6

Truck transportation

 1,485.2 1,487.3 1,487.0 1,485.1 1,472.6 1,469.5 1,471.3 1,471.3 0.0

Transit and ground passenger transportation

 510.9 434.7 511.2 517.0 491.9 497.7 496.7 497.6 0.9

Pipeline transportation

 56.5 57.1 56.8 57.6 56.8 56.9 56.9 57.6 0.7

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

 35.8 41.5 38.8 31.5 35.5 31.7 32.4 30.7 -1.7

Support activities for transportation

 830.9 832.5 831.7 842.6 830.2 830.2 833.7 838.7 5.0

Couriers and messengers

 1,064.3 1,031.0 1,038.9 1,095.9 1,097.3 1,090.1 1,090.0 1,107.4 17.4

Warehousing and storage

 1,873.4 1,828.7 1,845.5 1,866.3 1,839.9 1,839.7 1,839.5 1,839.2 -0.3

Utilities

 601.3 612.4 609.8 610.6 601.9 611.0 611.4 611.5 0.1

Information

 2,851 2,759 2,732 2,737 2,853 2,746 2,735 2,734 -1

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 345.6 334.5 316.4 327.9 348.0 324.6 325.2 328.4 3.2

Publishing industries

 905.1 890.5 893.4 880.1 903.5 886.7 884.1 880.0 -4.1

Broadcasting and content providers

 344.2 329.8 327.3 329.0 342.8 331.0 327.4 327.6 0.2

Telecommunications

 594.3 563.6 558.3 560.1 594.1 564.7 559.8 559.1 -0.7

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

 478.6 456.1 453.3 454.7 480.7 455.7 454.8 454.8 0.0

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

 183.6 184.7 183.7 185.6 183.7 183.1 183.3 184.3 1.0

Financial activities

 9,200 9,141 9,073 9,102 9,184 9,092 9,078 9,085 7

Finance and insurance

 6,741.1 6,672.6 6,628.5 6,647.3 6,737.8 6,652.8 6,639.5 6,640.8 1.3

Monetary authorities-central bank

 19.3 18.4 18.3 18.1 19.5 18.3 18.2 18.1 -0.1

Credit intermediation and related
activities

 2,555.8 2,533.8 2,517.5 2,523.6 2,563.1 2,528.0 2,524.1 2,528.1 4.0

Depository credit intermediation(1)

 1,781.6 1,772.3 1,763.6 1,763.5 1,787.5 1,768.3 1,768.0 1,767.6 -0.4

Commercial banking

 1,367.1 1,351.7 1,344.6 1,342.5 1,372.3 1,347.9 1,347.4 1,346.2 -1.2

Nondepository credit intermediation

 496.0 488.4 485.4 489.0 496.1 488.5 487.4 488.5 1.1

Activities related to credit intermediation

 278.2 273.1 268.5 271.1 279.4 271.2 268.8 272.0 3.2

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

 1,154.8 1,184.0 1,171.5 1,181.3 1,147.7 1,174.0 1,173.9 1,176.8 2.9

Insurance carriers and related activities

 3,011.2 2,936.4 2,921.2 2,924.3 3,007.5 2,932.5 2,923.3 2,917.8 -5.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2,458.6 2,468.6 2,444.5 2,454.5 2,445.8 2,439.0 2,438.3 2,443.9 5.6

Real estate

 1,863.6 1,858.5 1,841.4 1,858.4 1,852.7 1,846.6 1,844.5 1,848.8 4.3

Rental and leasing services

 573.2 589.0 582.3 575.0 571.4 571.4 572.9 574.1 1.2

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

 21.8 21.1 20.8 21.1 21.7 21.0 20.9 21.0 0.1

Professional and business services

 22,588 22,632 22,547 22,828 22,335 22,526 22,534 22,604 70

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 10,788.6 10,840.9 10,749.1 10,907.6 10,754.1 10,843.8 10,848.4 10,881.3 32.9

Legal services

 1,232.3 1,245.1 1,238.9 1,256.0 1,228.4 1,248.0 1,248.8 1,251.2 2.4

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

 1,096.4 1,082.1 1,073.5 1,093.6 1,126.4 1,124.5 1,123.6 1,125.9 2.3

Architectural, engineering, and related services

 1,741.2 1,791.7 1,779.4 1,791.7 1,736.8 1,774.4 1,782.1 1,787.0 4.9

Specialized design services

 150.6 151.8 153.2 154.0 147.3 151.2 153.1 151.3 -1.8

Computer systems design and related services

 2,397.3 2,370.0 2,331.1 2,369.4 2,379.7 2,357.6 2,350.9 2,354.1 3.2

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

 1,880.4 1,888.8 1,877.3 1,924.1 1,860.0 1,892.0 1,888.4 1,905.7 17.3

Scientific research and development services

 909.3 926.2 917.2 925.7 906.9 917.8 921.0 925.1 4.1

Advertising, public relations, and related services

 484.8 477.8 476.5 481.7 481.1 476.7 477.8 478.2 0.4

Other professional, scientific, and technical services

 896.3 907.4 902.0 911.4 887.5 901.6 902.8 902.9 0.1

Management of companies and enterprises

 2,622.5 2,631.7 2,618.7 2,630.4 2,625.2 2,621.3 2,622.1 2,630.8 8.7

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 9,176.4 9,159.0 9,178.7 9,289.6 8,955.9 9,060.5 9,063.3 9,091.4 28.1

Administrative and support services

 8,653.9 8,628.8 8,649.5 8,755.8 8,435.0 8,534.7 8,535.5 8,559.9 24.4

Office administrative services

 618.7 643.3 642.9 646.9 615.0 640.7 642.0 644.0 2.0

Facilities support services

 184.0 180.5 181.9 183.1 182.4 179.5 180.9 181.2 0.3

Employment services(1)

 3,274.5 3,201.9 3,247.1 3,342.7 3,137.7 3,214.0 3,208.6 3,228.9 20.3

Temporary help services

 2,572.2 2,501.9 2,545.4 2,631.2 2,451.8 2,513.0 2,507.4 2,526.0 18.6

Business support services

 647.1 618.8 621.8 627.4 643.4 624.2 622.2 622.1 -0.1

Travel arrangement and reservation services

 189.9 187.0 187.0 189.6 188.8 185.8 186.3 186.9 0.6

Investigation and security services

 1,057.5 1,050.8 1,057.7 1,058.0 1,049.8 1,049.1 1,052.0 1,048.8 -3.2

Services to buildings and dwellings

 2,347.1 2,414.6 2,376.2 2,369.3 2,287.1 2,308.8 2,309.4 2,312.9 3.5

Other support services

 335.1 331.9 334.9 338.8 330.8 332.6 334.1 335.0 0.9

Waste management and remediation services

 522.5 530.2 529.2 533.8 520.9 525.8 527.8 531.5 3.7

Private education and health services

 27,722 27,707 27,949 28,239 27,533 27,984 28,005 28,058 53

Private educational services

 4,175.1 3,796.2 4,049.3 4,186.7 4,047.2 4,054.4 4,055.3 4,053.3 -2.0

Health care and social assistance

 23,547.2 23,910.5 23,899.6 24,052.5 23,485.8 23,929.7 23,949.5 24,004.6 55.1

Health care(3)

 18,267.0 18,529.0 18,525.1 18,635.8 18,215.4 18,532.5 18,550.4 18,592.0 41.6

Ambulatory health care services

 9,118.9 9,234.5 9,239.2 9,314.4 9,081.4 9,250.9 9,261.1 9,280.5 19.4

Offices of physicians

 3,044.1 3,053.9 3,049.3 3,070.2 3,029.9 3,058.8 3,059.4 3,058.6 -0.8

Offices of dentists

 1,057.9 1,055.3 1,051.1 1,058.6 1,052.0 1,053.2 1,056.4 1,055.2 -1.2

Offices of other health practitioners

 1,321.1 1,350.4 1,359.9 1,376.4 1,315.4 1,356.8 1,363.7 1,369.1 5.4

Outpatient care centers

 1,183.8 1,194.2 1,196.7 1,206.2 1,181.4 1,196.5 1,199.6 1,204.4 4.8

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

 313.3 310.6 309.5 310.4 312.4 310.5 310.0 309.4 -0.6

Home health care services

 1,830.7 1,891.2 1,894.6 1,912.8 1,823.5 1,896.3 1,893.1 1,903.6 10.5

Other ambulatory health care services

 368.0 378.9 378.1 379.8 366.9 378.7 378.9 380.2 1.3

Hospitals

 5,702.9 5,788.6 5,800.3 5,826.5 5,690.2 5,786.4 5,800.0 5,816.0 16.0

Nursing and residential care facilities

 3,445.2 3,505.9 3,485.6 3,494.9 3,443.8 3,495.2 3,489.3 3,495.5 6.2

Skilled nursing care facilities

 1,564.3 1,594.3 1,591.7 1,594.8 1,558.7 1,589.3 1,589.7 1,591.8 2.1

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

 697.1 707.9 706.5 710.0 697.2 707.6 708.5 710.5 2.0

Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly

 1,012.3 1,030.9 1,016.2 1,018.3 1,016.5 1,025.9 1,020.2 1,021.6 1.4

Other residential care facilities

 171.5 172.8 171.2 171.8 171.4 172.3 171.0 171.6 0.6

Social assistance

 5,280.2 5,381.5 5,374.5 5,416.7 5,270.4 5,397.2 5,399.1 5,412.6 13.5

Individual and family services

 3,668.8 3,794.1 3,783.6 3,818.8 3,665.2 3,791.9 3,797.5 3,813.9 16.4

Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

 233.9 237.2 237.5 238.6 235.2 238.3 239.3 239.5 0.2

Vocational rehabilitation services

 278.3 282.8 277.2 277.6 278.1 280.3 279.1 279.0 -0.1

Child care services

 1,099.2 1,067.4 1,076.2 1,081.7 1,092.0 1,086.7 1,083.3 1,080.2 -3.1

Leisure and hospitality

 16,916 17,549 17,106 16,956 16,948 16,964 16,977 16,964 -13

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 2,654.2 2,927.6 2,710.4 2,632.0 2,697.6 2,661.9 2,662.5 2,659.9 -2.6

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

 619.1 613.7 616.5 606.7 605.0 589.8 594.4 592.9 -1.5

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

 181.8 193.9 184.4 185.3 181.0 184.2 183.2 184.4 1.2

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

 1,853.3 2,120.0 1,909.5 1,840.0 1,911.6 1,887.9 1,884.9 1,882.6 -2.3

Accommodation and food services

 14,262.0 14,621.3 14,395.9 14,324.3 14,250.7 14,302.4 14,314.7 14,304.1 -10.6

Accommodation

 1,911.6 2,041.2 1,963.8 1,910.0 1,924.2 1,922.5 1,923.8 1,920.4 -3.4

Food services and drinking places

 12,350.4 12,580.1 12,432.1 12,414.3 12,326.5 12,379.9 12,390.9 12,383.7 -7.2

Other services

 6,003 6,078 6,024 6,044 5,999 6,034 6,039 6,045 6

Repair and maintenance

 1,475.0 1,483.5 1,470.6 1,480.2 1,469.3 1,478.1 1,473.7 1,476.3 2.6

Personal and laundry services

 1,607.1 1,627.6 1,623.5 1,631.9 1,597.8 1,620.3 1,622.1 1,624.0 1.9

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

 2,921.2 2,966.8 2,929.7 2,931.7 2,932.3 2,935.1 2,943.6 2,944.2 0.6

Government

 23,689 22,502 23,355 23,653 23,390 23,344 23,326 23,332 6

Federal

 2,747 2,685 2,684 2,684 2,748 2,681 2,678 2,677 -1

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

 2,158.3 2,089.7 2,091.2 2,085.2 2,156.8 2,080.6 2,079.8 2,074.8 -5.0

U.S. Postal Service

 588.4 594.9 593.2 598.9 591.2 600.8 598.2 602.5 4.3

State government

 5,640 5,208 5,545 5,632 5,493 5,475 5,471 5,479 8

State government education

 2,765.7 2,320.5 2,667.3 2,762.3 2,622.4 2,605.7 2,599.3 2,610.8 11.5

State government, excluding education

 2,874.1 2,887.0 2,877.5 2,869.4 2,870.7 2,869.6 2,871.2 2,868.6 -2.6

Local government

 15,302 14,609 15,126 15,337 15,149 15,188 15,177 15,176 -1

Local government education

 8,441.3 7,453.4 8,167.4 8,417.4 8,239.6 8,208.4 8,204.5 8,209.3 4.8

Local government, excluding education

 6,860.9 7,155.8 6,958.8 6,919.3 6,909.7 6,979.3 6,972.7 6,966.4 -6.3

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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