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

Total nonfarm

158,729 158,709 158,905 159,238 158,548 158,882 159,015 159,044 29

Total private

135,161 136,571 136,406 135,883 135,005 135,582 135,671 135,717 46

Goods-producing

21,633 21,855 21,880 21,783 21,472 21,571 21,605 21,623 18

Mining and logging

609 612 615 611 605 606 609 607 -2

Logging

39.7 40.1 40.7 41.0 39.0 39.1 39.5 39.9 0.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

569.7 572.3 574.4 570.2 566.1 566.5 569.0 566.9 -2.1

Oil and gas extraction

115.6 115.7 115.4 113.6 115.9 114.6 114.7 114.1 -0.6

Mining (except oil and gas)

190.3 193.9 193.0 191.9 188.1 189.4 189.8 189.6 -0.2

Coal mining

39.3 38.3 38.0 37.9 39.3 37.9 38.0 37.9 -0.1

Metal ore mining

44.7 46.9 46.9 46.8 44.7 46.6 46.8 46.9 0.1

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

106.3 108.7 108.1 107.2 104.1 104.9 105.1 104.8 -0.3

Support activities for mining

263.8 262.7 266.0 264.7 262.1 262.5 264.5 263.2 -1.3

Construction

8,401 8,533 8,553 8,504 8,255 8,337 8,353 8,364 11

Construction of buildings

1,859.6 1,900.7 1,898.0 1,883.6 1,846.4 1,864.4 1,869.2 1,873.4 4.2

Residential building construction

932.4 929.8 931.7 928.3 926.7 914.4 919.7 922.7 3.0

Nonresidential building construction

927.2 970.9 966.3 955.3 919.7 950.0 949.5 950.7 1.2

Heavy and civil engineering construction

1,235.1 1,249.0 1,256.7 1,259.3 1,184.5 1,205.6 1,208.2 1,210.8 2.6

Specialty trade contractors

5,305.9 5,382.9 5,398.2 5,360.6 5,224.0 5,266.8 5,275.5 5,279.9 4.4

Residential specialty trade contractors

2,402.3 2,398.3 2,402.9 2,370.0 2,369.1 2,345.6 2,348.2 2,340.3 -7.9

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

2,903.6 2,984.6 2,995.3 2,990.6 2,854.9 2,921.2 2,927.3 2,939.6 12.3

Manufacturing

12,623 12,710 12,712 12,668 12,612 12,628 12,643 12,652 9

Durable goods

7,812 7,918 7,923 7,899 7,814 7,876 7,890 7,898 8

Wood product manufacturing

401.9 396.3 395.1 394.8 401.4 393.1 391.9 394.0 2.1

Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

422.6 426.9 426.4 424.1 419.1 422.1 421.6 420.8 -0.8

Primary metal manufacturing

363.5 371.4 371.4 368.9 363.4 368.1 369.3 369.1 -0.2

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

1,433.2 1,461.6 1,462.7 1,458.1 1,436.2 1,454.7 1,461.5 1,460.6 -0.9

Machinery manufacturing

1,081.4 1,099.4 1,098.4 1,097.4 1,085.7 1,091.5 1,096.5 1,101.0 4.5

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

994.0 1,003.8 1,007.2 1,001.1 993.7 997.4 1,000.3 1,000.4 0.1

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

100.1 100.3 100.7 99.5 100.0 100.0 99.7 99.4 -0.3

Communications equipment manufacturing

80.2 83.7 83.9 82.6 80.2 83.3 83.7 82.7 -1.0

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

373.3 373.3 374.7 372.9 372.7 370.0 371.5 372.7 1.2

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

411.7 419.9 421.1 419.6 412.2 418.1 419.1 419.4 0.3

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

28.7 26.6 26.8 26.5 28.5 26.1 26.3 26.2 -0.1

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing

428.7 443.9 444.4 446.1 429.0 441.8 444.5 446.3 1.8

Transportation equipment manufacturing(1)

1,739.9 1,767.0 1,771.6 1,772.5 1,735.4 1,766.2 1,763.0 1,766.4 3.4

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

965.3 960.4 965.6 968.0 960.9 968.2 960.9 962.5 1.6

Furniture and related product manufacturing

337.0 332.1 331.9 326.2 338.1 328.6 329.4 327.4 -2.0

Miscellaneous manufacturing

609.5 615.3 613.7 609.9 612.1 612.8 611.8 612.0 0.2

Nondurable goods

4,811 4,792 4,789 4,769 4,798 4,752 4,753 4,754 1

Food manufacturing

1,794.3 1,785.1 1,787.2 1,778.8 1,784.1 1,769.0 1,768.6 1,768.2 -0.4

Textile mills

82.3 77.4 78.3 78.5 82.1 77.1 78.3 78.1 -0.2

Textile product mills

92.2 92.8 93.6 93.4 92.5 93.1 93.6 93.7 0.1

Apparel manufacturing

78.4 72.5 72.6 71.3 78.7 72.2 72.0 71.4 -0.6

Paper manufacturing

355.6 356.9 355.6 353.1 355.8 355.9 355.7 353.1 -2.6

Printing and related support activities

341.6 339.6 337.9 334.6 341.8 338.9 337.6 335.8 -1.8

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing

111.5 112.1 110.5 110.7 110.1 109.4 109.0 109.2 0.2

Chemical manufacturing

900.3 909.2 908.5 904.8 902.1 902.6 904.6 905.5 0.9

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

698.0 693.2 692.8 692.1 701.3 689.9 690.3 694.9 4.6

Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing

357.1 353.3 352.0 351.3 349.2 343.6 343.6 343.7 0.1

Private service-providing

113,528 114,716 114,526 114,100 113,533 114,011 114,066 114,094 28

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28,596 28,716 28,660 28,666 28,725 28,751 28,760 28,778 18

Wholesale trade

6,045.2 6,095.8 6,082.0 6,074.5 6,051.8 6,065.3 6,073.3 6,078.3 5.0

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

3,393.2 3,432.8 3,424.1 3,425.2 3,399.4 3,416.1 3,422.2 3,429.3 7.1

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

2,209.8 2,216.0 2,211.1 2,206.5 2,210.9 2,203.7 2,207.0 2,206.5 -0.5

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

442.2 447.0 446.8 442.8 441.5 445.5 444.1 442.5 -1.6

Retail trade

15,345.6 15,509.4 15,457.9 15,378.4 15,453.4 15,479.2 15,474.1 15,479.9 5.8

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

2,050.4 2,064.0 2,059.7 2,056.7 2,047.2 2,052.2 2,051.5 2,053.6 2.1

Automobile dealers

1,291.9 1,289.1 1,285.4 1,282.8 1,291.6 1,286.4 1,283.4 1,283.3 -0.1

Other motor vehicle dealers

159.8 167.0 164.7 162.0 158.0 159.9 159.4 160.5 1.1

Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers

598.7 607.9 609.6 611.9 597.6 605.9 608.7 609.8 1.1

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

1,347.6 1,388.7 1,359.2 1,342.6 1,367.3 1,357.0 1,356.1 1,360.3 4.2

Food and beverage retailers

3,242.8 3,260.7 3,247.6 3,227.1 3,264.2 3,253.3 3,246.4 3,248.1 1.7

Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers

765.5 744.5 743.0 746.0 771.4 755.5 753.0 751.8 -1.2

Furniture and home furnishings retailers

388.3 382.3 382.2 380.1 392.8 387.4 387.9 385.6 -2.3

Electronics and appliance retailers

377.2 362.2 360.8 365.9 378.6 368.1 365.1 366.2 1.1

General merchandise retailers

3,222.1 3,221.5 3,240.4 3,236.3 3,246.9 3,251.7 3,261.8 3,257.0 -4.8

Department stores

907.2 919.5 934.3 929.2 926.3 944.7 947.8 947.1 -0.7

Warehouse clubs, supercenters, and other general merchandise retailers

2,314.9 2,302.0 2,306.1 2,307.1 2,320.6 2,307.0 2,314.0 2,309.9 -4.1

Health and personal care retailers

1,047.9 1,049.8 1,039.6 1,040.3 1,056.5 1,053.4 1,052.1 1,048.4 -3.7

Gasoline stations and fuel dealers

1,054.6 1,072.4 1,068.0 1,067.4 1,052.7 1,060.8 1,057.8 1,065.1 7.3

Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers

1,126.2 1,156.6 1,153.8 1,131.5 1,150.0 1,151.7 1,151.9 1,152.5 0.6

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

1,488.5 1,551.2 1,546.6 1,530.5 1,497.2 1,543.6 1,543.5 1,543.1 -0.4

Transportation and warehousing

6,604.9 6,497.2 6,507.3 6,602.7 6,618.5 6,597.8 6,601.1 6,608.7 7.6

Air transportation

569.8 570.9 569.6 567.7 570.2 568.3 567.3 568.5 1.2

Rail transportation

153.5 149.6 149.2 149.2 153.7 148.8 149.2 148.9 -0.3

Water transportation

72.2 74.5 73.9 72.3 70.8 70.4 70.7 70.9 0.2

Truck transportation

1,486.5 1,480.6 1,487.9 1,488.2 1,472.3 1,466.3 1,470.5 1,473.1 2.6

Transit and ground passenger transportation

503.8 426.8 434.5 516.0 489.7 492.7 497.7 500.8 3.1

Pipeline transportation

56.4 57.1 57.1 56.6 56.5 57.2 56.8 56.6 -0.2

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

41.0 43.3 41.5 39.9 36.0 32.9 32.6 33.5 0.9

Support activities for transportation

826.7 826.8 834.4 833.8 829.4 827.3 831.5 835.0 3.5

Couriers and messengers

1,034.0 1,040.2 1,031.1 1,041.3 1,086.5 1,095.4 1,088.9 1,089.6 0.7

Warehousing and storage

1,861.0 1,827.4 1,828.1 1,837.7 1,853.4 1,838.5 1,835.9 1,831.8 -4.1

Utilities

599.9 613.6 612.4 609.9 601.4 608.9 611.0 611.5 0.5

Information

2,852 2,785 2,764 2,739 2,859 2,767 2,749 2,739 -10

Motion picture and sound recording industries

340.5 338.2 340.5 320.7 348.8 330.4 328.7 328.5 -0.2

Publishing industries

916.9 895.6 889.0 889.5 913.0 890.0 884.4 880.4 -4.0

Broadcasting and content providers

342.5 334.3 329.7 328.0 342.5 333.5 331.1 328.1 -3.0

Telecommunications

595.0 571.8 563.9 564.6 595.1 569.1 566.3 564.6 -1.7

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

473.9 459.9 455.8 452.1 476.3 461.1 455.4 453.8 -1.6

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

182.8 185.4 184.9 183.9 183.1 183.2 183.1 183.3 0.2

Financial activities

9,190 9,162 9,139 9,082 9,189 9,098 9,089 9,082 -7

Finance and insurance

6,730.0 6,682.2 6,671.1 6,636.5 6,737.9 6,659.5 6,651.6 6,644.6 -7.0

Monetary authorities-central bank

19.5 18.5 18.4 18.4 19.6 18.3 18.4 18.3 -0.1

Credit intermediation and related
activities

2,560.0 2,538.9 2,533.7 2,516.9 2,565.1 2,530.8 2,526.5 2,521.9 -4.6

Depository credit intermediation(1)

1,782.6 1,774.9 1,772.2 1,763.3 1,787.0 1,769.7 1,767.9 1,767.1 -0.8

Commercial banking

1,369.5 1,354.4 1,351.6 1,344.4 1,373.0 1,350.6 1,348.0 1,347.5 -0.5

Nondepository credit intermediation

497.0 491.2 488.7 484.6 497.8 489.8 487.8 485.6 -2.2

Activities related to credit intermediation

280.4 272.8 272.8 269.0 280.3 271.3 270.8 269.2 -1.6

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

1,146.6 1,185.5 1,184.2 1,171.9 1,146.8 1,172.6 1,174.0 1,174.0 0.0

Insurance carriers and related activities

3,003.9 2,939.3 2,934.8 2,929.3 3,006.4 2,937.8 2,932.7 2,930.4 -2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

2,460.2 2,480.0 2,468.0 2,445.0 2,451.3 2,438.8 2,437.2 2,437.7 0.5

Real estate

1,852.6 1,866.7 1,857.5 1,839.9 1,853.1 1,846.4 1,844.0 1,842.0 -2.0

Rental and leasing services

585.8 592.1 589.4 584.3 576.4 571.4 572.2 574.9 2.7

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

21.8 21.2 21.1 20.8 21.8 21.0 21.0 20.8 -0.2

Professional and business services

22,433 22,640 22,626 22,547 22,359 22,496 22,491 22,482 -9

Professional, scientific, and technical services

10,678.2 10,883.3 10,836.6 10,755.1 10,760.6 10,835.9 10,837.2 10,843.6 6.4

Legal services

1,216.5 1,257.1 1,242.6 1,239.9 1,226.2 1,246.1 1,247.0 1,249.0 2.0

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

1,086.1 1,094.3 1,080.6 1,075.6 1,128.5 1,124.7 1,122.5 1,121.2 -1.3

Architectural, engineering, and related services

1,731.3 1,797.1 1,791.1 1,776.9 1,733.8 1,770.1 1,773.0 1,778.8 5.8

Specialized design services

147.7 151.2 151.8 152.7 147.8 151.0 151.4 152.6 1.2

Computer systems design and related services

2,370.0 2,376.8 2,373.0 2,337.0 2,387.6 2,362.0 2,359.8 2,355.4 -4.4

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

1,853.7 1,894.4 1,888.0 1,879.3 1,860.0 1,889.3 1,889.5 1,888.1 -1.4

Scientific research and development services

910.5 928.9 925.0 915.1 912.2 916.4 916.3 918.3 2.0

Advertising, public relations, and related services

480.0 479.0 477.6 478.2 481.3 477.4 476.8 478.6 1.8

Other professional, scientific, and technical services

882.4 904.5 906.9 900.4 883.2 898.9 901.0 901.6 0.6

Management of companies and enterprises

2,626.4 2,640.6 2,633.7 2,619.9 2,627.8 2,620.8 2,620.1 2,619.6 -0.5

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

9,128.3 9,116.0 9,155.8 9,172.2 8,970.1 9,039.3 9,033.9 9,018.6 -15.3

Administrative and support services

8,605.7 8,583.9 8,625.5 8,642.3 8,449.3 8,512.8 8,508.2 8,490.6 -17.6

Office administrative services

617.5 642.6 639.4 633.2 616.6 635.6 636.1 632.8 -3.3

Facilities support services

181.5 179.2 180.5 180.9 180.7 178.5 179.4 180.0 0.6

Employment services(1)

3,233.3 3,142.7 3,203.1 3,256.6 3,157.4 3,197.0 3,195.9 3,181.6 -14.3

Temporary help services

2,538.2 2,444.0 2,503.1 2,556.4 2,471.6 2,497.5 2,497.7 2,486.8 -10.9

Business support services

642.9 618.9 618.7 618.2 643.4 625.5 622.4 618.2 -4.2

Travel arrangement and reservation services

186.1 189.6 186.9 186.4 186.3 186.4 185.6 185.6 0.0

Investigation and security services

1,053.2 1,045.8 1,048.4 1,050.6 1,049.1 1,048.0 1,046.7 1,046.4 -0.3

Services to buildings and dwellings

2,361.3 2,430.7 2,416.4 2,379.5 2,287.9 2,307.4 2,309.6 2,311.0 1.4

Other support services

329.9 334.4 332.1 336.9 327.9 334.5 332.6 335.2 2.6

Waste management and remediation services

522.6 532.1 530.3 529.9 520.8 526.5 525.7 528.0 2.3

Private education and health services

27,442 27,658 27,708 27,947 27,489 27,947 27,985 28,005 20

Private educational services

4,036.2 3,763.8 3,790.7 4,035.3 4,050.3 4,046.1 4,049.6 4,046.4 -3.2

Health care and social assistance

23,405.5 23,894.5 23,917.3 23,911.9 23,438.2 23,900.5 23,935.6 23,958.6 23.0

Health care(3)

18,169.5 18,524.6 18,536.4 18,531.7 18,181.8 18,512.5 18,536.9 18,553.6 16.7

Ambulatory health care services

9,036.3 9,233.8 9,236.8 9,244.7 9,053.1 9,241.8 9,253.0 9,266.4 13.4

Offices of physicians

3,014.9 3,053.1 3,056.1 3,051.5 3,024.8 3,058.6 3,061.6 3,062.7 1.1

Offices of dentists

1,045.0 1,058.7 1,055.5 1,051.9 1,049.1 1,058.0 1,053.6 1,057.6 4.0

Offices of other health practitioners

1,305.5 1,354.8 1,349.7 1,358.6 1,309.2 1,353.2 1,355.6 1,362.3 6.7

Outpatient care centers

1,178.1 1,193.5 1,194.1 1,197.2 1,179.7 1,194.8 1,196.3 1,199.7 3.4

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

310.2 311.9 310.6 309.1 310.9 311.8 310.3 309.6 -0.7

Home health care services

1,816.1 1,880.2 1,891.7 1,896.2 1,813.5 1,884.7 1,896.5 1,894.2 -2.3

Other ambulatory health care services

366.5 381.6 379.1 380.2 365.9 380.7 379.1 380.2 1.1

Hospitals

5,695.0 5,779.7 5,789.5 5,800.8 5,689.7 5,774.4 5,785.8 5,797.8 12.0

Nursing and residential care facilities

3,438.2 3,511.1 3,510.1 3,486.2 3,439.0 3,496.3 3,498.1 3,489.4 -8.7

Skilled nursing care facilities

1,561.3 1,595.8 1,594.8 1,589.5 1,557.3 1,588.8 1,589.0 1,587.4 -1.6

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

694.8 709.5 708.2 707.2 695.9 707.6 707.9 708.9 1.0

Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly

1,009.8 1,033.6 1,034.4 1,018.2 1,013.9 1,028.0 1,029.1 1,022.1 -7.0

Other residential care facilities

172.3 172.2 172.7 171.3 171.9 172.0 172.2 171.1 -1.1

Social assistance

5,236.0 5,369.9 5,380.9 5,380.2 5,256.4 5,388.0 5,398.7 5,405.0 6.3

Individual and family services

3,636.2 3,793.4 3,791.8 3,788.5 3,648.8 3,782.4 3,791.1 3,801.6 10.5

Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

231.8 237.6 237.0 236.2 234.1 236.3 238.0 238.2 0.2

Vocational rehabilitation services

278.3 282.7 283.9 276.8 279.7 279.1 281.0 279.0 -2.0

Child care services

1,089.7 1,056.2 1,068.2 1,078.7 1,093.9 1,090.2 1,088.6 1,086.3 -2.3

Leisure and hospitality

17,022 17,650 17,551 17,097 16,907 16,922 16,959 16,969 10

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

2,740.6 2,989.2 2,927.9 2,706.9 2,701.7 2,660.4 2,656.6 2,659.1 2.5

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

630.5 606.0 612.8 616.1 609.6 590.4 589.5 596.2 6.7

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

182.1 198.1 193.8 183.6 180.2 183.3 183.7 182.6 -1.1

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

1,928.0 2,185.1 2,121.3 1,907.2 1,911.9 1,886.7 1,883.4 1,880.3 -3.1

Accommodation and food services

14,281.3 14,661.1 14,623.2 14,390.4 14,205.3 14,261.8 14,302.3 14,309.5 7.2

Accommodation

1,961.4 2,061.4 2,040.1 1,955.7 1,921.4 1,913.4 1,920.1 1,916.5 -3.6

Food services and drinking places

12,319.9 12,599.7 12,583.1 12,434.7 12,283.9 12,348.4 12,382.2 12,393.0 10.8

Other services

5,993 6,105 6,078 6,022 6,005 6,030 6,033 6,039 6

Repair and maintenance

1,474.6 1,485.5 1,482.6 1,469.8 1,476.3 1,480.1 1,476.8 1,472.9 -3.9

Personal and laundry services

1,602.1 1,627.9 1,628.6 1,621.4 1,600.3 1,611.3 1,620.9 1,621.1 0.2

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

2,916.5 2,991.9 2,966.3 2,930.4 2,928.8 2,938.9 2,935.2 2,944.6 9.4

Government

23,568 22,138 22,499 23,355 23,543 23,300 23,344 23,327 -17

Federal

2,909 2,687 2,685 2,686 2,914 2,686 2,683 2,682 -1

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

2,320.0 2,086.0 2,089.7 2,092.6 2,321.5 2,083.5 2,082.6 2,083.3 0.7

U.S. Postal Service

589.2 601.4 594.9 593.2 592.7 602.1 600.3 598.4 -1.9

State government

5,570 5,137 5,208 5,546 5,497 5,482 5,475 5,472 -3

State government education

2,689.6 2,255.1 2,320.2 2,669.7 2,621.2 2,616.7 2,604.5 2,601.8 -2.7

State government, excluding education

2,880.8 2,881.7 2,887.8 2,876.0 2,875.3 2,864.8 2,870.3 2,870.6 0.3

Local government

15,089 14,314 14,606 15,123 15,132 15,132 15,186 15,173 -13

Local government education

8,204.0 7,100.8 7,450.2 8,173.3 8,234.0 8,157.4 8,206.7 8,204.9 -1.8

Local government, excluding education

6,885.4 7,213.0 7,155.6 6,950.0 6,898.4 6,974.4 6,978.9 6,968.3 -10.6

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.

Last Modified Date: October 02, 2026