Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)						Rates(2)
Industry and region	Aug. 2019	Apr. 2020	May 2020	June 2020	July 2020	Aug. 2020(p)	Aug. 2019	Apr. 2020	May 2020	June 2020	July 2020	Aug. 2020(p)
Total	5,839	4,047	7,199	6,970	5,903	5,919	3.9	3.1	5.4	5.1	4.2	4.2
INDUSTRY
Total private	5,443	3,812	6,952	6,688	5,569	5,349	4.2	3.5	6.2	5.7	4.7	4.5
Mining and logging	21	13	16	11	21	17	2.9	2.1	2.6	1.8	3.4	2.7
Construction	410	246	679	499	396	398	5.5	3.7	9.7	7.0	5.5	5.5
Manufacturing	334	326	523	432	341	392	2.6	2.8	4.5	3.6	2.8	3.2
Durable goods	190	161	286	254	175	216	2.4	2.3	3.9	3.4	2.3	2.9
Nondurable goods	144	166	236	178	165	176	3.0	3.8	5.3	3.9	3.6	3.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,168	1,025	1,341	1,362	1,227	1,248	4.2	4.2	5.4	5.3	4.7	4.7
Wholesale trade	144	117	187	165	123	136	2.4	2.1	3.4	2.9	2.2	2.4
Retail trade	775	723	886	911	811	848	5.0	5.4	6.5	6.3	5.5	5.6
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	249	185	268	286	294	264	4.0	3.3	4.8	5.0	5.1	4.5
Information	92	39	66	57	67	77	3.2	1.5	2.5	2.2	2.6	3.0
Financial activities	238	162	201	189	235	208	2.7	1.9	2.3	2.2	2.7	2.4
Finance and insurance	152	129	113	134	142	141	2.4	2.0	1.7	2.1	2.2	2.2
Real estate and rental and leasing	85	34	88	56	94	66	3.7	1.6	4.1	2.6	4.3	3.0
Professional and business services	1,142	800	938	1,175	1,152	1,129	5.3	4.2	4.8	6.0	5.8	5.6
Education and health services	690	545	1,093	899	788	710	2.8	2.5	4.9	3.9	3.4	3.1
Educational services	93	69	98	116	100	95	2.5	2.1	2.9	3.4	2.9	2.7
Health care and social assistance	597	477	995	783	688	615	2.9	2.6	5.3	4.1	3.5	3.1
Leisure and hospitality	1,130	490	1,513	1,759	1,168	955	6.8	5.7	15.2	14.7	9.3	7.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	169	31	145	162	167	130	7.0	2.7	12.1	10.9	10.6	8.1
Accommodation and food services	960	460	1,368	1,597	1,001	824	6.8	6.2	15.6	15.3	9.1	7.4
Other services	217	165	582	305	173	216	3.7	3.6	12.0	5.9	3.2	4.0
Government	396	235	247	281	334	569	1.7	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.5	2.6
Federal	69	46	50	40	72	318	2.4	1.6	1.7	1.4	2.5	10.1
State and local	327	189	197	241	262	251	1.7	1.0	1.1	1.3	1.4	1.3
State and local education	170	111	128	123	124	112	1.6	1.1	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.1
State and local, excluding education	157	78	69	118	138	139	1.7	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.6	1.6

REGION(3)
Northeast	926	534	1,103	1,214	1,052	1,029	3.3	2.2	4.5	4.8	4.1	4.0
South	2,265	1,584	2,409	2,417	2,173	2,256	4.1	3.3	4.9	4.8	4.2	4.4
Midwest	1,265	914	1,628	1,682	1,307	1,305	3.8	3.2	5.6	5.6	4.3	4.3
West	1,382	1,015	2,059	1,656	1,371	1,328	3.9	3.3	6.7	5.2	4.2	4.1
Footnotes (1) Hires are the number of hires during the entire month. (2) The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of total employment. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary

Last Modified Date: October 07, 2020

Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

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