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	June 2021	Feb. 2022	Mar. 2022	Apr. 2022	May 2022	June 2022(p)	June 2021	Feb. 2022	Mar. 2022	Apr. 2022	May 2022	June 2022(p)
Total	6,414	6,832	6,645	6,527	6,507	6,374	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2
INDUSTRY
Total private	6,014	6,414	6,241	6,127	6,098	5,957	4.9	5.0	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6
Mining and logging	22	24	24	24	26	30	3.8	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.3	4.7
Construction	349	408	399	349	359	346	4.7	5.4	5.2	4.6	4.7	4.5
Manufacturing	442	500	514	497	468	475	3.6	4.0	4.1	3.9	3.7	3.7
Durable goods	246	272	279	273	249	242	3.2	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.1	3.0
Nondurable goods	196	228	235	223	219	233	4.2	4.8	4.9	4.6	4.5	4.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,442	1,513	1,385	1,351	1,324	1,295	5.2	5.3	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.5
Wholesale trade	170	172	173	191	196	177	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.3	3.4	3.0
Retail trade	952	1,017	906	831	791	803	6.2	6.4	5.7	5.3	5.0	5.1
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	319	324	306	328	336	315	4.8	4.7	4.4	4.7	4.8	4.4
Information	110	89	106	102	105	121	3.9	3.0	3.6	3.5	3.5	4.0
Financial activities	204	236	223	277	233	193	2.3	2.7	2.5	3.1	2.6	2.2
Finance and insurance	136	159	150	188	155	128	2.1	2.4	2.3	2.8	2.3	1.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	69	77	73	90	79	65	3.1	3.3	3.1	3.8	3.3	2.8
Professional and business services	1,216	1,307	1,320	1,328	1,303	1,199	5.8	5.9	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.4
Education and health services	775	890	811	852	899	905	3.3	3.7	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.7
Educational services	102	116	108	110	126	109	2.9	3.1	2.9	2.9	3.3	2.9
Health care and social assistance	672	774	703	742	773	796	3.3	3.8	3.5	3.6	3.8	3.9
Leisure and hospitality	1,213	1,182	1,198	1,111	1,148	1,173	8.6	7.7	7.7	7.1	7.4	7.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	160	163	177	167	172	170	8.1	7.3	7.9	7.3	7.5	7.4
Accommodation and food services	1,054	1,019	1,021	944	976	1,004	8.7	7.7	7.7	7.1	7.3	7.5
Other services	242	266	261	235	235	220	4.5	4.7	4.6	4.1	4.1	3.9
Government	400	418	404	400	409	416	1.8	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9
Federal	44	42	40	42	42	40	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.4
State and local	356	376	364	358	367	376	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9
State and local education	211	192	196	181	188	200	2.1	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.9
State and local, excluding education	145	185	168	177	178	176	1.6	2.1	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0

REGION(3)
Northeast	925	1,056	962	963	981	943	3.6	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5
South	2,613	2,886	2,836	2,741	2,711	2,660	4.8	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.7
Midwest	1,441	1,305	1,352	1,293	1,337	1,347	4.6	4.0	4.1	3.9	4.1	4.1
West	1,434	1,585	1,494	1,530	1,479	1,424	4.2	4.5	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.0
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

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