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Table 9. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 9. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
May
2024
Apr.
2025
May
2025(p)
May
2024
Apr.
2025
May
2025(p)

Total

6,255 5,966 6,199 4.0 3.7 3.9

INDUSTRY

Total private

5,841 5,696 5,809 4.3 4.2 4.3

Mining and logging

19 26 20 3.1 4.2 3.2

Construction

462 438 444 5.6 5.3 5.3

Manufacturing

399 345 310 3.1 2.7 2.4

Durable goods

244 204 187 3.1 2.6 2.4

Nondurable goods

156 141 123 3.2 2.9 2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,118 920 1,038 3.9 3.2 3.6

Wholesale trade

166 150 148 2.7 2.4 2.4

Retail trade

702 566 638 4.5 3.7 4.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

250 204 252 3.5 2.8 3.5

Information

89 87 83 3.0 3.0 2.8

Financial activities

234 255 255 2.6 2.8 2.8

Finance and insurance

136 169 152 2.0 2.5 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

99 86 103 4.0 3.5 4.1

Professional and business services

1,077 1,270 1,136 4.7 5.6 5.0

Private education and health services

905 910 805 3.4 3.3 2.9

Private educational services

92 77 88 2.3 1.8 2.2

Health care and social assistance

813 834 717 3.6 3.6 3.1

Leisure and hospitality

1,252 1,208 1,492 7.3 7.2 8.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

317 259 368 11.7 9.9 13.2

Accommodation and food services

935 949 1,123 6.5 6.7 7.7

Other services

285 236 227 4.8 3.9 3.7

Government

413 270 390 1.8 1.1 1.6

Federal

41 32 24 1.4 1.1 0.8

State and local

372 238 366 1.8 1.1 1.8

State and local education

109 84 93 1.0 0.7 0.8

State and local, excluding education

263 154 273 2.7 1.6 2.8

REGION(3)

Northeast

965 910 1,045 3.4 3.2 3.7

South

2,494 2,321 2,196 4.2 3.9 3.6

Midwest

1,485 1,336 1,395 4.4 4.0 4.1

West

1,311 1,398 1,563 3.5 3.7 4.2

Footnotes
(1) The hires level is 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 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

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

Last Modified Date: July 01, 2025