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Table 17. Annual hires levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 17. Annual hires levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1) [in thousands]
Industry and region 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Total

 69,959 72,555 76,170 76,816 71,024

INDUSTRY

Total private

 65,537 68,372 71,765 71,986 66,353

Mining and logging

 304 198 229 275 290

Construction

 4,986 4,970 4,361 4,422 4,459

Manufacturing

 4,051 4,815 5,351 5,508 4,770

Durable goods

 2,272 2,750 2,959 3,024 2,574

Nondurable goods

 1,780 2,064 2,394 2,484 2,197

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 13,905 15,445 16,187 15,576 14,234

Wholesale trade

 1,777 1,812 2,130 2,200 1,952

Retail trade

 9,026 9,825 10,223 9,304 8,550

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 3,101 3,809 3,834 4,072 3,731

Information

 1,135 983 1,337 1,273 905

Financial activities

 2,653 2,656 2,744 2,904 2,462

Finance and insurance

 1,681 1,667 1,822 1,908 1,522

Real estate and rental and leasing

 974 988 920 997 941

Professional and business services

 13,778 13,434 15,097 14,946 12,906

Private education and health services

 8,646 9,347 9,344 10,275 10,693

Private educational services

 1,160 1,128 1,244 1,177 1,153

Health care and social assistance

 7,489 8,219 8,101 9,099 9,541

Leisure and hospitality

 13,466 13,483 14,350 14,123 13,091

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 1,999 1,634 1,979 2,011 2,072

Accommodation and food services

 11,467 11,849 12,370 12,111 11,017

Other services

 2,612 3,042 2,763 2,690 2,547

Government

 4,421 4,183 4,405 4,828 4,671

Federal

 502 886 524 501 533

State and local

 3,921 3,297 3,883 4,330 4,139

State and local education

 2,029 1,643 2,080 2,136 2,131

State and local, excluding education

 1,889 1,653 1,801 2,194 2,008

REGION(2)

Northeast

 10,861 11,641 11,528 11,329 10,800

South

 28,269 27,969 30,746 32,195 30,160

Midwest

 14,891 15,793 16,371 15,815 14,693

West

 15,941 17,149 17,522 17,478 15,371

Footnotes
(1) The annual hires level is the sum of the 12 monthly hires levels.
(2) 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.

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
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Last Modified Date: March 06, 2024