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	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	68,620	70,028	72,588	76,006	77,201
INDUSTRY
Total private	64,299	65,587	68,406	71,592	72,339
Mining and logging	448	306	199	228	280
Construction	4,530	4,993	4,978	4,366	4,411
Manufacturing	4,397	4,051	4,814	5,354	5,522
Durable goods	2,514	2,272	2,748	2,962	3,020
Nondurable goods	1,881	1,780	2,065	2,392	2,502
Trade, transportation, and utilities	13,708	13,961	15,453	16,022	15,691
Wholesale trade	1,754	1,777	1,813	2,127	2,175
Retail trade	9,053	9,084	9,846	10,051	9,287
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	2,901	3,095	3,794	3,840	4,226
Information	1,091	1,135	983	1,340	1,295
Financial activities	2,499	2,652	2,656	2,743	2,869
Finance and insurance	1,637	1,682	1,663	1,824	1,905
Real estate and rental and leasing	864	970	994	921	959
Professional and business services	13,740	13,784	13,395	15,091	15,128
Education and health services	8,499	8,652	9,355	9,349	10,278
Educational services	1,157	1,160	1,129	1,247	1,244
Health care and social assistance	7,345	7,492	8,226	8,103	9,037
Leisure and hospitality	12,794	13,447	13,528	14,338	14,157
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	2,207	1,993	1,635	1,976	1,983
Accommodation and food services	10,586	11,455	11,893	12,363	12,173
Other services	2,596	2,609	3,045	2,756	2,706
Government	4,321	4,439	4,184	4,414	4,861
Federal	422	500	890	517	506
State and local	3,899	3,939	3,293	3,896	4,357
State and local education	2,019	2,054	1,646	2,104	2,152
State and local, excluding education	1,881	1,885	1,647	1,795	2,202

REGION(2)
Northeast	10,497	10,871	11,644	11,500	11,404
South	27,327	28,295	27,984	30,688	32,130
Midwest	15,199	14,907	15,801	16,337	15,938
West	15,595	15,958	17,158	17,485	17,726
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 08, 2023