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	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total	76,195	76,832	70,343	64,515	62,972
INDUSTRY
Total private	71,762	71,994	65,625	60,123	59,044
Mining and logging	228	277	291	227	230
Construction	4,359	4,420	4,425	4,115	3,987
Manufacturing	5,350	5,502	4,717	3,986	3,583
Durable goods	2,962	3,018	2,492	2,227	2,062
Nondurable goods	2,389	2,485	2,224	1,756	1,522
Trade, transportation, and utilities	16,198	15,576	14,139	12,588	11,894
Wholesale trade	2,125	2,197	1,945	1,695	1,635
Retail trade	10,226	9,307	8,448	7,360	6,926
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	3,850	4,071	3,741	3,534	3,337
Information	1,338	1,270	874	904	903
Financial activities	2,743	2,905	2,395	2,372	2,500
Finance and insurance	1,821	1,906	1,485	1,529	1,720
Real estate and rental and leasing	920	999	909	838	781
Professional and business services	15,070	14,943	12,533	11,791	12,274
Private education and health services	9,353	10,278	10,717	10,247	9,788
Private educational services	1,248	1,182	1,208	1,170	1,079
Health care and social assistance	8,104	9,095	9,505	9,081	8,709
Leisure and hospitality	14,351	14,127	12,969	11,240	11,450
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,978	2,017	2,016	1,971	2,038
Accommodation and food services	12,370	12,107	10,951	9,266	9,412
Other services	2,769	2,695	2,570	2,656	2,429
Government	4,434	4,839	4,717	4,393	3,927
Federal	522	502	541	427	321
State and local	3,913	4,337	4,177	3,964	3,608
State and local education	2,121	2,135	2,146	1,985	1,765
State and local, excluding education	1,792	2,203	2,032	1,978	1,843

REGION(2)
Northeast	11,535	11,335	10,716	10,144	10,213
South	30,757	32,197	29,979	26,402	24,503
Midwest	16,375	15,820	14,543	13,739	13,827
West	17,528	17,482	15,103	14,231	14,430
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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