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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 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.

Last Modified Date: March 08, 2023