Table 1. Employment and annual change in employment, by industry, 2013–15 (in thousands)
Industry Employment, December Over-the-year change, December Over-the-year percent change, December
2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015

Total nonfarm

137,387 140,402 143,146 2,311 3,015 2,744 1.7 2.2 2.0

Total private

115,570 118,455 121,106 2,378 2,885 2,651 2.1 2.5 2.2

Goods-producing

18,892 19,492 19,678 355 600 186 1.9 3.2 1.0

Mining and logging

867 897 761 18 30 -136 2.1 3.5 -15.2

Logging

52 52 51 1 0 -1 1.9 -.6 -2.3

Mining

814 845 710 17 30 -135 2.1 3.7 -15.9

Oil and gas extraction

193 201 183 2 7 -18 .9 3.7 -8.8

Mining, except oil and gas

206 206 191 -8 0 -15 -3.7 .1 -7.1

Coal mining

77 70 61 -2 -7 -9 -2.4 -9.0 -13.4

Metal ore mining

43 44 40 -3 1 -4 -5.9 2.8 -10.0

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

86 92 91 -4 6 -1 -3.9 6.9 -.9

Support activities for mining

415 438 336 23 23 -102 5.9 5.5 -23.3

Construction

5,939 6,301 6,597 211 362 296 3.7 6.1 4.7

Construction of buildings

1,316 1,389 1,439 52 73 50 4.1 5.6 3.6

Residential building

630 674 708 35 43 34 5.9 6.9 5.0

Nonresidential building

685 715 731 17 30 16 2.5 4.4 2.2

Heavy and civil engineering construction

877 928 944 -1 51 16 -.1 5.8 1.7

Specialty trade contractors

3,746 3,985 4,214 160 239 230 4.5 6.4 5.8

Residential specialty trade contractors

1,609 1,726 1,843 107 117 117 7.1 7.3 6.8

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

2,137 2,259 2,371 53 122 112 2.5 5.7 5.0

Manufacturing

12,086 12,294 12,320 126 208 26 1.1 1.7 .2

Durable goods

7,593 7,754 7,731 89 161 -23 1.2 2.1 -.3

Wood products

361 376 386 15 15 10 4.3 4.1 2.6

Nonmetallic mineral products

376 392 401 8 16 9 2.1 4.2 2.3

Primary metals

396 403 384 -2 7 -19 -.4 1.8 -4.8

Fabricated metal products

1,443 1,471 1,440 25 28 -31 1.8 1.9 -2.1

Machinery

1,107 1,139 1,102 4 33 -37 .4 3.0 -3.2

Computer and electronic products

1,055 1,052 1,042 -21 -3 -9 -2.0 -.3 -.9

Electrical equipment and appliances

377 380 384 1 3 5 .4 .7 1.2

Transportation equipment(1)

1,530 1,583 1,605 44 52 23 2.9 3.4 1.4

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

852 892 918 56 40 26 7.1 4.7 2.9

Furniture and related products

366 376 387 13 10 12 3.8 2.7 3.1

Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing

582 583 599 1 1 16 .2 .1 2.7

Nondurable goods

4,493 4,540 4,589 37 47 49 .8 1.0 1.1

Food manufacturing

1,487 1,493 1,512 23 7 19 1.5 .4 1.3

Textile mills

118 117 115 1 -1 -2 .8 -.8 -1.7

Textile product mills

114 117 117 -3 3 0 -2.3 2.9 -.2

Apparel

144 138 136 -3 -6 -1 -2.0 -4.3 -1.0

Paper and paper products

376 372 373 -3 -4 1 -.8 -1.0 .2

Printing and related support activities

452 452 449 -3 0 -4 -.7 .1 -.9

Petroleum and coal products

109 114 117 -4 5 3 -3.3 4.8 2.4

Chemicals

795 810 815 8 15 5 1.1 1.8 .6

Plastics and rubber products

667 682 691 17 15 9 2.6 2.3 1.2

Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing

232 245 266 5 13 21 2.0 5.7 8.5

Private service providing

96,678 98,963 101,428 2,023 2,285 2,465 2.1 2.4 2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

26,135 26,656 27,114 516 521 458 2.0 2.0 1.7

Wholesale trade

5,765 5,845 5,901 63 81 56 1.1 1.4 1.0

Durable goods

2,872 2,924 2,946 19 52 22 .7 1.8 .7

Nondurable goods

1,999 2,017 2,050 21 19 33 1.1 .9 1.6

Electronic markets and agents and brokers

894 904 905 23 10 1 2.6 1.1 .1

Retail trade

15,267 15,477 15,761 368 210 284 2.5 1.4 1.8

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

1,826 1,895 1,974 68 69 79 3.8 3.8 4.2

Automobile dealers

1,161 1,215 1,271 48 54 57 4.3 4.6 4.7

Other motor vehicle dealers

138 141 151 8 3 10 5.8 2.0 6.8

Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores

526 539 552 12 13 13 2.2 2.5 2.4

Furniture and home furnishings stores

451 460 467 10 9 7 2.2 2.1 1.6

Electronics and appliance stores

503 506 525 5 3 18 .9 .6 3.6

Building material and garden supply stores

1,226 1,229 1,258 42 3 29 3.5 .3 2.4

Food and beverage stores

2,968 3,045 3,068 77 77 23 2.7 2.6 .7

Health and personal care stores

1,025 1,030 1,033 19 5 4 1.9 .5 .3

Gasoline stations

875 890 915 22 15 25 2.6 1.7 2.8

Clothing and clothing accessories stores

1,398 1,354 1,359 -15 -44 5 -1.1 -3.1 .4

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

619 634 628 50 14 -5 8.8 2.3 -.8

General merchandise stores

3,091 3,111 3,164 61 20 53 2.0 .6 1.7

Miscellaneous store retailers

803 823 844 1 20 22 .1 2.5 2.6

Nonstore retailers

483 500 524 30 17 25 6.6 3.5 4.9

Transportation and warehousing

4,552 4,779 4,889 86 227 110 1.9 5.0 2.3

Air transportation

442 448 462 -11 6 14 -2.4 1.4 3.0

Rail transportation

231 244 229 0 13 -15 -.1 5.5 -6.1

Water transportation

66 68 62 1 2 -6 1.7 2.9 -9.3

Truck transportation

1,392 1,443 1,464 25 51 21 1.8 3.7 1.4

Transit and ground passenger transportation

460 474 474 16 14 0 3.6 3.0 .0

Pipeline transportation

46 48 50 2 2 3 5.3 4.1 5.2

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

30 31 30 1 1 -1 3.8 2.3 -3.6

Support activities for transportation

608 635 655 15 27 19 2.6 4.5 3.1

Couriers and messengers

553 614 624 19 61 10 3.5 11.0 1.6

Warehousing and storage

725 775 841 17 51 66 2.4 7.0 8.4

Utilities

551 555 564 -1 4 9 -.1 .7 1.6

Information

2,724 2,733 2,763 51 9 30 1.9 .3 1.1

Publishing industries, except Internet

729 726 724 -5 -3 -2 -.7 -.4 -.3

Motion picture and sound recording industries

381 389 406 23 8 18 6.3 2.0 4.6

Broadcasting, except Internet

281 281 280 -4 -1 -1 -1.3 -.2 -.4

Telecommunications

854 820 804 7 -34 -16 .9 -4.0 -1.9

Data processing, hosting and related services

274 287 299 12 12 12 4.7 4.5 4.2

Other information services

204 232 250 17 27 18 9.1 13.4 7.8

Financial activities

7,914 8,041 8,190 87 127 149 1.1 1.6 1.9

Finance and insurance

5,900 5,972 6,085 43 72 113 .7 1.2 1.9

Monetary authorities—central bank

18 18 18 0 0 0 -.5 -1.1 -.6

Credit intermediation and related activities

2,587 2,559 2,573 -26 -27 13 -1.0 -1.1 .5

Depository credit intermediation(1)

1,720 1,688 1,676 -22 -32 -12 -1.3 -1.8 -.7

Commercial banking

1,305 1,283 1,264 -16 -22 -19 -1.2 -1.7 -1.5

Nondepository credit intermediation

580 582 599 -9 3 17 -1.6 .4 2.9

Activities related to credit intermediation

287 289 297 5 2 8 1.9 .6 2.8

Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts

871 891 921 15 20 30 1.7 2.3 3.3

Insurance carriers and related activities

2,423 2,503 2,573 54 80 70 2.3 3.3 2.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

2,015 2,069 2,105 45 55 36 2.3 2.7 1.7

Real estate

1,471 1,501 1,538 39 30 37 2.7 2.0 2.5

Rental and leasing services

520 545 544 6 25 -2 1.2 4.8 -.3

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets

24 24 24 0 0 0 -.8 .0 .0

Professional and business services

18,721 19,360 19,981 555 639 621 3.1 3.4 3.2

Professional and technical services

8,188 8,465 8,757 186 277 292 2.3 3.4 3.4

Legal services

1,122 1,117 1,124 -10 -5 7 -.9 -.4 .6

Accounting and bookkeeping services

923 959 1,004 10 36 45 1.1 3.9 4.7

Architectural and engineering services

1,356 1,392 1,425 22 36 34 1.6 2.6 2.4

Specialized design services

125 129 140 3 4 11 2.0 3.4 8.3

Computer systems design and related services

1,735 1,847 1,951 72 112 104 4.3 6.4 5.6

Management and technical consulting services

1,207 1,253 1,300 69 46 47 6.0 3.8 3.8

Scientific research and development services

629 647 662 -8 18 15 -1.2 2.9 2.3

Advertising and related services

465 476 491 24 11 15 5.4 2.4 3.0

Other professional and technical services

627 646 660 5 19 14 .8 3.0 2.2

Management of companies and enterprises

2,135 2,189 2,247 74 54 58 3.6 2.5 2.7

Administrative and waste services

8,398 8,707 8,978 295 308 271 3.6 3.7 3.1

Administrative and support services

8,019 8,316 8,574 290 298 258 3.8 3.7 3.1

Office administrative services

455 464 482 20 9 18 4.6 2.0 3.9

Facilities support services

132 135 144 0 3 9 -.2 2.5 6.4

Employment services(1)

3,321 3,503 3,620 144 182 117 4.5 5.5 3.3

Temporary help services

2,680 2,848 2,944 143 168 96 5.6 6.3 3.4

Business support services

867 886 897 34 19 11 4.1 2.1 1.3

Travel arrangement and reservation services

195 200 202 3 6 2 1.6 2.9 1.0

Investigation and security services

844 862 883 25 18 20 3.1 2.2 2.3

Services to buildings and dwellings

1,910 1,960 2,030 63 50 70 3.4 2.6 3.6

Other support services

294 306 316 1 11 10 .3 3.8 3.4

Waste management and remediation services

380 390 404 5 11 13 1.4 2.8 3.4

Education (private) and health services

21,197 21,677 22,378 261 480 701 1.2 2.3 3.2

Educational (private) services

3,375 3,435 3,502 38 60 67 1.1 1.8 2.0

Health care and social assistance

17,822 18,242 18,876 224 420 634 1.3 2.4 3.5

Health care(3)

14,555 14,831 15,303 158 276 472 1.1 1.9 3.2

Ambulatory health care services

6,537 6,736 6,992 147 199 256 2.3 3.0 3.8

Offices of physicians

2,444 2,485 2,569 28 41 84 1.1 1.7 3.4

Offices of dentists

877 897 926 18 20 29 2.1 2.3 3.3

Offices of other health practitioners

763 798 827 24 35 30 3.2 4.6 3.7

Outpatient care centers

695 728 761 34 33 33 5.1 4.7 4.5

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

245 254 260 5 9 6 2.1 3.6 2.3

Home health care services

1,242 1,290 1,356 36 48 66 3.0 3.9 5.1

Other ambulatory health care services

272 284 294 3 13 9 1.0 4.6 3.2

Hospitals

4,775 4,821 4,999 -18 46 177 -.4 1.0 3.7

Nursing and residential care facilities

3,243 3,274 3,312 29 31 38 .9 1.0 1.2

Nursing care facilities

1,648 1,649 1,660 -13 1 10 -.8 .1 .6

Residential mental health facilities

600 605 609 10 6 3 1.8 1.0 .6

Community care facilities for the elderly

836 857 881 31 20 24 3.8 2.4 2.8

Other residential care facilities

159 163 163 1 4 0 .5 2.3 -.1

Social assistance

3,268 3,411 3,574 66 144 162 2.1 4.4 4.8

Individual and family services

1,938 2,060 2,193 82 123 133 4.4 6.3 6.5

Emergency and other relief services

150 153 156 6 3 3 4.1 2.2 1.8

Vocational rehabilitation services

336 335 336 -20 -1 1 -5.5 -.3 .1

Child daycare services

844 863 889 -3 19 26 -.3 2.3 3.0

Leisure and hospitality

14,460 14,901 15,342 479 441 441 3.4 3.0 3.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

2,070 2,131 2,196 76 61 65 3.8 2.9 3.0

Performing arts and spectator sports

431 448 464 21 17 17 5.1 4.0 3.7

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

144 149 153 5 5 3 3.9 3.8 2.2

Amusements, gambling, and recreation

1,496 1,534 1,579 50 38 45 3.4 2.5 2.9

Accommodation and food services

12,390 12,770 13,146 403 380 377 3.4 3.1 2.9

Accommodation

1,878 1,909 1,926 37 31 17 2.0 1.7 .9

Food services and drinking places

10,512 10,861 11,220 367 349 359 3.6 3.3 3.3

Other services

5,527 5,595 5,660 74 68 65 1.4 1.2 1.2

Repair and maintenance

1,230 1,256 1,291 22 26 35 1.9 2.1 2.8

Personal and laundry services

1,351 1,387 1,417 20 37 30 1.5 2.7 2.1

Membership associations and organizations

2,946 2,952 2,952 32 6 1 1.1 .2 .0

Government

21,817 21,947 22,040 -67 130 93 -.3 .6 .4

Federal

2,740 2,746 2,768 -66 6 22 -2.4 .2 .8

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

2,148 2,148 2,164 -60 -1 17 -2.7 .0 .8

U.S. Postal Service

592 598 604 -5 6 6 -.9 1.0 .9

State government

5,052 5,088 5,108 5 36 20 .1 .7 .4

State government education

2,405 2,416 2,435 16 11 19 .7 .5 .8

State government, excluding education

2,647 2,672 2,673 -11 25 1 -.4 .9 .0

Local government

14,025 14,113 14,164 -6 88 51 .0 .6 .4

Local government education

7,761 7,818 7,814 -11 57 -5 -.1 .7 -.1

Local government, excluding education

6,264 6,295 6,350 5 31 56 .1 .5 .9
Notes:

(1)Includes other industries not shown separately.

(2)Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.

(3)Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey.