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February 08, 2011

Employment changes by industry in January 2011

1-month change in nonfarm payroll employment by selected industries, December 2010�January 2011
Industry	Change in payroll employment (p)
Manufacturing	49,000
Retail trade	28,000
Education and health services	13,000
Temporary help services	-11,000
Construction	-32,000
Transportation and warehousing	-38,000
Footnotes: (p) = preliminary.

These data featured in the TED article, Employment changes by industry in January 2011.

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