March 7, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Payroll employment up in February 2011
1-month change in nonfarm payroll employment, selected industries, February 2011
Industry |
Net change |
Professional and business services |
47,000 |
Health care |
34,000 |
Manufacturing |
33,000 |
Construction |
33,000 |
Transportation and warehousing |
22,000 |
These data are featured in the TED article, Payroll employment up in February 2011.
OF INTEREST
Recent editions of Spotlight on Statistics
- Union Membership, Activity, and Compensation in 2022
Examines trends in union membership, work stoppages, and pay and benefits among union members.
- A Look at a Neat Industry: Distilleries
Examines trends in employment, establishments, wages, and consumer prices for distilleries.
- A Look at Projected Employment in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, 2021‒31
Examines projected employment growth for the 2021–31 decade for the sector and its detailed industries and top-employing occupations.
- Business Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Looks at differences in private industry businesses' responses to COVID-19 across firm sizes.
- Inflation Experiences for Lower and Higher Income Households Presents consumer price indexes for the lowest and highest household incomes to examine how different spending patterns change measures of inflation.