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 (p)
Professional and business services	47,000
Health care	34,000
Manufacturing	33,000
Construction	33,000
Transportation and warehousing	22,000
Footnotes: (p) = preliminary

These data are featured in the TED article, Payroll employment up in February 2011.

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