November 4, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Employment trends upward in October

Over-the-month change in payroll employment, by industry, October 2011
Industry	Over-the-month change (p)
Total nonfarm	80,000
Mining and logging	5,000
Construction	-20,000
Manufacturing	5,000
Wholesale trade	8,100
Retail trade	17,800
Transportation and warehousing	9,400
Information	-5,000
Financial activities	4,000
Professional and business services	32,000
Education and health services	28,000
Leisure and hospitality	22,000
Other services	-2,000
Government	-24,000
Footnotes: (p) = preliminary

These data are featured in the TED article, Employment trends upward in October.

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