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Payroll employment up 142,000 in August 2014

September 08, 2014

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 142,000 in August, with the largest job gains occurring in professional and business services and in education and health services. Compared with the January 2008 employment peak at the start of the 2007–2009 recession, total nonfarm employment has risen by 753,000, or 0.5 percent.

Changes in nonfarm employment by industry, January 2008–August 2014

 

Changes in nonfarm employment by industry, January 2008–August 2014
Industry Employment change

Education and health services

2,627,000

Professional and business services

1,265,000

Leisure and hospitality

1,109,000

Total nonfarm

753,000

Mining and logging

172,000

Other services

-7,000

Trade, transportation, and utilities

-274,000

Financial activities

-314,000

Information

-359,000

Government

-491,000

Construction

-1,408,000

Manufacturing

-1,567,000

The professional and business services industry added 47,000 jobs in August and has gained 1,265,000 jobs since January 2008. Employment in education and health services increased by 37,000 in August and by 2,627,000 since January 2008.

Construction employment continued to trend up in August (+20,000). This is in line with its average monthly job gain of 18,000 over the prior 12 months. Construction employment was 1,408,000 lower in August than it was in January 2008.

Manufacturing employment was unchanged in August, following an increase of 28,000 in July. Manufacturing employment was 1,567,000 lower in August than it was in January 2008.

These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program and are seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent two months are preliminary. To learn more, see "The Employment Situation — August 2014," (HTML) (PDF) news release USDL‑14‑1642. More charts featuring CES employment data can be found in Current Employment Statistics Highlights: August 2014 (PDF).

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Payroll employment up 142,000 in August 2014 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140908.htm (visited October 05, 2024).

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