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Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 173,000 in August. The changes in total nonfarm payroll employment for June and July were both revised upwards to 245,000. Over the past 3 months, job gains have averaged 221,000 per month. Over the prior 12 months, they averaged 247,000 per month.
Over-the-month change in payroll employment, total and by industry, August 2014–August 2015, seasonally adjusted
Month
Total nonfarm
Mining
and
logging
Construc-
tion
Manufac-
turing
Trade, transpor-
tation,
and
utilities
Informa-
tion
Financial activities
Professional
and
business services
Education
and
health services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other services
Govern-
ment
Aug 2014
213,000
3,000
17,000
14,000
14,000
13,000
13,000
56,000
42,000
25,000
12,000
4,000
Sep 2014
250,000
7,000
22,000
9,000
40,000
4,000
10,000
51,000
46,000
49,000
-3,000
15,000
Oct 2014
221,000
1,000
10,000
23,000
50,000
-3,000
7,000
40,000
28,000
55,000
7,000
3,000
Nov 2014
423,000
1,000
30,000
45,000
98,000
7,000
28,000
96,000
51,000
42,000
16,000
9,000
Dec 2014
329,000
1,000
44,000
19,000
54,000
6,000
7,000
72,000
54,000
56,000
6,000
10,000
Jan 2015
201,000
-7,000
41,000
17,000
35,000
6,000
19,000
20,000
42,000
24,000
5,000
-1,000
Feb 2015
266,000
-14,000
31,000
3,000
44,000
7,000
9,000
49,000
61,000
61,000
10,000
5,000
Mar 2015
119,000
-14,000
-12,000
6,000
39,000
-2,000
13,000
39,000
42,000
6,000
0
2,000
Apr 2015
187,000
-14,000
30,000
0
20,000
10,000
7,000
66,000
54,000
8,000
8,000
-2,000
May 2015
260,000
-20,000
12,000
6,000
57,000
-1,000
9,000
68,000
57,000
56,000
8,000
8,000
Jun 2015
245,000
-5,000
1,000
1,000
52,000
3,000
21,000
68,000
61,000
19,000
-3,000
27,000
Jul 2015
245,000
-6,000
7,000
12,000
55,000
2,000
21,000
39,000
53,000
30,000
11,000
21,000
Aug 2015
173,000
-10,000
3,000
-17,000
28,000
-7,000
19,000
33,000
62,000
33,000
-4,000
33,000
In August, employment increased in health care and social assistance and in financial activities and declined in manufacturing and mining.
Health care and social assistance (part of education and health services) added 56,000 jobs in August. Health care employment increased by 41,000 over the month, with job growth occurring in ambulatory health care services and hospitals. Employment rose by 16,000 in social assistance, which includes child day care services and services for the elderly and disabled. Over the year, employment has risen by 457,000 in health care and by 107,000 in social assistance.
In August, financial activities employment increased by 19,000, with job gains in real estate and in securities, commodity contracts, and investments. Over the year, employment in financial activities has grown by 170,000.
Employment in professional and business services continued to trend up in August (+33,000) and has increased by 641,000 over the year.
Employment in food services and drinking places (part of leisure and hospitality) continued on an upward trend in August, in line with its average monthly gain over the prior 12 months.
Manufacturing employment decreased by 17,000 in August, after changing little in July. Job losses occurred in a number of component industries, including fabricated metal products and food manufacturing. These losses more than offset gains in motor vehicles and parts and in miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing. Total employment in manufacturing has shown little net change since the beginning of the year.
Employment in mining (part of mining and logging) fell in August, with losses concentrated in support activities for mining. Since reaching a peak in December 2014, mining employment has declined by 90,000.
Employment in other major industries, including construction, wholesale trade, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, and government, showed little change over the month.
United States Department of Labor
