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Payroll employment changed little in May 2016; up 38,000
June 06, 2016
Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in May, an increase of 38,000 jobs. Job growth occurred in health care. Mining continued to lose jobs, and a strike resulted in job losses in information.
Health care added 46,000 jobs in May, with increases occurring in ambulatory health care services (24,000), hospitals (17,000), and nursing care facilities (5,000).
In May, mining employment continued to decline (−10,000). Since reaching a peak in September 2014, mining has lost 207,000 jobs. Support activities for mining accounted for three-fourths of the jobs lost during this period, including 6,000 in May.
Employment in information declined by 34,000 in May. About 35,000 workers in the telecommunications industry were on strike and not on company payrolls during the survey reference period. Within manufacturing, employment in durable goods declined by 18,000, with job losses of 7,000 in machinery and 3,000 in furniture and related products.
Employment in professional and business services changed little in May (10,000), after increasing by 55,000 in April. Within the industry, professional and technical services added 26,000 jobs, in line with average monthly gains over the prior 12 months. Employment in temporary help services was little changed over the month (−21,000) but is down by 64,000 thus far this year.
Employment in other major industries, including construction, wholesale trade, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, financial activities, leisure and hospitality, and government, changed little over the month.
United States Department of Labor
