An official website of the United States government
Industry | Employment, Feb 2016 |
Employment, Feb 2017 |
Over-the-year change |
Percentage over-the-year change |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total nonfarm |
143,448,000 | 145,798,000 | 2,350,000 | 1.6 |
Total private |
121,318,000 | 123,474,000 | 2,156,000 | 1.8 |
Goods-producing |
19,747,000 | 19,943,000 | 196,000 | 1.0 |
Mining and logging |
710,000 | 680,000 | -30,000 | -4.2 |
Construction |
6,662,000 | 6,881,000 | 219,000 | 3.3 |
Manufacturing |
12,375,000 | 12,382,000 | 7,000 | 0.1 |
Private service-providing |
101,571,000 | 103,531,000 | 1,960,000 | 1.9 |
Wholesale trade |
5,854,000 | 5,904,200 | 50,200 | 0.9 |
Retail trade |
15,766,500 | 15,894,900 | 128,400 | 0.8 |
Transportation and warehousing |
4,945,600 | 5,046,600 | 101,000 | 2.0 |
Utilities |
556,900 | 555,300 | -1,600 | -0.3 |
Information |
2,773,000 | 2,759,000 | -14,000 | -0.5 |
Financial activities |
8,213,000 | 8,403,000 | 190,000 | 2.3 |
Professional and business services |
19,902,000 | 20,499,000 | 597,000 | 3.0 |
Education and health services |
22,408,000 | 22,954,000 | 546,000 | 2.4 |
Leisure and hospitality |
15,488,000 | 15,794,000 | 306,000 | 2.0 |
Other services |
5,664,000 | 5,721,000 | 57,000 | 1.0 |
Government |
22,130,000 | 22,324,000 | 194,000 | 0.9 |
Federal |
2,777,000 | 2,825,000 | 48,000 | 1.7 |
State |
5,084,000 | 5,086,000 | 2,000 | 0.0 |
Local |
14,269,000 | 14,413,000 | 144,000 | 1.0 |
Note: Data for the most recent month are preliminary. |
Leisure and hospitality, which had an employment increase of 306,000 or 2.0 percent, and construction, which added 219,000 jobs or 3.3 percent, were the only other industry sectors with over-the-year increases above 200,000.
Construction and professional and business services were the only sectors that had employment increases of 3.0 percent or higher from February 2016 to February 2017. Four sectors (education and health services; financial activities; transportation and warehousing; and leisure and hospitality) had percentage increases of 2.0 percent to 2.4 percent.
Mining and logging had an employment decrease over the 12 months ending in February: a change of −30,000 or −4.2 percent.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics program. Data are preliminary. To learn more, see "The Employment Situation — February 2017" (HTML) (PDF). For more charts, see Graphics for Economic News Releases: The Employment Situation. Charts and analysis of nonfarm employment data can also be found in Current Employment Statistics Highlights: February 2017.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Nonfarm employment up 2.35 million, February 2016 to February 2017 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2017/nonfarm-employment-up-2-point-35-million-february-2016-to-february-2017.htm (visited October 31, 2024).