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Nonfarm employment up 2.35 million, February 2016 to February 2017
March 13, 2017
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 2,350,000, or 1.6 percent, from February 2016 to February 2017. Over this 12-month period, the professional and business services industry added 597,000 jobs, an increase of 3.0 percent, while education and health services employment increased by 546,000, or 2.4 percent.
Employment by industry, February 2016 and February 2017, seasonally adjusted
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.
United States Department of Labor
