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Nonfarm payroll employment rose 228,000 in November 2017. Employment increased by 2.1 million over the past 12 months. In November, employment continued to trend up in education and health services, professional and business services, and manufacturing.
1-month and 12-month changes in nonfarm employment by industry, November 2017, seasonally adjusted
Industry
1-month change
12-month change
Total nonfarm
228,000
2,071,000
Total private
221,000
2,024,000
Mining and logging
7,000
64,000
Construction
24,000
184,000
Manufacturing
31,000
189,000
Wholesale trade
3,400
61,300
Retail trade
18,700
-22,700
Transportation and warehousing
10,500
89,200
Utilities
-200
-3,200
Information
-4,000
-65,000
Financial activities
8,000
150,000
Professional and business services
46,000
548,000
Education and health services
54,000
471,000
Leisure and hospitality
14,000
279,000
Other services
9,000
80,000
Government
7,000
47,000
Private education and health services added 54,000 jobs over the month and 471,000 over the past 12 months. Within education and health services, ambulatory health care, which includes offices of physicians and outpatient care centers, accounted for 25,000 of the November increase.
Employment in professional and business services continued to trend up in November, gaining 46,000 jobs. Over the past 12 months, the industry added 548,000 jobs.
Manufacturing added 31,000 jobs in November. Within the industry, employment rose in machinery (+8,000), fabricated metal products (+7,000), computer and electronic products (+4,000), and plastics and rubber products (+4,000). Since a recent low in November 2016, manufacturing employment has increased by 189,000.
United States Department of Labor
