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The service-providing industries experienced a net job increase of 359,000 jobs in the second quarter of 2017. Within service-providing industries, professional and business services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 106,000 jobs.
Industry | Gross job gains | Gross job losses | Net employment change |
---|---|---|---|
Total private |
7,604,000 | 7,128,000 | 476,000 |
Professional and business services |
1,437,000 | 1,331,000 | 106,000 |
Education and health services |
983,000 | 901,000 | 82,000 |
Manufacturing |
444,000 | 385,000 | 59,000 |
Financial activities |
390,000 | 343,000 | 47,000 |
Construction |
680,000 | 634,000 | 46,000 |
Wholesale trade |
282,000 | 246,000 | 36,000 |
Other services |
306,000 | 281,000 | 25,000 |
Transportation and warehousing |
266,000 | 253,000 | 13,000 |
Natural resources and mining |
270,000 | 258,000 | 12,000 |
Leisure and hospitality |
1,333,000 | 1,324,000 | 9,000 |
Utilities |
12,000 | 13,000 | -1,000 |
Retail trade |
920,000 | 924,000 | -4,000 |
Information |
157,000 | 191,000 | -34,000 |
The net job increase in professional and business services in the second quarter of 2017 was the result of 1.4 million gross job gains and 1.3 million gross job losses. The information industry had the largest net job decrease over the quarter, with a loss of 34,000 jobs.
The goods-producing industries experienced a net job increase of 117,000 jobs in the second quarter of 2017. Of the goods-producing industries, manufacturing added 59,000 jobs, construction added 46,000 jobs, and natural resources and mining added 12,000 jobs.
These data are from the Business Employment Dynamics program. To learn more, see "Business Employment Dynamics — Second Quarter 2017" (HTML) (PDF). Net employment change is the difference between the number of gross job gains and gross job losses.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Gross job gains exceed gross job losses by 476,000 in second quarter of 2017 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2018/gross-job-gains-exceed-gross-job-losses-by-476000-in-second-quarter-of-2017.htm (visited November 08, 2024).