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From February 2017 to February 2018, total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 2,281,000, or 1.6 percent. Employment in mining and logging increased by 58,000 over the year, an increase of 8.9 percent, while construction added 254,000 jobs, or 3.7 percent.
Industry | February 2017 employment | February 2018 employment(p) | 12-month change(p) | 12-month percent change(p) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total nonfarm |
145,896,000 | 148,177,000 | 2,281,000 | 1.6 |
Total private |
123,587,000 | 125,819,000 | 2,232,000 | 1.8 |
Mining and logging |
655,000 | 713,000 | 58,000 | 8.9 |
Construction |
6,919,000 | 7,173,000 | 254,000 | 3.7 |
Manufacturing |
12,390,000 | 12,614,000 | 224,000 | 1.8 |
Wholesale trade |
5,885,300 | 5,956,200 | 70,900 | 1.2 |
Retail trade |
15,891,200 | 15,926,200 | 35,000 | 0.2 |
Transportation and warehousing |
5,115,800 | 5,263,400 | 147,600 | 2.9 |
Utilities |
556,000 | 553,400 | -2,600 | -0.5 |
Information |
2,810,000 | 2,748,000 | -62,000 | -2.2 |
Financial activities |
8,404,000 | 8,547,000 | 143,000 | 1.7 |
Professional and business services |
20,265,000 | 20,760,000 | 495,000 | 2.4 |
Education and health services |
23,017,000 | 23,466,000 | 449,000 | 2.0 |
Leisure and hospitality |
15,937,000 | 16,262,000 | 325,000 | 2.0 |
Other services |
5,742,000 | 5,837,000 | 95,000 | 1.7 |
Government |
22,309,000 | 22,358,000 | 49,000 | 0.2 |
Footnotes: (p) preliminary. |
Professional and business services added 495,000 jobs (2.4 percent) from February 2017 to February 2018. Employment increased in manufacturing by 224,000 (1.8 percent) and in financial activities by 143,000 (1.7 percent).
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics program. Data are preliminary. To learn more, see "The Employment Situation — February 2018" (HTML) (PDF). For more charts, see Graphics for Economic News Releases: The Employment Situation.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Nonfarm employment rose by 2,281,000 over the year ended February 2018 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2018/nonfarm-employment-rose-by-2281000-over-the-year-ended-february-2018.htm (visited October 31, 2024).