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Nonfarm payroll employment rose 213,000 in June 2018
July 10, 2018
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 213,000 in June and has grown by 2.4 million over the last 12 months. Over the month, job gains occurred in professional and business services, manufacturing, and health care, while employment in retail trade declined.
Over-the-month employment change by industry, June 2018, seasonally adjusted
Industry
1-month change
Mining and logging
4,000
Logging
-1,500
Mining
4,900
Oil and gas extraction
-200
Mining, except oil and gas
800
Coal mining
100
Metal ore mining
-100
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
800
Support activities for mining
4,300
Construction
13,000
Construction of buildings
3,700
Residential building
3,900
Nonresidential building
-200
Heavy and civil engineering construction
6,100
Specialty trade contractors
3,200
Residential specialty trade contractors
500
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,700
Manufacturing
36,000
Durable goods
32,000
Wood products
1,300
Nonmetallic mineral products
200
Primary metals
2,900
Fabricated metal products
7,100
Machinery
4,400
Computer and electronic products
5,100
Computer and peripheral equipment
400
Communications equipment
200
Semiconductors and electronic components
1,700
Electronic instruments
3,100
Miscellaneous computer and electronic products
-200
Electrical equipment and appliances
0
Transportation equipment
12,500
Motor vehicles and parts
12,000
Furniture and related products
-800
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing
-800
Nondurable goods
4,000
Food manufacturing
4,400
Textile mills
100
Textile product mills
-300
Apparel
-1,800
Paper and paper products
100
Printing and related support activities
-700
Petroleum and coal products
300
Chemicals
1,900
Plastics and rubber products
700
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing
-1,300
Wholesale trade
2,900
Durable goods
2,800
Nondurable goods
-4,700
Electronic markets and agents and brokers
4,800
Retail trade
-21,600
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
3,100
Automobile dealers
2,300
Other motor vehicle dealers
-100
Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores
900
Furniture and home furnishings stores
500
Electronics and appliance stores
-3,700
Building material and garden supply stores
500
Food and beverage stores
-8,600
Health and personal care stores
-1,500
Gasoline stations
1,100
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
6,900
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
-800
General merchandise stores
-21,500
Department stores
-4,000
General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters
-17,500
Miscellaneous store retailers
700
Nonstore retailers
1,700
Transportation and warehousing
15,400
Air transportation
1,500
Rail transportation
-800
Water transportation
300
Truck transportation
2,500
Transit and ground passenger transportation
4,300
Pipeline transportation
300
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
-600
Support activities for transportation
3,000
Couriers and messengers
4,100
Warehousing and storage
800
Utilities
-300
Information
0
Publishing industries, except Internet
1,200
Motion picture and sound recording industries
-100
Broadcasting, except Internet
400
Telecommunications
-3,200
Data processing, hosting and related services
1,100
Other information services
600
Financial activities
8,000
Finance and insurance
4,800
Monetary authorities - central bank
100
Credit intermediation and related activities
900
Depository credit intermediation
1,900
Commercial banking
1,700
Nondepository credit intermediation
-1,300
Activities related to credit intermediation
400
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts
1,500
Insurance carriers and related activities
2,300
Real estate and rental and leasing
3,800
Real estate
3,600
Rental and leasing services
-300
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
500
Professional and business services
50,000
Professional and technical services
25,100
Legal services
4,800
Accounting and bookkeeping services
700
Architectural and engineering services
6,800
Specialized design services
200
Computer systems design and related services
6,000
Management and technical consulting services
4,800
Scientific research and development services
2,900
Advertising and related services
-2,800
Other professional and technical services
1,800
Management of companies and enterprises
5,400
Administrative and waste services
19,400
Administrative and support services
19,200
Office administrative services
2,900
Facilities support services
-1,200
Employment services
6,500
Temporary help services
9,300
Business support services
500
Travel arrangement and reservation services
-500
Investigation and security services
700
Services to buildings and dwellings
8,100
Other support services
2,300
Waste management and remediation services
200
Education and health services
54,000
Educational services
18,900
Health care
25,200
Ambulatory health care services
13,500
Offices of physicians
3,200
Offices of dentists
3,200
Offices of other health practitioners
3,900
Outpatient care centers
900
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
2,100
Home health care services
200
Other ambulatory health care services
-100
Hospitals
10,600
Nursing and residential care facilities
1,100
Nursing care facilities
-1,500
Residential mental health facilities
2,100
Community care facilities for the elderly
3,600
Other residential care facilities
-3,300
Social assistance
9,500
Individual and family services
6,800
Emergency and other relief services
1,300
Vocational rehabilitation services
-1,600
Child day care services
3,000
Leisure and hospitality
25,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
4,500
Performing arts and spectator sports
-1,300
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
2,300
Amusements, gambling, and recreation
3,500
Accommodation and food services
20,000
Accommodation
3,600
Food services and drinking places
16,400
Other services
16,000
Repair and maintenance
-800
Personal and laundry services
8,800
Membership associations and organizations
8,100
Government
11,000
Federal
-2,000
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
-1,600
U.S. Postal Service
-500
State government
0
State government education
-4,600
State government, excluding education
4,200
Local government
13,000
Local government education
7,600
Local government, excluding education
5,900
Employment in professional and business services increased by 50,000 in June and has risen by 521,000 over the year.
Manufacturing added 36,000 jobs in June. Durable goods manufacturing accounted for nearly all of the increase, including job gains in fabricated metal products (+7,000), computer and electronic products (+5,000), and primary metals (+3,000). Motor vehicles and parts also added jobs over the month (+12,000), after declining by 8,000 in May. Over the past year, manufacturing has added 285,000 jobs.
Employment in health care rose by 25,000 in June and has increased by 309,000 over the year. Hospitals added 11,000 jobs over the month, and employment in ambulatory health care services continued to trend up (+14,000).
Construction employment continued to trend up in June (+13,000) and has increased by 282,000 over the year. Mining employment continued its upward trend in June (+5,000). The industry has added 95,000 jobs since a recent low point in October 2016, almost all in support activities for mining.
In June, retail trade lost 22,000 jobs, largely offsetting a gain in May (+25,000).
United States Department of Labor
