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Employment in health care increased 2.5 percent over the year ending October 2019, while employment in social assistance increased 3.5 percent. Leisure and hospitality employment increased by 2.4 percent over the same 12 months, with most jobs added in accommodation and food services. Employment increased 1.9 percent in professional and business services and 1.3 percent in financial activities over the last 12 months.
Industry | 12-month percent change | 12-month net change |
---|---|---|
Mining and logging |
-0.5% | -4,000 |
Logging |
2.8 | 1,300 |
Mining |
-0.7 | -5,100 |
Construction |
2.0 | 148,000 |
Construction of buildings |
1.5 | 24,300 |
Heavy and civil engineering construction |
1.6 | 16,700 |
Specialty trade contractors |
2.3 | 106,400 |
Manufacturing |
0.4 | 49,000 |
Durable goods |
0.2 | 14,000 |
Nondurable goods |
0.7 | 35,000 |
Wholesale trade |
1.4 | 82,100 |
Durable goods |
1.9 | 61,600 |
Nondurable goods |
0.6 | 12,400 |
Electronic markets and agents and brokers |
1.5 | 8,100 |
Retail trade |
-0.1 | -22,100 |
Motor vehicle and parts dealers |
1.4 | 29,200 |
Furniture and home furnishings stores |
0.3 | 1,300 |
Electronics and appliance stores |
-2.7 | -13,100 |
Building material and garden supply stores |
1.0 | 13,100 |
Food and beverage stores |
1.5 | 46,700 |
Health and personal care stores |
-1.5 | -15,900 |
Gasoline stations |
2.8 | 26,400 |
Clothing and clothing accessories stores |
-4.0 | -54,600 |
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores |
0.0 | -200 |
General merchandise stores |
-1.4 | -41,900 |
Miscellaneous store retailers |
-0.5 | -4,200 |
Nonstore retailers |
-1.5 | -8,900 |
Transportation and warehousing |
1.5 | 83,000 |
Air transportation |
3.4 | 17,000 |
Rail transportation |
-7.8 | -16,900 |
Water transportation |
-0.8 | -500 |
Truck transportation |
0.7 | 11,000 |
Transit and ground passenger transportation |
0.7 | 3,200 |
Pipeline transportation |
-2.3 | -1,100 |
Scenic and sightseeing transportation |
3.9 | 1,300 |
Support activities for transportation |
1.2 | 8,300 |
Couriers and messengers |
4.6 | 34,300 |
Warehousing and storage |
2.3 | 26,400 |
Utilities |
-0.8 | -4,300 |
Information |
-0.4 | -10,000 |
Publishing industries, except Internet |
1.7 | 12,600 |
Motion picture and sound recording industries |
-4.1 | -18,100 |
Broadcasting, except Internet |
-0.4 | -1,200 |
Telecommunications |
-5.1 | -37,900 |
Data processing, hosting and related services |
2.1 | 6,800 |
Other information services |
8.6 | 27,000 |
Financial activities |
1.3 | 108,000 |
Finance and insurance |
0.8 | 47,600 |
Real estate and rental and leasing |
2.7 | 60,600 |
Professional and business services |
1.9 | 402,000 |
Professional and technical services |
2.9 | 271,600 |
Management of companies and enterprises |
1.5 | 36,800 |
Administrative and waste services |
1.0 | 93,600 |
Education and health services |
2.7 | 635,000 |
Educational services |
2.5 | 94,700 |
Health care |
2.5 | 402,100 |
Social assistance |
3.5 | 138,500 |
Leisure and hospitality |
2.4 | 394,000 |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation |
2.3 | 55,100 |
Accommodation and food services |
2.4 | 338,800 |
Other services |
1.3 | 79,000 |
Repair and maintenance |
2.5 | 33,400 |
Personal and laundry services |
0.7 | 11,400 |
Membership associations and organizations |
1.2 | 34,700 |
Government |
0.7 | 153,000 |
Federal |
1.0 | 29,000 |
State government |
-0.2 | -8,000 |
Local government |
0.9 | 132,000 |
Employment in mining and logging, utilities, and retail trade showed little or no change over the last 12 months.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics program. Data for the most recent 2 months are preliminary. To learn more, see "The Employment Situation — October 2019." We also have more charts on nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employment in health care increased 2.5 percent over the year ending October 2019 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/employment-in-health-care-increased-2-point-5-percent-over-the-year-ending-october-2019.htm (visited October 31, 2024).