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Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 164,000 in July 2019. Monthly job gains have averaged 165,000 in 2019, compared with an average gain of 223,000 per month in 2018. In July, notable job gains occurred in professional and technical services (+31,000), health care (+30,000), social assistance (+20,000), and financial activities (+18,000).
Professional and technical services added 31,000 jobs in July, bringing the 12-month job gain to 300,000. In July, employment increased by 11,000 in computer systems design and related services; this industry accounted for about one-third of employment growth in professional and technical services both over the month and over the year.
Employment change by industry, July 2019, seasonally adjusted
Industry
1-month net change
Mining and logging
-5,000
Logging
400
Mining
-5,100
Oil and gas extraction
-1,200
Mining, except oil and gas
-1,400
Coal mining
-800
Metal ore mining
100
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
-600
Support activities for mining
-2,500
Construction
4,000
Construction of buildings
1,500
Residential building
1,400
Nonresidential building
100
Heavy and civil engineering construction
-4,300
Specialty trade contractors
7,400
Residential specialty trade contractors
6,000
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
1,400
Manufacturing
16,000
Durable goods
12,000
Wood products
500
Nonmetallic mineral products
300
Primary metals
-1,300
Fabricated metal products
500
Machinery
-3,600
Computer and electronic products
2,600
Computer and peripheral equipment
100
Communications equipment
200
Semiconductors and electronic components
1,000
Electronic instruments
1,400
Miscellaneous computer and electronic products
-100
Electrical equipment and appliances
700
Transportation equipment
9,500
Motor vehicles and parts
7,200
Furniture and related products
2,000
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing
300
Nondurable goods
4,000
Food manufacturing
1,200
Textile mills
0
Textile product mills
500
Apparel
-300
Paper and paper products
700
Printing and related support activities
-700
Petroleum and coal products
-200
Chemicals
1,900
Plastics and rubber products
300
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing
-100
Wholesale trade
6,700
Durable goods
4,700
Nondurable goods
1,200
Electronic markets and agents and brokers
800
Retail trade
-3,600
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
-100
Automobile dealers
900
Other motor vehicle dealers
-1,100
Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores
100
Furniture and home furnishings stores
-1,000
Electronics and appliance stores
-5,700
Building material and garden supply stores
1,500
Food and beverage stores
5,300
Health and personal care stores
1,200
Gasoline stations
2,800
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
-600
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
-1,100
General merchandise stores
-2,200
Department stores
-3,700
General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters
1,500
Miscellaneous store retailers
-2,000
Nonstore retailers
-1,700
Transportation and warehousing
300
Air transportation
900
Rail transportation
-100
Water transportation
100
Truck transportation
2,000
Transit and ground passenger transportation
-8,200
Pipeline transportation
0
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
-500
Support activities for transportation
-3,800
Couriers and messengers
6,700
Warehousing and storage
3,200
Utilities
-400
Information
-10,000
Publishing industries, except Internet
-1,100
Motion picture and sound recording industries
-5,900
Broadcasting, except Internet
-400
Telecommunications
-5,100
Data processing, hosting and related services
1,300
Other information services
2,000
Financial activities
18,000
Finance and insurance
13,900
Monetary authorities - central bank
0
Credit intermediation and related activities
800
Depository credit intermediation
-800
Commercial banking
-900
Nondepository credit intermediation
1,500
Activities related to credit intermediation
200
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts
1,700
Insurance carriers and related activities
11,400
Real estate and rental and leasing
4,300
Real estate
3,200
Rental and leasing services
1,200
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
-100
Professional and business services
38,000
Professional and technical services
30,800
Legal services
100
Accounting and bookkeeping services
3,600
Architectural and engineering services
3,800
Specialized design services
-200
Computer systems design and related services
10,600
Management and technical consulting services
5,800
Scientific research and development services
3,600
Advertising and related services
1,700
Other professional and technical services
2,100
Management of companies and enterprises
900
Administrative and waste services
5,700
Administrative and support services
4,700
Office administrative services
1,900
Facilities support services
200
Employment services
5,500
Temporary help services
2,200
Business support services
400
Travel arrangement and reservation services
-700
Investigation and security services
-1,000
Services to buildings and dwellings
300
Other support services
-1,900
Waste management and remediation services
1,000
Education and health services
66,000
Educational services
15,700
Health care
30,400
Ambulatory health care services
28,900
Offices of physicians
3,000
Offices of dentists
3,800
Offices of other health practitioners
7,300
Outpatient care centers
2,400
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
1,500
Home health care services
10,700
Other ambulatory health care services
300
Hospitals
-2,100
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,600
Nursing care facilities
800
Residential mental health facilities
1,700
Community care facilities for the elderly
500
Other residential care facilities
500
Social assistance
20,000
Individual and family services
12,600
Emergency and other relief services
100
Vocational rehabilitation services
-900
Child day care services
8,100
Leisure and hospitality
10,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
-100
Performing arts and spectator sports
-3,500
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
0
Amusements, gambling, and recreation
3,400
Accommodation and food services
10,200
Accommodation
-5,200
Food services and drinking places
15,400
Other services
8,000
Repair and maintenance
5,300
Personal and laundry services
200
Membership associations and organizations
1,800
Government
16,000
Federal
2,000
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
2,500
U.S. Postal Service
-200
State government
0
State government education
-3,400
State government, excluding education
3,400
Local government
14,000
Local government education
11,700
Local government, excluding education
1,800
Employment in health care rose by 30,000 over the month, reflecting a gain in ambulatory health care services (+29,000). Health care employment has increased by 405,000 over the year, with ambulatory health care services accounting for about two-thirds of the gain.
Social assistance added 20,000 jobs in July. Employment in this industry has increased by 143,000 over the year.
In July, financial activities employment rose by 18,000, with most of the gain occurring in insurance carriers and related activities (+11,000).
Mining employment declined by 5,000 in July, after showing little net change in recent months.
Manufacturing employment changed little in July (+16,000) and thus far in 2019. Job gains in the industry had averaged 22,000 per month in 2018.
Employment changed little in July in construction, wholesale trade, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, information, leisure and hospitality, and government.
United States Department of Labor
