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Payroll employment increased by 136,000 in September 2019
October 08, 2019
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 136,000 in September 2019. Employment continued to trend up in health care (+39,000) and in professional and business services (+34,000). Average weekly earnings in education and health services were $908.04 in September. Earnings for workers in professional and business services averaged $1,222.35 a week.
Employment and average weekly earnings by industry for all employees, September 2019, seasonally adjusted
Industry
Over-the-month-change in employment
Average weekly earnings
Employment level
Total private
114,000
$966.30
129,081,000
Mining and logging
0
1578.65
746,000
Construction
7,000
1226.24
7,510,000
Manufacturing
-2,000
1128.33
12,850,000
Wholesale trade
2,400
1226.52
5,941,700
Retail trade
-11,400
608.47
15,743,400
Transportation and warehousing
15,700
962.30
5,574,500
Utilities
-1,800
1762.73
551,100
Information
9,000
1533.00
2,837,000
Financial activities
3,000
1350.14
8,696,000
Professional and business services
34,000
1222.35
21,565,000
Education and health services
40,000
908.04
24,396,000
Leisure and hospitality
21,000
432.01
16,720,000
Other services
-3,000
797.26
5,950,000
Employment in transportation and warehousing edged up (+16,000); the average weekly earnings in this industry were $962.30 in September. Retail trade employment changed little (−11,000); the average weekly earnings in retail trade were $608.47.
United States Department of Labor
