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From December 2017 to December 2018, payroll employment rose by 2.6 million (1.8 percent), compared with a gain of 2.2 million for the previous 12 months.
Change in nonfarm payroll employment, by industry, seasonally adjusted, December 2017 to December 2018
Industry
12-month net change
12-month percent change
Statistically significant?
Total nonfarm
2,638,000
1.8%
Yes
Mining and logging
60,000
8.6
Yes
Construction
280,000
4.0
Yes
Manufacturing
284,000
2.3
Yes
Wholesale trade
88,900
1.5
Yes
Retail trade
91,600
0.6
Yes
Transportation and warehousing
189,800
3.6
Yes
Utilities
-200
0.0
No
Information
-16,000
–0.6
No
Financial activities
110,000
1.3
Yes
Professional and business services
583,000
2.8
Yes
Education and health services
517,000
2.2
Yes
Leisure and hospitality
306,000
1.9
Yes
Other services
70,000
1.2
Yes
Government
74,000
0.3
No
The construction industry added 280,000 jobs in 2018 (4.0 percent), compared with an increase of 250,000 in 2017. Manufacturing employment increased by 284,000 over the year (2.3 percent), with about three-fourths of the gain in durable goods.
Retail trade employment increased by 92,000 in 2018 (0.6 percent), after little net change in 2017 (–29,000). Employment in education and health services increased by 517,000 in 2018 (2.2 percent), with health care adding 346,000 jobs following a gain of 284,000 the previous year.
Professional and business services continued its upward trend in 2018, adding 583,000 jobs over the year (2.8 percent), compared with 458,000 in 2017.
United States Department of Labor
