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Nonfarm employment rose 145,000 in December 2019 and 2.1 million for all of 2019
January 14, 2020
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 145,000 in December 2019. In 2019, payroll employment rose by 2.1 million, down from a gain of 2.7 million in 2018. In December, notable job gains occurred in retail trade and health care, while mining and logging lost jobs.
In December, retail trade added 41,000 jobs. Employment increased in clothing and accessories stores (+33,000) and in building material and garden supply stores (+7,000); both industries showed employment declines in the prior month. Employment in retail trade changed little, on net, in both 2019 (+9,000) and 2018 (+14,000).
Employment change by industry, December 2019, seasonally adjusted
Industry
1-month net change
12-month net change
Mining and logging
-9,000
-21,000
Construction
20,000
151,000
Manufacturing
-12,000
46,000
Wholesale trade
8,300
61,900
Retail trade
41,200
8,500
Transportation and warehousing
-10,400
57,100
Utilities
800
-2,400
Information
3,000
12,000
Financial activities
6,000
122,000
Professional and business services
10,000
397,000
Education and health services
36,000
647,000
Leisure and hospitality
40,000
388,000
Other services
5,000
80,000
Government
6,000
161,000
Employment in health care increased by 28,000 in December. Ambulatory health care services (+23,000) and hospitals (+9,000) added jobs over the month. Health care added 399,000 jobs in 2019, compared with an increase of 350,000 in 2018.
Mining and logging employment declined by 9,000 in December. In 2019, employment in mining and logging declined by 21,000, after rising by 60,000 in 2018.
Construction employment changed little in December (+20,000). Employment in the industry rose by 151,000 in 2019, about half of the 2018 gain of 307,000.
Manufacturing employment was little changed in December (-12,000). Employment in the industry changed little in 2019 (+46,000), after increasing in 2018 (+264,000).
United States Department of Labor
