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Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 4.8 million in June 2020, following an increase of 2.7 million in May. These gains reflect a partial resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic in April and March, when employment fell by a total of 22.2 million in the 2 months combined. In June, nonfarm employment was 14.7 million, or 9.6 percent, lower than its February level.
Industry | Jan 2020 | Feb 2020 | Mar 2020 | Apr 2020 | May 2020 | Jun 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total, all employees |
214,000 | 251,000 | -1,373,000 | -20,787,000 | 2,699,000 | 4,800,000 |
Mining and logging |
-3,000 | 2,000 | -8,000 | -53,000 | -19,000 | -10,000 |
Construction |
38,000 | 46,000 | -65,000 | -1,018,000 | 453,000 | 158,000 |
Manufacturing |
-22,000 | 8,000 | -46,000 | -1,317,000 | 250,000 | 356,000 |
Wholesale trade |
4,300 | -3,300 | -12,000 | -385,200 | 12,300 | 67,600 |
Retail trade |
-3,200 | 3,000 | -85,400 | -2,299,000 | 371,500 | 739,800 |
Transportation and warehousing |
22,600 | -400 | -9,900 | -559,800 | -28,300 | 98,700 |
Utilities |
-1,000 | -800 | -200 | -3,600 | -1,600 | -3,200 |
Information |
11,000 | 0 | -6,000 | -279,000 | -39,000 | 9,000 |
Financial activities |
9,000 | 22,000 | -18,000 | -261,000 | 10,000 | 32,000 |
Professional and business services |
20,000 | 27,000 | -94,000 | -2,202,000 | 160,000 | 306,000 |
Educational services |
28,900 | -10,700 | -43,700 | -467,200 | 29,200 | 93,400 |
Health care and social assistance |
41,000 | 62,500 | -134,500 | -2,135,500 | 369,500 | 474,900 |
Leisure and hospitality |
24,000 | 59,000 | -743,000 | -7,575,000 | 1,403,000 | 2,088,000 |
Other services |
10,000 | 6,000 | -91,000 | -1,279,000 | 261,000 | 357,000 |
Federal government |
8,000 | 12,000 | 19,000 | 7,000 | -9,000 | 1,000 |
State government |
6,000 | 9,000 | -37,000 | -169,000 | -53,000 | -25,000 |
Local government |
21,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 | -790,000 | -471,000 | 57,000 |
Industry | Jan 2020 | Feb 2020 | Mar 2020 | Apr 2020 | May 2020 | Jun 2020 |
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Total, all employees |
0.1% | 0.2% | -0.9% | -13.8% | 2.1% | 3.6% |
Mining and logging |
-0.4 | 0.3 | -1.1 | -7.5 | -2.9 | -1.6 |
Construction |
0.5 | 0.6 | -0.9 | -13.4 | 6.9 | 2.3 |
Manufacturing |
-0.2 | 0.1 | -0.4 | -10.3 | 2.2 | 3.0 |
Wholesale trade |
0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -6.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
Retail trade |
0.0 | 0.0 | -0.5 | -14.7 | 2.8 | 5.4 |
Transportation and warehousing |
0.4 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -9.9 | -0.6 | 1.9 |
Utilities |
-0.2 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -0.6 |
Information |
0.4 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -9.7 | -1.5 | 0.4 |
Financial activities |
0.1 | 0.2 | -0.2 | -3.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Professional and business services |
0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 | -10.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
Educational services |
0.8 | -0.3 | -1.1 | -12.3 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
Health care and social assistance |
0.2 | 0.3 | -0.6 | -10.4 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
Leisure and hospitality |
0.1 | 0.4 | -4.4 | -47.0 | 16.4 | 21.0 |
Other services |
0.2 | 0.1 | -1.5 | -21.9 | 5.7 | 7.4 |
Federal government |
0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 0.0 |
State government |
0.1 | 0.2 | -0.7 | -3.3 | -1.1 | -0.5 |
Local government |
0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -5.4 | -3.4 | 0.4 |
In June, employment in leisure and hospitality increased by 2.1 million, accounting for about two-fifths of the gain in total nonfarm employment. Over the month, employment in food services and drinking places rose by 1.5 million, following a gain of the same magnitude in May. Despite these gains, employment in food services and drinking places is down by 3.1 million since February.
Employment in retail trade rose by 740,000 in June, after a gain of 372,000 in May and losses totaling 2.4 million in March and April combined. In June, employment in retail trade was 1.3 million lower than in February.
Health care employment increased by 358,000 in June. Manufacturing employment rose by 356,000 (but was down by 757,000 since February). Professional and business services added 306,000 jobs in June (but was 1.8 million below its February level).
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 — June 2020" and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the June data. Also see more charts on employment, hours, and earnings data.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Nonfarm employment up 4.8 million in June 2020 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/nonfarm-employment-up-4-point-8-million-in-june-2020.htm (visited October 31, 2024).