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Payroll employment up by 850,000 in June; down 6.8 million since February 2020
July 07, 2021
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 850,000 in June 2021, following increases of 583,000 in May and 269,000 in April. Employment in leisure and hospitality increased by 343,000 in June 2021, as pandemic-related restrictions continued to ease in some parts of the country. Notable job gains also occurred in government (+188,000), professional and business services (+72,000), and retail trade (+67,100).
Change in nonfarm payroll employment by industry, June 2021
Change in nonfarm payroll employment by industry, June 2021
Industry
Net change since May 2021
Percent change since May 2021
Net change since June 2020
Percent change since June 2020
Net change since February 2020
Percent change since February 2020
Total nonfarm
850,000
0.6%
7,919,000
5.7%
-6,764,000
-4.4%
Mining and logging
12,000
1.9
33,000
5.5
-60,000
-8.7
Construction
-7,000
-0.1
239,000
3.3
-238,000
-3.1
Manufacturing
15,000
0.1
319,000
2.7
-481,000
-3.8
Wholesale trade
21,300
0.4
145,900
2.6
-192,400
-3.3
Retail trade
67,100
0.4
803,600
5.5
-303,400
-1.9
Transportation and warehousing
10,700
0.2
393,800
7.4
-93,600
-1.6
Utilities
0
0.0
300
0.1
-8,100
-1.5
Information
14,000
0.5
134,000
5.1
-178,000
-6.1
Financial activities
-1,000
0.0
166,000
1.9
-75,000
-0.8
Professional and business services
72,000
0.3
1,268,000
6.5
-633,000
-2.9
Education and health services
59,000
0.3
866,000
3.8
-1,028,000
-4.2
Leisure and hospitality
343,000
2.4
2,576,000
21.2
-2,181,000
-12.9
Other services
56,000
1.0
487,000
9.5
-297,000
-5.0
Government
188,000
0.9
487,000
2.3
-995,000
-4.4
Since February 2020, total nonfarm employment is down by 6.8 million, or 4.4 percent. Employment in leisure and hospitality decreased by 2.2 million, or 12.9 percent, while education and health services lost 1.0 million jobs over that span. Notable decreases also occurred in mining and logging (−60,000, or −8.7 percent), and information (−178,000, or −6.1 percent) from February 2020 to June 2021.
United States Department of Labor
