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Leisure and hospitality added an average of 79,000 jobs per month in 2022
January 10, 2023
In December, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 223,000. Payroll employment rose by 4.5 million in 2022 (an average monthly gain of 375,000), less than the increase of 6.7 million in 2021 (an average monthly gain of 562,000). Employment rose by 67,000 in December in leisure and hospitality. For the year, leisure and hospitality added an average of 79,000 jobs per month, substantially less than the average gain of 196,000 jobs per month in 2021.
Change in nonfarm employment by industry, December 2022
Industry
1-month change
12-month change
Average monthly change in 2022
Mining and logging
4,000
54,000
4,500
Construction
28,000
231,000
19,300
Manufacturing
8,000
379,000
31,600
Wholesale trade
12,100
175,700
14,600
Retail trade
9,000
194,400
16,200
Transportation and warehousing
4,700
207,200
17,300
Utilities
1,600
6,300
500
Information
-5,000
148,000
12,300
Financial activities
5,000
134,000
11,200
Professional and business services
-6,000
605,000
50,400
Education and health services
78,000
950,000
79,200
Leisure and hospitality
67,000
946,000
78,800
Other services
14,000
173,000
14,400
Federal government
1,000
-1,000
-100
State government
-19,000
32,000
2,700
Local government
21,000
269,000
22,400
Employment in construction increased by 28,000 in December, as specialty trade contractors added 17,000 jobs. Construction employment increased by an average of 19,000 per month in 2022, little different than the average of 16,000 per month in 2021.
Employment in the other services industry continued to trend up in December (+14,000). Monthly job growth in other services averaged 14,000 in 2022, lower than the average of 24,000 per month in 2021.
Employment in professional and business services remained little changed in December (−6,000). Employment in temporary help services declined by 35,000 over the month and has fallen by 111,000 since July. Job growth in professional and business services averaged 50,000 per month in 2022, roughly half of the average of 94,000 per month in 2021.
United States Department of Labor
