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Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 199,000 in November 2023. November's employment growth was below the average monthly gain of 240,000 over the prior 12 months but in line with job growth in recent months. In November, job gains occurred in health care and government. Employment also increased in manufacturing, reflecting the return of workers from a strike. Employment in retail trade declined.
Month | Total nonfarm | Mining and logging | Construction | Manufacturing | Trade, transportation, and utilities | Information | Financial activities |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 2019 |
215,000 | -11,000 | -11,000 | 43,000 | 3,000 | 10,000 | 16,000 |
Dec 2019 |
102,000 | -14,000 | -17,000 | -14,000 | 39,000 | 8,000 | 5,000 |
Jan 2020 |
334,000 | -6,000 | 52,000 | -11,000 | 43,000 | 10,000 | 17,000 |
Feb 2020 |
273,000 | -2,000 | 28,000 | -5,000 | -36,000 | 7,000 | 31,000 |
Mar 2020 |
-1,427,000 | -10,000 | -69,000 | -65,000 | -84,000 | -9,000 | -17,000 |
Apr 2020 |
-20,514,000 | -57,000 | -1,012,000 | -1,306,000 | -3,092,000 | -259,000 | -263,000 |
May 2020 |
2,625,000 | -25,000 | 482,000 | 232,000 | 422,000 | -30,000 | 16,000 |
Jun 2020 |
4,565,000 | -15,000 | 161,000 | 331,000 | 962,000 | 12,000 | 17,000 |
Jul 2020 |
1,444,000 | -11,000 | 25,000 | 41,000 | 260,000 | -5,000 | 0 |
Aug 2020 |
1,735,000 | -8,000 | 30,000 | 26,000 | 412,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Sep 2020 |
961,000 | -1,000 | 31,000 | 57,000 | 138,000 | 56,000 | 29,000 |
Oct 2020 |
719,000 | -3,000 | 54,000 | 24,000 | 201,000 | -3,000 | 22,000 |
Nov 2020 |
264,000 | -2,000 | 7,000 | 34,000 | 124,000 | 7,000 | 10,000 |
Dec 2020 |
-268,000 | 3,000 | 38,000 | 40,000 | 20,000 | 13,000 | 12,000 |
Jan 2021 |
494,000 | -7,000 | 8,000 | -3,000 | 111,000 | 34,000 | 14,000 |
Feb 2021 |
575,000 | -9,000 | -72,000 | 26,000 | 90,000 | 16,000 | -11,000 |
Mar 2021 |
784,000 | 13,000 | 104,000 | 48,000 | 121,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 |
Apr 2021 |
286,000 | 2,000 | 11,000 | -42,000 | -29,000 | 22,000 | 20,000 |
May 2021 |
482,000 | 0 | -12,000 | 31,000 | 69,000 | 28,000 | 7,000 |
Jun 2021 |
693,000 | 4,000 | 6,000 | 17,000 | 111,000 | 17,000 | 7,000 |
Jul 2021 |
769,000 | 1,000 | 15,000 | 73,000 | 43,000 | 29,000 | 37,000 |
Aug 2021 |
663,000 | 3,000 | 16,000 | 46,000 | 90,000 | 36,000 | 17,000 |
Sep 2021 |
557,000 | 0 | 41,000 | 42,000 | 151,000 | 15,000 | 29,000 |
Oct 2021 |
781,000 | 4,000 | 42,000 | 59,000 | 149,000 | 17,000 | 27,000 |
Nov 2021 |
614,000 | 4,000 | 46,000 | 44,000 | 70,000 | 21,000 | 35,000 |
Dec 2021 |
569,000 | 7,000 | 34,000 | 44,000 | 104,000 | 18,000 | 23,000 |
Jan 2022 |
364,000 | -1,000 | -4,000 | 33,000 | 100,000 | 12,000 | 6,000 |
Feb 2022 |
904,000 | 5,000 | 79,000 | 37,000 | 272,000 | 7,000 | 41,000 |
Mar 2022 |
414,000 | 6,000 | 23,000 | 62,000 | 39,000 | 26,000 | 15,000 |
Apr 2022 |
254,000 | 9,000 | 6,000 | 52,000 | 21,000 | 17,000 | 37,000 |
May 2022 |
364,000 | 2,000 | 38,000 | 21,000 | 13,000 | 32,000 | 6,000 |
Jun 2022 |
370,000 | 7,000 | 13,000 | 30,000 | 37,000 | 22,000 | 3,000 |
Jul 2022 |
568,000 | 6,000 | 24,000 | 41,000 | 46,000 | 13,000 | 14,000 |
Aug 2022 |
352,000 | -2,000 | 8,000 | 31,000 | 60,000 | 8,000 | 9,000 |
Sep 2022 |
350,000 | 2,000 | 16,000 | 26,000 | 7,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 |
Oct 2022 |
324,000 | 3,000 | 17,000 | 37,000 | 31,000 | 3,000 | 18,000 |
Nov 2022 |
290,000 | 8,000 | 19,000 | 14,000 | -84,000 | 13,000 | 11,000 |
Dec 2022 |
239,000 | 4,000 | 26,000 | 6,000 | 36,000 | -9,000 | 4,000 |
Jan 2023 |
472,000 | 4,000 | 26,000 | 11,000 | 61,000 | -23,000 | -1,000 |
Feb 2023 |
248,000 | 1,000 | 14,000 | 3,000 | 36,000 | -8,000 | 0 |
Mar 2023 |
217,000 | 2,000 | -9,000 | -12,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | -5,000 |
Apr 2023 |
217,000 | 5,000 | 11,000 | 9,000 | -17,000 | 3,000 | 27,000 |
May 2023 |
281,000 | 3,000 | 25,000 | -4,000 | 48,000 | -4,000 | 13,000 |
Jun 2023 |
105,000 | -1,000 | 29,000 | 4,000 | -48,000 | -10,000 | 2,000 |
Jul 2023 |
236,000 | 2,000 | 12,000 | -2,000 | 20,000 | -19,000 | 15,000 |
Aug 2023 |
165,000 | 0 | 30,000 | -2,000 | -28,000 | -22,000 | 1,000 |
Sep 2023 |
262,000 | 1,000 | 9,000 | 11,000 | 31,000 | -6,000 | 0 |
Oct 2023 |
150,000 | 0 | 25,000 | -35,000 | -5,000 | -19,000 | -5,000 |
Nov 2023 |
199,000 | -1,000 | 2,000 | 28,000 | -35,000 | 10,000 | 4,000 |
Month | Professional and business services | Private education and health services | Leisure and hospitality | Other services | Federal government | State government | Local government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 2019 |
7,000 | 67,000 | 35,000 | 17,000 | 4,000 | 10,000 | 25,000 |
Dec 2019 |
-10,000 | 44,000 | 49,000 | 3,000 | -6,000 | 1,000 | 14,000 |
Jan 2020 |
2,000 | 88,000 | 59,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 23,000 | 17,000 |
Feb 2020 |
13,000 | 52,000 | 92,000 | 5,000 | -1,000 | 46,000 | 43,000 |
Mar 2020 |
-84,000 | -222,000 | -747,000 | -90,000 | 21,000 | -51,000 | 0 |
Apr 2020 |
-2,183,000 | -2,602,000 | -7,488,000 | -1,338,000 | 4,000 | -149,000 | -769,000 |
May 2020 |
194,000 | 401,000 | 1,235,000 | 229,000 | -2,000 | -57,000 | -472,000 |
Jun 2020 |
370,000 | 555,000 | 1,809,000 | 352,000 | 6,000 | 1,000 | 4,000 |
Jul 2020 |
192,000 | 193,000 | 507,000 | 140,000 | 23,000 | 10,000 | 69,000 |
Aug 2020 |
185,000 | 203,000 | 281,000 | 54,000 | 251,000 | 45,000 | 206,000 |
Sep 2020 |
120,000 | 89,000 | 487,000 | 47,000 | -36,000 | -21,000 | -35,000 |
Oct 2020 |
218,000 | 98,000 | 242,000 | 18,000 | -144,000 | -22,000 | 14,000 |
Nov 2020 |
104,000 | 58,000 | 18,000 | -10,000 | -89,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
Dec 2020 |
157,000 | -1,000 | -509,000 | -31,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | -22,000 |
Jan 2021 |
144,000 | 17,000 | 55,000 | 11,000 | -8,000 | 82,000 | 36,000 |
Feb 2021 |
86,000 | 62,000 | 372,000 | 3,000 | -6,000 | 5,000 | 13,000 |
Mar 2021 |
127,000 | 111,000 | 145,000 | 17,000 | 6,000 | 28,000 | 49,000 |
Apr 2021 |
-19,000 | 35,000 | 206,000 | 27,000 | 12,000 | -4,000 | 45,000 |
May 2021 |
83,000 | 42,000 | 224,000 | 9,000 | -8,000 | -12,000 | 21,000 |
Jun 2021 |
103,000 | 20,000 | 273,000 | 66,000 | -2,000 | 11,000 | 60,000 |
Jul 2021 |
163,000 | 45,000 | 284,000 | 41,000 | -1,000 | -27,000 | 66,000 |
Aug 2021 |
103,000 | 28,000 | 226,000 | 35,000 | 2,000 | -14,000 | 75,000 |
Sep 2021 |
92,000 | -1,000 | 200,000 | 14,000 | -3,000 | -11,000 | -12,000 |
Oct 2021 |
229,000 | 96,000 | 166,000 | 29,000 | -10,000 | -6,000 | -21,000 |
Nov 2021 |
139,000 | 48,000 | 177,000 | 29,000 | 5,000 | -12,000 | 8,000 |
Dec 2021 |
109,000 | 41,000 | 150,000 | 21,000 | -9,000 | -7,000 | 34,000 |
Jan 2022 |
95,000 | -5,000 | 116,000 | -7,000 | 1,000 | -12,000 | 30,000 |
Feb 2022 |
142,000 | 109,000 | 162,000 | 43,000 | 0 | -13,000 | 20,000 |
Mar 2022 |
133,000 | 54,000 | 54,000 | 11,000 | -1,000 | -25,000 | 17,000 |
Apr 2022 |
-18,000 | 55,000 | 36,000 | 11,000 | -2,000 | 14,000 | 16,000 |
May 2022 |
72,000 | 76,000 | 73,000 | 10,000 | -3,000 | 15,000 | 9,000 |
Jun 2022 |
89,000 | 96,000 | 75,000 | 10,000 | -17,000 | -2,000 | 7,000 |
Jul 2022 |
77,000 | 127,000 | 113,000 | 32,000 | 16,000 | 13,000 | 46,000 |
Aug 2022 |
48,000 | 92,000 | 48,000 | 4,000 | -2,000 | 6,000 | 42,000 |
Sep 2022 |
48,000 | 80,000 | 139,000 | 21,000 | 2,000 | 6,000 | -2,000 |
Oct 2022 |
36,000 | 85,000 | 61,000 | 8,000 | 4,000 | -11,000 | 32,000 |
Nov 2022 |
0 | 95,000 | 123,000 | 29,000 | 2,000 | 12,000 | 48,000 |
Dec 2022 |
23,000 | 71,000 | 58,000 | 13,000 | 1,000 | -29,000 | 35,000 |
Jan 2023 |
44,000 | 111,000 | 99,000 | 21,000 | 12,000 | 69,000 | 38,000 |
Feb 2023 |
21,000 | 64,000 | 57,000 | 5,000 | 9,000 | 19,000 | 27,000 |
Mar 2023 |
45,000 | 70,000 | 46,000 | 14,000 | 11,000 | 20,000 | 29,000 |
Apr 2023 |
48,000 | 77,000 | 11,000 | 5,000 | 4,000 | 7,000 | 27,000 |
May 2023 |
45,000 | 88,000 | 28,000 | 13,000 | 9,000 | 14,000 | 3,000 |
Jun 2023 |
-1,000 | 79,000 | 26,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 15,000 | -2,000 |
Jul 2023 |
-29,000 | 104,000 | 38,000 | 4,000 | 10,000 | 12,000 | 69,000 |
Aug 2023 |
8,000 | 105,000 | 8,000 | 14,000 | 9,000 | 18,000 | 24,000 |
Sep 2023 |
-17,000 | 86,000 | 76,000 | 8,000 | 5,000 | 27,000 | 31,000 |
Oct 2023 |
2,000 | 83,000 | 42,000 | -3,000 | 4,000 | 29,000 | 32,000 |
Nov 2023 |
-9,000 | 99,000 | 40,000 | 12,000 | 0 | 17,000 | 32,000 |
In November, health care added 77,000 jobs, above the average monthly gain of 54,000 over the prior 12 months. Over the month, job gains continued in ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
Government employment increased by 49,000, in line with the average monthly gain of 55,000 over the prior 12 months. Employment trended up in local government (+32,000) and state government (+17,000) over the month.
Employment in manufacturing rose by 28,000, reflecting an increase of 30,000 in motor vehicles and parts as workers returned from a strike. Employment in manufacturing has shown little change over the year.
Leisure and hospitality employment continued to trend up (+40,000), almost entirely in food services and drinking places. Leisure and hospitality had added an average of 51,000 jobs per month over the prior 12 months.
Retail trade employment declined by 38,000 and has shown little net change over the year.
Employment in information changed little (+10,000) in November. Employment in transportation and warehousing was also little changed over the month (−5,000). Employment showed little change over the month in other major industries, including mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; construction; wholesale trade; financial activities; professional and business services; and other services.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics program and are seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent 2 months are preliminary. To learn more, see "The Employment Situation — November 2023." Also see more charts of national employment, hours, and earnings data.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Nonfarm employment up 199,000 in November 2023 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/nonfarm-employment-up-199000-in-november-2023.htm (visited October 31, 2024).