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Payroll employment up by 336,000 in September 2023
October 13, 2023
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 336,000 in September 2023, above the average monthly gain of 267,000 over the prior 12 months. Private industry added 263,000 jobs over the month and government employment was up 73,000.
Employment and average hourly earnings for all employees, selected private industries, September 2023
Industry
Over-the-month-change in employment
Average hourly earnings
Employment level
Mining and logging
1,000
38.35
645,000
Construction
11,000
36.85
8,014,000
Manufacturing
17,000
32.79
13,011,000
Wholesale trade
11,700
37.27
6,074,500
Retail trade
19,700
24.09
15,558,100
Transportation and warehousing
8,600
29.36
6,702,400
Utilities
4,800
50.19
563,200
Information
-5,000
48.14
3,036,000
Financial activities
3,000
44.16
9,157,000
Professional and business services
21,000
40.67
23,019,000
Private education and health services
70,000
33.15
25,587,000
Leisure and hospitality
96,000
21.27
16,761,000
Other services
4,000
30.08
5,884,000
Leisure and hospitality added 96,000 jobs in September, above the average monthly gain of 61,000 over the prior 12 months. Employment in food services and drinking places rose by 61,000 over the month and has returned to its pre-pandemic February 2020 level. Accommodation employment continued to trend up over the month (+16,000) but remains below its February 2020 level by 217,000, or 10.3 percent.
Private education and health services added 70,000 jobs, led by employment growth in health care (41,000) and social assistance (25,000). Professional and business services employment was up by 21,000 with job gains in professional, scientific, and technical services (29,000) contributing to the increase.
Employment showed little change over the month in other major industries, including transportation and warehousing; information; mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; construction; manufacturing; wholesale trade; retail trade; financial activities; and other services.
In September, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 7 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $33.88. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 4.2 percent.
United States Department of Labor
