Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 114,000 in July 2024

Nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 114,000 in July 2024, below the average monthly gain of 215,000 over the prior 12 months. Employment continued to trend up in health care, in construction, and in transportation and warehousing, while information lost jobs in July.

Health care added 55,000 jobs in July, similar to the average monthly gain of 63,000 over the prior 12 months. Employment continued to trend up in construction in July (+25,000), in line with the average monthly gain over the prior 12 months (+19,000). Employment in transportation and warehousing continued to trend up over the month (+14,000) and has added 119,000 jobs since a recent low in January 2024.

Employment in information declined by 20,000 over the month, but has changed little over the past year.

Government employment was little changed in July (+17,000). Employment growth in government has slowed in recent months, following larger job gains in 2023 and the first quarter of 2024.

These data are from the Current Employment Statistics program and are seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "The Employment Situation — July 2024." We also have more charts of national employment, hours, and earnings data.