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Total payroll employment up 272,000, health care up 68,000, in May 2024
June 13, 2024
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 272,000 in May, higher than the average monthly gain of 232,000 over the prior 12 months. In May, employment continued to trend up in several industries, led by health care; government; leisure and hospitality; and professional, scientific, and technical services.
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
3,600
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
7,700
Other residential care facilities
-600
Social assistance
15,200
Individual and family services
11,100
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
1,000
Vocational rehabilitation services
500
Child care services
2,600
Leisure and hospitality
42,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
16,600
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries
6,600
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
-200
Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
10,200
Accommodation and food services
25,300
Accommodation
700
Food services and drinking places
24,600
Other services
6,000
Repair and maintenance
1,000
Personal and laundry services
1,500
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
3,200
Government
43,000
Federal
4,000
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
3,400
U.S. Postal Service
700
State government
5,000
State government education
-700
State government, excluding education
5,400
Local government
34,000
Local government education
9,800
Local government, excluding education
23,700
Note: Data are seasonally adjusted.
[1] Includes other industries, not shown separately.
[2] Includes motor vehicle manufacturing, motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing, and motor vehicle parts manufacturing.
[3] Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
Within private education and health services, health care added 68,000 jobs in May, in line with the average monthly gain of 64,000 over the prior 12 months. In May, employment growth continued in ambulatory health care services (+43,000), hospitals (+15,000), and nursing and residential care facilities (+11,000). Social assistance employment continued to trend up (+15,000).
Government employment continued to trend up in May (+43,000), in line with the average monthly growth over the prior 12 months (+52,000).
Employment in leisure and hospitality continued to trend up in May (+42,000), similar to the average monthly gain over the prior 12 months (+35,000). Employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up over the month (+25,000).
Within professional and business services, professional, scientific, and technical services added 32,000 jobs in May, higher than the average monthly gain of 19,000 over the prior 12 months. Over the month, employment increased in management, scientific, and technical consulting services (+14,000) and in architectural, engineering, and related services (+10,000). Specialized design services lost 3,000 jobs.
Employment in retail trade continued to trend up (+13,000), about in line with the average monthly gain over the prior 12 months (+8,000). Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers added 12,000 jobs in May, while job losses occurred in department stores (−5,000) and furniture and home furnishings retailers (–4,000).
United States Department of Labor
