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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

Employment and Earnings Summary Table B

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category Feb.
2024
Mar.
2024
Apr.
2024
May
2024
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025(p)
Feb.
2025(p)

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY
(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

222 246 118 193 87 88 71 240 44 261 323 125 151

Total private

151 169 129 160 66 40 33 208 -1 244 287 81 140

Goods-producing

11 23 5 11 4 12 -18 32 -50 28 4 -7 34

Mining and logging

1 4 -7 -6 -1 0 -1 2 -1 2 -1 -4 5

Construction

23 34 3 15 15 11 23 30 1 6 15 2 19

Manufacturing

-13 -15 9 2 -10 1 -40 0 -50 20 -10 -5 10

Durable goods(1)

-9 -10 3 0 -14 0 -40 1 -46 27 -15 -6 11

Motor vehicles and parts

-6.3 1.4 -1.4 4.0 4.3 6.2 -16.0 -2.3 -2.5 -0.9 -3.4 -10.4 8.9

Nondurable goods

-4 -5 6 2 4 1 0 -1 -4 -7 5 1 -1

Private service-providing

140 146 124 149 62 28 51 176 49 216 283 88 106

Wholesale trade

-6.9 8.5 7.3 -5.4 3.7 7.8 3.8 7.1 6.1 5.1 13.0 -4.2 8.8

Retail trade

9.4 15.1 0.4 12.8 -21.1 -14.6 -13.3 13.7 -6.6 -13.5 34.4 29.5 -6.3

Transportation and warehousing

30.3 12.0 17.6 9.6 7.9 0.1 1.7 7.1 -9.0 27.7 34.4 18.7 17.8

Utilities

3.6 -0.8 -0.2 2.0 1.1 -0.3 0.8 2.6 -0.8 -0.3 -0.8 1.1 1.3

Information

-3 -4 -7 1 0 -17 -7 0 -7 5 17 3 5

Financial activities

-10 -3 0 7 8 -3 6 5 3 16 12 14 21

Professional and business services(1)

-6 -24 8 11 -17 -16 -32 -16 -34 37 36 -39 -2

Temporary help services

-15.4 -9.1 -10.0 -20.0 -26.0 -25.4 -20.5 -18.3 -35.4 30.0 1.7 -10.3 -12.3

Private education and health services(1)

96 87 94 79 77 61 65 98 87 73 83 66 73

Health care and social assistance

88.9 82.4 83.5 79.3 72.3 61.5 53.6 78.7 83.9 78.9 75.5 63.9 63.1

Leisure and hospitality

15 37 -4 23 -8 9 26 51 9 54 47 -14 -16

Other services

11 18 8 9 11 1 0 7 1 12 7 13 4

Government

71 77 -11 33 21 48 38 32 45 17 36 44 11

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

203 196 195 186 133 123 82 133 118 182 209 236 200

Total private

146 131 150 153 118 89 46 94 80 150 177 204 169

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND
NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES(2)
AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES

Total nonfarm women employees

49.9 49.9 49.9 49.9 49.9 49.9 49.9 49.9 49.9 49.9 49.8 49.9 49.9

Total private women employees

48.4 48.4 48.4 48.4 48.4 48.4 48.4 48.4 48.4 48.4 48.4 48.4 48.3

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.5 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.5 81.5 81.5

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

34.3 34.4 34.2 34.3 34.3 34.2 34.3 34.2 34.3 34.3 34.2 34.1 34.1

Average hourly earnings

$34.54 $34.67 $34.75 $34.89 $35.00 $35.07 $35.23 $35.33 $35.48 $35.61 $35.68 $35.83 $35.93

Average weekly earnings

$1,184.72 $1,192.65 $1,188.45 $1,196.73 $1,200.50 $1,199.39 $1,208.39 $1,208.29 $1,216.96 $1,221.42 $1,220.26 $1,221.80 $1,225.21

Index of aggregate weekly hours(3)

115.4 115.9 115.3 115.8 115.9 115.6 115.9 115.8 116.1 116.3 116.2 116.0 116.1

Over-the-month percent change

0.3 0.4 -0.5 0.4 0.1 -0.3 0.3 -0.1 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(4)

190.6 192.1 191.6 193.2 193.9 193.8 195.3 195.6 197.0 198.0 198.3 198.6 199.4

Over-the-month percent change

0.6 0.8 -0.3 0.8 0.4 -0.1 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.4

DIFFUSION INDEXES(5)

Total Private

Over 1-month span

53.8 50.8 55.8 52.6 53.0 46.8 51.0 57.0 50.6 58.6 60.8 52.4 58.4

Over 3-month span

59.4 55.8 56.2 56.8 58.8 50.2 49.0 54.2 52.2 54.2 58.4 63.2 62.0

Over 6-month span

56.6 54.8 56.4 58.8 54.4 55.2 53.6 53.8 54.0 55.8 59.4 58.0 61.8

Over 12-month span

58.0 58.2 57.8 58.0 58.0 56.8 57.0 52.8 56.2 58.4 55.8 59.6 59.0

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span

48.6 30.6 52.1 46.5 41.7 41.7 34.7 41.0 44.4 47.9 47.2 45.8 54.9

Over 3-month span

47.2 36.1 41.7 41.7 50.0 38.2 34.7 32.6 31.9 36.1 40.3 51.4 49.3

Over 6-month span

41.0 35.4 41.7 41.7 41.0 43.1 34.0 37.5 34.7 36.1 38.9 39.6 44.4

Over 12-month span

33.3 34.0 36.1 37.5 40.3 38.9 41.0 38.2 38.9 42.4 35.4 38.9 42.4

Footnotes
(1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
(2) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries.
(3) The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours.
(4) The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average aggregate weekly payrolls.
(5) Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment. Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2024 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: March 7, 2025