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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 July
2025		 Aug.
2025		 Sept.
2025		 Oct.
2025		 Nov.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Jan.
2026		 Feb.
2026		 Mar.
2026		 Apr.
2026		 May
2026		 June
2026(p)		 July
2026(p)

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

Total nonfarm

 64 -70 76 -140 41 -17 160 -156 214 148 63 20 -23

Total private

 65 -20 68 13 72 -7 180 -148 202 150 61 30 30

Goods-producing

 -23 -35 11 -20 25 -21 45 -21 33 6 3 14 25

Mining and logging

 -6 -3 -2 1 -1 -1 -2 -1 3 4 3 -2 -2

Construction

 -6 -22 16 -12 36 -7 45 -21 15 3 2 5 22

Manufacturing

 -11 -10 -3 -9 -10 -13 2 1 15 -1 -2 11 5

Durable goods(1)

 1 -15 -5 -9 -3 -5 6 8 13 1 14 12 18

Motor vehicles and parts

 4.4 -12.2 -2.3 -5.3 -0.3 -4.3 1.3 5.1 1.7 -5.4 3.3 -0.4 7.9

Nondurable goods

 -12 5 2 0 -7 -8 -4 -7 2 -2 -16 -1 -13

Private service-providing

 88 15 57 33 47 14 135 -127 169 144 58 16 5

Wholesale trade

 -5.7 -8.6 8.8 2.8 -6.4 -5.7 2.1 8.4 -1.7 0.6 2.5 3.3 4.7

Retail trade

 4.7 10.1 13.1 -15.4 -0.9 -23.6 12.7 -0.3 9.6 23.5 5.0 -3.7 -19.4

Transportation and warehousing

 3.9 -1.6 -39.3 0.6 -58.9 -4.8 22.6 -45.5 25.1 39.4 0.8 -11.4 9.7

Utilities

 0.4 -1.2 0.0 0.5 1.9 0.7 0.2 1.6 -0.5 1.0 0.8 -0.2 0.7

Information

 -2 -1 -1 -6 -5 -6 -27 -23 1 -6 -5 -13 11

Financial activities

 0 -19 4 -5 1 1 -39 2 -17 -6 -20 -2 -14

Professional and business services(1)

 -16 -28 -16 -24 56 -19 36 4 28 20 6 34 18

Temporary help services

 -10.4 -10.9 -11.7 -19.8 13.7 -14.1 18.8 1.7 8.0 10.5 0.2 11.0 3.4

Private education and health services(1)

 87 23 54 44 56 38 119 -49 95 67 24 54 25

Health care and social assistance

 82.6 22.8 55.3 47.6 59.9 41.8 106.9 -30.4 92.7 57.1 34.8 41.0 22.6

Leisure and hospitality

 11 22 37 41 -12 25 5 -31 44 -7 42 -43 -40

Other services

 5 19 -3 -6 16 8 3 6 -14 11 2 -2 9

Government

 -1 -50 8 -153 -31 -10 -20 -8 12 -2 2 -10 -53

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

 19 -9 23 -45 -8 -39 61 -4 73 69 142 77 20

Total private

 13 0 38 20 51 26 82 8 78 68 138 80 40

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

Total nonfarm women employees

 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.1 50.1

Total private women employees

 48.5 48.5 48.5 48.5 48.5 48.5 48.5 48.5 48.5 48.6 48.6 48.6 48.6

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

 81.5 81.5 81.5 81.4 81.5 81.6 81.6 81.6 81.6 81.6 81.7 81.6 81.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

 34.2 34.2 34.2 34.2 34.3 34.2 34.3 34.3 34.2 34.3 34.3 34.3 34.3

Average hourly earnings

 $36.47 $36.62 $36.70 $36.85 $37.00 $37.02 $37.15 $37.27 $37.35 $37.41 $37.49 $37.60 $37.62

Average weekly earnings

 $1,247.27 $1,252.40 $1,255.14 $1,260.27 $1,269.10 $1,266.08 $1,274.25 $1,278.36 $1,277.37 $1,283.16 $1,285.91 $1,289.68 $1,290.37

Index of aggregate weekly hours(3)

 115.9 115.8 115.9 115.9 116.3 116.0 116.5 116.3 116.2 116.6 116.7 116.7 116.7

Over-the-month percent change

 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.4 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(4)

 202.0 202.8 203.4 204.2 205.8 205.3 206.9 207.3 207.5 208.6 209.2 209.8 210.0

Over-the-month percent change

 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.8 -0.2 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1

DIFFUSION INDEXES(5)

Total Private

Over 1-month span

 45.8 45.4 50.4 48.6 54.8 49.6 51.6 50.8 54.0 54.6 54.2 53.2 51.8

Over 3-month span

 46.6 42.8 47.6 47.6 50.4 50.4 51.6 48.2 52.0 52.8 56.8 57.4 50.8

Over 6-month span

 45.6 43.6 46.2 44.4 47.4 49.2 48.0 49.8 51.2 53.2 50.2 51.6 55.0

Over 12-month span

 47.8 49.0 48.0 50.8 52.6 46.0 49.6 49.2 47.2 46.4 46.8 50.2 51.8

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span

 42.4 41.7 47.2 45.8 45.8 41.7 45.8 48.6 49.3 47.2 47.9 56.9 50.0

Over 3-month span

 36.1 36.1 35.4 46.5 41.0 41.0 41.0 45.8 45.8 50.0 48.6 56.3 53.5

Over 6-month span

 36.1 34.0 36.8 33.3 34.7 33.3 39.6 42.4 43.1 47.2 46.5 51.4 50.7

Over 12-month span

 29.2 32.6 31.9 38.2 36.8 34.0 36.1 38.9 38.2 38.2 41.7 47.2 49.3

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 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: August 7, 2026