Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail
[In thousands]
Industry Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Nov.
2014
Sept.
2015
Oct.
2015(p)
Nov.
2015(p)
Nov.
2014
Sept.
2015
Oct.
2015(p)
Nov.
2015(p)
Change from:
Oct.2015 - Nov.2015(p)

Total nonfarm

141,478 142,604 143,784 144,128 140,263 142,391 142,689 142,900 211

Total private

119,097 120,729 121,436 121,663 118,371 120,414 120,718 120,915 197

Goods-producing

19,545 19,813 19,817 19,730 19,425 19,533 19,563 19,597 34

Mining and logging

916 816 808 792 912 805 800 789 -11

Logging

55.0 54.7 54.9 53.4 53.4 52.2 52.3 52.1 -0.2

Mining

861.4 761.2 753.1 738.6 858.9 753.0 747.9 736.6 -11.3

Oil and gas extraction

201.0 190.5 187.6 184.7 201.0 190.0 187.2 184.8 -2.4

Mining, except oil and gas(1)

208.0 199.2 198.0 193.7 206.8 194.9 194.6 192.7 -1.9

Coal mining

72.7 66.6 66.1 64.7 72.7 66.4 66.2 64.9 -1.3

Support activities for mining

452.4 371.5 367.5 360.2 451.1 368.1 366.1 359.1 -7.0

Construction

6,339 6,627 6,662 6,606 6,231 6,410 6,444 6,490 46

Construction of buildings

1,398.4 1,440.3 1,444.8 1,438.5 1,377.0 1,409.8 1,410.6 1,417.0 6.4

Residential building

688.7 713.3 715.2 715.8 677.3 696.0 697.4 703.7 6.3

Nonresidential building

709.7 727.0 729.6 722.7 699.7 713.8 713.2 713.3 0.1

Heavy and civil engineering construction

954.2 1,005.2 1,009.7 979.9 925.2 940.5 946.6 951.2 4.6

Specialty trade contractors

3,986.8 4,181.7 4,207.3 4,187.3 3,928.4 4,059.6 4,086.7 4,121.7 35.0

Residential specialty trade contractors

1,729.9 1,829.8 1,835.1 1,831.6 1,705.6 1,774.4 1,781.5 1,807.3 25.8

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

2,256.9 2,351.9 2,372.2 2,355.7 2,222.8 2,285.2 2,305.2 2,314.4 9.2

Manufacturing

12,290 12,370 12,347 12,332 12,282 12,318 12,319 12,318 -1

Durable goods

7,769 7,796 7,784 7,779 7,768 7,786 7,781 7,775 -6

Wood products

377.9 383.5 383.9 386.8 377.6 381.7 382.7 385.1 2.4

Nonmetallic mineral products

397.0 408.7 410.5 409.0 393.2 402.7 404.5 405.0 0.5

Primary metals

405.2 393.4 391.5 390.6 405.8 393.2 391.9 391.1 -0.8

Fabricated metal products

1,469.0 1,452.1 1,448.8 1,446.2 1,467.0 1,451.5 1,447.7 1,446.6 -1.1

Machinery

1,139.6 1,116.9 1,111.9 1,111.1 1,143.6 1,119.6 1,115.4 1,115.0 -0.4

Computer and electronic products(1)

1,053.7 1,052.3 1,051.8 1,053.0 1,053.9 1,052.8 1,053.6 1,053.0 -0.6

Computer and peripheral equipment

167.1 171.5 171.2 171.6 166.8 171.0 171.3 171.4 0.1

Communications equipment

92.3 87.3 87.3 86.8 92.2 87.5 87.3 86.8 -0.5

Semiconductors and electronic components

368.1 366.6 366.8 367.4 368.4 367.1 367.6 367.5 -0.1

Electronic instruments

387.9 390.9 390.9 391.4 388.4 391.3 391.7 391.8 0.1

Electrical equipment and appliances

373.0 374.0 373.4 372.4 372.7 373.8 373.1 371.7 -1.4

Transportation equipment(1)

1,587.6 1,625.2 1,619.5 1,617.4 1,589.3 1,622.2 1,620.5 1,616.0 -4.5

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

900.5 938.9 937.1 934.4 900.3 935.9 936.9 933.5 -3.4

Furniture and related products

380.1 394.3 394.4 392.5 381.2 392.4 395.2 393.5 -1.7

Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing

586.2 595.9 598.4 600.4 583.4 595.7 595.9 598.3 2.4

Nondurable goods

4,521 4,574 4,563 4,553 4,514 4,532 4,538 4,543 5

Food manufacturing

1,484.7 1,518.3 1,505.9 1,498.6 1,480.7 1,487.1 1,491.0 1,494.0 3.0

Textile mills

118.5 116.8 116.5 116.8 118.3 116.8 116.8 116.6 -0.2

Textile product mills

116.6 115.5 116.4 116.4 115.2 115.0 115.4 114.8 -0.6

Apparel

138.8 137.1 137.3 137.6 139.1 136.6 136.6 137.1 0.5

Paper and paper products

367.8 366.9 366.6 366.9 368.1 367.3 367.0 367.1 0.1

Printing and related support activities

452.0 443.2 445.7 447.0 450.4 443.6 444.7 445.0 0.3

Petroleum and coal products

110.5 115.1 114.6 114.7 110.4 113.1 113.2 114.0 0.8

Chemicals

808.8 812.5 811.6 813.5 808.5 813.2 812.7 813.8 1.1

Plastics and rubber products

683.7 688.1 688.7 688.9 683.7 687.3 688.4 688.6 0.2

Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing

240.0 260.8 259.9 252.9 239.1 251.8 252.6 252.4 -0.2

Private service-providing

99,552 100,916 101,619 101,933 98,946 100,881 101,155 101,318 163

Trade, transportation, and utilities

27,106 26,883 27,119 27,554 26,615 26,983 27,026 27,075 49

Wholesale trade

5,873.4 5,918.2 5,934.3 5,947.1 5,861.2 5,919.1 5,927.9 5,937.0 9.1

Durable goods

2,925.5 2,946.2 2,953.0 2,953.5 2,925.1 2,948.9 2,951.4 2,955.0 3.6

Nondurable goods

2,038.4 2,064.6 2,068.5 2,075.4 2,028.8 2,061.5 2,063.8 2,066.7 2.9

Electronic markets and agents and brokers

909.5 907.4 912.8 918.2 907.3 908.7 912.7 915.3 2.6

Retail trade

15,903.6 15,586.3 15,796.7 16,190.8 15,497.5 15,710.4 15,751.0 15,781.7 30.7

Motor vehicle and parts dealers(1)

1,885.9 1,952.8 1,956.8 1,957.6 1,887.6 1,941.7 1,949.8 1,958.7 8.9

Automobile dealers

1,205.0 1,244.2 1,250.7 1,250.6 1,204.8 1,238.9 1,245.2 1,250.0 4.8

Furniture and home furnishings stores

476.7 463.5 469.9 481.2 459.0 468.1 464.2 464.9 0.7

Electronics and appliance stores

522.1 500.5 516.9 540.9 490.8 509.4 509.2 509.9 0.7

Building material and garden supply stores

1,217.5 1,243.6 1,244.3 1,242.2 1,242.2 1,260.5 1,264.7 1,268.2 3.5

Food and beverage stores

3,037.8 3,038.7 3,053.5 3,074.1 3,016.1 3,044.4 3,047.4 3,052.0 4.6

Health and personal care stores

1,043.4 1,021.0 1,026.0 1,039.0 1,029.5 1,026.7 1,023.4 1,025.7 2.3

Gasoline stations

890.4 909.8 911.1 909.6 888.7 905.8 909.3 908.8 -0.5

Clothing and clothing accessories stores

1,489.8 1,354.0 1,413.4 1,492.8 1,381.0 1,386.5 1,401.2 1,387.0 -14.2

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

673.9 594.6 602.5 652.6 630.6 601.1 598.6 603.1 4.5

General merchandise stores(1)

3,286.1 3,137.7 3,192.9 3,372.5 3,132.8 3,195.1 3,206.5 3,218.1 11.6

Department stores

1,442.6 1,286.4 1,313.0 1,425.4 1,341.9 1,325.0 1,325.4 1,325.9 0.5

Miscellaneous store retailers

833.3 832.0 851.5 850.9 821.6 827.6 830.8 836.9 6.1

Nonstore retailers

546.7 538.1 557.9 577.4 517.6 543.5 545.9 548.4 2.5

Transportation and warehousing

4,773.8 4,814.0 4,823.3 4,848.7 4,700.1 4,787.2 4,781.5 4,787.9 6.4

Air transportation

443.8 453.2 454.5 452.9 445.5 452.6 454.4 454.2 -0.2

Rail transportation

240.0 235.9 233.9 234.8 240.1 236.5 234.4 235.6 1.2

Water transportation

66.5 64.1 62.6 60.6 67.4 63.2 62.2 61.8 -0.4

Truck transportation

1,441.1 1,474.2 1,470.5 1,466.3 1,428.7 1,454.1 1,453.2 1,455.5 2.3

Transit and ground passenger transportation

489.4 483.1 488.5 485.6 471.8 471.0 470.4 468.6 -1.8

Pipeline transportation

47.6 50.3 49.9 49.7 47.4 50.1 49.9 49.7 -0.2

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

26.2 38.4 32.8 27.4 30.8 32.9 32.4 32.3 -0.1

Support activities for transportation

635.9 654.8 651.2 655.2 634.6 655.8 647.5 653.7 6.2

Couriers and messengers

621.0 576.4 580.8 605.9 589.8 589.5 588.9 585.3 -3.6

Warehousing and storage

762.3 783.6 798.6 810.3 744.0 781.5 788.2 791.2 3.0

Utilities

555.2 564.9 565.1 567.6 556.1 565.8 565.7 568.1 2.4

Information

2,778 2,796 2,806 2,809 2,761 2,805 2,807 2,795 -12

Publishing industries, except Internet

725.2 720.1 718.1 717.0 722.6 718.2 716.3 714.4 -1.9

Motion picture and sound recording industries

384.0 385.7 397.6 392.8 377.0 394.9 400.3 386.9 -13.4

Broadcasting, except Internet

288.2 289.9 288.4 289.2 286.5 288.4 287.8 288.0 0.2

Telecommunications

866.3 862.8 861.3 865.8 862.3 863.9 862.0 862.5 0.5

Data processing, hosting and related services

286.5 298.2 298.2 299.6 285.6 299.2 298.6 299.6 1.0

Other information services

227.3 239.6 242.2 244.3 227.1 240.3 241.5 243.5 2.0

Financial activities

8,041 8,163 8,176 8,183 8,042 8,159 8,169 8,183 14

Finance and insurance

5,984.2 6,055.4 6,074.3 6,095.4 5,974.7 6,064.2 6,074.2 6,085.2 11.0

Monetary authorities - central bank

18.4 18.5 18.6 18.6 18.3 18.5 18.5 18.5 0.0

Credit intermediation and related
activities(1)

2,567.6 2,575.2 2,575.5 2,581.5 2,564.4 2,577.2 2,577.6 2,579.3 1.7

Depository credit intermediation(1)

1,700.3 1,690.0 1,689.2 1,693.8 1,701.0 1,694.7 1,693.1 1,695.1 2.0

Commercial banking

1,285.6 1,266.7 1,264.8 1,267.8 1,286.2 1,270.8 1,268.6 1,268.7 0.1

Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts

889.9 903.9 911.8 912.9 890.7 907.4 910.7 912.7 2.0

Insurance carriers and related activities

2,508.3 2,557.8 2,568.4 2,582.4 2,501.3 2,561.1 2,567.4 2,574.7 7.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

2,056.4 2,107.4 2,101.4 2,088.0 2,067.1 2,095.0 2,094.8 2,098.1 3.3

Real estate

1,494.9 1,528.9 1,533.9 1,525.9 1,500.4 1,523.9 1,528.8 1,530.4 1.6

Rental and leasing services

537.8 555.1 543.8 538.5 543.1 547.8 542.4 544.2 1.8

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets

23.7 23.4 23.7 23.6 23.6 23.3 23.6 23.5 -0.1

Professional and business services

19,507 19,919 20,131 20,127 19,367 19,856 19,946 19,973 27

Professional and technical services(1)

8,452.7 8,608.9 8,714.9 8,758.3 8,464.1 8,701.1 8,734.1 8,762.5 28.4

Legal services

1,121.2 1,119.7 1,128.7 1,130.2 1,119.2 1,125.7 1,127.0 1,127.6 0.6

Accounting and bookkeeping services

928.4 939.9 961.1 985.2 982.9 1,016.2 1,022.8 1,033.9 11.1

Architectural and engineering services

1,404.5 1,434.4 1,447.5 1,441.9 1,399.3 1,428.5 1,437.5 1,436.4 -1.1

Computer systems design and related services

1,815.5 1,878.7 1,906.8 1,912.6 1,805.6 1,889.0 1,898.5 1,903.3 4.8

Management and technical consulting services

1,287.5 1,312.8 1,332.1 1,339.0 1,274.3 1,314.4 1,321.3 1,326.3 5.0

Management of companies and enterprises

2,184.0 2,228.1 2,236.6 2,241.9 2,184.6 2,231.5 2,237.6 2,242.8 5.2

Administrative and waste services

8,870.7 9,082.3 9,179.9 9,126.8 8,718.1 8,923.6 8,974.1 8,968.1 -6.0

Administrative and support services(1)

8,483.2 8,679.7 8,779.1 8,725.4 8,330.1 8,524.8 8,574.6 8,566.4 -8.2

Employment services(1)

3,632.2 3,666.3 3,741.5 3,727.5 3,514.9 3,586.9 3,615.5 3,603.8 -11.7

Temporary help services

2,949.4 2,972.2 3,037.7 3,026.6 2,842.3 2,900.8 2,928.9 2,916.6 -12.3

Business support services

915.2 911.0 933.1 939.3 895.8 915.5 919.7 919.6 -0.1

Services to buildings and dwellings

1,953.7 2,073.2 2,062.9 2,019.4 1,945.4 2,004.9 2,013.8 2,013.5 -0.3

Waste management and remediation services

387.5 402.6 400.8 401.4 388.0 398.8 399.5 401.7 2.2

Education and health services

21,912 22,102 22,468 22,553 21,664 22,191 22,262 22,302 40

Educational services

3,616.9 3,415.5 3,639.0 3,674.9 3,433.9 3,475.0 3,483.0 3,491.3 8.3

Health care and social assistance

18,295.4 18,686.1 18,829.4 18,877.6 18,230.2 18,716.0 18,778.7 18,810.9 32.2

Health care(3)

14,866.9 15,208.3 15,308.1 15,339.4 14,826.7 15,221.3 15,272.6 15,296.4 23.8

Ambulatory health care services(1)

6,772.6 6,949.3 7,019.6 7,025.7 6,745.2 6,960.0 6,994.2 6,998.4 4.2

Offices of physicians

2,505.1 2,566.8 2,590.7 2,594.5 2,497.1 2,572.9 2,583.3 2,586.0 2.7

Outpatient care centers

725.0 748.4 755.1 757.4 723.4 750.8 753.8 755.9 2.1

Home health care services

1,295.6 1,335.7 1,353.4 1,351.4 1,286.2 1,334.0 1,343.7 1,342.1 -1.6

Hospitals

4,816.2 4,945.8 4,969.8 4,984.1 4,806.9 4,943.9 4,960.1 4,973.5 13.4

Nursing and residential care facilities(1)

3,278.1 3,313.2 3,318.7 3,329.6 3,274.6 3,317.4 3,318.3 3,324.5 6.2

Nursing care facilities

1,656.1 1,661.5 1,664.8 1,669.6 1,653.1 1,662.0 1,663.0 1,665.1 2.1

Social assistance(1)

3,428.5 3,477.8 3,521.3 3,538.2 3,403.5 3,494.7 3,506.1 3,514.5 8.4

Child day care services

877.5 875.8 893.5 898.4 859.8 876.0 878.7 880.5 1.8

Leisure and hospitality

14,616 15,422 15,264 15,061 14,892 15,243 15,291 15,330 39

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

1,978.3 2,237.7 2,147.7 2,035.9 2,134.7 2,179.2 2,182.9 2,189.6 6.7

Performing arts and spectator sports

445.7 494.5 487.0 463.8 460.4 478.3 479.8 478.0 -1.8

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

141.7 149.8 149.0 142.9 145.7 147.9 148.3 147.2 -1.1

Amusements, gambling, and recreation

1,390.9 1,593.4 1,511.7 1,429.2 1,528.6 1,553.0 1,554.8 1,564.4 9.6

Accommodation and food services

12,638.0 13,184.6 13,115.8 13,025.2 12,757.2 13,064.2 13,107.7 13,140.6 32.9

Accommodation

1,832.5 1,946.4 1,892.1 1,842.7 1,893.9 1,903.5 1,902.4 1,903.8 1.4

Food services and drinking places

10,805.5 11,238.2 11,223.7 11,182.5 10,863.3 11,160.7 11,205.3 11,236.8 31.5

Other services

5,592 5,631 5,655 5,646 5,605 5,644 5,654 5,660 6

Repair and maintenance

1,244.4 1,270.5 1,280.1 1,274.3 1,248.2 1,267.4 1,275.8 1,278.9 3.1

Personal and laundry services

1,379.1 1,393.2 1,402.1 1,398.6 1,382.0 1,394.5 1,401.3 1,400.8 -0.5

Membership associations and organizations

2,968.9 2,967.1 2,972.3 2,972.7 2,975.1 2,982.0 2,977.3 2,979.8 2.5

Government

22,381 21,875 22,348 22,465 21,892 21,977 21,971 21,985 14

Federal

2,725.0 2,742.0 2,735.0 2,742.0 2,729.0 2,740.0 2,739.0 2,745.0 6.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

2,130.2 2,148.6 2,141.6 2,142.9 2,133.8 2,143.4 2,143.8 2,146.5 2.7

U.S. Postal Service

594.8 593.8 593.1 599.0 595.0 596.1 595.1 598.1 3.0

State government

5,252.0 5,128.0 5,269.0 5,284.0 5,072.0 5,101.0 5,102.0 5,105.0 3.0

State government education

2,612.9 2,485.2 2,629.3 2,641.0 2,423.8 2,453.2 2,454.0 2,453.3 -0.7

State government, excluding education

2,638.6 2,642.5 2,639.7 2,643.1 2,647.9 2,647.4 2,648.2 2,651.3 3.1

Local government

14,404.0 14,005.0 14,344.0 14,439.0 14,091.0 14,136.0 14,130.0 14,135.0 5.0

Local government education

8,146.5 7,674.4 8,042.3 8,143.9 7,797.4 7,804.1 7,793.1 7,794.6 1.5

Local government, excluding education

6,257.0 6,331.0 6,301.9 6,295.1 6,293.8 6,331.7 6,336.6 6,340.1 3.5

Footnotes
(1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
(2) Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
(3) Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: December 04, 2015