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Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category Feb.
2023
Dec.
2023
Jan.
2024(p)
Feb.
2024(p)

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

Total nonfarm

287 290 229 275

Total private

226 214 177 223

Goods-producing

26 33 24 19

Mining and logging

2 3 -3 0

Construction

26 18 19 23

Manufacturing

-2 12 8 -4

Durable goods(1)

0 19 -1 2

Motor vehicles and parts

1.9 4.6 2.4 -0.4

Nondurable goods

-2 -7 9 -6

Private service-providing

200 181 153 204

Wholesale trade

12.5 7.4 -3.3 -1.2

Retail trade

88.5 32.3 15.2 18.7

Transportation and warehousing

-21.4 -18.3 -28.9 19.7

Utilities

0.7 2.4 1.9 3.2

Information

-18 13 6 2

Financial activities

1 6 -1 1

Professional and business services(1)

8 13 40 9

Temporary help services

-25.3 -21.3 -1.2 -15.4

Private education and health services(1)

62 84 107 85

Health care and social assistance

64.5 76.1 86.6 90.7

Leisure and hospitality

67 41 8 58

Other services

0 0 8 9

Government

61 76 52 52

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

302 212 234 265

Total private

239 155 181 205

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

Total nonfarm women employees

49.8 49.9 49.9 49.9

Total private women employees

48.3 48.4 48.4 48.4

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

81.4 81.3 81.4 81.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

34.5 34.4 34.2 34.3

Average hourly earnings

$33.15 $34.34 $34.52 $34.57

Average weekly earnings

$1,143.68 $1,181.30 $1,180.58 $1,185.75

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3)

114.8 115.9 115.4 115.9

Over-the-month percent change

-0.1 0.2 -0.4 0.4

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4)

181.9 190.3 190.4 191.6

Over-the-month percent change

0.1 0.5 0.1 0.6

DIFFUSION INDEX
(Over 1-month span)(5)

Total private (250 industries)

57.4 63.0 61.8 62.6

Manufacturing (72 industries)

50.7 54.2 54.2 57.6

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.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2023 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: March 08, 2024