ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Change
Industry Apr. Feb. Mar. Apr. Apr. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. from:
2007 2008 2008p 2008p 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008p 2008p Mar. 2008-
Apr. 2008p
Total nonfarm......... 137,341 136,439 137,019 137,722 137,356 138,078 138,002 137,919 137,838 137,818 -20
Total private........... 114,777 113,745 114,228 114,934 115,195 115,745 115,666 115,557 115,462 115,433 -29
Goods-producing............. 22,099 21,260 21,308 21,395 22,300 21,976 21,907 21,816 21,728 21,618 -110
Natural resources and mining.... 710 728 737 739 718 739 744 744 750 747 -3
Logging...................... 57.1 58.4 56.4 56.0 61.9 60.6 60.7 60.2 59.5 60.5 1.0
Mining......................... 652.8 669.2 680.9 682.9 656.3 677.9 683.2 684.0 690.0 686.8 -3.2
Oil and gas extraction........ 142.1 152.9 154.5 152.2 143.0 153.1 154.5 153.8 155.0 153.5 -1.5
Mining, except oil and
gas (1)...................... 221.4 215.3 218.5 222.5 223.3 225.2 227.0 225.7 225.9 225.1 -.8
Coal mining.................. 77.4 78.3 79.0 78.5 77.4 78.3 78.6 78.7 78.9 78.6 -.3
Support activities for mining. 289.3 301.0 307.9 308.2 290.0 299.6 301.7 304.5 309.1 308.2 -.9
Construction.................... 7,513 6,939 6,997 7,111 7,660 7,465 7,426 7,382 7,336 7,275 -61
Construction of buildings..... 1,743.3 1,600.9 1,608.5 1,613.6 1,777.2 1,702.4 1,690.2 1,673.0 1,665.6 1,650.0 -15.6
Residential building......... 945.5 837.1 839.8 840.6 964.5 902.0 891.9 877.0 871.3 860.6 -10.7
Nonresidential building...... 797.8 763.8 768.7 773.0 812.7 800.4 798.3 796.0 794.3 789.4 -4.9
Heavy and civil engineering
construction................. 977.1 878.2 896.1 927.6 1,005.9 993.8 984.6 977.6 975.1 959.4 -15.7
Specialty trade contractors... 4,792.7 4,459.4 4,492.7 4,569.3 4,876.5 4,768.4 4,750.8 4,731.8 4,695.5 4,665.4 -30.1
Residential specialty trade
contractors................. 2,275.4 2,031.0 2,038.7 2,066.5 2,318.2 2,201.1 2,176.2 2,164.2 2,138.8 2,116.4 -22.4
Nonresidential specialty
trade contractors........... 2,517.3 2,428.4 2,454.0 2,502.8 2,558.3 2,567.3 2,574.6 2,567.6 2,556.7 2,549.0 -7.7
Manufacturing................... 13,876 13,593 13,574 13,545 13,922 13,772 13,737 13,690 13,642 13,596 -46
Production workers........... 9,954 9,797 9,789 9,763 9,987 9,933 9,922 9,879 9,847 9,803 -44
Durable goods.................. 8,841 8,640 8,625 8,598 8,847 8,739 8,718 8,685 8,651 8,608 -43
Production workers........... 6,268 6,143 6,132 6,114 6,266 6,220 6,214 6,182 6,155 6,118 -37
Wood products................. 518.2 487.1 484.7 485.9 523.1 507.2 503.5 498.6 493.6 491.5 -2.1
Nonmetallic mineral products.. 500.8 474.7 476.5 482.4 503.6 496.4 494.4 492.2 487.7 486.5 -1.2
Primary metals................ 460.6 451.8 451.7 453.1 459.3 452.2 452.3 451.4 451.6 451.7 .1
Fabricated metal products..... 1,559.7 1,550.9 1,552.3 1,542.4 1,561.7 1,562.7 1,560.9 1,557.1 1,555.6 1,544.3 -11.3
Machinery..................... 1,184.5 1,190.0 1,196.5 1,193.1 1,184.3 1,191.0 1,193.8 1,191.7 1,195.7 1,193.4 -2.3
Computer and electronic
products (1)................. 1,273.3 1,249.3 1,252.2 1,249.6 1,277.6 1,257.6 1,256.3 1,251.9 1,255.1 1,253.2 -1.9
Computer and peripheral
equipment................... 187.7 185.4 185.7 185.5 188.8 185.4 184.9 185.9 186.0 186.1 .1
Communications equipment..... 127.9 128.7 129.2 130.3 128.1 129.0 129.5 128.7 129.6 130.6 1.0
Semiconductors and electronic
components.................. 447.4 428.3 427.7 425.1 448.2 434.9 433.5 429.7 428.7 425.4 -3.3
Electronic instruments....... 442.3 442.6 446.1 445.3 443.8 443.7 444.3 442.9 446.9 446.9 .0
Electrical equipment and
appliances................... 427.7 419.5 419.3 420.5 428.2 423.8 421.6 420.8 419.9 420.8 .9
Transportation equipment (1).. 1,732.8 1,672.9 1,651.6 1,634.6 1,725.3 1,684.7 1,678.1 1,672.0 1,648.1 1,629.1 -19.0
Motor vehicles and parts (2). 1,022.1 951.8 929.5 914.9 1,012.8 962.6 956.6 950.4 925.7 908.6 -17.1
Furniture and related products 540.4 511.4 510.0 507.7 539.8 523.8 520.4 516.0 511.8 507.7 -4.1
Miscellaneous manufacturing... 643.4 632.1 630.5 628.2 644.0 639.9 636.4 633.3 631.8 629.4 -2.4
Nondurable goods............... 5,035 4,953 4,949 4,947 5,075 5,033 5,019 5,005 4,991 4,988 -3
Production workers........... 3,686 3,654 3,657 3,649 3,721 3,713 3,708 3,697 3,692 3,685 -7
Food manufacturing............ 1,444.0 1,454.6 1,449.6 1,448.2 1,475.0 1,486.3 1,483.2 1,482.7 1,477.9 1,479.6 1.7
Beverages and tobacco products 191.7 184.1 185.5 187.7 195.9 192.0 191.1 189.3 191.0 191.8 .8
Textile mills................. 172.7 160.5 159.0 155.8 172.6 163.0 162.0 161.4 158.4 156.0 -2.4
Textile product mills......... 161.0 151.9 153.4 154.3 159.8 155.7 154.0 153.0 153.3 153.1 -.2
Apparel....................... 217.6 198.7 198.2 197.3 217.5 204.8 202.0 200.6 198.4 197.1 -1.3
Leather and allied products... 34.0 33.4 33.7 34.0 33.9 33.7 34.5 33.5 33.5 33.8 .3
Paper and paper products...... 459.0 456.0 455.4 456.5 461.4 460.3 459.0 457.8 457.9 458.8 .9
Printing and related support
activities................... 623.6 610.0 612.8 612.2 625.4 619.5 620.1 614.6 614.4 614.3 -.1
Petroleum and coal products... 113.5 109.3 109.7 110.9 114.0 111.7 112.2 112.5 111.9 111.4 -.5
Chemicals..................... 859.3 858.9 859.3 858.6 860.5 862.0 861.2 861.0 860.4 859.9 -.5
Plastics and rubber products.. 758.7 735.7 732.4 731.4 759.2 744.2 739.7 738.7 733.8 731.9 -1.9
Service-providing........... 115,242 115,179 115,711 116,327 115,056 116,102 116,095 116,103 116,110 116,200 90
Private service-providing.. 92,678 92,485 92,920 93,539 92,895 93,769 93,759 93,741 93,734 93,815 81
Trade, transportation, and
utilities...................... 26,368 26,186 26,265 26,299 26,571 26,658 26,631 26,579 26,560 26,524 -36
Wholesale trade................ 5,990.6 6,008.1 6,024.0 6,030.0 5,999.8 6,072.9 6,067.3 6,057.6 6,054.1 6,043.5 -10.6
Durable goods................. 3,114.1 3,108.1 3,116.5 3,111.6 3,117.6 3,145.0 3,138.0 3,127.3 3,127.8 3,117.3 -10.5
Nondurable goods.............. 2,050.8 2,062.4 2,071.6 2,082.7 2,055.8 2,089.3 2,090.9 2,088.4 2,087.8 2,089.3 1.5
Electronic markets and agents
and brokers.................. 825.7 837.6 835.9 835.7 826.4 838.6 838.4 841.9 838.5 836.9 -1.6
Retail trade...................15,314.1 15,140.1 15,186.4 15,193.8 15,487.0 15,487.8 15,472.2 15,428.8 15,409.5 15,382.7 -26.8
Motor vehicle and parts
dealers (1).................. 1,916.4 1,881.2 1,890.8 1,899.6 1,916.9 1,909.3 1,910.2 1,905.1 1,903.6 1,900.8 -2.8
Automobile dealers........... 1,246.2 1,226.3 1,229.8 1,229.7 1,246.8 1,244.6 1,244.0 1,236.2 1,235.0 1,231.5 -3.5
Furniture and home furnishings
stores....................... 576.9 571.0 563.0 564.3 581.5 584.5 579.9 575.9 570.4 569.9 -.5
Electronics and appliance
stores....................... 543.9 530.4 530.9 530.1 550.3 540.4 534.3 533.6 533.9 535.5 1.6
Building material and garden
supply stores................ 1,350.4 1,206.2 1,230.0 1,266.7 1,318.0 1,271.6 1,266.0 1,258.5 1,249.3 1,237.0 -12.3
Food and beverage stores...... 2,810.5 2,860.7 2,862.6 2,857.8 2,835.1 2,871.9 2,880.1 2,885.7 2,888.4 2,884.0 -4.4
Health and personal care
stores....................... 980.3 989.1 988.6 981.5 988.1 999.9 1,000.6 993.5 993.8 990.9 -2.9
Gasoline stations............. 856.9 842.2 845.7 846.7 862.3 850.5 853.8 854.2 855.4 852.5 -2.9
Clothing and clothing
accessories stores........... 1,447.1 1,435.7 1,448.0 1,447.5 1,492.4 1,508.6 1,498.2 1,496.3 1,499.2 1,498.2 -1.0
Sporting goods, hobby, book,
and music stores............. 635.6 655.1 641.9 629.1 654.0 661.6 667.2 661.9 656.6 651.6 -5.0
General merchandise
stores (1)................... 2,921.7 2,878.7 2,907.1 2,891.1 2,984.9 2,976.7 2,971.1 2,955.7 2,951.7 2,953.7 2.0
Department stores............ 1,529.0 1,497.0 1,497.1 1,473.2 1,581.7 1,568.4 1,564.3 1,543.3 1,536.6 1,528.3 -8.3
Miscellaneous store retailers. 851.9 852.7 843.7 849.7 867.4 866.3 869.4 865.3 864.2 865.1 .9
Nonstore retailers............ 422.5 437.1 434.1 429.7 436.1 446.5 441.4 443.1 443.0 443.5 .5
Transportation and warehousing. 4,512.4 4,483.8 4,499.7 4,518.2 4,532.8 4,539.9 4,534.5 4,535.5 4,539.2 4,540.4 1.2
Air transportation............ 490.8 504.3 505.1 504.4 493.1 502.1 504.7 508.2 507.7 506.3 -1.4
Rail transportation........... 235.0 231.8 232.4 234.3 235.1 232.5 233.8 233.7 233.9 234.3 .4
Water transportation.......... 62.0 59.5 58.8 59.8 62.8 64.4 63.8 62.5 61.6 61.2 -.4
Truck transportation.......... 1,430.8 1,382.8 1,396.2 1,400.5 1,447.0 1,423.1 1,422.5 1,417.4 1,421.2 1,416.8 -4.4
Transit and ground passenger
transportation............... 420.7 426.3 427.4 433.2 407.3 411.8 411.9 413.5 414.1 418.4 4.3
Pipeline transportation....... 39.4 40.9 41.0 40.8 39.6 40.8 40.6 40.9 41.0 41.0 .0
Scenic and sightseeing
transportation............... 25.5 24.3 25.7 27.5 29.0 31.3 31.0 31.5 31.5 31.0 -.5
Support activities for
transportation............... 582.1 583.6 583.4 586.6 581.1 587.1 584.9 585.9 585.9 586.3 .4
Couriers and messengers....... 574.8 581.1 578.6 576.9 580.2 588.1 585.5 586.0 584.3 583.5 -.8
Warehousing and storage....... 651.3 649.2 651.1 654.2 657.6 658.7 655.8 655.9 658.0 661.6 3.6
Utilities...................... 550.4 553.5 554.7 556.5 551.3 557.1 557.1 557.0 557.4 557.4 .0
Information..................... 3,030 3,006 3,007 3,007 3,034 3,018 3,014 3,016 3,013 3,011 -2
Publishing industries, except
Internet..................... 897.8 885.6 882.2 884.1 900.5 889.7 889.2 886.8 883.3 886.7 3.4
Motion picture and sound
recording industries......... 381.2 371.0 378.8 380.6 385.4 376.3 372.9 380.1 383.0 382.8 -.2
Broadcasting, except Internet. 327.4 321.8 321.5 319.3 327.9 321.9 323.0 322.1 322.4 320.0 -2.4
Telecommunications............ 1,028.9 1,023.5 1,019.6 1,019.0 1,028.6 1,026.8 1,025.3 1,022.0 1,019.9 1,019.3 -.6
Data processing, hosting and
related services............. 271.0 273.4 273.6 272.9 268.7 273.5 273.0 274.2 272.3 271.2 -1.1
Other information services.... 123.5 130.7 131.6 131.1 123.1 129.3 130.5 131.2 131.9 130.8 -1.1
Financial activities............ 8,291 8,184 8,189 8,201 8,315 8,252 8,244 8,231 8,227 8,230 3
Finance and insurance.......... 6,137.8 6,096.7 6,101.2 6,098.2 6,145.7 6,111.2 6,106.2 6,102.2 6,104.4 6,109.0 4.6
Monetary authorities - central
bank......................... 21.4 20.9 20.9 21.1 21.4 20.7 20.7 20.9 21.0 21.1 .1
Credit intermediation and
related activities (1)....... 2,896.7 2,821.4 2,813.4 2,808.0 2,898.1 2,829.2 2,825.0 2,820.4 2,812.7 2,811.1 -1.6
Depository credit
intermediation (1).......... 1,810.8 1,821.5 1,820.1 1,820.3 1,814.7 1,824.6 1,821.5 1,823.3 1,822.5 1,825.3 2.8
Commercial banking.......... 1,337.8 1,343.6 1,343.2 1,343.1 1,338.6 1,345.9 1,342.2 1,344.9 1,343.6 1,344.7 1.1
Securities, commodity
contracts, investments....... 838.5 861.4 865.2 865.1 840.8 856.7 859.2 862.5 865.4 867.6 2.2
Insurance carriers and related
activities................... 2,294.4 2,305.7 2,314.6 2,317.1 2,298.2 2,316.8 2,313.9 2,311.1 2,318.5 2,321.7 3.2
Funds, trusts, and other
financial vehicles........... 86.8 87.3 87.1 86.9 87.2 87.8 87.4 87.3 86.8 87.5 .7
Real estate and rental and
leasing....................... 2,153.3 2,086.9 2,087.4 2,102.6 2,168.9 2,140.6 2,138.0 2,128.6 2,122.4 2,121.3 -1.1
Real estate................... 1,489.8 1,438.7 1,437.5 1,450.4 1,497.7 1,476.4 1,471.4 1,466.0 1,459.9 1,461.3 1.4
Rental and leasing services... 635.4 617.1 618.4 620.4 642.8 633.6 635.2 631.0 630.4 627.9 -2.5
Lessors of nonfinancial
intangible assets............ 28.1 31.1 31.5 31.8 28.4 30.6 31.4 31.6 32.1 32.1 .0
Professional and business
services....................... 17,858 17,753 17,798 18,001 17,903 18,131 18,101 18,073 18,029 18,068 39
Professional and technical
services (1).................. 7,661.5 7,905.1 7,891.1 7,916.3 7,598.1 7,820.5 7,819.2 7,829.2 7,830.9 7,857.7 26.8
Legal services............... 1,173.5 1,166.1 1,165.4 1,163.8 1,179.5 1,173.9 1,173.0 1,174.9 1,172.3 1,170.6 -1.7
Accounting and bookkeeping
services.................... 1,025.5 1,132.5 1,100.9 1,094.2 926.8 993.3 992.3 991.9 988.7 997.8 9.1
Architectural and engineering
services.................... 1,411.6 1,441.5 1,441.4 1,447.8 1,424.6 1,460.4 1,460.5 1,463.0 1,461.0 1,462.1 1.1
Computer systems design and
related services............ 1,342.1 1,388.8 1,388.6 1,399.5 1,345.4 1,391.4 1,391.6 1,393.5 1,393.1 1,403.3 10.2
Management and technical
consulting services......... 939.2 982.8 989.9 1,001.4 942.0 994.3 989.2 992.7 998.3 1,004.5 6.2
Management of companies and
enterprises................... 1,835.5 1,832.7 1,831.3 1,831.4 1,839.4 1,847.8 1,845.5 1,844.7 1,842.6 1,841.8 -.8
Administrative and waste
services...................... 8,360.5 8,014.7 8,075.4 8,252.9 8,465.4 8,462.8 8,436.2 8,398.6 8,355.0 8,368.9 13.9
Administrative and support
services (1)................. 8,008.9 7,659.6 7,717.8 7,890.7 8,111.6 8,099.3 8,070.8 8,036.1 7,991.2 8,004.3 13.1
Employment services (1)...... 3,543.2 3,335.0 3,353.0 3,387.7 3,637.4 3,566.9 3,562.1 3,531.6 3,486.8 3,486.5 -.3
Temporary help services..... 2,553.1 2,381.4 2,396.9 2,420.4 2,626.9 2,578.5 2,574.6 2,536.8 2,511.8 2,502.5 -9.3
Business support services.... 807.2 798.5 798.7 796.3 806.6 803.7 797.4 796.6 795.5 796.4 .9
Services to buildings and
dwellings................... 1,840.4 1,693.6 1,723.3 1,852.3 1,842.9 1,872.0 1,861.3 1,859.7 1,853.2 1,858.8 5.6
Waste management and
remediation services......... 351.6 355.1 357.6 362.2 353.8 363.5 365.4 362.5 363.8 364.6 .8
Education and health services... 18,369 18,773 18,855 18,926 18,211 18,568 18,617 18,665 18,708 18,760 52
Educational services........... 3,082.4 3,159.9 3,179.6 3,190.0 2,926.3 2,984.5 3,003.4 3,009.6 3,016.8 3,025.9 9.1
Health care and social
assistance....................15,286.7 15,612.7 15,675.6 15,735.8 15,284.9 15,583.2 15,613.6 15,655.0 15,691.1 15,734.4 43.3
Health care (3)...............12,846.6 13,126.8 13,169.9 13,212.0 12,872.7 13,109.6 13,135.6 13,172.7 13,200.5 13,237.4 36.9
Ambulatory health care
services (1)................ 5,431.9 5,579.8 5,601.8 5,629.7 5,438.5 5,566.0 5,581.7 5,600.0 5,614.0 5,635.7 21.7
Offices of physicians....... 2,186.8 2,241.9 2,246.3 2,254.9 2,192.2 2,235.6 2,240.8 2,248.2 2,252.0 2,259.6 7.6
Outpatient care centers..... 506.3 511.6 511.6 513.9 505.7 513.0 511.5 512.0 511.4 513.4 2.0
Home health care services... 900.5 933.1 940.0 947.9 902.4 930.9 934.7 939.5 943.4 950.1 6.7
Hospitals.................... 4,475.1 4,580.4 4,594.7 4,600.9 4,488.4 4,572.4 4,579.3 4,592.8 4,604.3 4,613.7 9.4
Nursing and residential care
facilities (1).............. 2,939.6 2,966.6 2,973.4 2,981.4 2,945.8 2,971.2 2,974.6 2,979.9 2,982.2 2,988.0 5.8
Nursing care facilities..... 1,597.1 1,605.4 1,604.4 1,608.9 1,601.4 1,608.2 1,608.8 1,613.3 1,609.1 1,613.3 4.2
Social assistance (1)......... 2,440.1 2,485.9 2,505.7 2,523.8 2,412.2 2,473.6 2,478.0 2,482.3 2,490.6 2,497.0 6.4
Child day care services...... 865.8 866.1 875.3 882.0 846.5 857.1 859.2 858.6 861.6 862.6 1.0
Leisure and hospitality......... 13,272 13,110 13,299 13,573 13,375 13,635 13,644 13,660 13,677 13,695 18
Arts, entertainment, and
recreation.................... 1,908.2 1,813.2 1,858.5 1,963.1 1,959.3 2,010.3 2,016.1 2,019.1 2,020.7 2,018.5 -2.2
Performing arts and spectator
sports....................... 409.0 401.8 408.6 435.8 403.3 429.9 429.5 431.0 432.1 431.0 -1.1
Museums, historical sites,
zoos, and parks.............. 125.5 119.4 123.9 128.1 128.2 131.5 132.6 131.7 132.6 131.5 -1.1
Amusements, gambling, and
recreation................... 1,373.7 1,292.0 1,326.0 1,399.2 1,427.8 1,448.9 1,454.0 1,456.4 1,456.0 1,456.0 .0
Accommodation and food services11,364.2 11,296.6 11,440.9 11,610.1 11,415.9 11,624.7 11,628.0 11,640.7 11,656.7 11,676.8 20.1
Accommodation................. 1,810.1 1,774.1 1,792.4 1,805.4 1,855.9 1,858.1 1,854.9 1,854.4 1,851.9 1,854.0 2.1
Food services and drinking
places....................... 9,554.1 9,522.5 9,648.5 9,804.7 9,560.0 9,766.6 9,773.1 9,786.3 9,804.8 9,822.8 18.0
Other services.................. 5,490 5,473 5,507 5,532 5,486 5,507 5,508 5,517 5,520 5,527 7
Repair and maintenance........ 1,262.4 1,245.7 1,252.8 1,262.6 1,256.3 1,255.5 1,252.9 1,255.2 1,253.4 1,256.7 3.3
Personal and laundry services. 1,312.6 1,289.7 1,303.1 1,315.8 1,305.6 1,306.9 1,306.6 1,306.4 1,308.9 1,308.8 -.1
Membership associations and
organizations................ 2,914.7 2,937.8 2,950.9 2,953.9 2,924.2 2,944.4 2,948.9 2,955.6 2,957.9 2,961.6 3.7
Government...................... 22,564 22,694 22,791 22,788 22,161 22,333 22,336 22,362 22,376 22,385 9
Federal........................ 2,719 2,703 2,710 2,722 2,729 2,735 2,717 2,725 2,727 2,731 4
Federal, except U.S. Postal
Service...................... 1,958.2 1,968.4 1,976.5 1,987.0 1,964.5 1,972.3 1,977.3 1,982.9 1,986.3 1,990.4 4.1
U.S. Postal Service........... 760.8 734.5 733.7 735.3 764.7 763.1 739.7 741.6 740.8 740.5 -.3
State government............... 5,260 5,279 5,307 5,303 5,117 5,153 5,159 5,158 5,160 5,161 1
State government education.... 2,464.5 2,464.2 2,488.4 2,484.4 2,316.0 2,332.5 2,335.1 2,332.9 2,335.0 2,336.2 1.2
State government, excluding
education.................... 2,795.7 2,814.9 2,818.6 2,818.7 2,801.2 2,820.9 2,824.0 2,824.9 2,824.9 2,825.0 .1
Local government............... 14,585 14,712 14,774 14,763 14,315 14,445 14,460 14,479 14,489 14,493 4
Local government education.... 8,302.5 8,365.1 8,409.9 8,377.4 7,961.8 8,016.5 8,018.0 8,031.9 8,036.9 8,036.2 -.7
Local government, excluding
education.................... 6,282.8 6,346.6 6,364.5 6,385.9 6,353.6 6,428.2 6,441.5 6,447.5 6,451.7 6,457.2 5.5
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 reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis
for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm
for more details.
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