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 Oct. Aug. Sept. Oct. Oct. June July Aug. Sept. Oct. from:
2008 2009 2009p 2009p 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009p 2009p Sept. 2009-
Oct. 2009p
Total nonfarm......... 137,492 131,046 131,399 132,040 136,352 131,715 131,411 131,257 131,038 130,848 -190
Total private........... 114,573 109,735 109,143 109,223 113,813 109,182 108,936 108,770 108,591 108,401 -190
Goods-producing............. 21,375 18,991 18,842 18,698 21,063 18,829 18,713 18,583 18,469 18,340 -129
Mining and logging.............. 805 717 716 708 794 721 715 706 705 699 -6
Logging...................... 59.8 52.9 54.1 53.2 56.6 51.4 51.1 51.2 51.4 50.3 -1.1
Mining......................... 745.0 664.0 662.3 654.8 737.7 669.3 663.8 655.1 653.5 648.2 -5.3
Oil and gas extraction........ 166.6 166.7 166.5 164.7 166.5 166.9 165.5 165.2 165.9 164.9 -1.0
Mining, except oil and gas (1) 236.5 221.8 220.2 216.2 230.5 217.4 215.6 214.3 214.1 210.9 -3.2
Coal mining.................. 83.9 79.2 78.5 77.2 83.1 80.3 79.0 78.9 78.6 76.9 -1.7
Support activities for mining. 341.9 275.5 275.6 273.9 340.7 285.0 282.7 275.6 273.5 272.4 -1.1
Construction.................... 7,307 6,401 6,280 6,215 7,066 6,231 6,162 6,096 6,028 5,966 -62
Construction of buildings..... 1,654.9 1,460.0 1,425.5 1,421.4 1,609.9 1,433.4 1,415.1 1,406.1 1,387.5 1,378.7 -8.8
Residential building......... 820.1 715.2 701.8 698.0 795.6 699.6 689.6 685.4 677.9 672.3 -5.6
Nonresidential building...... 834.8 744.8 723.7 723.4 814.3 733.8 725.5 720.7 709.6 706.4 -3.2
Heavy and civil engineering
construction................. 1,014.1 913.6 903.2 884.1 952.6 862.1 854.4 849.2 836.9 823.2 -13.7
Specialty trade contractors... 4,638.2 4,027.6 3,951.0 3,909.8 4,503.9 3,935.9 3,892.4 3,840.2 3,803.6 3,764.0 -39.6
Residential specialty trade
contractors................. 2,033.5 1,774.3 1,748.6 1,737.2 1,975.5 1,716.7 1,706.9 1,691.4 1,686.0 1,676.6 -9.4
Nonresidential specialty
trade contractors........... 2,604.7 2,253.3 2,202.4 2,172.6 2,528.4 2,219.2 2,185.5 2,148.8 2,117.6 2,087.4 -30.2
Manufacturing................... 13,263 11,873 11,846 11,775 13,203 11,877 11,836 11,781 11,736 11,675 -61
Production workers........... 9,484 8,342 8,338 8,279 9,425 8,316 8,301 8,265 8,240 8,193 -47
Durable goods.................. 8,325 7,241 7,214 7,175 8,300 7,271 7,248 7,204 7,165 7,121 -44
Production workers........... 5,829 4,954 4,944 4,906 5,805 4,957 4,957 4,924 4,903 4,866 -37
Wood products................. 443.2 373.0 371.2 367.0 438.8 367.1 364.3 362.2 361.4 359.6 -1.8
Nonmetallic mineral products.. 467.2 414.8 411.8 403.1 458.2 406.1 405.5 402.6 400.8 392.8 -8.0
Primary metals................ 439.1 359.4 359.1 359.3 438.6 360.3 358.8 359.3 357.2 356.5 -.7
Fabricated metal products..... 1,512.7 1,293.2 1,287.4 1,286.0 1,505.0 1,308.8 1,295.1 1,288.3 1,280.8 1,275.9 -4.9
Machinery..................... 1,178.8 997.9 989.7 983.9 1,179.3 1,016.3 1,003.2 997.5 988.4 978.0 -10.4
Computer and electronic
products (1) ................ 1,239.4 1,127.5 1,119.8 1,113.3 1,239.8 1,142.4 1,134.5 1,125.6 1,120.0 1,113.7 -6.3
Computer and peripheral
equipment................... 182.3 160.6 160.2 158.6 182.4 162.7 162.4 160.5 160.3 158.5 -1.8
Communications equipment..... 130.0 125.4 125.6 125.3 128.6 126.5 126.3 125.7 126.1 125.0 -1.1
Semiconductors and electronic
components.................. 426.9 368.1 365.1 361.7 428.4 375.6 371.0 367.6 364.8 362.3 -2.5
Electronic instruments....... 439.3 421.5 417.6 415.5 440.2 424.4 422.2 420.0 417.5 416.3 -1.2
Electrical equipment and
appliances................... 422.5 373.5 372.9 370.9 421.3 377.0 374.0 372.3 371.9 369.0 -2.9
Transportation equipment (1) . 1,528.3 1,330.8 1,338.1 1,333.1 1,531.3 1,309.6 1,339.0 1,330.0 1,325.8 1,324.2 -1.6
Motor vehicles and parts (2) 825.7 663.5 672.1 673.2 829.7 633.3 665.1 661.6 659.1 663.7 4.6
Furniture and related products 459.8 382.4 376.6 370.7 458.8 388.1 382.7 378.2 373.8 369.2 -4.6
Miscellaneous manufacturing... 633.7 588.6 587.3 587.6 628.5 595.1 590.9 587.7 585.0 581.6 -3.4
Nondurable goods............... 4,938 4,632 4,632 4,600 4,903 4,606 4,588 4,577 4,571 4,554 -17
Production workers........... 3,655 3,388 3,394 3,373 3,620 3,359 3,344 3,341 3,337 3,327 -10
Food manufacturing............ 1,508.1 1,512.4 1,514.4 1,499.2 1,484.7 1,473.8 1,473.9 1,476.4 1,476.8 1,474.0 -2.8
Beverages and tobacco products 201.6 194.6 195.9 195.1 197.2 190.0 189.4 189.8 189.9 190.3 .4
Textile mills................. 146.4 123.0 122.8 121.4 145.6 124.5 122.5 122.3 121.3 120.0 -1.3
Textile product mills......... 144.8 124.7 126.6 125.8 144.5 126.7 125.9 125.5 126.0 124.7 -1.3
Apparel....................... 193.4 168.7 168.0 166.2 192.8 165.8 166.7 165.4 164.3 163.7 -.6
Leather and allied products... 34.0 30.8 30.7 30.5 33.9 30.8 31.3 30.6 30.2 30.2 .0
Paper and paper products...... 439.7 407.5 405.7 403.3 439.7 409.1 407.2 405.7 404.9 402.0 -2.9
Printing and related support
activities................... 584.2 514.3 513.7 508.8 582.3 522.8 518.4 513.7 511.1 505.3 -5.8
Petroleum and coal products... 118.7 117.7 117.0 115.2 117.8 114.5 114.3 114.0 114.3 113.8 -.5
Chemicals..................... 842.0 804.9 801.9 800.2 843.4 811.0 807.4 803.4 802.3 801.1 -1.2
Plastics and rubber products.. 725.3 633.1 635.2 634.3 721.1 637.1 631.3 630.4 629.6 628.7 -.9
Service-providing........... 116,117 112,055 112,557 113,342 115,289 112,886 112,698 112,674 112,569 112,508 -61
Private service-providing.. 93,198 90,744 90,301 90,525 92,750 90,353 90,223 90,187 90,122 90,061 -61
Trade, transportation, and
utilities...................... 26,274 25,165 25,068 25,130 26,157 25,258 25,174 25,146 25,080 25,014 -66
Wholesale trade................ 5,936.3 5,685.7 5,666.0 5,670.3 5,920.1 5,680.3 5,666.8 5,661.0 5,656.4 5,648.0 -8.4
Durable goods................. 3,032.3 2,841.2 2,825.2 2,823.7 3,026.1 2,848.1 2,836.8 2,828.3 2,822.1 2,814.7 -7.4
Nondurable goods.............. 2,050.9 2,000.8 1,995.8 2,001.2 2,040.5 1,994.0 1,992.2 1,991.6 1,989.8 1,988.6 -1.2
Electronic markets and agents
and brokers.................. 853.1 843.7 845.0 845.4 853.5 838.2 837.8 841.1 844.5 844.7 .2
Retail trade...................15,269.5 14,748.8 14,621.3 14,684.8 15,216.8 14,791.5 14,747.0 14,726.1 14,681.9 14,642.1 -39.8
Motor vehicle and parts
dealers (1) ................. 1,805.1 1,694.9 1,687.1 1,679.5 1,792.7 1,673.9 1,669.9 1,674.7 1,667.6 1,665.9 -1.7
Automobile dealers........... 1,149.3 1,055.0 1,051.2 1,048.1 1,141.7 1,042.6 1,040.4 1,045.6 1,040.3 1,039.9 -.4
Furniture and home furnishings
stores....................... 538.0 475.8 475.3 486.5 532.4 484.7 483.9 479.6 478.6 479.1 .5
Electronics and appliance
stores....................... 550.4 507.4 506.8 509.3 545.1 515.7 513.1 513.0 511.1 505.9 -5.2
Building material and garden
supply stores................ 1,239.9 1,184.0 1,165.3 1,158.7 1,245.9 1,181.1 1,175.3 1,169.7 1,166.3 1,160.5 -5.8
Food and beverage stores...... 2,846.0 2,833.0 2,805.7 2,805.3 2,851.9 2,828.8 2,823.5 2,821.4 2,814.0 2,812.3 -1.7
Health and personal care
stores....................... 996.2 981.3 973.3 980.4 995.9 984.3 984.1 982.2 976.8 978.9 2.1
Gasoline stations............. 835.9 846.9 835.3 831.2 836.1 829.9 830.3 834.4 830.8 831.8 1.0
Clothing and clothing
accessories stores........... 1,482.3 1,421.7 1,394.0 1,429.1 1,471.5 1,420.1 1,414.4 1,410.9 1,413.2 1,415.9 2.7
Sporting goods, hobby, book,
and music stores............. 650.5 598.9 608.2 590.8 641.2 605.1 605.4 601.8 602.7 586.9 -15.8
General merchandise stores (1) 3,023.1 2,997.1 2,963.6 2,985.4 3,025.5 3,045.1 3,032.8 3,025.7 3,016.2 3,002.9 -13.3
Department stores............ 1,527.7 1,500.5 1,487.3 1,506.3 1,523.9 1,528.6 1,523.3 1,524.2 1,521.0 1,509.9 -11.1
Miscellaneous store retailers. 858.2 803.1 793.8 803.7 845.0 804.8 797.6 797.5 790.8 790.4 -.4
Nonstore retailers............ 443.9 404.7 412.9 424.9 433.6 418.0 416.7 415.2 413.8 411.6 -2.2
Transportation and warehousing. 4,505.9 4,161.7 4,215.5 4,207.8 4,456.9 4,218.4 4,193.9 4,192.3 4,174.6 4,156.2 -18.4
Air transportation............ 480.5 467.1 465.0 459.2 482.1 463.9 462.9 463.5 462.2 460.9 -1.3
Rail transportation........... 229.9 212.4 211.5 211.4 229.5 212.2 212.2 213.0 211.3 209.9 -1.4
Water transportation.......... 65.6 58.9 58.7 57.6 63.9 56.5 55.7 56.3 56.6 56.0 -.6
Truck transportation.......... 1,390.3 1,283.7 1,279.4 1,270.7 1,370.3 1,269.5 1,264.6 1,261.2 1,257.3 1,249.8 -7.5
Transit and ground passenger
transportation............... 428.7 341.1 408.4 414.5 413.8 413.0 407.0 405.4 400.5 400.2 -.3
Pipeline transportation....... 42.8 42.5 43.1 43.0 43.3 42.3 41.8 42.4 43.2 43.3 .1
Scenic and sightseeing
transportation............... 28.5 36.1 33.9 28.8 27.1 27.7 28.7 28.1 28.7 27.8 -.9
Support activities for
transportation............... 594.3 535.1 532.9 535.8 588.0 537.8 532.5 533.0 532.2 529.7 -2.5
Couriers and messengers....... 568.3 543.0 541.9 544.7 570.5 551.5 547.8 549.0 545.8 546.8 1.0
Warehousing and storage....... 677.0 641.8 640.7 642.1 668.4 644.0 640.7 640.4 636.8 631.8 -5.0
Utilities...................... 562.5 569.1 565.5 567.4 562.8 567.8 566.1 566.5 567.4 567.8 .4
Information..................... 2,970 2,832 2,820 2,824 2,982 2,845 2,834 2,829 2,832 2,831 -1
Publishing industries, except
Internet..................... 873.6 789.5 786.7 782.5 872.6 801.8 795.6 788.5 787.1 780.6 -6.5
Motion picture and sound
recording industries......... 378.5 387.5 380.5 384.1 388.7 379.3 380.3 384.3 386.6 391.0 4.4
Broadcasting, except Internet. 313.9 287.9 289.5 290.5 312.9 291.9 290.2 288.7 289.2 289.3 .1
Telecommunications............ 1,011.3 976.8 973.2 974.3 1,014.5 981.6 978.2 976.7 976.8 977.1 .3
Data processing, hosting and
related services............. 258.4 255.7 255.7 255.0 258.9 254.4 254.8 256.9 256.1 255.2 -.9
Other information services.... 134.4 134.5 134.3 137.8 134.1 135.5 135.3 134.3 135.8 138.0 2.2
Financial activities............ 8,082 7,762 7,707 7,703 8,088 7,751 7,737 7,714 7,705 7,697 -8
Finance and insurance.......... 5,969.5 5,738.9 5,711.3 5,711.9 5,978.7 5,760.5 5,748.0 5,729.8 5,722.8 5,716.6 -6.2
Monetary authorities - central
bank......................... 21.4 20.5 20.4 20.3 22.1 20.3 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.8 .4
Credit intermediation and
related activities (1) ...... 2,701.5 2,599.6 2,582.8 2,582.3 2,706.4 2,604.0 2,602.1 2,594.4 2,589.0 2,585.0 -4.0
Depository credit
intermediation (1) ......... 1,810.5 1,774.2 1,761.0 1,763.2 1,811.1 1,772.7 1,770.0 1,767.4 1,765.1 1,763.5 -1.6
Commercial banking.......... 1,355.3 1,324.5 1,316.6 1,318.5 1,356.0 1,324.2 1,323.5 1,320.8 1,319.3 1,318.7 -.6
Securities, commodity
contracts, investments....... 846.3 780.7 777.3 779.7 847.8 786.4 782.3 780.5 779.4 779.9 .5
Insurance carriers and related
activities................... 2,309.3 2,251.0 2,244.0 2,242.5 2,311.0 2,261.9 2,256.5 2,247.6 2,247.3 2,243.9 -3.4
Funds, trusts, and other
financial vehicles........... 91.0 87.1 86.8 87.1 91.4 87.9 86.9 87.0 86.7 87.0 .3
Real estate and rental and
leasing....................... 2,112.4 2,023.0 1,996.1 1,991.3 2,109.0 1,990.6 1,988.6 1,984.3 1,982.5 1,980.3 -2.2
Real estate................... 1,474.4 1,417.9 1,406.9 1,409.2 1,471.2 1,396.3 1,396.4 1,394.9 1,398.5 1,398.7 .2
Rental and leasing services... 610.0 577.3 561.7 554.8 609.7 566.5 564.6 562.1 556.6 554.1 -2.5
Lessors of nonfinancial
intangible assets............ 28.0 27.8 27.5 27.3 28.1 27.8 27.6 27.3 27.4 27.5 .1
Professional and business
services....................... 17,825 16,761 16,732 16,854 17,612 16,655 16,624 16,618 16,621 16,639 18
Professional and technical
services (1) ................. 7,822.5 7,550.2 7,512.2 7,559.3 7,844.0 7,615.6 7,598.9 7,587.8 7,589.0 7,578.0 -11.0
Legal services............... 1,160.5 1,131.4 1,118.1 1,119.6 1,160.2 1,131.7 1,128.2 1,127.2 1,125.2 1,119.4 -5.8
Accounting and bookkeeping
services.................... 881.1 864.2 860.5 876.1 946.4 936.8 934.8 938.0 933.9 937.7 3.8
Architectural and engineering
services.................... 1,447.7 1,338.0 1,327.2 1,325.6 1,437.1 1,335.9 1,324.5 1,320.9 1,321.0 1,313.3 -7.7
Computer systems design and
related services............ 1,473.9 1,466.5 1,460.9 1,477.4 1,466.1 1,456.0 1,462.6 1,461.3 1,464.7 1,469.2 4.5
Management and technical
consulting services......... 1,030.2 1,019.0 1,016.4 1,029.5 1,022.9 1,015.7 1,014.9 1,015.3 1,015.7 1,023.0 7.3
Management of companies and
enterprises................... 1,888.9 1,828.2 1,808.8 1,805.5 1,882.8 1,823.8 1,819.7 1,816.4 1,809.8 1,803.3 -6.5
Administrative and waste
services...................... 8,113.5 7,382.4 7,410.5 7,488.9 7,884.8 7,215.2 7,205.8 7,214.1 7,222.1 7,257.3 35.2
Administrative and support
services (1) ................ 7,748.2 7,013.9 7,043.7 7,121.6 7,522.0 6,854.3 6,843.7 6,851.6 6,857.6 6,893.0 35.4
Employment services (1) ..... 3,145.1 2,524.1 2,585.7 2,664.3 2,987.7 2,470.3 2,459.5 2,465.6 2,475.7 2,511.7 36.0
Temporary help services..... 2,349.9 1,793.0 1,850.2 1,915.2 2,218.9 1,750.9 1,745.2 1,748.4 1,755.6 1,789.3 33.7
Business support services.... 825.6 772.7 778.3 792.7 820.8 783.8 783.9 784.5 786.0 786.0 .0
Services to buildings and
dwellings................... 1,886.4 1,867.1 1,830.9 1,811.7 1,837.4 1,771.2 1,769.8 1,765.3 1,761.4 1,760.6 -.8
Waste management and
remediation services......... 365.3 368.5 366.8 367.3 362.8 360.9 362.1 362.5 364.5 364.3 -.2
Education and health services... 19,170 18,988 19,234 19,554 18,981 19,248 19,262 19,312 19,329 19,374 45
Educational services........... 3,209.0 2,769.8 2,996.5 3,224.8 3,047.3 3,082.0 3,072.2 3,077.7 3,061.1 3,071.8 10.7
Health care and social
assistance....................15,961.4 16,217.7 16,237.4 16,329.2 15,934.1 16,166.1 16,190.2 16,233.8 16,267.5 16,301.9 34.4
Health care (3) ..............13,423.8 13,685.1 13,666.8 13,728.4 13,401.2 13,605.8 13,629.1 13,653.3 13,681.0 13,709.5 28.5
Ambulatory health care
services (1) ............... 5,724.1 5,865.3 5,869.1 5,902.9 5,706.1 5,830.6 5,842.0 5,855.8 5,874.8 5,887.3 12.5
Offices of physicians....... 2,291.8 2,338.1 2,339.4 2,354.7 2,283.3 2,321.9 2,329.8 2,335.3 2,341.1 2,345.9 4.8
Outpatient care centers..... 536.0 543.8 542.1 549.8 536.6 543.5 542.0 543.8 545.1 549.2 4.1
Home health care services... 972.5 1,024.2 1,029.7 1,038.3 968.6 1,016.7 1,018.2 1,022.6 1,029.3 1,034.4 5.1
Hospitals.................... 4,686.6 4,736.1 4,728.2 4,745.1 4,681.9 4,718.9 4,722.4 4,723.9 4,731.2 4,741.2 10.0
Nursing and residential care
facilities (1) ............. 3,013.1 3,083.7 3,069.5 3,080.4 3,013.2 3,056.3 3,064.7 3,073.6 3,075.0 3,081.0 6.0
Nursing care facilities..... 1,611.7 1,640.7 1,634.7 1,637.0 1,611.0 1,628.9 1,631.4 1,634.9 1,635.4 1,636.9 1.5
Social assistance (1) ........ 2,537.6 2,532.6 2,570.6 2,600.8 2,532.9 2,560.3 2,561.1 2,580.5 2,586.5 2,592.4 5.9
Child day care services...... 872.9 808.8 854.9 863.1 862.3 854.3 845.9 856.3 856.5 853.4 -3.1
Leisure and hospitality......... 13,342 13,785 13,350 13,078 13,395 13,176 13,177 13,163 13,161 13,124 -37
Arts, entertainment, and
recreation.................... 1,909.9 2,148.3 1,970.7 1,845.5 1,952.0 1,885.5 1,897.8 1,893.2 1,910.9 1,889.0 -21.9
Performing arts and spectator
sports....................... 400.0 421.1 409.5 388.8 402.5 393.8 400.0 395.2 397.4 393.1 -4.3
Museums, historical sites,
zoos, and parks.............. 130.2 142.2 133.6 131.9 129.6 130.8 130.5 131.0 131.6 131.5 -.1
Amusements, gambling, and
recreation................... 1,379.7 1,585.0 1,427.6 1,324.8 1,419.9 1,360.9 1,367.3 1,367.0 1,381.9 1,364.4 -17.5
Accommodation and food services11,432.2 11,636.2 11,379.1 11,232.5 11,442.7 11,290.0 11,278.8 11,269.5 11,249.7 11,234.7 -15.0
Accommodation................. 1,825.8 1,840.5 1,744.0 1,691.1 1,827.9 1,721.0 1,715.5 1,714.4 1,703.2 1,694.6 -8.6
Food services and drinking
places....................... 9,606.4 9,795.7 9,635.1 9,541.4 9,614.8 9,569.0 9,563.3 9,555.1 9,546.5 9,540.1 -6.4
Other services.................. 5,535 5,451 5,390 5,382 5,535 5,420 5,415 5,405 5,394 5,382 -12
Repair and maintenance........ 1,219.2 1,161.0 1,155.7 1,152.0 1,216.4 1,157.8 1,155.1 1,154.3 1,149.1 1,147.4 -1.7
Personal and laundry services. 1,330.3 1,301.3 1,294.2 1,288.1 1,330.1 1,298.4 1,296.1 1,293.4 1,290.9 1,287.4 -3.5
Membership associations and
organizations................ 2,985.7 2,988.6 2,940.2 2,942.0 2,988.3 2,963.9 2,963.4 2,956.8 2,954.4 2,947.1 -7.3
Government...................... 22,919 21,311 22,256 22,817 22,539 22,533 22,475 22,487 22,447 22,447 0
Federal........................ 2,789 2,841 2,830 2,853 2,775 2,817 2,826 2,825 2,827 2,843 16
Federal, except U.S. Postal
Service...................... 2,043.7 2,150.8 2,142.2 2,157.4 2,043.5 2,111.1 2,120.9 2,129.3 2,136.3 2,154.5 18.2
U.S. Postal Service........... 744.8 690.6 687.8 695.7 731.9 705.9 705.4 695.8 690.5 688.2 -2.3
State government............... 5,339 4,906 5,172 5,316 5,194 5,174 5,149 5,172 5,168 5,168 0
State government education.... 2,531.3 2,088.4 2,377.2 2,533.4 2,372.8 2,377.9 2,357.2 2,377.3 2,370.1 2,375.3 5.2
State government, excluding
education.................... 2,807.2 2,817.5 2,794.3 2,782.8 2,820.7 2,796.3 2,791.4 2,794.3 2,798.0 2,792.6 -5.4
Local government............... 14,791 13,564 14,254 14,648 14,570 14,542 14,500 14,490 14,452 14,436 -16
Local government education.... 8,334.5 6,908.2 7,793.8 8,254.2 8,071.6 8,070.2 8,015.6 8,007.8 7,993.6 7,998.8 5.2
Local government, excluding
education.................... 6,456.7 6,656.1 6,460.3 6,393.8 6,498.3 6,471.3 6,484.6 6,481.7 6,458.7 6,437.5 -21.2
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.
