Employment and Earnings Summary Table B

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category	Mar. 2023	Apr. 2023	May 2023	June 2023	July 2023	Aug. 2023	Sept. 2023	Oct. 2023	Nov. 2023	Dec. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024(p)	Mar. 2024(p)
EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	146	278	303	240	184	210	246	165	182	290	256	270	303
Total private	91	231	254	185	148	150	196	98	152	214	196	207	232
Goods-producing	-12	33	14	42	7	33	27	-10	36	33	30	17	42
Mining and logging	2	4	3	0	2	0	1	-1	-4	3	-2	1	3
Construction	-6	20	16	33	11	31	13	22	15	18	26	26	39
Manufacturing	-8	9	-5	9	-6	2	13	-31	25	12	6	-10	0
Durable goods(1)	-1	10	1	19	9	3	9	-33	37	19	-4	-3	4
Motor vehicles and parts	-1.1	9.0	5.7	4.4	2.9	-4.3	10.1	-27.5	33.2	4.6	2.2	-1.9	6.5
Nondurable goods	-7	-1	-6	-10	-15	-1	4	2	-12	-7	10	-7	-4
Private service-providing	103	198	240	143	141	117	169	108	116	181	166	190	190
Wholesale trade	9.2	-1.0	7.2	1.4	16.3	1.5	11.7	11.9	6.9	7.4	-6.7	-2.9	8.5
Retail trade	-27.2	6.4	13.3	-5.5	5.6	-5.6	18.2	1.3	-42.9	32.3	16.6	23.0	17.6
Transportation and warehousing	-16.1	7.2	19.9	-12.1	-10.7	-27.5	9.2	-8.5	-10.5	-18.3	-3.8	22.5	1.2
Utilities	2.5	1.9	0.8	0.9	-1.7	2.8	2.0	1.5	1.6	2.4	1.5	3.1	-0.4
Information	5	-1	-3	-7	-28	-18	11	-26	17	13	8	-3	0
Financial activities	4	29	13	9	18	4	0	0	4	6	-4	-6	3
Professional and business services(1)	18	30	49	7	-17	-1	-1	-5	10	13	48	17	7
Temporary help services	-14.6	-18.3	-3.7	-28.3	-27.6	-18.9	-21.6	-22.6	-13.6	-21.3	7.5	-11.9	-1.3
Private education and health services(1)	62	79	91	77	109	93	81	77	110	84	100	82	88
Health care and social assistance	63.0	66.5	75.9	74.9	105.8	93.5	81.2	72.0	106.6	76.1	73.0	85.4	81.3
Leisure and hospitality	35	42	39	60	41	52	27	57	10	41	-3	43	49
Other services	11	4	10	12	9	16	9	-1	10	0	10	11	16
Government	55	47	49	55	36	60	50	67	30	76	60	63	71

(3-month average change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	305	237	242	274	242	211	213	207	198	212	243	272	276
Total private	225	183	192	223	196	161	165	148	149	155	187	206	212

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES(2) AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES
Total nonfarm women employees	49.8	49.8	49.8	49.8	49.8	49.8	49.8	49.8	49.8	49.9	49.9	49.9	49.9
Total private women employees	48.3	48.3	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.4
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees	81.4	81.4	81.4	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.4	81.4	81.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS ALL EMPLOYEES
Total private
Average weekly hours	34.4	34.3	34.4	34.4	34.3	34.4	34.4	34.3	34.4	34.4	34.2	34.3	34.4
Average hourly earnings	$33.31	$33.44	$33.54	$33.70	$33.84	$33.91	$34.01	$34.10	$34.23	$34.34	$34.51	$34.57	$34.69
Average weekly earnings	$1,145.86	$1,146.99	$1,153.78	$1,159.28	$1,160.71	$1,166.50	$1,169.94	$1,169.63	$1,177.51	$1,181.30	$1,180.24	$1,185.75	$1,193.34
Index of aggregate weekly hours(3)	114.5	114.4	114.9	115.1	114.9	115.3	115.5	115.3	115.7	115.9	115.4	115.9	116.5
Over-the-month percent change	-0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.2	-0.2	0.3	0.2	-0.2	0.3	0.2	-0.4	0.4	0.5
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(4)	182.4	182.9	184.3	185.4	185.9	187.0	187.8	187.9	189.4	190.3	190.4	191.6	193.2
Over-the-month percent change	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.8

DIFFUSION INDEXES(5)
Total Private
Over 1-month span	60.2	60.4	58.8	57.2	58.0	61.0	60.4	56.6	52.4	63.0	62.2	58.6	59.4
Over 3-month span	64.0	61.8	65.0	64.2	60.6	58.6	61.8	62.8	58.8	62.6	63.0	65.4	62.6
Over 6-month span	70.0	66.2	67.8	67.4	65.2	64.4	63.6	63.2	59.6	61.2	64.8	64.6	62.0
Over 12-month span	79.4	74.6	73.2	70.6	69.6	70.0	69.8	65.4	66.4	69.4	66.6	67.4	65.0
Manufacturing
Over 1-month span	45.1	43.1	41.0	52.8	47.9	51.4	47.9	43.1	42.4	54.2	53.5	48.6	43.1
Over 3-month span	45.1	43.1	49.3	50.7	43.8	47.9	50.0	47.9	45.1	42.4	51.4	52.8	42.4
Over 6-month span	59.0	49.3	49.3	52.8	43.1	47.2	42.4	41.0	41.0	43.8	47.9	47.2	43.8
Over 12-month span	68.8	63.9	59.7	59.0	56.3	52.1	50.0	43.1	47.2	47.9	45.1	47.2	41.0
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 2023 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: April 5, 2024