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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

Employment and Earnings Summary Table B

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category Feb.
2023
Mar.
2023
Apr.
2023
May
2023
June
2023
July
2023
Aug.
2023
Sept.
2023
Oct.
2023
Nov.
2023
Dec.
2023
Jan.
2024(p)
Feb.
2024(p)

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

Total nonfarm

287 146 278 303 240 184 210 246 165 182 290 229 275

Total private

226 91 231 254 185 148 150 196 98 152 214 177 223

Goods-producing

26 -12 33 14 42 7 33 27 -10 36 33 24 19

Mining and logging

2 2 4 3 0 2 0 1 -1 -4 3 -3 0

Construction

26 -6 20 16 33 11 31 13 22 15 18 19 23

Manufacturing

-2 -8 9 -5 9 -6 2 13 -31 25 12 8 -4

Durable goods(1)

0 -1 10 1 19 9 3 9 -33 37 19 -1 2

Motor vehicles and parts

1.9 -1.1 9.0 5.7 4.4 2.9 -4.3 10.1 -27.5 33.2 4.6 2.4 -0.4

Nondurable goods

-2 -7 -1 -6 -10 -15 -1 4 2 -12 -7 9 -6

Private service-providing

200 103 198 240 143 141 117 169 108 116 181 153 204

Wholesale trade

12.5 9.2 -1.0 7.2 1.4 16.3 1.5 11.7 11.9 6.9 7.4 -3.3 -1.2

Retail trade

88.5 -27.2 6.4 13.3 -5.5 5.6 -5.6 18.2 1.3 -42.9 32.3 15.2 18.7

Transportation and warehousing

-21.4 -16.1 7.2 19.9 -12.1 -10.7 -27.5 9.2 -8.5 -10.5 -18.3 -28.9 19.7

Utilities

0.7 2.5 1.9 0.8 0.9 -1.7 2.8 2.0 1.5 1.6 2.4 1.9 3.2

Information

-18 5 -1 -3 -7 -28 -18 11 -26 17 13 6 2

Financial activities

1 4 29 13 9 18 4 0 0 4 6 -1 1

Professional and business services(1)

8 18 30 49 7 -17 -1 -1 -5 10 13 40 9

Temporary help services

-25.3 -14.6 -18.3 -3.7 -28.3 -27.6 -18.9 -21.6 -22.6 -13.6 -21.3 -1.2 -15.4

Private education and health services(1)

62 62 79 91 77 109 93 81 77 110 84 107 85

Health care and social assistance

64.5 63.0 66.5 75.9 74.9 105.8 93.5 81.2 72.0 106.6 76.1 86.6 90.7

Leisure and hospitality

67 35 42 39 60 41 52 27 57 10 41 8 58

Other services

0 11 4 10 12 9 16 9 -1 10 0 8 9

Government

61 55 47 49 55 36 60 50 67 30 76 52 52

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

302 305 237 242 274 242 211 213 207 198 212 234 265

Total private

239 225 183 192 223 196 161 165 148 149 155 181 205

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 49.8 49.9 49.9 49.9

Total private women employees

48.3 48.3 48.3 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 81.4 81.3 81.3 81.3 81.3 81.3 81.3 81.3 81.4 81.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

34.5 34.4 34.3 34.4 34.4 34.3 34.4 34.4 34.3 34.4 34.4 34.2 34.3

Average hourly earnings

$33.15 $33.31 $33.44 $33.54 $33.70 $33.84 $33.91 $34.01 $34.10 $34.23 $34.34 $34.52 $34.57

Average weekly earnings

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

Index of aggregate weekly hours(3)

114.8 114.5 114.4 114.9 115.1 114.9 115.3 115.5 115.3 115.7 115.9 115.4 115.9

Over-the-month percent change

-0.1 -0.3 -0.1 0.4 0.2 -0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.4 0.4

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(4)

181.9 182.4 182.9 184.3 185.4 185.9 187.0 187.8 187.9 189.4 190.3 190.4 191.6

Over-the-month percent change

0.1 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.6

DIFFUSION INDEXES(5)

Total Private

Over 1-month span

57.4 60.2 60.4 58.8 57.2 58.0 61.0 60.4 56.6 52.4 63.0 61.8 62.6

Over 3-month span

66.8 64.0 61.8 65.0 64.2 60.6 58.6 61.8 62.8 58.8 62.6 62.8 66.8

Over 6-month span

72.0 70.0 66.2 67.8 67.4 65.2 64.4 63.6 63.2 59.6 61.2 64.2 65.2

Over 12-month span

81.2 79.4 74.6 73.2 70.6 69.6 70.0 69.8 65.4 66.4 69.4 66.8 67.4

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span

50.7 45.1 43.1 41.0 52.8 47.9 51.4 47.9 43.1 42.4 54.2 54.2 57.6

Over 3-month span

56.3 45.1 43.1 49.3 50.7 43.8 47.9 50.0 47.9 45.1 42.4 50.7 56.9

Over 6-month span

63.2 59.0 49.3 49.3 52.8 43.1 47.2 42.4 41.0 41.0 43.8 46.5 44.4

Over 12-month span

77.8 68.8 63.9 59.7 59.0 56.3 52.1 50.0 43.1 47.2 47.9 44.4 45.8

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: March 8, 2024