Employment and Earnings Summary Table B

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category	Apr. 2023	May 2023	June 2023	July 2023	Aug. 2023	Sept. 2023	Oct. 2023	Nov. 2023	Dec. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024(p)	Apr. 2024(p)
EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	278	303	240	184	210	246	165	182	290	256	236	315	175
Total private	231	254	185	148	150	196	98	152	214	196	181	243	167
Goods-producing	33	14	42	7	33	27	-10	36	33	30	15	39	14
Mining and logging	4	3	0	2	0	1	-1	-4	3	-2	0	3	-3
Construction	20	16	33	11	31	13	22	15	18	26	24	40	9
Manufacturing	9	-5	9	-6	2	13	-31	25	12	6	-9	-4	8
Durable goods(1)	10	1	19	9	3	9	-33	37	19	-4	-3	2	1
Motor vehicles and parts	9.0	5.7	4.4	2.9	-4.3	10.1	-27.5	33.2	4.6	2.2	-3.1	3.8	-2.1
Nondurable goods	-1	-6	-10	-15	-1	4	2	-12	-7	10	-6	-6	7
Private service-providing	198	240	143	141	117	169	108	116	181	166	166	204	153
Wholesale trade	-1.0	7.2	1.4	16.3	1.5	11.7	11.9	6.9	7.4	-6.7	-3.6	10.4	10.1
Retail trade	6.4	13.3	-5.5	5.6	-5.6	18.2	1.3	-42.9	32.3	16.6	23.4	15.1	20.1
Transportation and warehousing	7.2	19.9	-12.1	-10.7	-27.5	9.2	-8.5	-10.5	-18.3	-3.8	31.3	5.9	21.8
Utilities	1.9	0.8	0.9	-1.7	2.8	2.0	1.5	1.6	2.4	1.5	3.0	-0.9	0.0
Information	-1	-3	-7	-28	-18	11	-26	17	13	8	-3	4	-8
Financial activities	29	13	9	18	4	0	0	4	6	-4	-7	5	6
Professional and business services(1)	30	49	7	-17	-1	-1	-5	10	13	48	6	10	-4
Temporary help services	-18.3	-3.7	-28.3	-27.6	-18.9	-21.6	-22.6	-13.6	-21.3	7.5	-16.2	-2.7	-16.4
Private education and health services(1)	79	91	77	109	93	81	77	110	84	100	80	88	95
Health care and social assistance	66.5	75.9	74.9	105.8	93.5	81.2	72.0	106.6	76.1	73.0	88.9	86.9	87.0
Leisure and hospitality	42	39	60	41	52	27	57	10	41	-3	26	53	5
Other services	4	10	12	9	16	9	-1	10	0	10	10	13	7
Government	47	49	55	36	60	50	67	30	76	60	55	72	8

(3-month average change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	237	242	274	242	211	213	207	198	212	243	261	269	242
Total private	183	192	223	196	161	165	148	149	155	187	197	207	197

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	49.9	49.9	49.9	49.9	49.9
Total private women employees	48.3	48.4	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	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.3	81.4	81.4	81.4	81.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS ALL EMPLOYEES
Total private
Average weekly hours	34.3	34.4	34.4	34.3	34.4	34.4	34.3	34.4	34.4	34.2	34.3	34.4	34.3
Average hourly earnings	$33.44	$33.54	$33.70	$33.84	$33.91	$34.01	$34.10	$34.23	$34.34	$34.51	$34.56	$34.68	$34.75
Average weekly earnings	$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	$1,185.41	$1,192.99	$1,191.93
Index of aggregate weekly hours(3)	114.4	114.9	115.1	114.9	115.3	115.5	115.3	115.7	115.9	115.4	115.9	116.4	116.3
Over-the-month percent change	-0.1	0.4	0.2	-0.2	0.3	0.2	-0.2	0.3	0.2	-0.4	0.4	0.4	-0.1
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(4)	182.9	184.3	185.4	185.9	187.0	187.8	187.9	189.4	190.3	190.4	191.5	193.1	193.1
Over-the-month percent change	0.3	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.0

DIFFUSION INDEXES(5)
Total Private
Over 1-month span	60.4	58.8	57.2	58.0	61.0	60.4	56.6	52.4	63.0	62.2	54.0	59.6	60.4
Over 3-month span	61.8	65.0	64.2	60.6	58.6	61.8	62.8	58.8	62.6	63.0	63.0	62.2	62.2
Over 6-month span	66.2	67.8	67.4	65.2	64.4	63.6	63.2	59.6	61.2	64.8	63.8	61.4	65.8
Over 12-month span	74.6	73.2	70.6	69.6	70.0	69.8	65.4	66.4	69.4	66.6	66.4	65.8	66.8
Manufacturing
Over 1-month span	43.1	41.0	52.8	47.9	51.4	47.9	43.1	42.4	54.2	53.5	47.2	38.2	54.2
Over 3-month span	43.1	49.3	50.7	43.8	47.9	50.0	47.9	45.1	42.4	51.4	49.3	41.0	47.2
Over 6-month span	49.3	49.3	52.8	43.1	47.2	42.4	41.0	41.0	43.8	47.9	46.5	38.9	47.9
Over 12-month span	63.9	59.7	59.0	56.3	52.1	50.0	43.1	47.2	47.9	45.1	47.2	41.7	48.6
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. 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: May 3, 2024