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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)
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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program produces detailed industry estimates of nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings of workers on payrolls. CES National Estimates produces data for the nation, and CES State and Metro Area produces estimates for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions.
Each month, CES surveys approximately 131,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 670,000 individual worksites.
Notices
- CES Benchmark Announcement — Revisions to total nonfarm employment Read More »
- Notice of Publication Changes with the Release of Data on February 4, 2022 Read More »
- The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the Employment Situation Read More »
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Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, April 2022, seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Industry
1-month net change
1-month 90-percent confidence interval
3-month net change
3-month 90-percent confidence interval
6-month net change
6-month 90-percent confidence interval
12-month net change
12-month 90-percent confidence interval
Total nonfarm
428
116.1
1,570
187.3
3,309
259.9
6,620
339.9
Total private
406
109.7
1,534
177.1
3,214
243.8
6,341
317.1
Goods-producing
66
34.1
247
51.7
471
72.5
783
107.6
Service providing
362
110.0
1,323
180.0
2,838
248.7
5,837
322.6
Mining and logging
9
5.0
23
10.2
35
17.5
59
27.4
Construction
2
22.4
76
36.4
173
52.0
235
71.4
Manufacturing
55
23.2
148
34.4
263
46.9
489
75.7
Wholesale trade
22.2
14.8
73.4
35.5
119.4
45.7
188.6
56.7
Retail trade
29.2
22.1
165.0
35.3
344.5
60.7
542.7
78.6
Transportation and warehousing
52.0
15.4
135.3
24.4
248.2
39.3
470.6
54.8
Utilities
0.3
2.2
0.4
4.8
-0.4
8.3
-4.1
10.5
Information
12
19.4
33
57.7
65
87.1
163
105.8
Financial activities
35
15.3
76
24.1
124
39.8
194
57.8
Professional and business services
41
47.6
222
75.2
512
98.7
1,188
137.3
Education and health services
59
46.5
217
66.8
384
79.3
607
110.8
Leisure and hospitality
78
55.1
302
88.6
817
127.7
1,914
160.3
Other services
11
22.9
63
33.6
129
47.9
294
61.0
Government
22
38.2
36
60.8
95
90.1
279
122.3
Note: Significant changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level. The variance for total nonfarm is an approximation because government and rail transportation are not based on a probability sample
News Releases
Payroll employment increases by 428,000 in April; unemployment rate unchanged at 3.6%
05/06/2022
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 428,000 in April, and the
unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.6 percent. Job growth was widespread,
led by gains in leisure and hospitality, in manufacturing, and in
transportation and warehousing.
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Commissioner's Statement
Real average hourly earnings for all employees decrease 0.1% in April
05/11/2022
Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.1 percent in April, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.3 percent, and CPI-U increased 0.3 percent. Real average weekly earnings did not change.
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Next Release
The Employment Situation for
May 2022
is scheduled to be released on
June 3, 2022,
at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
Real Earnings for
May 2022
is scheduled to be released on
June 10, 2022,
at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
read more »
Publications
The Economics Daily
Real average hourly earnings down 0.8 percent from February to March 2022
Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.8 percent from February to March 2022. This result stems from an increase of 0.4 percent in average hourly earnings combined with an increase of 1.2 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. read more »
Beyond the Numbers
How did the 2020 census affect employment?
Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a full count of the entire population of the United States, as mandated by the U.S. Constitution. To achieve this mission, the Census Bureau hires hundreds of thousands of temporary workers. These workers are reflected in the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey employment estimates. read more »
Monthly Labor Review
Employment in rail transportation heads downhill between November 2018 and December 2020
This article provides an analysis of the recent employment declines in the rail transportation industry. read more »
Latest Numbers
Change in Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment:
+428,000(p) in Apr 2022
Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
+$0.10(p) in Apr 2022
Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
unchanged in Apr 2022
Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees:
+0.4%(p) in Apr 2022
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
-0.2(p) in Apr 2022
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees:
unchanged in Apr 2022
Change in Total Private Real Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
-$0.01(p) in Apr 2022
Historical Data
News Release
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