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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)
Bureau of Labor Statistics > Current Employment Statistics > Data > Employment and Earnings Tables

August 2019 ‐ Summary table B. Employment, hours, and earnings, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
CategoryAug.
2018
Sept.
2018
Oct.
2018
Nov.
2018
Dec.
2018
Jan.
2019
Feb.
2019
Mar.
2019
Apr.
2019
May
2019
June
2019
July
2019(p)
Aug.
2019(p)

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

Total nonfarm

2821082771962273125615321662178159130

Total private

246108285200224297461531958116113196

Goods-producing

503860294080-191337527-212

Mining and logging

836-347-4102-2-4-5

Construction

34172551656-231534119-214

Manufacturing

818292720178-3321043

Durable goods(1)

1214191614195-613920

Motor vehicles and parts

2.32.87.1-1.91.2-1.11.5-6.6-2.52.0-2.0-1.50.1

Nondurable goods

-4410116-2332-1123

Private service-providing

19670225171184217651401587613413384

Wholesale trade

19.42.06.711.312.57.812.50.18.15.4-1.17.32.9

Retail trade

5.9-26.0-9.932.5-5.99.3-13.7-14.8-14.8-12.2-12.0-5.1-11.1

Transportation and warehousing

23.823.224.323.6-1.130.2-6.3-3.38.43.420.2-0.3-0.5

Utilities

0.60.11.40.3-0.20.3-1.31.1-2.41.11.2-0.5-1.4

Information

-6-410-3-2-12-74-691300

Financial activities

11141431651114532015

Professional and business services(1)

5853553437554195521433637

Temporary help services

12.913.714.31.313.5-26.37.0-10.54.3-2.0-2.9-7.915.4

Education and health services(1)

60253729676819727134487132

Health care and social assistance

48.337.746.736.652.941.735.867.357.528.239.947.036.8

Leisure and hospitality

17-2479396593-1329124-312

Other services

677111941916-3157-1

Government

360-8-431510021-19172834

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

241189222194233245198174142144152133156

Total private

218176213198236240189165131143146124129

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND
NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES(2)
AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES

Total nonfarm women employees

49.749.749.749.749.749.749.849.849.849.949.849.949.9

Total private women employees

48.348.348.348.348.348.348.448.448.448.548.548.548.5

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

82.482.482.482.482.482.482.482.482.382.482.382.382.3

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

34.534.534.534.434.534.534.434.534.434.434.434.334.4

Average hourly earnings

$27.23$27.30$27.35$27.43$27.53$27.56$27.66$27.71$27.75$27.82$27.91$28.00$28.11

Average weekly earnings

$939.44$941.85$943.58$943.59$949.79$950.82$951.50$956.00$954.60$957.01$960.10$960.40$966.98

Index of aggregate weekly hours(3)

110.0110.0110.3110.1110.7110.9110.6111.1110.9111.0111.1110.9111.3

Over-the-month percent change

0.30.00.3-0.20.50.2-0.30.5-0.20.10.1-0.20.4

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(4)

143.1143.6144.2144.4145.6146.1146.3147.1147.2147.6148.3148.5149.6

Over-the-month percent change

0.60.30.40.10.80.30.10.50.10.30.50.10.7

DIFFUSION INDEXES(5)

Total Private

Over 1-month span

66.161.867.461.665.959.158.158.158.954.859.957.853.5

Over 3-month span

69.868.066.969.470.968.067.463.058.160.361.459.960.5

Over 6-month span

73.676.976.776.474.674.071.770.967.268.461.460.359.9

Over 12-month span

74.876.476.278.777.177.776.474.075.672.571.170.068.8

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span

60.563.259.965.865.157.952.653.952.050.059.953.951.3

Over 3-month span

69.765.865.871.768.467.861.253.954.650.059.954.657.9

Over 6-month span

69.174.374.374.375.773.071.164.562.562.557.955.951.3

Over 12-month span

76.376.374.380.379.676.379.674.375.770.469.769.769.7

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 2018 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

 

Last Modified Date: September 6, 2019