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

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

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

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

Total nonfarm

1962273125615321662178166219193156266

Total private

2002242974615319581161122163183163254

Goods-producing

294080-191337527-4411-2548

Mining and logging

-347-4102-2-5-504-7

Construction

51656-231534119-379141

Manufacturing

2720178-33210422-4354

Durable goods(1)

1614195-61392-2-1-5044

Motor vehicles and parts

-1.91.2-1.11.5-6.6-2.52.0-2.0-2.4-2.60.6-42.841.3

Nondurable goods

116-2332-11243710

Private service-providing

1711842176514015876134126159172188206

Wholesale trade

11.312.57.812.50.18.15.4-1.15.22.45.010.0-4.3

Retail trade

32.5-5.99.3-13.7-14.8-14.8-12.2-12.0-2.0-1.312.022.02.0

Transportation and warehousing

23.6-1.130.2-6.3-3.38.43.420.2-0.7-7.68.56.115.5

Utilities

0.3-0.20.3-1.31.1-2.41.11.2-0.8-0.9-1.3-1.60.5

Information

-3-2-12-74-6913-2-46-613

Financial activities

3165111453191761613

Professional and business services(1)

3437554195521433738274338

Temporary help services

1.313.5-26.37.0-10.54.3-2.0-2.9-10.59.59.93.84.8

Education and health services(1)

29676819727134487663573074

Health care and social assistance

36.652.941.735.867.357.528.239.946.954.849.033.160.2

Leisure and hospitality

396593-1329124-1348567045

Other services

111941916-31575-5-19

Government

-431510021-1917445610-712

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

194233245198174142144152135188193189205

Total private

198236240189165131143146121149156170200

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

Total nonfarm women employees

49.749.749.749.849.849.849.949.849.949.949.950.050.0

Total private women employees

48.348.348.348.448.448.448.548.548.548.548.648.648.6

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

82.482.482.482.482.482.382.482.382.382.382.382.382.2

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

34.434.534.534.434.534.434.434.434.334.434.434.434.4

Average hourly earnings

$27.43$27.53$27.56$27.66$27.71$27.75$27.82$27.91$27.99$28.11$28.12$28.22$28.29

Average weekly earnings

$943.59$949.79$950.82$951.50$956.00$954.60$957.01$960.10$960.06$966.98$967.33$970.77$973.18

Index of aggregate weekly hours(3)

110.1110.7110.9110.6111.1110.9111.0111.1110.9111.4111.5111.7111.9

Over-the-month percent change

-0.20.50.2-0.30.5-0.20.10.1-0.20.50.10.20.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(4)

144.4145.6146.1146.3147.1147.2147.6148.3148.4149.7149.9150.7151.3

Over-the-month percent change

0.10.80.30.10.50.10.30.50.10.90.10.50.4

DIFFUSION INDEXES(5)

Total Private

Over 1-month span

61.665.959.158.158.158.954.859.958.155.856.652.761.6

Over 3-month span

69.470.968.067.463.058.160.361.460.762.659.160.163.8

Over 6-month span

76.474.674.071.770.967.268.461.460.163.661.661.863.8

Over 12-month span

78.777.177.776.474.075.672.571.169.868.667.266.966.1

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span

65.865.157.952.653.952.050.059.952.648.743.436.254.6

Over 3-month span

71.768.467.861.253.954.650.059.955.359.247.444.152.0

Over 6-month span

74.375.773.071.164.562.562.557.954.655.954.644.753.3

Over 12-month span

80.379.676.379.674.375.770.469.768.469.765.159.255.9

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: December 6, 2019