Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category Oct.
2017		 Aug.
2018		 Sept.
2018(p)		 Oct.
2018(p)

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

Total nonfarm

 271 286 118 250

Total private

 277 267 121 246

Goods-producing

 38 49 42 67

Mining and logging

 1 7 4 5

Construction

 17 31 20 30

Manufacturing

 20 11 18 32

Durable goods(1)

 10 11 14 21

Motor vehicles and parts

 -1.6 2.7 1.0 6.8

Nondurable goods

 10 0 4 11

Private service-providing

 239 218 79 179

Wholesale trade

 7.5 20.6 3.3 9.1

Retail trade

 6.5 9.1 -32.4 2.4

Transportation and warehousing

 13.7 23.1 20.8 24.8

Utilities

 0.0 0.9 0.1 1.2

Information

 0 -4 -4 7

Financial activities

 9 9 15 7

Professional and business services(1)

 60 54 46 35

Temporary help services

 19.8 10.8 7.6 3.3

Education and health services(1)

 15 67 26 44

Health care and social assistance

 35.7 52.5 34.9 46.7

Leisure and hospitality

 110 30 0 42

Other services

 17 8 4 7

Government

 -6 19 -3 4

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

 169 220 190 218

Total private

 167 199 175 211

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

Total nonfarm women employees

 49.5 49.7 49.7 49.7

Total private women employees

 48.1 48.3 48.3 48.3

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

 34.4 34.5 34.4 34.5

Average hourly earnings

 $26.47 $27.17 $27.25 $27.30

Average weekly earnings

 $910.57 $937.37 $937.40 $941.85

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3)

 107.8 110.0 109.7 110.3

Over-the-month percent change

 0.5 0.3 -0.3 0.5

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4)

 136.5 142.8 143.0 143.9

Over-the-month percent change

 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.6

DIFFUSION INDEX
(Over 1-month span)(5)

Total private (258 industries)

 63.2 64.5 60.7 65.7

Manufacturing (76 industries)

 63.8 56.6 65.1 62.5

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.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2017 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: November 02, 2018