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Category | Jan. 2020 |
Nov. 2020 |
Dec. 2020(p) |
Jan. 2021(p) |
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EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY |
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Total nonfarm |
315 | 264 | -227 | 49 |
Total private |
255 | 359 | -204 | 6 |
Goods-producing |
36 | 68 | 76 | -4 |
Mining and logging |
-5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Construction |
58 | 24 | 42 | -3 |
Manufacturing |
-17 | 41 | 31 | -10 |
Durable goods(1) |
-14 | 30 | 18 | -17 |
Motor vehicles and parts |
-9.9 | 17.7 | 3.6 | -5.3 |
Nondurable goods |
-3 | 11 | 13 | 7 |
Private service-providing |
219 | 291 | -280 | 10 |
Wholesale trade |
2.0 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 14.3 |
Retail trade |
-13.9 | -2.1 | 134.9 | -37.8 |
Transportation and warehousing |
37.1 | 123.6 | -24.1 | -27.8 |
Utilities |
-1.0 | -0.6 | -1.0 | 0.6 |
Information |
13 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
Financial activities |
17 | 10 | 18 | 8 |
Professional and business services(1) |
27 | 95 | 156 | 97 |
Temporary help services |
-2.7 | 39.0 | 64.3 | 80.9 |
Education and health services(1) |
80 | 43 | -31 | -7 |
Health care and social assistance |
51.8 | 48.4 | 39.1 | -40.8 |
Leisure and hospitality |
47 | 10 | -536 | -61 |
Other services |
11 | -3 | -18 | 7 |
Government |
60 | -95 | -23 | 43 |
(3-month average change, in thousands) |
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Total nonfarm |
237 | 553 | 239 | 29 |
Total private |
204 | 748 | 370 | 54 |
WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES |
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Total nonfarm women employees |
50.0 | 49.8 | 49.7 | 49.8 |
Total private women employees |
48.7 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 48.4 |
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees |
82.2 | 81.5 | 81.5 | 81.4 |
HOURS AND EARNINGS |
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Total private |
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Average weekly hours |
34.3 | 34.8 | 34.7 | 35.0 |
Average hourly earnings |
$28.43 | $29.61 | $29.90 | $29.96 |
Average weekly earnings |
$975.15 | $1,030.43 | $1,037.53 | $1,048.60 |
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3) |
111.5 | 106.0 | 105.5 | 106.4 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.3 | 0.3 | -0.5 | 0.9 |
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4) |
151.5 | 150.0 | 150.8 | 152.4 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
DIFFUSION INDEX |
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Total private (257 industries) |
58.2 | 64.4 | 61.9 | 48.1 |
Manufacturing (75 industries) |
40.0 | 59.3 | 69.3 | 43.3 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2020 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. |