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Category | Oct. 2022 |
Aug. 2023 |
Sept. 2023(p) |
Oct. 2023(p) |
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EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY |
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Total nonfarm |
324 | 165 | 297 | 150 |
Total private |
299 | 114 | 246 | 99 |
Goods-producing |
57 | 28 | 28 | -11 |
Mining and logging |
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Construction |
17 | 30 | 13 | 23 |
Manufacturing |
37 | -2 | 14 | -35 |
Durable goods(1) |
27 | 0 | 10 | -36 |
Motor vehicles and parts |
3.4 | -3.7 | 8.9 | -33.2 |
Nondurable goods |
10 | -2 | 4 | 1 |
Private service-providing |
242 | 86 | 218 | 110 |
Wholesale trade |
15.8 | 2.5 | 16.0 | 9.4 |
Retail trade |
-5.6 | -5.9 | 13.3 | 0.7 |
Transportation and warehousing |
19.9 | -26.9 | 12.5 | -12.1 |
Utilities |
1.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
Information |
3 | -22 | -4 | -9 |
Financial activities |
18 | 1 | 2 | -2 |
Professional and business services(1) |
36 | 8 | 17 | 15 |
Temporary help services |
10.2 | -10.1 | -8.9 | 6.6 |
Private education and health services(1) |
85 | 105 | 78 | 89 |
Health care and social assistance |
74.0 | 96.1 | 69.3 | 77.2 |
Leisure and hospitality |
61 | 8 | 74 | 19 |
Other services |
8 | 14 | 8 | -1 |
Government |
25 | 51 | 51 | 51 |
(3-month average change, in thousands) |
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Total nonfarm |
342 | 169 | 233 | 204 |
Total private |
316 | 115 | 168 | 153 |
WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES |
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Total nonfarm women employees |
49.8 | 49.8 | 49.8 | 49.9 |
Total private women employees |
48.4 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 48.4 |
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees |
81.4 | 81.4 | 81.3 | 81.3 |
HOURS AND EARNINGS |
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Total private |
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Average weekly hours |
34.6 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 34.3 |
Average hourly earnings |
$32.66 | $33.82 | $33.93 | $34.00 |
Average weekly earnings |
$1,130.04 | $1,163.41 | $1,167.19 | $1,166.20 |
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3) |
114.4 | 115.4 | 115.7 | 115.4 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4) |
178.7 | 186.7 | 187.6 | 187.6 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
DIFFUSION INDEX |
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Total private (250 industries) |
65.2 | 60.0 | 61.4 | 52.0 |
Manufacturing (72 industries) |
62.5 | 50.7 | 47.9 | 42.4 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. |