Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category June
2017		 Apr.
2018		 May
2018(p)		 June
2018(p)

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

Total nonfarm

 239 175 244 213

Total private

 220 174 239 202

Goods-producing

 35 52 51 53

Mining and logging

 5 8 3 4

Construction

 16 16 29 13

Manufacturing

 14 28 19 36

Durable goods(1)

 14 22 13 32

Motor vehicles and parts

 1.6 1.2 -8.0 12.0

Nondurable goods

 0 6 6 4

Private service-providing

 185 122 188 149

Wholesale trade

 11.1 -9.8 5.7 2.9

Retail trade

 3.4 -2.4 25.1 -21.6

Transportation and warehousing

 7.2 2.4 17.6 15.4

Utilities

 0.7 1.3 -1.4 -0.3

Information

 2 3 0 0

Financial activities

 15 3 17 8

Professional and business services(1)

 40 59 43 50

Temporary help services

 13.2 17.8 -4.7 9.3

Education and health services(1)

 56 38 40 54

Health care and social assistance

 53.5 32.3 34.9 34.7

Leisure and hospitality

 35 14 28 25

Other services

 14 14 13 16

Government

 19 1 5 11

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

 190 218 191 211

Total private

 186 216 189 205

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

Total nonfarm women employees

 49.5 49.6 49.6 49.7

Total private women employees

 48.1 48.2 48.2 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 34.5 34.5

Average hourly earnings

 $26.26 $26.86 $26.93 $26.98

Average weekly earnings

 $903.34 $926.67 $929.09 $930.81

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

 107.3 109.2 109.4 109.6

Over-the-month percent change

 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

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

 134.6 140.2 140.9 141.4

Over-the-month percent change

 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4

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

Total private (258 industries)

 65.3 62.4 69.8 65.5

Manufacturing (76 industries)

 59.2 62.5 66.4 65.8

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: July 06, 2018