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Category | Mar. 2023 |
Jan. 2024 |
Feb. 2024(p) |
Mar. 2024(p) |
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EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY |
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Total nonfarm |
146 | 256 | 270 | 303 |
Total private |
91 | 196 | 207 | 232 |
Goods-producing |
-12 | 30 | 17 | 42 |
Mining and logging |
2 | -2 | 1 | 3 |
Construction |
-6 | 26 | 26 | 39 |
Manufacturing |
-8 | 6 | -10 | 0 |
Durable goods(1) |
-1 | -4 | -3 | 4 |
Motor vehicles and parts |
-1.1 | 2.2 | -1.9 | 6.5 |
Nondurable goods |
-7 | 10 | -7 | -4 |
Private service-providing |
103 | 166 | 190 | 190 |
Wholesale trade |
9.2 | -6.7 | -2.9 | 8.5 |
Retail trade |
-27.2 | 16.6 | 23.0 | 17.6 |
Transportation and warehousing |
-16.1 | -3.8 | 22.5 | 1.2 |
Utilities |
2.5 | 1.5 | 3.1 | -0.4 |
Information |
5 | 8 | -3 | 0 |
Financial activities |
4 | -4 | -6 | 3 |
Professional and business services(1) |
18 | 48 | 17 | 7 |
Temporary help services |
-14.6 | 7.5 | -11.9 | -1.3 |
Private education and health services(1) |
62 | 100 | 82 | 88 |
Health care and social assistance |
63.0 | 73.0 | 85.4 | 81.3 |
Leisure and hospitality |
35 | -3 | 43 | 49 |
Other services |
11 | 10 | 11 | 16 |
Government |
55 | 60 | 63 | 71 |
(3-month average change, in thousands) |
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Total nonfarm |
305 | 243 | 272 | 276 |
Total private |
225 | 187 | 206 | 212 |
WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES |
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Total nonfarm women employees |
49.8 | 49.9 | 49.9 | 49.9 |
Total private women employees |
48.3 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 48.4 |
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees |
81.4 | 81.4 | 81.4 | 81.4 |
HOURS AND EARNINGS |
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Total private |
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Average weekly hours |
34.4 | 34.2 | 34.3 | 34.4 |
Average hourly earnings |
$33.31 | $34.51 | $34.57 | $34.69 |
Average weekly earnings |
$1,145.86 | $1,180.24 | $1,185.75 | $1,193.34 |
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3) |
114.5 | 115.4 | 115.9 | 116.5 |
Over-the-month percent change |
-0.3 | -0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4) |
182.4 | 190.4 | 191.6 | 193.2 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
DIFFUSION INDEX |
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Total private (250 industries) |
60.2 | 62.2 | 58.6 | 59.4 |
Manufacturing (72 industries) |
45.1 | 53.5 | 48.6 | 43.1 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2023 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. |