Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

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

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

Total nonfarm

 221 208 147 201

Total private

 208 192 153 204

Goods-producing

 75 36 36 26

Mining and logging

 8 7 0 6

Construction

 28 8 18 23

Manufacturing

 39 21 18 -3

Durable goods(1)

 31 19 16 -4

Motor vehicles and parts

 23.1 4.8 -3.5 -4.9

Nondurable goods

 8 2 2 1

Private service-providing

 133 156 117 178

Wholesale trade

 3.6 12.7 10.8 22.4

Retail trade

 3.9 -41.8 4.1 -5.9

Transportation and warehousing

 12.4 15.0 6.6 20.2

Utilities

 -0.2 -0.4 -3.1 0.3

Information

 -1 -2 -1 -6

Financial activities

 15 12 2 11

Professional and business services(1)

 42 47 37 53

Temporary help services

 5.3 -6.5 10.9 10.0

Education and health services(1)

 48 67 41 53

Health care and social assistance

 15.8 29.4 35.4 40.7

Leisure and hospitality

 4 28 32 17

Other services

 5 18 -12 13

Government

 13 16 -6 -3

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

 217 217 208 185

Total private

 205 209 202 183

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 34.6 34.5 34.5

Average hourly earnings

 $26.39 $26.99 $27.06 $27.16

Average weekly earnings

 $907.82 $933.85 $933.57 $937.02

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

 107.6 109.9 109.7 109.9

Over-the-month percent change

 0.2 0.5 -0.2 0.2

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

 135.7 141.8 142.0 142.7

Over-the-month percent change

 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.5

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

Total private (258 industries)

 64.3 64.1 59.5 60.7

Manufacturing (76 industries)

 71.7 65.8 61.2 52.6

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: September 07, 2018