Figure 5. Over-the-month employment change in professional and business services, by major component industry, seasonally adjusted, January 2016–December 2018 (in thousands)
Period Professional and business services Professional and technical services Management of companies and enterprises Administrative and waste services

Jan 2016

-12 34.2 2.1 -48.4

Feb 2016

17 11.3 3.4 2.3

Mar 2016

29 11.4 0.8 17.2

Apr 2016

33 15.6 5.5 11.5

May 2016

4 19.5 -3.4 -12.4

Jun 2016

41 11.2 4.0 26.6

Jul 2016

49 20.6 8.2 19.8

Aug 2016

12 10.2 4.1 -2.2

Sep 2016

75 24.5 6.6 44.2

Oct 2016

11 9.7 3.4 -2.5

Nov 2016

35 4.0 5.0 25.5

Dec 2016

30 17.0 7.0 6.5

Jan 2017

50 21.1 6.0 23.2

Feb 2017

4 4.9 6.4 -8.0

Mar 2017

33 5.8 2.4 25.2

Apr 2017

30 29.1 2.7 -1.6

May 2017

51 10.7 4.4 36.1

Jun 2017

37 19.7 5.4 11.5

Jul 2017

46 19.8 4.8 21.3

Aug 2017

36 18.2 4.5 13.2

Sep 2017

13 12.4 2.7 -2.4

Oct 2017

41 11.2 6.6 23.9

Nov 2017

35 20.8 4.6 9.0

Dec 2017

31 12.8 6.0 12.3

Jan 2018

37 21.3 4.4 11.6

Feb 2018

44 21.8 5.0 17.6

Mar 2018

42 21.2 6.8 13.8

Apr 2018

62 23.0 9.8 29.4

May 2018

51 30.8 9.6 10.4

Jun 2018

51 26.6 8.2 16.0

Jul 2018

37 26.3 -2.3 12.9

Aug 2018

58 25.5 7.6 24.9

Sep 2018

53 16.2 4.6 32.2

Oct 2018

55 32.2 3.7 19.2

Nov 2018

34 29.8 0.7 3.7

Dec 2018

37 17.3 3.4 15.6

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.