Federal Reserve Economic Data

Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Data)

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, Not seasonally adjusted

   

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    Jan 1939    
 
 
    Oct 2024
Thousands of Persons
Name Period Value Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
Total nonfarm
Oct 2024 160,007 159,181 157,878
Total private
Oct 2024 136,203 135,739 134,550
Goods-producing
Oct 2024 21,987 22,015 21,819
Mining and logging
Oct 2024 643 643 648
Logging
Oct 2024 39.1 39.5 46.1
Mining
Oct 2024 603.5 603.2 601.9
Oil and gas extraction
Oct 2024 120.1 119.7 118.4
Mining, except oil and gas
Oct 2024 190.7 191.5 188.0
Coal mining
Oct 2024 42.6 43.1 42.3
Support activities for mining
Oct 2024 292.7 292.0 295.5
Construction
Oct 2024 8,470 8,445 8,249
Construction of buildings
Oct 2024 1,908.4 1,896.8 1,851.1
Residential building
Oct 2024 970.1 961.7 944.8
Nonresidential building
Oct 2024 938.3 935.1 906.3
Heavy and civil engineering construction
Oct 2024 1,210.0 1,207.2 1,181.3
Specialty trade contractors
Oct 2024 5,352.0 5,340.8 5,217.0
Residential specialty trade contractors
Oct 2024 2,448.1 2,454.2 2,430.1
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
Oct 2024 2,903.9 2,886.6 2,786.9
Manufacturing
Oct 2024 12,874 12,927 12,922
Durable goods
Oct 2024 8,041 8,091 8,087
Wood products
Oct 2024 411.8 414.0 415.4
Nonmetallic mineral products
Oct 2024 434.0 428.8 426.3
Primary metals
Oct 2024 370.6 371.4 374.1
Fabricated metal products
Oct 2024 1,450.5 1,456.1 1,455.6
Machinery
Oct 2024 1,126.7 1,126.6 1,132.6
Computer and electronic products
Oct 2024 1,093.2 1,096.4 1,102.8
Computer and peripheral equipment
Oct 2024 160.3 159.9 161.9
Communication equipment
Oct 2024 84.8 84.3 87.3
Semiconductors and electronic components
Oct 2024 385.6 390.0 389.1
Electronic instruments
Oct 2024 431.5 431.1 433.6
Electrical equipment and appliances
Oct 2024 404.6 402.8 416.5
Transportation equipment
Oct 2024 1,793.0 1,840.7 1,788.0
Motor vehicles and parts
Oct 2024 1,055.4 1,066.0 1,027.3
Furniture and related products
Oct 2024 337.6 338.0 350.8
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing
Oct 2024 618.7 616.5 625.2
Nondurable goods
Oct 2024 4,833 4,836 4,835
Food manufacturing
Oct 2024 1,757.3 1,756.6 1,734.3
Textile mills
Oct 2024 89.0 89.6 89.8
Textile product mills
Oct 2024 95.1 94.0 96.3
Apparel
Oct 2024 83.2 83.4 88.3
Paper and paper products
Oct 2024 349.9 348.4 352.5
Printing and related support activities
Oct 2024 361.4 360.1 367.4
Petroleum and coal products
Oct 2024 108.3 109.3 109.3
Chemicals
Oct 2024 898.7 900.0 896.3
Plastics and rubber products
Oct 2024 716.2 718.6 731.3
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing
Oct 2024 373.5 376.1 369.6
Private service-providing
Oct 2024 114,216 113,724 112,731
Trade, transportation, and utilities
Oct 2024 29,157 28,945 28,973
Wholesale trade
Oct 2024 6,209.9 6,184.0 6,154.6
Durable goods
Oct 2024 3,463.7 3,446.6 3,415.3
Nondurable goods
Oct 2024 2,228.7 2,222.0 2,219.8
Electronic markets and agents and brokers
Oct 2024 517.5 515.4 519.5
Retail trade
Oct 2024 15,669.5 15,544.8 15,629.8
Motor vehicles and parts dealers
Oct 2024 2,081.7 2,078.9 2,066.7
Automobile dealers
Oct 2024 1,308.0 1,305.1 1,286.7
Furniture and home furnishings stores
Oct 2024 423.8 417.4 431.6
Electronics and appliance stores
Oct 2024 397.3 396.4 407.6
Building material and garden supply stores
Oct 2024 1,351.9 1,355.9 1,374.7
Food and beverage stores
Oct 2024 3,264.2 3,242.5 3,241.4
Health and personal care stores
Oct 2024 1,094.3 1,081.0 1,101.0
Gasoline stations
Oct 2024 1,075.4 1,080.9 1,067.4
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
Oct 2024 1,125.3 1,101.3 1,144.5
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
Oct 2024 1,548.3 1,530.4 1,541.3
General merchandise stores
Oct 2024 3,307.3 3,260.1 3,253.6
Department stores
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Miscellaneous store retailers
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Nonstore retailers
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Transportation and warehousing
Oct 2024 6,685.4 6,624.1 6,607.8
Air transportation
Oct 2024 574.5 575.5 563.7
Rail transportation
Oct 2024 149.9 149.9 152.7
Water transportation
Oct 2024 75.5 75.9 72.6
Truck transportation
Oct 2024 1,562.1 1,561.3 1,565.0
Transit and ground passenger transportation
Oct 2024 469.8 464.4 447.0
Pipeline transportation
Oct 2024 54.2 54.5 51.8
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
Oct 2024 35.1 39.4 31.6
Support activities for transportation
Oct 2024 857.6 854.1 828.9
Couriers and messengers
Oct 2024 1,112.9 1,079.3 1,085.0
Warehousing and storage
Oct 2024 1,793.8 1,769.8 1,809.5
Utilities
Oct 2024 591.7 592.2 580.5
Information
Oct 2024 2,999 2,991 2,989
Publishing industries, except Internet
Oct 2024 925.3 929.0 933.7
Motion picture and sound recording industries
Oct 2024 452.1 438.8 405.2
Broadcasting, except Internet
Oct 2024 332.2 337.1 344.8
Telecommunications
Oct 2024 617.7 617.7 637.7
Data processing, hosting and related services
Oct 2024 495.4 493.7 490.9
Other information services
Oct 2024 176.5 175.1 177.1
Financial activities
Oct 2024 9,275 9,259 9,244
Finance and insurance
Oct 2024 6,753.2 6,743.9 6,743.2
Monetary authorities - central bank
Oct 2024 23.1 23.2 22.5
Credit intermediation and related activities
Oct 2024 2,571.5 2,570.3 2,609.9
Depository credit intermediation
Oct 2024 1,768.4 1,766.4 1,785.1
Commercial banking
Oct 2024 1,355.5 1,355.5 1,377.6
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts
Oct 2024 1,126.1 1,122.2 1,114.8
Insurance carriers and related activities
Oct 2024 3,032.5 3,028.2 2,996.0
Real estate and rental and leasing
Oct 2024 2,521.3 2,514.8 2,500.3
Real estate
Oct 2024 1,906.6 1,891.9 1,878.5
Rental and leasing services
Oct 2024 590.6 599.1 598.5
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
Oct 2024 24.1 23.8 23.3
Professional and business services
Oct 2024 23,084 23,009 23,116
Professional and technical services
Oct 2024 11,040.9 10,942.0 10,908.2
Legal services
Oct 2024 1,188.4 1,172.2 1,190.6
Accounting and bookkeeping services
Oct 2024 1,130.6 1,120.0 1,112.2
Architectural and engineering services
Oct 2024 1,720.1 1,711.2 1,680.9
Computer systems design and related services
Oct 2024 2,553.9 2,529.1 2,522.6
Management and technical consulting services
Oct 2024 1,924.9 1,895.7 1,902.1
Management of companies and enterprises
Oct 2024 2,569.1 2,561.3 2,562.8
Administrative and waste services
Oct 2024 9,474.2 9,506.1 9,644.9
Administrative and support services
Oct 2024 8,950.1 8,980.3 9,138.8
Employment services
Oct 2024 3,500.0 3,517.3 3,716.3
Temporary help services
Oct 2024 2,712.4 2,729.7 2,935.4
Business support services
Oct 2024 691.1 690.8 737.5
Services to buildings and dwellings
Oct 2024 2,359.2 2,380.2 2,321.8
Waste management and remediation services
Oct 2024 524.1 525.8 506.1
Education and health services
Oct 2024 26,830 26,535 25,848
Educational services
Oct 2024 4,049.0 3,884.0 3,976.5
Health care and social assistance
Oct 2024 22,781.3 22,651.2 21,871.0
Health care
Oct 2024 17,896.4 17,791.0 17,207.5
Ambulatory health care services
Oct 2024 8,956.4 8,875.1 8,592.9
Offices of physicians
Oct 2024 3,061.2 3,036.7 2,970.6
Outpatient care centers
Oct 2024 1,097.5 1,095.1 1,070.3
Home health care services
Oct 2024 1,824.4 1,803.7 1,670.1
Hospitals
Oct 2024 5,621.9 5,607.7 5,413.1
Nursing and residential care facilities
Oct 2024 3,318.1 3,308.2 3,201.5
Nursing care facilities
Oct 2024 1,481.1 1,480.1 1,440.9
Social assistance
Oct 2024 4,884.9 4,860.2 4,663.5
Child day care services
Oct 2024 1,069.1 1,060.8 1,053.7
Leisure and hospitality
Oct 2024 16,945 17,072 16,704
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
Oct 2024 2,614.0 2,692.4 2,546.7
Performing arts and spectator sports
Oct 2024 657.0 663.7 624.2
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
Oct 2024 179.3 179.5 176.6
Amusements, gambling, and recreation
Oct 2024 1,777.7 1,849.2 1,745.9
Accommodation and food services
Oct 2024 14,330.9 14,379.2 14,157.0
Accommodation
Oct 2024 1,926.2 1,960.3 1,899.7
Food services and drinking places
Oct 2024 12,404.7 12,418.9 12,257.3
Other services
Oct 2024 5,926 5,913 5,857
Repair and maintenance
Oct 2024 1,483.2 1,475.4 1,473.6
Personal and laundry services
Oct 2024 1,570.7 1,567.4 1,552.7
Membership associations and organizations
Oct 2024 2,872.2 2,870.6 2,830.5
Government
Oct 2024 23,804 23,442 23,328
Federal
Oct 2024 3,007 3,004 2,956
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
Oct 2024 2,403.7 2,402.1 2,351.5
U.S. Postal Service
Oct 2024 603.0 601.6 604.4
State government
Oct 2024 5,671 5,562 5,542
State government education
Oct 2024 2,827.9 2,719.3 2,785.9
State government, excluding education
Oct 2024 2,843.2 2,842.8 2,755.9
Local government
Oct 2024 15,126 14,876 14,830
Local government education
Oct 2024 8,351.0 8,086.7 8,234.6
Local government, excluding education
Oct 2024 6,775.3 6,789.6 6,595.8
   

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