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Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail
 [In thousands]
Industry Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Mar.
2023		 Jan.
2024		 Feb.
2024(p)		 Mar.
2024(p)		 Mar.
2023		 Jan.
2024		 Feb.
2024(p)		 Mar.
2024(p)		 Change from:
Feb.2024 - Mar.2024(p)

Total nonfarm

 154,253 155,432 156,559 157,218 155,206 157,560 157,830 158,133 303

Total private

 131,367 132,430 133,112 133,647 132,600 134,424 134,631 134,863 232

Goods-producing

 21,218 21,313 21,401 21,527 21,508 21,753 21,770 21,812 42

Mining and logging

 628 628 632 639 635 641 642 645 3

Logging

 43.9 41.8 41.8 41.6 44.8 41.9 41.9 42.4 0.5

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 584.1 586.6 590.0 597.8 589.9 598.8 600.3 602.9 2.6

Oil and gas extraction

 115.5 118.8 118.2 118.7 116.2 119.6 119.2 119.5 0.3

Mining (except oil and gas)

 183.3 183.7 184.4 186.0 187.1 189.1 189.2 189.5 0.3

Coal mining

 42.7 42.7 42.9 42.9 42.7 42.8 42.9 42.8 -0.1

Metal ore mining

 43.3 43.3 43.4 42.8 43.4 43.5 43.4 43.0 -0.4

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

 97.3 97.7 98.1 100.3 101.0 102.8 103.0 103.7 0.7

Support activities for mining

 285.3 284.1 287.4 293.1 286.6 290.1 291.9 293.9 2.0

Construction

 7,701 7,804 7,860 7,976 7,941 8,146 8,172 8,211 39

Construction of buildings

 1,762.1 1,800.4 1,808.9 1,823.3 1,796.2 1,843.1 1,848.2 1,856.0 7.8

Residential building construction

 907.5 911.6 914.9 923.8 925.5 935.1 935.6 941.1 5.5

Nonresidential building construction

 854.6 888.8 894.0 899.5 870.7 908.0 912.6 914.9 2.3

Heavy and civil engineering construction

 1,043.8 1,032.4 1,056.3 1,088.0 1,108.8 1,135.1 1,144.7 1,150.7 6.0

Specialty trade contractors

 4,894.6 4,971.4 4,995.0 5,064.4 5,035.8 5,167.9 5,179.4 5,204.6 25.2

Residential specialty trade contractors

 2,277.9 2,305.2 2,316.1 2,339.1 2,344.4 2,398.3 2,398.7 2,407.6 8.9

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

 2,616.7 2,666.2 2,678.9 2,725.3 2,691.4 2,769.6 2,780.7 2,797.0 16.3

Manufacturing

 12,889 12,881 12,909 12,912 12,932 12,966 12,956 12,956 0

Durable goods

 8,054 8,104 8,120 8,124 8,074 8,144 8,141 8,145 4

Wood product manufacturing

 419.6 411.5 413.0 414.4 420.6 414.2 415.2 415.6 0.4

Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

 414.5 412.0 411.3 414.1 420.9 421.5 420.1 420.8 0.7

Primary metal manufacturing

 373.7 370.1 370.1 369.2 373.5 371.6 370.5 369.3 -1.2

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

 1,444.4 1,462.7 1,470.4 1,468.9 1,445.9 1,467.9 1,472.0 1,471.3 -0.7

Machinery manufacturing

 1,129.3 1,136.3 1,135.4 1,131.4 1,131.9 1,138.3 1,136.4 1,133.9 -2.5

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

 1,102.4 1,104.3 1,103.4 1,101.2 1,106.2 1,108.8 1,106.5 1,104.8 -1.7

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

 162.7 162.9 161.2 159.7 163.8 162.7 161.6 160.8 -0.8

Communications equipment manufacturing

 85.1 86.1 86.2 85.7 85.0 86.5 86.4 85.7 -0.7

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

 395.6 391.9 391.5 391.4 396.5 393.9 392.8 392.1 -0.7

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

 428.4 433.1 434.1 433.9 429.9 434.9 434.8 435.3 0.5

Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media and audio and video equipment manufacturing

 30.6 30.3 30.4 30.5 31.1 30.8 30.8 30.9 0.1

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing

 414.6 410.2 412.5 410.9 415.1 411.4 413.8 411.7 -2.1

Transportation equipment manufacturing(1)

 1,764.5 1,829.7 1,831.8 1,841.4 1,766.2 1,836.1 1,832.0 1,843.4 11.4

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

 1,025.4 1,060.6 1,062.0 1,070.5 1,025.0 1,065.3 1,063.4 1,069.9 6.5

Furniture and related product manufacturing

 363.5 345.3 346.7 345.6 363.6 347.2 347.1 345.8 -1.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing

 627.5 622.2 625.4 626.6 629.6 626.8 627.6 628.7 1.1

Nondurable goods

 4,835 4,777 4,789 4,788 4,858 4,822 4,815 4,811 -4

Food manufacturing

 1,718.7 1,719.2 1,725.4 1,721.1 1,728.2 1,731.5 1,730.9 1,730.7 -0.2

Textile mills

 91.9 88.3 89.1 89.1 92.3 89.3 89.9 89.3 -0.6

Textile product mills

 101.6 95.8 95.5 94.5 101.1 95.6 95.4 94.2 -1.2

Apparel manufacturing

 90.7 86.2 85.7 83.2 91.0 86.9 86.0 83.9 -2.1

Paper manufacturing

 362.4 350.4 350.6 351.8 361.5 351.0 350.3 350.7 0.4

Printing and related support activities

 374.6 364.0 363.3 364.7 376.0 367.2 365.7 365.8 0.1

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing

 105.0 105.7 107.1 108.1 108.1 110.4 110.8 110.8 0.0

Chemical manufacturing

 898.5 892.7 895.6 900.2 898.5 896.6 895.1 899.5 4.4

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

 741.6 725.6 725.6 725.9 741.8 729.5 727.9 726.8 -1.1

Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied product manufacturing

 350.4 349.5 350.9 349.7 359.5 363.6 362.9 359.4 -3.5

Private service-providing

 110,149 111,117 111,711 112,120 111,092 112,671 112,861 113,051 190

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 28,553 28,795 28,687 28,703 28,819 28,874 28,920 28,947 27

Wholesale trade

 6,072.1 6,109.3 6,114.5 6,135.2 6,096.2 6,152.8 6,149.9 6,158.4 8.5

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

 3,374.0 3,406.1 3,408.1 3,411.7 3,381.3 3,421.3 3,417.8 3,418.6 0.8

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

 2,189.1 2,195.8 2,198.4 2,212.1 2,203.0 2,220.7 2,221.2 2,225.5 4.3

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

 509.0 507.4 508.0 511.4 511.9 510.8 510.9 514.3 3.4

Retail trade

 15,390.8 15,573.0 15,482.9 15,491.4 15,579.6 15,619.3 15,642.3 15,659.9 17.6

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

 2,018.4 2,049.3 2,056.5 2,064.8 2,026.0 2,071.3 2,072.6 2,073.5 0.9

Automobile dealers

 1,264.4 1,286.4 1,287.9 1,294.1 1,265.7 1,294.1 1,291.7 1,295.7 4.0

Other motor vehicle dealers

 175.1 163.9 165.5 168.5 179.0 174.0 173.2 172.9 -0.3

Automotive parts, accessories, and tire retailers

 578.9 599.0 603.1 602.2 581.3 603.2 607.6 604.9 -2.7

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

 1,409.5 1,339.0 1,339.7 1,358.8 1,411.6 1,381.4 1,374.2 1,364.7 -9.5

Food and beverage retailers

 3,210.9 3,239.7 3,254.9 3,243.1 3,231.0 3,251.6 3,257.7 3,260.7 3.0

Furniture, home furnishings, electronics, and appliance retailers

 857.5 836.2 825.8 821.6 860.9 830.3 826.0 824.6 -1.4

Furniture and home furnishings retailers

 437.3 431.7 425.4 423.5 437.0 426.3 423.8 423.0 -0.8

Electronics and appliance retailers

 420.2 404.5 400.4 398.1 423.9 404.1 402.2 401.6 -0.6

General merchandise retailers

 3,154.9 3,248.0 3,213.0 3,222.9 3,222.3 3,230.8 3,252.5 3,272.6 20.1

Department stores

 935.1 964.8 940.0 940.3 973.3 950.3 961.1 968.8 7.7

Warehouse clubs, supercenters, and other general merchandise retailers

 2,219.8 2,283.2 2,273.0 2,282.6 2,248.9 2,280.5 2,291.4 2,303.8 12.4

Health and personal care retailers

 1,093.7 1,104.8 1,098.9 1,087.5 1,095.3 1,091.5 1,093.9 1,090.2 -3.7

Gasoline stations and fuel dealers

 1,034.9 1,062.2 1,063.3 1,066.7 1,045.8 1,071.8 1,074.5 1,076.8 2.3

Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers

 1,122.0 1,167.4 1,116.1 1,110.8 1,156.6 1,146.2 1,144.0 1,143.9 -0.1

Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers

 1,489.0 1,526.4 1,514.7 1,515.2 1,530.1 1,544.4 1,546.9 1,552.9 6.0

Transportation and warehousing

 6,519.4 6,528.6 6,504.1 6,489.4 6,571.9 6,516.8 6,539.3 6,540.5 1.2

Air transportation

 542.1 564.4 568.1 571.4 542.5 569.0 572.1 572.5 0.4

Rail transportation

 152.3 153.0 153.6 153.6 152.1 153.0 153.3 153.4 0.1

Water transportation

 65.8 69.6 69.5 72.3 67.9 72.5 72.8 74.3 1.5

Truck transportation

 1,551.6 1,528.9 1,526.1 1,532.2 1,577.5 1,552.6 1,553.8 1,558.9 5.1

Transit and ground passenger transportation

 442.3 438.8 445.6 445.7 428.7 430.1 431.9 432.0 0.1

Pipeline transportation

 52.1 52.8 53.1 53.2 52.0 53.1 53.0 53.1 0.1

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

 24.6 25.8 26.7 26.8 29.4 31.2 31.7 31.0 -0.7

Support activities for transportation

 819.6 833.6 837.0 839.2 820.2 835.1 838.3 839.8 1.5

Couriers and messengers

 1,047.3 1,085.2 1,053.0 1,031.2 1,082.1 1,052.9 1,069.7 1,068.3 -1.4

Warehousing and storage

 1,821.7 1,776.5 1,771.4 1,763.8 1,819.5 1,767.3 1,762.7 1,757.2 -5.5

Utilities

 570.4 583.6 585.4 587.1 571.6 585.3 588.4 588.0 -0.4

Information

 3,036 2,976 2,997 2,997 3,054 3,020 3,017 3,017 0

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 410.3 411.6 428.7 427.4 422.9 441.7 441.0 438.4 -2.6

Publishing industries

 949.0 921.2 919.0 923.4 954.5 927.9 927.0 931.5 4.5

Broadcasting and content providers

 352.0 340.8 345.2 341.7 351.4 343.4 343.8 341.5 -2.3

Telecommunications

 656.3 631.3 631.9 631.0 655.0 633.7 631.2 629.8 -1.4

Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services

 482.7 494.2 494.3 495.4 484.1 494.9 495.0 497.4 2.4

Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services

 186.1 177.2 177.4 177.6 186.3 178.5 178.5 178.0 -0.5

Financial activities

 9,094 9,177 9,169 9,166 9,150 9,229 9,223 9,226 3

Finance and insurance

 6,690.6 6,716.6 6,709.9 6,707.0 6,704.7 6,731.9 6,723.5 6,723.7 0.2

Monetary authorities-central bank

 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.6 0.0

Credit intermediation and related
activities

 2,636.7 2,598.4 2,592.3 2,588.9 2,639.2 2,600.0 2,591.9 2,590.9 -1.0

Depository credit intermediation(1)

 1,804.5 1,782.8 1,782.3 1,781.6 1,803.7 1,783.3 1,780.9 1,780.7 -0.2

Commercial banking

 1,400.8 1,373.8 1,374.3 1,372.4 1,399.6 1,374.7 1,372.1 1,371.0 -1.1

Nondepository credit intermediation

 537.5 530.2 525.0 522.3 540.1 530.9 526.7 524.7 -2.0

Activities related to credit intermediation

 294.7 285.4 285.0 285.0 295.5 285.8 284.4 285.5 1.1

Securities, commodity contracts, funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles, investments, and related activities

 1,084.1 1,105.0 1,103.0 1,103.3 1,091.1 1,111.8 1,110.6 1,112.1 1.5

Insurance carriers and related activities

 2,947.3 2,990.7 2,992.1 2,992.3 2,951.8 2,997.5 2,998.4 2,998.1 -0.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2,403.7 2,460.4 2,458.6 2,458.7 2,445.3 2,497.3 2,499.2 2,502.2 3.0

Real estate

 1,824.1 1,857.1 1,858.0 1,858.3 1,849.1 1,876.4 1,878.7 1,883.4 4.7

Rental and leasing services

 557.1 580.4 577.5 577.3 573.3 597.5 597.1 595.3 -1.8

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

 22.5 22.9 23.1 23.1 22.9 23.4 23.4 23.5 0.1

Professional and business services

 22,552 22,549 22,693 22,718 22,797 22,930 22,947 22,954 7

Professional, scientific, and technical services

 10,727.0 10,917.6 10,986.5 10,961.8 10,732.8 10,956.4 10,970.5 10,979.0 8.5

Legal services

 1,171.0 1,181.4 1,185.6 1,177.1 1,179.1 1,187.7 1,190.0 1,187.0 -3.0

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

 1,219.6 1,195.3 1,236.1 1,240.6 1,139.0 1,162.4 1,162.5 1,162.7 0.2

Architectural, engineering, and related services

 1,625.7 1,660.5 1,667.5 1,665.5 1,648.8 1,683.0 1,690.7 1,689.7 -1.0

Specialized design services

 150.9 154.2 153.4 151.0 153.0 156.2 154.9 153.3 -1.6

Computer systems design and related services

 2,459.7 2,524.2 2,530.7 2,513.9 2,481.1 2,528.9 2,533.0 2,537.1 4.1

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

 1,830.9 1,877.6 1,882.3 1,878.9 1,846.2 1,890.3 1,891.2 1,896.3 5.1

Scientific research and development services

 919.5 945.6 947.3 949.1 926.2 953.9 952.8 956.0 3.2

Advertising, public relations, and related services

 500.2 514.5 517.7 518.6 502.3 520.4 520.0 520.9 0.9

Other professional, scientific, and technical services

 849.5 864.3 865.9 867.1 857.1 873.8 875.4 876.0 0.6

Management of companies and enterprises

 2,545.0 2,548.0 2,555.6 2,549.4 2,553.8 2,556.2 2,563.0 2,558.3 -4.7

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

 9,279.8 9,083.6 9,151.3 9,206.4 9,510.5 9,417.0 9,413.1 9,416.8 3.7

Administrative and support services

 8,789.8 8,578.7 8,644.7 8,698.6 9,014.1 8,903.4 8,900.3 8,903.0 2.7

Office administrative services

 607.6 627.8 629.0 629.7 613.2 634.3 635.4 636.7 1.3

Facilities support services

 167.0 173.3 175.4 175.3 167.2 173.7 174.7 174.9 0.2

Employment services(1)

 3,639.9 3,434.8 3,482.4 3,480.7 3,714.3 3,546.5 3,535.7 3,536.0 0.3

Temporary help services

 2,876.6 2,668.3 2,718.6 2,710.2 2,940.4 2,772.0 2,760.1 2,758.8 -1.3

Business support services

 749.0 720.9 716.3 709.4 754.8 719.1 716.9 714.8 -2.1

Travel arrangement and reservation services

 183.6 194.3 194.3 194.9 185.9 197.2 197.3 197.3 0.0

Investigation and security services

 992.6 1,005.3 1,013.7 1,013.0 997.8 1,016.3 1,020.9 1,018.3 -2.6

Services to buildings and dwellings

 2,118.7 2,088.1 2,096.0 2,156.5 2,244.9 2,273.2 2,274.5 2,281.2 6.7

Other support services

 331.4 334.2 337.6 339.1 336.0 343.2 344.9 343.7 -1.2

Waste management and remediation services

 490.0 504.9 506.6 507.8 496.4 513.6 512.8 513.8 1.0

Private education and health services

 25,133 25,748 26,119 26,205 25,030 25,931 26,013 26,101 88

Private educational services

 3,931.5 3,763.6 4,003.0 4,014.4 3,793.8 3,869.7 3,866.2 3,872.3 6.1

Health care and social assistance

 21,201.7 21,983.9 22,115.6 22,190.2 21,236.0 22,061.5 22,146.9 22,228.2 81.3

Health care(3)

 16,705.1 17,292.9 17,386.5 17,453.9 16,742.3 17,354.1 17,418.3 17,490.6 72.3

Ambulatory health care services

 8,340.0 8,620.6 8,678.7 8,702.8 8,356.5 8,659.9 8,691.2 8,718.7 27.5

Offices of physicians

 2,872.6 2,984.5 2,996.1 2,996.7 2,879.8 2,992.7 3,001.0 3,006.1 5.1

Offices of dentists

 1,018.0 1,027.3 1,030.2 1,031.0 1,022.1 1,030.8 1,034.5 1,035.3 0.8

Offices of other health practitioners

 1,134.3 1,176.6 1,192.4 1,191.5 1,138.3 1,185.9 1,191.5 1,195.6 4.1

Outpatient care centers

 1,056.3 1,077.5 1,075.3 1,078.4 1,054.1 1,076.2 1,073.3 1,077.1 3.8

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

 317.9 322.2 323.3 322.6 318.7 322.7 323.1 323.5 0.4

Home health care services

 1,595.3 1,681.8 1,707.2 1,725.4 1,598.7 1,699.4 1,713.0 1,724.7 11.7

Other ambulatory health care services

 345.6 350.7 354.2 357.2 344.9 352.2 354.7 356.4 1.7

Hospitals

 5,270.4 5,451.8 5,477.8 5,506.6 5,277.9 5,462.2 5,487.3 5,514.4 27.1

Nursing and residential care facilities

 3,094.7 3,220.5 3,230.0 3,244.5 3,107.9 3,232.0 3,239.8 3,257.5 17.7

Skilled nursing care facilities

 1,388.3 1,447.1 1,447.5 1,453.7 1,397.5 1,450.9 1,453.3 1,462.8 9.5

Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities

 623.2 651.3 657.5 659.1 625.0 655.4 659.4 661.6 2.2

Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly

 927.5 963.7 965.7 970.3 929.4 966.4 967.7 971.8 4.1

Other residential care facilities

 155.7 158.4 159.3 161.4 156.1 159.3 159.4 161.4 2.0

Social assistance

 4,496.6 4,691.0 4,729.1 4,736.3 4,493.7 4,707.4 4,728.6 4,737.6 9.0

Individual and family services

 2,966.9 3,127.2 3,153.4 3,159.8 2,970.4 3,137.3 3,154.8 3,164.0 9.2

Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

 216.3 223.3 225.5 225.1 215.1 224.0 224.4 224.2 -0.2

Vocational rehabilitation services

 278.0 283.4 286.1 287.5 279.1 287.4 288.1 288.1 0.0

Child care services

 1,035.4 1,057.1 1,064.1 1,063.9 1,029.1 1,058.7 1,061.3 1,061.3 0.0

Leisure and hospitality

 16,031 16,076 16,225 16,473 16,447 16,813 16,856 16,905 49

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 2,292.8 2,372.4 2,403.6 2,477.5 2,461.1 2,618.4 2,629.8 2,647.3 17.5

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

 511.0 552.8 571.7 592.9 545.6 618.9 620.9 627.9 7.0

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

 160.7 163.5 163.7 169.6 169.4 177.0 177.5 178.4 0.9

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

 1,621.1 1,656.1 1,668.2 1,715.0 1,746.1 1,822.5 1,831.4 1,841.0 9.6

Accommodation and food services

 13,738.3 13,703.8 13,821.2 13,995.0 13,986.2 14,194.8 14,226.3 14,257.8 31.5

Accommodation

 1,806.7 1,821.5 1,829.4 1,855.2 1,880.1 1,923.7 1,926.7 1,929.9 3.2

Food services and drinking places

 11,931.6 11,882.3 11,991.8 12,139.8 12,106.1 12,271.1 12,299.6 12,327.9 28.3

Other services

 5,750 5,796 5,821 5,858 5,795 5,874 5,885 5,901 16

Repair and maintenance

 1,429.2 1,457.7 1,461.4 1,473.1 1,437.2 1,475.9 1,477.8 1,482.0 4.2

Personal and laundry services

 1,511.5 1,524.0 1,530.8 1,540.2 1,524.9 1,546.9 1,549.3 1,554.0 4.7

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

 2,809.4 2,813.8 2,829.0 2,844.7 2,832.6 2,851.3 2,857.6 2,865.4 7.8

Government

 22,886 23,002 23,447 23,571 22,606 23,136 23,199 23,270 71

Federal

 2,884 2,958 2,972 2,980 2,900 2,974 2,984 2,993 9

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

 2,280.2 2,353.5 2,364.9 2,371.6 2,296.0 2,368.1 2,377.3 2,386.3 9.0

U.S. Postal Service

 603.5 604.8 607.1 608.2 603.6 605.9 606.3 607.1 0.8

State government

 5,374 5,321 5,555 5,582 5,249 5,420 5,431 5,444 13

State government education

 2,682.1 2,561.1 2,785.6 2,804.1 2,549.8 2,644.4 2,648.9 2,659.0 10.1

State government, excluding education

 2,691.7 2,759.6 2,769.0 2,777.5 2,699.0 2,775.6 2,781.7 2,784.8 3.1

Local government

 14,628 14,723 14,920 15,009 14,457 14,742 14,784 14,833 49

Local government education

 8,204.7 8,159.3 8,318.2 8,357.1 7,930.7 8,047.6 8,061.7 8,079.6 17.9

Local government, excluding education

 6,422.8 6,563.3 6,601.3 6,651.9 6,526.1 6,694.0 6,722.5 6,753.3 30.8

Footnotes
(1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
(2) Includes motor vehicle manufacturing, motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing, and motor vehicle parts manufacturing.
(3) Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2023 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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