ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017

Mar.

2017

Apr.

2017

May

2017

June

2017

July

2017

Aug.

2017

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017p

Dec.

2017p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 216 232 50 207 145 210 138 208 38 211 252 148

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 204 222 59 194 153 207 133 184 50 222 239 146

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 51 88 17 19 13 42 -20 73 26 38 63 55

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 12 6 10 6 6 0 5 4 0 5 0

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 34 54 0 0 7 15 -9 24 13 15 27 30

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 12 22 11 9 0 21 -11 44 9 23 31 25

Durable goods1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 10 4 6 4 5 19 -18 34 6 13 26 21

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . 0.9 4.3 -5.5 2.0 -0.6 0.5 2.9 -27.1 23.4 -3.1 -0.5 1.5 1.3

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 18 5 5 -5 2 7 10 3 10 5 4

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 153 134 42 175 140 165 153 111 24 184 176 91

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 6.4 10.8 -3.0 7.3 -1.8 11.9 4.3 5.1 7.3 6.8 5.9 9.8

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.3 35.3 -28.7 -39.5 -4.0 -10.4 -3.7 -10.8 -2.4 11.7 -20.1 26.4 -20.3

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . 13.4 -12.9 7.6 3.9 7.2 13.6 5.6 7.7 6.7 18.3 3.7 11.1 1.8

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 -0.8 -0.4 -0.5 -0.4 -1.7 0.8 -0.7 -0.2 0.6 0.0 -0.2 -0.9

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6 -8 -6 -8 -11 -5 -1 -3 0 -5 -1 1 7

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 30 5 4 16 10 15 11 10 12 8 7 6

Professional and business services1. . . . 36 59 35 58 46 50 44 43 47 30 47 49 19

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . -17.4 15.1 9.8 12.8 1.7 15.3 11.1 12.9 8.7 10.1 14.3 16.9 7.0

Education and health services1. . . . . . . . 50 17 68 16 45 37 40 51 46 23 17 50 28

Health care and social assistance. . . . 39.2 25.3 35.8 18.7 48.1 29.7 50.6 38.2 19.3 8.3 31.5 38.9 29.2

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 15 33 11 60 33 38 50 -9 -75 104 17 29

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -17 12 10 0 9 15 14 1 8 1 18 9 12

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 12 10 -9 13 -8 3 5 24 -12 -11 13 2

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 178 201 166 163 134 187 164 185 128 152 167 204

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 177 192 162 158 135 185 164 175 122 152 170 202

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND

NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . 49.6 49.5 49.6 49.5 49.5 49.5 49.5 49.5 49.5 49.5 49.5 49.5 49.5

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . 48.2 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.1

Total private production and nonsupervisory

employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 34.4 34.3 34.3 34.5 34.4 34.5 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.5 34.5

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.98 $26.02 $26.10 $26.13 $26.18 $26.22 $26.27 $26.39 $26.42 $26.53 $26.51 $26.54 $26.63

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $893.71 $895.09 $895.23 $896.26 $903.21 $901.97 $906.32 $907.82 $908.85 $912.63 $911.94 $915.63 $918.74

Index of aggregate weekly hours3. . . . . . . . . . 106.2 106.4 106.3 106.3 107.1 106.9 107.4 107.2 107.4 107.4 107.6 108.1 108.3

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . 0.4 0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.8 -0.2 0.5 -0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls4. . . . . . . . 131.9 132.3 132.6 132.8 134.1 134.0 134.9 135.3 135.6 136.3 136.4 137.2 137.8

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.4

DIFFUSION INDEXES5

Total Private

Over 1-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.0 59.2 65.1 55.4 59.8 54.4 64.9 63.2 63.4 60.9 62.6 68.0 64.2

Over 3-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 57.5 66.1 65.9 64.4 57.7 61.5 65.9 69.2 64.4 67.2 67.4 71.8

Over 6-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.2 58.6 65.9 63.6 65.7 69.0 68.4 67.2 63.2 69.5 69.5 70.1 67.8

Over 12-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.3 61.3 62.1 62.8 66.1 67.2 68.0 65.9 67.2 67.6 69.9 73.0 74.3

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.8 50.6 64.7 53.8 52.6 42.9 60.3 60.9 70.5 59.0 66.7 64.7 65.4

Over 3-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 57.7 60.3 62.8 62.2 47.4 56.4 57.7 63.5 62.2 74.4 66.7 72.4

Over 6-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.3 48.1 56.4 61.5 57.1 60.3 59.6 63.5 57.7 65.4 66.0 73.1 69.9

Over 12-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.8 44.2 46.8 51.9 54.5 56.4 55.1 53.2 61.5 62.8 67.3 69.2 70.5

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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. Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2016 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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