December 2015

Release Date: January 8, 2016

Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch

Current Employment Statistics Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

202-691-6555

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Contents

Summary

Mining & Logging

Construction

Manufacturing

Wholesale Trade

Retail Trade

Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities

Information

Financial Activities

Professional & Business Services

Private Education & Health Services

Leisure & Hospitality

Other Services

Government

Current Employment Statistics Highlights

Detailed Industry Employment Analysis

Current Employment Statistics

Highlights
Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, December 2015

CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016

 Over the year, employment in professional 

and business services grew by 605,000, 

compared to growth of 704,000 in 2014.

 +45,000 Construction

 In December, construction added 45,000 

jobs, with growth concentrated in construction 

of buildings (+10,000) and specialty trade 

contractors (+29,000). Over the year, 

construction added 263,000 jobs, compared 

with 338,000 jobs gained in 2014.

 Nonfarm employment increased by 

292,000 in December. Over the year, job 

growth totaled 2.7 million, compared with 3.1 

million in 2014. In December, professional 

and business services, construction, health 

care, transportation and warehousing, and

food services and drinking places added jobs. 

Mining lost jobs. 

 The employment change for October 

revised up from +298,000 to +307,000, and 

the change for November revised up from 

+211,000 to +252,000. Incorporating revisions, 

employment has increased by an average 

284,000 per month over the past 3 months

 Average hourly earnings for all employees 

on private, nonfarm payrolls changed little in 

December (-1 cent), following a 5-cent gain in 

November. Hourly earnings are up 2.5 percent

over the year. In December, average weekly 

hours for all employees held at 34.5 hours. 

+73,000 Professional and Business Services

 Employment rose by 59,000 in 

administration and waste services; more than 

half of the increase came in temporary help 

services (+34,000). Employment continued to 

trend up in professional and technical services 

(+11,000). 

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Government

Other services

Leisure and hospitality

Education and health services*

Professional and business services*

Financial activities

Information*

Utilities

Transportation and warehousing*

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

Manufacturing

Construction*

Mining and logging*

Employment in total nonfarm

December 2015 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, December 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Total nonfarm:

292*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government
CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016

+59,000 Education and Health Services

 Employment in health care rose by 39,000 

in December. Health care employment 

expanded by 475,000 in 2015, compared with 

a gain of 309,000 in 2014. 

 In December, employment rose in 

ambulatory health care services (+23,000) and 

hospitals (+12,000). Since reaching an 

employment trough in February 2014, 

hospitals have added 221,000 jobs; 78 percent

of this gain occurred in 2015. 

+23,000 Transportation and warehousing

 Employment in transportation and 

warehousing rose by 23,000 in December. 

Within the industry, couriers and messengers

added 15,000 jobs. 

+16,000 Information

 Within information, motion picture and 

sound recording added 15,000 jobs in 

December, offsetting jobs lost in November (-

13,000). 

+29,000 Leisure and Hospitality

 Food services and drinking places added 

37,000 jobs in December. In 2015, the 

industry added 357,000 payroll jobs, 

compared with 401,000 jobs gained in 2014.

-8,000 Mining and logging

 Since reaching a peak in December 2014, 

mining employment has declined by 129,000, 

including 8,000 jobs lost in December 2015. 

Support activities for mining accounts for 

98,000 of the jobs lost over the year, including 

a loss of 6,000 jobs in December 2015. 

 

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Government

Other services

Leisure and hospitality

Education and health services

Professional and business services

Financial activities

Information

Utilities

Transportation and warehousing

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining and logging

Employment in total nonfarm

Over-the-year change, 2014 and 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

2015

2014

Total nonfarm:

2014: +3,116; 2015: +2,650

Total private: 

2014: +3,042; 2015: +2,551

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, December 2015

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government
 Mining and logging employment 

decreased by 8,000 in December. This 

was the industry’s twelfth consecutive 

month of employment decline. Mining 

and logging has lost 131,000 jobs since 

December 2014.

 Mining drives the employment trend in 

this sector and accounts for essentially 

all losses over the month (-8,000) and 

over the year (-129,000). These losses 

were concentrated in support activities 

for mining. 

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Employment in mining and logging

Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Mining and Logging

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government

CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016
 Construction added 45,000 jobs in 

December. Since its most recent trough 

in January 2011, construction has 

regained 48.2-percent of the 2.3 million

jobs lost between April 2006 and 

January 2011.

 In December, construction of buildings 

added 10,000 jobs, surpassing its prior 

12-month average (+4,000). Specialty 

trade contractors added 29,000 jobs, 

most of which came from residential 17

specialty trade contractors (+18,000).

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Employment in construction

Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Construction

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government

CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016
 Manufacturing employment changed little in December (+8,000). 

For the year, manufacturing employment also was little changed 

(+30,000), well below the increase in 2014 (+215,000). In December, 

nondurable goods gained 14,000 jobs, more than offsetting losses in 

machinery (-6,000) and primary metals (-3,000). For the year, durable 

goods employment changed little (-16,000), while nondurable goods 

added 46,000 jobs. 

 In December, average weekly hours for all employees in 

manufacturing edged down 0.1 hour to 40.6 hours and were

unchanged for production employees at 41.7 hours. 

NAICS 333 – Machinery

 Machinery lost 6,000 jobs during the month and has experienced 11 

months of consecutive job losses. Machinery lost 38,000 jobs over the 

year, mostly in the mining and oil and gas machinery component. 35 23 42 17 14 11 24

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Employment in manufacturing

Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Employment in machinery

Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Manufacturing 

CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade:

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government
 Employment in wholesale trade 

changed little (+2,000) in December. The 

industry added 65,000 jobs in 2015, 

compared to a gain of 114,000 jobs in 

2014.

5,200

5,400

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6,000

6,200

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Employment in wholesale trade

December 2015 Level: 5,941

OTM Change: 2

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016.

Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2005–December 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Wholesale Trade

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade:

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government

CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016
 

 In December, retail trade employment changed little (+4,000). Over 

the year, the industry added 274,000 jobs. 

NAICS 441 – Motor vehicle and parts dealers 

 Motor vehicle and parts dealers added 10,000 jobs in December, 

bringing the current 12-month gain to 75,000 jobs. Employment 

growth in 2015 coincides with record sales in the automotive industry 

(Source: CNBC). 

NAICS 444 – Building material and garden supply stores

 Building material and garden supply stores gained 9,000 jobs in 

December. Recent employment gains in this industry coincide with 

employment increases in residential construction. Building material and 

garden supply stores gained 33,000 jobs over the year.

NAICS 448 – Clothing and clothing accessories stores

 Clothing and clothing accessories stores employment declined in 

December (-18,000). Employment in this industry has shown little net

change over the year (+7,000). 65

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Employment in retail trade

Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Nonstore retailers

Miscellaneous store retailers*

General merchandise stores

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

Clothing and clothing accessories stores*

Gasoline stations

Health and personal care stores

Food and beverage stores

Building material and garden supply stores*

Electronics and appliance stores

Furniture and home furnishings stores

Motor vehicle and parts dealers*

Employment in retail trade

December 2015 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, December 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Retail trade:

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

Retail Trade

CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade:

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government
 Transportation and warehousing 

added 23,000 jobs in December. Over 

the year, employment is up by 94,000.

 Couriers and messengers added 15,000 

jobs in December. Employment in the 

industry was up by 36,000 in the 4th

quarter, likely driven by strong ecommerce sales (Source: Bloomberg and 

Time).

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Employment in transportation and warehousing

December 2015 Level: 4,833

OTM Change: 23*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016.

Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2005–December 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Transportation and Warehousing

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government

CES Highlights

Release Date: January 8, 2016
 Utilities employment changed little in 

December (+1,000), in line with the 

industry’s prior 12-month average 

change.

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Employment in utilities

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016.

Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2005–December 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Utilities

Summary Mining &

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government

CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016
 Information employment increased 

by 16,000 in December, more than 

offsetting a loss of 9,000 in November. 

Motion picture and sound recording 

industries accounted for virtually all of 

the employment movements over the 

past 2 months. Information added 

50,000 jobs in 2015, a gain of 1.8 

percent. 

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Employment in information

Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Information

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government

CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016
 Employment in financial activities 

continued to trend up in December 

(+11,000), in line with its prior 12-month 

average change of 12,000. 

 Over the year, financial activities 

added 147,000 jobs, similar to the 

135,000 jobs added in 2014.

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Employment in financial activities

Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Financial Activities

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government

CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016
 Professional and business services gained 73,000 jobs in December, 

following little change in November (+21,000). Administrative and waste 

services accounted for a majority of the employment gain in December 

(+59,000). Employment in professional and technical services (+11,000) 

and in management of companies and enterprises (+3,000) continued to 

trend up.

 Professional and business services added 605,000 jobs in 2015, about

100,000 less than in 2014 (+704,000). In 2015, professional and technical 

services accounted for 46 percent (+279,000) of employment growth

followed by administrative and waste services with 45 percent (+272,000)

and management of companies and enterprises with 9 percent (+54,000). 

 The December employment gain in administrative and waste services 

can be attributed largely to a gain in employment services, which added

42,000 jobs. Within employment services, temporary help services added 

34,000 jobs. In 2015, temporary help services added 95,000 jobs, 

compared to a 174,000-job gain in 2014.

 

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and enterprises

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services

Employment in professional and business services

Over-the-month change and prior average, December 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Dec-16 Prior-3

Prior-6 Prior-12

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016.

Data is preliminary.

Dec-15: 73

Prior-12: 50

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Employment in temporary help services

Over-the-month change, January 2012 - December 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Dec-15: 34

Prior-12: 7

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Professional and Business Services

CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government
 Employment in education and health services grew by 59,000 in 

December, following a 50,000 gain in November. Within education and 

health care services, health care added 39,000 jobs over the month, 

while employment in educational services (+7,000) and social assistance 

(+13,000) continued to trend up. 

 In 2015, health care employment rose by 475,000, followed by gains 

of 117,000 in social assistance and 64,000 in private education.

NAICS 622—Hospitals 

 Hospitals added 12,000 jobs in December. Employment in the industry

increased by 172,000 in 2015, accounting for 36 percent of the jobs added in all of

in health care over the same period.

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 - Outpatient care centers

 - Offices of physicians

Ambulatory health care services°*

Employment in selected health care industries

December 2015 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, December 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Health care 

industries:

39*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

 ̊Includes additional component industries not shown separately.

* denotes significance.

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Employment in hospitals

December 2015 Level: 4,988

OTM Change: 12*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016.

Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2005–December 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Private Education and Health Services

CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade:

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government
 Leisure and hospitality employment 

continued to trend up in December 

(+29,000). In 2015, this industry added 

419,000 jobs, a gain of 2.8 percent. 

Employment in food services and 

drinking places continued to trend up in 

December (+37,000). In 2015, food 

services and drinking places accounted 

for 85 percent of job gains in leisure and 

hospitality. 40 33 43

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Employment in food services and drinking places

Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Leisure and Hospitality

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government

CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016
 Employment in other services 

changed little (+11,000) in December. 

Over the year, other services added 

68,000 jobs to payrolls.

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Employment in other services

December 2015 Level: 5,679

OTM Change: 11

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016.

Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2005–December 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Other Services

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government

CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016
 Government employment changed 

little in December (+17,000). 

Employment at the federal, state, and 

local levels remained flat over the 

month. Government added 99,000 jobs 

in 2015, with over half of the gain 

occurring in local government, excluding 

education (+56,000).

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Employment in government

December 2015 Level: 22,001

OTM Change: 17

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016.

Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2005–December 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Government

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government

CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016
Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch

Current Employment Statistics Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

202-691-6555

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