ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category

Dec.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016p

Dec.

2016p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 168 233 186 144 24 271 252 176 208 135 204 156

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 155 222 167 147 -1 238 221 132 205 146 198 144

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 24 -20 -7 -12 -45 -5 14 -26 21 8 13 12

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -10 -12 -17 -15 -11 -10 -7 -4 -4 1 -2 3 -2

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 18 13 37 -6 -18 -6 16 -6 26 14 17 -3

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 18 -16 -29 5 -17 8 2 -16 -6 -4 -7 17

Durable goods1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2 11 -14 -25 3 -20 -5 4 -16 -6 4 -4 15

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . 0.1 3.1 3.0 -1.0 4.6 1.2 -3.0 5.8 -3.4 -0.7 1.1 2.3 2.9

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 -2 -4 2 3 13 -2 0 0 -8 -3 2

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 131 242 174 159 44 243 207 158 184 138 185 132

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 12.6 2.4 3.6 6.0 -6.0 1.3 3.0 3.4 11.4 7.0 4.8 2.0

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 66.5 52.0 42.4 -2.2 0.1 22.2 12.9 16.8 22.5 -2.3 19.5 6.3

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . 16.5 -20.9 0.4 5.7 11.9 4.5 -6.5 12.2 18.9 -3.2 13.0 11.4 14.7

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9 0.1 1.5 -0.9 0.0 -2.0 2.2 0.6 -0.7 0.3 0.7 -0.2 0.2

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 0 11 8 0 -41 41 -5 -1 5 -2 -12 -6

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 17 8 14 21 16 17 17 18 2 8 8 13

Professional and business services1. . . . 60 -2 35 31 57 32 48 84 28 87 42 65 15

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 -43.8 -2.2 -1.8 9.8 -14.7 15.7 15.8 -2.8 33.6 5.2 23.8 -15.5

Education and health services1. . . . . . . . 63 26 77 46 47 46 52 42 56 38 50 43 70

Health care and social assistance. . . . 46.7 43.4 56.7 36.7 33.8 41.0 49.5 52.1 37.6 22.5 42.9 34.6 63.3

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 34 37 18 15 3 53 36 10 8 20 37 24

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 -3 18 6 3 -8 13 4 9 13 1 9 -8

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 13 11 19 -3 25 33 31 44 3 -11 6 12

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 240 224 196 188 118 146 182 233 212 173 182 165

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 231 212 181 179 104 128 153 197 186 161 183 163

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND

NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . 49.4 49.4 49.5 49.5 49.5 49.6 49.6 49.6 49.7 49.7 49.6 49.6 49.6

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . 47.9 48.0 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.2 48.2 48.2 48.2 48.2 48.2 48.2 48.2

Total private production and nonsupervisory

employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.3 82.3 82.4 82.4 82.3 82.3 82.3 82.3 82.3

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.5 34.6 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.3 34.4 34.4 34.3 34.3

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.26 $25.38 $25.39 $25.45 $25.53 $25.59 $25.62 $25.71 $25.74 $25.81 $25.92 $25.90 $26.00

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $871.47 $878.15 $873.42 $875.48 $878.23 $880.30 $881.33 $884.42 $882.88 $887.86 $891.65 $888.37 $891.80

Index of aggregate weekly hours3. . . . . . . . . . 104.9 105.3 104.9 105.0 105.2 105.2 105.4 105.6 105.4 105.8 106.0 105.8 106.0

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . 0.3 0.4 -0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0.2 -0.2 0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls4. . . . . . . . 126.6 127.8 127.3 127.8 128.3 128.6 129.0 129.7 129.6 130.6 131.3 131.0 131.7

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.9 -0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.5 -0.1 0.8 0.5 -0.2 0.5

DIFFUSION INDEXES5

Total Private

Over 1-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.0 59.4 58.8 56.3 54.0 46.9 59.0 61.5 58.6 58.0 59.0 55.7 57.1

Over 3-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.6 66.0 64.3 59.5 58.8 52.3 53.2 57.6 61.3 59.9 59.4 58.6 58.0

Over 6-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.0 66.8 66.4 67.6 64.7 60.7 58.2 58.6 56.9 59.5 62.4 63.5 60.9

Over 12-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.1 69.8 70.4 70.4 69.8 64.9 67.4 63.5 65.3 62.2 65.3 60.7 62.4

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 57.6 43.0 34.8 44.9 39.9 46.8 48.1 46.2 46.2 48.1 44.3 48.7

Over 3-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.4 62.7 51.3 39.9 35.4 32.3 39.9 46.2 43.0 45.6 45.6 47.5 45.6

Over 6-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.4 53.8 54.4 48.1 45.6 41.8 40.5 40.5 37.3 40.5 43.7 48.1 48.7

Over 12-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.9 59.5 53.8 52.5 47.5 44.9 48.7 46.2 47.5 43.7 44.3 40.5 43.7

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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 2015 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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