ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category

Dec.

2017

Jan.

2018

Feb.

2018

Mar.

2018

Apr.

2018

May

2018

June

2018

July

2018

Aug.

2018

Sept.

2018

Oct.

2018

Nov.

2018p

Dec.

2018p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 176 324 155 175 268 208 165 286 119 274 176 312

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 188 321 153 174 260 192 137 267 117 281 173 301

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 55 107 26 52 56 36 41 49 37 64 27 74

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 9 8 8 3 7 0 7 3 4 0 4

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 28 67 -3 16 30 8 19 31 15 31 0 38

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 20 31 21 28 23 21 22 11 19 29 27 32

Durable goods1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 17 26 19 22 14 19 21 11 15 19 14 19

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . 2.5 0.3 4.4 -0.2 1.2 -6.8 4.8 -1.0 2.7 1.1 6.2 -1.4 1.8

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3 5 2 6 9 2 1 0 4 10 13 13

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 133 214 127 122 204 156 96 218 80 217 146 227

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 6.9 3.4 9.8 -9.8 9.0 12.7 10.3 20.6 2.7 5.6 9.3 8.4

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -25.9 11.9 46.0 11.4 -2.4 29.1 -41.8 2.0 9.1 -26.8 0.1 29.2 23.8

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . 8.7 15.3 17.8 19.7 2.4 15.8 15.0 8.2 23.1 24.7 16.7 28.9 2.2

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.2 -0.9 1.4 -0.5 1.3 -1.7 -0.4 -3.0 0.9 0.2 1.4 0.6 0.5

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -4 -16 -1 6 3 3 -2 1 -4 -7 7 -5 -1

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 29 5 3 12 12 3 9 17 10 1 6

Professional and business services1. . . . 31 38 61 41 59 49 47 39 54 52 56 44 43

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . -1.0 -1.7 22.2 -3.0 17.8 -0.7 -6.5 10.3 10.8 12.8 15.8 10.5 10.3

Education and health services1. . . . . . . . 30 50 32 29 38 42 67 36 67 9 44 21 82

Health care and social assistance. . . . 30.9 30.1 43.8 34.5 32.3 35.9 29.4 33.0 52.5 31.7 47.8 31.3 57.9

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 21 18 2 14 35 28 13 30 5 67 18 55

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 7 3 14 11 18 -13 8 3 9 -1 8

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -12 3 2 1 8 16 28 19 2 -7 3 11

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 189 225 218 218 199 217 214 220 190 226 190 254

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 193 228 221 216 196 209 196 199 174 222 190 252

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND

NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

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

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . 48.1 48.1 48.2 48.2 48.2 48.2 48.3 48.3 48.3 48.3 48.3 48.3 48.3

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.5 34.4 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.6 34.5 34.5 34.4 34.5 34.4 34.5

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26.64 $26.71 $26.74 $26.80 $26.86 $26.94 $26.99 $27.07 $27.17 $27.25 $27.31 $27.37 $27.48

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $919.08 $918.82 $922.53 $924.60 $926.67 $929.43 $933.85 $933.92 $937.37 $937.40 $942.20 $941.53 $948.06

Index of aggregate weekly hours3. . . . . . . . . . 108.5 108.3 108.9 109.1 109.2 109.4 109.9 109.7 110.0 109.7 110.3 110.1 110.7

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

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls4. . . . . . . . 138.2 138.3 139.3 139.7 140.2 141.0 141.8 142.0 142.8 143.0 144.0 144.1 145.4

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.9

DIFFUSION INDEXES5

Total Private

Over 1-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.5 57.2 70.2 65.3 62.4 70.2 64.1 59.7 64.5 61.0 68.4 61.0 70.0

Over 3-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.1 69.4 70.9 73.1 71.3 67.4 72.1 71.3 67.6 66.7 68.4 71.9 73.3

Over 6-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.3 70.2 73.3 76.0 76.0 78.9 74.2 74.4 73.1 74.8 76.4 73.3 74.6

Over 12-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 73.4 75.4 76.7 76.6 76.7 78.1 76.9 76.4 76.4 78.7 76.6 78.1

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.4 55.9 72.4 64.5 62.5 69.1 65.8 59.9 56.6 65.1 62.5 62.5 67.1

Over 3-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.3 76.3 76.3 75.7 71.1 64.5 68.4 75.7 65.8 65.1 66.4 73.7 65.8

Over 6-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.0 75.0 75.0 74.3 77.6 80.9 77.0 76.3 71.7 75.0 73.7 75.0 73.7

Over 12-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.7 72.4 74.3 73.7 75.7 77.0 79.6 82.2 75.0 76.3 74.3 75.7 80.9

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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 2017 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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