July 2019

Release Date: August 2, 2019

Prepared by Analysts of the National Estimates Branch

Current Employment Statistics Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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 Summary, July 2019

CES Highlights Release Date: August 2, 2019

 Social assistance also added jobs in July 

(+20,000). This industry has added 143,000 

jobs over the year, with individual and family 

services (+99,000) and child day care (+42,000) 

accounting for essentially all of the job gains 

over the period.

+38,000 Professional and Business Services 

 Professional and technical services 

continued to add jobs in July (+31,000). Over 

the past 12 months, this industry has added 

300,000 payroll jobs. Computer systems 

 Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 

164,000 in July. Employment rose in 

professional and technical services, health 

care, social assistance, and financial activities.

 The employment change for June 

decreased from +224,000 to +193,000, and the 

change for May decreased from +72,000 to 

+62,000. Including these revised data, job 

growth in 2019 has averaged 165,000 per 

month, compared to 223,000 per month in 

2018.

 Average hourly earnings rose by 8 cents or 

0.3 percent in July. Over the year, hourly 

earnings have increased by 3.2 percent. In 

July, average weekly hours decreased by 0.1 

hour to 34.3 hours. The workweek is down 0.2 

hour since December.

+66,000 Education and Health Services 

 Employment rose by 30,000 in health care. 

Ambulatory care services accounted for 

essentially all of the jobs gained, led by home 

health care services with an 11,000 increase. 

Over the year, health care providers have 

added 405,000 jobs, and ambulatory care 

services accounted for about two-thirds of the 

increase.

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Over-the-month change Annual average

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, August 02, 2019.

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Over-the-month change, January 2016–July 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Employment in total nonfarm

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: August 2, 2019

design and related services accounted for 

11,000 of the job gain in July and 96,000 over 

the year.

 Over the month, employment was 

essentially flat in administrative and waste 

services (+6,000) and management of 

companies and enterprises (+1,000).

+18,000 Financial Activities 

 Within financial activities, insurance carriers 

and related activities added 11,000 jobs in 

July.

+16,000 Manufacturing 

 Manufacturing employment changed little 

in July (+16,000). Motor vehicles and parts 

added 7,000 jobs over the month, but 

employment in the industry has shown zero 

net change thus far in 2019, after increasing by 

an average 2,000 per month in 2018. 

-5,000 Mining and Logging 

 Mining employment declined by 5,000 in 

July and, on net, has demonstrated little 

change in 2019 (-1,000) after rising by 63,000 

in 2018.

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Government

Other services

Leisure and hospitality

Education and health services*

Professional and business services

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Information

Utilities

Transportation and warehousing

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining and logging

Employment in total nonfarm

July 2019 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, July 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Total nonfarm:

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 02, 2019.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, July 2019

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 mining decreased by 

5,000 in July. So far in 2019, mining 

employment has changed little (-1,000). 

The July job loss in mining is reflected by 

the price of West Texas Intermediate, 

which fell by 17.3 percent over the 

month.

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Employment in mining

Over-the-month change, January 2016–July 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 02, 2019. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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: August 2, 2019
 Construction employment was little 

changed in July (+4,000). So far in 2019, 

construction has added an average 15,000 

jobs per month, largely by specialty trade 

contractors (+14,000). In 2018, construction 

had added an average 26,000 jobs per 

month. 

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Employment in construction

Over-the-month change, January 2016–July 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 02, 2019. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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: August 2, 2019
 Manufacturing employment changed little in July (+16,000). 

Manufacturing has added an average of 8,000 jobs per month so far in 

2019, after adding 22,000 jobs per month in 2018. 

 The 1-month diffusion index edged down 0.6 point to 56.6 in July, 

demonstrating the degree of dispersion of job gains in the industry was 

similar to June.

 

 Within durable goods, motor vehicles and parts added 7,000 jobs. 

Despite the employment gain in July, motor vehicles and parts has shown 

no net job change so far in 2019, after adding an average 2,000 jobs per 

month in 2018. 

 

 Average weekly hours of all employees in manufacturing dropped by 

0.3 hour to 40.4 hours in July. The manufacturing workweek has decreased 

by 0.6 hour since reaching a peak in August 2018. The average workweek 

of production employees ticked down by 0.1 hour to 41.5 hours in July, 

which is 0.9 hour lower than the last peak in April 2018. 22

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Employment in manufacturing

Over-the-month change, January 2016–July 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 02, 2019. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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Average weekly hours, manufacturing

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 02, 2019.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2007–July 2019

Seasonally adjusted

Production employees

Level: 41.5

Change: -0.1

All employees

Level: 40.4

Change: -0.3

Manufacturing

CES Highlights Release Date: August 2, 2019

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 in July 

(+7,000). The industry has added 91,000 jobs over the last 12 

months, with durable goods accounting for 74 percent of those 

gains.

 

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Employment in wholesale trade

Over-the-month change, January 2016–July 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 02, 2019. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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: August 2, 2019
 In July, employment in retail trade 

changed little (-4,000). Since reaching a 

peak in January 2017, industry 

employment has declined by 176,000 or 

1.1 percent.

 Over the month, employment in 

electronics and appliance stores declined 

by 6,000. 

 Despite weak employment, retailrelated economic indicators are mostly 

positive. Personal income rose by 0.4 

percent in June, while retail sales grew by 

0.4 percent. The Consumer Confidence 

Index increased by 9.2 percentage points 

in July. 

Retail 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: August 2, 2019
 Employment in transportation and 

warehousing was flat in July. Among the 

component industries, couriers and 

messengers added jobs (+7,000). This 

gain was offset by a decline in transit 

and ground passenger transportation 

(-8,000). Other components 

experienced small, offsetting 

movements.

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Couriers and messengers*

Support activities for transportation

Transit and ground passenger transportation

Truck transportation

Air transportation

Employment in select transportation and warehousing industries

Over-the-month change, July 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

July 2019 Prior 12-month average

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey August 2, 2019.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

Transportation

and warehousing:

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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: August 2, 2019
 Employment in utilities changed little 

from June to July and has remained 

essentially unchanged in 2019.

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Employment in utilities

July 2019 Level: 554

OTM Change: 0

Dec 2016 peak: 557 

Jan 2014 trough: 549

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 02, 2019.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

January 2009–July 2019

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: August 2, 2019
 Information employment changed little in 

July (-10,000). Telecommunications lost 5,000 

jobs over the month. Employment in other 

component industries was flat.

 Information employment also changed 

little over the year (-13,000). During this 

period, telecommunications lost 38,000 jobs, 

while other information services—such as 

news syndicates, libraries and archives, and 

web search portals—added 26,000 jobs.

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: August 2, 2019
 Financial activities added 18,000 jobs 

in July. So far this year, the industry has 

added 62,000 jobs. In July, insurance 

carriers and related activities added 

11,000 jobs, while employment in most 

other component industries changed 

little.

 

 

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: August 2, 2019
 Employment in professional and business services continued to trend up in 

July (+38,000). So far this year, this industry has added an average of 33,000 

jobs per month, compared to 47,000 per month in 2018. 

 Professional and technical services accounted for 78 percent (+179,000) of 

the jobs added in professional and business services in 2019. Administrative 

and waste services has added 32,000 in 2019, reflecting an annualized growth 

rate of 0.6 percent, and slowing from 2.2 percent in 2018.

 

 In July, professional and technical services added 31,000 jobs, with computer 

systems design and related services adding 11,000 jobs.

 

 Employment in management of companies and enterprises (+1,000) and 

administrative and waste services (+6,000) was flat over the month.

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Employment in professional and business services

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, August 02, 2019 Most recent 2 months are preliminary.

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Specialized design

Legal

Advertising and related

Other professional and technical

Scientific research and development

Accounting and bookkeeping

Architectural and engineering

Management and technical consulting

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Over-the-month change Prior-12

Employment in professional and technical services

Over-the-month change, July 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Jul-19: 31*

Prior-12: 25

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, August 02, 2019 Most recent 2 months are preliminary.

* denotes significance

CES Highlights Release Date: August 2, 2019

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

Professional and Business Services
 Health care added 30,000 jobs in July, in line with its prior-12 month 

average over-the-month change (+33,000). Employment increased in 

ambulatory health care services (+29,000), led by home health care 

services (+11,000).

 Employment in social assistance rose by 20,000 in July, with the increase 

coming in individual and family services (+13,000). Over the year, social 

assistance has added 143,000 jobs, with individual and family services 

accounting for 70 percent of the increase.

 

 

 

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Employment in social assistance

Over-the-month change, January 2016 - July 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, August 02, 2019.

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Private Education and Health Services

CES Highlights Release Date: August 2, 2019

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 leisure and hospitality 

changed little in July (+10,000).

 Employment in the industry has not 

changed significantly in the last 6 months 

(+69,000), but had increased by 269,000 jobs 

in the preceding 6-month period.

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: August 2, 2019
 Employment in other services 

changed little in July (+8,000). Over the 

most recent 12 months, the industry has 

added 102,000 jobs. Over this time, the 

largest job gain (+41,000) came in 

membership associations and 

organizations. 

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Employment in other services

Over-the-month change, January 2016–July 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 02, 2019. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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: August 2, 2019
 

 Government employment changed 

little in July (+16,000). Over the last 12 

months, government employment has 

increased by 84,000. Local government, 

excluding education accounted for threefourths of the increase.

 

 

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Employment in local government, excluding education

July 2019 Level: 6,575

OTM Change: 2 

Mar 2013 trough: 6,249

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 02, 2019.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

January 2009–July 2019

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: August 2, 2019
Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch

Current Employment Statistics Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

202-691-6555

Email CES

CES Analysts

Osman Alhassan

Hyun Choi

Steve Crestol

Tyler Downing

Katelynn Harris

Mike McCall

John Mullins

Michael Osifalujo

Edward Park

Carson Wilson

Current Employment Statistics Highlights

Detailed Industry Employment Analysis