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September 2016

Release Date: October 7, 2016

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, September 2016

CES Highlights Release Date: October 7, 2016

trended up in computer systems design and 

related services (+5,000). 

 In administrative and waste services, 

employment edged up over the month

(+34,000). 

+29,000 Education and Health Services

 Health care employment rose by 33,000 in 

September. Ambulatory care accounted for 

24,000 of the increase, including 10,000 in 

 Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 

156,000 in September. Thus far in 2016, job 

gains have averaged 178,000 per month, 

compared to an average increase of 229,000 in 

2015. Professional and business services and

health care added jobs in September. 

 Average hourly earnings of all employees 

on private-sector payrolls rose by 6 cents or 

0.2 percent over the month. Hourly earnings 

are up 2.6 percent over the year. Average 

weekly hours edged up 0.1 hour to 34.4 hours. 

 The employment change for August revised 

up from +151,000 to +167,000, and the 

change for July revised down from +275,000 to 

+252,000. Including revisions, job growth has 

averaged 192,000 over the past 3 months.

+67,000 Professional and Business Services

 In September, employment rose by 67,000 

in professional and business services. Over 

the year, this industry sector has added 

582,000 jobs, with the professional and 

technical components accounting for more 

than half of the increase (+312,000).

 Over the month, professional and technical 

services added 30,000 jobs. Management and 

technical consulting (+16,000) accounted for 

more than half of this gain. Employment 190 311 135 192 218 146 140 269 185189 291 45 187 168 272 310 213 306 232 218 286 200 331 292 221 265 84 251 273 228 277 150 149 295 280 271 168 233 186 144 24 271 252 167 156

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Employment in total nonfarm

Over-the-month change, January 2013–September 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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: October 7, 2016

offices of physicians. Hospital employment 

continued to trend up (+7,000), but at half the 

rate observed over the preceding 12 months.

 Child day care services lost 10,000 jobs in 

September; however, over the past 6 months, 

employment in the industry has shown little

net change.

+23,000 Construction

 Construction employment ticked up over 

the month, but it has shown essentially no net 

change over the past 6 months. In September, 

residential building added 8,000 jobs. 

+22,000 Retail Trade 

 Employment in retail trade continued to 

trend up over the month. Clothing and 

clothing accessories stores (+14,000) and 

gasoline stations (+8,000) added jobs.

+15,000 Leisure and Hospitality

 Food services employment continued to 

trend up in September (+30,000). Over the 

past 12 months, the industry has added 

300,000 jobs. Performing arts and spectator 

sports lost 13,000 jobs over the month.

+15,000 Other Services 

 Employment continued to trend up in the 

other services sector. Employment has 

increased by 90,000 over the year, with 

personal and laundry services (+41,000) and 

membership organizations (+39,000) 

contributing the largest number of jobs.

-9,000 Transportation and Warehousing

 In September, a 14,000-job loss in transit 

and ground passenger transportation more 

than offset job gains in warehousing and 

storage (+5,000) and in couriers and 

messengers (+3,000).

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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

September 2016 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, September 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Total nonfarm:

156*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, September 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 mining and logging 

did not change from August to 

September. The industry had lost 

223,000 jobs since a peak in September 

2014.

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Employment in mining and logging

September 2016 Level: 681

OTM Change: 0

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

January 2006–September 2016

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: October 7, 2016
 Construction employment edged up 

by 23,000 in September. Residential 

construction added 8,000 jobs.

Employment in construction has shown 

little net change over the past 6 months 

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Employment in construction

Over-the-month change, January 2013–September 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 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: October 7, 2016
 Manufacturing employment changed 

little in September (-13,000). The 

1-month diffusion index fell by 7.6 

points to 39.2. A value below 50 

indicates that more manufacturing 

industries are losing jobs than adding 

them.

 Average weekly hours for all 

employees in manufacturing increased 

by 0.1 hour to 40.7 hours, but for 

production employees the workweek 

decreased by 0.1 hour to 41.7 hours. 2021

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Employment in manufacturing

Over-the-month change, January 2013–September 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Manufacturing

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: October 7, 2016
 Employment in wholesale trade changed little in September 

(+10,000). Over the most recent 12 months, the industry has 

added 60,000 jobs, with about half of those job gains occurring in 

nondurable goods (+32,000). 13

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Employment in wholesale trade

Over-the-month change, January 2013–September 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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: October 7, 2016
 Employment in retail trade continued to trend up in September 

(+22,000), in line with the industry’s prior 12-month average gain of 

25,000. 

 Within retail trade, employment in gasoline stations (+8,000) and 

clothing and clothing accessory stores (+14,000) edged up in September. 

Despite the jobs added in clothing and clothing accessory stores, 

employment in this industry has shown little net change over the past 6 

months (+5,000). 

 Employment in motor vehicle and parts dealers continued to trend up in 

September (+5,000). So far in 2016, this industry has added an average of 

3,000 jobs per month, below 2015’s average monthly gain of 7,000. During 

5 out of the 9 months in 2016, motor vehicle sales (BEA) decreased over 

the year after posting over-the-year increases every month in 2015. 

 

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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

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

Over-the-month change, September 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Retail trade:

22

Retail Trade

CES Highlights Release Date: October 7, 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 transportation and warehousing changed little in 

September (-9,000). 

 Transit and ground passenger transportation lost 14,000 jobs in 

September. This loss was partly offset by job gains in warehousing and 

storage (+5,000) and in couriers and messengers (+3,000). 

 

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Couriers and messengers*

Support activities for transportation

Transit and ground passenger transportation*

Truck transportation

Air transportation

Employment in selected transportation industries

September 2016 Prior 6-month average

Over-the-month change, September 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Transportation 

industries:

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

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Employment in transit and ground passenger transportation

September 2016 Level: 463

OTM Change: -14*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

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

* denotes significance

January 2006–September 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Transportation and Warehousing

CES Highlights Release Date: October 7, 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 utilities was essentially 

unchanged in September.

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Employment in utilities

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

January 2006–September 2016

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: October 7, 2016
 Information employment was 

essentially unchanged in September 

(+1,000). Since its most recent trough in 

January 2013, the industry has regained 

113,000 jobs, or 30 percent of jobs lost 

since its most recent peak.

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Employment in information

September 2016 Level: 2,774

OTM Change: 1

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

January 2006–September 2016

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: October 7, 2016
 Employment in financial activities 

continued to trend up in September 

(+6,000). So far this year, financial 

activities has added 129,000 jobs. 10 14

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Employment in financial activities

Over-the-month change, January 2013–September 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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: October 7, 2016
 Professional and business services added 67,000 jobs in September. 

 Professional and technical services added 30,000 jobs over the month, 

and 233,000 year to date, accounting for 61 percent of the total job 

growth in professional and business services in 2016. Management and 

technical consulting services has been a strong contributor to this growth 

and added 16,000 jobs in September. Employment in accounting and 

bookkeeping services and in computer systems design and related services 

also continued to trend up over the month. 

 Employment in administrative and waste services continued to trend up 

in September (+34,000). Temporary help services accounted for the 

majority of the uptick (+23,000); but employment is essentially unchanged 

so far this year (+1,000).

 

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Administrative and waste

services

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and enterprises

Professional and technical

services

Employment in professional and business services

Over-the-month change vs. prior averages, September 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Sep-16 Prior-3 Prior-6 Prior-12

Sept-16: 67*

Prior-12: 46

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, Octboer 7, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

*denotes significance.

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Scientific research and

development

Specialized design

Legal

Advertising and related

Other professional and

technical

Architectural and engineering

Computer systems design

and related

Accounting and bookkeeping

Management and technical

consulting

Employment in professional and technical serivces

Over-the-month change, September 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousand

Sep-16 Prior-12

Sept-16: 30*

Prior-12: 24

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, Octboer 7, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

*denotes significance.

Professional and Business Services

CES Highlights Release Date: October 7, 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 health care grew by 33,000 in September. Within 

health care, employment changes in most industries were close to their 

prior 6-month averages. Ambulatory health care services added 24,000 

jobs, led by offices of physicians. Hospital employment continued to 

trend up (+7,000), but at a slower rate than the prior 6-month average. 

This slower rate may be due, at least in part, to a strike in the industry.

 

 Within social assistance, child day care services lost 10,000 jobs in 

September. Despite September’s loss, employment in child day care 

services has been relatively flat over the past 6 months (+2,000). 

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 - Home health care services

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Employment in selected health care industries

September 2016 Prior 6-month average

Over-the-month change, September 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Health care 

industries:

33*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

 ̊Includes additional component industries not shown separately.

* denotes significance

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Vocational rehabilitation services

Emergency and other relief services

Individual and family services

September 2016 Prior 6-month average

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

Employment in social assistance

Over-the-month change, September 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Social assistance:

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Private Education and Health Services

CES Highlights Release Date: October 7, 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
 In September, leisure and hospitality employment changed little 

(+15,000). Employment in arts, entertainment, and recreation edged 

down (-19,000), with the majority of the job loss occurring in 

performing arts and spectator sports. Leisure and hospitality has added 

232,000 jobs so far this year.

 Employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend 

up in September (+30,000). So far in 2016, the industry has gained an 

average of 21,000 jobs per month, falling below the 2015 average of 

30,000. 

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Food services and drinking places

Accommodation

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

Employment in leisure and hospitality

September 2016 Prior 6-month average

Over-the-month change, September 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Leisure and 

hospitality:

15

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

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Employment in food services and drinking places

Over-the-month change, January 2013–September 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Leisure and Hospitality

CES Highlights Release Date: October 7, 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 other services 

continued to trend up in September 

(+15,000). Since reaching a trough in 

June 2010, the industry has gained 

401,000 jobs, which puts employment in 

the industry 176,000 above the most 

recent industry peak, reached in April

2008.

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Employment in other services

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

January 2006–September 2016

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: October 7, 2016
 Employment in government changed 

little in September (-11,000). Over the 

past 12 months, however, government 

has added 145,000 jobs, 74 percent of 

which were in local government. 

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Employment in government

September 2016 Level: 22,181

OTM Change: -11

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, October 07, 2016.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

January 2006–September 2016

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: October 7, 2016
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

Michael Calvillo

Tyler Downing

Brittney Forbes

Mike McCall

John Mullins

Michael Osifalujo

Edward Park

Jay Stuart

Julia Wolfe

Current Employment Statistics Highlights

Detailed Industry Employment Analysis