ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category

Sept.

2017

Oct.

2017

Nov.

2017

Dec.

2017

Jan.

2018

Feb.

2018

Mar.

2018

Apr.

2018

May

2018

June

2018

July

2018

Aug.

2018p

Sept.

2018p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 271 216 175 176 324 155 175 268 208 165 270 134

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 277 217 174 188 321 153 174 260 192 137 254 121

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 38 78 82 55 107 26 52 56 36 41 37 46

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 6 1 7 9 8 8 3 7 0 6 5

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 17 42 42 28 67 -3 16 30 8 19 26 23

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 20 30 39 20 31 21 28 23 21 22 5 18

Durable goods1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 27 29 17 26 19 22 14 19 21 5 17

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . -2.4 -1.6 3.3 2.5 0.3 4.4 -0.2 1.2 -6.8 4.8 -1.0 1.6 -0.4

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

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 239 139 92 133 214 127 122 204 156 96 217 75

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 7.5 10.0 8.6 6.9 3.4 9.8 -9.8 9.0 12.7 10.3 21.3 4.4

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 6.5 27.2 -25.9 11.9 46.0 11.4 -2.4 29.1 -41.8 2.0 11.5 -20.0

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . 25.4 13.7 12.1 8.7 15.3 17.8 19.7 2.4 15.8 15.0 8.2 21.3 23.8

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 0.0 0.1 -0.2 -0.9 1.4 -0.5 1.3 -1.7 -0.4 -3.0 0.6 0.1

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -8 0 -4 -4 -16 -1 6 3 3 -2 1 -3 0

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 9 8 3 29 5 3 12 12 3 12 13

Professional and business services1. . . . 27 60 16 31 38 61 41 59 49 47 39 65 54

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5 19.8 7.1 -1.0 -1.7 22.2 -3.0 17.8 -0.7 -6.5 10.3 12.4 10.6

Education and health services1. . . . . . . . 14 15 38 30 50 32 29 38 42 67 36 58 18

Health care and social assistance. . . . 10.2 35.7 27.8 30.9 30.1 43.8 34.5 32.3 35.9 29.4 33.0 42.4 29.8

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -75 110 20 31 21 18 2 14 35 28 13 21 -17

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 17 11 5 3 7 3 14 11 18 -13 9 -1

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2 -6 -1 1 -12 3 2 1 8 16 28 16 13

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 169 167 221 189 225 218 218 199 217 214 214 190

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 167 170 223 193 228 221 216 196 209 196 194 171

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND

NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

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

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.2 48.2 48.2 48.2 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.3 34.4 34.5 34.5 34.4 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.6 34.5 34.5 34.5

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26.51 $26.47 $26.54 $26.64 $26.71 $26.74 $26.80 $26.86 $26.94 $26.99 $27.07 $27.16 $27.24

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $909.29 $910.57 $915.63 $919.08 $918.82 $922.53 $924.60 $926.67 $929.43 $933.85 $933.92 $937.02 $939.78

Index of aggregate weekly hours3. . . . . . . . . . 107.3 107.8 108.3 108.5 108.3 108.9 109.1 109.2 109.4 109.9 109.7 110.0 110.1

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

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls4. . . . . . . . 136.0 136.5 137.5 138.2 138.3 139.3 139.7 140.2 141.0 141.8 142.0 142.8 143.3

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.4

DIFFUSION INDEXES5

Total Private

Over 1-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.0 63.2 66.1 65.5 57.2 70.2 65.3 62.4 70.2 64.1 59.7 63.6 60.9

Over 3-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.1 67.6 66.7 71.1 69.4 70.9 73.1 71.3 67.4 72.1 71.3 66.5 66.5

Over 6-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.2 70.7 72.5 71.3 70.2 73.3 76.0 76.0 78.9 74.2 74.4 72.1 73.1

Over 12-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.1 71.9 75.8 75.2 73.4 75.4 76.7 76.6 76.7 78.1 76.9 76.9 75.8

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 63.8 63.2 68.4 55.9 72.4 64.5 62.5 69.1 65.8 59.9 61.8 62.5

Over 3-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.8 73.7 64.5 76.3 76.3 76.3 75.7 71.1 64.5 68.4 75.7 66.4 64.5

Over 6-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.2 66.4 67.8 73.0 75.0 75.0 74.3 77.6 80.9 77.0 76.3 69.1 74.3

Over 12-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.2 66.4 75.0 71.7 72.4 74.3 73.7 75.7 77.0 79.6 82.2 77.6 79.6

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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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