January 2015

Release Date: February 6, 2015

Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch

Current Employment Statistics Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

202-691-6555

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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 Survey Summary, January 2015 

CES Highlights Release Date: February 6, 2015

+46,000 Retail trade 

 Employment in retail trade rose by 46,000 

over the month. Sporting goods, hobby, and 

book stores (+9,000), motor vehicle and parts 

dealers (+8,000), and nonstore retailers 

(+6,000) accounted for half of the jobs added.

+39,000 Construction

 Construction of buildings accounted for half 

of the job gain in construction in January. 

Employment continued to trend up in specialty 

trade contractors and in heavy construction.

Over the prior 12 months, job growth averaged 

28,000 per month in construction. 

Total Nonfarm +257,000

Total Private +267,000

 Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 

257,000 in January. Retail trade, construction, 

health care, financial activities, and 

manufacturing added jobs. Nonfarm 

employment has increased by an average 

336,000 jobs per month over the past 3 months.

 Average hourly earnings of all employees 

on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 12 

cents, following a 5-cent decrease in 

December. Hourly earnings are up 2.2 percent 

over the year. Average weekly hours were 

unchanged at 34.6 hours.

 In accordance with annual practice, the 

establishment survey data presented in this 

analysis have been revised to reflect 

comprehensive counts of payroll jobs, or 

benchmarks derived principally from the

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages 

(QCEW), which enumerates jobs covered by 

the unemployment insurance tax records. 

Nonfarm employment for March 2014 was 

revised up by 91,000 (67,000 on a not

seasonally adjusted basis). An article 

analyzing the benchmark revisions can be 

accessed through the BLS website

(www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.htm). 75 167 206 321 103 185 117128 223 183 146 226 380 247 216 87 113 35 177188 144 213 164 293 205 314 115 187 219 127 164 256 150 225 317 109 166 188 225 330 236 286 249 213 250 221 423 329 257

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Employment in total nonfarm

Over-the-month change, January 2011 - January 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 06, 2015.

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesal

e Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government
+46,000 Education and health services

 Health care providers added 38,000 jobs in 

January compared to an average monthly gain 

of 26,000 in 2014. Over the month, offices of 

physicians contributed 13,000 to job growth, 

followed by hospitals (+10,000) and nursing 

and residential care (+7,000). 

+26,000 Financial activities

 Employment rose by 26,000 in financial 

activities. Insurance carriers and related 

services contributed 14,000 to job growth, 

while securities, commodity contracts and 

investments added 5,000 jobs. Over the past 

12 months, financial activities has added 

159,000 jobs.

+22,000 Manufacturing 

 Manufacturing employment rose by 22,000 

in January, largely in durable goods industries. 

Motor vehicles and parts makers added 7,000 

jobs, while wood products manufacturers 

added 4,000 jobs. Over the past 12 months, 

manufacturing has added 228,000 payroll jobs.

+39,000 Professional and business services 

 Professional and technical service industries 

added 33,000 jobs in January. Computer 

systems design and architectural and 

engineering services added 8,000 jobs each.

+37,000 Leisure and hospitality 

 Employment continued to trend upward in 

food services and drinking places (+35,000). 

Over the past 12 months, the industry has 

added 407,000 jobs.

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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

January 2015 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, January 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Total nonfarm:

257*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

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

Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, January 2015

CES Highlights Release Date: February 6, 2015
 Mining and logging employment edged 

down (-3,000) in January. 

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: February 6, 2015
 Construction added 39,000 jobs in 

January. Construction of buildings led 

the way, with both residential and 

nonresidential builders adding jobs 

(+13,000 and +7,000 respectively). 

Employment also continued to trend up 

in heavy construction and in specialty 

trade contractors.

 Over the past 12 months, 

construction employment has grown by 

308,000. 

 

 

 

Construction

CES Highlights Release Date: February 6, 2015

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
 Manufacturing added 22,000 jobs in January, bringing the 12-month net 

job gain to 228,000. Over the month, durable goods employment increased 

by 18,000, led by gains of 7,000 jobs in motor vehicles and parts and 4,000 

jobs in wood products manufacturing. Within nondurable goods

manufacturing, chemicals lost 3,000 jobs.

 The 1-month diffusion index for manufacturing declined to 58.1 in 

January from 64.4 in December. The diffusion index measures the 

dispersion of employment change in manufacturing, with a value above 50 

indicating that more manufacturing industries are adding jobs than losing 

them. 

 In January, average weekly hours for all employees in manufacturing 

rose 0.1 hour to 41.0 hours, and average weekly hours for production 

employees in manufacturing was unchanged at 42.1 hours.

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Employment in manufacturing

January 2015 Level: 12,330 OTM Change: 22* 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015.

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

* denotes significance.

January 2003–January 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing

Furniture and related products

Transportation equipment*

Electrical equipment and appliances

Computer and electronic products

Machinery

Fabricated metal products

Primary metals

Nonmetallic mineral products

Wood products*

Employment in durable goods

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

Over-the-month change, January 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Durable goods:

18*

Manufacturing

CES Highlights Release Date: February 6, 2015

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 

continued to trend up in January 

(+13,000). Electronic markets and agents 

and brokers gained 7,000 jobs. 

Wholesale trade has added 106,000 jobs 

over the past 12 months.

 

 

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Employment in wholesale trade

January 2015 Level: 5,885

OTM Change: 13

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

January 2003–January 2015

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: February 6, 2015
 In January, employment in retail trade increased by 46,000. Over 

the past 12 months, the industry has added 293,000 jobs, bringing the 

January 2015 employment level to 26,000 jobs shy of the November 

2007 peak. 

 The large seasonally-adjusted employment gain in January stems 

from a smaller-than-usual not seasonally adjusted holiday layoff. For 

the retail industries that typically display holiday seasonal movements, 

the not seasonally adjusted holiday layoff in January 2015 was smaller 

than the same month in the prior 2 years, but in line with the average 

January layoff for the prior 5 years. The holiday buildup in October 

through December of 2014 was also smaller than the same period in 

2013, but was larger than average.

1Includes employment only from furniture and home furnishings stores, electronics and 

appliance stores, other specialty food stores, health and personal care stores, clothing 

and clothing accessories stores, sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores, general 

merchandise stores, miscellaneous store retailers, and electronic shopping and mailorder houses.

*Indicates 5 weeks between weeks of the 12th for the current and prior month; there 

are 4 weeks when not annotated. The CES reference period is the pay period that 

includes the 12th of the month. Seasonal movements can differ depending on the 

number of weeks between surveys.

 

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Employment in retail trade

January 2015 Level: 15,551

OTM Change: 46*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015.

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

* denotes significance.

January 2003–January 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

 RETAIL TRADE1

Holiday Season Employment Buildup and Layoff

(Not seasonally adjusted, in thousands)

YEAR SEPT. 

LEVEL

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DEC.

JAN. OVER 

THE MONTH 

CHANGE

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LAYOFF 

THROUGH 

JAN.

2009 7,880.8 555.3 7.0% -487.6* -87.80%

2010 7,906.4 634.2 8.0% -477.1 -75.20%

2011 8,045.5 667.9 8.3% -486.3 -72.80%

2012 8,049.7 697.7 8.7% -535.4 -76.70%

2013 8,152.8 760.0 9.3% -583.5* -76.80%

Average 8,007.0 663.0 8.3% -514.0 -77.90%

2014 8,258.6 717.4 8.7% -519.7* -72.40%

Retail Trade

CES Highlights Release Date: February 6, 2015

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
NAICS 441 – Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers

 In January, employment in motor vehicle and parts dealers 

increased by 8,000. This increase coincides with recent strength 

in auto sales. In January 2015, US light vehicle retail sales were 

16.7 million, an increase of 1.4 million from January 2014 

(Source: Motor Intelligence).

NAICS 451 – Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores added 9,000 

jobs in January. Over the past 6 months, this industry has added 

35,000 jobs.

NAICS 454 – Nonstore Retailers 

 In January, nonstore retailers added 6,000 jobs. This industry 

has surpassed its December 2007 employment peak by 72,000 

jobs, with most of the growth stemming from electronic shopping 

and mail-order houses.

Retail Trade

CES Highlights Release Date: February 6, 2015

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
NAICS 492 – Couriers and Messengers

 In January, couriers and messengers lost 14,000 jobs. This drop coincided 

with a larger-than-usual not seasonally adjusted holiday layoff, following a 

larger-than-usual holiday buildup from October through December. The 

January layoff represented about 65 percent of the holiday buildup, which is 

directly in line with the January 2014 layoff percentage. 

On a seasonally adjusted basis, employment in couriers and messengers has

increased by an average 6,000 per month over the past 4 months.

In 

Transportation and Warehousing

CES Highlights Release Date: February 6, 2015

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

 

 Transportation and warehousing employment edged down in January 

(-9,000), following an increase of 34,000 in December. Most of this 

movement was driven by couriers and messengers.

 
 Utilities employment was essentially 

unchanged in January. 

 

 

 

 

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Employment in utilities

Over-the-month change, January 2011–January 2015

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Utilities

CES Highlights Release Date: : February 6, 2015

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
Information

 Within information, employment rose in 

data processing, hosting and related 

services (+3,000) and other information 

services (+4,000). 

 Information added 47,000 jobs over the 

past 12 months. Other information 

services—which includes internet 

publishing and broadcasting and web

search portals—accounted for 54 percent of 

this gain. 

 

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: February 6 , 2015
 Financial activities added 26,000 jobs in 

January. The gains were mainly in insurance 

carriers and related activities (+14,000) and 

in securities, commodities, and investments 

(+5,000). 

 Over the past 3 months, financial 

activities has added 63,000 jobs, with 

insurance carriers and related activities 

accounting for 33,000.

 

 

 

 

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: February 6, 2015
 Employment in professional and business services continued to 

trend up in January (+39,000). Monthly job gains in the industry 

averaged 59,000 in 2014. 

 Professional and technical services accounted for the majority of the 

growth in January, adding 33,000 jobs. Architectural and engineering 

services and computer systems design and related services both added 

8,000 jobs over the month, while management and technical consulting

employment continued to edge up (+4,000).

 Employment changed little in administrative and waste services 

(+9,000) and was below its average over-the-month change of 30,000 

in 2014. Temporary help services, the industry that historically sets the 

pace of job growth for administrative and waste services, also 

experienced little employment change in January (-4,000).

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Employment

Employment in professional and business services

January 2012 - January 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Professional and technical services Management of companies and enterprises

Administrative and waste services Professional and business services

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Legal

Employment in professional and technical services

Over-the-month change, January 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Jan-15 Prior-12 mo avg

Professional and 

technical servicess:

33*

Professional and Business Services

CES Highlights Release Date: February 6, 2015

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 January, private education and health services employment 

increased by 46,000. Within the industry, health care added 38,000 

jobs and social assistance employment continued to trend up 

(+11,000). Private educational services employment changed little over 

the month (-4,000).

NAICS 621 —Ambulatory health care services

 Ambulatory health care services added 22,000 jobs in January. 

Within the industry, offices of physicians gained 13,000 jobs, while 

employment contined to trend up over the month in outpatient care 

centers (+2,000) and home health care services (+4,000).

 In 2014, ambulatory health care services employment grew by an 

average 19,000 per month. Within the industry, offices of physicians, 

outpatient care centers, and home health care services saw average 

monthly job gains of 5,000, 3,000, and 4,000, respectively.

NAICS 622 –- Hospitals

 Hospitals continued to add jobs in January (+10,000). In 2014, 

hospital employment increased by an average 3,000 per month, 

compared to an average montly loss of 1,000 in 2013.

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Hospitals*

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 - Outpatient care centers

 - Offices of physicians*

Ambulatory health care services°*

Employment in selected health care industries

January 2015 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, January 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Health care 

industries:

38*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015.

Data are preliminary.

 ̊Includes additional component industries not shown separately.

* denotes significance.

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Employment in hospitals

Over-the-month change, January 2011–January 2015

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Private Education and Health Services

CES Highlights Release Date: February 6, 2015

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

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Leisure and hospitality

employment

Consumer Confidence Index

Leisure and hospitality employment vs. Consumer Confidence Index

January 2000-January 2015 

Seasonally adjusted, Composite Index (1985=100)

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Conference Board, Release date: February 06, 2015

Note: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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: February 6, 2015

 Leisure and hospitality employment continued to trend up in January 

(+37,000), with food services and drinking places contributing 35,000 

jobs. Continued growth within leisure and hospitality coincides with 

strength in the Consumer Confidence Index, which climbed 9.8 points in 

January.

 In 2014, leisure and hospitality added an average 39,000 jobs per 

month, with 83 percent of these gains coming in food services and 

drinking places.
 Other services employment changed 

little in January, with all component 

industries experiencing little change. 

Employment in other services is now 

74,000 above its April 2008 peak.

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Employment in other services

January 2015 Level: 5,614

OTM Change: 4

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

January 2005–January 2015

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: February 6, 2015
 Government employment changed little in January (-10,000). 

Within government, the U.S. Postal Service lost 6,000 jobs over the 

month.

 In 2014, government added an average 6,000 jobs per month. The 

majority of the employment gains occurred in local government 

education and state government education, averaging 3,000 and 2,000 

jobs per month, respectively.

 

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U.S. Postal Service*

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

Employment in selected government

January 2015 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, January 2015

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Government:

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

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Employment in U.S. Postal Service

Over-the-month change, January 2011–January 2015

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Government

CES Highlights Release Date: February 6, 2015

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
Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch

Current Employment Statistics Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

202-691-6555

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