October 2014

Release Date: November 7, 2014

Prepared by Staff 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 Survey Summary, October 2014 

CES Highlights Release Date: November 7, 2014

+ 41,000 Education and health services 

 In October, health care providers added 

25,000 jobs, similar to an average monthly gain 

of 21,000 over the prior 12 months. In October, 

employment in ambulatory health care services 

rose by 19,000, with home health care services 

contributing 7,000 jobs.

+ 12,000 Construction 

 Construction employment continued to 

trend up in October, with employment gains 

coming from residential specialty trade 

contractors. Over the year, construction has 

added 231,000 jobs. 

Total Nonfarm + 214,000

Total Private + 209,000

 Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 

214,000 in October. Food services and drinking 

places, retail trade, and health care added jobs. 

 The employment change for August revised 

up from 180,000 to 203,000, and the change 

for September revised up from 248,000 to 

256,000. Incorporating revisions, employment 

has increased by an average 224,000 per month 

over the past 3 months.

 Average hourly earnings of all employees in 

the private sector edged higher in October 

(+3 cents), following no change in September. 

Over the year, hourly earnings are up 2.0 

percent. Average weekly hours increased 0.1 

hour to 34.6 hours in October. 

+ 52,000 Leisure and hospitality

 Employment rose in leisure and hospitality, 

with food services and drinking places 

accounting for 42,000 of the job gain. Over the 

year, food services and drinking places has

added 319,000 payroll jobs. 

+ 27,000 Retail trade 

 Retail trade added 27,000 jobs in October. 

Within the sector, general merchandise stores 

added 12,000 jobs, and automobile dealers

added 4,000 jobs. 

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Employment in total nonfarm

October 2014 Level: 139,680

OTM Change: 214*

Jan 2008 peak: 138,365 

Feb 2010 trough: 129,655

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014.

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–October 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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
+ 15,000 Manufacturing 

 Manufacturing employment also continued 

to trend up in October. Over the month, gains 

occurred in machinery, furniture and related 

products, and semiconductors and electronic 

components. Over the year, manufacturing has 

added 170,000 jobs. 

+ 37,000 Professional and business services 

 Employment in professional and business 

services continued to trend up in October. 

Within professional and technical services 

(+20,000), employment continued to trend up 

in architectural and engineering services, in 

computer systems design and related services, 

and in management and technical consulting 

services. Temporary help employment also 

continued to trend up (+15,000) in October. 

 Over the year, employment in professional 

and business services has grown by an average 

of 55,000 per month.

+ 5,000 Government 

 In October, a job gain of 11,000 in local 

government, excluding education, was partly 

offset by a loss of 3,000 jobs in the U.S. Postal 

Service. Postal employment was essentially 

unchanged over the year.

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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

October 2014 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, October 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Total nonfarm:

214*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014.

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, October 2014

CES Highlights Release Date: November 7, 2014
 Employment in mining and logging 

was essentially flat in October.

 Within mining, oil and gas extraction 

added 3,000 jobs, while employment 

changed little among other component 

industries. The overall weakness in 

mining employment coincides with a 

drop of approximately 10 percent in 

West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices 

as reported by the U.S Energy 

Information Administration. 

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Employment in mining and logging

Over-the-month change, January 2011–October 2014

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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: November 7, 2014
 Employment in construction continued to 

trend upward in October (+12,000), bringing the 

current 12-month net job gain to 231,000.

 Within the sector, employment in residential 

specialty trade contractors continued to trend up 

in October (+10,000), and job gains totaled

81,000 over the year. 

 

 

 

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Employment in construction

October 2014 Level: 6,095

OTM Change: 12

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014.

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–October 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Construction

CES Highlights Release Date: November 7, 2014

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 employment continued to trend up in October (+15,000). 

Over the month, durable goods employment increased by 14,000. Since the 

manufacturing employment trough in February 2010, manufacturing has 

added 728,000 jobs, mostly in durable goods.

 The 1-month diffusion index rose to 58.6 in October from 53.1 in 

September. 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. October marks 

the sixteenth consecutive month that the index registered above 50.

 In October, average weekly hours for both all employees and production 

employees were unchanged at 40.8 and 42.1 hours, respectively. 10,500

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Employment in manufacturing

October 2014 Level: 12,181 OTM Change: 15

Aug 2004 peak: 14,344 

Feb 2010 trough: 11,453

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014.

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–October 2014

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

October 2014 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, October 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Durable goods:

14*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

Manufacturing

CES Highlights Release Date: November 7, 2014

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 333 – Machinery

 Machinery manufacturing employment grew by 5,000 in October, 

bringing its 12-month net job change to 33,000. Since reaching an 

employment trough in January 2010, the industry has added 164,000 

jobs.

NAICS 337 – Furniture and related products

 Furniture and related products manufacturing added 4,000 jobs in 

October, bringing its 6-month net job change to +12,000. 

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Employment in machinery

Over-the-month change, January 2011–October 2014

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Employment in furniture and related products

Over-the-month change, January 2011–October 2014

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Manufacturing

CES Highlights Release Date: November 7, 2014

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 October (+9,000). Components 

within the industry changed little. Wholesale 

trade has added 126,000 jobs over the past 

year.

 

 

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Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13

Employment in wholesale trade

October 2014 Level: 5,895

OTM Change: 9

Nov 2007 peak: 6,042 

May 2010 trough: 5,440

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014.

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–October 2014

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: November 7, 2014
 In October, employment in retail trade increased by 27,000, about in 

line with the prior 12-month average of 22,000. 

 Recent retail-related indicators were also positive in October. The 

Conference Board noted that the Consumer Confidence Index 

increased by 5.5. In a pre-holiday retailer and consumer study, the 

National Retail Federation reported that 2 out of 5 consumers planned 

to start their holiday shopping in October.

NAICS 441 – Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers

 Within motor vehicles and parts, employment in automobile dealers 

increased by 4,000 in October, coinciding with strong auto sales. Auto 

sales (seasonally adjusted annualized rate) were at 16.5 million in 

October, up 1.1 million from October 2013, as reported by 

MotorIntelligence.

NAICS 452 – General Merchandise Stores

 General merchandise stores employment increased by 12,000 in 

October, which was more than twice its prior 12-month average 

(+5,000). 

Retail Trade

CES Highlights Release Date: November 7, 2014

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

 

 Couriers and messengers added 4,000 jobs in October. Since March, the 

industry has added 25,000 jobs.

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Employment in transportation and warehousing

October 2014 Level: 4,664

OTM Change: 13

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014.

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–October 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Transportation and Warehousing

CES Highlights Release Date: November 7, 2014

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 up (+13,000) in 

October. Over the past 12 months, the industry has added 154,000 jobs. 

NAICS 481 – Air Transportation

 Employment in air transportation increased by 3,000 in October. Over 

the past 12 months, the industry has added 12,000 jobs.
 Employment in utilities was unchanged in 

October. The industry has shown little net 

employment change over the last 12 months 

(+3,000).

 

 

 

 

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Employment in utilities

October 2014 Level: 554

OTM Change: 0

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014.

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–October 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Utilities

CES Highlights Release Date: November 7, 2014

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

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: November 7, 2014

 Information employment changed 

little (-4,000) in the month of October, 

with small changes spread throughout 

the component industries.
 Financial activities employment changed 

little (+3,000) in October. Most component 

industries were near their prior 6-month 

average employment changes, with the 

exception of insurance carriers and related 

activities. 

 Employment changed little in insurance 

carriers and related activities in October 

(+1,000). Job gains had averaged 7,000 per 

month over the prior 6 months. 

 

 

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Real estate and rental and leasing

Insurance carriers and related activities

Securities and commodities

 - Commercial banking

Credit intermediation°

Employment in selected financial activities

October 2014 Prior 6-month average

Over-the-month change, October 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Financial 

activities:

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014.

Data are preliminary.

 ̊Includes additional component industries not shown separately.

* denotes significance.

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: November 7, 2014
 Professional and business services 

employment continued to trend up in 

October (+ 37,000). Employment growth 

was split between two of the component 

industries – professional and technical 

services added 20,000 jobs, while 

administrative and waste services 

employment continued to trend up 

(+17,000). Year to date, professional and 

business services has added 568,000 jobs –

25 percent of the total jobs added to total 

nonfarm employment during this period.

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Employment in professional and business services

October 2014 Level: 19,410

OTM Change: 37

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014.

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–October 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Professional and Business 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: November 7, 2014
 In October, private education and health services employment 

increased by 41,000. Within the industry, health care added 25,000 

jobs, while private educational services employment (+14,000) and 

social assistance employment (+3,000) continued to trend up over the 

month.

NAICS 6216 – Home health care services

 Within ambualtory health care services, home health care services 

added 7,000 jobs in October, marking the industry’s eighth consecutive 

month of job gains. Over the past 12 months, the industry has added 

49,000 jobs, accounting for nearly 20 percent of employment growth in 

health care over the same period. 

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Employment in home health care services

Over-the-month change, January 2011–October 2014

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Nursing and residential care*

Hospitals

 - Home health care services

 - Outpatient care centers

 - Offices of physicians

Ambulatory health care services°*

Employment in selected health care industries

October 2014 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, October 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Health care 

industries:

25*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014.

Data are preliminary.

 ̊Includes additional component industries not shown separately.

* denotes significance.

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Private Education and Health Services

CES Highlights Release Date: November 7, 2014

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
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: November 7, 2014

 Leisure and hospitality continued to show 

strength in October, adding 52,000 jobs. 

Employment in food services and drinking places 

grew by 42,000, accounting for most of leisure and 

hospitality’s job gains.
 Employment in other services was 

about unchanged in October, with little 

movement occurring in any component 

industry. As of October, other services had

regained about 90 percent of the jobs lost 

in the most recent downturn. 

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Employment in other services

October 2014 Level: 5,517

OTM Change: 3

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

October 2004–October 2014

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: November 7, 2014
 Government employment changed little in October (+5,000). Over 

the past 12 months, government has added 60,000 jobs, on net. Nearly

all of the 12-month job gain was concentrated in local government.

NAICS 932—Local government, excluding education

 Local government, excluding education added 11,000 jobs over the 

month, after a loss of 8,000 jobs in September. Over the past 12 

months, the industry has added 47,000 jobs. 

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Employment in government

October 2014 Level: 21,914

OTM Change: 5

Apr 2009 peak: 22,677 

Jul 2013 trough: 21,831

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014.

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–October 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Local government education

State government, excluding education

State government education

U.S. Postal Service

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

Employment in selected government

October 2014 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, October 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Government:

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 07, 2014.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

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Government

CES Highlights Release Date: November 7, 2014

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

Email CES

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