January 2016

Release Date: February 5, 2016

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 2016

CES Highlights Release Date: February 5, 2016

by 206,000 (down 199,000 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).

+58,000 Retail Trade 

 In January, employment rose in retail trade

following essentially no change in December. 

General merchandise stores (+15,000), 

electronics and appliance stores (+9,000), and 

furniture and home furnishings stores (+7,000) 

added jobs over the month, more than 

 Nonfarm employment increased by 151,000 

in January 2016. Retail trade, food services

and drinking places, and health care led job 

gains. Private education, transportation and 

warehousing, and mining lost jobs over the 

month.

 Average hourly earnings of all employees 

on private-sector payrolls rose by 12 cents 

(+0.5 percent) following no change in 

December. Over the past 12 months, hourly 

earnings have increased by 2.5 percent. In 

January average weekly hours increased by 0.1 

hour to 34.6 hours. 

 The employment change for November was 

revised up from +252,000 to +280,000. The 

change for December was revised down from 

+292,000 to +262,000. Over the past 3 

months, job growth has averaged 231,000 per 

month.

 In accordance with annual practice,

establishment survey data have been revised

to reflect comprehensive counts of payroll

jobs, or benchmarks, derived principally from

the Quarterly Census of Employment and 

Wages, which enumerates jobs covered by 

unemployment insurance tax records. Nonfarm

employment for March 2015 was revised down 

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 5, 2016

offsetting small ticks down in December. 

Motor vehicle and parts dealers continued to 

add jobs over the month. Over the past 12 

months, motor vehicle and parts dealers have 

added 79,000 jobs, including 8,000 in January. 

+44,000 Leisure and Hospitality 

 In January, employment rose by 47,000 in 

food services and drinking places. Over the 

year, the industry has expanded payroll 

employment by 384,000.

+29,000 Manufacturing 

 Manufacturers added 29,000 jobs in 

January. Food manufacturing (+11,000),

fabricated metal products (+7,000), and 

furniture and related products (+3,000) 

contributed to job growth over the month. 

+18,000 Financial Activities 

 Employment in financial activities increased 

by an above-average 18,000 in January, with 

small changes across the component 

industries. Job growth in the industry had 

averaged 13,000 per month in 2015.

+18,000 Construction 

 In construction, both residential building 

and residential specialty trades added jobs in 

January. Over the past 12 months, 

construction employment has risen by 

264,000; the residential construction 

industries accounted for 150,000 (57 percent) 

of this increase, while representing about 39 

percent of all construction jobs.

+6,000 Education and Health Services 

 Private education lost 39,000 jobs in 

January to more than offset gains totaling 

37,000 in health care. Within health care, 

hospital employment rose by a healthy 24,000 

over the month; job growth in the industry 

had averaged 15,000 per month in 2015.

Employment in social assistance changed little 

over the month (+7,000).

+9,000 Professional and Business Services 

 Employment increased by 25,000 in 

professional and technical services in January; 

small increases were distributed across most 

of the component industries. Within 

administrative and waste services, temporary

help services employment edged lower 

(-25,000).

-20,000 Transportation and Warehousing 

 Within transportation and warehousing, 

employment decreased by 14,000 in couriers 

and messengers. The job loss followed 

stronger seasonal hiring in the prior 2 months. 

-7,000 Mining and Logging 

 Mining employment continued to decline in 

January. Since reaching a peak in September 

2014, employment in the industry has fallen 

by 146,000 or 17 percent. Support activities 

for mining accounted for 114,000 of the jobs 

lost.

-7,000 Government 

 Within government, the U.S. Postal Service 

lost 6,000 jobs in January following stronger 

seasonal hiring in November and December. 

Over the past 3 months, postal employment 

was up by 3,000.

Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, January 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
 Mining and logging lost 7,000 jobs in 

January. The decline in the industry can 

be attributed to mining. 

 Employment in support activities for 

mining continued to trend down in 

January (-5,000); since reaching a peak 

in September 2014, employment in this 

industry has decreased by 114,000 or 25 

percent. Coal mining lost 1,000 jobs in 

January, in line with its prior 6-month 

average change. 

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Employment in mining and logging

Over-the-month change, January 2012–January 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 2016. 

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: February 5, 2016
 Construction employment edged up 

by 18,000 in January. Employment in 

construction of buildings grew by 

13,000, and residential building 

accounted for 8,000 of the gain.

Residential specialty trade contractors 

added 13,000 jobs in January. 15

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Employment in construction

Over-the-month change, January 2012–January 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 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: February 5, 2016
 Manufacturing added 29,000 jobs in January, the largest over-themonth gain since November 2014. Durable goods led the employment 

gains (+17,000), with increases in fabricated metal products (+7,000) and 

furniture and related products (+3,000). The 1-month diffusion index 

increased from 55.1 to 63.9. 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. 

 Average weekly hours edged up 0.1 hour for both production

employees and all employees. Over the past 12 months, average weekly 

hours have declined 0.3 hour for both production and all employees. 

 Employment in food manufacturing rose by 11,000 in January, and 

the industry has grown by 23,000 jobs over the past 3 months. 26 33 21 29

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Employment in manufacturing

Over-the-month change, January 2011–January 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Employment in food manufacturing

Over-the-month change, January 2011–January 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Manufacturing

CES Highlights Release Date: February 5, 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 wholesale trade 

continued to edge up in January 

(+9,000), bringing the current 6-month 

employment gain to 35,000. 

5,200

5,400

5,600

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6,200

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Employment in wholesale trade

January 2016 Level: 5,911

OTM Change: 9

Nov 2007 peak: 6,042 

May 2010 trough: 5,439

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 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–January 2016

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 5, 2016
 Retailers added 58,000 jobs in January. Over the past 12 

months, the industry has added 301,000 jobs. Employment 

gains occurred in most of the component industries, led by 

general merchandise stores. 

 Motor vehicle and parts dealers continued to add jobs in 

January (+8,000). Over the past 12 months, the industry has 

added 79,000 jobs following. 

 Following weak seasonal hiring in November and 

December, employment in general merchandise stores 

increased by 15,000. Department stores accounted for the 

majority of the increase in January (+13,000). Over the past 3 

months, employment in general merchandise stores has 

shown little net change (+11,000). 

 Electronic and appliance stores (+9,000) and furniture and 

home furnishings stores (+7,000) also added jobs in January 

following weaker seasonal hiring. Over the past 4 months, 

employment in these industries has shown little net change.

 

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Employment in retail trade

Over-the-month change, January 2011–January 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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Employment in general merchandise stores

Over-the-month change, January 2011–January 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Retail Trade

CES Highlights Release Date: February 5, 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
CES Highlights Release Date: February 5, 2016

 Transportation and warehousing lost 

20,000 jobs in January. This is the largest 

monthly job loss since January 2011. 

 Most of the employment decline can 

be attributed to job losses in couriers 

and messengers (-14,000); this decline 

followed 2 months of strong job growth. 

Employment in the industry is up 4,000 

over the past 3 months.

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4,600

4,800

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5,200

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Employment in transportation and warehousing

January 2016 Level: 4,869

OTM Change: -20*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 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–January 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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
 Employment in utilities was 

essentially unchanged in January. 

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Employment in utilities

Over-the-month change, January 2012–January 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 2016. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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: February 5, 2016
 Information employment remained 

essentially unchanged in January 

(+1,000). This is in line with its prior 12-

month average change of +2,000 per 

month.

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Employment in information

Over-the-month change, January 2012–January 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 2016. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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: February 5, 2016
 Financial activities added 18,000 jobs 

in January, above the prior 12-month 

average gain of 13,000 jobs. The changes 

were widespread. Credit intermediation 

added about 7,000 jobs.

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Employment in financial activities

Over-the-month change, January 2012–January 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 2016. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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 5, 2016 
 Professional and business services employment changed little in January 

(+9,000), the lowest 1-month change since January 2015. Employment 

movements in professional and technical services and management of 

companies and enterprises remained in line with their prior 3-, 6-, and 12-

month averages. The change in administrative and waste services 

employment (-21,000) essentially offset the employment gain in 

professional and technical services.

 

 Professional and technical services added 25,000 jobs in January. 

Employment in most of the component industries trended up, led by other 

professional and technical services, (+7,000). This is a diverse set of 

industries including marketing research, photographic services, and 

veterinary services. 

 Temporary help services employment edged downward (-25,000) in 

January.

 

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Administrative and waste

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and enterprises

Professional and technical

services

Professional and business services component industries

Over-the-month change and prior averages, January 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Jan-16 Prior-3 mo. Avg. Prior-6 mo. Avg. Prior-12 mo. Avg.

Jan-16: 9

Prior-12: 52

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 05, 2016.

* denotes significance.

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Scientific research and

development

Specialized design

Management and technical

consulting

Architectural and engineering

Computer systems design

and related

Advertising and related

Accounting and bookkeeping

Other professional and technical*

Professional and technical services component industries

Over-the-month change, January 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Jan-16 Prior-12

Jan-16: 25*

Prior-12: 24

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 05, 2016.

* denotes significance.

Professional and Business Services

CES Highlights Release Date: February 05, 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 education and health services changed little in 

January (+6,000). Within the industry, health care added 37,000 jobs 

over the month, while employment in social assistance (+7,000) 

continued to trend up. Private educational services employment 

declined by 39,000 in January, after trending up for 7 consecutive 

months. 

 Hospitals added 24,000 jobs in January, the largest over-the-month

employment gain in the industry series’ history. Hospitals accounted for 

40 percent of jobs added in all of health care since January 2015.

gain

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 - Home health care services

 - Outpatient care centers

 - Offices of physicians

Ambulatory health care services°

Employment in selected health care industries

January 2016 Prior 6-month average

Over-the-month change, January 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Health care 

industries:

37*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

 ̊Includes additional component industries not shown separately.

* denotes significance.

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Employment in hospitals

January 2016 Level: 5,024

OTM Change: 24*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 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–January 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Private Education and Health Services

CES Highlights Release Date: February 5, 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
 Within leisure and hospitality, food 

services and drinking places gained 

47,000 jobs in January. Over the year, 

employment in leisure and hospitality 

has expanded by 458,000. Food services 

accounted for 84 percent of the gains. 39 34 47

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Employment in food services and drinking places

Over-the-month change, January 2012–January 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 2016. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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 5, 2016
 Employment in other services 

changed little (-5,000) in January. Since 

its most recent employment trough in 

June 2010, other services has added 

340,000 workers to payrolls.

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Employment in other services

January 2016 Level: 5,655

OTM Change: -5

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 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–January 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: February 5, 2016
 Government employment changed 

little in January (-7,000). Employment at 

the federal level declined by 8,000, 

following a similar gain in December. 

The job loss was split between the U.S. 

Postal Service and federal, excluding U.S. 

Postal Service. State and local 

government employment remained flat 

in January. 

Government has added 225,000 jobs 

since an employment trough in January 

2014, with two-thirds of the gain 

occurring in local government.

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21,600

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22,200

22,400

22,600

22,800

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23,200

23,400

Jan-06 Jan-08 Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16

Employment in government

January 2016 Level: 22,032

OTM Change: -7

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 05, 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–January 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: February 5, 2016
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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