December 2014

Release Date: January 9, 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, December 2014 

CES Highlights Release Date: January 9, 2015

(-14,000) offset a gain in November. 

 Administrative and waste services added 

35,000 payroll jobs in December. Temporary 

help employment continued to trend up 

(+15,000). 

 

Employment in professional and business 

services grew by an average of 61,000 per 

month in 2014, compared to an average gain of 

56,000 per month in 2013.

Total Nonfarm + 252,000

Total Private + 240,000

 Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 

252,000 in December. Job growth averaged 

246,000 per month in 2014, compared with

194,000 per month in 2013. In December, 

professional and business services, 

construction, food services, health care, and 

manufacturing added jobs. 

 The employment change for October

revised up from +243,000 to +261,000, and the 

change for November revised up from 

+321,000 to +353,000. Incorporating revisions, 

employment has increased by an average 

289,000 per month over the past 3 months.

 Average hourly earnings of all employees in 

the private sector fell 5 cents in December, 

following an increase of 6 cents in November. 

Over the year, hourly earnings are up 1.7

percent. Average weekly hours were 

unchanged at 34.6 hours in December. 

+ 52,000 Professional and business services 

 Employment in professional and business 

services rose by 52,000 in December. Within 

professional and technical services, computer 

systems design and related services (+9,000) 

and architectural and engineering services 

(+5,000) added jobs. A job loss in accounting 

and bookkeeping services 70 168 212 322 102 217 106122 221 183 164 196 360 226243 96 110 88 160 150161 225 203214 197 280 141 203 199 201 149 202 164 237 274 84 144 222 203 304 229 267 243 203 271 261 353 252

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Employment in total nonfarm

Over-the-month change, January 2011 - December 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, January 09, 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
+ 48,000 Construction 

 In December, construction added 48,000 

jobs. Growth occurred in nonresidential 

building, heavy and civil engineering 

construction, and in both residential and 

nonresidential specialty trade contractors. 

+ 36,000 Leisure and hospitality

 Within leisure and hospitality, food services 

and drinking places gained 44,000 jobs in 

December. In 2014, food services and drinking 

places added an average 30,000 payroll jobs

per month, compared with 28,000 per month in 

2013. 

+ 48,000 Education and health services 

 In December, health care providers added 

34,000 jobs. Employment rose in ambulatory 

health care services (+16,000), in hospitals 

(+7,000), and in nursing and residential care 

facilities (+11,000). 

 Over the year, health care employment 

expanded by an average of 26,000 per month, 

compared with an average of 17,000 per month 

in 2013.

+ 17,000 Manufacturing 

 Manufacturing added 17,000 jobs in 

December. In durable goods, employment 

continued to trend up in fabricated metal 

products (+5,000), in nonmetallic mineral 

products (+3,000), and in primary metals 

(+3,000). Within nondurable goods, 

employment in petroleum and coal products 

grew by 2,000 over the month. 

 Employment in manufacturing grew by an 

average of 16,000 per month in 2014, 

compared with 7,000 per month in 2013. 

 

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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

December 2014 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, December 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Total nonfarm:

252*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

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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, December 2014

CES Highlights Release Date: January 9, 2015
 Continuing its recent trend, mining and 

logging employment edged up (+2,000) 

in December. 

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Employment in mining and logging

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015. 

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: January 9, 2015
 Construction employment grew 

significantly in December by 48,000. 

 In December, specialty trade contractors 

led job growth with an increase of 26,000, 

split evenly between residential specialty 

trade and nonresidential specialty trade 

contractors. Employment also rose in 

heavy construction and nonresidential 

building.

 

 

 

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Nonresidential specialty trade contractors*

Residential specialty trade contractors*

Heavy and civil engineering*

Nonresidential building*

Residential building

Employment in construction

December 2014 Prior 6-month average

Over-the-month change, December 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Construction:

48*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

Construction

CES Highlights Release Date: January 9, 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 17,000 jobs in December, bringing the 12-month 

net job gain to 186,000. Over the month, durable goods employment 

increased by 13,000, bringing the industry’s over-the-year job gain to 

176,000.

 The 1-month diffusion index declined to 58.0 in December from 66.0 in 

November. 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. The decrease in 

the 1-month diffusion index in December coincides with a reported decline 

in the rate of expansion in economic activity in manufacturing (Institute of 

Supply Management).

 In December, average weekly hours for all employees in manufacturing 

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

employees in manufacturing remained unchanged at 42.2 hours.

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Employment in manufacturing

December 2014 Level: 12,239

OTM Change: 17

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015.

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

January 2003–December 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

December 2014 Prior 6-month average

Over-the-month change, December 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Durable goods:

13

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

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Manufacturing

CES Highlights Release Date: January 9, 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 324– Petroleum and coal products

 Employment in petroleum and coal products manufacturing 

employment grew by 2,000 in December.

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Employment in petroleum and coal products

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Manufacturing

CES Highlights Release Date: January 9, 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 December 

(+10,000). The industry has recovered 78 

percent of the jobs lost during its most 

recent downturn. 

 

 

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Employment in wholesale trade

December 2014 Level: 5,908

OTM Change: 10

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2003–December 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: January 9, 2015
 In December, employment in retail trade changed little (+8,000), 

following a gain of 56,000 in November. Over the year, the industry 

added 250,000 jobs, bringing the December employment level to 15.5 

million, or 65,000 jobs shy of the November 2007 employment peak.

 For the retail industries that typically display holiday seasonal 

movements1, seasonally adjusted employment edged down by 9,000 in 

December. However, not seasonally adjusted, the October-December 

2014 holiday employment build up was 9.0 percent of the September 

2014 employment level, similar to the holiday build up in 2013 but 

stronger than the preceding 4 years.

NAICS 441 – Motor vehicle and parts dealers

 Employment in motor vehicle and parts dealers increased by 6,000 

in December, following an increase of 11,000 in November. Over the 

year, the industry added 66,000 jobs.

*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.

1Furniture 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 mail-order houses.

 

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Employment in retail trade

December 2014 Level: 15,511

OTM Change: 8

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2003–December 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Retail Trade

CES Highlights Release Date: January 9, 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 484 – Truck Transportation

 Employment in truck transportation increased by 7,000 in December. Over 

the past 12 months, the industry added 42,000 jobs. The increase in 

employment coincides with recent record-high levels in the ATA Truck 

Tonnage Index (Source: American Trucking Associations). 

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Employment in transportation and warehousing

December 2014 Level: 4,686

OTM Change: 3

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2003–December 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Transportation and Warehousing

CES Highlights Release Date: January 9, 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 changed little (+3,000) in 

December. Throughout 2014, the industry added 140,000 jobs.

NAICS 481 – Air transportation

 In December, air transportation employment fell by 3,000, which was 

the largest 1-month decrease since September 2012. However, 

employment in the industry showed little net change in 2014.

 
 Utilities employment edged up by 

2,000 in December. 

 

 

 

 

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Employment in utilities

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Utilities

CES Highlights Release Date: January 9, 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

 In December, employment in 

information showed little change 

(+2,000), with a decrease in data 

processing, hosting, and other related 

services (-3,000) and small offsetting 

movements in the motion picture and 

sound recording industries (+3,000).

 After adding 35,000 jobs from June 

through August of 2014, employment in 

information has shown zero net change

since August. 

 Over the year, motion picture and 

sound recording industries employment 

declined by 26,000, while employment 

in other information services, such as 

internet service providers and news 

syndicates, increased by 23,000.

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: January 9, 2015
 Employment in financial activities edged 

up by 10,000 in December. The industry

added 121,000 jobs over the past 12 months. 

This increase is greater than those in both 

2012 and 2013, when 94,000 and 74,000 jobs 

were added, respectively.

 Since February 2011, financial activities 

has recovered 48 percent of the jobs lost in 

the last peak-to-trough period.

 

 

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Employment in financial activities

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015. 

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: January 9, 2015
 Professional and business services added 

52,000 jobs in December, in line with its 

prior-12-month average over-the-month 

change of 58,000.

 In December, employment in 

administrative and waste services rose by 

35,000 and continued to trend up in 

professional and technical services 

(+13,000).

 Representing 25 percent of the gains in 

total nonfarm employment in 2014, 

professional and business services added 

732,000 jobs. The industry had added 

677,000 jobs in 2013.

 

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Monthly change

Employment

Axis Title

Professional and business services employment

January 2012 - December 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

OTM change Professional and business services Annual avg. OTM change

555 677 732

Dec-14 Level: 19,574

OTM change: 52*

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: January 9, 2015
NAICS 5412 – Accounting and bookkeeping services

 Employment in accounting and bookkeeping services 

fell by 14,000 in December, exactly offsetting the gain in 

November. Over-the-year the industry has added 54,000 

jobs—19 percent of the gains seen in professional and 

technical services. 

NAICS 5415 – Computer systems design and related 

services

 

 Adding 9,000 jobs in December, computer systems 

design and related services continues to be a top 

contributor to employment gains in professional and 

technical services. In 2014, computer services added 

72,000 jobs—25 percent of the gains seen in professional 

and technical services.

NAICS 56 – Administrative and waste services

 Administrative and waste services added 35,000 jobs 

in December. Among the component industries, 

temporary help services employment continued to trend 

up (+15,000). Temporary help services accounts for 

roughly one-third of total employment in administrative 

and waste services but contributed 54 percent of the 

overall growth in administrative and waste services in 

2014.

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Monthly change

Employment

Administrative and waste services employment

January 2012 - December 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Waste management and remediation Temporary help services (THS)

Admin and support - THS Administrative and waste service

Dec-14 Level: 8,934

OTM change: 35*

Professional and Business Services

CES Highlights Release Date: January 9, 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 December, private education and health services employment 

increased by 48,000. Within the industry, health care added 34,000 

jobs, while social assistance employment continued to trend up 

(+10,000). Private educational services employment changed little over 

the month (+5,000).

NAICS 622 –- Hospitals

 Within health care, hospitals added jobs for the fifth consecutive 

month. In 2014, hospitals added 47,000 jobs, compared with a net job 

gain of zero in 2013.

NAICS 623 —Nursing and residential care facilities 

 Nursing and residential care facilities employment increased by 

11,000 over the month, the strongest 1-month gain since August 2013. 

Over the year, the industry added 33,000 jobs, compared with a job 

gain of 26,000 in 2013.

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Hospitals*

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 - Outpatient care centers

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Ambulatory health care services°*

Employment in selected health care industries

December 2014 Prior 6-month average

Over-the-month change, December 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Health care 

industries:

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 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–December 2014

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Private Education and Health Services

CES Highlights Release Date: January 9, 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
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Leisure and hospitality

employment

Consumer Confidence Index

Leisure and hospitality employment vs. Consumer Confidence Index

January 2000-December 2014 

Seasonally adjusted, Composite Index (1985=100)

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Conference Board, Release date: January 09, 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: January 9, 2015

 Directly in line with the prior 6-month average, leisure and 

hospitality employment continued to trend up in December 

(+36,000). Employment increased by 44,000 in food services and 

drinking places employment.

 Despite recent fluctuations in the Consumer Confidence Index

(CCI), employment growth within the leisure and hospitality 

industry has remained steady. The CCI was up 1.6 points in 

December after a decline of 3.1 points in November.
 Other services employment changed 

little in December, with little 

employment change occurring in any 

component industry. 

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Employment in other services

December 2014 Level: 5,538

OTM Change: 2

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2005–December 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: January 9, 2015
 Government employment was little changed in December 

(+12,000). Within government, employment changed little over the 

month at the federal, state, and local levels.

 In 2014, government added 91,000 jobs. The 12-month employment 

gain was split between local government (+87,000) and state 

government (+21,000) and was partially offset by a small decline in 

federal employment (-17,000).

 

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Employment in government

December 2014 Level: 21,945

OTM Change: 12

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015.

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

January 2003–December 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

2

2

4

3

2

-1

-4 -2 0 2 4 6

Local government, excluding education

Local government education

State government, excluding education

State government education

U.S. Postal Service

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

Employment in selected government

December 2014 Prior 6-month average

Over-the-month change, December 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Government:

12

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 09, 2015.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

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: January 9, 2015
Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch

Current Employment Statistics Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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