July 2020

Release Date: August 7, 2020

Prepared by Analysts 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
 Payroll employment rose by 1.8 million in 

July, led by large gains in leisure and 

hospitality, government, retail trade, 

professional and business services, other 

services, and health care. 

 The diffusion index at 61.4 indicates that 

job gains were widespread over the month; 

however over 6 months, the index at 7.1

shows very few industries have added jobs

over the longer period.

 The employment change for June revised 

down from +4,800,000 to +4,791,000, and the 

change for May revised up from +2,699,000 to 

+2,725,000. On net, employment over these 

months is 17,000 higher than previously 

reported.

 Average hourly earnings of all employees 

on private-sector payrolls rose by 7 cents or

0.2 percent in July. Over the year, hourly 

earnings have increased by 4.8 percent. 

Average weekly hours declined by 0.1 hour to 

34.5 hours. 

+592,000 Leisure and Hospitality

 Leisure and hospitality accounted for about 

one-third of all nonfarm jobs added in July. 

Within the sector, food services and drinking 

places added 502,000 jobs, bringing job gains 

to 3.4 million over the last 3 months. However, 

employment in food services had fallen by a 

total 6.1 million in March and April and is still 

2.6 million below February’s level. 

Amusements, gambling, and recreation added 

100,000 jobs in July.

+301,000 Government

 Government added 301,000 jobs in July. 

Local education and state education added 

215,000 and 30,000 jobs respectively. 

Education industries typically layoff large 

numbers of employees in July; however, due 

to the COVID-19 pandemic many of the layoffs 

occurred earlier in the year. Since February, 

employment in local government education 

and in state education has decreased by 

120,000

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150,000

155,000

160,000

Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20

Employment in total nonfarm

July 2020 Level: 139,582

OTM Change: 1,763*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. 

* denotes significance.

January 2010–July 2020

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Current Employment Statistics Summary, July 2020

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: August 7, 2020
Current Employment Statistics Summary, July 2020

CES Highlights Release Date: August 7, 2020

455,000 and 186,000, respectively, after 

seasonal adjustment. 

 Employment in Federal government rose by 

27,000 in July. Hiring for Census 2020 

accounted for the strength. The U.S. Postal

Service lost 5,000 jobs.

+258,000 Retail Trade

 Retail trade added 258,000 jobs in July. 

While jobs gains were spread among most of 

the retail industries, clothing and clothing 

accessories stores accounted for 121,000 of 

the gain. Employment in retail trade is 913,000 

below its February level.

+215,000 Education and Health Services

 Within health care, employment rose in 

ambulatory care (+126,000) and in hospitals 

(+27,000) in July, while nursing and residential 

care facilities lost 28,000 jobs. Despite the 

gains in health care, employment is still 

797,000 lower than in February.

 Social assistance added 66,000 jobs over 

the month, but employment in the industry is 

down by 460,000 since February.

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

+170,000 Professional and Business Services

 Professional and business services added 

170,000 jobs in July, mostly in temporary help 

services (+144,000). Despite jobs gains over 

the past 3 months, employment in 

professional and business services is down 1.6 

million since reaching a peak in February. 

Most of the net decline over the period 

came in temporary help services (-558,000) 

and professional and technical services 

(-409,000). 

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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

July 2020 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, July 2020

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Total nonfarm:

1,763*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance
Current Employment Statistics Summary, July 2020

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: August 7, 2020

+149,000 Other Services

 Employment in other services rose by 

149,000 in July, largely in personal and laundry 

services (+119,000). Although other services 

has added jobs over the past 3 months, 

employment is still 627,000 lower than in 

February.

+38,000 Transportation and Warehousing

 Employment in transportation and 

warehousing increased by 38,000 in July; 

however, since reaching an employment peak 

in January, the industry has lost 470,000 jobs.

+26,000 Manufacturing

 Manufacturing added 26,000 jobs in July, 

following gains totaling 597,000 over the prior 

2 months. Despite these job gains, 

employment in the industry is still 740,000 

lower than it was in February. In July, motor 

vehicles and parts added 39,000 jobs, which 

were partly offset by declines in fabricated 

metals, machinery, and computer and 

electronic products. 

+21,000 Financial Activities

 Financial activities added 21,000 jobs to 

payrolls in July, with real estate and rental and 

leasing accounting for 15,000 of the gain. 

Although employment in financial activities 

has risen over the past 3 months, it is still 

216,000 lower than in February.

-7,000 Mining and Logging

 Employment in mining and logging 

continued to decline in July. Since an 

employment peak in January 2019, the 

industry has lost 125,000 jobs; about threefourths of the losses have occurred since 

February 2020.
 Mining employment declined by 7,000 in 

July, with job losses totaling 91,000 since 

February. Support activities for mining 

declined by 11,000 jobs over the month.

 Mining employment losses are reflected 

in July indicator data, which show a decline 

in active North American rotary rigs. 

 

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Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20

Employment in mining

July 2020 Level: 569

OTM Change: -7*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. 

* denotes significance.

January 2010–July 2020

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: August 7, 2020
 Construction employment edged up by 

20,000 in July. Despite job gains over the last 

3 months, construction has lost 444,000 jobs 

since employment reached a peak in 

February.

 The uptick in July employment represents 

a continued recovery from losses earlier in 

the year and follows strength in residential 

building permits and new home sales in 

June.

4,500

5,000

5,500

6,000

6,500

7,000

7,500

8,000

8,500

Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20

Employment in construction

July 2020 Level: 7,195

OTM Change: 20

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. 

* denotes significance.

January 2010–July 2020

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: August 7, 2020
 Manufacturing employment increased by 26,000 in July, with both 

durable goods (+15,000) and nondurable goods (+11,000) adding jobs. While 

job gains have been widespread over the past 3 months, employment in 

manufacturing is 740,000 lower than in February. 

 Employment in transportation equipment (+33,000) and miscellaneous 

durable goods manufacturing (+12,000) drove the gains in durable goods in 

July. Employment in all other industries in durable goods experienced 

significant job losses or was flat over the month. 

 In July, the manufacturing 1-month diffusion index, which measures the 

breadth of employment change across industries, fell sharply to 43.4–a drop 

of 33.6 points. A value below 50 indicates that more manufacturing 

industries are losing jobs than are gaining jobs.

 After 2 months of declines, average hourly earnings for all employees in 

manufacturing increased by 17 cents in July. Average hourly earnings of 

production workers rose by 22 cents over the month. 

 Average weekly hours of all employees rose 0.7 hour in July to 39.7 hours. 

For production workers, the average workweek rose 0.8 hour in July to 40.6 

hours.

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11,600

11,800

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Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20

Employment in manufacturing

July 2020 Level: 12,112

OTM Change: 26*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. 

* denotes significance.

January 2010–July 2020

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

July 2020 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, July 2020

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Durable goods:

15*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

Manufacturing

CES Highlights Release Date: August 7, 2020

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
 Wholesale trade employment changed 

little in July (-5,000) after recovering 

86,000 jobs over the prior 2 months.

However, employment is down by 

319,000 since reaching a peak in January.

In July, nondurable goods shed 14,000 

jobs. 

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5,400

5,600

5,800

6,000

6,200

Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20

Employment in wholesale trade

July 2020 Level: 5,618

OTM Change: -5

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. 

* denotes significance.

January 2010–July 2020

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: August 7, 2020
 Employment in retail trade rose by 

258,000 in July, after increasing by 

827,000 in June. Since February, 

industry employment has declined by 

913,000.

 Job gains were widespread in July, led 

by clothing and clothing accessories 

stores (+121,000), department stores 

(+45,000), and electronics and appliance 

stores (+31,000). In contrast, the 

component of general merchandise 

stores that includes warehouse clubs 

and supercenters lost 64,000 jobs over 

the month.

 Recent retail-related economic 

indicators are mixed. Retail sales

increased in June. Conversely, the 

Consumer Confidence Index declined in 

July. 

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Employment in retail trade

Over-the-month change, January 2017–July 2020

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Retail 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: August 7, 2020
 Employment in transportation and 

warehousing grew by 38,000 in July. 

Since February, however, the industry 

has experienced a net employment loss 

of 470,000.

 In July, job gains were concentrated in 

transit and ground passenger 

transportation (+20,000) and air 

transportation (+16,000). Despite the 

gains, transit and ground passenger 

transportation and air transportation 

have lost 175,000 jobs and 116,000 jobs, 

respectively, since February. 

 In July, couriers and messengers 

added 9,000 jobs, offsetting a loss of 

6,000 in warehousing and storage. Over 

the year, couriers have added 101,000 

jobs. 

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

CES Highlights Release Date: August 7, 2020
 Employment in utilities was essentially 

unchanged in July, although the industry 

has lost 10,000 jobs year to date. 

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Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20

Employment in utilities

July 2020 Level: 538

OTM Change: 0

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. 

* denotes significance.

January 2010–July 2020

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: August 7, 2020
 Information employment changed little in July (-15,000) and 

has declined by 330,000 since February.

 

 Publishing industries, except internet lost 7,000 jobs in July, 

and employment is 38,000 lower than in February. 

 

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Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20

Employment in information

July 2020 Level: 2,564

OTM Change: -15

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. 

* denotes significance.

January 2010–July 2020

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Other information services

Data processing, hosting and related services

Telecommunications

Broadcasting, except Internet

Motion picture and sound recording industries

Publishing industries, except Internet*

Employment in information

July 2020 Prior 12-month average

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Information: -15

Over-the-month change, July 2020

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics Survey, August 7, 2020.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

Information

CES Highlights Release Date: August 7, 2020

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 financial activities 

rose by 21,000 in July, following a gain of 

23,000 in June. Since reaching a peak in 

February however, employment in the 

industry has decreased by 216,000 or 2.4 

percent. 

 An upward movement of 15,000 jobs 

in real estate and rental and leasing was 

partially offset by a decline of 5,000 in 

commercial banking. 

 

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: August 7, 2020

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Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20

Employment in financial activities

July 2020 Level: 8,629

OTM Change: 21*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. 

* denotes significance.

January 2010–July 2020

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
 Employment in professional and business services increased by 170,000 

in July. Over the past 3 months, industry employment has increased by 

648,000 but is still 1.6 million below its peak employment in February. 

 In July, administrative and support services added 168,000 jobs, with 

temporary help services accounting for 144,000 of the increase. Year to 

date however, employment in temporary help services is down by 

568,000. Services to buildings and dwellings (+16,000) and office 

administrative services (+12,000) added jobs over the month. 

 

 Management of companies and enterprises lost 12,000 jobs in July and

119,000 since an employment peak in January. 

 Within professional and technical services, other professional and 

technical services added 18,000 jobs, partially offsetting a decrease of

8,000 jobs in advertising and related services. 

 

 

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Employment in professional and business services

Over-the-month change, January 2017–July 2020

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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 - Services to buildings*

 - Employment services*

Administrative and waste services1*

Management of companies*

 - Management and technical consulting

 - Computer systems design

 - Architectural and engineering

 - Accounting and bookkeeping

Professional and technical1

Employment in selected professional and business services

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

Data are preliminary.

1 Includes additional component industries not shown separately.

* denotes significance

Over-the-month change, July 2020

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Professional and 

business services:

170*

Professional and Business Services

CES Highlights Release Date: August 7, 2020

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 July, employment in health care and social assistance increased by 

191,000. Within social assistance, child day care services (+45,000) and 

emergency and other relief services (+6,000) added jobs. Despite the gains 

in July, employment in health care and social assistance is 1.3 million lower 

than in February.

 Employment in ambulatory health care services increased by 126,000 in 

July, with offices of dentists accounting for 45,000 of the gains. Offices of 

physicians (+26,000), offices of other health practitioners (+22,000), home 

health care services (+16,000), and medical and diagnostic laboratories 

(+8,000) also added jobs. 

 In July, employment in nursing and residential care facilities fell by 

28,000, offsetting a gain of 27,000 jobs in hospitals.

 

 

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Employment in health care and social assistance

Over-the-month change, January 2017–July 2020

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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Nursing and residential care*

Hospitals*

 - Home health care services*

 - Outpatient care centers

 - Offices of dentists*

 - Offices of physicians*

Ambulatory health care services1*

Employment in selected health care industries

July 2020 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, July 2020

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Health care 

industries:

126*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

Data are preliminary.

1 Includes additional component industries not shown separately.

* denotes significance

Private Education and Health Services

CES Highlights Release Date: August 7, 2020

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 leisure and hospitality increased by 592,000 in July, 

after rising by 2.0 million in June. Since February, however, the industry 

has lost 4.3 million jobs. 

 

 Employment in food services and drinking places grew by 502,000 in 

July. This increase follows an upswing in food service sales in June. 

Despite adding 3.4 million jobs over the past 3 months, employment in 

food services and drinking places is still 2.6 million lower than in 

February. 

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Food services and drinking places*

Accommodation

Arts, entertainment, and recreation*

Employment in leisure and hospitality

July 2020 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, July 2020

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Leisure and 

hospitality:

592*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

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Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20

Employment in food services and drinking places

July 2020 Level: 9,667

OTM Change: 502*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. 

* denotes significance.

January 2010–July 2020

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Leisure and Hospitality

CES Highlights Release Date: August 7, 2020

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 other services grew 

by 149,000 in July, following a gain of 

349,000 in June. However, employment 

is still 627,000 lower than in February. 

 Among the component industries, the 

largest job gain in July occurred in 

personal and laundry services

(+119,000), following an increase of 

252,000 in June. These gains coincided 

with the continued easing of pandemicrelated restrictions on barbershops, 

hairs salons, and other establishments 

whose business involves close personal 

contact. Employment in July is still 

325,000 below February’s level.

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Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20

Employment in other services

July 2020 Level: 5,314

OTM Change: 149*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. 

* denotes significance.

January 2010–July 2020

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: August 7, 2020
 In July, government employment 

increased by 301,000 with local government 

education accounting for 215,000 of the 

increase. Typically, education industries 

layoff a large number of workers in July; 

however, due to earlier layoffs related to the 

pandemic, fewer layoffs occurred in July, 

resulting in employment gains after seasonal 

adjustment.

 Hiring for Census 2020 accounted for 

27,000 of the increase in federal 

government employment. The U.S. Postal 

Service lost 5,000 jobs over the month.

26

215

4

30

-5

32

-250 -200 -150 -100 -50 0 50 100 150 200 250

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

July 2020 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, July 2020

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Government:

301*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 07, 2020.

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: August 7, 2020
Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch

Current Employment Statistics Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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