July 2016

Release Date: August 5, 2016

Prepared by Analysts of the National Estimates Branch

Current Employment Statistics Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

202-691-6555

Email CES

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, July 2016

CES Highlights Release Date: August 5, 2016

engineering services added 7,000 jobs over the 

month. 

 Employment changed little over the month 

among administrative and waste services 

industries (+32,000).

+36,000 Education and Health Services

 Health care employment rose by 43,000 in 

July. Ambulatory health care services added

19,000 jobs, with about half the gain occurring 

in offices of physicians. Hospitals (+17,000) 

 Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 

255,000 in July. Year to date, employment has 

risen by an average 186,000 per month, 

compared to 229,000 per month in 2015. In 

July, professional and business services, health 

care, and financial activities added jobs. 

 Average hourly earnings of all employees 

on private-sector payrolls rose by 8 cents or 

0.3 percent over the month. Hourly earnings 

are up 2.6 percent over the year. Average 

weekly hours edged up 0.1 hour to 34.5 hours.

 

 The employment change for June was 

revised from +287,000 to +292,000, and the 

change for May was revised from +11,000 to 

+24,000. Over the past 3 months, 

employment has risen by an average of 

190,000.

+70,000 Professional and Business Services

 In July, professional and business services 

added 70,000 jobs. Among the professional 

and technical services industries, employment 

rose by 37,000. Computer systems design and 

related services continued to add jobs 

(+8,000); over the year, employment in this 

industry has risen by 78,000. Architectural and 190 311 135 192 218 146 140 269 185189 291 45 187 168 272 310 213 306 232 218 286 200 331 292 221 265 84 251 273 228 277 150 149 295 280 271 168 233 186 144 24 292 255

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Jul-16

Employment in total nonfarm

Over-the-month change, January 2013–July 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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: Release Date: August 5, 2016

and nursing and residential care facilities 

(+7,000) also added jobs over the month.

+45,000 Leisure and Hospitality

 Employment continued to trend upward in 

leisure and hospitality in July. Over the past 

12 months, the industry sector has added 

421,000 jobs. 

+38,000 Government

 Government employment edged up in July. 

+18,000 Financial Activities

 Employment rose in financial activities in 

July, with small changes spread out among the 

component industries.

+9,000 Manufacturing 

 Within manufacturing, transportation 

equipment added 12,000 jobs in July; about 

half of this increase occurred in motor vehicles 

and parts. Both semiconductors and 

electronic components and apparel lost about 

3,000 jobs each.

-7,000 Mining and Logging

 Mining employment continued to trend 

down in July (-6,000). Since last reaching an 

employment peak in September 2014, mining 

has lost 220,000 jobs or 26 percent of its 

workforce.

38

3

45

36

70

18

0

1

12

15

2

9

14

-7

-40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100

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 2016 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, July 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Total nonfarm:

255*

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

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, July 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 employment 

edged down by 7,000 in July. Most of 

this loss was concentrated in mining 

(-6,000).

 Job losses in mining have moderated 

over the past 2 months. The 

deceleration has occurred as related 

economic indicators show mixed results. 

From June to July, domestic oil rigs 

increased by roughly 5.4 percent (Baker 

Hughes) and the price of West Texas 

Intermediate oil decreased roughly 4.2 

percent (U.S. Energy Information 

Administration).

550

600

650

700

750

800

850

900

950

1,000

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

Employment in mining and logging

July 2016 Level: 682

OTM Change: -7

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 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–July 2016

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 5, 2016
 Employment in construction did not 

change much in July (+14,000), nor over 

the past 4 months (-13,000). Job growth 

had averaged 25,000 per month over the 

12 months ending in March 2016. 13 52 21

-3 2023

3 17 26 23 31

-15 60 21 42 41 1213 41 2525 14 23 4550 27

-7 38 17

0 11

4 10 33 65 48 18 13 37

-6

-18

-3 14

-40

-20

0

20

40

60

80

100

Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Jul-16

Employment in construction

Over-the-month change, January 2013–July 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 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: August 5, 2016
 Manufacturing employment changed little in July (+9,000) and has 

shown little change over the last 6 months (-33,000). The 1-month 

diffusion index increased by 3.1 points to 54.4. The value above 50 

indicates that more manufacturing industries are adding jobs than 

losing. 

 Average weekly hours in manufacturing were unchanged for all 

employees at 40.7 and were up 0.2 hour to 42.0 hours for production 

employeees.

 In July, transportation equipment employment rose by 12,000, 

driven largely by a gain in motor vehicles and parts (+7,000). July is the 

traditional month when many automotive manufacturers shut down to 

retool for the upcoming model year. However, in 2016 some 

automotive plants remained open to meet demand for vehicles, 

especially light trucks (Automotive News). 

10,500

11,000

11,500

12,000

12,500

13,000

13,500

14,000

14,500

15,000

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

Employment in manufacturing

July 2016 Level: 12,305

OTM Change: 9

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 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–July 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

7

6

22

2

5

-23 24

3

7

3

5

-5 14

4

3

5 12

7

1

-1

3

7

3

2

4

22

5

-2

4

6

6

0

-6

-1

5

-2

-4

8

-4

-1 12

-40

-30

-20

-10

0

10

20

30

40

Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Jul-16

Employment in transportation equipment

Over-the-month change, January 2013–July 2016

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

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Manufacturing

CES Highlights Release Date: August 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 changed little in July (+2,000). 

The industry has shown essentially no change in employment 

over the last 6 months (+8,000). 

5,200

5,400

5,600

5,800

6,000

6,200

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

Employment in wholesale trade

July 2016 Level: 5,922

OTM Change: 2

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 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–July 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: August 5, 2016
 Employment in retail trade changed little in July (+15,000). Over the 

prior 12 months, retail trade had added 26,000 jobs per month on average.

Nearly all of the components experienced changes smaller than their prior 

12-month averages. 

 Employment in motor vehicle and parts dealers was essentially 

unchanged in July (+1,000) and has shown little change over the past 6 

months (+10,000). Over the preceding 6 months, this industry had added 

44,000 jobs.

 42 11

-5 20 33 40 4545 273131 48

-9

-18 21 39

9 36 23

8 30 13 59

-2 33 29 25 13 27 35 31

4

6 21 52

7 67 52 42

-2

0 26 15

-40

-20

0

20

40

60

80

100

Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Jul-16

Employment in retail trade

Over-the-month change, January 2013–July 2016

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

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

1,500

1,600

1,700

1,800

1,900

2,000

2,100

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

Employment in motor vehicles and parts dealers

July 2016 Level: 1,993 OTM Change: 1

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 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–July 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Retail Trade

CES Highlights Release Date: August 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 transportation and 

warehousing changed little over the 

month (+12,000) and over the year

(+38,000).

4

5

-4 10

-3

6

-14 15 33

8 17

9

7

9 12 19 28 2020 14 20 26 21 31

1 15 10 14 1111 15

6

4

-7 12 17

-21

0

6 12

5

-7 12

-40

-20

0

20

40

60

Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Jul-16

Employment in transportation and warehousing 

Over-the-month change, January 2013–July 2016

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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

CES Highlights Release Date: August 5, 2016
 Utilities employment experienced 

little change in July (+1,000).

540

545

550

555

560

565

570

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

Employment in utilities

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 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–July 2016

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 5, 2016
 Employment in information was unchanged 

in July. Employment gains in this industry have 

been modest in 2016, averaging 3,000 per 

month.

2,500

2,600

2,700

2,800

2,900

3,000

3,100

3,200

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

Employment in information

July 2016 Level: 2,783

OTM Change: 0

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 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–July 2016

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

in July. So far this year, the monthly 

employment gain in financial activities 

has averaged 16,000, compared to an 

average monthly gain of 12,000 in 2015. 10 14

6 13136 16

-3

2

5

2

3

1 16

2

99 16 14 1314

6 19

8 20

9 12

7

9 1920 13

3 11 18

8 178 14 21 16 15 18

-5

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Jul-16

Employment in financial activities

Over-the-month change, January 2013–July 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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 5, 2016
 Professional and business services employment rose by 70,000 in July. 

Year to date, the industry has added an average of 39,000 jobs per month, 

compared to gains averaging 52,000 per month in 2015.

 Professional and technical services added 37,000 jobs in July, with 

nearly all the component industries showing positive employment 

movements. Computer systems design and related services led the gains, 

adding 8,000 jobs over the month. The industry has been a strong driver 

of employment within professional and technical services, adding 584,000 

jobs since the trough in August of 2009. Employment in architectural and 

engineering services also expanded in July (+7,000). Architectural and 

engineering services has now recovered 96 percent of the 183,000 jobs 

lost between February 2008 and September 2010. 

 Employment changed little in administrative and waste services in July. 

Temporary help services employment also changed little in July (+17,000). 

Year to date, the average monthly employment change in temporary help 

remained flat (-2,000) compared to an average increase of 8,000 per 

month in 2015.

 46 84 636363 36 52 37 30 36 51

-6 49 61 47 64 39 66 46 55 51 28 6568 10 39 27 69 80 76 46 35 40 91 48 60

-2 35 31 57 32 53 70

-20

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Jul-16

Employment in professional and business services

Over-the-month change, January 2013–July 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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

0

1

2

3

3

6

7

8

8

-2 0 2 4 6 8 10

Legal

Specialized design

Scientific research and

development

Advertising and related

Other professional and

technical

Management and technical

consulting

Architectural and engineering*

Accounting and bookkeeping

Computer systems design

and related*

Employment in professional and technical services

Over-the-month change, July 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Jul-16 Prior-12

July 2016: 37*

Prior-12: 23

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

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

Professional and Business Services

CES Highlights Release Date: August 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
 Education and health services employment continued to trend up in 

July (+36,000). Within education and health services, health care 

employment increased by 43,000. Educational services employment 

changed little over the month (-14,000).

 Ambulatory health care services gained 19,000 jobs in July, as 

employment continued to trend up throughout its component 

industries. Ambulatory health care services has added 593,000 jobs 

since January 2014, accounting for 58 percent of the employment gain 

in health care over the same period.

 Hospital employment increased by 17,000 over the month. Since its 

employment trough in January 2014, the industry has added 335,000 jobs;

accounting for one-third of the employment gain in health care over the

same period.

 

7.2

17.1

2.7

2.2

8.9

18.9

-5 0 5 10 15 20 25

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

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

Data are preliminary.

 ̊Includes additional component industries not shown separately.

* denotes significance

Over-the-month change, July 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Health care 

industries:

43*

4,200

4,400

4,600

4,800

5,000

5,200

5,400

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

Employment in hospitals

July 2016 Level: 5,101

OTM Change: 17*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 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–July 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Private Education and Health Services

CES Highlights Release Date: August 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
 Leisure and hospitality employment continued to trend up in July 

(+45,000). This industry has averaged 29,000 jobs gained per month in 

2016. Employment in performing arts and spectator sports continued to 

trend up in July (+10,000).

 Employment in food services and drinking places was little changed in 

July (+21,000). So far this year, employment gains in this industry have

averaged 18,000 per month, compared to an average monthly gain of 

30,000 in 2015.

21

6

18

-10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

Food services and drinking places

Accommodation

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

Employment in leisure and hospitality

July 2016 Prior 6-month average

Over-the-month change, July 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Leisure and 

hospitality:

45

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 05, 2016. Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

340

360

380

400

420

440

460

480

500

520

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

Employment in performing arts and spectator sports

July 2016 Level: 495 OTM Change: 10

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 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–July 2016

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: August 5, 2016
 Employment in other services 

changed little in July (+3,000); 

however, the industry has added 

60,000 jobs over the year. Personal 

and laundry services accounted for 50 

percent of the gain in this 12-month 

period.

5,200

5,300

5,400

5,500

5,600

5,700

5,800

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

Employment in other services

July 2016 Level: 5,691

OTM Change: 3

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

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2006–July 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: August 5, 2016
 Government employment edged up in July (+38,000). Employment 

changed little over the month at the state and local levels. 

 Over the past 12 months, government has added 154,000 jobs,

86,000 of which were in local government, excluding education.

8.7

21.6

-0.6

5.1

0.7

2.2

-10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30

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

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

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

Over-the-month change, July 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Government:

38

6,100

6,150

6,200

6,250

6,300

6,350

6,400

6,450

6,500

6,550

6,600

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

Employment in local government, excluding education

July 2016 Level: 6,408

OTM Change: 9

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 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–July 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Government

CES Highlights Release Date: August 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
Prepared by Analysts of the National Estimates Branch

Current Employment Statistics Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

202-691-6555

Email CES

CES Analysts

Michael Calvillo

Steve Crestol

Tyler Downing

Brittney Forbes

Mike McCall

John Mullins

Michael Osifalujo

Edward Park

Karen Ransom

Kara Sullivan

Jay Stuart

Julia Wolfe

Current Employment Statistics Highlights

Detailed Industry Employment Analysis