January 2019

Release Date: February 1, 2019

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
CES Highlights Release Date: February 1, 2019

 Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 

304,000 in January 2019. Leisure and 

hospitality, construction, health care, and 

transportation and warehousing added jobs. 

Federal government employment changed 

little in January.

 Average hourly earnings of all privatesector employees rose by 3 cents over the 

month, following a 10-cent gain in December. 

Hourly earnings have risen 3.2 percent over 

the past 12 months. Average weekly hours, at

34.5 hours, were unchanged in January. 

 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 2018 was 

revised down by 1,000 (-16,000 on a not 

seasonally adjusted basis). For an analysis of 

the benchmark revisions, see 

www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.pdf.

 The employment change for December 

(seasonally adjusted) revised down from 

+312,000 to +222,000, and the change for 

November revised up from +176,000 to 

+196,000. These monthly revisions reflect the 

incorporation of additional sample, as well as 

updated benchmarks, net birth-death factors, 

and seasonal adjustment models.

+74,000 Leisure and Hospitality

 Employment rose by 74,000 in leisure and 

hospitality in January. Food services and 

drinking places added 37,000 jobs, followed by

amusements, gambling, and recreation with 

32,000. Leisure and hospitality had added an 

average 29,000 jobs per month in 2018.

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Over-the-month change Annual average

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 01, 2019.

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Over-the-month change, January 2016–January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Employment in total nonfarm

Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, January 2019

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 Summary, January 2019

CES Highlights Release Date: February 1, 2019

offsetting declines over the prior 2 months. 

General merchandise stores lost 12,000 jobs in 

January, following a loss of 28,000 in 

December. Retail employment has shown 

little net change over the year.

+30,000 Professional and Business Services 

 Employment continued to trend up in 

professional and business services in January 

(+30,000). Job growth had averaged 46,000 

per month in 2018.

+55,000 Education and Health Services 

 Health care added 42,000 jobs in January 

with gains in ambulatory health care (+22,000) 

and hospitals (+19,000). Job growth in health 

care had averaged 29,000 per month in 2018.

+52,000 Construction

 Construction employment rose by 52,000 in 

January. Job gains in specialty trade

contractors were split between the residential 

(+15,000) and nonresidential (+19,000) 

components. Residential builders added 9,000 

jobs. Employment in construction grew by an 

average 27,000 in 2018.

+27,000 Transportation and Warehousing 

 Transportation and warehousing added 

27,000 jobs in January. Warehousing and 

storage accounted for 15,000 of the jobs 

gained, followed by couriers and messengers 

(+7,000). In 2018, job growth in transportation 

and warehousing averaged 18,000 per month.

+21,000 Retail Trade 

 Employment in retail trade edged up by

21,000 in January. Sporting goods, hobby, 

book, and music stores added 17,000 jobs, 

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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

January 2019 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Total nonfarm:

304*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 01, 2019.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government
CES Highlights Release Date: February 1, 2019

+7,000 Mining and Logging

 Mining employment rose by 7,000 in 

January. Over the past 12 months, mining has 

added 64,000 jobs. 

+8,000 Government 

 Government employment changed little in 

January. The Government Employee Fair 

Treatment Act of 2019 requires federal 

agencies to provide back pay to employees

who were on furlough during the reference 

pay period. These employees will receive pay 

for the reference period; therefore, they were 

counted as employed in January. Federal 

government employment changed little in 

January (+1,000). 

Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, January 2019

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 mining grew by 7,000 

in January. Most of the industry’s growth 

can be attributed to support activities 

for mining, which added 5,000 jobs.

 Mining employment has risen by 

119,000 since reaching a low in October 

2016.

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Employment in mining

Over-the-month change, January 2015–January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 01, 2019. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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 1, 2019
 Construction employment rose by 

52,000 in January. Most of these gains 

were in specialty trade contractors 

(+34,000), with nonresidential 

contractors adding 19,000 jobs. 

Employment edged up by 8,000 in 

construction of buildings and by 10,000 

in heavy and civil engineering 

construction.

 Employment in construction has risen 

by 338,000 over the past 12 months. 37 21

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Employment in construction

Over-the-month change, January 2015–January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 01, 2019. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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 1, 2019
 Manufacturing employment changed little in January (+13,000). The

1-month diffusion index decreased by 3.3 points to 59.9, demonstrating

that job growth in the industry was less widespread in January.

Average weekly hours of all employees in manufacturing ticked down by 

0.1 hour to 40.8 hours. The average workweek of production employees 

also ticked down by 0.1 to 42.0 hours. 

 Consistent with the recent trend in manufacturing, employment in 

durable goods was stronger than in nondurable goods. Durable goods 

added 20,000 jobs in January, while nondurable goods employment 

edged down 7,000. 

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Over-the-month change Annual average

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 01, 2019. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Over-the-month change, January 2016–January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Employment in manufacturing

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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

January 2019 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Durable goods:

20*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 01, 2019.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

Manufacturing

CES Highlights Release Date: February 1, 2019

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 

January (+5,000), in line with the average monthly gain of 

6,000 in 2018. 

 Durable goods employment continued to trend up in 

January and has accounted for 85 percent of the 80,000 jobs 

added in wholesale trade over the year.

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Employment in wholesale trade

January 2019 Level: 5,904

OTM Change: 5 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 01, 2019.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

January 2009–January 2019

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 1, 2019
 In January, employment in retail 

trade edged up by 21,000, but is little 

changed over the year.

 Over the month, employment in 

sporting goods, hobby, book, and music 

stores increased by 17,000, while 

employment in general merchandise 

stores declined by 12,000.

 Recent retail-related economic 

indicators have been mixed. The 

Consumer Confidence Index declined by 

5.1 percent in January. US Light Weight 

Vehicle Sales increased by 0.6 percent in 

December. The per-gallon price of 

regular gasoline in January declined by 

4.9 percent (U.S. Energy Information 

Administration).

 

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Over-the-month change Annual average

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 01, 2019.

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Over-the-month change, January 2016–January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Employment in retail trade

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: February 1, 2019
 Employment in transportation and warehousing increased by 27,000 in 

January. This continues a long running trend of largely consistent growth 

since a trough in December 2009. Since that time, the industry has added 

1.4 million jobs.

 Continuing recent trends, job growth in January was driven by couriers 

and messengers (+7,000) and warehousing and storage (+15,000). 

Employment also increased in air transportation (+2,000).

 

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Employment in transportation and warehousing

January 2019 Level: 5,534

OTM Change: 27* 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 01, 2019.

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

* denotes significance

January 2009–January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Support activities for transportation

Transit and ground passenger transportation

Truck transportation

Air transportation *

Employment in select transportation and warehousing industries

Over-the-month change, January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

January 2019 Prior 12-month average

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey February 1, 2019.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

Transportation 

industries:

27

Transportation and Warehousing

CES Highlights Release Date: February 1, 2019

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 little 

changed in January (-1,000) and has 

shown zero net change over the year.

 

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Employment in utilities

Over-the-month change, January 2015–January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 01, 2019. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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 1, 2019
 Information employment changed little in January (-4,000).

 

 Telecommunications employment continued to trend downward (-2,000). 

The industry lost 29,000 jobs over the past 12 months. 

 After rising by 24,000 in 2018, employment in other information services 

(which includes news syndicates, libraries and archives, and internet 

publishing and broadcasting and web search portals) was flat in January.

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Employment in information

January 2019 Level: 2,821

OTM Change: -4 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 01, 2019.

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

* denotes significance

January 2009–January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Employment in telecommunications

January 2019 Level: 732 OTM Change: -2

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 01, 2019.

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

* denotes significance

January 2009–January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Information

CES Highlights Release Date: February 1, 2019

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 

edged up in January (+13,000). Real 

estate and rental and leasing 

experienced an employment uptick

(+10,000). Over the past 12 months, 

financial activities has added 129,000 

jobs.

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 1, 2019 14

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Employment in financial activities

Over-the-month change, January 2016–January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 01, 2019. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
 Employment in professional and business services continued to trend up in 

January (+30,000), including both professional and technical services (+15,000) 

and administrative and waste services (+12,000). Over the year, professional 

and business services has added 546,000 jobs. 

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Over-the-month change, January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Employment in professional and business services

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 01, 2019 Most recent 2 months are preliminary.

Jan-19: 30

Prior-12: 46

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Administrative and waste

services

Management of companies

and enterprises

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services

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Employment in professional and business services component industries

Over-the-month change and prior averages, January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 01, 2019 Most recent 2 months are preliminary.

CES Highlights Release Date: February 1, 2019

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

Professional and Business Services
 Health care added 42,000 jobs in January. Job gains were shared 

between ambulatory health care services and hospitals. Job growth in 

health care averaged 29,000 per month in 2018. 

 Most of the component industries within ambulatory health care 

services saw employment increases at or near their prior 12-month 

average monthly change. Hospital employment grew strongly in January. 

Employment in nursing and residential care did not change over the 

month.

 Hospitals added 19,000 jobs in January. The industry gained an 

average of 8,000 jobs per month in 2018. 

 

 

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Hospitals*

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 - Outpatient care centers

 - Offices of physicians

Ambulatory health care services1*

Employment in selected health care industries

January 2019 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Health care 

industries:

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 01, 2019.

Data are preliminary.

1 Includes additional component industries not shown separately.

* denotes significance

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 01, 2019. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Over-the-month change, January 2016–January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Employment in hospitals

Private Education and Health Services

CES Highlights Release Date: February 1, 2019

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 grow in January 

(+74,000), beating the 2018 average gain of 29,000 per month.

 Food services and drinking places gained 37,000 jobs in January. This 

industry has added 282,000 jobs over the year. 

 Amusements, gambling, and recreation posted a stronger-than-usual 

January job gain (+32,000). The industry had seen incremental monthly 

increases (+5,000 on average) in 2018.

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Over-the-month change Annual average

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 01, 2019. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Over-the-month change, January 2016–January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Employment in leisure and hospitality

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Employment in amusements, gambling, and recreation

January 2019 Level: 1,784 OTM Change: 32* 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 01, 2019.

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

* denotes significance

January 2009–January 2019

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Leisure and Hospitality

CES Highlights Release Date: date in February 1, 2019

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

changed little in January (+4,000). Over 

the most recent 12 months, the industry 

has added 73,000 jobs, representing a 

change of 1.3 percent. Membership 

associations and organizations 

accounted for 33,000 of the gain during 

this period.

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Employment in other services

January 2019 Level: 5,881

OTM Change: 4 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 01, 2019.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

January 2009–January 2019

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 1, 2019
 Government employment changed 

little in January. The Government 

Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019

requires federal agencies to provide back 

pay to federal employees who were on 

furlough during the reference pay 

period. These employees will receive 

pay for the reference period; therefore, 

they were counted as employed in 

January. Federal government 

employment changed little over the 

month (+1,000).

 Government has added 132,000 jobs 

over the last 12 months. Two-thirds of 

the job gains were in local government. 

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22,400

22,600

22,800

23,000

23,200

23,400

Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Jan-15 Jan-17 Jan-19

Employment in government

January 2019 Level: 22,506

OTM Change: 8 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 01, 2019.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

January 2009–January 2019

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 1, 2019
Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch

Current Employment Statistics Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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