October 2016

Release Date: November 4, 2016

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
 

Current Employment Statistics Summary, October 2016

CES Highlights Release Date: November 4, 2016

+43,000 Professional and Business Services

 In October, employment continued to trend 

up in professional and business services

(+43,000). So far this year, this industry has 

added 434,000 jobs, with the professional and 

technical components accounting for more 

than half of the increase (+247,000).

 Within professional and technical services, 

employment in management and technical 

consulting (+5,000) and computer systems 

design and related services (+8,000) continued 

to trend up in October. So far this year, these 

industries have added 70,000 and 74,000 jobs, 

respectively. 

 Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 

161,000 in October. So far this year, job gains 

for the nation have averaged 181,000 per

month, compared to an average monthly 

increase of 229,000 in 2015. Over the month, 

employment continued to trend up in health 

care, professional and business services and 

financial activities. 

 Average hourly earnings of all employees 

on private-sector payrolls rose by 10 cents or 

0.4 percent over the month. Hourly earnings 

are up 2.8 percent over the year. Average 

weekly hours, at 34.4 hours, were unchanged 

in October. 

 The employment change for September 

revised up from +156,000 to +191,000, and

the change for August revised up from 

+167,000 to +176,000. Including revisions, job 

growth has averaged 176,000 over the past 3 

months.

+52,000 Education and Health Services

 Health care employment rose by 31,000 in 

October. Ambulatory health care services 

accounted for 19,000 of the increase. 

Employment in hospitals increased by 13,000 

over the month, and the industry has added 

119,000 jobs so far this year. 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 24 271 252 176191 161

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Employment in total nonfarm

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

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 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: November 4, 2016

+19,000 Government

 Government employment continued to 

edge up in October (+19,000), with the federal 

government adding 12,000 jobs. So far in 

2016, government has added 195,000 jobs. 

+14,000 Financial activities

 In October, employment continued to trend 

up in financial activities (+14,000), bringing 

total gains to 146,000 so far this year. 

Insurance carriers and related activities added 

8,000 jobs over the month and 48,000 jobs 

year to date.

-1,000 Retail Trade 

 Employment in retail trade changed little in 

October. Electronics and appliance stores and 

clothing and clothing accessories stores lost 

11,000 and 16,000 jobs, respectively. General 

merchandise stores added 10,000 jobs over 

the month.

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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

October 2016 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, October 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Total nonfarm:

161*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, October 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 mining continued to 

trend down in October (-2,000); 

however, the rate of decrease has 

slowed in 2016. Job losses in the 

industry had averaged 15,000 per month 

in the first quarter, 9,000 in the second 

quarter, and 3,000 in the third quarter. 7

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Employment in mining

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 2016. 

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Mining and Logging 

Summary Mining &

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government

CES Highlights Release Date: November 4, 2016
 Construction employment changed 

little in October (+11,000). The 

workweek for all construction 

employees was unchanged at 39.2 

hours.

 Since March, employment in 

construction has shown little change, 

averaging +2,000 per month. Job growth 

over the prior 12 months had averaged 

25,000 per month. 15

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Employment in construction

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 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: November 4, 2016
 In October, manufacturing employment changed little (- 9,000). Within 

durables, machinery lost 6,000 jobs in October, that industry’s largest 

over-the-month decline since May. 

 The one-month diffusion index for manufacturing rose by 6.3 points to 

48.1. A value below 50 indicates that more manufacturing industries are 

losing jobs than adding them.

 In manufacturing, average weekly hours increased by 0.1 hour to 40.8 

for all employees, and by 0.2 hour to 41.9 hours for production employees.

 

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Employment in machinery

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Over-the-month change, January 2013-October 2016

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Average weekly hours, manufacturing

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 2016.

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

January 2006–October 2016

Seasonally adjusted

Production employees

Level: 41.9

Change: 0.2

All employees

Level: 40.8

Change: 0.1

Manufacturing

CES Highlights Release Date: November 4, 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 October 

(+6,000). Over the most recent 12 months, the industry has 

added 58,000 jobs, with more than two-thirds of the 

employment gain occurring in nondurable goods (+40,000). 

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Employment in wholesale trade

October 2016 Level: 5,946

OTM Change: 6

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 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–October 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: November 4, 2016
 In October, employment in retail trade was essentially unchanged 

(-1,000), after adding an average of 26,000 jobs per month over the 

prior 12 months. Gas prices (EIA) increased by 6 cents over the month, 

while the Consumer Confidence Index (The Conference Board) declined 

by 4.9 points in October.

 Within retail trade, employment decreased in electronics and 

appliance stores (-11,000) and clothing and clothing accessories stores 

(-16,000). Since reaching a peak in February, employment in electronics 

and appliance stores has decreased by 17,000, after increasing by the 

same number in the prior 12 months. Employment in clothing and 

clothing accessories stores has shown little net change in 2015 and 

2016.

 General merchandise stores continued its recent trend by adding 

jobs in October (+10,000). Most of the gain occurred in other general 

merchandise stores (+7,000).

Retail Trade

CES Highlights Release Date: November 4, 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 in 

October (+8,000). Since its most recent employment trough in December 

2009, the industry has added 802,000 jobs.

 Employment in air transportation continued to trend up in October 

(+3,000). Over the year, the industry has added 13,000 jobs, or 2.9 

percent.

 

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Employment in transportation and warehousing

October 2016 Level: 4,919

OTM Change: 8

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 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–October 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Employment in air transportation

October 2016 Level: 476

OTM Change: 3

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 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–October 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Transportation and Warehousing

CES Highlights Release Date: November 4, 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 utilities changed little

in October (+1,000).

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Employment in utilities

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 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–October 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: November 4 , 2016
 Employment in information changed 

little in October (+4,000) and so far this 

year (+18,000). Within the sector, 

telecommunications lost 5,000 jobs over 

the month. Employment in this industry 

has declined by 32,000 over the year, 

driven primarily by wired 

telecommunications.

 

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Employment in information

October 2016 Level: 2,781

OTM Change: 4

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 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–October 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: November 4, 2016
 Employment in financial activities 

trended up in October (+14,000). So far 

this year, financial activities has added 

146,000 jobs.

 Insurance carriers and related 

activities added 8,000 jobs in October. 

This industry has accounted for 48,000 

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Employment in financial activities

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

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 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: November 4, 2016
 Professional and business services employment trended up in October 

(+43,000).

 Employment in professional and technical services continued to trend 

up (+17,000) but fell short of its prior 3-, 6-, and 12-month average 

changes. Within this industry, computer systems design and related 

services added 8,000 jobs. Employment continue to trend up in 

management and technical consulting services (+5,000). These two 

industries remain the leaders in employment growth among the 

professional and technical services industries.

 Employment in temporary help services changed little in October 

(+6,000), after increasing by 31,000 in September.

 

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Employment in professional and business services

Over-the-month change, January 2013 - October 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Over-the-month change Annual average

Oct-16: 43

Prior-12: 49

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 4, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

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development

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consulting

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and related

Employment in professional and technical services

Over-the-month change, October 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Oct-16 Prior-12

Oct-16: 17

Prior-12: 26

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 4, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

*denotes significance.

Professional and Business Services

CES Highlights Release Date: November 4, 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
 Private education and health services added 52,000 jobs 

in October, in line with its prior 12-month average 

(+51,000). Over the month, health care accounted for 

31,000 of the jobs gained, with growth in ambulatory health 

care services and hospitals. 

 Over the past 12 months, ambulatory health care services

added 251,000 jobs, while the hospital industry added 

144,000 jobs. Together, these two industries accounted for 

almost 67 percent of the jobs added in private education 

and health services over the same period. 

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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

October 2016 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, October 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Health care 

industries:

31*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

 ̊Includes additional component industries not shown separately.

* denotes significance

Private Education and Health 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: November 4, 2016
 Employment in leisure and hospitality 

changed little in October (+10,000).

Employment in food services and 

drinking places also changed little in 

October (+10,000), after averaging 

19,000 jobs gained in the prior 6 

months.

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: November 4, 2016
 Other services employment changed 

little in October (+6,000). This industry 

has added 84,000 jobs over the year, an 

increase of 1.5 percent.

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Employment in other services

October 2016 Level: 5,721

OTM Change: 6

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 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–October 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: November 4, 2016
 Government employment continued 

to trend up in October (+19,000). The 

largest contributor was federal, except 

U.S. Postal Service, which added 11,000 

jobs in October. 

 Over the year, government agencies 

have added 208,000 jobs, with local 

government accounting for 136,000 of 

the increase. Federal government 

employment rose 63,000 during this 

period. 

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Employment in government

October 2016 Level: 22,235

OTM Change: 19

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 04, 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–October 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Government

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesale

Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government

CES Highlights Release Date: November 4, 2016
Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch

Current Employment Statistics Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

202-691-6555

Email CES

CES Analysts

Michael Calvillo

Tyler Downing

Brittney Forbes

Mike McCall

John Mullins

Michael Osifalujo

Edward Park

Jay Stuart

Julia Wolfe

Current Employment Statistics Highlights

Detailed Industry Employment Analysis