March 2016

Release Date: April 1, 2016

Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch

Current Employment Statistics Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

202-691-6555

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Contents

Summary

Mining & Logging

Construction

Manufacturing

Wholesale Trade

Retail Trade

Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities

Information

Financial Activities

Professional & Business Services

Private Education & Health Services

Leisure & Hospitality

Other Services

Government

Current Employment Statistics Highlights

Detailed Industry Employment Analysis

Current Employment Statistics

Highlights
Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, March 2016

CES Highlights Release Date: April 1, 2016

+37,000 Construction 

 Construction employment rose by 37,000 

over the month. Residential specialty trade 

and heavy construction added 12,000 and 

11,000 jobs, respectively. Over the past 12 

months, construction has added 301,000 jobs.

+40,000 Leisure and Hospitality

 Employment in leisure and hospitality 

continued to trend up in March. Over the 

year, the industry has added 472,000 jobs; 

food services and drinking places accounted 

for nearly 80 percent of this gain.

 Nonfarm employment rose by 215,000 in 

March. Retail trade, construction, and health 

care added jobs, while manufacturing and 

mining lost jobs. 

 Average hourly earnings of all private sector 

employees increased by 7 cents, following a 2-

cent decline in February. Hourly earnings have 

risen by 2.3 percent over the year. Average 

weekly hours, at 34.4 hours, were unchanged 

over the month. 

 The employment change for January 

revised from +172,000 to +168,000. The 

change for February revised from +242,000 to 

+245,000. Over the past 3 months, job growth 

has averaged 209,000 per month.

+51,000 Education and Health Services 

 In March, employment rose by 37,000 in 

health care. Ambulatory health care added 

27,000 jobs, and hospitals added 10,000 jobs. 

Over the year, health care has added 503,000 

jobs. 

+48,000 Retail Trade 

 Retail trade added 48,000 jobs in March. 

General merchandise stores, health and 

personal care stores, building material and 

garden supply stores, and auto dealers added 

jobs. Over the past 12 months, retail trade has 

added 378,000 jobs. 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 84 251 273 228 277 150 149 295 280 271 168 245 215

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Employment in total nonfarm

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

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 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: April 1, 2016

+33,000 Professional and Business Services 

 Employment changed little in professional 

and business services during March. Services 

to buildings and dwellings added 13,000 jobs. 

Thus far in 2016, employment in professional 

and business services has changed little , 

averaging an increase of 20,000 jobs per 

month, compared to gains averaging 52,000 

per month in 2015.

+20,000 Government 

 Government employment changed little in 

March. Over the past 12 months, employment 

in the sector is up by 121,000, with most of 

the increase coming from local government 

excluding education (+88,000).

+15,000 Financial Activities

 Over the month, employment continued to 

edge up in financial activities. Credit 

intermediation and related activities added 

9,000 jobs in March, with commercial banking 

accounting for 5,000 of the increase.

-29,000 Manufacturing 

 In March, employment decreased by 29,000 

in manufacturing. Durable goods industries 

accounted for 24,000 jobs lost, including 

declines in machinery, computer and 

electronic products, and primary metals. Since 

reaching an employment peak in March 2015, 

durable goods manufacturers have cut 68,000 

jobs. 

-12,000 Mining and Logging 

 Mining continued to lose jobs in March (-

12,000). Since last reaching a peak in 

September 2014, employment in the industry 

has decreased by 184,000 or 20.4 percent. 

Support activities for mining accounted for 

145,000 of the declines during this period, 

including a loss of 10,000 jobs in March.

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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

March 2016 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, March 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Total nonfarm:

215*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, March 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 and logging 

declined by 12,000 in March.

 Most of the loss can be attributed to 

support activates for mining, which lost 

10,000 jobs over the month. 

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Employment in mining and logging

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 2016. 

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Mining & 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: April 1, 2016
 Construction added 37,000 jobs in 

March. Heavy and civil engineering 

construction added 11,000 jobs. Within 

specialty trade contractors, residential 

specialty trade contractors continued to 

add jobs (+12,000). 15

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Employment in construction

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 2016. 

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: April 1, 2016
 Manufacturing lost 29,000 jobs in March. Nearly all of the job losses 

occurred in durable goods, while nondurable goods employment changed 

little (-5,000). 

 The one-month manufacturing diffusion index declined to 37.3, the 

lowest since January 2010. The diffusion index measures the dispersion of 

employment change in manufacturing, with a value below 50 indicating 

that more manufacturing industries are losing jobs than adding. 

 Average weekly hours in manufacturing declined 0.1 hour for all 

employees and was unchanged for production employees. Over the past 

12 months, average weekly hours have declined 0.3 hour for all employees 

and have not changed for production employees (-0.1 hour). 

 In March, durable goods lost 24,000 jobs, with significant losses in 

primary metals (-3,000), machinery (-7,000), and semiconductors (-3,000). 

Durable goods employment reached a recent peak in March 2015 and, 

since then, has declined by 68,000, led by losses in machinery (-46,000), 

fabricated metal products (-36,000), and primary metals (-22,000).

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Employment in manufacturing

Over-the-month change, January 2011–March 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 2016. 

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 31 27 19 26 1718 1414 10 17

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Employment in durable goods

Over-the-month change, January 2011–March 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 2016. 

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Manufacturing

CES Highlights Release Date: April 1, 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 March 

(+6,000). Over the past 12 months, the industry has added 

58,000 jobs.

5,200

5,400

5,600

5,800

6,000

6,200

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Employment in wholesale trade

March 2016 Level: 5,920

OTM Change: 6

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 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–March 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: April 1, 2016
 In March, employment in retail trade grew by 48,000, bringing the 

total growth in 2016 to 181,000. Employment in most of the 

component industries trended upward, led by growth in general 

merchandise stores, health and personal care stores, and building 

materials and garden supplies stores.

 Continuing its upward trend, employment in building materials and 

garden supplies stores increased by 10,000 in March. During the past 6 

months, this industry has added 43,000 jobs. 

 After essentially no net job growth over the prior 12 months, 

employment in health and personal care stores grew by 10,000 in 

March. 

 Employment in general merchandise stores grew by 12,000 over the 

month. This industry has added 41,000 jobs over the past 6 months 

with all of the growth occurring in other general merchanise stores, 

such as warehouse clubs and dollar stores. 

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Nonstore retailers

Miscellaneous store retailers

General merchandise stores*

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

Clothing and clothing accessories stores

Gasoline stations

Health and personal care stores*

Food and beverage stores

Building material and garden supply stores*

Electronics and appliance stores

Furniture and home furnishings stores

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

Employment in retail trade

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

Over-the-month change, March 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Retail trade:

48*

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Employment in building material and garden supply stores

Over-the-month change, January 2011–March 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 2016. 

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Retail Trade

CES Highlights Release Date: April 1, 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 

March (-3,000). Over the year, however, the industry has added 53,000 

jobs. 

 Rail transportation shed 3,000 jobs in March, marking the 12th

consecutive month of job losses. Over the year, employment in rail 

transportation has declined by 29,000, or 11.9 percent.

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5,200

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Employment in transportation and warehousing

March 2016 Level: 4,859

OTM Change: -3

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 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–March 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Employment in rail transportation

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

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Current 6-month average

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 1, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Transportation and Warehousing

CES Highlights Release Date: April 1, 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 was 

unchanged in March.

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Employment in utilities

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 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–March 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: April 1, 2016
 Information employment was 

essentially unchanged in March 

(+1,000). Over the last 12 months, 

employment in this industry has edged 

up 39,000.

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Employment in information

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 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: April 1, 2016
 Financial activities employment 

continued its upward trend in March 

(+15,000). Among the component 

industries, credit intermediation and 

related activities gained 9,000 jobs, 

about 5,000 of which were in 

commercial banking. So far this year, 

credit intermediation and related 

activities has added 18,000 jobs, the 

most among the major components 

within financial activities.

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: April 1, 2016
 Professional and business services employment changed little in March

(+33,000), weaker than the industry’s prior-12 month average monthly 

change. 

 The March employment movement was split between administrative 

and waste services (+17,000) and professional and technical services 

(+14,000). Among the professional and technical services component 

industries, employment in management and technical consulting services 

continued to trend up (+7,000). Within administrative and waste services, 

services to building and dwellings added 13,000 jobs, while employment 

remained essentially unchanged in temporary help services (+4,000).

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services

Management of companies

and enterprises

Professional and technical

services

Professional and business services component industries

Over-the-month change and prior averages, March 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Mar-16 Prior-3 Prior-6 Prior-12

Mar-16: 33

Prior-12: 50

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 1, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

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 -Other support services

 -Services to buildings and dwellings

 -Investigation and security

 -Travel arrangement and reservation

 -Business support

 -Employment services

 -Facilities support

 -Office administrative

Administrative and support

Adminisrative and waste services component industries

Over-the-month change, March 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Mar-16 Prior-12

Mar-16: 17

Prior-12: 20

Buruea of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 1, 2016.

Data are prelimary.

Professional and Business Services

CES Highlights Release Date: April 1, 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 education and health services increased by 51,000 in 

March. Within the industry, health care added 37,000 jobs over the 

month, while employment in private educational services (+7,000) and 

in social assistance (+7,000) continued to trend up. 

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Employment in education and health services

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 2016. 

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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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

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

 ̊Includes additional component industries not shown separately.

* denotes significance.

Over-the-month change, March 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Health care 

industries:

37*

Private Education and Health Services

CES Highlights Release Date: April 1, 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

 Ambulatory health care added 27,000 jobs in March, with home 

health care services adding 10,000. Employment in the industry has 

increased by 85,000 over the last 12 months, and the industry has 

accounted for 30 percent of the jobs gained in ambulatory health care 

services over the past year.

 Hospital employment continued to grow in March, adding 10,000

jobs. In the last 12 months, employment in the industry has increased 

by 183,000, accounting for about 36 percent of the job gain in health 

care over the same period.
 Employment in leisure and hospitality 

continued to trend up in March 

(+40,000). Food services and drinking 

places employment also continued to 

trend up (+25,000). Over the last year, 

food services has gained 374,000 jobs, 

accounting for almost 80 percent of net 

growth in leisure and hospitality during 

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Employment in food services and drinking places

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 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: April 1, 2016
 Employment in other services 

changed little in March (+8,000). Over 

the year, other services added 74,000 

jobs, with personal and laundry services 

accounting for 47 percent of the 

increase.

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Employment in other services

March 2016 Level: 5,679

OTM Change: 8

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 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–March 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: April 1, 2016
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 Government employment changed little in March (+20,000) and has 

increased by 121,000 over the last 12 months. Local government, 

excluding education accounts for 73 percent of the employment gain in 

total government over the past year. Over the same period, the federal 

government added 23,000 jobs and state government employment 

changed little (+6,000).

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Local government education

State government, excluding education

State government education

U.S. Postal Service*

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service*

Employment in selected government

March 2016 Prior 6-month average

Over-the-month change, March 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Government:

20

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

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Employment in local government, excluding education

March 2016 Level: 6,392

OTM Change: 13

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 01, 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–March 2016

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Government

CES Highlights Release Date: April 1, 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 Staff of the National Estimates Branch

Current Employment Statistics Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

202-691-6555

Email CES

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