ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015

Dec.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Mar.

2016p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 251 273 228 277 150 149 295 280 271 168 245 215

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 241 256 226 245 123 162 304 279 259 155 236 195

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -20 21 5 -3 14 -23 -12 31 53 44 24 -15 -4

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -16 -15 -20 -4 -8 -9 -13 -4 -15 -10 -12 -17 -12

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -7 38 17 0 11 4 10 33 65 48 18 20 37

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -2 8 1 11 -18 -9 2 3 6 18 -18 -29

Durable goods1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 -4 2 -2 -3 -6 -7 -4 -12 -2 11 -17 -24

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . 2.3 4.4 5.0 -0.2 2.1 6.1 4.2 0.9 -4.0 0.1 3.1 0.3 -1.5

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 6 3 14 -12 -2 6 15 8 7 -1 -5

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 220 251 229 231 146 174 273 226 215 131 251 199

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7 -1.5 6.7 2.3 5.7 3.4 -1.0 9.3 9.7 3.8 12.6 1.0 5.5

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.2 13.4 26.9 34.9 31.1 3.9 6.4 21.4 51.8 6.6 66.5 67.1 47.7

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . 10.1 13.8 11.2 10.6 15.3 5.7 4.4 -6.6 11.8 16.5 -20.9 -6.5 -2.5

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 0.8 1.1 0.1 2.5 1.2 -0.1 -0.2 2.2 0.9 0.1 1.8 0.0

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -3 10 2 4 5 -3 13 5 -18 10 0 10 1

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7 9 19 20 13 3 11 18 8 17 5 15

Professional and business services1. . . . 27 69 80 76 46 35 40 91 48 60 -2 30 33

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 14.6 11.7 21.6 -9.3 7.7 7.5 27.8 0.7 24.9 -43.8 -12.4 4.0

Education and health services1. . . . . . . . 38 77 57 55 58 62 55 78 45 63 26 84 51

Health care and social assistance. . . . 32.2 75.6 61.5 52.7 49.0 59.7 46.9 66.6 42.4 46.7 43.4 58.4 44.0

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 21 49 30 36 33 50 53 46 35 34 45 40

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2 9 8 -3 12 -9 4 11 11 12 -3 14 8

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6 10 17 2 32 27 -13 -9 1 12 13 9 20

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 200 203 251 259 218 192 198 241 282 240 228 209

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 194 196 241 242 198 177 196 248 281 231 217 195

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND

NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . 49.3 49.3 49.3 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.5 49.5

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 48.0 48.1 48.1

Total private production and nonsupervisory

employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.5 82.4 82.5 82.5 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.6 34.6 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.6 34.4 34.4

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24.87 $24.91 $24.97 $24.96 $25.03 $25.12 $25.14 $25.21 $25.27 $25.26 $25.38 $25.36 $25.43

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $858.02 $859.40 $861.47 $861.12 $866.04 $869.15 $867.33 $869.75 $871.82 $871.47 $878.15 $872.38 $874.79

Index of aggregate weekly hours3. . . . . . . . . . 103.1 103.3 103.5 103.7 104.2 104.3 104.1 104.4 104.6 104.9 105.3 104.9 105.1

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . -0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 -0.4 0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls4. . . . . . . . 122.5 123.0 123.5 123.7 124.7 125.2 125.1 125.8 126.4 126.6 127.8 127.2 127.7

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.4 -0.1 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.9 -0.5 0.4

DIFFUSION INDEXES5

Total Private

Over 1-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.0 56.9 62.0 57.8 63.5 57.1 52.9 59.7 62.2 62.0 59.4 58.0 58.4

Over 3-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.6 65.5 60.9 65.8 64.5 63.4 61.1 58.6 61.5 65.6 66.0 64.3 62.6

Over 6-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.2 70.6 69.7 68.7 65.3 65.6 64.1 66.2 66.4 66.0 66.8 65.8 67.2

Over 12-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.2 76.3 78.1 77.1 76.9 74.2 68.3 68.3 67.2 68.1 69.8 69.7 69.8

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.1 49.4 53.8 51.9 50.0 38.0 38.6 53.8 55.1 55.1 57.6 42.4 37.3

Over 3-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.7 52.5 48.7 56.3 51.3 47.5 44.9 39.9 48.1 54.4 62.7 50.6 42.4

Over 6-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.5 66.5 62.0 58.9 55.7 54.4 51.3 53.8 49.4 49.4 53.8 56.3 50.6

Over 12-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.1 75.9 78.5 77.8 71.5 70.9 58.9 61.4 55.7 51.9 59.5 54.4 50.6

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Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours.

4 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average aggregate weekly payrolls.

5 Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with

increasing and decreasing employment. Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2015 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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