ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category

Mar.

2016

Apr.

2016

May

2016

June

2016

July

2016

Aug.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017p

Mar.

2017p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 153 43 297 291 176 249 124 164 155 216 219 98

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 158 17 269 249 143 223 132 178 150 204 221 89

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 -9 -44 6 26 -24 11 9 35 32 51 96 28

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -18 -9 -9 -6 -4 -3 0 -2 7 2 5 11 11

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 -1 -14 0 18 -4 23 16 28 12 34 59 6

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -20 1 -21 12 12 -17 -12 -5 0 18 12 26 11

Durable goods1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -17 -1 -23 2 9 -20 -10 -1 3 13 10 8 11

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . 0.3 8.8 -5.5 1.3 11.9 -8.8 -5.2 2.5 1.4 0.9 4.3 -5.3 3.0

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -3 2 2 10 3 3 -2 -4 -3 5 2 18 0

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 167 61 263 223 167 212 123 143 118 153 125 61

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 5.1 -4.0 0.7 3.5 3.0 13.3 3.7 5.6 1.6 6.4 7.9 -0.4

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.7 -5.7 8.8 24.5 18.6 16.7 27.3 -6.8 -12.9 13.3 35.3 -30.9 -29.7

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . 12.4 11.3 6.4 -5.1 13.6 18.5 -1.7 11.8 21.8 13.4 -12.9 8.1 3.5

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1.3 -0.1 -2.0 1.9 0.6 -0.6 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.8 -0.8 -0.7

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 -42 41 -2 0 8 -6 -12 -6 -8 -4 -3

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 18 14 17 20 15 9 6 12 22 30 6 9

Professional and business services1. . . . 26 66 28 59 84 31 83 55 46 36 59 36 56

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 7.0 -17.1 18.2 16.4 1.0 29.5 12.6 25.5 -17.4 15.1 8.9 10.5

Education and health services1. . . . . . . . 35 52 49 59 41 53 48 45 31 50 17 66 16

Health care and social assistance. . . . 24.5 36.9 41.5 53.2 54.2 39.7 23.6 41.6 28.2 39.2 25.3 36.9 16.7

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 15 9 49 42 21 11 11 44 5 15 27 9

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4 -7 16 2 10 13 3 7 -17 12 10 1

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 -5 26 28 42 33 26 -8 -14 5 12 -2 9

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 205 140 164 210 255 239 183 179 148 178 197 178

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 189 121 148 178 220 205 166 178 153 177 192 171

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND

NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . 49.5 49.5 49.5 49.6 49.6 49.6 49.6 49.6 49.6 49.6 49.5 49.6 49.5

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . 48.0 48.1 48.1 48.1 48.2 48.2 48.2 48.2 48.2 48.2 48.1 48.1 48.1

Total private production and nonsupervisory

employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.4 82.3 82.3 82.3 82.3 82.3 82.3 82.3 82.3 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.3 34.4 34.4 34.3 34.4 34.4 34.3 34.3

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.46 $25.54 $25.59 $25.62 $25.71 $25.74 $25.81 $25.90 $25.91 $25.98 $26.02 $26.09 $26.14

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $875.82 $878.58 $880.30 $881.33 $884.42 $882.88 $887.86 $890.96 $888.71 $893.71 $895.09 $894.89 $896.60

Index of aggregate weekly hours3. . . . . . . . . . 104.9 105.0 105.1 105.3 105.5 105.3 105.8 105.9 105.8 106.2 106.4 106.3 106.4

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

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls4. . . . . . . . 127.7 128.3 128.5 129.0 129.7 129.6 130.6 131.2 131.0 131.9 132.3 132.6 132.9

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0.8 0.5 -0.2 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.2

DIFFUSION INDEXES5

Total Private

Over 1-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.4 52.1 47.7 62.6 62.1 55.7 57.9 60.9 51.5 60.0 59.2 66.9 58.0

Over 3-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.6 59.6 53.4 54.2 59.4 65.3 64.2 60.0 60.2 58.6 57.5 66.1 65.7

Over 6-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.1 64.9 61.3 59.0 62.1 58.6 63.6 64.8 65.7 60.2 58.6 66.7 65.5

Over 12-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.7 65.1 62.8 63.6 64.0 64.6 66.1 65.7 62.5 62.3 61.3 62.8 64.2

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.8 42.3 39.7 54.5 46.8 42.3 39.7 51.3 48.7 53.8 50.6 67.9 52.6

Over 3-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.9 43.6 31.4 41.7 49.4 50.6 48.1 45.5 51.9 55.1 57.7 59.0 62.2

Over 6-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.4 49.4 45.5 45.5 46.8 39.7 46.8 46.2 51.9 51.3 48.1 60.3 63.5

Over 12-month span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 44.9 45.5 48.7 46.2 41.7 51.9 46.2 45.5 46.8 44.2 48.1 55.1

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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 2016 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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