March 2014

Release Date: April 4, 2014

Prepared by Staff 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
1.

Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, March 2014 

CES Highlights Release Date: April 4, 2014

2007 and February 2010, private industries had 

lost a net 8.8 million jobs. 

The employment change for January revised up 

from +129,000 to +144,000, and the change for 

February revised up from +175,000 to 

+197,000. Including the revisions, employment 

has grown by an average 178,000 per month in 

the first quarter.

 Average hourly earnings of all employees on 

private, nonfarm payrolls edged lower over the 

month (-1 cent), following a 9-cent gain in 

February. Hourly earnings are up 2.1 percent 

over the year. Average weekly hours rose 0.2 

hour, offsetting a net decline in the prior 3 

months.

+57,000 Professional and business services 

 Professional and business services added 

jobs in March. Employment services 

Total Nonfarm+ 192,000

Total Private + 192,000

 Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 

192,000 in March. Essentially all of the job 

growth occurred in private-sector industries. 

Professional and business services, health care, 

and mining and logging added jobs. 

 March 2014 marked a full recovery for 

private-sector employment. Between December 

Summary Mining & 

Logging Construction Manufacturing

Trade: 

Wholesal

e Retail

Transp., 

Warehousing

& Utilities

Information Financial

Activities

Professional

& Business

Services

Private

Education

& Health

Services

Leisure & 

Hospitality

Other

Services Government
contributed 42,000 to job growth, including 

29,000 in temporary help services. Over the 

year, employment in temporary help has 

increased by an average 21,000 per month.

+34,000 Education and health services 

 Health care employment continued to 

increase in March. Ambulatory health care 

added 20,000 jobs over the month, including a 

gain of 9,000 in home health care services. 

Nursing care facilities lost 5,000 jobs over the 

month. 

+7,000 Mining and Logging 

 Employment rose in mining and logging in 

March, with support activities contributing 

5,000 to the gain. Monthly job growth in 

mining and logging averaged 5,000 in the first 

quarter of 2014, compared to an average 2,000 

per month in the prior quarter. 

+29,000 Leisure and hospitality 

 Within leisure and hospitality, employment 

continued to trend up in food services and 

drinking places (+30,000). Over the year, job

gains in food services have averaged 27,000 

per month. 

+21,000 Retail Trade 

 Within retail trade, employment in food and 

beverage stores rose by 9,000, while 

employment changed little elsewhere in the 

retail sector. Over the year, food and beverage 

stores have added an average 7,000 jobs per 

month.

+19,000 Construction 

 Construction employment continued to 

trend upward in March. Over the past 6 

months, job growth totals 115,000, with more 

than half of the gains occurring in residential 

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

Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, March 2014

CES Highlights Release Date: April 4, 2014
+7,000 Wholesale Trade 

 Employment in wholesale trade continued 

to trend up in March, with durable goods 

adding 10,000 jobs. Over the year, wholesale 

employment has grown by an average 10,000 

per month.

Unchanged Government 

 Within government, the Federal government 

lost 9,000 jobs, offsetting a gain of 8,000 jobs 

in local government excluding education. Over

the past year, employment in government has 

shown little net change. Federal government 

reduced payroll employment by 85,000 over 

the year; however, modest job gains in local 

government mostly offset the losses. 

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 Survey Summary, March 2014

CES Highlights Release Date: April 4, 2014
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 4, 2014

 In March, mining and logging added 7,000 

jobs, with the majority of the gains occurring 

in mining. Support activities for mining added 

5,000 jobs in March. 

 Over the last 12 months, expansion in 

mining employment has been led by support 

activities for mining (+22,000), followed by 

oil and gas extraction (+14,000). 
 Employment in construction edged up 

(+19,000) in March. Since reaching an 

employment trough in January 2011, the 

industry has recovered 532,000 jobs, or 23.2 

percent of the jobs lost during the recent 

employment downturn. 

 In March, average weekly hours for all 

employees in construction grew by 1.0 hour 

to 39.1 hours, reversing most of a cumulative 

decline of 1.1 hour over the prior 3 months. 

Average weekly hours for production and 

nonsupervisory employees grew by 1.1 hours

to 39.5 hours in March, reversing most of a 

cumulative decline of 1.3 hours over the prior 

3 months.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Employment in construction

Over-the-month change, January 2011–March 2014

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 04, 2014. 

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

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Construction

CES Highlights Release Date: April 4, 2014

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
 In March, manufacturing employment was about unchanged, below its 

prior 6-month average job gain of 15,000. Employment in durable goods

and nondurable goods changed little over the month.

 The 1-month diffusion index of manufacturing employment fell from 

51.9 in February to 50.0 in March. The diffusion index measures the 

dispersion of employment change in manufacturing, with a value equal to

50.0 indicating that the same number of manufacturing industries are 

adding jobs as losing them. 

 Average weekly hours for production and nonsupervisory employees 

increased by 0.4 hour, returning to its November 2013 level of 42.0 hours 

after 3 months of declines. The last time the factory workweek was longer 

occured in July 1945 when production employees clocked 44.7 hours on 

the job.

 Average weekly hours for all employees expanded by 0.3 hour to 41.1 

hours, the longest workweek recorded since the series inception in March 

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Employment in manufacturing

Over-the-month change, January 2011–March 2014

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 04, 2014. 

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

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

38.0

38.5

39.0

39.5

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41.0

41.5

42.0

42.5

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Average weekly hours, manufacturing

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 04, 2014.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2003–March 2014

Seasonally adjusted

Production employees

Level: 42

Change: 0.4

All employees

Level: 41.1

Change: 0.3

Manufacturing

CES Highlights Release Date: April 4, 2014

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
 Wholesale trade employment edged 

up by 7,000 in March. The entire gain 

was concentrated in durable goods.

NAICS 423-Durable goods

 In March, durable goods employment 

increased by 10,000. The industry has 

added 67,000 jobs over the year and has 

been the strongest component within 

wholesale trade during this period..

 

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 4, 2014
 Retail trade employment edged up in March. 

Employment in food and beverage stores 

continued to trend up (+9,000) but little 

changed elsewhere in the retail sector. Over the 

past year, retail trade employment has grown 

by more than 300,000.

 Recent retail-related indicators have been 

positive. As shown by Census Bureau data, 

retail sales for February increased by 0.3 

percent and were up 1.5 percent over the year.

Additionally, the Conference Board notes that 

the Consumer Confidence Index increased by 4 

points in March.

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14,200

14,400

14,600

14,800

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15,200

15,400

15,600

15,800

16,000

Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13

Employment in retail trade

March 2014 Level: 15,260

OTM Change: 21

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 04, 2014.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2003–March 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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: April 4, 2014
NAICS 444 – Building material and garden supply stores

 Employment in building material and garden supply stores edged 

down in March. March is the second month in the building material 

and garden supply spring build up period. Not seasonally adjusted, the 

employment build up in March was slightly below gains seen in prior 

years, potentially due to lingering adverse weather conditions.

NAICS 445 – Food and beverage stores

 In March, food and beverage stores employment continued its 

upward trend (+9,000). Over the year, food stores added 90,000 jobs, 

accounting for nearly 30 percent of the net growth in retail trade.

 

Year Feb Mar Apr May

2009 -5 10 36 30

2010 12 39 46 28

2011 7 49 60 21

2012 13 53 56 22

2013 18 37 56 33

Average 9 37 50 26

2014 13 34

Building material and garden supply stores spring 

build up over-the-month change in thousands, 

not seasonally adjusted

2,750

2,800

2,850

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3,050

Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13

Employment in food and beverage stores

March 2014 Level: 2,993

OTM Change: 9

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 04, 2014.

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

January 2003–March 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Retail Trade

CES Highlights Release Date: April 4, 2014

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
 NAICS 492 – Couriers and Messengers

 Couriers and messengers employment fell by 2,000 in March, following 

a seasonally-adjusted drop of 13,000 in February.

 On a not seasonally adjusted basis, from January through March, the 

industry laid off 94 percent of the employment that it built up during the 

holiday season at the end of 2013. Seasonally adjusted, employment in 

couriers and messengers has increased by 11,000, on net, over the 5-month 

buildup-layoff period.

In 

Transportation and Warehousing

CES Highlights Release Date: April 4, 2014

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 was essentially 

unchanged (+8,000) in March. Over the past 12 months, the industry 

has added 95,000 jobs, compared to 78,000 jobs in the 12 months 

before. 
 Employment in utilities edged up by 1,000 in 

March. Since reaching a trough in September 

2010, employment in the industry has shown 

little net change (+2,000).

 

 

 

 

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Employment in utilities

March 2014 Level: 551

OTM Change: 1

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 04, 2014.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2003–March 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Utilities

CES Highlights Release Date: April 4, 2014

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
 Information employment was 

essentially unchanged in March (+2,000) 

with none of the component industries 

showing significant changes. 

 Employment in this industry has 

oscillated between periods of decline and 

stagnation for over a decade, shedding 

over 1 million jobs since March 2001. 

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Employment in Information

January 2000 - March 2014, 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 4, 2014
 Financial activities employment was 

essentially unchanged in March; however, 

since reaching a low point in employment 

in February 2011, financial activities has 

added an average 6,000 jobs per month. 

 Employment in credit intermediation 

and related activities declined by 7,000 in 

March. Since reaching a high point in 

employment in July 2013, the industry has 

shed an average 6,000 jobs per month.

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 4, 2014
 In March, professional and business services gained 57,000 jobs. 

Among the major component industries, employment in professional 

and technical services (+10,000) and management of companies and 

enterprises (+3,000) continued to trend up, while the majority of the 

employment gain in professional and business services stemmed from 

a 43,000 over-the-month gain in administrative and waste services.

 Nearly all of the employment gain in administrative and waste 

services occurred in employment services. The largest component in 

employment services, temporary help services, added 29,000 jobs in 

March. Over the past 12 months, employment in temporary help has 

15,000 expanded by nearly 250,000.

15,500

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Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13

Employment in professional and business services

March 2014 Level: 19,029 OTM Change: 57

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 04, 2014.

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

January 2003–March 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Employment in temporary help services

Over-the-month change, January 2011–March 2014

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 04, 2014. 

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

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Professional and Business Services

CES Highlights Release Date: April 4, 2014

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
 In March, education and health services added 34,000 jobs . The 

majority of the gain occurred in health care. Employment in 

educational services (+7,000) and social assistance (+8,000) continued 

to trend up over the month.

NAICS 621- Ambulatory health care services 

 Ambulatory health care services added 20,000 jobs in March, with 

nearly half of the gain concentrated in home health care services 

(+9,000). Since January 2004, home health care services employment 

has expanded by 68 percent. Employment in outpatient care centers 

and offices of physicians has expanded by 62 percent and 22 percent, 

respectively, over the same time period. 

 

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Employment in education and health services

Over-the-month change, January 2011–March 2014

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 04, 2014. 

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

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Index of employment in major health care services

January 2004–March 2014

Seasonally adjusted, January 2004 = 100

Offices of physicians

Outpatient care centers

Home health care

Hospitals

Nursing and residential care

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 4, 2014.

Private Education and Health Services

CES Highlights Release Date: April 4, 2014

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 leisure and 

hospitality edged up in March 

(+29,000), following a similar 

movement in February. Over the past 

12 months, this industry added 406,000 

jobs; food services and drinking places 

accounted for 80 percent of the job 

growth. 

 Led by improvement in Consumer 

Confidence (source: The Conference 

Board), employment in Leisure and 

Hospitality has expanded by 1.6 million 

since January 2010. 

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Leisure and hospitality

employment

Consumer Confidence Index

Leisure and hospitality employment vs. Consumer Confidence Index

January 2000-March 2014 

Seasonally adjusted, Composite Index (1985=100)

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Conference Board

Note: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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 4, 2014
 Employment in other services was 

about unchanged in March, with no 

component industry experiencing a 

significant employment change. 

However, personal and laundry 

services—which has driven much of the 

job recovery in other services over the 

past few years—has seen significant job 

growth over the past 12 months

(+26,000). The repair and maintenance 

industry had also contributed to the 

recovery in other services employment, 

which began in early 2010. Over the past 

year, however, employment in this 

industry group has changed little. 

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5,600

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Employment in other services

March 2014 Level: 5,489

OTM Change: 6

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 04, 2014.

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

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

January 2003–March 2014

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 4, 2014
 Government employment remained unchanged in March. Over the 

month, a job loss in federal, except U.S. Postal Service offset an 

employment gain in local government, excluding education. 

Employment in the other sectors of government changed little.

NAICS 911- Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

 In March, federal, except U.S. Postal Service employment continued 

to decline. Employment in the industry has declined by 119,000 since 

it reached its peak in May 2011. The industry has lost an average of 

8,000 jobs per month in the first quarter of 2014, compared to an 

average monthly job loss of 6,000 for 2013. 

NAICS 932- Local government, excluding education

 The non-education portion of local government added 8,000 jobs 

over the month, and has gained an average of 6,000 jobs per month in 

the first quarter of 2014. After an employment downturn that started in 

December 2008 in which 256,000 jobs were lost, the industry reached 

an employment low in March 2013. Since then, the industry has 

recovered 47,000 jobs.

 

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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 2014 Prior 6-month average

Over-the-month change, March 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Government:

0

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 04, 2014.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance.

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Employment in local government, excluding education

March 2014 Level: 6,297

OTM Change: 8

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 04, 2014.

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

January 2003–March 2014

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Government

CES Highlights Release Date: April 4, 2014

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

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