Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry, Texas, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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|Percent| | 1-month change ended: | 12-month change
|distri-| Sep. Jul. Aug. Sep. | Aug. 2008 Sep. 2008 | ended Sep. 2008:
|bution*| 2007 2008 2008 2008p/| Level Percent Level Percent| Level Percent
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Total nonfarm employment..........| 100.0 | 10394.7 10639.6 10646.6 10642.6 | 7.0 0.1 -4.0 0.0 | 247.9 2.4
Total private...................| 83.5 | 8669.2 8878.3 8894.7 8891.3 | 16.4 0.2 -3.4 0.0 | 222.1 2.6
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Goods-producing..................| 17.1 | 1791.5 1823.1 1826.2 1824.1 | 3.1 0.2 -2.1 -0.1 | 32.6 1.8
Natural Resources & Mining .....| 2.1 | 208.0 222.4 223.8 226.0 | 1.4 0.6 2.2 1.0 | 18.0 8.7
Construction....................| 6.3 | 649.2 673.0 671.9 670.2 | -1.1 -0.2 -1.7 -0.3 | 21.0 3.2
Manufacturing...................| 8.7 | 934.3 927.7 930.5 927.9 | 2.8 0.3 -2.6 -0.3 | -6.4 -0.7
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Service-providing................| 82.9 | 8603.2 8816.5 8820.4 8818.5 | 3.9 0.0 -1.9 0.0 | 215.3 2.5
Trade, Transport., & Utilities..| 20.2 | 2113.7 2147.5 2152.2 2149.5 | 4.7 0.2 -2.7 -0.1 | 35.8 1.7
Information ....................| 2.0 | 220.1 217.1 218.7 217.0 | 1.6 0.7 -1.7 -0.8 | -3.1 -1.4
Financial Activities............| 6.1 | 643.5 654.3 656.0 653.8 | 1.7 0.3 -2.2 -0.3 | 10.3 1.6
Professional & Business Srvcs...| 12.8 | 1299.7 1357.9 1358.0 1359.1 | 0.1 0.0 1.1 0.1 | 59.4 4.6
Education & Health Srvcs........| 12.2 | 1261.8 1295.8 1298.3 1300.6 | 2.5 0.2 2.3 0.2 | 38.8 3.1
Leisure & Hospitality...........| 9.6 | 984.1 1022.5 1024.4 1026.0 | 1.9 0.2 1.6 0.2 | 41.9 4.3
Other Services..................| 3.4 | 354.8 360.1 360.9 361.2 | 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.1 | 6.4 1.8
Government......................| 16.5 | 1725.5 1761.3 1751.9 1751.3 | -9.4 -0.5 -0.6 0.0 | 25.8 1.5
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Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry, U.S., seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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|Percent| | 1-month change ended: | 12-month change
|distri-| Sep. Jul. Aug. Sep. | Aug. 2008 Sep. 2008 | ended Sep. 2008:
|bution*| 2007 2008 2008 2008p/| Level Percent Level Percent| Level Percent
-----------------------------------|-------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------
Total nonfarm employment..........| 100.0 | 137,837 137,550 137,477 137,318 | -73 -0.1 -159 -0.1 | -519 -0.4
Total private...................| 83.6 | 115,610 115,048 114,944 114,776 | -104 -0.1 -168 -0.1 | -834 -0.7
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Goods-producing..................| 15.5 | 22,138 21,437 21,380 21,303 | -57 -0.3 -77 -0.4 | -835 -3.8
Natural Resources & Mining .....| 0.6 | 727 777 789 798 | 12 1.5 9 1.1 | 71 9.8
Construction....................| 5.2 | 7,589 7,173 7,160 7,125 | -13 -0.2 -35 -0.5 | -464 -6.1
Manufacturing...................| 9.7 | 13,822 13,487 13,431 13,380 | -56 -0.4 -51 -0.4 | -442 -3.2
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Service-providing................| 84.5 | 115,699 116,113 116,097 116,015 | -16 0.0 -82 -0.1 | 316 0.3
Trade, Transport., & Utilities..| 19.2 | 26,649 26,393 26,356 26,298 | -37 -0.1 -58 -0.2 | -351 -1.3
Information ....................| 2.2 | 3,031 2,988 2,983 2,980 | -5 -0.2 -3 -0.1 | -51 -1.7
Financial Activities............| 6.0 | 8,294 8,206 8,201 8,184 | -5 -0.1 -17 -0.2 | -110 -1.3
Professional & Business Srvcs...| 13.0 | 18,000 17,904 17,861 17,834 | -43 -0.2 -27 -0.2 | -166 -0.9
Education & Health Srvcs........| 13.9 | 18,451 18,935 18,994 19,019 | 59 0.3 25 0.1 | 568 3.1
Leisure & Hospitality...........| 9.9 | 13,552 13,655 13,645 13,628 | -10 -0.1 -17 -0.1 | 76 0.6
Other Services .................| 4.0 | 5,495 5,530 5,524 5,530 | -6 -0.1 6 0.1 | 35 0.6
Government......................| 16.4 | 22,227 22,502 22,533 22,542 | 31 0.1 9 0.0 | 315 1.4
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* Percent distribution is for the month of September 2008.
Last Modified Date: October 21, 2008
