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Table 1. Percent differences between nonfarm employment benchmarks and estimates by industry division, March 1999-2008

Table 2. Nonfarm employment benchmarks by industry, March 2008

Table 3. Differences in seasonally adjusted levels and over-the-month changes, total nonfarm employment, January 2008-December 2008

Table 4. Hours and earnings estimates, selected industries, March 2008

**Table 1. Percent differences between nonfarm employment benchmarks and estimates by industry supersector, March 1999-2008 ⁽¹⁾**
Industry	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	0.2	0.4	- 0.1	- 0.2	- 0.1	0.2	- 0.1	0.6	-0.2	-0.1
Total private	.2	.3	- .2	- .4	- .2	.2	- .2	.7	-.2	-.1
Mining and logging					.9	.7	-.3	1.2	⁽²⁾	.4
Construction					-.8	.6	.5	2.6	.1	.7
Manufacturing					-1.1	-.4	-.3	-.1	-1.0	-.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities					⁽²⁾	.2	.3	.6	.5	.2
Information					-2.6	-1.0	-2.1	-.5	-1.8	.3
Financial activities					.2	.1	-.8	.4	-1.3	-.3
Professional and business services					-.7	-.2	-.4	1.3	.2	-.4
Education and health services					.3	.2	⁽²⁾	.5	-.2	-.1
Leisure and hospitality					.5	1.2	.4	.3	-.8	-1.1
Other services					1.4	.5	-1.3	.5	.3	.2
Government	.1	.6	.3	1.0	.3	.1	⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	-.2	.2

⁽¹⁾ Differences are based on comparisons of final published March estimates and benchmark levels, as originally published.

⁽²⁾ Less than 0.05 percent.

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**Table 2. Nonfarm employment benchmarks by industry, March 2008 (levels in thousands)**
Industry	Benchmark	Estimate	Difference
Industry	Benchmark	Estimate	Amount	Percent
Total nonfarm	136,944	137,033	-89	-0.1
Total private	114,104	114,241	-137	-0.1
Goods-producing	21,347	21,312	35	0.2
Mining and logging	741	738	3	0.4
Logging	55	57	-2	-3.6
Mining	686	680	6	0.9
Oil and gas extraction	155	155	0	⁽¹⁾
Mining, except oil and gas	215	219	-4	-1.9
Coal mining	78	79	-1	-1.3
Support activities for mining	316	307	9	2.8
Construction	7,047	6,998	49	0.7
Construction of buildings	1,651	1,609	42	2.5
Heavy and civil engineering construction	909	896	13	1.4
Specialty trade contractors	4,487	4,494	-7	-0.2
Manufacturing	13,559	13,576	-17	-0.1
Durable goods	8,599	8,626	-27	-0.3
Wood products	471	485	-14	-3
Nonmetallic mineral products	468	477	-9	-1.9
Primary metals	451	452	-1	-0.2
Fabricated metal products	1,551	1,552	-1	-0.1
Machinery	1,193	1,196	-3	-0.3
Computer and electronic products	1,254	1,252	2	0.2
Computer and peripheral equipment	183	186	-3	-1.6
Communications equipment	128	129	-1	-0.8
Semiconductor and electronic components	437	428	9	2.1
Electronic instruments	443	446	-3	-0.7
Electrical equipment and appliances	426	419	7	1.6
Transportation equipment	1,656	1,653	3	0.2
Furniture and related products	499	510	-11	-2.2
Miscellaneous manufacturing	633	631	2	0.3
Nondurable goods	4,960	4,950	10	0.2
Food manufacturing	1,459	1,450	9	0.6
Beverage and tobacco products	193	185	8	4.1
Textile mills	159	159	0	⁽¹⁾
Textile product mills	151	154	-3	-2
Apparel	203	198	5	2.5
Leather and allied products	33	34	-1	-3
Paper and paper products	447	455	-8	-1.8
Printing and related support activities	606	613	-7	-1.2
Petroleum and coal products	114	110	4	3.5
Chemicals	852	859	-7	-0.8
Plastics and rubber products	743	733	10	1.3
Service-providing	115,597	115,721	-124	-0.1
Private service-providing	92,757	92,929	-172	-0.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	26,330	26,265	65	0.2
Wholesale trade	5,981	6,024	-43	-0.7
Electronic markets and agents and brokers	846	836	10	1.2
Retail trade	15,279	15,186	93	0.6
Motor vehicle and parts dealers	1,875	1,890	-15	-0.8
Automobile dealers	1,220	1,230	-10	-0.8
Furniture and home furnishings stores	542	563	-21	-3.9
Electronics and appliance stores	549	531	18	3.3
Building material and garden supply stores	1,242	1,229	13	1
Food and beverage stores	2,849	2,865	-16	-0.6
Health and personal care stores	1,003	989	14	1.4
Gasoline stations	844	844	0	⁽¹⁾
Clothing and clothing accessories stores	1,446	1,447	-1	-0.1
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores	637	643	-6	-0.9
General merchandise stores	3,023	2,908	115	3.8
Department stores	1,545	1,498	47	3
Miscellaneous store retailers	834	845	-11	-1.3
Nonstore retailers	435	434	1	0.2
Transportation and warehousing	4,515	4,500	15	0.3
Air transportation	503	505	-2	-0.4
Rail transportation	230	232	-2	-0.9
Water transportation	63	59	4	6.3
Truck transportation	1,389	1,396	-7	-0.5
Transit and ground passenger transportation	434	427	7	1.6
Pipeline transportation	41	41	0	⁽¹⁾
Scenic and sightseeing transportation	23	26	-3	-13
Support activities for transportation	588	584	4	0.7
Couriers and messengers	573	579	-6	-1
Warehousing and storage	672	652	20	3
Utilities	555	555	0	⁽¹⁾
Information	3,016	3,008	8	0.3
Publishing industries, except Internet	892	882	10	1.1
Motion picture and sound recording industries	381	379	2	0.5
Broadcasting, except Internet	318	322	-4	-1.3
Telecommunications	1,027	1,020	7	0.7
Data processing, hosting, and related services	265	273	-8	-3
Other information services	134	132	2	1.5
Financial activities	8,171	8,194	-23	-0.3
Finance and insurance	6,056	6,103	-47	-0.8
Monetary authorities - central bank	23	21	2	8.7
Credit intermediation and related activities	2,765	2,814	-49	-1.8
Depository credit intermediation	1,823	1,820	3	0.2
Commercial banking	1,361	1,343	18	1.3
Securities, commodity contracts, investments	868	866	2	0.2
Insurance carriers and related activities	2,311	2,315	-4	-0.2
Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles	90	87	3	3.3
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,115	2,091	24	1.1
Real estate	1,469	1,441	28	1.9
Rental and leasing services	618	618	0	⁽¹⁾
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets	28	31	-3	-10.7
Professional and business services	17,733	17,796	-63	-0.4
Professional and technical services	7,883	7,891	-8	-0.1
Legal services	1,163	1,166	-3	-0.3
Accounting and bookkeeping services	1,064	1,100	-36	-3.4
Architectural and engineering services	1,431	1,443	-12	-0.8
Computer systems design and related services	1,427	1,387	40	2.8
Management and technical consulting services	989	989	0	⁽¹⁾
Management of companies and enterprises	1,896	1,830	66	3.5
Administrative and waste services	7,955	8,075	-120	-1.5
Administrative and support services	7,604	7,717	-113	-1.5
Employment services	3,176	3,352	-176	-5.5
Temporary help services	2,372	2,397	-25	-1.1
Business support services	837	799	38	4.5
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,721	1,727	-6	-0.3
Waste management and remediation services	352	358	-6	-1.7
Education and health services	18,833	18,850	-17	-0.1
Educational services	3,153	3,178	-25	-0.8
Health care and social assistance	15,679	15,672	7	⁽¹⁾
Ambulatory health care services	5,588	5,600	-12	-0.2
Offices of physicians	2,238	2,246	-8	-0.4
Outpatient care centers	528	512	16	3
Home health care services	942	940	2	0.2
Hospitals	4,588	4,595	-7	-0.2
Nursing and residential care facilities	2,994	2,974	20	0.7
Nursing care facilities	1,611	1,605	6	0.4
Social assistance	2,511	2,504	7	0.3
Child day care services	879	875	4	0.5
Leisure and hospitality	13,156	13,307	-151	-1.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,837	1,864	-27	-1.5
Performing arts and spectator sports	385	409	-24	-6.2
Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks	124	124	0	⁽¹⁾
Amusements, gambling, and recreation	1,328	1,332	-4	-0.3
Accommodation and food services	11,319	11,443	-124	-1.1
Accommodation	1,825	1,791	34	1.9
Food services and drinking places	9,494	9,652	-158	-1.7
Other services	5,518	5,509	9	0.2
Repair and maintenance	1,243	1,254	-11	-0.9
Personal and laundry services	1,317	1,303	14	1.1
Membership associations and organizations	2,958	2,951	7	0.2
Government	22,840	22,792	48	0.2
Federal	2,732	2,710	22	0.8
Federal, except Postal Service	1,977	1,976	1	0.1
U.S. Postal Service	756	734	22	2.9
State government	5,293	5,303	-10	-0.2
State government education	2,483	2,486	-3	-0.1
State government excl. education	2,810	2,817	-7	-0.2
Local government	14,815	14,779	36	0.2
Local government education	8,441	8,408	33	0.4
Local government excl. education	6,374	6,371	3	⁽¹⁾

⁽¹⁾Less than 0.05 percent.

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**Table 3. Differences in seasonally adjusted levels and over-the-month changes, total nonfarm employment, January 2008-December 2008 (in thousands)**
	Levels			Over-the-month changes
2008:	As previously published	As revised	Difference	As previously published	As revised	Difference
January	138,002	138,080	78	-76	-72	4
February	137,919	137,936	17	-83	-144	-61
March	137,831	137,814	-17	-88	-122	-34
April	137,764	137,654	-110	-67	-160	-93
May	137,717	137,517	-200	-47	-137	-90
June	137,617	137,356	-261	-100	-161	-61
July	137,550	137,228	-322	-67	-128	-61
August	137,423	137,053	-370	-127	-175	-48
September	137,020	136,732	-288	-403	-321	82
October	136,597	136,352	-245	-423	-380	43
November	136,013	135,755	-228	-584	-597	-13
December (p)	135,489	135,178	-370	-524	-577	-53

(p): Preliminary

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**Table 4. Hours and earnings estimates for selected industries, March 2008**
Industry	Average Weekly Hours	Average Hourly Earnings
Total private	33.8	$17.97
Goods-producing	40.4	19.06
Mining and Logging	45.7	22.29
Construction	38.5	21.44
Manufacturing	41.1	17.62
Durable goods	41.4	18.56
Wood products	38.3	13.92
Nonmetallic mineral products	42.6	16.79
Primary metals	43.0	20.23
Fabricated metal products	41.7	16.86
Machinery	42.8	17.87
Computer and electronic products	41.0	20.76
Electrical equipment and appliances	41.2	15.64
Transportation equipment	42.5	23.52
Furniture and related products	38.5	14.42
Miscellaneous manufacturing	39.4	15.08
Nondurable goods	40.5	16.01
Food manufacturing	40.3	13.85
Beverages and tobacco products	39.9	19.73
Textile mills	38.8	13.45
Textile product mills	39.4	11.77
Apparel	36.9	11.35
Leather and allied products	39.0	12.81
Paper and paper products	43.3	18.70
Printing and related support activities	38.7	16.64
Petroleum and coal products	42.8	27.06
Chemicals	41.9	19.31
Plastics and rubber products	41.1	15.72
Private service-providing	32.5	17.70
Trade, transportation, and utilities	33.3	16.14
Wholesale trade	38.6	20.08
Retail trade	30.0	12.88
Transportation and warehousing	36.7	18.20
Utilities	43.0	28.90
Information	36.7	24.62
Financial activities	36.2	20.17
Professional and business services	35.1	21.00
Education and health services	32.7	18.74
Leisure and hospitality	25.3	10.77
Other services	30.9	16.11

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Last Modified Date: February 6, 2009

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