Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category | Sept. 2011 |
July 2012 |
Aug. 2012(p) |
Sept. 2012(p) |
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EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY |
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Total nonfarm |
202 | 181 | 142 | 114 |
Total private |
216 | 163 | 97 | 104 |
Goods-producing |
33 | 20 | -22 | -10 |
Mining and logging |
6 | -1 | -1 | 1 |
Construction |
30 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Manufacturing |
-3 | 18 | -22 | -16 |
Durable goods(1) |
4 | 18 | -20 | -13 |
Motor vehicles and parts |
2.9 | 12.8 | -6.9 | -3.4 |
Nondurable goods |
-7 | 0 | -2 | -3 |
Private service-providing(1) |
183 | 143 | 119 | 114 |
Wholesale trade |
-3.0 | 8.8 | 7.0 | -1.6 |
Retail trade |
14.2 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 9.4 |
Transportation and warehousing |
1.8 | 14.2 | 7.7 | 17.1 |
Information |
34 | 8 | 1 | -6 |
Financial activities |
-6 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
Professional and business services(1) |
59 | 41 | 19 | 13 |
Temporary help services |
23.7 | 13.0 | 0.1 | -2.0 |
Education and health services(1) |
58 | 40 | 25 | 49 |
Health care and social assistance |
47.5 | 27.7 | 22.2 | 44.5 |
Leisure and hospitality |
20 | 24 | 38 | 11 |
Other services |
3 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
Government |
-14 | 18 | 45 | 10 |
WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES(2) |
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Total nonfarm women employees |
49.4 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 49.3 |
Total private women employees |
47.9 | 47.8 | 47.8 | 47.8 |
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees |
82.5 | 82.6 | 82.6 | 82.6 |
HOURS AND EARNINGS |
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Total private |
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Average weekly hours |
34.4 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 34.5 |
Average hourly earnings |
$23.16 | $23.52 | $23.51 | $23.58 |
Average weekly earnings |
$796.70 | $809.09 | $808.74 | $813.51 |
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3) |
94.5 | 95.9 | 96.0 | 96.4 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.4 | -0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4) |
104.4 | 107.6 | 107.7 | 108.4 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.7 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
HOURS AND EARNINGS |
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Total private |
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Average weekly hours |
33.6 | 33.7 | 33.7 | 33.7 |
Average hourly earnings |
$19.53 | $19.77 | $19.76 | $19.81 |
Average weekly earnings |
$656.21 | $666.25 | $665.91 | $667.60 |
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3) |
101.5 | 103.5 | 103.6 | 103.7 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)(4) |
132.5 | 136.7 | 136.8 | 137.3 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
DIFFUSION INDEX(5) |
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Total private (266 industries) |
57.9 | 54.9 | 51.3 | 52.8 |
Manufacturing (81 industries) |
53.7 | 48.8 | 38.9 | 39.5 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data in this table have been corrected. For more information see http://www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_usps_correction.htm. |