Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail
[In thousands]
Industry Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Jan.
2012
Nov.
2012
Dec.
2012(p)
Jan.
2013(p)
Jan.
2012
Nov.
2012
Dec.
2012(p)
Jan.
2013(p)
Change from:
Dec.2012 - Jan.2013(p)

Total nonfarm

130,657 135,636 135,545 132,705 132,809 134,472 134,668 134,825 157

Total private

108,847 113,284 113,310 110,965 110,871 112,593 112,795 112,961 166

Goods-producing

17,796 18,571 18,407 18,036 18,314 18,464 18,508 18,544 36

Mining and logging

824 853 854 845 844 853 859 863 4

Logging

49.0 51.7 51.6 48.2 50.0 50.7 51.1 49.4 -1.7

Mining

775.1 800.8 802.5 797.1 793.6 802.0 808.0 813.9 5.9

Oil and gas extraction

180.5 188.8 191.1 192.4 181.9 190.0 192.2 193.7 1.5

Mining, except oil and gas(1)

213.3 221.7 218.0 213.4 224.7 221.6 222.4 223.9 1.5

Coal mining

89.3 82.5 81.6 81.7 89.7 83.0 82.0 82.0 0.0

Support activities for mining

381.3 390.3 393.4 391.3 387.0 390.4 393.4 396.3 2.9

Construction

5,237 5,779 5,617 5,345 5,629 5,673 5,703 5,731 28

Construction of buildings

1,180.4 1,263.0 1,243.7 1,189.6 1,232.0 1,241.4 1,243.4 1,241.4 -2.0

Residential building

545.3 584.2 575.7 547.0 572.6 574.2 574.4 575.1 0.7

Nonresidential building

635.1 678.8 668.0 642.6 659.4 667.2 669.0 666.3 -2.7

Heavy and civil engineering construction

752.3 908.7 847.7 779.5 860.5 880.2 883.0 887.0 4.0

Specialty trade contractors

3,304.3 3,606.9 3,526.0 3,375.5 3,536.5 3,551.4 3,576.5 3,602.7 26.2

Residential specialty trade contractors

1,361.7 1,512.5 1,471.9 1,413.5 1,465.0 1,489.8 1,501.9 1,515.7 13.8

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors

1,942.6 2,094.4 2,054.1 1,962.0 2,071.5 2,061.6 2,074.6 2,087.0 12.4

Manufacturing

11,735 11,939 11,936 11,846 11,841 11,938 11,946 11,950 4

Durable goods

7,348 7,479 7,489 7,445 7,400 7,483 7,491 7,494 3

Wood products

330.7 342.5 342.1 337.9 337.4 343.5 343.5 344.4 0.9

Nonmetallic mineral products

352.7 364.7 359.5 347.9 367.6 362.1 363.7 361.8 -1.9

Primary metals

399.0 398.9 397.3 397.1 400.0 399.3 398.5 398.4 -0.1

Fabricated metal products

1,378.9 1,423.7 1,422.8 1,417.8 1,387.2 1,423.2 1,424.0 1,425.0 1.0

Machinery

1,083.5 1,096.6 1,102.4 1,095.5 1,086.9 1,098.2 1,099.9 1,098.6 -1.3

Computer and electronic products(1)

1,096.1 1,083.2 1,088.2 1,084.9 1,098.5 1,085.3 1,086.8 1,087.6 0.8

Computer and peripheral equipment

157.3 158.2 158.9 159.3 157.8 158.5 158.5 159.7 1.2

Communications equipment

111.3 108.3 108.7 107.6 111.3 108.1 108.2 107.6 -0.6

Semiconductors and electronic components

384.5 380.0 383.0 382.6 385.2 381.1 383.1 383.6 0.5

Electronic instruments

401.2 395.8 397.0 395.2 402.3 397.2 396.8 396.4 -0.4

Electrical equipment and appliances

367.9 368.9 369.4 365.9 368.6 369.9 368.5 366.8 -1.7

Transportation equipment(1)

1,420.9 1,473.2 1,477.4 1,473.9 1,425.4 1,472.9 1,474.9 1,477.7 2.8

Motor vehicles and parts(2)

746.0 784.5 788.2 786.5 749.0 784.6 786.5 789.0 2.5

Furniture and related products

344.4 346.9 347.5 345.3 349.6 349.6 349.8 350.7 0.9

Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing

574.0 580.6 582.0 578.8 578.7 578.7 581.6 583.2 1.6

Nondurable goods

4,387 4,460 4,447 4,401 4,441 4,455 4,455 4,456 1

Food manufacturing

1,428.5 1,474.2 1,460.9 1,434.4 1,454.6 1,466.8 1,463.4 1,462.6 -0.8

Textile mills

118.6 117.3 116.1 115.4 119.4 117.1 116.8 116.5 -0.3

Textile product mills

113.6 117.2 117.9 116.7 115.3 117.3 117.8 118.0 0.2

Apparel

146.4 147.5 148.1 146.6 149.8 147.8 148.7 149.3 0.6

Paper and paper products

381.7 376.7 376.6 374.9 382.0 376.8 376.0 375.4 -0.6

Printing and related support activities

463.2 457.7 457.7 453.5 467.1 457.2 456.9 457.1 0.2

Petroleum and coal products

108.6 115.1 112.9 112.5 113.2 114.7 115.2 116.7 1.5

Chemicals

781.4 782.7 786.9 786.5 783.4 785.7 786.7 788.1 1.4

Plastics and rubber products

631.8 648.1 648.9 644.2 637.5 648.9 649.4 650.2 0.8

Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing

212.8 223.2 221.0 216.2 218.4 222.7 223.6 222.3 -1.3

Private service-providing

91,051 94,713 94,903 92,929 92,557 94,129 94,287 94,417 130

Trade, transportation, and utilities

25,169 26,208 26,435 25,626 25,372 25,720 25,781 25,815 34

Wholesale trade

5,569.6 5,719.8 5,724.3 5,678.0 5,623.0 5,708.8 5,715.1 5,729.9 14.8

Durable goods

2,790.7 2,839.2 2,850.8 2,829.4 2,810.1 2,839.5 2,847.3 2,848.6 1.3

Nondurable goods

1,926.8 1,996.7 1,994.6 1,975.7 1,954.6 1,988.9 1,991.5 2,002.4 10.9

Electronic markets and agents and brokers

852.1 883.9 878.9 872.9 858.3 880.4 876.3 878.9 2.6

Retail trade

14,728.9 15,430.3 15,543.1 14,951.1 14,829.0 14,997.9 15,009.1 15,041.7 32.6

Motor vehicle and parts dealers(1)

1,691.2 1,745.3 1,736.9 1,725.5 1,721.5 1,748.1 1,749.1 1,755.7 6.6

Automobile dealers

1,069.2 1,101.8 1,098.8 1,096.8 1,080.9 1,102.3 1,104.5 1,108.8 4.3

Furniture and home furnishings stores

444.3 465.1 471.2 455.5 439.4 445.7 446.9 449.6 2.7

Electronics and appliance stores

521.6 541.3 538.0 525.4 518.2 513.8 514.6 519.7 5.1

Building material and garden supply stores

1,100.6 1,143.8 1,138.6 1,115.5 1,160.3 1,174.0 1,176.2 1,176.3 0.1

Food and beverage stores

2,826.0 2,904.3 2,914.7 2,882.3 2,841.0 2,879.6 2,889.1 2,895.8 6.7

Health and personal care stores

990.6 1,030.5 1,036.9 1,022.2 990.8 1,017.3 1,018.1 1,021.4 3.3

Gasoline stations

825.2 846.4 844.5 832.2 837.2 844.3 845.6 844.6 -1.0

Clothing and clothing accessories stores

1,375.8 1,598.3 1,626.8 1,476.8 1,377.4 1,460.1 1,461.4 1,471.4 10.0

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

569.1 617.2 617.4 582.3 562.2 578.3 576.3 577.3 1.0

General merchandise stores(1)

3,172.9 3,243.5 3,314.3 3,101.5 3,156.7 3,090.3 3,084.6 3,083.2 -1.4

Department stores

1,605.4 1,587.2 1,640.6 1,499.9 1,577.1 1,479.3 1,473.6 1,471.3 -2.3

Miscellaneous store retailers

764.9 823.2 822.3 786.1 780.6 807.8 805.1 803.8 -1.3

Nonstore retailers

446.7 471.4 481.5 445.8 443.7 438.6 442.1 442.9 0.8

Transportation and warehousing

4,319.5 4,505.7 4,613.4 4,442.6 4,366.5 4,459.0 4,501.5 4,487.3 -14.2

Air transportation

457.9 451.2 449.7 442.8 460.3 454.8 450.2 445.3 -4.9

Rail transportation

228.9 230.2 230.0 229.2 231.1 230.0 230.7 231.3 0.6

Water transportation

60.9 62.6 62.4 60.8 62.3 63.6 62.9 62.4 -0.5

Truck transportation

1,299.5 1,376.7 1,368.2 1,347.1 1,327.7 1,366.7 1,370.1 1,375.1 5.0

Transit and ground passenger transportation

457.7 474.9 478.5 477.5 446.5 458.0 461.8 464.8 3.0

Pipeline transportation

43.7 43.7 44.6 44.5 43.5 44.0 44.4 44.3 -0.1

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

19.3 24.2 22.9 18.7 27.1 26.6 27.3 26.6 -0.7

Support activities for transportation

568.6 585.0 592.7 588.3 573.3 583.1 589.5 592.0 2.5

Couriers and messengers

522.7 550.9 648.8 538.8 527.5 536.8 562.4 543.9 -18.5

Warehousing and storage

660.3 706.3 715.6 694.9 667.2 695.4 702.2 701.6 -0.6

Utilities

551.1 552.6 553.9 554.1 553.1 554.7 555.0 556.2 1.2

Information

2,639 2,693 2,696 2,661 2,670 2,685 2,682 2,691 9

Publishing industries, except Internet

737.7 735.5 734.0 727.9 741.0 732.7 730.2 731.6 1.4

Motion picture and sound recording industries

333.3 389.1 393.3 364.4 356.6 386.0 388.3 388.0 -0.3

Broadcasting, except Internet

283.8 285.5 286.8 284.8 284.8 284.3 285.4 285.6 0.2

Telecommunications

869.2 854.9 852.5 856.5 869.2 854.1 850.1 855.0 4.9

Data processing, hosting and related services

245.9 250.7 252.8 250.3 248.3 249.9 251.5 252.6 1.1

Other information services

168.7 177.7 176.5 177.0 169.7 177.8 176.0 177.9 1.9

Financial activities

7,683 7,821 7,847 7,789 7,730 7,822 7,831 7,837 6

Finance and insurance

5,784.0 5,871.5 5,891.4 5,865.7 5,794.9 5,865.2 5,873.4 5,876.3 2.9

Monetary authorities - central bank

17.2 17.3 17.5 17.4 17.3 17.3 17.4 17.5 0.1

Credit intermediation and related
activities(1)

2,556.5 2,601.6 2,610.6 2,602.9 2,558.4 2,599.2 2,602.6 2,604.4 1.8

Depository credit intermediation(1)

1,735.1 1,738.7 1,742.6 1,740.7 1,736.5 1,741.2 1,739.5 1,741.6 2.1

Commercial banking

1,317.9 1,315.7 1,316.4 1,315.5 1,319.3 1,318.6 1,314.8 1,317.4 2.6

Securities, commodity contracts, investments

808.7 817.2 819.9 818.1 811.4 814.4 818.5 821.0 2.5

Insurance carriers and related activities

2,315.6 2,348.2 2,356.2 2,340.5 2,321.6 2,347.2 2,348.4 2,346.4 -2.0

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles

86.0 87.2 87.2 86.8 86.2 87.1 86.5 87.0 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

1,899.0 1,949.0 1,955.7 1,923.4 1,935.2 1,956.9 1,957.5 1,960.2 2.7

Real estate

1,384.7 1,415.7 1,424.9 1,402.1 1,408.6 1,419.6 1,420.6 1,425.6 5.0

Rental and leasing services

489.8 509.3 506.8 498.0 502.0 513.6 513.3 511.1 -2.2

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets

24.5 24.0 24.0 23.3 24.6 23.7 23.6 23.5 -0.1

Professional and business services

17,337 18,266 18,209 17,799 17,677 18,117 18,119 18,144 25

Professional and technical services(1)

7,798.8 7,966.3 8,012.6 7,999.7 7,779.4 7,977.4 7,971.4 7,986.2 14.8

Legal services

1,112.1 1,127.9 1,131.7 1,118.6 1,119.1 1,126.1 1,128.0 1,125.6 -2.4

Accounting and bookkeeping services

1,001.7 866.1 894.8 983.1 906.2 911.7 888.9 892.1 3.2

Architectural and engineering services

1,289.1 1,335.2 1,335.3 1,314.0 1,309.2 1,332.1 1,334.6 1,334.3 -0.3

Computer systems design and related services

1,567.4 1,662.1 1,665.7 1,654.9 1,575.8 1,655.2 1,659.6 1,664.2 4.6

Management and technical consulting services

1,079.6 1,152.9 1,157.1 1,140.8 1,094.1 1,141.8 1,144.0 1,155.5 11.5

Management of companies and enterprises

1,980.9 2,023.6 2,028.9 2,012.1 1,987.5 2,020.6 2,020.8 2,020.3 -0.5

Administrative and waste services

7,557.3 8,276.0 8,167.9 7,787.1 7,910.5 8,119.3 8,126.5 8,137.0 10.5

Administrative and support services(1)

7,193.1 7,901.6 7,794.8 7,414.6 7,539.6 7,744.7 7,750.4 7,758.7 8.3

Employment services(1)

2,899.5 3,324.4 3,304.8 3,047.2 3,057.9 3,201.6 3,206.6 3,204.2 -2.4

Temporary help services

2,292.3 2,667.9 2,652.0 2,424.3 2,425.5 2,556.9 2,566.0 2,557.9 -8.1

Business support services

829.1 850.8 856.6 837.2 825.7 834.1 833.5 834.3 0.8

Services to buildings and dwellings

1,652.1 1,850.4 1,766.7 1,680.0 1,817.0 1,841.6 1,839.7 1,844.8 5.1

Waste management and remediation services

364.2 374.4 373.1 372.5 370.9 374.6 376.1 378.3 2.2

Education and health services

19,976 20,675 20,679 20,394 20,106 20,460 20,510 20,535 25

Educational services

3,216.3 3,529.2 3,464.5 3,250.9 3,301.8 3,351.6 3,353.4 3,351.4 -2.0

Health care and social assistance

16,759.8 17,145.4 17,214.8 17,142.6 16,803.9 17,108.0 17,156.1 17,183.7 27.6

Health care(3)

14,121.2 14,439.1 14,500.1 14,443.3 14,163.9 14,419.7 14,460.7 14,483.5 22.8

Ambulatory health care services(1)

6,197.6 6,410.1 6,444.2 6,426.4 6,225.3 6,399.4 6,422.2 6,449.8 27.6

Offices of physicians

2,356.9 2,417.0 2,434.8 2,426.0 2,362.4 2,411.7 2,420.5 2,429.7 9.2

Outpatient care centers

633.0 666.0 670.9 673.7 634.6 667.0 670.0 674.7 4.7

Home health care services

1,160.8 1,229.9 1,240.4 1,229.9 1,167.8 1,226.1 1,235.1 1,236.4 1.3

Hospitals

4,756.2 4,824.0 4,838.2 4,829.6 4,760.5 4,820.7 4,829.9 4,833.5 3.6

Nursing and residential care facilities(1)

3,167.4 3,205.0 3,217.7 3,187.3 3,178.1 3,199.6 3,208.6 3,200.2 -8.4

Nursing care facilities

1,662.9 1,664.4 1,667.0 1,654.6 1,666.7 1,660.9 1,662.5 1,659.3 -3.2

Social assistance(1)

2,638.6 2,706.3 2,714.7 2,699.3 2,640.0 2,688.3 2,695.4 2,700.2 4.8

Child day care services

857.9 872.1 867.9 861.5 849.9 856.0 855.4 854.8 -0.6

Leisure and hospitality

12,904 13,598 13,588 13,254 13,585 13,861 13,894 13,917 23

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

1,723.1 1,829.7 1,827.0 1,761.1 1,952.5 1,979.6 1,983.8 1,989.5 5.7

Performing arts and spectator sports

356.4 394.2 396.4 370.7 400.7 407.9 413.8 415.2 1.4

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

123.7 131.7 130.2 124.4 136.0 137.0 137.1 136.7 -0.4

Amusements, gambling, and recreation

1,243.0 1,303.8 1,300.4 1,266.0 1,415.8 1,434.7 1,432.9 1,437.6 4.7

Accommodation and food services

11,180.9 11,768.3 11,761.4 11,492.8 11,632.4 11,881.7 11,910.2 11,927.2 17.0

Accommodation

1,713.5 1,762.1 1,751.4 1,715.9 1,810.2 1,815.3 1,813.3 1,813.2 -0.1

Food services and drinking places

9,467.4 10,006.2 10,010.0 9,776.9 9,822.2 10,066.4 10,096.9 10,114.0 17.1

Other services

5,343 5,452 5,449 5,406 5,417 5,464 5,470 5,478 8

Repair and maintenance

1,172.6 1,193.4 1,191.8 1,183.9 1,189.9 1,197.3 1,199.5 1,200.8 1.3

Personal and laundry services

1,280.8 1,326.2 1,329.0 1,313.6 1,301.3 1,327.0 1,329.4 1,333.5 4.1

Membership associations and organizations

2,889.5 2,932.7 2,928.2 2,908.1 2,925.6 2,939.4 2,940.7 2,943.5 2.8

Government

21,810 22,352 22,235 21,740 21,938 21,879 21,873 21,864 -9

Federal

2,810.0 2,788.0 2,797.0 2,766.0 2,834.0 2,798.0 2,796.0 2,791.0 -5.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service

2,191.8 2,188.4 2,188.9 2,165.6 2,214.9 2,196.7 2,193.7 2,189.3 -4.4

U.S. Postal Service

618.4 599.9 608.3 600.7 619.4 601.1 602.1 601.3 -0.8

State government

4,944.0 5,222.0 5,143.0 4,947.0 5,042.0 5,047.0 5,044.0 5,046.0 2.0

State government education

2,278.4 2,576.4 2,498.7 2,303.9 2,364.3 2,390.5 2,389.4 2,392.1 2.7

State government, excluding education

2,665.7 2,645.7 2,644.1 2,642.9 2,677.6 2,656.3 2,655.0 2,654.3 -0.7

Local government

14,056.0 14,342.0 14,295.0 14,027.0 14,062.0 14,034.0 14,033.0 14,027.0 -6.0

Local government education

7,908.2 8,103.0 8,104.1 7,878.6 7,796.3 7,762.7 7,764.7 7,760.0 -4.7

Local government, excluding education

6,148.1 6,239.3 6,190.4 6,148.2 6,265.6 6,271.1 6,268.2 6,266.8 -1.4

Footnotes
(1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
(2) Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
(3) Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2012 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: February 01, 2013