ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category Jan.
2012		 Feb.
2012		 Mar.
2012		 Apr.
2012		 May
2012		 June
2012		 July
2012		 Aug.
2012		 Sept.
2012		 Oct.
2012		 Nov.
2012		 Dec.
2012(p)		 Jan.
2013(p)

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY
(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

 311 271 205 112 125 87 153 165 138 160 247 196 157

Total private

 323 265 208 120 152 78 177 131 118 217 256 202 166

Goods-producing

 72 51 37 6 -12 14 26 -14 -17 16 43 44 36

Mining and logging

 11 7 1 0 3 -2 -1 -3 -2 -6 12 6 4

Construction

 17 15 -4 -4 -21 7 5 3 3 16 24 30 28

Manufacturing

 44 29 40 10 6 9 22 -14 -18 6 7 8 4

Durable goods(1)

 38 26 26 8 7 9 20 -14 -17 1 17 8 3

Motor vehicles and parts

 7.5 5.8 10.7 1.0 3.8 5.8 12.0 -6.6 -3.0 -3.6 9.7 1.9 2.5

Nondurable goods

 6 3 14 2 -1 0 2 0 -1 5 -10 0 1

Private service-providing(1)

 251 214 171 114 164 64 151 145 135 201 213 158 130

Wholesale trade

 18.4 11.9 5.9 13.2 12.7 8.9 10.1 6.5 -1.0 7.8 9.8 6.3 14.8

Retail trade

 54.5 -24.3 -5.6 30.4 9.4 -3.1 3.1 11.2 26.1 52.1 69.6 11.2 32.6

Transportation and warehousing

 13.6 17.9 3.1 -15.1 30.3 -2.5 11.3 9.3 4.3 13.7 20.2 42.5 -14.2

Utilities

 0.3 -0.2 0.7 -0.2 0.8 1.1 -6.3 7.7 0.4 -0.3 -2.1 0.3 1.2

Information

 -12 11 -2 0 2 -6 9 -2 -12 1 14 -3 9

Financial activities

 2 10 23 5 14 6 0 7 11 11 5 9 6

Professional and business services(1)

 89 76 43 45 37 35 52 29 15 53 55 2 25

Temporary help services

 30.0 47.3 -7.1 14.7 13.4 20.5 15.3 4.4 -12.6 9.0 26.5 9.1 -8.1

Education and health services(1)

 26 69 46 22 47 6 35 32 49 34 14 50 25

Health care and social assistance

 32.5 46.2 28.7 20.7 36.6 11.7 25.5 26.4 40.7 37.4 30.2 48.1 27.6

Leisure and hospitality

 44 47 52 14 4 14 27 45 30 22 21 33 23

Other services

 15 -4 5 0 6 5 10 -1 12 7 7 6 8

Government

 -12 6 -3 -8 -27 9 -24 34 20 -57 -9 -6 -9

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND
NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES(2)
AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES

Total nonfarm women employees

 49.4 49.4 49.3 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.3 49.4

Total private women employees

 47.8 47.8 47.8 47.8 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.7 82.7 82.6 82.6 82.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

 34.5 34.6 34.5 34.5 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.5 34.3 34.4 34.4 34.4

Average hourly earnings

 $23.28 $23.33 $23.40 $23.42 $23.43 $23.50 $23.54 $23.53 $23.60 $23.58 $23.67 $23.74 $23.78

Average weekly earnings

 $803.16 $807.22 $807.30 $807.99 $805.99 $808.40 $809.78 $809.43 $814.20 $808.79 $814.25 $816.66 $818.03

Index of aggregate weekly hours(3)

 95.8 96.3 96.2 96.3 96.2 96.2 96.4 96.5 96.9 96.5 97.0 97.2 97.3

Over-the-month percent change

 0.3 0.5 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.4 -0.4 0.5 0.2 0.1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(4)

 106.4 107.2 107.4 107.6 107.5 107.9 108.2 108.3 109.0 108.5 109.5 110.0 110.4

Over-the-month percent change

 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.6 -0.5 0.9 0.5 0.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS
PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY
EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

 33.8 33.8 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.6 33.7 33.6 33.7 33.7 33.6

Average hourly earnings

 $19.61 $19.64 $19.68 $19.72 $19.70 $19.75 $19.77 $19.76 $19.80 $19.82 $19.88 $19.92 $19.97

Average weekly earnings

 $662.82 $663.83 $663.22 $664.56 $663.89 $665.58 $666.25 $663.94 $667.26 $665.95 $669.96 $671.30 $670.99

Index of aggregate weekly hours(3)

 103.3 103.6 103.5 103.6 103.7 103.8 104.0 103.8 104.2 104.2 104.7 104.8 104.6

Over-the-month percent change

 0.7 0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.1 -0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(4)

 135.3 135.9 136.0 136.4 136.4 136.9 137.2 137.0 137.8 137.9 138.9 139.5 139.5

Over-the-month percent change

 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.2 -0.1 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.4 0.0

DIFFUSION INDEXES(5)

Total Private

Over 1-month span

 72.2 62.2 68.8 58.3 63.5 57.3 56.0 51.7 55.6 64.8 63.9 64.5 59.6

Over 3-month span

 71.1 77.4 75.8 66.5 67.5 61.7 62.2 60.2 57.3 60.7 64.5 69.7 67.7

Over 6-month span

 72.7 77.3 77.3 75.9 74.1 71.8 66.5 64.5 59.4 63.3 64.7 69.0 68.8

Over 12-month span

 74.8 73.7 76.7 76.7 76.9 73.9 74.2 74.6 72.9 71.1 73.7 73.9 72.6

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span

 71.6 57.4 74.1 54.9 55.6 50.6 51.2 38.9 42.0 56.2 52.5 54.9 48.1

Over 3-month span

 56.8 71.0 70.4 64.8 66.0 53.1 58.6 49.4 40.7 47.5 51.2 56.2 48.8

Over 6-month span

 58.6 58.6 63.6 63.6 69.1 64.8 59.9 56.2 50.6 46.9 48.1 46.9 48.8

Over 12-month span

 68.5 61.7 66.7 61.7 61.7 59.3 60.5 61.1 57.4 57.4 58.0 58.0 57.4

Footnotes
 (1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
(2) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries.
(3) The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours.
(4) The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average aggregate weekly payrolls.
(5) Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment. Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
(p) Preliminary

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

 

Last Modified Date: February 1, 2013