Current Employment Statistics Highlights Detailed Industry Employment Analysis Contents Summary Mining & Logging Current Employment Statistics Highlights Construction Manufacturing Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government July 2014 Release Date: August 1, 2014 Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch Current Employment Statistics Survey U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 202-691-6555 Email CES Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, July 2014 Total Nonfarm + 209,000 Total Private + 198,000 Nonfarm employment rose by 209,000 in July, matching the average monthly gain observed over the prior 12-month period. Professional and business services, manufacturing, retail trade, and construction added jobs over the month. The employment change for June revised up from +288,000 to +298,000, and the change for May revised up from +224,000 to +229,000. Over the past 3 months, employment has increased by an average 245,000 per month. Average hourly earnings for all employees on private-sector payrolls edged up (+1 cent) in July. Hourly earnings are up 2.0 percent over the year. The average workweek for all privatesector employees held at 34.5 hours for the fifth consecutive month. + 47,000 Professional and business services Employment within professional and technical services rose by 25,000 in July. Within this industry, architectural and engineering services added 9,000 jobs over the month; employment gains had averaged 4,000 per month over the prior 12-month period. in administrative and waste services (+16,000). Over the prior 12 months, job growth in this industry had averaged 32,000 per month. + 28,000 Manufacturing manufacturing rose by 30,000 in July. Motor vehicles and parts accounted for half the job gain. Furniture and related products also added jobs (+3,000). Although nondurable goods employment changed little over the month, textile product mills added 2,000 jobs. Employment in durable goods In July, employment continued to trend up Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Detailed Industry Employment AnalysisCES Release Date: August 1, 2014 Highlights Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, July 2014 + 27,000 Retail Trade Retail trade added 27,000 jobs in July. Employment continued to trend up in automobile dealers, food and beverage stores, and general merchandise stores. Over the year, retail trade employment increased by 298,000 or 2.0 percent. + 22,000 Construction Construction employment increased by 22,000 in July. Combined, residential builders and residential specialty trade contractors contributed 13,000 to the gain. + 8,000 Mining and Logging Mining added 8,000 payroll jobs in July; support activities for mining accounted for 6,000 jobs added. Over the year, mining employment rose by 46,000, and support activities accounted for 61 percent of the gains. + 21,000 Leisure and hospitality Employment continued to trend up in leisure and hospitality. Over the year, job gains total 375,000; food services accounted for 292,000 of this increase. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail + 17,000 Education and health services + 11,000 Government Health care employment changed little in July (+7,000). A 21,000-job gain in ambulatory care was largely offset by employment losses in hospitals (-7,000) and nursing care facilities (-6,000). Social assistance added 18,000 jobs over the month. Government employment changed little in July. Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Mining and Logging In July, mining and logging added 8,000 jobs. Since an employment trough in October 2009, mining and logging has added 255,000 jobs. Mining accounts for most of this increase. Mining added 8,000 jobs in July, well above its prior 12-month average change (+3,000). The July employment increase stems from a 6,000-job gain in support activities for mining. Since October 2009, support activities for mining (+182,000) and oil and gas extraction (+55,000) have fueled the mining employment expansion and have accounted for 95 percent of the job growth in mining. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Construction Employment in construction increased by 22,000 in July. Since reaching an employment trough in January 2011, the industry has recovered 609,000 jobs, or 26.5 percent of the jobs lost during the recent employment downturn. Employment in construction January 2003–July 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 8,500 8,000 7,500 7,000 6,500 6,000 5,500 July 2014 Level: 6,041 OTM Change: 22* Apr 2006 peak: 7,726 Jan 2011 trough: 5,432 5,000 4,500 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 01, 2014. Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance. Employment in residential building NAICS 2361—Residential building Over-the-month change, January 2011–July 2014 Residential building construction added 6,000 jobs in July. Over the last 12 months, the industry has added 54,000 jobs, a gain of 8.9 percent. Coinciding with the employment increase in July, the National Association of Homebuilders reported that the index of homebuilder confidence rose 4 points to 53, exceeding the 50-point threshold above which more builders reported optimism than pessisim about market conditions. Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 16 14 11 12 8 9 10 2 1 0 0 -2 0 -3 -2 -3 -3 -2 -2 -2 0 0 0 -4 3 4 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 -6 -8 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 01, 2014. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Manufacturing In July, manufacturing added 28,000 jobs. Over the month, durable goods added 30,000 jobs, while nondurable goods employment changed little. Since the manufacturing employment trough in February 2010, manufacturing has added 707,000 jobs, largely in durable goods industries. The 1-month diffusion index fell to 53.7 in July from 63.0 in June. The diffusion index measures the dispersion of employment change in manufacturing, with a value above 50 indicating that more manufacturing industries are adding jobs than losing them. July marks the thirteenth consecutive month that the index registered above 50. The majority of the July employment growth in durable goods occurred in transportation equipment (+19,000). Furniture and related products also added 3,000 jobs. In July, average weekly hours for all employees and for production employees ticked down 0.2 hour to 40.9 hours and 42.0 hours, respectively. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Manufacturing NAICS 3361, 3362, and 3363 combined – Motor vehicles and parts Within transportation equipment, motor vehicles and parts manufacturing added 15,000 jobs in July. Automakers historically idle plants during July for maintenance and model-year retooling. Since 2009, industry restructuring, stronger sales, lean inventories, and advances in production technology have helped keep auto manufacturers operating, while reducing the time needed for retooling. In 2014, shutdowns were minimized, particularly “because of strong demand for new cars.” (Source: Wall Street Journal.) A smaller-than-normal seasonal layoff in July occurred with this business practice change, resulting in an aboveaverage, seasonally adjusted job gain in July. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Wholesale Trade Employment in wholesale trade changed little in July (+3,000). Over the prior 12 months, the industry added 11,000 jobs per month on average. Employment in wholesale trade Over-the-month change, January 2011–July 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 30 Since May 2010, wholesale trade has recovered 73 percent of the jobs lost during its previous employment downturn. 16 14 15 11 12 10 11 8 6 8 3 2 2 3 3 6 5 4 6 7 7 5 4 5 18 17 17 15 10 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 12 15 14 16 18 16 20 18 21 25 -2 0 -5 -10 -10 -15 -20 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 01, 2014. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Retail Trade Employment in retail trade In July, employment in retail trade increased by 27,000 and, over the past 12 months, has grown by 298,000. Employment in most of the retail component industries continued to trend upward in July. January 2003–July 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 16,000 15,800 Consistent with the employment trend, recent retail-related indicators have been generally positive. The Census Bureau reported that retail sales for June increased by 0.2 percent, and were up 4.3 percent over the year. Additionally, the Conference Board notes that the Consumer Confidence Index posted an increase of 4.5 points in July. 15,600 15,400 15,200 15,000 14,800 July 2014 Level: 15,386 OTM Change: 27* Nov 2007 peak: 15,576 Dec 2009 trough: 14,325 14,600 14,400 NAICS 441 – Motor vehicle and parts dealers 14,200 14,000 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Within motor vehicle and parts dealers, employment in automobile dealers continued to trend up in July. Over the past 12 months, employment in motor vehicle and parts dealers rose by 65,000 with automobile dealers accounting for 40,000 of the gain. These gains correspond to strong sales figures seen in the automobile industry. Jan-13 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 01, 2014. Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance. Employment in retail trade Over-the-month change, July 2014 Retail trade: 27* Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Furniture and home furnishings stores 0.3 Electronics and appliance stores 0.8 Building material and garden supply stores 2.6 Food and beverage stores 7.6 Gasoline stations -1.2 Clothing and clothing accessories stores 6.9 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores -3.4 General merchandise stores 6.5 Miscellaneous store retailers 3.5 Nonstore retailers -0.6 -4 Employment also continued to trend up in food and beverage stores in July (+8,000). Food and beverage stores has added 82,000 jobs in the past 12 months, the largest gain in retail trade over this time. Health and personal care stores 3.0 -6 NAICS 445 – Food and beverage stores Motor vehicle and parts dealers 0.7 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 01, 2014. Data are preliminary. * denotes significance. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Transportation and Warehousing Employment in transportation and warehousing continued to trend up in July (+8,000), in line with its prior 12-month average gain of 11,000. Summary Mining & Logging In Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities NAICS 492 – Couriers and Messengers Couriers and messengers employment increased by 2,000 in July, following an increase of 5,000 in June. Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Utilities Employment in utilities was essentially unchanged in July (+1,000). The industry has shown zero net employment change over the last 12 months. Employment in utilities Over-the-month change, January 2011–July 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 12 10 8 8 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 -2 -2 -1 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Jan-12 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 Jul-11 -3 -2 -1 0 0 -4 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 -7 -6 -8 -10 -12 Jan-11 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 01, 2014. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Information Employment in information changed little in July (+2,000). Employment increased in broadcasting, except internet and in data processing, hosting and related services. Employment continued to trend down in motion picture and sound recording industries (-4,000). Since an employment peak in May 2012, motion pictures has lost 69,000 jobs. Employment in information January 2003–July 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 3,400 3,200 3,000 July 2014 Level: 2,666 OTM Change: 2 Jul 2013 peak: 2,697 Oct 2012 trough: 2,672 2,800 2,600 2,400 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 01, 2014. Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Financial Activities Financial activities employment continued to trend up in July (+7,000). Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts added 6,000 jobs. Financial activities has added 51,000 jobs over the past 6 months. Employment in financial activities Over-the-month change, January 2011–July 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 35 24 30 21 25 13 12 9 10 6 7 7 8 9 8 8 8 9 10 11 12 9 10 10 11 13 15 14 16 17 20 Jul-12 0 Jan-12 -1 -4 -10 -10 -4 -5 -4 -5 -3 -1 -1 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 4 4 5 -15 -20 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 01, 2014. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Professional and Business Services Employment in selected professional and business services Over-the-month change, July 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 25 Professional and technical°* 5 - Accounting and bookkeeping 9 - Architectural and engineering* 4 - Computer systems design 3 - Management and technical consulting 6 Management of companies 16 Administrative and waste services° 14 - Employment services 4 -10 -5 0 Professional and business services: 47* 5 - Services to buildings 10 15 20 July 2014 25 30 35 Professional and business services continued to add jobs in July, with an employment increase of 47,000. Job growth in the industry was led by professional and technical services, adding 25,000 jobs, in line with its recent employment trend. Employment in administrative and waste services (+16,000) continued to edge up, but by half of the industry’s prior 12-month average change. Within professional and technical services, the component industries continued their upward employment trends in July, though most were shy of their prior-12-month averages. The largest gain in July occurred in architectural and engineering services (+9,000). 40 Prior 12-month average Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 01, 2014. Data are preliminary. ˚Includes additional component industries not shown separately. * denotes significance. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Private Education and Health Services Employment in education and health services In July, private education and health services employment continued to trend up (+17,000). Within the industry, social assistance added 18,000 jobs, while employment in health care (+7,000) and private education (-8,000) changed little. Within health care, job gains in ambulatory care were mostly offset by losses in hospitals and in nursing and residential care facilities. Over-the-month change, January 2011–July 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 120 84 93 100 NAICS 621 – Ambulatory health care services 59 64 32 45 32 16 17 25 31 Jan-14 Jul-14 5 4 9 15 17 17 10 Jul-12 24 29 27 23 20 9 Jan-12 40 41 42 30 36 32 37 11 17 16 12 40 20 43 43 43 49 60 51 59 64 69 80 0 -20 Ambulatory health care services, the main source of job gains in health care recently, added 21,000 jobs in July. Within the industry, offices of physicians added 8,000 jobs, and employment in outpatient care centers and home health care services continued to trend up. Over the past 6 months, ambulatory health care services employment has increased by 111,000, accounting for nearly all of the net gain in health care employment. -40 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-13 Jul-13 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 01, 2014. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. Employment in selected health care industries Over-the-month change, July 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Health care industries: 7 21 Ambulatory health care services°* 8 - Offices of physicians* 1 - Outpatient care centers 5 - Home health care services -7 Hospitals* -7 Nursing and residential care* -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 July 2014 15 20 25 30 Prior 12-month average NAICS 622 – Hospitals Hospitals lost 7,000 jobs in July, practically offsetting gains in ambulatory health care services. Employment in the industry has changed little over the past 12 months (+6,000). NAICS 623 – Nursing and residential care facilities Like hospitals, nursing and residential care facilities employment declined by 7,000 over the month. Over the past 6 months, the industry’s employment has also changed little, on net (+3,000). In July, nursing care facilities accounted for 6,000 jobs lost. NAICS 624 – Social assistance Social assistance added 18,000 jobs over the month. Over the past 6 months, social assistance has added 80,000 jobs, accounting for 36 percent of the employment gain in private education and health services over the same time period. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 01, 2014. Data are preliminary. ˚Includes additional component industries not shown separately. * denotes significance. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Leisure and Hospitality Employment in leisure and hospitality continued to trend up in July (+21,000). Over the past 12 months, the industry has added 375,000 jobs. Over that time, the Consumer Confidence Index increased by 9.9 points, indicating that consumers have been more optimistic about both current and future conditions (source: The Conference Board). Leisure and hospitality employment vs. Consumer Confidence Index January 2000-July 2014 Seasonally adjusted, Composite Index (1985=100) 15,000 160 14,000 120 100 13,000 80 60 12,000 Consumer Confidence Index Employment in thousands 140 40 Leisure and hospitality employment 20 Consumer Confidence Index 11,000 Jan-00 0 Jan-02 Jan-04 Jan-06 Jan-08 Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Conference Board. Current Employment Statistics Survey, August 01, 2014 Note: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Other Services Employment in other services changed little (+7,000) in July, with all major component industries seeing little change. Over 12 months, however, the industry has added 48,000 jobs, driven in large part by gains in personal and laundry services (+25,000). Employment in other services July 2004–July 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 5,600 July 2014 Level: 5,511 OTM Change: 7 Apr 2008 peak: 5,540 Jun 2010 trough: 5,314 5,550 5,500 5,450 5,400 5,350 5,300 5,250 Jul-04 Jul-06 Jul-08 Jul-10 Jul-12 Jul-14 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 01, 2014. Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: August 1, 2014 CES Highlights Government Employment in selected government Over-the-month change, July 2014 Government employment changed little in July (+11,000). Federal and state government employment remained relatively flat over the month, while local government, excluding education, added jobs. Total government has added 90,000 jobs over the past 6 months, with essentially all of the gain split between the education and noneducation components of local government. Government: 11 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 2 Federal, except U.S. Postal Service -1 U.S. Postal Service -3 State government education NAICS 932 – Local government, excluding education 3 State government, excluding education The non-education component of local government added 10,000 jobs in July. The industry has added 76,000 jobs since it reached an employment trough in March 2013. 2 Local government education 10 Local government, excluding education* -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 July 2014 8 10 12 14 Prior 12-month average Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 01, 2014. Data are preliminary. * denotes significance. Employment in local government, excluding education January 2003–July 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 6,600 6,500 6,400 6,300 6,200 July 2014 Level: 6,326 OTM Change: 10* Dec 2008 peak: 6,507 Mar 2013 trough: 6,251 6,100 6,000 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, August 01, 2014. Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Current Employment Statistics Highlights CES Analysts Megan Barker Steve Crestol Lyda Ghanbari Mike McCall John Mullins Edward Park Sutton Puglia Kara Sullivan Parth Tikiwala Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch Current Employment Statistics Survey U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 202-691-6555 Email CES
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