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 November 2014 Release Date: December 5, 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: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, November 2014 +321,000 +314,000 Employment in total nonfarm Over-the-month change, January 2011 - November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 400 The employment change for September revised up from +256,000 to +271,000, and the change for October revised up from +214,000 to +243,000. Incorporating these revisions, employment has increased by an average 278,000 per month over the latest 3 months. 200 Over the month, average hourly earnings for all private-sector employees rose by 9 cents or 0.4 percent, following a 3-cent increase in October. Hourly earnings are up 2.1 percent over the year. Average weekly hours edged up by 0.1 hour to 34.6 hours in November. 50 +86,000 Professional and business services Professional and business services added 86,000 payroll jobs in November. Employment in the industry has expanded by 696,000 over the past 12 months. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing 360 Nonfarm employment increased by 321,000 in November. Job gains were widespread. The diffusion index over a 1-month span increased to 69.7 from 63.8, indicating that more privatesector industries added jobs in November than lost jobs. The largest employment gains occurred in professional and business services, retail trade, health care, and manufacturing. 267 203 243 243 229 222 203 201 202 164 144 141 149 203 197 84 96 102 70 100 88 110 122 150 199 214 225 203 161 160 150 164 168 183 196 221 217 212 226 250 237 243 274 280 300 271 304 321 322 350 106 Total Nonfarm Total Private 0 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, December 05, 2014 Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. Within the professional and technical industries, accounting and bookkeeping services added 16,000 jobs over the month. Employment continued to trend up in management and technical consulting, computer systems design and related services, and architectural and engineering also. Trade: Wholesal e Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Administrative and support services added 41,000 jobs in November. Employment services accounted for 28,000 of the jobs gained. Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, November 2014 +50,000 Retail Trade Retail trade employment rose by 50,000 in November, with gains occurring in clothing stores, automobile dealers, sporting and hobby stores, and nonstore retailers. Over the year, retail trade has added 290,000 jobs. +38,000 Education and health services Health care providers added 29,000 jobs in November. Employment continued to trend up in offices of physicians (+7,000), home health care services (+5,000), outpatient care centers (+4,000), and hospitals (+4,000). Over the year, health care employment has risen by 261,000. +28,000 Manufacturing Manufacturing employment rose by 28,000 in November. Durable goods accounted for 17,000 of the increase, with most industries seeing modest employment upticks. Nondurables goods added 11,000 jobs; plastics and rubber products (+7,000) accounted for most of the gain. +20,000 Financial Activities Insurance carriers and related activities added 10,000 jobs over the month to account for half of all jobs gained in financial activities. Over the past 12 months, insurance has added 70,000 jobs, compared to 26,000 over the prior 12-month period. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing * +17,000 Transportation and Warehousing Employment in transportation and warehousing continued to trend up in November. Over the past 12 months, employment in the sector has increased by 143,000. Couriers and messenger services added 5,000 jobs over the month, while smaller Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities changes occurred elsewhere in transportation and warehousing. Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, November 2014 +15,000 Other Services In November, employment rose in other services (repair and maintenance, personal and laundry, and membership associations and organizations). Repair and maintenance accounted for 6,000 of the job gain. +32,000 Leisure and hospitality Employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up in November (+27,000). Over the year, this industry has added 321,000 jobs. +20,000 Construction In construction, specialty trade contractors added 21,000 jobs over the month. The residential specialty trades accounted for 13,000 of the employment gain. Over the year, specialty trade contractors have added 123,000 jobs, with the residential trades accounting for 76,000 of the gain. 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: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Mining and Logging Employment in mining and logging experienced no growth over the month of November. The lack of job growth in the sector is further supported by a decline in crude oil prices. The West Texas Intermediary Crude Oil price was $78.71 per barrel in November (Source: Energy Information Administration). 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: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Construction Construction employment continued to trend upward with the addition of 20,000 jobs in the month of November. Specialty trade contractors significantly increased employment by 21,000. Residential specialty trade contractors accounted for 13,000 of the job gain. 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: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Manufacturing Manufacturing added 28,000 jobs in November, bringing its 12-month net job gain to 171,000. Over the month, durable goods employment increased by 17,000 and nondurable goods added 11,000 jobs. November’s employment gain coincides with a report of continued expansion of economic activity in manufacturing (Institute of Supply Management). Employment in manufacturing January 2003–November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 16,000 15,500 15,000 14,500 The 1-month diffusion index edged down to 63.0 in November from 64.2 in October. 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. October marks the seventeenth consecutive month that the index registered above 50. 14,000 13,500 13,000 12,500 12,000 November 2014 Level: 12,217 OTM Change: 28* 11,500 11,000 10,500 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 In November, average weekly hours for all employees in manufacturing increased by 0.2 hour to 41.1 hours, and average weekly hours for production employees in manufacturing rose 0.1 hour to reach 42.2 hours. Jan-13 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 05, 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 nondurable goods Over-the-month change, November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 4 Food manufacturing 0 Textile mills -1 Textile product mills -1 Apparel 0 Paper products 2 Printing 0 Petroleum and coal products -2 Chemicals 7 Plastics and rubber* 1 -6 -4 -2 Nondurable goods: 11 0 2 Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing 4 6 November 2014 8 10 Prior 6-month average Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 05, 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 NAICS 326 – Plastics and rubber products Employment in plastics and rubber products Over-the-month change, January 2011–November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 10 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing employment grew by 7,000 in November, bringing its 12-month net job change to +17,000. Since reaching an employment trough in October 2009, the industry has added 68,000 jobs. 6 7 8 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 6 Release Date: December 5, 2014 Manufacturing CES Highlights 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -4 -3 -3 -2 -2 -3 -2 -1 -1 0 -6 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 05, 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: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Wholesale Trade Employment in wholesale trade changed little in November (+3,000). The industry has recovered 75 percent of the jobs lost during its most recent downturn. Employment in wholesale trade January 2003–November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 6,200 6,000 5,800 5,600 November 2014 Level: 5,893 OTM Change: 3 5,400 5,200 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 05, 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: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Retail Trade In November, employment in retail trade increased by 50,000, with widespread gains. Currently, the industry is 77,000 jobs shy of recovering all of the jobs lost during the most recent employment downturn. NAICS 441 – Motor vehicle and parts dealers Employment in motor vehicle and parts dealers increased by 11,000 in November. Within the industry, automobile dealers added 8,000 jobs, coinciding with strength in auto sales. Auto sales (seasonally adjusted annualized rate) were at 17.2 million in November, up 0.7 million from October (Source: MotorIntelligence). NAICS 451 – Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores added 9,000 jobs in November, compared to a prior 6-month average change of 1,000. NAICS 454 – Nonstore retailers In November, employment in nonstore retailers increased by 6,000. Over the past 12 months, the industry has added 42,000 jobs. 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: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Transportation and Warehousing Transportation and warehousing employment increased by 17,000 in November. Over the past 12 months, the industry has added 143,000 jobs. NAICS 483 – Water transportation NAICS 492 – Couriers and messengers Couriers and messengers added 5,000 jobs in November. Over the past 6 months, the industry has added 25,000 jobs. Employment in water transportation increased by 1,000 in November, compared to an average over-the-month change of zero over the prior 12 months. Summary In 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: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Utilities Employment in utilities edged up in November. The industry has shown little net employment change over the last 12 months (+3,000). Employment in utilities January 2003–November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 600 November 2014 Level: 556 OTM Change: 1 590 580 570 560 550 540 530 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 05, 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: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Information Information added 4,000 jobs in November. Small upward movements in telecommunications employment and in other information services employment were offset by a slight downward movement in motion picture and sound recording industries. Employment in information January 2003–November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 3,400 November 2014 Level: 2,691 OTM Change: 4 3,200 3,000 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, December 05, 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: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Financial Activities Financial activities added 20,000 jobs in November. This is the largest 1-month job gain since March 2012. Financial activities has added 114,000 jobs over the past 12 months. Employment in financial activities Over-the-month change, January 2011–November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 35 24 30 15 12 13 9 10 Jul-12 6 0 Jan-12 -1 -4 -10 -10 -4 -5 -4 -5 -3 -1 -1 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 4 5 4 6 7 8 9 8 8 8 9 10 12 11 12 9 10 10 11 13 15 14 16 20 14 19 20 21 25 The largest job gain within financial activities came in insurance carriers and related activities (+10,000). Over the year, insurance has added 70,000 jobs. -15 -20 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 05, 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: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Professional and Business Services Professional and business services added 86,000 jobs in November. Employment gains were split between professional and technical services (38,000) and administrative and waste services (42,000); while employment in management of companies and enterprises continued to trend up over the month (7,000). Professional and business services employment November 2004 - November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 19700 Nov. 2014 level: OTM change: Dec. 2007 peak: Aug. 2009 trough: 19200 18700 19,522 86* 18,051 16,386 November’s employment gain marks the largest over-the-month change in professional and business services since November of 2010. 18200 17700 17200 16700 16200 Nov-04 Summary Mining & Logging Nov-06 Construction Manufacturing Nov-08 Trade: Wholesale Retail Nov-10 Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Nov-12 Information Nov-14 Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Professional and Business Services NAICS 54 – Professional and technical services Professional and business services employment November 2011 - November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 100 19600 80 Employment level 60 18600 40 18100 20 17600 17100 Nov-11 Summary Mining & Logging Over-the-month change 19100 0 May-12 Nov-12 Nov-13 May-13 May-14 Professional and technical Manage of companies and enterprises Administrative and waste Professional and business services Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information -20 Nov-14 Financial Activities Professional and technical services added 38,000 jobs in November, almost twice the average-overthe-month change of 20,000 for the prior 12 months. An employment gain in accounting and bookkeeping services accounted for 16,000 of the November increase. Employment in computer systems design and related services and in management and technical consulting services continued to trend up by 7,000 each. NAICS 56 – Administrative and waste services In November, employment in administrative and waste services continued to add jobs, expanding by 42,000. Thus far in 2014, the industry has added 366,000 jobs, 54 percent of the gains in professional and business services during this period. Among the component industries in November, employment services showed the largest employment increase (28,000), with 23,000 attributed to temporary help services. Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Private Education and Health Services Employment in education and health services In November, private education and health services employment increased by 38,000 after a similar change in October. Within the industry, health care added 29,000 jobs, while social assistance employment continued to trend up over the month (+8,000). Private educational services employment remained about unchanged. Over-the-month change, January 2011–November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 120 84 93 100 NAICS 621 – Ambulatory health care services 48 35 37 38 37 40 32 25 32 50 59 64 31 5 16 24 4 9 15 17 17 10 Jul-12 29 27 23 20 Jan-12 41 42 43 30 9 11 20 17 16 12 40 32 37 36 43 43 49 60 51 59 64 69 80 0 -20 Within health care, ambualtory health care services contributed 24,000 jobs in November, after an identical gain in October. Ambulatory health care services has added 207,000 jobs in 2014, accounting for approximately 80 percent of employment growth in health care over the same period. Year to date, hospitals added 33,000 jobs and nursing and residential care facilities added 19,000 jobs. -40 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 05, 2014. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. Employment in selected health care industries Over-the-month change, November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Health care industries: 29* 24 Ambulatory health care services°* 7 - Offices of physicians 4 - Outpatient care centers 5 - Home health care services 4 Hospitals 0 Nursing and residential care -10 -5 0 5 10 15 November 2014 20 25 30 Prior 6-month average Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 05, 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: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Leisure and Hospitality Employment in leisure and hospitality continued to trend up (32,000) in November. Within the industry, food services and drinking places accounted for most of the change (27,000). Leisure and hospitality has added 359,000 jobs so far this year, with 86 percent of that gain in food services and drinking places. Employment in leisure and hospitality January 2003–November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 15,500 15,000 November 2014 Level: 14,794 OTM Change: 32 14,500 14,000 13,500 13,000 12,500 12,000 11,500 11,000 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 05, 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 food services and drinking places Over-the-month change, January 2011–November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 80 49 40 27 31 33 10 12 17 22 24 32 30 29 34 29 34 37 36 19 4 9 7 9 13 14 16 22 23 23 17 19 20 32 32 34 36 38 27 28 28 26 35 40 38 43 46 51 51 57 60 0 -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, December 05, 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: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Other Services Employment in other services Other services employment grew by 15,000 in November. This industry group has now regained all jobs lost in the most recent downturn. Among component industries, November’s largest employment gain came in repair and maintenance, which added 6,000 jobs. November 2004–November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 5,600 5,550 5,500 5,450 5,400 5,350 November 2014 Level: 5,541 OTM Change: 15 * 5,300 5,250 Nov-04 Nov-06 Nov-08 Nov-10 Nov-12 Nov-14 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 05, 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: December 5, 2014 CES Highlights Government Employment in government Government employment continued to edge up in November (+7,000). Over the past 12 months, government has added 77,000 jobs. Virtually all of the 12-month job gain is concentrated in local government. January 2003–November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 23,400 23,200 November 2014 Level: 21,933 OTM Change: 7 23,000 NAICS 91912—U.S. Postal Service 22,800 22,600 U.S. Postal Service added 4,000 jobs in November, following a decrease of similar magnitude in October. Over the past 12 months, employment in the industry has shown little net change. 22,400 22,200 22,000 21,800 21,600 21,400 21,200 21,000 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 05, 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 selected government Government: 7 Over-the-month change, November 2014 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 1 Federal, except U.S. Postal Service 4 U.S. Postal Service* 5 State government education -2 State government, excluding education -3 Local government education 2 Local government, excluding education -4 -2 0 2 4 November 2014 6 8 Prior 6-month average Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 05, 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 Current Employment Statistics Highlights Detailed Industry Employment Analysis CES Analysts Michael Calvillo Steve Crestol Brittney Forbes Lyda Ghanbari Mike McCall John Mullins Michael Osifalujo Edward Park 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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