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 January 2015 Release Date: February 6, 2015 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: February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, January 2015 +257,000 +267,000 Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing 423 329 213 221 250 257 286 249 166 150 164 109 127 115 87 113 236 188 225 225 219 187 164 144 146 117 128 150 205 213 177 188 183 185 200 216 247 226 223 250 100 256 300 75 50 35 In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data presented in this analysis have been revised to reflect comprehensive counts of payroll jobs, or benchmarks derived principally from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), which enumerates jobs covered by the unemployment insurance tax records. Nonfarm employment for March 2014 was revised up by 91,000 (67,000 on a not seasonally adjusted basis). An article analyzing the benchmark revisions can be accessed through the BLS website (www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.htm). 317 293 314 321 350 330 380 400 103 Average hourly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 12 cents, following a 5-cent decrease in December. Hourly earnings are up 2.2 percent over the year. Average weekly hours were unchanged at 34.6 hours. Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 450 206 Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 257,000 in January. Retail trade, construction, health care, financial activities, and manufacturing added jobs. Nonfarm employment has increased by an average 336,000 jobs per month over the past 3 months. Employment in total nonfarm Over-the-month change, January 2011 - January 2015 167 Total Nonfarm Total Private 0 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 06, 2015. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. +46,000 Retail trade Employment in retail trade rose by 46,000 over the month. Sporting goods, hobby, and book stores (+9,000), motor vehicle and parts dealers (+8,000), and nonstore retailers (+6,000) accounted for half of the jobs added. Trade: Wholesal e Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities +39,000 Construction Construction of buildings accounted for half of the job gain in construction in January. Employment continued to trend up in specialty trade contractors and in heavy construction. Over the prior 12 months, job growth averaged 28,000 per month in construction. Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, January 2015 +46,000 Education and health services Health care providers added 38,000 jobs in January compared to an average monthly gain of 26,000 in 2014. Over the month, offices of physicians contributed 13,000 to job growth, followed by hospitals (+10,000) and nursing and residential care (+7,000). Employment in total nonfarm Total nonfarm: 257* Over-the-month change, January 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands -3 Mining and logging 39 Construction* 22 Manufacturing* 13 +26,000 Financial activities Employment rose by 26,000 in financial activities. Insurance carriers and related services contributed 14,000 to job growth, while securities, commodity contracts and investments added 5,000 jobs. Over the past 12 months, financial activities has added 159,000 jobs. Wholesale trade 46 Retail trade* -9 Transportation and warehousing 1 Utilities 6 Information 26 Financial activities* 39 Professional and business services 46 Education and health services* 37 Leisure and hospitality 4 +22,000 Manufacturing Manufacturing employment rose by 22,000 in January, largely in durable goods industries. Motor vehicles and parts makers added 7,000 jobs, while wood products manufacturers added 4,000 jobs. Over the past 12 months, manufacturing has added 228,000 payroll jobs. +39,000 Professional and business services Professional and technical service industries added 33,000 jobs in January. Computer systems design and architectural and engineering services added 8,000 jobs each. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Other services -10 -40 -20 Government 0 20 40 January 2015 60 80 Prior 12-month average Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015. Data are preliminary. * denotes significance. +37,000 Leisure and hospitality Employment continued to trend upward in food services and drinking places (+35,000). Over the past 12 months, the industry has added 407,000 jobs. Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Mining and Logging Mining and logging employment edged down (-3,000) in January. 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: February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Construction Construction added 39,000 jobs in January. Construction of buildings led the way, with both residential and nonresidential builders adding jobs (+13,000 and +7,000 respectively). Employment also continued to trend up in heavy construction and in specialty trade contractors. Over the past 12 months, construction employment has grown by 308,000. 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: February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Manufacturing Manufacturing added 22,000 jobs in January, bringing the 12-month net job gain to 228,000. Over the month, durable goods employment increased by 18,000, led by gains of 7,000 jobs in motor vehicles and parts and 4,000 jobs in wood products manufacturing. Within nondurable goods manufacturing, chemicals lost 3,000 jobs. Employment in manufacturing January 2003–January 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 16,000 15,500 January 2015 Level: 12,330 OTM Change: 22* 15,000 14,500 The 1-month diffusion index for manufacturing declined to 58.1 in January from 64.4 in December. 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. 14,000 13,500 13,000 12,500 12,000 11,500 11,000 10,500 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Jan-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015. Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance. In January, average weekly hours for all employees in manufacturing rose 0.1 hour to 41.0 hours, and average weekly hours for production employees in manufacturing was unchanged at 42.1 hours. Employment in durable goods Over-the-month change, January 2015 Durable goods: 18* Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Wood products* 4.1 Nonmetallic mineral products -1.4 Primary metals 0.0 Fabricated metal products -0.7 Machinery 3.2 Computer and electronic products 2.3 Electrical equipment and appliances 0.8 Transportation equipment* 7.3 -4 -2 0 1.1 Furniture and related products 1.1 Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing 2 4 6 8 10 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015. 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: February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Wholesale Trade Employment in wholesale trade continued to trend up in January (+13,000). Electronic markets and agents and brokers gained 7,000 jobs. Wholesale trade has added 106,000 jobs over the past 12 months. Employment in wholesale trade January 2003–January 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 6,200 6,000 5,800 5,600 January 2015 Level: 5,885 OTM Change: 13 5,400 5,200 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Jan-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015. 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: February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Retail Trade Employment in retail trade In January, employment in retail trade increased by 46,000. Over the past 12 months, the industry has added 293,000 jobs, bringing the January 2015 employment level to 26,000 jobs shy of the November 2007 peak. January 2003–January 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 16,000 15,800 15,600 The large seasonally-adjusted employment gain in January stems from a smaller-than-usual not seasonally adjusted holiday layoff. For the retail industries that typically display holiday seasonal movements, the not seasonally adjusted holiday layoff in January 2015 was smaller than the same month in the prior 2 years, but in line with the average January layoff for the prior 5 years. The holiday buildup in October through December of 2014 was also smaller than the same period in 2013, but was larger than average. 15,400 15,200 15,000 14,800 14,600 January 2015 Level: 15,551 OTM Change: 46* 14,400 14,200 14,000 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Jan-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015. Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance. RETAIL TRADE¹ Holiday Season Employment Buildup and Layoff (Not seasonally adjusted, in thousands) YEAR Summary SEPT. LEVEL PERCENT HOLIDAY PERCENT JAN. OVER HOLIDAY BUILDUP BUILDUP THE MONTH LAYOFF THROUGH THROUGH CHANGE THROUGH DEC. DEC. JAN. 2009 7,880.8 555.3 7.0% -487.6* -87.80% 2010 7,906.4 634.2 8.0% -477.1 -75.20% 2011 8,045.5 667.9 8.3% -486.3 -72.80% 2012 8,049.7 697.7 8.7% -535.4 -76.70% 2013 8,152.8 760.0 9.3% -583.5* -76.80% Average 8,007.0 663.0 8.3% -514.0 -77.90% 2014 8,258.6 717.4 8.7% -519.7* -72.40% Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities ¹Includes employment only from furniture and home furnishings stores, electronics and appliance stores, other specialty food stores, health and personal care stores, clothing and clothing accessories stores, sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores, general merchandise stores, miscellaneous store retailers, and electronic shopping and mailorder houses. *Indicates 5 weeks between weeks of the 12th for the current and prior month; there are 4 weeks when not annotated. The CES reference period is the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. Seasonal movements can differ depending on the number of weeks between surveys. Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government CES Highlights Release Date: February 6, 2015 Retail Trade NAICS 441 – Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers In January, employment in motor vehicle and parts dealers increased by 8,000. This increase coincides with recent strength in auto sales. In January 2015, US light vehicle retail sales were 16.7 million, an increase of 1.4 million from January 2014 (Source: Motor Intelligence). NAICS 451 – Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores added 9,000 jobs in January. Over the past 6 months, this industry has added 35,000 jobs. NAICS 454 – Nonstore Retailers In January, nonstore retailers added 6,000 jobs. This industry has surpassed its December 2007 employment peak by 72,000 jobs, with most of the growth stemming from electronic shopping and mail-order houses. 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: February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Transportation and Warehousing Transportation and warehousing employment edged down in January (-9,000), following an increase of 34,000 in December. Most of this movement was driven by couriers and messengers. NAICS 492 – Couriers and Messengers In January, couriers and messengers lost 14,000 jobs. This drop coincided with a larger-than-usual not seasonally adjusted holiday layoff, following a larger-than-usual holiday buildup from October through December. The January layoff represented about 65 percent of the holiday buildup, which is directly in line with the January 2014 layoff percentage. On a seasonally adjusted basis, employment in couriers and messengers has increased by an average 6,000 per month over the past 4 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: : February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Utilities Utilities employment was essentially unchanged in January. Employment in utilities Over-the-month change, January 2011–January 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 12 8 10 8 6 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 -2 -1 -3 -2 -2 -1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -2 -2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 -4 -6 -8 -8 -10 -12 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015. 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: February 6 , 2015 CES Highlights Information Within information, employment rose in data processing, hosting and related services (+3,000) and other information services (+4,000). Information added 47,000 jobs over the past 12 months. Other information services—which includes internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals—accounted for 54 percent of this 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: February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Financial Activities Financial activities added 26,000 jobs in January. The gains were mainly in insurance carriers and related activities (+14,000) and in securities, commodities, and investments (+5,000). Over the past 3 months, financial activities has added 63,000 jobs, with insurance carriers and related activities accounting for 33,000. 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: February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Professional and Business Services Employment in professional and business services Employment in professional and business services continued to trend up in January (+39,000). Monthly job gains in the industry averaged 59,000 in 2014. January 2012 - January 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 19600 110 19400 90 Professional and technical services accounted for the majority of the growth in January, adding 33,000 jobs. Architectural and engineering services and computer systems design and related services both added 8,000 jobs over the month, while management and technical consulting employment continued to edge up (+4,000). 19200 Employment 18800 50 18600 30 18400 18200 Over-the-month change 70 19000 10 Employment changed little in administrative and waste services (+9,000) and was below its average over-the-month change of 30,000 in 2014. Temporary help services, the industry that historically sets the pace of job growth for administrative and waste services, also experienced little employment change in January (-4,000). 18000 -10 17800 17600 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 -30 Jan-15 Jul-14 Professional and technical services Management of companies and enterprises Administrative and waste services Professional and business services Employment in professional and technical services Over-the-month change, January 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Legal Professional and technical servicess: 33* -1 0 6 Accounting and bookkeeping 4 8 Architectural and engineering* 4 8 Computer systems design and related* 6 4 Management and technical consulting 6 -2 Jan-15 Summary Mining & Logging Construction 0 2 4 6 8 Prior-12 mo avg Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Private Education and Health Services Employment in selected health care industries - Offices of physicians* In January, private education and health services employment increased by 46,000. Within the industry, health care added 38,000 jobs and social assistance employment continued to trend up (+11,000). Private educational services employment changed little over the month (-4,000). - Outpatient care centers NAICS 621 —Ambulatory health care services Health care industries: 38* Over-the-month change, January 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 22 Ambulatory health care services°* 13 2 4 - Home health care services 10 Hospitals* 7 Nursing and residential care* -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 January 2015 25 30 Prior 12-month average Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015. Data are preliminary. ˚Includes additional component industries not shown separately. * denotes significance. Ambulatory health care services added 22,000 jobs in January. Within the industry, offices of physicians gained 13,000 jobs, while employment contined to trend up over the month in outpatient care centers (+2,000) and home health care services (+4,000). In 2014, ambulatory health care services employment grew by an average 19,000 per month. Within the industry, offices of physicians, outpatient care centers, and home health care services saw average monthly job gains of 5,000, 3,000, and 4,000, respectively. NAICS 622 –- Hospitals Employment in hospitals Hospitals continued to add jobs in January (+10,000). In 2014, hospital employment increased by an average 3,000 per month, compared to an average montly loss of 1,000 in 2013. Over-the-month change, January 2011–January 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 25 16 20 11 5 8 7 8 7 3 2 1 -2 -1 -6 -5 -5 -3 -2 -3 -1 0 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 5 0 10 9 8 9 10 10 15 -10 -16 -15 -20 -25 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015. 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: February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Leisure and Hospitality Leisure and hospitality employment continued to trend up in January (+37,000), with food services and drinking places contributing 35,000 jobs. Continued growth within leisure and hospitality coincides with strength in the Consumer Confidence Index, which climbed 9.8 points in January. Leisure and hospitality employment vs. Consumer Confidence Index January 2000-January 2015 Seasonally adjusted, Composite Index (1985=100) 16,000 180 Leisure and hospitality employment 160 Employment in thousands 140 120 14,000 100 80 13,000 60 Consumer Confidence Index Consumer Confidence Index 15,000 In 2014, leisure and hospitality added an average 39,000 jobs per month, with 83 percent of these gains coming in food services and drinking places. 40 12,000 20 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, Release date: February 06, 2015 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: February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Other Services Employment in other services Other services employment changed little in January, with all component industries experiencing little change. Employment in other services is now 74,000 above its April 2008 peak. January 2005–January 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 5,700 5,650 January 2015 Level: 5,614 OTM Change: 4 5,600 5,550 5,500 5,450 5,400 5,350 5,300 5,250 5,200 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Jan-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015. 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: February 6, 2015 CES Highlights Government Employment in selected government Government employment changed little in January (-10,000). Within government, the U.S. Postal Service lost 6,000 jobs over the month. Government: -10 Over-the-month change, January 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 0 Federal, except U.S. Postal Service -6 U.S. Postal Service* 3 State government education -5 State government, excluding education In 2014, government added an average 6,000 jobs per month. The majority of the employment gains occurred in local government education and state government education, averaging 3,000 and 2,000 jobs per month, respectively. -1 Local government education 0 Local government, excluding education -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 January 2015 4 6 Prior 12-month average Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015. Data are preliminary. * denotes significance. Employment in U.S. Postal Service Over-the-month change, January 2011–January 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 10 15 0 0 -6 -10 -9 -8 -6 -10 -4 -3 Jul-12 -7 -6 2 2 1 0 0 -3 -1 0 0 -1 -1 -1 -2 -1 -3 -3 Jan-12 -5 -4 -4 -3 -4 -2 -1 0 -5 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 4 5 7 7 10 -16 -15 -20 -25 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 06, 2015. 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 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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