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
March 2015
Release Date: April 3, 2015
Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch
Current Employment Statistics Survey
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, March 2015
Total Nonfarm
Total Private
+ 126,000
+ 129,000
Employment in total nonfarm
Over-the-month change, January 2012 - March 2015
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
+40,000 Professional and business services
Employment continued to trend up in
professional and business services in March.
Over the prior 12 months, job growth averaged
55,000 per month.
Summary
Mining &
Logging
Construction
Manufacturing
423
380
329
317
314
100
264
250
201
221
249
213
225
188
166
150
164
109
126
127
113
115
150
225
219
164
187
188
144
177
205
213
216
200
236
256
286
293
300
250
330
350
50
35
Average hourly earnings for all employees
increased by 7 cents in March. Hourly
earnings are up 2.1 percent over the year. Over
the month, average weekly hours edged down
0.1 hour to 34.5 hours.
400
87
The employment change for February revised
down from +295,000 to +264,000, and the
change for January revised down from
+239,000 to +201,000. Incorporating revisions,
employment has increased by an average
197,000 per month over the past 3 months.
450
247
Nonfarm payroll employment increased by
126,000 in March compared to gains averaging
269,000 over the prior 12 months. Over the
month, employment continued to trend up in
professional and business services, health care,
and retail trade. Mining employment
decreased.
0
Jan-12
Jul-12
Jan-13
Jul-13
Jan-14
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, April 03, 2015.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
In March, employment continued to trend
up in architectural and engineering services, in
computer systems design and related services,
and in management and technical consulting
services, while employment changed little in
administrative and waste services.
Trade:
Wholesale
Retail
Transp.,
Warehousing
& Utilities
Information
Financial
Activities
Jul-14
Jan-15
12-month average
+38,000 Education and health services
Employment in health care increased by
22,000 in March. Job gains in ambulatory care
(19,000) and hospitals (8,000) were partially
offset by a loss of 6,000 jobs in nursing care
facilities. Health care has added 363,000 jobs
over the year.
Professional
& Business
Services
Private
Education
& Health
Services
Leisure &
Hospitality
Other
Services
Government
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Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, March 2015
+26,000 Retail Trade
In March, employment continued to trend
up in retail trade. Over the year, retail trade has
added 326,000 jobs, with most retail industries
contributing to the increase.
+13,000 Leisure and hospitality
Employment in food services and drinking
places changed little (+9,000) following a job
gain of 66,000 in February. In the first quarter,
food services added an average 33,000 jobs per
month, in line with the average monthly change
in 2014.
-11,000 Mining and Logging
Mining lost 11,000 jobs in March.
Employment in the industry has declined by an
average 10,000 per month thus far in 2015. In
contrast, employment had increased by an
average of 4,000 per month in 2014. Support
activities for mining, the primary driver of
these trends, has lost an average 8,000 jobs per
month in 2015, after adding an average 3,000
jobs per month in the prior year.
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
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Mining and Logging
Mining and logging lost 11,000 jobs over
the month and 30,000 so far in 2015. In
contrast, the industry added 41,000 jobs in
2014.
Support activities for mining, which
includes support for oil and gas extraction,
experienced an employment loss of 10,000.
In the first quarter, job losses in support
activities averaged 8,000 per month. In
2014, support activities had added an
average of 3,000 jobs per month.
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
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Construction
Construction employment changed
little over the month (-1,000). Job
growth in construction had averaged
26,000 per month over the previous 12
months.
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
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Manufacturing
Manufacturing employment was essentially
unchanged in March (-1,000). Employment in
petroleum and coal products decreased by 2,000,
largely due to additional workers joining a strike.
Employment in manufacturing
January 2005–March 2015
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
15,000
March 2015 Level: 12,319
OTM Change: -1
14,500
14,000
13,500
13,000
The 1-month diffusion index fell to 47.5 in
March from 61.3 in February. The diffusion
index measures the dispersion of employment
change in manufacturing, with a value below 50
indicating that more manufacturing industries are
losing jobs than adding them.
Average weekly hours for all employees in
manufacturing declined by 0.1 to 40.9 hours.
Average weekly hours for production and
nonsupervisory workers declined by 0.1 to 41.8.
12,500
12,000
11,500
11,000
10,500
Jan-05
Jan-07
Jan-09
Jan-13
Jan-11
Jan-15
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 03, 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: April 3, 2015
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Wholesale Trade
Employment in wholesale trade continued to
trend up in March (+6,000). Employment had
increased by an average of 9,000 per month
over the prior 12-month period.
Employment in wholesale trade
January 2005–March 2015
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
6,200
March 2015 Level: 5,903
OTM Change: 6
6,000
5,800
5,600
5,400
5,200
Jan-05
Jan-07
Jan-09
Jan-11
Jan-13
Jan-15
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 03, 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: April 3, 2015
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Retail Trade
Employment in retail trade continued to trend up (+26,000) and, as of
March, has recovered all of the jobs lost during the most recent employment
downturn. Retail trade lost 1.3 million jobs in the 25 months between
November 2007 and December 2009, but required 63 months to recover the
jobs lost.
NAICS 452 – General Merchandise Stores
In March, employment in general merchandise stores increased by
11,000. With this gain, employment in the industry has fully recovered all
of the 131,000 jobs lost between January 2012 and January 2013.
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: April 3, 2015
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Transportation and Warehousing
Employment in transportation and warehousing
January 2005–March 2015
Transportation and warehousing employment edged up in March
(+10,000), bringing the 12-month net job gain to 164,000. Over the month,
support activities for transportation added 8,000 jobs, and couriers and
messengers added 3,000 jobs. These gains more than offset an
employment downtick in truck transportation (-7,000). Weakness in truck
transportation employment in March followed a 3.1-percent decline in
February in the truck tonnage index (American Trucking Associations),
which measures the freight tonnage hauled by truck fleets each month.
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
5,000
March 2015 Level: 4,745
OTM Change: 10
4,800
4,600
4,400
4,200
4,000
3,800
Jan-05
Jan-07
Jan-09
Jan-11
Jan-13
Jan-15
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 03, 2015.
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 transportation industries
Transportation
industries:
10
Over-the-month change, March 2015
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
1
Air transportation
-7
Truck transportation
4
Transit and ground passenger transportation
8
Support activities for transportation*
3
Couriers and messengers*
-12
-10
-8
-6
-4
-2
0
2
March 2015
4
6
8
10
12
Prior 6-month average
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 03, 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
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Utilities
Utilities employment was unchanged
over the month.
Employment in utilities
January 2005–March 2015
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
570
565
560
555
550
545
540
Jan-05
Jan-07
Jan-09
Jan-11
Jan-13
Jan-15
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 03, 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
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Information
Information employment was virtually
unchanged in March (+2,000).
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: April 3, 2015
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Financial Activities
Employment in financial activities
Employment in financial activities edged up
in March (+8,000). Over the past 6 months,
financial activities has added 76,000 jobs.
Insurance carriers and related activities
accounted for 43,000 jobs added during this
period.
Over-the-month change, January 2012 - March 2015
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
24
28
30
19
25
10
13
17
7
7
6
6
6
7
8
9
9
8
9
10
8
16
13
13
12
12
10
10
10
12
15
13
17
20
2
1
2
3
3
3
4
5
-1
-1
0
-4
-5
-10
Jan-12
Jul-12
Jan-13
Jul-13
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, April 03, 2015.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
Summary
Mining &
Logging
Construction
Manufacturing
Trade:
Wholesale
Retail
Jan-14
Jul-14
Jan-15
12-month average
Transp.,
Warehousing
& Utilities
Information
Financial
Activities
Professional
& Business
Services
Private
Education
& Health
Services
Leisure &
Hospitality
Other
Services
Government
Release Date: April 3, 2015
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Professional and Business Services
Employment in professional and business services
March 2015 Level:
19,541
OTM change:
40
January 2012 - March 2015
110
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Employment in professional and business services continued to
trend up in March (+40,000). Job growth had averaged 55,000 per
month over the prior 12 months.
90
NAICS 54 – Professional and technical services
In March, professional and technical services added 24,000 jobs.
Architectural and engineering services, computer system designs and
related services, and management and technical consulting services
continued their upward employment trends.
70
50
30
NAICS 55 – Management of companies and enterprises
Employment continued to trend up in management of companies
(+7,000). This industry has added 48,000 jobs over the past 12 months.
10
-10
Jan-12
Jul-12
Jan-13
Jul-13
Jan-14
1-mo. Min. significance
Jul-14
Professional and technical services
Over-the-month change, March 2015
March 2015 level:
8,562
OTM change: 24*
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Legal
-1.2
6.5
Accounting and bookkeeping
4.2
Architectural and engineering
3.9
Computer system designs and related
3.8
Management and technical consulting
-2
Mar-15
Summary
Mining &
Logging
Construction
NAICS 56 – Administrative and waste services
In March, administrative and waste services experienced little
change in employment (+9,000). In the first quarter, employment
changed by an average 6,000 per month, well below the average
monthly gain of 29,000 in 2014.
Jan-15
OTMC
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Prior-12 mo. Avg. OTMC
Manufacturing
Trade:
Wholesale
Retail
Transp.,
Warehousing
& Utilities
Information
Financial
Activities
Professional
& Business
Services
Private
Education
& Health
Services
Leisure &
Hospitality
Other
Services
Government
Release Date: April 3, 2015
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Private Education and Health Services
Employment in selected health care industries
Health care
industries:
22*
Over-the-month change, March 2015
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Ambulatory health care services°*
19.2
- Offices of physicians
6.1
Ambulatory health care services added 19,000 jobs in March.
Within the industry, employment continued to trend up in offices of
physicians (+6,000), outpatient care centers (+3,000), and home health
care services (+6,000).
- Home health care services
6.0
Hospitals*
7.9
NAICS 622 –- Hospitals
Nursing and residential care*
-4.8
-10
NAICS 621 —Ambulatory health care services
- Outpatient care centers
3.3
-15
-5
0
In March, private education and health services employment
increased by 38,000. Within the industry, health care added 22,000
jobs, while social assistance employment continued to trend up
(+8,000). Educational services employment changed little over the
month (+8,000).
5
10
15
20
25
Hospitals added 8,000 jobs in March. Employment in the industry
has been trending up over the past 8 months.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 03, 2015.
Data are preliminary.
˚Includes additional component industries not shown separately.
* denotes significance.
NAICS 6231 – Nursing care facilities
Nursing care faicilities lost 6,000 jobs in March; however,
employment in the industry has shown little net change over the past
year.
Employment in hospitals
Over-the-month change, January 2012–March 2015
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
25
16
20
10
3
2
3
3
1
1
1
3
3
1
2
0
1
1
1
3
5
4
5
5
7
7
8
9
10
8
10
11
13
15
-1
-6
-5
-2
-3
-5
-3
-2
-1
0
0
-10
-16
-15
-20
-25
Jan-12
Jul-12
Jan-13
Jul-13
Jan-14
Jul-14
Jan-15
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 03, 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: April 3, 2015
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Leisure and Hospitality
Employment in leisure and hospitality
Leisure and hospitality employment
changed little (+13,000) in March. Food
services and drinking places employment
changed little (+9,000), following a gain of
66,000 in February. Thus far in 2015,
employment in food services has increased
by an average 33,000 per month, equaling the
average monthly increase in 2014.
Over-the-month change, January 2012–March 2015
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
100
70
56
49
55
57
42
45
24
23
25
31
39
32
24
26
28
30
40
40
39
37
38
41
43
47
50
53
54
57
59
59
60
60
68
70
80
13
10
4
1
4
11
20
0
-20
Jan-12
Jul-12
Jan-13
Jul-13
Jan-14
Jul-14
Jan-15
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 03, 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: April 3, 2015
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Other Services
Employment in other services
Other services employment was
unchanged in March, and there was little
change in any component industry. Over
the prior 12 months, employment had
increased by an average of 7,000 per
month.
January 2005–March 2015
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
5,700
5,650
March 2015 Level: 5,625
OTM Change: 0
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, April 03, 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: April 3, 2015
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Government
Employment in selected government
Over-the-month change, March 2015
Government:
-3
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
-1.4
U.S. Postal Service
-0.5
State government education
-1.7
State government, excluding education
-1.6
Local government education
-0.3
Local government, excluding education
3.0
-4
-3
-2
Government employment changed little in March (-3,000). So far in
2015, employment in government has shown little movement (-4,000).
In contrast, government employment had increased by 91,000 between
January and December of 2014, mostly in local government (+64,000).
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 03, 2015.
Data are preliminary.
* denotes significance.
Employment in government
January 2005–March 2015
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
23,400
23,200
March 2015 Level: 21,898
OTM Change: -3
23,000
22,800
22,600
22,400
22,200
22,000
21,800
21,600
21,400
Jan-05
Jan-07
Jan-09
Jan-11
Jan-13
Jan-15
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, April 03, 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
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
Jay Stuart
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