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 February 2016 Release Date: March 4, 2016 Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch Current Employment Statistics Survey U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 202-691-6555 Email CES CES Highlights Release Date: March 4, 2016 Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, February 2016 +86,000 Education and Health Services Employment in health care rose by 38,000 in February, with ambulatory health care accounting for almost two-thirds of the increase. Hospital employment grew by 11,000 over the month. Over the past 12 months, hospitals have added 181,000 jobs. Private education added 28,000 jobs in February, after edging down 20,000 in January. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Employment in total nonfarm Over-the-month change, January 2013 - February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 400 271 295 242 228 221 172 45 84 100 149 150 168 140 146 135 150 280 251 265 273 277 292 200 187 189 185 192 200 213 218 232 250 218 269 272 300 286 291 306 310 311 331 350 190 Nonfarm employment increased by 242,000 in February. Health care and social assistance, retail trade, food services and drinking places, and private education added jobs, while mining lost jobs over the month. Average hourly earnings of all employees on private-sector payrolls fell 3 cents in February, following a 12-cent increase in January. Over the past 12 months, hourly earnings have increased by 2.2 percent. Over the month, average weekly hours fell 0.2 hour to 34.4 hours. The employment change for December 2015 revised up from +262,000 to +271,000. The change for January 2016 revised up from +151,000 to +172,000. Over the past 3 months, job growth has averaged 228,000 per month. 50 0 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. Social assistance also added jobs in February (+19,000), with individual and family services accounting for 14,000 of the increase. +55,000 Retail Trade Employment rose in retail trade in February. Food and beverage stores (+15,000) and general merchandise stores (+8,000) added Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities jobs. Over the past 12 months, employment in retail trade has grown by 339,000. +48,000 Leisure and Hospitality Employment in food services and drinking places rose by 40,000 in February. Over the year, food services has added 359,000 jobs. Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government CES Highlights Release Date: March 4, 2016 Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, February 2016 -18,000 Mining and Logging Mining lost 19,000 jobs in February. Since reaching a peak in September 2014, mining employment has declined by 171,000. Support activities for mining, the primary driver of this recent employment trend, has lost 134,000 jobs over the same time span, including 16,000 jobs in February. Employment in coal mining also declined over the month (-2,000). Employment in total nonfarm Seasonally adjusted, in thousands -18 Mining and logging* 19 Construction -16 Manufacturing 1 Wholesale trade 55 Retail trade* -5 Transportation and warehousing 2 Utilities 12 +23,000 Professional and Business Services Employment in professional and business services changed little in February. Over the prior 12 months, employment growth had averaged 52,000 per month. In February, employment continued to trend up in architectural and engineering services (+6,000), and in other professional and technical services (+8,000). Total nonfarm: 242* Over-the-month change, February 2016 Information 6 Financial activities 23 Professional and business services 86 Education and health services* 48 Leisure and hospitality 17 Other services 12 -60 -40 -20 0 20 Government 40 60 February 2016 80 100 120 Prior 12-month average Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. Data are preliminary. * denotes significance. +19,000 Construction Construction employment continued to trend up in February. Residential specialty trade contractors added 14,000 jobs over the month. Over the past 12 months, construction employment has risen by 253,000. Residential specialty trades accounted for about half of this increase, but the industry only represents 28 percent of construction employment. 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: March 4, 2016 CES Highlights Mining & Logging Mining and logging lost 18,000 jobs in February. Support activities for mining accounted for 16,000 of the job loss. These employment declines are consistent with the number of active oil rigs, which had declined to roughly 500 domestically, from 1,267 in February 2015. Employment in mining and logging Over-the-month change, January 2012–February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 6 4 0 -10 -9 -18 -15 -16 -15 -15 -15 -13 -8 -9 -7 -8 -10 -4 -4 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -5 -3 -3 -1 -1 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 5 3 5 6 6 7 7 10 8 15 -20 -20 -25 -30 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. 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: March 4, 2016 CES Highlights Construction Construction employment continued to trend up (+19,000) in February. Residential specialty trade contractors had the most impact, growing by 14,000 jobs. Construction of buildings added 6,000 in February. Employment in construction Over-the-month change, January 2012–February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 100 60 11 4 10 17 15 19 27 23 14 0 -15 -7 -3 -3 -20 -20 33 38 48 45 50 41 12 13 21 26 23 31 3 0 0 17 20 23 21 13 3 15 16 11 14 9 17 9 40 25 25 42 41 46 52 60 20 65 80 -40 -60 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. 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: March 4, 2016 CES Highlights Manufacturing Employment in manufacturing Over-the-month change, January 2012–February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 23 26 29 22 25 17 8 11 12 6 1 2 3 4 3 -16 -9 -19 -20 -18 -11 -9 -6 -2 -2 0 2 1 7 8 10 10 14 15 21 21 20 21 12 7 0 18 16 25 16 14 13 20 26 31 34 23 40 40 60 Manufacturing employment changed little in February (-16,000). Within durable goods, employment in fabricated metal product manufacturing declined in February (-10,000), more than offsetting a gain of 6,000 in January. This industry has posted job losses in 9 of the last 12 months, losing an average 3,000 per month over the year. Nondurable goods employment was essentially unchanged in February (-4,000). The manufacturing diffusion index fell to 48.7 from 59.5 in January. 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. In February, average weekly hours in manufacturing were unchanged for all employees and for production employees. -40 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. *Consumer Price Index, CPI-U (1982-84 = 100) Employment in fabricated metal products Over-the-month change, January 2012–February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 15 3 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -2 -2 -1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 -1 -1 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 10 -10 -10 -15 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. *Consumer Price Index, CPI-U (1982-84 = 100) 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: March 4, 2016 CES Highlights Wholesale Trade Employment in wholesale trade was essentially unchanged in February (+1,000). Employment in wholesale trade January 2006–February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 6,200 February 2016 Level: 5,912 OTM Change: 1 6,000 5,800 5,600 5,400 5,200 Jan-06 Jan-08 Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. 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: March 4, 2016 CES Highlights Retail Trade Employment in retail trade Employment in retail trade Over-the-month change, January 2012–February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 100 76 62 52 35 31 21 27 7 4 6 Gasoline stations 1.2 -2 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores 6.7 -18 -16 -10 Clothing and clothing accessories stores 11.1 -9 -5 -2 Health and personal care stores 3.2 13 8 9 7 -16 Food and beverage stores* 15.1 General merchandise stores 8.3 -37 -40 Miscellaneous store retailers -5.1 -60 Nonstore retailers 2.1 -10 -80 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Employment in retail trade increased by 55,000 in February, after a 62,000 increase in January. During the past 6 months, the industry has added 203,000 jobs. Led by food and beverage stores, employment in nearly all the component industries in retail trade trended upwards over the month. February was the second month of the holiday layoff period with many retail industries incurring a smaller-than-average layoff. Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities -5 0 5 10 15 20 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. Data are preliminary. * denotes significance. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. *Consumer Price Index, CPI-U (1982-84 = 100) Summary Building material and garden supply stores 5.9 0 -20 Electronics and appliance stores 0.9 55 59 33 29 25 13 30 23 39 36 48 21 33 11 11 20 27 23 21 27 31 31 40 45 45 42 40 20 Furniture and home furnishings stores 2.9 58 60 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 2.6 80 Retail trade: 55* Over-the-month change, February 2016 Employment in food and beverage stores increased by 15,000 in February; however, employment has changed little over the past 12 months. Over the month, the majority of job growth occurred in grocery stores. Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: March 4, 2016 CES Highlights Transportation and Warehousing Employment in transportation and warehousing changed little in February (-5,000). Employment in transportation and warehousing Over-the-month change, January 2012–February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Couriers and messengers shed 4,000 jobs. Employment in the industry has shown zero net change since October, the start of the holiday season buildup. 38 60 31 26 17 12 14 11 11 15 10 15 21 20 14 20 20 19 6 4 7 9 12 17 9 1 4 5 6 8 10 13 7 9 10 8 9 20 15 22 28 32 33 40 -14 -7 -5 -3 -4 -20 -16 -20 -5 -4 0 -40 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. 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: March 4, 2016 CES Highlights Utilities Employment in utilities edged up by 2,000 in February. Employment in utilities Over-the-month change, January 2012–February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 12 10 8 8 6 2 2 1 0 -3 -2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -2 -2 -1 -3 -4 0 -1 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 -6 -7 -8 -10 -12 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. 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: March 4, 2016 CES Highlights Information Information employment edged up in February (+12,000). Employment in information Over-the-month change, January 2012–February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 60 12 10 4 5 4 5 10 2 3 1 1 2 4 9 6 5 8 9 8 5 5 1 2 13 16 11 16 14 14 20 36 40 Other information services (such as internet service providers, libraries, and news syndicates) added 5,000 jobs in February. This industry has added 22,000 jobs over the year, a 9.2 percent change. This increase accounts for about half of employment added within information over the year. -3 -3 -2 -6 -6 -1 -5 -3 -5 -5 -2 -3 -29 -18 -12 -14 -20 -10 -4 -6 -2 0 -40 -60 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. *Consumer Price Index, CPI-U (1982-84 = 100) 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: March 4, 2016 CES Highlights Financial Activities Employment in selected financial activities Over-the-month change, February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 0.2 Credit intermediation and related activities -1.2 - Commercial banking ͦ 1 -- Nondepository credit intermediation -0.8 -- Activities related to credit intermediation 0.2 Securities, commodity contracts, investments 7.9 Insurance carriers and related activities -2.5 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.2 -4 -3 Employment in financial activities changed little in February (+6,000), after rising by 16,000 in January. February’s change is about half the average monthly change for the prior 6 months. Insurance carriers and related activities added jobs (+8,000) in February, while all other component industries experienced little employment change. -2 -1 0 1 -- Real estate 2 3 4 February 2016 5 6 7 8 9 Prior 6-month average Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. Data are preliminary. * denotes significance ͦ denotes component of depository credit intermediation (not shown) 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: March 4, 2016 CES Highlights Professional and Business Services Employment in professional and business services Feb-16: 23 For the second consecutive month, the over-the-month change in professional and business services (+23,000) was below its prior-12 month average. The weakness in both months can be attributed to administrative and waste services, more specifically to temporary help services (-10,000 in February). Employment in management of companies and enterprises (+7,000) and in professional and technical services (+18,000) continued to trend up. Within professional and technical services, other professional and technical services, such as veterinary offices and photography services, led the gains, adding 8,000 jobs. Architectural and engineering services (+6,000), computer systems design and related services (+4,000), and management and technical consulting services (+3,000) continued their upward employment trends. Prior-12 month average: 52 Over-the-month change and prior averages, February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 18 Professional and technical services 7 Management of companies and enterprises -1 Administrative and waste services -5 1-Feb 0 Prior-3 month average 5 10 Prior-6 month average 15 20 25 30 Prior-12 month average Employment in other professional and technical services Feb-16: 8* Prior-12: 2 January 2006 - February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 680 660 640 Employment 620 600 580 560 540 520 Jan-06 Jan-07 Jan-08 Jan-09 Jan-10 Jan-11 Jan-12 Jan-13 Jan-14 Jan-15 Jan-16 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. 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: March 4, 2016 CES Highlights Private Education and Health Services Employment in education and health services Employment in selected health care industries Over-the-month change, February 2016 Over-the-month change, January 2012–February 2016 Health care industries: 38* Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 120 86 78 63 - Home health care services 7.1 24 27 38 45 50 49 54 59 55 41 41 22 23 28 - Outpatient care centers 2.0 13 11 16 - Offices of physicians 7.5 7 -2 -6 Hospitals* 10.6 2 6 0 0 42 43 49 39 22 20 17 27 23 37 43 39 20 52 50 67 58 57 60 57 55 58 62 55 77 81 80 40 Ambulatory health care services°* 23.6 100 Nursing and residential care* 3.9 -20 -10 -40 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. Data are preliminary. ˚Includes additional component industries not shown separately. * denotes significance. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. *Consumer Price Index, CPI-U (1982-84 = 100) Employment in education and health services increased by 86,000 in February. Within the industry, health care added 38,000 jobs over the month, while educational services and social assistance employment increased by 28,000 and 19,000, respectively. Ambulatory health care services (+24,000) accounted for over half the job gain in health care over the month. Small gains throughout its component industries contributed to employment growth. Over the last 12 months, ambulatory health care services added 261,000 jobs. The job gain in private educational services in February offset a small decline in January (-20,000). Over the last 12 months, the industry has added 63,000 jobs. Hospital employment continued to grow in February (+11,000). In the last 12 months, the industry has added 181,000 jobs. Summary gain 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: March 4, 2016 CES Highlights Leisure and Hospitality In February, employment continued to trend up in leisure and hospitality (+48,000). Employment in food services and drinking places January 2005–February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Food services and drinking places gained 40,000 jobs in February. Since its trough in February 2010, this industry has added over 2 million jobs. Elsewhere in leisure and hospitality, employment changed little over the month. 12,000 February 2016 Level: 11,302 OTM Change: 40* 11,500 11,000 10,500 10,000 9,500 9,000 8,500 8,000 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Jan-15 Bureau Labor Statistics,Current CurrentEmployment EmploymentStatistics Statisticssurvey, survey,March March 04, 04, 2016. 2016. Bureau of of Labor Statistics, Shaded area representsrecession recessionasasdenoted denotedby bythe theNational NationalBureau Bureauof ofEconomic Economic Research. Research. Shaded area represents Most recent 2 monthsofofdata dataare arepreliminary. preliminary. Most recent 2 months *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: March 4, 2016 CES Highlights Other Services Employment in other services edged up by 17,000 in February, driven primarily by an increase of 9,000 in repair and maintenance. Since its most recent employment trough in June 2010, other services has added 358,000 workers to payrolls. Employment in other services January 2006–February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 5,800 February 2016 Level: 5,673 OTM Change: 17 5,700 5,600 5,500 5,400 5,300 5,200 Jan-06 Jan-08 Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. 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: March 4, 2016 CES Highlights Government Employment in selected government Government: 12 Over-the-month change, February 2016 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Federal, except U.S. Postal Service* 0.3 U.S. Postal Service* 5.0 State government, excluding education -2.3 Local government, excluding education 10.3 -6 -4 -2 0 2 Overall, government has added 235,000 jobs since its employment trough in January 2014, with nearly half of the gain occurring in local government, excluding education (+109,000). Local government education 1.0 -8 State government employment was flat in February after a 21,000 decline in January, while local government employment continued to trend up over the month. State government education -2.8 4 6 8 10 12 Government employment changed little in February (+12,000). Employment at the federal level increased by 5,000, following a similar sized loss of 4,000 in January. The employment changes in federal government over the last 2 months have been concentrated in U.S. Postal Service. 14 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, March 04, 2016. 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 Tyler Downing Brittney Forbes Mike McCall John Mullins Michael Osifalujo Edward Park Karen Ransom Kara Sullivan Jay Stuart 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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