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Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 248,000 in September 2014, compared with an average monthly gain of 213,000 over the prior 12 months.
Month | Employment change |
---|---|
Jan 2012 |
360,000 |
Feb 2012 |
226,000 |
Mar 2012 |
243,000 |
Apr 2012 |
96,000 |
May 2012 |
110,000 |
Jun 2012 |
88,000 |
Jul 2012 |
160,000 |
Aug 2012 |
150,000 |
Sep 2012 |
161,000 |
Oct 2012 |
225,000 |
Nov 2012 |
203,000 |
Dec 2012 |
214,000 |
Jan 2013 |
197,000 |
Feb 2013 |
280,000 |
Mar 2013 |
141,000 |
Apr 2013 |
203,000 |
May 2013 |
199,000 |
Jun 2013 |
201,000 |
Jul 2013 |
149,000 |
Aug 2013 |
202,000 |
Sep 2013 |
164,000 |
Oct 2013 |
237,000 |
Nov 2013 |
274,000 |
Dec 2013 |
84,000 |
Jan 2014 |
144,000 |
Feb 2014 |
222,000 |
Mar 2014 |
203,000 |
Apr 2014 |
304,000 |
May 2014 |
229,000 |
Jun 2014 |
267,000 |
Jul 2014 |
243,000 |
Aug 2014(p) |
180,000 |
Sept 2014(p) |
248,000 |
Footnotes:
(p) preliminary. |
Professional and business services added 81,000 jobs in September, compared with an average gain of 56,000 per month over the prior 12 months. In September, job gains occurred in employment services (+34,000), management and technical consulting services (+12,000), and architectural and engineering services (+6,000). Employment in legal services declined by 5,000 over the month.
Employment in retail trade rose by 35,000 in September. Food and beverage stores added 20,000 jobs, largely reflecting the return of workers who had been off payrolls in August due to employment disruptions at a grocery store chain in New England.
Industry | Employment change(p) |
---|---|
Professional & business services |
81,000 |
Retail trade |
35,300 |
Leisure & hospitality |
33,000 |
Education & health services |
32,000 |
Construction |
16,000 |
Information |
12,000 |
Financial activities |
12,000 |
Government |
12,000 |
Mining & logging |
9,000 |
Manufacturing |
4,000 |
Transportation & warehousing |
1,900 |
Wholesale trade |
1,800 |
Other services |
0 |
Footnotes: (p) preliminary. |
Education and health services gained 32,000 jobs in September. Health care added 23,000 jobs, in line with the prior 12-month average gain of 20,000 jobs per month. In September, employment rose in home health care services (+7,000) and hospitals (+6,000).
Leisure and hospitality added 33,000 jobs over the month. Employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up in September (+20,000) and is up by 290,000 over the year.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program and are seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent two months are preliminary. To learn more, see "The Employment Situation — September 2014," (HTML) (PDF) news release USDL‑14‑1796. More charts featuring CES employment data can be found in Current Employment Statistics Highlights: September 2014 (PDF).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Professional and business services added 81,000 jobs in September 2014 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20141006.htm (visited September 06, 2024).