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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)
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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program produces detailed industry estimates of nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings of workers on payrolls. CES National Estimates produces data for the nation, and CES State and Metro Area produces estimates for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions.
Each month, CES surveys approximately 119,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 629,000 individual worksites.
Notices
- 2024 Preliminary Benchmark Revision Read More »
- Redesigned News Releases Read More »
Charts
- 1-month
- 3-month
- 6-month
- 12-month
Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, July 2024, seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Industry
1-month net change
1-month 90-percent confidence interval
3-month net change
3-month 90-percent confidence interval
6-month net change
6-month 90-percent confidence interval
12-month net change
12-month 90-percent confidence interval
Total nonfarm
114
134.4
509
205.6
1,163
276.2
2,512
374.1
Total private
97
124.3
439
191.2
960
251.5
1,966
341.0
Goods-producing
25
41.8
48
63.8
93
85.4
242
121.9
Service providing
89
125.3
461
195.7
1,070
260.9
2,270
350.7
Mining and logging
-1
5.3
-5
11.9
-8
19.3
-11
26.2
Construction
25
26.9
58
44.2
114
58.8
239
80.7
Manufacturing
1
28.2
-5
42.1
-13
59.1
14
87.3
Wholesale trade
4.3
18.2
11.8
29.0
24.4
38.5
57.1
48.3
Retail trade
4.0
24.4
0.1
35.9
57.0
60.9
76.9
80.7
Transportation and warehousing
14.0
20.6
61.7
31.7
119.1
49.1
59.7
67.5
Utilities
-0.1
2.7
2.1
5.9
4.2
8.8
16.0
14.6
Information
-20
19.4
-20
39.8
-24
54.3
-19
75.6
Financial activities
-4
19.4
18
31.5
12
46.5
22
62.3
Professional and business services
-1
56.5
56
87.4
62
114.7
126
146.8
Private education and health services
57
49.6
205
71.1
459
101.1
1,004
133.8
Leisure and hospitality
23
61.3
42
89.9
113
122.2
297
173.0
Other services
-5
22.5
14
32.1
40
48.1
84
57.3
Government
17
51.1
70
75.7
203
114.1
546
154.0
Note: Significant changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level. The variance for total nonfarm is an approximation because government and rail transportation are not based on a probability sample
News Releases
Unemployment rate rises to 4.3% in July; payroll employment edges up by 114,000
08/02/2024
The unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent in July, and nonfarm payroll employment
edged up by 114,000. Employment continued to trend up in health care, in construction,
and in transportation and warehousing, while information lost jobs.
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Real average hourly earnings for all employees increase 0.1% in July
08/14/2024
Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.1 percent in July, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.2 percent, and CPI-U increased 0.2 percent. Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.2 percent.
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Next Release
The Employment Situation for
August 2024
is scheduled to be released on
September 6, 2024,
at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
Real Earnings for
August 2024
is scheduled to be released on
September 11, 2024,
at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
read more »
Publications
Monthly Labor Review
Reconstruction of CES time series: implementing the NAICS 2022 redefinitions
Current Employment Statistics data are reclassified after changes to the North American Industry Classification System in 2022. read more »
The Economics Daily
Real average hourly earnings increased 1.4 percent from January 2023 to January 2024
Real average hourly earnings increased 1.4 percent from January 2023 to January 2024. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a decrease of 1.4 percent in the average workweek resulted in a 0.1-percent decrease in real average weekly earnings over this period. read more »
Latest Numbers
Change in Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment:
+114,000(p) in Jul 2024
Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
+$0.08(p) in Jul 2024
Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
-0.1(p) in Jul 2024
Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees:
-0.3%(p) in Jul 2024
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
-0.2(p) in Jul 2024
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees:
-0.1(p) in Jul 2024
Change in Total Private Real Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
+$0.01(p) in Jul 2024
Historical Data
News Release
p - preliminary