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January 2020
Release Date: February 7, 2020
Prepared by Analysts of the National Estimates Branch Current Employment Statistics Survey
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
202-691-6555 Email CES
Contents
Summary
Mining & Logging
Construction
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Transportation, 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
Current Employment Statistics
Highlights
Current Employment Statistics Summary, January 2020
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
+72,000 Education and Health Services
Health care added 36,000 jobs in January,
continuing a long-run trend. Employment rose
in ambulatory care (+23,000) and in hospitals
(+10,000). Over the year, health care providers
have added 361,000 jobs.
+44,000 Construction
Employment in construction rose by 44,000
in January, largely in specialty trade
contractors (+35,000). Construction had added
an average 12,000 jobs per month in 2019.
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by
225,000 in January 2020. Construction, health
care, and transportation and warehousing
added jobs over the month.
Average hourly earnings of all employees
on private-sector payrolls rose by 7 cents or
0.2 percent in January. Over the year, hourly
earnings have risen by 3.1 percent. Average
weekly hours were unchanged at 34.3 hours in
January.
In accordance with annual practice, CES
data have been revised to reflect
comprehensive counts of payroll jobs, or
benchmarks, derived primarily from the
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages,
which enumerates jobs covered by
unemployment insurance tax records. CES
employment for March 2019 was revised
down by 514,000 (by -505,000 or 0.3 percent
on a not seasonally adjusted basis). See
www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.pdf for an
analysis of benchmark revisions.
The seasonally adjusted employment
change for December revised from +145,000
to +147,000, and the change for November
revised from +256,000 to +261,000. On net,
the employment change over these months is
7,000 higher than previously reported.
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Over-the-month change Annual average
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 07, 2020.Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
Over-the-month change, January 2017–January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Employment in total nonfarm
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
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
+28,000 Transportation and Warehousing
Transportation and warehousing boosted
payroll employment by 28,000 in January.
Couriers and messengers (+14,000) accounted
for half of the gain, followed by warehousing
and storage with 6,000 jobs gained. Over the
past 12 months, couriers (+68,000) and
warehousing (+20,000) accounted for 83
percent of jobs added in transportation and
warehousing.
+36,000 Leisure and Hospitality
Employment continued to trend up in
leisure and hospitality in January (+36,000).
Over the past 6 months, the industry has
added 288,000 jobs.
+19,000 Government
Federal government employment increased
by 12,000 in January; hiring for Census 2020
accounted for 5,000 of the increase.
-12,000 Manufacturing
Employment in motor vehicles and parts
manufacturing declined by 11,000 in January
and is down by 24,000 over the year.
-8,000 Retail Trade
Employment in retail trade changed little in
January. Within the sector, general
merchandise stores lost 14,000 jobs;
employment in this industry has shown little
net change over the past 12 months (-22,000).
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Government
Other services
Leisure and hospitality
Education and health services*
Professional and business services
Financial activities
Information
Utilities
Transportation and warehousing*
Retail trade
Wholesale trade
Manufacturing
Construction*
Mining and logging
Employment in total nonfarm
January 2020 Prior 12-month average
Over-the-month change, January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Total nonfarm:225*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 07, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
* denotes significance
Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, January 2020
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
Mining employment was flat in January
(-1,000), while related economic indicator
data was mixed. West Texas Intermediate
oil prices declined over the month, and the
rotary oil rig count was little changed.
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Employment in mining
January 2020 Level: 660OTM Change: -1
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 07, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
January 2010–January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Mining and Logging
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
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
Construction employment increased by
44,000 in January, the largest 1-month
employment gain over the past year.
Specialty trade contractors accounted for
35,000 of the January 2020 increase, with
gains about evenly split between the
residential and nonresidential components.
The increase in construction employment
in January follows gains in residential
building permits, construction spending, and
in new home sales in December 2019.
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Employment in constructionOver-the-month change, January 2017–January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 07, 2020.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
Construction
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
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
Manufacturing employment changed little in January (-12,000).
Employment also changed little in 2019 (+58,000), after rising by 264,000
in 2018.
In January, the manufacturing 1-month diffusion index rose 0.6 point
to 46.7. A value below 50 indicates more manufacturing industries are
losing jobs than are adding jobs. The index has been below 50 in four of
the last 5 months.
During the most recent 12 months, employment in motor vehicles and
parts has fallen by 24,000, with 11,000 of that occurring in January.
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Over-the-month change Annual average
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 07, 2020.Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
Over-the-month change, January 2017–January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Employment in manufacturing
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 07, 2020.Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
Over-the-month change, January 2017–January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Employment in motor vehicles and parts
Manufacturing
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
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
Employment in wholesale trade continued to
trend up in January (+8,000), bringing its 12-
month net job gain to 65,000. Durable goods
constituted just under 70 percent of the over-the-
year employment gains.
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Employment in wholesale tradeOver-the-month change, January 2017–January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 07, 2020.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
Wholesale Trade
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
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
Employment in retail trade changed
little in January (-8,000), following a gain
of 45,000 in December. Over the past 12
months, industry employment showed
little net change (-29,000).
Over the month, employment in
general merchandise stores declined by
14,000.
Retail-related economic indicators
are mixed. Retail Sales rose in
December. The Consumer Confidence
Index increased in January. Conversely,
Real Personal Disposable Income
declined in December.
Retail Trade
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
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
Employment in transportation and warehousing increased by 28,000 in
January. The growth was driven primarily by gains in couriers and
messengers (+14,000) and warehousing and storage (+6,000). Over the
year, transportation and warehousing has added 106,000 jobs, with
couriers and messengers (+68,000) and warehousing and storage (+20,000)
accounting for 83 percent of the growth.
Employment in truck transportation ticked up 3,000 in January. The
American Trucking Associations’ Truck Tonnage Index increased overall in
2019. According to ATA’s press release, the index’s overall annual gain
masks the choppy freight environment observed throughout 2019.
Transportation and Warehousing
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
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
Employment in utilities was flat in
January (-1,000).
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Employment in utilities
January 2020 Level: 547OTM Change: -1
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 07, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
June 2009–January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Utilities
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
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
Employment in information changed
little in January (+5,000). Data
processing, hosting, and related services
added 5,000 jobs.
Over the past 12 months,
employment has expanded in publishing
industries, except internet (+19,000) and
in other information services (+27,000).
This growth was partially offset by job
losses in telecommunications (-26,000).
Other information services include
news syndicates, libraries and archives,
and internet publishing and
broadcasting and web search portals.
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Data processing, hosting and related services*
Telecommunications
Broadcasting, except Internet
Motion picture and sound recording industries
Publishing industries, except Internet
Employment in information
January 2020 Prior 12-month average
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Information: 5Over-the-month change, January 2020
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics Survey, February 07, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
* denotes significance
Information
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
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
Employment in financial activities
changed little in January (-1,000). Over
the most recent 12 months, the industry
has added 132,000 jobs. Real estate
(+51,000) and insurance carriers and
related activities (+48,000) accounted
for most of the jobs added during this
period.
Financial Activities
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
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7,2020
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Real estate and rental and leasing
Insurance carriers and related activities
Securities and commodities
- Commercial banking
Credit intermediation¹
Employment in selected financial activities
January 2020 Prior 12-month average
Over-the-month change, January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Financial activities:
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 07, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
¹ Includes additional component industries not shown separately.* denotes significance
Employment in professional and business services continued to trend
up in January (+21,000), below the prior 12-month average (+31,000).
Since reaching a trough in August 2009, employment in the industry has
risen by 5.1 million.
In January, employment changed little in professional and technical
services (+13,000), administrative and waste services (+9,000), and
management of companies and enterprises employment (-1,000).
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Employment in professional and business services
Over-the-month change, January 2017–January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 07, 2020.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
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Administrative and waste services¹
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- Architectural and engineering
- Accounting and bookkeeping
Professional and technical¹
Employment in selected professional and business services
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 07, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
¹ Includes additional component industries not shown separately.* denotes significance
Over-the-month change, January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Professional and business services:
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Professional and Business Services
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
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
Health care added 36,000 jobs in January. Employment gains were
concentrated in ambulatory health care services (+23,000) and hospitals
(+10,000).
Employment in hospitals continued to trend up in January (+10,000).
Since reaching an employment trough in January 2014, hospitals have
added 489,000 jobs.
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Hospitals*
- Home health care services
- Outpatient care centers
- Offices of dentists
- Offices of physicians
Ambulatory health care services¹*
Employment in selected health care industries
January 2020 Prior 12-month average
Over-the-month change, January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Health care industries:
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 07, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
¹ Includes additional component industries not shown separately.* denotes significance
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Employment in hospitals
January 2020 Level: 5,253OTM Change: 10*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 07, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
January 2010–January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Private Education and Health Services
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
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
In January, employment in leisure and hospitality continued to trend
up (+36,000), corresponding with growing consumer confidence. The
industry added 365,000 jobs in 2019, after adding 225,000 in 2018.
Employment in food services and drinking places also continued to
trend up in January (+24,000). The industry has added 189,000 jobs over
the most recent 6 months.
Real value added in accommodation and food services increased in the
third quarter of 2019, after decreasing through the first two quarters of
the year.
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Food services and drinking places
Accommodation
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
Employment in leisure and hospitality
January 2020 Prior 12-month average
Over-the-month change, January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Leisure and hospitality:
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 07, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
* denotes significance
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, February 07, 2020.Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
Over-the-month change, January 2017–January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Employment in food services and drinking places
Leisure and Hospitality
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
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
Employment in other services
changed little in January (+14,000). Over
the most recent 12 months, the industry
has added 87,000 jobs. Over this time,
the largest job gains came in the repair
and maintenance industry (+36,000).
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Employment in other servicesOver-the-month change, January 2017–January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 07, 2020.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
Other Services
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
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
Government employment edged up by 19,000 in January. Hiring
for the decennial census ticked up 5,000 as counting began in
Toksook Bay, Alaska in January.
Employment in local government continued to trend up in
January (+20,000). Since reaching an employment trough in
November 2012, local government has added 636,000 jobs.
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Local government education
State government, excluding education
State government education*
U.S. Postal Service*
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service*
Employment in selected government
January 2020 Prior 12-month average
Over-the-month change, January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Government:19
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 07, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
* denotes significance
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Employment in local government
January 2020 Level: 14,658OTM Change: 20
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, February 07, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
January 2010–January 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Government
CES Highlights
Release Date: February 7, 2020
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
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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