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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 December 2015 Release Date: January 8, 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: January 8, 2016 Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, December 2015 Nonfarm employment increased by 292,000 in December. Over the year, job growth totaled 2.7 million, compared with 3.1 million in 2014. In December, professional and business services, construction, health care, transportation and warehousing, and food services and drinking places added jobs. Mining lost jobs. The employment change for October revised up from +298,000 to +307,000, and the change for November revised up from +211,000 to +252,000. Incorporating revisions, employment has increased by an average 284,000 per month over the past 3 months Average hourly earnings for all employees on private, nonfarm payrolls changed little in December (-1 cent), following a 5-cent gain in November. Hourly earnings are up 2.5 percent over the year. In December, average weekly hours for all employees held at 34.5 hours. +73,000 Professional and Business Services Employment rose by 59,000 in administration and waste services; more than half of the increase came in temporary help services (+34,000). Employment continued to trend up in professional and technical services (+11,000). Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Employment in total nonfarm Total nonfarm: 292* Over-the-month change, December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands -8 Mining and logging* 45 Construction* 8 Manufacturing 2 Wholesale trade 4 Retail trade 23 Transportation and warehousing* 1 Utilities 16 Information* 11 Financial activities 73 59 Education and health services* 29 Leisure and hospitality 11 Other services 17 -40 -20 0 Professional and business services* 20 Government 40 December 2015 60 80 100 Prior 12-month average Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. Data are preliminary. * denotes significance. Over the year, employment in professional and business services grew by 605,000, compared to growth of 704,000 in 2014. Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities +45,000 Construction In December, construction added 45,000 jobs, with growth concentrated in construction of buildings (+10,000) and specialty trade contractors (+29,000). Over the year, construction added 263,000 jobs, compared with 338,000 jobs gained in 2014. Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government CES Highlights Release Date: January 8, 2016 Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, December 2015 +59,000 Education and Health Services Employment in health care rose by 39,000 in December. Health care employment expanded by 475,000 in 2015, compared with a gain of 309,000 in 2014. In December, employment rose in ambulatory health care services (+23,000) and hospitals (+12,000). Since reaching an employment trough in February 2014, hospitals have added 221,000 jobs; 78 percent of this gain occurred in 2015. Total nonfarm: 2014: +3,116; 2015: +2,650 Total private: 2014: +3,042; 2015: +2,551 Employment in total nonfarm Over-the-year change, 2014 and 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands -131 Mining and logging 263 Construction 30 Manufacturing 65.4 Wholesale trade 274 Retail trade 94.2 Transportation and warehousing 11.2 Utilities 50 Information 147 +23,000 Transportation and warehousing Employment in transportation and warehousing rose by 23,000 in December. Within the industry, couriers and messengers added 15,000 jobs. +29,000 Leisure and Hospitality Food services and drinking places added 37,000 jobs in December. In 2015, the industry added 357,000 payroll jobs, compared with 401,000 jobs gained in 2014. Summary Mining & Logging Construction Manufacturing Professional and business services 655 Education and health services 419 -100 Leisure and hospitality 68 2015 2014 -200 +16,000 Information Within information, motion picture and sound recording added 15,000 jobs in December, offsetting jobs lost in November (13,000). Financial activities 605 Other services 99 0 100 Government 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. Data are preliminary. -8,000 Mining and logging Since reaching a peak in December 2014, mining employment has declined by 129,000, including 8,000 jobs lost in December 2015. Support activities for mining accounts for 98,000 of the jobs lost over the year, including a loss of 6,000 jobs in December 2015. Trade: Wholesale Retail Transp., Warehousing & Utilities Information Financial Activities Professional & Business Services Private Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Government Release Date: January 8, 2016 CES Highlights Mining and Logging Mining and logging employment decreased by 8,000 in December. This was the industry’s twelfth consecutive month of employment decline. Mining and logging has lost 131,000 jobs since December 2014. Employment in mining and logging Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 8 9 7 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 -20 -20 -15 -14 -14 -14 -15 -8 -4 -5 -9 -10 -7 -7 -10 -11 2 -5 -3 -2 -2 -1 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 2 1 0 -5 Mining drives the employment trend in this sector and accounts for essentially all losses over the month (-8,000) and over the year (-129,000). These losses were concentrated in support activities for mining. 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 9 15 -25 -30 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. 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: January 8, 2016 CES Highlights Construction Construction added 45,000 jobs in December. Since its most recent trough in January 2011, construction has regained 48.2-percent of the 2.3 million jobs lost between April 2006 and January 2011. Employment in construction Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 100 69 80 35 30 31 44 41 30 1 5 7 8 10 12 19 17 22 11 -16 -12 -2 -19 -20 -2 -1 -1 0 0 31 41 26 30 27 25 12 20 23 17 35 40 22 19 16 15 9 9 8 20 17 40 48 45 52 60 In December, construction of buildings added 10,000 jobs, surpassing its prior 12-month average (+4,000). Specialty trade contractors added 29,000 jobs, most of which came from residential specialty trade contractors (+18,000). -40 -60 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. 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: January 8, 2016 CES Highlights Manufacturing Employment in manufacturing Employment in machinery Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015 Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 60 10 4 4 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -2 -2 -6 -5 -6 -6 -22 -19 -5 -4 -3 -3 -3 -2 -8 -13 -4 -3 -1 -2 -1 -1 2 1 3 0 8 6 6 3 0 5 5 3 2 1 1 1 11 9 0 1 0 -2 -4 -4 3 3 3 19 17 2 -2 -20 5 4 4 23 23 14 14 20 9 11 12 14 16 4 3 0 5 5 32 28 18 11 14 17 14 11 19 22 24 23 20 5 7 45 42 6 35 40 8 -8 -40 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 -10 Jan-12 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. Manufacturing employment changed little in December (+8,000). For the year, manufacturing employment also was little changed (+30,000), well below the increase in 2014 (+215,000). In December, nondurable goods gained 14,000 jobs, more than offsetting losses in machinery (-6,000) and primary metals (-3,000). For the year, durable goods employment changed little (-16,000), while nondurable goods added 46,000 jobs. NAICS 333 – Machinery Machinery lost 6,000 jobs during the month and has experienced 11 months of consecutive job losses. Machinery lost 38,000 jobs over the year, mostly in the mining and oil and gas machinery component. In December, average weekly hours for all employees in manufacturing edged down 0.1 hour to 40.6 hours and were unchanged for production employees at 41.7 hours. 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: January 8, 2016 CES Highlights Wholesale Trade Employment in wholesale trade changed little (+2,000) in December. The industry added 65,000 jobs in 2015, compared to a gain of 114,000 jobs in 2014. Employment in wholesale trade January 2005–December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 6,200 December 2015 Level: 5,941 OTM Change: 2 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, January 08, 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: January 8, 2016 CES Highlights Retail Trade Employment in retail trade Employment in retail trade Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 10 100 Motor vehicle and parts dealers* -3 73 80 Building material and garden supply stores* 25 Health and personal care stores 3 10 Gasoline stations -18 Clothing and clothing accessories stores* 4 4 7 Food and beverage stores 1 32 33 36 29 32 11 11 23 32 26 25 35 39 43 57 9 0 27 30 35 32 39 41 36 32 17 22 31 31 23 25 10 20 Electronics and appliance stores 61 65 40 Furniture and home furnishings stores -1 60 -5 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores -5 General merchandise stores 9 -17 -19 -23 -20 -11 -18 -13 -12 -6 -3 0 0 -25 -20 -15 -10 -60 Jul-12 Jan-13 Miscellaneous store retailers* 4 -40 Jan-12 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Retail trade: 4 Over-the-month change, December 2015 Jul-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. -5 0 5 Nonstore retailers 10 December 2015 15 20 Prior 12-month average Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. Data are preliminary. * denotes significance. In December, retail trade employment changed little (+4,000). Over NAICS 444 – Building material and garden supply stores the year, the industry added 274,000 jobs. Building material and garden supply stores gained 9,000 jobs in NAICS 441 – Motor vehicle and parts dealers December. Recent employment gains in this industry coincide with employment increases in residential construction. Building material and Motor vehicle and parts dealers added 10,000 jobs in December, garden supply stores gained 33,000 jobs over the year. bringing the current 12-month gain to 75,000 jobs. Employment growth in 2015 coincides with record sales in the automotive industry NAICS 448 – Clothing and clothing accessories stores (Source: CNBC). Clothing and clothing accessories stores employment declined in December (-18,000). Employment in this industry has shown little net change over the year (+7,000). 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: January 8, 2016 CES Highlights Transportation and Warehousing Transportation and warehousing added 23,000 jobs in December. Over the year, employment is up by 94,000. Employment in transportation and warehousing January 2005–December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Couriers and messengers added 15,000 jobs in December. Employment in the industry was up by 36,000 in the 4th quarter, likely driven by strong ecommerce sales (Source: Bloomberg and Time). 5,000 December 2015 Level: 4,833 OTM Change: 23* 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, January 08, 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: January 8, 2016 CES Highlights Utilities Utilities employment changed little in December (+1,000), in line with the industry’s prior 12-month average change. Employment in utilities January 2005–December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 575 570 565 560 555 550 545 540 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Jan-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 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: January 8, 2016 CES Highlights Information Information employment increased by 16,000 in December, more than offsetting a loss of 9,000 in November. Motion picture and sound recording industries accounted for virtually all of the employment movements over the past 2 months. Information added 50,000 jobs in 2015, a gain of 1.8 percent. Employment in information Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 60 16 15 3 4 4 -9 -4 -1 -2 -3 -5 -27 -4 -3 -1 -1 -3 -5 -2 -6 -1 -9 -2 -11 -4 0 5 10 7 6 6 7 5 5 3 3 3 3 0 -20 13 12 12 7 8 9 12 20 11 18 32 40 -40 -60 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. 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: January 8, 2016 CES Highlights Financial Activities Employment in financial activities continued to trend up in December (+11,000), in line with its prior 12-month average change of 12,000. Employment in financial activities Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 35 24 28 30 Over the year, financial activities added 147,000 jobs, similar to the 135,000 jobs added in 2014. 19 21 25 15 9 9 11 11 13 13 10 9 9 9 7 7 4 6 6 7 8 6 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 5 15 14 17 16 13 12 13 10 10 10 8 10 12 15 12 13 17 20 -1 -1 0 -4 -5 -10 -15 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. 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: January 8, 2016 CES Highlights Professional and Business Services Employment in professional and business services Professional and business services gained 73,000 jobs in December, following little change in November (+21,000). Administrative and waste services accounted for a majority of the employment gain in December (+59,000). Employment in professional and technical services (+11,000) and in management of companies and enterprises (+3,000) continued to trend up. Dec-15: 73 Prior-12: 50 Over-the-month change and prior average, December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 11 Professional and technical services Prior-3 Prior-6 Prior-12 3 Management of companies and enterprises Professional and business services added 605,000 jobs in 2015, about 100,000 less than in 2014 (+704,000). In 2015, professional and technical services accounted for 46 percent (+279,000) of employment growth followed by administrative and waste services with 45 percent (+272,000) and management of companies and enterprises with 9 percent (+54,000). 59 Administrative and waste services Dec-16 Prior-3 Prior-6 Prior-12 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. Data is preliminary. Employment in temporary help services Dec-15: 34 Prior-12: 7 Over-the-month change, January 2012 - December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 50 42 40 35 33 34 31 The December employment gain in administrative and waste services can be attributed largely to a gain in employment services, which added 42,000 jobs. Within employment services, temporary help services added 34,000 jobs. In 2015, temporary help services added 95,000 jobs, compared to a 174,000-job gain in 2014. 30 24 24 24 21 19 20 16 17 15 11 16 8 7 5 17 16 11 9 10 15 15 15 14 13 14 20 16 14 11 10 11 9 9 6 5 4 2 0 0 -4 -5 -10 -8 -10 -11 -12 -20 -26 -30 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. 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: January 8, 2016 CES Highlights Private Education and Health Services Employment in selected health care industries Over-the-month change, December 2015 Employment in hospitals Health care industries: 39* January 2005–December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 5,200 23 Ambulatory health care services°* 4 5,000 - Offices of physicians 4 4,800 - Outpatient care centers 4 4,600 - Home health care services 12 4,400 Hospitals* 4 Nursing and residential care* -10 -5 0 5 10 15 December 2015 20 25 December 2015 Level: 4,988 OTM Change: 12* 4,200 4,000 Jan-05 30 Prior 12-month average Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Jan-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. Data are preliminary. ˚Includes additional component industries not shown separately. * denotes significance. Employment in education and health services grew by 59,000 in December, following a 50,000 gain in November. Within education and health care services, health care added 39,000 jobs over the month, while employment in educational services (+7,000) and social assistance (+13,000) continued to trend up. NAICS 622—Hospitals Hospitals added 12,000 jobs in December. Employment in the industry increased by 172,000 in 2015, accounting for 36 percent of the jobs added in all of in health care over the same period. In 2015, health care employment rose by 475,000, followed by gains of 117,000 in social assistance and 64,000 in private education. 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: January 8, 2016 CES Highlights Leisure and Hospitality Leisure and hospitality employment continued to trend up in December (+29,000). In 2015, this industry added 419,000 jobs, a gain of 2.8 percent. Employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up in December (+37,000). In 2015, food services and drinking places accounted for 85 percent of job gains in leisure and hospitality. Employment in food services and drinking places Over-the-month change, January 2012–December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 31 31 34 34 26 20 22 25 27 37 46 55 39 20 27 33 38 32 28 32 17 20 14 28 25 15 6 5 6 10 12 20 39 45 47 38 34 40 37 33 44 46 43 40 33 40 56 60 60 64 80 -9 0 -20 -40 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2016. 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: January 8, 2016 CES Highlights Other Services Employment in other services changed little (+11,000) in December. Over the year, other services added 68,000 jobs to payrolls. Employment in other services January 2005–December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 5,800 5,700 December 2015 Level: 5,679 OTM Change: 11 5,600 5,500 5,400 5,300 5,200 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Jan-15 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 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: January 8, 2016 CES Highlights Government Employment in government January 2005–December 2015 Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 23,400 23,200 December 2015 Level: 22,001 OTM Change: 17 23,000 Government employment changed little in December (+17,000). Employment at the federal, state, and local levels remained flat over the month. Government added 99,000 jobs in 2015, with over half of the gain occurring in local government, excluding education (+56,000). 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, January 08, 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 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 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