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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 122,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 666,000 individual worksites.

Notices

CES Benchmark Announcement — Revisions to total nonfarm employment Read More »
Notice of Publication Changes with the Release of Data on February 3, 2023 Read More »
Update to the 2022 North American Industry Classification System on February 3, 2023 Read More »

Charts

Employment change by industry with confidence intervals, February 2023, 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	311	131.5	1,054	207.3	2,018	285.4	4,340	377.5
Total private	265	122.7	883	193.5	1,754	263.1	3,927	346.7
Goods-producing	20	38.5	107	59.4	249	81.7	626	118.8
Service providing	291	124.2	947	198.7	1,769	272.9	3,714	358.6
Mining and logging	0	5.5	7	13.3	20	22.5	48	30.1
Construction	24	24.6	85	39.8	137	55.3	249	76.4
Manufacturing	-4	27.2	15	40.1	92	55.4	329	85.6
Wholesale trade	11.1	16.2	29.6	31.9	53.3	42.6	166.8	53.3
Retail trade	50.1	24.6	110.7	38.7	48.4	64.9	-2.3	85.5
Transportation and warehousing	-21.5	18.2	-4.9	28.5	-12.4	45.0	136.4	60.8
Utilities	-1.1	2.7	-3.9	6.0	-3.4	9.3	0.9	15.6
Information	-25	21.7	-54	56.0	-35	80.7	83	99.8
Financial activities	-1	17.6	8	28.7	39	46.9	123	64.1
Professional and business services	45	57.3	121	88.8	205	116.4	606	154.6
Private education and health services	74	48.2	252	73.1	512	95.0	1,012	126.1
Leisure and hospitality	105	62.1	277	94.5	600	134.1	999	179.9
Other services	9	23.9	41	35.2	99	51.0	177	64.0
Government	46	47.2	171	74.2	264	110.5	413	149.4
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

Payroll employment rises by 311,000 in February; unemployment rate edges up to 3.6%

03/10/2023

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 311,000 in February, and the unemployment rate edged up to 3.6 percent. Notable job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, retail trade, government, and health care. Employment declined in information and in transportation and warehousing.
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Real average hourly earnings for all employees decrease 0.1% in February

03/14/2023

Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.1 percent in February, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.2 percent, and CPI-U increased 0.4 percent. Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.4 percent.
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Next Release

The Employment Situation for March 2023 is scheduled to be released on April 7, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

Real Earnings for March 2023 is scheduled to be released on April 12, 2023, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

The Economics Daily

Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 517,000 in January 2023

Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 517,000 in January 2023. Job growth was widespread in January, led by gains in leisure and hospitality (+128,000), professional and business services (+82,000), and health care (+58,000). Employment also increased in government, partially reflecting the return of university workers from a strike. read more »

Monthly Labor Review

Employment recovery continues in 2021, with some industries reaching or exceeding their prepandemic employment levels

Total nonfarm employment in the United States continued to recover in 2021, with some industries fully recovering and subsequently expanding amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. read more »

Handbook Of Methods

Current Employment Statistics Overview

How did the 2020 census affect employment?

Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a full count of the entire population of the United States, as mandated by the U.S. Constitution. To achieve this mission, the Census Bureau hires hundreds of thousands of temporary workers. These workers are reflected in the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey employment estimates. read more »

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Latest Numbers

Change in Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment: +311,000(p) in Feb 2023

Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees: +$0.08(p) in Feb 2023

Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees: -0.1(p) in Feb 2023

Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees: -0.1%(p) in Feb 2023

Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees: -0.2(p) in Feb 2023

Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees: -0.1(p) in Feb 2023

Change in Total Private Real Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees: -$0.01(p) in Feb 2023