ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category Apr.
2012		 May
2012		 June
2012		 July
2012		 Aug.
2012		 Sept.
2012		 Oct.
2012		 Nov.
2012		 Dec.
2012		 Jan.
2013		 Feb.
2013		 Mar.
2013(p)		 Apr.
2013(p)

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY
(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

 112 125 87 153 165 138 160 247 219 148 332 138 165

Total private

 120 152 78 177 131 118 217 256 224 164 319 154 176

Goods-producing

 6 -12 14 26 -14 -17 16 43 58 41 75 15 -9

Mining and logging

 0 3 -2 -1 -3 -2 -6 12 7 3 4 0 -3

Construction

 -4 -21 7 5 3 3 16 24 38 24 48 13 -6

Manufacturing

 10 6 9 22 -14 -18 6 7 13 14 23 2 0

Durable goods(1)

 8 7 9 20 -14 -17 1 17 11 5 12 7 1

Motor vehicles and parts

 1.0 3.8 5.8 12.0 -6.6 -3.0 -3.6 9.7 1.4 1.7 6.4 4.1 2.4

Nondurable goods

 2 -1 0 2 0 -1 5 -10 2 9 11 -5 -1

Private service-providing(1)

 114 164 64 151 145 135 201 213 166 123 244 139 185

Wholesale trade

 13.2 12.7 8.9 10.1 6.5 -1.0 7.8 9.8 6.5 13.7 4.7 2.9 4.1

Retail trade

 30.4 9.4 -3.1 3.1 11.2 26.1 52.1 69.6 6.2 22.4 25.8 -3.9 29.3

Transportation and warehousing

 -15.1 30.3 -2.5 11.3 9.3 4.3 13.7 20.2 34.8 -22.2 -5.3 -6.7 4.2

Utilities

 -0.2 0.8 1.1 -6.3 7.7 0.4 -0.3 -2.1 0.6 0.6 0.0 -0.6 -0.2

Information

 0 2 -6 9 -2 -12 1 14 -9 4 18 2 -9

Financial activities

 5 14 6 0 7 11 11 5 9 7 15 5 9

Professional and business services(1)

 45 37 35 52 29 15 53 55 35 46 93 64 73

Temporary help services

 14.7 13.4 20.5 15.3 4.4 -12.6 9.0 26.5 12.3 11.6 27.5 25.5 30.8

Education and health services(1)

 22 47 6 35 32 49 34 14 36 15 31 46 28

Health care and social assistance

 20.7 36.6 11.7 25.5 26.4 40.7 37.4 30.2 42.9 16.5 37.0 26.5 26.1

Leisure and hospitality

 14 4 14 27 45 30 22 21 40 31 63 38 43

Other services

 0 6 5 10 -1 12 7 7 6 6 -1 -8 4

Government

 -8 -27 9 -24 34 20 -57 -9 -5 -16 13 -16 -11

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND
NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES(2)
AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES

Total nonfarm women employees

 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.3 49.4 49.3 49.3 49.3

Total private women employees

 47.8 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.8 47.8 47.9

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.7 82.7 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

 34.5 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.5 34.3 34.4 34.5 34.4 34.5 34.6 34.4

Average hourly earnings

 $23.42 $23.43 $23.50 $23.54 $23.53 $23.60 $23.58 $23.67 $23.75 $23.78 $23.82 $23.83 $23.87

Average weekly earnings

 $807.99 $805.99 $808.40 $809.78 $809.43 $814.20 $808.79 $814.25 $819.38 $818.03 $821.79 $824.52 $821.13

Index of aggregate weekly hours(3)

 96.3 96.2 96.2 96.4 96.5 96.9 96.5 97.0 97.5 97.4 97.9 98.3 97.9

Over-the-month percent change

 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.4 -0.4 0.5 0.5 -0.1 0.5 0.4 -0.4

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(4)

 107.6 107.5 107.9 108.2 108.3 109.0 108.5 109.5 110.4 110.4 111.2 111.7 111.5

Over-the-month percent change

 0.2 -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.6 -0.5 0.9 0.8 0.0 0.7 0.4 -0.2

HOURS AND EARNINGS
PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY
EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.6 33.7 33.6 33.7 33.7 33.6 33.8 33.8 33.7

Average hourly earnings

 $19.72 $19.70 $19.75 $19.77 $19.76 $19.80 $19.82 $19.88 $19.93 $19.98 $20.03 $20.04 $20.06

Average weekly earnings

 $664.56 $663.89 $665.58 $666.25 $663.94 $667.26 $665.95 $669.96 $671.64 $671.33 $677.01 $677.35 $676.02

Index of aggregate weekly hours(3)

 103.6 103.7 103.8 104.0 103.8 104.2 104.2 104.7 104.9 104.7 105.6 105.7 105.5

Over-the-month percent change

 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.2 -0.2 0.9 0.1 -0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(4)

 136.4 136.4 136.9 137.2 137.0 137.8 137.9 138.9 139.6 139.7 141.2 141.4 141.3

Over-the-month percent change

 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.2 -0.1 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.1 1.1 0.1 -0.1

DIFFUSION INDEXES(5)

Total Private

Over 1-month span

 58.3 63.5 57.3 56.0 51.7 55.6 64.8 63.9 65.2 63.0 61.7 56.2 53.9

Over 3-month span

 66.5 67.5 61.7 62.2 60.2 57.3 60.7 64.5 69.9 66.9 68.2 65.8 63.2

Over 6-month span

 75.9 74.1 71.8 66.5 64.5 59.4 63.3 64.7 69.2 69.0 70.7 72.6 68.2

Over 12-month span

 76.7 76.9 73.9 74.2 74.6 72.9 71.1 73.7 75.6 72.6 73.1 69.5 71.4

Manufacturing

Over 1-month span

 54.9 55.6 50.6 51.2 38.9 42.0 56.2 52.5 58.0 55.6 56.8 51.9 44.4

Over 3-month span

 64.8 66.0 53.1 58.6 49.4 40.7 47.5 51.2 58.0 54.3 55.6 59.9 54.9

Over 6-month span

 63.6 69.1 64.8 59.9 56.2 50.6 46.9 48.1 48.8 48.1 54.3 57.4 54.3

Over 12-month span

 61.7 61.7 59.3 60.5 61.1 57.4 57.4 58.0 58.6 58.6 59.3 57.4 59.9

Footnotes
 (1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
(2) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries.
(3) The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours.
(4) The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average aggregate weekly payrolls.
(5) Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment. Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
(p) Preliminary

 

Last Modified Date: May 3, 2013