Current Employment Statistics Highlights November …...CES Highlights In November, manufacturing employment was essentially unchanged (-4,000), similar to the prior six-month average

November 2016

Release Date: December 2, 2016

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

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Current Employment Statistics Summary, November 2016

CES Highlights


Health care added 28,000 jobs in

November. Ambulatory health care services

accounted for most of the increase (+22,000).

Over the year, health care employment has

expanded by 407,000.

+19,000 Construction

Construction employment continued a

recent upward trend, rising by 59,000 over the

past 3 months. In November, residential

specialty trades added 15,000 jobs, bringing its

3-month gain to 28,000. Employment among

residential builders also continued a positive

trend, rising by 15,000 over 3 months.

Nonfarm payroll employment increased by

178,000 in November. Professional and

business services and health care added jobs.

Average hourly earnings of all employees

on private, nonfarm payrolls declined by 3

cents over the month, following an 11-cent

increase in October. Hourly earnings are up

2.5 percent over the year. Average weekly

hours were unchanged at 34.4 hours.

The employment change for October was

revised down from +161,000 to +142,000, and

the change for September was revised up from

+191,000 to +208,000. Including revisions, job

growth has averaged 176,000 over the past 3

months.

+63,000 Professional and Business Services

Employment rose by 63,000 in professional

and business services in November.

Accounting and bookkeeping services added

18,000 jobs. Employment continued to trend

up in administrative and waste services

(+38,000), computer systems design and

related services (+5,000), and management

and technical consulting (+4,000).

+44,000 Education and Health Services

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Employment in total nonfarmOver-the-month change, January 2013–November 2016Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 02, 2016.Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.

Summary Mining & Logging

Construction Manufacturing Trade:

Wholesale Retail

Transp., Warehousing

& Utilities Information


Professional & Business

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Other Services

Government

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+29,000 Leisure and Hospitality

Employment continued to trend up in food

services and drinking places (+19,000). So far

this year, employment has increased by an

average 19,000 per month, down from an

average 30,000 per month in 2015.

+9,000 Transportation and Warehousing

Over the month, employment continued to

trend up in couriers and messengers (+6,000)

and in warehousing and storage (+3,000). Over

the past 12 months, couriers added 26,000

jobs, while warehousing added 47,000 jobs.

-8,000 Retail Trade

Offsetting movements in retail trade

component industries left employment little

changed in November. Clothing and

accessories stores lost 18,000 jobs over the

month, while health and personal care stores

(+6,000), other general merchandise stores

(+6,000), and nonstore retailers (+8,000)

added jobs.

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Utilities

Transportation and warehousing

Retail trade

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Manufacturing

Construction

Mining and logging

Employment in total nonfarm

November 2016 Prior 12-month average

Over-the-month change, November 2016Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Total nonfarm:178*

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 02, 2016.

Data are preliminary.

* denotes significance

Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, November 2016



Wholesale Retail





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Other Services

Government

Employment in mining changed little in

November (+2,000). Domestic oil-rig

counts increased 5.4 percent in

November. Consistent with recent

improvement in rig counts, mining

employment has leveled off over the

past 3 months, following losses that had

persisted since a peak in September

2014. However, the price of West Texas

Intermediate oil declined 13.5 percent

over the month, reaching $43.39 per

barrel in November.

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Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Government

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Construction employment edged up

by 19,000 in November. Residential

specialty trade contractors (+15,000)

contributed a majority of the industry’s

gain. Over the past 3 months,

construction has added 59,000 jobs,

mostly in the residential industries.

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In November, manufacturing

employment was essentially unchanged

(-4,000), similar to the prior six-month

average change (-6,000).

The 1-month diffusion index declined

1.3 points to 46.8 in November. A value

below 50 indicates that more

manufacturing industries lost jobs than

added them.

Average weekly hours in

manufacturing decreased by 0.2 hour to

40.6 hours for all employees, and by 0.2 hour

to 41.8 hours for production employees.

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Employment in manufacturing


Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.* denotes significance

January 2006–November 2016Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

Manufacturing



Wholesale Retail





Services



Other Services

Government

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Employment in wholesale trade changed little in November

(+3,000). Over the most recent 12 months, the industry has

added 52,000 jobs.

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Employment in wholesale trade

November 2016 Level: 5,950OTM Change: 3





Wholesale Trade



Wholesale Retail





Services



Other Services

Government

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In November, employment in retail trade was essentially unchanged

(-8,000), similar to October (-9,000). Over the 12 months ending in

September, this industry had added an average of 26,000 jobs per month.

Clothing and clothing accessories stores lost 18,000 jobs in November,

following a similar loss in October.

Employment in nonstore retailers, which includes electronic shopping

and electronic auctions, increased by 8,000 in November. E-commerce

sales accounted for 8.4 percent of retail sales during the 3rd quarter, up

from 7.4 percent during the same period in 2015 (Census Bureau). Over

the year, nonstore retailers have added 28,000 jobs to payrolls.

Employment in health and personal care stores increased by 6,000 in

November, after posting an average change of +2,000 over the prior 12

months.

Retail Trade

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Wholesale Retail





Services



Other Services

Government

http://www.census.gov/retail/mrts/www/data/pdf/ec_current.pdf

Employment in transportation and warehousing changed little in

November (+9,000), in line with its prior 3-month average change. Over

the last 12 months, employment in transportation and warehousing has

increased by 61,000, about half the number added in the preceding 12-

month period (+124,000).

Couriers and messengers added 6,000 jobs in November, bringing its

6-month average change to 4,000.

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Utilities employment did not change in

November.

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Release Date: December 2 , 2016

Information employment edged down

in November (-10,000). So far this year,

this industry has seen little net

employment change.

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Employment in financial activities

changed little in November (+6,000), and

job growth has experienced a recent

slowdown, averaging +6,000 over the

most recent 3 months, compared with

an average gain of 14,000 over the 12

months ending in August.

Financial activities has nearly

recovered to its prerecession

employment peak in December 2006–

just 59,000 jobs short of recovery.

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Professional and business services added 63,000 jobs in November. So

far in 2016, the industry has added 511,000 jobs, 29 percent of all jobs

added to total private payrolls.

In November, professional and technical services added 24,000 jobs.

The largest contributor to employment was accounting and bookkeeping

services, which added 18,000 jobs, while scientific research and

development added 3,000 jobs. Employment in computer systems design

and related services (+5,000) and management and technical consulting

services (+4,000) continued their upward trends.

Employment in administrative and waste services also continued to

trend up in November (+38,000). Employment services accounted for

21,000 of the change, including 14,000 in temporary help services.

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Employment in professional and business servicesOver-the-month change vs. prior-month averages, November 2016Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Cuirrent Employment Statistics survey, December 02, 2016.Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes siginifiance.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Cuirrent Employment Statistics survey, December 02, 2016.Most recent data are preliminary. * denotes siginifiance.

Nov-16: 24*Prior-12: 25

Professional and Business Services

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Services



Other Services

Government

Employment in private education and health services increased by 44,000 in November. Job growth has averaged 47,000 per month thus far in 2016, notably weaker than in 2015, which saw job gains averaging 58,000 per month.

Health care added 28,000 jobs in November, near its prior 12-month average of 34,000. Over the month, job gains were spread throughout ambulatory health care services. Employment changes in most health care industries were close to their prior 12-month average changes. However, November’s employment change in hospitals (+6,000) was only half of its prior 12-month average gain.

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Employment in selected health care industries



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Private Education and Health Services

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Services



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Government

Employment in leisure and hospitality

continued its upward trend in November

(+29,000). Year to date, this industry has

added an average of 24,000 jobs per

month, compared to an average

monthly gain of 37,000 in 2015.

Food services and drinking places

employment continued to trend up in

November (+19,000), coinciding with

strength seen in the Consumer

Confidence Index. Despite recent

fluctuations in the index, employment

growth within food services has

remained steady.

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http://www.conference-board.org/data/consumerconfidence.cfm

Employment in other services

changed little in November (+4,000). So

far this year, this industry has added an

average 6,000 jobs per month, about the

same rate observed in 2015.

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Government

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Government employment continued

to trend up in November (+22,000).

Local government, excluding education,

continued its upward trend, while most

other components saw little change in

employment.

So far in 2016, government has added

an average 19,000 jobs per month,

compared to an average 8,000, per

month in 2015. Local government,

excluding education, has accounted for

47 percent of the growth thus far in

2016.

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Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch Current Employment Statistics Survey U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 202-691-6555 Email CES

CES Analysts Michael Calvillo

Tyler Downing

Brittney Forbes

Mike McCall

John Mullins

Michael Osifalujo

Edward Park

Jay Stuart

Julia Wolfe

Current Employment Statistics Highlights

Detailed Industry Employment Analysis

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Current Employment Statistics Highlights November …...CES Highlights In November, manufacturing employment was essentially unchanged (-4,000), similar to the prior six-month average