Employment Situation Summary Table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category May
2012
Mar.
2013
Apr.
2013(p)
May
2013(p)

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

Total nonfarm

125 142 149 175

Total private

152 154 157 178

Goods-producing

-12 14 -15 -1

Mining and logging

3 2 -4 0

Construction

-21 16 -2 7

Manufacturing

6 -4 -9 -8

Durable goods(1)

7 1 -2 -2

Motor vehicles and parts

3.8 2.8 -2.7 2.4

Nondurable goods

-1 -5 -7 -6

Private service-providing(1)

164 140 172 179

Wholesale trade

12.7 3.4 3.9 7.9

Retail trade

9.4 -2.8 19.9 27.7

Transportation and warehousing

30.3 -4.1 5.9 -3.9

Information

2 3 -7 3

Financial activities

14 6 9 4

Professional and business services(1)

37 59 60 57

Temporary help services

13.4 19.5 26.4 25.6

Education and health services(1)

47 48 37 26

Health care and social assistance

36.6 24.7 32.3 11.8

Leisure and hospitality

4 31 39 43

Other services

6 -3 3 13

Government

-27 -12 -8 -3

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

Total nonfarm women employees

49.4 49.3 49.4 49.4

Total private women employees

47.9 47.8 47.9 47.9

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

82.6 82.6 82.6 82.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

34.4 34.6 34.5 34.5

Average hourly earnings

$23.43 $23.83 $23.88 $23.89

Average weekly earnings

$805.99 $824.52 $823.86 $824.21

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3)

96.2 98.3 98.2 98.3

Over-the-month percent change

-0.1 0.4 -0.1 0.1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4)

107.5 111.7 111.8 112.0

Over-the-month percent change

-0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2

HOURS AND EARNINGS
PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

33.7 33.8 33.7 33.8

Average hourly earnings

$19.70 $20.04 $20.07 $20.08

Average weekly earnings

$663.89 $677.35 $676.36 $678.70

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)

103.7 105.7 105.5 106.0

Over-the-month percent change

0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.5

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)(4)

136.4 141.4 141.4 142.2

Over-the-month percent change

0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6

DIFFUSION INDEX(5)
(Over 1-month span)

Total private (266 industries)

63.5 57.0 55.6 59.8

Manufacturing (81 industries)

55.6 50.6 45.1 45.7

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.
(p) Preliminary

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Last Modified Date: June 07, 2013