| Employment by industry, February 2016 and February 2017, seasonally adjusted |
| INDUSTRY |
Employment, Feb 2016 |
Employment, Feb 2017 |
Over-the-year change |
Percentage change |
| Total non-farm |
143,448,000 |
145,798,000 |
2,350,000 |
1.64% |
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| PRIVATE |
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| Goods-producing category— |
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| Mining and logging |
710,000 |
680,000 |
-30,000 |
-4.23% |
| Construction |
6,662,000 |
6,881,000 |
219,000 |
3.29% |
| Manufacturing |
12,375,000 |
12,382,000 |
7,000 |
0.06% |
| Total goods-producing: |
19,747,000 |
19,943,000 |
196,000 |
0.99% |
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| Service-providing category— |
101,571,000 |
103,531,000 |
1,960,000 |
1.93% |
| Wholesale trade |
5,854,000 |
5,904,200 |
50,200 |
0.86% |
| Retail trade |
15,766,500 |
15,894,900 |
128,400 |
0.81% |
| Transportation and warehousing |
4,945,600 |
5,046,600 |
101,000 |
2.04% |
| Utilities |
556,900 |
555,300 |
-1,600 |
-0.29% |
| Information |
2,773,000 |
2,759,000 |
-14,000 |
-0.50% |
| Financial activities |
8,213,000 |
8,403,000 |
190,000 |
2.31% |
| Professional and business services |
19,902,000 |
20,499,000 |
597,000 |
3.00% |
| Education and health services |
22,408,000 |
22,954,000 |
546,000 |
2.44% |
| Leisure and hospitality |
15,488,000 |
15,794,000 |
306,000 |
1.98% |
| Other services |
5,664,000 |
5,721,000 |
57,000 |
1.01% |
| Total Private service-providing: |
101,571,000 |
103,531,000 |
1,960,000 |
1.93% |
| Total private (goods+service): |
121,318,000 |
123,474,000 |
2,156,000 |
1.78% |
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| GOVERNMENT |
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| Federal |
2,777,000 |
2,825,000 |
48,000 |
1.73% |
| State |
5,084,000 |
5,086,000 |
2,000 |
0.04% |
| Local |
14,269,000 |
14,413,000 |
144,000 |
1.01% |
| Total Government: |
22,130,000 |
22,324,000 |
194,000 |
0.88% |
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