Current Employment Statistics Highlights

Current Employment Statistics Highlights
Detailed Industry Employment Analysis
Contents Current Employment Statistics

Summary
Mining & Logging
Highlights
Construction
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities
Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
November 2013
Government
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch
Current Employment Statistics Survey
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
202-691-6555
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CES Highlights Release Date: December 6, 2013
Current Employment Statistics Survey, November 2013
Total nonfarm: + 203,000

Employment in total nonfarm
Total private: + 196,000
Over-the-month change, January 2009–November 2013
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 800
203,000 in November. Over the prior 12
months, job growth had averaged 195,000 per
521
600
month. In November, job gains occurred in
332
400
311
304
transportation and warehousing, health care,
271
238
230
229
228
247
219
209
225
205
205
203
200
199
196
176
175
174
172
166
165
160
154
153
148
and manufacturing.
144
142
138
132
125
200
112
115
95
89
87
78
69
0
The change in total nonfarm employment
-13
-21
-37
-40
-43
for September was revised up by 12,000 (from
-86
-200
-130
-170
+163,000 to +175,000), and the employment
-210
-220
-233
-400
change for October was revised down by 4,000
-351
-352
(from +204,000 to +200,000).
-472
-600
-695
-704
Average hourly earnings of all private- -800
-794
-830
sector employees increased 4 cents over the -1,000
month, following a 2-cent gain in October.
Hourly earnings are up 2.0 percent over the -1,200
Jan-09 Jul-09 Jan-10 Jul-10 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13
year. Average weekly hours increased by 0.1
hour in November to 34.5 hours. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 06, 2013.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
+ 31,000 Transportation and warehousing

+ 40,000 Education and health care ambulatory care, nursing care facilities cut
Following little change in October (+3,000), 4,000 jobs, and hospital employment remained
employment in transportation and warehousing Employment rose by 28,000 in health care essentially unchanged over the month.
rose in November. Couriers and messenger in November. Job gains were concentrated in
services, trucking, warehousing and storage ambulatory care, including 12,000 in home
and air transportation added jobs over the health care. In contrast to the strength in
month.
Private
Trade: Transp., Professional
Mining & Financial Education Leisure & Other
Summary Construction Manufacturing Wholesale Warehousing Information & Business Government
Logging Activities & Health Hospitality Services
Retail & Utilities Services
Services
+ 27,000 Manufacturing Employment in total nonfarm

Over-the-month change, November 2013 Total nonfarm:
Manufacturing added 27,000 jobs in Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
203*
November, following modest job gains

0 Mining and logging
averaging 13,000 over the prior 3 months.
17 Construction
Durable goods industries have accounted for
27 Manufacturing*
most of the job gains over the past 4 months.
6.8 Wholesale trade
In November, motor vehicles and parts
22.3 Retail trade
contributed 7,000 to payroll employment.
30.5 Transportation and warehousing*
0.9 Utilities
The factory workweek for all employees
-1 Information
edged up 0.1 hour to 41.0 hours in November,
-3 Financial activities
and average overtime hours notched up by 0.1
35 Professional and business services
hour.
40 Education and health services*
17 Leisure and hospitality
+ 35,000 Professional and business services
4 Other services
7 Government
Employment continued to trend up in
-20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50
professional and business services in
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, December 06, 2013.
November. Job growth in the industry had Data are preliminary.
averaged 55,000 per month for the year ending * denotes significance.
in October.
+ 22,000 Retail trade + 17,000 Construction
Retail trade employment continued to trend Employment in construction continued to

up in November. General merchandise stores; trend up in November. Over the prior 12
sporting good, hobby, book, and music stores; months, job growth had averaged 15,000 per
and auto dealers added jobs. Over the prior 12 month.
months, retail employment had risen by an
average of 31,000 per month.
Private
Services
+ 17,000 Leisure and hospitality
Within leisure and hospitality, food services

employment continued to trend up in
November (+18,000). Job growth in food
services had averaged 28,000 over the prior 12
months.
+ 7,000 Government
Government employment changed little in

November. However, the Federal government
continued to cut payroll employment (-7,000).
Since a peak in March 2011, Federal
government employment has declined by
172,000. The U.S. Postal Service accounted
for 57,000 of the loss.
Private
Services
Mining & Logging
In November, mining and logging

Employment in mining employment was unchanged. Mining
employment changed little (-2,000) after
Over-the-month change, January 2009–November 2013 trending up over the prior 6 months.
25 Three related indicators provide
20 supporting evidence for November
employment. The U.S. Energy
14
14
15 Information Administration reported the
12
12
11
WTI Crude Oil price fell from $102.17 to
10
10
10
9
9
9
8 $93.80 per barrel, crude oil stocks rose
7
7
7
7
6
5
5
5
from 374.5 to 388.5 million barrels, and

5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
refinery capacity utilization fell from
1
1
1
0
87.9 to 87.8 percent.
0
-1
-2
-2
-2
-5
-3
-4
-4
-4
-6
-7
-10
-8
-8
-9
-15
-14
-17
-17
-20
-18
-25
-30
Private
Services
Construction
Employment in construction edged up in November (+17,000),

Employment in construction bringing the current 6-month net change to 60,000. Since reaching
Over-the-month change, January 2009–November 2013 an employment trough in January 2011, the industry has added
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands 416,000 jobs.
100
48
43
50
38
35
37
27
24
22
20
24
17
17
17
17
16
16
15
12
12
12
10
7
7
6
5
3
3
3
2
1
0
-1
-1
-4
-4
-4
-7
-7
-15
-15
-20
-21
-27
-29
-31
-50 -33
-43
-46
-59
-61
-66
-69
-77
-80
-100
-95
-101
-150
-142
-147
-162
-200
-250
Private
Services
Manufacturing
In November, manufacturing added

Employment in manufacturing 27,000 jobs, following 3 months of
modest employment growth. The
Over-the-month change, January 2009–November 2013 November payroll increase occurred in
150 both durable goods (+17,000) and
nondurable goods (+10,000).
100
The 1-month diffusion index of
44
40
38
50 manufacturing employment rose from
34
34
31
29
28
27
25
23
23
22
22
20
19
16
15
14
13
13
13
10
56.8 in October to 63.0 in November, the
9
8
8
8
6
6
1
7
0
2
0
highest reading since March 2012. The
-1
-4
-5
-7
-7
-10
-11
-14
-17
-18
-50 diffusion index measures the dispersion
-32
-36
-36
-37
-47
of employment change in manufacturing,

-62
-100
with a value above 50 indicating that
-150 more manufacturing industries are
-145
adding jobs than losing them. November

-164
-170
-173
-200
-183
marks the fourth consecutive month the

-250 index registered above 50.
-300
-295
-350
-400
Private
Services
Manufacturing
In November, the manufacturing

Average weekly hours, manufacturing workweek for all employees increased
0.1 hour to 41.0 hours, the longest
January 2000–November 2013 recorded workweek since the series
Seasonally adjusted inception in March 2006. Similarly, the
42.5
factory workweek for production
42.0
Production employees employees increased 0.1 hour to 42.0
Level: 42 hours, the longest factory workweek
41.5 Change: 0.1 since July 1945.
41.0 Recent manufacturing-related

indicators have been mixed. In
40.5 November, the Institute for Supply
Management PMI (a measure of the
40.0 manufacturing sector’s economic
activity) registered at 57.3, the sixth
39.5
consecutive month that economic activity
All employees
39.0 Level: 41 expanded. In October, the U.S. Census
Change: 0.1 Bureau reported that new orders of
38.5 durable goods fell 2.0 percent and
durables inventories increased 0.3
38.0 percent.
Jan-00 Jan-02 Jan-04 Jan-06 Jan-08 Jan-10 Jan-12
Shaded areas represent recessions as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Private
Services
Manufacturing
NAICS 3361, 3362, and 3363

Employment in motor vehicles and parts combined – Motor vehicles and parts
January 2000–November 2013 Motor vehicles and parts employment
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands increased by 7,000 in November. Over
1,600
the past 12 months, the industry has
added 42,000 jobs.
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
November 2013 Level: 827

600 OTM Change: 7
400
Private
Services
Wholesale Trade
Employment in wholesale trade

Employment in wholesale trade changed little in November (7,000). All
three component industries were little
January 2000–November 2013 changed.
6,200
Since reaching an employment trough
November 2013 Level: 5,790 in May 2010, wholesale trade has gained
OTM Change: 7 351,000 jobs. However, employment in
6,000 the industry is still 252,000 shy of its
most recent peak in November 2007.
5,800
5,600
5,400
5,200
Private
Services
Retail Trade
Retail trade employment continued to trend

Employment in retail trade up in November. So far in 2013, the industry
has added 316,000 jobs. November’s gains
January 2000–November 2013 were concentrated in motor vehicle and parts
16,000 dealers (+9,000), sporting goods, hobby, book,
and music stores (+12,000), and general
15,800 merchandise stores (+14,000).
15,600 Recent retail-related indicators have been
mixed. As shown by Census Bureau data, retail
15,400
sales for October increased by 0.4 percent and
15,200 were up 3.9 percent over the year. Automotive
sales, as measured by MotorIntelligence, rose
15,000
to an annualized 16.4 million vehicles, after 2
14,800 months of declines. According to the U.S.
Energy Information Administration, the per-
14,600 gallon price of gasoline in November was down
November 2013 Level: 15,321 13 cents from October levels. Finally, the
14,400 OTM Change: 22 Conference Board notes that the Consumer
14,200 Confidence Index decreased by 2 points in
November.
14,000
Private
Services
Retail Trade
Employment in motor vehicles and parts dealers NAICS 441 – Motor vehicle and parts dealers
January 2000–November 2013 In November, motor vehicle and parts dealers employment increased
2,000 by 9,000, continuing its upward trend. This industry has added 51,000
1,950 November 2013 Level: 1,799 jobs so far in 2013, generally aligning with strong growth in
OTM Change: 9
1,900 automotive sales.
1,850
NAICS 451 – Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
1,800
Employment in sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores
1,750
increased in November by 12,000, following an increase of 10,000 in
1,700
October. November’s gain was concentrated in hobby, toy, and game
1,650
stores and is likely attributable to the holiday build-up.
1,600
1,550
Holiday-related employment build-up
1,500
November is traditionally the month with the largest holiday
Jan-00 Jan-02 Jan-04 Jan-06 Jan-08 Jan-10 Jan-12 employment build-up. On a not seasonally adjusted basis, November
2013 is very similar to the build-up seen in November 2012.
Employment in sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

20
15
12
11
10
10
10
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-1
-1
-1
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-3
-3
-5
-3
-3
-3
-4
-4
-4
-4
-5
-5
-7
-7
-10
-9
-11
-15
-20
-21
-25
-30
Private
Services
Transportation and Warehousing
Employment in transportation Employment in selected transportation industries Transportation

industries:
Over-the-month change, January 2009–November 2013 Over-the-month change, November 2013 31*
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
60
3
Air transportation*
0
37
40
35
31
30
8
Truck transportation*
21
20
18
18
18
17
17
20 0
15
14
14
14
13
12
11
10
10
10
10
9
9
8
7
6
6
7
4
4
3
4
2
1
0 Transit and ground passenger transportation
0
-2
-3
-3
-4
-5
-5
-6
-7
-8
-12
-12
-14
-20
-15
1
-17
-18
Support activities for transportation
-22
-23
-26
1
-29
-32
-34
-40
9
-46
Couriers and messengers*

-60 3
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12
-80
November 2013 Prior 6-month average
Data are preliminary.
* denotes significance.
In November, employment in transportation and warehousing NAICS 484 – Truck Transportation

expanded by 31,000, following essentially no change in October (+3,000).
Over the past 12 months, the industry added 76,000 jobs. Truck transportation added 8,000 jobs in November. Since the most
recent employment trough in March 2010, the industry has added 161,000
NAICS 481 – Air Transportation jobs.
The air transportation industry added 3,000 jobs in November, the NAICS 492 – Couriers and Messengers
largest positive over-the-month change since February 2008.
In November, employment in couriers and messengers increased by
9,000, following an increase of 4,000 in October. Since May, the industry
has added 24,000 jobs.
Private
Services
In
Utilities
In November, employment in utilities was little changed

Employment in utilities (+1,000). The industry has added 8,000 jobs since reaching an
January 2000–November 2013 employment trough in September 2010.
620
November 2013 Level: 558

OTM Change: 1
600
580
560
540
520
Private
Services
Information
Employment in information was

Employment in information essentially unchanged in November.
Although it has shown some volatility in
recent over-the-month changes,
60 information employment has shown no
change, on net, since January 2011.
42
40
18
20
14
12
11
9
8
5
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
-1
-1
-1
-2
-2
-2
-3
-4
-4
-4
-4
-5
-6
-6
-6
-7
-7
-9
-9
-9
-10
-10
-11
-12
-12
-12
-12
-13
-13
-20
-14
-14
-21
-23
-28
-31
-40 -45
-60
-80
Private
Services
Financial Activities
Financial activities employment

Employment in selected financial activities Financial changed little in November (-3,000).
activities:
Over-the-month change, November 2013 -3 Credit intermediation and related
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands activities lost 9,000 jobs. This loss was
-9 partially offset by a gain in insurance
Credit intermediation * carriers and related activities (+6,000).
-3
Employment in other financial activities
-3 components changed little.
- Commercial banking*
-3 Financial activities employment has
shown zero net change since July.
-2
Securities and commodities
1
6
Insurance carriers and related activities
4
2
Real estate and rental and leasing
4
-14 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10

˚Includes additional component industries not shown separately.
Private
Services
Professional and Business Services
Professional and business services

Employment in professional and business services employment continued to trend up in
November (+35,000). So far in 2013, the
January 2000–November 2013 industry has gained 608,000 jobs.
19,500 Employment in most of the component
industries experienced growth during this
November 2013 Level: 18,760
19,000 period.
OTM Change: 35
18,500 In November, the employment change
in professional and technical services
18,000 (+18,000) comprised small movements
spread throughout the component
17,500
industries. Employment in management
17,000 of companies and enterprises remained
relatively flat (+2,000). Administrative
16,500 and waste services employment
continued to trend up (+15,000); the
16,000
change can be attributed to temporary
help services.
15,500
15,000
Private
Services
Private Education and Health Services
Employment in education and health services Employment in selected health care industries Health care
industries:
Over-the-month change, January 2009–November 2013 Over-the-month change, November 2013 28*
Seasonally adjusted, in thousands Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
100
26
Ambulatory health care services *
15
80
7
69
- Offices of physicians
4
59
58
57
57
60
56
52
4
49
48
47
46
- Outpatient care centers
45
43
43
41
4
40
40
40
40
40
36
36
36
36
35
35
34
33
32
31
30
30
12
28
26
26
26
- Home health care services*
24
23
22
22
20
20
20
6
19
19
18
18
18
17
17
20
16
15
14
14
12
1
8
6
Hospitals
1
0 0
-1
-3
1
Nursing and residential care
-20 2
-10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
-40
Jan-09 Jul-09 Jan-10 Jul-10 Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 November 2013 Prior 6-month average
˚Includes additional component industries not shown separately.
Education and health services added 40,000 jobs in November. NAICS 621 - Ambulatory Health Care Services
Health care employment continued to be the largest contributor to
growth, adding 28,000 jobs over the month. Employment in educational In November, ambulatory health care services added 26,000 jobs.
services (+11,000) and in social assistance (+1,000) changed little. Home health care employment rose by 12,000 over the month,
accounting for nearly half of the gain. Home health care employment
Health care has added an average of 19,000 jobs per month so far in growth has increased by an average of 7,000 per month in 2013,
2013, compared to an average of 27,000 jobs added per month in 2012. compared to 6,000 and 4,000 jobs per month in 2012 and 2011,
Within health care, hospitals have averaged 1,000 jobs added per month respectively.
in 2013, compared to 6,000 jobs added per month in 2012.
Offices of physicians added 7,000 jobs in November. The rest of the
component industries within ambulatory health care showed modest
over-the-month employment increases.
Private
Services
Leisure and Hospitality
Employment in leisure and hospitality

Employment in leisure and hospitality edged up in November (+17,000),
following a gain of 49,000 jobs in
January 2000–November 2013 October. In the past 12 months, this
15,000 industry has added 422,000 jobs, which
accounts for over 18 percent of the job
14,500 growth seen in total nonfarm over the
same period.
14,000
13,500
13,000
12,500
12,000 November 2013 Level: 14,283

OTM Change: 17
11,500
11,000
Private
Services
Other Services
Employment in other services

changed little in November, with no
component industry experiencing a
significant employment change. This
industry had lost 225,000 jobs between
April 2008 and June 2010 and, since
then, has recovered 184,000 jobs.
Personal and laundry services accounted
for the majority of jobs regained.
Private
Services
Government
Employment in selected government Government: Government employment changed little in November (+7,000).
Over-the-month change, November 2013 7
-4
NAICS 91 – Federal government
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
-8
-2
Federal government employment continued to trend down in
-2
U.S. Postal Service
November. Within the industry, U.S. Postal Service employment edged
6
State government education
down over the month (-2,000). Federal, except U.S. Postal Service
0
employment also continued to trend downward (-4,000). Since its most
2
State government, excluding education recent employment peak in March 2011, the federal government has
1
4
shed 172,000 jobs, a 6-percent decline.
Local government education
5
1
Local government, excluding education
1
-12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10

Employment in government, federal

January 2000–November 2013
3,600
November 2013 Level: 2,706

3,400 OTM Change: -7
3,200
3,000
2,800
2,600
2,400
Private
Services
Current Employment Statistics Highlights
Detailed Industry Employment Analysis
CES Analysts
Richa Ajmera
Megan Barker
John Coughlan
Steve Crestol
John Eddlemon
Lyda Ghanbari
Mike McCall
John Mullins
Edward Park
Sutton Puglia
Kara Sullivan
Parth Tikiwala
Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch

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Contents Current Employment Statistics

Current Employment Statistics Survey, November 2013

Total nonfarm: + 203,000

month. In November, job gains occurred in

+ 31,000 Transportation and warehousing

Current Employment Statistics Survey, November 2013

+ 27,000 Manufacturing Employment in total nonfarm

November, following modest job gains

+ 22,000 Retail trade + 17,000 Construction

Retail trade employment continued to trend Employment in construction continued to

Current Employment Statistics Survey, November 2013

+ 17,000 Leisure and hospitality

Within leisure and hospitality, food services

Government employment changed little in

Mining & Logging

In November, mining and logging

from 374.5 to 388.5 million barrels, and

Employment in construction edged up in November (+17,000),

In November, manufacturing added

of employment change in manufacturing,

adding jobs than losing them. November

marks the fourth consecutive month the

In November, the manufacturing

41.0 Recent manufacturing-related

NAICS 3361, 3362, and 3363

November 2013 Level: 827

Employment in wholesale trade

Retail trade employment continued to trend

Employment in sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores

Over-the-month change, January 2009–November 2013

Transportation and Warehousing

Employment in transportation Employment in selected transportation industries Transportation

Support activities for transportation

Couriers and messengers*

In November, employment in transportation and warehousing NAICS 484 – Truck Transportation

In November, employment in utilities was little changed

November 2013 Level: 558

Employment in information was

Financial activities employment

-14 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10

November 2013 Prior 6-month average

Professional and Business Services

Professional and business services

Private Education and Health Services

Leisure and Hospitality

Employment in leisure and hospitality

12,000 November 2013 Level: 14,283

Employment in other services

Seasonally adjusted, in thousands

November 2013 Prior 6-month average

Employment in government, federal

November 2013 Level: 2,706

Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch

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