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Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 155,000 in December. Employment increased in health care, food services and drinking places, construction, and manufacturing.
Month | Employment change |
---|---|
Jan 2011 | 110,000 |
Feb 2011 | 220,000 |
Mar 2011 | 246,000 |
Apr 2011 | 251,000 |
May 2011 | 54,000 |
Jun 2011 | 84,000 |
Jul 2011 | 96,000 |
Aug 2011 | 85,000 |
Sep 2011 | 202,000 |
Oct 2011 | 112,000 |
Nov 2011 | 157,000 |
Dec 2011 | 223,000 |
Jan 2012 | 275,000 |
Feb 2012 | 259,000 |
Mar 2012 | 143,000 |
Apr 2012 | 68,000 |
May 2012 | 87,000 |
Jun 2012 | 45,000 |
Jul 2012 | 181,000 |
Aug 2012 | 192,000 |
Sep 2012 | 132,000 |
Oct 2012 | 137,000 |
Nov 2012 | (p)161,000 |
Dec 2012 | (p)155,000 |
Footnotes: |
In 2012, employment growth averaged 153,000 per month, the same as the average monthly gain for 2011.
Industry | Employment change(p) |
---|---|
Health care | 44,500 |
Construction | 30,000 |
Manufacturing | 25,000 |
Professional and business services | 19,000 |
Educational services | 10,300 |
Financial activities | 9,000 |
State government | 4,000 |
Federal government | -3,000 |
Information | -9,000 |
Retail trade | -11,300 |
Footnotes: |
Health care employment continued to expand in December (+45,000). In 2012, health care employment rose by 338,000.
Construction added 30,000 jobs in December, led by employment increases in construction of buildings (+13,000) and in residential specialty trade contractors (+12,000).
In December, manufacturing employment rose by 25,000, with small gains in a number of component industries. In 2012, factory employment increased by 180,000; most of the growth occurred during the first quarter.
Employment in retail trade changed little in December (-11,300), after increasing by 143,000 over the prior 3 months. Within the industry, employment in clothing and accessories stores fell by 19,000, following gains that totaled 55,000 over the prior 3 months. Elsewhere in retail trade, employment in automobile dealers and in food and beverage stores continued to trend up in December.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics program and are seasonally adjusted. Employment data for the most recent two months are preliminary. To learn more, see "The Employment Situation — December 2012," (HTML) (PDF) news release USDL-13-0001. More charts featuring employment data can be found in Current Employment Statistics Highlights: December 2012 (PDF).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employment in December 2012 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2013/ted_20130107.htm (visited December 05, 2024).