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In 2014, the professional and business services industry gained 732,000 jobs, an average monthly increase of 61,000 jobs. The gain was the largest among all major industries and represented 25 percent of total nonfarm employment growth.
Year | Total nonfarm | Professional and business services |
---|---|---|
2007 |
1,140,000 | 280,000 |
2008 |
-3,576,000 | -831,000 |
2009 |
-5,087,000 | -745,000 |
2010 |
1,058,000 | 556,000 |
2011 |
2,083,000 | 579,000 |
2012 |
2,236,000 | 555,000 |
2013 |
2,331,000 | 677,000 |
2014(p) |
2,952,000 | 732,000 |
Footnotes: (p) = preliminary. |
In 2010, professional and business services made up more than half the gains in total nonfarm employment. Since 2010, the industry has accounted for at least a quarter of nonfarm employment growth.
Administrative and waste services added 402,000 jobs in 2014. Temporary help services accounted for about one-third of employment in administrative and waste services but 54 percent of the industry’s employment gains in 2014.
Industry | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014(p) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Professional and technical services |
319,100 | -75,700 | -301,600 | 100,300 | 235,700 | 234,600 | 204,000 | 289,000 |
Management of companies and enterprises |
76,400 | -11,500 | -44,200 | 45,200 | 84,600 | 82,100 | 49,100 | 41,000 |
Administrative and waste services |
-116,200 | -743,200 | -399,900 | 411,400 | 258,500 | 238,500 | 423,100 | 402,200 |
Footnotes: (p) = preliminary. |
Professional and technical services, the largest industry within professional and business services, added 289,000 jobs in 2014. Computer systems design and related services added 72,000 jobs. Accounting and bookkeeping services added 54,000 jobs.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics program and are seasonally adjusted. Data for 2014 are preliminary. To learn more, see "The Employment Situation — December 2014" (HTML) (PDF). More charts featuring nonfarm employment data are in Current Employment Statistics Highlights: December 2014 (PDF).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Professional and business services accounted for 25 percent of job gains in 2014 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2015/professional-and-business-services-accounted-for-25-percent-of-job-gains-in-2014.htm (visited December 07, 2024).