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Payroll employment increased by 943,000 in July 2021
August 10, 2021
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 943,000 in July 2021, following a similar increase in June (+938,000). Nonfarm payroll employment in July is up by 16.7 million since April 2020 but is down by 5.7 million, or 3.7 percent, from its pre-pandemic level in February 2020.
Over-the-month employment change and average weekly earnings by industry for all private nonfarm employees, July 2021
Industry
Over-the-month change employment change
Average weekly earnings
Employment
Mining and logging
6,000
$1,590.68
637,000
Construction
11,000
1,280.98
7,421,000
Manufacturing
27,000
1,205.69
12,366,000
Wholesale trade
2,800
1,324.02
5,709,700
Retail trade
-5,500
675.14
15,339,500
Transportation and warehousing
49,700
1,040.26
5,782,500
Utilities
-100
1,918.30
538,800
Information
24,000
1,650.53
2,742,000
Financial activities
22,000
1,516.41
8,827,000
Professional and business services
60,000
1,350.56
20,913,000
Education and health services
87,000
991.01
23,612,000
Leisure and hospitality
380,000
493.43
15,178,000
Other services
39,000
877.61
5,701,000
In July 2021, employment in leisure and hospitality increased by 380,000, with two-thirds of the job gain occurring in food services and drinking places. The average weekly earnings in this industry were $493.43. Notable employment gains also occurred in education and health services (+87,000), which has average weekly wages of $991.01, and in professional and business services (+60,000), where workers earn $1,350.56 per week, on average.
United States Department of Labor
