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October 2020
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Prepared by Analysts of the National Estimates Branch Current Employment Statistics Survey
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
202-691-6555 Email CES
Contents
Summary
Mining & Logging
Construction
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities
Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
Current Employment Statistics Highlights
Detailed Industry Employment Analysis
Current Employment Statistics
Highlights
Current Employment Statistics Summary, October 2020
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
accommodation; and by 192,000 in food
services and drinking places. Despite recent
gains, employment in leisure and hospitality
remains 3.5 million lower than it was in
February.
+208,000 Professional and Business Services
Over half of the employment growth in
professional and business services, came in
temporary help services (+109,000) in
October. Services to buildings and dwellings
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by
638,000 in October, but remains 10.1 million,
or 6.6 percent, below its February level. Over
the month, job gains were widespread,
including gains in leisure and hospitality,
professional and business services, retail
trade, construction, and transportation and
warehousing. Government lost jobs over the
month.
The employment change for September
revised up from +661,000 to +672,000 and the
change for August also revised up from
+1,489,000 to +1,493,000. With these
revisions, employment in August and
September combined was 15,000 higher than
previously reported.
Average hourly earnings for all employees
on private, nonfarm payrolls grew by 4 cents,
or 0.1 percent, in October and are up 4.5
percent over the year. Average weekly hours,
at 34.8 hours, were unchanged over the
month.
+271,000 Leisure and Hospitality
Employment in leisure and hospitality grew
by 271,000 in October. Within the industry,
employment grew by 44,000 in arts,
entertainment, and recreation; by 34,000 in
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Employment in total nonfarm
October 2020 Level: 142,373OTM Change: 638*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance.
January 2010–October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
(+19,000), computer systems design and
related services (+16,000), and management
and technical consulting services (+15,000)
also added jobs over the month. Although
rising over the past 6 months, employment in
professional and business services is still down
by 1.1 million since February.
+104,000 Retail Trade
Employment in retail trade grew by 104,000
in October. Within the industry, almost one-
third of the job gains came in electronics and
appliance stores (+31,000). Elsewhere in retail
trade, employment gains were widespread,
including 23,000 in motor vehicles and parts
dealers, 14,000 in furniture and home furnish
stores, 13,000 in clothing and clothing
accessories stores, and 10,000 in general
merchandise stores. Retail trade has
recovered 1.9 million of the 2.4 million jobs
lost in March and April.
+84,000 Construction
Employment in construction increased by
84,000 in October. Over half of the job gains
were concentrated in specialty trade
contractors (+45,000). Heavy and civil
engineering construction and construction of
buildings both added 19,000 jobs each.
Construction has added 789,000 jobs since
April, but employment is still 294,000 lower
than the latest employment peak in February.
+63,000 Transportation and Warehousing
Employment in transportation and
warehousing rose by 63,000 in October. Job
gains in warehousing and storage (+28,000),
transit and ground transportation (+25,000),
couriers and messengers (+8,000), and in
support activities for transportation (+8,000)
were partly offset by job losses in air
transportation (-18,000). Although
employment in transportation and
warehousing has risen over the over the past 5
months, it is still 271,000 below a peak in
January.
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Government*
Other services*
Leisure and hospitality*
Education and health services*
Professional and business services*
Financial activities*
Information
Utilities
Transportation and warehousing*
Retail trade*
Wholesale trade
Manufacturing*
Construction*
Mining and logging
Employment in total nonfarm
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
* denotes significance
Over-the-month change, October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Total nonfarm:638*
Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, October 2020
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
+57,000 Education and Health Services
Within education and health services,
employment in health care grew by 58,000 in
October. Job gains in ambulatory health care
services (+51,000) and hospitals (+16,000)
were partially offset by job losses in nursing
and residential care services (-9,000). Social
assistance also added jobs over the month
(+21,000). Education and health services has
recovered 1.5 million of the 2.8 million jobs
lost in March and April.
+47,000 Other Services
Employment in other services rose by
47,000 in October. Within the industry,
personal and laundry services added 27,000
jobs and repair and maintenance added
18,000 jobs. Although employment in other
services has risen over the past 6 months, it is
still 436,000 lower than in February.
+38,000 Manufacturing
Manufacturing employment grew by 38,000
in October, with growth split between durable
goods manufacturing (+21,000) and
nondurable goods manufacturing (+17,000).
Within durable goods, job growth included
7,000 in fabricated metal products and 6,000
in primary metals. After losing 1.4 million jobs
in March and April, manufacturing has added
742,000 jobs over the past 6 months.
+31,000 Financial Activities
Employment in financial activities increased
by 31,000 in October. Job growth over the
month was split between finance and insurance
(+17,000) and real estate (+10,000). Financial
activities has added 150,000 jobs over the past
6 months, but employment is still down by
129,000 since February.
-268,000 Government
Government employment fell by 268,000 in
October. Within the industry, federal
government lost 138,000 jobs as Census 2020
activities continued to wrap up. Employment
fell by 65,000 in both state government and
local government.
Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, October 2020
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
Mining employment changed little for a
third month in October (+2,000). The
industry had lost an average 10,000 jobs per
month over the 12 months ending in July.
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Employment in mining
October 2020 Level: 571OTM Change: 2
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance.
January 2010–October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Mining and Logging
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Construction employment increased by
84,000 in October. The industry saw
significant job gains in specialty trade
contractors (+45,000), construction of
buildings (+19,000), and heavy and civil
engineering construction (+19,000).
October employment growth represents
a continued recovery from losses earlier in
the year and follows strength in residential
building permits in September. As of
October, construction has recovered
789,000 of the 1.1 million jobs lost in
March and April.
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Employment in construction
October 2020 Level: 7,345OTM Change: 84*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance.
January 2010–October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Construction
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
In October, manufacturing employment increased by
38,000. Despite six consecutive monthly increases,
employment is down by 621,000 since February. Durable
goods accounted for 434,000 or nearly 70 percent of the
jobs lost over this period.
Within durable goods, fabricated metal products
(+7,000), primary metals (+6,000), and wood products
(+4,000) added jobs in October. Nondurable goods
experienced job growth in textile mills (+2,000) and in
petroleum and coal products (+2,000).
The manufacturing 1-month diffusion index decreased by
4.6 points to 59.9. An index greater than 50 indicates that
more manufacturing industries are adding jobs than are
losing jobs.
In October, average hourly earnings of all employees in
manufacturing fell by 7 cents to $28.81. Average hourly
earnings of production workers decreased by 1 cent to
$23.00.
Average weekly hours of all employees rose 0.3 hour in
October to 40.5 hours. For production workers, the average
workweek increased 0.1 hour to 41.2 hours.
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Employment in manufacturing
October 2020 Level: 12,231OTM Change: 38*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance.
January 2010–October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Manufacturing
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
Wholesale trade employment changed
little in October (+6,000). Employment has
grown by 94,000 over the last 6 months,
reflecting a recovery of 23 percent of the job
losses in February, March, and April. As of
October, employment remains 307,000
below its peak in January.
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Employment in wholesale trade
October 2020 Level: 5,631OTM Change: 6
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance.
January 2010–October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Wholesale Trade
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Employment in retail trade rose by
104,000 in October. Over the last 6
months, industry employment has risen
by 1.9 million after declining by 2.4
million in March and April.
Job gains were pervasive in October,
led by electronics and appliance stores
(+31,000), motor vehicle and parts
dealers (+23,000), and furniture and
home furnishings stores (+14,000).
Recent retail-related economic
indicators are mixed. Retail Sales
increased in September, while in
October the Consumer Confidence Index
decreased and the per gallon price of
regular gasoline decreased (U.S. Energy
Information Administration).
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Employment in retail tradeOver-the-month change, January 2017–October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
Retail Trade
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Employment in transportation and
warehousing increased by 63,000 in
October. Although the industry has added
324,000 jobs over the past 5 months,
employment is still 271,000 below its
January peak.
Job gains in October were widespread
among the component industries, with
growth primarily driven by warehousing and
storage (+28,000) and transit and ground
passenger transportation (+25,000). Gains
were partially offset by a loss in air
transportation (-18,000), which has now lost
125,000 jobs since reaching an employment
peak in March.
In October, employment growth
continued in couriers and messengers
(+8,000), as consumers continue to modify
their shopping habits during the COVID-19
pandemic. Since February, employment in
couriers and messengers has risen by
99,000.
Transportation and Warehousing
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Employment in utilities edged down by
2,000 in October. Since December 2019,
the industry has lost 9,000 jobs.
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Employment in utilities
October 2020 Level: 539OTM Change: -2
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance.
January 2010–October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Utilities
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Employment in information changed little in October
(-3,000) and has declined by 262,000 since February.
In October, telecommunications lost 6,000 jobs.
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Employment in information
October 2020 Level: 2,632OTM Change: -3
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance.
January 2010–October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
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Employment in informationSeasonally adjusted, in thousands
Information: -3.0Over-the-month change, October 2020
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics Survey, November 6, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
* denotes significance
Information
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
Employment in financial activities
increased by 31,000 in October, following a
gain of 37,000 in September. As of October,
about 54 percent of jobs lost in March and April
have been recovered, and employment is still
129,000 below the February level.
October gains were widespread among the
component industries. Finance and insurance
added 17,000 jobs, with 8,000 of the growth
coming in nondepository credit intermediation.
Real estate and rental and leasing added
15,000 jobs, with real estate being the largest
contributor (+10,000).
The employment increases in real estate and
in nondepository credit intermediation—which
includes real estate credit—coincide with
declines in the average 30-year fixed mortgage
rate.
Financial Activities
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
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Employment in financial activities
October 2020 Level: 8,716OTM Change: 31*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance.
January 2010–October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Employment in professional and business services increased by 208,000
in October. Over the past 6 months, industry employment increased by
1.1 million, but is still 1.1 million below its February level.
Within administrative and support services, temporary help services
(+109,000), services to buildings and dwellings (+19,000), and
investigation and security services (+12,000) added jobs in October.
Despite recent gains, employment in administrative and support services
is still 788,000 below its peak in February.
In October, professional and technical services added 56,000 jobs, led
by growth in computer systems design and related service (+16,000) and
management and technical consulting services (+15,000).
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- Services to buildings*
- Employment services*
Administrative and waste services¹*
Management of companies
- Management and technical consulting*
- Computer systems design*
- Architectural and engineering
- Accounting and bookkeeping
Professional and technical¹*
Employment in selected professional and business services
October 2020 Prior 12-month average
Over-the-month change, October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Professional and business services:
208*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
¹ Includes additional component industries not shown separately.* denotes significance
Professional and Business Services
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
In October, health care and social assistance added 79,000 jobs,
bringing total growth to 1.3 million over the past 6 months. Despite
recent gains, employment in health care and social assistance is
950,000 lower than its peak in February.
Employment in ambulatory health care services increased by 51,000 in October, with offices of physicians accounting for 14,000 of the gains. Offices of dentists (+11,000), outpatient care centers (+10,000), offices of other health practitioners (+8,000), and medical and diagnostic laboratories (+6,000) also added jobs. Employment in hospitals increased by 16,000, more than offsetting a loss of 9,000 in nursing and residential care facilities.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
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Hospitals*
- Home health care services
- Outpatient care centers*
- Offices of dentists*
- Offices of physicians*
Ambulatory health care services¹*
Employment in selected health care industries
October 2020 Prior 12-month average
Over-the-month change, October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Health care industries:
58*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
¹ Includes additional component industries not shown separately.* denotes significance
Private Education and Health Services
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
Employment in leisure and hospitality increased by 271,000 in
October. Although the industry has added 4.8 million jobs over the past 6
months, as of October, employment is still 3.5 million lower than its peak
in February. Food services and drinking places account for most of the
employment changes over this period, with 4.0 million jobs added since
April and employment 2.1 million lower than in February.
October gains were widespread among the component industries,
with food services and drinking places adding the majority of the jobs
(+192,000). Arts, entertainment, and recreation (+44,000) and
accommodation (+34,000) also added jobs over the month.
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Employment in leisure and hospitality
October 2020 Level: 13,381OTM Change: 271*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance.
January 2010–October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
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Employment in leisure and hospitality
October 2020 Prior 12-month average
Over-the-month change, October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Leisure and hospitality:
271*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
* denotes significance
Leisure and Hospitality
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
Employment in other services grew by
47,000 in October, following a similar
gain in September. As of October, 68
percent of jobs lost in March and April
have been recovered, leaving
employment 436,000 lower than in
February.
Employment in personal and laundry
services grew by 27,000 in October.
Although this industry added jobs in
each of the most recent 6 months, as of
October, employment is 249,000 lower
than in February.
Employment in the repair and
maintenance industry increased by
18,000 in October marking the industry’s
sixth consecutive month of job growth.
Despite recent gains, as of October,
industry employment is still 49,000
lower than in February.
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Employment in other services
October 2020 Level: 5,505OTM Change: 47*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary. * denotes significance.
January 2010–October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Other Services
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Government employment decreased by
268,000 in October and has declined by 1.2
million since February.
Federal government employment fell by
138,000 due to a layoff of 147,000 decennial
census workers who had completed
nonresponse follow up.
In October, education employment fell by
98,000 in local government and by 61,000 in
state government. Hiring for the return to
school this year has been held back by the
coronavirus and measures taken to contain
the illness.
A gain of 33,000 in local government,
excluding education, partially offset losses
elsewhere in government.
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Federal, except U.S. Postal Service*
Employment in selected government
October 2020 Prior 12-month average
Over-the-month change, October 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Government:-268*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, November 06, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
* denotes significance
Government
Summary Mining & Logging
Construction Manufacturing Trade:
Wholesale Retail
Transp., Warehousing
& Utilities Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business
Services
Private Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
CES Highlights
Release Date: November 6, 2020
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CES Analysts
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Ryan Ansell
Hyun Choi
Steve Crestol
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Katelynn Harris
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Michael Osifalujo
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Current Employment Statistics Highlights
Detailed Industry Employment Analysis