Current Employment Statistics Highlights December 2020

Current Employment Statistics HighlightsDetailed Industry Employment AnalysisContentsSummaryMining & LoggingCurrent Employment sale TradeRetail TradeTransportation, Warehousing, & UtilitiesInformationFinancial ActivitiesProfessional & Business ServicesPrivate Education & Health ServicesLeisure & HospitalityOther ServicesGovernmentDecember 2020Release Date: January 8, 2021Prepared by Analysts of the National Estimates BranchCurrent Employment Statistics SurveyU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics202-691-6555Email CES

CES HighlightsRelease Date: January 8, 2021Current Employment Statistics Summary, December 2020Nonfarm payroll employment fell by140,000 in December, following increases overthe prior 7 months. Employment, however,remains 9.8 million, or 6.5 percent, below itslevel in February. In December, a largeemployment decline in leisure and hospitalitymore than offset job gains in professional andbusiness services, retail trade, andconstruction.The employment change for Novemberrevised up from 245,000 to 336,000 and thechange for October also revised up from 610,000 to 654,000.In December, average hourly earnings forall employees on private-sector payrolls roseby 23 cents, or 0.8 percent. The largeemployment decline in leisure and hospitality,an industry with below average earnings, putupward pressure on average hourly earningsat the total private level. Average hourlyearnings for all employees are up 5.1 percentover the year. Average weekly hours, at 34.7hours, fell by 0.1 hour over the month.-498,000 Leisure and HospitalityEmployment in leisure and hospitality fellby 498,000 in December. Within the industry,employment declined by 372,000 in foodSummaryMining &LoggingConstructionManufacturingEmployment in total nonfarmJanuary 2010–December 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands160,000155,000150,000December 2020 Level: 142,624OTM Change: -10Jan-12Jan-14Jan-16Jan-18Jan-20Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2021.Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.* denotes significance.services and drinking places, by 92,000 inamusements, gambling, and recreation, and by24,000 in accommodation. Employment inleisure and hospitality remains 3.9 millionlower than it was in February.Trade:WholesaleRetailTransp.,Warehousing& UtilitiesInformationFinancialActivities 161,000 Professional and Business ServicesWithin professional and business services,December job gains occurred in temporaryProfessional& BusinessServicesPrivateEducation& HealthServicesLeisure &HospitalityOtherServicesGovernment

CES HighlightsRelease Date: January 8, 2021Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, December 2020help services ( 68,000), computer systemsdesign and related services ( 20,000), otherprofessional and technical services ( 11,000),and management of companies andenterprises ( 11,000). Although rising over thepast 8 months, employment in professionaland business services is still down by 858,000since February.Employment in total nonfarmSeasonally adjusted, in thousandsMining and logging451Construction*38Manufacturing*Wholesale trade*25121Utilities0InformationFinancial activities12 51,000 ConstructionEmployment in construction grew by 51,000in December. Over half of the job gains wereconcentrated in specialty trade contractors( 32,000). Heavy and civil engineeringconstruction ( 15,000) and residential building( 9,000) also added jobs over the month.Construction has added 857,000 jobs sinceApril, but employment remains 226,000 lowerthan its employment peak in February.SummaryMining &LoggingConstructionManufacturing161Professional and business services*Education and health services-31Leisure and hospitality*-498Other services*-22Government*-45-600Retail trade*Transportation and warehousing*47-1 121,000 Retail TradeEmployment in retail trade increased by121,000 in December. Within the industry,general merchandise stores ( 57,000), motorvehicles and parts dealers ( 15,000), nonstoreretailers ( 14,000) and health and personalcare stores ( 10,000) added jobs over themonth. Retail trade has recovered 2.0 millionof 2.4 million jobs lost in March and April.Total nonfarm:-140*Over-the-month change, December 2020-400-2000200400Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2021.Data are preliminary.* denotes significancethe past 7 months, it is still 90,000 below apeak in January. 47,000 Transportation and WarehousingEmployment in transportation andwarehousing rose by 47,000 in December. Jobgains were concentrated in couriers andmessenger services ( 37,000), warehousingand storage ( 8,000), and truck transportation( 7,000). Transit and ground transportation (9,000) lost jobs. Although employment intransportation and warehousing has risen overTrade:WholesaleRetailTransp.,Warehousing& UtilitiesInformationFinancialActivities 38,000 ManufacturingManufacturing employment grew by 38,000in December. Job growth was concentrated indurable goods manufacturing ( 25,000),including gains of 7,000 in motor vehicles andparts and 6,000 in nonmetallic mineralproducts. Manufacturers of nondurable goodsadded 13,000 jobs over the month. Afterfalling by 1.4 million in March and April,Professional& BusinessServicesPrivateEducation& HealthServicesLeisure &HospitalityOtherServicesGovernment

CES HighlightsRelease Date: January 8, 2021Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, December 2020manufacturing employment has risen by820,000 over the past 8 months. 25,000 Wholesale TradeEmployment in wholesale trade rose by25,000 in December, with growth splitbetween durable goods ( 11,000) andnondurable goods ( 11,000). After losing397,000 jobs in March and April, wholesaletrade has added 147,000 jobs over the past 8months.-22,000 Other ServicesEmployment in other services fell by 22,000in December. Within the industry, personaland laundry services lost 12,000 jobs.Although employment in other services hadbeen on the rise over the prior 7 months,employment is still 453,000 lower than inFebruary.13,000). Although employment in educationand health services had risen over the prior 7months, it remains 1.3 million lower than inFebruary.-45,000 GovernmentGovernment employment fell by 45,000 inDecember. Within the industry, job losses inlocal government, excluding education(-32,000) and state government education(-20,000) were slightly offset by a gain of 6,000jobs in Federal government, which included adecline of 3,000 temporary census workers aswork on the 2020 Census has largely wrappedup.-31,000 Education and Health ServicesIn December, a job loss in private education(-63,000) was partially offset by job gains inhealth care ( 39,000). Within health care, jobgains came in hospitals ( 32,000) andambulatory health care services ( 21,000), butthese gains were partially offset by job lossesin nursing and residential care services (-SummaryMining tailTransp.,Warehousing& l& BusinessServicesPrivateEducation& HealthServicesLeisure &HospitalityOtherServicesGovernment

Release Date: January 8, 2021CES HighlightsMining and LoggingEmployment in miningJanuary 2010–December 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands950December 2020 Level: 577OTM Change: 2900850Mining employment changed little inDecember ( 2,000). Employment in oil andgas extraction increased by 2,000 over themonth. Mining employment has leveled offover the past 4 months, yet the industry haslost 82,000 jobs since n-16Jan-18Jan-20Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2021.Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.* denotes significance.SummaryMining tailTransp.,Warehousing& l& BusinessServicesPrivateEducation& HealthServicesLeisure &HospitalityOtherServicesGovernment

Release Date: January 8, 2021CES HighlightsConstructionConstruction employment increased by51,000 in December, with gains in specialtytrade contractors ( 32,000), heavy and civilengineering construction ( 15,000), andresidential construction of buildings( 9,000). Since April, construction has added857,000 jobs, but employment is still226,000 below its February peak.Employment in constructionJanuary 2010–December 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands8,5008,0007,500Employment growth in December followedstrength in residential building permits inNovember.7,0006,5006,000December 2020 Level: 7,413OTM Change: n-20Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2021.Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.* denotes significance.SummaryMining tailTransp.,Warehousing& l& BusinessServicesPrivateEducation& HealthServicesLeisure &HospitalityOtherServicesGovernment

Release Date: January 8, 2021CES HighlightsManufacturingIn December, manufacturing employment increased by 38,000. Despite 8consecutive months of gains, employment in manufacturing is still 543,000below its February level.Employment in manufacturingJanuary 2010–December 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands13,200The manufacturing 1-month diffusion index increased to 71.1, a change of9.9, indicating that more manufacturing industries added jobs than lost jobsin December.13,00012,80012,60012,40012,200Employment in durable goods increased by 25,000 in December, withgains in motor vehicles and parts ( 7,000), nonmetallic mineral products( 6,000), and miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing ( 4,000). Durablegoods has recovered 547,000 of the 932,000 jobs lost in March and April.12,00011,800December 2020 Level: 12,309OTM Change: 6Jan-18In December, manufacturing employment gains are reflected in indicatordata, which showed increases in both the Institute of Supply Management’sPurchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) and the IHS Markit’s PMI.Jan-20Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2021.Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.* denotes significance.Employment in durable goodsDurable goods:25*Over-the-month change, December 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousandsWood products2.0Nonmetallic mineral products*6.03.0Fabricated metal products3.0MachineryComputer and electronic products2.0Electrical equipment and appliances2.0Transportation equipment5.0Furniture and related products1.0Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing*4.0-4-2Average weekly hours of all employees in December were unchanged at40.2 hours. For production workers, the average workweek increased by 0.1hour to 41.3 hours.Primary metals-2.00In December, average hourly earnings for all employees in manufacturingfell 4 cents to 28.92. Average hourly earnings of production workersincreased by 5 cents to 23.12.2468Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, January 08, 2021.Data are preliminary.* denotes significanceSummaryMining tailTransp.,Warehousing& l& BusinessServicesPrivateEducation& HealthServicesLeisure &HospitalityOtherServicesGovernment