Labor Market Conditions
| Average monthly change (thousands of employees, NAICS) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | Jan.- Dec. 2006 |
Jan. 2007 | |||
| Payroll employment | 9 |
172 |
212 |
187 |
111 |
||
| Goods-producing | –42 |
28 |
32 |
9 |
7 |
||
| Construction | 10 |
26 |
35 |
12 |
22 |
||
| Manufacturing | –51 |
0 |
–7 |
–7 |
–16 |
||
| Durable goods | –32 |
8 |
2 |
–1 |
–28 |
||
| Nondurable goods | –19 |
–9 |
–9 |
–6 |
12 |
||
| Service-providing | 51 |
144 |
180 |
178 |
104 |
||
| Retail Trade | –4 |
16 |
19 |
–4 |
4 |
||
| Financial activities* | 7 |
8 |
14 |
15 |
4 |
||
| PBS** | 23 |
38 |
57 |
42 |
25 |
||
| Temporary help svcs. | 12 |
11 |
18 |
–1 |
5.7 |
||
| Education & health svcs. | 30 |
33 |
36 |
41 |
31 |
||
| Leisure and hospitality | 19 |
25 |
23 |
37 |
23 |
||
| Government | –4 |
14 |
14 |
20 |
14 |
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| Average for period (percent) | |||||||
| Civilian unemployment rate | 6.0 |
5.5 |
5.1 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
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a. Financial activities include the finance, insurance, and real estate sector and the rental and leasing sector.
b. PBS is Professional Business Services (professional, scientific, and technical services, management of companies and enterprises, administrative and support, and waste management and remediation services).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.