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US Jobs Report - A Graphical Overview by Sector of Employment

( From FRED, BLS )

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The rate of job market improvement picked up a bit last month. Payroll employment gained 236,000 after a 119,000 January increase (revised from 157,000) and a 219,000 December rise (revised from 196,000). Consensus had been looking for a 160,000 increase. Job growth across industries was firm. The February unemployment rate fell from 7.9% to 7.7%, the lowest since December 2008. A 7.8% rate had been expected...



But let s see it through different sectors of employment and the trend from the past ten years...( See graph below )​​

So let s see the Employees on nonfarm payrolls fisrt on a global basis and after by industry sector and selected industry detail as shown by the graphs below.

All Employees: Total nonfarm

( Thousands of persons )​

All Employees: Total nonfarm

( Yeay-Over-Year )​

And now, we will go through the main different sectors :

Seasonally adjusted numbers below



​Sector Thousands of persons Percent composition of total %

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​​Total nonfarm 135 046 100.0

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Goods-producing 18 630 13.8

​​- Construction ​​ 5 784 4.3

- Manufacturing 11 977 8.9



​​Private service-providing 94 573 70.0

- Wholesale trade 5 736 4.2

- Retail trade 15 057 11.2

- Transportation and warehousing 4 472 3.3

- ​Information 2 697 2.0

- ​Financial activities 7 844 5.8

​- Professional and business services 18 241 13.5

​- Education and health services 20 529 15.2

- Leisure and hospitality 13 955 10.3





​​​Government 21 843 16.2



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And now for the most important sectors, we will show you the evolution of the past 10 years in terms of change year-over-year (left graphs ) and the pourcentage of that sector over the total nonfarm employee ( right graphs )

Sector : Goods Producing

Sector : Construction

Sector : Manufacturing

Goods Producing

(​Y​ear-Over-Year)

Goods Producing VS

​US Total Non Farm Payrolls ( % )

Construction

(​Y​ear-Over-Year)

Construction VS

​US Total Non Farm Payrolls ( % )

Manufacturing

(​Y​ear-Over-Year)

Manufacturing VS

​US Total Non Farm Payrolls ( % )

Sector : Wholesale trade

Sector : Retail trade

Sector : Transportation and warehousing



Sector : Information



Sector : Financial activities



Sector : Professional and business services



Sector : Education and health services



Sector : Government



Wholesale trade

(​Y​ear-Over-Year)

Wholesale trade VS

​US Total Non Farm Payrolls ( % )

Retail trade

(​Y​ear-Over-Year)

Retail trade VS

​US Total Non Farm Payrolls ( % )

Transportation and warehousing

(​Y​ear-Over-Year)

Transportation and warehousing VS

​US Total Non Farm Payrolls ( % )

Information

(​Y​ear-Over-Year)

Information VS

​US Total Non Farm Payrolls ( % )

Financial activities

(​Y​ear-Over-Year)

Financial activities VS

​US Total Non Farm Payrolls ( % )

Professional and business services

(​Y​ear-Over-Year)

Professional and business services VS

​US Total Non Farm Payrolls ( % )

Education and health services

(​Y​ear-Over-Year)

Education and health services VS

​US Total Non Farm Payrolls ( % )

Government

(​Y​ear-Over-Year)

Government VS

​US Total Non Farm Payrolls ( % )