| Five of the ten major industry supersectors increased nonfarm jobs in July 2016 and five declined on a seasonally adjusted basis. Leisure and Hospitality (1,700, 1.1%, 154,600 jobs) and the Trade, Transportation & Utilities (1,700, 0.6%, 298,200 jobs) added the most jobs last month.
Restaurants and accommodations (1,500, 1.2%, 125,700 jobs) boosted leisure while retail trade (1,300, 0.7%, 182,200 positions) rebounded some in trade and transportation, after declining for two months in a row. Leisure and Hospitality (3,900, 2.6%) now leads in numeric job growth over the year.
TheProfessional and Business Services supersector (1,200, 0.5%, 219,400) added positons as well on the strength in administrative services (1,800, 2.0%, 90,300 jobs). Smaller job gains came through from the Other Services (400, 0.6%, 67,500 jobs) and the Manufacturing (300, 0.2%, 159,900 positions) supersectors. The small other services supersector leads the ten major industry supersectors in percentage growth over the year (3,500, 5.5%).
The Government (-1,300, -0.5%, 239,300) supersector led all declining employment industry supersectors in July. Local (-1,000, -0.7%, 151,300 jobs) and state (-300, -0.4%, 70,300 positions) government were both lower while the federal government was unchanged.
The private Education and Health Services (-900, -0.3%, 328,400 jobs) supersector posted the next largest monthly job decline.
The Construction and Mining (-600, -1.0%, 58,600 jobs) industry supersector was also lower for the second month in a row. Smaller job losses also arose from the Information (-500, -1.5%, 33,500) and theFinancial Activities (-300, -0.2%, 133,600) supersectors. |
