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April 2020
Release Date: May 8, 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, April 2020
CES Highlights
Release Date: May 8, 2020
-7,653,000 Leisure and Hospitality
Employment in leisure and hospitality
declined sharply by 7.7 million, or 47 percent,
in April, bringing employment to its lowest
level since August 1988. Within the industry,
employment fell by 5.5 million in food services
and drinking places, followed by losses of 1.1
million in amusements, gambling and
recreation and 839,000 in accommodation.
Nonfarm payroll employment fell by an
historic 20.5 million in April, after declining by
881,000 in March, bringing employment to its
lowest level since January 2011—over 9 years
ago. Job losses in April 2020 were widespread.
For private-sector industries, the diffusion
index over a 1-month period fell to 4.8 in April,
the lowest level in the series history, indicating
that far more industries lost jobs than added
them over the month. In April, employment
fell sharply in all major industry sectors, with a
particularly large job decline in leisure and
hospitality.
The employment change for February
revised down from 275,000 to 251,000, and
the change for March also revised down from
-701,000 to -881,000.
Average hourly earnings for all employees
on private, nonfarm payrolls rose by $1.34, or
4.7 percent, in April and were up 7.9 percent
over the year. The average workweek, at 34.2
hours, increased by 0.1 hour over the month.
NOTE: Details on the impacts of COVID-19 on
the March and April estimates from the CES
survey can be found on
https://www.bls.gov/ces/notices/2020/covid-
19-march-2020.htm.
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Jan-02 Jan-04 Jan-06 Jan-08 Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20
Employment in total nonfarm
April 2020 Level: 131,045OTM Change: -20,537*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 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 2002–April 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: May 8, 2020
-2,544,000 Education and Health Services Employment in education and health
services fell by 2.5 million in April, a level not
seen since April 2015. Within the industry,
most of the jobs losses in health care occurred
in ambulatory health care services
(-1.2 million), including losses of 503,000 in
offices of dentists, 243,000 in offices of
physicians, and 205,000 in offices of other
health practitioners.
Employment in private education declined
by 457,000. Within social assistance,
employment in individual and family services
declined by 241,000, and child daycare
services lost 336,000 jobs.
-2,165,000 Professional and Business Services
Employment in professional and business
services fell to its lowest level since October
2014. Employment declines came in
temporary help services (-842,000),
professional and technical services (-546,000),
and services to buildings and dwellings
(-259,000).
-2,107,000 Retail Trade
Employment in retail trade fell by 2.1
million in April to its lowest level since July
1994. Within the industry, job losses were
widespread, including losses of 740,000 in
clothing and clothing accessories stores and
345,000 in motor vehicles and parts dealers.
-1,330,000 Manufacturing
Manufacturing employment declined by 1.3
million in April, including declines of 421,000
in transportation equipment and 109,000 in
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-1,267
-7,653
-2,544
-2,165
-262
-254
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-584
-2,107
-363
-1,330
-975
-50
-10,000 -8,000 -6,000 -4,000 -2,000 0 2,000
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
April 2020 Prior 12-month average
Over-the-month change, April 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Total nonfarm:-20,537*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
* denotes significance
Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, April 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
fabricated metal products. Manufacturing
employment fell to its lowest level since
March 2010.
-1,267,000 Other Services
Employment in other services fell by 1.3
million in April. Within the industry,
employment declined in personal and laundry
CES Highlights
Release Date: May 8, 2020
services (-797,000), in membership
associations (-250,000), and in repair and
maintenance (-220,000). Employment in other
services is at its lowest level since July 1994.
-975,000 Construction
Employment in construction fell by 975,000
in April to its lowest level since January 2016.
Seventy-one percent of the job loss came in
specialty trade contractors, which lost 691,000
jobs, split between residential (-297,000) and
nonresidential (-393,000) components.
Construction of buildings (-206,000) and heavy
and civil engineering construction also lost
jobs (-79,000).
-980,000 Government
Government employment fell by 980,000 in
April. Local government accounted for 801,000
of the decline, with losses split between local
education (-469,000) and local, excluding
education (-332,000). State government also
lost jobs over the month, mostly in state
government education (-176,000). Federal
government employment changed little over
the month. Government employment is now
at its lowest level since January 2005.
-584,000 Transportation and Warehousing
Employment in transportation and
warehousing fell by 584,000 in April to the
lowest level since January 2017. Within the
industry, job declines were widespread,
including in transit and ground transportation
(-185,000), air transportation (-141,000), truck
transportation (-88,000), and warehousing and
storage (-74,000).
-363,000 Wholesale Trade
In April, wholesale trade employment fell to
its lowest level since February 2012.
Employment declined in durable goods
(-185,000), in nondurable goods (-148,000), and
in electronic markets and agents and brokers
(-30,000) over the month.
-262,000 Financial Activities
Employment in financial activities fell by
262,000 in April to the lowest level since May
2018. Most of the jobs lost in April came from
real estate (-101,000) and rental and leasing
services (-120,000).
-254,000 Information
Within information, motion picture and
sound recording industries lost 217,000 jobs.
Information employment is at its lowest level
since August 2011, when a large strike
impacted the industry.
Current Employment Statistics Survey Summary, April 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 declined by 46,000 in
April. All major mining components
experienced significant declines over the
month, with the majority of the job loss
occurring in support activities for mining
(-33,000).
Mining employment losses are consistent
with April indicator data, which showed
large declines in the North American rotary
rig count and in the price of West Texas
Intermediate oil.
Logging employment fell by 5,000 in April.
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700
750
800
850
900
950
Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20
Employment in mining
April 2020 Level: 607OTM Change: -46*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 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–April 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: May 8, 2020
Construction employment decreased by
975,000 in April. Weakness in specialty trade
contractors (-691,000) and in construction of
buildings (-206,000) combined for most of
the job loss, followed by heavy and civil
engineering construction (-79,000).
While the job loss in construction follows
weakness in residential building permits and
new home sales in March, the losses were
most likely a response to the coronavirus
pandemic as worksites shuttered or
significantly reduced employment across all
regions of the United States.
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5,000
5,500
6,000
6,500
7,000
7,500
8,000
8,500
Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20
Employment in construction
April 2020 Level: 6,631OTM Change: -975*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 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–April 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: May 8, 2020
Employment in manufacturing declined by 1,330,000 in April and has
not been this low since March 2010. The decrease was led by durable
goods, which shed 914,000 jobs and included a loss of 421,000 in
transportation equipment.
The manufacturing 1-month diffusion index plummeted by 23.7 points
to 2.6 in April, indicating that far more manufacturing industries lost jobs
than added them over the month. This is the second consecutive month
the index has fallen by 20 or more points and is the lowest level in the
history of the index, which began in 1991.
In April, average weekly hours for all employees in manufacturing
tumbled 2.1 hours to 38.3 hours, the lowest level and the largest drop
since the series began in 2006. The average workweek of production
workers decreased 2.6 hours to 38.7 hours, the lowest level since January
1982.
Average weekly overtime hours for all employees in manufacturing fell
by 0.9 hour to 2.1 hours, matching its lowest level in May 2009. Average
weekly overtime hours for production workers fell 1.2 hours to 2.7 hours,
matching its lowest level since April 2009.
Average hourly earnings for all employees stood at $29.11, an increase
of 78 cents. Production and nonsupervisory workers hourly earnings
increased by 19 cents to $22.76.
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12,800
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Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20
Employment in manufacturing
April 2020 Level: 11,488OTM Change: -1,330*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 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–April 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
38.0
38.5
39.0
39.5
40.0
40.5
41.0
41.5
42.0
42.5
Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Jan-15 Jan-17 Jan-19
Average weekly hours, manufacturing
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
January 2007–April 2020
Seasonally adjusted
Production employeesLevel: 38.7
Change: -2.6
All employeesLevel: 38.3
Change: -2.1
Manufacturing
CES Highlights
Release Date: May 8, 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 wholesale trade fell by 363,000 in April, a decline of
6.1 percent. Durable goods shed 185,000 jobs, nondurable goods lost
148,000, and employment in electronic markets and agents and
brokers declined by 30,000. The employment declines in April
represent the largest ever monthly job changes in wholesale trade and
its 3 components.
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5,400
5,600
5,800
6,000
6,200
Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20
Employment in wholesale trade
April 2020 Level: 5,569OTM Change: -363*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 2020.
Shaded area represents recession as denoted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
January 2010–April 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
-200 -150 -100 -50 0
Electonic markets and agents and brokers *
Nondurable goods *
Durable goods *
Employment in wholesale tradeOver-the-month change, April 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
April OTMC Prior 12-month average
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
* denotes significance
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: May 8, 2020
In April, employment in retail trade
declined by 2.1 million, the largest
monthly drop in the history of the series,
which began in 1939. Since reaching a
peak in January 2017, industry
employment declined by 2.4 million.
Within retail trade, employment
declines were pervasive. Clothing and
clothing accessories stores lost 740,000
jobs, and employment in motor vehicle
and parts dealers fell by 345,000.
In line with employment, recent retail-
related economic indicators are mostly
negative. Retail Sales were down in
March. Both Auto Sales and the
Consumer Confidence Index declined
sharply in April.
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15,000
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16,000
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Jan-90 Jan-95 Jan-00 Jan-05 Jan-10 Jan-15 Jan-20
Employment in retail tradeApril 2020 Level: 13,520OTM Change: -2,107*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 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 1990–April 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
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: May 8, 2020
Employment in transportation and warehousing decreased by 584,000
in April, erasing essentially all of the gains made in the industry since
January 2017.
Within transportation and warehousing, transit and ground passenger
transportation (-185,000), and air transportation (-141,000) accounted for
56 percent of the losses in April. The losses in these component industries
follow declines in transit ridership and air travel amidst the COVID-19
pandemic.
Transportation and Warehousing
CES Highlights
Release Date: May 8, 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 utilities declined by
3,000 in April, reaching its lowest level
since August 1971.
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546
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552
554
556
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560
562
Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20
Employment in utilities
April 2020 Level: 543OTM Change: -3*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 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–April 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: May 8, 2020
Information employment contracted by 254,000 to its lowest level
since August 2011. The only larger one-month decline in the series’
history—which dates to 1939—occurred in August 1983 and coincided
with a large telecommunications strike.
The impact of COVID-19 on the motion picture and sound recording
industries has been particularly acute. Most of the information jobs lost
in April are likely associated with film production and exhibition.
Employment in publishing industries, except internet (-17,000);
broadcasting, except internet (-12,000); and data processing, hosting and
related services (-7,000) shrank in April. Bucking recent trends,
employment in both telecommunications and other information services
was flat over the month.
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2,750
2,800
2,850
2,900
2,950
Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20
Employment in information
April 2020 Level: 2,636OTM Change: -254*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 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–April 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Information
CES Highlights
Release Date: May 8, 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
declined by 262,000 in April. This is the
industry’s largest monthly decline in the
history of the series since 1939.
The April employment decline in real
estate and rental and leasing (-222,000)
coincided with a sharp decline in the
Consumer Confidence Index.
Employment in credit intermediation
and related activities also contracted in
April (-31,000).
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: May 8,2020
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Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20
Employment in financial activities
April 2020 Level: 8,580OTM Change: -262*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 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–April 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Employment in professional and business services decreased by
2.2 million in April, the largest decline in the history of the series,
beginning in 1939. Employment in professional and business
services is at its lowest level since October 2014.
Employment in administrative and support services decreased by
1.5 million in April. Within this component, temporary help services
lost 842,000 jobs, bringing its employment to the lowest level since
April 2010. Services to buildings and dwellings lost 259,000 jobs
also.
Both professional and technical services (-546,000) and
management of companies and enterprises (-82,000) incurred job
losses in April. Within professional and technical services, all of the
components experienced job losses, including -93,000 in computer
systems design and related services, and -85,000 in architectural
and engineering services.
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Jan-02 Jan-04 Jan-06 Jan-08 Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20
Employment in professional and business services
April 2020 Level: 19,305OTM Change: -2,165*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 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 2002–April 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Professional and Business Services
CES Highlights
Release Date: May 8, 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 April, employment in health care and social assistance declined by 2.1
million, while educational services shed 457,000 jobs. Within social
assistance, child day care services (-336,000), and individual and family
services (-241,000) lost jobs.
Ambulatory health care services lost 1.2 million jobs in April, with offices of dentists (-503,000) and offices of physicians (-243,000) accounting for almost two-thirds of the losses. Hospitals lost 135,000 jobs. In response to the coronavirus, several states ordered cancellation of elective procedures. The loss in health-care employment in April follows a decline in health care spending in the first quarter of 2020.
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Employment in education and health services
Over-the-month change, January 2017–April 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 2020.
Most recent 2 months of data are preliminary.
Private Education and Health Services
CES Highlights
Release Date: May 8, 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 fell sharply by nearly 7.7 million
jobs in April, after an historically large job loss of 499,000 in March.
Before the March losses, the largest one-month employment decrease in
this industry occurred in August 1989 (-83,000). The April loss constitutes
a 47-percent drop in employment.
Employment in arts, entertainment, and recreation dropped by 1.3
million or 54 percent in April.
As COVID-19 continues to depress demand for hotel accommodations,
historically low occupancy rates pushed revenue per available room
down significantly during the April reference period.
Food services and drinking places lost 5.5 million jobs—a 46 percent
decline. A marked decrease in restaurant sales during March preceded
the April employment loss.
Average hourly earnings for all leisure and hospitality workers rose
$1.14 in April to $18.00 as lower-earning workers were removed from
payrolls. Average weekly hours for nonsupervisory employees fell an
additional 0.4 hour to 22.4 hours in April after a 1.9-hour reduction in
March.
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Food services and drinking places*
Accommodation*
Arts, entertainment, and recreation*
Employment in leisure and hospitality
April 2020 Prior 12-month average
Over-the-month change, April 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Leisure and hospitality:
-7,653*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 2020.
Data are preliminary.
* denotes significance
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
Employment in food services and drinking places
April 2020 Level: 6,384OTM Change: -5,491*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 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 1990–April 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Leisure and Hospitality
CES Highlights
Release Date: May 8, 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 fell by 1.3 million in April, by far the industry’s largest 1-month decline since the series began in 1939.
All component industries experienced sharp declines. The largest drop came in personal and laundry services, which lost 797,000 jobs. This industry includes personal care establishments, such as barbershops and hair and nail salons. According to a media report, 46 states had shut down nonessential businesses by early April. Although the definition of essential businesses varied by state, the report states that “personal care retailers like spas, nail and hair salons, tend to fall in the nonessential businesses category.”
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5,200
5,400
5,600
5,800
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6,400
Jan-10 Jan-12 Jan-14 Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-20
Employment in other services
April 2020 Level: 4,636OTM Change: -1,267*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 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–April 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: May 8, 2020
Government employment decreased by
980,000 in April, with local government
accounting for 82 percent of the loss. Hiring
for Census 2020 was negligible (+4,000).
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Local government, excluding education*
Local government education*
State government, excluding education
State government education*
U.S. Postal Service*
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service*
Employment in selected government
April 2020 Prior 12-month average
Over-the-month change, April 2020Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
Government:-980*
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, May 08, 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: May 8, 2020
Prepared by Staff of the National Estimates Branch Current Employment Statistics Survey U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 202-691-6555 Email CES
CES Analysts
Osman Alhassan
Ryan Ansell
Hyun Choi
Steve Crestol
Tyler Downing
Katelynn Harris
Mike McCall
John Mullins
Michael Osifalujo
Rhiannon Sneeringer
Carson Wilson
Current Employment Statistics Highlights
Detailed Industry Employment Analysis