Payroll Survey – 203,000 jobs added in November.

Posted December 6, 2013 - Filed under Payroll Survey, Release Observations.

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics’s November Payroll Survey reported a seasonally adjusted gain of 203,000 jobs. 196,000 in the private sector. Published revisions to prior months total gains were minimal.

Gains across the major employment sectors are shown in the bar-chart and table below.

For more charts and tables at finer levels of detail, please visit our Payrolls Dataset Page.

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U.S. Payroll Jobs: Total Nonfarm. Seasonally Adjusted.
Sector	Level (000s)	Monthly Change (000s)			Mthly Chg (%)	Yr/Yr Change (000s)*			Yr/Yr Chg (%)*
Sector	Nov. 2013	Sep. 2013	Oct. 2013	Nov. 2013	Nov. 2013	Sep. 2013	Oct. 2013	Nov. 2013	Nov. 2013
Total Nonfarm	136,765	175.0	200.0	203.0	0.15	2,297.0	2,337.0	2,293.0	1.71
– Total Private	114,908	168.0	214.0	196.0	0.17	2,378.0	2,375.0	2,315.0	2.06
– – Mining and Logging	884	4.0	3.0	0.0	0.00	34.0	43.0	31.0	3.63
– – Construction	5,851	17.0	12.0	17.0	0.29	189.0	185.0	178.0	3.14
– – Manufacturing	12,014	8.0	16.0	27.0	0.23	46.0	56.0	76.0	0.64
– – Trade, Transportation, and Utilities	26,202	76.0	41.0	60.0	0.23	551.0	519.0	482.0	1.87
– – Information	2,684	2.0	4.0	-1.0	-0.04	11.0	14.0	-1.0	-0.04
– – Financial Activities	7,905	-3.0	7.0	-3.0	-0.04	95.0	91.0	83.0	1.06
– – Professional and Business Services	18,760	47.0	48.0	35.0	0.19	668.0	663.0	643.0	3.55
– – Education and Health Services	20,826	14.0	30.0	40.0	0.19	344.0	340.0	366.0	1.79
– – Leisure and Hospitality	14,283	-1.0	49.0	17.0	0.12	399.0	426.0	422.0	3.04
– – Other Services	5,499	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.07	41.0	38.0	35.0	0.64
– Government	21,857	7.0	-14.0	7.0	0.03	-81.0	-38.0	-22.0	-0.10

Smoothed Growth

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We update here, our three-month moving average of overall jobs growth to date. The aim here is to smooth out the month to month volatility and see any trend more clearly.

Revision to Total Growth in Prior Months

Minimal revisions to prior months at the top level. Note, however, that the September and August numbers, published by the BLS, are misleading: The November survey has, in fact, modified all prior month numbers. But the BLS chooses not to report this.

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