ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted
Category Apr.
2025
Feb.
2026
Mar.
2026(p)
Apr.
2026(p)

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY
(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

108 -156 185 115

Total private

99 -148 190 123

Goods-producing

-4 -21 33 10

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm

72 -4 63 48

Total private

69 8 74 55

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES
AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES(2)

Total nonfarm women employees

49.9 50.0 50.0 50.0

Total private women employees

48.5 48.5 48.5 48.5

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees

81.5 81.6 81.6 81.7

HOURS AND EARNINGS
ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours

34.3 34.3 34.2 34.3

Average hourly earnings

$36.12 $37.27 $37.35 $37.41

Average weekly earnings

$1,238.92 $1,278.36 $1,277.37 $1,283.16

DIFFUSION INDEX
(Over 1-month span)(5)

Total private (250 industries)

47.6 50.8 56.8 53.8

Manufacturing (72 industries)

37.5 48.6 51.4 47.2

Footnotes
(1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
(2) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries.
(3) The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours.
(4) The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average aggregate weekly payrolls.
(5) Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.