Economy gains 157,000 jobs, unemployment rate 3.9 %

U.S. Employment Report

The nonfarm payrolls grew 157,000 in July, as faster hiring puts more money in the hands of consumers, what usually leads to an increase in spending, as private sector decreased the pace of hiring and the government continued to trimm jobs.
In July economy added 157,000 jobs on the seasonally adjusted basis and the jobless rate fell to 3.9 %, from 4.0 %, reported by the Labor Department.

Companies in the private service providing sector hired 118,000 workers and payrolls in goods-producing industries rose by 52,000, bringing overall job growth in the pivate sector to 170,000. One of the weak spots in the July report, was the public sector, as the government employers announced -13,000 layoffs.

As the year goes on, companies have been hiring at a faster clip as Americans increase spending and consumer confidence rises, economists have seen a steady improvement in the jobs market and recruiting activity.
Current report confirms positive trends in the nonfarm payrolls. Total number of employed persons in the U.S. rose by 0.25 % to 155,97 millions, as professional and business services sectors created 51,000 new jobs.

At July 2018 Total number of unemployed persons deacreased to 6.28 millions, a deacrease of 284.00 thousands or -4.33 % from June 2018, Unemployment rate decreased to 3.90 %, from 4.00% in previous month. In July 157,000 nonfarm payrolls were created.

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Average workweek remained unchanged in July on the seasonally adjusted basis, hours worked at the durable goods manufacturers grew at the highest pace to 47.30 hours, the biggest decline was in natural resources and mining to 46.10 hours, reported by the U.S. Labor Department.
With modest growth in hourly earnings and unchanged in hours worked, average weekly earnings increased in the private sector to $933.23 from $930.81 in the previous month.

The number of employed persons increased to 155.97 millions by 389.00 thousands or 0.25 % in July 2018.

Total Labor force increased to 162.25 millions.
Average weekly earnings where $933.23 dollars, in July 2018

Average Weekly Hours of Production

The decline in the unemployment rate, which is based on a separate household survey, seemed solid. Unemployment faded to 6.28 million, a decrease by -284,000 from 6.56 million in June by -4.33 % on the seasonally adjusted basis. The labor force increased by 105,000 in July, the labor force participation rate has held steady at 62.90 %.
	Average hourly earnings grew modestly in July by 0.26 % to $27.05, an increase of $0.07 from $26.98 in June on the seasonally adjusted basis, the hourly wages in utilities grew at the highest pace to $40.73, the hourly wages in wholesale trade sector fell the most to $30.33, reported by the Labor Department. On a year-over-year basis, earnings were up 2.62 %, This is above the % year-over-year increase in the consumer price index in July. Construction Industry grew to 39.40 hours per week, from June 2018; Manufacturing Industry remained unchanged Durable goods Industry increased to 47.30 hours per week, Nondurable goods Industry advanced to 40.20 hours per week. Average Weekly Hours of Production for private serviceproviding industry fell to 33.30 hours per week, from June 2018; Trade, transportation & utilities Industry fell to 34.50 hours per week, from June 2018 . Financial activities Industry Average Weekly Hours of Production remained unchanged from June 2018.

Information Industry Average Weekly Hours of Production went up to 36.00 hours per week, from June 2018; Professional & business services Industry remained unchanged from June 2018; Education & health services Industry fell to 32.90 hours per week, from June 2018; Leisure & hospitality Industry fell to 26.10 hours per week, from June 2018; Other services Industry remained unchanged from June 2018.

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Employment Situation ( in millions or %)	July 2018 prel.	June 2018 prel.	May 2018 prel.	April 2018 prel.	March 2018 prel.	Feb. 2018 prel.
Unemployment rate	3.9 %	4 %	3.8 %	3.9 %	4.1 %	4.1 %
Number of unemployed persons	6.280	6.564	6.065	6.346	6.585	6.706
Number of Employed persons	155.965	155.576	155.474	155.181	155.178	155.215
Employment/population ratio	60.5 %	60.4 %	60.4 %	60.3 %	60.4 %	60.4 %
Civilian labor force	162.245	162.140	161.539	161.527	161.763	161.921
Participation rate	62.9 %	62.9 %	62.7 %	62.8 %	62.9 %	63 %
Civilian noninstitutional population	257.843	257.642	257.454	257.272	257.097	256.934
Persons who currently want a job outside CLF	5.163	5.258	5.183	5.115	5.096	5.131
EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands)	July 2018 prel.	June 2018 prel.	May 2018 prel.	April 2018 prel.	March 2018 prel.	Feb. 2018 prel.
Nonfarm Payrolls	+157.0	+213.0	+223.0	+164.0	+103.0	+313.0
Total Private Payrolls	+170.0	+202.0	+218.0	+168.0	+102.0	+287.0
Goods-producing Payrolls	+52.0	+53.0	+47.0	+49.0	+15.0	+100.0
Mining & logging	-4.0	+4.0	+4.0	+8.0	+8.0	+8.0
Construction	+19.0	+13.0	+25.0	+17.0	-15.0	+61.0
Manufacturing Payrolls	+3.5	+3.5	+3.5	+3.7	+3.6	+3.6
Durable goods	+32.0	+32.0	+15.0	+18.0	+22.0	+32.0
Motor vehicles and parts	+5.9	+12.0	-4.4	-0.9	+3.3	+6.2
Nondurable goods	+5.0	+4.0	+3.0	+6.0	-	-1.0
Private service-providing Payrolls	+118.0	+149.0	+171.0	+119.0	+87.0	+187.0
Wholesale trade	+12.3	+2.9	+4.2	-9.8	+11.4	+5.8
Retail trade	+7.1	-21.6	+31.1	+1.8	-4.4	+50.3
Transportation and warehousing	-1.3	+15.4	+18.7	+0.4	+9.8	+15.4
Information	-	-	+6.0	+7.0	+2.0	-12.0
Financial activities	-5.0	+8.0	+8.0	+2.0	+2.0	+28.0
Professional and business services	+51.0	+50.0	+31.0	+54.0	+33.0	+50.0
Temporary help services	+27.9	+9.3	-7.8	+10.3	-0.6	+26.5
Education and health services	+22.0	+54.0	+39.0	+31.0	+25.0	+23.0
Health care and social assistance	+33.5	+34.7	+31.7	+29.3	+33.8	+29.1
Leisure and hospitality	+40.0	+25.0	+21.0	+18.0	+5.0	+16.0
Other services	-5.0	+16.0	+13.0	+14.0	-1.0	+10.0
Government Payrolls	-13.0	+11.0	+5.0	-4.0	+1.0	+26.0

Civilian labor force
is the sum of employed and unemployed persons.

Unemployment Rate
is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force.

Labor force participation rate
is the labor force as a percent of the population.

Employment-population ratio
is the employed as a percent of the population.

Average weekly Salary by Industry ($)	July 2018 prel.	June 2018 prel.	May 2018 prel.	April 2018 prel.	March 2018 prel.	Feb. 2018 prel.
Total private	933.23	930.81	928.74	925.98	925.29	922.88
Goods producing	1,144.92	1,140.08	1,139.64	1,142.04	1,132.38	1,134.36
Natural resources & mining	1,495.48	1,514.04	1,500.09	1,483.82	1,501.44	1,485.78
Construction	1,176.48	1,167.60	1,174.14	1,170.39	1,153.66	1,158.17
Manufacturing	1,104.71	1,104.30	1,097.52	1,106.00	1,098.57	1,100.03
Overtime hours	-	-	-	-	-	-
Durable goods	1,341.90	1,173.28	1,039.23	1,146.54	1,253.71	1,339.89
Nondurable goods	992.14	990.87	989.72	990.53	993.74	994.60
Private serviceproviding	891.44	891.78	887.11	884.12	884.12	881.45
Trade, transportation & utilities	802.82	803.76	801.78	796.70	797.64	795.57
Wholesale trade	1,182.87	1,194.11	1,189.81	1,176.34	1,178.97	1,185.12
Retail trade	581.57	579.70	579.70	575.67	576.58	572.55
Transportation & warehousing	949.26	943.71	940.41	943.71	942.35	940.60
Utilities	1,698.44	1,690.25	1,689.89	1,698.31	1,674.74	1,658.82

Information	1,418.04	1,421.64	1,418.40	1,416.93	1,410.43	1,418.40
Financial activities	1,310.36	1,300.21	1,303.88	1,285.92	1,297.20	1,290.81
Professional & business services	1,175.78	1,169.98	1,164.92	1,166.73	1,162.42	1,161.30
Education & health services	889.62	892.65	887.70	884.40	882.38	882.75
Leisure & hospitality	417.34	418.41	413.95	413.16	412.64	410.81
Other services	773.16	772.53	772.53	773.69	770.31	768.73

Average weekly hours of production by Industry	July 2018 prel.	June 2018 prel.	May 2018 prel.	April 2018 prel.	March 2018 prel.	Feb. 2018 prel.
Total private	34.50	34.50	34.50	34.50	34.50	34.50
Goods producing	40.60	40.50	40.60	40.70	40.50	40.60
Natural resources & mining	46.10	46.50	46.10	45.60	46.00	45.90
Construction	39.40	39.30	39.60	39.50	39.20	39.30
Manufacturing	40.90	40.90	40.80	41.10	40.90	41.00
Overtime hours	-	-	-	-	-	-
Durable goods	47.30	41.40	36.80	40.60	44.60	47.70
Nondurable goods	40.20	40.10	40.20	40.20	40.20	40.30
Private serviceproviding	33.30	33.40	33.30	33.30	33.30	33.30
Trade, transportation & utilities	34.50	34.60	34.50	34.40	34.50	34.50
Wholesale trade	39.00	39.10	39.10	38.90	39.00	39.10
Retail trade	31.10	31.20	31.10	31.00	31.20	31.10
Transportation & warehousing	39.00	38.90	38.70	38.90	38.70	38.90
Utilities	41.70	41.90	42.10	42.10	41.90	41.90

Information	36.00	35.90	36.00	36.10	36.10	36.00
Financial activities	37.60	37.60	37.50	37.60	37.60	37.60
Professional & business services	36.20	36.20	36.20	36.20	36.10	36.20
Education & health services	32.90	33.00	33.00	33.00	32.90	33.00
Leisure & hospitality	26.10	26.20	26.10	26.10	26.10	26.10
Other services	31.70	31.70	31.70	31.80	31.70	31.70

Average hourly earnings ($)	July 2018 prel.	June 2018 prel.	May 2018 prel.	April 2018 prel.	March 2018 prel.	Feb. 2018 prel.
Total private	27.05	26.98	26.92	26.84	26.82	26.75
Goods producing	28.20	28.15	28.07	28.06	27.96	27.94
Natural resources & mining	32.44	32.56	32.54	32.54	32.64	32.37
Construction	29.86	29.71	29.65	29.63	29.43	29.47
Manufacturing	27.01	27.00	26.90	26.91	26.86	26.83
Overtime hours	-	-	-	-	-	-
Durable goods	28.37	28.34	28.24	28.24	28.11	28.09
Nondurable goods	24.68	24.71	24.62	24.64	24.72	24.68
Private serviceproviding	26.77	26.70	26.64	26.55	26.55	26.47
Trade, transportation & utilities	23.27	23.23	23.24	23.16	23.12	23.06
Wholesale trade	30.33	30.54	30.43	30.24	30.23	30.31
Retail trade	18.70	18.58	18.64	18.57	18.48	18.41
Transportation & warehousing	24.34	24.26	24.30	24.26	24.35	24.18
Utilities	40.73	40.34	40.14	40.34	39.97	39.59

Information	39.39	39.60	39.40	39.25	39.07	39.40
Financial activities	34.85	34.58	34.77	34.20	34.50	34.33
Professional & business services	32.48	32.32	32.18	32.23	32.20	32.08
Education & health services	27.04	27.05	26.90	26.80	26.82	26.75
Leisure & hospitality	15.99	15.97	15.86	15.83	15.81	15.74
Other services	24.39	24.37	24.37	24.33	24.30	24.25

• Source: Department of Labor
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