For Immediate Release: July 20, For More Information, Contact: Beth Gargan/919.814.4610 North Carolina s Employment Figures Released RALEIGH The state s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.2 percent, decreasing 0.1 of a percentage point from May s revised rate. The national rate increased 0.2 of a percentage point to 4.0 percent. North Carolina s unemployment rate decreased 0.2 of a percentage point from a year ago. The number of people employed increased 13,721 over the month to 4,787,970 and increased 67,608 over the year. The number of people unemployed decreased 4,079 over the month to 209,552 and decreased 8,046 over the year. Seasonally adjusted Total Nonfarm industry employment, as gathered through the monthly establishment survey, increased 13,200 to 4,518,300 in. The major industries with the largest over-the-month increases were Leisure & Hospitality Services at 4,000, followed by Education & Health Services, 2,700; Trade, Transportation & Utilities, 2,600; Government, 1,900; Financial Activities, 1,800; Other Services, 1,100; Construction, 900; Information, 800; and Mining & Logging, 100. Major industries experiencing decreases were Professional & Business Services, 1,700; and Manufacturing, 1,000. Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates since Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun N.C. 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2 U.S. 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.0 Please note: numbers have been annually revised Since, Total Nonfarm jobs gained 103,400 with the Total Private sector growing by 98,200 and Government increasing by 5,200. The largest over-the-year increase among major industries was Professional & Business Services at 21,500, followed by Trade, Transportation & Utilities, 19,600; Education & Health Services, 14,600; Leisure & Hospitality Services, 11,300; Construction, 9,400; Manufacturing, 7,600; Financial Activities, 6,100; Information, 5,700; Government, 5,200; Other Services, 2,200; and Mining & Logging, 200. The next unemployment update is scheduled for Wednesday, August 1, when the county unemployment rates for will be released. This information can be accessed on the Commerce website at http://www.nccommerce.com/lead
North Carolina data is embargoed until 10:00 A.M. Friday, July 20, May North Carolina (Local Area Unemployment Statistics) Numeric Month Ago Numeric Year Ago Smoothed Seasonally Adjusted Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rate Not Seasonally Adjusted Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rate 4,997,522 4,987,880 4,937,960 9,642 0.2 59,562 1.2 4,787,970 4,774,249 4,720,362 13,721 0.3 67,608 1.4 209,552 213,631 217,598-4,079-1.9-8,046-3.7 4.2 4.3 4.4-0.1 xxx -0.2 xxx 5,043,226 5,020,059 4,953,758 23,167 0.5 89,468 1.8 4,831,175 4,835,369 4,727,820-4,194-0.1 103,355 2.2 212,051 184,690 225,938 27,361 14.8-13,887-6.1 4.2 3.7 4.6 0.5 xxx -0.4 xxx United States (Current Population Survey) Seasonally Adjusted Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rate Not Seasonally Adjusted Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rate 162,140,000 161,539,000 160,214,000 601,000 0.4 xxx xxx 155,576,000 155,474,000 153,250,000 102,000 0.1 xxx xxx 6,564,000 6,065,000 6,964,000 499,000 8.2 xxx xxx 4.0 3.8 4.3 0.2 xxx xxx xxx 163,277,000 161,765,000 161,337,000 1,512,000 0.9 xxx xxx 156,465,000 156,009,000 154,086,000 456,000 0.3 xxx xxx 6,812,000 5,756,000 7,250,000 1,056,000 18.3 xxx xxx 4.2 3.6 4.5 0.6 xxx xxx xxx *Effective January, updated US population estimates are used in the national labor force estimates. The annual population adjustments affect the comparability of national labor force estimates over time. estimates for the current month are preliminary. Estimates for the previous month have undergone monthly revision. estimates have undergone annual revision.
North Carolina (Current Employment Statistics) Seasonally Adjusted May Numeric Numeric Total Nonfarm 4,518,300 4,505,100 4,414,900 13,200 0.3 103,400 2.3 Total Private 3,780,000 3,768,700 3,681,800 11,300 0.3 98,200 2.7 Mining & Logging 5,900 5,800 5,700 100 1.7 200 3.5 Construction 218,000 217,100 208,600 900 0.4 9,400 4.5 Manufacturing 475,400 476,400 467,800-1,000-0.2 7,600 1.6 Trade, Transportation & Utilities 847,200 844,600 827,600 2,600 0.3 19,600 2.4 Information 84,400 83,600 78,700 800 1.0 5,700 7.2 Financial Activities 238,600 236,800 232,500 1,800 0.8 6,100 2.6 Professional & Business Services 639,100 640,800 617,600-1,700-0.3 21,500 3.5 Education & Health Services 612,700 610,000 598,100 2,700 0.4 14,600 2.4 Leisure & Hospitality Services 504,800 500,800 493,500 4,000 0.8 11,300 2.3 Other Services 153,900 152,800 151,700 1,100 0.7 2,200 1.5 Government 738,300 736,400 733,100 1,900 0.3 5,200 0.7 North Carolina (Current Employment Statistics) Not Seasonally Adjusted North Carolina data is embargoed until 10:00 A.M., Friday, July 20, Month Ago Year Ago Total Nonfarm 4,541,700 4,534,100 4,437,300 7,600 0.2 104,400 2.4 Total Private 3,815,700 3,779,300 3,715,900 36,400 1.0 99,800 2.7 Mining & Logging 5,900 5,800 5,700 100 1.7 200 3.5 Construction 221,400 219,000 211,800 2,400 1.1 9,600 4.5 Manufacturing 476,200 474,100 469,300 2,100 0.4 6,900 1.5 Trade, Transportation & Utilities 850,200 844,200 828,100 6,000 0.7 22,100 2.7 Information 84,400 83,100 79,000 1,300 1.6 5,400 6.8 Financial Activities 240,700 236,600 234,900 4,100 1.7 5,800 2.5 Professional & Business Services 641,500 641,600 620,900-100 <-0.1 20,600 3.3 Education & Health Services 605,400 609,800 594,600-4,400-0.7 10,800 1.8 Leisure & Hospitality Services 534,300 511,800 517,200 22,500 4.4 17,100 3.3 Other Services 155,700 153,300 154,400 2,400 1.6 1,300 0.8 Government 726,000 754,800 721,400-28,800-3.8 4,600 0.6 All Labor Force and CES data for the current month are preliminary. All Labor Force and CES estimates have been benchmarked. Estimates may not add to totals due to rounding.
Technical Notes This release presents labor force and unemployment estimates from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program. Also presented are nonfarm payroll employment estimates the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program. The LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative endeavors. Labor force and unemployment--from the LAUS program Definitions. The labor force and unemployment estimates are based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for the official national estimates obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program measures employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence basis. The universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age and over. Employed persons are those who did any work at all for pay or profit in the reference week (the week including the 12th of the month) or worked 15 hours or more without pay in a family business or farm, plus those not working who had a job from which they were temporarily absent, whether or not paid, for such reasons as bad weather, labor-management dispute, illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons are those who were not employed during the reference week (based on the definition above), had actively looked for a job sometime in the 4-week period ending with the reference week, and were currently available for work; persons on lay-off expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percent of the labor force. Method of estimation. Statewide estimates are produced using an estimation algorithm administered by the BLS. This method, which underwent substantial enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from several sources, including the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Each month, census division estimates are controlled to national totals, and state estimates are then controlled to their respective division totals. Substate estimates are controlled to their respective state totals. For more information about LAUS estimation procedures, see the BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/laumthd.htm Revisions. Labor force and unemployment data for the previous month reflect adjustments made in each subsequent month, while data for prior years reflect adjustments made at the end of each year. The monthly revisions incorporate updated model inputs, while the annually revised estimates reflect updated population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in the other data sources, and model reestimation. In most years, historical data for the most recent five years (both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted) are revised near the beginning of each calendar year, prior to the release of January estimates. Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS program introduced smoothed seasonally adjusted (SSA) estimates in January 2010. These are seasonally-adjusted data that have incorporated a longrun trend smoothing procedure, resulting in estimates that are less volatile than those previously produced. The estimates are smoothed using a filtering procedure, based on moving averages, to remove the irregular fluctuations from the seasonally-adjusted series, leaving the trend. The same process is used on both historical and current year estimates. For more information about the smoothing technique, see the BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/lassaqa.htm.
Area definitions. The substate area data published in this release reflect the delineations that were issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on July 15, 2015. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Employment--from the CES program Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted at their place of work rather than at their place of residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where possible these data are produced using a "weighted link relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current-month weighted employment to that of the previousmonth weighted employment is computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by the previous month s employment estimates. The weighted link relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample size meets certain statistical criteria. For some employment series, relatively small sample sizes limit the reliability of the weighted linkrelative estimates. In these cases, BLS uses the CES small domain model (SDM) to generate employment estimates. The SDM combines the direct sample estimates (described above) and forecasts of historical (benchmarked) data to decrease the volatility of the estimates. For more detailed information about the CES small domain model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods. Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by employers who are covered under state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions is available online at www.bls.gov/sae/benchmark.pdf. Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions of historical data for the most recent 5 years are made once a year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments. Reliability of the estimates The estimates presented in this release are based on sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability that is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used.
Model-based error measures for seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data and for overthe-month and over-the-year changes to LAUS estimates are available online at www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. Measures of sampling error for state CES data at the total nonfarm and supersector levels are available online at www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Release Dates The next unemployment update is scheduled for Wednesday, August 1, when the county unemployment rates for will be released. The complete data release schedule can be accessed at: http://www.nccommerce.com/lead/research-publications/schedule-of-release-dates
North Carolina Labor Market Conditions United States/North Carolina Unemployment Rates (Smoothed Seasonally Adjusted**) 6.0 5.0 The North Carolina smoothed seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.2 percent in, decreasing 0.1 of a percentage point from the previous month and falling 0.2 of a percentage point from. Over the month, the number of persons unemployed fell by 4,079 (1.9%). The civilian labor force increased by 9,642 (0.2%) to 4,997,522. 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.2 3.8 July Aug. **US data are not smoothed. In Thousands North Carolina Total Nonfarm Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) 4,600 4,500 4,400 4,300 4,200 July Aug. Oct. Nov. United States Oct. Nov. Jan. s in Employment by NAICS Industries Compared to (Seasonally Adjusted) Feb. March April North Carolina Jan. Feb. March April May May Nationally, s unemployment rate was 4.0 percent. The number of persons unemployed was 6,564,000, while the civilian labor force was 162,140,000. Seasonally adjusted Total Nonfarm industry employment (4,518,300) increased 13,200 (0.3%) since May and 103,400 (2.3%) since. 1 Private sector employment grew over the month by 11,300 (0.3%) and 98,200 (2.7%) over the year. Of the major industries for which payroll data are seasonally adjusted, Leisure & Hospitality Services (4,000; 0.8%) had the largest over-the-month gain in jobs, followed by Education & Health Services (2,700; 0.4%), Trade, Transportation & Utilities (2,600; 0.3%), Government (1,900; 0.3%), Financial Activities (1,800; 0.8%), Other Services (1,100; 0.7%), Construction (900; 0.4%), Information (800; 1.0%), and Mining & Logging (100; 1.7%). Professional & Business Services (1,700; 0.3%) reported the largest overthe-month decrease, followed by Manufacturing (1,000; 0.2%). Since, Professional & Business Services added the largest number of jobs (21,500; 3.5%), followed by Trade, Transportation & Utilities (19,600; 2.4%), Education & Health Services (14,600; 2.4%), Leisure & Hospitality (11,300; 2.3%), Construction (9,400; 4.5%), Manufacturing (7,600; 1.6%), Financial Activities (6,100; 2.6%), Information (5,700; 7.2%), Government (5,200; 0.7%), Other Services (2,200; 1.5%), and Mining & Logging (200; 3.5%). 1 It is important to note that industry employment estimates are subject to large seasonal patterns. Seasonal adjustment factors are applied to the data. However, these factors not be fully capturing the seasonal trend. Therefore, when interpreting the changes in industry employment, it is advisable to focus on over-theyear changes in both the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted series. In Thousands 1,000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 +9.4 *7.6 +19.6 Construction Manufacturing Trade, Transportation & Utilities +5.7 Information +6.1 Financial Activities +21.5 Professional & Business Services +14.6 Education & Health Services *11.3 Leisure & Hospitality Services +2.2 Other Services *N.C. current month data are preliminary, while all other seasonally adjusted data have undergone annual revision. U.S. data have undergone annual revision. Jun-17 Jun-18 +5.2 Government Labor & Economic Analysis North Carolina Department of Commerce 1 of 2
North Carolina Labor Market Conditions The not seasonally adjusted Total Nonfarm employment level of 4,541,700 was 7,600 (0.2%) more than the May revised employment level of 4,534,100. Among the major industries in North Carolina, Leisure & Hospitality Services had the largest over-the-month increase in employment at 22,500 (4.4%), followed by Trade, Transportation &Utilities (6,000; 0.7%), Financial Activities (4,100; 1.7%), Construction (2,400; 1.1%), Other Services (2,400; 1.6%), Manufacturing (2,100; 0.4%), Information (1,300; 1.6%), and Mining & Logging (100; 1.7%). Government experienced the largest employment decrease at 28,800 (3.8%), followed by Education & Health Services (4,400; 0.7%), and Professional & Business Services (100; >-0.1%). Selected Manufacturing Industries With Job Gains (Not Seasonally Adjusted) In Thousands 3.0 2.0 1.0 2.6 1.4 1.3 0.3 0.3 Over the year, the Service Providing sector (all industries except Mining & Logging, Construction, and Manufacturing) showed an increase of 87,700 (2.3%) jobs. Trade, Transportation & Utilities experienced the largest employment increase at 22,100 (2.7%), followed by Professional & Business Services (20,600; 3.3%), Leisure & Hospitality Services (17,100; 3.3%), Education & Health Services (10,800; 1.8%), Financial Activities (5,800; 2.5%), Information (5,400; 6.8%), Government (4,600; 0.6%), and Other Services (1,300; 0.8%). The Goods Producing sector grew by 16,700 (2.4%) jobs over the year. Construction had the largest increase with 9,600 (4.5%), followed by Manufacturing (6,900; 1.5%), and Mining & Logging (200; 3.5%). Selected Service Industries With Job Gains (Not Seasonally Adjusted) In Thousands 0.0 15.0 10.0 5.0 Fabricated Metal Product 10.7 Computer & Electronic Product 10.3 10.0 Food Wood Product Electrical Equipment 9.3 7.3 Amongst manufacturing industries, Fabricated Metal Product had the largest net over-the-year increase at 2,600. Other manufacturing industries with gains were: Computer & Electronic Product, 1,400; Food, 1,300; Wood Product, 300; Electrical Equipment, 300; Machinery, 200; and Beverage & Tobacco Product, 200. Furniture & Related Product had the largest net over-the-year decrease at 1,200 in. Other industries with decreases were: Apparel, 500; Textile Mills, 300; Chemical, 200; Transportation Equipment, 200; and Textile Product Mills, 100. 0.0 Total Private Average Weekly Wage 2015 (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 900 850 Health Care & Social Assistance Professional, Scientific & Tech. Accom. & Food Services Retail Trade Administrative & Waste Mgmt. Over the month, Average Weekly Hours for total private workers in increased 12 minutes from May s revised rate of 34.8. Average Hourly Earnings fell by $0.27 to $24.47, as Average Weekly Earnings decreased by $4.50 to $865.45. Over the year, Average Weekly Hours for total private workers in increased 18 minutes from the revised rate of 34.7 in. Average Hourly Earnings grew by $0.70 and Average Weekly Earnings increased $31.63. In Dollars 800 750 700 2015 2015 2015 March 2016 2016 2016 2016 March March Labor & Economic Analysis North Carolina Department of Commerce 2 of 2