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*Employment in '''retail trade''' has increased by 301,000 over the past 12 months, with motor vehicle and parts dealers and general merchandise stores accounting for nearly half of the gain.
*Employment in '''food services and drinking places''' rose in January (+47,000). Over the year, the industry has added 384,000 jobs.
*'''Health care''' continued to add jobs in January (+37,000), with most of the increase occurring in hospitals (+24,000). Health care has added 470,000 jobs over the past 12 months, with about two-fifths of thegrowth occurring in hospitals.
*'''Manufacturing''' added 29,000 jobs in January, following little employment change in 2015. Over the month, job gains occurred in food manufacturing (+11,000), fabricated metal products (+7,000), and furniture and related products (+3,000).
*Employment in financial activities rose in January (+18,000). Job gains occurred in credit intermediation and related activities (+7,000).
*'''Private educational services ''' lost 39,000 jobs in January due to larger than normal seasonal layoffs.*Employment in '''transportation and warehousing ''' decreased by 20,000 in January. Most of the loss occurred among couriers and messengers (-14,000), reflecting larger than usual layoffs following strong seasonal hiring in the prior 2 months.*Employment in '''mining ''' continued to decline in January (-7,000). Since reaching a peak in September 2014, employment in the industry has fallen by 146,000, or 17 percent.*Employment in "professional and business services " changed little in January (+9,000), after increasing by 60,000 in December. Within the industry, professional and technical services added 25,000 jobs over the month, in line with average monthly gains over the prior 12 months. Employment in temporary help services edged down in January (-25,000), after edging up by the same amount in December.*Employment in other major industries, '''including construction, wholesale trade, and government''', changed little over the month. The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.1 hour to 34.6 hours in January.
*The manufacturing workweek edged up by 0.1 hour to 40.7 hours, and factory overtime was unchanged at 3.3 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.8 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.)
*In January, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 12 cents to $25.39. Over the year, average hourly earnings have risen by 2.5 percent. In January, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees rose by 6 cents to $21.33.
