FIRST QUARTER 2008 COVERED EMPLOYMENT & TOTAL WAGES, BY INDUSTRY Return to: Covered Employment and Wages Home Page

INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION	Revised Covered Employment					Revised Total Wages
	JAN	FEB	MAR	% Change From		First Quarter 2008	% Change From
				MAR '07 MAR '08	DEC  '07 MAR '08		1st QTR 2007	4th QTR 2007
TOTAL *	1,931,193	1,938,820	1,946,564	-0.2	-1.2	18,629,025,611	3.3	-4.4
Goods Producing	421,343	420,823	420,243	-2.9	-2.0	4,581,687,805	2.4	-5.6
Natural Resources & Mining	20,516	20,771	20,802	-5.9	-2.0	232,219,782	3.6	-1.0
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	12,465	12,659	12,730	-8.1	-2.4	94,563,035	0.5	-9.3
Crop Production	2,971	3,046	3,230	-9.7	4.9	18,721,366	-4.3	-15.4
Animal Production	2,081	2,075	2,086	-5.5	-6.4	16,735,035	4.4	-13.5
Forestry & Logging	4,733	4,777	4,791	-5.4	-0.9	36,765,920	-4.2	-8.7
Fishing, Hunting & Trapping	64	64	61	-9.0	-9.0	257,827	-20.6	-10.4
Agriculture & Forestry Support Activities	2,616	2,697	2,562	-12.5	-9.8	22,082,887	11.6	-0.5
Mining	8,051	8,112	8,072	-2.3	-1.4	137,656,747	5.9	5.6
Oil & Gas Extraction	764	780	762	2.4	-1.9	20,627,546	13.3	30.0
Mining, Except Oil & Gas	6,230	6,270	6,253	-2.9	-0.6	104,031,341	4.7	5.7
Support Activities For Mining	1,057	1,062	1,057	-1.9	-5.5	12,997,860	4.2	-19.2
Construction	109,596	110,170	110,433	-2.5	-2.4	1,076,765,181	6.0	-14.8
Construction of Buildings	25,750	25,834	25,953	-8.4	-4.6	288,949,552	1.5	-22.3
Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction	17,202	17,223	17,239	-0.5	0.6	186,924,109	9.3	-9.4
Specialty Trade Contractors	66,644	67,113	67,241	-0.5	-2.3	600,891,519	7.2	-12.4
Manufacturing	291,231	289,882	289,008	-2.9	-1.8	3,272,702,842	1.3	-2.5
Food Manufacturing	34,627	34,276	34,242	1.1	-2.2	243,497,837	5.1	-2.9
Beverage & Tobacco Product Manufacturing	2,634	2,657	2,662	-0.3	-0.5	31,714,486	5.5	7.9
Textile Mills	7,837	7,791	7,746	-4.8	1.3	58,077,170	-11.6	-13.0
Textile Product Mills	7,131	6,449	6,210	-27.5	-18.7	45,380,539	-23.3	-11.8
Apparel Manufacturing	10,347	10,236	10,204	-9.9	-5.3	69,964,763	9.7	4.4
Leather & Allied Product Manufacturing	93	90	89	-23.9	-4.3	495,314	-13.1	-27.1
Wood Product Manufacturing	19,454	19,121	18,992	-6.6	-5.1	153,807,032	-3.6	-10.9
Paper Manufacturing	13,875	13,814	13,824	-2.2	0.1	250,294,710	-3.9	7.4
Printing & Related Support Activities	5,243	5,218	5,232	-3.3	-3.4	49,641,985	5.9	-5.9
Petroleum & Coal Products Manufacturing	1,872	1,855	1,844	-7.6	-5.7	28,685,329	3.1	-12.5
Chemical Manufacturing	9,833	9,687	9,705	1.8	0.2	180,924,520	4.9	12.5
Plastics & Rubber Products Manufacturing	14,556	14,543	14,593	0.4	0.2	156,616,932	5.0	-1.9
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing	9,604	9,495	9,349	-8.1	-4.0	108,892,430	-2.3	-4.8
Primary Metal Manufacturing	17,854	17,929	18,028	-1.7	0.1	281,945,056	-2.3	4.2
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	29,066	29,222	29,378	0.5	1.4	300,358,317	4.5	-8.1
Machinery Manufacturing	12,872	12,975	12,985	-4.5	-1.9	142,334,771	-0.8	-5.4
Computer & Electronic Product Manufacturing	15,008	14,964	14,857	-3.5	-1.8	198,157,867	-1.4	2.8
Electrical Equipment & Appliance Manufacturing	5,508	5,337	5,483	-2.3	-0.6	62,539,525	3.7	1.8
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	53,183	53,474	53,210	0.8	-0.1	746,624,275	6.1	-5.2
Furniture & Related Product Manufacturing	13,516	13,518	13,209	-8.5	-4.4	101,150,336	-6.2	-6.8
Miscellaneous Manufacturing	7,118	7,231	7,166	-2.8	-2.8	61,599,648	1.6	-7.6
Service Producing	1,146,409	1,151,362	1,158,521	0.1	-1.6	10,273,025,176	3.2	-4.0
Trade, Transportation & Utilities	386,995	385,149	387,421	-0.2	-3.9	3,381,040,881	1.4	-2.3
Wholesale Trade	80,818	80,893	81,063	-1.3	-2.5	1,078,338,224	1.7	-7.3
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	41,790	41,755	41,858	-3.3	-3.2	538,455,456	-1.7	-9.1
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	25,096	25,123	25,201	-2.0	-2.4	279,942,259	-1.3	-10.9
Electronic Markets & Agents & Brokers	13,932	14,015	14,004	7.1	-0.3	259,940,509	13.4	1.1
Retail Trade	239,187	237,521	239,722	0.3	-4.5	1,407,603,577	0.5	-6.2
Motor Vehicle & Parts Dealers	31,186	31,265	31,551	-2.7	-0.7	285,137,925	-1.8	-6.6
Furniture & Home Furnishings Stores	8,468	8,189	8,105	-5.9	-9.7	51,555,674	-2.9	-19.8
Electronics & Appliance Stores	7,370	7,285	7,345	1.4	-10.5	62,371,793	0.3	-4.9
Building Material & Garden Supply Stores	20,204	20,543	20,974	-4.9	1.1	155,648,875	-4.3	-0.9
Food & Beverage Stores	32,737	32,923	32,985	0.9	-2.1	153,207,486	3.1	-4.7
Health & Personal Care Stores	15,423	15,552	15,705	4.3	-1.1	125,431,061	6.9	-6.1
Gasoline Stations	18,213	18,138	18,216	-3.5	-2.0	73,670,158	-0.4	-6.7
Clothing & Clothing Accessories Stores	20,790	20,079	20,235	2.4	-14.6	73,572,774	2.2	-6.1
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book & Music Stores	9,817	9,339	9,425	8.4	-11.9	39,107,616	2.8	-11.9
General Merchandise Stores	59,331	58,665	59,711	2.6	-4.4	291,600,769	0.4	-7.2
Miscellaneous Store Retailers	11,618	11,510	11,440	-0.9	-6.3	63,326,429	5.9	-1.4
Nonstore Retailers	4,030	4,033	4,030	3.4	0.9	32,973,016	2.0	-1.4
Transportation & Warehousing	53,619	53,341	53,219	-1.2	-4.1	499,094,654	3.1	-9.6
Air Transportation	914	915	930	1.0	-2.0	9,416,634	1.1	0.8
Water Transportation	996	999	999	109.4	-17.3	14,918,797	114.0	-34.9
Truck Transportation	27,742	27,505	27,426	-7.1	-3.2	256,523,645	-4.2	-10.3
Transit & Ground Passenger Transportation	2,163	2,218	2,271	7.4	4.6	10,490,504	16.6	-3.0
Pipeline Transportation	706	713	715	4.5	1.4	16,845,001	33.9	43.0
Scenic & Sightseeing Transportation	47	49	49	-19.7	-24.6	297,146	-7.3	-29.9
Support Activities For Transportation	6,877	6,919	6,877	7.5	-0.9	71,147,197	13.9	-8.6
Couriers & Messengers	5,470	5,507	5,500	0.8	-16.5	49,619,575	3.0	-12.5
Warehousing & Storage	8,704	8,516	8,452	3.0	-0.8	69,836,156	3.7	-8.0
Utilities	13,371	13,394	13,417	2.3	-0.9	396,004,425	1.9	61.9
Information	27,387	27,329	27,306	-3.2	-1.7	356,780,923	-4.4	11.1
Publishing Industries, Except Internet	7,028	7,095	7,101	-1.6	0.5	85,114,209	0.3	6.9
Motion Picture & Sound Recording Industries	1,792	1,858	1,826	5.4	-3.2	7,090,889	6.8	3.0
Broadcasting, Except Internet	4,115	4,113	4,080	-14.7	-14.7	45,256,795	-15.4	-13.3
Telecommunications	12,522	12,538	12,621	-0.2	4.7	198,954,829	-4.9	22.5
ISPs, Search Portals, & Data Processing	1,583	1,359	1,299	-14.0	-21.7	16,117,027	2.9	-0.9
Other Information Services	347	366	379	19.9	12.5	4,247,173	24.2	16.7
Financial Activities	96,160	96,551	96,556	-0.3	-1.7	1,450,850,119	5.3	10.8
Finance & Insurance	71,708	71,989	71,803	0.6	-1.0	1,248,337,953	6.6	15.5
Monetary Authorities - Central Bank	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***
Credit Intermediation & Related Activities	43,103	43,181	43,081	0.1	-1.0	687,261,414	11.5	26.6
Securities, Commodity Contracts, Investments	3,965	4,027	3,901	4.1	-2.4	127,492,560	6.1	11.1
Insurance Carriers & Related Activities	24,430	24,538	24,612	0.9	-0.7	430,264,756	**	2.7
Funds, Trusts, & Other Financial Vehicles	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***
Other	210	243	209	0.5	0.5	3,319,222	-10.3	-17.7
Real Estate, Rental & Leasing	24,452	24,562	24,753	-2.8	-3.5	202,512,167	-2.3	-11.7
Real Estate	15,067	15,160	15,264	0.2	-3.3	125,571,804	0.2	-15.8
Rental & Leasing Services	9,249	9,265	9,352	-7.1	-3.7	73,380,713	-3.8	-5.2
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets	136	137	137	-18.5	-12.7	3,559,649	-38.5	29.8
Professional & Business Services	220,118	221,450	222,180	0.7	-0.4	2,348,586,845	4.0	-7.1
Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services	99,423	100,224	99,760	1.8	1.3	1,438,746,411	4.3	-10.1
Management of Companies & Enterprises	14,737	14,755	14,776	1.2	-1.8	282,364,636	-2.9	8.1
Admin. Support & Waste Mgmt. & Remediation	105,958	106,471	107,644	-0.4	-1.7	627,475,798	6.9	-5.8
Administrative & Support Services	101,512	102,093	103,228	-1.0	-2.2	577,527,685	5.1	-7.7
Waste Management & Remediation Services	4,446	4,378	4,416	15.6	12.1	49,948,113	33.4	23.9
Education & Health Services	201,927	203,686	204,284	1.3	-0.5	1,846,638,577	5.1	-14.5
Educational Services	15,976	16,388	16,400	-1.5	-4.3	122,373,022	1.5	-8.9
Health Care & Social Assistance	185,951	187,298	187,884	1.6	-0.2	1,724,265,555	5.3	-14.9
Ambulatory Health Care Services	77,884	78,705	78,784	2.8	-0.5	933,736,568	6.2	-23.5
Hospitals	44,031	44,212	44,495	0.6	0.1	449,119,744	3.3	-0.9
Nursing & Residential Care Facilities	41,966	42,077	42,291	1.4	0.5	240,328,607	6.8	-1.3
Social Assistance	22,070	22,304	22,314	-0.1	-0.9	101,080,635	3.6	-6.0
Leisure & Hospitality	166,366	169,216	172,673	**	0.6	554,893,490	5.6	-4.8
Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	15,427	15,674	16,262	0.9	0.3	68,814,917	5.3	-8.3
Performing Arts & Spectator Sports	2,908	2,982	3,150	1.7	2.3	18,661,743	10.2	-7.8
Museums, Historical Sites, Zoos, & Parks	828	831	835	2.8	-5.8	4,377,097	4.8	-9.4
Amusements, Gambling, & Recreation	11,691	11,861	12,277	0.6	0.2	45,776,078	3.5	-8.4
Accommodation & Food Service	150,939	153,542	156,411	-0.1	0.6	486,078,573	5.6	-4.3
Accommodation	14,511	15,031	15,516	5.8	7.5	63,204,241	13.5	-1.0
Food Services & Drinking Places	136,428	138,511	140,895	-0.7	-0.1	422,874,332	4.5	-4.7
Other Services	47,456	47,981	48,101	-1.4	0.3	334,234,341	3.2	-1.8
Other Services, Except Public Administration	47,456	47,981	48,101	-1.4	0.3	334,234,341	3.2	-1.8
Repair & Maintenance	18,868	19,133	19,107	-2.7	**	172,926,001	2.1	-1.1
Personal & Laundry Services	15,448	15,673	15,793	-0.1	1.4	83,343,590	1.7	-2.8
Membership Associations & Organizations	9,414	9,492	9,531	1.1	0.2	64,178,499	10.1	-1.0
Private Households	3,726	3,683	3,670	-6.4	-2.5	13,786,251	-2.0	-7.0
STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT	311,586	314,874	316,004	2.2	0.9	2,902,091,929	5.1	-5.4
State Government	93,979	95,930	96,088	3.7	1.4	1,009,102,854	1.5	-12.1
Local Government	217,607	218,944	219,916	1.6	0.6	1,892,989,075	7.1	-1.4
Federal Government	51,855	51,761	51,796	-0.3	**	872,220,702	3.1	0.9

* Federal, Local & State Government included in "TOTAL" but not distributed by industry.

** Less than 0.1 percent change.

*** Included in "Other".