US Data: Employment, Establishment - Summary -1->

Release for:  May 2019

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

Units as noted, changes calculated by Market News International

                                  Jan-19  Feb-19  Mar-19  Apr-19  May-19

Unemployment rate (household)        4.0     3.8     3.8     3.6     3.6

--Unrounded Unemp Rate*           4.0036  3.8208  3.8114  3.5847  3.6201 Net

                                                                         Revision

Chg in nonfarm payrolls (,000)       312      56     153     224      75   -75

 Previously reported:                312      56     189     263

 Private payrolls                    297      46     153     205      90

 Goods-producing                      80     -19      13      35       8

  Mining                               5      -2       1       1       0

  Construction                        56     -23      15      30       4

  Manufacturing                       17       8      -3       5       3

   Transport Equip                     3       5      -5       2       4

    Mtr Veh, Parts                    -1       2      -7      -2       3

Private Service Providing            217      65     140     170      82

  Trade, transportation               48      -9     -17       1       0

  Wholesale trade                      8      13       0      11       7

  Retail trade                         9     -14     -15     -14      -8

   Mtr Veh, Parts Dealers              0       5       3       7      -1

   Food, beverage                      2       5       1       1      -1

  Financial activities                 6       5      11      13       2

  Prof, business svcs                  5      54      19      62      33

   Temp help svcs                    -26       7     -11      10       5

  Government                          15      10       0      19     -15

Average weekly hours                34.5    34.4    34.5    34.4    34.4

 Manufacturing weekly hours         40.8    40.7    40.7    40.6    40.6

 Manufacturing overtime              3.5     3.5     3.4     3.4     3.4

Average hourly earnings ($)        27.56   27.66   27.71   27.77   27.83

 % change from prev month            0.1     0.4     0.2     0.2     0.2

Agg hrs index, % ch from prev mo     0.3    -0.3     0.5    -0.2     0.1

Manufacturing hrs index, % ch       -0.1    -0.1    -0.1    -0.1     0.0

Household data:

Labor force, monthly change          -11     -45    -224    -490     176

 Employment, change                 -251     255    -201    -103     113

 Unemployment, change                241    -300     -24    -387      64

 Pool of available workers*        11789   11457   11438   10945   10933

 monthly change*                     168    -332     -19    -493     -12

* MNI Calculations

     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **

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