ESI coverage rates, hires, total separations, and net job changes, by industry, for select periods from 2008 to 2020
| Hires, thousands per month | Separations, thousands per month | Net employment change, thousands per month | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESI coverage rates | Sept. 2008–March 2009 | 2015–2019 average | March–April 2020 | May–June 2020 | Sept. 2008–March 2009 | 2015–2019 average | March–April 2020 | May–June 2020 | Sept. 2008–March 2009 | 2015–2019 average | March–April 2020 | May–June 2020 | |
| Mining | 74.7% | 24.9 | 29.0 | 16.0 | 13.5 | 31.7 | 31.8 | 54.5 | 29.0 | -6.9 | -2.9 | -38.5 | -15.5 |
| Construction | 44.5% | 353.6 | 369.9 | 317.5 | 588.5 | 462.1 | 348.6 | 795.5 | 304.0 | -108.6 | 21.3 | -478.0 | 284.5 |
| Manufacturing | 69.3% | 259.0 | 317.6 | 312.5 | 482.0 | 414.7 | 308.6 | 783.0 | 335.5 | -155.7 | 9.0 | -470.5 | 146.5 |
| Wholesale | 61.5% | 125.7 | 141.5 | 126.5 | 174.0 | 163.9 | 138.7 | 266.5 | 170.0 | -38.1 | 2.8 | -140.0 | 4.0 |
| Retail | 40.8% | 597.9 | 742.4 | 743.5 | 904.0 | 682.3 | 738.6 | 1,460.5 | 581.5 | -84.4 | 3.8 | -717.0 | 322.5 |
| Transportation, warehousing, utilities | 58.5% | 133.4 | 217.6 | 211.0 | 270.5 | 164.6 | 201.7 | 453.5 | 244.5 | -31.1 | 15.9 | -242.5 | 26.0 |
| Information | 61.9% | 63.6 | 86.5 | 56.5 | 61.5 | 79.4 | 84.2 | 117.5 | 57.5 | -15.9 | 2.3 | -61.0 | 4.0 |
| Finance and insurance | 70.5% | 122.7 | 135.9 | 140.0 | 125.0 | 145.3 | 127.6 | 140.5 | 111.0 | -22.6 | 8.3 | -0.5 | 14.0 |
| Real estate and leasing | 46.5% | 63.9 | 71.7 | 50.5 | 70.5 | 76.9 | 66.9 | 184.0 | 55.5 | -13.0 | 4.8 | -133.5 | 15.0 |
| Professional and business services | 61.0% | 784.9 | 1,121.8 | 951.5 | 1,065.5 | 915.4 | 1,087.6 | 1,536.5 | 892.5 | -130.6 | 34.2 | -585.0 | 173.0 |
| Education | 61.6% | 73.9 | 95.5 | 80.5 | 103.0 | 72.6 | 89.4 | 302.0 | 56.0 | 1.3 | 6.2 | -221.5 | 47.0 |
| Health | 56.8% | 443.9 | 578.5 | 524.0 | 854.0 | 414.9 | 538.2 | 1,233.0 | 503.0 | 29.0 | 40.3 | -709.0 | 351.0 |
| Arts and entertainment | 37.4% | 106.6 | 166.5 | 79.0 | 157.5 | 107.7 | 159.9 | 456.5 | 117.0 | -1.1 | 6.6 | -377.5 | 40.5 |
| Food service and accommodation | 23.9% | 615.0 | 871.9 | 503.0 | 1,407.0 | 652.7 | 846.8 | 3,210.5 | 621.5 | -37.7 | 25.1 | -2,707.5 | 785.5 |
| Other services | 33.3% | 169.3 | 211.7 | 166.5 | 419.0 | 188.0 | 206.6 | 895.0 | 150.5 | -18.7 | 5.0 | -728.5 | 268.5 |
| Government | 70.0% | 278.0 | 351.3 | 301.0 | 252.5 | 282.1 | 339.6 | 419.5 | 268.5 | -4.1 | 11.7 | -118.5 | -16.0 |
| Total | 4,216.0 | 5,509.1 | 4,579.5 | 6,948.0 | 4,854.3 | 5,314.8 | 12,308.5 | 4,497.5 | -638.3 | 194.3 | -7,729.0 | 2,450.5 | |
Sources: Hires and total separations from BLS’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey; employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) coverage by industry from the Annual Social and Economic supplement to the Current Population Survey.