Manufacturing employment changed little in December, though its nondurable goods component added 14,000 jobs.
In 2015, manufacturing employment was little changed (+30,000), following strong growth in 2014 (+215,000).
Employment in mining continued to decline in December (-8,000).
After adding 41,000 jobs in 2014, mining lost 129,000 jobs in 2015, with most of the loss in support activities for mining.
Motion pictures and sound recording added 15,000 jobs in December, offsetting a decline of 13,000 in the prior month.
Employment in transportation and warehousing rose by 23,000 in December, with a gain of 15,000 in couriers and messengers.
Food services and drinking places added 37,000 jobs in December.
In 2015, the industry added 357,000 jobs.
Health care employment rose by 39,000, with most of the increase occurring in ambulatory health care services (+23,000) and hospitals (+12,000).
Job growth in health care averaged 40,000 per month in 2015, compared with 26,000 per month in 2014.
Following November’s impressive numbers, December’s jobs gains continue to impress. The gain of 292,000 jobs is proof of our economy’s strengthening. While the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.0 percent, it’s still a seven-year low, the lowest since April 2008. This recent jobs boost comes after a steady decline in job gains since July, once again paving the way for the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. Keep scrolling to access our interactive job growth map.
Total jobs created in 2015
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MANUFACTURING
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Unemployment in December
Total jobs created in 2015
Total jobs created in December