In today's economy, both business cycle (cyclical) and structural forces affect
employment, so that layoffs coexist along with job creation every month. As a result, the monthly change in employment statistic no longer measures job
creation. Instead, it is the net change in employment; the difference between job loss and
job creation for that month. The table below allows you to see the employment gains
and losses that together determine the monthly employment change.
Payroll Employment for
April 2000
(thousands, not seasonally adjusted) |
| |
2000 |
1999 |
Gains |
Losses |
Net
Chg |
| GOODS
PRODUCING: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Construction |
18.5 |
17.4 |
1.1 |
--- |
|
| Manufacturing: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Durable Goods |
47.9 |
49.1 |
--- |
-1.2 |
|
| Non-Durable
Goods |
25.6 |
25.9 |
--- |
-0.3 |
|
| Total: Goods
Producing |
92.0 |
92.4 |
1.1 |
-1.5 |
-0.4 |
| SERVICE
PRODUCING: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Transportation,
Communications, Public Utilities |
16.0 |
15.3 |
0.7 |
--- |
|
| Trade: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Retail |
84.8 |
81.3 |
3.5 |
--- |
|
| Wholesale |
20.1 |
19.7 |
0.4 |
--- |
|
| Finance,
Insurance, Real Estate |
29.7 |
29.5 |
0.2 |
--- |
|
| (Miscellaneous)
Services |
162.5 |
159.8 |
2.7 |
--- |
|
| Government: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Federal |
10.8 |
10.7 |
0.1 |
--- |
|
| State |
54.1 |
53.8 |
0.3 |
--- |
|
| Local |
0.0 |
0.0 |
--- |
0.0 |
|
| Total:
Service Producing |
378.0 |
370.1 |
7.9 |
0.0 |
7.9 |
| MONTHLY TOTALS |
470.0 |
462.5 |
9.0 |
-1.5 |
7.5 |
| % chg |
|
|
1.95% |
-0.32% |
1.62% |
(Source: Rhode Island Department of
Labor and Training)
|
