The charts below show employment by category. The blue line is total employment in the category, the orange bar is monthly change and the red line is the linear regression in the last two years.

Total payroll increased 271k in October, after a 137k growth in September (which was revised down from 142k). The trend for the last 6 months slowed from 280k/month by the end of last year to 215k in the 6 months to October.

Private payroll increased 268k in October, after 149k growth in September (revised up from 118k).
The trend for the last 6 months slowed from 270k/month by the end of last year to 201k in the 6 months to October.

Most of the slowdown in the pace of job creation was concentrated in the goods producing sector (mining and manufacturing); a concern last month was that this slowdown could be spreading to the services sector but October's data (and revisions) showed a healthy pace of job creation. Overall, the 6-month pace of job creation in the goods sector slowed from 50k (at the end of last year) to close to zero, while in the services sector it slowed from 220k to 201k in the same comparison.

Employment categories
Total nonfarm
Total private
Goods-producing
Mining and logging
Construction
Manufacturing
Private service-providing
Trade, transportation, and utilities
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Transportation and warehousing
Utilities
Information
Financial activities
Professional and business services
Temporary help services
Education and health services
Educational services
Health care and social assistance
Leisure and hospitality
Other services
Government


Total nonfarm (trend from 243.9 to 242.7 to 242.1/m)

Total private (trend from 238.2 to 235.6 to 235.0/m)

Goods-producing (trend from 37.5 to 34.8 to 32.4/m)

Mining and logging (trend from -0.5 to -1.1 to -1.5/m)

Constructions (trend from 23.2 to 22.4 to 21.8/m)


Manufacturing (trend from 15 to 14.1 to 13.0/m)

Private service-providing (trend from 200.8 to 200.8 to 202.6/m)


Wholesale trade (trend from 8.2 to 7.9 to 7.8/m)


Retail trade (trend from 24.1 to 24.0 to 23.9/m)


Transportation and warehousing (trend from 12.7 to 12.4 to 12.1/m)


Utilities (trend from 0.6 to 0.7 to 0.7/m)


Information (trend from 3.9 to 3.9 to 3.8/m)


Financial activities (trend from 11.4 to 11.6 to 11.8/m)


Professional and business services (trend from 53.5 to 53.7 to 54.2/m)


Temporary help services (trend from 12.2 to 11.9 to 11.7/m)


Educational services (trend from 4.6 to 4.2 to 4.1/m)

Health care and social assistance (trend from 37.8 to 39.1 to 40.9/m)

Leisure and hospitality (trend from 37.2 to 37.1 to 37.1/m)

Other services (trend from 6.6 to 6.2 to 6.1/m)

Government (trend from 5.7 to 7.0 to 7.1/m)