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 142k in September, after a 136k growth in August (which was revised down from 173k). The trend for the last 6 months slowed from 280k/month by the end of last year to 200k in the 6 months to September.

Private payroll increased 118k in September, after 100k growth in August (revised down from 140k).
The trend for the last 6 months slowed from 270k/month by the end of last year to 180k in the 6 months to September.

Most of the slowdown in the pace of job creation was initially concentrated in the goods producing sector (mining and manufacturing), but it seems that this slowdown is now spreading into the services sector. 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 180k 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 242.8 to 243.9 to 242.7/m)

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

Goods-producing (trend from 39.7 to 37.5 to 34.8/m)

Mining and logging (trend from 0 to -0.5 to -1.1/m)

Constructions (trend from 23.9 to 23.2 to 22.4/m)


Manufacturing (trend from 15.8 to 15 to 14.1/m)

Private service-providing (trend from 198.6 to 200.8 to 200.8/m)


Wholesale trade (trend from 8.3 to 8.2 to 7.9/m)


Retail trade (trend from 24.2 to 24.1 to 24.0/m)


Transportation and warehousing (trend from 13.0 to 12.7 to 12.4/m)


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


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


Financial activities (trend from 10.7 to 11.4 to 11.6/m)


Professional and business services (trend from 52.9 to 53.5 to 53.7/m)


Temporary help services (trend from 12.3 to 12.2 to 11.9/m)


Educational services (trend from 4.5 to 4.6 to 4.2/m)

Health care and social assistance (trend from 36.1 to 37.8 to 39.1/m)

Leisure and hospitality (trend from 37.4 to 37.2 to 37.1/m)

Other services (trend from 6.9 to 6.6 to 6.2/m)

Government (trend from 4.5 to 5.7 to 7.0/m)