Here are the payroll numbers.
Note the section on government and financial
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Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 255,000 in July. Job gains occurred in
professional and business services, health care, and financial activities. Mining
employment continued to trend down. (See table B-1.)
Professional and business services added 70,000 jobs in July and has added 550,000 jobs
over the past 12 months. Within the industry, employment rose by 37,000 in professional
and technical services in July, led by computer systems design and related services
(+8,000) and architectural and engineering services (+7,000). Employment in management
and technical consulting services continued to trend up (+6,000).
In July, health care employment increased by 43,000, with gains in ambulatory health care
services (+19,000), hospitals (+17,000), and nursing and residential care facilities
(+7,000). Over the past 12 months, health care has added 477,000 jobs.
Employment in financial activities rose by 18,000 in July and has risen by 162,000 over
the year.
Employment in leisure and hospitality continued to trend up in July (+45,000). Employment
in food services and drinking places changed little in July (+21,000); this industry has
added an average of 18,000 jobs per month thus far this year, compared with an average
monthly gain of 30,000 in 2015.
Government employment edged up in July (+38,000).
Employment in mining continued to trend down over the month (-6,000). Since reaching a
peak in September 2014, employment in this industry has fallen by 220,000, or 26 percent.
Employment in other major industries, including construction, manufacturing, wholesale
trade, retail trade, and information, showed little or no change over the month.
The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 hour
to 34.5 hours in July. In manufacturing, the workweek was unchanged at 40.7 hours, while
overtime increased by 0.1 hour to 3.3 hours. The average workweek for production and
nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls also increased by 0.1 hour to 33.7
hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.)
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