"In March, employment in the service-providing sector continued to expand, led
by a gain of 78,000 in professional and business services.
Most of the gain
occurred in temporary help services (+29,000) and in professional and technical
services (+35,000).Health care employment continued to increase in March (+37,000). Over the last
12 months, health care has added 283,000 jobs, or an average of 24,000 jobs per
month.
Employment in leisure and hospitality rose by 37,000 over the month, with
more than
two-thirds of the increase in food services and drinking places (+27,000).Manufacturing employment continued to trend up in March (+17,000). Job gains were
concentrated in two durable goods industries--fabricated metal products (+8,000)
and machinery (+5,000). Employment in durable goods manufacturing has risen by
243,000 since its most recent low in December 2009.
In March, employment in mining increased by 14,000, with much of the gain occurring
in support activities for mining (+9,000).
Employment in local government continued to trend down over the month. Local government
has lost 416,000 jobs since an employment peak in September 2008...."
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htmand:
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.b.htm"In 2010, 12.4 percent of families included an unemployed person, up from 12.0
percent in 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The proportion
of families with an unemployed member in 2010 was at its highest level since the
data series began in 1994. Of the nation's 78.2 million families, 80.0 percent had
at least one employed member in 2010, down from 80.4 percent in 2009.
These data on employment, unemployment, and family relationships are collected as
part of the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly sample survey of approximately
60,000 households."
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/famee.nr0.htm