The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer—measured as "payroll employment" in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours—fell by 57,400 (-0.3%) in September, following little change in August and an increase of 39,500 (+0.2%) in July. On a year-over-year basis, payroll employment was up 94,900 (+0.5%) in September.
Meanwhile, job vacancies edged up to 528,200 in September, following little change in the previous month and three consecutive monthly declines from May to July.
In September, monthly payroll employment declines were recorded in 9 sectors, led by retail trade (-13,200; -0.7%), accommodation and food services (-9,100; -0.7%), other services (except public administration) (-7,600; -1.3%), professional, scientific and technical services (-5,700; -0.5%) and construction (-5,600; -0.5%). The remaining 11 sectors were little changed.
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