Current Employment Statistics (CES6056000001) · Administrative, support, waste, seasonally adjusted
How many jobs are there in administrative and support and waste management services?
The number of jobs in administrative and support and waste management services was 9,019 thousand in the month ended , up 0.5% from a year earlier (preliminary).
Jobs in administrative and support and waste management services, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, each month
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Jobs in administrative and support and waste management services, in thousands, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Each point is one month of the series as the source publishes it, or a change worked out from those values (ours). The US recessions are shaded. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.
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The newest month beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier. The last ten years are in the table under "The numbers behind the chart".
| Measure | Latest | The month before | A year earlier | Five years earlier | Ten years earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | |||||
| Jobs in administrative and support and waste management services, in thousands | 9,019 thousand | 9,034 thousand | 8,970 thousand | 9,122 thousand | 9,015 thousand |
| Change over a year | +0.5% | +0.6% | −1.6% | +8.2% | +1.8% |
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Observed .
Right now
The number of jobs in administrative and support and waste management services was 9,019 thousand in September 2026, the lowest since February 2026.
Over a year it is up 0.5% (ours). The source marks this value preliminary.
ChangeOurs
| Period | Then | Change |
|---|---|---|
| One month | 9,034 thousand in | −0.2% |
| Three months | 9,052 thousand in | −0.4% |
| Twelve months | 8,970 thousand in | +0.5% |
| Five years | 9,122 thousand in | −1.1% |
| Ten years | 9,015 thousand in | 0.0% |
In historyOurs
The number of jobs in administrative and support and waste management services of 9,019 thousand in was higher than in 344 of the 440 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 96.
Highest since : 9,586 thousand in . Lowest since : 4,535 thousand in .
AverageOurs
Average since : 7,786.8 thousand (ours, a plain mean of the 441 months).
ComparedOurs
Over a year the number of jobs in administrative and support and waste management services is up 0.5%, which ranks 11 of the 35 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.
The table sets the number of jobs in administrative and support and waste management services beside the industries on the jobs by industry page, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.
Inside itOurs
Of the 2 industries inside administrative, support, waste that BLS reports, the change over a year was largest for waste management and remediation services, up 1.4%, and smallest for administrative and support services, up 0.5% (ours).
Understanding the number of jobs in administrative and support and waste management services
Where it stands today
The number of jobs in administrative and support and waste management services was 9,019 thousand in September 2026.
What does the number of jobs in administrative and support and waste management services measure?
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services covers temporary-help and staffing agencies, office support, security guards, cleaning and landscaping services, travel arrangement, and waste collection, treatment and clean-up.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) counts these jobs each month in a survey of employers, the Current Employment Statistics, and publishes them in the Employment Situation report at the start of the next month. The count is all employees on payrolls, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest value since the series begins, how the change over a year ranks among the lines of the jobs by industry page, the industries inside it with their own change over a year.
The numbers behind the chart
What was the number of jobs in administrative and support and waste management services in each month?The last ten years, 120 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Jan 1990
| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 9,019 thousand | +0.5% | |
| 9,034 thousand | +0.6% | |
| 9,039 thousand | +0.4% | |
| 9,052 thousand | +0.3% | |
| 9,033 thousand | −0.1% | |
| 9,038 thousand | −0.2% | |
| 9,029 thousand | −0.3% | |
| 8,984 thousand | −1.0% | |
| 8,998 thousand | −0.8% | |
| 8,965 thousand | −1.5% | |
| 8,974 thousand | −1.3% | |
| 8,956 thousand | −1.5% | |
| 8,970 thousand | −1.6% | |
| 8,983 thousand | −1.7% | |
| 9,005 thousand | −1.7% | |
| 9,025 thousand | −1.6% | |
| 9,041 thousand | −1.8% | |
| 9,060 thousand | −1.6% | |
| 9,054 thousand | −1.8% | |
| 9,078 thousand | −1.6% | |
| 9,071 thousand | −1.9% | |
| 9,099 thousand | −1.4% | |
| 9,096 thousand | −1.8% | |
| 9,088 thousand | −2.5% |
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| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 9,116 thousand | −2.4% | |
| 9,137 thousand | −2.4% | |
| 9,162 thousand | −2.4% | |
| 9,173 thousand | −2.8% | |
| 9,205 thousand | −2.7% | |
| 9,210 thousand | −2.8% | |
| 9,225 thousand | −2.8% | |
| 9,228 thousand | −3.0% | |
| 9,245 thousand | −2.7% | |
| 9,228 thousand | −2.9% | |
| 9,267 thousand | −3.0% | |
| 9,318 thousand | −2.7% | |
| 9,342 thousand | −2.5% | |
| 9,364 thousand | −2.1% | |
| 9,390 thousand | −1.8% | |
| 9,440 thousand | −1.0% | |
| 9,465 thousand | −0.6% | |
| 9,475 thousand | −0.7% | |
| 9,493 thousand | −0.9% | |
| 9,513 thousand | −0.2% | |
| 9,503 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 9,507 thousand | +1.0% | |
| 9,552 thousand | +2.1% | |
| 9,577 thousand | +3.1% | |
| 9,586 thousand | +5.1% | |
| 9,569 thousand | +5.2% | |
| 9,562 thousand | +5.8% | |
| 9,530 thousand | +6.2% | |
| 9,522 thousand | +6.8% | |
| 9,538 thousand | +7.2% | |
| 9,579 thousand | +6.9% | |
| 9,535 thousand | +7.1% | |
| 9,415 thousand | +6.0% | |
| 9,411 thousand | +7.1% | |
| 9,353 thousand | +7.6% | |
| 9,286 thousand | +8.3% | |
| 9,122 thousand | +8.2% | |
| 9,093 thousand | +8.5% | |
| 9,039 thousand | +9.8% | |
| 8,974 thousand | +11.3% | |
| 8,917 thousand | +14.6% | |
| 8,897 thousand | +16.5% | |
| 8,956 thousand | −2.5% | |
| 8,902 thousand | −3.8% | |
| 8,880 thousand | −4.3% | |
| 8,785 thousand | −5.5% | |
| 8,691 thousand | −6.9% | |
| 8,574 thousand | −8.3% | |
| 8,428 thousand | −9.9% | |
| 8,378 thousand | −10.4% | |
| 8,234 thousand | −11.9% | |
| 8,066 thousand | −13.7% | |
| 7,783 thousand | −16.7% | |
| 7,636 thousand | −18.1% | |
| 9,185 thousand | −1.1% | |
| 9,256 thousand | −0.4% | |
| 9,282 thousand | −0.2% | |
| 9,299 thousand | −0.2% | |
| 9,330 thousand | +0.2% | |
| 9,348 thousand | +0.2% | |
| 9,353 thousand | +0.2% | |
| 9,355 thousand | +0.4% | |
| 9,343 thousand | +0.3% | |
| 9,348 thousand | +0.4% | |
| 9,339 thousand | +0.5% | |
| 9,328 thousand | +0.6% | |
| 9,289 thousand | +0.3% | |
| 9,296 thousand | +0.6% | |
| 9,297 thousand | +0.8% | |
| 9,315 thousand | +1.2% | |
| 9,315 thousand | +1.4% | |
| 9,332 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 9,335 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 9,320 thousand | +1.5% | |
| 9,312 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 9,313 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 9,290 thousand | +1.7% | |
| 9,273 thousand | +2.0% | |
| 9,260 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 9,237 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 9,227 thousand | +1.7% | |
| 9,202 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 9,188 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 9,189 thousand | +1.9% | |
| 9,166 thousand | +1.7% | |
| 9,179 thousand | +2.2% | |
| 9,166 thousand | +2.1% | |
| 9,146 thousand | +2.0% | |
| 9,135 thousand | +2.2% | |
| 9,092 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 9,095 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 9,072 thousand | +1.7% | |
| 9,071 thousand | +1.7% | |
| 9,053 thousand | +1.1% | |
| 9,045 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 9,019 thousand | +1.4% |
How does it compare with the industries on the jobs by industry page?Ranked by the change over a year
| Series | Month | Value | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 23,959 thousand | +2.2% | 1 | |
| Private education and health | 28,005 thousand | +1.9% | 2 | |
| Utilities | 612 thousand | +1.7% | 3 | |
| Construction | 8,364 thousand | +1.3% | 4 | |
| Durable goods | 7,898 thousand | +1.1% | 5 | |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 10,844 thousand | +0.8% | 6 | |
| Accommodation and food services | 14,310 thousand | +0.7% | 7 | |
| Goods-producing | 21,623 thousand | +0.7% | 7 | |
| Other services | 6,039 thousand | +0.6% | 9 | |
| Professional and business services | 22,482 thousand | +0.6% | 9 | |
| Administrative, support, waste (this page) | 9,019 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Private service-providing | 114,094 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Total private | 135,717 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Leisure and hospitality | 16,969 thousand | +0.4% | 14 | |
| Wholesale trade | 6,078 thousand | +0.4% | 14 | |
| Local government | 15,173 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Manufacturing | 12,652 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Mining and logging | 607 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Service-providing | 137,421 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Total nonfarm | 159,044 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Retail trade | 15,480 thousand | +0.2% | 21 | |
| Trade, transportation, utilities | 28,778 thousand | +0.2% | 21 | |
| Mining, oil and gas extraction | 567 thousand | +0.1% | 23 | |
| Private education | 4,046 thousand | −0.1% | 24 | |
| Transportation and warehousing | 6,609 thousand | −0.1% | 24 | |
| Management of companies | 2,620 thousand | −0.3% | 26 | |
| State government | 5,472 thousand | −0.5% | 27 | |
| Real estate, rental, leasing | 2,438 thousand | −0.6% | 28 | |
| Government | 23,327 thousand | −0.9% | 29 | |
| Nondurable goods | 4,754 thousand | −0.9% | 29 | |
| Financial activities | 9,082 thousand | −1.2% | 31 | |
| Finance and insurance | 6,645 thousand | −1.4% | 32 | |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,659 thousand | −1.6% | 33 | |
| Information | 2,739 thousand | −4.2% | 34 | |
| Federal government | 2,682 thousand | −8.0% | 35 |
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Which industries are inside administrative, support, waste?Newest month of each industry
| Industry | Month | Count | Share | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative and support services | 8,491 thousand | 94.1% | +0.5% | 2 | |
| Waste management and remediation services | 528 thousand | 5.9% | +1.4% | 1 |
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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite
What this number cannot tell you
- BLS counts jobs, not people: a person with two jobs on two payrolls is counted twice. Farm jobs, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers and members of the military are not counted.
- The count comes from a survey of employers, so each month's value carries sampling error. BLS revises each month twice in the two months after it is first published, and each February it benchmarks the series to a full count of jobs from unemployment insurance tax records and revises earlier values, so past values on this page can change.
- BLS publishes this series from 1990.
- JOLTS has no line for exactly this group of industries, so no job openings, hires, quits or layoffs are shown beside the count of jobs.
- The count is shown in whole thousands, but BLS publishes this series to one decimal, so the changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values, which are ours and worked out from the values as BLS publishes them, can differ in their last place from those worked out from the values as shown.
- The changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes; a change is in percent.
Observed . Checked .
How to cite this
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, Administrative, support, waste, seasonally adjusted, through September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How many jobs are there in administrative and support and waste management services?", https://500metrics.com/jobs-by-industry/administrative-support-waste.
Can the data be downloaded?jobs-by-industry-administrative-support-waste.csv
Download the full history as CSV: 441 rows, to , 8,517 bytes.
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0.
Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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