Current Employment Statistics (CES3100000001) · Durable goods, seasonally adjusted
How many jobs are there in durable goods manufacturing?
The number of jobs in durable goods manufacturing was 7,898 thousand in the month ended , up 1.1% from a year earlier (preliminary).
Jobs in durable goods manufacturing, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, each month
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Jobs in durable goods manufacturing, in thousands, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)
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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 durable goods manufacturing, in thousands | 7,898 thousand | 7,890 thousand | 7,814 thousand | 7,698 thousand | 7,662 thousand |
| Change over a year | +1.1% | +0.9% | −1.4% | +2.9% | −1.1% |
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Right now
The number of jobs in durable goods manufacturing was 7,898 thousand in September 2026, the highest since September 2024.
Over a year it is up 1.1% (ours). The source marks this value preliminary.
ChangeOurs
| Period | Then | Change |
|---|---|---|
| One month | 7,890 thousand in | +0.1% |
| Three months | 7,852 thousand in | +0.6% |
| Twelve months | 7,814 thousand in | +1.1% |
| Five years | 7,698 thousand in | +2.6% |
| Ten years | 7,662 thousand in | +3.1% |
In historyOurs
The number of jobs in durable goods manufacturing of 7,898 thousand in was higher than in 231 of the 1,052 other months since , the same in 1 and lower in 820.
Highest since : 12,320 thousand in . Lowest since : 4,380 thousand in .
AverageOurs
Average since : 9,338.3 thousand (ours, a plain mean of the 1,053 months).
ComparedOurs
Over a year the number of jobs in durable goods manufacturing is up 1.1%, which ranks 5 of the 35 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.
The table sets the number of jobs in durable goods manufacturing 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 10 industries inside durable goods that BLS reports, the change over a year was largest for electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing, up 4.0%, and smallest for furniture and related product manufacturing, down 3.2% (ours).
Openings and turnoverJob Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
In August 2026 the survey counted, for durable goods manufacturing, 380 thousand job openings, 188 thousand hires, 100 thousand quits and 51 thousand layoffs and discharges.
Over a year the counts are job openings up 50.8%, hires up 13.9%, quits up 12.4% and layoffs and discharges down 20.3% (ours).
Job openings, hires, quits and layoffs in durable goods manufacturing
- Job openings380156 to 657
- Hires188142 to 368
- Quits10037 to 179
- Layoffs and discharges5139 to 476
Each row is one measure of the second survey for durable goods manufacturing, in thousands over the last ten years, one month to a point, on one scale, with its newest value and its range printed beside it. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.
Observed .
Understanding the number of jobs in durable goods manufacturing
Where it stands today
The number of jobs in durable goods manufacturing was 7,898 thousand in September 2026.
What does the number of jobs in durable goods manufacturing measure?
Durable goods manufacturing makes products meant to last three years or more: wood products, metals, machinery, computers and electronics, electrical equipment, vehicles, furniture and some other goods.
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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. For this industry it also shows the job openings, hires, quits and layoffs from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), a second BLS survey, beside the count of jobs.
The numbers behind the chart
What was the number of jobs in durable goods manufacturing in each month?The last ten years, 120 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Jan 1939
| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 7,898 thousand | +1.1% | |
| 7,890 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 7,876 thousand | +0.5% | |
| 7,852 thousand | +0.2% | |
| 7,839 thousand | −0.1% | |
| 7,825 thousand | −0.4% | |
| 7,824 thousand | −0.4% | |
| 7,811 thousand | −0.6% | |
| 7,803 thousand | −0.7% | |
| 7,797 thousand | −1.0% | |
| 7,802 thousand | −1.2% | |
| 7,805 thousand | −0.8% | |
| 7,814 thousand | −1.4% | |
| 7,819 thousand | −1.4% | |
| 7,834 thousand | −1.6% | |
| 7,833 thousand | −1.7% | |
| 7,845 thousand | −1.7% | |
| 7,853 thousand | −1.7% | |
| 7,854 thousand | −1.7% | |
| 7,859 thousand | −1.8% | |
| 7,858 thousand | −2.1% | |
| 7,875 thousand | −1.9% | |
| 7,895 thousand | −1.5% | |
| 7,870 thousand | −1.5% |
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| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 7,921 thousand | −1.3% | |
| 7,930 thousand | −1.2% | |
| 7,960 thousand | −0.8% | |
| 7,968 thousand | −0.7% | |
| 7,981 thousand | −0.4% | |
| 7,988 thousand | −0.4% | |
| 7,993 thousand | −0.4% | |
| 8,004 thousand | −0.3% | |
| 8,023 thousand | −0.2% | |
| 8,029 thousand | 0.0% | |
| 8,017 thousand | +0.1% | |
| 7,990 thousand | −0.1% | |
| 8,029 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 8,029 thousand | +0.8% | |
| 8,025 thousand | +1.2% | |
| 8,027 thousand | +1.5% | |
| 8,014 thousand | +1.5% | |
| 8,023 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 8,028 thousand | +2.1% | |
| 8,032 thousand | +2.9% | |
| 8,036 thousand | +3.0% | |
| 8,031 thousand | +3.3% | |
| 8,012 thousand | +3.3% | |
| 8,002 thousand | +3.4% | |
| 7,976 thousand | +3.6% | |
| 7,966 thousand | +3.8% | |
| 7,931 thousand | +3.8% | |
| 7,906 thousand | +4.0% | |
| 7,894 thousand | +4.3% | |
| 7,894 thousand | +4.5% | |
| 7,863 thousand | +3.7% | |
| 7,808 thousand | +3.5% | |
| 7,800 thousand | +3.7% | |
| 7,777 thousand | +3.2% | |
| 7,756 thousand | +3.2% | |
| 7,737 thousand | +3.3% | |
| 7,698 thousand | +2.9% | |
| 7,671 thousand | +3.1% | |
| 7,640 thousand | +2.6% | |
| 7,600 thousand | +2.3% | |
| 7,571 thousand | +5.7% | |
| 7,553 thousand | +7.4% | |
| 7,585 thousand | −4.4% | |
| 7,545 thousand | −5.2% | |
| 7,524 thousand | −5.5% | |
| 7,533 thousand | −5.5% | |
| 7,517 thousand | −5.8% | |
| 7,492 thousand | −5.7% | |
| 7,482 thousand | −6.5% | |
| 7,440 thousand | −7.0% | |
| 7,448 thousand | −7.0% | |
| 7,427 thousand | −7.2% | |
| 7,162 thousand | −10.5% | |
| 7,030 thousand | −12.3% | |
| 7,930 thousand | −1.1% | |
| 7,963 thousand | −0.7% | |
| 7,963 thousand | −0.8% | |
| 7,973 thousand | −0.3% | |
| 7,983 thousand | 0.0% | |
| 7,943 thousand | −0.4% | |
| 7,998 thousand | +0.5% | |
| 8,003 thousand | +0.8% | |
| 8,011 thousand | +1.0% | |
| 8,007 thousand | +1.2% | |
| 8,006 thousand | +1.5% | |
| 8,016 thousand | +1.9% | |
| 8,021 thousand | +2.1% | |
| 8,020 thousand | +2.5% | |
| 8,025 thousand | +2.8% | |
| 8,000 thousand | +2.7% | |
| 7,983 thousand | +2.8% | |
| 7,975 thousand | +3.0% | |
| 7,955 thousand | +2.9% | |
| 7,936 thousand | +2.8% | |
| 7,928 thousand | +3.2% | |
| 7,911 thousand | +2.8% | |
| 7,885 thousand | +2.6% | |
| 7,870 thousand | +2.5% | |
| 7,853 thousand | +2.3% | |
| 7,827 thousand | +2.1% | |
| 7,805 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 7,786 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 7,762 thousand | +1.4% | |
| 7,742 thousand | +1.0% | |
| 7,732 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 7,721 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 7,685 thousand | 0.0% | |
| 7,693 thousand | +0.2% | |
| 7,685 thousand | +0.1% | |
| 7,676 thousand | −0.4% | |
| 7,673 thousand | −0.3% | |
| 7,667 thousand | −0.7% | |
| 7,670 thousand | −0.8% | |
| 7,663 thousand | −0.8% | |
| 7,655 thousand | −0.9% | |
| 7,662 thousand | −1.0% |
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 (this page) | 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 | 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 durable goods?Newest month of each industry
| Industry | Month | Count | Share | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood product manufacturing | 394 thousand | 5.0% | −1.8% | 9 | |
| Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing | 421 thousand | 5.3% | +0.4% | 7 | |
| Primary metal manufacturing | 369 thousand | 4.7% | +1.6% | 4 | |
| Fabricated metal product manufacturing | 1,461 thousand | 18.5% | +1.7% | 3 | |
| Machinery manufacturing | 1,101 thousand | 13.9% | +1.4% | 5 | |
| Computer and electronic product manufacturing | 1,000 thousand | 12.7% | +0.7% | 6 | |
| Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing | 446 thousand | 5.7% | +4.0% | 1 | |
| Transportation equipment manufacturing | 1,766 thousand | 22.4% | +1.8% | 2 | |
| Furniture and related product manufacturing | 327 thousand | 4.1% | −3.2% | 10 | |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 612 thousand | 7.7% | 0.0% | 8 |
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How many job openings, hires, quits and layoffs were there in durable goods manufacturing?Newest month of each measure
| Measure | Month | Count | Rate | Change over a year | Where the count stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job openings (preliminary) | 380 thousand | 4.6% | +50.8% | the lowest since June 2026 | |
| Hires (preliminary) | 188 thousand | 2.4% | +13.9% | the highest since June 2026 | |
| Quits (preliminary) | 100 thousand | 1.3% | +12.4% | the lowest since April 2026 | |
| Layoffs and discharges (preliminary) | 51 thousand | 0.6% | −20.3% | the highest since June 2026 |
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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 1939.
- The job openings, hires, quits and layoffs come from JOLTS, a separate survey of employers that BLS holds from December 2000 and publishes about a month after the payroll counts, so its newest month can be an earlier month than the count of jobs.
- The counts of the industries inside it are shown in whole thousands, but BLS publishes those series to one decimal, so the changes, the ranks and the shares, 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.
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How to cite this
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, Durable goods, seasonally adjusted, through September 2026, with U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, through August 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How many jobs are there in durable goods manufacturing?", https://500metrics.com/jobs-by-industry/durable-goods.
Can the data be downloaded?jobs-by-industry-durable-goods.csv
Download the full history as CSV: 1,053 rows, to , 18,902 bytes.
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