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Current Employment Statistics (CES6055000001) · Management of companies, seasonally adjusted

How many jobs are there in management of companies and enterprises?

The number of jobs in management of companies and enterprises was 2,620 thousand in the month ended , down 0.3% from a year earlier (preliminary).

Jobs in management of companies and enterprises, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, each month

January 1990 to September 2026Seasonally adjusted, as published

Jobs in management of companies and enterprises, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, each month (January 1990 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Jobs in management of companies and enterprises, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, each month (September 2016 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Jobs in management of companies and enterprises, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, each month (September 2024 to September 2026)

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 management of companies and enterprises, in thousands, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)

January 1990 to September 2026Ours, from the published values

Jobs in management of companies and enterprises, in thousands, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (January 1990 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Jobs in management of companies and enterprises, in thousands, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (September 2016 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Jobs in management of companies and enterprises, in thousands, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (September 2024 to September 2026)

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".

MeasureLatestThe month beforeA year earlierFive years earlierTen years earlier
Month
Jobs in management of companies and enterprises, in thousands2,620 thousand2,620 thousand2,628 thousand2,470 thousand2,349 thousand
Change over a year−0.3%−0.2%+0.5%+1.4%+2.2%

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Observed .

Right now

The number of jobs in management of companies and enterprises was 2,620 thousand in September 2026, the lowest since June 2026.

Over a year it is down 0.3% (ours). The source marks this value preliminary.

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ChangeOurs

PeriodThenChange
One month2,620 thousand in 0.0%
Three months2,617 thousand in +0.1%
Twelve months2,628 thousand in −0.3%
Five years2,470 thousand in +6.1%
Ten years2,349 thousand in +11.5%

In historyOurs

The number of jobs in management of companies and enterprises of 2,620 thousand in was higher than in 426 of the 440 other months since , the same in 1 and lower in 13.

Highest since : 2,628 thousand in . Lowest since : 1,629 thousand in .

AverageOurs

Average since : 2,041.8 thousand (ours, a plain mean of the 441 months).

ComparedOurs

Over a year the number of jobs in management of companies and enterprises is down 0.3%, which ranks 26 of the 35 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.

The table sets the number of jobs in management of companies and enterprises beside the industries on the jobs by industry page, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.

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Understanding the number of jobs in management of companies and enterprises

Where it stands today

The number of jobs in management of companies and enterprises was 2,620 thousand in September 2026.

What does the number of jobs in management of companies and enterprises measure?

Management of companies and enterprises covers the head offices and holding companies that run or own other businesses, counted apart from the businesses they run.

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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 numbers behind the chart

What was the number of jobs in management of companies and enterprises in each month?The last ten years, 120 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Jan 1990
Jobs in management of companies and enterprises, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, by month, newest first (Thousands of jobs; the change ours)
MonthValueChange over a year
2,620 thousand−0.3%
2,620 thousand−0.2%
2,621 thousand−0.2%
2,617 thousand−0.3%
2,618 thousand−0.3%
2,613 thousand−0.4%
2,616 thousand−0.2%
2,618 thousand+0.1%
2,620 thousand+0.2%
2,622 thousand+0.1%
2,626 thousand+0.5%
2,625 thousand+0.4%
2,628 thousand+0.5%
2,626 thousand+0.5%
2,625 thousand+0.3%
2,626 thousand+0.5%
2,625 thousand+0.6%
2,623 thousand+0.4%
2,621 thousand+0.2%
2,615 thousand−0.2%
2,616 thousand0.0%
2,619 thousand+0.2%
2,614 thousand−0.1%
2,615 thousand−0.1%
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MonthValueChange over a year
2,614 thousand−0.1%
2,613 thousand−0.1%
2,616 thousand+0.5%
2,613 thousand+0.1%
2,611 thousand+0.1%
2,613 thousand+0.2%
2,616 thousand+0.6%
2,621 thousand+0.9%
2,616 thousand+0.8%
2,615 thousand+1.0%
2,616 thousand+1.4%
2,617 thousand+1.7%
2,617 thousand+2.0%
2,616 thousand+2.3%
2,602 thousand+1.9%
2,610 thousand+2.6%
2,609 thousand+3.1%
2,607 thousand+3.5%
2,601 thousand+3.0%
2,598 thousand+3.1%
2,595 thousand+3.6%
2,590 thousand+3.9%
2,581 thousand+3.7%
2,573 thousand+3.8%
2,565 thousand+3.9%
2,558 thousand+3.9%
2,553 thousand+4.0%
2,543 thousand+4.0%
2,531 thousand+3.4%
2,518 thousand+3.0%
2,526 thousand+3.4%
2,521 thousand+3.3%
2,504 thousand+2.7%
2,492 thousand+1.7%
2,489 thousand+2.1%
2,479 thousand+1.8%
2,470 thousand+1.4%
2,462 thousand+1.9%
2,455 thousand+1.5%
2,445 thousand+0.9%
2,447 thousand+1.2%
2,444 thousand+0.8%
2,442 thousand−3.0%
2,440 thousand−3.3%
2,438 thousand−3.5%
2,450 thousand−3.2%
2,437 thousand−3.6%
2,436 thousand−3.6%
2,436 thousand−3.5%
2,417 thousand−4.2%
2,418 thousand−4.0%
2,424 thousand−3.7%
2,418 thousand−3.8%
2,425 thousand−3.5%
2,518 thousand+0.3%
2,522 thousand+0.6%
2,527 thousand+1.1%
2,531 thousand+1.4%
2,529 thousand+1.5%
2,527 thousand+1.5%
2,523 thousand+1.7%
2,522 thousand+1.8%
2,518 thousand+1.9%
2,517 thousand+1.8%
2,513 thousand+2.0%
2,512 thousand+2.4%
2,510 thousand+2.8%
2,507 thousand+3.0%
2,500 thousand+2.9%
2,496 thousand+2.9%
2,492 thousand+3.0%
2,489 thousand+3.2%
2,482 thousand+3.0%
2,477 thousand+3.0%
2,472 thousand+3.0%
2,472 thousand+3.3%
2,464 thousand+3.2%
2,453 thousand+2.9%
2,442 thousand+2.6%
2,434 thousand+2.4%
2,430 thousand+2.5%
2,425 thousand+2.5%
2,418 thousand+2.7%
2,412 thousand+2.6%
2,409 thousand+2.5%
2,404 thousand+2.7%
2,399 thousand+2.7%
2,393 thousand+2.8%
2,388 thousand+2.8%
2,383 thousand+2.5%
2,380 thousand+2.6%
2,376 thousand+2.5%
2,370 thousand+2.4%
2,365 thousand+2.3%
2,355 thousand+1.9%
2,351 thousand+2.0%
How does it compare with the industries on the jobs by industry page?Ranked by the change over a year
Jobs in management of companies and enterprises, in thousands beside the industries on the jobs by industry page, newest month of each, by the change over a year (ours); equal changes share a rank
SeriesMonthValueChange over a yearRank
Health care and social assistance23,959 thousand+2.2%1
Private education and health28,005 thousand+1.9%2
Utilities612 thousand+1.7%3
Construction8,364 thousand+1.3%4
Durable goods7,898 thousand+1.1%5
Professional, scientific, technical10,844 thousand+0.8%6
Accommodation and food services14,310 thousand+0.7%7
Goods-producing21,623 thousand+0.7%7
Other services6,039 thousand+0.6%9
Professional and business services22,482 thousand+0.6%9
Administrative, support, waste9,019 thousand+0.5%11
Private service-providing114,094 thousand+0.5%11
Total private135,717 thousand+0.5%11
Leisure and hospitality16,969 thousand+0.4%14
Wholesale trade6,078 thousand+0.4%14
Local government15,173 thousand+0.3%16
Manufacturing12,652 thousand+0.3%16
Mining and logging607 thousand+0.3%16
Service-providing137,421 thousand+0.3%16
Total nonfarm159,044 thousand+0.3%16
Retail trade15,480 thousand+0.2%21
Trade, transportation, utilities28,778 thousand+0.2%21
Mining, oil and gas extraction567 thousand+0.1%23
Private education4,046 thousand−0.1%24
Transportation and warehousing6,609 thousand−0.1%24
Management of companies2,620 thousand−0.3%26
State government5,472 thousand−0.5%27
Real estate, rental, leasing2,438 thousand−0.6%28
Government23,327 thousand−0.9%29
Nondurable goods4,754 thousand−0.9%29
Financial activities9,082 thousand−1.2%31
Finance and insurance6,645 thousand−1.4%32
Arts, entertainment, recreation2,659 thousand−1.6%33
Information2,739 thousand−4.2%34
Federal government2,682 thousand−8.0%35

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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.

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How to cite this

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, Management of companies, seasonally adjusted, through September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How many jobs are there in management of companies and enterprises?", https://500metrics.com/jobs-by-industry/management-of-companies.

Can the data be downloaded?jobs-by-industry-management-of-companies.csv

Download the full history as CSV: 441 rows, to , 8,461 bytes.

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Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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