Current Employment Statistics (CES8000000001) · Other services, seasonally adjusted
How many jobs are there in other services?
The number of jobs in other services was 6,039 thousand in the month ended , up 0.6% from a year earlier (preliminary).
Jobs in other 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 , to , to , to , to , to , to , to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Jobs in other 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 , to , to , to , to , to , 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 other services, in thousands | 6,039 thousand | 6,033 thousand | 6,005 thousand | 5,539 thousand | 5,714 thousand |
| Change over a year | +0.6% | +0.4% | +0.8% | +3.8% | +1.7% |
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Observed .
Right now
The number of jobs in other services was 6,039 thousand in September 2026, the highest since our record begins in January 1939.
Over a year it is up 0.6% (ours). The source marks this value preliminary.
ChangeOurs
| Period | Then | Change |
|---|---|---|
| One month | 6,033 thousand in | +0.1% |
| Three months | 6,024 thousand in | +0.2% |
| Twelve months | 6,005 thousand in | +0.6% |
| Five years | 5,539 thousand in | +9.0% |
| Ten years | 5,714 thousand in | +5.7% |
In historyOurs
The number of jobs in other services of 6,039 thousand in was higher than in 1,052 of the 1,052 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 0.
Highest since : 6,039 thousand in . Lowest since : 543 thousand in .
AverageOurs
Average since : 3,194.2 thousand (ours, a plain mean of the 1,053 months).
ComparedOurs
Over a year the number of jobs in other services is up 0.6%, which ranks 9 of the 35 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.
The table sets the number of jobs in other 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 3 industries inside other services that BLS reports, the change over a year was largest for personal and laundry services, up 1.3%, and smallest for repair and maintenance, down 0.2% (ours).
Openings and turnoverJob Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
In August 2026 the survey counted, for other services, 238 thousand job openings, 238 thousand hires, 164 thousand quits and 66 thousand layoffs and discharges.
Over a year the counts are job openings down 14.1%, hires up 22.1%, quits up 36.7% and layoffs and discharges up 17.9% (ours).
Job openings, hires, quits and layoffs in other services
- Job openings238117 to 485
- Hires238150 to 605
- Quits16431 to 190
- Layoffs and discharges6629 to 894
Each row is one measure of the second survey for other services, 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 other services
Where it stands today
The number of jobs in other services was 6,039 thousand in September 2026.
What does the number of jobs in other services measure?
Other services covers repair and maintenance of cars, electronics and machinery, personal and laundry services such as hair and nail salons, dry cleaning, funeral homes and pet care, and religious, grantmaking, civic, professional and similar organizations.
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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 other services 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6,039 thousand | +0.6% | |
| 6,033 thousand | +0.4% | |
| 6,030 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 6,024 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 6,031 thousand | +0.6% | |
| 6,029 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 6,018 thousand | +0.5% | |
| 6,032 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 6,026 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 6,023 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 6,015 thousand | +0.8% | |
| 5,999 thousand | +0.6% | |
| 6,005 thousand | +0.8% | |
| 6,008 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 5,989 thousand | +0.5% | |
| 5,984 thousand | +0.4% | |
| 5,994 thousand | +0.8% | |
| 5,987 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 5,987 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 5,977 thousand | +0.8% | |
| 5,975 thousand | +1.0% | |
| 5,972 thousand | +1.1% | |
| 5,968 thousand | +1.1% | |
| 5,962 thousand | +1.2% |
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| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 5,959 thousand | +1.3% | |
| 5,957 thousand | +1.4% | |
| 5,961 thousand | +2.0% | |
| 5,962 thousand | +2.2% | |
| 5,949 thousand | +2.3% | |
| 5,947 thousand | +2.6% | |
| 5,943 thousand | +2.7% | |
| 5,930 thousand | +2.5% | |
| 5,917 thousand | +2.3% | |
| 5,906 thousand | +2.3% | |
| 5,905 thousand | +2.5% | |
| 5,893 thousand | +2.5% | |
| 5,883 thousand | +2.7% | |
| 5,874 thousand | +2.7% | |
| 5,846 thousand | +2.4% | |
| 5,831 thousand | +2.8% | |
| 5,814 thousand | +2.6% | |
| 5,798 thousand | +2.5% | |
| 5,789 thousand | +2.4% | |
| 5,785 thousand | +2.4% | |
| 5,785 thousand | +3.2% | |
| 5,771 thousand | +2.7% | |
| 5,762 thousand | +2.9% | |
| 5,748 thousand | +3.0% | |
| 5,730 thousand | +3.4% | |
| 5,719 thousand | +3.4% | |
| 5,707 thousand | +3.9% | |
| 5,674 thousand | +4.3% | |
| 5,665 thousand | +5.5% | |
| 5,657 thousand | +5.6% | |
| 5,651 thousand | +5.9% | |
| 5,648 thousand | +6.1% | |
| 5,603 thousand | +5.4% | |
| 5,617 thousand | +5.7% | |
| 5,598 thousand | +4.8% | |
| 5,578 thousand | +4.2% | |
| 5,539 thousand | +3.8% | |
| 5,532 thousand | +4.6% | |
| 5,494 thousand | +4.9% | |
| 5,438 thousand | +6.8% | |
| 5,370 thousand | +13.3% | |
| 5,358 thousand | +18.8% | |
| 5,335 thousand | −8.8% | |
| 5,324 thousand | −10.3% | |
| 5,314 thousand | −10.4% | |
| 5,313 thousand | −10.2% | |
| 5,344 thousand | −9.6% | |
| 5,354 thousand | −9.2% | |
| 5,334 thousand | −9.6% | |
| 5,289 thousand | −10.4% | |
| 5,236 thousand | −11.2% | |
| 5,092 thousand | −13.6% | |
| 4,740 thousand | −19.5% | |
| 4,511 thousand | −23.4% | |
| 5,847 thousand | −0.5% | |
| 5,934 thousand | +1.3% | |
| 5,933 thousand | +1.3% | |
| 5,917 thousand | +1.2% | |
| 5,911 thousand | +1.2% | |
| 5,898 thousand | +1.0% | |
| 5,903 thousand | +1.1% | |
| 5,901 thousand | +1.2% | |
| 5,899 thousand | +1.2% | |
| 5,894 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 5,886 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 5,891 thousand | +1.2% | |
| 5,875 thousand | +1.0% | |
| 5,856 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 5,854 thousand | +0.8% | |
| 5,846 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 5,839 thousand | +0.6% | |
| 5,841 thousand | +0.8% | |
| 5,838 thousand | +1.0% | |
| 5,829 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 5,829 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 5,844 thousand | +1.3% | |
| 5,835 thousand | +1.2% | |
| 5,824 thousand | +1.2% | |
| 5,816 thousand | +1.2% | |
| 5,814 thousand | +1.3% | |
| 5,809 thousand | +1.4% | |
| 5,805 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 5,803 thousand | +1.3% | |
| 5,793 thousand | +1.3% | |
| 5,780 thousand | +1.2% | |
| 5,777 thousand | +1.3% | |
| 5,775 thousand | +1.5% | |
| 5,769 thousand | +1.5% | |
| 5,765 thousand | +1.7% | |
| 5,753 thousand | +1.3% | |
| 5,748 thousand | +1.3% | |
| 5,741 thousand | +1.3% | |
| 5,729 thousand | +1.5% | |
| 5,711 thousand | +1.0% | |
| 5,729 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 5,720 thousand | +1.6% |
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 (this page) | 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 other services?Newest month of each industry
| Industry | Month | Count | Share | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repair and maintenance | 1,473 thousand | 24.4% | −0.2% | 3 | |
| Personal and laundry services | 1,621 thousand | 26.8% | +1.3% | 1 | |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 2,945 thousand | 48.8% | +0.5% | 2 |
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How many job openings, hires, quits and layoffs were there in other services?Newest month of each measure
| Measure | Month | Count | Rate | Change over a year | Where the count stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job openings (preliminary) | 238 thousand | 3.8% | −14.1% | the lowest since January 2021 | |
| Hires (preliminary) | 238 thousand | 4.0% | +22.1% | the lowest since June 2026 | |
| Quits (preliminary) | 164 thousand | 2.7% | +36.7% | the highest since June 2026 | |
| Layoffs and discharges (preliminary) | 66 thousand | 1.1% | +17.9% | the lowest 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, Other services, 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 other services?", https://500metrics.com/jobs-by-industry/other-services.
Can the data be downloaded?jobs-by-industry-other-services.csv
Download the full history as CSV: 1,053 rows, to , 17,786 bytes.
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