Year-over-year, Health Care led growth, with payrolls expanding by 130,600 or 4.3%. Other sectors posting strong gains over the last year were Leisure and Hospitality (36,000 or 1.8%), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (11,400 or 0.8%), Education (10,400 or 2.5%), Retail Trade (9,400 or 0.6%), and Other Services (6,300 or 1.1%).

The Government sector led annual declines, with payrolls falling by 26,200, a -1.0% decrease. Job losses have been driven by decreases in the Federal and State Government subsector, while the Local Government subsector has grown. Other sectors with notable declines over the last year were Information (-15,100 or -2.8%), Manufacturing (-13,100 or -1.1%), Construction (-13,100 or -1.5%), Admin Support (-12,400 or -1.1%), Finance and Insurance (-7,200 or 1.5%), Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (-5,900 or -0.7%), Wholesale Trade (-4,500 or -0.7%), and Management (-4,100 or -1.4%).

Month-over-month, growth was mixed at the industry level. Health Care led the gains in May, expanding payrolls by 7,600, an increase of 0.2% on a month-over-month basis. Other sectors posting strong gains during the month were Leisure and Hospitality (5,900 or 0.3%), Information (2,400 or 0.5%), Government (2,100 or 0.1%), Retail Trade (1,500 or 0.1%), Manufacturing (1,200 or 0.1%), and Real Estate (800 or 0.3%).

Other Services had the largest decline this month, with payrolls falling by -5,000, a decrease of -0.8% on a month-over-month basis. Other sectors posting significant declines during the month were Admin Support (-4,500 or -0.4%), Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (-4,000 or -0.5%), Finance and Insurance (-1,400 or -0.3%), Education (-1,400 or -0.3%), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (-1,400 or -0.1%), and Management (-1,000 or -0.4%).