On an annual basis, the Health Care industry led growth, with payrolls expanding by 139,200 or 4.6%. Other sectors posting strong gains over the last year include Leisure and Hospitality (31,800 or 1.6%), Education (12,100 or 2.8%), Other Services (11,500 or 1.9%), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (9,400 or 0.7%), and Retail Trade (6,200 or 0.4%).

The Government sector led declines over the past year, with payrolls falling by 35,700, a -1.3% decrease. Job losses have been driven by declines in the Federal and State Government subsector, while Local Government has grown. Other sectors with notable declines over the last year include Manufacturing (-17,000 or -1.4%), Information (-15,600 or -2.9%), Construction (-14,500 or -1.6%), Admin Support (-7,800 or -0.7%), Wholesale Trade (-6,600 or -1.0%), Finance and Insurance (-6,000 or 1.2%), Management (-2,900 or -1.0%), Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (-1,900 or -0.2%), and Real Estate (-900 or -0.3%).

Month-over-month, growth was mixed at the industry level. Health Care again led the gains, with payrolls expanding by 8,000 in April, an increase of 0.3% over the previous month. Other sectors posting strong gains include Education (3,500 or 0.9%), Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (3,100 or 0.4%), Retail Trade (2,400 or 0.2%), and Government (2,000 or 0.1%).

Information lost the most jobs in April, with payrolls falling by -7,400, a decline of -1.4% on a month-over-month basis. Additionally, the Software Publishers subsector declined to its lowest employment level since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Other sectors posting significant declines during the month include Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (-4,100 or -0.3%), Wholesale Trade (-2,500 or -0.4%), Manufacturing (-2,300 or -0.2%), Real Estate (-1,700 or -0.6%), Finance and Insurance (-1,600 or -0.3%), Admin Support (-1,200 or -0.1%), Construction (-700 or -0.1%), Management (-600 or -0.2%), and Other Services (-500 or -0.1%).