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*'''Health care ''' continued to add jobs in January (+37,000), with most of the increase occurring in hospitals(+24,000). Health care has added 470,000 jobs over the past 12 months, with about two-fifths of the

*'''Manufacturing ''' added 29,000 jobs in January, following little employment change in 2015. Over themonth, job gains occurred in food manufacturing (+11,000), fabricated metal products (+7,000), andfurniture and related products (+3,000).*Employment in financial activities rose in January (+18,000). Job gains occurred in creditintermediation and related activities (+7,000).*Private educational services lost 39,000 jobs in January due to larger than normal seasonal layoffs.*Employment in transportation and warehousing decreased by 20,000 in January. Most of the lossoccurred among couriers and messengers (-14,000), reflecting larger than usual layoffs following strongseasonal hiring in the prior 2 months.*Employment in mining continued to decline in January (-7,000). Since reaching a peak in September2014, employment in the industry has fallen by 146,000, or 17 percent.*Employment in professional and business services changed little in January (+9,000), after increasingby 60,000 in December. Within the industry, professional and technical services added 25,000 jobs overthe month, in line with average monthly gains over the prior 12 months. Employment in temporary helpservices edged down in January (-25,000), after edging up by the same amount in December.*Employment in other major industries, including construction, wholesale trade, and government,changed little over the month.The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.1 hour to 34.6 hours inJanuary. *The manufacturing workweek edged up by 0.1 hour to 40.7 hours, and factory overtime wasunchanged at 3.3 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees onprivate nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.8 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.)*In January, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 12cents to $25.39. Over the year, average hourly earnings have risen by 2.5 percent. In January, averagehourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees rose by 6 cents to $21.33.(See tables B-3 and B-8.)