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U.S. Industries by Job Change (Sep 2025–Sep 2026)

September 2026: Healthcare had the largest net employment change at 371,800. 16 U.S. industry sectors.

Healthcare371,800

Social assistance148,600

Professional and business services123,000

Construction109,000

Leisure and hospitality62,000

Manufacturing40,000

Other services34,000

Utilities10,100

Mining and logging2,000

Private educational services-3,900

Transportation and warehousing-9,800

Financial activities-107,000

Information-120,000

Government-216,000

The 7 highest and 7 lowest of 16 entries; 5 are below zero. Bars to the left of the line are negative.

U.S. Industries by Job Change (Sep 2025–Sep 2026) — 2026-09. Values in jobs.
Rank	Entry	Value (jobs)
1	Healthcare+2.0%	371,800
2	Social assistance+2.8%	148,600
3	Professional and business services+0.6%	123,000
4	Construction+1.3%	109,000
5	Leisure and hospitality+0.4%	62,000
6	Manufacturing+0.3%	40,000
7	Other services+0.6%	34,000
8	Retail trade+0.2%	26,500
9	Wholesale trade+0.4%	26,500
10	Utilities+1.7%	10,100
11	Mining and logging+0.3%	2,000
12	Private educational services-0.1%	-3,900
13	Transportation and warehousing-0.1%	-9,800
14	Financial activities-1.2%	-107,000
15	Information-4.2%	-120,000
16	Government-0.9%	-216,000

Highlights

As of September 2026, Healthcare ranks first with 371,800, followed by Social assistance (148,600) and Professional and business services (123,000).

Healthcare has 2.5 times the value of Social assistance.

Across 16 sectors, values run from 371,800 (Healthcare) to -216,000 (Government), with a median of 26,500.

Source: Visual Capitalist (data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics), September 2026. Unit: jobs.

Source: Visual Capitalist (data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics) · manually compiled Oct 23, 2026

About this ranking

Latest published data · 2026

Source: Visual Capitalist (data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics) ↗Reference 2 ↗
Reference period: September 2026Dataset updated Oct 23, 2026. The badge reflects the reference year, not the update date.
Definition: Net change in U.S. payroll employment by major industry sector from September 2025 to September 2026. Positive values indicate net jobs added; negative values indicate net jobs lost. The source uses seasonally adjusted preliminary estimates, which may be revised. This is an industry ranking, not an occupation ranking or a count of gross hires and separations.
Unit: jobs
Coverage & value range: United States industries · 16 listed sectorsValues: -216,000 to 371,800
Ranking direction: Highest value first (descending)#1 is the highest listed value, not necessarily the best outcome.

Source notes: AllRanks assistant verified on 2026-10-23. Opened the complete Visual Capitalist article and compared all 16 major-sector rows, values, percent changes, and descending order with the BLS Employment by industry, monthly changes table for September 2026 (12-month net change, seasonally adjusted). Counts and displayed percent changes match; the BLS table reports counts in thousands to one decimal place, corresponding to the article’s nearest 100 jobs. Equal +26,500 values for wholesale and retail trade are preserved. BLS figures are preliminary and revisable. Net change is not gross hiring/separations and does not describe occupations.

Coverage describes this list, not necessarily the full population. Missing entries do not imply a value of zero. Collection & methodology →

Ranking

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Healthcare+2.0%

371,800

Social assistance+2.8%

148,600

Professional and business services+0.6%

123,000

Construction+1.3%

109,000

Leisure and hospitality+0.4%

62,000

Manufacturing+0.3%

40,000

Other services+0.6%

34,000

Retail trade+0.2%

26,500

Wholesale trade+0.4%

26,500

Utilities+1.7%

10,100

Mining and logging+0.3%

2,000

Private educational services-0.1%

-3,900

Transportation and warehousing-0.1%

-9,800

Financial activities-1.2%

-107,000

Information-4.2%

-120,000

Government-0.9%

-216,000

Highlights

As of September 2026, Healthcare ranks first with 371,800, followed by Social assistance (148,600) and Professional and business services (123,000).

Healthcare has 2.5 times the value of Social assistance.

Across 16 sectors, values run from 371,800 (Healthcare) to -216,000 (Government), with a median of 26,500.

Source: Visual Capitalist (data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics), September 2026. Unit: jobs.