Census Report: Manufacturing Adds 15,000 Jobs in June

From Industry Week - 
Manufacturing employment crept up slowly last month. On July 2, the Census Bureau’s latest Employment Situation report showed that goods-manufacturing businesses hired 15,000 more people in June after hiring 39,000 in May.

That’s despite significant losses in motor vehicle and nondurable goods production. The overall nonfarm economy added an estimated 850,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate, currently 5.9, changed little.

Durable goods manufacturing added a net 18,000 jobs, though the largest change in employment was a loss: Motor vehicles and parts manufacturing lost 12,300 employees last month, a little more than half of the 22,800 people hired there in May. The significant loss was offset by substantial gains in different durable goods industries, including furniture manufacturing (which hired 8,500), fabricated metal products (5,700) and primary metals (3,100).

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