Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: FEBRUARY 1996
Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 705,000 in February, and the
unemployment rate decreased to 5.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The jump in payroll jobs
follows a decline of 188,000 in January, which largely reflected the severe
weather conditions in the eastern part of the country. The jobless rate
has hovered within a relatively narrow range since late 1994.
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
The unemployment rate fell 0.3 percentage point to 5.5 percent in
February, and the number of unemployed persons decreased by 322,000 to 7.4
million. Each had risen by a similar magnitude in January, as revised.
The unemployment rate has fluctuated between 5.4 and 5.8 percent since the
last quarter of 1994. In February, the jobless rate for adult women
decreased by 0.3 percentage point to 4.8 percent; the rate for teenagers
dropped 1.6 percentage points to 16.6 percent. The unemployment rates for
the other major worker groups--adult men (4.9 percent), whites (4.9
percent), blacks (10.3 percent), and Hispanics (9.7 percent)--showed little
or no change over the month. (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
Total employment increased by 437,000 in February, to 125.7 million.
The proportion of the working-age population that was employed (the
employment-population ratio) edged up to 62.9 percent; however, the measure
was slightly lower than a year earlier. The number of persons working part
time for economic reasons increased by 411,000 in February, reversing a
decline of similar magnitude in the previous month. (See tables A-1 and A-
3.)
The number of persons who held more than one job in February was 7.9
million (not seasonally adjusted). These multiple jobholders made up 6.3
percent of all employed persons, the same as a year earlier. (See table A-
9.)
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| All seasonally adjusted household data have been |
|revised to incorporate updated seasonal adjustment |
|factors, which reflect the 1995 experience. Also, |
|unadjusted household data series have been revised for |
|1990-93 to reflect 1990 census-based population controls, |
|adjusted for the estimated undercount. As a result, |
|seasonally adjusted data back to 1990 are subject to |
|revision. The January 1995-January 1996 unemployment |
|rates, as originally published and as revised, appear |
|on page 5, along with additional information on the |
|revisions. |
| In addition, as announced last fall, this release |
|resumes publication of a range of alternative measures |
|of labor underutilization (table A-7). |
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
___________________________________________________________________________
| Quarterly | Monthly data |
| averages | |
|_________________|__________________________|Jan.-
Category | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 |Feb.
|_________________|________|_________________|change
| III | IV | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status
|____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 132,380| 132,432| 132,352| 132,903| 133,018| 115
Employment..........| 124,909| 125,096| 124,981| 125,226| 125,663| 437
Unemployment........| 7,471| 7,336| 7,371| 7,677| 7,355| -322
Not in labor force....| 66,427| 66,920| 67,156| 66,730| 66,754| 24
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
| Unemployment rates
|____________________________________________________
All workers...........| 5.6| 5.5| 5.6| 5.8| 5.5| -0.3
Adult men...........| 4.8| 4.7| 4.8| 4.9| 4.9| .0
Adult women.........| 5.0| 4.8| 4.7| 5.1| 4.8| -.3
Teenagers...........| 17.7| 17.6| 18.0| 18.2| 16.6| -1.6
White...............| 4.9| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0| 4.9| -.1
Black...............| 10.9| 9.9| 10.2| 10.6| 10.3| -.3
Hispanic origin.....| 9.2| 9.3| 9.3| 9.2| 9.7| .5
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment
|____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 116,782| 117,190| 117,357|p117,169|p117,874| p705
Goods-producing 1/..| 24,159| 24,155| 24,173| p24,114| p24,267| p153
Construction......| 5,240| 5,293| 5,297| p5,314| p5,435| p121
Manufacturing.....| 18,344| 18,293| 18,307| p18,232| p18,258| p26
Service-producing 1/| 92,622| 93,034| 93,184| p93,055| p93,607| p552
Retail trade......| 20,862| 20,956| 20,981| p20,921| p21,087| p166
Services..........| 32,951| 33,170| 33,248| p33,204| p33,491| p287
Government........| 19,316| 19,314| 19,328| p19,299| p19,341| p42
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
| Hours of work 2/
|____________________________________________________
Total private.........| 34.5| 34.4| 34.3| p33.7| p34.5| p0.8
Manufacturing.......| 41.5| 41.4| 41.2| p39.9| p41.6| p1.7
Overtime..........| 4.4| 4.4| 4.3| p4.1| p4.5| p.4
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
| Earnings 2/
|____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | |
total private.......| $11.51| $11.59| $11.61| p$11.66| p$11.65|p-$0.01
Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | |
total private.......| 396.98| 399.19| 398.22| p392.94| p401.93| p8.99
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
p=preliminary.
2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
N.A.= not available.
NOTE: Household data have been revised based on experience through
December 1995.
The size of the civilian labor force was about unchanged in February, at
133.0 million, seasonally adjusted. The labor force participation rate
held at 66.6 percent and has shown no clear trend since last spring.
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
About 1.8 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in February--that is, they wanted and were
available for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior
12 months. The number of discouraged workers--persons who had stopped
looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available
to them--was 455,000 in February. Both figures were close to their levels
of a year earlier. (See table A-9.)
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 705,000 in February, rebounding
strongly from weather-related declines in January. Services, retail trade,
and construction all experienced particularly large employment increases.
Most other industries also exhibited strong growth following depressed
January levels. Overall, job growth during the first 2 months of 1996
averaged 259,000 per month. (See table B-1.)
The services industry added 287,000 jobs in February, following weather-
related reductions in the prior month. Business services, which dipped by
31,000 in January, accounted for the largest share of the February increase
(126,000). Within business services, employment in help supply services
increased by 79,000, after showing no net growth since last September. The
number of jobs in building services rose by 24,000 over the month, partly
due to the return of 13,000 strikers. Computer services added 14,000 jobs
in February, continuing its upward trend. Employment in health services
rose by 46,000, in line with its recent trend when combined with Januarys
small gain. Amusement and recreation, social, and educational services
showed significant gains in February, due in part to the improved weather
conditions.
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Retail trade employment rose by 166,000, rebounding sharply from job
losses in the prior 2 months. Eating and drinking places, which were
particularly affected by the January blizzard, added 62,000 workers over
the month. Job gains also were robust in department stores (59,000),
partly the result of a weather-related rebound. Automobile dealerships and
service stations employment continued to expand, and miscellaneous retail
establishments added 24,000 jobs, thereby regaining Januarys losses.
After registering a very small increase in January, employment in wholesale
trade rose by 16,000, about its average for 1995.
Construction employment was up by 121,000 in February, seasonally
adjusted. Improved weather conditions contributed to this gain, but the
industry also has shown underlying strength. Mining employment rose by
6,000 over the month, with 3,000 of this increase in oil and gas
extraction.
Manufacturing employment was up 26,000 in February, reflecting the
return of employees from weather-related cutbacks. Despite this increase,
factory employment was still down by 49,000 since December and 267,000
since its recent peak of March 1995. Auto manufacturers brought back only
part of the workforce that was laid off in January due to high inventories.
In contrast, the electronic components industry continued its growth trend.
Employment in the transportation industry rose by 23,000 in February,
with trucking and warehousing and local transit contributing most of the
growth. The finance industry added 9,000 jobs over the month.
Government employment rose by 42,000 in February. This increase was
mostly in state and local education, where some nonsalaried employees had
been off payrolls in January due to the snowstorm. Federal government
employment continued to fall.
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls rose sharply in February--0.8 hour--to 34.5 hours,
seasonally adjusted, rebounding from the impact of the extreme weather last
month. The weather's influence was particularly evident in manufacturing;
the factory workweek declined by 1.3 hours in January and increased by 1.7
hours in February. Factory overtime was up by 0.4 hour to 4.5 hours. (See
table B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls rose by 3.2 percent to 134.5
(1982=100) in February, reflecting a large rebound in both employment and
hours. The manufacturing index increased by 4.4 percent to 105.8. (See
table B-5.)
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory workers
on nonfarm payrolls edged down by 1 cent in February, after seasonal
adjustment, following a 5-cent rise in January. Average weekly earnings
rose by 2.3 percent because of the workweek increase. Over the year,
average hourly earnings increased by 2.9 percent and average weekly
earnings by 2.6 percent. (See table B-3.)
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The Employment Situation for March 1996 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, April 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
Revised Household Survey Data
Recent shutdowns and the weather-related closing of many federal
agencies, including BLS, delayed the annual revisions in the seasonally
adjusted household survey series. These revisions are being introduced
with the publication of February 1996 data, 2 months later than usual. In
addition, unadjusted series for 1990-93 have been revised to incorporate
1990 census-based population controls, adjusted for the estimated
undercount. Thus, seasonally adjusted data for January 1990-January 1996
are subject to revision.
Table B summarizes the effects of the revisions on the overall
unemployment rate since January 1995. Rates were revised in only 2 months,
each by 0.1 percentage point. Revised seasonally adjusted data for major
labor force series, also since January 1995, appear in table C.
The March 1996 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain the new
seasonal adjustment factors for major series for the January-June 1996
period. The publication also will contain a description of the 1990-93
population revisions, the current seasonal adjustment methodology, and
revised data for the most recent 13 months for all regularly published
tables containing seasonally adjusted household survey data. Revised
monthly data for the January 1990-January 1996 revision period for several
labor force series also will be published in the March 1996 issue.
Microcomputer diskettes of historical seasonally adjusted monthly data may
be purchased from BLS; contact Gloria P. Green on 202-606-6373. Historical
seasonally adjusted monthly data also are available on the INTERNET.
INTERNET users can access these data from the
ftp://stats.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf directory.
Table B. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates and
change due to revision, January 1995-January 1996
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Month and year | As first | As | Change
| computed | revised |
_______________|_____________|_____________|___________
| | |
1995: January.| 5.7 | 5.7 | .0
February.......| 5.4 | 5.4 | .0
March..........| 5.5 | 5.5 | .0
April..........| 5.8 | 5.7 | -0.1
May............| 5.7 | 5.6 | -.1
June...........| 5.6 | 5.6 | .0
July...........| 5.7 | 5.7 | .0
August.........| 5.6 | 5.6 | .0
September......| 5.6 | 5.6 | .0
October........| 5.5 | 5.5 | .0
November.......| 5.6 | 5.6 | .0
December.......| 5.6 | 5.6 | .0
| | |
1996: January.| 5.8 | 5.8 | .0
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New Seasonal Adjustment Procedures for
Establishment-Based Series
BLS plans to implement improved seasonal adjustment procedures for the
nonfarm payroll employment, hours, and earnings series effective with the
release of annual benchmark revisions and May 1996 preliminary estimates on
June 7, 1996. The new seasonal adjustment procedures identify and control
for the effects of varying time intervals between surveys (also known as
the 4-vs. 5-week effect) and are based on X-12 ARIMA software newly
developed by the Bureau of the Census. Historical data series from January
1988 forward will be revised to incorporate the new methodology. Further
information on this planned change is available upon request. (Contact
Patricia Getz at 202-606-6521.)
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table C. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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| |
| 1995 | 1996
Employment status, | |
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sex, and age | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. |Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
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TOTAL
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population1/|197753|197886|198007|198148|198286|198453|198615|198801|199005|199192|199355|199508|199634
Civilian labor force................|132170|132078|132391|132529|132058|131962|132342|132298|132501|132473|132471|132352|132903
Participation rate..............| 66.8| 66.7| 66.9| 66.9| 66.6| 66.5| 66.6| 66.5| 66.6| 66.5| 66.4| 66.3| 66.6
Employed..........................|124671|124881|125106|124973|124598|124566|124832|124859|125036|125244|125062|124981|125226
Employment-population ratio.....| 63.0| 63.1| 63.2| 63.1| 62.8| 62.8| 62.9| 62.8| 62.8| 62.9| 62.7| 62.6| 62.7
Unemployed........................| 7,499| 7,197| 7,285| 7,556| 7,460| 7,396| 7,510| 7,439| 7,465| 7,229| 7,409| 7,371| 7,677
Unemployment rate...............| 5.7| 5.4| 5.5| 5.7| 5.6| 5.6| 5.7| 5.6| 5.6| 5.5| 5.6| 5.6| 5.8
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Men, 20 years and over
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population1/|87,528|87,572|87,622|87,664|87,691|87,750|87,818|87,905|87,940|88,027|88,046|88,172|88,223
Civilian labor force................|67,593|67,451|67,563|67,479|67,283|67,281|67,264|67,218|67,286|67,193|67,171|67,133|67,563
Participation rate..............| 77.2| 77.0| 77.1| 77.0| 76.7| 76.7| 76.6| 76.5| 76.5| 76.3| 76.3| 76.1| 76.6
Employed..........................|64,190|64,355|64,367|64,196|63,951|64,039|64,031|63,982|64,023|64,146|63,901|63,879|64,246
Employment-population ratio.....| 73.3| 73.5| 73.5| 73.2| 72.9| 73.0| 72.9| 72.8| 72.8| 72.9| 72.6| 72.4| 72.8
Agriculture...................| 2,397| 2,463| 2,481| 2,371| 2,241| 2,331| 2,321| 2,297| 2,296| 2,351| 2,259| 2,252| 2,399
Nonagricultural industries....|61,793|61,892|61,886|61,825|61,710|61,708|61,710|61,685|61,727|61,795|61,642|61,627|61,848
Unemployed........................| 3,403| 3,096| 3,196| 3,283| 3,332| 3,242| 3,233| 3,236| 3,263| 3,047| 3,270| 3,254| 3,317
Unemployment rate...............| 5.0| 4.6| 4.7| 4.9| 5.0| 4.8| 4.8| 4.8| 4.8| 4.5| 4.9| 4.8| 4.9
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Women, 20 years and over
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population1/|95,961|96,020|96,037|96,099|96,141|96,204|96,265|96,327|96,409|96,487|96,555|96,633|96,717
Civilian labor force................|56,913|56,965|57,028|57,273|57,027|56,896|57,315|57,291|57,387|57,516|57,502|57,426|57,591
Participation rate..............| 59.3| 59.3| 59.4| 59.6| 59.3| 59.1| 59.5| 59.5| 59.5| 59.6| 59.6| 59.4| 59.5
Employed..........................|54,109|54,177|54,226|54,339|54,243|54,059|54,422|54,458|54,568|54,661|54,752|54,715|54,642
Employment-population ratio.....| 56.4| 56.4| 56.5| 56.5| 56.4| 56.2| 56.5| 56.5| 56.6| 56.7| 56.7| 56.6| 56.5
Agriculture...................| 873| 879| 881| 874| 835| 813| 801| 811| 778| 816| 806| 816| 857
Nonagricultural industries....|53,236|53,298|53,345|53,465|53,408|53,246|53,621|53,647|53,790|53,845|53,946|53,899|53,785
Unemployed........................| 2,804| 2,788| 2,802| 2,934| 2,784| 2,837| 2,893| 2,833| 2,819| 2,855| 2,750| 2,711| 2,949
Unemployment rate...............| 4.9| 4.9| 4.9| 5.1| 4.9| 5.0| 5.0| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0| 4.8| 4.7| 5.1
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Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population1/|14,263|14,294|14,348|14,385|14,454|14,498|14,531|14,569|14,657|14,678|14,754|14,703|14,694
Civilian labor force................| 7,664| 7,662| 7,800| 7,777| 7,748| 7,785| 7,763| 7,789| 7,828| 7,764| 7,798| 7,793| 7,749
Participation rate..............| 53.7| 53.6| 54.4| 54.1| 53.6| 53.7| 53.4| 53.5| 53.4| 52.9| 52.9| 53.0| 52.7
Employed..........................| 6,372| 6,349| 6,513| 6,438| 6,404| 6,468| 6,379| 6,419| 6,445| 6,437| 6,409| 6,387| 6,338
Employment-population ratio.....| 44.7| 44.4| 45.4| 44.8| 44.3| 44.6| 43.9| 44.1| 44.0| 43.9| 43.4| 43.4| 43.1
Agriculture...................| 287| 254| 274| 283| 284| 291| 287| 268| 261| 267| 258| 257| 273
Nonagricultural industries....| 6,085| 6,095| 6,239| 6,155| 6,120| 6,177| 6,092| 6,151| 6,184| 6,170| 6,151| 6,130| 6,065
Unemployed........................| 1,292| 1,313| 1,287| 1,339| 1,344| 1,317| 1,384| 1,370| 1,383| 1,327| 1,389| 1,406| 1,412
Unemployment rate...............| 16.9| 17.1| 16.5| 17.2| 17.3| 16.9| 17.8| 17.6| 17.7| 17.1| 17.8| 18.0| 18.2
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1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
(Numbers in thousands)
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| | 1/
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
| |
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Employment status, sex, and age | | | | | | | | |
| Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
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TOTAL
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 197,886| 199,634| 199,773| 197,886| 199,192| 199,355| 199,508| 199,634| 199,773
Civilian labor force............................| 131,028| 131,396| 131,995| 132,078| 132,473| 132,471| 132,352| 132,903| 133,018
Participation rate........................| 66.2| 65.8| 66.1| 66.7| 66.5| 66.4| 66.3| 66.6| 66.6
Employed......................................| 123,343| 123,126| 124,137| 124,881| 125,244| 125,062| 124,981| 125,226| 125,663
Employment-population ratio...............| 62.3| 61.7| 62.1| 63.1| 62.9| 62.7| 62.6| 62.7| 62.9
Agriculture.................................| 3,171| 3,068| 3,102| 3,596| 3,434| 3,323| 3,325| 3,529| 3,519
Nonagricultural industries..................| 120,172| 120,058| 121,035| 121,285| 121,810| 121,739| 121,656| 121,698| 122,143
Unemployed....................................| 7,685| 8,270| 7,858| 7,197| 7,229| 7,409| 7,371| 7,677| 7,355
Unemployment rate.........................| 5.9| 6.3| 6.0| 5.4| 5.5| 5.6| 5.6| 5.8| 5.5
Not in labor force..............................| 66,857| 68,238| 67,777| 65,808| 66,719| 66,884| 67,156| 66,730| 66,754
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| | | | | | | | |
Men, 16 years and over
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 94,818| 95,713| 95,786| 94,818| 95,492| 95,580| 95,661| 95,713| 95,786
Civilian labor force............................| 70,691| 70,612| 71,011| 71,444| 71,238| 71,208| 71,182| 71,593| 71,743
Participation rate........................| 74.6| 73.8| 74.1| 75.3| 74.6| 74.5| 74.4| 74.8| 74.9
Employed......................................| 66,333| 66,006| 66,481| 67,612| 67,416| 67,177| 67,162| 67,501| 67,764
Employment-population ratio...............| 70.0| 69.0| 69.4| 71.3| 70.6| 70.3| 70.2| 70.5| 70.7
Unemployed....................................| 4,358| 4,605| 4,529| 3,832| 3,822| 4,031| 4,020| 4,092| 3,979
Unemployment rate.........................| 6.2| 6.5| 6.4| 5.4| 5.4| 5.7| 5.6| 5.7| 5.5
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| | | | | | | | |
Men, 20 years and over
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 87,572| 88,223| 88,296| 87,572| 88,027| 88,046| 88,172| 88,223| 88,296
Civilian labor force............................| 67,060| 66,990| 67,355| 67,451| 67,193| 67,171| 67,133| 67,563| 67,719
Participation rate........................| 76.6| 75.9| 76.3| 77.0| 76.3| 76.3| 76.1| 76.6| 76.7
Employed......................................| 63,445| 63,129| 63,521| 64,355| 64,146| 63,901| 63,879| 64,246| 64,425
Employment-population ratio...............| 72.4| 71.6| 71.9| 73.5| 72.9| 72.6| 72.4| 72.8| 73.0
Agriculture.................................| 2,224| 2,147| 2,160| 2,463| 2,351| 2,259| 2,252| 2,399| 2,382
Nonagricultural industries..................| 61,222| 60,982| 61,361| 61,892| 61,795| 61,642| 61,627| 61,848| 62,044
Unemployed....................................| 3,615| 3,861| 3,834| 3,096| 3,047| 3,270| 3,254| 3,317| 3,294
Unemployment rate.........................| 5.4| 5.8| 5.7| 4.6| 4.5| 4.9| 4.8| 4.9| 4.9
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Women, 16 years and over
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 103,068| 103,921| 103,986| 103,068| 103,700| 103,775| 103,847| 103,921| 103,986
Civilian labor force............................| 60,337| 60,784| 60,985| 60,634| 61,235| 61,263| 61,170| 61,310| 61,275
Participation rate........................| 58.5| 58.5| 58.6| 58.8| 59.1| 59.0| 58.9| 59.0| 58.9
Employed......................................| 57,011| 57,119| 57,656| 57,269| 57,828| 57,885| 57,819| 57,725| 57,899
Employment-population ratio...............| 55.3| 55.0| 55.4| 55.6| 55.8| 55.8| 55.7| 55.5| 55.7
Unemployed....................................| 3,327| 3,665| 3,329| 3,365| 3,407| 3,378| 3,351| 3,585| 3,376
Unemployment rate.........................| 5.5| 6.0| 5.5| 5.5| 5.6| 5.5| 5.5| 5.8| 5.5
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Women, 20 years and over
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 96,020| 96,717| 96,757| 96,020| 96,487| 96,555| 96,633| 96,717| 96,757
Civilian labor force............................| 56,952| 57,352| 57,579| 56,965| 57,516| 57,502| 57,426| 57,591| 57,570
Participation rate........................| 59.3| 59.3| 59.5| 59.3| 59.6| 59.6| 59.4| 59.5| 59.5
Employed......................................| 54,165| 54,264| 54,805| 54,177| 54,661| 54,752| 54,715| 54,642| 54,790
Employment-population ratio...............| 56.4| 56.1| 56.6| 56.4| 56.7| 56.7| 56.6| 56.5| 56.6
Agriculture.................................| 782| 748| 759| 879| 816| 806| 816| 857| 851
Nonagricultural industries..................| 53,382| 53,516| 54,046| 53,298| 53,845| 53,946| 53,899| 53,785| 53,938
Unemployed....................................| 2,787| 3,088| 2,774| 2,788| 2,855| 2,750| 2,711| 2,949| 2,780
Unemployment rate.........................| 4.9| 5.4| 4.8| 4.9| 5.0| 4.8| 4.7| 5.1| 4.8
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Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
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Civilian noninstitutional population.............| 14,294| 14,694| 14,719| 14,294| 14,678| 14,754| 14,703| 14,694| 14,719
Civilian labor force............................| 7,016| 7,054| 7,061| 7,662| 7,764| 7,798| 7,793| 7,749| 7,729
Participation rate........................| 49.1| 48.0| 48.0| 53.6| 52.9| 52.9| 53.0| 52.7| 52.5
Employed......................................| 5,734| 5,733| 5,811| 6,349| 6,437| 6,409| 6,387| 6,338| 6,448
Employment-population ratio...............| 40.1| 39.0| 39.5| 44.4| 43.9| 43.4| 43.4| 43.1| 43.8
Agriculture.................................| 166| 173| 183| 254| 267| 258| 257| 273| 286
Nonagricultural industries..................| 5,568| 5,560| 5,627| 6,095| 6,170| 6,151| 6,130| 6,065| 6,161
Unemployed....................................| 1,283| 1,322| 1,250| 1,313| 1,327| 1,389| 1,406| 1,412| 1,282
Unemployment rate.........................| 18.3| 18.7| 17.7| 17.1| 17.1| 17.8| 18.0| 18.2| 16.6
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1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through
December 1995.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
(Numbers in thousands)
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Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, age, and | |
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Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | |
| Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996
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WHITE
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 166,444| 167,669| 167,757| 166,444| 167,327| 167,441| 167,545| 167,669| 167,757
Civilian labor force............................| 110,915| 111,180| 111,876| 111,816| 112,147| 112,023| 111,987| 112,198| 112,747
Participation rate..........................| 66.6| 66.3| 66.7| 67.2| 67.0| 66.9| 66.8| 66.9| 67.2
Employed......................................| 105,142| 104,900| 105,887| 106,527| 106,761| 106,451| 106,445| 106,576| 107,244
Employment-population ratio.................| 63.2| 62.6| 63.1| 64.0| 63.8| 63.6| 63.5| 63.6| 63.9
Unemployed....................................| 5,774| 6,280| 5,989| 5,289| 5,386| 5,572| 5,542| 5,623| 5,502
Unemployment rate...........................| 5.2| 5.6| 5.4| 4.7| 4.8| 5.0| 4.9| 5.0| 4.9
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Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force............................| 57,455| 57,593| 57,855| 57,789| 57,717| 57,679| 57,693| 57,894| 58,162
Participation rate..........................| 76.9| 76.6| 76.9| 77.4| 76.9| 76.8| 76.8| 77.0| 77.3
Employed......................................| 54,620| 54,606| 54,908| 55,419| 55,383| 55,150| 55,206| 55,438| 55,688
Employment-population ratio.................| 73.1| 72.6| 73.0| 74.2| 73.8| 73.4| 73.5| 73.7| 74.0
Unemployed....................................| 2,835| 2,987| 2,947| 2,370| 2,334| 2,529| 2,487| 2,456| 2,475
Unemployment rate...........................| 4.9| 5.2| 5.1| 4.1| 4.0| 4.4| 4.3| 4.2| 4.3
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Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force............................| 47,479| 47,546| 47,922| 47,535| 47,909| 47,832| 47,772| 47,727| 47,968
Participation rate..........................| 59.1| 58.8| 59.3| 59.1| 59.4| 59.2| 59.1| 59.0| 59.3
Employed......................................| 45,490| 45,285| 45,846| 45,551| 45,820| 45,796| 45,722| 45,604| 45,892
Employment-population ratio.................| 56.6| 56.0| 56.7| 56.7| 56.8| 56.7| 56.6| 56.4| 56.8
Unemployed....................................| 1,989| 2,261| 2,076| 1,984| 2,089| 2,036| 2,050| 2,123| 2,076
Unemployment rate...........................| 4.2| 4.8| 4.3| 4.2| 4.4| 4.3| 4.3| 4.4| 4.3
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Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force............................| 5,982| 6,041| 6,098| 6,492| 6,521| 6,512| 6,522| 6,577| 6,616
Participation rate..........................| 52.6| 52.0| 52.3| 57.1| 56.5| 56.3| 56.2| 56.6| 56.8
Employed......................................| 5,032| 5,008| 5,133| 5,557| 5,558| 5,505| 5,517| 5,533| 5,665
Employment-population ratio.................| 44.3| 43.1| 44.0| 48.9| 48.1| 47.6| 47.5| 47.6| 48.6
Unemployed....................................| 950| 1,033| 965| 935| 963| 1,007| 1,005| 1,044| 951
Unemployment rate...........................| 15.9| 17.1| 15.8| 14.4| 14.8| 15.5| 15.4| 15.9| 14.4
Men.......................................| 17.7| 18.7| 17.2| 15.7| 16.8| 16.4| 16.0| 16.6| 15.2
Women.....................................| 13.9| 15.3| 14.3| 13.0| 12.5| 14.5| 14.7| 15.1| 13.4
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BLACK
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 23,117| 23,424| 23,455| 23,117| 23,357| 23,389| 23,419| 23,424| 23,455
Civilian labor force............................| 14,622| 14,752| 14,632| 14,841| 14,856| 15,006| 14,959| 14,993| 14,827
Participation rate..........................| 63.3| 63.0| 62.4| 64.2| 63.6| 64.2| 63.9| 64.0| 63.2
Employed......................................| 13,108| 13,152| 13,116| 13,307| 13,370| 13,558| 13,436| 13,409| 13,302
Employment-population ratio.................| 56.7| 56.1| 55.9| 57.6| 57.2| 58.0| 57.4| 57.2| 56.7
Unemployed....................................| 1,514| 1,600| 1,516| 1,534| 1,486| 1,448| 1,523| 1,584| 1,525
Unemployment rate...........................| 10.4| 10.8| 10.4| 10.3| 10.0| 9.6| 10.2| 10.6| 10.3
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Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force............................| 6,742| 6,657| 6,713| 6,817| 6,676| 6,664| 6,683| 6,748| 6,775
Participation rate..........................| 72.9| 71.2| 71.7| 73.7| 71.7| 71.8| 71.5| 72.2| 72.3
Employed......................................| 6,140| 5,969| 5,992| 6,245| 6,125| 6,108| 6,062| 6,141| 6,089
Employment-population ratio.................| 66.4| 63.8| 64.0| 67.5| 65.7| 65.8| 64.9| 65.7| 65.0
Unemployed....................................| 602| 689| 721| 572| 551| 556| 621| 607| 686
Unemployment rate...........................| 8.9| 10.3| 10.7| 8.4| 8.3| 8.3| 9.3| 9.0| 10.1
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Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force............................| 7,113| 7,315| 7,181| 7,137| 7,259| 7,366| 7,317| 7,343| 7,193
Participation rate..........................| 61.2| 62.2| 61.0| 61.4| 61.9| 62.7| 62.2| 62.4| 61.1
Employed......................................| 6,475| 6,651| 6,616| 6,497| 6,637| 6,789| 6,751| 6,678| 6,630
Employment-population ratio.................| 55.7| 56.5| 56.2| 55.9| 56.6| 57.8| 57.4| 56.8| 56.3
Unemployed....................................| 638| 664| 565| 640| 622| 577| 566| 665| 563
Unemployment rate...........................| 9.0| 9.1| 7.9| 9.0| 8.6| 7.8| 7.7| 9.1| 7.8
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Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force............................| 768| 780| 738| 887| 921| 976| 959| 902| 860
Participation rate..........................| 34.2| 33.8| 31.9| 39.5| 39.9| 41.2| 41.4| 39.1| 37.2
Employed......................................| 493| 532| 507| 565| 608| 661| 623| 590| 583
Employment-population ratio.................| 22.0| 23.1| 21.9| 25.2| 26.3| 27.9| 26.9| 25.6| 25.2
Unemployed....................................| 275| 248| 230| 322| 313| 315| 336| 312| 276
Unemployment rate...........................| 35.8| 31.8| 31.2| 36.3| 34.0| 32.3| 35.0| 34.6| 32.1
Men.......................................| 40.2| 37.3| 31.0| 38.9| 35.3| 33.7| 39.0| 39.1| 30.6
Women.....................................| 31.3| 27.1| 31.4| 33.5| 32.7| 30.8| 31.4| 30.4| 33.6
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HISPANIC ORIGIN
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 18,413| 18,929| 18,977| 18,413| 18,800| 18,845| 18,889| 18,929| 18,977
Civilian labor force............................| 11,944| 12,393| 12,503| 12,101| 12,410| 12,374| 12,391| 12,655| 12,666
Participation rate..........................| 64.9| 65.5| 65.9| 65.7| 66.0| 65.7| 65.6| 66.9| 66.7
Employed......................................| 10,779| 11,102| 11,203| 11,001| 11,251| 11,227| 11,237| 11,493| 11,432
Employment-population ratio.................| 58.5| 58.7| 59.0| 59.7| 59.8| 59.6| 59.5| 60.7| 60.2
Unemployed....................................| 1,165| 1,291| 1,299| 1,100| 1,159| 1,147| 1,154| 1,162| 1,234
Unemployment rate...........................| 9.8| 10.4| 10.4| 9.1| 9.3| 9.3| 9.3| 9.2| 9.7
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1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised
based on the experience through December 1995.
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
(In thousands)
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Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
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Category | | | | | | | | |
| Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996
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CHARACTERISTIC
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Total employed, 16 years and over.................|123,343 |123,126 |124,137 |124,881 |125,244 |125,062 |124,981 |125,226 |125,663
Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,726 | 41,580 | 41,958 | 42,114 | 42,281 | 42,081 | 42,058 | 42,171 | 42,339
Married women, spouse present...................| 31,988 | 31,854 | 32,197 | 31,906 | 32,185 | 32,153 | 32,072 | 32,078 | 32,101
Women who maintain families.....................| 7,095 | 7,214 | 7,310 | 7,081 | 7,089 | 7,274 | 7,304 | 7,294 | 7,295
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OCCUPATION
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Managerial and professional specialty...........| 34,982 | 35,614 | 35,957 | 34,888 | 35,758 | 35,730 | 35,712 | 35,682 | 35,866
Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,275 | 36,761 | 37,141 | 37,411 | 37,337 | 37,291 | 36,999 | 37,057 | 37,328
Service occupations.............................| 16,940 | 16,487 | 16,744 | 16,935 | 16,994 | 16,947 | 16,964 | 16,755 | 16,727
Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,160 | 13,302 | 13,331 | 13,634 | 13,459 | 13,344 | 13,445 | 13,615 | 13,786
Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,763 | 17,755 | 17,763 | 18,160 | 18,034 | 18,213 | 18,264 | 18,257 | 18,147
Farming, forestry, and fishing..................| 3,222 | 3,207 | 3,201 | 3,777 | 3,692 | 3,590 | 3,599 | 3,760 | 3,744
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CLASS OF WORKER
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Agriculture: | | | | | | | | |
Wage and salary workers.......................| 1,614 | 1,609 | 1,655 | 1,917 | 1,806 | 1,750 | 1,755 | 1,964 | 1,954
Self-employed workers.........................| 1,534 | 1,420 | 1,418 | 1,663 | 1,543 | 1,514 | 1,521 | 1,547 | 1,531
Unpaid family workers.........................| 24 | 40 | 30 | 27 | 49 | 34 | 46 | 48 | 34
Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | |
Wage and salary workers.......................|111,245 |111,267 |112,062 |112,292 |112,777 |112,722 |112,618 |112,568 |113,165
Government..................................| 18,596 | 18,044 | 18,369 | 18,484 | 18,244 | 18,288 | 18,237 | 18,044 | 18,259
Private industries..........................| 92,649 | 93,223 | 93,693 | 93,808 | 94,533 | 94,434 | 94,381 | 94,524 | 94,906
Private households........................| 1,002 | 874 | 874 | 1,004 | 973 | 980 | 975 | 931 | 873
Other industries..........................| 91,647 | 92,349 | 92,819 | 92,804 | 93,560 | 93,454 | 93,406 | 93,593 | 94,032
Self-employed workers.........................| 8,814 | 8,708 | 8,863 | 8,896 | 8,913 | 8,853 | 8,877 | 8,913 | 8,953
Unpaid family workers.........................| 112 | 83 | 110 | 118 | 102 | 105 | 106 | 85 | 116
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PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
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All industries: | | | | | | | | |
Part time for economic reasons................| 4,567 | 4,320 | 4,597 | 4,468 | 4,433 | 4,435 | 4,447 | 4,091 | 4,502
Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,633 | 2,580 | 2,766 | 2,400 | 2,520 | 2,526 | 2,537 | 2,250 | 2,533
Could only find part-time work..............| 1,656 | 1,466 | 1,542 | 1,741 | 1,652 | 1,648 | 1,615 | 1,509 | 1,621
Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,763 | 17,542 | 18,386 | 17,910 | 17,678 | 17,452 | 17,405 | 17,198 | 17,493
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Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | |
Part time for economic reasons................| 4,304 | 4,103 | 4,351 | 4,225 | 4,274 | 4,283 | 4,306 | 3,842 | 4,274
Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,471 | 2,427 | 2,595 | 2,255 | 2,426 | 2,419 | 2,440 | 2,114 | 2,382
Could only find part-time work..............| 1,606 | 1,444 | 1,530 | 1,688 | 1,610 | 1,622 | 1,583 | 1,472 | 1,607
Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,164 | 16,933 | 17,846 | 17,240 | 17,054 | 16,852 | 16,804 | 16,520 | 16,884
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NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs
during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial
dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time
but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
illness, and bad weather. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the
experience through December 1995.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
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| Number of |
| unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/
| (in thousands) |
Category | |
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| Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996
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CHARACTERISTIC
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Total, 16 years and over.........................| 7,197 | 7,677 | 7,355| 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5
Men, 20 years and over.........................| 3,096 | 3,317 | 3,294| 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9
Women, 20 years and over.......................| 2,788 | 2,949 | 2,780| 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.8
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................| 1,313 | 1,412 | 1,282| 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 16.6
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Married men, spouse present....................| 1,351 | 1,429 | 1,306| 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.0
Married women, spouse present..................| 1,247 | 1,336 | 1,268| 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8
Women who maintain families....................| 643 | 651 | 594| 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 7.5
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Full-time workers..............................| 5,713 | 6,116 | 5,853| 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.4
Part-time workers..............................| 1,490 | 1,472 | 1,516| 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2
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OCCUPATION
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Managerial and professional specialty..........| 812 | 896 | 834| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3
Technical, sales, and administrative support...| 1,723 | 1,777 | 1,763| 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5
Precision production, craft, and repair........| 802 | 766 | 858| 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.9
Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........| 1,567 | 1,656 | 1,631| 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2
Farming, forestry, and fishing.................| 308 | 347 | 314| 7.5 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 7.7
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INDUSTRY
| | | | | | | | |
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers| 5,560 | 5,842 | 5,701| 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7
Goods-producing industries...................| 1,677 | 1,790 | 1,819| 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.4
Mining.....................................| 35 | 32 | 40| 5.0 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 6.5
Construction...............................| 682 | 704 | 750| 10.7 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11.2
Manufacturing..............................| 960 | 1,054 | 1,029| 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9
Durable goods............................| 507 | 554 | 652| 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.3
Nondurable goods.........................| 453 | 500 | 377| 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.4
Service-producing industries.................| 3,883 | 4,051 | 3,882| 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4
Transportation and public utilities........| 328 | 260 | 272| 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.8
Wholesale and retail trade.................| 1,665 | 1,759 | 1,634| 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.3
Finance, insurance, and real estate........| 256 | 204 | 164| 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.2
Services...................................| 1,634 | 1,828 | 1,812| 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.7
Government workers.............................| 555 | 514 | 564| 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0
Agricultural wage and salary workers...........| 208 | 231 | 235| 9.8 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 10.7
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1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
2/ Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
NOTE: Data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995.
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
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Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
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Duration | | | | | | | | |
| Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996
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NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
| | | | | | | | |
Less than 5 weeks................................| 2,431 | 3,301 | 2,578 | 2,628 | 2,744 | 2,767 | 2,717 | 2,784 | 2,793
5 to 14 weeks....................................| 2,717 | 2,485 | 2,796 | 2,207 | 2,348 | 2,383 | 2,431 | 2,413 | 2,280
15 weeks and over................................| 2,537 | 2,483 | 2,485 | 2,342 | 2,281 | 2,305 | 2,322 | 2,370 | 2,307
15 to 26 weeks................................| 1,257 | 1,215 | 1,237 | 1,132 | 1,010 | 1,057 | 1,085 | 1,118 | 1,126
27 weeks and over.............................| 1,280 | 1,268 | 1,247 | 1,210 | 1,271 | 1,248 | 1,237 | 1,252 | 1,181
| | | | | | | | |
Average (mean) duration, in weeks................| 16.9 | 15.5 | 16.3 | 17.1 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 16.6
Median duration, in weeks........................| 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.0
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PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
| | | | | | | | |
Total unemployed.................................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
Less than 5 weeks..............................| 31.6 | 39.9 | 32.8 | 36.6 | 37.2 | 37.1 | 36.4 | 36.8 | 37.8
5 to 14 weeks..................................| 35.4 | 30.1 | 35.6 | 30.8 | 31.8 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 30.9
15 weeks and over..............................| 33.0 | 30.0 | 31.6 | 32.6 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 31.3 | 31.3
15 to 26 weeks...............................| 16.4 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.3
27 weeks and over............................| 16.7 | 15.3 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.0
| | | | | | | | |
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NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through
December 1995.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
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| |
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
| |
_______________________ _______________________________________________
Reason | | | | | | | | |
| Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | |
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
| | | | | | | | |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........| 3,923| 4,425| 4,099| 3,427| 3,457| 3,485| 3,484| 3,606| 3,595
On temporary layoff......................................| 1,426| 1,728| 1,458| 1,016| 1,018| 1,049| 1,012| 1,132| 1,032
Not on temporary layoff..................................| 2,497| 2,697| 2,641| 2,411| 2,439| 2,436| 2,472| 2,474| 2,564
Permanent job losers...................................| 1,731| 1,853| 1,883| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1)
Persons who completed temporary jobs...................| 766| 844| 758| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1)
Job leavers................................................| 817| 803| 776| 780| 762| 857| 881| 869| 747
Reentrants.................................................| 2,459| 2,503| 2,465| 2,514| 2,506| 2,504| 2,466| 2,458| 2,517
New entrants...............................................| 486| 540| 519| 585| 559| 585| 603| 641| 613
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PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
| | | | | | | | |
Total unemployed...........................................| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 51.1| 53.5| 52.2| 46.9| 47.5| 46.9| 46.9| 47.6| 48.1
On temporary layoff.....................................| 18.6| 20.9| 18.6| 13.9| 14.0| 14.1| 13.6| 14.9| 13.8
Not on temporary layoff.................................| 32.5| 32.6| 33.6| 33.0| 33.5| 32.8| 33.3| 32.7| 34.3
Job leavers...............................................| 10.6| 9.7| 9.9| 10.7| 10.5| 11.5| 11.9| 11.5| 10.0
Reentrants................................................| 32.0| 30.3| 31.4| 34.4| 34.4| 33.7| 33.2| 32.5| 33.7
New entrants..............................................| 6.3| 6.5| 6.6| 8.0| 7.7| 7.9| 8.1| 8.5| 8.2
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UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
| | | | | | | | |
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
| | | | | | | | |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 3.0| 3.4| 3.1| 2.6| 2.6| 2.6| 2.6| 2.7| 2.7
Job leavers...............................................| .6| .6| .6| .6| .6| .6| .7| .7| .6
Reentrants................................................| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.8| 1.9
New entrants..............................................| .4| .4| .4| .4| .4| .4| .5| .5| .5
| | | | | | | | |
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1/ Not available.
NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through
December 1995.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
(Percent)
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Not seasonally Seasonally adjusted
Measure | |
adjusted
____________________ _________________________________________
| Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
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U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, | | | | | | | | |
as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7
| | | | | | | | |
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed | | | | | | | | |
temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian | | | | | | | | |
labor force..........................................................| 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the
....................| 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5
civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)
| | | | | | | | |
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged | | | | | | | | |
workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force | | | | | | | | |
plus discouraged workers.............................................| 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.3 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1)
| | | | | | | | |
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, | | | | | | | | |
plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent | | | | | | | | |
of the civilian labor force plus all marginally | | | | | | | | |
attached workers.....................................................| 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.2 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1)
| | | | | | | | |
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached | | | | | | | | |
workers, plus total employed part time for economic | | | | | | | | |
reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force | | | | | | | | |
plus all marginally attached workers.................................| 10.5 | 10.8 | 10.7 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1)
| | | | | | | | |
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1/ Not available.
NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7
range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994. Marginally attached workers
are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they
want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.
Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related
reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic
reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle
for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of
alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
Review. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through
December 1995.
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
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| |
| Number of |
| unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/
| (in thousands) |
Age and sex | |
__________________________ _____________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
| Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
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Total, 16 years and over..........................| 7,197 | 7,677 | 7,355 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5
16 to 24 years..................................| 2,518 | 2,750 | 2,616 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 12.4
16 to 19 years................................| 1,313 | 1,412 | 1,282 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 16.6
16 to 17 years..............................| 647 | 649 | 642 | 20.1 | 20.4 | 20.1 | 20.9 | 20.5 | 20.0
18 to 19 years..............................| 676 | 767 | 645 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 14.3
20 to 24 years................................| 1,205 | 1,339 | 1,334 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 9.9
25 years and over...............................| 4,687 | 4,825 | 4,762 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3
25 to 54 years................................| 4,162 | 4,311 | 4,212 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4
55 years and over.............................| 546 | 550 | 573 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6
| | | | | | | | |
Men, 16 years and over..........................| 3,832 | 4,092 | 3,979 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.5
16 to 24 years................................| 1,373 | 1,446 | 1,464 | 12.0 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 13.1
16 to 19 years..............................| 736 | 776 | 685 | 18.4 | 19.2 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 17.0
16 to 17 years............................| 355 | 361 | 363 | 21.3 | 21.5 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 22.3 | 21.7
18 to 19 years............................| 386 | 415 | 328 | 16.5 | 17.4 | 17.0 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 13.9
20 to 24 years..............................| 637 | 670 | 779 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 10.9
25 years and over.............................| 2,472 | 2,548 | 2,544 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2
25 to 54 years..............................| 2,180 | 2,279 | 2,259 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4
55 years and over...........................| 314 | 310 | 305 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5
| | | | | | | | |
Women, 16 years and over........................| 3,365 | 3,585 | 3,376 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.5
16 to 24 years................................| 1,145 | 1,304 | 1,152 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 11.5
16 to 19 years..............................| 577 | 636 | 597 | 15.7 | 14.8 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 16.1
16 to 17 years............................| 292 | 288 | 279 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 18.5 | 20.1 | 18.7 | 18.1
18 to 19 years............................| 290 | 352 | 317 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 14.7
20 to 24 years..............................| 568 | 668 | 555 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 8.8
25 years and over.............................| 2,215 | 2,277 | 2,219 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3
25 to 54 years..............................| 1,982 | 2,033 | 1,953 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4
55 years and over...........................| 232 | 240 | 268 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.8
| | | | | | | | |
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1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
NOTE: Data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
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| | |
Category | Total | Men | Women
___________________ ___________________ ___________________
| Feb. | Feb. | Feb. | Feb. | Feb. | Feb.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996
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| | | | | |
| | | | | |
NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
Total not in the labor force..........................................| 66,857 | 67,777 | 24,127 | 24,775 | 42,730 | 43,002
Persons who currently want a job.....................................| 5,852 | 5,836 | 2,401 | 2,284 | 3,451 | 3,551
Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................| 1,721 | 1,838 | 802 | 826 | 919 | 1,012
Reason not currently looking: | | | | | |
Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................| 439 | 455 | 257 | 253 | 182 | 202
Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................| 1,282 | 1,383 | 545 | 573 | 737 | 811
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
| | | | | |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................| 7,740 | 7,861 | 4,123 | 4,150 | 3,617 | 3,711
Percent of total employed.........................................| 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4
| | | | | |
Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................| 4,536 | 4,415 | 2,697 | 2,612 | 1,839 | 1,803
Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................| 1,667 | 1,730 | 504 | 522 | 1,164 | 1,207
Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................| 233 | 226 | 154 | 160 | 78 | 67
Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................| 1,252 | 1,456 | 742 | 831 | 509 | 625
| | | | | |
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1/ Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
were available to take a job during the reference week.
2/ Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or
training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
3/ Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which
reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
4/ Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
secondary job(s), not shown separately.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
(In thousands)
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| |
| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted
| |
_______________________________ _______________________________________________
Industry | | | | | | | | | |
| Feb. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb.
| 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/
| | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | |
Total..............................|114,645|118,157|115,376|116,411|116,123|117,000|117,212|117,357|117,169|117,874
| | | | | | | | | |
Total private.........................| 95,104| 98,481| 96,133| 96,763| 96,882| 97,685| 97,912| 98,029| 97,870| 98,533
| | | | | | | | | |
Goods_producing...............................| 23,643| 24,090| 23,527| 23,593| 24,324| 24,159| 24,134| 24,173| 24,114| 24,267
| | | | | | | | | |
Mining......................................| 572| 569| 558| 558| 588| 571| 567| 569| 568| 574
Metal mining..............................| 49.8| 50.8| 50.7| 50.8| 51| 51| 51| 51| 51| 52
Coal mining...............................| 108.3| 103.8| 102.9| 103.2| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)
Oil and gas extraction....................| 317.3| 311.2| 307.0| 305.5| 323| 309| 306| 308| 308| 311
Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........| 96.6| 103.0| 97.4| 98.7| 105| 105| 105| 106| 106| 107
| | | | | | | | | |
Construction................................| 4,677| 5,206| 4,853| 4,889| 5,213| 5,287| 5,295| 5,297| 5,314| 5,435
General building contractors..............|1,161.6|1,228.9|1,169.7|1,163.7| 1,250| 1,230| 1,234| 1,233| 1,234| 1,249
Heavy construction, except building.......| 611.3| 695.5| 605.0| 625.1| 740| 749| 739| 736| 727| 756
Special trade contractors.................|2,904.5|3,281.5|3,078.4|3,100.6| 3,223| 3,308| 3,322| 3,328| 3,353| 3,430
| | | | | | | | | |
Manufacturing...............................| 18,394| 18,315| 18,116| 18,146| 18,523| 18,301| 18,272| 18,307| 18,232| 18,258
Production workers......................| 12,721| 12,654| 12,486| 12,512| 12,833| 12,634| 12,616| 12,650| 12,581| 12,603
| | | | | | | | | |
Durable goods..............................| 10,568| 10,627| 10,532| 10,550| 10,622| 10,565| 10,553| 10,607| 10,579| 10,597
Production workers......................| 7,242| 7,283| 7,203| 7,219| 7,288| 7,220| 7,211| 7,267| 7,237| 7,253
Lumber and wood products..................| 751.1| 754.5| 734.3| 735.4| 766| 755| 753| 756| 749| 747
Furniture and fixtures....................| 507.0| 499.0| 494.7| 491.6| 509| 494| 495| 497| 495| 493
Stone, clay, and glass products...........| 523.8| 531.4| 515.7| 519.5| 545| 538| 539| 537| 536| 539
Primary metal industries..................| 715.6| 716.5| 713.5| 712.0| 718| 711| 714| 714| 714| 713
Blast furnaces and basic steel products.| 239.0| 240.0| 237.5| 236.6| 240| 238| 239| 239| 237| 237
Fabricated metal products.................|1,429.1|1,442.2|1,434.1|1,433.9| 1,435| 1,433| 1,433| 1,438| 1,438| 1,440
Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,026.5|2,067.0|2,067.1|2,068.5| 2,025| 2,055| 2,061| 2,067| 2,067| 2,066
Computer and office equipment...........| 338.9| 344.6| 344.6| 343.7| 340| 344| 344| 345| 345| 344
Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,610.3|1,649.3|1,643.6|1,646.7| 1,613| 1,635| 1,637| 1,643| 1,645| 1,650
Electronic components and accessories...| 564.8| 605.3| 607.2| 610.3| 565| 596| 599| 604| 607| 612
Transportation equipment..................|1,765.0|1,735.8|1,706.9|1,716.8| 1,766| 1,713| 1,691| 1,724| 1,705| 1,719
Motor vehicles and equipment............| 933.4| 937.7| 910.0| 920.5| 934| 933| 920| 927| 917| 920
Aircraft and parts......................| 456.6| 439.5| 439.4| 438.0| 457| 413| 409| 437| 439| 438
Instruments and related products..........| 849.0| 837.8| 836.8| 836.8| 849| 840| 836| 837| 838| 837
Miscellaneous manufacturing...............| 390.9| 393.6| 385.7| 388.7| 396| 391| 394| 394| 392| 393
| | | | | | | | | |
Nondurable goods...........................| 7,826| 7,688| 7,584| 7,596| 7,901| 7,736| 7,719| 7,700| 7,653| 7,661
Production workers......................| 5,479| 5,371| 5,283| 5,293| 5,545| 5,414| 5,405| 5,383| 5,344| 5,350
Food and kindred products.................|1,642.3|1,664.6|1,630.6|1,632.4| 1,689| 1,683| 1,679| 1,681| 1,672| 1,678
Tobacco products..........................| 41.3| 40.9| 40.3| 39.4| 40| 39| 38| 38| 38| 38
Textile mill products.....................| 668.1| 637.8| 624.7| 630.9| 671| 643| 643| 638| 628| 633
Apparel and other textile products........| 944.8| 865.8| 845.3| 853.6| 951| 884| 877| 868| 856| 859
Paper and allied products.................| 687.9| 681.5| 677.2| 674.8| 692| 684| 682| 682| 680| 678
Printing and publishing...................|1,558.4|1,559.0|1,543.6|1,540.3| 1,561| 1,550| 1,552| 1,550| 1,544| 1,542
Chemicals and allied products.............|1,050.0|1,034.0|1,031.6|1,032.7| 1,054| 1,041| 1,039| 1,035| 1,036| 1,036
Petroleum and coal products...............| 142.9| 137.1| 134.6| 134.0| 148| 141| 139| 139| 139| 138
Rubber and misc. plastics products........| 979.1| 964.6| 956.0| 957.1| 983| 965| 966| 966| 959| 958
Leather and leather products..............| 110.8| 102.9| 100.5| 100.3| 112| 106| 104| 103| 101| 101
| | | | | | | | | |
Service_producing.............................| 91,002| 94,067| 91,849| 92,818| 91,799| 92,841| 93,078| 93,184| 93,055| 93,607
| | | | | | | | | |
Transportation and public utilities.........| 6,081| 6,298| 6,172| 6,178| 6,156| 6,217| 6,240| 6,231| 6,230| 6,246
Transportation............................| 3,839| 4,037| 3,921| 3,937| 3,900| 3,947| 3,973| 3,968| 3,969| 3,992
Railroad transportation.................| 237.2| 235.7| 232.9| 230.4| 242| 236| 236| 237| 237| 234
Local and interurban passenger transit..| 442.4| 482.8| 476.3| 486.8| 431| 457| 462| 466| 466| 474
Trucking and warehousing................|1,817.9|1,938.0|1,844.7|1,847.7| 1,871| 1,882| 1,895| 1,883| 1,888| 1,899
Water transportation....................| 157.7| 150.6| 146.0| 145.8| 165| 155| 157| 154| 152| 152
Transportation by air...................| 751.2| 788.8| 780.7| 783.9| 756| 774| 780| 786| 783| 788
Pipelines, except natural gas...........| 16.8| 15.9| 15.6| 15.5| 17| 16| 16| 16| 16| 16
Transportation services.................| 415.5| 425.5| 424.7| 427.3| 418| 427| 427| 426| 427| 429
Communications and public utilities.......| 2,242| 2,261| 2,251| 2,241| 2,256| 2,270| 2,267| 2,263| 2,261| 2,254
Communications..........................|1,336.0|1,364.3|1,361.6|1,356.3| 1,343| 1,367| 1,367| 1,363| 1,368| 1,363
Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 906.4| 896.4| 888.9| 884.8| 913| 903| 900| 900| 893| 891
| | | | | | | | | |
Wholesale trade.............................| 6,217| 6,392| 6,347| 6,355| 6,275| 6,359| 6,373| 6,395| 6,398| 6,414
Durable goods.............................| 3,608| 3,720| 3,710| 3,717| 3,631| 3,697| 3,708| 3,720| 3,729| 3,739
Nondurable goods..........................| 2,609| 2,672| 2,637| 2,638| 2,644| 2,662| 2,665| 2,675| 2,669| 2,675
| | | | | | | | | |
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See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
(In thousands)
-Continued
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| |
| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted
| |
_______________________________ _______________________________________________
Industry | | | | | | | | | |
| Feb. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb.
| 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/
| | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Retail trade................................| 20,288| 21,577| 20,601| 20,588| 20,794| 20,897| 20,989| 20,981| 20,921| 21,087
Building materials and garden supplies....| 805.7| 853.8| 822.8| 813.2| 851| 853| 860| 865| 868| 859
General merchandise stores................|2,472.0|2,796.5|2,550.1|2,481.3| 2,545| 2,556| 2,553| 2,517| 2,495| 2,555
Department stores.......................|2,159.9|2,450.1|2,238.4|2,184.4| 2,223| 2,245| 2,239| 2,207| 2,188| 2,247
Food stores...............................|3,293.3|3,457.4|3,378.7|3,362.8| 3,328| 3,372| 3,394| 3,400| 3,396| 3,400
Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,160.3|2,236.1|2,224.0|2,237.2| 2,191| 2,231| 2,237| 2,250| 2,253| 2,267
New and used car dealers................| 989.3|1,014.5|1,014.7|1,022.4| 996| 1,008| 1,013| 1,018| 1,021| 1,028
Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,084.3|1,172.9|1,084.6|1,048.4| 1,118| 1,074| 1,086| 1,071| 1,077| 1,080
Furniture and home furnishings stores.....| 931.7|1,006.6| 982.5| 979.4| 936| 962| 966| 967| 975| 983
Eating and drinking places................|6,959.3|7,242.8|6,938.9|7,049.0| 7,221| 7,236| 7,262| 7,279| 7,243| 7,305
Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,581.3|2,811.3|2,619.3|2,616.5| 2,604| 2,613| 2,631| 2,632| 2,614| 2,638
| | | | | | | | | |
Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 6,860| 6,987| 6,941| 6,963| 6,929| 6,977| 6,991| 7,001| 7,003| 7,028
Finance...................................| 3,298| 3,343| 3,340| 3,350| 3,312| 3,325| 3,337| 3,342| 3,352| 3,361
Depository institutions.................|2,056.5|2,049.5|2,046.9|2,042.0| 2,066| 2,048| 2,051| 2,047| 2,051| 2,050
Commercial banks......................|1,489.0|1,491.5|1,489.5|1,485.9| 1,497| 1,489| 1,492| 1,492| 1,494| 1,493
Savings institutions..................| 290.4| 273.5| 271.3| 269.8| 291| 277| 276| 273| 272| 270
Nondepository institutions..............| 475.3| 507.8| 509.6| 516.7| 475| 497| 503| 509| 511| 517
Mortgage bankers and brokers..........| 223.8| 240.8| 243.3| 247.0| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2)
Security and commodity brokers..........| 528.5| 534.0| 534.4| 536.8| 532| 532| 533| 535| 537| 539
Holding and other investment offices....| 238.0| 251.2| 249.5| 254.9| 239| 248| 250| 251| 253| 255
Insurance.................................| 2,228| 2,254| 2,254| 2,257| 2,233| 2,253| 2,252| 2,256| 2,258| 2,262
Insurance carriers......................|1,530.9|1,542.0|1,541.7|1,543.1| 1,534| 1,543| 1,542| 1,544| 1,545| 1,546
Insurance agents, brokers, and service..| 697.2| 711.5| 712.0| 714.0| 699| 710| 710| 712| 713| 716
Real estate...............................| 1,334| 1,390| 1,347| 1,356| 1,384| 1,399| 1,402| 1,403| 1,393| 1,405
| | | | | | | | | |
Services3/..................................| 32,015| 33,137| 32,545| 33,086| 32,404| 33,076| 33,185| 33,248| 33,204| 33,491
Agricultural services.....................| 483.8| 549.9| 504.6| 508.1| 580| 593| 593| 599| 601| 609
Hotels and other lodging places...........| 1,532| 1,565| 1,538| 1,556| 1,614| 1,621| 1,630| 1,629| 1,629| 1,638
Personal services.........................| 1,222| 1,128| 1,196| 1,233| 1,160| 1,138| 1,139| 1,140| 1,149| 1,169
Business services.........................| 6,385| 6,871| 6,610| 6,733| 6,555| 6,752| 6,769| 6,803| 6,772| 6,898
Services to buildings...................| 855| 893| 875| 899| 870| 889| 890| 896| 889| 913
Personnel supply services...............| 2,279| 2,518| 2,298| 2,364| 2,427| 2,446| 2,450| 2,459| 2,430| 2,512
Help supply services..................| 2,015| 2,228| 2,030| 2,090| 2,152| 2,170| 2,168| 2,175| 2,149| 2,228
Computer and data processing services...| 1,010| 1,103| 1,102| 1,117| 1,006| 1,081| 1,089| 1,101| 1,099| 1,113
Auto repair, services, and parking........| 1,002| 1,047| 1,045| 1,061| 1,010| 1,039| 1,043| 1,053| 1,058| 1,068
Miscellaneous repair services.............| 338| 345| 340| 344| 342| 341| 342| 347| 344| 348
Motion pictures...........................| 565| 589| 586| 588| 566| 596| 593| 584| 591| 588
Amusement and recreation services.........| 1,258| 1,322| 1,264| 1,307| 1,398| 1,485| 1,500| 1,469| 1,453| 1,467
Health services...........................| 9,143| 9,412| 9,377| 9,424| 9,168| 9,349| 9,386| 9,403| 9,406| 9,452
Offices and clinics of medical doctors..| 1,564| 1,617| 1,607| 1,616| 1,570| 1,600| 1,609| 1,616| 1,613| 1,623
Nursing and personal care facilities....| 1,671| 1,718| 1,713| 1,720| 1,676| 1,706| 1,713| 1,716| 1,718| 1,724
Hospitals...............................| 3,790| 3,838| 3,835| 3,845| 3,796| 3,832| 3,833| 3,838| 3,839| 3,853
Home health care services...............| 592| 630| 618| 624| 596| 622| 626| 630| 625| 629
Legal services............................| 926| 930| 927| 926| 932| 930| 930| 932| 931| 931
Educational services......................| 1,974| 2,002| 1,848| 2,014| 1,864| 1,892| 1,890| 1,898| 1,880| 1,902
Social services...........................| 2,250| 2,309| 2,285| 2,311| 2,254| 2,291| 2,293| 2,298| 2,296| 2,311
Child day care services.................| 528| 541| 532| 540| 517| 525| 525| 527| 525| 529
Residential care........................| 623| 642| 641| 645| 626| 640| 640| 642| 644| 647
Museums and botanical and zoological | | | | | | | | | |
gardens.................................| 73| 80| 76| 75| 81| 82| 83| 83| 84| 83
Membership organizations..................| 2,040| 2,051| 2,025| 2,044| 2,060| 2,052| 2,060| 2,063| 2,060| 2,065
Engineering and management services.......| 2,650| 2,763| 2,753| 2,790| 2,648| 2,743| 2,762| 2,774| 2,778| 2,790
Engineering and architectural services..| 784| 812| 802| 802| 795| 810| 813| 816| 811| 813
Management and public relations.........| 758| 837| 825| 832| 762| 826| 835| 841| 839| 839
Services, nec.............................| 40.8| 41.9| 40.9| 40.9| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)
| | | | | | | | | |
Government..................................| 19,541| 19,676| 19,243| 19,648| 19,241| 19,315| 19,300| 19,328| 19,299| 19,341
Federal...................................| 2,823| 2,819| 2,768| 2,772| 2,831| 2,801| 2,800| 2,799| 2,788| 2,783
Federal, except Postal Service..........|1,990.8|1,924.3|1,914.1|1,920.1| 1,997| 1,952| 1,946| 1,942| 1,935| 1,930
State.....................................| 4,706| 4,680| 4,522| 4,698| 4,610| 4,600| 4,599| 4,591| 4,580| 4,599
Education...............................|2,018.9|2,030.2|1,872.9|2,041.4| 1,901| 1,917| 1,919| 1,915| 1,907| 1,924
Other State government..................|2,687.0|2,649.7|2,649.3|2,656.2| 2,709| 2,683| 2,680| 2,676| 2,673| 2,675
Local.....................................| 12,012| 12,177| 11,953| 12,178| 11,800| 11,914| 11,901| 11,938| 11,931| 11,959
Education...............................|6,924.9|7,017.2|6,824.3|7,030.7| 6,591| 6,663| 6,670| 6,683| 6,671| 6,690
Other local government..................|5,086.7|5,160.1|5,128.2|5,147.4| 5,209| 5,251| 5,231| 5,255| 5,260| 5,269
| | | | | | | | | |
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1/ These series are not published seasonally adjusted because it has very little irregular movement. Thus,
because the seasonal component, which is small relative the not seasonally adjusted series can be used
to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot for analysis of cyclical and long-term trends.
be separated with sufficient precision. 3/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
2/ This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
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| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted
| |
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Industry | | | | | | | | | |
| Feb. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb.
| 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/
| | | | | | | | | |
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Total private...........................| 34.2 | 34.5 | 33.4 | 34.1 | 34.6 | 34.6 | 34.4 | 34.3 | 33.7 | 34.5
| | | | | | | | | |
Goods_producing...............................| 40.7 | 41.1 | 39.0 | 40.4 | 41.4 | 41.0 | 40.9 | 40.6 | 39.4 | 41.0
| | | | | | | | | |
Mining......................................| 44.4 | 44.9 | 43.6 | 45.1 | 44.9 | 45.0 | 44.3 | 44.6 | 43.7 | 45.6
| | | | | | | | | |
Construction................................| 36.9 | 38.0 | 35.8 | 37.1 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)
| | | | | | | | | |
Manufacturing...............................| 41.7 | 42.0 | 39.8 | 41.2 | 42.1 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 41.2 | 39.9 | 41.6
Overtime hours.........................| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.5
| | | | | | | | | |
Durable goods.............................| 42.6 | 42.8 | 40.8 | 42.1 | 43.0 | 42.4 | 42.4 | 41.9 | 40.9 | 42.4
Overtime hours.........................| 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7
| | | | | | | | | |
Lumber and wood products.................| 40.0 | 40.4 | 38.6 | 39.8 | 40.9 | 40.9 | 40.6 | 40.0 | 39.0 | 40.6
Furniture and fixtures...................| 39.7 | 40.7 | 35.7 | 38.6 | 40.5 | 39.5 | 39.7 | 39.5 | 35.8 | 39.4
Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 41.9 | 42.6 | 40.9 | 42.4 | 43.3 | 43.1 | 42.9 | 42.8 | 42.0 | 43.7
Primary metal industries.................| 44.6 | 44.4 | 43.2 | 44.0 | 44.8 | 43.9 | 44.0 | 43.7 | 43.1 | 44.1
Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 45.0 | 44.7 | 44.3 | 44.4 | 45.4 | 44.4 | 44.7 | 44.3 | 44.5 | 44.8
Fabricated metal products................| 42.7 | 43.2 | 40.9 | 41.9 | 43.1 | 42.3 | 42.3 | 42.1 | 40.9 | 42.1
Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 44.0 | 44.0 | 42.2 | 43.4 | 44.0 | 43.1 | 43.5 | 43.0 | 42.0 | 43.4
Electronic and other electrical equipment| 41.5 | 42.2 | 40.3 | 41.5 | 41.9 | 42.1 | 41.7 | 41.1 | 40.1 | 41.8
Transportation equipment.................| 44.4 | 43.8 | 42.4 | 43.5 | 44.7 | 43.6 | 43.9 | 42.8 | 42.5 | 43.6
Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 45.9 | 45.4 | 43.3 | 44.1 | 46.1 | 44.7 | 45.0 | 44.4 | 43.5 | 44.0
Instruments and related products.........| 41.5 | 42.1 | 40.4 | 41.9 | 41.7 | 41.4 | 41.5 | 41.2 | 40.2 | 42.0
Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 39.8 | 40.0 | 37.4 | 39.3 | 40.2 | 39.8 | 39.7 | 39.4 | 37.7 | 39.7
| | | | | | | | | |
Nondurable goods..........................| 40.5 | 40.8 | 38.4 | 40.1 | 41.0 | 40.3 | 40.4 | 40.2 | 38.6 | 40.6
Overtime hours.........................| 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.2
| | | | | | | | | |
Food and kindred products................| 40.5 | 41.3 | 39.2 | 40.3 | 41.3 | 40.9 | 40.7 | 40.6 | 39.6 | 41.1
Tobacco products.........................| 38.6 | 39.1 | 35.8 | 39.5 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)
Textile mill products....................| 41.2 | 40.6 | 36.0 | 40.3 | 41.9 | 40.4 | 40.6 | 40.2 | 36.1 | 40.9
Apparel and other textile products.......| 37.3 | 37.2 | 33.1 | 36.7 | 37.7 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.8 | 33.3 | 37.0
Paper and allied products................| 43.3 | 43.7 | 41.7 | 42.7 | 43.9 | 42.8 | 43.2 | 42.9 | 41.7 | 43.1
Printing and publishing..................| 38.1 | 38.4 | 36.6 | 37.7 | 38.5 | 38.0 | 38.2 | 37.8 | 37.0 | 38.0
Chemicals and allied products............| 43.2 | 44.0 | 42.7 | 43.6 | 43.4 | 43.2 | 43.2 | 43.2 | 42.7 | 43.8
Petroleum and coal products..............| 44.4 | 43.2 | 42.9 | 42.4 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)
Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 42.0 | 42.1 | 40.3 | 41.2 | 42.3 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 41.4 | 40.2 | 41.4
Leather and leather products.............| 38.0 | 38.1 | 35.0 | 37.7 | 38.4 | 38.1 | 37.7 | 37.6 | 35.1 | 38.1
| | | | | | | | | |
Service_producing.............................| 32.4 | 32.7 | 31.9 | 32.5 | 32.7 | 32.9 | 32.7 | 32.6 | 32.2 | 32.8
| | | | | | | | | |
Transportation and public utilities.........| 39.3 | 39.6 | 38.4 | 39.4 | 39.7 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 39.6 | 38.8 | 39.8
| | | | | | | | | |
Wholesale trade.............................| 38.1 | 38.2 | 37.7 | 38.1 | 38.4 | 38.4 | 38.2 | 38.1 | 37.9 | 38.3
| | | | | | | | | |
Retail trade................................| 28.1 | 29.1 | 27.5 | 28.4 | 28.8 | 28.9 | 28.8 | 28.7 | 28.2 | 29.1
| | | | | | | | | |
Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 35.7 | 35.7 | 35.5 | 35.8 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)
| | | | | | | | | |
Services....................................| 32.3 | 32.3 | 31.8 | 32.2 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)
| | | | | | | | | |
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1/ Data relate to production workers in mining and 2/ These series are not published seasonally
manufacturing; construction workers in construction; adjusted since the seasonal component, which is small
and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; components, cannot be separated with sufficient
finance,insurance, and real estate; and services. precision.
These groups account for approximately four-fifths p = preliminary.
of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
1/
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry
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| |
| Average hourly earnings | Average weekly earnings
| |
_______________________________ _______________________________
Industry | | | | | | | |
| Feb. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb.
| 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/
| | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | |
Total private...........................|$11.36 |$11.63 |$11.73 |$11.69 |$388.51|$401.24|$391.78|$398.63
Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.32 | 11.61 | 11.66 | 11.65 | 391.67| 398.22| 392.94| 401.93
| | | | | | | |
Goods_producing...............................| 12.82 | 13.20 | 13.27 | 13.20 | 521.77| 542.52| 517.53| 533.28
| | | | | | | |
Mining......................................| 15.26 | 15.57 | 15.66 | 15.67 | 677.54| 699.09| 682.78| 706.72
| | | | | | | |
Construction................................| 14.82 | 15.09 | 15.28 | 15.20 | 546.86| 573.42| 547.02| 563.92
| | | | | | | |
Manufacturing...............................| 12.24 | 12.58 | 12.66 | 12.58 | 510.41| 528.36| 503.87| 518.30
| | | | | | | |
Durable goods.............................| 12.83 | 13.09 | 13.14 | 13.11 | 546.56| 560.25| 536.11| 551.93
Lumber and wood products.................| 9.94 | 10.29 | 10.28 | 10.24 | 397.60| 415.72| 396.81| 407.55
Furniture and fixtures...................| 9.66 | 9.99 | 10.01 | 9.96 | 383.50| 406.59| 357.36| 384.46
Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.23 | 12.52 | 12.62 | 12.58 | 512.44| 533.35| 516.16| 533.39
Primary metal industries.................| 14.43 | 14.67 | 14.81 | 14.72 | 643.58| 651.35| 639.79| 647.68
Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.09 | 17.36 | 17.67 | 17.56 | 769.05| 775.99| 782.78| 779.66
Fabricated metal products................| 12.03 | 12.39 | 12.37 | 12.31 | 513.68| 535.25| 505.93| 515.79
Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.15 | 13.45 | 13.44 | 13.42 | 578.60| 591.80| 567.17| 582.43
Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.53 | 11.91 | 11.93 | 11.85 | 478.50| 502.60| 480.78| 491.78
Transportation equipment.................| 16.71 | 16.80 | 16.83 | 16.92 | 741.92| 735.84| 713.59| 736.02
Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.26 | 17.48 | 17.34 | 17.45 | 792.23| 793.59| 750.82| 769.55
Instruments and related products.........| 12.63 | 12.91 | 13.00 | 12.96 | 524.15| 543.51| 525.20| 543.02
Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 9.94 | 10.24 | 10.27 | 10.20 | 395.61| 409.60| 384.10| 400.86
| | | | | | | |
Nondurable goods..........................| 11.43 | 11.86 | 11.95 | 11.83 | 462.92| 483.89| 458.88| 474.38
Food and kindred products................| 10.83 | 11.18 | 11.10 | 11.04 | 438.62| 461.73| 435.12| 444.91
Tobacco products.........................| 19.67 | 18.10 | 18.96 | 18.82 | 759.26| 707.71| 678.77| 743.39
Textile mill products....................| 9.31 | 9.57 | 9.56 | 9.53 | 383.57| 388.54| 344.16| 384.06
Apparel and other textile products.......| 7.48 | 7.81 | 7.86 | 7.81 | 279.00| 290.53| 260.17| 286.63
Paper and allied products................| 14.02 | 14.52 | 14.61 | 14.49 | 607.07| 634.52| 609.24| 618.72
Printing and publishing..................| 12.24 | 12.47 | 12.47 | 12.48 | 466.34| 478.85| 456.40| 470.50
Chemicals and allied products............| 15.42 | 16.09 | 16.16 | 16.05 | 666.14| 707.96| 690.03| 699.78
Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.55 | 19.45 | 19.39 | 19.27 | 868.02| 840.24| 831.83| 817.05
Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.76 | 11.16 | 11.16 | 11.19 | 451.92| 469.84| 449.75| 461.03
Leather and leather products.............| 8.14 | 8.37 | 8.54 | 8.39 | 309.32| 318.90| 298.90| 316.30
| | | | | | | |
Service_producing.............................| 10.86 | 11.10 | 11.22 | 11.19 | 351.86| 362.97| 357.92| 363.68
| | | | | | | |
Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.04 | 14.43 | 14.47 | 14.44 | 551.77| 571.43| 555.65| 568.94
| | | | | | | |
Wholesale trade.............................| 12.28 | 12.58 | 12.61 | 12.56 | 467.87| 480.56| 475.40| 478.54
| | | | | | | |
Retail trade................................| 7.63 | 7.81 | 7.91 | 7.83 | 214.40| 227.27| 217.53| 222.37
| | | | | | | |
Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.19 | 12.57 | 12.63 | 12.70 | 435.18| 448.75| 448.37| 454.66
| | | | | | | |
Services....................................| 11.38 | 11.69 | 11.76 | 11.74 | 367.57| 377.59| 373.97| 378.03
| | | | | | | |
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1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
1/
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
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| | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Percent
| | | | | | | change
Industry | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | from:
| 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ |Jan. 1996-
| | | | | | | Feb. 1996
| | | | | | |
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| | | | | | |
Total private: | | | | | | |
Current dollars...................| $11.32| $11.59| $11.58| $11.61| $11.66| $11.65| -0.1
Constant (1982) dollars2/.........| 7.40| 7.44| 7.43| 7.44| 7.44| N.A. | (3)
| | | | | | |
Goods_producing......................| 12.89| 13.14| 13.16| 13.16| 13.33| 13.29| -.3
Mining.............................| 15.12| 15.50| 15.44| 15.55| 15.49| 15.53| .3
Construction.......................| 14.88| 15.14| 15.17| 15.09| 15.37| 15.28| -.6
Manufacturing......................| 12.24| 12.45| 12.47| 12.49| 12.63| 12.58| -.4
Excluding overtime4/.............| 11.60| 11.84| 11.84| 11.87| 12.01| 11.95| -.5
| | | | | | |
Service_producing....................| 10.76| 11.06| 11.04| 11.09| 11.11| 11.09| -.2
Transportation and public utilities| 14.00| 14.44| 14.41| 14.39| 14.41| 14.40| -.1
Wholesale trade....................| 12.24| 12.53| 12.50| 12.57| 12.55| 12.52| -.2
Retail trade.......................| 7.60| 7.76| 7.78| 7.82| 7.86| 7.80| -.8
Finance, insurance, and real estate| 12.09| 12.56| 12.51| 12.53| 12.52| 12.60| .6
Services...........................| 11.28| 11.56| 11.55| 11.61| 11.62| 11.64| .2
| | | | | | |
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1/ See footnote 1, table B-2.
2/ The Consumer Price Index for Urban
Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is
used to deflate this series.
3/ Change was .0 percent from December
1995 to January 1996, the latest month
available.
4/ Derived by assuming that overtime
hours are paid at the rate of time and one-
half.
N.A. = not available.
p/ = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
1/
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry
(1982=100)
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| |
| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted
| |
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Industry | | | | | | | | | |
|Feb. |Dec. | Jan. | Feb. |Feb. |Oct. |Nov. |Dec. | Jan. | Feb.
|1995 |1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ |1995 |1995 |1995 |1995 |1996p/ |1996p/
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Total private...........................|128.0|134.3| 126.4 | 130.2 |132.4|133.8|133.3|132.9| 130.3 | 134.5
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Goods_producing...............................|105.8|109.5| 100.8 | 104.8 |111.7|109.7|109.3|108.6| 105.1 | 110.4
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Mining.......................................| 52.4| 53.5| 50.9 | 52.6 | 54.7| 53.7| 52.3| 53.1| 52.1 | 55.0
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Construction.................................|118.0|138.0| 119.0 | 124.4 |142.1|145.4|144.0|142.2| 139.2 | 148.9
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Manufacturing................................|106.9|107.1| 100.2 | 104.1 |109.0|105.7|105.7|105.1| 101.3 | 105.8
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Durable goods...............................|107.5|108.7| 102.6 | 106.0 |109.2|106.7|106.7|106.3| 103.2 | 107.3
Lumber and wood products...................|130.8|132.3| 122.7 | 126.6 |136.9|134.1|132.7|131.5| 126.0 | 131.6
Furniture and fixtures.....................|125.5|126.1| 109.7 | 117.9 |128.6|121.1|122.0|122.0| 110.0 | 120.5
Stone, clay, and glass products............|101.8|106.0| 98.1 | 102.7 |110.4|108.9|108.4|107.9| 105.4 | 110.7
Primary metal industries...................| 94.0| 93.6| 90.9 | 92.2 | 94.4| 91.7| 92.4| 91.9| 90.5 | 92.4
Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 73.7| 73.5| 72.1 | 72.0 | 74.6| 72.1| 73.0| 72.4| 72.3 | 72.8
Fabricated metal products..................|113.8|116.1| 109.0 | 111.6 |115.6|112.7|112.8|112.6| 109.4 | 112.7
Industrial machinery and equipment.........|103.2|105.5| 101.0 | 103.9 |102.9|102.5|103.8|103.0| 100.5 | 103.5
Electronic and other electrical equipment..|107.4|110.5| 105.0 | 108.5 |108.9|109.0|108.4|106.9| 104.5 | 109.6
Transportation equipment...................|121.1|118.4| 112.7 | 116.5 |121.8|115.0|113.8|114.9| 112.9 | 116.8
Motor vehicles and equipment.............|161.7|162.2| 150.3 | 155.1 |162.6|157.7|156.2|156.6| 152.8 | 154.6
Instruments and related products...........| 74.1| 74.9| 71.6 | 74.6 | 74.5| 73.8| 73.6| 73.1| 71.2 | 74.7
Miscellaneous manufacturing................|103.6|104.5| 95.5 | 101.0 |106.4|103.4|103.9|103.5| 98.3 | 103.5
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Nondurable goods............................|106.1|104.8| 97.0 | 101.4 |108.7|104.3|104.3|103.5| 98.6 | 103.7
Food and kindred products..................|109.5|113.7| 105.5 | 108.4 |115.5|114.0|113.5|113.4| 110.0 | 114.5
Tobacco products...........................| 60.8| 61.4| 55.7 | 59.5 | 60.9| 55.6| 58.4| 55.2| 51.9 | 58.6
Textile mill products......................| 96.7| 90.9| 78.7 | 89.3 | 98.9| 91.0| 91.6| 89.9| 79.2 | 91.1
Apparel and other textile products.........| 86.5| 77.8| 67.3 | 75.5 | 88.0| 78.5| 77.6| 77.1| 68.7 | 76.6
Paper and allied products..................|110.0|110.1| 104.3 | 106.7 |112.4|108.3|108.9|108.1| 104.9 | 108.4
Printing and publishing....................|125.4|126.7| 119.2 | 122.0 |126.9|124.2|125.3|123.6| 120.4 | 123.2
Chemicals and allied products..............|102.1|104.2| 100.7 | 102.6 |102.8|103.3|103.1|102.6| 101.2 | 103.4
Petroleum and coal products................| 77.2| 71.5| 69.9 | 69.1 | 81.4| 75.6| 73.6| 73.6| 73.9 | 72.9
Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|145.3|142.9| 135.3 | 138.4 |146.9|141.0|141.4|140.5| 135.5 | 138.9
Leather and leather products...............| 50.9| 47.0| 41.9 | 45.3 | 51.9| 48.6| 47.5| 46.2| 42.1 | 46.2
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Service_producing.............................|138.0|145.4| 137.9 | 141.6 |141.6|144.6|144.0|143.8| 141.7 | 145.3
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Transportation and public utilities..........|122.1|128.4| 121.5 | 125.7 |125.0|126.0|126.5|126.9| 124.3 | 128.7
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Wholesale trade..............................|117.1|121.2| 118.2 | 119.8 |119.5|121.2|120.7|120.8| 120.2 | 121.7
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Retail trade.................................|123.2|136.0| 122.3 | 125.8 |129.6|130.6|130.5|130.0| 127.4 | 132.5
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Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|123.0|125.7| 124.0 | 125.2 |124.0|128.4|125.8|125.8| 123.8 | 126.7
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Services.....................................|163.9|169.9| 163.9 | 168.7 |166.6|171.7|170.8|170.6| 168.4 | 171.5
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1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
(Percent)
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TIME SPAN | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec.
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| Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
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Over 1-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | |
1992..............| 42.3 | 45.2 | 50.1 | 57.3 | 53.7 | 48.2 | 53.5 | 49.6 | 53.4 | 57.0 | 52.2 | 58.1
1993..............| 57.6 | 61.5 | 51.4 | 58.3 | 61.4 | 55.1 | 57.7 | 56.3 | 61.4 | 59.7 | 61.1 | 60.7
1994..............| 60.0 | 63.3 | 65.9 | 62.4 | 58.0 | 63.8 | 60.5 | 61.5 | 60.7 | 61.1 | 65.3 | 61.1
1995..............| 60.3 | 61.7 | 57.6 | 51.3 | 46.2 | 55.3 | 48.5 | 54.9 | 50.6 | 53.7 | 57.9 | 57.2
1996..............|p/47.1 |p/60.8 | | | | | | | | | |
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Over 3-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | |
1992..............| 40.2 | 42.6 | 50.7 | 56.3 | 56.3 | 54.6 | 50.6 | 51.3 | 52.5 | 54.9 | 58.7 | 59.1
1993..............| 64.0 | 61.2 | 61.8 | 58.8 | 61.4 | 61.8 | 59.3 | 61.8 | 62.6 | 66.7 | 65.7 | 63.6
1994..............| 68.8 | 70.9 | 69.8 | 67.1 | 66.0 | 66.0 | 68.4 | 68.3 | 67.8 | 67.3 | 68.1 | 67.4
1995..............| 66.4 | 64.9 | 57.9 | 49.3 | 50.6 | 47.9 | 52.8 | 50.3 | 52.5 | 54.4 | 57.6 |p/55.1
1996..............|p/57.4 | | | | | | | | | | |
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Over 6-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | |
1992..............| 43.4 | 46.2 | 46.3 | 50.8 | 55.1 | 55.3 | 52.7 | 52.2 | 56.7 | 55.9 | 63.6 | 63.2
1993..............| 63.2 | 63.8 | 62.8 | 64.2 | 60.8 | 63.9 | 64.5 | 64.7 | 66.2 | 67.3 | 70.8 | 70.8
1994..............| 71.2 | 70.2 | 70.5 | 69.5 | 69.8 | 69.1 | 70.5 | 70.9 | 69.0 | 69.0 | 67.4 | 67.0
1995..............| 65.9 | 58.8 | 56.3 | 52.2 | 49.2 | 49.6 | 50.3 | 56.0 | 53.2 |p/53.5 |p/57.3 |
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Over 12-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | |
1992..............| 47.2 | 42.3 | 42.7 | 44.1 | 48.0 | 52.5 | 55.8 | 60.7 | 59.7 | 61.4 | 62.9 | 62.9
1993..............| 64.9 | 63.9 | 64.0 | 65.4 | 67.0 | 67.6 | 67.6 | 67.0 | 70.2 | 69.4 | 68.8 | 69.4
1994..............| 68.4 | 70.8 | 71.9 | 70.2 | 69.5 | 69.7 | 70.4 | 70.8 | 70.4 | 70.2 | 66.0 | 64.0
1995..............| 63.1 | 60.8 | 58.1 | 58.3 | 56.6 | 55.9 |p/54.1 |p/55.6 | | | |
1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
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Over 1-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | |
1992..............| 37.1 | 40.3 | 46.0 | 57.2 | 48.2 | 46.0 | 56.1 | 42.8 | 50.7 | 47.5 | 51.4 | 52.5
1993..............| 52.2 | 57.9 | 52.9 | 44.2 | 51.4 | 46.0 | 50.7 | 48.6 | 56.1 | 54.7 | 56.5 | 54.3
1994..............| 59.4 | 61.2 | 59.4 | 56.5 | 55.0 | 59.0 | 54.0 | 56.5 | 53.2 | 59.4 | 59.0 | 57.6
1995..............| 56.8 | 54.7 | 49.6 | 44.2 | 36.7 | 41.7 | 39.6 | 46.8 | 40.3 | 50.4 | 43.9 | 48.6
1996..............|p/42.8 |p/47.5 | | | | | | | | | |
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Over 3-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | |
1992..............| 29.9 | 36.0 | 45.0 | 51.4 | 52.2 | 54.3 | 45.3 | 50.7 | 43.9 | 49.6 | 51.4 | 53.6
1993..............| 60.8 | 60.4 | 57.2 | 46.4 | 46.4 | 50.7 | 49.6 | 54.3 | 53.2 | 60.1 | 56.1 | 57.6
1994..............| 65.1 | 66.5 | 64.4 | 59.0 | 58.6 | 58.3 | 61.5 | 59.0 | 61.5 | 60.4 | 64.0 | 62.2
1995..............| 61.5 | 56.1 | 47.1 | 35.6 | 32.4 | 28.8 | 32.7 | 33.1 | 41.0 | 39.6 | 44.2 |p/39.2
1996..............|p/38.1 | | | | | | | | | | |
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Over 6-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | |
1992..............| 33.5 | 36.0 | 39.6 | 47.5 | 51.8 | 52.5 | 47.5 | 48.9 | 52.5 | 47.1 | 57.9 | 58.3
1993..............| 57.6 | 56.5 | 56.1 | 55.0 | 49.3 | 52.2 | 55.4 | 57.9 | 56.8 | 57.6 | 65.1 | 62.9
1994..............| 61.9 | 62.9 | 64.4 | 61.5 | 60.8 | 59.0 | 62.2 | 62.6 | 61.5 | 64.0 | 61.5 | 61.5
1995..............| 57.2 | 47.1 | 40.3 | 32.7 | 26.6 | 25.9 | 29.9 | 32.7 | 33.5 |p/35.6 |p/35.6 |
1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | |
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Over 12-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | |
1992..............| 42.4 | 36.7 | 36.3 | 36.0 | 39.6 | 45.7 | 50.0 | 55.8 | 57.9 | 56.8 | 58.3 | 56.5
1993..............| 56.8 | 57.9 | 55.8 | 58.6 | 57.2 | 57.6 | 58.6 | 59.0 | 61.2 | 60.4 | 60.1 | 59.4
1994..............| 58.3 | 59.7 | 61.9 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.9 | 63.3 | 61.5 | 59.7 | 56.5 | 49.6
1995..............| 46.8 | 43.2 | 40.6 | 37.1 | 34.9 | 33.5 |p/28.8 |p/28.8 | | | |
1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | |
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1/ Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
span. Data are centered within the span. indicates an equal balance between industries with
p = preliminary. increasing and decreasing employment.
NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with
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