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
Technical information: USDL 96-162
Household data: (202) 606-6378
606-6373 Transmission of material in this
release is embargoed until
Establishment data: 606-6555 8:30 A.M. (EDT),
Media contact: 606-5902 Friday, May 3, 1996.
THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: APRIL 1996
Unemployment edged down in April, and nonfarm payroll employment was
essentially unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today. The nations jobless rate was 5.4
percent in April, 0.2 percentage point lower than in March. The number of
payroll jobs remained at 118.0 million in April. Factory employment
continued to decline despite the return of auto workers who had been off
payrolls in March because of a strike. Total employment, as measured by
the household survey, also was about unchanged at 126.1 million.
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
The number of unemployed persons fell by 238,000 to 7.3 million in
April, and the unemployment rate edged down from 5.6 to 5.4 percent. The
jobless rate has remained in a narrow range between 5.4 and 5.8 percent
since October 1994. Unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult
men (4.8 percent), adult women (4.7 percent), teenagers (16.7 percent),
whites (4.7 percent), blacks (10.5 percent), and Hispanics (9.7 percent)--
were little changed from their March levels. (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
The number of newly unemployed persons (less than 5 weeks duration) as
well as the number of reentrants (persons with work experience who had been
out of the labor force prior to beginning their job search) declined in
April. (See tables A-5 and A-6.)
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
Total employment, at 126.1 million in April, was essentially unchanged
over the month, after rising by 1.2 million between December and March.
Similarly, the proportion of the population age 16 years and over that was
employed (the employment-population ratio), at 63.0 percent, was about the
same as in March. About 4.5 million persons were working part time for
economic reasons, also unchanged in April. (See tables A-1 and
A-3.)
The number of persons who held more than one job totaled 7.5 million
(not seasonally adjusted) in April, about 200,000 fewer than a year
earlier. These multiple jobholders made up 6.0 percent of all employed
persons. (See table A-9.)
Both the number of persons in the civilian labor force (133.4 million)
and the labor force participation rate (66.6 percent) fell slightly in
April. (See table A-1.)
- 2 -
Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
___________________________________________________________________________
| Quarterly | Monthly data |
| averages | |
|_________________|__________________________|Mar.-
Category | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 |Apr.
|_________________|__________________________|change
| IV | I | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status
|____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 132,432| 133,192| 133,018| 133,655| 133,361| -294
Employment..........| 125,096| 125,680| 125,663| 126,151| 126,095| -56
Unemployment........| 7,336| 7,512| 7,355| 7,504| 7,266| -238
Not in labor force....| 66,920| 66,584| 66,754| 66,266| 66,741| 475
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
| Unemployment rates
|____________________________________________________
All workers...........| 5.5| 5.6| 5.5| 5.6| 5.4| -0.2
Adult men...........| 4.7| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0| 4.8| -.2
Adult women.........| 4.8| 4.9| 4.8| 4.8| 4.7| -.1
Teenagers...........| 17.6| 17.4| 16.6| 17.5| 16.7| -.8
White...............| 4.9| 4.9| 4.9| 4.8| 4.7| -.1
Black...............| 9.9| 10.7| 10.3| 11.1| 10.5| -.6
Hispanic origin.....| 9.3| 9.7| 9.7| 10.0| 9.7| -.3
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment
|____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 117,190|p117,691| 117,842|p118,020|p118,022| p2
Goods-producing 1/..| 24,155| p24,197| 24,264| p24,210| p24,139| p-71
Construction......| 5,293| p5,390| 5,426| p5,431| p5,378| p-53
Manufacturing.....| 18,293| p18,235| 18,265| p18,204| p18,187| p-17
Service-producing 1/| 93,034| p93,494| 93,578| p93,810| p93,883| p73
Retail trade......| 20,956| p21,018| 21,040| p21,080| p21,100| p20
Services..........| 33,170| p33,453| 33,505| p33,622| p33,642| p20
Government........| 19,314| p19,333| 19,334| p19,373| p19,375| p2
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
| Hours of work 2/
|____________________________________________________
Total private.........| 34.4| p34.3| 34.5| p34.5| p34.3| p-0.2
Manufacturing.......| 41.4| p41.0| 41.6| p41.4| p41.5| p.1
Overtime..........| 4.4| p4.3| 4.5| p4.3| p4.4| p.1
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
| Earnings 2/
|____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | |
total private.......| $11.59| p$11.66| $11.66| p$11.68| p$11.75| p$0.07
Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | |
total private.......| 399.19| p399.67| 402.27| p402.96| p403.03| p.07
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
p=preliminary.
2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
N.A.= not available.
- 3 -
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in April--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 403,000 in April. Both figures were close to their levels of
a year earlier. (See table A-9.)
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
Nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in April at 118.0
million, after seasonal adjustment. This followed employment growth that
averaged 221,000 jobs per month in the first quarter of 1996. In April,
small gains in the number of service-producing jobs just offset declines in
goods-producing employment. (See table B-1.)
Construction employment fell by 53,000 in April, as hiring fell short of
seasonal expectations. The effects of volatile weather continued to show
up in the employment figures for construction. Spring hiring was held down
in areas of the country where winter weather had been unusually favorable
and workers were already on payrolls. In other areas, poor weather in the
April survey reference period probably led to delays in spring construction
activity. Since October, construction employment has expanded by an
average of 15,000 jobs per month.
Manufacturing employment declined by 17,000 in April. This drop would
have been even larger had it not been for the return of workers from
strikes and directly related plant shutdowns in the motor vehicles and
equipment industry. Since February, the month prior to the auto strike,
factory employment has fallen by 78,000. In April, factory job declines
generally were small but were widespread among both durable and nondurable
goods industries. Long-term declines continued in textiles and apparel
manufacturing. Employment in electrical and electronic equipment edged
down for the second straight month, after showing steady increases for more
than 2 years.
The services industry added only 20,000 jobs in April, after gaining an
average of 125,000 jobs per month during the first quarter of 1996. Health
services added 19,000 jobs over the month, and employment growth continued
in computer and data processing services. Less hiring than normal in some
seasonal industries, including amusement and recreation and help supply
services, led to seasonally adjusted monthly declines. Employment in
engineering and management services, which had been expanding by about
13,000 jobs per month for more than a year, was about unchanged in April.
Retail trade employment increased by 20,000 in April. Employment in
eating and drinking places expanded by 32,000 over the month, and job
growth continued in automotive dealers and in home furnishings stores,
particularly those specializing in consumer electronics. By contrast,
employment in general merchandise and food stores fell over the month,
after increasing in February and March.
Employment in the finance industry was up 12,000 in April and has grown
by 78,000 since its low point in mid-1995. Job growth has been
concentrated in mortgage banking and security and commodity brokerages.
- 4 -
The real estate industry added 4,000 jobs in April.
Transportation employment rose by 13,000 in April. Air transportation
continued to show strength, increasing by 7,000 jobs. Employment also was
up in trucking and warehousing, which has added 21,000 jobs thus far in
1996.
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.2 hour in April, to 34.3 hours, seasonally
adjusted. The factory workweek and overtime each edged up 0.1 hour--to
41.5 and 4.4 hours, respectively--as workers in motor vehicles and parts
returned to work following strike-related shutdowns. (See table B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.5 percent over the
month to 133.9 (1982=100), after seasonal adjustment. The manufacturing
index increased by 0.2 percent to 104.9. (See table B-5.)
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory workers
on nonfarm payrolls were up by 7 cents in April, after seasonal adjustment.
Average weekly earnings were about unchanged at $403.03. Over the year,
average hourly earnings increased by 3.1 percent and average weekly
earnings by 2.2 percent. (See table B-3.)
_________________________
The Employment Situation for May 1996 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, June 7, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
-------------------------------------------------------------
| Revisions in the Establishment Survey Data |
| |
| The Employment Situation news release of May data will |
|introduce revisions in the establishment-based series on |
|nonfarm payroll employment, hours, and earnings to reflect |
|the regular annual benchmark adjustments for March 1995 and |
|updated seasonal adjustment factors. Unadjusted data from |
|April 1994 forward are subject to revision. |
| |
| BLS also will implement improved seasonal adjustment |
|procedures for the nonfarm payroll employment, hours, and |
|earnings series. 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 seasonally adjusted |
|data series from January 1988 forward will be revised to |
|incorporate the new methodology. Further information on the |
|planned change in the seasonal adjustment procedures is |
|available upon request. (Contact Patricia Getz at |
|202-606-6521.) |
-------------------------------------------------------------
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted1/
| |
__________________________ _____________________________________________________
Employment status, sex, and age | | | | | | | | |
| Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
TOTAL | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 198,148| 199,921| 200,101| 198,148| 199,508| 199,634| 199,773| 199,921| 200,101
Civilian labor force............................| 131,657| 132,692| 132,513| 132,529| 132,352| 132,903| 133,018| 133,655| 133,361
Participation rate........................| 66.4| 66.4| 66.2| 66.9| 66.3| 66.6| 66.6| 66.9| 66.6
Employed......................................| 124,278| 124,992| 125,388| 124,973| 124,981| 125,226| 125,663| 126,151| 126,095
Employment-population ratio...............| 62.7| 62.5| 62.7| 63.1| 62.6| 62.7| 62.9| 63.1| 63.0
Agriculture.................................| 3,495| 3,243| 3,344| 3,528| 3,325| 3,529| 3,519| 3,487| 3,368
Nonagricultural industries..................| 120,784| 121,750| 122,044| 121,445| 121,656| 121,698| 122,143| 122,664| 122,726
Unemployed....................................| 7,378| 7,700| 7,124| 7,556| 7,371| 7,677| 7,355| 7,504| 7,266
Unemployment rate.........................| 5.6| 5.8| 5.4| 5.7| 5.6| 5.8| 5.5| 5.6| 5.4
Not in labor force..............................| 66,492| 67,229| 67,589| 65,619| 67,156| 66,730| 66,754| 66,266| 66,741
| | | | | | | | |
Men, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 94,952| 95,864| 95,955| 94,952| 95,661| 95,713| 95,786| 95,864| 95,955
Civilian labor force............................| 71,054| 71,444| 71,450| 71,542| 71,182| 71,593| 71,743| 72,030| 71,935
Participation rate........................| 74.8| 74.5| 74.5| 75.3| 74.4| 74.8| 74.9| 75.1| 75.0
Employed......................................| 67,018| 66,961| 67,415| 67,533| 67,162| 67,501| 67,764| 67,856| 67,933
Employment-population ratio...............| 70.6| 69.9| 70.3| 71.1| 70.2| 70.5| 70.7| 70.8| 70.8
Unemployed....................................| 4,035| 4,483| 4,036| 4,009| 4,020| 4,092| 3,979| 4,174| 4,002
Unemployment rate.........................| 5.7| 6.3| 5.6| 5.6| 5.6| 5.7| 5.5| 5.8| 5.6
| | | | | | | | |
Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 87,664| 88,366| 88,440| 87,664| 88,172| 88,223| 88,296| 88,366| 88,440
Civilian labor force............................| 67,288| 67,753| 67,625| 67,479| 67,133| 67,563| 67,719| 67,980| 67,821
Participation rate........................| 76.8| 76.7| 76.5| 77.0| 76.1| 76.6| 76.7| 76.9| 76.7
Employed......................................| 63,953| 64,005| 64,296| 64,196| 63,879| 64,246| 64,425| 64,594| 64,555
Employment-population ratio...............| 73.0| 72.4| 72.7| 73.2| 72.4| 72.8| 73.0| 73.1| 73.0
Agriculture.................................| 2,360| 2,249| 2,283| 2,371| 2,252| 2,399| 2,382| 2,403| 2,292
Nonagricultural industries..................| 61,593| 61,755| 62,014| 61,825| 61,627| 61,848| 62,044| 62,191| 62,263
Unemployed....................................| 3,336| 3,749| 3,328| 3,283| 3,254| 3,317| 3,294| 3,386| 3,266
Unemployment rate.........................| 5.0| 5.5| 4.9| 4.9| 4.8| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0| 4.8
| | | | | | | | |
Women, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 103,197| 104,058| 104,146| 103,197| 103,847| 103,921| 103,986| 104,058| 104,146
Civilian labor force............................| 60,603| 61,248| 61,062| 60,987| 61,170| 61,310| 61,275| 61,625| 61,426
Participation rate........................| 58.7| 58.9| 58.6| 59.1| 58.9| 59.0| 58.9| 59.2| 59.0
Employed......................................| 57,260| 58,031| 57,973| 57,440| 57,819| 57,725| 57,899| 58,294| 58,161
Employment-population ratio...............| 55.5| 55.8| 55.7| 55.7| 55.7| 55.5| 55.7| 56.0| 55.8
Unemployed....................................| 3,343| 3,217| 3,089| 3,547| 3,351| 3,585| 3,376| 3,331| 3,264
Unemployment rate.........................| 5.5| 5.3| 5.1| 5.8| 5.5| 5.8| 5.5| 5.4| 5.3
| | | | | | | | |
Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 96,099| 96,798| 96,857| 96,099| 96,633| 96,717| 96,757| 96,798| 96,857
Civilian labor force............................| 57,131| 57,811| 57,636| 57,273| 57,426| 57,591| 57,570| 57,903| 57,763
Participation rate........................| 59.5| 59.7| 59.5| 59.6| 59.4| 59.5| 59.5| 59.8| 59.6
Employed......................................| 54,369| 55,109| 55,081| 54,339| 54,715| 54,642| 54,790| 55,146| 55,060
Employment-population ratio...............| 56.6| 56.9| 56.9| 56.5| 56.6| 56.5| 56.6| 57.0| 56.8
Agriculture.................................| 892| 807| 834| 874| 816| 857| 851| 844| 813
Nonagricultural industries..................| 53,477| 54,303| 54,247| 53,465| 53,899| 53,785| 53,938| 54,303| 54,247
Unemployed....................................| 2,762| 2,701| 2,555| 2,934| 2,711| 2,949| 2,780| 2,757| 2,704
Unemployment rate.........................| 4.8| 4.7| 4.4| 5.1| 4.7| 5.1| 4.8| 4.8| 4.7
| | | | | | | | |
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population.............| 14,385| 14,757| 14,805| 14,385| 14,703| 14,694| 14,719| 14,757| 14,805
Civilian labor force............................| 7,237| 7,128| 7,252| 7,777| 7,793| 7,749| 7,729| 7,772| 7,776
Participation rate........................| 50.3| 48.3| 49.0| 54.1| 53.0| 52.7| 52.5| 52.7| 52.5
Employed......................................| 5,956| 5,879| 6,011| 6,438| 6,387| 6,338| 6,448| 6,411| 6,480
Employment-population ratio...............| 41.4| 39.8| 40.6| 44.8| 43.4| 43.1| 43.8| 43.4| 43.8
Agriculture.................................| 243| 187| 227| 283| 257| 273| 286| 240| 263
Nonagricultural industries..................| 5,713| 5,692| 5,784| 6,155| 6,130| 6,065| 6,161| 6,171| 6,217
Unemployed....................................| 1,281| 1,250| 1,241| 1,339| 1,406| 1,412| 1,282| 1,362| 1,296
Unemployment rate.........................| 17.7| 17.5| 17.1| 17.2| 18.0| 18.2| 16.6| 17.5| 16.7
| | | | | | | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted1/
Employment status, race, sex, age, and | |
__________________________ _____________________________________________________
Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | |
| Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
WHITE | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 166,613| 167,853| 167,973| 166,613| 167,545| 167,669| 167,757| 167,853| 167,973
Civilian labor force............................| 111,338| 112,246| 111,965| 112,055| 111,987| 112,198| 112,747| 112,970| 112,613
Participation rate..........................| 66.8| 66.9| 66.7| 67.3| 66.8| 66.9| 67.2| 67.3| 67.0
Employed......................................| 105,886| 106,495| 106,724| 106,517| 106,445| 106,576| 107,244| 107,497| 107,319
Employment-population ratio.................| 63.6| 63.4| 63.5| 63.9| 63.5| 63.6| 63.9| 64.0| 63.9
Unemployed....................................| 5,452| 5,751| 5,241| 5,538| 5,542| 5,623| 5,502| 5,473| 5,294
Unemployment rate...........................| 4.9| 5.1| 4.7| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0| 4.9| 4.8| 4.7
| | | | | | | | |
Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |
Civilian labor force............................| 57,578| 58,106| 58,003| 57,783| 57,693| 57,894| 58,162| 58,309| 58,202
Participation rate..........................| 77.0| 77.2| 77.0| 77.3| 76.8| 77.0| 77.3| 77.5| 77.3
Employed......................................| 55,004| 55,237| 55,499| 55,279| 55,206| 55,438| 55,688| 55,795| 55,778
Employment-population ratio.................| 73.6| 73.4| 73.7| 74.0| 73.5| 73.7| 74.0| 74.1| 74.1
Unemployed....................................| 2,574| 2,869| 2,504| 2,504| 2,487| 2,456| 2,475| 2,514| 2,424
Unemployment rate...........................| 4.5| 4.9| 4.3| 4.3| 4.3| 4.2| 4.3| 4.3| 4.2
| | | | | | | | |
Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |
Civilian labor force............................| 47,585| 48,056| 47,821| 47,699| 47,772| 47,727| 47,968| 48,136| 47,884
Participation rate..........................| 59.1| 59.4| 59.1| 59.3| 59.1| 59.0| 59.3| 59.5| 59.2
Employed......................................| 45,622| 46,095| 45,983| 45,608| 45,722| 45,604| 45,892| 46,141| 45,937
Employment-population ratio.................| 56.7| 57.0| 56.8| 56.7| 56.6| 56.4| 56.8| 57.0| 56.8
Unemployed....................................| 1,963| 1,961| 1,838| 2,091| 2,050| 2,123| 2,076| 1,995| 1,947
Unemployment rate...........................| 4.1| 4.1| 3.8| 4.4| 4.3| 4.4| 4.3| 4.1| 4.1
| | | | | | | | |
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | |
Civilian labor force............................| 6,175| 6,084| 6,141| 6,573| 6,522| 6,577| 6,616| 6,525| 6,527
Participation rate..........................| 54.1| 52.0| 52.4| 57.6| 56.2| 56.6| 56.8| 55.8| 55.7
Employed......................................| 5,260| 5,163| 5,242| 5,630| 5,517| 5,533| 5,665| 5,561| 5,604
Employment-population ratio.................| 46.1| 44.2| 44.7| 49.3| 47.5| 47.6| 48.6| 47.6| 47.8
Unemployed....................................| 915| 921| 899| 943| 1,005| 1,044| 951| 964| 923
Unemployment rate...........................| 14.8| 15.1| 14.6| 14.3| 15.4| 15.9| 14.4| 14.8| 14.1
Men.......................................| 15.8| 17.0| 15.8| 15.2| 16.0| 16.6| 15.2| 16.0| 15.2
Women.....................................| 13.8| 13.1| 13.4| 13.4| 14.7| 15.1| 13.4| 13.4| 12.9
| | | | | | | | |
BLACK | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 23,169| 23,485| 23,519| 23,169| 23,419| 23,424| 23,455| 23,485| 23,519
Civilian labor force............................| 14,775| 14,899| 14,900| 14,861| 14,959| 14,993| 14,827| 15,030| 14,971
Participation rate..........................| 63.8| 63.4| 63.4| 64.1| 63.9| 64.0| 63.2| 64.0| 63.7
Employed......................................| 13,240| 13,282| 13,368| 13,278| 13,436| 13,409| 13,302| 13,358| 13,399
Employment-population ratio.................| 57.1| 56.6| 56.8| 57.3| 57.4| 57.2| 56.7| 56.9| 57.0
Unemployed....................................| 1,535| 1,617| 1,532| 1,583| 1,523| 1,584| 1,525| 1,673| 1,573
Unemployment rate...........................| 10.4| 10.9| 10.3| 10.7| 10.2| 10.6| 10.3| 11.1| 10.5
| | | | | | | | |
Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |
Civilian labor force............................| 6,808| 6,785| 6,716| 6,786| 6,683| 6,748| 6,775| 6,790| 6,696
Participation rate..........................| 73.5| 72.3| 71.5| 73.2| 71.5| 72.2| 72.3| 72.4| 71.3
Employed......................................| 6,202| 6,049| 6,067| 6,188| 6,062| 6,141| 6,089| 6,049| 6,055
Employment-population ratio.................| 66.9| 64.5| 64.6| 66.8| 64.9| 65.7| 65.0| 64.5| 64.5
Unemployed....................................| 606| 735| 648| 598| 621| 607| 686| 741| 641
Unemployment rate...........................| 8.9| 10.8| 9.7| 8.8| 9.3| 9.0| 10.1| 10.9| 9.6
| | | | | | | | |
Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |
Civilian labor force............................| 7,171| 7,288| 7,308| 7,178| 7,317| 7,343| 7,193| 7,287| 7,300
Participation rate..........................| 61.6| 61.8| 61.9| 61.6| 62.2| 62.4| 61.1| 61.8| 61.9
Employed......................................| 6,526| 6,680| 6,707| 6,513| 6,751| 6,678| 6,630| 6,674| 6,687
Employment-population ratio.................| 56.0| 56.7| 56.8| 55.9| 57.4| 56.8| 56.3| 56.6| 56.7
Unemployed....................................| 646| 608| 601| 665| 566| 665| 563| 613| 613
Unemployment rate...........................| 9.0| 8.3| 8.2| 9.3| 7.7| 9.1| 7.8| 8.4| 8.4
| | | | | | | | |
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | |
Civilian labor force............................| 795| 827| 877| 897| 959| 902| 860| 954| 976
Participation rate..........................| 35.3| 35.6| 37.6| 39.8| 41.4| 39.1| 37.2| 41.1| 41.9
Employed......................................| 512| 553| 594| 577| 623| 590| 583| 635| 657
Employment-population ratio.................| 22.7| 23.8| 25.5| 25.6| 26.9| 25.6| 25.2| 27.4| 28.2
Unemployed....................................| 283| 274| 283| 320| 336| 312| 276| 319| 319
Unemployment rate...........................| 35.6| 33.1| 32.3| 35.7| 35.0| 34.6| 32.1| 33.5| 32.7
Men.......................................| 37.1| 38.0| 35.0| 35.9| 39.0| 39.1| 30.6| 38.2| 34.1
Women.....................................| 34.1| 28.2| 29.5| 35.5| 31.4| 30.4| 33.6| 28.4| 31.3
| | | | | | | | |
HISPANIC ORIGIN | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 18,509| 19,025| 19,080| 18,509| 18,889| 18,929| 18,977| 19,025| 19,080
Civilian labor force............................| 12,090| 12,524| 12,417| 12,177| 12,391| 12,655| 12,666| 12,571| 12,511
Participation rate..........................| 65.3| 65.8| 65.1| 65.8| 65.6| 66.9| 66.7| 66.1| 65.6
Employed......................................| 11,036| 11,229| 11,260| 11,066| 11,237| 11,493| 11,432| 11,308| 11,294
Employment-population ratio.................| 59.6| 59.0| 59.0| 59.8| 59.5| 60.7| 60.2| 59.4| 59.2
Unemployed....................................| 1,054| 1,295| 1,158| 1,111| 1,154| 1,162| 1,234| 1,262| 1,217
Unemployment rate...........................| 8.7| 10.3| 9.3| 9.1| 9.3| 9.2| 9.7| 10.0| 9.7
| | | | | | | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
(In thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted
| |
__________________________ _____________________________________________________
Category | | | | | | | | |
| Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total employed, 16 years and over.................|124,278 |124,992 |125,388 |124,973 |124,981 |125,226 |125,663 |126,151 |126,095
Married men, spouse present.....................| 42,086 | 42,051 | 42,152 | 42,028 | 42,058 | 42,171 | 42,339 | 42,178 | 42,067
Married women, spouse present...................| 32,301 | 32,277 | 32,123 | 32,040 | 32,072 | 32,078 | 32,101 | 32,053 | 31,868
Women who maintain families.....................| 7,181 | 7,457 | 7,426 | 7,146 | 7,304 | 7,294 | 7,295 | 7,397 | 7,389
| | | | | | | | |
OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Managerial and professional specialty...........| 34,948 | 36,186 | 36,094 | 34,952 | 35,712 | 35,682 | 35,866 | 36,149 | 36,115
Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,306 | 37,631 | 37,450 | 37,466 | 36,999 | 37,057 | 37,328 | 37,782 | 37,638
Service occupations.............................| 17,092 | 16,831 | 17,074 | 16,984 | 16,964 | 16,755 | 16,727 | 16,714 | 16,939
Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,406 | 13,277 | 13,364 | 13,635 | 13,445 | 13,615 | 13,786 | 13,618 | 13,595
Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,972 | 17,804 | 17,975 | 18,141 | 18,264 | 18,257 | 18,147 | 18,058 | 18,124
Farming, forestry, and fishing..................| 3,554 | 3,263 | 3,431 | 3,679 | 3,599 | 3,760 | 3,744 | 3,622 | 3,545
| | | | | | | | |
CLASS OF WORKER | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Agriculture: | | | | | | | | |
Wage and salary workers.......................| 1,835 | 1,719 | 1,830 | 1,865 | 1,755 | 1,964 | 1,954 | 1,859 | 1,862
Self-employed workers.........................| 1,600 | 1,484 | 1,466 | 1,626 | 1,521 | 1,547 | 1,531 | 1,572 | 1,484
Unpaid family workers.........................| 60 | 40 | 48 | 66 | 46 | 48 | 34 | 41 | 52
Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | |
Wage and salary workers.......................|111,874 |112,648 |112,936 |112,469 |112,618 |112,568 |113,165 |113,461 |113,527
Government..................................| 18,777 | 18,419 | 18,564 | 18,534 | 18,237 | 18,044 | 18,259 | 18,005 | 18,290
Private industries..........................| 93,097 | 94,229 | 94,372 | 93,935 | 94,381 | 94,524 | 94,906 | 95,456 | 95,237
Private households........................| 954 | 917 | 827 | 974 | 975 | 931 | 873 | 901 | 844
Other industries..........................| 92,143 | 93,312 | 93,545 | 92,961 | 93,406 | 93,593 | 94,032 | 94,555 | 94,393
Self-employed workers.........................| 8,795 | 8,992 | 9,008 | 8,874 | 8,877 | 8,913 | 8,953 | 9,092 | 9,081
Unpaid family workers.........................| 114 | 109 | 101 | 114 | 106 | 85 | 116 | 102 | 101
| | | | | | | | |
PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
All industries: | | | | | | | | |
Part time for economic reasons................| 4,245 | 4,569 | 4,299 | 4,473 | 4,447 | 4,091 | 4,502 | 4,479 | 4,525
Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,369 | 2,630 | 2,501 | 2,459 | 2,537 | 2,250 | 2,533 | 2,548 | 2,594
Could only find part-time work..............| 1,644 | 1,626 | 1,522 | 1,696 | 1,615 | 1,509 | 1,621 | 1,596 | 1,571
Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,429 | 18,524 | 18,291 | 17,878 | 17,405 | 17,198 | 17,493 | 17,915 | 17,487
| | | | | | | | |
Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | |
Part time for economic reasons................| 4,012 | 4,358 | 4,081 | 4,211 | 4,306 | 3,842 | 4,274 | 4,223 | 4,287
Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,214 | 2,491 | 2,362 | 2,323 | 2,440 | 2,114 | 2,382 | 2,386 | 2,476
Could only find part-time work..............| 1,600 | 1,608 | 1,491 | 1,647 | 1,583 | 1,472 | 1,607 | 1,561 | 1,534
Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 17,663 | 17,870 | 17,690 | 17,212 | 16,804 | 16,520 | 16,884 | 17,266 | 16,994
| | | | | | | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Number of |
| unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/
| (in thousands) |
Category | |
__________________________ _____________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
| Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total, 16 years and over.........................| 7,556 | 7,504 | 7,266| 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4
Men, 20 years and over.........................| 3,283 | 3,386 | 3,266| 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.8
Women, 20 years and over.......................| 2,934 | 2,757 | 2,704| 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................| 1,339 | 1,362 | 1,296| 17.2 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 16.7
| | | | | | | | |
Married men, spouse present....................| 1,438 | 1,361 | 1,291| 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0
Married women, spouse present..................| 1,362 | 1,165 | 1,231| 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.7
Women who maintain families....................| 678 | 615 | 541| 8.7 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 6.8
| | | | | | | | |
Full-time workers..............................| 6,036 | 6,014 | 5,843| 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4
Part-time workers..............................| 1,522 | 1,499 | 1,427| 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.8
| | | | | | | | |
OCCUPATION2/ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Managerial and professional specialty..........| 885 | 869 | 839| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3
Technical, sales, and administrative support...| 1,869 | 1,739 | 1,752| 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4
Precision production, craft, and repair........| 859 | 843 | 797| 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.5
Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........| 1,595 | 1,693 | 1,585| 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.0
Farming, forestry, and fishing.................| 334 | 309 | 308| 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.0
| | | | | | | | |
INDUSTRY | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers| 5,825 | 5,855 | 5,716| 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7
Goods-producing industries...................| 1,780 | 1,843 | 1,706| 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.1
Mining.....................................| 28 | 40 | 25| 4.3 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 4.4
Construction...............................| 740 | 683 | 683| 11.5 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 10.2
Manufacturing..............................| 1,012 | 1,120 | 998| 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.8
Durable goods............................| 526 | 638 | 589| 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.8
Nondurable goods.........................| 486 | 482 | 409| 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 4.8
Service-producing industries.................| 4,045 | 4,011 | 4,010| 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5
Transportation and public utilities........| 318 | 293 | 300| 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.2
Wholesale and retail trade.................| 1,731 | 1,782 | 1,733| 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.6
Finance, insurance, and real estate........| 248 | 189 | 172| 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3
Services...................................| 1,748 | 1,747 | 1,805| 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.6
Government workers.............................| 579 | 515 | 547| 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.9
Agricultural wage and salary workers...........| 235 | 223 | 227| 11.2 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.9
| | | | | | | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted
| |
__________________________ _____________________________________________________
Duration | | | | | | | | |
| Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Less than 5 weeks................................| 2,424 | 2,303 | 2,221 | 2,630 | 2,717 | 2,784 | 2,793 | 2,623 | 2,412
5 to 14 weeks....................................| 2,141 | 2,578 | 2,133 | 2,362 | 2,431 | 2,413 | 2,280 | 2,298 | 2,337
15 weeks and over................................| 2,813 | 2,819 | 2,770 | 2,439 | 2,322 | 2,370 | 2,307 | 2,479 | 2,388
15 to 26 weeks................................| 1,294 | 1,398 | 1,343 | 1,069 | 1,085 | 1,118 | 1,126 | 1,164 | 1,106
27 weeks and over.............................| 1,520 | 1,421 | 1,427 | 1,370 | 1,237 | 1,252 | 1,181 | 1,316 | 1,282
| | | | | | | | |
Average (mean) duration, in weeks................| 19.0 | 18.2 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 17.4
Median duration, in weeks........................| 10.2 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.8
| | | | | | | | |
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..............................| 32.9 | 29.9 | 31.2 | 35.4 | 36.4 | 36.8 | 37.8 | 35.4 | 33.8
5 to 14 weeks..................................| 29.0 | 33.5 | 29.9 | 31.8 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 32.7
15 weeks and over..............................| 38.1 | 36.6 | 38.9 | 32.8 | 31.1 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 33.5 | 33.5
15 to 26 weeks...............................| 17.5 | 18.2 | 18.8 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 15.5
27 weeks and over............................| 20.6 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 18.4 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 17.8 | 18.0
| | | | | | | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
|Not seasonally adjusted| Seasonally adjusted
| |
_______________________ _______________________________________________
Reason | | | | | | | | |
| Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........| 3,479| 3,849| 3,610| 3,495| 3,484| 3,606| 3,595| 3,564| 3,625
On temporary layoff......................................| 1,053| 1,266| 1,094| 1,088| 1,012| 1,132| 1,032| 1,027| 1,116
Not on temporary layoff..................................| 2,425| 2,583| 2,517| 2,407| 2,472| 2,474| 2,564| 2,537| 2,509
Permanent job losers...................................| 1,780| 1,925| 1,828| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1)
Persons who completed temporary jobs...................| 645| 658| 689| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1)
Job leavers................................................| 797| 806| 694| 809| 881| 869| 747| 782| 702
Reentrants.................................................| 2,526| 2,534| 2,291| 2,651| 2,466| 2,458| 2,517| 2,588| 2,379
New entrants...............................................| 576| 511| 530| 599| 603| 641| 613| 591| 550
| | | | | | | | |
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.......| 47.2| 50.0| 50.7| 46.3| 46.9| 47.6| 48.1| 47.4| 50.0
On temporary layoff.....................................| 14.3| 16.4| 15.4| 14.4| 13.6| 14.9| 13.8| 13.6| 15.4
Not on temporary layoff.................................| 32.9| 33.6| 35.3| 31.9| 33.3| 32.7| 34.3| 33.7| 34.6
Job leavers...............................................| 10.8| 10.5| 9.7| 10.7| 11.9| 11.5| 10.0| 10.4| 9.7
Reentrants................................................| 34.2| 32.9| 32.2| 35.1| 33.2| 32.5| 33.7| 34.4| 32.8
New entrants..............................................| 7.8| 6.6| 7.4| 7.9| 8.1| 8.5| 8.2| 7.9| 7.6
| | | | | | | | |
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE | | | | | | | | |
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 2.6| 2.9| 2.7| 2.6| 2.6| 2.7| 2.7| 2.7| 2.7
Job leavers...............................................| .6| .6| .5| .6| .7| .7| .6| .6| .5
Reentrants................................................| 1.9| 1.9| 1.7| 2.0| 1.9| 1.8| 1.9| 1.9| 1.8
New entrants..............................................| .4| .4| .4| .5| .5| .5| .5| .4| .4
| | | | | | | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1/ Not available.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
(Percent)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Not seasonally | Seasonally adjusted
Measure | adjusted |
____________________ _________________________________________
| Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, | | | | | | | | |
as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8
| | | | | | | | |
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed | | | | | | | | |
temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian | | | | | | | | |
labor force..........................................................| 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7
| | | | | | | | |
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the | | | | | | | | |
civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)....................| 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4
| | | | | | | | |
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged | | | | | | | | |
workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force | | | | | | | | |
plus discouraged workers.............................................| 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.7 | (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.....................................................| 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.4 | (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.................................| 9.8 | 10.3 | 9.7 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1)
| | | | | | | | |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Number of |
| unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/
| (in thousands) |
Age and sex | |
__________________________ _____________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
| Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
Total, 16 years and over..........................| 7,556 | 7,504 | 7,266 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4
16 to 24 years..................................| 2,568 | 2,659 | 2,517 | 11.8 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 11.8
16 to 19 years................................| 1,339 | 1,362 | 1,296 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 16.7
16 to 17 years..............................| 649 | 637 | 613 | 20.1 | 20.9 | 20.5 | 20.0 | 19.4 | 18.7
18 to 19 years..............................| 704 | 722 | 689 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 14.3 | 16.1 | 15.3
20 to 24 years................................| 1,229 | 1,298 | 1,221 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 9.0
25 years and over...............................| 4,966 | 4,865 | 4,735 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2
25 to 54 years................................| 4,329 | 4,233 | 4,174 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3
55 years and over.............................| 585 | 611 | 518 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3
| | | | | | | | |
Men, 16 years and over..........................| 4,009 | 4,174 | 4,002 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.6
16 to 24 years................................| 1,383 | 1,508 | 1,441 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 12.8
16 to 19 years..............................| 726 | 787 | 736 | 17.9 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 17.0 | 19.4 | 17.9
16 to 17 years............................| 355 | 362 | 358 | 21.1 | 21.7 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 21.4 | 21.2
18 to 19 years............................| 390 | 426 | 389 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 13.9 | 18.0 | 16.1
20 to 24 years..............................| 657 | 720 | 706 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 9.9
25 years and over.............................| 2,621 | 2,661 | 2,562 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.2
25 to 54 years..............................| 2,264 | 2,330 | 2,299 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4
55 years and over...........................| 358 | 315 | 267 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0
| | | | | | | | |
Women, 16 years and over........................| 3,547 | 3,331 | 3,264 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3
16 to 24 years................................| 1,185 | 1,152 | 1,076 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 10.7
16 to 19 years..............................| 613 | 574 | 561 | 16.5 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 15.3
16 to 17 years............................| 294 | 275 | 255 | 19.0 | 20.1 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 17.3 | 16.1
18 to 19 years............................| 314 | 296 | 300 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 14.7 | 14.0 | 14.4
20 to 24 years..............................| 572 | 577 | 515 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.1
25 years and over.............................| 2,345 | 2,205 | 2,172 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2
25 to 54 years..............................| 2,065 | 1,903 | 1,875 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2
55 years and over...........................| 227 | 296 | 251 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6
| | | | | | | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
Category | Total | Men | Women
___________________ ___________________ ___________________
| Apr. | Apr. | Apr. | Apr. | Apr. | Apr.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | |
NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
Total not in the labor force..........................................| 66,492 | 67,589 | 23,898 | 24,504 | 42,594 | 43,084
Persons who currently want a job.....................................| 5,433 | 5,378 | 2,324 | 2,265 | 3,109 | 3,113
Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................| 1,390 | 1,516 | 719 | 749 | 671 | 767
Reason not currently looking: | | | | | |
Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................| 385 | 403 | 268 | 270 | 117 | 133
Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................| 1,006 | 1,113 | 452 | 479 | 554 | 634
| | | | | |
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................| 7,710 | 7,500 | 4,111 | 4,117 | 3,599 | 3,383
Percent of total employed.........................................| 6.2 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 5.8
| | | | | |
Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................| 4,490 | 4,250 | 2,675 | 2,594 | 1,815 | 1,655
Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................| 1,700 | 1,690 | 512 | 544 | 1,188 | 1,146
Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................| 241 | 241 | 183 | 169 | 57 | 72
Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................| 1,245 | 1,301 | 721 | 796 | 524 | 506
| | | | | |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted
| |
_______________________________ _______________________________________________
Industry | | | | | | | | | |
| Apr. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr.
| 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/
| | | | | | | | | |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | |
Total..............................|116,133|116,380|117,099|117,894|116,310|117,357|117,211|117,842|118,020|118,022
| | | | | | | | | |
Total private.........................| 96,498| 96,738| 97,326| 98,141| 97,049| 98,029| 97,920| 98,508| 98,647| 98,647
| | | | | | | | | |
Goods_producing...............................| 24,057| 23,590| 23,668| 23,897| 24,331| 24,173| 24,116| 24,264| 24,210| 24,139
| | | | | | | | | |
Mining......................................| 577| 558| 562| 566| 583| 569| 567| 573| 575| 574
Metal mining..............................| 50.8| 50.5| 51.0| 51.4| 51| 51| 51| 51| 52| 52
Coal mining...............................| 108.0| 103.0| 102.7| 102.5| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)
Oil and gas extraction....................| 313.6| 305.6| 306.4| 306.5| 319| 308| 307| 311| 313| 313
Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........| 104.7| 98.7| 102.0| 105.6| 105| 106| 106| 107| 107| 106
| | | | | | | | | |
Construction................................| 5,071| 4,882| 4,997| 5,218| 5,242| 5,297| 5,314| 5,426| 5,431| 5,378
General building contractors..............|1,208.3|1,164.8|1,178.0|1,210.8| 1,255| 1,233| 1,234| 1,250| 1,251| 1,250
Heavy construction, except building.......| 718.9| 624.1| 667.4| 729.0| 743| 736| 729| 755| 765| 752
Special trade contractors.................|3,143.9|3,093.0|3,152.0|3,277.7| 3,244| 3,328| 3,351| 3,421| 3,415| 3,376
| | | | | | | | | |
Manufacturing...............................| 18,409| 18,150| 18,109| 18,113| 18,506| 18,307| 18,235| 18,265| 18,204| 18,187
Production workers......................| 12,743| 12,513| 12,479| 12,488| 12,818| 12,650| 12,580| 12,604| 12,550| 12,540
| | | | | | | | | |
Durable goods..............................| 10,606| 10,554| 10,527| 10,560| 10,632| 10,607| 10,581| 10,602| 10,558| 10,573
Production workers......................| 7,280| 7,221| 7,198| 7,232| 7,296| 7,267| 7,237| 7,254| 7,216| 7,234
Lumber and wood products..................| 748.9| 734.7| 733.6| 740.5| 761| 756| 749| 747| 745| 752
Furniture and fixtures....................| 504.3| 492.5| 490.5| 486.5| 506| 497| 494| 493| 491| 487
Stone, clay, and glass products...........| 543.1| 519.3| 526.6| 536.5| 546| 537| 534| 539| 540| 538
Primary metal industries..................| 716.8| 713.2| 710.7| 709.1| 719| 714| 715| 715| 712| 711
Blast furnaces and basic steel products.| 239.1| 237.1| 236.5| 235.2| 240| 239| 238| 238| 237| 236
Fabricated metal products.................|1,436.1|1,435.6|1,435.9|1,433.5| 1,442| 1,438| 1,441| 1,441| 1,439| 1,436
Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,039.7|2,066.7|2,070.4|2,066.9| 2,036| 2,067| 2,066| 2,065| 2,066| 2,061
Computer and office equipment...........| 336.3| 342.8| 344.8| 344.7| 337| 345| 345| 344| 346| 345
Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,612.4|1,647.4|1,642.6|1,641.0| 1,616| 1,643| 1,645| 1,651| 1,646| 1,644
Electronic components and accessories...| 569.7| 612.5| 611.4| 611.7| 571| 604| 608| 614| 613| 614
Transportation equipment..................|1,767.3|1,717.2|1,687.6|1,719.9| 1,766| 1,724| 1,706| 1,719| 1,688| 1,716
Motor vehicles and equipment............| 939.9| 921.2| 888.8| 919.4| 938| 927| 919| 920| 889| 917
Aircraft and parts......................| 453.6| 438.7| 439.7| 440.6| 455| 437| 439| 439| 440| 441
Instruments and related products..........| 844.8| 837.6| 838.7| 836.8| 846| 837| 838| 838| 839| 838
Miscellaneous manufacturing...............| 392.6| 389.4| 390.5| 389.2| 394| 394| 393| 394| 392| 390
| | | | | | | | | |
Nondurable goods...........................| 7,803| 7,596| 7,582| 7,553| 7,874| 7,700| 7,654| 7,663| 7,646| 7,614
Production workers......................| 5,463| 5,292| 5,281| 5,256| 5,522| 5,383| 5,343| 5,350| 5,334| 5,306
Food and kindred products.................|1,634.9|1,630.6|1,628.9|1,617.4| 1,687| 1,681| 1,671| 1,676| 1,678| 1,669
Tobacco products..........................| 37.3| 39.7| 37.3| 36.0| 40| 38| 38| 39| 39| 38
Textile mill products.....................| 668.6| 631.5| 630.6| 627.8| 669| 638| 631| 634| 632| 627
Apparel and other textile products........| 937.3| 853.8| 844.5| 841.6| 940| 868| 854| 859| 846| 842
Paper and allied products.................| 687.7| 674.6| 672.4| 668.7| 692| 682| 681| 678| 676| 672
Printing and publishing...................|1,557.4|1,541.4|1,543.8|1,537.1| 1,557| 1,550| 1,544| 1,543| 1,544| 1,537
Chemicals and allied products.............|1,046.6|1,031.8|1,031.8|1,030.7| 1,051| 1,035| 1,036| 1,035| 1,035| 1,034
Petroleum and coal products...............| 144.9| 135.4| 136.2| 137.8| 146| 139| 139| 140| 139| 139
Rubber and misc. plastics products........| 978.6| 956.9| 956.6| 956.9| 981| 966| 959| 958| 956| 956
Leather and leather products..............| 110.0| 100.3| 100.1| 99.4| 111| 103| 101| 101| 101| 100
| | | | | | | | | |
Service_producing.............................| 92,076| 92,790| 93,431| 93,997| 91,979| 93,184| 93,095| 93,578| 93,810| 93,883
| | | | | | | | | |
Transportation and public utilities.........| 6,138| 6,176| 6,197| 6,225| 6,184| 6,231| 6,231| 6,244| 6,253| 6,262
Transportation............................| 3,885| 3,932| 3,952| 3,982| 3,919| 3,968| 3,969| 3,987| 3,996| 4,009
Railroad transportation.................| 241.2| 230.7| 230.9| 231.4| 242| 237| 235| 235| 233| 231
Local and interurban passenger transit..| 448.5| 485.2| 490.9| 492.1| 437| 466| 467| 473| 477| 479
Trucking and warehousing................|1,839.4|1,840.2|1,849.3|1,864.8| 1,879| 1,883| 1,882| 1,891| 1,897| 1,903
Water transportation....................| 162.2| 144.7| 145.0| 149.0| 164| 154| 153| 151| 149| 149
Transportation by air...................| 756.1| 789.4| 793.9| 802.1| 759| 786| 789| 793| 798| 805
Pipelines, except natural gas...........| 16.8| 15.5| 15.5| 15.5| 17| 16| 16| 16| 16| 16
Transportation services.................| 421.2| 426.3| 426.0| 426.7| 421| 426| 427| 428| 426| 426
Communications and public utilities.......| 2,253| 2,244| 2,245| 2,243| 2,265| 2,263| 2,262| 2,257| 2,257| 2,253
Communications..........................|1,348.0|1,358.7|1,361.6|1,361.9| 1,355| 1,363| 1,368| 1,366| 1,368| 1,367
Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 905.2| 885.1| 883.2| 881.5| 910| 900| 894| 891| 889| 886
| | | | | | | | | |
Wholesale trade.............................| 6,277| 6,363| 6,398| 6,427| 6,300| 6,395| 6,401| 6,422| 6,439| 6,444
Durable goods.............................| 3,643| 3,722| 3,745| 3,762| 3,650| 3,720| 3,730| 3,744| 3,756| 3,766
Nondurable goods..........................| 2,634| 2,641| 2,653| 2,665| 2,650| 2,675| 2,671| 2,678| 2,683| 2,678
| | | | | | | | | |
_______________________________________________________________________________
See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
(In thousands)
-Continued
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted
| |
_______________________________ _______________________________________________
Industry | | | | | | | | | |
| Apr. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr.
| 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/
| | | | | | | | | |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Retail trade................................| 20,531| 20,542| 20,642| 20,873| 20,762| 20,981| 20,933| 21,040| 21,080| 21,100
Building materials and garden supplies....| 855.2| 819.3| 842.5| 880.6| 852| 865| 869| 865| 873| 875
General merchandise stores................|2,440.4|2,443.7|2,449.5|2,443.6| 2,539| 2,517| 2,499| 2,517| 2,554| 2,540
Department stores.......................|2,128.9|2,148.1|2,154.3|2,147.6| 2,218| 2,207| 2,193| 2,210| 2,249| 2,235
Food stores...............................|3,308.2|3,360.4|3,356.6|3,354.6| 3,345| 3,400| 3,395| 3,398| 3,401| 3,388
Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,194.2|2,236.1|2,256.0|2,277.1| 2,205| 2,250| 2,255| 2,266| 2,276| 2,284
New and used car dealers................| 995.4|1,020.7|1,028.8|1,037.3| 1,000| 1,018| 1,021| 1,026| 1,033| 1,040
Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,077.0|1,042.2|1,043.4|1,045.0| 1,103| 1,071| 1,073| 1,073| 1,077| 1,071
Furniture and home furnishings stores.....| 936.1| 977.1| 981.7| 989.7| 945| 967| 975| 981| 989| 998
Eating and drinking places................|7,163.3|7,052.2|7,128.9|7,291.6| 7,170| 7,279| 7,248| 7,308| 7,274| 7,306
Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,556.4|2,611.3|2,583.5|2,590.8| 2,603| 2,632| 2,619| 2,632| 2,636| 2,638
| | | | | | | | | |
Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 6,898| 6,968| 7,000| 7,031| 6,924| 7,001| 7,007| 7,033| 7,043| 7,060
Finance...................................| 3,297| 3,354| 3,365| 3,373| 3,305| 3,342| 3,354| 3,365| 3,370| 3,382
Depository institutions.................|2,054.5|2,043.2|2,043.1|2,041.9| 2,063| 2,047| 2,051| 2,051| 2,049| 2,050
Commercial banks......................|1,487.9|1,485.6|1,486.0|1,485.4| 1,494| 1,492| 1,493| 1,493| 1,492| 1,491
Savings institutions..................| 287.0| 271.2| 269.8| 268.0| 288| 273| 272| 272| 270| 268
Nondepository institutions..............| 475.0| 518.9| 524.2| 529.3| 473| 509| 513| 519| 522| 528
Mortgage bankers and brokers..........| 222.2| 247.3| 249.5| 252.0| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2)
Security and commodity brokers..........| 526.8| 535.8| 537.8| 542.1| 528| 535| 537| 538| 540| 544
Holding and other investment offices....| 240.4| 256.2| 259.4| 259.6| 241| 251| 253| 257| 259| 260
Insurance.................................| 2,238| 2,257| 2,264| 2,265| 2,239| 2,256| 2,259| 2,262| 2,265| 2,266
Insurance carriers......................|1,536.0|1,544.1|1,549.7|1,552.3| 1,536| 1,544| 1,546| 1,547| 1,550| 1,552
Insurance agents, brokers, and service..| 701.8| 712.7| 714.5| 713.1| 703| 712| 713| 715| 715| 714
Real estate...............................| 1,363| 1,357| 1,371| 1,393| 1,380| 1,403| 1,394| 1,406| 1,408| 1,412
| | | | | | | | | |
Services3/..................................| 32,597| 33,099| 33,421| 33,688| 32,548| 33,248| 33,232| 33,505| 33,622| 33,642
Agricultural services.....................| 595.2| 512.9| 547.4| 610.1| 589| 599| 601| 615| 613| 603
Hotels and other lodging places...........| 1,569| 1,556| 1,584| 1,610| 1,611| 1,629| 1,629| 1,638| 1,651| 1,658
Personal services.........................| 1,209| 1,229| 1,221| 1,220| 1,152| 1,140| 1,149| 1,165| 1,158| 1,160
Business services.........................| 6,479| 6,741| 6,816| 6,865| 6,538| 6,803| 6,783| 6,907| 6,934| 6,941
Services to buildings...................| 865| 894| 898| 907| 866| 896| 890| 909| 906| 909
Personnel supply services...............| 2,325| 2,381| 2,430| 2,453| 2,368| 2,459| 2,442| 2,530| 2,521| 2,505
Help supply services..................| 2,056| 2,102| 2,146| 2,168| 2,097| 2,175| 2,160| 2,240| 2,233| 2,219
Computer and data processing services...| 1,027| 1,115| 1,126| 1,134| 1,026| 1,101| 1,101| 1,111| 1,122| 1,133
Auto repair, services, and parking........| 1,015| 1,060| 1,073| 1,079| 1,016| 1,053| 1,057| 1,067| 1,074| 1,079
Miscellaneous repair services.............| 341| 342| 346| 348| 342| 347| 344| 346| 349| 349
Motion pictures...........................| 578| 586| 597| 592| 580| 584| 589| 586| 593| 594
Amusement and recreation services.........| 1,448| 1,310| 1,370| 1,472| 1,462| 1,469| 1,456| 1,470| 1,481| 1,472
Health services...........................| 9,193| 9,417| 9,453| 9,472| 9,211| 9,403| 9,408| 9,445| 9,472| 9,491
Offices and clinics of medical doctors..| 1,574| 1,613| 1,618| 1,625| 1,578| 1,616| 1,614| 1,620| 1,621| 1,630
Nursing and personal care facilities....| 1,677| 1,716| 1,723| 1,725| 1,682| 1,716| 1,716| 1,719| 1,727| 1,730
Hospitals...............................| 3,803| 3,840| 3,844| 3,840| 3,810| 3,838| 3,838| 3,847| 3,847| 3,844
Home health care services...............| 598| 626| 631| 635| 597| 630| 625| 630| 632| 635
Legal services............................| 927| 929| 932| 932| 932| 932| 931| 934| 936| 936
Educational services......................| 1,983| 2,019| 2,033| 2,030| 1,866| 1,898| 1,888| 1,907| 1,914| 1,911
Social services...........................| 2,275| 2,309| 2,328| 2,334| 2,265| 2,298| 2,296| 2,309| 2,316| 2,322
Child day care services.................| 536| 539| 545| 547| 519| 527| 525| 528| 530| 531
Residential care........................| 629| 645| 648| 651| 631| 642| 644| 647| 649| 653
Museums and botanical and zoological | | | | | | | | | |
gardens.................................| 79| 76| 79| 82| 81| 83| 83| 84| 84| 84
Membership organizations..................| 2,047| 2,042| 2,049| 2,048| 2,057| 2,063| 2,061| 2,062| 2,064| 2,060
Engineering and management services.......| 2,688| 2,798| 2,822| 2,824| 2,674| 2,774| 2,785| 2,798| 2,811| 2,809
Engineering and architectural services..| 791| 805| 813| 817| 799| 816| 813| 816| 821| 825
Management and public relations.........| 785| 838| 843| 847| 785| 841| 843| 845| 846| 845
Services, nec.............................| 40.9| 40.9| 40.8| 41.5| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)
| | | | | | | | | |
Government..................................| 19,635| 19,642| 19,773| 19,753| 19,261| 19,328| 19,291| 19,334| 19,373| 19,375
Federal...................................| 2,820| 2,768| 2,768| 2,767| 2,826| 2,799| 2,780| 2,779| 2,776| 2,775
Federal, except Postal Service..........|1,985.3|1,916.1|1,913.6|1,911.1| 1,987| 1,942| 1,928| 1,926| 1,919| 1,917
State.....................................| 4,733| 4,698| 4,728| 4,729| 4,608| 4,591| 4,577| 4,599| 4,601| 4,602
Education...............................|2,040.7|2,044.0|2,072.9|2,069.4| 1,905| 1,915| 1,904| 1,926| 1,930| 1,932
Other State government..................|2,692.3|2,654.2|2,655.4|2,659.5| 2,703| 2,676| 2,673| 2,673| 2,671| 2,670
Local.....................................| 12,082| 12,176| 12,277| 12,257| 11,827| 11,938| 11,934| 11,956| 11,996| 11,998
Education...............................|6,957.6|7,026.9|7,093.3|7,064.0| 6,614| 6,683| 6,674| 6,686| 6,711| 6,715
Other local government..................|5,124.3|5,148.8|5,184.1|5,192.7| 5,213| 5,255| 5,260| 5,270| 5,285| 5,283
| | | | | | | | | |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted
| |
_______________________________ _______________________________________________
Industry | | | | | | | | | |
| Apr. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr.
| 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/
| | | | | | | | | |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | |
Total private...........................| 34.3 | 34.2 | 34.2 | 34.2 | 34.6 | 34.3 | 33.8 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 34.3
| | | | | | | | | |
Goods_producing...............................| 39.9 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.7 | 40.6 | 39.6 | 41.3 | 40.8 | 41.0
| | | | | | | | | |
Mining......................................| 44.3 | 45.1 | 45.2 | 45.1 | 44.7 | 44.6 | 43.9 | 45.6 | 45.8 | 45.5
| | | | | | | | | |
Construction................................| 37.6 | 38.1 | 38.0 | 38.6 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)
| | | | | | | | | |
Manufacturing...............................| 40.4 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 41.1 | 41.5 | 41.2 | 39.9 | 41.6 | 41.4 | 41.5
Overtime hours.........................| 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4
| | | | | | | | | |
Durable goods.............................| 41.0 | 42.0 | 41.9 | 41.9 | 42.3 | 41.9 | 40.9 | 42.3 | 42.0 | 42.3
Overtime hours.........................| 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.7
| | | | | | | | | |
Lumber and wood products.................| 40.1 | 39.8 | 40.3 | 40.7 | 40.4 | 40.0 | 39.0 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 41.1
Furniture and fixtures...................| 37.7 | 38.5 | 39.0 | 38.8 | 38.7 | 39.5 | 35.9 | 39.3 | 39.4 | 39.2
Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 42.3 | 42.4 | 42.7 | 43.1 | 42.5 | 42.8 | 42.0 | 43.7 | 43.4 | 43.5
Primary metal industries.................| 43.3 | 44.0 | 43.7 | 43.7 | 43.5 | 43.7 | 43.2 | 44.1 | 43.7 | 44.0
Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 45.4 | 44.6 | 44.3 | 43.7 | 45.4 | 44.3 | 44.5 | 45.0 | 44.5 | 43.7
Fabricated metal products................| 40.3 | 42.0 | 41.9 | 41.7 | 42.0 | 42.1 | 40.9 | 42.2 | 42.1 | 42.3
Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 41.8 | 43.3 | 43.3 | 42.7 | 43.3 | 43.0 | 42.0 | 43.3 | 43.1 | 43.1
Electronic and other electrical equipment| 40.2 | 41.5 | 41.4 | 40.8 | 41.5 | 41.1 | 40.1 | 41.8 | 41.6 | 41.3
Transportation equipment.................| 42.1 | 43.2 | 42.0 | 43.5 | 44.3 | 42.8 | 42.3 | 43.3 | 41.7 | 43.5
Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 42.9 | 44.1 | 41.9 | 44.5 | 43.1 | 44.4 | 43.5 | 44.0 | 41.4 | 44.4
Instruments and related products.........| 40.5 | 41.8 | 41.8 | 41.2 | 41.5 | 41.2 | 40.2 | 41.9 | 41.7 | 41.5
Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 38.9 | 39.2 | 39.9 | 39.4 | 40.1 | 39.4 | 37.8 | 39.6 | 39.9 | 39.6
| | | | | | | | | |
Nondurable goods..........................| 39.6 | 40.1 | 40.3 | 40.0 | 40.4 | 40.2 | 38.7 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.4
Overtime hours.........................| 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0
| | | | | | | | | |
Food and kindred products................| 39.8 | 40.4 | 40.5 | 40.2 | 40.7 | 40.6 | 39.7 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 41.0
Tobacco products.........................| 38.5 | 38.9 | 39.9 | 40.0 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)
Textile mill products....................| 39.9 | 40.1 | 40.7 | 40.0 | 41.0 | 40.2 | 36.2 | 40.7 | 41.0 | 40.3
Apparel and other textile products.......| 35.6 | 36.7 | 37.0 | 36.5 | 37.0 | 36.8 | 33.5 | 37.0 | 37.1 | 37.2
Paper and allied products................| 42.3 | 42.8 | 42.8 | 42.8 | 43.0 | 42.9 | 41.7 | 43.2 | 43.2 | 43.0
Printing and publishing..................| 37.7 | 37.9 | 38.2 | 37.9 | 38.2 | 37.8 | 37.1 | 38.2 | 38.2 | 38.1
Chemicals and allied products............| 43.3 | 43.2 | 43.2 | 42.9 | 43.4 | 43.2 | 42.5 | 43.4 | 43.2 | 43.0
Petroleum and coal products..............| 43.9 | 42.9 | 42.4 | 43.7 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)
Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 40.3 | 41.3 | 41.2 | 40.9 | 41.2 | 41.4 | 40.2 | 41.5 | 41.3 | 41.0
Leather and leather products.............| 37.1 | 37.1 | 37.9 | 37.5 | 38.1 | 37.6 | 34.7 | 37.5 | 38.2 | 38.0
| | | | | | | | | |
Service_producing.............................| 32.8 | 32.4 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 32.9 | 32.6 | 32.2 | 32.7 | 32.8 | 32.5
| | | | | | | | | |
Transportation and public utilities.........| 39.6 | 39.4 | 39.4 | 39.2 | 39.8 | 39.6 | 38.9 | 39.8 | 39.8 | 39.4
| | | | | | | | | |
Wholesale trade.............................| 38.3 | 38.0 | 38.1 | 38.1 | 38.3 | 38.1 | 37.8 | 38.2 | 38.3 | 38.1
| | | | | | | | | |
Retail trade................................| 28.9 | 28.3 | 28.5 | 28.4 | 29.1 | 28.7 | 28.3 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 28.7
| | | | | | | | | |
Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 36.3 | 35.7 | 35.7 | 35.7 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)
| | | | | | | | | |
Services....................................| 32.5 | 32.2 | 32.2 | 32.2 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)
| | | | | | | | | |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Average hourly earnings | Average weekly earnings
| |
_______________________________ _______________________________
Industry | | | | | | | |
| Apr. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr.
| 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/
| | | | | | | |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | |
Total private...........................|$11.41 |$11.70 |$11.70 |$11.76 |$391.36|$400.14|$400.14|$402.19
Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.40 | 11.66 | 11.68 | 11.75 | 394.44| 402.27| 402.96| 403.03
| | | | | | | |
Goods_producing...............................| 12.93 | 13.17 | 13.15 | 13.33 | 515.91| 534.70| 533.89| 541.20
| | | | | | | |
Mining......................................| 15.31 | 15.64 | 15.59 | 15.63 | 678.23| 705.36| 704.67| 704.91
| | | | | | | |
Construction................................| 14.88 | 15.09 | 15.08 | 15.13 | 559.49| 574.93| 573.04| 584.02
| | | | | | | |
Manufacturing...............................| 12.29 | 12.56 | 12.52 | 12.70 | 496.52| 517.47| 515.82| 521.97
| | | | | | | |
Durable goods.............................| 12.80 | 13.08 | 13.00 | 13.21 | 524.80| 549.36| 544.70| 553.50
Lumber and wood products.................| 9.98 | 10.23 | 10.29 | 10.35 | 400.20| 407.15| 414.69| 421.25
Furniture and fixtures...................| 9.75 | 9.94 | 10.02 | 10.10 | 367.58| 382.69| 390.78| 391.88
Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.43 | 12.55 | 12.59 | 12.76 | 525.79| 532.12| 537.59| 549.96
Primary metal industries.................| 14.72 | 14.68 | 14.72 | 14.88 | 637.38| 645.92| 643.26| 650.26
Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.50 | 17.51 | 17.62 | 17.94 | 794.50| 780.95| 780.57| 783.98
Fabricated metal products................| 12.03 | 12.28 | 12.28 | 12.42 | 484.81| 515.76| 514.53| 517.91
Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.05 | 13.39 | 13.33 | 13.41 | 545.49| 579.79| 577.19| 572.61
Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.51 | 11.85 | 11.90 | 12.01 | 462.70| 491.78| 492.66| 490.01
Transportation equipment.................| 16.48 | 16.89 | 16.55 | 17.02 | 693.81| 729.65| 695.10| 740.37
Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.03 | 17.42 | 16.92 | 17.62 | 730.59| 768.22| 708.95| 784.09
Instruments and related products.........| 12.69 | 12.96 | 12.99 | 13.10 | 513.95| 541.73| 542.98| 539.72
Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 9.95 | 10.22 | 10.21 | 10.29 | 387.06| 400.62| 407.38| 405.43
| | | | | | | |
Nondurable goods..........................| 11.58 | 11.82 | 11.84 | 11.96 | 458.57| 473.98| 477.15| 478.40
Food and kindred products................| 10.93 | 11.05 | 11.11 | 11.23 | 435.01| 446.42| 449.96| 451.45
Tobacco products.........................| 20.12 | 18.50 | 19.60 | 20.23 | 774.62| 719.65| 782.04| 809.20
Textile mill products....................| 9.36 | 9.55 | 9.55 | 9.68 | 373.46| 382.96| 388.69| 387.20
Apparel and other textile products.......| 7.61 | 7.80 | 7.83 | 7.97 | 270.92| 286.26| 289.71| 290.91
Paper and allied products................| 14.27 | 14.45 | 14.45 | 14.56 | 603.62| 618.46| 618.46| 623.17
Printing and publishing..................| 12.21 | 12.47 | 12.51 | 12.52 | 460.32| 472.61| 477.88| 474.51
Chemicals and allied products............| 15.72 | 16.02 | 16.05 | 16.22 | 680.68| 692.06| 693.36| 695.84
Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.57 | 19.54 | 19.22 | 19.22 | 859.12| 838.27| 814.93| 839.91
Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.77 | 11.15 | 11.16 | 11.23 | 434.03| 460.50| 459.79| 459.31
Leather and leather products.............| 8.32 | 8.45 | 8.50 | 8.45 | 308.67| 313.50| 322.15| 316.88
| | | | | | | |
Service_producing.............................| 10.90 | 11.21 | 11.21 | 11.23 | 357.52| 363.20| 364.33| 364.98
| | | | | | | |
Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.14 | 14.44 | 14.38 | 14.49 | 559.94| 568.94| 566.57| 568.01
| | | | | | | |
Wholesale trade.............................| 12.45 | 12.63 | 12.63 | 12.72 | 476.84| 479.94| 481.20| 484.63
| | | | | | | |
Retail trade................................| 7.65 | 7.88 | 7.91 | 7.93 | 221.09| 223.00| 225.44| 225.21
| | | | | | | |
Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.32 | 12.71 | 12.75 | 12.79 | 447.22| 453.75| 455.18| 456.60
| | | | | | | |
Services....................................| 11.40 | 11.73 | 11.74 | 11.73 | 370.50| 377.71| 378.03| 377.71
| | | | | | | |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Percent
| | | | | | | change
Industry | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | from:
| 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |Mar. 1996-
| | | | | | | Apr. 1996
| | | | | | |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | |
Total private: | | | | | | |
Current dollars...................| $11.40| $11.61| $11.65| $11.66| $11.68| $11.75| 0.6
Constant (1982) dollars2/.........| 7.40| 7.44| 7.43| 7.42| 7.40| N.A. | (3)
| | | | | | |
Goods_producing......................| 12.94| 13.16| 13.31| 13.26| 13.22| 13.35| 1.0
Mining.............................| 15.17| 15.55| 15.49| 15.50| 15.51| 15.49| -.1
Construction.......................| 14.95| 15.09| 15.28| 15.17| 15.16| 15.22| .4
Manufacturing......................| 12.28| 12.49| 12.61| 12.56| 12.52| 12.69| 1.4
Excluding overtime4/.............| 11.72| 11.87| 12.00| 11.93| 11.92| 12.03| .9
| | | | | | |
Service_producing....................| 10.87| 11.09| 11.10| 11.11| 11.16| 11.20| .4
Transportation and public utilities| 14.15| 14.39| 14.37| 14.40| 14.38| 14.49| .8
Wholesale trade....................| 12.41| 12.57| 12.56| 12.59| 12.66| 12.67| .1
Retail trade.......................| 7.63| 7.82| 7.86| 7.85| 7.89| 7.91| .3
Finance, insurance, and real estate| 12.28| 12.53| 12.52| 12.61| 12.70| 12.73| .2
Services...........................| 11.39| 11.61| 11.61| 11.63| 11.68| 11.72| .3
| | | | | | |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
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 -.3 percent from February
1996 to March 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)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted
| |
___________________________ _______________________________________
Industry | | | | | | | | | |
|Apr. |Feb. | Mar. | Apr. |Apr. |Dec. |Jan. |Feb. | Mar. | Apr.
|1995 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |1995 |1995 |1996 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/
| | | | | | | | | |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | |
Total private...........................|130.7|130.2| 131.4 | 132.5 |132.8|132.9|130.7|134.5| 134.6 | 133.9
| | | | | | | | | |
Goods_producing...............................|106.0|105.3| 105.6 | 107.1 |109.9|108.6|105.7|111.0| 109.5 | 109.5
| | | | | | | | | |
Mining.......................................| 52.9| 52.8| 53.5 | 53.8 | 54.3| 53.1| 52.2| 55.2| 55.8 | 55.2
| | | | | | | | | |
Construction.................................|133.1|127.4| 130.7 | 140.3 |140.0|142.2|142.4|152.9| 148.2 | 147.8
| | | | | | | | | |
Manufacturing................................|103.8|104.0| 103.7 | 103.5 |107.1|105.1|101.3|105.7| 104.7 | 104.9
| | | | | | | | | |
Durable goods...............................|104.1|105.9| 105.2 | 105.8 |107.6|106.3|103.1|107.1| 105.6 | 106.7
Lumber and wood products...................|130.6|126.5| 128.2 | 130.6 |133.9|131.5|126.0|131.6| 131.6 | 134.3
Furniture and fixtures.....................|118.4|117.9| 118.8 | 117.0 |121.7|122.0|110.3|120.5| 120.1 | 118.3
Stone, clay, and glass products............|107.5|102.8| 105.4 | 109.0 |108.7|107.9|105.1|110.7| 110.2 | 109.9
Primary metal industries...................| 91.4| 92.6| 91.7 | 91.3 | 92.2| 91.9| 90.9| 92.8| 91.6 | 92.1
Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 74.4| 72.7| 72.0 | 70.5 | 74.6| 72.4| 72.7| 73.5| 72.7 | 70.6
Fabricated metal products..................|108.1|112.0| 111.9 | 111.3 |113.2|112.6|109.6|113.1| 112.8 | 112.9
Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 98.9|103.6| 103.6 | 101.9 |102.3|103.0|100.5|103.2| 102.8 | 102.4
Electronic and other electrical equipment..|103.8|108.5| 107.7 | 106.0 |107.2|106.9|104.4|109.5| 108.2 | 107.5
Transportation equipment...................|115.5|115.6| 110.1 | 117.1 |121.1|114.9|112.3|115.9| 109.1 | 116.4
Motor vehicles and equipment.............|153.0|155.0| 142.0 | 156.4 |153.1|156.6|153.1|154.6| 140.1 | 155.2
Instruments and related products...........| 72.3| 74.2| 74.4 | 73.5 | 74.2| 73.1| 71.2| 74.2| 73.8 | 74.0
Miscellaneous manufacturing................|101.6|101.4| 103.1 | 101.8 |105.3|103.5| 98.9|103.6| 103.6 | 102.5
| | | | | | | | | |
Nondurable goods............................|103.4|101.5| 101.7 | 100.5 |106.6|103.5| 98.7|103.7| 103.4 | 102.4
Food and kindred products..................|106.8|108.6| 109.0 | 107.2 |113.7|113.4|110.2|114.6| 114.8 | 113.6
Tobacco products...........................| 53.3| 58.9| 56.1 | 53.7 | 59.0| 55.2| 52.2| 59.7| 61.2 | 59.0
Textile mill products......................| 93.9| 89.0| 90.1 | 88.4 | 96.4| 89.9| 79.7| 90.6| 91.3 | 88.9
Apparel and other textile products.........| 81.5| 75.6| 75.3 | 74.1 | 84.9| 77.1| 68.8| 76.6| 75.6 | 75.4
Paper and allied products..................|107.7|106.6| 106.3 | 105.6 |110.3|108.1|105.1|108.5| 107.8 | 106.7
Printing and publishing....................|124.4|122.9| 124.2 | 122.8 |125.5|123.6|120.6|124.2| 124.0 | 123.1
Chemicals and allied products..............|102.6|101.6| 101.4 | 100.7 |103.0|102.6|100.9|102.5| 101.7 | 101.0
Petroleum and coal products................| 78.4| 70.2| 70.0 | 73.4 | 78.6| 73.6| 74.3| 73.7| 72.5 | 73.3
Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|139.2|138.5| 138.5 | 137.2 |142.6|140.5|135.5|139.3| 138.6 | 137.2
Leather and leather products...............| 49.3| 44.5| 45.2 | 44.3 | 50.9| 46.2| 41.6| 45.5| 45.8 | 45.0
| | | | | | | | | |
Service_producing.............................|141.8|141.4| 143.0 | 143.9 |143.0|143.8|141.9|145.0| 145.8 | 144.9
| | | | | | | | | |
Transportation and public utilities..........|124.1|125.1| 125.6 | 125.6 |126.2|126.9|124.5|127.9| 128.3 | 127.2
| | | | | | | | | |
Wholesale trade..............................|119.2|119.6| 120.6 | 121.1 |119.6|120.8|120.0|121.5| 122.2 | 121.6
| | | | | | | | | |
Retail trade.................................|128.0|125.2| 127.1 | 128.1 |130.6|130.0|128.0|131.9| 132.4 | 130.9
| | | | | | | | | |
Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|125.7|125.1| 125.8 | 126.5 |126.7|125.8|123.8|126.4| 127.1 | 127.2
| | | | | | | | | |
Services.....................................|168.2|169.0| 171.0 | 172.3 |168.4|170.6|168.6|171.7| 172.9 | 172.0
| | | | | | | | | |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
(Percent)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | | | |
TIME SPAN | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
|
| Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
|
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | | | |
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..............| 48.6 | 63.8 |p/55.8 |p/48.5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
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 | 56.3
1996..............| 59.1 |p/59.8 |p/55.3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
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 | 53.7 | 56.9 |p/60.4
1996..............|p/57.3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
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 | 53.8 | 56.2 |p/55.3 |p/53.5 | |
1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
|
| Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
|
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | | | |
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..............| 43.2 | 49.3 |p/42.4 |p/39.2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
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 | 39.9
1996..............| 39.9 |p/38.8 |p/34.2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
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 | 35.6 | 34.5 |p/37.4
1996..............|p/30.9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
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 | 28.1 | 29.9 |p/25.2 |p/22.3 | |
1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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
Contact: (cpsinfo@bls.gov) Division of Labor Force Statistics-BLS
Last modified: August 02, 1996
URL: http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/pub/empsit_0496.htm
CPS Publications - Historical Monthly Employment Reports Page
CPS Home Page