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: AUGUST 1996
Unemployment declined in August, and nonfarm payroll employment
continued to increase, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today. The nation's jobless rate fell from
5.4 to 5.1 percent. The number of jobs on nonfarm payrolls rose by 250,000
in August; private sector employment increased by 173,000. Average hourly
earnings were up by 6 cents over the month.
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
Both the number of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate fell in
August. The number of persons who were unemployed, at 6.8 million, was
467,000 below July's level. The unemployment rate, at 5.1 percent, was 0.3
percentage point lower than in July. The August decline in unemployment
occurred primarily among workers 20 to 24 years old, whose jobless rate
fell from 9.7 to 8.3 percent, and among those 55 years and over, whose rate
declined from 3.8 to 3.1 percent. (See tables A-1 and A-8.)
Among the unemployed, both the number of persons who had been looking
for work for less than 5 weeks and the number who had been looking from 5
to 14 weeks fell in August. Unemployment among persons who had lost their
job also declined substantially over the month. (See tables A-5 and A-6.)
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
Total employment was about unchanged in August at 127.1 million. At
63.3 percent, the proportion of the population 16 years and over with jobs
(the employment-population ratio) also was little different from the July
figure. Over the past year, total employment has increased by 2.2 million
and the employment-population ratio has risen by half a percentage point.
The civilian labor force edged down in August to 133.9 million, after
expanding by a half million in July. (See table A-1.)
The number of persons who held more than one job in August was 7.5
million (not seasonally adjusted). These multiple jobholders comprised 5.9
percent of the total employed. (See table A-9.)
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in August--that is, they wanted and were
available for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior
12 months. Of this total, discouraged workers--those who were no longer
looking specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them-
-numbered 415,000. (See table A-9.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
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| Quarterly | Monthly data |
| averages | |
|_________________|__________________________|July-
Category | 1996 | 1996 |Aug.
|_________________|__________________________|change
| I | II | June | July | Aug. |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status
|____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 133,192| 133,647| 133,669| 134,181| 133,885| -296
Employment..........| 125,680| 126,389| 126,610| 126,884| 127,055| 171
Unemployment........| 7,512| 7,258| 7,060| 7,297| 6,830| -467
Not in labor force....| 66,584| 66,633| 66,790| 66,460| 66,962| 502
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
| Unemployment rates
|____________________________________________________
All workers...........| 5.6| 5.4| 5.3| 5.4| 5.1| -0.3
Adult men...........| 4.9| 4.7| 4.6| 4.7| 4.2| -.5
Adult women.........| 4.9| 4.8| 4.6| 4.9| 4.6| -.3
Teenagers...........| 17.4| 16.3| 15.9| 16.4| 17.2| .8
White...............| 4.9| 4.7| 4.6| 4.7| 4.4| -.3
Black...............| 10.7| 10.3| 10.1| 10.5| 10.5| .0
Hispanic origin.....| 9.7| 9.2| 8.8| 9.0| 8.7| -.3
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment
|____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 118,462| 119,272| 119,554|p119,782|p120,032| p250
Goods-producing 1/..| 24,187| 24,249| 24,275| p24,266| p24,295| p29
Construction......| 5,308| 5,380| 5,403| p5,426| p5,432| p6
Manufacturing.....| 18,308| 18,294| 18,297| p18,270| p18,295| p25
Service-producing 1/| 94,275| 95,024| 95,279| p95,516| p95,737| p221
Retail trade......| 21,317| 21,499| 21,575| p21,663| p21,684| p21
Services..........| 33,877| 34,257| 34,383| p34,457| p34,538| p81
Government........| 19,365| 19,435| 19,451| p19,490| p19,567| p77
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
| Hours of work 2/
|____________________________________________________
Total private.........| 34.3| 34.4| 34.7| p34.3| p34.4| p0.1
Manufacturing.......| 40.9| 41.7| 41.8| p41.6| p41.7| p.1
Overtime..........| 4.2| 4.6| 4.6| p4.4| p4.4| p.0
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
| Earnings 2/
|____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | |
total private.......| $11.65| $11.76| $11.83| p$11.81| p$11.87| p$0.06
Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | |
total private.......| 399.22| 404.56| 410.50| p405.08| p408.33| p3.25
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
p=preliminary.
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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 250,000 in August to 120.0 million,
seasonally adjusted, about in line with the average monthly gain so far
this year. Employment in services rose by 81,000 in August, following a
gain of 74,000 in July. During the first half of 1996, services added an
average of 120,000 jobs per month. The recent slowdown was in part related
to weakness in health services. Job growth in health services has averaged
just 8,000 per month since May, following an average monthly gain of 29,000
jobs during the first 5 months of the year. Services employment in August
also was held down by a decline of 16,000 jobs in private educational
services. This decline followed large gains in June and July. In August,
strong job growth continued in business services, particularly help supply
and computer services, and in engineering and management services. (See
table B-1.)
Government employment rose by 77,000 in August. Nearly two-thirds of
the gain took place in local education, which has had three consecutive
large employment increases, after seasonal adjustment. The magnitude of
the seasonal swings in local education employment, the yearly variation in
the timing of school openings and closings, and the recent movement toward
more year-round education, all make precise seasonal adjustment of the job
count for local education difficult during the summer and autumn. Federal
government employment continued to decline in August; since its most recent
peak in May 1992, job losses have totaled 236,000.
Both finance and real estate continued to add jobs in August.
Transportation and public utilities employment rose by 15,000 over the
month, although there were unusual movements in some of the transportation
components. Trucking lost 7,000 jobs, while air transportation had a large
increase of 9,000. Communications also continued its strong growth
pattern, adding 7,000 jobs.
Retail trade gained just 21,000 jobs in August, after having added an
average of 80,000 jobs per month over the April-July period. Employment
growth in department and food stores was particularly strong, and most
other retail industries added workers as well. These increases, however,
were partly offset by a decline of 28,000 in eating and drinking places,
which followed a gain of 70,000 over the prior 2 months. Wholesale trade
added only 7,000 jobs over the month, continuing the trend toward slower
growth that began in March.
Manufacturing employment increased by 25,000 in August, offsetting a
decline of similar magnitude in July. The largest over-the-month increase
was in motor vehicle and equipment manufacturing, where workers returned
from unusually widespread July vacation shutdowns. Continued gains in
fabricated metals and aircraft were nearly offset by losses in electronic
equipment. Within nondurables, job growth continued in rubber and
miscellaneous plastics. Apparel experienced a large decline in August, and
has lost nearly 10 percent of its jobs over the past year. Elsewhere in
the goods-producing sector, employment in construction was little changed
in August, after rising by 203,000 during the first 7 months of the year.
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls inched up 0.1 hour in August to 34.4 hours, seasonally
adjusted. The manufacturing workweek also edged up 0.1 hour to 41.7 hours,
and factory overtime was unchanged at 4.4 hours. (See table B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls rose 0.6 percent, on a
seasonally adjusted basis, to 136.9 (1982=100) in August. The
manufacturing index edged up 0.4 percent to 106.2. (See table B-5.)
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory workers
on nonfarm payrolls rose 6 cents in August to $11.87, seasonally adjusted.
Average weekly earnings increased by 0.8 percent to $408.33. Over the past
year, both average hourly earnings and average weekly earnings have risen
by 3.6 percent. (See table B-3.)
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The Employment Situation for September 1996 is scheduled to be
released on Friday, October 4, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
(Numbers in thousands)
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| |
| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted1/
| |
__________________________ _____________________________________________________
Employment status, sex, and age | | | | | | | | |
| Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | |
TOTAL | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 198,801| 200,641| 200,847| 198,801| 200,101| 200,278| 200,459| 200,641| 200,847
Civilian labor force............................| 133,383| 136,272| 135,011| 132,298| 133,361| 133,910| 133,669| 134,181| 133,885
Participation rate........................| 67.1| 67.9| 67.2| 66.5| 66.6| 66.9| 66.7| 66.9| 66.7
Employed......................................| 125,926| 128,579| 128,143| 124,859| 126,095| 126,462| 126,610| 126,884| 127,055
Employment-population ratio...............| 63.3| 64.1| 63.8| 62.8| 63.0| 63.1| 63.2| 63.2| 63.3
Agriculture.................................| 3,697| 3,862| 3,706| 3,376| 3,368| 3,491| 3,382| 3,502| 3,421
Nonagricultural industries..................| 122,229| 124,717| 124,437| 121,483| 122,726| 122,971| 123,228| 123,382| 123,635
Unemployed....................................| 7,457| 7,693| 6,868| 7,439| 7,266| 7,448| 7,060| 7,297| 6,830
Unemployment rate.........................| 5.6| 5.6| 5.1| 5.6| 5.4| 5.6| 5.3| 5.4| 5.1
Not in labor force..............................| 65,418| 64,369| 65,836| 66,503| 66,741| 66,368| 66,790| 66,460| 66,962
| | | | | | | | |
Men, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 95,287| 96,230| 96,335| 95,287| 95,955| 96,048| 96,140| 96,230| 96,335
Civilian labor force............................| 72,133| 73,801| 72,888| 71,259| 71,935| 72,241| 72,121| 72,375| 71,973
Participation rate........................| 75.7| 76.7| 75.7| 74.8| 75.0| 75.2| 75.0| 75.2| 74.7
Employed......................................| 68,326| 69,819| 69,533| 67,248| 67,933| 68,278| 68,283| 68,400| 68,442
Employment-population ratio...............| 71.7| 72.6| 72.2| 70.6| 70.8| 71.1| 71.0| 71.1| 71.0
Unemployed....................................| 3,807| 3,982| 3,355| 4,011| 4,002| 3,964| 3,837| 3,975| 3,531
Unemployment rate.........................| 5.3| 5.4| 4.6| 5.6| 5.6| 5.5| 5.3| 5.5| 4.9
| | | | | | | | |
Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 87,905| 88,614| 88,650| 87,905| 88,440| 88,530| 88,570| 88,614| 88,650
Civilian labor force............................| 67,446| 68,639| 68,390| 67,218| 67,821| 68,064| 68,118| 68,274| 68,114
Participation rate........................| 76.7| 77.5| 77.1| 76.5| 76.7| 76.9| 76.9| 77.0| 76.8
Employed......................................| 64,394| 65,618| 65,725| 63,982| 64,555| 64,818| 64,962| 65,094| 65,286
Employment-population ratio...............| 73.3| 74.0| 74.1| 72.8| 73.0| 73.2| 73.3| 73.5| 73.6
Agriculture.................................| 2,441| 2,529| 2,477| 2,297| 2,292| 2,337| 2,292| 2,381| 2,352
Nonagricultural industries..................| 61,953| 63,090| 63,248| 61,685| 62,263| 62,480| 62,669| 62,713| 62,933
Unemployed....................................| 3,052| 3,020| 2,665| 3,236| 3,266| 3,246| 3,157| 3,179| 2,829
Unemployment rate.........................| 4.5| 4.4| 3.9| 4.8| 4.8| 4.8| 4.6| 4.7| 4.2
| | | | | | | | |
Women, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 103,514| 104,411| 104,512| 103,514| 104,146| 104,230| 104,319| 104,411| 104,512
Civilian labor force............................| 61,250| 62,471| 62,123| 61,039| 61,426| 61,669| 61,548| 61,806| 61,912
Participation rate........................| 59.2| 59.8| 59.4| 59.0| 59.0| 59.2| 59.0| 59.2| 59.2
Employed......................................| 57,600| 58,760| 58,610| 57,611| 58,161| 58,184| 58,326| 58,484| 58,613
Employment-population ratio...............| 55.6| 56.3| 56.1| 55.7| 55.8| 55.8| 55.9| 56.0| 56.1
Unemployed....................................| 3,650| 3,711| 3,514| 3,428| 3,264| 3,485| 3,222| 3,322| 3,299
Unemployment rate.........................| 6.0| 5.9| 5.7| 5.6| 5.3| 5.7| 5.2| 5.4| 5.3
| | | | | | | | |
Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 96,327| 97,064| 97,146| 96,327| 96,857| 96,925| 96,999| 97,064| 97,146
Civilian labor force............................| 57,065| 57,933| 57,992| 57,291| 57,763| 57,915| 57,893| 58,102| 58,225
Participation rate........................| 59.2| 59.7| 59.7| 59.5| 59.6| 59.8| 59.7| 59.9| 59.9
Employed......................................| 53,963| 54,880| 55,026| 54,458| 55,060| 55,014| 55,211| 55,266| 55,522
Employment-population ratio...............| 56.0| 56.5| 56.6| 56.5| 56.8| 56.8| 56.9| 56.9| 57.2
Agriculture.................................| 865| 913| 880| 811| 813| 831| 842| 863| 829
Nonagricultural industries..................| 53,098| 53,968| 54,146| 53,647| 54,247| 54,183| 54,369| 54,403| 54,693
Unemployed....................................| 3,102| 3,052| 2,966| 2,833| 2,704| 2,901| 2,682| 2,837| 2,704
Unemployment rate.........................| 5.4| 5.3| 5.1| 4.9| 4.7| 5.0| 4.6| 4.9| 4.6
| | | | | | | | |
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population.............| 14,569| 14,963| 15,051| 14,569| 14,805| 14,823| 14,890| 14,963| 15,051
Civilian labor force............................| 8,872| 9,701| 8,629| 7,789| 7,776| 7,932| 7,658| 7,805| 7,545
Participation rate........................| 60.9| 64.8| 57.3| 53.5| 52.5| 53.5| 51.4| 52.2| 50.1
Employed......................................| 7,569| 8,080| 7,392| 6,419| 6,480| 6,630| 6,437| 6,524| 6,248
Employment-population ratio...............| 52.0| 54.0| 49.1| 44.1| 43.8| 44.7| 43.2| 43.6| 41.5
Agriculture.................................| 390| 420| 349| 268| 263| 323| 248| 258| 240
Nonagricultural industries..................| 7,179| 7,660| 7,043| 6,151| 6,217| 6,308| 6,189| 6,266| 6,008
Unemployed....................................| 1,303| 1,620| 1,237| 1,370| 1,296| 1,301| 1,221| 1,280| 1,297
Unemployment rate.........................| 14.7| 16.7| 14.3| 17.6| 16.7| 16.4| 15.9| 16.4| 17.2
| | | | | | | | |
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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.
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 adjusted1/
Employment status, race, sex, age, and | |
__________________________ _____________________________________________________
Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | |
| Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
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WHITE | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 167,058| 168,345| 168,489| 167,058| 167,973| 168,098| 168,222| 168,345| 168,489
Civilian labor force............................| 112,815| 114,808| 113,713| 111,939| 112,613| 113,109| 112,941| 113,076| 112,832
Participation rate..........................| 67.5| 68.2| 67.5| 67.0| 67.0| 67.3| 67.1| 67.2| 67.0
Employed......................................| 107,479| 109,338| 108,801| 106,512| 107,319| 107,612| 107,757| 107,772| 107,828
Employment-population ratio.................| 64.3| 64.9| 64.6| 63.8| 63.9| 64.0| 64.1| 64.0| 64.0
Unemployed....................................| 5,336| 5,470| 4,912| 5,427| 5,294| 5,497| 5,184| 5,304| 5,004
Unemployment rate...........................| 4.7| 4.8| 4.3| 4.8| 4.7| 4.9| 4.6| 4.7| 4.4
| | | | | | | | |
Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |
Civilian labor force............................| 57,800| 58,789| 58,553| 57,614| 58,202| 58,340| 58,426| 58,456| 58,354
Participation rate..........................| 77.1| 77.9| 77.5| 76.9| 77.3| 77.4| 77.5| 77.5| 77.3
Employed......................................| 55,567| 56,584| 56,568| 55,171| 55,778| 55,914| 56,047| 56,079| 56,174
Employment-population ratio.................| 74.2| 75.0| 74.9| 73.6| 74.1| 74.2| 74.3| 74.3| 74.4
Unemployed....................................| 2,234| 2,205| 1,985| 2,443| 2,424| 2,426| 2,379| 2,376| 2,179
Unemployment rate...........................| 3.9| 3.8| 3.4| 4.2| 4.2| 4.2| 4.1| 4.1| 3.7
| | | | | | | | |
Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |
Civilian labor force............................| 47,632| 47,926| 47,960| 47,790| 47,884| 48,103| 47,956| 47,981| 48,124
Participation rate..........................| 59.1| 59.1| 59.1| 59.3| 59.2| 59.4| 59.2| 59.2| 59.3
Employed......................................| 45,366| 45,779| 45,847| 45,741| 45,937| 45,976| 46,063| 46,009| 46,217
Employment-population ratio.................| 56.3| 56.5| 56.5| 56.7| 56.8| 56.8| 56.9| 56.8| 57.0
Unemployed....................................| 2,266| 2,148| 2,113| 2,049| 1,947| 2,128| 1,894| 1,972| 1,907
Unemployment rate...........................| 4.8| 4.5| 4.4| 4.3| 4.1| 4.4| 3.9| 4.1| 4.0
| | | | | | | | |
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | |
Civilian labor force............................| 7,383| 8,092| 7,200| 6,535| 6,527| 6,666| 6,558| 6,639| 6,354
Participation rate..........................| 64.2| 68.3| 60.6| 56.8| 55.7| 56.6| 55.5| 56.0| 53.5
Employed......................................| 6,546| 6,975| 6,387| 5,600| 5,604| 5,723| 5,647| 5,684| 5,437
Employment-population ratio.................| 56.9| 58.9| 53.7| 48.7| 47.8| 48.6| 47.8| 48.0| 45.7
Unemployed....................................| 836| 1,117| 813| 935| 923| 943| 911| 955| 917
Unemployment rate...........................| 11.3| 13.8| 11.3| 14.3| 14.1| 14.1| 13.9| 14.4| 14.4
Men.......................................| 12.3| 15.1| 12.1| 15.7| 15.2| 15.2| 14.7| 16.6| 15.6
Women.....................................| 10.2| 12.3| 10.5| 12.8| 12.9| 12.9| 13.0| 12.0| 13.2
| | | | | | | | |
BLACK | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 23,284| 23,611| 23,650| 23,284| 23,519| 23,549| 23,579| 23,611| 23,650
Civilian labor force............................| 14,910| 15,590| 15,470| 14,781| 14,971| 15,149| 14,955| 15,279| 15,361
Participation rate..........................| 64.0| 66.0| 65.4| 63.5| 63.7| 64.3| 63.4| 64.7| 65.0
Employed......................................| 13,230| 13,785| 13,792| 13,159| 13,399| 13,599| 13,451| 13,671| 13,750
Employment-population ratio.................| 56.8| 58.4| 58.3| 56.5| 57.0| 57.7| 57.0| 57.9| 58.1
Unemployed....................................| 1,680| 1,805| 1,677| 1,622| 1,573| 1,551| 1,504| 1,609| 1,611
Unemployment rate...........................| 11.3| 11.6| 10.8| 11.0| 10.5| 10.2| 10.1| 10.5| 10.5
| | | | | | | | |
Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |
Civilian labor force............................| 6,704| 6,876| 6,888| 6,696| 6,696| 6,786| 6,728| 6,867| 6,890
Participation rate..........................| 72.0| 73.0| 73.2| 71.9| 71.3| 72.2| 71.5| 72.9| 73.2
Employed......................................| 6,081| 6,233| 6,320| 6,080| 6,055| 6,136| 6,110| 6,233| 6,326
Employment-population ratio.................| 65.3| 66.2| 67.1| 65.3| 64.5| 65.3| 64.9| 66.2| 67.2
Unemployed....................................| 623| 643| 568| 616| 641| 650| 617| 634| 564
Unemployment rate...........................| 9.3| 9.3| 8.2| 9.2| 9.6| 9.6| 9.2| 9.2| 8.2
| | | | | | | | |
Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |
Civilian labor force............................| 7,112| 7,469| 7,478| 7,138| 7,300| 7,373| 7,373| 7,504| 7,511
Participation rate..........................| 60.8| 63.1| 63.1| 61.0| 61.9| 62.4| 62.4| 63.4| 63.4
Employed......................................| 6,449| 6,741| 6,749| 6,511| 6,687| 6,758| 6,743| 6,830| 6,824
Employment-population ratio.................| 55.1| 57.0| 57.0| 55.7| 56.7| 57.2| 57.0| 57.7| 57.6
Unemployed....................................| 663| 727| 728| 627| 613| 615| 630| 674| 687
Unemployment rate...........................| 9.3| 9.7| 9.7| 8.8| 8.4| 8.3| 8.5| 9.0| 9.1
| | | | | | | | |
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | |
Civilian labor force............................| 1,094| 1,245| 1,104| 947| 976| 990| 854| 908| 960
Participation rate..........................| 48.0| 52.8| 46.2| 41.6| 41.9| 42.3| 36.4| 38.5| 40.2
Employed......................................| 700| 810| 723| 568| 657| 705| 598| 607| 599
Employment-population ratio.................| 30.7| 34.4| 30.3| 24.9| 28.2| 30.1| 25.4| 25.8| 25.1
Unemployed....................................| 394| 435| 381| 379| 319| 286| 256| 301| 361
Unemployment rate...........................| 36.0| 34.9| 34.5| 40.0| 32.7| 28.9| 30.0| 33.1| 37.6
Men.......................................| 39.6| 41.9| 36.4| 43.0| 34.1| 27.4| 35.3| 43.3| 38.6
Women.....................................| 32.1| 26.6| 32.4| 37.0| 31.3| 30.2| 25.0| 20.9| 36.5
| | | | | | | | |
HISPANIC ORIGIN | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 18,702| 19,238| 19,292| 18,702| 19,080| 19,131| 19,184| 19,238| 19,292
Civilian labor force............................| 12,453| 12,893| 12,989| 12,355| 12,511| 12,514| 12,576| 12,641| 12,877
Participation rate..........................| 66.6| 67.0| 67.3| 66.1| 65.6| 65.4| 65.6| 65.7| 66.7
Employed......................................| 11,270| 11,707| 11,844| 11,173| 11,294| 11,365| 11,472| 11,500| 11,750
Employment-population ratio.................| 60.3| 60.9| 61.4| 59.7| 59.2| 59.4| 59.8| 59.8| 60.9
Unemployed....................................| 1,183| 1,186| 1,145| 1,182| 1,217| 1,149| 1,104| 1,141| 1,127
Unemployment rate...........................| 9.5| 9.2| 8.8| 9.6| 9.7| 9.2| 8.8| 9.0| 8.7
| | | | | | | | |
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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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
(In thousands)
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| |
| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted
| |
__________________________ _____________________________________________________
Category | | | | | | | | |
| Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
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CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total employed, 16 years and over.................|125,926 |128,579 |128,143 |124,859 |126,095 |126,462 |126,610 |126,884 |127,055
Married men, spouse present.....................| 42,060 | 42,521 | 42,622 | 42,086 | 42,067 | 42,406 | 42,587 | 42,478 | 42,622
Married women, spouse present...................| 31,614 | 32,157 | 32,209 | 32,153 | 31,868 | 32,330 | 32,649 | 32,713 | 32,732
Women who maintain families.....................| 7,202 | 7,157 | 7,276 | 7,205 | 7,389 | 7,314 | 7,360 | 7,230 | 7,291
| | | | | | | | |
OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Managerial and professional specialty...........| 35,313 | 36,181 | 36,265 | 35,614 | 36,115 | 36,257 | 36,696 | 36,361 | 36,520
Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,510 | 38,210 | 37,971 | 37,431 | 37,638 | 37,681 | 37,683 | 37,795 | 37,858
Service occupations.............................| 17,144 | 17,801 | 17,571 | 16,959 | 16,939 | 17,312 | 17,215 | 17,418 | 17,397
Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,722 | 13,721 | 14,029 | 13,387 | 13,595 | 13,439 | 13,572 | 13,439 | 13,701
Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 18,195 | 18,540 | 18,344 | 17,879 | 18,124 | 18,282 | 18,137 | 18,392 | 18,075
Farming, forestry, and fishing..................| 4,041 | 4,126 | 3,962 | 3,577 | 3,545 | 3,560 | 3,472 | 3,594 | 3,500
| | | | | | | | |
CLASS OF WORKER | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Agriculture: | | | | | | | | |
Wage and salary workers.......................| 1,983 | 2,109 | 1,991 | 1,779 | 1,862 | 2,026 | 1,900 | 1,863 | 1,802
Self-employed workers.........................| 1,660 | 1,686 | 1,635 | 1,550 | 1,484 | 1,456 | 1,457 | 1,564 | 1,528
Unpaid family workers.........................| 54 | 66 | 79 | 45 | 52 | 46 | 35 | 52 | 65
Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | |
Wage and salary workers.......................|113,145 |115,495 |115,358 |112,448 |113,527 |114,032 |114,130 |114,294 |114,634
Government..................................| 17,758 | 17,781 | 17,737 | 18,314 | 18,290 | 18,256 | 18,329 | 18,294 | 18,286
Private industries..........................| 95,387 | 97,714 | 97,620 | 94,134 | 95,237 | 95,776 | 95,801 | 96,000 | 96,348
Private households........................| 970 | 985 | 1,030 | 933 | 844 | 918 | 812 | 935 | 1,009
Other industries..........................| 94,417 | 96,729 | 96,590 | 93,201 | 94,393 | 94,858 | 94,989 | 95,065 | 95,339
Self-employed workers.........................| 8,975 | 9,088 | 8,956 | 8,883 | 9,081 | 8,878 | 9,073 | 8,998 | 8,876
Unpaid family workers.........................| 109 | 134 | 124 | 106 | 101 | 124 | 136 | 130 | 121
| | | | | | | | |
PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
All industries: | | | | | | | | |
Part time for economic reasons................| 4,553 | 4,646 | 4,407 | 4,467 | 4,525 | 4,277 | 4,301 | 4,366 | 4,354
Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,462 | 2,553 | 2,388 | 2,546 | 2,594 | 2,216 | 2,322 | 2,589 | 2,477
Could only find part-time work..............| 1,658 | 1,755 | 1,615 | 1,634 | 1,571 | 1,719 | 1,569 | 1,494 | 1,610
Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 15,070 | 15,551 | 15,459 | 17,894 | 17,487 | 17,620 | 18,211 | 17,814 | 18,229
| | | | | | | | |
Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | |
Part time for economic reasons................| 4,316 | 4,441 | 4,218 | 4,291 | 4,287 | 4,068 | 4,146 | 4,159 | 4,205
Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,311 | 2,437 | 2,242 | 2,414 | 2,476 | 2,092 | 2,215 | 2,457 | 2,350
Could only find part-time work..............| 1,614 | 1,701 | 1,586 | 1,610 | 1,534 | 1,663 | 1,542 | 1,479 | 1,600
Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 14,468 | 14,910 | 14,866 | 17,251 | 16,994 | 17,038 | 17,623 | 17,157 | 17,613
| | | | | | | | |
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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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
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| |
| Number of |
| unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/
| (in thousands) |
Category | |
__________________________ _____________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
| Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
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CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total, 16 years and over.........................| 7,439 | 7,297 | 6,830| 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.1
Men, 20 years and over.........................| 3,236 | 3,179 | 2,829| 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.2
Women, 20 years and over.......................| 2,833 | 2,837 | 2,704| 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.6
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................| 1,370 | 1,280 | 1,297| 17.6 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 17.2
| | | | | | | | |
Married men, spouse present....................| 1,433 | 1,309 | 1,258| 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9
Married women, spouse present..................| 1,341 | 1,194 | 1,085| 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.2
Women who maintain families....................| 560 | 721 | 704| 7.2 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 8.8
| | | | | | | | |
Full-time workers..............................| 5,962 | 5,825 | 5,363| 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.9
Part-time workers..............................| 1,487 | 1,505 | 1,476| 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 5.9
| | | | | | | | |
OCCUPATION2/ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Managerial and professional specialty..........| 924 | 922 | 786| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.1
Technical, sales, and administrative support...| 1,704 | 1,842 | 1,685| 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.3
Precision production, craft, and repair........| 920 | 776 | 754| 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.2
Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........| 1,636 | 1,545 | 1,534| 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.8
Farming, forestry, and fishing.................| 259 | 242 | 216| 6.8 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 5.8
| | | | | | | | |
INDUSTRY | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers| 5,820 | 5,635 | 5,418| 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.3
Goods-producing industries...................| 1,817 | 1,646 | 1,582| 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.6
Mining.....................................| 27 | 16 | 25| 4.4 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 4.4
Construction...............................| 762 | 661 | 575| 12.0 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 8.8
Manufacturing..............................| 1,028 | 970 | 981| 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.7
Durable goods............................| 511 | 514 | 464| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.8
Nondurable goods.........................| 517 | 455 | 517| 5.9 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.0
Service-producing industries.................| 4,003 | 3,989 | 3,836| 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.2
Transportation and public utilities........| 310 | 308 | 303| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2
Wholesale and retail trade.................| 1,677 | 1,690 | 1,664| 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.3
Finance, insurance, and real estate........| 240 | 211 | 177| 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.4
Services...................................| 1,776 | 1,781 | 1,692| 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.2
Government workers.............................| 556 | 606 | 500| 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.7
Agricultural wage and salary workers...........| 170 | 175 | 144| 8.7 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 7.4
| | | | | | | | |
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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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
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| |
| Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted
| |
__________________________ _____________________________________________________
Duration | | | | | | | | |
| Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | |
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Less than 5 weeks................................| 2,578 | 2,941 | 2,364 | 2,715 | 2,412 | 2,815 | 2,485 | 2,701 | 2,486
5 to 14 weeks....................................| 2,668 | 2,540 | 2,402 | 2,373 | 2,337 | 2,334 | 2,160 | 2,322 | 2,129
15 weeks and over................................| 2,211 | 2,212 | 2,102 | 2,371 | 2,388 | 2,336 | 2,435 | 2,319 | 2,248
15 to 26 weeks................................| 975 | 822 | 835 | 1,129 | 1,106 | 1,020 | 1,116 | 958 | 978
27 weeks and over.............................| 1,237 | 1,391 | 1,268 | 1,242 | 1,282 | 1,317 | 1,319 | 1,361 | 1,270
| | | | | | | | |
Average (mean) duration, in weeks................| 16.2 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 16.8 | 17.4
Median duration, in weeks........................| 8.4 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.5
| | | | | | | | |
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..............................| 34.6 | 38.2 | 34.4 | 36.4 | 33.8 | 37.6 | 35.1 | 36.8 | 36.2
5 to 14 weeks..................................| 35.8 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 31.8 | 32.7 | 31.2 | 30.5 | 31.6 | 31.0
15 weeks and over..............................| 29.7 | 28.8 | 30.6 | 31.8 | 33.5 | 31.2 | 34.4 | 31.6 | 32.8
15 to 26 weeks...............................| 13.1 | 10.7 | 12.2 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 13.1 | 14.3
27 weeks and over............................| 16.6 | 18.1 | 18.5 | 16.7 | 18.0 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 18.5 | 18.5
| | | | | | | | |
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
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| |
|Not seasonally adjusted| Seasonally adjusted
| |
_______________________ _______________________________________________
Reason | | | | | | | | |
| Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | |
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........| 3,331| 3,323| 2,932| 3,455| 3,625| 3,388| 3,431| 3,343| 3,054
On temporary layoff......................................| 910| 974| 777| 1,032| 1,116| 1,154| 990| 953| 889
Not on temporary layoff..................................| 2,420| 2,349| 2,155| 2,423| 2,509| 2,234| 2,441| 2,391| 2,165
Permanent job losers...................................| 1,697| 1,686| 1,459| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1)
Persons who completed temporary jobs...................| 724| 663| 696| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1)
Job leavers................................................| 896| 772| 808| 865| 702| 661| 676| 749| 773
Reentrants.................................................| 2,620| 2,716| 2,556| 2,525| 2,379| 2,784| 2,419| 2,529| 2,448
New entrants...............................................| 609| 882| 573| 581| 550| 532| 528| 623| 548
| | | | | | | | |
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.......| 44.7| 43.2| 42.7| 46.5| 50.0| 46.0| 48.6| 46.1| 44.8
On temporary layoff.....................................| 12.2| 12.7| 11.3| 13.9| 15.4| 15.7| 14.0| 13.1| 13.0
Not on temporary layoff.................................| 32.5| 30.5| 31.4| 32.6| 34.6| 30.3| 34.6| 33.0| 31.7
Job leavers...............................................| 12.0| 10.0| 11.8| 11.6| 9.7| 9.0| 9.6| 10.3| 11.3
Reentrants................................................| 35.1| 35.3| 37.2| 34.0| 32.8| 37.8| 34.3| 34.9| 35.9
New entrants..............................................| 8.2| 11.5| 8.3| 7.8| 7.6| 7.2| 7.5| 8.6| 8.0
| | | | | | | | |
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE | | | | | | | | |
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 2.5| 2.4| 2.2| 2.6| 2.7| 2.5| 2.6| 2.5| 2.3
Job leavers...............................................| .7| .6| .6| .7| .5| .5| .5| .6| .6
Reentrants................................................| 2.0| 2.0| 1.9| 1.9| 1.8| 2.1| 1.8| 1.9| 1.8
New entrants..............................................| .5| .6| .4| .4| .4| .4| .4| .5| .4
| | | | | | | | |
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1/ Not available.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
(Percent)
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| |
| Not seasonally | Seasonally adjusted
Measure | adjusted |
____________________ _________________________________________
| Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
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U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, | | | | | | | | |
as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7
| | | | | | | | |
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed | | | | | | | | |
temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian | | | | | | | | |
labor force..........................................................| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3
| | | | | | | | |
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the | | | | | | | | |
civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)....................| 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.1
| | | | | | | | |
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged | | | | | | | | |
workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force | | | | | | | | |
plus discouraged workers.............................................| 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.4 | (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 | 6.7 | 6.1 | (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.................................| 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.3 | (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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
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 | |
__________________________ _____________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
| Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
| | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | |
Total, 16 years and over..........................| 7,439 | 7,297 | 6,830 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.1
16 to 24 years..................................| 2,658 | 2,563 | 2,380 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 11.5
16 to 19 years................................| 1,370 | 1,280 | 1,297 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 17.2
16 to 17 years..............................| 663 | 637 | 602 | 20.7 | 18.7 | 19.4 | 19.0 | 19.4 | 19.1
18 to 19 years..............................| 701 | 640 | 698 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 16.0
20 to 24 years................................| 1,288 | 1,283 | 1,083 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 8.3
25 years and over...............................| 4,784 | 4,720 | 4,459 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.9
25 to 54 years................................| 4,181 | 4,105 | 3,945 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1
55 years and over.............................| 582 | 607 | 493 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.1
| | | | | | | | |
Men, 16 years and over..........................| 4,011 | 3,975 | 3,531 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.9
16 to 24 years................................| 1,489 | 1,492 | 1,237 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 13.3 | 11.5
16 to 19 years..............................| 775 | 795 | 702 | 19.2 | 17.9 | 17.2 | 17.0 | 19.4 | 18.2
16 to 17 years............................| 366 | 408 | 341 | 22.2 | 21.2 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 24.2 | 22.0
18 to 19 years............................| 404 | 389 | 362 | 16.9 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 14.2 | 16.1 | 15.9
20 to 24 years..............................| 714 | 696 | 535 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 7.7
25 years and over.............................| 2,526 | 2,466 | 2,307 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8
25 to 54 years..............................| 2,196 | 2,115 | 2,005 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.8
55 years and over...........................| 315 | 345 | 291 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.2
| | | | | | | | |
Women, 16 years and over........................| 3,428 | 3,322 | 3,299 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.3
16 to 24 years................................| 1,169 | 1,071 | 1,144 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 11.6
16 to 19 years..............................| 595 | 485 | 595 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 13.1 | 16.2
16 to 17 years............................| 297 | 229 | 260 | 19.2 | 16.1 | 18.8 | 17.5 | 14.4 | 16.3
18 to 19 years............................| 297 | 251 | 336 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 16.0
20 to 24 years..............................| 574 | 586 | 548 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 8.9
25 years and over.............................| 2,258 | 2,254 | 2,153 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1
25 to 54 years..............................| 1,985 | 1,989 | 1,940 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.3
55 years and over...........................| 267 | 262 | 202 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.9
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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)
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Category | Total | Men | Women
___________________ ___________________ ___________________
| Aug. | Aug. | Aug. | Aug. | Aug. | Aug.
| 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996
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NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE | | | | | |
| | | | | |
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Total not in the labor force..........................................| 65,418 | 65,836 | 23,155 | 23,447 | 42,264 | 42,389
Persons who currently want a job.....................................| 5,718 | 5,666 | 2,127 | 2,118 | 3,592 | 3,547
Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................| 1,510 | 1,436 | 673 | 687 | 837 | 749
Reason not currently looking: | | | | | |
Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................| 410 | 415 | 241 | 256 | 169 | 159
Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................| 1,101 | 1,021 | 433 | 432 | 668 | 590
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MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS | | | | | |
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Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................| 7,565 | 7,525 | 4,189 | 4,089 | 3,376 | 3,436
Percent of total employed.........................................| 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9
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Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................| 4,390 | 4,252 | 2,655 | 2,528 | 1,736 | 1,724
Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................| 1,626 | 1,514 | 575 | 513 | 1,051 | 1,001
Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................| 278 | 245 | 195 | 192 | 83 | 53
Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................| 1,222 | 1,477 | 743 | 848 | 479 | 630
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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
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Industry | | | | | | | | | |
| Aug. | June | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug.
| 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/
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Total..............................|117,206|120,578|119,539|119,750|117,499|118,928|119,335|119,554|119,782|120,032
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Total private.........................| 99,082|101,066|101,143|101,496| 98,130| 99,531| 99,877|100,103|100,292|100,465
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Goods_producing...............................| 24,629| 24,585| 24,549| 24,757| 24,179| 24,209| 24,262| 24,275| 24,266| 24,295
| | | | | | | | | |
Mining......................................| 587| 578| 580| 579| 576| 573| 576| 575| 570| 568
Metal mining..............................| 52.1| 53.0| 53.0| 53.2| 51| 51| 52| 52| 52| 52
Coal mining...............................| 105.4| 100.6| 100.5| 97.5| 105| 101| 101| 101| 100| 97
Oil and gas extraction....................| 319.5| 313.2| 314.2| 315.1| 314| 314| 316| 314| 310| 311
Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........| 109.9| 111.6| 112.5| 113.3| 106| 107| 107| 108| 108| 108
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Construction................................| 5,494| 5,626| 5,743| 5,776| 5,164| 5,353| 5,384| 5,403| 5,426| 5,432
General building contractors..............|1,256.0|1,269.2|1,287.2|1,291.6| 1,194| 1,227| 1,229| 1,233| 1,230| 1,229
Heavy construction, except building.......| 822.8| 823.9| 835.3| 842.6| 752| 765| 764| 768| 768| 770
Special trade contractors.................|3,415.1|3,532.4|3,620.1|3,642.2| 3,218| 3,361| 3,391| 3,402| 3,428| 3,433
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Manufacturing...............................| 18,548| 18,381| 18,226| 18,402| 18,439| 18,283| 18,302| 18,297| 18,270| 18,295
Production workers......................| 12,853| 12,702| 12,541| 12,720| 12,765| 12,623| 12,632| 12,635| 12,615| 12,631
| | | | | | | | | |
Durable goods..............................| 10,657| 10,747| 10,632| 10,714| 10,653| 10,654| 10,679| 10,695| 10,682| 10,714
Production workers......................| 7,291| 7,373| 7,253| 7,328| 7,300| 7,290| 7,302| 7,327| 7,318| 7,339
Lumber and wood products..................| 773.3| 774.0| 774.7| 780.4| 761| 761| 762| 766| 764| 767
Furniture and fixtures....................| 505.7| 501.9| 491.9| 501.8| 507| 498| 500| 500| 500| 501
Stone, clay, and glass products...........| 548.0| 547.8| 544.6| 548.3| 536| 534| 537| 536| 535| 536
Primary metal industries..................| 707.6| 709.3| 694.8| 703.3| 709| 704| 705| 708| 700| 703
Blast furnaces and basic steel products.| 241.0| 239.4| 238.3| 238.4| 241| 238| 239| 239| 237| 237
Fabricated metal products.................|1,436.9|1,457.2|1,439.8|1,456.3| 1,438| 1,440| 1,443| 1,450| 1,453| 1,458
Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,057.6|2,098.7|2,082.4|2,080.8| 2,067| 2,086| 2,087| 2,088| 2,087| 2,089
Computer and office equipment...........| 351.2| 360.9| 359.9| 359.6| 351| 358| 360| 359| 357| 359
Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,623.6|1,655.6|1,648.2|1,649.9| 1,625| 1,650| 1,652| 1,651| 1,658| 1,652
Electronic components and accessories...| 587.0| 616.2| 615.9| 615.4| 586| 615| 615| 614| 616| 615
Transportation equipment..................|1,778.5|1,778.5|1,744.6|1,773.1| 1,787| 1,763| 1,773| 1,775| 1,769| 1,791
Motor vehicles and equipment............| 968.4| 973.0| 934.9| 960.2| 972| 958| 965| 967| 955| 979
Aircraft and parts......................| 445.7| 445.7| 450.6| 454.4| 449| 447| 449| 446| 454| 457
Instruments and related products..........| 836.3| 836.5| 831.6| 834.1| 835| 832| 834| 835| 831| 833
Miscellaneous manufacturing...............| 389.6| 387.8| 378.9| 385.6| 388| 386| 386| 386| 385| 384
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Nondurable goods...........................| 7,891| 7,634| 7,594| 7,688| 7,786| 7,629| 7,623| 7,602| 7,588| 7,581
Production workers......................| 5,562| 5,329| 5,288| 5,392| 5,465| 5,333| 5,330| 5,308| 5,297| 5,292
Food and kindred products.................|1,759.3|1,647.3|1,676.3|1,726.0| 1,676| 1,666| 1,664| 1,647| 1,640| 1,644
Tobacco products..........................| 44.1| 37.7| 37.3| 40.0| 43| 41| 41| 41| 41| 39
Textile mill products.....................| 663.8| 641.6| 630.9| 637.6| 662| 636| 637| 637| 637| 634
Apparel and other textile products........| 926.9| 856.6| 828.1| 840.0| 922| 859| 853| 847| 848| 835
Paper and allied products.................| 696.3| 681.6| 677.2| 680.1| 692| 677| 679| 676| 673| 674
Printing and publishing...................|1,539.3|1,527.8|1,525.4|1,524.2| 1,541| 1,527| 1,525| 1,528| 1,527| 1,525
Chemicals and allied products.............|1,038.1|1,026.9|1,025.1|1,027.9| 1,031| 1,024| 1,025| 1,020| 1,019| 1,022
Petroleum and coal products...............| 146.6| 142.3| 142.2| 142.7| 143| 139| 139| 140| 139| 139
Rubber and misc. plastics products........| 971.6| 974.4| 959.2| 972.5| 972| 962| 963| 969| 967| 974
Leather and leather products..............| 105.3| 97.3| 92.0| 96.9| 104| 98| 97| 97| 97| 95
| | | | | | | | | |
Service_producing.............................| 92,577| 95,993| 94,990| 94,993| 93,320| 94,719| 95,073| 95,279| 95,516| 95,737
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Transportation and public utilities.........| 6,170| 6,364| 6,324| 6,335| 6,187| 6,294| 6,311| 6,327| 6,333| 6,348
Transportation............................| 3,904| 4,070| 4,026| 4,034| 3,936| 4,015| 4,028| 4,043| 4,051| 4,062
Railroad transportation.................| 239.2| 231.8| 233.0| 232.4| 238| 233| 232| 231| 230| 230
Local and interurban passenger transit..| 366.5| 452.8| 393.8| 394.4| 432| 442| 450| 453| 459| 465
Trucking and warehousing................|1,894.8|1,905.1|1,907.0|1,907.3| 1,872| 1,882| 1,891| 1,890| 1,887| 1,880
Water transportation....................| 180.0| 177.3| 181.7| 179.5| 175| 173| 167| 171| 172| 173
Transportation by air...................| 794.2| 846.6| 853.4| 861.4| 789| 837| 837| 844| 847| 856
Pipelines, except natural gas...........| 14.9| 14.2| 14.3| 14.2| 15| 14| 14| 14| 14| 14
Transportation services.................| 414.4| 441.7| 442.8| 445.2| 415| 434| 437| 440| 442| 444
Communications and public utilities.......| 2,266| 2,294| 2,298| 2,301| 2,251| 2,279| 2,283| 2,284| 2,282| 2,286
Communications..........................|1,345.2|1,391.5|1,397.1|1,403.3| 1,339| 1,378| 1,384| 1,388| 1,391| 1,398
Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 920.9| 902.8| 900.8| 897.5| 912| 901| 899| 896| 891| 888
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Wholesale trade.............................| 6,472| 6,622| 6,630| 6,628| 6,437| 6,550| 6,567| 6,576| 6,586| 6,593
Durable goods.............................| 3,767| 3,883| 3,885| 3,881| 3,752| 3,844| 3,850| 3,858| 3,861| 3,866
Nondurable goods..........................| 2,705| 2,739| 2,745| 2,747| 2,685| 2,706| 2,717| 2,718| 2,725| 2,727
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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
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Industry | | | | | | | | | |
| Aug. | June | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug.
| 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/
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Retail trade................................| 21,388| 21,774| 21,786| 21,870| 21,225| 21,422| 21,499| 21,575| 21,663| 21,684
Building materials and garden supplies....| 890.8| 959.5| 954.3| 948.2| 871| 896| 907| 917| 922| 925
General merchandise stores................|2,638.9|2,660.3|2,676.8|2,702.3| 2,679| 2,679| 2,728| 2,726| 2,733| 2,745
Department stores.......................|2,314.9|2,349.2|2,365.2|2,390.1| 2,349| 2,358| 2,409| 2,408| 2,415| 2,430
Food stores...............................|3,390.6|3,445.9|3,451.9|3,460.4| 3,377| 3,401| 3,416| 3,422| 3,431| 3,445
Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,220.8|2,294.8|2,312.1|2,319.5| 2,193| 2,253| 2,259| 2,272| 2,285| 2,294
New and used car dealers................|1,000.9|1,033.0|1,038.4|1,041.7| 996| 1,025| 1,027| 1,030| 1,033| 1,037
Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,127.0|1,091.1|1,092.0|1,098.5| 1,126| 1,098| 1,100| 1,101| 1,101| 1,098
Furniture and home furnishings stores.....| 936.5| 962.8| 971.2| 976.6| 947| 957| 963| 972| 982| 986
Eating and drinking places................|7,569.4|7,719.3|7,688.5|7,707.1| 7,378| 7,469| 7,454| 7,485| 7,524| 7,496
Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,613.6|2,640.1|2,638.7|2,657.5| 2,654| 2,669| 2,672| 2,680| 2,685| 2,695
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Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 6,906| 7,032| 7,073| 7,085| 6,833| 6,942| 6,964| 6,967| 6,987| 7,007
Finance...................................| 3,252| 3,337| 3,354| 3,364| 3,235| 3,303| 3,315| 3,319| 3,329| 3,344
Depository institutions.................|2,032.6|2,041.2|2,046.9|2,049.3| 2,020| 2,023| 2,026| 2,029| 2,031| 2,032
Commercial banks......................|1,474.9|1,479.2|1,485.2|1,487.1| 1,464| 1,467| 1,469| 1,470| 1,471| 1,474
Savings institutions..................| 272.4| 268.0| 266.7| 265.7| 271| 266| 267| 267| 265| 264
Nondepository institutions..............| 466.1| 511.3| 514.4| 519.5| 466| 505| 507| 509| 513| 519
Mortgage bankers and brokers..........| 207.3| 231.6| 232.5| 235.1| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)
Security and commodity brokers..........| 525.6| 543.1| 548.3| 550.7| 522| 534| 538| 541| 543| 548
Holding and other investment offices....| 227.5| 241.6| 244.0| 244.9| 227| 241| 244| 240| 242| 245
Insurance.................................| 2,248| 2,266| 2,272| 2,269| 2,241| 2,256| 2,261| 2,259| 2,261| 2,261
Insurance carriers......................|1,547.6|1,555.4|1,560.7|1,559.7| 1,543| 1,549| 1,552| 1,551| 1,553| 1,554
Insurance agents, brokers, and service..| 700.0| 710.4| 711.5| 709.1| 698| 707| 709| 708| 708| 707
Real estate...............................| 1,406| 1,429| 1,447| 1,452| 1,357| 1,383| 1,388| 1,389| 1,397| 1,402
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Services2/..................................| 33,517| 34,689| 34,781| 34,821| 33,269| 34,114| 34,274| 34,383| 34,457| 34,538
Agricultural services.....................| 633.1| 686.2| 685.1| 676.2| 580| 606| 605| 615| 618| 619
Hotels and other lodging places...........| 1,791| 1,799| 1,828| 1,829| 1,662| 1,673| 1,681| 1,704| 1,689| 1,684
Personal services.........................| 1,125| 1,148| 1,135| 1,139| 1,166| 1,179| 1,177| 1,175| 1,176| 1,182
Business services.........................| 6,909| 7,199| 7,246| 7,354| 6,831| 7,085| 7,152| 7,189| 7,228| 7,275
Services to buildings...................| 895| 903| 899| 901| 886| 900| 903| 895| 893| 891
Personnel supply services...............| 2,541| 2,636| 2,674| 2,758| 2,477| 2,569| 2,622| 2,648| 2,670| 2,697
Help supply services..................| 2,250| 2,337| 2,374| 2,449| 2,190| 2,272| 2,322| 2,353| 2,370| 2,393
Computer and data processing services...| 1,097| 1,195| 1,206| 1,219| 1,098| 1,169| 1,184| 1,195| 1,206| 1,218
Auto repair, services, and parking........| 1,032| 1,096| 1,106| 1,112| 1,025| 1,072| 1,078| 1,085| 1,097| 1,105
Miscellaneous repair services.............| 361| 369| 369| 369| 356| 363| 364| 366| 365| 365
Motion pictures...........................| 501| 531| 537| 542| 491| 517| 525| 526| 531| 526
Amusement and recreation services.........| 1,684| 1,737| 1,775| 1,768| 1,451| 1,517| 1,516| 1,504| 1,514| 1,518
Health services...........................| 9,317| 9,587| 9,604| 9,609| 9,291| 9,520| 9,555| 9,566| 9,571| 9,580
Offices and clinics of medical doctors..| 1,619| 1,678| 1,684| 1,688| 1,611| 1,659| 1,668| 1,674| 1,678| 1,678
Nursing and personal care facilities....| 1,705| 1,746| 1,753| 1,756| 1,698| 1,733| 1,740| 1,744| 1,748| 1,749
Hospitals...............................| 3,796| 3,857| 3,862| 3,855| 3,788| 3,844| 3,851| 3,847| 3,846| 3,846
Home health care services...............| 636| 660| 656| 654| 637| 658| 658| 657| 655| 654
Legal services............................| 929| 944| 946| 940| 922| 926| 929| 929| 932| 934
Educational services......................| 1,694| 1,822| 1,754| 1,716| 1,976| 1,994| 1,987| 2,001| 2,016| 2,000
Social services...........................| 2,305| 2,390| 2,381| 2,371| 2,336| 2,385| 2,395| 2,396| 2,403| 2,410
Child day care services.................| 517| 555| 515| 517| 568| 569| 571| 570| 568| 571
Residential care........................| 648| 671| 675| 676| 643| 661| 663| 665| 669| 670
Museums and botanical and zoological | | | | | | | | | |
gardens.................................| 87| 92| 93| 91| 81| 84| 85| 85| 85| 85
Membership organizations..................| 2,175| 2,182| 2,211| 2,183| 2,141| 2,137| 2,147| 2,148| 2,146| 2,148
Engineering and management services.......| 2,781| 2,914| 2,917| 2,928| 2,769| 2,863| 2,885| 2,901| 2,893| 2,914
Engineering and architectural services..| 829| 857| 858| 862| 816| 834| 838| 848| 844| 847
Management and public relations.........| 839| 909| 913| 921| 833| 892| 897| 901| 903| 914
Services, nec.............................| 44.7| 46.1| 46.2| 46.9| (3)| (3)| (3)| (3)| (3)| (3)
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Government..................................| 18,124| 19,512| 18,396| 18,254| 19,369| 19,397| 19,458| 19,451| 19,490| 19,567
Federal...................................| 2,839| 2,783| 2,777| 2,767| 2,822| 2,777| 2,776| 2,756| 2,753| 2,748
Federal, except Postal Service..........|1,998.2|1,931.1|1,926.9|1,916.9| 1,977| 1,920| 1,918| 1,906| 1,898| 1,894
State.....................................| 4,380| 4,509| 4,412| 4,401| 4,638| 4,645| 4,655| 4,654| 4,665| 4,672
Education...............................|1,639.3|1,786.9|1,677.5|1,681.7| 1,935| 1,956| 1,963| 1,968| 1,984| 1,981
Other State government..................|2,741.0|2,721.9|2,734.4|2,719.1| 2,703| 2,689| 2,692| 2,686| 2,681| 2,691
Local.....................................| 10,905| 12,220| 11,207| 11,086| 11,909| 11,975| 12,027| 12,041| 12,072| 12,147
Education...............................|5,443.7|6,752.4|5,614.6|5,564.6| 6,664| 6,682| 6,690| 6,724| 6,777| 6,825
Other local government..................|5,461.0|5,467.2|5,591.9|5,521.4| 5,245| 5,293| 5,337| 5,317| 5,295| 5,322
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1/ This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
because it has very little seasonal and irregular movement. trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be
Thus, the not seasonally adjusted series can be used for separated with sufficient precision.
analysis of cyclical and long-term trends. p = preliminary.
2/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
3/ This series is not published seasonally adjusted because
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 | | | | | | | | | |
| Aug. | June | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug.
| 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/
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Total private...........................| 34.8 | 34.9 | 34.6 | 34.8 | 34.4 | 34.3 | 34.2 | 34.7 | 34.3 | 34.4
| | | | | | | | | |
Goods_producing...............................| 41.2 | 41.4 | 40.9 | 41.3 | 40.9 | 41.0 | 40.9 | 41.2 | 41.0 | 41.0
| | | | | | | | | |
Mining......................................| 44.7 | 46.0 | 44.7 | 45.0 | 44.4 | 45.0 | 45.2 | 45.8 | 44.8 | 44.5
| | | | | | | | | |
Construction................................| 39.8 | 39.6 | 39.8 | 39.8 | 38.7 | 38.9 | 38.1 | 38.7 | 38.7 | 38.7
| | | | | | | | | |
Manufacturing...............................| 41.5 | 41.9 | 41.1 | 41.8 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 41.7 | 41.8 | 41.6 | 41.7
Overtime hours.........................| 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4
| | | | | | | | | |
Durable goods.............................| 42.3 | 42.7 | 41.7 | 42.5 | 42.3 | 42.4 | 42.5 | 42.6 | 42.3 | 42.5
Overtime hours.........................| 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.7
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Lumber and wood products.................| 41.1 | 41.6 | 40.8 | 41.4 | 40.6 | 40.7 | 41.0 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 40.9
Furniture and fixtures...................| 40.1 | 39.5 | 39.2 | 40.0 | 39.7 | 39.2 | 39.7 | 39.5 | 39.7 | 39.5
Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 43.7 | 44.1 | 43.5 | 44.2 | 43.1 | 43.4 | 43.2 | 43.5 | 43.2 | 43.4
Primary metal industries.................| 43.4 | 44.3 | 43.5 | 43.9 | 43.7 | 43.9 | 44.3 | 44.1 | 43.9 | 44.3
Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 43.8 | 44.5 | 44.3 | 43.7 | 43.9 | 44.1 | 44.4 | 44.5 | 44.2 | 43.9
Fabricated metal products................| 42.2 | 42.7 | 41.6 | 42.6 | 42.2 | 42.3 | 42.6 | 42.6 | 42.4 | 42.5
Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 43.0 | 43.3 | 42.4 | 42.6 | 43.5 | 43.1 | 43.2 | 43.3 | 42.9 | 42.9
Electronic and other electrical equipment| 41.4 | 41.6 | 40.5 | 41.4 | 41.6 | 41.0 | 41.3 | 41.6 | 41.2 | 41.5
Transportation equipment.................| 43.5 | 44.5 | 42.7 | 44.2 | 43.6 | 44.6 | 44.5 | 44.4 | 44.0 | 44.6
Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 44.3 | 45.7 | 43.3 | 45.2 | 44.5 | 46.1 | 46.5 | 45.7 | 45.4 | 46.1
Instruments and related products.........| 41.2 | 42.0 | 41.0 | 41.6 | 41.5 | 41.4 | 41.6 | 41.9 | 41.4 | 41.8
Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 39.9 | 39.7 | 38.9 | 40.0 | 39.9 | 39.6 | 39.9 | 39.8 | 39.7 | 39.9
| | | | | | | | | |
Nondurable goods..........................| 40.6 | 40.8 | 40.3 | 40.9 | 40.4 | 40.4 | 40.6 | 40.7 | 40.5 | 40.5
Overtime hours.........................| 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0
| | | | | | | | | |
Food and kindred products................| 41.7 | 40.9 | 40.9 | 41.6 | 41.2 | 41.0 | 41.1 | 41.1 | 40.7 | 40.7
Tobacco products.........................| 40.4 | 41.1 | 38.7 | 39.9 | 40.0 | 40.4 | 39.4 | 39.4 | 39.3 | 39.6
Textile mill products....................| 41.0 | 41.4 | 40.2 | 41.2 | 40.7 | 40.3 | 40.6 | 41.0 | 40.8 | 40.8
Apparel and other textile products.......| 37.0 | 37.9 | 36.8 | 37.5 | 36.8 | 36.5 | 37.2 | 37.6 | 37.1 | 37.3
Paper and allied products................| 42.7 | 43.4 | 43.1 | 43.1 | 42.9 | 43.4 | 43.4 | 43.5 | 43.3 | 43.0
Printing and publishing..................| 38.2 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 38.4 | 38.1 | 38.1 | 38.3 | 38.1 | 38.2 | 38.2
Chemicals and allied products............| 42.8 | 43.4 | 43.0 | 43.1 | 43.1 | 42.9 | 43.2 | 43.4 | 43.3 | 43.5
Petroleum and coal products..............| 43.2 | 44.7 | 44.5 | 44.3 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)
Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 41.1 | 41.7 | 40.8 | 41.6 | 41.3 | 41.5 | 41.4 | 41.5 | 41.6 | 41.5
Leather and leather products.............| 38.6 | 39.1 | 37.9 | 38.7 | 38.2 | 37.6 | 38.3 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 38.6
| | | | | | | | | |
Service_producing.............................| 33.0 | 33.2 | 32.9 | 33.0 | 32.6 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 33.0 | 32.5 | 32.7
| | | | | | | | | |
Transportation and public utilities.........| 39.8 | 40.1 | 39.6 | 39.9 | 39.4 | 39.4 | 39.2 | 40.0 | 39.2 | 39.5
| | | | | | | | | |
Wholesale trade.............................| 38.3 | 38.8 | 38.1 | 38.3 | 38.2 | 38.1 | 38.1 | 38.7 | 38.0 | 38.2
| | | | | | | | | |
Retail trade................................| 29.5 | 29.4 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 28.7 | 28.6 | 28.8 | 29.0 | 28.7 | 28.8
| | | | | | | | | |
Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 35.7 | 36.5 | 35.6 | 35.7 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)
| | | | | | | | | |
Services....................................| 32.7 | 32.8 | 32.5 | 32.7 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)
| | | | | | | | | |
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1/ Data relate to production workers in mining and adjusted because the seasonal component, which is
manufacturing; construction workers in construction; small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public components, cannot be separated with sufficient
utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, precision.
and real estate; and services. These groups account p = preliminary.
for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on
private nonfarm payrolls.
2/ These series are not published seasonally
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 | | | | | | | |
| Aug. | June | July | Aug. | Aug. | June | July | Aug.
| 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/
| | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | |
Total private...........................|$11.37 |$11.76 |$11.74 |$11.77 |$395.68|$410.42|$406.20|$409.60
Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.46 | 11.83 | 11.81 | 11.87 | 394.22| 410.50| 405.08| 408.33
| | | | | | | |
Goods_producing...............................| 13.10 | 13.44 | 13.55 | 13.58 | 539.72| 556.42| 554.20| 560.85
| | | | | | | |
Mining......................................| 15.29 | 15.57 | 15.54 | 15.47 | 683.46| 716.22| 694.64| 696.15
| | | | | | | |
Construction................................| 15.20 | 15.32 | 15.49 | 15.54 | 604.96| 606.67| 616.50| 618.49
| | | | | | | |
Manufacturing...............................| 12.35 | 12.75 | 12.80 | 12.84 | 512.53| 534.23| 526.08| 536.71
| | | | | | | |
Durable goods.............................| 12.92 | 13.32 | 13.36 | 13.46 | 546.52| 568.76| 557.11| 572.05
Lumber and wood products.................| 10.20 | 10.45 | 10.47 | 10.51 | 419.22| 434.72| 427.18| 435.11
Furniture and fixtures...................| 9.89 | 10.11 | 10.12 | 10.15 | 396.59| 399.35| 396.70| 406.00
Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.47 | 12.81 | 12.93 | 12.93 | 544.94| 564.92| 562.46| 571.51
Primary metal industries.................| 14.63 | 14.92 | 15.12 | 15.14 | 634.94| 660.96| 657.72| 664.65
Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.43 | 17.69 | 18.02 | 18.11 | 763.43| 787.21| 798.29| 791.41
Fabricated metal products................| 12.10 | 12.49 | 12.48 | 12.60 | 510.62| 533.32| 519.17| 536.76
Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.24 | 13.52 | 13.57 | 13.65 | 569.32| 585.42| 575.37| 581.49
Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.73 | 12.16 | 12.24 | 12.25 | 485.62| 505.86| 495.72| 507.15
Transportation equipment.................| 16.67 | 17.26 | 17.33 | 17.61 | 725.15| 768.07| 739.99| 778.36
Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.20 | 17.91 | 18.00 | 18.37 | 761.96| 818.49| 779.40| 830.32
Instruments and related products.........| 12.70 | 13.09 | 13.20 | 13.22 | 523.24| 549.78| 541.20| 549.95
Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 9.99 | 10.35 | 10.40 | 10.45 | 398.60| 410.90| 404.56| 418.00
| | | | | | | |
Nondurable goods..........................| 11.56 | 11.93 | 12.02 | 11.97 | 469.34| 486.74| 484.41| 489.57
Food and kindred products................| 10.90 | 11.24 | 11.27 | 11.17 | 454.53| 459.72| 460.94| 464.67
Tobacco products.........................| 18.56 | 21.52 | 21.13 | 19.66 | 749.82| 884.47| 817.73| 784.43
Textile mill products....................| 9.44 | 9.67 | 9.67 | 9.69 | 387.04| 400.34| 388.73| 399.23
Apparel and other textile products.......| 7.68 | 7.98 | 7.95 | 7.99 | 284.16| 302.44| 292.56| 299.63
Paper and allied products................| 14.20 | 14.64 | 14.81 | 14.76 | 606.34| 635.38| 638.31| 636.16
Printing and publishing..................| 12.36 | 12.53 | 12.64 | 12.70 | 472.15| 474.89| 479.06| 487.68
Chemicals and allied products............| 15.57 | 16.15 | 16.18 | 16.24 | 666.40| 700.91| 695.74| 699.94
Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.14 | 18.86 | 19.01 | 18.85 | 826.85| 843.04| 845.95| 835.06
Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.93 | 11.16 | 11.25 | 11.26 | 449.22| 465.37| 459.00| 468.42
Leather and leather products.............| 8.14 | 8.48 | 8.42 | 8.62 | 314.20| 331.57| 319.12| 333.59
| | | | | | | |
Service_producing.............................| 10.78 | 11.20 | 11.14 | 11.16 | 355.74| 371.84| 366.51| 368.28
| | | | | | | |
Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.24 | 14.47 | 14.55 | 14.56 | 566.75| 580.25| 576.18| 580.94
| | | | | | | |
Wholesale trade.............................| 12.40 | 12.85 | 12.80 | 12.81 | 474.92| 498.58| 487.68| 490.62
| | | | | | | |
Retail trade................................| 7.65 | 7.97 | 7.94 | 7.96 | 225.68| 234.32| 234.23| 234.82
| | | | | | | |
Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.28 | 12.76 | 12.69 | 12.70 | 438.40| 465.74| 451.76| 453.39
| | | | | | | |
Services....................................| 11.22 | 11.67 | 11.61 | 11.63 | 366.89| 382.78| 377.33| 380.30
| | | | | | | |
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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 | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | from:
| 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |July 1996-
| | | | | | | Aug. 1996
| | | | | | |
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| | | | | | |
Total private: | | | | | | |
Current dollars...................| $11.46| $11.72| $11.73| $11.83| $11.81| $11.87| 0.5
Constant (1982) dollars2/.........| 7.39| 7.40| 7.38| 7.44| 7.41| N.A. | (3)
| | | | | | |
Goods_producing......................| 13.10| 13.40| 13.38| 13.45| 13.49| 13.59| .7
Mining.............................| 15.43| 15.44| 15.46| 15.59| 15.59| 15.60| .1
Construction.......................| 15.14| 15.28| 15.31| 15.40| 15.47| 15.48| .1
Manufacturing......................| 12.42| 12.74| 12.72| 12.77| 12.80| 12.93| 1.0
Excluding overtime4/.............| 11.79| 12.09| 12.06| 12.12| 12.16| 12.28| 1.0
| | | | | | |
Service_producing....................| 10.91| 11.15| 11.18| 11.29| 11.25| 11.30| .4
Transportation and public utilities| 14.27| 14.49| 14.50| 14.56| 14.56| 14.62| .4
Wholesale trade....................| 12.46| 12.71| 12.71| 12.91| 12.81| 12.87| .5
Retail trade.......................| 7.72| 7.90| 7.93| 8.00| 7.98| 8.02| .5
Finance, insurance, and real estate| 12.37| 12.64| 12.76| 12.86| 12.77| 12.83| .5
Services...........................| 11.40| 11.65| 11.69| 11.79| 11.77| 11.81| .3
| | | | | | |
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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 -.4 percent from June 1996
to July 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
| |
___________________________ _______________________________________
Industry | | | | | | | | | |
|Aug. |June | July | Aug. |Aug. |Apr. | May |June | July | Aug.
|1995 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |1995 |1996 |1996 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/
| | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | |
Total private...........................|136.5|139.9| 138.6 | 140.0 |133.4|135.2|135.4|137.7| 136.1 | 136.9
| | | | | | | | | |
Goods_producing...............................|113.0|113.3| 111.4 | 114.1 |109.7|109.9|110.0|110.7| 110.1 | 110.5
| | | | | | | | | |
Mining.......................................| 55.1| 56.6| 55.1 | 55.5 | 53.4| 54.6| 55.2| 55.9| 54.1 | 53.7
| | | | | | | | | |
Construction.................................|155.8|158.1| 163.0 | 163.8 |140.3|146.7|144.3|147.0| 147.6 | 147.8
| | | | | | | | | |
Manufacturing................................|107.6|107.3| 103.9 | 107.2 |106.9|105.7|106.2|106.5| 105.8 | 106.2
| | | | | | | | | |
Durable goods...............................|107.5|109.9| 105.5 | 108.6 |107.8|107.7|108.4|108.9| 108.1 | 108.9
Lumber and wood products...................|138.4|140.4| 137.4 | 140.8 |134.2|134.5|135.9|137.2| 137.0 | 136.2
Furniture and fixtures.....................|125.8|123.3| 119.4 | 124.9 |125.1|121.1|124.2|122.6| 123.9 | 123.2
Stone, clay, and glass products............|112.7|114.2| 111.5 | 114.3 |108.4|109.1|108.6|109.7| 108.6 | 109.4
Primary metal industries...................| 90.1| 93.0| 88.9 | 91.0 | 91.3| 91.0| 92.0| 92.3| 90.7 | 92.0
Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 72.3| 73.8| 72.9 | 71.8 | 72.5| 72.4| 73.3| 73.5| 72.2 | 71.7
Fabricated metal products..................|113.0|116.3| 111.4 | 115.6 |113.1|113.5|114.5|115.3| 115.1 | 115.8
Industrial machinery and equipment.........|101.6|104.4| 101.1 | 101.4 |103.7|103.4|103.7|103.9| 102.9 | 103.2
Electronic and other electrical equipment..|106.7|108.7| 105.0 | 107.1 |107.6|107.0|107.8|108.3| 107.9 | 108.0
Transportation equipment...................|120.1|124.6| 116.0 | 122.8 |121.4|122.9|122.5|123.8| 122.1 | 125.5
Motor vehicles and equipment.............|161.8|170.3| 153.3 | 164.8 |163.4|168.0|171.7|169.6| 165.2 | 171.3
Instruments and related products...........| 73.0| 74.4| 71.5 | 73.3 | 73.5| 72.9| 73.6| 74.0| 72.6 | 73.5
Miscellaneous manufacturing................|103.2|102.5| 97.2 | 102.2 |102.9|101.4|102.1|102.3| 101.3 | 101.0
| | | | | | | | | |
Nondurable goods............................|107.8|103.8| 101.8 | 105.3 |105.6|102.9|103.3|103.3| 102.6 | 102.5
Food and kindred products..................|123.2|111.8| 114.4 | 120.9 |114.3|113.7|114.2|112.6| 111.1 | 111.2
Tobacco products...........................| 67.9| 57.8| 52.6 | 60.9 | 63.4| 64.0| 60.5| 62.5| 60.3 | 56.9
Textile mill products......................| 95.5| 93.2| 88.8 | 92.5 | 94.5| 90.1| 90.9| 91.6| 91.2 | 91.0
Apparel and other textile products.........| 83.1| 78.2| 72.9 | 75.8 | 82.4| 75.5| 76.4| 76.7| 75.9 | 74.9
Paper and allied products..................|110.2|109.3| 107.7 | 108.8 |109.6|108.5|108.5|108.4| 107.5 | 107.3
Printing and publishing....................|124.6|121.9| 121.4 | 123.4 |124.4|122.7|123.2|122.7| 122.8 | 122.8
Chemicals and allied products..............|101.9|101.2| 99.6 | 100.3 |102.0|100.1|100.4|100.6| 100.0 | 100.4
Petroleum and coal products................| 78.5| 78.9| 78.6 | 78.9 | 77.1| 72.8| 72.9| 76.7| 76.3 | 77.3
Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|140.8|142.9| 136.8 | 142.3 |141.4|139.8|140.1|141.0| 141.3 | 142.1
Leather and leather products...............| 49.2| 45.2| 40.4 | 44.4 | 48.1| 43.9| 44.1| 44.4| 43.2 | 43.3
| | | | | | | | | |
Service_producing.............................|147.0|151.9| 150.9 | 151.6 |144.1|146.6|146.8|149.8| 147.7 | 148.8
| | | | | | | | | |
Transportation and public utilities..........|125.9|131.3| 128.9 | 129.9 |124.8|127.6|127.2|130.1| 127.6 | 128.8
| | | | | | | | | |
Wholesale trade..............................|123.3|127.3| 125.4 | 125.8 |122.1|123.7|124.0|126.1| 123.9 | 124.5
| | | | | | | | | |
Retail trade.................................|136.5|138.7| 139.1 | 139.6 |131.9|132.7|134.0|135.4| 134.6 | 135.1
| | | | | | | | | |
Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|124.5|129.9| 127.4 | 127.9 |123.2|124.6|124.3|128.9| 125.4 | 126.4
| | | | | | | | | |
Services.....................................|174.1|180.8| 179.8 | 180.9 |170.8|175.1|174.7|178.7| 176.3 | 178.0
| | | | | | | | | |
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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..............| 43.7 | 43.7 | 50.0 | 57.3 | 55.5 | 50.1 | 52.2 | 49.0 | 52.1 | 56.3 | 53.2 | 57.4
1993..............| 60.0 | 60.8 | 51.3 | 58.6 | 61.7 | 55.2 | 57.7 | 57.0 | 61.8 | 59.7 | 61.8 | 59.6
1994..............| 58.8 | 62.1 | 66.0 | 64.2 | 60.3 | 63.5 | 61.5 | 62.1 | 60.8 | 61.5 | 63.1 | 63.9
1995..............| 63.2 | 59.3 | 54.9 | 54.6 | 51.4 | 55.1 | 54.1 | 57.4 | 51.8 | 54.8 | 56.3 | 59.4
1996..............| 52.4 | 63.2 | 60.0 | 52.4 | 62.2 | 57.4 |p/55.2 |p/58.3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Over 3-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | |
1992..............| 39.7 | 41.9 | 49.7 | 57.0 | 58.4 | 55.8 | 50.6 | 50.1 | 52.8 | 54.4 | 57.6 | 61.2
1993..............| 63.8 | 61.2 | 61.1 | 59.8 | 63.1 | 62.9 | 59.7 | 63.1 | 64.5 | 67.1 | 64.6 | 63.5
1994..............| 67.1 | 69.5 | 70.4 | 68.7 | 66.4 | 66.0 | 68.5 | 69.5 | 65.3 | 65.6 | 68.0 | 67.8
1995..............| 66.6 | 63.2 | 56.9 | 53.4 | 54.2 | 52.9 | 56.6 | 53.8 | 54.2 | 54.6 | 58.3 | 57.0
1996..............| 60.7 | 61.8 | 61.2 | 60.0 | 61.0 |p/63.2 |p/60.4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Over 6-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | |
1992..............| 43.3 | 46.8 | 47.5 | 52.5 | 54.9 | 56.7 | 53.8 | 52.2 | 55.5 | 57.6 | 63.9 | 61.9
1993..............| 63.3 | 65.2 | 63.8 | 64.2 | 62.4 | 65.9 | 65.7 | 63.9 | 66.3 | 67.3 | 70.6 | 69.5
1994..............| 70.8 | 71.6 | 69.0 | 69.8 | 69.5 | 69.5 | 69.2 | 69.0 | 69.2 | 68.5 | 69.1 | 66.6
1995..............| 66.3 | 60.8 | 58.7 | 54.4 | 53.5 | 54.1 | 53.1 | 56.3 | 55.9 | 54.1 | 56.2 | 61.8
1996..............| 60.3 | 62.9 | 63.8 |p/63.8 |p/63.5 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
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 | 69.5 | 69.2 | 70.1
1994..............| 70.2 | 71.6 | 71.8 | 71.8 | 72.1 | 71.8 | 71.5 | 72.1 | 70.1 | 69.4 | 65.7 | 65.0
1995..............| 62.6 | 60.8 | 60.1 | 61.2 | 58.1 | 57.7 | 54.5 | 58.7 | 58.6 | 57.3 | 59.4 | 59.8
1996..............|p/60.3 |p/62.6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
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|
| Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
|
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| | | | | | | | | | | |
Over 1-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | |
1992..............| 37.4 | 39.9 | 43.9 | 56.8 | 50.0 | 48.9 | 52.2 | 44.6 | 47.5 | 47.8 | 51.4 | 54.7
1993..............| 52.5 | 56.5 | 50.7 | 45.7 | 54.0 | 45.7 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 59.4 | 53.2 | 53.6 | 55.0
1994..............| 56.5 | 60.1 | 59.7 | 58.6 | 53.2 | 57.9 | 57.6 | 53.6 | 55.8 | 54.7 | 57.2 | 59.4
1995..............| 56.8 | 55.0 | 46.0 | 45.3 | 39.2 | 40.3 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 42.4 | 45.3 | 46.4 | 47.5
1996..............| 42.1 | 48.2 | 48.2 | 39.6 | 53.2 | 49.6 |p/44.6 |p/51.1 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Over 3-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | |
1992..............| 29.9 | 33.5 | 43.9 | 49.6 | 55.4 | 53.2 | 46.8 | 47.8 | 45.7 | 47.5 | 51.1 | 54.7
1993..............| 60.8 | 58.3 | 53.2 | 47.8 | 48.9 | 54.0 | 50.4 | 58.3 | 57.6 | 59.7 | 54.7 | 57.6
1994..............| 63.7 | 64.4 | 66.2 | 60.8 | 56.1 | 56.8 | 60.8 | 58.6 | 54.0 | 56.1 | 60.1 | 60.8
1995..............| 60.4 | 51.8 | 43.5 | 34.9 | 33.1 | 32.0 | 33.1 | 35.6 | 38.8 | 39.6 | 40.6 | 38.8
1996..............| 38.8 | 39.9 | 37.8 | 43.2 | 45.3 |p/48.2 |p/45.0 | | | | |
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Over 6-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | |
1992..............| 32.4 | 34.9 | 39.9 | 46.8 | 52.2 | 54.3 | 48.2 | 47.8 | 51.1 | 51.1 | 56.8 | 56.5
1993..............| 56.5 | 59.0 | 56.8 | 55.4 | 50.7 | 57.9 | 59.4 | 56.5 | 57.6 | 58.6 | 64.4 | 60.8
1994..............| 62.2 | 64.4 | 60.4 | 61.5 | 59.0 | 56.8 | 56.5 | 57.2 | 60.1 | 55.8 | 59.7 | 55.8
1995..............| 55.4 | 45.0 | 38.5 | 33.5 | 27.7 | 28.8 | 28.8 | 30.6 | 33.5 | 33.1 | 34.2 | 38.8
1996..............| 32.0 | 37.4 | 37.1 |p/38.5 |p/43.9 | | | | | | |
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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 | 59.7 | 60.1 | 57.6
1994..............| 57.9 | 58.6 | 60.8 | 60.8 | 60.8 | 63.3 | 59.4 | 60.1 | 57.2 | 55.8 | 49.6 | 47.5
1995..............| 42.1 | 40.3 | 39.9 | 40.6 | 34.5 | 31.7 | 25.9 | 28.8 | 28.1 | 24.1 | 27.0 | 29.1
1996..............|p/32.4 |p/34.9 | | | | | | | | | |
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1/ Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates
6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month an equal balance between industries with increasing
span. Data are centered within the span. and decreasing employment.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with
employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Contact: (cpsinfo@bls.gov) Division of Labor Force Statistics-BLS
Last revised: October 25, 1996
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