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EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics




December 1985

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Calendar of Features

William E. Brock, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
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Jan.

Industry divisions (preliminary)

Jan.

Industry detail (final)

Mar.

Women employees (final)

Mar.

National data revised to reflect new benchmarks and
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Revised historical national data

Supplement2

State and area annual averages

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Area definitions

May

State and area labor force data
Annual averages

1
2

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Employment and Earnings
Vol. 32 No. 12 December 1985
Editors: Gloria Peterson Green, Rosalie K. Epstein

Contents
Page
List of statistical tables
Employment and unemployment developments, November 1985

2
4

Statistical tables:

Not seasonally adjustedHousehold data
Establishment data:
Employment
Hours and earnings
State and area labor force data
Seasonally adjusted—
Household data
Establishment data:
Employment
Hours and earnings
Productivity data
Explanatory notes




9
44
79
110

36
56
99
107
116

MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD DATA
Page

Employment Status
AAAAAAA-

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

A- 8.
A- 9.
A-10.

Employment status of the noninstitutional population 16 years and over, 1951 to date
Employment status of the noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1974 to date
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over, 1951, to date
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race
Employment status of the black-and-other civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, sex, and age
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 24 years of age by
school enrollment, years of school completed, sex, race, and Hispanic origin
Employment status of male Vietnam-era veterans and nonveterans by age
Full-and part-time status of the civilian labor force by sex, age, and race
Employment status of persons in families by family relationship

6
7
8
9
12
13
14
16
17
18

Characteristics of the Unemployed
A-l 1.
A-12.
A-13.
A-14.
A-15.
A-16.
A-17.
A-18.
A-19.
A-20.

Unemployed persons by marital status, race, age, and sex
Unemployed persons by occupation and sex
Unemployed persons by industry and sex
Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and race
Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment
Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
Unemployed persons by sex, age, marital status, and duration of unemployment
Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment
Unemployed jobseekers by sex, age, race, and jobsearch methods used
Unemployed jobseekers by sex, reason for unemployment, and jobsearch methods used

19
20
21
22
23
23
24
25
26
26

Characteristics of the Employed
A-21.
A-22.
A-23.
A-24.
A-25.
A-26.
A-27.
A-28.
A-29.
A-30.
A-31.

Employed civilians in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by age and sex
Employed civilians by occupation, sex, and age
Employed civilians by occupation, race, and sex
Employed civilians by age, sex, and class of worker
Employed civilians by industry and occupation
Employed civilians with a job but not at work by reason, sex, and pay status
Persons at work by hours of work and type of industry
Persons at work 1 to 34 hours by reason for working less than 35 hours, type of industry,
and usual status
Persons at work in nonagricultural industries by class of worker and full- or part-time
status
Persons at work in nonagricultural industries by sex, age, race, marital status, and fullor part-time status
Persons at work in nonfarm occupations by sex and full- or part-time status

27
28
29
30
31
31
32
32
33
34
35

Seasonally Adjusted Employment and Unemployment Data
A-32.
A-33.
A-34.
A-35.
A-36.
A-37.
A-38.
A-39.
A-40.
A-41.




Employment status of the noninstitutional population, including Armed Forces stationed
in the United States, by sex, seasonally adjusted
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age,
seasonally adjusted
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, sex, age,
and Hispanic origin, seasonally adjusted
Employed civilians by selected social and economic categories, seasonally adjusted
Employed civilians by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
Unemployment rates by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, seasonally adjusted
Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, seasonally adjusted

36
37
38
39
40
40
41
41
42
42

MONTHLY ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Employment—National
BBBB-

1.
2.
3.
4.

B- 5.
B- 6.
B- 7.

Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry, 1934 to date
Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry
Women employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group
Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group,
seasonally adjusted
Women employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group,
seasonally adjusted
Production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and
manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
Indexes of diffusion: Percent of industries in which employment increased, seasonally adjusted

43
44
55
56
57
58
59

Employment—States and Areas
B- 8.

Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry

60

Hours and Earnings—National
C- 1.
C- 2.
C- 3.
C- 4.
C- 5.
C- 6.
C- 7.

Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural
payrolls by major industry, 1964 to date
Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural
payrolls by detailed industry
Average hourly earnings, excluding overtime of production workers on manufacturing payrolls
Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonagricultural payrolls by major industry, in current and constant (1977) dollars
Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural
payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
The Hourly Earnings Index and average hourly and weekly earnings of production or
nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural payrolls, seasonally adjusted

79
82
98
98
99
100
101

Hours and Earnings—States and Areas
C- 8.

Average hours and earnings of production workers on manufacturing payrolls in States and
selected areas

102

PRODUCTIVITY DATA
C- 9.
C-10.
C-ll.

Hours of wage and salary workers in nonagricultural establishments by major industry,
seasonally adjusted
Indexes of productivity, hourly compensation, unit costs, and prices, seasonally adjusted
Percent changes from the preceding quarter and year in productivity, hourly compensation,
unit costs, and prices, seasonally adjusted annual rates

107
108
109

MONTHLY STATE AND AREA LABOR FORCE DATA
D- 1.




Labor force status by State and selected metropolitan areas

110

Employment and Unemployment
Developments, November 1985

The number of nonfarm jobs on business payrolls
rose in November, and unemployment was about unchanged. The overall unemployment rate was 6.9 percent, and the civilian worker rate was 7.0 percent. Both
rates were about the same as in the prior 3 months and
slightly below the levels prevailing earlier in the year.
Nonagricultural payroll employment—as measured by
the monthly survey of establishments—edged up
180,000 in November, while civilian employment—as
measured by the monthly survey of households—was
little changed. Both series registered substantial growth
in recent months, with each about 1 million higher in
November than in July. Since the business cycle trough
in November 1982, the number of nonfarm payroll jobs
has grown by over 10 million. The household survey
count of civilian employment increased by close to 9
million over the 3-year period.
Unemployment

The civilian worker unemployment rate (7.0 percent)
and the unemployment level (8.1 million) were both little changed in November. While the teenage unemployment rate fell to near the levels prevailing before
October's sharp rise, there were no over-the-month
changes in adult joblessness. A slight decline in
unemployment among whites in November (to 5.9 percent) contrasted with a small rise in unemployment
among black workers (to 15.9 percent). The unemployment rate among workers of Hispanic origin (10.7 percent) was about the same as in recent months. (See
tables A-33 and A-34.)
Half of the unemployed reported that they had lost
their last jobs, about in line with the proportions prevailing over the past year. Labor force entrants accounted
for 40 percent of the total and job leavers for the remaining 10 percent. The median duration of unemployment
was essentially unchanged at 7.0 weeks, but mean duration rose to 16.0 weeks. (See tables A-40 and A-41.)
The civilian labor force and employment

Following a large increase in October, the civilian
labor force held about steady in November. Moreover,
there were no significant changes in the number of men,
women, or teenagers in the work force. Over the year,
the labor force grew by about 2.0 million, or 1.7 percent, to 116.1 million. Adult women accounted for




nearly 70 percent of this increase. (See table A-33.)
At 107.9 million, civilian employment was unchanged
in November, and there were no significant changes
among the major age, sex, race, or ethnic groupings.
The employment-population ratio remained at the
record high of 60.3 percent. In the past year, civilian
employment rose by about 2.0 million, or 1.9 percent.
The number of persons working short weeks (less
than 35 hours), which accounts for nearly a fifth of the
total at work, has risen over the year. The number
voluntarily at work part time increased by just over half
a million to 13.7 million, whereas the number working
part time for economic reasons, at 5.5 million, was not
much different from a year earlier. (See table A-35.)
Industry payroll employment

The number of employees on nonagricultural payrolls
edged up in November to 98.8 million, seasonally adjusted. The increase of 180,000 followed larger gains in
recent months. Although over-the-month increases were
generally small, they were fairly widespread, as the BLS
index of diffusion remained at about 60 percent. (See
tables B-l and B-7.)
Within the service sector, there were substantial overthe-month advances in the services division (including
continued gains in both business and health services)
and in finance, insurance, and real estate, with more
modest gains in wholesale trade and transportation and
public utilities. In contrast, the number of jobs in retail
trade was about unchanged after seasonal adjustment,
although seasonal hirings in general merchandise stores
were below the expected holiday increase.
Employment in the goods-producing sector was
basically unchanged in November, following a substantial increase in October. After seasonal adjustment, the
level of manufacturing employment in November was
not significantly different than in October but was up by
nearly 100,000 from September, halting the trend of job
losses which had occurred earlier in the year. Construction employment, which has advanced by 335,000 over
the year, was about unchanged in November.
Weekly hours

Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural payrolls edged down in November to 35.0 hours. The manufacturing

workweek remained at 40.7 hours, sustaining the very
high level which has been in evidence since August. Factory overtime rose slightly to 3.4 hours. (See table C-5.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or
nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural
payrolls, at 117.3 (1977 = 100) seasonally adjusted, was
little changed from October, as the modest gain in
employment just about offset the somewhat shorter
workweek. The manufacturing index also was about unchanged over the month but was up 1.1 percent from
July. (See table C-6.)
Hourly and weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings increased by 0.3 percent,
while average weekly earnings were little changed in
November, after adjustment for seasonality. On an




unadjusted basis, hourly earnings rose 2 cents to $8.67,
while weekly earnings fell $1.04 to $302.58. Over the
past year, hourly earnings rose 24 cents, and weekly earnings advanced $6.69. (See tables C-l and C-7.)
The Hourly Earnings Index

The Hourly Earnings Index (HEI) was 166.9
(1977 = 100) in November, seasonally adjusted, an increase of 0.3 percent from October. For the 12 months
ended in November, the increase was 2.9 percent. The
HEI excludes the effects of two types of changes
unrelated to underlying wage rate movements—fluctuations in manufacturing overtime and interindustry
employment shifts. In dollars of constant purchasing
power, the HEI increased 0.1 percent during the
12-month period ended in October. (See table C-7.)

Improved Population Estimates for the Household Survey

Effective with data for January 1986, two technical changes will be introduced in the population estimates used as controls for the household
survey. One will reflect an explicit allowance for undocumented immigrants
since 1980 (largely Hispanic). This change will be offset somewhat by an improved estimate of emigration from the United States, also since 1980. The
net effect of these adjustments will be to increase the working age population
by roughly 300,000. For the population as a whole, this should have little effect on the data. The adjustment for the Hispanic-origin population will be
much larger, however, and BLS plans to revise the data to the extent possible
back to 1980.

Scheduled Release Dates
Employment and unemployment data are scheduled for initial release on
the following dates:
Reference month

Release date

Reference month

Release date

December

January 8

March

April 4

January

February 7

April

May 2

February

March 7

May

June 6

HOUSEHOLD DATA
HISTORICAL
A-1. Employment status of the noninstitutional population 16 years and over, 1951 to date
(Numbers in thousands)
Labor force
Year
and
month

Noninstitutional
population

Employed
Number

Percent
of
population

Total

Resident
Armed
Forces

Unemployed
Civilian

Total

Agriculture

Nonagricultural
industries

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

Not in
labor
force

Annual averages
1951
1952
19531
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959

106,764
107,617
109,287
110,463
111,747
112,919
114,213
115,574
117,117

64,160
64,524
65,246
65,785
67,087
68,517
68,877
69,486
70,157

60.1
60.0
59.7
59.6
60.0
60.7
60.3
60.1
59.9

62,104
62,636
63,410
62,251
64,234
65,764
66,019
64,883
66,418

2,143
2,386
2,231
2,142
2,064
1,965
1,948
1,847
1,788

59,961
60,250
61,179
60,109
62,170
63,799
64,071
63,036
64,630

6,726
6,500
6,260
6,205
6,450
6,283
5,947
5,586
5,565

53,235
53,749
54,919
53,904
55,722
57,514
58,123
57,450
59,065

2,055
1,883
1,834
3,532
2,852
2,750
2,859
4,602
3,740

3.2
2.9
2.8
5.4
4.3
4.0
4.2
6.6
5.3

42,604
43,093
44,041
44,678
44,660
44,402
45,336
46,088
46,960

I9601
1961
19621
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

119,106
120,671
122,214
124,422
126,503
128,459
130,180
132,092
134,281
136,573

71,489
72,359
72,675
73,839
75,109
76,401
77,892
79,565
80,990
82,972

60.0
60.0
59.5
59.3
59.4
59.5
59.8
60.2
60.3
60.8

67,639
67,646
68,763
69,768
71,323
73,034
75,017
76,590
78,173
80,140

1,861
1,900
2,061
2,006
2,018
1,946
2,122
2,218
2,253
2,238

65,778
65,746
66,702
67,762
69,305
71,088
72,895
74,372
75,920
77,902

5,458
5,200
4,944
4,687
4,523
4,361
3,979
3,844
3,817
3,606

60,318
60,546
61,759
63,076
64,782
66,726
68,915
70,527
72,103
74,296

3,852
4,714
3,911
4,070
3,786
3,366
2,875
2,975
2,817
2,832

5.4
6.5
5.4
5.5
5.0
4.4
3.7
3.7
3.5
3.4

47,617
48,312
49,539
50,583
51,394
52,058
52,288
52,527
53,291
53,602

1970
1971
19721
19731
1974
1975
1976
1977
19781
1979

139,203
142,189
145,939
148,870
151,841
154,831
157,818
160,689
163,541
166,460

84,889
86,355
88,847
91,203
93,670
95,453
97,826
100,665
103,882
106,559

61.0
60.7
60.9
61.3
61.7
61.6
62.0
62.6
63.5
64.0

80,796
81,340
83,966
86,838
88,515
87,524
90,420
93,673
97,679
100,421

2,118
1,973
1,813
1,774
1,721
1,678
1,668
1,656
1,631
1,597

78,678
79,367
82,153
85,064
86,794
85,846
88,752
92,017
96,048
98,824

3,463
3,394
3,484
3,470
3,515
3,408
3,331
3,283
3,387
3,347

75,215
75,972
78,669
81,594
83,279
82,438
85,421
88,734
92,661
95,477

4,093
5,016
4,882
4,365
5,156
7,929
7,406
6,991
6,202
6,137

4.8
5.8
5.5
4.8
5.5
8.3
7.6
6.9
6.0
5.8

54,315
55,834
57,091
57,667
58,171
59,377
59,991
60,025
59,659
59,900

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984

169,349
171,775
173,939
175,891
178,080

108,544
110,315
111,872
113,226
115,241

64.1
64.2
64.3
64.4
64.7

100,907
102,042
101,194
102,510
106,702

1,604
1,645
1,668
1,676
1,697

99,303
100,397
99,526
100,834
105,005

3,364
3,368
3,401
3,383
3,321

95,938
97,030
96,125
97,450
101,685

7,637
8,273
10,678
10,717
8,539

7.0
7.5
9.5
9.5
7.4

60,806
61,460
62,067
62,665
62,839

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted2

1984:
November
December

178,834
179,004

115,773
116,162

64.7
64.9

107,631
107,971

1,699
1,698

105,932
106,273

3,334
3,385

102,598
102,888

8,142
8,191

7.0
7.1

63,061
62,842

179,081
179,219
179,368
179,501
179,649
179,798
179,967
180,131
180,304
180,470
180,642

116,572
116,787
117,215
117,073
117,078
116,485
117,018
117,025
117,550
117,859
117,769

65.1
65.2
65.3
65.2
65.2
64.8
65.0
65.0
65.2
65.3
65.2

108,088
108,388
108,820
108,647
108,665
108,072
108,566
108,898
109,276
109,567
109,629

1,697
1,703
1,701
1,702
1,705
1,702
1,704
1,726
1,732
1,700
1,702

106,391
106,685
107,119
106,945
106,960
106,370
106,862
107,172
107,544
107,867
107,927

3,320
3,340
3,362
3,428
3,312
3,138
3,126
3,092
2,976
3,026
3,008

103,071
103,345
103,757
103,517
103,648
103,232
103,737
104,080
104,568
104,841
104,920

8,484
8,399
8,396
8,426
8,413
8,413
8,451
8,127
8,274
8,291
8,140

7.3
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.2
6.9
7.0
7.0
6.9

62,509
62,432
62,153
62,428
62,571
63,313
62,949
63,106
62,754
62,611
62,873

1985:
January ....
February...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October ....
November

1
Not strictly comparable with prior years. For an explanation, see
"Historical Comparability" under the Household Data section of the
Explanatory Notes.
2
The population and Armed Forces figures are not adjusted for
seasonal variation.




NOTE: Revisions of seasonally adjusted monthly and quarterly data
(shown in tables A-1 through A-3 and A-32 through A-53 of this
publication) for the most recent 5-year period are made at the beginning
of each calendar year.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
HISTORICAL
A-2.

Employment status of the noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1974 to date

(Numbers in thousands)
Labor force
Sex, year,
and month

Noninstitutional
population

Employed
Number

Percent
of
population

Total

Resident
Armed
Forces

Unemployed
Civilian

Total

Agriculture

Nonagricultural
industries

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

Not in
labor
force

Annual averages
MEN

1975
1976
1977
19781
1979

72,466
73,891
75,341
76,756
78,107
79,509

57,397
57,899
58,756
59,959
61,151
62,215

79.2
78.4
78.0
78.1
78.3
78.2

54,682
53,457
54,720
56,291
58,010
59,096

1,658
1,600
1,582
1,563
1,531
1,489

53,024
51,857
53,138
54,728
56,479
57,607

2,919
2,824
2,744
2,671
2,718
2,686

50,105
49,032
50,394
52,057
53,761
54,921

2,714
4,442
4,036
3,667
3,142
3,120

4.7
7.7
6.9
6.1
5.1
5.0

15,069
15,993
16,585
16,797
16,956
17,293

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984

80,877
82,023
83,052
84,064
85,156

62,932
63,486
63,979
64,580
65,386

77.8
77.4
77.0
76.8
76.8

58,665
58,909
57,800
58,320
60,642

1,479
1,512
1,529
1,533
1,551

57,186
57,397
56,271
56,787
59,091

2,709
2,700
2,736
2,704
2,668

54,477
54,697
53,534
54,083
56,423

4,267
4,577
6,179
6,260
4,744

6.8
7.2
9.7
9.7
7.3

17,945
18,537
19,073
19,484
19,771

1974

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted2

1984:
November
December

85,523
85,607

65,657
65,814

76.8
76.9

61,155
61,252

1,552
1,550

59,603
59,702

2,701
2,747

56,902
56,955

4,502
4,562

6.9
6.9

19,866
19,793

1985:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November

85,629
85,692
85,764
85,827
85,898
85,970
86,052
86,132
86,217
86,293
86,374

65,822
65,818
65,923
65,986
66,032
65,608
65,900
65,901
66,106
66,259
66,175

76.9
76.8
76.9
76.9
76.9
76.3
76.6
76.5
76.7
76.8
76.6

61,213
61,226
61,427
61,405
61,553
60,959
61,256
61,507
61,685
61,689
61,729

1,549
1,554
1,553
1,553
1,556
1,552
1,554
1,574
1,580
1,551
1,552

59,664
59,672
59,874
59,852
59,997
59,407
59,702
59,933
60,105
60,138
60,177

2,683
2,674
2,644
2,703
2,669
2,529
2,484
2,484
2,389
2,353
2,377

56,981
56,998
57,231
57,149
57,328
56,878
57,219
57,449
57,716
57,786
57,800

4,609
4,592
4,495
4,582
4,479
4,649
4,644
4,395
4,421
4,570
4,446

7.0
7.0
6.8
6.9
6.8
7.1
7.0
6.7
6.7
6.9
6.7

19,807
19,874
19,841
19,841
19,866
20,362
20,152
20,231
20,111
20,034
20,199

Annual averages
WOMEN

1974
1975
1976
1977
19781
1979

79,375
80,938
82,476
83,932
85,434
86,951

36,274
37,553
39,069
40,705
42,731
44,343

45.7
46.4
47.4
48.5
50.0
51.0

33,832
34,067
35,701
37,381
39,669
41,325

63
78
86
92
100
108

33,769
33,989
35,615
37,289
39,569
41,217

596
584
588
612
669
661

33,173
33,404
35,027
36,677
38,900
40,556

2,441
3,486
3,369
3,324
3,061
3,018

6.7
9.3
8.6
8.2
7.2
6.8

43,101
43,386
43,406
43,227
42,703
42,608

1980
1981
1982

88,472
89,751
90,887
91,827
92,924

45,611
46,829
47,894
48,646
49,855

51.6
52.2
52.7
53.0
53.7

42,241
43,133
43,395
44,190
46,061

124
133
139
143
146

42,117
43,000
43,256
44,047
45,915

656
667
665
680
653

41,461
42,333
42,591
43,367
45,262

3,370
3,696
4,499
4,457
3,794

7.4
7.9
9.4
9.2
7.6

42,861
42,922
42,993
43,181
43,068

1983

1984

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted2
1984:
November

December
1985:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July

August
September
October
November

93,311
93,397

50,116
50,348

53.7
53.9

46,476
46,719

147
148

46,329
46,571

633
638

45,696
45,933

3,640
3,629

7.3
7.2

43,195
43,049

93,452
93,527
93,603
93,674
93,751
93,828
93,915
93,999
94,087
94,177
94,266

50,750
50,970
51,293
51,086
51,047
50,877
51,117
51,123
51,444
51,599
51,593

54.3
54.5
54.8
54.5
54.4
54.2
54.4
54.4
54.7
54.8
54.7

46,875
47,162
47,392
47,242
47,113
47,113
47,310
47,391
47,591
47,878
47,899

148
149
148
149
149
150
150
152
152
149
149

46,727
47,013
47,244
47,093
46,964
46,963
47,160
47,239
47,439
47,729
47,750

637
666
718
725
644
608
642
608
587
673
631

46,090
46,347
46,526
46,368
46,320
46,355
46,518
46,631
46,852
47,056
47,120

3,875
3,807
3,900
3,844
3,934
3,764
3,807
3,732
3,854
3,721
3,694

7.6
7.5
7.6
7.5
7.7
7.4
7.4
7.3
7.5
7.2
7.2

42,702
42,557
42,310
42,588
42,704
42,951
42,798
42,876
42,643
42,578
42,673

1
Not strictly comparable with prior years. For an explanation, see "Historical
Comparability" under the Household Data section of the Explanatory Notes.




The population and Armed Forces figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
HISTORICAL
A-3.

Employment status of the civilian nonlnstitutional population 16 years and over, 1951 to date

(Numbers in thousands)
Year
and
month

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployment rates

Civilian labor force
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Unemployed

Total

Men

Women

Annual averages
1951 ,
1952.
19531
1954,
1955.
1956,
1957,
1958
1959,

104,621
105,231
107,056
108,321
109,683
110,954
112,265
113,727
115,329

62,017
62,138
63,015
63,643
65,023
66,552
66,929
67,639
68,369

59.2
59.0
58.9
58.8
59.3
60.0
59.6
59.5
59.3

59,961
60,250
61,179
60,109
62,170
63,799
64,071
63,036
64,630

2,055
1,883
1,834
3,532
2,852
2,750
2,859
4,602
3,740

3.3
3.0
2.9
5.5
4.4
4.1
4.3
6.8
5.5

2.8
2.8
2.8
5.3
4.2
3.8
4.1
6.8
5.2

4.4
3.6
3.3
6.0
4.9
4.8
4.7
6.8
5.9

I9601
1961 ,
19621
1963,
1964.
1965.
1966.
1967.
1968.
1969.

117,245
118,771
120,153
122,416
124,485
126,513
128,058
129,874
132,028
134,335

69,628
70,459
70,614
71,833
73,091
74,455
75,770
77,347
78,737
80,734

59.4
59.3
58.8
58.7
58.7
58.9
59.2
59.6
59.6
60.1

65,778
65,746
66,702
67,762
69,305
71,088
72,895
74,372
75,920
77,902

3,852
4,714
3,911
4,070
3,786
3,366
2,875
2,975
2,817
2,832

5.5
6.7
5.5
5.7
5.2
4.5
3.8
3.8
3.6
3.5

5.4
6.4
5.2
5.2
4.6
4.0
3.2
3.1
2.9
2.8

5.9
7.2
6.2
6.5
6.2
5.5
4.8
5.2
4.8
4.7

1970.
1971 .
19721
19731
1974.
1975,
1976,
1977
19781
1979,

137,085
140,216
144,126
147,096
150,120
153,153
156,150
159,033
161,910
164,863

82,771
84,382
87,034
89,429
91,949
93,775
96,158
99,009
102,251
104,962

60.4
60.2
60.4
60.8
61.3
61.2
61.6
62.3
63.2
63.7

78,678
79,367
82,153
85,064
86,794
85,846
88,752
92,017
96,048
98,824

4,093
5,016
4,882
4,365
5,156
7,929
7,406
6,991
6,202
6,137

4.9
5.9
5.6
4.9
5.6
8.5
7.7
7.1
6.1
5.8

4.4
5.3
5.0
4.2
4.9
7.9
7.1
6.3
5.3
5.1

5.9
6.9
6.6
6.0
6.7
9.3
8.6
8.2
7.2
6.8

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984

167,745
170,130
172,271
174,215
176,383

106,940
108,670
110,204
111,550
113,544

63.8
63.9
64.0
64.0
64.4

99,303
100,397
99,526
100,834
105,005

7,637
8,273
10,678
10,717
8,539

7.1
7.6
9.7
9.6
7.5

6.9
7.4
9.9
9.9
7.4

7.4
7.9
9.4
9.2
7.6

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted2
1984:
November
December

177,135
177,306

114,074
114,464

64.4
64.6

105,932
106,273

8,142
8,191

7.1
7.2

7.0
7.1

7.3
7.2

177,384
177,516
177,667
177,799
177,944
178,096
178,263
178,405
178,572
178,770
178,940

114,875
115,084
115,514
115,371
115,373
114,783
115,314
115,299
115,818
116,159
116,067

64.8
64.8
65.0
64.9
64.8
64.5
64.7
64.6
64.9
65.0
64.9

106,391
106,685
107,119
106,945
106,960
106,370
106,862
107,172
107,544
107,867
107,927

8,484
8,399
8,396
8,426
8,413
8,413
8,451
8,127
8,274
8,291
8,140

7.4
7.3
7.3
7.3
7.3
7.3
7.3
7.0
,7.1
7.1
7.0

7.2
7.1
7.0
7.1
6.9
7.3
7.2
6.8
6.9
7.1
6.9

7.7
7.5
7.6
7.5
7.7
7.4
7.5
7.3
7.5
7.2
7.2

1985:
January
February ...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November

1
Not strictly comparable with prior years. For an explanation, see
"Historical Comparability" under the Household Data section of the




Explanatory Notes.
2
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-4.

Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race

(Numbers in thousands)

November 1985
Civilian labor force
Age, sex, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Not in labor force
Unemployed

Total

Percent
of
population

Employed
Number

Percent
of
labor
force

Total

Keeping
house

Going
to
school

Unable
to
work

Other
reasons

TOTAL
16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years

25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over

178,940
14,472
7.278
7,195
19,858
95.252
40,924
21,058
19,866
31,853
17,589
14,264
22,477
11,655
10,821
22,141
11,263
10,878
27.215
9,395
17.820

116,097
7,446
2,948
4,498
15.558
78.136
33,962
17,488
16,473
26,774
14,780
11,994
17,400
9,320
8,081
12,016
7.266
4,750
2,941
1,770
1,171

64.9
51.4
40.5
62.5
78.3
82.0
83.0
83.0
82.9
84.1
84.0
84.1
77.4
80.0
74.7
54.3
64.5
43.7
10.8
18.8
6.6

108,282
6,069
2,320
3,749
13,907
73,898
31,718
16,263
15,456
25,511
14,066
11,445
16,668
8,964
7,704
11,565
6,967
4,598
2,843
1,691
1,152

7,815
1,376
627
749
1,651
4,239
2,244
1,226
1,017
1,263
713
549
732
355
377
450
298
152
98
79
19

6.7
18.5
21.3
16.6
10.6
5.4
6.6
7.0
6.2
4.7
4.8
4.6
4.2
3.8
4.7
3.7
4.1
3.2
3.3
4.5
1.6

62,843
7,027
4,330
2,697
4,299
17,118
6,962
3,569
3,392
5,079
2,809
2,270
5,076
2,335
2,741
10,125
3,998
6,128
24,274
7,624
16,649

30,054
422
92
329
1,645
12,480
5,034
2,455
2,579
3,830
2,134
1,681
3,615
1,705
1,911
5,495
2,459
3,036
10,013
3,257
6,756

9,305
6,149
4,093
2,056
2,009
1,105
775
496
279
253
161
92
78
51
26
22
15
7
21
13
9

2,562
20
3
17
53
863
214
94
120
257
120
138
392
177
215
630
301
329
995
227
768

20,921
436
142
294
593
2,669
938
524
415
739
380
359
991
402
589
3,978
1,223
2,755
13,245
4,129
9,117

84,822
7.257
3,705
3.552
9,618
46,370
19,988
10,301
9,688
15,513
8,564
6,949
10,869
5,653
5,216
10,399
5,342
5,057
11,178
4,224
6,954

64,363
3,799
1,496
2,303
8,138
43,568
18,916
9,681
9,235
14,753
8,154
6,599
9,899
5,257
4,643
7,072
4,257
2,815
1,785
1,054
731

75.9
52.4
40.4
64.8
84.6
94.0
94.6
94.0
95.3
95.1
95.2
95.0
91.1
93.0
89.0
68.0
79.7
55.7
16.0
25.0
10.5

60,113
3,036
1,185
1,851
7,265
41,300
17,759
9,050
8,710
14,074
7,782
6.292
9,466
5,056
4.410
6,794
4,084
2,710
1,719
1,003
716

4,250
764
312
452
873
2,269
1.157
632
525
679
372
307
433
200
233
277
173
105
67
52
15

6.6
20.1
20.8
19.6
10.7
5.2
6.1
6.5
5.7
4.6
4.6
4.7
4.4
3.8
5.0
3.9
4.1
3.7
3.7
4.9
2.0

20,460
3,458
2,209
1,249
1,479
2,803
1,072
619
453
760
410
350
970
396
574
3,327
1,085
2,242
9,393
3,169
6,223

473
12
10
2
21
179
51
24
27
68
43
25
61
21
40
61
20
41
200
67
133

4,741
3,207
2,129
1,079
1,060
453
365
265
100
64
38
26
24
13
11
12
7
5
8
3
6

1,470
13
3
11
40
606
140
62
78
178
86
93
288
127
161
425
204
221
385
124
261

13,777
224
67
158
358
1,565
516
268
249
450
244
206
598
235
362
2,830
854
1,975
8,800
2,976
5,824

94,117
7,216
3,572
3,643
10,240
48,882
20,935
10,757
10,178
16,340
9,025
7,315
11,607
6,002
5,605
11,742
5.921
5.821
16.037
5,171
10,866

51,734
3,646
1,451
2,195
7.420
34,567
15,046
7,807
7,238
12,021
6.626
5,395
7,501
4,063
3,438
4,944
3,009
1,935
1,156
716
440

55.0
50.5
40.6
60.3
72.5
70.7
71.9
72.6
71.1
73.6
73.4
73.8
64.6
67.7
61.3
42.1
50.8
33.2
7.2
13.8
4.1

48,169
3,034
1,135
1,898
6,642
32,598
13,959
7,213
6,746
11,438
6,284
5,153
7,202
3,908
3,294
4,771
2,883
1,888
1,124
688
436

3,565
613
316
297
778
1,969
1,087
594
492
584
341
242
299
155
144
173
126
47
32
27
4

6.9
16.8
21.8
13.5
10.5
5.7
7.2
7.6
6.8
4.9
5.2
4.5
4.0
3.8
4.2
3.5
4.2
2.4
2.7
3.8
1.0

42,383
3.569
2,121
1,448
2,820
14,315
5,890
2,950
2,939
4.319
2.399
1.920
4.106
1,939
2,167
6,798
2,912
3,886
14,881
4,455
10,426

29,561
409
82
327
1,624
12,301
4,983
2.431
2,552
3,763
2,107
1,656
3,554
1,684
1,871
5,434
2,439
2,995
9,813
3,190
6,623

4,565
2,941
1,964
977
949
652
410
231
179
189
123
66
54
38
15
10
8
3
12
10
3

1,092
•7
1
6
12
257
74
32
42
79
34
45
104
50
54
205
, 97
108
610
103
507

7,145
212
75
137
234
1,104
422
256
166
289
136
153
394
167
227
1,148
369
780
4,446
1,153
3,293

Men
16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over
Women
16 years and over
16 to 19 years

16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over




,

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-4.

Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

November 1985
Civilian labor force
Age, sex, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Total

154,203
11,864
5,954
5,910
16,661
81,548
34,624
17,715
16,909
27,476
15,161
12,315
19,448
10,061
9,387
19,575
9,882
9,694
24,555
8,410
16,144

Not in labor force
Unemployed

Percent
of
population

Employed

100,473
6,481
2,603
3,879
13,315
67,383
28,978
14,876
14,102
23,191
12,784
10,407
15,214
8,139
7,075
10,658
6,400
4,258
2,635
1,575
1,059

65.2
54.6
43.7
65.6
79.9
82.6
83.7
84.0
83.4
84.4
84.3
84.5
78.2
80.9
75.4
54.4
64.8
43.9
10.7
18.7
6.6

94,769
5,478
2,130
3,347
12,181
64,285
27,399
14,040
13,359
22,245
12,253
9,992
14,641
7,858
6,783
10,272
6,155
4,117
2,554
1,510
1,043

5,704
1,004
472
531
1,134
3,099
1,580
836
743
947
531
416
573
281
292
385
245
141
81
65
16

73,628
5,974
3,043
2,931
8,146
40,164
17,127
8,752
8,374
13,526
7,470
6,056
9,511
4,939
4,572
9,244
4,712
4,532
10,099
3,798
6,301

56,383
3,306
1,321
1,985
6,987
38,122
16,404
8,325
8,079
12,947
7,156
5,791
8,771
4,654
4,117
6,344
3,781
2,563
1,624
943
681

76.6
55.3
43.4
67.7
85.8
94.9
95.8
95.1
96.5
95.7
95.8
95.6
92.2
94.2
90.0
68.6
80.2
56.6
16.1
24.8
10.8

53,222
2,763
1,092
1,671
6,341
36,448
15,571
7,884
7,688
12,431
6,878
5,553
8,445
4,499
3,946
6,100
3,637
2,463
1,571
902
668

80,575
5,890
2,911
2,979
8,515
41,384
17,498
8,963
8,535
13,949
7,691
6,259
9,937
5,122
4,815
10,331
5,169
5,161
14,456
4,612
9,843

44,090
3,175
1,281
1,894
6,328
29,261
12,574
6,551
6,023
10,244
5,628
4,616
6,443
3,485
2,958
4,314
2,620
1,694
1,011
632
378

54.7
53.9
44.0
63.6
74.3
70.7
71.9
73.1
70.6
73.4
73.2
73.8
64.8
68.0
61.4
41.8
50.7
32.8
7.0
13.7
3.8

41,547
2,714
1,038
1,677
5,840
27,837
11,827
6,156
5,671
9,814
5,375
4,439
6,196
3,359
2,837
4,173
2,518
1,654
983
608
375

Going
to
school

Unable
to
work

Total

Keeping
house

5.7
15.5
18.2
13.7
8.5
4.6
5.5
5.6
5.3
4.1
6.6
4.0
3.8
3.5
4.0
3.6
3.8
3.3
3.1
4.1
1.5

53,730
5,382
3,352
2,031
3,346
14,164
5,646
2,839
2,807
4,284
2,377
1,907
4,234
1,921
2,312
8,917
3,481
5,436
21,920
6,835
15,085

26,396
323
79
245
1,288
10,729
4,319
2,073
2,246
3,322
1,869
1,452
3,089
1,447
1,664
4,886
2,165
2,721
9,169
2,944
6,226

7,202
4,764
3,163
1,600
1,629
774
527
337
191
189
121
69
57
40
16
18
12
6
17
9
9

2,043
13
1
12
44
670
163
75
88
209
100
109
296
130
167
497
241
256
820
180
640

18,090
283
109
174
385
1,993
637
354
283
564
292
271
792
315
476
3,517
1,064
2,453
11,913
3,702
8,211

3,161
543
229
314
646
1,674
833
441
391
516
278
238
326
155
171
244
144
101
53
40
13

5.6
16.4
17.3
15.8
9.2
4.4
5.1
5.3
4.8
4.0
3.9
4.1
3.7
3.3
4.2
3.8
3.8
3.9
3.3
4.3
1.9

17,245
2,668
1,722
946
1,160
2,042
723
427
295
579
314
265
740
285
455
2,900
932
1,969
8,475
2,855
5,620

363
11
10
1
11
121
34
17
17
46
30
17
41
8
33
45
15
30
174
60
114

3,678
2,497
1,655
841
885
280
233
178
55
34
21
13
14
6
7
9
6
3
7
2
6

1,185
8
8
36
478
108
49
59
149
75
74
220
92
128
344
172
172
320
98
222

12,019
151
57
95
227
1,165
348
184
164
350
188
161
466
179
287
2,502
738
1,763
7,974
2,695
5,279

2,543
461
244
217
488
1,425
747
395
352
431
253
178
247
126
121
141
101
40
28
25
3

5.8
14.5
19.0
11.5
7.7
4.9
5.9
6.0
5.8
4.2
4.5
3.8
3.8
3.6
4.1
3.3
3.9
2.4
2.8
3.9
.8

36,485
2,715
1,630
1,085
2,186
12,122
4,923
2,412
2,512
3,705
2,063
1,642
3,494
1,636
1,857
6,017
2,550
3,467
13,445
3,980
9,465

26,033
312
69
243
1,277
10,608
4,285
2,056
2,229
3,275
1,834
1,441
3,048
1,428
1,620
4,840
2,150
2,690
8,995
2,884
6,112

3,523
2,267
1,508
759
744
494
294
159
136
156
100
56
44
34
9
9
6
3
10
7
3

858
4
1
4
8
192
55
26
29
60
25
35
77
38
39
153
68
85
500
82
418

6,071
132
52
79
157
828
289
170
119
214
104
110
325
136
189
1,015
325
690
3,939
1,007
2,932

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

Other
reasons

WHITE
16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over
Men
16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over
Women
16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over

10



HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-4.

Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

November 1985
Civilian labor force
Age, sex, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Not in labor force
Unemployed

Total

Percent
of
population

Employed
Number

Percent
of
labor
force

Total

Keeping
house

Going
to
school

Unable
to
work

Other
reasons

BLACK
16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over

19,790
2,149
1,084
1,065
2,642
10,649
4,916
2,597
2,319
3,347
1,857
1,489
2,386
1,243
1,143
2,070
1,097
972
2,280
823
1,456

12,423
815
291
524
1,883
8,393
3,947
2,043
1,904
2,742
1,539
1,202
1,704
909
795
1,089
690
399
244
143
100

62.8
37.9
26.8
49.2
71.3
78.8
80.3
78.7
82.1
81.9
82.9
80.7
71.4
73.1
69.6
52.6
62.9
41.0
10.7
17.4
6.9

10,564
477
151
326
1,417
7,414
3,369
1,703
1,666
2,471
1,385
1,086
1,574
848
726
1,029
641
388
228
130
97

1,859
338
140
198
466
979
578
339
238
270
155
116
130
61
69
60
49
11
16
14
3

15.0
41.5
48.1
37.8
24.7
11.7
14.6
16.6
12.5
9.9
10.1
9.7
7.6
6.7
8.7
5.5
7.1
2.7
6.7
9.8
3.0

7,366
1,334
794
541
759
2,257
970
554
416
605
318
287
682
334
349
981
407
573
2,035
679
1,356

2,880
86
13
73
302
1,277
509
289
220
366
194
171
402
202
201
472
223
249
743
272
470

1,575
1,100
751
349
265
207
151
95
55
45
25
20
11
8
4
1

8,848
1,055
543
512
1,200
4,755
2,201
1,165
1,036
1,488
823
664
1,066
556
511
929
498
431
909
350
559

6,227
424
149
275
957
4,144
1,942
1,026
916
1,341
745
596
861
455
405
572
369
203
130
84
46

70.4
40.2
27.4
53.8
79.8
87.2
88.2
88.1
88.4
90.2
90.5
89.7
80.7
82.0
79.3
61.6
74.2
47.0
14.3
24.1
8.2

5,278
224
74
150
755
3,643
1,662
864
798
1,207
668
539
774
420
353
540
341
198
118
73
44

949
200
75
125
202
501
280
162
118
134
77
57
87
35
52
32
28
5
13
11
2

15.2
47.2
50.1
45.6
21.1
12.1
14.4
15.8
12.9
10.0
10.3
9.5
10.1
7.7
12.8
5.7
7.5
2.3
9.7
12.8
(1)

2,621
631
395
236
243
611
259
138
121
146
78
68
206
100
106
357
128
229
779
265
513

88
-

772
560
385
174
118
93
70
44
25
20
9
11
3
3
1
1

10,942
1,094
541
553
1,442
5,894
2,715
1,432
1,283
1,859
1,034
825
1,320
687
632
1,141
600
541
1,371
473
897

6,196
391
142
249
925
4,249
2,005
1,017
988
1,400
794
606
844
454
390
517
321
196
114
59
54

56.6
35.7
26.3
45.0
64.2
72.1
73.8
71.0
77.0
75.3
76.8
73.4
63.9
66.0
61.6
45.3
53.5
36.2
8.3
12.6
6.1

5,286
253
77
176
661
3,771
1,707
839
868
1,264
717
547
800
428
373
490
300
190
110
57
53

910
138
65
73
264
478
298
177
120
137
78
59
43
26
17
27
21
6
4
3
1

14.7
35.3
45.9
29.2
28.5
11.2
14.8
17.4
12.2
9.8
9.8
9.7
5.1
5.8
4.4
5.3
6.7
3.1
3.3

4,745
703
399
304
516
1,646
711
416
295
459
240
219
476
234
243
623
279
345
1,257
414
843

2,793
86
13
73
294
1,230
497
284
213
350
184
166
383
190
194
466
220
246
716
265
451

1
2
2

479
8
3
5
9
178
47
18
29
42
18
24
89
43
46
119
51
69
165
44
122

2,430
140
27
113
183
594
263
152
110
152
81
71
179
82
98
388
134
255
1,125
361
764

261
5
3
2
5
116
30
12
18
23
9
14
63
31
32
74
29
46
61
23
39

1,499
66
7
59
112
355
148
77
70
87
50
37
120
54
66
275
97
179
691
236
455

217
3

932
74
20
54
71
239
115
75
40
65
31
34
59
28
32
113
37
76
434
125
309

Men
16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over

8
47
12
5
7
16
10
5
19
12
7
6
3
3
27
7
19

1

Women
16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over

O1
()

804
540
366
175
147
114
81
51
30
25
16
9
8
5
3

2
2

3
4
62
17
6
11
19
9
10
26
12
14
45
21
23
104
21
83

Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.




11

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-5. Employment status of the black-and-other civilian noninstitutional population by age and sex
(Numbers in thousands)
November 1985
Civilian labor force
Age and sex

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Total

24,736
2,609
1,323
1,285
3,197
13,705
6,299
3,343
2,956
4,377
2,428
1,949
3,028
1,594
1,434
2,566
1,382
1,184
2,660
985
1,676

15,624
964
345
619
2,243
10,753
4,984
2,612
1,230
3,583
1,996
1,587
2,186
1,180
1,005
1,358
866
492
307
195
112

63.2
37.0
26.1
48.2
70.2
78.5
79.1
78.1
41.6
81.8
82.2
81.4
72.2
74.0
70.1
52.9
62.6
41.6
11.5
19.8
6.7

13,513
592
190
402
1,726
9,613
4,320
2,223
2,097
3,267
1,814
1,454
2,027
1,106
921
1,293
812
481
289
181
109

205
10
6
4
26
126
52
32
20
40
23
17
34
20
15
28
16
12
15
9
7

11,194
1,283
662
621
1,471
6,207
2,862
1,548
1,313
1,987
1,094
893
1,358
714
644
1,155
630
525
1,079
426
653

7,980
493
175
318
1,151
5,447
2,512
1,356
1,156
1,806
998
808
1,128
602
525
728
476
251
162
112
50

71.3
38.4
26.4
51.2
78.3
87.8
87.8
87.6
88.0
90.9
91.2
90.5
83.1
84.4
81.6
63.0
75.6
47.9
15.0
26.2
7.6

6,890
273
92
180
924
4,851
2,188
1,166
1,022
1,643
904
739
1,021
557
463
695
448
247
148
100
48

13,542
1,326
661
664
1,725
7,498
3,437
1,795
1,643
2,391
1,334
1,056
1,670
880
790
1,411
752
659
1,581
559
1,023

7,644
471
170
301
1,092
5,306
2,471
1,256
1,215
1,777
998
779
1,058
578
480
630
389
241
145
83
62

56.4
35.6
25.7
45.4
63.3
70.8
71.9
70.0
74.0
74.3
74.8
73.7
63.3
65.6
60.8
44.6
51.8
36.5
9.2
14.9
6.1

6,622
319
98
221
802
4,762
2,132
1,057
1,075
1,624
910
715
1,006
549
458
598
364
234
141
81
61

Employed
Percent
of
population

Total

Unemployed

Not in
labor
force

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

13,308
582
184
398
1,700
9,487
4,268
2,191
2,077
3,227
1,791
1,436
1,993
1,086
906
1,265
796
469
274
173
102

2,111
372
155
218
517
1,139
664
390
274
316
182
134
159
74
85
65
54
11
17
15
5

13.5
38.6
44.9
35.1
23.1
10.6
13.3
14.9
22.3
8.8
9.1
8.4
7.3
6.3
8.5
4.8
6.2
2.3
5.7
7.7
4.5

9,113
1,644
978
666
954
2,952
1,316
731
585
795
433
362
842
415
429
1,208
516
692
2,354
790
1,564

179
5
1
4
23
113
48
29
19
35
20
15
30
16
14
22
14
8
16

6,712
267
91
176
901
4,739
2,140
1,137
1,003
1,608
884
724
991
541
449
673
433
240
132
92
41

1,089
220
83
138
228
595
324
191
134
163
94
69
107
45
62
33
29
4
14
12
2

13.7
44.7
47.2
43.3
19.8
10.9
12.9
14.1
11.6
9.0
9.4
8.5
9.5
7.5
11.8
4.6
6.1
1.7
8.4
10.5

3,215
790
487
303
320
760
349
192
157
181
96
85
230
112
119
427
154
273
917
314
603

26
4
4

6,596
315
93
221
799
4,748
2,127
1,054
1,074
1,619
907
712
1,002
545
457
592
363
229
142
81
61

1,022
152
72
80
290
544
340
199
140
153
88
65
52
29
23
32
25
7
4
3
1

13.4
32.3
42.5
26.5
26.5
10.3
13.7
15.9
11.5
8.6
8.8
8.3
4.9
5.0
4.7
5.1
6.4
2.9
2.6
3.1

5,898
854
491
363
634
2,192
966
539
428
614
337
277
612
303
310
781
363
419
1,436
476
961

Agriculture

Nonagricultural
industries

TOTAL
16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over
Men
16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over
Women
16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over

Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

12




3
13
4
3
1
5
3
2
4
4
1
6
1
4

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-6. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, sex, and age
(Numbers in thousands)
Men, 20 /ears and
over

Tc tiod 1l
Employment status and
race

Women, 2C) years and
over

Both sexes, 16 to 19
years

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

177,135
114,115
64.4
106,246
3,227
103,019
7,869
6.9
63,020

178,940
116,097
64.9
108,282
2,920
105,362
7,815
6.7
62,843

76,663
59,955
78.2
56,402
2,424
53,978
3,552
5.9
16,709

77,566
60,564
78.1
57,077
2,177
54,901
3,487
5.8
17,002

85,897
46,736
54.4
43,756
540
43,216
2,980
6.4
39,161

86,901
48,088
55.3
45,136
547
44,589
2,952
6.1
38,814

14,575
7,425
50.9
6,088
263
5,825
1,337
18.0
7,151

14,472
7,446
51.4
6,069
196
5,873
1,376
18.5
7,027

152,659
98,690
64.6
92,825
2,944
89,881
5,865
5.9
53,969

154,203
100,473
65.2
94,769
2,714
92,055
5,704
5.7
53,730

66,816
52,499
78.6
49,781
2,183
47,598
2,718
5.2
14,317

67,654
53,077
78.5
50,459
2,003
48,456
2,618
4.9
14,577

73,818
39,700
53.8
37,546
513
37,033
2,155
5.4
34,118

74,685
40,915
54.8
38,832
525
38,307
2,083
5.1
33,770

12,025
6,490
54.0
5,498
249
5,249
992
15.3
5,534

11,864
6,481
54.6
5,478
186
5,291
1,004
15.5
5,382

19,481
12,234
62.8
10,479
223
10,256
1,754
14.3
7,247

19,790
12,423
62.8
10,564
169
10,395
1,859
15.0
7,366

7,673
5,743
74.8
5,061
197
4,864
682
11.9
1,930

7,793
5,803
74.5
5,055
145
4,910
748
12.9
1,990

9,671
5,698
58.9
4,958
16
4,942
740
13.0
3,973

9,848
5,805
58.9
5,033
16
5,017
773
13.3
4,043

2,137
793
37.1
460
11
449
332
41.9
1,345

2,149
815
37.9
477
8
468
338
41.5
1,334

TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Not in labor force
White
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Not in labor force
Black
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Not in labor force




13

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-7. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 24 years of age by school enrollment, years of
school completed, sex, race, and Hispanic origin
(Numbers in thousands)
November 1985
Civilian labor force
Employment status, years of school
completed, race, and Hispanic origin

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed

Employed
Percent of
population

Total

Total

Full
time1

Part
time1

Total

Looking
for
full-time
work

Looking
for
part-time
work

Percent
of
labor
force

TOTAL ENROLLED
15,220
10,549
4,670

7,153
4,447
2,706

47.0
42.2
57.9

6,268
3,739
2,529

1,128
309
818

5,141
3,430
1,710

885
708
177

96
45
51

789
663
127

12.4
15.9
6.6

High school
College
Full-time students ...
Part-time students...

7,752
7,468
6,391
1,077

3,109
4,045
3,062
983

40.1
54.2
47.9
91.3

2,499
3,769

2,340
2,801
2,483
318

610
275
237
39

37
58
38
20

572
217

945

159
969
342
627

199
18

19.6
6.8
7.7
3.9

Men, 16 to 24 years..
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years

7,828
5,412
2,416

3,590
2,227
1,363

45.9
41.1
56.4

3,107
1,833
1,274

606
175
431

2,501

483
394
89

52
29
23

432
365
67

13.5
17.7
6.6

High school
College
Full-time students....
Part-time students ...

4,099

1,632
1,959
1,484
474

39.8
52.5
46.1
93.6

1,294
1,354
459

95
511
206
305

1,199

3,729
3,222
507

338
146
130
15

26
25
19

311
120
111
9

20.7
7.4
8.8
3.3

Women, 16 to 24 years ...
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years

7,392
5,137
2,255

3,563
2,220
1,343

48.2
43.2
59.6

3,161
1,907
1,255

522
134
388

2,640
1,772

402
314
88

44
16
28

358
298
60

11.3
14.1
6.6

High school
College
Full-time students
Part-time students ....

3,653
3,739

1,477

1,205
1,956

1,141
1,498

1,471
486

64
458
136
322

164

272
130
107
23

11
33
19
14

261

2,086

9

18.4
6.2
6.8
4.5

Total, 16 to 24 years .
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years

2,825

1,813

1,658
843

1,302
1,148

154

867

3,168
571

1,577
509

40.4
55.8
49.8
89.2

12,647
8,662
3,985

6,310
3,928
2,383

49.9
45.3
59.8

5,680
3,414
2,266

1,001
277
723

4,680
3,137
1,543

630
514
116

55
29
25

575
484
91

10.0
13.1
4.9

Men
Women.

6,529
6,118

3,165
3,146

48.5
51.4

2,821
2,859

551
449

2,270
2,410

344
286

34
21

310
266

10.9
9.1

High school
College
Full-time students .
Part-time students.

6,227
6,421
5,488
933

2,708
3,602
2,745
857

43.5
56.1
50.0
91.9

2,274
3,406
2,577
829

138
863
311
551

2,136
2,544
2,266
278

434
196
168
28

23
32
17
15

411
164
152
12

16.0
5.4
6.1
3.2

2,000
1,511
489

663
424
239

33.2
28.1
48.9

437
251
186

340
221
120

226
174
53

38
14
24

188
159
29

34.1
40.9
22.1

Men
Women.

1,000
1,000

333
330

33.3
33.0

209
228

172
168

124
102

17
21

107
81

37.3
30.9

High school
College
Full-time students ..
Part-time students..

1,256
744
630
114

337
326
228

26.9
43.8
36.2
85.7

180
257
168
88

163
177

157

13
25

144
44

21
4

38
6

46.5
21.3
26.2
9.6

1,082
821
261

387
227
160

35.8
27.7
61.4

299
154
145

234
139
95

11
8
3

77
65
12

22.8
32.4

1,335

97
88

White
Total, 16 to 24 years .
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years

Black
Total, 16 to 24 years .
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years

145
32

69
60
9

Hispanic origin
Total, 16 to 24 years .
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years

9.2

Men
Women.

579
503

216
171

37.4
34.0

168
131

124
110

5
6

43
34

22.3
23.5

High school
College
Full-time students ..
Part-time students..

713
369
301

178
210

24.9
56.8
50.6

58

104
131
109
21

5
6
4
2

57
20
19
2

34.7
12.7
14.8

68

116
183
130
53

See footnotes at end of table.

14




152

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-7. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 24 years of age by school enrollment, years of
school completed, sex, race, and Hispanic origin—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
November 1985
Civilian labor force
Employment status, years of school
completed, race, and Hispanic origin

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed

Employed
Total

Percent of
population

Total

Full
time1

Part
time1

Total

Looking
for
full-time
work

Looking
for
part-time
work

Percent
of
labor
force

1,945
595
1,350

198
74
124

13.5
22.3
11.5

69

26.9
10.6
6.8
4.6
13.8
23.5
11.6

TOTAL NOT ENROLLED

19,110
3,923
15,187

Total, 16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
Less than 4 years of high school
4 years of high school
1 to 3 years of college
4 years of college or more
Men, 16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
Less than 4 years of high school
4 years of high school
1 to 3 years of college
4 years of college or more
Women, 16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
Less than 4 years of high school
4 years of high school
1 to 3 years of college
4 years of college or more

15,850
2,998
12,852

82.9
76.4
84.6

13,708
2,330
11,378

11,612
1,741
9,871

2,096

2,142

589
1,507

669
1,474

2,829
2,761
1,454

66.1
87.8
91.8
96.6

2,069
11,639
2,573

1,387

1,621
9,991
2,258
1,307

448
1,648
314
80

9,047
1,845
7,202

8,347
1,572
6,775

92.3
85.2
94.1

7,194
1,203
5,991

6,399
962
5,437

2,179
6,868
1,350

1,866
6,482

1,395
5,799
1,224
605

1,162
5,237

4,278
14,833
3,007
1,505

13,021

649

1,309
634

85.6
94.4
97.0
97.8

10,064
2,078
7,985

7,503
1,426
6,077

74.6
68.6
76.1

6,514
1,127
5,387

5,213

2,099
7,965
1,657
857

964
6,539
1,451
820

45.9
82.1
87.6
95.8

15,877
3,202
12,676

13,486
2,554
10,933

7,591
8,286

1,107
577

1,382

691
1,253

188
67

168
60

128
20
7

795
241
554

1,153
370
784

1,087
334
753

35
31

233
562
118
28

471
683
85

439
648
79
29

32
35
6

25.2
10.5
6.5
4.6

857
261
597

132
38
93

13.2
21.0
11.4

252
605
89

31

38
94
14
7

30.1
10.7
7.1
4.6

761

29

779
4,434

1,301
348
953

299

674
5,840
1,349
782

459
4,754
1,152
730

215

290

1,086
197
52

103
38

84.9
79.8
86.2

11,978
2,064
9,915

10,203
1,552
8,651

1,775
511
1,263

490
1,018

1,355
429
926

153
61
92

11.2
19.2
9.3

7,129
6,358

93.9
76.7

6,283
5,695

5,642
4,562

642
1,133

845
663

795
560

51
103

11.9
10.4

3,404
12,474
2,486
1,348

2,364
11,122
2,298
1,311

69.5
89.2
92.4
97.3

1,800
10,178

2,167
1,271

1,433
8,770
1,914
1,199

367
1,408
254
72

564
944
131
41

505
849
117
38

59
95
14
2

23.9
8.5
5.7
3.1

2,791

72.9
61.2
76.4

1,457
226
1,230

1,181
161
1,020

276
65
211

577
164
413

544
154
390

34
10
23

28.4
42.1
25.1

264
280

14
19

26.5
30.4

368
50
16

25
5
5

44.3
24.3
14.1
23.8

27
16
12

16.4
27.3
13.6

White
Total, 16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
Men
Women
Less than 4 years of high school
4 years of high school
1 to 3 years of college
4 years of college or more

1,508

Black
Total, 16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years

2,153

2,034
390
1,644

Men
Women

1,255
1,536

1,048
986

83.5
64.2

770
686

632
548

138
138

278
299

Less than 4 years of high school
4 years of high school
1 to 3 years of college
4 years of college or more

765
2,026
438
94

417
1,617
385
87

54.6
79.8
88.0
92.4

232
1,224

166
1,015

279
63

67
210
52
4

185
392
54

1,865

413
1,452

1,410
285
1,125

75.6
69.1
77.5

1,180
207
972

1,016
151
865

163
56
107

231
78

153

203
62
141

931
934

854
557

91.7
59.6

708
472

633
384

75
88

146
85

130
73

16
11

17.1
15.2

805

530
880
180

65.8
83.0
82.0

415
764
164

361
655
141
35

54
110
24
4

115
116
16
3

103

13
15
4

21.7
13.1
8.7

638

331

21

176

Hispanic origin
Total, 16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
Men
Women
Less than 4 years of high school
4 years of high school
1 to 3 years of college
4 years of college or more

1,060
219
43

41

1
Employed persons with a job but not at work and persons at work part time are
distributed according to whether they usually work full or part time.
2
Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
NOTE: In the summer months, the educational attainment levels of youth not
enrolled in school are increased by the temporary movement of high school and




38

101
12
3

college students into that group. 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.

15

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-8. Employment status of male Vietnam-era veterans and nonveterans by age, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Civilian labor force

Total

Veteran status
and age
Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Employed

Unemployed
Percent of
labor force

Number
Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS
Total, 30 years and over
30 to 44 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 years and over

7,528
6,495
1,567
3,382
1,546
1,033

7,662
6,431
1,313
3,205
1,913
1,231

7,040
6,240
1,495
3,257
1,488
800

7,149
6,190
1,268
3,082
1,840
959

6,690
5,922
1,382
3,109
1,431
768

6,787
5,865
1,182
2,910
1,773
922

350
318
113
148
57
32

362
325
86
172
67
37

5.0
5.1
7.6
4.5
3.8
4.0

5.1
5.3
6.8
5.6
3.6
3.9

16,624
7,623
4,851
4,150

17,623
8,025
5,252
4,346

15,770
7,248
4,610
3,912

16,709
7,636
4,971
4,102

14,994
6,863
4,379
3,752

15,877
7,219
4,776
3,882

776
385
231
160

832
417
195
220

4.9
5.3
5.0
4.1

5.0
5.5
3.9
5.4

NONVETERANS
Total, 30 to 44 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years

NOTE: Male Vietnam-era veterans are men who served in the
Armed Forces between August 5, 1964 and May 7, 1975. Nonveterans
are men who have never served in the Armed Forces; published data
are limited to those 30 to 44 years of age, the group that most closely
corresponds to the bulk of the Vietnam-era veteran population. Data

16




for 25- to 29-year-old veterans are no longer shown in this table
because the group is rapidly disppearing (into the 30-34 age category)
and the numbers remaining for some labor force categories are not
large enough to warrant their continued publication.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-9. Full- and part-time status of the civilian labor force by sex, age, and race
(Numbers in thousands)
November 1985
Part-time labor force

Full-time labor force
Unemployed
(looking for
full-time work)

Employed

Sex, age, and race
Total

Total

Part

rail

Full-time
schedules1

time for Number
economic
reasons

Percent of
full-time
labor force

Employed
on
voluntary
part
time1

Unemployed
(looking for
part-time work)

Number

Percent of
part-time
labor force

TOTAL
Total, 16 years and over ...
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 years and over
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

98,861
3,103
403
2,700
95,757
12,920
82,837
70,993
11,844

87,211
1,942
208
1,734
85,269
10,410
74,858
64,020
10,837

5,385
522
78
443
4,864
1,109
3,754
3,153
601

6,265
640
117
523
5,625
1,401
4,224
3,819
405

6.3
20.6
29.0
19.4
5.9
10.8
5.1
5.4
3.4

17,236
4,342
2,544
1,798
12,894
2,638
10,256
7,143
3,113

15,686
3,606
2,034
1,572
12,080
2,388
9,692
6,723
2,969

1,550
737
511
226
814
251
563
420
144

9.0
17.0
20.1
12.6
6.3
9.5
5.5
5.9
4.6

Men, 16 years and over ....
16 to 19 years
20 years and over
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

58,913
1,690
57,223
7,033
50,190
42,615
7,575

52,879
1,076
51,803
5,690
46,113
39,045
7,068

2,421
251
2,170
567
1,604
1,365
240

3,613
363
3,250
776
2,474
2,205
269

6.1
21.5
5.7
11.0
4.9
5.2
3.6

5,450
2,109
3,341
1,105
2,236
954
1,282

4,813
1,709
3,104
1,008
2,096
890
1,206

637
400
237
97
139
64
75

11.7
19.0
7.1
8.8
6.2
6.7
5.9

Women, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
20 years and over
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

39,948
1,414
38,534
5,887
32,647
28,378
4,269

34,332
866
33,466
4,720
28,746
24,975
3,771

2,964
271
2,693
542
2,152
1,789
363

2,652
277
2,375
625
1,750
1,614
136

6.6
19.6
6.2
10.6
5.4
5.7
3.2

11,786
2,233
9,553
1,533
8,020
6,189
1,831

10,873
1,896
8,976
1,380
7,596
5,834
1,763

913
336
577
153
423
355
68

7.7
15.1
6.0
10.0
5.3
5.7
3.7

Men, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
20 years and over
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

51,546
1,462
50,084
6,016
44,069
37,285
6,784

46,900
981
45,919
5,013
40,907
34,562
6,345

1,962
220
1,742
436
1,307
1,097
210

2,684
261
2,424
568
1,856
1,626
230

5.2
17.8
4.8
9.4
4.2
4.4
3.4

4,837
1,845
2,992
971
2,022
838
1,184

4,361
1,562
2,798
893
1,905
789
1,116

476
282
194
78
115
48
67

9.9
15.3
6.5
8.1
5.7
5.7
5.7

Women, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
20 years and over
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

33,418
1,187
32,231
4,975
27,257
23,561
3,696

29,138
757
28,380
4,127
24,253
20,966
3,287

2,462
233
2,230
464
1,766
1,471
295

1,818
197
1,621
384
1,238
1,124
114

5.4
16.6
5.0
7.7
4.5
4.8
3.1

10,672
1,988
8,684
1,353
7,331
5,702
1,629

9,947
1,724
8,222
1,249
6,974
5,400
1,574

725
263
461
105
357
302
55

6.8
13.2
5.3
7.7
4.9
5.3
3.4

Men, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
20 years and over
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

5,770
208
5,562
856
4,706
4,078
628

4,570
84
4,486
547
3,940
3,375
565

394
29
364
124
241
215
26

807
95
712
185
526
489
37

14.0
45.7
12.8
21.7
11.2
12.0
5.9

457
216
241
101
139
66
73

315
111
205
85
120
54
66

142
105
37
17
21
13
8

31.0
48.6
15.2
16.4
15.1
(2)
(2)

Women, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
20 years and over
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

5,360
199
5,161
798
4,363
3,898
465

4,152
91
4,061
498
3,563
3,180
383

445
35
411
72
339
276
63

763
73
690
228
447
441
6

14.2
36.7
13.4
28.6
10.2
11.3
1.3

836
192
644
127
517
352
165

689
127
561
92
469
315
154

148
65
83
36
47
36
11

17.6
33.8
12.8
27.9
9.1
10.2
6.7

White

Black

Employed persons with a job but not at work are distributed
according to whether they usually work full or part time.




Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

17

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-10. Employment status of persons in families by family relationship
(Numbers in thousands)

November 1985
Civilian labor force

Not in labor force
Unemployed

Family relaionship
Total

Percent
of
population

Employed

Percent
of
Number
labor
force

Total

Keeping
house

Going Unable
Other
to
to
reasons
school work

Total, 16 years and over1

95,479

65.4

88,958

6,521

6.8 50,495

24,330

8,489

1,887

15,789

Husbands
With employed wife
With unemployed wife
With wife not in labor force

39,731
24,334
1,282
14,115

78.8
91.8
93.2
62.5

38,203
23,571
1,116
13,516

1,528
763
166
600

3.8 10,719
3.1 2,170
93
12.9
4.2 8,456

160
58
3

188
100
2
87

841
333
20
488

9,531
1,679
69
7,783

Wives
With employed husband
With unemployed husband
With husband not in labor force

27,879
24,687
929
2,263

55.3
64.6
60.8
21.1

26,504
23,571
763
2,170

1,375
1,116
166
93

4.9 22,571
4.5 13,516
600
17.8
4.1 8,456

19,374
12,345
546
6,483

387
333
9
45

264
80
7
177

2,546
758
38
1,750

Relatives in married-couple families
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over

13,271
4,847
5,195
3,229

62.3
50.8
76.4
65.0

11,584
4,143
4,595
2,846

1,687
704
600
383

12.7
14.5
11.5
11.9

8,038
4,694
1,608
1,736

721
95
124
502

5,772
4,380
1,247
145

268
8
26
234

1,278
210
210
858

Women who maintain families

6,077

60.6

5,451

626

10.3

3,956

2,930

191

151

684

Relatives in families maintained by women
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over

5,084
1,285
1,574
2,225

58.8
45.4
74.7
60.0

4,148
874
1,318
1,956

936
411
256
269

18.4
32.0
16.3
12.1

3,566
1,547
534
1,485

700
84
93
523

1,638
1,298
275
65

239
11
13
215

989
154
154
681

Men who maintain families

1,851

75.4

1,711

140

7.6

603

61

19

67

457

Relatives in families maintained by men ....
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over

1,585
301
456
828

60.3
54.5
75.8
56.2

1,357
245
369
743

228
56
87
85

14.4
18.7
19.1
10.3

1,042
251
146
645

384
3
46
335

294
222
51
21

57

307
27
43
237

Excludes persons living alone or with nonrelatives, persons in
married-couple families where the husband or wife is in the Armed
Forces, and persons in unrelated subfamilies.
NOTE: Estimates shown in this table for husbands, wives, and women

18




6
51

who maintain families are somewhat different from marital status
estimates shown in other tables in this publication because of differences
in definitions and weighting patterns used in aggregating the data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-11. Unemployed persons by marital status, race, age, and sex
Men
Marital status, race, and age

Thousands of
persons

Women
Unemployment
rates

Thousands of
persons

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Total, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present
Widowed, divorced, or separated
Single (never married)

4,315
1,722
506
2,087

4,250
1,659
562

6.8
4.2
8.5
12.5

6.6
4.0
9.0
11.9

3,554
1,484

3,565
1,510
724
1,331

White, 16 years and over ....
Married, spouse present
Widowed, divorced, or separated
Single (never married)

3,298
1,433
380

3,161
1,368
415
1,378

5.9
3.9
7.7
10.6

5.6
3.7
8.0
9.7

2,567
1,230
541
795

2,543
1,216
535

949
235
130
583

14.0
7.1
11.1
24.5

15.2
7.7
13.9
26.1

Black, 16 years and over ....
Married, spouse present
Widowed, divorced, or separated
Single (never married)

1,485
862
214

99
549

2,029

Unemployment
rates
Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

7.1
5.3

7.9

6.9
5.2
7.3

10.3

10.2

792

6.0
4.9
7.1
7.7

5.8
4.8
6.8
7.4

892
203
195
494

910
235
179
496

14.7
8.9
11.1
24.4

14.7
10.0
9.9
24.3

5.0
3.8
8.6
8.5

2,208
1,172

2,174

671
365

636
358

5.6
4.7
7.4
7.4

5.3
4.5
6.8
6.9

756
1,315

Total, 25 years and over
Married, spouse present
Widowed, divorced, or separated
Single (never married)

2,651
1,565
466

2,613
1,464

619

629

5.1
4.0
8.2
9.0

White, 25 years and over ....
Married, spouse present
Widowed, divorced, or separated
Single (never married)

2,073
1,305
350
419

1,972
1,207
377
388

4.6
3.7
7.4
7.4

4.3
3.4
7.6
6.4

1,625
957
476
192

1,594
945
474
176

4.9
4.3
6.6
5.0

4.6
4.1
6.4
4.4

Black, 25 years and over ....
Married, spouse present
Widowed, divorced, or separated
Single (never married)

457
193

546
206
126
215

9.7
6.7
10.4

11.3

516
168
178
171

509
185
155
168

10.9
8.1
10.4
18.0

10.4
8.7
8.9




90
174

519

17.9

7.1
13.8
20.7

1,179

16.7

19

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-12. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex
Thousands of
persons
Occupation

Total

Unemployment rates
Men

Total

Women

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

7,815

6.9

6.7

6.8

6.6

7.1

6.9

626
306
320

575
309
266

2.4
2.5
2.3

2.1
2.4
1.8

2.0
2.1
2.0

1.9
2.2
1.6

3.0
3.5
2.6

2.4
2.8
2.0

Technical, sales, and administrative support
Technicians and related support
Sales occupations
Administrative support, including clerical

1,598
103
707
789

1,570
96

4.6
3.2
5.2
4.5

4.4
2.8
5.1
4.3

3.7
3.0
3.8
4.0

3.5
2.8
3.4
4.0

5.1
3.4
6.6
4.6

5.0
2.9
6.8
4.3

Service occupations
Private household
Protective service
Service, except private household and protective

1,361
67

1,351
65
85

8.5
6.4
4.6
9.2

8.6

8.7

O

O

1,200

8.8
6.2
6.0
9.4

5.7
9.8

4.6
10.1

8.9
6.6
8.1
9.2

8.4
6.4
4.4
8.7

940
216
497
228

959
230
484
245

6.6
4.7
9.5
5.3

6.7
4.9
9.1
5.6

6.6
4.6
9.5
4.9

6.5
4.7
9.0
5.1

6.8
6.6
9.1
6.6

8.0
8.8
14.0
7.3

2,053
916
475
662
161
501

2,079
979
362
738
191
547

10.7
10.0
9.4
13.1
20.8
11.7

10.9
11.1
7.5
13.6
20.8
12.2

10.4
9.1
9.5
13.1
20.8
11.4

10.2
9.2
7.4
14.2
20.8
12.5

11.4
11.3
8.4
13.0

12.8
13.8
8.3
11.1

12.7

10.8

Farming, forestry, and fishing

320

303

8.4

9.0

7.8

8.6

11.9

11.0

No previous work experience
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over

900
572

931
611
202
118

Total, 16 years and over
Managerial and professional specialty
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Professional specialty

Precision production, craft, and repair
Mechanics and repairers
Construction trades
Other precision production, craft, and repair
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving occupations
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Construction laborers
Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

1

Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

20




Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

7,869

111
1,183

229
99

698
776

O

O

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-13. Unemployed persons by industry and sex
Thousands of
persons
Industry

Total

IJnemployment rates
Men

Total

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

7,869

Women

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

7,815

6.9

6.7

6.8

6.6

7.1

6.9

5,919

5,910

7.0

6.8

7.0

6.8

6.9

6.8

102
713

64
720

10.5
12.5

6.7
12.0

10.9
13.1

7.5
12.3

7.8
6.5

1.5
9.1

Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Funiture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies
Transportation equipment
Automobiles
Other transportation equipment
Professional and photographic equipment
Other durable goods industries
Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products
Other nondurable goods industries

1,575
928
60
56
55
143
113
127
162
128
90
38
23
61
647
162
63
133
51
79
61
54
44

1,648
990
63
48
58
107
128
168
183
163
108
55
25
46
658
171
66
169
29
83
52
51
37

7.0
6.9
9.0
9.4
8.6
14.7
8.2
4.4
6.3
5.0
6.6
3.2
3.5
12.3
7.2
8.6
7.0
11.0
7.1
4.6
4.9
7.1
8.8

7.5
7.5
8.9
7.1
10.0
11.5
9.7
6.3
7.7
5.9
8.1
3.9
3.6
10.2
7.6
9.2
7.8
13.3
4.0
4.9
4.6
6.9
9.0

6.3
6.7
9.0
9.0
8.7
15.6
8.5
4.0
5.6
4.7
6.3
2.9
3.6
8.8
5.4
6.9
4.2
9.9
5.2
3.6
3.8
6.3
7.3

6.5
6.9
8.2
7.0
7.6
11.6
9.4
5.9
7.3
5.3
7.2
3.6
1.8
7.1
5.6
8.4
5.3
7.8
3.6
4.4
3.7
4.2
6.3

8.5
7.3
8.7
10.3
8.1
8.8
7.2
5.7
7.1
6.1
7.8
4.2
3.4
16.2
9.6
12.0
9.7
11.2
11.7
6.1
7.2
8.5
11.4

9.7
9.0
13.2
7.4
17.3
11.0
10.7
7.6
8.2
8.3
11.7
5.2
6.4
14.8
10.2
10.7
10.4
14.8
5.0
5.6
6.4
11.5
13.3

Transportation and public utilities
Transportation
Communications and other public utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Service industries
Professional services
Other service industries

307
217
90
1,627
223
1,404
217
1,379
504
875

311
246
65
1,617
203
1,414
193
1,357
542
815

5.0
5.2
3.3
7.4
5.5
7.8
3.5
6.4
4.1
9.4

5.0
5.8
2.4
7.2
4.8
7.8
2.9
6.0
4.2
8.3

5.5
5.6
3.6
6.3
4.7
6.8
4.1
6.8
3.7
9.4

5.1
6.0
1.7
6.6
4.3
7.4
3.0
6.0
3.8
7.9

3.7
4.0
2.8
8.6
7.4
8.7
3.2
6.1
4.2
9.5

4.9
5.1
3.5
7.9
5.8
8.1
2.9
6.0
4.4
8.6

220
829
900

247
726
931

12.9
3.1
_

14.7
2.7
_

11.3
3.0

14.5
2.7
_

20.0
3.3
_

15.3
2.7
_

Total, 16 years and over
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers
Mining
Construction

Agricultural wage and salary workers
Government, self-employed, and unpaid famiy workers
No previous work experience




21

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-14. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and race
(Numbers in thousands)
Total
unemployed
Reason for unemployment

Nov.
1984

Both sexes,
16 to 19
years

Women,
20 years
and over

Men,
20 years
and over
Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Black

White

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

1,376
263
48
215
121
381
611

5,865
3,048
835
2,213
730
1,522
565

5,704
2,929
907
2,022
679
1,480
617

1,754
805
123
681
132
512
305

1,859
873
154
719
145
563
276

100.0
22.5
4.6
17.9
9.2
25.7
42.6

100.0
19.1
3.5
15.6
8.8
27.7
44.4

100.0
51.9
14.2
37.7
12.4
26.0
9.6

100.0
51.4
15.9
35.5
11.9
25.9
10.8

100.0
45.9
7.0
38.8
7.5
29.2
17.4

100.0
47.0
8.3
38.7
7.8
30.3
14.9

4.0
1.7
4.6
7.7

3.6
1.6
5.1
8.2

3.0
.7
1.5
.6

2.9
.7
1.5
.6

6.6
1.1
4.2
2.5

7.0
1.2
4.5
2.2

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

7,869
3,971
981
2,990
901
2,100
896

7,815
3,916
1,079
2,837
834
2,135
930

3,552
2,471
598
1,873
368
609
104

3,487
2,486
670
1,816
300
590
111

2,980
1,200
322
878
410
1,147
223

2,952
1,167
361
806
412
1,165
208

1,337
300
61
239
123
344
569

100.0
50.5
12.5
38.0
11.5
26.7
11.4

100.0
50.1
13.8
36.3
10.7
27.3
11.9

100.0
69.5
16.8
52.7
10.4
17.2
2.9

100.0
71.3
19.2
52.1
8.6
16.9
3.2

100.0
40.3
10.8
29.5
13.8
38.5
7.5

100.0
39.5
12.2
27.3
14.0
39.5
7.1

3.5
.8
1.8
.8

3.3
.7
1.8
.8

4.1
.6
1.0
.2

4.1
.5
1.0
.2

2.6
.9
2.5
.5

2.5
.9
2.4
.4

Nov.
1985

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed
Job losers
On layoff
Other job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed
Job losers
On layoff
Other job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants

22



HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-15. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment
(Percent distribution)
November 1985
Total unemployed

Duration of unemployment

Reason, sex, and age

15 weeks and over
Thousands
of persons

Total, 16 years and over ...
Job losers
On layoff
Other job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants
Men, 20 years and over ....
Job losers
On layoff
Other job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants
Women, 20 years and over
Job losers
On layoff
Other job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Job losers
On layoff
Other job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants

PorPPnt
rolOoi 11

Less than
5 weeks

5 to 14
weeks
1 oiai

15 to 26
weeks

27 weeks
and over

7,815

100.0

43.3

31.2

25.4

10.2

15.2

3,916
1,079
2,837
834
2,135
930

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

38.5
57.9
31.1
49.1
46.7
50.9

29.9
23.9
32.2
32.8
33.8
29.4

31.6
18.2
36.7
18.1
19.5
19.7

11.7
8.2
13.0
8.0
8.7
9.9

20.0
9.9
23.8
10.1
10.8
9.7

3,487

100.0

37.2

28.9

33.9

11.5

22.4

2,486
670
1,816
300
590
111

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

36.7
58.6
28.6
37.9
39.6
33.4

27.6
21.8
29.8
38.5
31.0
21.7

35.7
19.6
41.6
23.6
29.4
44.9

11.9
8.0
13.4
10.5
10.1
10.7

23.7
11.7
28.2
13.1
19.3
34.2

2,952

100.0

44.8

34.2

21.0

9.2

11.8

1,167
361
806
412
1,165
208

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

37.4
52.7
30.5
51.7
48.1
54.9

34.8
30.8
36.6
30.5
35.2
32.2

27.8
16.5
32.9
17.8
16.7
12.9

12.5
9.6
13.8
7.3
7.2
5.3

15.3
6.9
19.1
10.5
9.4
7.6

1,376

100.0

55.7

30.7

13.6

9.4

4.2

263
48
215
121
381
611

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

60.4

29.5

10.1

5.1

5.0

0

0

0

0

0

35.7
26.5
34.0
29.8

54.4
68.2
53.2
52.8

9.9
5.2
12.8
17.4

5.7
3.8
11.0
11.4

4.2
1.4
1.7
6.0

Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

A-16.

Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
Total
Duration of unemployment

Total, 16 years and over
Less than 5 weeks
5 to 14 weeks
5 to 10 weeks
11 to 14 weeks
15 weeks and over
15 to 26 weeks
27 weeks and over
27 to 51 weeks
52 weeks and over
Average (mean) duration, in weeks
Median duration, in weeks




Thousands of persons

Full-time workers
Percent distribution

Thousands of persons

Percent distribution

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

7,869

7,815

100.0

100.0

6,334

6,265

100.0

100.0

3,321
2,350
1,736
614
2,197
902
1,295
413
882

3,388
2,439
1,797
642
1,988
801
1,187
393
794

42.2
29.9
22.1
7.8
27.9
11.5
16.5
5.2
11.2

43.3
31.2
23.0
8.2
25.4
10.2
15.2
5.0
10.2

2,408
1,916
1,395
521
2,010
806
1,204
379
824

2,471
1,988
1,447
541
1,806
684
1,121
370
752

38.0
30.2
22.0
8.2
31.7
12.7
19.0
6.0
13.0

39.4
31.7
23.1
8.6
28.8
10.9
17.9
5.9
12.0

17.0
6.9

15.7
6.7

19.0
8.1

17.6
7.7

23

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-17.

Unemployed persons by sex, age, race, marital status, and duration of unemployment

Sex, age, race, and
marital status

Total

Less
5 to 14 15 to 26
than
weeks weeks
5 weeks

Percent of unemployed
in group

Weeks

Thousands of persons
27
weeks
and
over

Average
(mean)
duration

Median
duration

November 1985

Unemployed
less than
5 weeks

Unemployed
15 weeks
and over

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Total, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
65 years and over

7,815
1,376
1,651
2,244
1,263
732
450
98

3,388
767
744
925
472
251
179
50

2,439
422
579
729
388
202
100
20

801
129
149
237
120
98
61
6

1,187
58
179
352
282
180
111
23

15.7
8.5
12.9
15.9
20.1
22.7
22.9
21.0

6.7
4.5
6.0
7.2
8.2
9.9
8.8
5.0

42.2
54.7
43.9
40.9
36.8
36.8
31.4
40.8

43.3
55.7
45.1
41.2
37.4
34.3
39.7
50.5

27.9
15.4
24.2
29.2
33.0
34.4
41.4
42.1

25.4
13.6
19.9
26.3
31.9
38.0
38.2
29.5

Men, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
65 years and over

4,250
764
873
1,157
679
433
277
67

1,689
392
365
449
227
133
97
25

1,261
252
297
347
194
106
50
15

480
80
92
120
68
72
43
5

820
40
119
241
190
122
88
21

18.8
9.5
15.1
19.2
24.1
26.3
27.5

7.9
4.9
6.7
8.3
9.5
12.0
10.9

40.5
57.0
42.9
35.9
35.7
34.1
30.7

39.7
51.3
41.8
38.8
33.5
30.7
35.0

30.9
13.8
27.0
33.3
37.7
38.0
46.4

30.6
15.6
24.1
31.2
38.0
44.8
47.2

O

O

O

O

0

O

Women, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
65 years and over

3,565
613
778
1,087
584
299
173
32

1,699
375
379
476
244
118
82
24

1,178
169
282
383
194
96
50
5

322
49
57
118
53
27
18

366
19
60
111
92
58
24
3

12.1
7.2
10.5
12.3
15.3
17.6
15.4

5.5
4.1
5.2
6.3
6.8
7.6
5.8

44.3
51.8
45.2
46.9
38.1
40.0
32.5

47.7
61.2
48.7
43.8
41.9
39.7
47.3

24.3
17.7
21.0
24.3
28.1
30.1
33.1

19.3
11.2
15.1
21.0
24.9
28.3
23.8

O

O

O

O

O

0

White, 16 years and over
Men
Women

5,704
3,161
2,543

2,547
1,319
1,228

1,781
921
859

570
350
219

807
570
236

15.0
17.8
11.4

6.3
7.3
5.4

43.2
41.4
45.6

44.7
41.7
48.3

26.7
30.4
22.0

24.1
29.1
17.9

Black, 16 years and over
Men
Women

1,859
949
910

734
316
418

574
287
286

208
116
92

342
229
114

18.3
22.3
14.0

7.0
8.6
5.0

38.3
36.3
40.2

39.5
33.4
45.9

31.7
32.7
30.7

29.6
36.3
22.6

Men, 16 years and over:
Married, spouse present
Widowed, divorced, or separated
Single (never married)

1,659
562
2,029

625
218
845

441
161
659

196
47
238

398
136
287

21.5
21.9
15.6

8.3
7.1

36.5
37.1
44.6

37.7
38.9
41.7

35.9
38.4
24.9

35.7
32.4
25.9

Women, 16 years and over:
Married, spouse present
Widowed, divorced, or separated
Single (never married)

1,510
724
1,331

695
289
715

535
274
369

139
63
119

141
97
128

11.5
14.6
11.5

5.9
6.7
4.7

47.6
39.2
43.5

46.0
40.0
53.7

21.8
28.6
24.8

18.5
22.2
18.6

,

Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

24



HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-18. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment

Occupation and industry

Total

Less
5 to 14 15 to 26
than
weeks
weeks
5 weeks

Percent of unemployed
in group

Weeks

Thousands of persons
27
weeks
and
over

Average
(mean)
duration

Median
duration

Unemployed Unemployed
15 weeks
less than
and over
5 weeks

Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov.
1984 1985 1984 1985

November 1985
OCCUPATION
Managerial and professional specialty
Technical, sales, and administrative support
Service occupations
Precision production, craft, and repair
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
Farming, forestry, and fishing

575
1,570
1,351
959
2,079
303

230
714
627
426
757
147

160
502
413
271
702
98

87
163
128
94
211
17

98
191
182
168
409
41

16.7
13.4
14.3
16.8
19.2
13.2

7.9
6.1
6.1
6.4
8.4
5.4

40.2
41.7
45.2
44.9
37.4
53.0

40.1
45.5
46.4
44.4
36.4
48.6

27.6
26.8
21.3
26.8
35.6
15.4

32.2
22.5
23.0
27.4
29.8
19.2

247
746
1,657
997
660
343
1,621
1,829
222

121
348
565
307
258
135
808
775
69

83
232
553
332
221
115
438
603
86

16
55
194
119
75
19
161
210
35

26
111
345
239
106
74
214
243
32

10.7
14.4
20.4
23.3
16.0
18.6
13.6
14.9
16.1

5.3
5.8
8.7
9.4
7.9
7.1
5.1
7.0
9.2

56.5
49.6
37.0
34.7
40.2
32.6
45.4
40.3
41.8

49.1
46.7
34.1
30.8
39.1
39.3
49.8
42.4
31.0

15.4
20.9
36.3
40.2
30.7
34.0
23.9
27.1
20.9

17.2
22.2
32.5
35.9
27.3
27.0
23.1
24.7
30.2

931

474

275

92

90

12.8

4.9

44.7

50.9

28.5

19.6

INDUSTRY1
Agriculture
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance and service industries
Public administration
No previous work experience
1

Includes wage and salary workers only.




25

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-19.

Unemployed jobseekers by sex, age, race, and jobsearch methods used
November 1985
Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers

Thousands of persons
Sex, age, and race
Total
unemployed

Total
jobseekers

Public
employment
agency

Private
employment
agency

Employer
directly

Placed
or
answered
ads

Friends
or
relatives

Other

Average
number of
methods
used

7,815
1,376
1,651
2,244
1,263
732
450
98

6,604
1,303
1,442
1,842
1,013
570
352
82

24.1
14.4
25.5
28.0
25.9
28.2
24.4
14.6

5.5
2.9
4.6
6.1
6.7
9.5
5.1
6.1

75.6
82.1
79.6
74.5
70.3
69.8
69.3
56.1

34.1
25.2
32.3
39.3
38.1
33.7
37.2
34.1

16.1
13.3
15.5
19.0
15.1
18.9
10.5
23.2

4.3
3.1
2.4
5.2
4.7
5.3
10.2
2.4

1.60
1.41
1.60
1.72
1.61
1.65
1.57
1.37

Men, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
65 years and over

4,250
764
873
1,157
679
433
277
67

3,487
713
736
895
515
345
227
57

27.2
15.7
30.8
31.6
32.6
27.0
24.7

5.6
3.4
3.7
7.2
6.0
10.7
4.0

76.8
84.2
80.2
75.4
72.4
72.5
68.7

30.6
23.3
26.8
37.3
32.0
29.9
34.8

18.1
14.3
17.4
22.9
15.7
22.6
9.7

5.2
2.9
3.8
5.4
6.2
7.5
11.0

1.63
1.44
1.63
1.80
1.65
1.70
1.53

Women, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
65 years and over

3,565
613
778
1,087
584
299
173
32

3,118
590
706
947
499
225
126
25

20.6
12.7
20.1
24.5
18.8
30.2
23.0

White, 16 years and over...
Men
Women

5,704
3,161
2,543

4,686
2,493
2,193

Black, 16 years and over ...
Men
Women

1,859
949
910

1,688
867
820

Total, 16 years and over ...

16 to 19 years
20
25
35
45
55
65

to 24 years
to 34 years
to 44 years
to 54 years
to 64 years
years and over

0

0

5.3
2.4
5.4
5.2
7.4
7.6
7.1

74.2
79.7
79.0
73.6
67.9
66.2
69.0

38.1
27.3
38.1
41.2
44.3
39.6
41.3

23.4
26.4
20.0

5.5
6.0
5.0

76.1
76.9
75.1

25.2
28.4
22.1

4.9
4.5
5.5

75.4
77.3
73.5

0

1

Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
NOTE: The jobseeker total is less than the total unemployed because
it does not include persons on layoff or waiting to begin a new job within

A-20.

O

0

0

0

O

0

13.8
12.0
13.5
15.3
14.2
13.3
11.9

3.4
3.4
1.0
5.0
3.2
1.8
7.9

1.55
1.37
1.57
1.65
1.56
1.59
1.60

O

O

0

36.1
32.3
40.3

16.0
18.1
13.7

4.4
5.4
3.3

1.61
1.65
1.57

28.4
25.8
31.1

16.8
19.1
14.4

3.7
4.3
3.0

1.54
1.59
1.50

30 days, groups for whom jobseeking information is not collected. The
percent using each method will always total more than 100 because
many jobseekers use more than one method.

Unemployed jobseekers by sex, reason for unemployment, and jobsearch methods used
November 1985
Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers

Thousands of persons
Sex and reason

Public
employment
agency

Private
employment
agency

24.1
30.5
19.9
21.3
14.2

Employer
directly

Friends
or
relatives

Other

5.5
5.1
10.1
4.9
3.7

75.6
75.5
76.5
73.9
78.1

34.1
35.1
43.4
32.2
27.0

16.1
18.0
17.4
13.6
14.2

4.3
4.7
3.9
4.6
2.8

1.60
1.69
1.71
1.51
1.40

395

27.2
31.4
22.8
24.4
15.9

5.6
5.2
11.3
4.9
3.8

76.8
75.9
73.7
78.4
81.0

30.6
31.6
38.3
27.3
24.3

18.1
18.9
17.4
18.6
13.7

5.2
5.8
3.8
5.5
3.0

1.63
1.69
1.67
1.59
1.42

3,118
870
465
1,263
520

20.6
28.5
17.8
19.4
12.9

5.3
4.7
9.5
4.9
3.7

74.2
74.7
78.7
71.3
76.0

38.1
42.9
47.5
35.2
29.0

13.8
16.0
17.4
10.8
14.4

3.4
2.4
4.3
4.0
2.7

1.55
1.69
1.75
1.46
1.39

Total
jobseekers

Total, 16 years and over ....
Job losers1
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants

7,815
3,916

6,604
2,829

834
2,135

838
2,023

930

915

Men, 16 years and over
Job losers1
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants

4,250
2,667
372
809
402

3,487

Women, 16 years and over
Job losers1
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants

3,565
1,249
461
1,327
527

1,960
373
759

1
Data on the number of jobseekers and the jobsearch methods used
exclude persons on layoff.
NOTE: The jobseeker total is less than the total unemployed because
it does not include persons on layoff or waiting to begin a new job within

26



Average
number of
methods
used

Placed
or
answered
ads

Total
unemployed

30 days, groups for whom jobseeking information is not collected. The
percent using each method will always total more than 100 because
many jobseekers use more than one method.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

A-21. Employed civilians in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by age and sex
(In thousands)
Men

Total
Industry and age

Women

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

All industries
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over

106,246
6,088
2,264
3,824
14,326
71,527
30,938
24,267
16,323
11,457
6,904
4,553
2,848

108,282
6,069
2,320
3,749
13,907
73,898
31,718
25,511
16,668
11,565
6,967
4,598
2,843

59,511
3,109
1,137
1,972
7,559
40,442
17,426
13,616
9,399
6,724
4,060
2,664
1,677

60,113
3,036
1,185
1,851
7,265
41,300
17,759
14,074
9,466
6,794
4,084
2,710
1,719

46,736
2,979
1,127
1,852
6,767
31,086
13,512
10,651
6,923
4,733
2,844
1,889
1,171

48,169
3,034
1,135
1,898
6,642
32,598
13,959
11,438
7,202
4,771
2,883
1,888
1,124

Agriculture
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over

3,227
263
117
145
360
1,848
718
582
548
486
243
244
270

2,920
196
81
115
360
1,671
697
504
470
461
233
227
232

2,646
222
95
127
311
1,472
603
437
432
403
196
207
238

2,341
164
72
92
301
1,302
570
376
356
367
181
186
206

581
41
23
18
48
376
115
146
116
83
47
37
32

579
32
9
24
59
368
127
128
113
94
53
41
26

103,019
5,825
2,146
3,679
13,966
69,679
30,220
23,685
15,774
10,971
6,661
4,310
2,578

105,362
5,873
2,239
3,634
13,547
72,227
31,021
25,007
16,199
11,105
6,734
4,370
2,611

56,865
2,887
1,042
1,845
7,248
38,970
16,823
13,180
8,967
6,321
3,864
2,457
1,439

57,772
2,872
1,112
1,759
6,964
39,997
17,189
13,698
9,109
6,428
3,904
2,524
1,512

46,155
2,938
1,104
1,834
6,718
30,709
13,396
10,505
6,808
4,650
2,797
1,853
1,139

47,590
3,001
1,127
1,874
6,583
32,230
13,832
11,309
7,089
4,677
2,830
1,847
1,098

Nonagricultural industries
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over




27

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-22.

Employed civilians by occupation, sex, and age

(In thousands)
Total
Occupation

16 years
and over
Nov.
1984

Total

Women

Men

Nov.
1985

16 years
and over
Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

16 years
and over

20 years
and over
Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

20 years
and over

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

106,246 108,282 59,511 60,113 56,402 57,077 46,736 48,169 43,756 45,136

Managerial and professional specialty
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Officials and administrators, public administration
Other executive, administrative, and managerial
Management-related occupations
Professional specialty
Engineers
Mathematical and computer scientists
Natural scientists
Health diagnosing occupations
Health assessment and treating occupations
Teachers, college and university
Teachers, except college and university
Lawyers and judges
Other professional specialty occupations

25,264 26,485 14,765 14,954 14,672 14,867 10,499 11,531 10,407 11,420
7,769 7,831 7,725 7,791 3,951 4,515 3,928 4,465
11,720 12,347
344
176
236
327
327
503
235
176
344
580
7,985 8,472 5,576 5,740 5,536 5,702 2,409 2,732 2,388 2,698
1,866 1,747 1,863 1,745 1,366 1,547 1,364 1,533
3,294
3,231
13,543 14,139 6,996 7,123 6,947 7,075 6,548 7,016 6,479 6,955
110
1,602 1,744 1,492 1,614 1,492 1,614
108
130
130
399
377
520
142
143
194
376
399
593
194
309
240
304
64
72
240
382
71
65
309
757
99
623
658
658
726
95
103
623
100
297 1,740
287
287
2,027 2,117
1,817
1,813
1,740
300
427
690
460
656
229
231
228
459
225
428
981
3,532 3,710 1,020
2,512 2,722 2,483 2,698
988 1,004
571
644
118
526
671
117
101
526
571
101
3,468 3,540 1,936 1,890 1,906 1,854 1,532 1,650 1,500 1,623

Technical, sales, and administrative support
Technicians and related support
Health technologists and technicians
Engineering and science technicians
Technicians, except health, engineering, and science
Sales occupations
Supervisors and proprietors
Sales representatives, finance and business services
Sales representatives, commodities, except retail
Sales workers, retail and personal services
Sales-related occupations
Administrative support, including clerical
Supervisors
Computer equipment operators
Secretaries, stenographers, and typists
Financial records processing
Mail and message distributing
Other administrative support, including clerical

32,921

Service occupations
Private household
Protective service
Service, except private household and protective
Food service
Health service
Cleaning and building service
Personal service

14,162
1,005
1,741

3,111
1,146
1,064
901
12,930
3,385
1,959
1,452
6,075
59

16,880
641
724
5,060
2,441
808

7,206

33,762 11,515 12,006 10,958 11,444 21,407 21,756 19,854 20,144
1,724
3,281
1,477
1,495
1,532
1,590
1,749
1,616
1,512
1,114
924
186
925
933
211
191
213
918
1,124
861
204
840
854
234
211
243
881
1,042
676
550
365
540
359
348
351
678
13,047
6,430 6,387 6,264 5,445 5,367
6,543 6,783 6,171
3,454
1,026
1,086
2,348
1,058
2,367 2,327 2,345 1,037
2,144
862
1,272
1,177
1,187
835
756
772
1,281
1,579
267
1,303
265
1,172
1,183
265
269
1,313
5,800
1,485 4,268 4,003 3,361
1,477
1,807
3,168
1,797
70
42
39
41
45
25
18
18
25
3,356 3,474 3,197 3,290 13,525 13,960 12,932 13,266
17,434
342
342
395
298
299
393
302
299
697
490
554
269
231
533
483
276
235
830
100 4,906 4,879 4,689 4,638
145
108
154
4,988
250 2,218 2,269 2,170 2,209
215
253
223
2,522
244
274
533
537
261
241
565
564
839
1,882 1,970 1,769 1,839 5,324 5,588 5,007 5,233
7,558

11,416 11,812
4,881 5,097
1,679 1,725
2,837 2,744
2,020 2,245

5,543
48
1,522
3,973
1,751
154
1,709
359

5,680
25
1,533
4,121
1,878

Precision production, craft, and repair
Mechanics and repairers
Construction trades
Other precision production, craft, and repair

13,230 13,438
4,470
4,410
4,846
4,740
4,122
4,081

12,124
4,284
4,653
3,187

Operators, fabricators, and laborers
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Manufacturing industries
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Nonmanufacturing industries
Transportation and material moving occupations
Motor vehicle operators
Other transportation and material moving occupations
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Construction laborers
Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Farming, forestry, and fishing
Farm operators and managers
Other farming, forestry, and fishing occupations

28



14,534

379

8,620
957
219
7,443
3,130
1,525
1,127
1,661

8,854
935
229
7,690
3,219
1,538
1,099
1,835

7,620
779
199
6,642
2,540
1,445
1,074
1,583

7,813
802
222
6,790
2,540
1,455
1,059
1,735

11,934
4,223
4,616
3,094

1,106
126
87
894

1,207
163
85
959

1,071
123
80
868

1,175
156
81
938

17,187 16,977 12,574 12,600 11,550 11,524
4,496
8,222
4,665
4,848
7,831
4,662
3,734
6,888 6,563 3,997
3,864
3,861
2,520
3,827 3,678 2,633
2,545
2,596
1,215
3,061
1,318
2,886
1,265
1,365
1,334
1,268
762
801
801
851
4,561
4,478
4,034 3,963
4,170
4,098
3,299 3,270 2,965
2,855 2,812
2,915
1,261
1,208
1,179 1,152
1,206
1,183
4,404
4,668
3,064
3,556 3,839 2,851
616
729
625
597
542
702
3,788 3,939 2,959
2,309 2,440
3,137

4,613
3,375
2,891
1,195
1,697
484
390
335
55
848
19
829

4,377
3,169
2,702
1,082
1,621
466
380
355
25
829
27
802

4,357
3,248
2,793
1,145
1,649
455
381
326
55
727
18
709

4,154
3,052
2,629
1,045
1,584
424
364
338
25
738
27
712

492
169
323

444
168
276

448
166
282

430
168
262

3,482
1,483
1,999

960
1,762

3,086
1,276
1,809

2,990
1,313
1,677

187
1,645
411

4,710
42
1,491
3,177
1,158
149
1,543
326

4,874
14
1,503
3,357
1,281
175
1,522

12,231
4,307
4,761
3,163

11,790
4,164
4,508
3,117

2,642
1,109
1,533

2,722
1,288
1,434

2,435
1,099
1,336

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-23. Employed civilians by occupation, race, and sex
(Percent distribution)
Men

Total
Occupation and race

Women

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

106,246
100.0

108,282
100.0

59,511
100.0

60,113
100.0

46,736
100.0

48,169
100.0

23.8
11.0
12.7

24.5
11.4

24.8
13.1
11.8
19.3
2.7
11.0
5.6

24.9
13.0

22.5
8.5
14.0
45.8
3.2
13.7

23.9

TOTAL
Total, 16 years and over (thousands)
Percent
Managerial and professional specialty
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Professional specialty
Technical, sales, and administrative support
Technicians and related support
Sales occupations
Administrative support, including clerical
Service occupations
Private household
Protective service
Service, except private household and protective
Precision production, craft, and repair
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving occupations
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Farming, forestry, and fishing

31.0
2.9
12.2
15.9
13.3
.9
1.6
10.7

13.1
31.2
3.0
12.0
16.1
13.4

.9

9.3

11.8
20.0

2.9
11.3
5.8

9.4

28.9

21.1
8.1
7.0
6.0
5.0

2.6
6.9
20.3
21.0
7.8
6.8
6.4
4.4

18.4
2.0
.5
15.9
2.4
9.9
7.2
.8
1.8
1.1

.1
2.6

O

9.4
14.6
45.2
3.2
13.0

29.0
18.4
1.9
.5
16.0
2.5

16.2
7.7
4.3
4.1
3.3

1.6
10.9
12.4
15.7
7.2
4.1
4.3
2.8

92,825
100.0

94,769
100.0

52,591
100.0

53,222
100.0

40,234
100.0

41,547
100.0

24.8
11.6
13.2

25.4
12.0
13.4
31.7
3.0
12.7
16.0
12.3
.7
1.5
10.0
12.8
14.8
6.8
4.0
4.0

25.9

25.9
13.6

23.3
8.8

24.7
9.8

19.7
2.7

12.3
20.3
2.9

11.7
5.3
8.3

11.9
5.4
8.6

14.4
47.2
3.1
14.3

15.0
46.4
3.2
13.6
29.5

12.5

6.7
20.4

9.1
6.6
.8
1.7

.9

White
Total, 16 years and over (thousands)
Percent
Managerial and professional specialty
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Professional specialty
Technical, sales, and administrative support
Technicians and related support
Sales occupations
Administrative support, including clerical
Service occupations
Private household
Protective service
Service, except private household and protective
Precision production, craft, and repair
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving occupations
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Farming, forestry, and fishing

31.6
2.9
12.8
15.9
12.1
.7
1.6

9.8
12.9
15.3
7.2
4.2
3.9
3.4

13.7
12.2

.1
2.5
5.8

29.7

17.0

17.0
1.5
.4

5.9
4.5

1.6
.4
15.0
2.2
9.1
6.6
.8
1.7
1.2

5,301
100.0

5,278
100.0

5,178
100.0

5,286
100.0

15.0
6.2
8.8

12.6
7.0
5.6

13.0
6.7
6.3

16.1
5.4

16.9
5.6

26.5
2.4
6.8
17.3
23.2
2.7
2.6
17.8
9.2
23.9

15.3

16.2
2.1
5.4
8.7

10.7
36.6
3.6

11.3
36.8
2.6
8.2
25.9

21.0
20.0

7.7

2.9

6.8
5.6
5.0

10,479
100.0

10,564
100.0

14.3
6.2
8.1
25.8
2.7
6.7
16.4

O
2.4
6.1
21.0
19.8
7.4
6.5

15.1
2.4
8.4
6.0
.8
1.6
1.0

Black
Total, 16 years and over (thousands)
Percent
Managerial and professional specialty
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Professional specialty
Technical, sales, and administrative support
Technicians and related support
Sales occupations
Administrative support, including clerical
Service occupations
Private household
Protective service
Service, except private household and protective
Precision production, craft, and repair
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving occupations
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Farming, forestry, and fishing

23.5
3.1
2.4
18.0
9.5
24.0
12.0
5.7
6.3
2.9

11.0
5.6
7.2
2.3

1.8
4.5

9.0
17.6
.2
4.0
13.5
16.1
33.1
12.8

10.2
10.1
5.3

17.4
.1
4.4
12.9
15.6
33.6
11.3
10.6
11.7
4.2

9.1

23.9
29.5
6.0
.8
22.7
2.8
14.6
11.1

1.0
2.5
.4

28.9
5.3
.9
22.8

2.9
14.2
10.8
.6
2.7
.4

Less than 0.05 percent.




29

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

A-24. Employed civilians by age, sex, and class of worker
(In thousands)
November 1985
Agriculture

Nonagricultural industries
Wage and salary workers

Age and sex
Total

Private
household Government
workers

Other

Selfemployed
workers

Unpaid
family
workers

SelfWage and
salary
employed
workers
workers

Unpaid
family
workers

Total, 16 years and over....
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over

97,045
5,781
2,191
3,590
13,208
28,995
22,617
14,528
9,868
6,031
3,838
2,048

1,185
188
141
47
144
197
136
213
194
102
91
113

16,277
285
75
210
1,203
4,361
4,833
3,082
2,134
1,344
790
379

79,584
5,308
1,974
3,333
11,861
24,437
17,649
11,232
7,540
4,584
2,956
1,556

8,066
74
39
35
315
1,973
2,332
1,620
1,198
681
517
554

252
18
9
9
24
53
58
51
39
23
16

1,435
165
65
100
289
402
225
192
116
60
56
45

1,350
15
10
5
56
274
258
250
312
150
162
184

135
16
6
10
15
20
22
27
32
23
10
3

Men, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over

52,445
2,806
1,082
1,724
6,760
15,915
12,225
8,054
5,567
3,417
2,150
1,120

140
47
41
7
28
23
2
10
15
13
2
15

7,927
119
32
86
549
2,046
2,314
1,609
1,077
668
409
213

44,378
2,640
1,008
1,631
6,182
13,846
9,909
6,434
4,475
2,736
1,739
891

5,290
55
24
31
195
1,271
1,473
1,051
856
483
374
390

36
11
7
5

1,149
138
57
81
239
321
167
148
93
49
44
43

1,158
15
10
5
51
245
206
207
273
131
142
162

34
11
6
5
11
5
3
2

Women, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over

44,599
2,975
1,109
1,866
6,448
13,080
10,392
6,474
4,301
2,614
1,688
928

1,044
141
100
40
116
174
134
203
178
89
89
98

8,349
166
43
123
653
2,315
2,518
1,473
1,058
676
381
165

35,206
2,668
966
1,702
5,679
10,591
7,740
4,798
3,065
1,848
1,217
664

2,776
19
15
4
120
703
860
568
341
198
143
164

215
7
3
4
16
49
57
47
34
18
16
6

286
27
8
19
50
82
57
45
23
11
12
2

192

101
5

30




4
30
52
44
39
19
20
23

5
4
15
19
25
32
22
10
1

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-25. Employed civilians by industry and occupation
(In thousands)
November 1985
Technical, sales, and
administrative
support

Managerial and
professional
specialty
Industry

Agriculture
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Transportation and public
utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
Services
Private households
Other service industries .
Professional services...
Public administration

Operators,
fabricators,
and laborers

Service
occupations

Total
Executive,
TechniemAdminisadminiscians
ployed
trative
ProfesPrivate
trative,
Other
and
sional
Sales support, house- service1
and
including hold
specialty related
manaclerical
support
gerial

2,920
918
7,133
20,732
12,540
8,193
7,640
22,853
4,370
18,483

7,081
33,979
1,191
32,788
22,122
5,027

44
142

1,426
1,034

165

41
280
4,051
3,987
2,874
1,113

287
9,544
1,778
7,766

2,146
2,268

263
4,235
30
4,205

1,290
1,579
355
1,225

124 1,663
1,732
712
7
712
1,725
1,448
131

3,039
5,468
20
5,449
4,022
1,396

913

1,155
532

714
538
176

12
8
71
736
325
412

798
1,877
473
1,405

445
377
50
327

263
108
48
60

1,642

163
10,513
5
10,508
9,404
675

781
2,273
1,360

3,714
3

3,711
2,114
1,075

107
101
448

22
13
34
353
188

31
42

53
84
141
1,687

Precision
Farming,
produc- Machine
Handlers, forestry,
opertion,
Transporequipment
ators,
and
craft,
tation
assemcleaners, fishing
and
and
blers,
helpers,
repair
material
and
and
moving
inspeclaborers
tors

49

14

219

2,461

795

1,474
960
960

258
7,158
69

7,089
4,035
1,240

17
34
92
6,563
3,678
2,886

39
169
593
781
425
356

16
45
859
1,095
495
600

2,539

110
292
119
173

1,556
819
414
405

479
1,730
297
1,432

2
23
12
11

13
465
11
455
253
41

25
383
34
349
75
36

38
347
73
274
89
41

108
1,840
10
1,831
375
261

686

687
177
29

14
83
75
8

Includes protective service, not shown separately.

A-26. Employed civilians with a job but not at work by reason, sex, and pay status
(In thousands)
All
industries

Nonagricultural industries
Wage and salary workers1

Total
Reason not working and sex
Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Paid absences
Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Unpaid absences

Nov.
1985

Nov.
1984

Nov.
1985

1,461
293
604

1,549
211
739

Total 16 years and over
Vacation
Illness
Bad weather
Industrial disDute
All other reasons

3,995
1,640
1,230
86
27
1,012

3,908
1,367
1,370
212
45
915

3,875
1,601
1,204
59
27
984

3,775
1,344
1,344
154
45
889

1,820
1,121
453
(2)

1,684
980
488

245

216

564

(2)
599

Men 16 years and over
Vacation
Illness
All other reasons3

2,129
971
629
530

2,207
857
723
627

2,032
939
607
486

2,087
836
701
550

991
665
235
91

1,011
649
283
78

683
142
301
239

738
105
359
273

Women 16 years and over
Vacation
Illness
All other reasons3

1,866
669
602
596

1,701
510
646
545

1,842
662
597
584

1,688
507
643
538

830
456
219
155

672
331
205
136

778
150
302
325

809
105
380
324

Excludes private household workers.
Pay status not available separately for bad weather and industrial
dispute; these categories are included in all other reasons.
2




O

3

Includes bad weather and industrial dispute, not shown separately.
NOTE: Estimates for "all other reasons" by pay status may be biased
because of high response variance; data should be used with caution.

31

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-27.

Persons at work by hours of work and type of industry
November 1985
Thousands of persons

Hours of work
All
industries

Agriculture

Percent distribution

Nonagricultural
industries

All
industries

Nonagricultural
industries

Agriculture

104,374

2,787

101,587

100.0

100.0

100.0

1 to 34 hours
1 to 4 hours
5 to 14 hours
15 to 29 hours
30 to 34 hours

29,162
869
4,963
12,887
10,443

903
50
195
437
221

28,258
819
4,768
12,449
10,222

27.9
.8
4.8
12.3
10.0

32.4
1.8
7.0
15.7
7.9

27.8
.8
4.7
12.3
10.1

35 hours and over
35 to 39 hours
40 hours
41 hours and over
41 to 48 hours
49 to 59 hours
60 hours and over

75,213
6,926
39,203
29,084
10,559
10,666
7,859

1,884
124
553
1,207
183
340
684

73,330
6,802
38,650
27,878
10,376
10,326
7,176

72.1
6.6
37.6
27.9
10.1
10.2
7.5

67.6
4.4
19.8
43.3
6.6
12.2
24.5

72.2
6.7
38.0
27.4
10.2
10.2
7.1

38.6
43.1

42.9
50.0

38.5
42.9

Total, 16 years and over

Average hours, total at work
Average hours, workers on full-time schedules

A-28. Persons at work 1 to 34 hours by reason for working less than 35 hours, type of industry, and usual status
(Numbers in thousands)
November 1985
All industries

Nonagricultural industries

Reason for working less than 35 hours
Usually
work
full time

Usually
work
part time

29,162

10,639

18,522

5,385
2,369
49
159
64
2,744

1,667
1,395
49
159
64

3,718
974

23,776
12,543
1,032
1,471
792
8
4,431
1,494
2,006

8,972

1,374

21.9
22.3

1,681
8,762

Total
Total, 16 years and over
Economic reasons
Slack work
Material shortages or repairs to plant and equipment
New job started during week
Job terminated during week
Could find only part-time work
Other reasons
Does not want, or unavailable for, full-time work
Vacation
Illness
Bad weather
Industrial dispute
Legal or religious holiday
Full time for this job
All other reasons
Average hours:
Economic reasons
Other reasons
Worked 30 to 34 hours:
Economic reasons
Other reasons

32




Usually
work
full time

Usually
work
part time

28,258

10,268

17,989

5,176
2,233
49
156
63
2,673

1,581
1,312
49
156
63

3,595
921

8,688

1,494
632

23,083
12,241
1,019
1,454
604
8
4,422
1,465
1,871

1,313

1,465
558

24.5
28.0

20.8
18.8

22.0
22.4

24.6
28.2

20.9
18.9

786
6,152

895
2,610

1,614
8,608

744
6,055

870
2,553

2,744

1,032
1,336
792
8
4,431

14,804
12,543
135

Total

2,673

1,019
1,323
604
8
4,422

14,395
12,241
131

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-29. Persons at work in nonagricultural industries by class of worker and full- or part-time status
(Numbers in thousands)
November 1985
Industry

Total, 16 years and over
Wage and salary workers
Mining
Construction

Total
at
work

On part
time
for
economic
reasons

On full-time schedules
On
voluntary
part time

Total

40 hours 41 to 48 49 hours
or more
or less
hours

Average
hours,
total
at work

Average
hours,
workers
on full-time
schedules

101,587

5,176

14,395

82,016

54,138

10,376

17,502

38.5

42.9

93,764

4,607

13,051

76,106

51,525

9,720

14,861

38.3

42.5

852

31

15

806

455

104

247

45.1

46.4

5,567

360

275

4,932

3,441

580

911

39.1

41.5

Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods

19,662
11,908
7,754

643
283
359

679
304
375

18,340
11,321
7,020

12,156
7,409
4,747

2,929
1,789
1,141

3,255
2,123
1,132

41.3
41.8
40.5

42.7
42.8
42.5

Transportation and public utilities ...
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate

6,983
20,269
6,315

205
1,541
107

380
4,889
578

6,398
13,839
5,630

4,306
8,449
4,128

751
2,118
579

1,341
3,272
923

40.9
36.4
39.0

42.8
43.8
41.3

Service industries
Private households
All other industries
Public administration

29,290
1,141
28,149
4,827

1,654
256
1,398
67

5,971
531
5,440
263

21,665
354
21,311
4,497

15,021
238
14,783
3,570

2,332
18
2,314
327

4,312
98
4,214
600

36.3
24.3
36.8
38.3

42.5
45.9
42.4
39.7

Self-employed workers
Unpaid family workers

7,571
252

556
13

1,244
101

5,771
138

2,537
75

636
20

2,598
43

41.1
35.1

48.2
45.6




33

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-30. Persons at work in nonagricultural industries by sex, age, race, marital status, and full- or part-time status
(Numbers in thousands)
November 1985

Sex, age, race, and marital status

Total
at
work

On part
time for
economic
reasons

On full-time schedules
On
voluntary
part time

Total

40 hours
or less

41 hours
or more

Average
hours,
total
at work

Average
hours,
workers
on full-time
schedules

TOTAL
Total, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 years and over
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 44 years
45 to 64 years
65 years and over

101,587
5,714
2,166
3,547
95,873
13,169
82,705
54,239
26,058
2,408

5,176
501
70
430
4,675
1,052
3,623
2,437
1,064
121

14,395
3,419
1,907
1,512
10,976
2,230
8,745
4,835
2,740
1,170

82,016
1,794
189
1,605
80,222
9,887
70,337
46,967
22,254
1,117

54,138
1,399
154
1,247
52,739
7,037
45,705
29,993
14,914
798

27,878
395
35
358
27,483
2,850
24,632
16,974
7,340
319

38.5
24.2
17.1
28.5
39.3
36.4
39.8
40.3
39.7
28.4

42.9
40.0
37.8
40.3
43.0
41.8
43.1
43.3
43.0
41.5

Men, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 years and over
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 44 years
45 to 64 years
65 years and over

55,685
2,798
1,081
1,717
52,887
6,795
46,093
29,941
14,772
1,379

2,258
232
43
188
2,027
520
1,507
1,070
378
58

4,255
1,600
924
677
2,655
935
1,719
604
530
586

49,172
966
114
852
48,205
5,340
42,867
28,267
13,864
735

29,004
719
88
631
28,283
3,509
24,777
15,862
8,389
524

20,168
247
26
221
19,922
1,831
18,090
12,405
5,475
211

41.5
25.2
17.7
29.9
42.3
38.0
42.9
43.6
42.8
30.4

44.4
40.7
38.1
41.0
44.5
42.9
44.7
44.9
44.2
41.6

Women, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 years and over
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 44 years
45 to 64 years
65 years and over

45,902
2,916
1,085
1,830
42,986
6,374
36,612
24,298
11,285
1,029

2,917
269
27
242
2,648
532
2,115
1,368
685
62

10,140
1,819
984
835
8,321
1,295
7,026
4,232
2,210
584

32,845
828
74
753
32,017
4,547
27,471
18,698
8,390
383

25,135
682
64
615
24,456
3,527
20,928
14,128
6,527
275

7,710
146
10
138
7,561
1,020
6,543
4,570
1,863
108

34.8
23.2
16.5
27.2
35.6
34.8
35.7
36.3
35.5
25.7

40.8
39.3

White, 16 years and over
Men
Women

88,701
49,179
39,522

4,254
1,834
2,420

13,099
3,838
9,262

71,348
43,507
27,840

45,916
24,956
20,959

25,432
18,551
6,881

38.5
41.7
34.6

43.2
44.6
40.9

Black, 16 years and over
Men
Women

10,052
4,963
5,089

803
360
442

950
295
654

8,299
4,308
3,993

6,524
3,175
3,350

1,775
1,133
643

37.7
39.5
35.8

41.2
42.3
40.1

Men, 16 years and over:
Married, spouse present
Widowed, divorced, or separated .
Single (never married)

36,470
5,291
13,925

1,025
275
958

1,246
187
2,822

34,199
4,829
10,145

19,364
2,814
6,826

14,835
2,015
3,319

43.3
42.4
36.2

44.8
44.4
42.8

Women, 16 years and over:
Married, spouse present
Widowed, divorced, or separated .
Single (never married)

25,854
8,728
11,320

1,483
637
797

5,994
1,081
3,065

18,377
7,010
7,458

14,334
5,173
5,626

4,043
1,837
1,832

34.6
37.3
33.4

40.4
41.4
41.1

O
39.5
40.8
40.5
40.9
40.9
40.8
41.2

RACE

MARITAL STATUS

Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

34




HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-31. Persons at work in nonfarm occupations by sex and full- or part-time status
(Numbers in thousands)
November 1985
Average
hours,
Average
workers
hours,
on full49
total
41 to 48
time
hours
at work
hours
schedor more
ules

O n full-time schedules
Occupation and sex

Total, 16 years and over
Managerial and professional specialty
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Professional specialty
Technical, sales, and administrative support
Technicians and related support
Sales occupations
Administrative support, including clerical
Service occupations
Private household
Protective service
Service, except private household and protective
Precision production, craft, and repair
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving occupations
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Men, 16 years and over
Managerial and professional specialty
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Professional specialty
Technical, sales, and administrative support
Technicians and related support
Sales occupations
Administrative support, including clerical
Service occupations
Private household
Protective service
Service, except private household and protective
Precision production, craft, and repair
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving occupations
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Women, 16 years and over
Managerial and professional specialty
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Professional specialty
Technical, sales, and administrative support
Technicians and related support
Sales occupations
Administrative support, including clerical
Service occupations
Private household
Protective service
Service, except private household and protective
Precision production, craft, and repair
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving occupations
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1

Total
at
work

O n part
time for
economic
reasons

On
voluntary
part
time

Total

40
hours
or less

101,437

5,131

14,361

81,945

54,044

10,393

17,509

38.5

42.9

25,693
11,969
13,724
32,726
3,199
12,631
16,896
13,960
923
1,666
11,371
12,869
16,189
7,521
4,191
4,478

442
133
309
1,304
84
722
497
1,526
189
58
1,280
659
1,200
418
291
491

2,514
618
1,896
5,900
363
2,652
2,885
4,104
445
154
3,505
467
1,375
318
302
755

22,737
11,218
11,518
25,522
2,752
9,257
13,513
8,331
290
1,454
6,587
11,742
13,614
6,785
3,597
3,232

13,150
6,107
7,043
17,999
2,057
4,990
10,952
6,122
200
922
5,000
7,606
9,165
4,810
1,964
2,392

2,753
1,392
1,360
2,966
308
1,328
1,330
861
6
199
656
1,809
2,005
1,045
549
411

6,833
3,719
3,114
4,557
387
2,939
1,231
1,348
83
334
931
2,327
2,444
930
1,084
430

41.6
43.7
39.8
37.1
38.6
38.6
35.7
32.9
24.6
41.3
32.3
40.8
39.3
40.1
41.9
35.5

44.5
45.2
43.9
42.0
41.5
45.4
39.7
42.2
45.6
44.7
41.5
42.7
42.8
41.9
45.5
41.5

55,401

2,203

4,176

49,022

28,857

6,829

13,337

41.5

44.4

14,539
7,577
6,962
11,701
1,721
6,619
3,361
5,445
24
1,444
3,977
11,706
12,010
4,488
3,832
3,690

199
90
109
249
13
169
67
406
5
38
363
567
782
164
246
372

686
212
473
1,092
108
628
356
1,111
17
91
1,004
328
959
118
199
642

13,654
7,275
6,379
10,360
1,601
5,821
2,938
3,928
2
1,316
2,611
10,810
10,269
4,206
3,388
2,675

6,951
3,499
3,453
5,691
1,119
2,519
2,052
2,704
823
1,882
6,955
6,556
2,785
1,816
1,955

1,676
925
751
1,473
187
908
377
463
186
277
1,649
1,568
712
520
336

5,027
2,852
2,176
3,197
294
2,394
508
761
2
307
452
2,207
2,145
709
1,051
385

44.6
45.6
43.4
42.1
40.6
44.0
39.0
36.5

46.2
46.7
45.7
45.1
42.3
47.4
41.9
43.3

O
42.4

O
44.8

34.5
41.1
40.1
41.5
42.8
35.5

42.5
42.8
43.5
42.8
45.8
41.7

46,036

2,928

10,185

32,923

25,186

3,564

4,172

34.8

40.8

11,154
4,392
6,761
21,024
1,477
6,012
13,535
8,515
899
222
7,394
1,163
4,180
3,033
358
788

243
43
200
1,055
72
553
430
1,120
184
20
917
92
418
254
45
119

1,829
406
1,423
4,808
255
2,024
2,529
2,993
428
64
2,501
139
417
201
104
112

9,082
3,944
5,139
15,162
1,151
3,435
10,576
4,402
288
138
3,976
932
3,345
2,579
210
557

6,199
2,609
3,591
12,308
938
2,470
8,900
3,418
200
99
3,118
651
2,610
2,024
148
437

1,077
468
609
1,493
120
420
953
397
6
13
379
160
437
333
29
75

1,806
867
939
1,361
92
545
723
587
81
26
479
121
299
221
32
45

37.7
40.4
36.0
34.4
36.3
32.6
34.9
30.5
24.7
34.2
31.1
37.9
37.0
37.9
32.9
35.2

42.0
42.6
41.5
39.8
40.3
41.9
39.1
41.3
45.3
43.9
40.9
41.8
40.7
40.6
41.8
40.7

Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.




35

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-32. Employment status of the noninstitutional population, including Armed forces stationed in the United States, by sex,
seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
1985

1984
Employment status and sex
Nov.

Dec

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

178,834
115,773
64.7
107,631
60.2
1,699
105,932
3,334
102,598
8,142
7.0
63,061

179,004
116,162
64.9
107,971
60.3
1,698
106,273
3,385
102,888
8,191
7.1
62,842

179,081
116,572
65.1
108,088
60.4
1,697
106,391
3,320
103,071
8,484
7.3
62,509

179,219
116,787
65.2
108,388
60.5
1,703
106,685
3,340
103,345
8,399
7.2
62,432

179,368
117,215
65.3
108,820
60.7
1,701
107,119
3,362
103,757
8,396
7.2
62,153

179,501
117,073
65.2
108,647
60.5
1,702
106,945
3,428
103,517
8,426
7.2
62,428

179,649
117,078
65.2
108,665
60.5
1,705
106,960
3,312
103,648
8,413
7.2
62,571

179,798
116,485
64.8
108,072
60.1
1,702
106,370
3,138
103,232
8,413
7.2
63,313

179,967
117,018
65.0
108,566
60.3
1,704
106,862
3,126
103,737
8,451
7.2
62,949

180,131
117,025
65.0
108,898
60.5
1,726
107,172
3,092
104,080
8,127
6.9
63,106

180,304
117,550
65.2
109,276
60.6
1,732
107,544
2,976
104,568
8,274
7.0
62,754

180,470
117,859
65.3
109,567
60.7
1,700
107,867
3,026
104,841
8,291
7.0
62,611

180,642
117,769
65.2
109,629
60.7
1,702
107,927
3,008
104,920
8,140
6.9
62,873

85,523
65,657
76.8
61,155
71.5
1,552
59,603
4,502
6.9
19,866

85,607
65,814
76.9
61,252
71.6
1,550
59,702
4,562
6.9
19,793

85,629
65,822
76.9
61,213
71.5
1,549
59,664
4,609
7.0
19,807

85,692
65,818
76.8
61,226
71.4
1,554
59,672
4,592
7.0
19,874

85,764
65,923
76.9
61,427
71.6
1,553
59,874
4,495
6.8
19,841

85,827
65,986
76.9
61,405
71.5
1,553
59,852
4,582
6.9
19,841

85,898
66,032
76.9
61,553
71.7
1,556
59,997
4,479
6.8
19,866

85,970
65,608
76.3
60,959
70.9
1,552
59,407
4,649
7.1
20,362

86,052
65,900
76.6
61,256
71.2
1,554
59,702
4,644
7.0
20,152

86,132
65,901
76.5
61,507
71.4
1,574
59,933
4,395
6.7
20,231

86,217
66,106
76.7
61,685
71.5
1,580
60,105
4,421
6.7
20,111

86,293
66,259
76.8
61,689
71.5
1,551
60,138
4,570
6.9
20,034

86,374
66,175
76.6
61,729
71.5
1,552
60,177
4,446
6.7
20,199

93,311
50,116
53.7
46,476
49.8
147
46,329
3,640
7.3
43,195

93,397
50,348
53.9
46,719
50.0
148
46,571
3,629
7.2
43,049

93,452
50,750
54.3
46,875
50.2
148
46,727
3,875
7.6
42,702

93,527
50,970
54.5
47,162
50.4
149
47,013
3,807
7.5
42,557

93,603
51,293
54.8
47,392
50.6
148
47,244
3,900
7.6
42,310

93,674
51,086
54.5
47,242
50.4
149
47,093
3,844
7.5
42,588

93,751
51,047
54.4
47,113
50.3
149
46,964
3,934
7.7
42,704

93,828
50,877
54.2
47,113
50.2
150
46,963
3,764
7.4
42,951

93,915
51,117
54.4
47,310
50.4
150
47,160
3,807
7.4
42,798

93,999
51,123
54.4
47,391
50.4
152
47,239
3,732
7.3
42,876

94,087
51,444
54.7
47,591
50.6
152
47,439
3,854
7.5
42,643

94,177
51,599
54.8
47,878
50.8
149
47,729
3,721
7.2
42,578

94,266
51,593
54.7
47,899
50.8
149
47,750
3,694
7.2
42,673

TOTAL
Noninstitutional population1
Labor force1
Percent of population2
Total employed1
Employment-population ratio3
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate4
Not in labor force
Men
Noninstitutional population1
Labor force1
Percent of population2
Total employed1
Employment-population ratio3
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate4
Not in labor force
Women
Noninstitutional population1
Labor force1
Percent of population2
Total employed1
Employment-population ratio3
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate4
Not in labor force

Includes members of the Armed Forces stationed in the United
States.
2
Labor force as a percent of the noninstitutional population.
3
Total employment as a percent of the noninstitutional population.
4
Unemployment as a percent of the labor force (including the resident

36



Armed Forces).
NOTE: The population and Armed Forces figures are not adjusted for
seasonal variation. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in
tables A-32 through A-41 will not necessarily add to totals because of the
independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-33. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Employment status,
sex, and age

1985

1984
Nov.

Dec

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population1 .
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio2..
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

177,135 177,306 177,384 177,516 177,667 177,799 177,944 178,096 178,263 178,405 178,572 178,770 178,940
114,074 114,464 114,875 115,084 115,514 115,371 115,373 114,783 115,314 115,299 115,818 116,159 116,067
64.8
64.6
65.0
64.9
65.0
64.6
64.7
64.9
64.4
64.8
64.8
64.9
64.5
105,932 106,273 106,391 106,685 107,119 106,945 106,960 106,370 106,862 107,172 107,544 107,867 107,927
60.3
8,396
7.3

60.1
8,426
7.3

60.1
8,413
7.3

76,663
59,994
78.3
56,269
73.4
2,434
53,835
3,725
6.2
16,669

76,753 76,760 76,829 76,904
60,131 60,033 60,061 60,152
78.2
78.2
78.2
78.3
56,372 56,234 56,287 56,421
73.4
73.4
73.3
73.3
2,494 2,417 2,362 2,326
53,878 53,817 53,926 54,095
3,759 3,798 3,774 3,731
6.3
6.3
6.2
6.3
16,622 16,727 16,768 16,752

76,988
60,177
78.2
56,370
73.2
2,390
53,980
3,807
6.3
16,811

77,068
60,214
78.1
56,563
73.4
2,370
54,193
3,651
6.1
16,854

85,897
46,279
53.9
43,252
50.4
580
42,672
3,027
6.5
39,618

85,995
46,463
54.0
43,511
50.6
595
42,916
2,952
6.4
39,532

59.8
8,142
7.1

59.9
8,191
7.2

60.0
8,484
7.4

60.1
8,399
7.3

59.7
8,413
7.3

59.9
8,451
7.3

60.1
8,127
7.0

60.2
8,274
7.1

60.3
8,291
7.1

60.3
8,140
7.0

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population1 .
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio2..
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Not in labor force

77,135 77,243 77,306 77,389 77,498 77,566
60,100 60,143 60,227 60,438 60,564 60,568
77.9
77.9
77.9
78.1
78.1
78.1
56,209 56,376 56,628 56,802 56,901 56,909
73.3
72.9
73.0
73.4
73.4
73.4
2,266 2,231 2,232 2,148 2,153 2,173
53,944 54,145 54,396 54,654 54,748 54,737
3,891 3,767 3,600 3,637 3,663 3,659
6.5
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.3
6.0

17,035 17,100 17,079 16,951 16,934 16,998

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population1 .
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio2..
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Not in labor force

86,015
46,771
54.4
43,610
50.7
592
43,018
3,161
6.8
39,244

86,086 86,181 86,274 86,380
46,894 47,193 47,155 47,077
54.7
54.5
54.5
54.8
43,768 44,014 43,958 43,846
51.0
50.8
51.1
50.8
651
597
659
614
43,153 43,355 43,307 43,249
3,126 3,179 3,197 3,231
6.9
6.7
6.7
6.8
39,192 38,988 39,119 39,303

86,477
47,180
54.6
44,032
50.9
558
43,474
3,148
6.7
39,297

86,575
47,184
54.5
44,059
50.9
596
43,463
3,125
6.6
39,391

86,652
47,344
54.6
44,152
51.0
571
43,580
3,192
6.7
39,308

86,810
47,675
54.9
44,636
51.4
626
44,010
3,038
6.4
39,159 39,135
86,727
47,568
54.8
44,324
51.1
540
43,784
3,244
6.8

86,901
47,643
54.8

44,606
51.3
589
44,017
3,037
6.4
39,258

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population1
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio 2 ..
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Not in labor force

14,575 14,557 14,610 14,600 14,582 14,538 14,496 14,483 14,445 14,448 14,456 14,463 14,472
7,801 7,870 8,072 8,129 8,169 8,039 8,082 7,502 7,986 7,728 7,812 7,920 7,855
54.3
54.8
54.0
53.5
51.8
55.3
55.8
53.5
54.1
55.2
55.7
55.3
56.0
6,411 6,390 6,547 6,630 6,684 6,617 6,551 6,128 6,427 6,393 6,418 6,330 6,411
44.4
44.2
45.2
44.3
43.8
42.3
44.5
45.8
44.0
43.9
44.8
45.4
45.5
245
246
288
289
313
298
345
377
364
387
320
296
311
6,091 6,094 6,236 6,266 6,307 6,230 6,206 5,815 6,129 6,104 6,130 6,084 6,166
1,390 1,480 1,525 1,499 1,485 1,422 1,531 1,374 1,559 1,335 1,394 1,590 1,444
18.4
20.1
17.8
17.3
19.5
18.3
17.7
18.9
17.8
18.9
18.4
18.2
18.8
6,774 6,687 6,538 6,471 6,413 6,499 6,414 6,981 6,459 6,720 6,644 6,543 6,617

The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
Civilian employment as a percent of the civilian noninstitutional




population.

37

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-34. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin, seasonally
adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Employment status,
race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin

1984
Nov.

1985

Dec

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov

WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population1 .
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio 2 ..
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

152,659 152,734 153,103 153,191 153,296 153,388 153,489 153,597 153,717 153,819 153,938 154,082 154,203
98,630 99,005 99,496 99,711 100,035 99,805 99,768 99,441 99,735 99,735 100,165 100,598 100,467
64.7
65.3
65.1
65.0
65.2
65.1
64.8
64.9
65.0
65.1
64.8
64.6
65.3
92,587 92,884 93,124 93,552 93,785 93,544 93,539 92,990 93,374 93,599 94,071 94,452 94,562
60.7
60.9
61.2
60.8
60.8
60.5
61.0
61.1
60.8
61.3
61.1
60.6
61.3
6,136
6,362
6,230 6,451
6,262
6,250
6,372 6,159
6,121
5,905
6,094
6,146
6,043
6.4
6.2
6.2
6.4
6.2
6.5
6.2
6.3
6.2
5.9
6.1
6.1
6.1

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio 2 ..
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

52,586 52,695 52,727 52,750 52,823 52,866 52,853 52,798 52,754 52,846 52,968 53,147 53,141
78.4
78.5
78.6
78.6
78.6
78.6
78.8
78.4
78.3
78.2
78.7
78.5
78.6
49,745 49,840 49,808 49,907 49,995 49,970 50,098 49,732 49,810 50,036 50,228 50,419 50,409
74.4
74.3
74.4
74.4
74.4
74.2
73.9
73.8
74.3
74.5
74.5
74.5
74.6
2,944
2,843 2,828
2,918
2,855
2,811
3,066
2,756
2,896
2,841
2,733
2,739
2,729
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.6
5.8
5.2
5.5
5.5
5.4
5.2
5.3
5.1
5.1

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio 2 ..
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

39,237 39,434 39,789 39,925 40,158 40,024 39,961 40,102 40,130 40,253 40,397 40,573 40,497
54.1
53.7
53.4
53.9
53.8
53.9
53.9
54.2
54.2
54.0
53.9
53.2
54.4
37,063 37,259 37,440 37,681 37,798 37,686 37,609 37,759 37,831 37,941 38,068 38,338 38,372
50.8
50.4
51.4
50.8
50.8
50.6
50.8
51.0
50.6
51.4
51.1
50.9
50.2
2,244
2,352
2,360
2,348
2,175
2,126
2,330
2,312
2,299
2,343
2,338
2,174
2,235
5.7
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.9
5.6
5.9
5.5
5.2
5.8
5.8
5.5
5.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio 2 ..
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Men
Women

6,807
56.6
5,779
48.1
1,028
15.1
16.2
13.9

6,876
57.3
5,785
48.2
1,091
15.9
16.2
15.5

6,981
58.2
5,876
49.0
1,105
15.8
15.9
15.8

7,036
58.8
5,964
49.8
1,072
15.2
17.0
13.4

7,054
59.1
5,992
50.2
1,062
15.1
15.2
14.9

6,915
58.0
5,888
49.4
1,027
14.9
15.3
14.3

6,954
58.5
5,832
49.0
1,122
16.1
16.8
15.3

6,541
55.0
5,499
46.3
1,042
15.9
16.7
15.1

6,852
57.7
5,733
48.3
1,119
16.3
17.5
15.0

6,635
55.9
5,622
47.4
1,013
15.3
17.6
12.7

6,800
57.3
5,775
48.7
1,025
15.1
15.9
14.2

6,877
58.0
5,695
48.0
1,182
17.2
18.8
15.5

6,829
57.6
5,782
48.7
1,047
15.3
15.6
15.1

BLACK
Civilian noninstitutional population1 .
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio 2 ..
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

19,481 19,513 19,518 19,542 19,569 19,594 19,620 19,646
12,276 12,306 12,315 12,309 12,280 12,403 12,370 12,269
62.5
63.0
62.8
63.0
63.1
63.1
63.0
63.3
10,426 10,462 10,475 10,301 10,412 10,508 10,438 10,551
53.7
53.7
53.2
53.2
52.7
53.6
53.5
53.6
1,840
1,718
1,932
1,869
2,008
1,844
1,850
1,894
15.2
16.3
14.9
15.0
15.1
14.0
15.6
15.3

19,675 19,700
12,347 12,267
62.3
62.8
10,493 10,548
53.5
53.3
1,718
1,854
14.0
15.0

19,728 19,761 19,790
12,359 12,419 12,455
62.6
62.9
62.8
10,468 10,556 10,480
53.0
53.4
53.1
1,975
1,863
1,892
15.9
15.0
15.3

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio 2 ..
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

5,729
74.7
4,998
65.1
731
12.8

5,762
74.9
4,998
65.0
764
13.3

5,699
74.4
4,973
64.9
726
12.7

5,735
74.8
4,907
64.0
828
14.4

5,683
73.9
4,929
64.1
754
13.3

5,713
74.2
4,937
64.1
776
13.6

5,731
74.3
4,954
64.2
777
13.6

5,725
74.1
5,027
65.1
6P0
"2.2

5,745
74.2
5,019
64.9
726
12.6

5,753
74.2
5,073
65.5
680
11.8

5,799
74.7
5,021
64.7
778
13.4

5,783
74.3
4,973
63.9
810
14.0

5,774
74.1
4,961
63.7
813
14.1

5,704
59.0
4,932
51.0
772
13.5

5,703
58.9
4,977
51.4
726
12.7

5,709
59.0
4,977
51.4
732
12.8

5,671
58.5
4,881
50.3
790
13.9

5,684
58.5
4,953
51.0
731
12.9

5,767
59.3
5,008
51.5
759
13.2

5,716
58.6
4,934
50.6
782
13.7

5,714
58.5
5,010
51.3
704
12.3

5,687
58.1
4,937
50.5
750
13.2

5,678
58.0
4,927
50.3
751
13.2

5,707
58.2
4,921
50.1
787
13.8

5,718
58.2
5,029
51.2
689
12.1

5,808
59.0
5,003
50.8
805
13.9

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio 2 ..
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
See footnotes at end of table.

38



HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-34. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin, seasonally
adjusted—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Employment status,
race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin

1984
Nov.

1985

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov

BLACK-Continued
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio2..
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Men
Women

841
39.4
487
22.8
354
42.1
43.8
40.1

843
39.4
496
23.2
347
41.2
42.0
40.2

907
41.7
525
24.1
382
42.1
45.3
38.5

904
41.6
514
23.7
390
43.1
41.1
45.3

913
42.1
530
24.4
383
41.9
40.9
43.1

923
42.6
563
26.0
360
39.0
38.5
39.5

923
42.7
550
25.5
373
40.4
38.4
42.5

830
38.4
514
23.8
316
38.1
40.7
35.2

915
42.4
537
24.9
378
41.3
43.3
39.0

836
38.8
548
25.4
288
34.4
34.1
34.9

853
39.6
526
24.4
327
38.3
41.0
35.0

918
42.7
554
25.8
364
39.7
41.1
37.9

873
40.6
516
24.0
357
40.9
46.1
35.3

HISPANIC ORIGIN
Civilian noninstitutional population1 .
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio2...
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

11,301 11,332 11,363 11,394 11,425 11,457 11,485 11,514 11,544 11,573 11,601 11,630 11,660
7,394 7,472 7,255 7,330 7,365 7,336 7,330 7,416 7,470 7,547 7,607 7,616 7,516
65.4
63.8
65.9
63.8
64.0
64.5
64.3
64.7
64.4
65.2
64.5
65.5
65.6
6,636 6,698 6,487 6,621 6,615 6,577 6,546 6,629 6,634 6,771 6,817 6,758 6,713
57.1
58.1
58.7
57.4
57.9
59.1
57.0
57.5
57.6
58.1
58.8
58.5
57.6
768
774
759
750
709
758
784
836
787
858
776
803
790
9.7
10.6
10.4
10.3
10.7
10.3
10.2
10.3
11.2
10.6
10.7
11.3
10.4

1

The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
Civilian employment as a percent of the civilian noninstitutional
population.
2

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.

A-35. Employed civilians by selected social and economic categories, seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
1984

1985

Category
Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

CHARACTERISTIC
Total
Married men, spouse present
Married women, spouse present
Women who maintain families

105,932 106,273 106,391 106,685 107,119 106,945 106,960 106,370 106,862 107,172 107,544 107,867 107,927
39,337 39,443 39,441 39,357 39,531 39,434 39,244 38,897 39,060 39,109 39,052 39,309 39,356
25,995 26,122 25,912 26,108 26,195 26,058 25,951 26,130 26,295 26,363 26,537 26,738 26,742
5,622 5,683 5,696 5,624 5,627 5,516 5,472 5,562
5,396 5,396 5,584 5,525 5,631

MAJOR INDUSTRY AND CLASS OF
WORKER
Agriculture:
Wage and salary workers
Self-employed workers
Unpaid family workers
Nonagricultural industries:
Wage and salary workers
Government
Private industries
Private households
Other industries
Self-employed workers
Unpaid family workers

1,593
1,555
204

1,733
1,485
212

1,596
1,531
227

1,611
1,503
242

1,610
1,502
263

1,705
1,491
231

1,611
1,507
196

1,538
1,446
154

1,461
1,487
168

1,427
1,448
174

1,408
1,391
178

1,433
1,443
178

1,546
1,347
149

94,442
15,785
78,657
1,228
77,429
7,731
357

94,725
15,858
78,867
1,257
77,610
7,786
357

95,068
15,738
79,330
1,374
77,956
7,783
343

95,348
16,009
79,339
1,304
78,035
7,673
340

95,756
16,004
79,752
1,210
78,542
7,809
320

95,617
15,968
79,649
1,208
78,441
7,696
304

95,772
15,905
79,866
1,259
78,607
7,665
283

95,229
15,988
79,242
1,204
78,038
7,694
292

95,456
15,843
79,613
1,258
78,355
7,692
264

95,716
16,080
79,636
1,320
78,316
7,904
303

96,589
16,196
80,393
1,282
79,112
7,840
265

96,564
16,288
80,275
1,295
78,981
8,036
243

96,599
16,148
80,451
1,191
79,260
8,058
254

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME1
All industries:
Part time for economic reasons
Slack work
Could only find part-time work
Voluntary part time

5,623 5,814 5,628 5,335 5,664 5,664 5,912 5,533 5,624 5,713 5,551 5,431 5,478
2,449 2,596 2,431 2,212 2,599 2,580 2,658 2,543 2,404 2,509 2,459 2,204 2,289
2,855 2,873 2,848 2,835 2,744 2,755 2,888 2,706 2,752 2,865 2,766 2,943 2,907
13,142 13,239 13,355 13,647 13,624 13,278 12,905 13,398 13,791 13,697 13,456 13,787 13,669

Nonagricultural industries:
Part time for economic reasons
Slack work
Could only find part-time work
Voluntary part time

5,292
5,413 5,596 5,389 5,077 5,400 5,374 5,617 5,257 5,350 5,443 5,297 5,213
2,319 2,473 2,287 2,040 2,405 2,390 2,457 2,341 2,242 2,353 2,323 2,075 2,194
2,648
2,847
2,811
2,782 2,793 2,749 2,751 2,649 2,668 2,803 2,646 2,668 2,766
12,670 12,778 12,861 13,157 13,137 12,834 12,483 12,970 13,343 13,266 13,020 13,357 13,206

1

Excludes persons "with a job but not at work" during the survey




period for such reasons as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.

39

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-36. Employed civilians by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
1984

1985

Sex and age
Nov.
Total, 16 years and over ...
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over
Men, 16 years and over ....
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over
Women, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

105,932 106,273 106,391 106,685 107,119 106,945 106,960 106,370 106,862 107,172 107,544 107,867 107,927

20,721 20,673 20,716 20,705
6,411
6,390 6,547 6,630
2,584
2,415 2,432 2,513
4,038 4,041
3,970
3,968
14,310 14,283 14,169 14,074
85,203 85,562 85,664 85,910
71,006 71,294 71,508 71,634
14,191 14,252 14,221 14,239

20,685 20,678 20,521 20,069 20,283
6,617 6,551 6,128 6,427
6,684
2,596 2,527 2,532 2,377 2,494
4,097 4,080 4,027 3,768 3,888
14,001 14,061 13,969 13,940 13,856
86,487 86,301 86,413 86,424 86,594
71,978 72,023 72,038 72,166 72,427
14,492 14,334 14,274 14,312 14,172

20,263 20,373 20,335 20,285
6,393 6,418 6,330 6,411
2,501 2,506 2,433 2,489
3,943 3,917 3,920
3,788
13,871 13,955 14,005 13,874
86,900 87,140 87,509 87,633
72,577 72,956 73,179 73,382
14,299 14,212 14,372 14,312

59,603 59,702 59,664 59,672 59,874 59,852 59,997 59,407 59,702 59,933 60,105 60,138 60,177
10,955 10,898 10,870 10,749 10,785 10,889 10,789 10,482 10,580 10,615 10,662 10,560 10,576
3,454
3,385
3,330 3,430
3,334
3,434 3,198 3,327 3,305 3,303 3,237 3,267
3,481
1,317 1,329 1,327 1,369 1,342 1,222 1,288 1,276 1,329 1,261
1,286
1,258
1,315
2,045
2,058 2,052 2,104
2,112 2,107 2,105 1,987 2,019 1,969 2,007 1,990 1,943
7,621 7,568 7,440 7,364 7,332 7,408 7,355 7,285 7,253 7,310 7,358 7,322 7,309
48,644 48,770 48,790 48,862 49,118 49,027 49,198 49,005 49,120 49,342 49,418 49,563 49,602
40,300 40,384 40,357 40,455 40,534 40,565 40,776 40,572 40,763 40,824 40,986 41,110 41,136
8,365
8,419 8,401 8,579 8,478 8,409 8,472 8,340 8,474 8,459 8,504 8,476
8,341
46,329 46,571

9,766
3,077

9,775
3,060

46,727 47,013 47,244 47,093 46,964 46,963 47,160 47,239 47,439
9,846
3,117
1,196
1,934

9,956
3,246

5,802

5,839

1,255
1,146
1,918
1,996
6,729 6,710
6,689 6,715
36,559 36,792 36,874 37,048
30,706 30,910 31,150 31,179
1,157

1,910

5,887

5,850

47,729 47,750

9,899 9,789 9,732 9,586 9,703 9,648 9,712 9,776 9,709
3,230 3,135 3,118 2,931 3,101 3,088 3,115 3,093 3,144
1,269 1,158 1,190 1,155 1,206 1,225 1,177 1,172 1,174
1,985 1,973 1,922 1,781
1,869
1,819 1,936 1,927 1,977
6,669 6,653 6,614 6,656 6,602 6,560 6,597 6,683 6,565
37,370 37,274 37,215 37,418 37,474 37,558 37,722 37,946 38,031
31,443 31,458 31,262 31,594 31,664 31,753 31,970 32,069 32,247
5,913 5,856 5,865 5,840 5,832 5,825 5,754 5,868 5,837

A-37. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
1985

1984
Sex and age
Total, 16 years and over ....
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over
Men, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over
Women, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years

55 years and over

40



Mar.

Apr.

May

July

Aug.

8,413

8,451

8,127

3,394
1,531
678
845
1,863
5,044
4,402
639

3,138
1,374
639
729
1,764
5,321
4,640
635

3,301
1,559
705
831
1,742
5,158
4,522
668

4,582

4,479

4,649

1,734
764
378
392
970
2,750
2,401
339

1,716
775
374
406
941
2,865
2,516
344

1,878
828
382
444
1,050
2,608
2,245
356

3,807

3,900

3,844

3,934

1,475
681
302
385
794
2,341
2,100
229

1,502
721
307
419
781
2,399
2,142
260

1,445
647
286
361
798
2,398
2,126
255

1,516
703
296
401
813
2,436
2,157
283

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

8,142

8,191

8,484

8,399

8,396

8,426

8,413

3,147
1,390
604
802
1,757
4,998
4,350
649

3,230
1,480
646
854
1,750
4,965
4,354
615

3,251
1,525
675
848
1,726
5,233
4,606
631

3,281
1,499
648
851
1,782
5,116
4,519
580

3,236
1,485
685
811
1,751
5,149
4,543
599

3,161
1,422
660
767
1,739
5,263
4,642
599

4,502

4,562

4,609

4,592

4,495

1,735
777
320
462
958
2,777
2,372
409

1,789
803
318
490
986
2,785
2,393
388

1,745
811
354
461
934
2,853
2,484
377

1,806
818
346
466
988
2,775
2,418
352

3,640

3,629

3,875

1,412
613
284
340
799
2,221
1,978
240

1,441
677
328
364
764
2,180
1,961
227

1,506
714
321
387
792
2,380
2,122
254

Feb.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

8,274

8,291

8,140

2,998
1,335
573
743
1,663
5,098
4,492
618

3,114
1,394
619
781
1,720
5,188
4,566
618

3,301
1,590
740
856
1,711
4,981
4,398
590

3,175
1,444
681
780
1,731
4,958
4,382
564

4,644

4,395

4,421

4,570

4,446

1,746
758
386
381
988
2,902
2,505
397

1,835
877
381
479
958
2,801
2,412
403

1,669
795
360
416
874
2,728
2,396
330

1,675
784
333
458
891
2,772
2,416
358

1,814
907
407
506
907
2,751
2,386
368

1,714
787
339
454
927
2,730
2,368
359

3,764

3,807

3,732

3,854

3,721

3,694

1,392
616
253
348
776
2,419
2,136
237

1,467
682
324
352
785
2,357
2,110
265

1,330
540
213
327
790
2,370
2,096
288

1,439
610
286
323
829
2,416
2,150
260

1,488
683
333
350
805
2,230
2,012
222

1,462
657
342
326
805
2,227
2,014
205

June

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-38. Unemployment rates by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
(Civilian workers)
1984

1985

Sex and age
Total, 16 years and over ...
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over
Men, 16 years and over ....
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over
Women, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

7.1

7.2

7.4

7.3

7.3

7.3

7.3

7.3

7.3

7.0

7.1

7.1

7.0

13.2
17.8
20.0
16.8
10.9
5.5
5.8
4.4

13.5
18.8
21.0
17.7
10.9
5.5
5.8
4.1

13.6
18.9
21.2
17.4
10.9
5.8
6.1
4.2

13.7
18.4
20.0
17.4
11.2
5.6
5.9
3.9

13.5
18.2
20.9
16.5
11.1
5.6
5.9
4.0

13.3
17.7
20.7
15.8
11.0
5.7
6.1
4.0

14.2
18.9
21.1
17.3
11.8
5.5
5.8
4.3

13.5
18.3
21.2
16.2
11.2
5.8
6.0
4.2

14.0
19.5
22.0
17.6
11.2
5.6
5.9
4.5

12.9
17.3
18.6
16.4
10.7
5.5
5.8
4.1

13.3
17.8
19.8
16.5
11.0
5.6
5.9
4.2

14.0
20.1
23.3
17.9
10.9
5.4
5.7
3.9

13.5
18.4
21.5
16.6
11.1
5.4
5.6
3.8

7.0

7.1

7.2

7.1

7.0

7.1

6.9

7.3

7.2

6.8

6.9

7.1

6.9

13.7
18.9
20.3
18.3
11.2
5.4
5.6
4.7

14.1
19.4
19.8
19.3
11.5
5.4
5.6
4.4

13.8
19.1
21.2
18.0
11.2
5.5
5.8
4.3

14.4
19.5
20.7
18.6
11.8
5.4
5.6
4.0

13.9
18.1
22.2
15.7
11.7
5.3
5.6
3.8

13.6
18.2
21.5
16.2
11.3
5.5
5.8
3.9

14.8
19.4
22.2
17.4
12.5
5.0
5.2
4.1

14.3
19.2
24.0
16.1
11.9
5.6
5.8
4.5

14.8
20.9
22.8
19.2
11.7
5.4
5.6
4.6

13.6
19.4
22.0
17.4
10.7
5.2
5.5
3.8

13.6
19.2
20.0
18.6
10.8
5.3
5.6
4.1

14.7
21.9
24.4
20.3
11.0
5.3
5.5
4.1

13.9
19.4
20.5
18.9
11.3
5.2
5.4
4.1

7.3

7.2

7.7

7.5

7.6

7.5

7.7

7.4

7.5

7.3

7.5

7.2

7.2

12.6
16.6
19.7
15.1
10.7
5.7
6.1
3.9

12.8
18.1
22.3
16.0
10.2
5.6
6.0
3.7

13.3
18.6
21.2
16.7
10.5
6.1
6.4
4.2

12.9
17.3
19.4
16.2
10.6
5.9
6.3
3.8

13.2
18.2
19.5
17.4
10.5
6.0
6.4
4.2

12.9
17.1
19.8
15.5
10.7
6.0
6.3
4.2

13.5
18.4
19.9
17.3
10.9
6.1
6.5
4.6

12.7
17.4
18.0
16.3
10.4
6.1
6.3
3.9

13.1
18.0
21.2
15.8
10.6
5.9
6.2
4.4

12.1
14.9
14.8
15.2
10.7
5.9
6.2
4.7

12.9
16.4
19.5
14.3
11.2
6.0
6.3
4.3

13.2
18.1
22.1
15.4
10.8
5.6
5.9
3.6

13.1
17.3
22.6
14.2
10.9
5.5
5.9
3.4

A-39. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
(Unemployment rates)
1984

1985

Category
Nov.

Dec,

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug. Sept.

Oct.

Nov,

7.1
6.2
6.5
17.8

7.2
6.3
6.4
18.8

7.4
6.3
6.8
18.9

7.3
6.3
6.7
18.4

7.3
6.2
6.7
18.2

7.3
6.3
6.8
17.7

7.3
6.1
6.9
18.9

7.3
6.5
6.7
18.3

7.3
6.3
6.6
19.5

7.0
6.0
6.7
17.3

7.1
6.0
6.8
17.8

7.1
6.0
6.4
20.1

7.0
6.0
6.4
18.4

White
Black and other
Black
Hispanic origin

6.1
13.7
15.1
10.3

6.2
13.6
15.0
10.4

6.4
13.7
14.9
10.6

6.2
14.6
16.3
9.7

6.2
13.9
15.2
10.2

6.3
13.9
15.3
10.3

6.2
14.1
15.6
10.7

6.5
12.8
14.0
10.6

6.4
13.5
15.0
11.2

6.2
12.7
14.0
10.3

6.1
13.9
15.3
10.4

6.1
13.6
15.0
11.3

5.9
14.3
15.9
10.7

Married men, spouse present
Married women, spouse present
Women who maintain families

4.4
5.4
10.8

4.4
5.4
9.6

4.6
5.7
10.0

4.4
5.4
11.0

4.2
5.9
10.2

4.3
5.9
10.8

4.0
5.8
10.9

4.6
5.9
9.8

4.4
5.7
10.2

4.1
5.4
11.1

4.3
5.7
11.6

4.1
5.3
10.5

4.2
5.4
10.0

Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Unemployed 15 weeks and over1
Labor force time lost2

6.9
8.6
2.1
8.2

6.9
8.8
2.1
8.3

7.1
9.3
2.0
8.2

7.1
8.7
2.1
8.2

6.9
9.6
2.1
8.2

6.9
9.7
2.1
8.2

6.8
10.3
1.9
8.3

6.8
9.9
2.0
8.2

7.0
9.5
2.0
8.3

6.7
9.0
2.0
8.1

6.8
9.2
2.0
8.1

6.7
9.7
2.0
7.9

6.7
8.6
1.9
7.9

7.2
11.7
14.2
7.2
7.0
7.4
5.2
7.6
5.8
11.2

7.2
10.7
13.7
7.2
7.1
7.2
5.0
7.5
5.9
12.2

7.3
10.1
13.4
7.6
7.2
8.1
4.9
7.7
5.9
15.5

7.3
10.9
13.4
7.5
7.1
8.2
5.5
7.7
5.7
13.6

7.2
11.0
13.3
7.7
7.4
8.1
4.6
7.5
5.7
12.2

7.3
10.9
13.3
8.0
7.8
8.3
5.4
7.3
5.7
13.1

7.2
7.3
10.2
7.8
7.8
7.7
5.2
7.9
6.2
11.5

7.4
11.1
13.7
7.7
8.0
7.4
5.3
7.7
5.8
12.1

7.3
9.8
13.4
8.0
8.0
8.0
5.8
7.5
5.6
14.3

7.1
8.3
13.1
7.8
7.9
7.7
4.3
7.7
5.5
14.3

7.3
9.3
13.9
7.8
7.8
7.9
5.4
7.9
5.5
14.0

7.1
7.4
13.8
7.5
7.2
8.0
5.1
7.9
5.3
13.2

7.1
7.3
13.7
7.8
7.7
7.9
5.2
7.4
5.4
12.5

CHARACTERISTIC
Total (all civilian workers)
Men, 20 years and over
Women, 20 years and over
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

INDUSTRY
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance and service industries
Agricultural wage and salary workers
1
2

Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
Aggregate hours lost by the unemployed and persons on part time




for economic reasons as a percent of potentially available labor force
hours.

41

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-40. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
1984

1985

Weeks of unemployment
Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

3,352
2,324
2,428
990
1,438

3,282
2,516
2,374
972
1,402

3,662
2,552
2,243
941
1,302

3,524
2,469
2,416
1,076
1,340

3,590
2,478
2,400
1,065
1,335

3,558
2,525
2,377
1,022
1,354

3,659
2,635
2,247
1,040
1,207

3,458
2,547
2,317
1,011
1,306

3,578
2,508
2,348
1,094
1,254

3,372
2,497
2,264
1,050
1,214

3,502
2,503
2,328
1,034
1,294

3,420
2,551
2,284
1,075
1,209

3,468
2,420
2,199
882
1,317

17.4
7.3

17.3
7.4

15.3
6.7

15.9
7.2

15.9
7.1

16.1
6.7

14.9
6.2

15.4
6.6

15.4
7.2

15.6
7.5

15.5
6.9

15.3
7.1

16.0
7.0

100.0
41.4
28.7
30.0
12.2
17.7

100.0
40.2
30.8
29.1
11.9
17.2

100.0
43.3
30.2
26.5
11.1
15.4

100.0
41.9
29.4
28.7
12.8
15.9

100.0
42.4
29.3
28.3
12.6
15.8

100.0
42.1
29.8
28.1
12.1
16.0

100.0
42.8
30.8
26.3
12.2
14.1

100.0
41.5
30.6
27.8
12.2
15.7

100.0
42.4
29.7
27.8
13.0
14.9

100.0
41.5
30.7
27.8
12.9
14.9

100.0
42.0
30.0
27.9
12.4
15.5

100.0
41.4
30.9
27.7
13.0
14.6

100.0
42.9
29.9
21.2
10.9
16.3

DURATION
Less than 5 weeks
5 to 14 weeks
15 weeks and over
15 to 26 weeks
21 weeks and over
Average (mean) duration, in weeks
Median duration, in weeks
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed
Less than 5 weeks
5 to 14 weeks
15 weeks and over
15 to 26 weeks
27 weeks and over

A-41. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
1985

1984
Reasons for unemployment
Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

4,141
1,068
3,073
869
2,161
1,024

4,176
1,070
3,106
858
2,218
1,011

4,313
1,229
3,084
884
2,244
1,049

4,251
1,240
3,011
865
2,233
1,035

4,158
1,163
2,995
848
2,341
1,090

4,228
1,208
3,019
838
2,312
1,072

3,935
1,059
2,876
868
2,428
1,159

4,128
1,124
3,004
1,001
2,219
1,017

4,333
1,130
3,203
902
2,143
1,097

4,160
1,099
3,061
865
2,162
920

4,142
1,175
2,968
839
2,369
909

4,021
1,165
2,856
921
2,232
1,047

4,101
1,207
2,894
799
2,210
1,066

100.0
50.5
13.0
37.5
10.6
26.4
12.5

100.0
50.5
12.9
37.6
10.4
26.8
12.2

100.0
50.8
14.5
36.3
10.4
26.4
12.4

100.0
50.7
14.8
35.9
10.3
26.6
12.3

100.0
49.3
13.8
35.5
10.0
27.7
12.9

100.0
50.0
14.3
35.7
9.9
27.4
12.7

100.0
46.9
12.6
34.3
10.3
28.9
13.8

100.0
49.3
13.4
35.9
12.0
26.5
12.2

100.0
51.1
13.3
37.8
10.6
25.3
12.9

100.0
51.3
13.6
37.8
10.7
26.7
11.3

100.0
50.2
14.2
35.9
10.2
28.7
11.0

100.0
48.9
14.2
34.7
11.2
27.1
12.7

100.0
50.2
14.8
35.4
9.8
27.0
13.0

3.6
.8
1.9
.9

3.6
.7
1.9
.9

3.8
.8
2.0
.9

3.7
.8
1.9
.9

3.6
.7
2.0
.9

3.7
.7
2.0
.9

3.4
.8
2.1
1.0

3.6

3.8
.8
1.9
1.0

3.6
.8
1.9
.8

3.6
.7
2.0
.8

3.5
.8
1.9
.9

3.5
.7
1.9
.9

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers
On layoff
Other job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemoloved
Job losers
On lavoff
Other job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants

Job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants




CO CO

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

.9

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HISTORICAL EMPLOYMENT
B-1. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry, 1934 to date
(In thousands)
Goods-producing
Year
and
month

Total

Total
private

Total

Mining

Construction

Service-producing

Manufacturing

Total

Transportation
and
public
utilities

Wholesale
trade

Retail
trade

Finance,
insurance,
Services
and
real
estate

Government

Federal

State

Annual averages
1934

1,304
1,320
1,373
1,417
1,410
1,447

3,045
3,128
3,312
3,503
3,458
3,502

652
753
826
833
829
905

O
(1)

1,835
1,960
1,906
1,822
1,845
1,949
2,291
2,471
2,605
2,602

4,914
5,251
5,212
5,160
5,214
5,365
6,084
6,485
6,667
6,662

1,485
1,525
1,509
1,481
1,461
1,481
1,675
1,728
1,800
1,828

3,665
3,905
4,066
4,130
4,145
4,222
4,697
5,025
5,181
5,240

996
1,340
2,213
2,905
2,928
2,808
2,254
1,892
1,863
1,908

(11)
()
O
0
01
()
01
()
01
()

4,034
4,226
4,248
4,290
4,084
4,141
4,244
4,241
3,976
4,011

2,635
2,727
2,812
2,854
2,867
2,926
3,018
3,028
2,980
3,082

6,751
7,015
7,192
7,393
7,368
7,610
7,840
7,858
7,770
8,045

1,888
1,956
2,035
2,111
2,200
2,298
2,389
2,438
2,481
2,549

5,357
5,547
5,699
5,835
5,969
6,240
6,497
6,708
6,765
7,087

1,928
2,302
2,420
2,305
2,188
2,187
2,209
2,217
2,191
2,233

o1
(1)
(1)
(1)
()
(1)
1,250
1,328
1,415
1,484

3,819
4,071
4,232
4,366

33,755
34,142
35,098
36,013
37,278
38,839
40,743
42,495
44,160
46,023

4,004
3,903
3,906
3,903
3,951
4,036
4,158
4,268
4,318
4,442

3,143
3,133
3,198
3,248
3,337
3,466
3,597
3,689
3,779
3,907

8,248
8,204
8,368
8,530
8,823
9,250
9,648
9,917
10,320
10,798

2,629
2,688
2,754
2,830
2,911
2,977
3,058
3,185
3,337
3,512

7,378
7,620
7,982
8,277
8,660
9,036
9,498
10,045
10,567
11,169

2,270
2,279
2,340
2,358
2,348
2,378
2,564
2,719
2,737
2,758

1,536
1,607
1,668
1,747
1,856
1,996
2,141
2,302
2,442
2,533

4,547
4,708
4,881
5,121
5,392
5,700
6,080
6,371
6,660
6,904

19,367
18,623
19,151
20,154
20,077
18,323
18,997
19,682
20,505
21,040

47,302
48,278
50,007
51,897
53,471
54,345
56,030
58,125
61,113
63,363

4,515
4,476
4,541
4,656
4,725
4,542
4,582
4,713
4,923
5,136

3,993
4,001
4,113
4,277
4,433
4,415
4,546
4,708
4,969
5,204

11,047
11,351
11,836
12,329
12,554
12,645
13,209
13,808
14,573
14,989

3,645
3,772
3,908
4,046
4,148
4,165
4,271
4,467
4,724
4,975

11,548
11,797
12,276
12,857
13,441
13,892
14,551
15,303
16,252
17,112

2,731
2,696
2,684
2,663
2,724
2,748
2,733
2,727
2,753
2,773

2,664
2,747
2,859
2,923
3,039
3,179
3,273
3,377
3,474
3,541

7,158
7,437
7,790
8,146
8,407
8,758
8,865
9,023
9,446
9,633

20,285
20,170
18,781
18,434
19,412

64,748
65,659
65,753
66,862
69,731

5,146
5,165
5,082
4,954
5,171

5,275
5,358
5,278
5,268
5,550

15,035
15,189
15,179
15,613
16,584

5,160
5,298
5,341
5,468
5,682

17,890
18,619
19,036
19,694
20,761

2,866
2,772
2,739
2,774
2,807

3,610
3,640
3,640
3,662
3,712

9,765
9,619
9,458
9,434
9,465

22,641
23,558
25,400
27,255
25,311
26,608

10,261
10,893
11,933
12,936
11,401
12,297

883
897
946
1,015
891
854

877
927
1,160
1,127
1,070
1,165

8,501
9,069
9,827
10,794
9,440
10,278

15,679
16,146
17,135
18,075
17,793
18,306

2,750
2,786
2,973
3,134
2,863
2,936

32,361
36,539
40,106
42,434
41,864
40,374
41,652
43,857
44,866
43,754

28,159
31,877
34,624
36,356
35,822
34,431
36,056
38,382
39,216
37,897

13,221
15,963
18,470
20,114
19,328
17,507
17,248
18,509
18,774
17,565

925
957
992
925
892
836
862
955
994
930

1,311
1,814
2,198
1,587
1,108
1,147
1,683
2,009
2,198
2,194

10,985
13,192
15,280
17,602
17,328
15,524
14,703
15,545
15,582
14,441

19,140
20,574
21,636
22,320
22,536
22,867
24,404
25,348
26,092
26,189

3,038
3,274
3,460
3,647
3,829
3,906
4,061
4,166
4,189
4,001

45,197
47,819
48,793
50,202
48,990
50,641
52,369
52,853
51,324
53,268

39,170
41,430
42,185
43,556
42,238
43,727
45,091
45,239
43,483
45,186

18,506
19,959
20,198
21,074
19,751
20,513
21,104
20,964
19,513
20,411

901
929
898
866
791
792
822
828
751
732

2,364
2,637
2,668
2,659
2,646
2,839
3,039
2,962
2,817
3,004

15,241
16,393
16,632
17,549
16,314
16,882
17,243
17,174
15,945
16,675

26,691
27,860
28,595
29,128
29,239
30,128
31,266
31,889
31,811
32,857

54,189
53,999
55,549
56,653
58,283
60,765
63,901
65,803
67,897
70,384

45,836
45,404
46,660
47,429
48,686
50,689
53,116
54,413
56,058
58,189

20,434
19,857
20,451
20,640
21,005
21,926
23,158
23,308
23,737
24,361

712
672
650
635
634
632
627
613
606
619

2,926
2,859
2,948
3,010
3,097
3,232
3,317
3,248
3,350
3,575

16,796
16,326
16,853
16,995
17,274
18,062
19,214
19,447
19,781
20,167

1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

70,880
71,214
73,675
76,790
78,265
76,945
79,382
82,471
86,697
89,823

58,325
58,331
60,341
63,058
64,095
62,259
64,511
67,344
71,026
73,876

23,578
22,935
23,668
24,893
24,794
22,600
23,352
24,346
25,585
26,461

623
609
628
642
697
752
779
813
851
958

3,588
3,704
3,889
4,097
4,020
3,525
3,576
3,851
4,229
4,463

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984

90,406
91,156
89,566
90,196
94,461

74,166
75,126
73,729
74,330
78,477

25,658
25,497
23,813
23,334
24,730

1,027
1,139
1,128
952
974

4,346
4,188
3,905
3,948
4,345

1935
1936

1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946

1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956

:

1957
1958
19592
1960
1961
1962

1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968

1969
1970
1971
1972
1973

1974

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

0
O
O
0
O
(1)

25,940
27,039
29,068
31,011
29,194
30,603

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

()
0

()
0

o
)

o1
(1)
()
o
(11)
()
V)

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted
1984:
November
December
1985:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
OctoberP
November
1

95,882
96,092

79,764
80,010

24,955
25,045

978
973

4,424
4,469

19,553
19,603

70,927
71,047

5,229
5,246

5,647
5,665

16,994
17,026

5,755
5,776

21,184
21,252

2,831
2,836

3,732
3,722

9,555
9,524

96,419
96,591
96,910
97,120
97,421
97,473
97,707
97,977
98,217
98,571
98,753

80,319
80,480
80,767
80,962
81,208
81,260
81,366
81,634
81,765
82,062
82,245

25,112
25,062
25,056
25,090
25,066
25,010
24,980
25,015
24,962
25,045
25,073

974
976
977
982
982
974
969
965
962
958
951

4,534
4,525
4,553
4,641
4,658
4,638
4,660
4,688
4,721
4,745
4,750

19,604
19,561
19,526
19,467
19,426
19,398
19,351
19,362
19,279
19,342
19,372

71,307
71,529
71,854
72,030
72,355
72,463
72,727
72,962
73,255
73,526
73,680

5,259
5,272
5,269
5,278
5,301
5,295
5,302
5,282
5,317
5,326
5,350

5,686
5,697
5,714
5,733
5,748
5,768
5,773
5,791
5,805
5,835
5,850

17,090
17,160
17,249
17,280
17,392
17,425
17,453
17,514
17,539
17,603
17,566

5,790
5,809
5,835
5,858
5,888
5,906
5,932
5,959
5,987
6,008
6,040

21,382
21,480
21,644
21,723
21,813
21,856
21,926
22,073
22,155
22,245
22,366

2,836
2,834
2,850
2,859
2,873
2,872
2,878
2,886
2,904
2,909
2,909

3,730
3,733
3,744
3,749
3,759
3,765
3,788
3,789
3,818
3,826
3,850

9,534
9,544
9,549
9,550
9,581
9,576
9,675
9,668
9,730
9,774
9,749

Not available.
Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning in 1959. This inclusion resulted in an
increase of 212,000 (0.4 percent) in the nonagricultural total for the March 1959
benchmark month.
P = preliminary.
2




NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from March 1984
benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced, all unadjusted
data (beginning April 1984) and all seasonally adjusted data (beginning January
1981) are subject to revision.

43

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry
(In thousands)

Industry

1972
SIC
Code

Production workers1

All employees
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Mining.

983

983

973

962

53.5
10.6
14.6

53.8
10.4
15.1

46.8
8.8

694

685

38.4
7.6
10.1

38.5
7.5
10.2

34.3
6.6
9.2

34.1
6.6
9.5

155.0
152.6

150.8
148.3

158.7
157.2

156.7
155.1

418.2
121.5
296.7

425.1
121.1
304.0

411.2
122.3
288.9

406.0
121.9
284.1

88.8
30.6

85.7
29.7

89.5
31.9

88.3
31.7

4,902

3,666

3,586

3,988

3,974

1,228.1 1,213.2 1,319.9 1,321.4 1,308.3
610.5 603.5 649.0 649.3

923.0
443.7

908.8
438.0

12.7

46.5
8.8
13.0

Coal mining
Bituminous coal and lignite mining

11,12
12

191.9
189.1

187.5
184.6

193.9
191.9

191.2
188.9

13
Oil and gas extraction
Crude petroleum, natural gas, and natural gas liquids . 131,2
138
Oil and gas field services

623.2
262.4
360.8

629.9
262.2
367.7

615.0
263.2
351.8

608.9
261.7
347.2

114.8
37.8
36.7
20.9

111.8
37.0
35.6
20.6

116.9
39.1
38.0
20.3

115.5
38.8
37.8
20.0

4,648

4,569

5,018

5,006

14
142
144
147

Construction .
General building contractors
Residential building construction
Operative builders
Nonresidential building construction

15
152
153
154

Heavy construction contractors
Highway and street construction
Heavy construction, except highway .

16
161
162

Special trade contractors
Plumbing, heating, and air conditioning ...
Painting, paper hanging, and decorating .
Electrical work
Masonry, stonework, and plastering
Carpentering and flooring
Roofing and sheet metal work

17
171
172
173
174

175
176

Nov.
1985P

956

605.2

558.0

59.1
550.6

64.3
606.6

63.7
608.4

31.7
447.6

31.3
439.5

999.7 1,000.6
478.8
479.0
35.1
34.3
487.3
485.8

823.6
286.9
536.7

783.8
260.8
523.0

862.0
314.9
547.1

858.5
309.0
549.5

683.5
244.9
438.6

645.3
219.5
425.8

722.7
270.6
452.1

59.6

679

3,857

719.0
264.2
454.8

2,059.7 2,031.7 2,265.2 2,254.4
435.7
432.4
469.9 475.9
155.0
146.4
137.4
155.8
390.2
359.5
359.6
390.1
396.7
351.2
349.4 402.0
128.4
112.9
112.8
129.6
172.2
165.5
165.1
172.1

2,596.6 2,572.1 2,836.4 2,826.1
585.8
584.0 630.2 637.0
184.6
173.1
164.4
185.4
503.0
466.3
468.2
502.1
408.4 407.3
468.1 461.2
169.1
149.7
149.1
170.1
210.4
201.1
201.1
209.6

13,266 13,224

19,673

19,607

19,522

19,475

19,420 13,506

13,425

13,305

11,706

11,687

11,556

11,547

11,535

7,880

7,852

7,674

7,672

7,669

24
241
242

720.7
96.6
203.9

720.0
87.9
199.2
163.2
31.1

604.3
75.7
181.0

589.7
70.8
177.5

594.9

149.3
27.7

146.0
27.6

233.5
89.4
62.1
23.5
37.2
43.3
77.8
55.6
80.1

232.9
88.7
62.4
23.4
37.4
42.7
77.3
55.4
80.0

186.6
67.9
48.2
21.3
33.7
35.8
58.3
43.7
66.9

183.7
67.2
47.9
20.6
33.4
35.0
55.9
41.8
66.8

612.1
72.9
179.0
147.5
27.2
195.4
72.8
50.8
20.5
34.4
36.8
60.8
45.3
67.2

606.5
72.7
176.2

167.4
31.8
222.9
83.3
58.5
24.1
37.1
42.1
75.3
53.8
79.9

725.1
88.5
201.9
165.8
31.0

708.1

2421
2426
243
2431
2434
2435
2436
244
245

707.0
91.7
200.3
164.1
31.7
220.2
82.6
58.4
23.5
36.8
41.4
73.3
52.3
80.1

Manufacturing
Durable goods.




Oct.
1985P

700

10
101
102

44

Sept.
1985

700

Metal mining ...
Iron ores
Copper ores.

See footnotes at end of table.

Nov.
1984

80,045 80,257 82,633 82,684 82,753 64,952 65,120 67,020 67,061 67,104

Total private.

Lumber and wood products
Logging camps and logging contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Sawmills and planing mills, general
Hardwood dimension and flooring
Millwork, plywood, and structural members .
Millwork
Wood kitchen cabinets
Hardwood veneer and plywood
Softwood veneer and plywood
Wood containers
Wood buildings and mobile homes
Mobile homes
Miscellaneous wood products

Oct.
1984

96,278 96,645 98,776 99,319 99,540

Total .

Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels
Crushed and broken stone
Sand and gravel
Chemical and fertilizer minerals ...

Nov.
1985P

2451

249

144.8
27.2
194.5
72.1
51.0
20.5
34.5
36.2
60.0
44.7
66.9

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

Durable goods—Continued
Furniture and fixtures
Household furniture
Wood household furniture
Upholstered household furniture
Metal household furniture
Mattresses and bedsprings
Office furniture
Public building and related furniture
Partitions and fixtures
Miscellaneous furniture and fixtures

1972
SIC
Code

All employees
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Production workers

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

25
251
2511
2512
2514
2515
252
253
254
259

494.7
295.3
132.1
93.2
26.4
29.7
67.1
26.7
69.2
36.4

500.0
299.3
134.0
93.6
28.6
29.3
67.9
27.3
68.6
36.9

497.3
291.1
129.8
93.9
24.7
28.5
69.4
28.2
68.6
40.0

499.4
292.6
130.6
94.7
25.8
28.0
69.4
28.1
69.2
40.1

500.2
_

Stone, clay, and glass products
Flat glass
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown
Glass containers
Pressed and blown glass, nee
Products of purchased glass
Cement, hydraulic
Structural clay products
Pottery and related products
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products
Concrete block and brick
Concrete products, nee
Ready-mixed concrete
Misc. nonmetallic mineral products
Abrasive products
Asbestos products
Mineral wool

32
321
322
3221
3229
323
324
325
326
327
3271
3272
3273
329
3291
3292
3296

609.6
15.8
98.8
51.7
47.1
49.9
24.2
38.2
40.6
210.2
18.6
70.2
101.9
120.2
22.8
12.3
28.4

603.5
15.8
97.2
50.5
46.7
49.4
24.6
38.0
40.3
206.8
18.3
69.1
99.9
119.7
22.6
12.2
28.4

615.1
15.3
93.9
50.0
43.9
53.0
23.7
39.1
38.5
223.6
19.2
75.6
108.4
116.5
21.5
11.1
27.7

612.6
15.3
93.0
49.6
43.4
53.2
23.8
38.9
38.6
222.1
19.3
75.0
107.3
116.1
21.4
10.9
27.7

604.9
_
_
_

Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Blast furnaces and steel mills
Steel pipe and tubes
Iron and steel foundries
Gray iron foundries
Malleable iron foundries
Steel foundries, nee
Primary nonferrous metals
Primary aluminum
Nonferrous rolling and drawing
Copper rolling and drawing
Aluminum sheet, plate, and foil
Nonferrous wire drawing and insulating
Nonferrous foundries
Aluminum foundries

33
331
3312
3317
332
3321
3322
3325
333
3334
335
3351
3353
3357
336
3361

844.1
313.6
244.9
24.6
152.0
96.7
10.8
31.3
51.0
26.9
194.2
27.7
30.8
82.9
88.4
54.5

840.3
311.8
244.8
23.7
149.8
95.8
10.7
29.7
50.8
26.7
194.8
27.4
32.0
82.8
88.0
54.0

798.2
289.6
225.5
23.7
143.0
90.0
10.2
28.9
44.7
24.2
191.1
25.4
31.7
79.5
86.1
53.1

792.5
286.5
222.3
23.5
141.8
88.9
10.2
28.8
44.5
24.2
189.9
25.1
31.0
79.3
86.1
52.8

796.7
294.5
_

Fabricated metal products
Metal cans and shipping containers
Metal cans
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware
Hand and edge tools, and hand saws and blades
Hardware, nee
Plumbing and heating, except electric
Plumbing fittings and brass goods
Heating equipment, except electric
Fabricated structural metal products
Fabricated structural metal
Metal doors, sash, and trim
Fabricated plate work (boiler shops)
Sheet metal work
Architectural metal work

34
341
3411
342
3423,5
3429
343
3432
3433
344
3441
3442
3443
3444
3446

_
_
_

_
_
_

_

_

_
_

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

396.7
247.1
115.0
76.7
20.9
22.9
51.6
20.5
51.7
25.8

402.3
251.5
116.8
77.2
23.3
22.5
52.5
21.0
51.1
26.2

396.7
243.6
113.2
77.0
19.6
21.9
53.5
21.5
50.5
27.6

398.4
245.1
113.8
77.9
20.6
21.5
53.3
21.6
50.9
27.5

398.5
-

470.3
12.5
83.4
45.6
37.8
35.2
18.8
29.7
32.4
164.0
12.6
53.4
82.8
84.8
15.3
9.4
-

464.7
12.6
82.0
44.6
37.4
34.8
19.1
29.4
32.3
160.8
12.3
52.3
80.9
84.3
15.1
9.3
-

474.7
11.9
80.2
44.6
35.6
37.5
18.6
30.5
30.4
175.3
13.0
58.2
88.2
81.3
14.0
8.5
-

472.5
11.9
79.2
44.1
35.1
37.4
18.6
30.0
30.5
174.4
13.2
57.9
87.3
81.4
13.9
8.3
-

465.8
_
-

640.6
239.2
187.7
18.2
120.6
79.1
7.9
23.8
37.1
20.9
138.9
20.7
23.3
59.9
71.2
44.6

637.0
238.0
188.1
17.4
118.7
78.2
7.8
22.4
36.8
20.5
138.8
20.6
23.4
60.0
71.0
44.2

603.9
221.7
175.2
17.3
112.7
73.2
7.4
21.7
31.9
18.2
135.7
19.5
22.8
56.9
69.4
43.6

599.5
218.6
171.9
17.2
111.8
72.4
7.4
21.6
31.8
18.1
135.2
19.2
22.6
57.0
69.5
43.4

602.8
225.7
_

_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_

-

_
_
-

1,493.2 1,492.7 1,476.8 1,474.9 1,473.2 1,104.8 1,105.0 1,092.6 1,093.1 1,091.2
47.8
56.0
55.6
54.3
47.3
47.6
46.3
56.6
_
38.4
38.9
37.6
38.6
44.5
43.3
44.6
44.9
111.9
150.8 150.3 144.7 145.3
111.4 106.7 107.4
36.6
_
36.6
34.8
35.1
47.5
47.9
49.5
49.6
66.3
87.2
84.0
84.1
65.8
87.6
63.1
63.4
46.0
65.0
45.3
46.4
46.9
63.1
65.3
64.0
_
_
18.2
17.7
18.5
24.1
24.1
17.7
24.0
24.6
20.2
31.4
19.9
21.2
21.7
29.7
31.1
29.9
_
_
313.2 312.3 320.3 320.4
450.3 449.7 455.0 454.6
_
_
59.3
59.5
80.9
80.7
83.4
58.1
57.8
83.3
64.4
63.4
68.6
86.2
92.0
92.1
68.5
86.9
60.5
60.9
63.4
63.4
101.2 101.6 100.8 100.7
86.3
86.1
85.9
116.1
115.9
115.3
85.8
116.3
20.3
28.4
20.4
28.8
29.0
20.8
28.6
21.0

See footnotes at end of table.




45

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

SIC
oooe

Production workers1

Allemployees

1972
Industry

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

Durable goods—Continued
Fabricated metal products—Continued
Screw machine products, bolts, etc
Screw machine products
Bolts, nuts, rivets, and washers
Metal forgings and stampings
Iron and steel forgings
Automotive stampings
Metal stampings, nee
Metal services, nee
Plating and polishing
Metal coating and allied services
Ordnance and accessories, nee
Ammunition, except for small arms, nee
Misc. fabricated metal products
Valves and pipe fittings
Misc. fabricated wire products

345
3451
3452
346
3462
3465
3469
347
3471
3479
348
3483
349
3494
3496

Machinery, except electrical
Engines and turbines
Turbines and turbine generator sets
Internal combustion engines, nee
Farm and garden machinery
Farm machinery and equipment
Construction and related machinery
Construction machinery
Mining machinery
Oil field machinery
Conveyors and conveying equipment ...
Industrial trucks and tractors
Metalworking machinery
Machine tools, metal cutting types
Machine tools, metal forming types
Special dies, tools, jigs, and fixtures
Machine tool accessories
Power driven hand tools
Special industry machinery
Food products machinery
Textile machinery
Printing trades machinery
General industrial machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Ball and roller bearings
Air and gas compressors
Blowers and fans
Speed changers, drives, and gears
Power transmission equipment, nee
Office and computing machines
Electronic computing equipment
Refrigeration and service machinery
Refrigeration and heating equipment ....
Misc. machinery, except electrical
Carburetors, pistons, rings, and valves .
Machinery, except electrical, nee

35
351
3511
3519
352
3523
353
3531
3532
3533
3535
3537
354
3541
3542
3544
3545
3546
355
3551
3552
3555
356
3561
3562
3563
3564
3566
3568
357
3573
358
3585
359
3592
3599

2,232.2 2,229.7 2,149.0 2,140.6 2,137.4 1,354.5 1,350.8 1,286.9 1,282.0 1,282.6
_
_
104.9
104.9
115.2 115.8
64.9
64.5
71.6
72.5
18.4
18.4
18.4
35.1
35.3
36.1
36.0
18.8
_
_
79.7
69.6
79.2
46.5
53.7
53.2
69.8
46.1
_
_
107.9 105.5 102.7 104.5
71.6
70.0
69.8
71.4
_
55.7
79.0
79.0
82.2
86.2
52.3
52.4
52.1
_
262.8 263.5 250.3 250.0
154.2
163.3
163.8 153.8
_
86.4
_
52.7
86.0
92.5
52.9
57.6
92.5
57.9
13.7
13.6
21.8
21.8
22.3
22.4
13.6
13.6
62.7
38.9
43.0
61.8
66.9
39.2
43.2
66.6
_
_
29.1
29.6
15.9
15.7
15.4
29.5
29.2
15.6
17.0
16.5
18.5
25.4
24.9
_
27.2
18.2
27.3
223.6 224.9 222.6 222.2
312.4 311.4
312.8 314.1
_
35.5
35.7
57.4
36.0
36.0
56.6
57.3
57.4
11.7
11.8
12.1
19.2
19.4
19.7
12.3
19.5
_
_
106.8 107.6 107.3 107.7
138.3
138.1
136.3 137.3
_
39.2
39.7
56.4
39.2
39.5
56.3
56.5
56.1
17.0
17.0
18.2
18.3
23.3
23.3
25.6
25.9
_
_
98.0
99.0
102.2
102.3
166.0 164.7
170.4 170.5
23.3
23.9
_
23.3
24.0
38.3
38.3
39.0
38.9
11.9
12.0
13.2
13.2
17.8
17.9
19.5
19.4
_
_
17.8
17.8
18.4
18.3
30.9
30.8
31.1
31.1
170.4
173.1
178.6
178.3
278.4 278.8 271.2 268.0
30.0
30.4
31.0
31.0
51.8
51.2
53.1
53.1
_
_
34.1
35.7
37.1
45.6
47.3
37.2
49.5
49.4
14.8
14.8
14.7
14.4
25.6
25.7
26.3
26.2
_
19.3
20.1
19.5
20.6
31.2
31.5
32.4
32.7
14.3
14.5
14.7
14.6
20.7
20.9
21.5
21.5
_
_
12.1
11.9
12.7
12.7
17.5
17.6
18.1
18.1
208.5 206.7 173.6 171.8
532.2 531.2 492.0 489.2
174.4
173.0 144.0 142.5
431.5 428.9
466.5 465.1
118.8 117.4
120.9
122.9
169.6
170.8
174.8 173.3
_
_
88.1
118.0 116.4
82.1
84.0
85.8
122.7 120.9
_
212.6 211.4 211.5 211.5
277.7 277.0 278.7 278.3
_
33.7
26.8
28.7
29.1
26.9
33.3
35.1
35.4
184.7
182.7 184.6
183.5
242.3 241.9 245.0 245.0
-

Electrical and electronic equipment
Electric distributing equipment
Transformers
Switchgear and switchboard apparatus .
Electrical industrial apparatus
Motors and generators
Industrial controls
Household appliances
Household refrigerators and freezers
Household laundry equipment
Electric housewares and fans

36
361
3612
3613
362
3621
3622
363
3632
3633
3634

2,253.3 2,251.5 2,188.5 2,187.1 2,184.8 1,381.1 1,374.0 1,282.7 1,283.5 1,284.2
_
81.9
82.4
85.2
85.9
114.1
114.9
118.4 117.9
_
53.7
40.0
53.5
55.2
39.2
39.8
55.1
39.0
_
_
61.2
60.6
62.8
63.2
42.7
43.4
45.4
45.9
_
_
144.4 145.4 136.5 136.2
204.8 205.7 194.0 193.9
_
97.2
75.4
78.4
77.6
96.8
100.5 101.1
74.9
_
40.1
61.1
65.9
65.7
61.3
37.0
40.3
36.8
121.0 115.8 112.2 111.1
_
152.0 147.0 143.4 142.1
_
20.7
23.9
27.2
27.0
28.5
30.0
22.1
20.9
_
21.4
21.0
16.8
21.4
21.5
16.3
16.6
16.6
38.2
37.3
40.9
41.5
32.6
32.1
29.5
28.7
-

See footnotes at end of table.

46




98.8
47.4
51.4
254.1
35.3
100.1
108.2
109.0
75.1
33.9
77.5
41.6
232.1
87.8
52.7

99.1
47.4
51.7
255.0
35.3
101.6
107.5
109.9
75.8
34.1
78.2
42.5
231.4
88.1
51.7

97.4
45.9
51.5
246.1
31.4
102.2
102.2
107.9
73.2
34.7
81.0
45.6
224.1
86.5
51.3

96.7
45.4
51.3
246.1
31.0
102.9
102.0
108.6
73.7
34.9
79.2
44.2
224.8
85.9
51.5

_
-

_
-

_

75.9
38.7
37.2
204.0
27.3
85.4
83.5
87.5
61.2
26.3
50.2
27.0
168.3
59.2
39.9

76.1
38.6
37.5
204.9
27.2
86.8
83.0
88.3
61.8
26.5
51.1
28.0
168.3
59.3
39.5

74.3
37.2
37.1
197.0
23.8
87.7
78.0
86.6
59.6
27.0
51.8
29.2
161.9
58.3
38.9

73.7
36.8
36.9
197.2
23.4
88.4
78.0
87.0
59.7
27.3
51.9
29.4
162.3
57.7
39.0

_
_
_
_
_
_

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

Durable goods—Continued
Electrical and electronic equipment—Continued
Electric lighting and wiring equipment
Electric lamps
Current-carrying wiring devices
Noncurrent-carrying wiring devices
Residential lighting fixtures
Radio and TV receiving equipment
Radio and TV receiving sets
Communication equipment
Telephone and telegraph apparatus
Radio and TV communication equipment
Electronic components and accessories
Electronic tubes
Semiconductors and related devices
Electronic components, nee
Misc. electrical equipment and supplies
Storage batteries
Engine electrical equipment

1972
SIC
Code

364
3641
3643
3644
3645
365
3651
366
3661
3662
367
3671-3
3674
3679
369
3691
3694

Production workers

All employees
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

202.7
29.0
84.9
17.9
27.1
92.4
72.7
631.3
146.5
484.8
694.6
41.7
284.5
283.2
157.1
28.7
65.7

202.7
28.1
85.7
17.8
27.1
90.9
71.9
635.7
144.6
491.1
694.6
41.9
286.5
282.5
157.0
29.2
65.6

Sept.
1985

196.8
27.6
79.6
17.8
26.8
85.3
67.6
663.2
134.9
528.3
640.3
41.5
271.4
257.6
150.6
29.1
64.0

Oct.
1985P

198.2
27.9
79.9
17.9
27.7
84.6
66.6
665.6
133.5
532.1
636.7
41.6
268.5
258.1
151.9
29.5
64.9

Nov.
1985P

_
_

_

_

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

147.8
25.1
56.2
12.8
20.6
64.5
49.7
290.1
95.8
194.3
415.8
25.8
122.9
201.4
111.6
22.5
51.0

147.8
24.3
57.0
12.7
20.5
63.1
48.9
291.3
93.8
197.5
413.6
25.9
123.3
200.2
111.8
22.9
51.0

Sept.
1985

142.5
23.7
51.6
12.9
20.4
59.0
46.2
288.3
83.2
205.1
355.7
24.6
102.3
177.7
106.1
23.2
48.5

Oct.
1985P

143.9
24.0
52.2
12.8
21.3
58.2
45.4
291.5
81.9
209.6
353.3
24.5
100.6
177.8
107.4
23.6
49.3

Nov.
1985P

_
_

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

1,939.7 1,946.1 2,000.2 2,011.7 2,022.5 1,235.6 1,238.3 1,259.9 1,271.1 1,284.5
873.5 877.4 871.1 874.0 875.2 672.2 677.4 673.4 679.7 682.0
_
_
396.5 401.1 402.9 406.6
292.0 297.1 303.2 308.8
_
29.7
37.2
37.2
37.4
37.6
28.7
28.7
29.5
_
314.9 314.7 309.7 310.6
394.1 393.0 389.2 388.4
31.4
23.4
24.5
26.9
27.3
30.2
20.6
21.0
_
292.4 290.4 315.6 320.2
609.7 611.1 660.5 666.4
128.4
132.9
146.5
144.5
315.2 314.2 346.4 349.2
74.3
152.5
76.8
75.0
151.3
145.0
143.9
77.9
_
_
164.7
95.8
94.3
87.0
85.2
162.8
150.6
151.9
_
140.8
144.6
145.2
190.9
186.2
193.4
137.6
193.5
_
108.1
107.8
145.2
104.2
100.3
139.9
148.2
147.7
_
_
37.4
45.7
36.6
37.3
36.5
46.3
45.2
45.8
_
_
25.4
26.0
35.0
24.8
24.0
36.4
37.1
34.3
_
_
63.2
56.8
56.1
183.4
64.4
181.0
163.6
161.9
48.4
47.5
42.6
42.1
141.3
139.1
126.2
124.9
_
_
36.3
33.9
33.9
48.3
31.3
50.4
53.3
50.6
15.8
21.4
16.9
17.0
15.6
21.6
19.9
19.9
-

Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Motor vehicles and car bodies
Truck and bus bodies
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
Truck trailers
Aircraft and parts
Aircraft
Aircraft engines and engine parts
Aircraft equipment, nee
Ship and boat building and repairing
Ship building and repairing
Boat building and repairing
Railroad equipment
Guided missiles, space vehicles, and parts
Guided missiles and space vehicles
Miscellaneous transportation equipment
Travel trailers and campers

37
371
3711
3713
3714
3715
372
3721
3724
3728
373
3731
3732
374
376
3761
379
3792

Instruments and related products
Engineering and scientific instruments
Measuring and controlling devices
Environmental controls
Process control instruments
Instruments to measure electricity
Optical instruments and lenses
Medical instruments and supplies
Surgical and medical instruments
Surgical appliances and supplies
Ophthalmic goods
Photographic equipment and supplies
Watches, clocks, and watchcases

38
381
382
3822
3823
3825
383
384
3841
3842
385
386
387

720.4
80.7
254.5
45.9
56.5
110.2
35.1
171.0
82.8
74.0
40.0
124.5
14.6

722.5
81.4
256.5
46.2
56.7
111.1
35.2
170.5
82.1
74.0
40.1
124.2
14.6

724.4
83.5
256.4
44.6
56.7
112.2
34.1
173.1
84.6
73.6
39.5
124.8
13.0

724.0
83.4
254.9
44.1
55.9
111.8
34.1
173.5
84.5
74.1
39.7
124.8
13.6

725.5
_

Miscellaneous manufacturing
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware
Jewelry, precious metal
Musical instruments
Toys and sporting goods
Dolls, games, toys, and children's vehicles...
Sporting and athletic goods, nee
Pens, pencils, office, and art supplies
Costume jewelry and notions
Costume jewelry
Miscellaneous manufactures
Signs and advertising displays

39
391
3911
393
394
3942,4
3949
395
396
3961
399
3993

397.8
57.5
38.8
17.0
116.3
60.4
55.9
32.2
43.7
24.8
131.1
53.9

394.1
58.0
39.3
16.7
114.6
58.0
56.6
32.2
43.2
24.2
129.4
53.7

381.1
56.8
38.1
15.4
110.1
56.8
53.3
31.9
39.8
21.8
127.1
52.2

384.4
58.3
39.3
16.1
110.3
56.9
53.4
32.2
39.9
21.6
127.6
52.8

381.2
_

_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_

399.3
36.5
145.2
29.1
27.9
61.1
18.4
102.7
46.6
47.8
26.3
59.8
10.4

401.0
37.0
146.1
29.5
28.1
61.2
18.5
102.5
46.0
48.1
26.7
59.6
10.6

389.5
35.1
141.5
28.5
28.9
57.3
17.1
102.5
46.5
47.5
26.4
57.1
9.8

387.7
34.3
140.4
28.2
28.2
57.1
17.1
103.2
46.6
48.0
26.4
56.5
9.8

389.3
_

293.2
40.5
27.2
13.4
88.3
45.3
43.0
22.1
33.9
19.4
95.0
38.3

289.1
40.6
27.6
13.2
86.6
42.8
43.8
21.9
33.6
18.9
93.2
38.0

275.2
38.7
25.9
11.9
81.3
40.9
40.4
21.3
30.8
16.8
91.2
36.6

278.1
40.1
27.0
12.7
81.6
40.6
41.0
21.4
31.1
16.8
91.2
37.0

275.4
_
_
_
_

_
-

_
_

See footnotes at end of table.




47

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed Industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Meat products
Meat packing plants
Sausages and other prepared meats .
Poultry dressing plants
Dairy products
Cheese, natural and processed
Fluid milk
Preserved fruits and vegetables
Canned specialties
Canned fruits and vegetables
Frozen fruits and vegetables
Grain mill products
Flour and other grain mill products ....
Prepared feeds, nee
Bakery products
Bread, cake, and related products
Cookies and crackers
Sugar and confectionery products
Cane and beet sugar
Confectionery products
Fats and oils
Beverages
Malt beverages
Bottled and canned soft drinks
Misc. food and kindred products

1972
SIC
Code

20
201
2011
2013
2016
202
2022
2026
203
2032
2033
2037
204
2041
2048
205
2051
2052
206
2061-3
2065
207
208
2082
2086
209

Tobacco manufactures
Cigarettes

21
211

Textile mill products
Weaving mills, cotton
Weaving mills, synthetics
Weaving and finishing mills, wool.
Narrow fabric mills
Knitting mills
Women's hosiery, except socks
Hosiery, nee
Knit outerwear mills
Knit underwear mills
Circular knit fabric mills
Textile finishing, except wool
Finishing plants, cotton
Finishing plants, synthetics
Floor covering mills
Yarn and thread mills
Yarn mills, except wool
Throwing and winding mills
Miscellaneous textile goods

22
221
222
223
224
225
2251
2252
2253
2254
2257
226
2261
2262
227
228
2281
2282
229

Apparel and other textile products
Men's and boys' suits and coats
Men's and boys' furnishings
Men's and boys' shirts and nightwear
Men's and boys' separate trousers
Men's and boys' work clothing
Women's and misses' outerwear
Women's and misses' blouses and waists .
Women's and misses' dresses
Women's and misses' suits and coats
Women's and misses' outerwear, nee

23
231
232
2321
2327
2328
233
2331
2335
2337
2339

See footnotes at end of table.

48




Production workers

All employees
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

5,594 5,555
7,967 7,920 7,966 7,928 7,885 5,626 5,573 5,631
1,670.4 1,637.2 1,727.6 1,690.3 1,647.2 1,175.0 1,141.9 1,231.0 1,194.9 1,152.4
_
318.6 319.7
308.8 311.1
377.1
367.6 370.2 376.1
124.6 125.1
125.4
123.9
149.6 151.0 149.0 149.5
_
_
55.1
53.4
55.0
74.4
74.0
73.3
53.9
74.5
_
120.4 120.7
124.2 124.7 131.7 131.9
113.2 113.5
96.4
97.4
162.3 161.2 164.8 163.6
92.8
93.6
30.4
30.4
28.6
28.6
39.2
39.1
38.2
38.2
_
_
87.4
42.6
42.6
42.0
88.6
87.6
41.7
88.5
264.4 231.3 307.5 265.8
222.8 190.5 262.3 223.0
20.3
21.4
18.7
19.6
28.0
29.1
25.8
26.5
_
_
79.7
99.0
83.8
94.7
76.5 134.9
62.0 117.7
_
58.1
58.2
52.6
51.5
51.9
59.1
44.2
50.1
88.7
88.5
89.8
129.3
128.9
129.9
131.1
88.5
_
24.1
16.0
15.9
24.5
24.6
14.7
24.2
15.0
_
30.4
_
46.7
47.4
29.4
46.5
46.2
29.5
29.8
127.2
125.6
210.2 208.9 210.8 211.9
126.9
124.6
_
_
165.7 166.1
90.4
90.4
90.7
90.3
165.5 166.4
_
45.3
42.8
44.5
36.8
36.5
33.9
35.3
45.5
_
91.7
84.5
89.6
107.7 116.0
113.6 115.9
91.8
_
_
31.4
30.9
31.3
25.3
20.7
25.1
25.9
24.9
_
51.7
62.9
60.1
63.9
61.3
49.0
50.3
52.6
27.4
26.6
28.0
37.5
36.3
39.5
38.0
29.4
_
_
213.2 212.3 219.6 215.1
94.4
91.0
90.5
89.3
_
40.7
40.2
24.9
40.3
24.8
26.0
39.3
24.9
_
41.7
41.4
130.1
128.0 132.1
128.1
43.2
40.6
131.8 129.8
126.3
174.0
170.0 168.0 175.9
123.9
71.0
45.2

66.6
45.5

70.2
45.3

69.7
44.9

66.4
-

55.6
34.1

51.3
34.3

54.3
33.8

53.6
33.1

50.0
-

735.0
116.3
99.1
17.7
23.3
200.7
31.9
34.2
65.3
27.2
24.4
67.1
26.0
23.3
54.4
102.2
69.8
16.3
54.2

727.6
115.6
98.1
17.7
22.9
197.5
31.9
33.9
63.4
26.8
24.2
66.5
25.6
23.4
54.2
101.6
69.7
16.1
53.5

702.3
105.4
89.0
16.7
21.2
198.3
33.7
33.1
63.6
26.1
24.4
63.4
23.9
22.5
56.7
99.8
69.0
15.6
51.8

701.8
104.7
89.1
16.4
21.2
197.7
33.4
33.2
63.7
25.7
24.5
63.5
23.9
22.5
57.4
100.0
69.1
15.7
51.8

700.2
_
_
_
_
-

635.1
104.2
88.2
14.9
19.9
174.5
28.6
30.6
56.3
23.4
20.8
56.5
22.0
19.4
44.0
90.1
62.2
14.5
42.8

628.3
103.3
87.1
14.9
19.5
171.5
28.7
30.4
54.2
23.1
20.6
56.0
21.6
19.5
44.0
89.9
62.4
14.3
42.1

607.5
94.6
78.9
14.1
18.1
173.6
30.3
29.5
56.0
21.9
21.4
52.9
20.1
18.3
46.5
88.5
62.3
13.8
40.3

607.1
94.5
79.2
13.8
18.2
172.5
29.8
29.6
55.9
21.4
21.5
53.3
20.3
18.4
46.9
88.6
62.3
13.9
40.1

605.8
_
_
_
_
_
-

1,194.1 1,185.9 1,168.2 1,168.9 1,165.1 1,009.9 1,001.7
63.4
62.7
67.9
68.6
72.2
71.6
_
289.0 288.2
335.2
335.4 334.0 334.1
_
84.6
92.7
92.5
96.5
97.6
83.8
56.3
65.4
65.5
64.5
56.3
64.6
83.4
97.4
82.9
97.0 103.7 104.4
320.8 316.8
382.2 378.2 375.0 373.4
_
60.4
50.8
51.1
59.8
59.6
60.0
96.7
106.2
114.0 112.0 108.9
95.0
42.4
44.4
53.8
55.5
53.9
51.8
153.9 154.4 151.0 153.6
128.6
128.6
-

986.2
60.0
289.7
79.9
57.5
90.6
312.4
49.8
91.4
46.0
125.2

985.8
59.0
290.9
80.1
57.5
91.4
310.7
50.0
89.2
44.2
127.3

982.9

_
-

_
-

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed Industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

Nondurable goods—Continued
Apparel and other textile products—Continued
Women's and children's undergarments
Women's and children's underwear
Brassieres and allied garments
Children's outerwear
Children's dresses and blouses
Misc. apparel and accessories
Misc. fabricated textile products
Curtains and draperies
House furnishings, nee
Automotive and apparel trimmings

1972
SIC
Code

234
2341
2342
236
2361
238

239
2391

2392
2396

Paper and allied products
Paper and pulp mills
Paper mills, except building paper
Paperboard mills
Misc. converted paper products
Paper coating and glazing
Envelopes
Bags, except textile bags
Paperboard containers and boxes
Folding paperboard boxes
Corrugated and solid fiber boxes
Sanitary food containers

26
261,2,6
262
263
264

Printing and publishing
Newspapers
Periodicals
Books
Book publishing
Book printing
Miscellaneous publishing
Commercial printing
Commercial printing, letterpress
Commercial printing, lithographic
Manifold business forms
Blankbooks and bookbinding
Printing trade services

27
271
272
273
2731
2732
274
275
2751
2752
276
278

Chemicals and allied products
Industrial inorganic chemicals
Industrial inorganic chemicals, nee
,
Plastics materials and synthetics
Plastics materials and resins
Organic fibers, noncellulosic
Drugs
Pharmaceutical preparations
Soap, cleaners, and toilet goods
Soap and other detergents
Toilet preparations
Polishing, sanitation, and finishing preparations ....
Paints and allied products
Industrial organic chemicals
Cyclic crudes and intermediates
Gum, wood, and industrial organic chemicals, nee
Agricultural chemicals
Miscellaneous chemical products

28
281
2819
282

Petroleum and coal products
Petroleum refining
Paving and roofing materials

29
291
295

2641
2642
2643
265
2651
2653
2654

279

2821
2824
283
2834
284
2841
2844
2842,3
285
286
2865
2861,9
287

289

Production workers1

All employees
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

86.5
70.6
15.9
63.9
27.3
47.5
186.5
26.6
54.8
36.1

85.5
69.4
16.1
63.4
27.2
45.5
186.6
27.2
54.5
36.1

83.0
67.9
15.1
61.9
26.4
43.5
182.9
26.2
51.9
36.4

83.6
68.4
15.2
62.2
26.6
42.8
184.8
26.5
52.7
36.6

683.8
200.0
175.4
57.0
228.2
59.1
26.2

682.7
201.3
176.4
56.7
227.3

684.1

684.1
197.5
172.5
55.5

59.1
26.3
50.7
197.4
42.2
102.0
23.5

59.3
26.9
50.7

59.2
27.1
50.9

196.3
42.1
101.2
24.3

196.5
41.9

50.9
198.6
42.3
102.1
24.2

198.7
173.1
55.6
233.5

Nov.
1985P

688.6

234.6

101.6
24.4

189.1
149.2
28.9

187.4
149.0
27.6

172.2
132.7
28.7

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

71.7
59.8
11.9
53.6
24.0
37.3
153.9
22.3
46.8
29.8

69.7
58.6
11.1
52.1
23.2
36.0
150.8
21.0
44.6
30.3

70.1
58.9
11.2
52.3
23.4
35.5
152.1
21.2
45.1
30.4

514.2

513.0

150.7

129.4
43.7

130.5
43.2
166.6
38.3
20.4

518.5
151.6
130.8
42.7
171.7
37.1
20.5
40.0
152.5
33.6
76.7
20.2

518.2

149.5

788.4
171.2
28.9
49.8
30.0
19.8
38.4

767.7
169.3
25.3

39.6
152.5
33.3
76.9
19.3

348.7
118.9
209.4
33.0
58.1
36.0

349.5
118.9
210.0
33.3
57.6
36.3

786.2
170.3
28.3
50.9
30.7
20.2
38.3
358.7
119.6
218.2
33.1
57.0
38.0

,035.5 1,031.3
141.2
92.0

580.5
72.6
49.6

579.0
72.7
49.6

576.3
71.5
48.8

165.7
73.3
62.5
204.0
165.6

115.8
44.3
48.0
92.0
74.7
94.8
27.2
47.0
20.6
30.2
84.4
19.1
65.3
36.7
54.0

114.9
44.4
47.6
92.7
75.1
93.6
26.9
46.0
20.7
29.9
84.1
19.0
65.1
37.3
53.8

113.1
84.0
22.2

112.1
84.3
21.2

147.6
41.3
67.7
38.6
63.0
163.9
30.6
133.3
58.2
91.9
171.0
132.0
28.3

168.6

Oct.
1985P

72.7
60.9
11.8
54.2
24.2
39.4
154.2
21.8
46.9
29.8

167.2
38.4
20.3
39.9
153.8
33.4
77.0
20.0

1,391.8 1,401.9 1,424.0 1,429.9 1,443.1
451.9 454.8
445.6 450.1
108.3
108.9
108.2
108.5
103.3 102.8
103.5
101.3
77.9
77.7
78.0
76.6
25.4
25.5
24.7
25.1
72.6
73.0
66.9
66.0
480.3 492.8 495.0
477.0
163.6
163.9
160.5
159.7
292.0 294.0 302.7 304.1
47.8
47.8
47.9
47.7
70.6
70.7
70.7
71.4
52.1
51.6
49.4
48.7
1,049.8 1,050.1 1,040.6
143.7
142.6
143.3
93.2
94.7
94.4
174.1
166.0
175.7
75.2
73.5
75.6
67.7
62.6
68.2
204.9 206.6 203.8
165.4
165.2
166.7
150.5
147.3
146.5
41.6
41.3
41.2
70.2
68.8
67.6
38.7
37.2
37.7
63.3
61.9
61.7
164.1
164.5
164.5
30.9
31.3
31.3
133.2
133.2
133.2
57.9
59.4
60.0
92.4
92.8
93.0

Oct.
1984

47.9
28.2
19.7
35.2

773.2
171.2
25.3
49.8

29.4
20.4
36.5

Nov.
1985P

523.7

150.6
130.3
42.5
172.6
36.9
20.7
40.0

152.5
33.4
77.0
20.2
794.6

361.1
120.3

219.5
33.2
56.8
38.5
572.4

110.5
44.0
44.2
93.8
75.4
97.2
26.7
49.0
21.5
30.6
84.0
20.5
63.5
35.5
53.2

573.2
71.8
49.0
110.3
43.8
44.2
94.6
76.0
94.2
26.8
46.3
21.1
30.3
83.3
20.3
63.0
35.7
53.0

106.0
77.6
22.0

106.4
78.4
21.7

105.5

See footnotes at end of table.




49

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

Nondurable goods—Continued
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Tires and inner tubes
Rubber and plastics footwear
Reclaimed rubber, and rubber and plastics hose
and belting
Fabricated rubber products, nee
Miscellaneous plastics products
Leather and leather products
Leather tanning and finishing
Footwear, except rubber
Men's footwear, except athletic
Women's footwear, except athletic ....
Luggage
Handbags and personal leather goods .

1972
SIC
Code

Production workers1

All employees
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

30
301
302

795.5
94.8
15.9

795.4
95.2
15.7

799.2
90.4
13.2

799.5
90.1
12.6

303,4
306
307

21.1
110.4
553.3

21.4
110.2
552.9

20.3
109.0
566.3

20.0
109.3
567.5

31
311
314
3143
3144
316
317

186.8
15.9
111.1
46.3
40.8
13.9
25.3

185.5
15.9
110.5
46.5
40.5
13.8
25.0

177.4
15.2
105.5
42.1
40.8
13.0
24.6

176.9
15.0
104.9
41.8
40.2
13.1
24.5

Transportation and public utilities .
Transportation .

4,344

4,460

4,464

4,458

261.3
78.0

259.3
78.2

262.3
84.0

265.3
84.1

34.3

33.4

34.5

32.1

285.4
91.5
38.3
34.7
97.4

45
451,2
458

506.9
446.8
60.1

508.2
447.2
61.0

552.8
489.7

553.1
490.1
63.0

Pipe lines, except natural gas .

46

18.7

18.9

19.1

18.8

Transportation services.
Freight forwarding

47
471

267.7
62.3

266.9
63.0

288.3
70.3

288.8
71.4




4,362

282.5
91.3
38.2
37.5
92.5

Transportation by air
Air transportation
Air transportation services .

50

147.0

280.4
85.3
38.7
36.4
98.6

210.5
29.1
112.1

See footnotes at end of table.

148.1
12.6
89.9
34.3
35.5
9.8
20.2

343.2
320.3

226.6
30.2
125.9

50
501
5012
5013

148.0
12.7
90.1
34.4
36.0
9.7
20.0

3,129

209.4
28.3
115.6

Durable goods
Motor vehicles and automotive equipment
Automobiles and other motor vehicles ....
Automotive parts and supplies

153.9
13.1
93.8
37.7
35.6
10.0
20.3

3,136

205.3
29.0
110.6

Wholesale trade

155.7
13.2
94.3
37.6
35.7
10.5
20.7

343.4
320.2

44
445
446

49
491
492
493
495

175.6

3,133

Water transportation
Local water transportation
Water transportation services

Electric, gas, and sanitary services .
Electric services
Gas production and distribution ....
Combination utility services
Sanitary services

13.5
83.3
449.4

360.7
334.5

42
421,3
422

48
481
483
4832
4833

13.5
83.3
448.1

3,016

Trucking and warehousing
Trucking and trucking terminals .
Public warehousing

1,206.0 1,198.6 1,238.3 1,253.9
1,118.5 1,107.9 1,149.9 1,160.1
88.4
93.8
87.5
90.7

1,379.0 1,371.8 1,420.5 1,436.3
1,275.6 1,265.4 1,315.7 1,326.3
103.4
110.0
104.8
106.4

63.1

2,237
2,242
2,243
2,239
1,338.0 1,336.9 1,322.8 1,320.3
942.2
906.4
909.9
943.9
237.4 237.8
232.9 233.4
111.3
112.8
112.5
110.7
122.1
125.0
124.9
122.2
900.6
446.2
171.2
198.8
59.3

900.4
446.3
171.7
198.5
59.1

919.8
453.5
171.6
202.8
65.5

921.4
454.3
171.1
203.
66.

5,660

5,666

5,825

5,861

3,326
429.0
107.4
288.1

3,338
428.4
107.5
287.,

3,445
435.3
111.0
291.4

3,462
435.1
110.8
291.

620.7

14.0
84.8
439.1

5,374

282.7
85.3
39.0
37.3
99.1

Nov.
1985P

13.9
85.1
439.7

5,378

41
411
412
413
415

Oct.
1985P

618.4
61.4
10.8

5,376

Local and interurban passenger transit.
Local and suburban transportation
Taxicabs
Intercity highway transportation
School buses

Sept.
1985

616.6
60.8
10.9

5,253

40
4011

Nov.
1984

618.4
67.2
13.3

5,272

Railroad transportation.
Class I railroads2

Oct.
1984

619.4
67.0
13.7

799.2

3,033
372.2
345.1

Communication and public utilities
Communication ...
Telephone communication
Radio and television broadcasting
Radio broadcasting
Television broadcasting

Nov.
1985P

13.3

13.4

13.7

13.5

2,245
1,016.7 1,016.5 1,006.9 1,005.1
704.1
703.0 676.5 673.6
193.7
188.0
193.9
188.6

716.8
348.4
134.3
161.4
52.2

716.2
348.3
134.8
161.0
51.8

732.5
352.4
134.0
167.3
57.1

732.5
352.9
133.2
167.2
57.6

5,870

4,572

4,573

4,708

4,736

3,473

2,668
344.4

2,677
344.2

2,761
351.6

2,774
351.5

4,741

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

Wholesale trade—Continued
Durable goods—Continued
Furniture and home furnishings
Furniture
Home furnishings
Lumber and construction materials
Lumber, plywood, and millwork
Construction materials, nee
Sporting goods, toys, and hobby goods
Metals and minerals, except petroleum
Electrical goods
Electrical apparatus and equipment
Electrical appliances, TV and radios
Electronic parts and equipment
Hardware, plumbing, and heating equipment
Hardware
Plumbing and hydronic heating supplies ....
Machinery, equipment, and supplies
Commercial machines and equipment
Construction and mining machinery
Farm machinery and equipment
Industrial machinery and equipment
Industrial supplies
Professional equipment and supplies
Miscellaneous durable goods
Scrap and waste materials
Nondurable goods
Paper and paper products
Drugs, proprietaries, and sundries
Apparel, piece goods, and notions
Groceries and related products
Groceries, general line
Meats and meat products
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and petroleum products
Petroleum bulk stations and terminals
Petroleum products, nee
Beer, wine, and distilled beverages
Beer and ale
Wines and distilled beverages
Miscellaneous nondurable goods
Farm supplies

1972
SIC
Code

502
5021
5023
503
5031
5039
504
505
506
5063
5064
5065
507
5072
5074
508
5081
5082
5083
5084
5085
5086
509
5093
51
511
512
513
514
5141
5147
5148
516
517
5171
5172
518
5181
5182
519
5191

Retail trade

Production workers1

All employees
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

131.3
128.9
127.3
134.1
56.0
53.6
52.9
56.9
75.3
74.4
75.3
77.2
204.8
204.1 215.6
217.0
98.0
92.7
93.3
98.3
117.6
111.4
111.5
118.7
74.1
76.1
73.5
76.9
138.6
142.1
139.2
141.9
485.6 490.3 495.4 497.1
269.5 271.9 276.8
276.1
68.5
67.5
67.4
67.0
152.5
151.1
151.0
149.1
264.3 266.5
253.8
253.4
88.9
85.6
85.5
89.6
107.8
104.3
103.9
109.1
1,419.1 1,424.7 1,491.2 1,497.3
533.2
501.0 530.6
496.7
83.9
78.6
84.1
79.0
135.1
136.0
135.0
134.5
315.4
316.6 330.2 331.2
136.8
133.0
137.4
133.4
168.7
158.7
169.1
158.8
193.8
194.5
195.6
195.1
93.6
93.6
93.5
93.6
2,380
185.2
162.2
187.8
756.7
242.0
67.0
89.4
132.2
208.1
87.4
120.7
159.8
99.6
60.2
435.6
163.4

2,399
186.8
163.1
191.6
757.1
243.0
67.6
87.3
131.9
208.9
87.8
121.1
159.0
99.1
59.9
440.3
166.1

2,397

16,922 17,270

17,679

17,673

17,847

678.2
358.6
160.0

674.3
357.4
160.4

671.3
351.0
157.0

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

107.4

109.0

110.3

112.5

170.6

169.5

179.8

181.2

61.4
112.2
385.9

61.8
111.6
388.8

64.0
114.2
385.5

64.5
113.7
386.5

205.5

205.9

213.1

215.2

161.2

161.1

158.5

161.2

1,904
144.0
131.4
138.8
629.4

1,896
144.0
133.6
139.6
628.9

1,947
151.3
134.9
141.6
651.1

1,962
151.9
135.6
145.0
650.4

92.0
153.4

93.5
154.1

94.9
156.8

94.3
158.3

129.3

130.2

133.1

132.3

349.1

342.2

355.3

359.6

15,154 15,493 15,793 15,792 15,975
565.8
296.0
133.4

573.7
306.0
134.7

Building materials and garden supplies
Lumber and other building materials
Hardware stores

52
521
525

General merchandise stores
Department stores
Variety stores
Misc. general merchandise stores

53
531
533
539

2,319.1 2,496.8 2,320.8 2,367.8 2,469.8 2,169.5 2,345.9 2,183.7 2,232.7
1,844.9 2,001.0 1,855.9 1,896.1
1,956.8 2,114.3 1,953.5 1,992.5
226.9
223.1
202.7 206.7
203.4 215.4
234.7
222.5
148.4
144.2
125.1
129.9
129.5
121.2
147.8
139.8

Food stores
Grocery stores
Meat markets and freezer provisioners
Dairy products stores
Retail bakeries

54
541
542
545
546

2,716.8 2,760.8 2,860.9 2,879.5 2,891.8 2,526.8 2,566.0 2,649.1 2,666.7
2,220.4 2,245.4 2,341.7 2,351.5
2,374.8 2,402.8 2,516.2 2,526.6
63.2
64.1
59.2
60.7
36.2
37.4
40.9
37.8
167.8
146.4
164.9
150.7
143.2
162.2
158.4
148.2

Automotive dealers and service stations
New and used car dealers
Auto and home supply stores
Gasoline service stations

55
551,2
553
554

1,844.8 1,847.5 1,919.2 1,915.1 1,917.8 1,551.4 1,552.0 1,610.3 1,606.3
910.7 913.4
718.3
717.1
866.0 868.6
753.7 757.2
253.3
303.4
251.8
301.2 302.4 304.1
245.8 245.0
519.7
520.0
599.7 620.0 616.5
598.9
542.6 538.3

668.9
347.4
157.5

Nov.
1985P

1,119.5 1,124.8 1,183.6 1,188.1

2,328
177.3
161.0
186.4
731.0
231.6
65.9
89.4
132.7
205.6
86.6
119.0
156.0
96.2
59.8
422.0
153.8

2,334
177.4
158.8
185.7
729.9
229.8
65.5
92.1
131.2
205.2
86.6
118.6
155.0
95.8
59.2
427.7
160.7

Oct.
1984

568.5
299.5
132.6

569.9
304.9
134.9

See footnotes at end of table.




51

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

1972
SIC
Code

Production workers1

All employees
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Retail trade—Continued
Apparel and accessory stores
Men's and boys' clothing and furnishings .
Women's ready-to-wear stores
Family clothing stores
Shoe stores

56
561
562
565
566

Furniture and home furnishings stores ....
Furniture and home furnishings stores .
Furniture stores
Household appliance stores
Radio, television, and music stores
Radio and television stores
Music stores

57
571
5712
572
573
5732
5733

Eating and drinking places .

58

5,517.4 5,472.7 5,923.6 5,781.6 5,728.0 5,050.3 5,011.3 5,391.4 5,262.6

Miscellaneous retail
Drug stores and proprietary stores
Liquor stores
Miscellaneous shopping goods stores
Sporting goods and bicycle shops
Book stores
Stationery stores
Jewelry stores
Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops
Sewing, needlework, and piece goods .
Nonstore retailers
Mail order houses
Merchandising machine operators
Fuel and ice dealers
Retail stores, nee

59
591
592
594
5941
5942
5943

2,157.5 2,262.9 2,208.1 2,257.6
555.5
572.0
564.6
543.7
128.7
127.2
127.6
128.2
785.0
750.3
728.6
705.9
132.2
131.0
125.8
120.4
70.9
74.2
67.6
73.9
72.4
70.0
77.9
76.9
163.9
148.8
147.5
145.4
133.2
122.2
125.1
124.4
76.2
78.8
76.5
69.5
278.1
262.3 270.3
269.9
136.6 143.7 128.9 134.7
81.9
81.4
82.3
82.1
110.4
106.3
108.9
106.0
349.5
343.0
333.2
330.6

5944
5947

5949
596
5961
5962
598
599

Finance, insurance, and real estate3 .
Finance
Banking
Commercial and stock savings banks
State banks, Federal Reserve
State banks, not Federal Reserve ....
Mutual savings banks

60
602
6022
6023,4
603

Credit agencies other than banks
Savings and loan associations
Federal savings and loan associations .
State associations, insured
Personal credit institutions
Business credit institutions
Mortgage bankers and brokers

61

1,004.1 1,049.0 1,023.2 1,038.3
115.3
110.5
110.0
107.7
378.6 385.3
369.3
390.5
199.3 215.5
199.6 205.7
206.2 212.3
204.3 205.0

846.8
92.1
314.1
173.5
167.2

890.9
97.0
323.7
188.8
172.6

864.8
89.9
329.0
173.7
165.9

880.0
92.1
333.7
178.7
167.6

758.6
425.9
267.6

577.4
331.4

595.6
340.8

627.3
350.7

640.4
358.1

88.7
244.0
171.4
72.6

71.3
174.7

72.2
182.6

73.7
202.9

75.2
207.1

691.0
396.7
251.0
84.3
210.0
147.9

62.1

711.4
407.1
253.8
84.9
219.4
153.6
65.8

744.8
418.6
264.5
87.4
238.8
166.9
71.9

5,735

5,996

5,995

6,018

2,873

2,885

3,005

3,014

3,032

1,678.9 1,684.1 1,722.3 1,723.2

616

769.8
349.5
199.9
140.4
219.7
51.5
125.3

778.7
352.0
201.3
141.4
222.4
52.1
128.5

Security, commodity brokers, and services.
Security brokers and dealers

62
621

342.7
276.7

342.4
276.3

360.7
290.8

360.3
290.2

Holding and other investment offices .

67

141.4

142.5

152.6

151.3

1,767

1,771

1,829

1,833

Insurance
Insurance carriers
Life insurance
Medical service and health insurance.
Fire, marine, and casualty insurance ..
Title insurance

63
631
632
633
636

Insurance agents, brokers, and service.

64

See footnotes at end of table.

52



1,236.7 1,238.5 1,266.9 1,269.7
531.0 531.1 540.3 538.9
157.6 168.6 170.1
156.3
468.8 469.5 474.5 476.7
48.4
46.1
46.5
48.0
529.9

532.7

561.7

563.7

607.1

686.0

619.2

636.6

245.1

253.3

237.1

244.3

88.7
275.0

91.4
277.2

88.2
285.0

92.2
290.1

4,249

4,253

4,445

4,436

1,240.3 1,243.4 1,259.8 1,259.5
1,116.8 1,119.7 1,136.2 1,135.2

1,522.2 1,526.9 1,561.8 1,561.8
339.8 340.1
332.6 333.5
378.3
388.6 388.2
377.2
76.0
79.3
79.1
76.6
715.9
332.7
188.5
135.3
207.9
45.2
106.1

614
615

1,863.4 1,965.7 1,892.5 1,933.1
496.9
491.6
478.0 488.3

5,722

710.0
330.9
187.5
134.6
206.5
44.5
104.4

612
6122
6123

Nov.
1985P

540.9
254.0

546.1
256.0

586.6
267.6

592.9
269.3

159.5

160.8

171.1

173.9

837.9
322.2
125.6
326.6

840.3
322.8
126.7
327.9

865.5
332.3
137.8
331.3

864.9
328.9
138.8
332.7

1,841

4,448

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

1972
SIC
Code

Finance, insurance, and real estate—Continued
Real estate, and combined real estate, insurance, etc .

Oct.
1984

1,082

Real estate
Real estate operators and lessors
Real estate agents and managers
Subdividers and developers

65
651
653
655

Combined real estate, insurance, etc

66

Services

Production workers1

All employees
Nov.
1984
1,079

Sept.
1985

1,162

Oct.
1985P

1,148

Nov.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

1,145

1,067.1 1,063.8 1,146.8 1,132.6
492.1
489.9
506.7
516.5
418.2 421.5
458.9
460.8
132.0
127.9
141.3
143.8
15.0

14.9

15.4

15.2

21,165 21,174 22,244 22,334 22,366

18,743 18,746 19,627 19,708 19,722
1,130.4 1,114.2 1,245.7 1,209.0

Hotels and other lodging places
Hotels, motels, and tourist courts

70
701

1,287.2 1,269.3 1,427.4 1,376.5
1,251.1 1,235.7 1,379.9 1,339.9

Personal services
Laundry, cleaning, and garment services
Photographic studios, portrait
Beauty shops
Funeral service and crematories

72
721
722
723
726

1,043.3 1,052.0 1,121.2 1,134.3
375.4
372.0
391.7
386.5
61.3
59.3
56.1
54.3
333.5
335.5
357.5
356.5
73.7
73.5
75.7
75.1

Business services
Advertising
Advertising agencies
Credit reporting and collection
Mailing, reproduction, and stenographic
Services to buildings
Personnel supply services
Employment agencies
Temporary help supply services
Computer and data processing services
Computer programming and software
Data processing services

73
731

4,251.3 4,272.2 4,553.9 4,583.9 4,599.2 3,716.1 3,734.5 3,972.5 3,999.8
185.9
188.2
191.6
192.9
140.9
142.9 143.6 143.0
144.1
138.6
140.4
144.5
92.7
81.8
82.7
92.3
188.6
175.1
177.1
182.3
674.1
625.9
629.0
678.8
570.6 572.3 619.9 616.4
959.7
898.1
886.8
961.0
197.8
172.9
173.7
193.4
723.2
687.0
675.0
729.2
563.1
491.1
496.8
409.5 414.4 461.8 465.5
558.1
170.8
172.3
198.6 201.6
270.6
240.8
243.6
269.9

Miscellaneous business services
Research development laboratories, nee
Management and public relations
Detective and protective services
Equipment rental and leasing
Photofinishing laboratories

7311
732
733
734
736
7361

7362
737
7372
7374
739
7391
7392

7393
7394
7395

350.6

301.8

304.3

321.7

322.5

624.7

624.0

368.0

365.6

386.3

386.2

343.2
101.6

273.2

274.5

286.7

288.0

217.8
97.4
108.7

215.8
102.4
101.4

189.4
87.8

189.7
90.3

183.6
79.0

181.2
83.5

926.8

827.7

686.6

649.4

824.0

730.9

702.2
138.9
439.6

740.8
146.9
463.2

746.9
144.4
469.8

Miscellaneous repair services
Electrical repair shops

76
762

325.3
97.3

326.7
97.8

341.9
100.5

Motion pictures
Motion picture production and services
Motion picture theaters

78
781
783

220.7
105.0
103.7

221.1
107.8
101.2

Amusement and recreation services

79

764.8

727.5

Health services
Offices of physicians
Offices of dentists
Nursing and personal care facilities
Skilled nursing care facilities
Nursing and personal care, nee
Hospitals
General medical and surgical hospitals
Psychiatric hospitals
Specialty hospitals, excluding psychiatric
Medical and dental laboratories
Outpatient care facilities

80
801

8069
807
808

345.6

592.6

706.1
141.3
441.5

8062
8063

335.2

597.1

75
751
753

8059
806

331.6

1,785.2 1,803.3 1,880.2 1,906.0
199.2 199.7 208.8 207.8
470.5 479.8 511.9 517.4
406.9 407.5 436.4 440.8
166.3 165.5 165.4 168.8
88.0
80.6
83.5
84.9

Auto repair, services, and garages
Automotive rentals, without drivers
Automotive repair shops

802
805
8051

Nov.
1985P

6,124.8
920.3
430.8
1,154.0
743.1
410.9
2,971.6
2,794.9
51.9
124.8

112.7
196.1

6,135.8 6,313.8 6,329.4 6,357.8 5,479.0 5,487.9 5,625.7 5,633.2
811.4 815.6
775.4
984.6
769.0
925.8
981.2
396.0
395.0
381.1 384.7
434.6 447.9
447.0
1,157.1 1,218.3 1,221.1
1,044.3 1,047.3 1,100.5 1,103.5
744.8
786.0
787.3
412.3
432.3
433.8
2,966.2 2,962.7 2,966.0
2,713.9 2,707.9 2,702.1 2,698.1

2,788.7 2,779.9 2,783.1
52.4
54.8
54.7
125.1
112.2
197.8

128.1
114.1
220.4

128.1

115.9
223.4

See footnotes at end of table.




53

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagrlcultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

Services—Continued
Legal services

1972
SIC
Code

81

Production workers1

All employees
Oct.
1984

662.1

Nov.
1984
668.5

Sept.
1985
704.7

Oct.
1985P

712.7

Educational services
Elementary and secondary schools
Colleges and universities
Correspondence and vocational schools

82
821
822
824

1,345.4 1,359.0 1,239.8 1,374.9
364.3 366.1 359.0 375.5
848.4 859.4 749.6 862.8
61.6
61.3
62.5
63.7

Social services
Individual and family services
Job training and related services
Residential care

83
832
833
836

1,268.4 1,283.2 1,348.8 1,373.4
254.0 258.4 276.5 280.2
193.2 195.1 206.2 208.1
271.2 272.7 289.6 290.4

Museums, botanical and zoological gardens

84

Membership organizations
Business associations
Labor organizations
Civic and social associations

86
861
863
864

1,498.7 1,496.9 1,490.7 1,501.1
88.7
86.0
86.4
88.5
140.1 135.1 144.4 144.6
325.1 328.6 320.8 331.3

Miscellaneous services
Engineering and architectural services
Noncommercial research organizations
Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping

89
891
892
893

1,181.0 1,188.1 1,269.8 1,279.9
714.8
657.8 662.2
718.3
114.0
110.4
111.9
115.1
416.7 421.8
389.8
390.6

Federal Government4

2,804

Executive, by agency4
Department of Defense
Postal Service5
Other executive agencies
Legislative
Judicial

State government
Hospitals
Education
General administration, including executive,
legislative, and judicial functions
Local government
Transportation and public utilities
Hospitals
Education
General administration, including executive,
legislative, and judicial functions




45.6

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

598.6

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

606.2

561.1

568.3

971.5
555.8

978.4 1,043.0 1,050.8
560.2 606.6 610.0

305.4

306.5

46.0

322.9

326.2

2,811

2,878

2,892

2,889

2,747.6 2,755.8 2,821.4
964.1 968.9 988.9
706.1
746.8
711.7
1,077.4 1,075.2 1,085.7
38.9
39.0
38.6
17.0
18.0
17.0

3731

136.9
83.3

137.4
83.6

135.9
80.5

135.5
80.4

806

39.3
404.4
240.3

39.5
402.5
240.9

38.1
415.0
248.5

37.5
410.0
245.8

806
82

3,749 3,910
465.0
466.1
1,566.9 1,595.5 1,428.7 1,604.1
3,809
463.6

3,834
464.0

3,954

1,179.7 1,176.3 1,237.6 1,224.3

9,743 9,516 9,833
495.2 510.5 510.8
615.4 612.7 613.4 613.7
5,410.5 5,510.0 5,173.5 5,544.3
9,620
495.4

806
82

9,944

2,823.4 2,852.6 2,922.7 2,887.9

1
Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;
construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in
transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and services.
2
Beginning in January 1978, data relate to line haul railroads with
operating revenues of $50,000,000 or more.
3
Data for nonoffice sales agents are excluded from the
nonsupervisory count for all series in this division.
4
Prepared by the Office of Personnel Management. Data relate to

54

44.1

Oct.
1984

16,233 16,388 16,143 16,635 16,787

Government

Federal government, by industry:
Manufacturing activities
Shipbuilding and repairing
Transportation and public utilities, except Postal
Service
Services
Hospitals

44.6

Nov.
1985P

civilian employment only and exclude the Central Intelligence Agency and
the National Security Agency.
5
Includes rural mail carriers.
- Data not available.
p
= preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1984 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1984 forward are subject to
revision.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
WOMEN EMPLOYEES
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-3. Women employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group
(In thousands)
Aug.
1984

Sept.
1984

July
1985

Aug.
1985

Sept.
1985

41,574

42,471

43,202

43,384

44,225

Total private

34,415

34,720

35,756

36,004

36,224

Goods-producing

6,970

6,989

6,828

6,948

6,965

Mining

122

121

127

127

126

Construction

439

438

474

480

479

6,409

6,430

6,227

6,341

6,360

Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products ..
Miscellaneous manufacturing

3,075
109
145
117
105
327
492
959
334
307
179

3,096
108
147
118
105
330
493
965
340
308
181

3,011
109
148
115
103
320
471
910
362
309
165

3,030
111
152
116
103
325
464
913
361
310
175

3,030
111
152
116
103
326
462
910
366
309
175

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products ..
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products

3,334
544
23
356
963
165
574
287
30
278
114

3,334
546
26
355
959
163
578
286
30
280
112

3,216
519
20
326
895
167
600
288
29
271
100

3,311
554
23
335
931
168
601
288
28
277
107

3,330
554
25
337
940
168
604
289
27
279
106

34,604

35,482

36,374

36,436

37,260

Transportation and public utilities ...

1,392

1,420

1,463

1,463

1,491

Wholesale trade

1,571

1,597

1,649

1,658

1,673

Retail trade

8,609

8,710

9,046

9,095

9,153

Finance, insurance, and real estate

3,474

3,458

3,661

3,678

3,664

12,399

12,546

13,109

13,162

13,278

7,159
989
1,570
4,600

7,751
974
1,651
5,126

7,446
1,031
1,644
4,771

7,380
1,027
1,653
4,700

8,001
1,014
1,743
5,244

Industry

Total

Manufacturing

Service-producing

Services
Government
Federal
State
Local

NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1984 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are




introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1984 forward are subject to
revision.

55

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-4. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
1984

1985

Industry
Nov.
Total
Total private ...
Goods-producing
Mining
Oil and gas extraction .
Construction
General building contractors
Manufacturing .
Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products .
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products ...
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products
Service-producing.

Dec

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.1

Nov.p

95,882 96,092 96,419 96,591 96,910 97,120 97,421 97,473 97,707 97,977 98,217 98,571 98,753
79,764 80,010 80,319 80,480 80,767 80,962 81,208 81,260 81,366 81,634 81,765 82,062 82,245
24,955 25,045 25,112 25,062 25,056 25,090 25,066 25,010 24,980 25,015 24,962 25,045 25,073
978
626

973
624

974
621

976
620

977
618

982
623

4,424 4,469 4,534 4,525 4,553 4,641
1,179 1,190 1,219 1,214 1,223 1,233

962
615

958
608

951
602

4,658 4,638 4,660 4,688 4,721
1,234 1,223 1,228 1,242 1,252

4,745
1,261

4,750
1,273

982
624

974
619

969
619

965
615

19,553 19,603 19,604 19,561 19,526 19,467 19,426 19,398 19,351 19,362 19,279 19,342 19,372
11,666 11,701 11,702 11,675 11,651 11,608 11,586 11,560 11,509 11,519 11,449 11,496 11,516
711
709
704
709
701
694
697
694
697
701
707
710
700
497
499
498
497
494
495
499
494
494
496
493
499
495
602
600
601
601
598
600
599
598
599
598
600
600
601
844
844
840
832
848
823
819
815
806
795
799
805
798
316
315
313
311
318
306
305
304
302
291
292
300
289
1,486 1,489 1,486 1,483 1,480 1,479 1,477 1,472 1,467 1,467 1,462
1,465
1,467
2,232 2,232 2,228 2,224 2,220 2,207 2,203 2,191 2,175 2,167 2,143 2,141
2,140
2,250 2,253 2,252 2,248 2,243 2,223 2,216 2,205 2,190 2,194 2,175 2,181
2,183
1,940 1,965 1,974 1,972 1,969 1,982 1,981 1,990 1,985 1,995 1,986 2,010 2,018
891
876
867
888
876
873
868
871
873
875
868
861
872
723
727
723
725
726
724
722
723
725
725
722
723
725
381
377
386
385
379
378
376
372
373
374
386
373
373
7,887
1,620
65
726
1,180
682
1,397
1,052
187
796
182

7,902
1,630
66
722
1,184
683
1,397
1,054
186
799
181

7,902
1,633
67
720
1,182
683
1,403
1,052
185
798
179

7,886
1,633
66
712
1,175
682
1,406
1,052
184
799
177

7,875
1,638
66
706
1,167
682
1,407
1,052
183
798
176

7,859
1,630
66
707
1,164
681
1,411
1,049
182
795
174

7,840
1,634
66
701
1,153
682
1,414
1,044
181
791
174

7,838
1,644
66
699
1,142
684
1,419
1,042
180
789
173

7,842
1,630
65
696
1,160
684
1,426
1,040
178
787
176

7,843 7,830
1,638 1,633
64
65
697
695
1,152 1,155
681
683
1,429 1,427
1,038 1,040
170
176
790
792
174
174

7,846
1,638
64
697
1,157
683
1,430
1,037
170
796
174

7,856
1,631
65
699
1,159
689
1,439
1,033
168
800
173

70,927 71,047 71,307 71,529 71,854 72,030 72,355 72,463 72,727 72,962 73,255 73,526 73,680

Transportation and public utilities
Transportation
Communication and public utilities .

5,229
2,993
2,236

5,246 5,259 5,272
3,009 3,015 3,029
2,237 2,244 2,243

5,269
3,028
2,241

5,278 5,301 5,295 5,302
3,037 3,057 3,052 3,060
2,241 2,244 2,243 2,242

5,282
3,038
2,244

5,317
3,078
2,239

5,326
3,084
2,242

5,350
3,107
2,243

Wholesale trade
Durable goods
Nondurable goods.

5,647
3,334
2,313

5,665
3,347
2,318

5,686
3,358
2,328

5,697
3,367
2,330

5,714
3,377
2,337

5,733
3,388
2,345

5,748
3,402
2,346

5,768
3,414
2,354

5,773
3,426
2,347

5,791
3,434
2,357

5,805
3,442
2,363

5,835
3,455
2,380

5,850
3,470
2,380

16,994
2,357
2,728
1,848
5,512

17,026
2,323
2,745
1,851
5,535

17,090
2,341
2,753
1,855
5,559

17,160
2,343
2,773
1,865
5,588

17,249
2,349
2,790
1,873
5,615

17,280
2,348
2,794
1,884
5,642

17,392
2,371
2,823
1,890
5,660

17,425
2,361
2,831
1,895
5,692

5,790 5,809
2,910 2,919
1,783 1,789
1,097 1,101

5,835
2,933
1,79;
1,110

5,858
2,941
1,799
1,118

5,888
2,956
1,808
1,124

5,906
2,968
1,814
1,124

Retail trade
General merchandise stores
Food stores
Automotive dealers and service stations .
Eating and drinking places
Finance, insurance, and real estate .
Finance
Insurance
Real estate

5,755 5,776
2,891 2,90:
1,774 1,780
1,090 1,094

17,453 17,514 17,539 17,603 17,566
2,344 2,354 2,356 2,361
2,330
2,842 2,849 2,852 2,868 2,855
1,895 1,902 1,906
1,909
1,918
5,728 5,725 5,740 5,759 5,768
5,932
2,984
1,817
1,131

5,959
2,998
1,827
1,134

5,987
3,011
1,831
1,145

6,008
3,023
1,835
1,150

6,040
3,038
1,845
1,157

Services
Business services
Health services

21,184 21,252 21,382 21,480 21,644 21,723 21,813 21,856 21,926 22,073 22,155 22,245 22,366
4,234 4,259 4,295 4,324 4,377 4,402 4,424 4,441 4,446 4,489 4,504 4,534 4,558
6,139 6,154 6,169 6,186 6,204 6,218 6,240 6,243 6,260 6,291 6,308 6,329 6,364

Government

16,118
2,831
3,732
9,555

Federal
State
Local
p

16,082
2,836
3,722
9,524

16,100
2,836
3,730
9,534

= preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1984 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are

56



16,111
2,834
3,733
9,544

16,143
2,850
3,744
9,549

16,158
2,859
3,749
9,550

16,213
2,873
3,759
9,581

16,213
2,87;
3,765
9,576

16,341 16,343 16,451 16,509 16,508
2,878 2,886 2,904 2,909 2,909
3,788 3,789 3,818 3,826 3,850
9,67! 9,668 9,730 9,774 9,749

introduced, all seasonally adjusted data from January 1981 forward are
subject to revision.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
WOMEN EMPLOYEES
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-5. Women employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
1984

1985

Industry
Sept.
Total
Total private
Goods-producing

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

42,449 42,631 42,832 42,919 43,089 43,220 43,390 43,493 43,681 43,720 43,912 44,093 44,190
34,503 34,672 34,869 34,975 35,118 35,234 35,388 35,477 35,628 35,686 35,778 35,944 35,994
6,883

6,901

6,911

6,932

6,937

6,917

6,909

6,902

6,879

6,875

6,863

6,877

6,861

Mining

121

122

123

123

125

125

126

126

127

126

125

125

126

Construction

432

436

436

436

440

442

445

455

461

464

464

469

472

6,330

6,343

6,352

6,373

6,372

6,350

6,338

6,321

6,291

6,285

6,274

6,283

6,263

Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products ...
Miscellaneous manufacturing

3,071
105
147
116
104
327
493
959
337
308
175

3,082
106
148
116
105
329
496
958
340
309
175

3,088
106
151
116
105
330
494
958
343
310
175

3,097
106
151
117
105
332
494
958
348
311
175

3,098
106
152
117
106
331
494
958
350
310
174

3,085
106
152
116
106
329
493
949
351
310
173

3,080
106
152
117
106
328
491
944
352
311
173

3,064
106
151
116
105
327
487
934
356
311
171

3,050
106
151
115
104
327
482
928
356
310
171

3,042
107
151
115
104
326
478
922
359
309
171

3,026
107
152
115
103
324
471
915
361
309
169

3,032
108
154
115
102
325
466
916
364
310
172

3,005
108
152
114
102
323
462
903
363
308
170

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products .
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products

3,259
497

3,261
499
23
348
947
162
581
285
29
277
110

3,264
500
23
346
946
163
583
286
29
279
109

3,276
507
23
345
949
163
584
288
30
279
108

3,274
508
23
344
948
163
587
287
29
279
106

3,265
508
23
340
943
163
589
286
29
279
105

3,258
509
23
337
938
163
591
286
29
278
104

3,257
508
23
336
936
164
594
287
29
276
104

3,241
508
23
334
924
164
596
286
29
274
103

3,243
514
23
333
918
166
599
286
29
273
102

3,248
504
22
331
930
166
602
286
28
274
105

3,251
507
22
332
928
166
603
285
28
275
105

3,258
505
23
333
932
166
606
287
27
275
104

Manufacturing

Service-producing

23
351
949
161
579
284
29
276
110

35,566 35,730 35,921 35,987 36,152 36,303 36,481 36,591 36,802 36,845 37,049 37,216 37,329

Transportation and public utilities ...

1,410

1,413

1,419

1,422

1,431

1,439

1,444

1,459

1,469

1,468

1,476

1,475

1,481

Wholesale trade

1,591

1,597

1,604

1,609

1,614

1,619

1,627

1,637

1,641

1,654

1,656

1,661

1,666

Retail trade

8,642

8,712

8,799

8,794

8,840

8,878

8,907

8,931

9,005

9,029

9,046

9,077

9,080

Finance, insurance, and real estate

3,461

3,476

3,491

3,510

3,527

3,540

3,564

3,579

3,600

3,612

3,628

3,652

3,668

12,516 12,573 12,645 12,708 12,769 12,841 12,937 12,969 13,034 13,048 13,109 13,202

13,238

Services
Government
Federal
State
Local

7,946
981
1,687
5,278

7,959
984
1,683
5,292

7,963
987
1,685
5,291

NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from March
1984 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced, all




7,944
990
1,685
5,269

7,971
992
1,702
5,277

7,986
992
1,710
5,284

8,002
996
1,719
5,287

8,016
1,000
1,724
5,292

8,053
1,005
1,735
5,313

8,034
1,004
1,749
5,281

8,134
1,007
1,766
5,361

8,149
1,012
1,772
5,365

8,196
1,021
1,780
5,395

seasonally adjusted data from January 1981 forward are subject to revision.

57

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-6. Production or nonsupervisory workers
seasonally adjusted

1

on private nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group,

(In thousands)
1984

1985

Industry
Nov.

Total private
Goods-producing
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing

Dec.

Feb.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.1

Nov.p

64,629 64,830 65,058 65,177 65,376 65,571 65,735 65,766 65,869 66,110 66,211 66,452 66,615
17,509 17,585

17,638 17,578

17,574 17,597 17,555 17,495 17,475 17,504

17,470

17,531

17,552

694

691

690

692

691

699

701

694

690

686

684

680

674

3,439

3,485

3,549

3,539

3,574

3,649

3,651

3,632

3,648

3,673

3,699

3,711

3,702

13,376 13,409 13,399

13,347 13,309 13,249 13,203 13,169

13,137 13,145 13,087

13,140 13,176

Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing

7,832
594
397
459
644
244
1,099
1,354
1,374
1,230
672
400
281

7,855
597
399
462
640
242
1,102
1,353
1,371
1,251
687
400
280

7,843
595
400
463
640
242
1,099
1,346
1,366
1,257
691
399
278

7,806
589
399
461
636
240
1,097
1,340
1,357
1,251
677
400
276

7,776
585
400
462
630
237
1,094
1,335
1,345
1,251
671
399
275

7,730
579
397
460
621
238
1,093
1,325
1,322
1,264
682
397
272

7,704
580
393
460
618
234
1,091
1,323
1,313
1,260
678
394
212

7,671
576
394
459
615
231
1,086
1,314
1,303
1,260
678
394
270

7,630
583
394
459
609
230
1,082
1,303
1,290
1,253
671
391
266

7,638
588
398
460
602
221
1,082
1,298
1,288
1,260
675
392
270

7,586
588
394
459
601
223
1,080
1,284
1,273
1,251
663
389
267

7,629
595
395
460
606
224
1,084
1,287
1,278
1,269
678
388
267

7,652
600
393
460
610
231
1,086
1,285
1,284
1,278
678
388
268

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products

5,544
1,126
50
626
996
513
770
581
112
619
151

5,554
1,135
50
623
1,000
514
768
581
111
622

5,556
1,138
51
622
998
515
773
580
111
620
148

5,541
1,138
50
614
992
514
775
580
111
621
146

5,533
1,143
49
610
986
515
111
579
110
619
145

5,519
1,138
50
611
983
513
778
578
109
615
144

5,499
1,141
49
605
970
516
780
575
108
611
144

5,498
1,153
49
603
962
516
782
575
108
607
143

5,507
1,139
49
602
978
516
788
574
108
606
147

5,507
1,146
48
601
970
517
790
574
108
608
145

5,501
1,141
49
600
975
516
788
575
104
608
145

5,511
1,142
48
602
974
517
788
575
105
615
145

5,524
1,136
48
604
977
524
791
574
105
621
144

Service-producing

47,120

Transportation and public utilities

4,324

Wholesale trade

4,553

Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services

15,217
4,270
18,756

150
47,245
4,337
4,570
15,233
4,284
18,821

47,420 47,599 47,802 47,974 48,180 48,271 48,394 48,606 48,741 48,921 49,063
4,344

4,355

4,358

4,365

4,385

4,382

4,390

4,369

4,403

4,415

4,440

4,589

4,596

4,610

4,631

4,644

4,662

4,663

4,676

4,685

4,703

4,722

15,278 15,337 15,391 15,430 15,521

15,568

4,328

4,381

4,400

19,205 19,266 19,278

19,367

4,298
18,911

1
Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;
construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in
transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance,
and real estate; and services.
p
= preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from March

58




4,309

19,002 19,115

4,343

4,364

15,574 15,652
4,416

15,668 15,729 15,693
4,436

4,445

4,466

19,493 19,549

19,629

19,742

1984 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced, all
seasonally adjusted data from January 1981 forward are subject to revision.
Corrected seasonal adjustment factors for production workers in blast furnaces
and basic steel products for August and November 1985 are 100.9 and 97.5
respectively. The corrected factor for motor vehicles and equipment in
September 1985 is 101.5.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
INDEXES OF DIFFUSION
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

B-7. Indexes of diffusion: Percent of industries in which employment1 increased, seasonally adjusted

Time
span

Year

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Over
1-month
span

1983
1984
1985

52.2
67.3
57.6

45.9
72.7
50.3

59.7
66.8
55.9

70.0
67.3
44.6

68.9
60.5
50.3

63.0
64.3
47.0

72.7
65.7
54.9

69.5
58.1
56.8

73.2
48.4
45.7

Over
3-month
span

1983
1984
1985

46.2
78.1
58.6

53.2
75.9
54.1

63.0
77.6
46.8

73.5
68.9
45.9

71.9
69.7
44.1

73.8
67.0
49.7

72.7
65.4
50.5

80.3
60.3
49.2

Over
6-month
span

1983
1984
1985

50.0
79.2
52.2

62.4
77.8
49.5

65.7
77.3
44.3

67.8
75.4
44.6

74.3
69.2
44.3

78.4
64.9
42.4

Over
12-month
span

1983
1984
1985

48.6
81.9
50.8

55.1
78.4
48.4

61.4
76.8
49.5

72.4
72.7
44.6

75.1
73.0

1

P

68.6
75.1
47.6

P

Based on the number of employees, seasonally adjusted for 1,
3, and 6 month spans, on the payrolls of 185 private nonagricultural
industries. Data for the 12-month span are unadjusted.
p
= preliminary.
NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment




P

79.7
63.2
46.2
77.0
70.0

p

P

80.8
60.0
54.1

Nov.

Dec.

66.8
55.1
60.3

68.9
63.5

78.6
56.5
53.0

74.6
67.0

74.3
60.0

Oct.

p

p

74.1
66.5
63.0

p

79.5
64.1
50.0

78.9
67.0

79.2
59.7

79.7
57.6

78.4
60.3

79.7
65.7

78.4
63.5

80.8
60.5

81.6
56.2

81.1
51.9

rising. (Half of the unchanged components are counted as rising.)
Data are centered within the spans. Establishment survey estimates
are currently projected from March 1984 benchmark levels. When
more recent benchmark data are introduced, all seasonally adjusted
data from January 1981 forward are subject to revision.

59

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry
(In thousands)
Total

Mining

Construction

State and area

Alabama
Birmingham
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Alaska
Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson
Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale
Fort Smith
Little Rock-North Little Rock
Pine Bluff
California
Anaheim-Santa Ana
Bakersfield
Fresno
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Modesto
Oakland
Oxnard-Ventura
Riverside-San Bernardino
Sacramento
Salinas-Seaside-Monterey
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
Stockton
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa

Oct.
1984

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

1,398.0
357.2
108.2
153.7
115.2
53.4

1,394.9
362.4
111.2
153.5
115.0
55.2

1,406.5
364.1
112.2
155.1
116.2
55.4

14.2
7.6
.1
1.0
.1
2.6

15.3
7.8
.1
1.0
.1
2.9

15.1
7.9
.1
1.0
.1
2.9

66.2
19.6
4.3
11.2
6.8
2.5

69.5
21.0
4.4
11.9
7.0
3.0

69.6
21.0
4.4
12.2
6.9
3.0

230.8

244.1

235.8

9.0

9.6

9.6

22.6

22.9

21.3

1,216.0
794.0
219.0

1,261.4
825.4
230.3

1,279.1
840.3
231.5

12.7
.6
2.9

11.2
.6
2.4

11.2
.6
2.4

100.9
69.2
19.0

109.8
75.6
21.5

109.2
75.4
21.4

802.0
43.5
67.3
217.9
31.1

807.9
43.1
68.0
218.2
31.7

806.2
43.7
67.1
218.5
31.9

5.3

37.5
1.7
3.0
12.1
1.4

39.1
1.9
3.2
12.1
1.7

38.2
1.9
3.1
12.1
1.7

Oct.
1985P

10,703.7 10,938.6 10,978.1
997.1
975.0
997.0
155.1
156.3
150.3
191.2
192.2
190.6
3,783.6 3,845.0 3,876.3
96.7
94.1
91.3
774.9
745.5
772.6
184.4
183.7
176.9
509.3
490.1
501.8
476.4
493.6
493.5
99.6
96.0
99.2
784.7
784.2
747.2
913.3
923.0
925.0
794.1
792.8
794.8
138.2
136.5
136.2
111.1
111.9
110.0
129.7
132.7
135.3
110.3
113.8
113.7

Sept.
1985

5.6

0

1.2
.4

0

Oct.
1985P

5.5

0

1.2
.4

0

Oct.
1984

0
1.2
.4

0

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

49.8
4.2
15.3
1.2
12.1
.1
2.0
3.3
1.3
.8
.3
.6
2.5
.2
1.4
.7
.1
.4

48.9
4.2
15.8
1.1
12.0
.1
2.0
3.2
1.3
.9
.3
.6
2.3
.2
1.5
.8
.1
.4

48.2
4.1
15.8
1.1
12.0
.1
2.0
3.1
1.3
.9
.3
.6
2.0
.2
1.5
.8
.1
.4

466.6
48.7
8.3
11.2
114.1
5.5
43.4
8.4
34.4
25.8
3.5
44.9
31.2
31.7
6.4
7.3
7.0
6.2

490.7
51.3
8.9
11.4
123.8
6.0
46.8
9.1
39.0
28.6
3.9
50.1
34.0
33.9
6.5
7.5
7.7
6.4

484.5
50.8
9.1
11.3
122.8
6.0
46.9
9.0
39.1
28.2
3.9
49.0
34.0
33.7
6.6
7.5
7.7
6.3

35.7
23.9

33.8
22.6

33.6
22.4

91.9
55.2

92.4
56.9

92.3
57.2

1.2

66.3
6.5
15.6
3.0
11.2
4.7
3.5

70.7
6.9
16.1
3.1
12.0
4.9
3.6

70.8
6.7
16.0
3.2
11.7
4.9
3.6

Colorado
Denver-Boulder

1,399.2
910.2

1,422.1
922.3

1,432.6
929.1

Connecticut
Bridgeport-Milford
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven-Meriden
Stamford
Waterbury

1,555.3
189.4
431.4
62.1
236.7
118.2
86.0

1,576.4
191.4
435.4
61.5
240.4
120.5
85.6

1,583.8
192.3
435.4
61.3
241.0
120.7
85.9

288.0
252.4

294.4
254.1

294.5
256.2

.1
.2

.1
.2

.1
.2

17.8
19.0

18.7
19.0

18.7
18.7

District of Columbia
Washington MSA

612.1
1,825.7

623.2
1,890.0

627.0
1,904.9

.1
1.0

.1
1.1

.1
1.0

11.3
98.8

12.1
111.4

12.1
112.0

Florida
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach .
Fort Myers-Cape Coral
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Lakeland-Winter Haven
Melboume-Titusville-Palm Bay
Miami-Hialeah
Orlando
Pensacola
Sarasota
Tallahassee
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

4,273.3
94.2
408.3
88.5
83.6
345.9
131.8
128.4
778.6
386.8
116.2
87.8
90.6
698.1
268.8

4,447.0
97.8
412.5
92.0
83.9
360.6
129.1
129.5
779.2
396.7
117.6
85.4
94.2
714.0
276.5

4,477.7
97.9
415.9
92.7
83.0
362.5
129.9
131.0
783.6
398.9
117.5
86.3
96.3
719.8
278.8

10.1

336.1
6.8
34.8
11.2
4.5
25.6
8.9
8.4
38.5
32.6
8.9
9.6
4.5
59.0
25.9

335.4
7.1
34.2
11.0
4.5
27.4
9.5
8.1
37.0
29.0
8.9
9.0
4.9
58.5
25.6

339.0
7.0
34.5
11.1
4.4
27.4
9.6
8.0
36.4
29.9
8.8
9.1
4.9
58.5
25.9

Delaware
Wilmington

See footnotes at end of table.

60



1.5

O
0

.2
.3
.7

0

0
0

0

.4

.6
4.9

0

0
0
0

.3
.6

O
0

.4

.6
4.8

0
.5

.9

0

.4

(1)
.7

0
0

0
0

.3
.3
.6

0

10.2

O

.9

0

.3

0

10.3

0

1.3

0

0
0
0
0
0

.4

.6
4.8
.9
.3

0
.7

o .7
0

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Manufacturing

Transportation and
public utilities

Wholesale and retail trade

State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

360.5
53.9
30.4
25.8
17.9
8.2

349.0
54.3
31.3
25.1
17.5
8.3

348.1
54.4
31.6
24.6
17.6
8.1

72.7
29.6
2.3
9.5
4.7
1.9

72.7
29.6
2.4
9.3
4.7
1.9

72.5
29.5
2.4
9.0
4.7
1.9

296.2
86.0
21.4
40.9
26.0
11.0

294.7
87.4
22.4
41.5
26.2
11.4

294.9
87.7
22.4
41.7
26.5
11.4

9.2

14.5

9.6

19.1

20.3

19.7

46.2

46.9

47.0

Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson

177.6
128.8
29.6

183.1
131.4
32.2

183.2
131.1
32.2

61.4
39.9
9.0

63.0
41.7
8.9

63.5
41.8
8.8

294.6
200.6
48.4

302.7
205.2
49.9

307.6
209.8
50.1

Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale
Fort Smith
Little Rock-North Little Rock
Pine Bluff

215.9
9.9
22.8
34.0
5.7

211.3
9.3
23.2
33.1
5.5

209.5
9.3
22.7
33.2
5.7

47.0
3.2
3.4
14.4
3.4

47.3
3.3
3.4
14.4
3.1

47.9
3.3
3.4
14.2
3.2

177.4
10.4
15.1
51.6
6.3

180.9
10.5
14.8
52.0
6.7

180.0
10.5
14.7
52.0
6.6

2,067.3
236.1
10.6
23.0
905.3
20.0
103.6
26.8
61.8
33.6
9.0
113.4
86.8
292.5
24.2
18.1
21.6
10.2

2,086.7
233.5
10.9
23.4
912.3
23.7
106.9
26.9
63.0
36.9
9.1
120.5
84.9
285.6
23.3
18.1
26.1
11.2

2,068.2
231.9
10.8
23.2
915.4
20.9
105.2
26.7
63.3
34.6
9.1
120.7
85.3
282.7
23.3
17.9
22.2
10.2

554.0
32.0
7.8
10.1
199.7
4.6
45.7
7.2
28.5
24.0
4.7
30.9
86.0
22.4
5.5
5.1
8.1
4.4

561.0
33.0
7.9
9.9
203.3
4.7
49.2
7.8
28.4
23.3
5.0
30.9
83.8
22.6
5.4
5.1
8.2
4.5

558.1
33.0
8.0
10.0
200.3
4.5
49.7
8.4
28.4
23.3
5.0
30.9
82.9
22.6
5.4
5.1
8.0
4.4

2,553.9
241.7
39.5
48.3
882.2
23.2
187.5
44.6
124.8
116.8
26.3
178.4
204.1
145.8
31.3
27.9
31.7
26.3

2,662.2
252.8
40.3
47.7
896.9
23.8
195.3
46.8
129.7
120.7
27.2
188.8
211.6
150.4
31.9
28.8
32.1
27.6

2,664.5
251.9
40.1
47.6
900.8
24.0
195.0
46.5
130.1
121.0
27.1
188.9
211.8
151.6
32.1
28.7
32.8
27.4

Colorado
Denver-Boulder

195.1
133.8

192.6
130.3

192.9
130.6

85.8
63.5

88.4
66.4

88.0
66.1

341.8
219.7

350.3
225.1

350.4
226.7

Connecticut
Bridgeport-Milford
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven-Meriden
Stamford
Waterbury

424.8
65.0
92.5
24.3
49.2
30.1
30.0

419.5
64.1
93.5
22.8
48.9
29.0
28.3

418.6
64.0
93.1
22.1
48.8
29.2
28.1

68.3
7.2
16.1
3.2
18.1
4.6
3.1

69.4
7.4
16.3
3.2
18.4
4.7
3.2

69.1
7.4
16.3
3.3
18.4
4.7
3.2

342.6
42.3
89.8
11.2
54.9
27.7
16.6

349.4
43.0
93.1
11.7
56.8
28.8
17.3

350.2
43.2
93.1
11.6
56.9
28.9
17.6

Delaware
Wilmington

72.8
64.6

70.4
61.2

70.3
61.4

12.5
12.3

12.1
11.7

12.3
11.8

64.1
52.0

67.6
53.3

66.0
53.7

District of Columbia
Washington MSA

14.8
77.8

14.8
78.8

14.9
79.5

26.1
84.9

26.8
90.2

26.8
90.4

64.2
366.7

65.5
377.7

65.9
383.8

510.0
10.8
44.9
4.1
5.7
36.5
22.5
26.4
97.1
45.3
12.3
7.0
3.9
88.5
35.5

516.0
10.8
44.3
4.5
5.1
37.0
22.0
25.8
95.4
46.9
11.8
6.9
3.8
89.6
36.0

518.0
10.8
44.3
4.5
5.0
37.1
22.4
25.9
96.1
47.2
11.7
6.8
3.8
89.9
35.7

244.8
3.3
20.7
4.3
1.7
26.8
5.7
5.2
71.0
19.8
6.4
3.5
2.8
35.7
10.4

249.5
3.5
20.6
4.4
1.6
28.0
5.6
5.4
70.9
20.4
6.2
3.4
2.9
36.4
10.3

249.7
3.5
21.0
4.5
1.7
28.1
5.7
5.4
71.3
20.6
6.4
3.5
2.9
36.2
10.3

1,122.9
26.9
118.0
25.4
17.7
93.7
34.5
28.0
201.3
105.0
28.2
25.4
19.2
189.1
68.8

1,160.7
27.8
118.0
27.4
17.0
96.0
33.3
28.7
200.1
110.6
29.1
24.5
19.2
193.7
72.1

1,169.2
27.6
119.4
27.8
16.9
96.6
33.5
29.3
201.2
111.0
29.1
25.0
19.2
195.8
72.7

Alabama
Birmingham
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Alaska

California
Anaheim-Santa Ana
Bakersfield
Fresno
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Modesto
Oakland
Oxnard-Ventura
Riverside-San Bernardino
Sacramento
Salinas-Seaside-Monterey
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
Stockton
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa

Florida
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach .
Fort Myers-Cape Coral
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Lakeland-Winter Haven
Melboume-Titusville-Palm Bay
Miami-Hialeah
Orlando
Pensacola
Sarasota
Tallahassee
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach
See footnotes at end of table.




61

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Services

Government

State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Alabama
Birmingham
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa

63.2
24.9
3.0
7.5
6.6
1.6

66.4
26.2
3.0
7.4
6.7
1.7

66.4
25.9
3.0
7.5
6.7
1.7

229.8
76.7
18.9
31.2
22.5
7.1

234.6
78.3
19.7
31.6
22.9
7.3

236.1
78.3
20.3
31.6
22.9
7.3

295.2
58.9
27.8
26.6
30.6
18.5

292.7
57.8
27.9
25.7
29.9
18.7

303.8
59.4
28.0
27.5
30.8
19.1

Alaska

12.6

13.3

13.1

43.8

45.6

44.5

68.3

71.0

71.0

Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson

72.9
56.9
10.2

77.8
61.0
10.8

78.7
61.7
10.9

280.2
190.6
51.4

296.7
200.8
56.2

299.9
203.4
57.0

215.7
107.4
48.5

217.1
109.1
48.4

225.8
116.5
48.7

Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale
Fort Smith
Little Rock-North Little Rock
Pine Bluff

36.4
1.6
2.5
14.8
1.5

38.1
1.6
2.6
15.2
1.6

37.9
1.6
2.6
15.3
1.6

135.3
6.1
12.3
45.6
5.6

138.1
6.1
12.4
46.4
5.6

137.8
6.1
12.2
46.2
5.5

146.9
10.6
7.0
45.0
7.2

147.6
10.4
7.2
44.6
7.5

149.6
11.0
7.2
45.1
7.6

702.7
72.1
5.7
12.8
252.5
3.9
43.9
11.2
20.9
26.8
4.8
49.3
111.9
31.1
7.1
7.3
6.9
4.0

716.8
74.3
5.8
12.9
258.7
3.9
45.7
11.3
21.6
27.5
4.8
49.6
111.5
31.9
7.1
7.3
6.3
4.1

716.5
74.0
5.8
12.9
258.7
4.0
46.0
11.2
21.6
27.6
4.8
49.7
111.3
31.9
7.1
7.3
6.3
4.1

2,575.0
233.0
28.3
42.5
952.9
18.7
165.1
36.8
111.1
95.5
22.8
186.5
258.1
192.4
35.6
23.1
26.3
23.8

2,662.1
242.4
29.0
43.5
990.7
19.3
174.9
38.7
112.4
99.7
23.9
198.0
262.5
189.8
36.2
23.9
27.0
24.3

2,672.0
240.3
29.0
43.5
996.5
19.1
174.8
38.9
113.8
99.5
24.1
197.2
263.3
192.7
36.4
23.7
27.2
24.9

1,734.4
107.2
34.8
41.5
464.8
15.3
154.3
38.6
107.3
153.1
24.6
143.2
132.7
78.0
25.0
20.5
28.0
35.0

1,710.2
105.6
36.5
41.3
447.3
15.2
151.8
39.9
106.4
155.9
25.0
145.7
132.4
78.4
24.3
19.6
27.8
35.3

1,766.1
111.0
37.7
42.6
469.8
15.5
155.3
40.6
111.7
158.5
25.3
147.7
134.4
79.4
25.8
20.9
28.4
36.0

93.4
67.2

97.9
69.0

97.7
69.1

302.8
205.0

314.6
211.9

314.4
212.7

252.6
141.9

252.2
140.1

263.3
144.4

123.8
9.1
68.7
2.7
13.9
9.4
3.8

127.8
9.0
64.4
3.0
13.9
9.8
3.9

127.6
9.2
64.3
3.0
13.8
9.7
3.9

339.6
41.2
93.6
11.2
59.7
30.8
18.8

354.8
43.0
97.2
11.6
61.8
32.4
19.4

355.5
43.2
97.4
11.6
62.1
32.4
19.3

188.4
18.1
54.9
6.5
29.4
10.2
10.2

183.5
18.0
54.5
6.1
28.3
10.3
9.9

190.8
18.6
54.9
6.5
29.0
10.3
10.2

18.0
16.3

19.2
17.7

19.3
17.8

59.6
52.9

62.0
55.2

62.3
55.5

43.2
35.1

44.3
35.8

45.6
37.1

District of Columbia
Washington MSA

35.9
105.2

36.3
110.3

36.3
110.8

206.4
548.7

210.5
575.1

212.6
577.5

253.3
542.6

257.1
545.4

258.3
549.9

Florida
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach .
Fort Myers-Cape Coral
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Lakeland-Winter Haven
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay
Miami-Hialeah
Orlando
Pensacola
Sarasota
Tallahassee
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

303.9
5.8
33.5
6.9
3.3
31.2
7.7
4.6
62.2
25.1
5.2
7.3
4.4
53.6
21.1

320.4
6.4
34.3
7.0
3.4
32.8
8.2
5.0
63.0
26.1
5.3
7.1
4.4
56.4
21.7

322.2
6.5
34.2
7.1
3.4
32.9
8.2
5.2
63.0
26.1
5.2
7.2
4.4
56.8
21.9

1,076.3
24.9
105.0
22.7
17.9
79.1
27.4
36.2
205.5
111.5
27.7
23.8
17.7
180.7
72.5

1,147.6
26.7
109.5
23.3
18.3
84.2
27.8
36.4
209.7
114.2
28.7
23.3
17.9
186.6
75.2

1,154.0
26.3
111.0
23.3
18.3
85.1
27.6
37.0
210.9
114.1
28.3
23.5
17.9
188.6
76.6

669.0
15.7
51.0
13.7
32.8
52.4
18.3
19.5
102.1
47.4
27.0
11.1
37.8
90.8
34.5

707.2
15.5
51.2
14.2
33.9
54.6
17.9
20.0
102.2
49.5
27.2
11.1
40.8
92.1
35.5

715.5
16.2
51.1
14.2
33.2
54.7
18.1
20.1
103.8
50.0
27.7
11.1
42.9
93.3
35.6

California
Anaheim-Santa Ana
Bakersfield
Fresno
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Modesto
Oakland
Oxnard-Ventura
Riverside-San Bernardino
Sacramento
Salinas-Seaside-Monterey
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
Stockton
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa
Colorado
Denver-Boulder
Connecticut
Bridgeport-Milford
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven-Meriden
Stamford
Waterbury
Delaware
Wilmington

See footnotes at end of table.

62



ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Total

Mining

Construction

State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

2,527.7
48.0
59.3
1,232.2
135.6
88.8
110.4
94.5

2,618.4
48.1
56.6
1,291.9
138.8
87.5
111.8
94.7

2,629.7
48.3
59.3
1,298.1
139.2
87.9
112.0
95.3

0

O

Hawaii
Honolulu

408.9
331.4

415.8
335.7

420.2
339.2

O
0

0
0

Idaho
Boise City

332.9
84.1

342.6
85.9

342.6
86.0

0

Illinois
Aurora-Elgin
Bloomington-Normal
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul ...
Chicago
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Decatur
Joliet
Kankakee
Lake County
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

4,696.8
124.0
52.3
75.8
2,830.4
145.6
49.8
91.6
31.2
170.4
129.4
114.6
86.7

4,708.6
125.9
52.4
76.3
2,841.3
144.5
49.8
94.2
31.5
176.4
127.5
116.4
88.1

4,716.8
125.3
52.4
77.0
2,844.8
144.5
49.3
93.7
31.1
175.8
126.5
115.3
87.7

Indiana
Anderson
Elkhart-Goshen
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary-Hammond
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Muncie
South Bend-Mishawaka
Terre Haute

2,177.5
47.9
89.0
122.2
161.6
215.1
544.5
61.1
47.7
104.8
52.7

2,251.0
48.5
90.5
123.9
166.0
215.6
557.7
61.4
48.0
106.3
54.0

2,255.6
48.3
90.3
123.4
166.3
216.6
558.3
61.7
48.6
106.0
53.9

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Iowa City
Sioux City
Waterloo-Cedar Falls

1,080.0
78.1
188.5
40.5
49.2
48.5
62.8

1,064.4
77.8
188.9
40.7
50.0
48.4
59.3

1,074.0
79.0
190.7
40.8
48.6
48.9
60.4

976.6
28.6
82.6
203.5

989.8
30.1
83.4
204.8

990.8
30.0
83.9
204.9

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette
Louisville
Owensboro

1,227.4
160.9
402.2
32.4

1,253.2
160.8
408.4
31.6

Louisiana
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport

1,608.9
45.5
218.8
62.7
99.3
60.1
54.1
544.7
144.8
456.0
36.7
104.7

Georgia
Albany
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Macon-Wamer Robins
Savannah

Kansas
Lawrence
Topeka
Wichita

Maine
Lewiston-Auburn
Portland

Oct.
1984
8.1
.1

(V

Sept.
1985

1.2
.4
.1
.2

4.0

O
O
0

2.3

0
O
0
0
0
01
()
0

0
0
(11)
()
01
()

0
0
0

10.7

0

2.8

0
0

o
0

0

.4

17.8

79.4

0

7.2
5.4
4.8
6.0

7.3
5.3
4.8
6.1

0
0

13.8
11.2

18.5
15.5

18.5
15.5

13.7

16.6

16.3

5.5

5.4

5.4

167.7

184.0

184.7

3.8
1.4
1.8

4.4
1.5
1.9

4.5
1.5
1.8

99.9

103.8

103.4

4.7
1.8
5.1
1.3
6.3
5.6
3.6
2.6

5.2
1.7
4.5
1.3
6.5
6.3
3.9
3.0

5.2
1.7
4.7
1.3
6.4
6.1
3.8
2.9

91.6

109.5

111.4

1.3
2.4
7.1
6.9

1.5
2.6
7.3
8.0

1.4
2.5
7.3
7.8

11.5
25.0

12.0
27.9

12.4
28.1

1.8
1.6
4.4
2.0

1.8
1.8
4.8
2.2

1.8
1.8
4.7
2.2

2.1
.1

43.0

40.4

39.1

2.7
7.5
1.3
2.0
1.8
2.6

2.9
8.3
1.4
1.6
2.1
3.0

2.9
8.4
1.4
1.7
2.2
2.9

16.8

44.9

46.5

45.4

1.3
3.0

3.2

1.1
3.1
9.8

1.2
3.0
9.9

3.9
26.4

O
O
0

2.3

10.2

0
0
2.7

0
0
0
0
0
0

.4

o
0
o
o
0

o
o

o

80.0

7.1
5.4
5.1
5.9

2.1
.1

0
0
0

0
01
()
0

69.1

0
0

(1)

.4

2.4
1.9

.1
1.2
.5
.1
.1

o
0

(1)

2.8

156.5

2.5
2.0

0
0
0
0

o
o
0

2.2
.2

0
0

2.3

0
0
0
0
0

10.7

156.3

0

26.3

17.0

Oct.
1985P

2.3
1.7

7.9

0

4.0

0

25.2

0
0

.1
1.2
.5
.1
.2

Sept.
1985

140.8

7.9

O

Oct.
1984

Oct.
1985P

3.4

o
o 3.2

1,256.9
163.7
410.6
31.5

46.8

45.1

44.8

54.6

.7
.7
1.1

.9
.8
1.2

1.0
.7
1.2

8.8

9.7

9.8

19.1

20.4

21.0

1.9

1.6

1.5

1,593.6
45.7
219.8
61.1
96.3
58.2
54.6
529.6
143.3

1,597.2
45.8
220.5
60.4
95.3
57.9
55.1
530.5
143.2

81.3

79.0

114.0

114.4

.3
1.3
8.3

77.6
.3

119.8

.3
1.2
8.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

1.3
8.3

23.5

25.3

17.6

15.6

15.2

3.0
5.5

2.0
.7

2.1
.7

2.0
.8

3.5
5.5
4.1
3.2

25.7
2.8
5.5

3.4

3.5
3.5

20.1

19.8

19.4

34.6

31.8

31.8

5.0

4.7

4.7

8.7

9.6

9.5

464.5
37.4
106.1

464.3
37.5
107.1

.2

21.0

25.2

24.4

1.6
5.6

1.8
6.3

1.7
6.2

.2

.2

0
0

o
0

0
0

0
0

10.2
58.7

3.5

59.1

See footnotes at end of table.




63

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Manufacturing

Transportation and
public utilities

Wholesale and retail trade

State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

554.1
10.5
15.7
179.4
35.7
22.3
19.5
16.1

547.4
10.4
15.5
177.0
36.5
20.3
19.1
16.0

548.9
10.4
15.6
178.8
36.4
20.5
19.1
16.2

158.6
2.5
1.6
102.2
4.3
3.3
4.4
10.1

162.7
2.4
1.7
106.3
4.4
3.5
4.6
10.2

162.0
2.3
1.7
106.2
4.3
3.5
4.(3
9.9

633.5
11.1
12.5
348.0
27.8
19.1
23.0
22.4

679.3
11.6
12.4
368.1
28.6
19.1
23.7
23.0

681.6
11.7
12.5
372.6
28.7
19.2
23.7
23.2

Hawaii
Honolulu

21.4
15.6

21.2
15.3

21.0
15.2

32.0
26.5

32.6
27.0

32.7
27.1

110.4
88.5

112.5
89.1

112.9
89.2

Idaho
Boise City

56.9
10.6

56.3
10.6

56.5
10.7

19.5
5.4

19.1
5.5

19.2
5.4

83.7
21.4

86.4
22.4

86.0
22.3

Illinois
Aurora-Elgin
Bloomington-Normal
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul ...
Chicago
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Decatur
Joliet
Kankakee
Lake County
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

985.0
37.4
5.5
7.0
596.3
33.1
15.7
20.1
5.6
40.8
34.4
44.8
5.0

949.7
35.8
5.0
7.2
580.5
30.2
15.0
21.1
5.1
40.5
30.6
44.5
3.8

946.9
35.1
5.0
7.3
580.8
30.3
14.8
21.0
5.3
40.1
30.3
44.1
3.8

280.2
3.2
3.2
2.5
175.9
8.1
3.9
8.9
1.1
5.1
6.6
4.4
4.1

278.7
3.3
3.1
2.4
174.8
8.1
3.9
8.9
1.2
5.2
6.6
4.3
4.2

280.6
3.3
3.1
2.4
176.2
8.1
3.8
9.0
1.2
5.2
6.6
4.3
4.3

1,163.4
33.7
12.4
18.4
680.6
38.6
10.9
21.2
7.6
43.6
31.6
24.9
17.7

1,169.4
33.6
12.5
18.5
695.1
39.0
11.1
21.8
7.7
41.7
31.7
24.8
17.7

1,175.0
33.8
12.4
18.6
696.8
39.2
11.2
22.1
7.7
42.7
31.5
24.9
17.6

Indiana
Anderson
Elkhart-Goshen
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary-Hammond
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Muncie
South Bend-Mishawaka
Terre Haute

624.9
19.4
48.2
32.0
46.5
61.3
112.2
11.6
11.6
25.7
10.4

622.9
19.6
48.6
32.2
46.1
60.1
107.8
11.2
11.0
25.4
10.9

617.4
19.3
48.4
31.6
46.1
59.9
106.5
11.3
10.9
24.9
10.8

107.7
1.2
2.8
6.5
10.6
13.5
31.9
1.9
2.0
4.4
2.7

110.0
1.2
2.8
6.7
11.0
13.6
32.6
1.8
2.1
4.5
2.7

110.1
1.3
2.8
6.7
10.9
13.7
32.7
1.8
2.1
4.5
2.7

504.9
10.2
16.7
30.8
38.8
50.0
138.6
12.1
11.3
27.6
14.8

530.1
10.4
17.2
31.1
40.9
50.4
144.4
12.7
11.9
28.2
15.1

531.4
10.3
17.2
31.1
40.8
50.5
144.7
12.7
12.0
28.4
14.9

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Iowa City
Sioux City
Waterloo-Cedar Falls

212.5
21.2
23.7
12.3
4.0
9.8
15.9

206.5
21.5
22.1
12.1
4.1
10.1
12.8

207.3
21.7
22.3
12.2
4.1
10.1
13.7

51.0
3.6
11.1
1.8
1.1
3.3
2.1

51.0
3.7
11.8
1.7
1.2
3.2
2.1

50.5
3.7
11.8
1.7
1.2
3.2
2.0

271.8
19.3
49.5
8.8
9.0
12.6
14.2

266.9
18.7
49.1
9.0
9.0
12.0
13.9

268.4
18.9
49.6
9.0
8.9
11.9
13.9

Kansas
Lawrence
Topeka
Wichita

178.4
4.2
8.9
56.0

176.9
4.3
9.3
56.1

176.0
4.4
9.2
55.8

64.5
1.2
7.7
10.4

63.6
1.2
7.3
10.5

64.0
1.2
7.3
10.6

242.8
6.2
19.0
47.9

249.4
6.3
19.9
48.9

248.5
6.3
19.9
48.9

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette
Louisville
Owensboro

260.0
29.4
90.5
6.5

254.8
29.1
86.2
6.1

255.2
28.9
85.8
6.1

66.3
7.5
23.6
2.3

69.3
7.5
22.5
2.2

69.0
7.6
22.7
2.2

285.5
37.8
99.4
8.0

293.6
36.6
104.1
7.8

298.2
37.8
105.1
7.8

Louisiana
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport

184.0
3.5
21.8
5.6
6.3
9.8
7.2
48.4
23.2

175.6
3.6
20.6
6.4
5.8
9.5
7.1
46.7
19.9

175.3
3.5
20.6
6.0
5.7
9.6
7.2
46.5
19.9

118.6
2.3
10.5
7.2
7.2
4.5
2.7
47.2
8.9

114.3
2.3
10.8
6.9
7.1
4.5
2.7
44.8
8.1

113.7
2.3
10.7
7.1
7.1
4.3
2.6
45.1
8.1

383.1
11.0
53.9
15.4
26.1
14.7
15.7
142.6
34.1

381.4
11.4
52.5
14.3
25.3
14.2
16.7
139.8
35.2

384.5
11.5
52.5
14.1
24.9
14.2
16.8
142.2
34.9

Maine
Lewiston-Auburn
Portland

111.0
11.2
16.5

103.0
10.7
15.5

105.2
10.6
16.0

19.6
1.4
5.8

20.2
1.4
5.8

19.9
1.4
5.7

105.2
8.5
30.1

111.8
8.8
30.9

108.6
8.9
30.5

Georgia
Albany
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Macon-Warner Robins
Savannah

See footnotes at end of table.

64



ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major Industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Services

Government

State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

131.3
2.2
1.7
83.2
5.0
5.9
6.6
4.1

137.4
2.3
1.8
88.5
5.6
6.1
6.8
4.2

137.2
2.3
1.8
87.9
5.7
6.1
6.9
4.2

456.1
7.0
8.3
272.6
22.0
13.3
19.3
18.9

487.1
7.0
8.3
295.6
22.8
13.0
19.3
18.6

484.6
7.0
8.4
294.6
22.7
13.1
19.3
18.7

445.3
12.2
17.6
176.3
33.3
19.5
32.4
16.9

440.3
12.0
14.8
175.1
33.2
19.9
33.3
16.8

451.1
12.1
17.3
177.5
33.6
20.1
33.4
17.0

Hawaii
Honolulu

31.7
27.1

32.2
27.6

32.1
27.5

108.5
85.3

109.7
86.4

110.5
86.9

91.1
77.2

89.1
74.8

92.5
77.8

Idaho
Boise City

23.5
8.1

23.8
8.2

23.7
8.1

61.7
16.8

66.2
17.4

65.5
17.3

69.9
16.3

70.2
16.4

71.5
16.8

Illinois
Aurora-Elgin
Bloomington-Normal
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul ...
Chicago
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Decatur
Joliet
Kankakee
Lake County
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

317.6
6.5
8.6
2.5
228.4
7.2
2.7
3.5
1.4
6.8
6.3
4.4
7.6

326.0
6.4
8.7
2.5
235.8
7.3
2.6
3.7
1.5
6.8
6.5
4.6
7.7

324.3
6.5
8.7
2.6
234.9
7.3
2.6
3.6
1.5
6.8
6.5
4.6
7.6

1,056.9
24.8
9.8
12.4
705.0
26.9
9.1
17.3
7.1
38.2
28.8
20.9
19.1

1,088.4
27.8
10.2
13.1
705.1
27.4
9.7
18.8
8.0
43.9
29.9
22.5
20.6

1,077.9
27.0
10.1
12.8
702.2
27.0
9.3
17.4
7.4
42.0
29.3
21.7
20.3

700.8
14.5
11.4
31.2
342.0
26.9
5.6
15.2
7.1
28.9
15.8
11.5
30.4

686.1
14.5
11.4
30.7
343.9
27.3
5.6
15.1
6.7
31.1
15.9
11.8
31.0

701.0
15.0
11.6
31.5
348.2
27.4
5.7
15.6
6.7
31.9
16.2
11.9
31.1

Indiana
Anderson
Elkhart-Goshen
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary-Hammond
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Muncie
South Bend-Mishawaka
Terre Haute

103.9
1.6
2.2
4.6
10.6
7.7
39.8
2.7
1.5
4.9
1.7

107.4
1.6
2.3
4.7
10.8
7.7
40.8
2.8
1.6
5.1
1.8

107.6
1.6
2.3
4.7
10.8
7.7
40.6
2.8
1.5
5.1
1.8

392.6
8.6
11.5
26.8
31.4
41.8
112.3
10.2
8.6
26.9
10.3

421.2
8.7
11.8
27.4
32.3
41.7
118.6
10.4
9.3
27.6
10.7

423.1
8.8
11.9
27.6
32.8
41.7
118.6
10.4
9.3
27.6
10.5

341.1
5.6
5.2
11.6
16.7
29.2
83.8
20.7
11.1
10.9
10.4

339.2
5.5
5.2
11.7
16.8
30.0
84.7
20.6
10.3
10.7
10.2

344.4
5.6
5.2
11.7
17.0
30.6
86.3
20.8
11.0
10.8
10.6

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Iowa City
Sioux City
Waterloo-Cedar Falls

62.0
4.6
23.8
1.4
1.3
2.5
3.1

63.2
4.7
24.3
1.4
1.3
2.6
3.1

63.1
4.7
24.4
1.5
1.3
2.5
3.1

227.3
16.2
44.0
11.2
6.5
12.2
13.0

228.3
16.4
45.4
11.6
6.5
12.1
12.9

230.2
16.7
45.5
11.6
6.5
12.4
12.9

210.2
10.3
28.8
3.6
25.3
6.3
11.9

206.1
9.6
27.8
3.4
26.3
6.2
11.5

213.2
10.2
28.6
3.5
24.9
6.4
11.9

Kansas
Lawrence
Topeka
Wichita

52.1
.9
5.9
10.1

52.8
1.0
5.8
10.2

52.8
.9
5.9
10.1

186.7
4.7
18.2
40.8

194.9
5.0
18.7
42.1

195.7
5.0
18.8
42.2

189.4
10.3
19.7
25.1

188.7
11.0
19.3
23.6

191.6
11.0
19.7
24.2

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette
Louisville
Owensboro

55.9
7.9
25.4
1.2

58.0
8.4
26.1
1.2

58.5
8.4
26.0
1.2

235.4
36.6
87.9
6.7

244.1
36.0
91.1
6.7

241.0
37.3
91.4
6.7

222.9
32.2
55.7
4.7

229.6
32.6
57.2
4.8

231.1
32.9
57.8
4.8

Louisiana
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport

83.3
2.5
13.5
2.5
4.1
2.8
4.1
32.4
7.7

84.3
2.5
13.5
2.4
4.0
2.7
4.3
31.7
7.9

84.3
2.5
13.6
2.4
4.0
2.7
4.3
31.5
7.9

315.4
9.9
40.1
9.4
19.4
11.0
10.8
132.7
31.9

319.1
9.7
40.5
8.8
19.5
10.8
10.4
128.2
32.5

318.5
9.9
40.1
8.7
19.3
10.7
10.6
127.4
32.5

323.4
12.9
54.3
11.0
13.1
11.2
9.7
86.7
25.3

325.9
12.8
55.3
11.0
13.5
10.9
9.3
86.8
25.4

328.9
12.7
56.0
11.0
13.6
10.9
9.3
86.6
25.7

Maine
Lewiston-Auburn
Portland

19.9
1.7
8.9

20.9
1.8
9.4

20.9
1.8
9.4

92.5
8.8
23.4

97.9
9.4
24.8

96.4
9.5
24.5

86.7
3.5
14.4

85.3
3.5
13.4

88.7
3.6
14.8

Georgia
Albany
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Macon-Wamer Robins
Savannah

See footnotes at end of table.




65

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Mining

Total

Construction

State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Maryland
Baltimore MSA
Baltimore City
Suburban Maryland-D.C

1,832.8
982.2
436.5
630.5

1,898.7
989.2
435.9
655.0

1,907.0
993.9
438.1
658.8

1.6
.2

Massachusetts
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Fitchburg-Leominster
Lawrence-Haverhill
Lowell
New Bedford
Pittsfield
Springfield
Worcester

2,910.8
1,664.8
67.5
54.8
38.9
149.8
101.4
67.2
40.0
230.0
179.7

3,009.6
1,754.6
70.2
56.4
39.6
161.2
104.3
70.5
41.7
237.8
185.0

3,015.2
1,774.0
70.9
56.5
39.1
161.7
104.8
69.5
41.9
239.8
186.7

1.2
.5

Michigan
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Benton Harbor
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland

3,405.5
146.8
53.6
58.7
1,697.5
170.7
284.2
47.7
96.3
186.4
54.3
145.2

3,489.7
149.0
54.2
59.5
1,744.5
172.9
289.2
47.5
98.2
183.6
55.9
149.2

3,498.9
154.1
54.2
59.5
1,746.4
173.8
290.6
47.7
99.0
192.1
55.2
150.0

Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Rochester
St. Cloud

1,883.1
88.6
1,210.0
55.1
61.3

1,907.4
84.7
1,223.5
56.9
62.2

1,911.8
86.0
1,234.5
56.8
62.8

840.6
164.9

852.2
167.0

856.1
167.5

9.3
1.8

2,044.4
675.1
35.7
1,055.6
97.2

2,048.0
680.1
33.9
1,064.5
97.4

2,049.5
678.6
33.8
1,065.9
97.8

5.9
.7

Montana

286.9

282.4

281.3

Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha

643.6
102.1
282.3

648.8
103.1
285.1

652.7
103.1
286.6

Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno

438.5
244.1
122.8

451.6
252.2
125.5

451.5
252.8
125.5

New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua

454.6
77.9
82.2

485.1
79.3
83.9

483.8
79.9
84.3

3,390.3
147.6
640.2
383.6
230.3
461.7
282.6
931.9
173.8
51.4

3,485.1
166.7
644.1
391.2
231.5
472.5
304.4
934.7
174.1
51.9

3,490.2
154.8
649.6
394.9
233.5
478.8
300.3
938.2
176.4
52.0

Mississippi
Jackson
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Springfield

New Jersey
Atlantic City
Bergen-Passaic
Camden
Jersey City
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon
Monmouth-Ocean
Newark
Trenton
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton
See footnotes at end of table.


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Oct.
1985P

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1984

Oct.
1984

Oct.
1985P

.2
.2

9.4
.2
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o .4
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.2
10.4
6.1

0
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122.5
54.3
17.6
49.1

143.1
57.4
18.1
55.2

142.9
57.3
18.1
55.4

1.2
.6

106.3
56.3
2.9
1.8
1.6
7.8
4.1
2.2
1.5
6.8
7.0

118.7
63.7
3.7
2.0
1.8
10.9
5.5
2.3
1.7
7.6
7.9

117.7
63.8
3.7
2.0
1.8
11.4
5.4
2.3
1.6
7.4
8.0

8.6

97.5
3.3
1.9
1.3
51.5
4.3
10.7
1.3
3.2
4.3
1.9
5.4

106.5
4.8
2.0
1.5
54.7
4.6
11.1
1.4
3.7
5.0
1.8
6.3

108.9
5.7
2.0
1.5
55.6
4.4
11.3
1.4
3.5
5.4
1.9
6.3

9.2
5.2

81.5
3.4
53.1
1.9
3.1

85.9
3.2
54.9
2.1
3.7

84.3
3.1
55.2
2.3
3.5

8.9
1.8

8.9
1.7

39.2
8.3

42.0
9.3

41.8
9.0

6.6
.8

6.4
.8

86.6
30.5
1.6
52.6
4.2

85.2
29.3
1.7
52.8
4.2

1.2
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5.4

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3.6
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3.7
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3.7
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87.3
30.0
1.5
54.1
3.7

7.7

7.0

7.3

13.9

13.5

13.4

1.8

1.8

1.8

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o .3

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26.9
4.1
12.1

25.6
4.2
13.0

25.4
4.2
12.8

7.0
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.8

6.9
.3
.8

6.8
.3
.9

23.3
13.7
6.0

25.8
15.4
6.6

25.7
15.3
6.6

.7

27.7
4.3
3.5

35.6
4.9
4.1

35.9
5.0
4.2

144.6
7.1
25.3
17.7
5.5
19.8
16.5
34.5
4.3
1.8

159.1
7.4
25.4
19.3
6.5
22.3
21.0
35.7
4.2
2.0

159.8
7.4
25.7
19.5
6.8
22.2
21.1
35.6
4.2
2.0

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2.3

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2.3

2.3

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1985P

1.6
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1.6
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1985

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Transportation and
public utilities

Manufacturing

Wholesale and retail trade

State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Maryland
Baltimore MSA
Baltimore City
Suburban Maryland-D.C

218.4
140.7
54.6
33.3

212.0
135.7
52.1
32.1

211.4
134.6
51.2
32.4

92.4
58.9
33.5
19.0

92.0
56.8
32.0
20.1

91.8
56.0
32.0
20.5

458.8
237.4
92.6
170.6

475.0
240.0
91.1
173.6

478.3
241.5
92.4
175.8

Massachusetts
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Fitchburg-Leominster
Lawrence-Haverhill
Lowell
New Bedford
Pittsfield
Springfield
Worcester

687.8
333.2
13.0
20.1
13.9
55.4
41.9
25.1
12.2
57.0
49.3

677.0
351.5
12.9
20.2
13.2
58.8
41.3
25.7
12.4
56.2
49.9

675.1
350.3
12.9
20.5
13.0
58.8
40.6
25.2
12.5
56.2
50.0

125.7
77.0
4.4
1.8
1.4
6.0
3.3
2.4
1.0
8.9
7.9

130.0
79.5
4.3
1.8
1.5
6.2
3.4
2.5
.9
9.3
7.5

130.1
80.0
4.4
1.7
1.5
6.3
3.4
2.5
1.0
9.4
7.5

670.9
368.8
19.3
12.5
9.3
30.1
20.4
14.9
10.0
52.9
41.5

724.0
395.7
20.5
13.6
9.7
32.5
21.1
16.1
10.7
56.4
42.6

713.8
397.2
20.3
13.3
9.5
32.3
21.5
16.0
10.9
56.5
42.7

Michigan
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Benton Harbor
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland

966.0
37.5
14.7
19.7
469.0
66.4
95.2
12.3
28.1
36.4
19.2
46.3

970.5
35.6
14.7
20.0
468.1
67.2
97.7
12.4
29.4
38.2
19.4
46.2

963.1
35.6
14.6
20.0
462.0
67.4
97.5
12.5
29.4
37.3
19.5
46.8

139.1
3.5
1.9
2.5
75.1
4.6
10.8
4.6
2.8
5.3
2.8
7.0

141.0
4.0
1.9
2.5
75.6
4.3
11.0
4.1
2.8
5.3
2.8
7.0

141.4
4.0
1.8
2.4
75.7
4.3
11.0
4.1
2.8
5.3
2.8
6.9

755.8
22.3
9.2
11.8
394.1
39.1
69.3
10.0
21.3
35.6
10.8
32.1

789.3
23.3
9.3
12.2
409.0
41.2
70.1
10.0
21.4
35.2
11.3
33.7

786.0
23.8
9.4
12.0
410.9
40.9
70.8
10.0
21.7
36.0
11.1
34.0

Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Rochester
St. Cloud

381.9
6.3
262.1
11.0
10.2

382.9
6.6
259.0
11.3
10.1

374.9
6.5
257.7
11.3
10.1

99.1
6.6
68.3
1.9
3.8

100.8
6.4
67.8
1.9
4.1

101.0
6.4
68.0
1.9
4.1

474.6
22.4
299.5
11.6
17.5

482.7
21.2
303.5
12.2
18.5

480.6
21.1
304.0
12.3
18.6

Mississippi
Jackson

221.2
20.0

219.9
19.3

220.9
19.3

40.2
10.2

40.0
10.1

40.6
10.2

179.8
41.6

186.1
42.7

186.0
42.8

Missouri
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Springfield

435.2
120.6
8.5
228.9
19.9

429.4
120.7
8.1
229.6
18.9

429.0
120.9
8.0
229.6
18.7

135.6
52.1
1.9
74.1
6.2

133.6
52.0
1.7
74.2
5.8

133.1
51.9
1.7
74.1
5.9

485.2
172.0
8.4
247.4
26.9

491.8
171.0
8.1
250.8
27.3

490.1
170.3
8.1
250.8
27.5

Montana

22.9

22.3

22.0

20.5

20.0

19.8

78.1

77.7

75.9

Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha

90.6
12.8
36.8

87.4
13.1
35.0

87.4
13.1
34.8

42.9
6.3
23.1

42.8
6.1
23.2

43.1
6.1
23.7

163.3
22.0
70.6

162.7
21.4
70.1

163.8
21.7
70.6

Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno

21.4
7.4
8.3

21.4
7.6
8.1

21.3
7.5
8.1

24.9
13.9
8.0

25.8
14.6
8.2

25.8
14.6
8.2

88.5
50.2
26.6

90.5
51.4
26.9

90.4
51.4
27.0

New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua

126.6
16.1
37.6

120.8
15.7
36.1

120.2
15.6
35.8

15.3
4.8
2.2

15.9
4.8
2.3

15.7
4.9
2.4

108.7
20.3
16.4

124.4
20.3
17.5

124.4
20.5
17.8

New Jersey
Atlantic City
Bergen-Passaic
Camden
Jersey City
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon
Monmouth-Ocean
Newark
Trenton
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton

739.8
8.2
172.5
74.9
60.3
113.9
33.3
207.2
33.6
14.9

728.3
8.2
170.9
76.3
57.3
113.8
33.6
199.0
33.1
14.2

728.7
8.3
170.5
77.1
57.5
113.5
33.8
199.8
33.3
14.6

219.9
5.7
30.9
17.0
28.8
34.4
13.2
80.5
5.8
2.0

220.3
6.2
30.1
17.1
29.3
35.2
14.4
78.7
5.6
2.1

222.3
6.0
30.6
17.0
30.0
35.2
14.5
78.9
5.7
2.1

807.9
33.9
181.2
101.9
51.7
110.8
76.6
189.1
28.6
9.9

845.3
40.4
185.0
105.0
54.0
113.8
83.9
197.7
29.1
10.8

840.1
34.0
188.2
105.8
54.5
115.0
81.3
198.3
29.1
10.5

See footnotes at end of table.




67

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Government

Services

Finance, insurance,
and real estate
State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Maryland
Baltimore MSA
Baltimore City
Suburban Maryland-D.C

104.7
62.5
40.5
34.1

113.2
66.8
43.6
35.5

113.5
66.6
43.5
35.8

449.6
230.8
117.5
173.1

474.5
235.3
118.4
182.7

473.7
236.2
119.5
182.8

384.8
197.4
80.2
150.9

387.3
197.0
80.6
155.2

393.8
201.5
81.4
155.6

Massachusetts
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Fitchburg-Leominster
Lawrence-Haverhill
Lowell
New Bedford
Pittsfield
Springfield
Worcester

176.9
123.3
2.5
2.7
1.3
5.4
3.0
2.3
2.0
14.1
10.7

195.2
135.0
2.6
2.8
1.4
5.8
3.6
2.5
2.1
15.2
12.0

194.3
135.1
2.6
2.8
1.4
5.8
3.6
2.5
2.1
14.8
11.8

772.6
511.1
13.3
9.5
6.8
27.7
16.4
10.7
8.5
52.6
40.8

797.7
532.0
14.5
10.0
7.5
30.5
17.3
11.7
9.0
54.4
42.9

810.5
547.1
14.7
9.9
7.2
30.0
17.7
11.3
8.8
56.6
43.6

369.4
194.6
12.1
6.4
4.6
17.5
12.2
9.6
4.7
37.5
22.3

366.1
196.6
11.7
6.0
4.5
16.5
12.0
9.7
4.8
38.5
22.1

372.5
199.9
12.3
6.3
4.7
17.1
12.5
9.7
4.9
38.7
23.0

Michigan
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Benton Harbor
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland

154.2
4.1
3.6
2.1
90.0
5.7
11.1
1.6
3.7
9.6
1.3
5.5

160.7
4.1
3.8
2.2
94.6
6.1
11.2
1.6
3.9
10.1
1.4
5.8

159.8
4.2
3.8
2.2
94.2
6.0
11.2
1.6
4.0
10.2
1.4
5.7

704.4
28.2
10.7
13.0
388.8
27.7
58.3
9.3
20.9
31.3
10.1
28.7

742.6
30.9
10.9
12.9
412.9
27.6
58.6
9.1
21.1
33.4
10.6
29.2

739.7
31.3
11.0
12.8
414.7
27.8
59.5
9.2
21.3
33.2
10.5
29.6

579.1
47.7
11.5
8.2
229.0
22.8
28.3
8.4
16.1
63.4
7.9
19.9

570.4
46.2
11.6
8.2
229.0
21.8
29.1
8.7
15.8
56.0
8.3
20.7

591.3
49.3
11.6
8.5
232.8
22.9
28.9
8.8
16.3
64.2
7.9
20.5

Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Rochester
St. Cloud

106.9
2.9
80.6
1.5
2.1

111.2
3.0
83.8
1.6
2.1

110.9
3.0
83.9
1.6
2.1

430.5
21.6
287.6
22.1
12.2

447.5
20.3
304.9
22.5
11.9

446.6
20.0
303.6
22.3
12.1

298.1
19.3
157.7
5.0
12.2

287.0
18.6
148.5
5.0
11.6

304.2
20.7
161.0
5.0
12.2

34.5
12.6

35.3
12.9

35.2
12.9

127.5
33.7

128.7
34.0

130.0
34.4

188.9
36.7

191.5
36.8

192.7
37.1

113.7
49.4
2.1
62.6
4.4

115.9
50.3
2.1
64.6
4.4

115.3
50.4
2.0
64.5
4.4

438.7
148.0
7.5
246.6
23.1

448.8
152.1
7.0
254.7
24.1

446.6
150.7
7.0
253.0
24.1

342.9
102.3
5.8
138.3
12.9

335.2
102.7
5.3
134.3
12.6

343.7
104.3
5.3
137.4
12.9

Montana

13.3

13.4

13.2

60.5

62.1

61.1

69.9

66.5

68.5

Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha

43.6
7.4
25.6

45.1
7.7
26.4

44.9
7.6
26.3

138.9
20.4
71.1

145.9
21.0
73.7

144.2
20.8
73.2

135.6
29.1
42.8

137.6
29.7
43.4

142.2
29.6
44.9

Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno

20.6
11.9
6.7

21.2
12.6
6.7

21.3
12.6
6.8

192.5
117.7
49.5

198.7
120.9
51.1

197.5
120.7
50.6

60.3
28.9
16.9

61.3
29.4
17.1

62.7
30.4
17.3

New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua

24.1
6.6
2.7

26.0
6.9
2.8

26.1
6.9
2.8

93.1
18.3
14.0

102.6
19.1
14.9

100.7
19.3
15.1

58.6
7.5
5.6

59.1
7.5
6.0

60.1
7.6
6.0

184.6
6.6
31.6
19.1
8.3
25.2
13.5
68.6
8.2
2.7

193.0
7.4
32.9
19.7
8.5
26.8
13.7
68.4
8.4
2.7

192.4
7.2
32.9
19.8
8.5
26.9
13.7
68.9
8.3
2.7

764.9
61.9
130.1
84.6
35.9
88.1
71.6
220.5
46.7
9.0

805.4
71.7
132.6
85.1
35.5
94.7
80.3
222.9
44.7
8.7

800.6
66.4
133.0
84.7
35.5
95.1
76.9
222.3
46.5
8.6

526.3
24.3
68.6
68.3
39.8
69.6
57.8
131.0
46.6
11.0

531.4
25.3
67.1
68.6
40.4
65.3
57.5
131.6
49.0
11.1

544.0
25.4
68.6
70.9
40.7
70.3
59.0
133.7
49.3
11.2

Mississippi
Jackson
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Springfield

New Jersey
Atlantic City
Bergen-Passaic
Camden
Jersey City
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon
Monmouth-Ocean
Newark
Trenton
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton
See footnotes at end of table.


68


ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Mining

Total

Construction

State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

21.4
.3

19.7
.2

514.8
213.0
37.2

521.5
221.1
37.1

523.1
220.9
38.5

New York
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Glens Falls
Monroe County
Nassau-Suffolk
New York PMSA
New York City
Niagara Falls
Orange County
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Rockland County
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester County

7,671.4
376.8
118.4
409.6
35.1
41.0
361.2
1,048.9
3,960.0
3,471.8
78.4
88.9
112.1
446.3
92.0
283.6
118.9
381.6

7,736.8
378.8
117.7
411.7
33.4
42.5
360.1
1,067.6
3,982.0
3,489.6
78.4
89.5
113.5
445.5
92.5
279.9
118.8
384.9

7,791.5
381.1
117.5
415.5
34.0
41.9
365.6
1,072.0
4,007.7
3,512.6
78.4
90.5
113.7
452.5
93.2
282.7
118.7
387.1

North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point
Raleigh-Durham

2,615.8
74.0
494.7
428.0
333.5

2,647.6
75.6
490.4
432.8
343.6

2,666.6
75.0
492.9
436.1
346.0

4.7
.1
.3
.4
.3

258.1
36.3
68.2
28.4

254.0
36.6
67.6
28.2

255.1
36.4
69.4
29.3

7.6
.2

0
0

Ohio
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton-Springfield
Toledo
Youngstown-Warren

4,326.9
255.8
150.6
607.8
856.0
587.5
400.4
261.1
184.2

4,417.7
262.5
153.7
637.7
868.0
611.1
413.1
268.0
186.2

4,435.2
261.8
154.3
636.4
871.6
618.0
414.8
269.8
186.5

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Oklahoma
Enid
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Tulsa

1,191.3
26.0
32.9
440.7
300.4

1,189.1
25.2
33.6
445.6
302.1

1,190.1
25.3
33.8
443.5
302.0

74.9
2.2
.3
20.1
21.3

68.6
1.8
.2
19.0
20.8

Oregon
Eugene-Springfield
Portland
Salem

1,029.6
99.5
516.3
90.7

1,040.8
97.8
520.3
90.4

1,049.7
100.3
521.0
92.6

1.7
.3
.6
.1

1.7
.4
.5

Pennsylvania
Allentown-Bethlehem
Altoona
Beaver County
Delaware Valley
Erie
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle
Johnstown
Lancaster
Philadelphia PMSA
Philadelphia City
Pittsburgh

4,725.9
264.1
48.6
55.3
1,630.3
110.2
272.0
77.3
164.2
2,014.0
761.5
840.0

4,759.9
265.5
50.0
54.7
1,623.3
111.3
275.7
78.6
165.7
2,014.7
750.2
848.6

4,791.0
265.4
49.6
54.5
1,635.4
111.3
277.2
78.1
168.0
2,030.3
753.2
852.6

37.9
.3
.1

New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces

North Dakota
Bismarck
Fargo-Moorhead
Grand Forks

0

0
0

0
0
0
0

.4
.2
1.7
1.3

.8
.4
.1
.1

0

.2
.2
.1

274.1
14.7
4.8
15.2
1.3
1.6
12.0
47.1
124.0
97.8
3.2
3.2
4.9
15.5
3.9
16.3
3.8
21.3

289.4
15.8
5.3
16.7
1.5
1.7
12.2
49.6
129.2
102.3
3.6
3.4
5.7
15.6
3.7
15.2
4.2
22.2

290.4
15.5
5.3
16.5
1.5
1.7
12.3
49.0
130.8
104.1
3.6
3.4
5.7
15.8
3.8
15.0
4.2
22.0

4.8
.1
.3
.3
.3

4.7
.1
.3
.3
.3

142.5
3.1
26.2
20.4
22.3

151.8
3.4
26.0
20.1
22.9

153.5
3.5
26.1
19.9
23.5

6.9
.2

6.7
.2

16.2
2.1
3.8
1.6

13.1
1.9
4.0
1.7

12.7
1.9
3.8
1.6

27.5

160.3
9.6
6.0
22.5
29.3
21.1
14.2
8.7
6.5

169.8
10.8
6.3
25.1
31.0
24.2
16.4
9.1
6.8

169.9
10.7
6.4
25.4
31.4
24.1
16.6
9.4
6.7

67.7
1.8
.2
18.7
20.7

49.4
1.2
1.1
18.8
14.8

48.2
1.1
1.1
19.8
15.4

46.7
1.1
1.0
19.2
15.2

1.6
.4
.5

32.9
3.5
18.7
2.7

34.4
4.0
18.0
3.2

34.6
3.9
18.4
3.1

37.4
.4

195.0
9.9
2.2
3.2
67.3
3.4
10.7
3.2
7.6
85.0
18.8
41.6

212.3
10.2
2.5
3,2
68.2
3.5
10.3
3.6
8.9
87.5
18.6
45.5

214.1
10.4
2.5
3.3
69.3
3.5
10.3
3.6
8.9
88.8
19.1
45.7

0

0

6.9
.3

O
0
0

.7

.3
.2
1.6
1.2

O
0
0
0

.8
.2
.2
.1

27.5

o

5.6

0

0

0

.7

0
0

.3
.2
1.5
1.2

O
0
0
0

.8

0
0
0
0
0
0
0

o

0

37.5
.4

0
0

6.9
.2

0
0

0
0
0
0
0
O
0

1.0
.2
.1
5.7
.4
1.1

Oct.
1985P
37.0
17.8
2.7

0
0

28.0

20.0
.2

Sept.
1985
37.3
17.9
2.7

O

.6

Oct.
1984
37.2
16.0
2.7

7.2
.2

0

Oct.
1985P

1.1
.3
.1
5.1
.5
1.2
7.2

0
0

1.1
.3
.1
4.9
.5
1.2

O

7.1

See footnotes at end of table.




69

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major Industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Manufacturing

Transportation and
public utilities

Wholesale and retail trade

State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

38.0
19.6
3.9

37.9
19.3
3.7

37.7
19.4
3.7

30.3
12.2
1.4

30.1
12.0
1.4

29.9
12.0
1.4

120.2
54.0
7.5

125.7
57.5
7.9

126.5
57.5
8.2

1,345.6
55.3
41.4
80.1
8.1
10.2
128.8
179.8
522.4
437.2
25.3
15.7
34.5
151.6
15.8
59.5
28.2
68.1

1,316.5
52.5
38.8
79.1
6.6
9.6
127.3
181.2
509.6
423.4
24.7
15.1
33.6
150.3
15.9
57.1
26.2
68.9

1,309.3
52.5
38.6
78.7
6.7
9.7
127.3
178.8
506.2
420.0
24.7
15.1
33.6
150.2
15.9
56.8
25.7
68.9

421.0
16.6
4.2
21.6
1.4
1.3
10.5
46.0
263.3
238.6
4.0
5.6
3.3
13.3
4.1
15.4
4.5
20.0

415.1
16.1
4.3
20.9
1.4
1.3
10.6
46.9
257.7
234.4
4.1
5.6
3.2
13.3
4.1
15.3
4.5
18.6

417.1
16.1
4.3
20.9
1.4
1.3
10.6
47.1
257.9
234.7
4.1
5.8
3.2
13.3
4.2
15.7
4.4
18.5

1,592.9
81.5
21.9
99.0
9.2
9.0
70.7
281.0
751.7
634.6
16.6
21.7
19.1
89.2
21.3
62.5
24.3
92.1

1,628.0
83.9
22.6
100.7
9.3
9.8
70.8
291.3
757.7
638.3
17.0
22.8
20.0
90.5
22.2
64.1
25.6
93.5

1,632.5
84.7
22.6
102.0
9.2
9.6
71.8
289.4
763.4
643.3
16.8
22.8
20.2
91.6
22.2
64.2
25.4
94.3

830.8
20.2
148.6
153.5
57.1

814.3
19.8
141.8
152.7
57.9

815.1
19.8
141.6
152.6
57.9

130.2
3.4
41.6
23.0
16.0

131.4
3.5
43.1
23.7
16.3

131.6
3.5
43.4
24.0
16.4

566.4
16.9
115.0
91.1
66.8

579.9
17.5
116.1
94.9
69.4

585.6
17.6
116.7
95.6
69.6

16.1
2.1
5.3
1.4

15.8
2.0
5.0
1.3

15.8
2.0
4.9
1.4

16.7
2.9
4.0
1.6

16.6
2.8
4.0
1.6

16.7
2.8
4.0
1.6

68.5
9.5
20.1
8.0

69.5
9.8
20.9
8.6

69.1
9.7
21.1
8.6

1,134.6
67.9
46.7
146.1
214.5
105.8
105.0
65.6
54.4

1,112.3
65.5
46.2
148.3
208.6
105.2
106.2
67.5
53.5

1,111.4
65.2
45.7
147.9
208.4
105.2
106.0
66.0
53.2

208.9
13.4
6.2
32.4
42.8
27.4
15.5
14.5
7.9

209.8
13.8
6.2
32.8
43.3
28.0
16.2
14.1
7.6

210.2
13.7
6.3
32.9
43.5
28.1
16.4
14.3
7.7

992.2
60.5
35.4
150.3
203.1
142.4
85.9
63.2
44.0

1,042.4
63.4
37.8
159.2
208.2
151.7
91.0
66.6
46.4

1,045.9
63.4
38.1
160.2
208.5
152.5
91.6
66.9
46.5

Oklahoma
Enid
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Tulsa

177.5
2.0
3.5
54.5
52.0

169.5
1.9
3.3
52.6
52.0

169.1
2.0
3.3
52.1
52.0

64.4
2.6
1.3
22.2
20.7

62.5
2.5
1.2
21.6
20.8

62.2
2.5
1.2
21.6
20.8

289.4
7.5
8.2
113.3
72.6

293.8
7.2
8.4
116.1
72.8

291.6
7.1
8.3
115.0
72.6

Oregon
Eugene-Springfield
Portland
Salem

205.4
19.9
94.3
16.7

206.5
19.9
94.0
16.0

207.3
19.6
93.8
16.6

56.0
4.1
33.6
2.5

56.0
4.0
34.2
2.6

56.0
4.0
34.1
2.6

258.1
25.1
138.3
19.5

266.7
25.6
142.0
19.4

265.0
25.7
141.1
19.4

1,119.2
90.5
11.2
16.4
322.4
37.2
53.2
12.7
58.2
397.2
107.9
141.4

1,078.0
86.4
11.2
14.4
315.6
36.2
51.8
12.2
56.5
392.1
100.9
136.5

1,073.0
84.5
11.1
14.1
314.7
36.2
51.7
12.4
57.1
391.8
100.6
135.9

250.7
14.3
5.2
5.2
79.0
4.4
18.3
5.1
7.0
96.0
45.6
49.3

249.6
13.9
4.9
5.1
79.5
4.3
17.7
5.1
7.0
96.6
45.7
47.9

250.8
13.9
4.9
5.2
79.7
4.2
17.6
5.2
7.0
96.7
45.6
48.3

1,056.4
55.2
11.9
11.7
362.6
23.4
58.6
16.5
39.1
464.6
150.0
209.6

1,069.4
57.0
12.7
12.1
360.8
25.0
61.5
16.9
40.4
465.8
147.2
213.3

1,078.2
57.4
12.6
12.1
366.5
25.1
62.4
16.8
40.4
472.3
148.6
213.7

New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
New York
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Glens Falls
Monroe County
Nassau-Suffolk
New York PMSA
New York City
Niagara Falls
Orange County
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Rockland County
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester County
North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point
Raleigh-Durham
North Dakota
Bismarck
Fargo-Moorhead
Grand Forks
Ohio
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton-Springfield
Toledo
Youngstown-Warren

Pennsylvania
Allentown-Bethlehem
Altoona
Beaver County
Delaware Valley
Erie
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle
Johnstown
Lancaster
Philadelphia PMSA
Philadelphia City
Pittsburgh
See footnotes at end of table.

70




ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major Industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Government

Services

Finance, insurance,
and real estate
State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

24.8
12.8
1.4

25.6
13.5
1.5

25.4
13.5
1.5

110.3
53.4
4.9

112.4
55.9
4.9

111.6
55.9
5.1

132.6
44.7
15.4

132.8
44.8
15.0

135.0
44.6
15.9

New York
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Glens Falls
Monroe County
Nassau-Suffolk
New York PMSA
New York City
Niagara Falls
Orange County
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Rockland County
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester County

705.4
18.4
3.6
22.4
1.1
1.9
17.2
61.0
528.8
501.8
1.9
3.4
3.4
18.9
3.5
18.0
6.0
23.0

720.6
19.0
3.7
22.9
1.2
1.8
17.6
62.9
539.3
511.6
1.9
3.5
3.6
19.3
3.7
18.5
6.2
23.5

719.2
19.0
3.6
22.8
1.1
1.8
17.5
62.9
538.2
510.5
1.9
3.5
3.5
19.2
3.6
18.5
6.1
23.5

1,998.1
87.2
21.8
100.7
7.8
8.4
82.3
259.2
1,151.6
1,021.9
15.1
18.4
22.7
95.9
22.3
64.3
23.1
103.5

2,050.2
88.4
22.4
102.7
7.4
9.8
83.6
267.5
1,171.5
1,039.6
14.9
18.6
23.0
97.2
22.2
63.3
23.8
105.6

2,067.1
88.9
22.1
103.9
7.6
8.9
85.3
268.4
1,182.8
1,050.8
15.2
18.5
23.2
99.2
22.3
64.4
23.9
105.7

1,327.2
102.8
20.7
70.0
6.2
8.4
39.4
174.6
616.5
538.6
12.2
21.0
24.0
61.2
20.9
47.2
28.9
53.5

1,310.1
102.8
20.7
68.1
6.0
8.3
37.7
167.9
615.3
538.8
12.0
20.5
24.1
58.5
20.4
46.2
28.2
52.4

1,349.0
104.3
21.1
70.2
6.3
8.8
40.4
176.2
626.9
548.0
11.9
21.4
24.3
62.5
21.1
47.8
28.7
54.1

North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point
Raleigh-Durham

106.1
2.5
26.5
19.6
17.3

111.0
2.8
26.9
19.8
18.9

111.5
2.6
26.9
19.7
19.1

407.2
16.3
81.2
68.0
72.7

426.3
16.9
81.6
69.9
76.3

429.0
16.5
82.4
70.2
76.6

427.9
11.5
55.3
52.0
81.0

428.1
11.7
54.6
51.4
81.7

435.5
11.5
55.6
53.7
82.6

12.2
1.7
4.2
1.1

12.4
1.7
4.4
1.1

12.4
1.7
4.4
1.1

57.8
10.0
17.1
6.0

58.5
10.2
17.0
6.0

58.3
10.2
18.0
6.0

63.0
7.8
13.7
8.7

61.2
8.0
12.3
7.9

63.4
7.9
13.2
9.0

213.1
9.3
6.4
35.3
48.5
47.3
16.4
10.1
7.2

222.3
9.8
6.5
37.2
50.3
50.4
16.6
10.8
7.5

221.4
9.8
6.5
37.1
49.8
50.1
16.6
10.8
7.5

920.7
52.5
31.3
139.6
201.7
130.0
90.7
57.4
40.1

976.7
56.3
32.9
151.9
213.3
140.9
95.1
59.9
41.7

972.6
55.0
33.2
148.0
215.3
141.9
95.3
60.4
41.3

669.2
41.9
17.4
81.3
114.9
112.3
72.5
41.3
23.4

656.9
42.3
16.8
82.6
112.1
109.6
71.1
39.8
22.0

676.3
43.1
17.1
84.4
113.5
115.0
72.0
41.7
22.9

Oklahoma
Enid
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Tulsa

64.9
1.3
1.6
28.1
17.2

66.3
1.3
1.7
28.9
17.4

65.9
1.2
1.7
28.6
17.1

221.5
5.5
5.6
85.7
67.9

226.2
5.6
6.2
87.9
68.9

225.5
5.7
6.1
87.8
68.7

249.3
3.7
11.3
98.0
33.9

254.0
3.8
11.5
99.7
34.0

261.4
3.9
12.0
100.5
34.9

Oregon
Eugene-Springfield
Portland
Salem

66.8
4.4
41.4
5.2

68.9
4.5
42.2
5.2

68.6
4.4
42.1
5.2

209.0
20.0
115.9
16.7

215.2
20.4
118.8
16.9

213.6
20.4
118.3
17.2

199.7
22.2
73.5
27.3

191.4
19.0
70.6
27.0

203.0
21.9
72.7
28.4

255.8
10.4
1.5
1.9
117.5
5.1
14.8
4.1
5.7
136.6
66.5
49.4

264.8
10.6
1.6
2.0
120.9
5.1
15.6
4.8
6.0
140.6
67.2
50.5

264.2
10.6
1.6
1.9
121.1
5.1
15.6
4.6
6.1
140.9
67.1
50.3

1,131.7
55.3
9.3
10.2
461.4
23.7
52.3
17.8
31.4
546.1
236.0
237.2

1,184.6
59.4
9.8
10.8
460.9
24.4
55.1
18.4
32.5
546.0
234.4
243.2

1,192.4
59.6
9.7
10.8
464.5
24.3
54.2
18.1
32.8
549.2
236.5
244.2

679.2
28.2
7.2
6.7
219.1
12.8
64.0
12.2
14.8
287.4
136.7
105.9

663.7
27.6
7.2
7.1
216.3
12.5
63.6
12.5
13.9
284.9
136.2
104.5

680.9
28.6
7.1
7.1
218.5
12.6
65.3
12.5
15.2
289.4
135.7
107.4

New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces

North Dakota
Bismarck
Fargo-Moorhead
Grand Forks
Ohio
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton-Springfield
Toledo
Youngstown-Warren

Pennsylvania
Allentown-Bethlehem
Altoona
Beaver County
Delaware Valley
Erie
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle
Johnstown
Lancaster
Philadelphia PMSA
Philadelphia City
Pittsburgh
See footnotes at end of table.




7!

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagrlcultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Mining

Total

Construction

State and area
Oct.
1984
Pennsylvania-Continued
Reading
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
Sharon
State College
Williamsport
York

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

6.3
10.3
1.0
2.4
1.4
8.4

.1
.1
.1

12.9
3.7
9.8

14.2
3.9
10.7

14.2
3.9
10.7

1.8

82.6
12.5
12.3
18.5

89.9
13.5
13.0
18.8

90.0
13.4
13.1
18.5

2.4

10.2
3.3

11.2
3.8

11.0
3.7

7.4
1.2
.2
1.7
.2
.5

7.6
1.2
.2
1.8
.1
.5

77.7
7.7
5.9
10.5
16.8
23.5

81.5
7.7
7.8
10.1
18.0
23.6

80.7
7.7
7.9
10.0
18.6
23.7

271.0
4.0
1.9
1.0
3.0
2.4
.1
1.4
7.9
23.2
.4
4.9
1.0
96.1
.1
1.8
4.8
.6
1.8
12.9
8.6
.9
3.6
.3
.1
3.5
3.2
.2
3.3

263.0
4.0
1.5
1.1
2.7
2.1
.1
1.5
7.4
23.6
.5
4.6
1.2
97.5
.1
1.7
4.8
.4
1.7
11.6
8.2
.9
3.5
.3
.1
3.3
2.8
.2
3.2

260.9
4.0
1.5
1.1
2.7
2.1
.1
1.4
7.3
23.5
.5
4.6
1.2
96.5
.1
1.8
4.7
.4
1.7
11.6
8.2
.9
3.6
.3
.1
3.3
2.8
.2
3.2

427.8
3.0
4.5
26.6
9.9
6.9
3.4
3.0
10.5
78.6
9.1
28.3
4.4
113.7
3.6
1.1
5.0
4.4
4.3
2.8
3.6
2.6
34.9
1.2
2.1
2.9
2.8
4.1
1.9

439.7
2.9
5.2
28.8
8.7
5.9
3.5
2.7
12.3
82.1
9.6
30.3
4.0
110.5
4.1
1.4
4.4
5.4
4.6
2.7
3.9
2.6
36.0
1.3
1.9
3.3
2.8
4.6
2.2

439.3
2.9
5.1
28.8
8.6
6.1
3.3
2.9
12.3
81.1
9.3
29.9
4.0
109.3
4.1
1.4
4.1
5.4
4.5
2.7
3.8
2.6
35.8
1.3
1.8
3.3
2.6
4.4
2.2

11.2
.2
3.5

9.2
.1
2.1

9.0
.1
2.0

40.3
3.6
26.5

39.6
4.0
26.5

39.5
4.0
26.3

14.3
4.3
1.4

15.5
4.5
1.8

15.5
4.6
1.8

146.2
278.4
40.3
53.5
46.6
164.7

419.3
123.5
291.7

420.5
123.3
292.3

422.0
123.9
293.3

1,298.3
167.8
199.7
279.8

1,347.6
176.2
198.0
277.1

1,349.8
175.1
201.0
278.7

247.3
61.2

246.3
60.7

245.3
60.8

2.7

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville

1,837.5
176.7
149.6
229.2
381.8
412.0

1,890.8
192.0
151.5
230.3
391.9
420.4

1,898.3
191.3
152.6
229.8
392.4
424.3

8.4
1.1
.2
2.0
.2

Texas
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Brazoria
Brownsville-Harlingen
Bryan-College Station
Corpus Christi
Dallas
El Paso
Ft. Worth-Arlington
Galveston-Texas City
Houston
Killeen-Temple
Laredo
Longview-Marshall
Lubbock
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
Midland
Odessa
San Angelo
San Antonio
Sherman-Denison
Texarkana
Tyler
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls

6,501.5
52.9
80.5
338.4
143.4
59.4
63.8
49.9
134.5
1,234.3
173.1
472.0
73.3
1,471.1
64.7
31.8
67.0
92.2
78.9
52.8
53.6
38.4
465.7
37.2
45.8
61.1
30.1
78.0
51.5

6,614.6
53.9
81.7
351.8
136.4
58.5
65.3
49.4
137.0
1,247.9
177.1
491.1
74.0
1,496.3
66.4
33.4
66.3
94.8
80.8
52.0
53.2
38.7
475.4
37.3
46.4
62.5
29.8
78.9
52.0

6,636.8
53.7
81.6
353.5
136.1
58.1
64.6
51.5
136.9
1,249.5
176.4
489.7
74.0
1,498.4
66.6
33.1
66.4
95.0
81.4
52.0
53.2
38.6
475.6
37.4
46.5
63.1
29.4
79.4
51.8

Utah
Provo-Orem
Salt Lake City-Ogden

616.4
71.2
423.4

633.2
74.5
437.3

635.3
75.4
439.1

Vermont
Burlington
Springfield

220.9
67.7
14.0

226.6
69.4
14.0

229.1
70.6
14.2

South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg
South Dakota
Sioux Falls

See footnotes at end of table.

72




Oct.
1985P

6.3
10.6
1.1
2.5
1.4
8.3

144.7
277.7
39.5
52.9
46.0
163.6

Rhode Island
Pawtucket-Woonsocket-Attleboro
Providence

O

Sept.
1985

5.5
10.5
1.2
2.2
1.3
7.0

145.8
274.4
41.0
51.3
46.4
161.6

,

Oct.
1984

Oct.
1985P

0.2
.9
.4
.4

o0.9
.4
.3

O

.4

1.8

o
o
o

1.8

O

o
o
2.4

O

.5

O
O

O

.1
.1
.1

.1
.1
.1

O
O
O

0.9

O

.5

O
O

O
O

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Manufacturing

Transportation and
public utilities

Wholesale and retail trade

State and area
Oct.
1984
Pennsylvania-Continued
Reading
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
Sharon
State College
Williamsport
York

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

53.6
76.4
11.2
7.8
15.7
60.9

50.2
75.1
10.2
8.1
15.3
58.9

49.8
74.3
10.3
7.9
15.5
59.6

6.0
14.6
2.1
1.3
2.1
7.7

6.2
14.7
2.0
1.4
2.0
7.5

6.2
14.9
2.1
1.4
2.0
7.5

30.0
59.8
9.7
9.6
10.0
37.3

31.0
61.3
10.1
10.1
10.1
38.2

31.3
61.6
10.1
10.2
10.1
38.5

Rhode Island
Pawtucket-Woonsocket-Attleboro
Providence

122.5
57.0
76.7

120.2
55.5
75.8

120.7
55.4
76.0

14.2
3.5
10.0

14.1
3.4
10.3

14.2
3.4
10.3

90.0
25.5
60.0

92.2
26.3
62.3

91.2
26.2
61.4

South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg

379.5
20.1
28.6
101.7

371.5
20.2
28.6
98.5

371.3
20.1
28.7
98.2

55.8
8.5
9.0
9.6

56.5
9.2
9.1
9.9

56.5
9.0
9.0
10.0

270.2
40.6
42.1
60.5

294.3
43.7
42.5
60.6

290.4
42.9
43.0
60.8

29.0
9.3

23.5
5.8

23.4
5.8

12.2
4.6

12.6
4.8

12.7
4.8

64.6
16.1

66.5
16.5

65.1
16.5

500.0
44.4
54.3
50.6
54.1
85.8

487.0
43.8
52.7
49.0
52.2
86.1

482.0
43.6
53.1
47.7
51.2
86.0

90.2
7.2
6.1
8.8
31.3
22.0

91.9
7.1
6.0
8.9
31.6
24.8

93.4
7.2
6.0
9.1
31.4
24.7

426.8
39.7
30.8
54.1
104.8
98.8

461.0
40.0
30.4
55.9
107.3
100.4

462.9
39.4
30.4
56.2
105.8
101.5

1,005.9
5.5
9.7
41.3
30.9
17.1
10.1
3.4
13.9
223.8
39.4
108.7
10.3
176.8
8.8
2.0
15.1
8.8
11.1
3.5
5.0
5.5
52.1
12.4
7.5
12.6
3.0
15.9
9.3

991.8
5.8
10.0
41.4
27.1
16.6
10.1
3.6
13.5
221.5
41.4
110.8
9.8
173.3
8.6
1.9
15.0
8.5
10.8
3.4
4.5
5.3
49.8
11.8
7.7
12.3
2.9
15.8
9.2

992.2
5.8
9.9
41.1
27.1
16.2
9.9
3.6
13.5
221.4
39.9
111.2
9.7
172.2
8.5
1.9
15.1
8.2
11.3
3.3
4.4
5.3
49.3
11.8
7.6
12.5
2.9
15.9
9.0

371.9
2.8
6.4
9.3
11.8
2.5
3.1
1.6
7.7
75.9
9.8
23.8
5.8
100.6
3.1
3.5
3.4
4.8
2.6
2.5
2.5
3.7
18.4
2.1
1.8
2.8
1.5
3.6
2.6

376.2
2.9
6.2
9.5
11.4
2.3
3.3
1.7
7.7
78.1
9.5
24.8
5.7
104.7
3.0
3.7
3.2
5.1
2.8
2.5
2.5
3.9
18.3
2.1
1.8
2.9
1.7
3.7
2.5

375.3
2.7
6.1
9.6
11.4
2.2
3.2
1.6
7.7
78.1
9.3
24.7
5.5
104.5
3.0
3.6
3.2
5.2
2.8
2.5
2.6
3.9
18.2
2.1
1.8
2.9
1.7
3.7
2.5

1,623.0
14.0
24.1
73.0
34.0
10.8
18.0
10.7
34.0
327.4
41.0
131.9
14.0
372.4
15.9
9.6
16.4
26.9
23.6
12.5
16.1
9.6
121.8
8.0
11.5
15.8
8.2
19.8
12.3

1,649.3
14.6
24.9
75.3
33.5
11.2
18.3
11.2
35.0
328.5
41.8
135.0
14.1
370.2
16.3
10.2
16.6
27.9
23.9
12.6
15.9
10.1
127.5
8.2
12.0
16.3
8.6
19.7
12.7

1,646.9
14.6
24.8
75.4
33.3
10.7
18.1
11.3
34.8
330.1
41.6
135.1
13.8
369.7
16.3
10.0
16.5
28.0
24.0
12.7
15.9
10.0
126.8
8.2
12.0
16.6
8.4
19.8
12.7

Utah
Provo-Orem
Salt Lake City-Ogden

96.1
12.6
64.0

96.3
12.2
65.0

96.3
12.2
64.8

36.5
2.2
28.4

37.0
2.3
28.7

36.6
2.3
28.4

144.0
14.4
105.7

149.9
15.0
109.8

150.0
14.6
110.0

Vermont
Burlington
Springfield

49.1
16.3
4.1

49.0
16.4
4.0

49.3
16.4
3.9

9.4
2.7
.7

9.2
2.6
.7

9.2
2.7
.6

47.9
15.0
2.3

49.8
15.7
2.4

50.5
15.9
2.5

South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville
Texas
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Brazoria
Brownsville-Harlingen
Bryan-College Station
Corpus Christi
Dallas
El Paso
Ft. Worth-Arlington
Galveston-Texas City
Houston
Killeen-Temple
Laredo
Longview-Marshall
Lubbock
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
Midland
Odessa
San Angelo
San Antonio
Sherman-Denison
Texarkana
Tyler
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls

See footnotes at end of table.




73

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Services

Government

State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Pennsylvania-Continued
Reading
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
Sharon
State College
Williamsport
York

6.9
11.3
1.3
1.4
2.3
4.2

7.4
12.1
1.3
1.6
2.2
4.6

7.4
12.0
1.3
1.6
2.2
4.5

27.3
59.9
10.0
7.6
8.7
26.5

27.8
62.7
9.6
8.0
9.1
28.4

28.4
62.9
10.0
8.0
9.1
28.2

16.3
41.0
5.1
21.0
6.1
17.6

15.6
40.3
4.8
20.9
5.7
17.3

16.6
41.5
5.1
21.7
6.1
17.6

Rhode Island
Pawtucket-Woonsocket-Attleboro
Providence

23.1
3.3
19.0

24.1
3.5
19.3

23.9
3.5
19.1

98.4
20.6
72.6

99.0
21.2
72.1

99.5
21.4
72.6

58.1
9.8
43.5

56.6
9.4
41.7

58.2
10.0
43.1

South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg

54.7
7.6
15.6
11.1

58.7
8.7
16.2
11.2

58.6
8.6
16.4
11.2

205.7
30.5
35.7
43.1

226.8
33.2
34.8
43.1

225.1
33.3
35.2
43.8

248.0
47.9
56.1
35.0

248.1
47.6
53.5
34.7

256.1
47.7
55.3
35.9

South Dakota
Sioux Falls

13.0
5.3

13.5
6.0

13.4
5.9

58.7
15.5

59.5
16.5

59.1
16.7

56.9
7.0

57.2
7.3

58.3
7.3

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville

86.3
10.3
4.9
9.2
21.4
28.9

91.6
11.1
4.8
9.5
22.0
30.5

91.5
11.0
4.7
9.1
21.9
30.5

353.3
32.0
23.4
48.4
88.5
90.5

369.9
41.6
23.7
50.7
93.5
91.7

374.6
42.1
24.1
50.5
95.2
93.7

294.9
34.3
24.0
45.6
64.7
61.8

300.5
39.5
25.9
44.5
67.1
62.8

305.6
39.1
26.2
45.4
68.2
63.7

418.9
2.7
4.4
23.1
5.6
2.2
3.2
2.0
6.4
115.8
8.3
25.9
4.9
110.1
2.7
1.5
3.0
5.6
3.5
3.6
2.2
1.8
34.1
1.3
1.7
3.4
1.6
4.9
2.4

429.3
2.7
4.3
25.4
5.5
2.4
3.4
1.9
6.4
118.7
8.5
27.7
4.9
118.0
3.0
1.6
3.0
5.7
3.6
3.4
2.0
1.8
36.0
1.4
1.7
3.6
1.6
4.8
2.5

430.1
2.7
4.3
25.7
5.5
2.4
3.3
2.0
6.4
118.8
8.5
27.8
5.1
118.7
2.9
1.5
3.1
5.8
3.6
3.4
2.0
1.8
36.0
1.4
1.7
3.6
1.6
4.7
2.5

1,278.9
12.8
15.5
74.4
28.2
7.4
11.8
7.3
26.6
259.2
29.9
89.3
12.2
325.5
11.8
5.0
10.9
19.8
12.0
9.0
8.1
7.7
100.4
7.0
8.3
12.2
5.5
17.9
9.5

1,312.7
13.0
15.7
80.8
27.4
7.6
12.0
7.7
27.3
261.2
31.2
96.8
13.0
339.7
12.1
5.2
11.0
20.0
12.4
8.9
8.4
7.5
102.3
7.3
8.6
12.7
5.2
18.3
9.6

1,315.1
12.9
15.7
80.7
27.3
7.6
12.0
7.6
27.5
261.1
31.4
94.4
12.7
340.4
12.4
5.2
11.2
19.9
12.3
8.9
8.5
7.4
102.9
7.3
8.8
12.6
5.2
18.6
9.6

1,104.1
8.1
14.0
89.7
20.0
10.1
14.1
20.5
27.5
130.4
35.2
59.2
20.7
175.9
18.7
7.3
8.4
21.3
20.0
6.0
7.5
6.6
100.4
4.9
12.8
7.9
4.3
11.6
10.2

30.2
2.1
24.8

31.3
2.2
25.2

31.3
2.2
25.2

124.9
23.3
83.9

133.8
25.1
91.7

133.6
25.8
91.6

133.2
12.7
86.5

136.1
13.6
88.3

139.1
14.3
90.8

9.5
2.7
.4

10.1
2.9
.4

10.1
2.9
.4

52.3
15.4
3.3

55.9
16.8
3.3

55.5
16.7
3.2

37.9
11.3
1.8

36.5
10.4
1.7

38.5
11.5
1.7

Texas
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Brazoria
Brownsville-Harlingen
Bryan-College Station
Corpus Christi
Dallas
El Paso
Ft. Worth-Arlington
Galveston-Texas City
Houston
Killeen-Temple
Laredo
Longview-Marshall
Lubbock
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
Midland
Odessa
San Angelo
San Antonio
Sherman-Denison
Texarkana
Tyler
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls
Utah
Provo-Orem
Salt Lake City-Ogden
Vermont
Burlington
Springfield
See footnotes at end of table.

74




1,152.6
8.0
13.9
89.5
20.1
10.4
14.6
19.1
27.4
134.2
34.6
61.11
21.3
182.4
19.2
7.7
8.3
21.8
21.0
6.9
7.8
6.6
102.0
4.9
12.6
8.1
4.2
11.8
10.1

1,177.0
8.1
14.2
91.1
20.2
10.8
14.7
21.1
27.4
135.4
35.9
62.0
22.0
187.1
19.3
7.7
8.5
22.1
21.2
6.9
7.8
6.7
103.0
5.0
12.7
8.3
4.2
12.1
10.1

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Construction

Mining

Total
State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Virginia
Bristol
Charlottesville
Danville
Lynchburg
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News
Northern Virginia
Richmond-Petersburg
Roanoke

2,368.2
28.9
61.6
40.5
69.7
490.2
583.3
387.3
108.6

2,446.4
29.3
62.3
40.5
70.7
510.9
622.2
395.8
112.1

2,465.5
29.4
63.1
40.9
70.9
512.8
629.3
397.0
112.6

17.3
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.5
.3
.1

17.6
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.4
.3
.1

17.3
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.4
.3
.1

140.3
1.2
3.3
1.6
2.6
31.6
38.4
21.9
5.9

155.1
1.1
3.5
1.6
2.9
32.6
44.1
25.0
6.8

154.9
1.1
3.7
1.5
3.0
33.1
44.4
24.0
6.7

Washington
Seattle

1,673.6
823.4

1,716.3
838.1

1,720.0
845.5

•2.8
.5

2.9
.5

2.8
.5

81.1
40.0

89.4
42.7

86.9
42.5

597.8
107.8
100.0
57.9
58.3

591.0
107.0
97.7
56.7
56.8

594.6
107.5
98.1
57.6
57.1

42.4
2.6
1.0
1.2
2.5

45.4
2.6
1.0
1.2
2.5

44.6
2.6
1.0
1.2
2.5

26.4
5.5
4.0
3.0
2.5

26.7
5.4
4.4
2.9
2.6

27.3
5.5
4.4
2.9
2.6

1,990.0
133.8
51.0
88.3
50.5
41.5
47.9
183.6
667.5
67.7
44.7
42.1

2,021.6
137.5
51.1
88.3
53.1
37.9
48.6
190.0
666.5
67.2
44.7
41.5

2,019.6
138.1
51.9
88.5
53.2
38.0
48.7
190.6
668.5
67.2
44.1
42.0

2.1

65.2
6.1
1.3
3.7
1.6
1.1
1.3
6.0
20.4
1.7
1.4
1.4

67.5
6.8
1.5
3.9
1.6
.9
1.2
7.4
20.2
2.0
1.3
1.2

67.6
7.2
1.5
3.8
1.7
1.0
1.2
7.4
19.8
2.0
1.3
1.4

Wyoming

199.3

205.5

203.1

14.1

11.5

10.6

Puerto Rico
Caguas
Mayaguez
Ponce
San Juan

687.9
40.7
48.8
41.5
427.2

669.6
39.5
47.6
39.5
412.2

676.9
40.2
48.1
39.9
416.2

O
0

35.1

34.8

35.1

0

West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland
Parkersburg-Marietta
Wheeling
Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville-Beloit
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
Sheboygan
Wausau

Virgin Islands

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

2.0

2.1

0
0
0
0
0
0
O
0
0
0

0
0
O
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
O
0
O
0
0
0
0
0
0

o
o

o
26.8

o

26.7

.7

.1
.4

Oct.
1985P

26.6
.6

.6

0
0
0

.1
.3

0
0
0

.1
.3

Oct.
1984

26.7

0
0

1.5
19.9
2.0

Sept.
1985

22.9

0
0

1.5
17.4
2.3

Oct.
1985P

22.0

0
O

1.5
16.6
2.3

See footnotes at end of table.




75

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls In States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Wholesale and retail trade

Transportation and
public utilities

Manufacturing
State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Virginia
Bristol
Charlottesville
Danville
Lynchburg
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News
Northern Virginia
Richmond-Petersburg
Roanoke

424.7
10.0
10.0
18.5
26.3
67.4
29.7
64.6
21.2

422.3
10.0
9.4
17.7
25.3
68.4
31.9
63.5
20.5

423.2
10.2
9.5
17.5
25.5
68.3
32.4
63.4
20.5

130.1
1.1
1.9
1.0
3.2
24.7
39.7
21.8
8.3

131.8
1.2
1.8
1.1
3.3
25.7
43.3
20.9
8.4

131.6
1.2
1.8
1.1
3.3
25.4
43.1
21.0
8.3

525.1
6.7
10.8
7.7
12.9
117.2
131.9
91.4
27.8

543.8
6.9
11.6
8.3
13.8
124.7
138.5
92.5
28.6

555.6
6.8
11.9
8.6
13.8
125.4
142.1
93.5
29.1

Washington
Seattle

291.3
157.7

298.1
164.5

297.0
165.3

91.3
54.2

94.3
56.6

93.1
56.1

409.5
203.1

428.2
208.1

424.3
207.2

90.8
13.2
21.1
15.0
8.1

87.8
13.4
20.2
13.9
7.2

87.8
13.4
19.8
14.2
7.1

39.6
9.1
8.3
2.2
3.3

38.0
8.9
7.8
2.1
3.2

37.8
8.8
7.8
2.1
3.2

132.4
28.1
25.3
13.7
15.0

134.9
27.8
25.1
13.8
14.9

134.2
27.7
25.2
13.9
14.7

523.9
47.3
9.2
23.5
16.0
16.1
11.1
20.6
175.8
26.0
19.9
11.2

524.3
48.5
9.0
24.1
18.8
12.4
11.1
22.2
167.6
25.0
18.6
11.6

517.7
48.5
9.1
23.8
18.7
12.2
11.1
21.9
167.6
25.1
18.3
11.7

92.3
4.7
2.7
6.2
2.1
1.5
2.1
6.2
33.5
2.3
1.3
2.2

92.1
4.5
2.7
6.1
2.2
1.5
2.0
6.3
33.6
2.3
1.3
2.0

92.1
4.5
2.7
6.1
2.2
1.4
2.0
6.3
33.5
2.3
1.4
2.1

468.8
30.3
14.7
23.9
12.8
8.4
12.8
40.7
149.5
15.3
8.3
10.8

482.7
31.7
14.9
23.5
13.0
8.6
13.1
41.6
152.2
15.5
8.6
10.7

480.3
31.3
15.0
23.8
12.9
8.6
13.1
41.8
152.1
15.4
8.4
10.8

9.2

8.6

8.7

15.7

16.8

16.6

44.5

43.4

43.4

150.5
13.7
19.5
8.3
67.7

148.4
13.4
19.3
8.0
67.4

149.0
13.6
19.5
8.0
67.3

14.6

11.3

113.0
7.4
6.3
6.4
79.0

113.5
7.4
5.9
5.9
78.6

114.3
7.5
6.0
6.0
79.1

2.3

1.9

1.9

2.2

7.3

7.6

7.6

West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland
Parkersburg-Marietta
Wheeling
Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville-Beloit
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
Sheboygan
Wausau
Wyoming
Puerto Rico
Caguas
Mayaguez
Ponce
San Juan
Virgin Islands
See footnotes at end of table.

76



16.4

0
0
0

12.7
2.3

14.2

O
0
0

10.8
2.2

O
0
O

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Government

Services

State and area
Oct.
1984

Oct.
1985P

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

117.2
1.1
3.5
1.1
3.1
21.2
35.2
29.5
6.5

123.3
1.0
3.6
1.1
3.1
21.9
38.5
30.8
6.7

123.1
1.0
3.8
1.1
3.1
21.9
38.8
30.9
6.7

500.3
3.9
10.0
5.4
12.6
105.8
169.1
73.0
24.4

531.1
4.2
10.9
5.7
12.8
112.4
182.0
74.9
26.7

533.0
4.1
10.7
5.7
12.9
112.3
182.2
75.8
26.8

513.2
4.9
22.1
5.2
9.0
122.2
138.9
84.8
14.5

521.6
4.9
21.3
5.0
9.4
125.0
143.6
87.8
14.4

526.9
4.9
21.6
5.3
9.2
126.3
146.0
88.1
14.4

Washington
Seattle

94.6
60.1

98.0
62.1

97.8
62.4

355.4
180.0

375.5
187.0

371.6
187.2

347.6
127.8

329.9
116.6

346.5
124.3

West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland
Parkersburg-Marietta
Wheeling

23.4
5.6
3.8
2.1
2.9

23.7
5.8
3.8
2.2
3.2

23.7
5.8
3.8
2.1
3.2

110.4
22.4
16.5
11.3
14.8

109.8
22.9
16.7
11.2
14.4

110.8
22.8
16.6
11.7
14.5

132.4
21.4
19.8
9.4
9.3

124.7
20.3
18.9
9.3
8.9

128.5
20.9
19.6
9.5
9.2

103.5
6.4
1.9
2.9
1.5
.9
1.3
14.3
44.4
2.2
1.8
3.8

107.4
6.6
1.9
2.9
1.6
.9
1.4
16.0
45.0
2.4
1.9
3.3

107.2
6.7
1.9
2.9
1.6
.9
1.4
16.2
44.7
2.3
1.9
3.3

411.4
22.9
10.7
17.6
10.0
7.3
12.1
37.6
163.9
12.3
6.6
7.0

426.2
24.3
11.1
17.9
9.8
7.2
12.8
39.1
168.5
12.2
7.2
7.2

422.8
24.2
11.1
17.8
9.8
7.3
12.8
39.1
169.0
12.2
7.1
7.0

322.8
15.9
10.5
10.5
6.4
6.2
7.2
58.0
79.7
7.9
5.3
5.7

319.2
14.8
10.0
9.8
6.0
6.4
6.9
57.2
78.9
7.8
5.7
5.3

330.0
15.5
10.5
10.1
6.3
6.5
7.1
57.7
81.5
8.0
5.8
5.6

8.0

8.0

7.9

31.0

38.0

35.5

50.0

52.5

53.8

90.9
7.1
66.9

259.8
15.0
15.7
15.0
153.9

249.9
14.0
15.0
14.1
147.4

255.2
14.4
15.2
14.4
150.2

6.1

13.6

13.2

13.3

Virginia
Bristol
Charlottesville
Danville
Lynchburg
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News
Northern Virginia
Richmond-Petersburg
Roanoke

Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville-Beloit
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
Sheboygan
Wausau
Wyoming
Puerto Rico
Caguas
Mayaguez
Ponce
San Juan
Virgin Islands
1

29.1

0
0
0

23.5
1.7

Not available.
= preliminary.
NOTE: Area definitions are published annually in the May issue of this

p




30.2

0
O
0

24.2
1.7

30.3

91.7

0
0

0
0
0

24.4

7.4
70.2

1.7

5.9

89.9

0
O

7.0
66.1
5.9

0
0

publication. All State and area data have been adjusted to March 1984
benchmarks.

77

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HISTORICAL HOURS AND EARNINGS
C-1. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural
payrolls by major industry, 1964 to date
Total private1
Year and
month

Construction

Mining

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

Weekly
hours

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

38.7
38.8
38.6
38.0
37.8
37.7

$2.36
2.46
2.56
2.68
2.85
3.04

$91.33
95.45
98.82
101.84
107.73
114.61

41.9
42.3
42.7
42.6
42.6
43.0

$2.81
2.92
3.05
3.19
3.35
3.60

$117.74
123.52
130.24
135.89
142.71
154.80

37.2
37.4
37.6
37.7
37.3
37.9

$3.55
3.70
3.89
4.11
4.41
4.79

$132.06
138.38
146.26
154.95
164.49
181.54

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

37.1
36.9
37.0
36.9
36.5
36.1
36.1
36.0
35.8
35.7

3.23
3.45
3.70
3.94
4.24
4.53
4.86
5.25
5.69
6.16

119.83
127.31
136.90
145.39
154.76
163.53
175.45
189.00
203.70
219.91

42.7
42.4
42.6
42.4
41.9
41.9
42.4
43.4
43.4
43.0

3.85
4.06
4.44
4.75
5.23
5.95
6.46
6.94
7.67
8.49

164.40
172.14
189.14
201.40
219.14
249.31
273.90
301.20
332.88
365.07

37.3
37.2
36.5
36.8
36.6
36.4
36.8
36.5
36.8
37.0

5.24
5.69
6.06
6.41
6.81
7.31
7.71
8.10
8.66
9.27

195.45
211.67
221.19
235.89
249.25
266.08
283.73
295.65
318.69
342.99

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984

35.3
35.2
34.8
35.0
35.3

6.66
7.25
7.68
8.02
8.33

235.10
255.20
267.26
280.70
294.05

43.3
43.7
42.7
42.5
43.3

9.17
10.04
10.77
11.28
11.63

397.06
438.75
459.88
479.40
503.58

37.0
36.9
36.7
37.1
37.7

9.94
10.82
11.63
11.94
12.12

367.78
399.26
426.82
442.97
456.92

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

Annual averages

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted
1984:
November.
December.
1985:
January
February ...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October" ...
November"

35.1
35.5

$8.43
8.46

$295.89
300.33

43.5
44.1

$11.63
11.70

$505.91
515.97

37.3
37.6

$12.10
12.26

$451.33
460.98

34.7
34.6
35.0
34.9
35.0
35.4
35.3
35.4
35.2
35.1
34.9

8.50
8.52
8.52
8.54
8.53
8.56
8.54
8.54
8.68
8.65
8.67

294.95
294.79
298.20
298.05
298.55
303.02
301.46
302.32
305.54
303.62
302.58

42.9
43.2
43.6
43.3
43.5
43.7
42.9
43.3
43.7
43.3
43.3

11.86
11.90
11.91
11.93
11.86
11.99
11.88
11.95
12.00
11.95
11.95

508.79
514.08
519.28
516.57
515.91
523.96
509.65
517.44
524.40
517.44
517.44

36.4
36.6
37.7
37.8
38.1
38.1
38.6
38.3
38.5
38.3
36.9

12.30
12.33
12.22
12.21
12.19
12.12
12.16
12.22
12.40
12.36
12.21

447.72
451.28
460.69
461.54
464.44
461.77
469.38
468.03
477.40
473.39
450.55

See footnotes at end of table.




79

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HISTORICAL HOURS AND EARNINGS
C-1. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural
payrolls by major industry, 1964 to date—Continued
Transportation and public
utilities

Manufacturing
Year and
month

Hourly
earnings,
excluding
overtime

Weekly
earnings

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

$3.03
3.11
3.23
3.42
3.63

$125.14
128.13
130.82
138.85
147.74

40.7
40.8
40.7
40.3
40.1
40.2

$2.52
2.61
2.73
2.88
3.05
3.23

$102.56
106.49
111.11
116.06
122.31
129.85

40.5
40.1
40.4
40.5
40.2
39.7
39.8
39.9
40.0
39.9

3.85
4.21
4.65
5.02
5.41
5.88
6.45
6.99
7.57
8.16

155.93
168.82
187.86
203.31
217.48
233.44
256.71
278.90
302.80
325.58

39.9
39.5
39.4
39.3
38.8
38.7
38.7
38.8
38.8
38.8

3.44
3.65
3.85
4.08
4.39
4.73
5.03
5.39
5.88
6.39

137.26
144.18
151.69
160.34
170.33
183.05
194.66
209.13
228.14
247.93

39.6
39.4
39.0
39.0
39.4

8.87
9.70
10.32
10.79
11.11

351.25
382.18
402.48
420.81
437.73

38.5
38.5
38.3
38.5
38.6

6.96
7.56
8.09
8.55
8.96

267.96
291.06
309.85
329.18
345.86

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

40.7
41.2
41.4
40.6
40.7
40.6

$2.53
2.61
2.71
2.82
3.01
3.19

$2.43
2.50
2.59
2.71
2.88
3.05

$102.97
107.53
112.19
114.49
122.51
129.51

41.3
41.2
40.5
40.6
40.7

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

39.8
39.9
40.5
40.7
40.0
39.5
40.1
40.3
40.4
40.2

3.35
3.57
3.82
4.09
4.42
4.83
5.22
5.68
6.17
6.70

3.23
3.45
3.66
3.91
4.25
4.67
5.02
5.44
5.91
6.43

133.33
142.44
154.71
166.46
176.80
190.79
209.32
228.90
249.27
269.34

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984

39.7
39.8
38.9
40.1
40.7

7.27
7.99
8.49
8.83
9.18

7.02
7.72
8.25
8.52
8.81

288.62
318.00
330.26
354.08
373.63

Weekly
earnings

Wholesale trade

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Annual averages

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted
1984:
November.
December.
1985:
January
February ...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October*" ...
November"

40.7
41.2

$9.31
9.40

$8.93
9.00

$378.92
387.28

39.5
39.5

$11.25
11.28

$444.38
445.56

38.7
38.9

$9.08
9.19

$351.40
357.49

40.3
39.7
40.4
40.1
40.3
40.6
40.1
40.4
40.8
40.7
40.8

9.43
9.43
9.45
9.48
9.48
9.50
9.53
9.48
9.55
9.54
9.62

9.07
9.07
9.09
9.13
9.13
9.13
9.17
9.10
9.14
9.15
9.22

380.03
374.37
381.78
380.15
382.04
385.70
382.15
382.99
389.64
388.28
392.50

38.9
39.1
39.3
39.2
39.3
39.7
39.5
39.9
39.7
39.5
39.2

11.26
11.27
11.24
11.27
11.24
11.32
11.35
11.40
11.52
11.47
11.53

438.01
440.66
441.73
441.78
441.73
449.40
448.33
454.86
457.34
453.07
451.98

38.4
38.2
38.5
38.4
38.7
38.9
38.8
38.8
38.8
38.7
38.6

9.16
9.22
9.19
9.24
9.24
9.28
9.27
9.25
9.33
9.24
9.32

351.74
352.20
353.82
354.82
357.59
360.99
359.68
358.90
362.00
357.59
359.75

See footnotes at end of table.




ESTABLISHMENT D A T M

HISTORICAL HOURS AND EARNINGS
C-1. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural
payrolls by major industry, 1964 to date—Continued
Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Retail trade
Year and
month

Services
Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

$85.79
88.91
92.13
95.72
101.75
108.70

(2)
35.9
35.5
35.1
34.7
34.7

(2)
$2.05
2.17
2.29
2.42
2.61

$73.60
77.04
80.38
83.97
90.57

3.07
3.22
3.36
3.53
3.77
4.06
4.27
4.54
4.89
5.27

112.67
117.85
122.98
129.20
137.61
148.19
155.43
165.26
178.00
190.77

34.4
33.9
33.9
33.8
33.6
33.5
33.3
33.0
32.8
32.7

2.81
3.04
3.27
3.47
3.75
4.02
4.31
4.65
4.99
5.36

96.66
103.06
110.85
117.29
126.00
134.67
143.52
153.45
163.67
175.27

5.79
6.31
6.78
7.29
7.62

209.60
229.05
245.44
263.90
278.13

32.6
32.6
32.6
32.7
32.8

5.85
6.41
6.92
7.31
7.64

190.71
208.97
225.59
239.04
250.59

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

Weekly
hours

1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

37.0
36.6
35.9
35.3
34.7
34.2

$1.75
1.82
1.91
2.01
2.16
2.30

$64.75
66.61
68.57
70.95
74.95
78.66

37.3
37.2
37.3
37.1
37.0
37.1

$2.30
2.39
2.47
2.58
2.75
2.93

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

33.8
33.7
33.4
33.1
32.7
32.4
32.1
31.6
31.0
30.6

2.44
2.60
2.75
2.91
3.14
3.36
3.57
3.85
4.20
4.53

82.47
87.62
91.85
96.32
102.68
108.86
114.60
121.66
130.20
138.62

36.7
36.6
36.6
36.6
36.5
36.5
36.4
36.4
36.4
36.2

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984

30.2
30.1
29.9
29.8
30.0

4.88
5.25
5.48
5.74
5.88

147.38
158.03
163.85
171.05
176.40

36.2
36.3
36.2
36.2
36.5

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

Annual averages

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted
1984:
November.
December.
1985:
January
February ...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October" ...
November15

29.7
30.5

$5.93
5.89

$176.12
179.65

29.1
29.1
29.4
29.4
29.8
30.2
30.4
30.3
29.7
29.4
29.3

5.97
5.99
5.97
5.96
5.97
5.94
5.93
5.91
5.99
5.97
6.01

173.73
174.31
175.52
175.22
177.91
179.39
180.27
179.07
177.90
175.52
176.09

1
Data relate to production workers in mining and
manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities;
wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate;
and services.
2
Not available.




36.4
36.7

$7.71
7.78

$280.64
285.53

32.7
32.9

$7.77
7.84

$254.08
257.94

36.4
36.4
36.4
36.4
36.3
36.7
36.3
36.3
36.4
36.2
36.1

7.77
7.87
7.87
7.85
7.83
7.95
7.87
7.90
8.03
8.01
8.03

282.83
286.47
286.47
285.74
284.23
291.77
285.68
286.77
292.29
289.96
289.88

32.5
32.6
32.6
32.6
32.7
33.0
33.1
33.1
32.8
32.8
32.6

7.84
7.87
7.87
7.89
7.88
7.91
7.86
7.87
8.04
8.04
8.09

254.80
256.56
256.56
257.21
257.68
261.03
260.17
260.50
263.71
263.71
263.73

p

= preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently
projected from March 1984 benchmark levels. When more
recent benchmark data are introduced, all unadjusted data
from April 1984 forward are subject to revision.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry

Industry

1972
SIC
Code

Total private ...
Mining .

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

35.1

35.1

35.2

35.1

34.9

43.2

43.5

43.7

43.3

43.3

Metal mining ...
Iron ores
Copper ores .

0
01
02

40.7
38.5
42.0

40.9
38.6
41.9

40.7
38.7
41.8

41.0
38.5
42.0

Coal mining
Bituminous coal and lignite mining ...

1,12
2

38.9
38.9

38.9
38.8

42.3
42.3

41.5
41.5

Oil and gas extraction
Crude petroleum, natural gas, and natural gas liquids
Oil and gas field services

3
31,2
38

44.5
42.2
45.4

45.0
42.7
45.9

44.1
42.2
44.9

43.7
41.7
44.6

Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels ....
Crushed and broken stone

4
42

45.3
46.7

45.3
46.6

45.7
47.5

45.1
46.1

38.0

37.3

38.5

38.3

37.6
37.1
38.6
38.1

37.4
36.9
39.2
37.7

Construction .

Average overtime hours

Average weekly hours
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

36.9

General building contractors
Residential building construction
Operative builders
Nonresidential building construction .

5
52
53
54

37.5
36.9
39.0
38.0

36.8
36.1
38.6
37.4

Heavy construction contractors
Highway and street construction
Heavy construction, except highway .

16
61
62

41.4
42.8
40.7

41.0
41.6
40.7

42.9
44.0
42.2

42.8
43.0
42.7

Special trade contractors
Plumbing, heating, and air conditioning ..,
Painting, paper hanging, and decorating
Electrical work
Masonry, stonework, and plastering
Carpentering and flooring
Roofing and sheet metal work

17
171
172
173
174
175
176

37.0
38.1
34.8
39.2
35.4
35.4
33.7

36.4
37.5
34.1
38.3
34.5
34.8
33.1

37.5
38.6
35.6
39.3
36.1
36.1
34.9

37.3
38.6
35.1
39.2
35.8
35.9
34.0

40.5

40.7

40.8

40.7

40.8

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.4

3.5

41.3

41.4

41.4

41.3

41.5

3.6

3.7

3.7

3.5

3.7

Manufacturing.
Durable goods .
Lumber and wood products
Logging camps and logging contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Sawmills and planing mills, general
Hardwood dimension and flooring
Millwork, plywood, and structural members .
Millwork
Wood kitchen cabinets
Hardwood veneer and plywood
Softwood veneer and plywood
Wood containers
Wood buildings and mobile homes
Mobile homes
Miscellaneous wood products

24
241
242
2421
2426
243
2431
2434
2435
2436
244
245
2451
249

39.8
39.1
40.3
40.4
40.1
40.3
40.0
40.1
39.8
41.3
38.4
38.4
38.3
40.4

39.2
37.3
39.8
39.9
39.9
40.1
39.3
40.8
39.9
41.1
37.7
37.0
36.8
40.0

40.6
40.5
41.0
41.3
39.7
41.1
42.0
39.9
40.0
41.6
38.6
39.4
39.5
40.6

40.4
41.3
41.0
41.2
40.3
40.3
40.7
39.0
39.4
41.7
38.6
39.0
39.1
40.4

39.6

3.1
3.5
3.5
3.8
2.5
3.1
2.4
3.2
2.9
4.0
2.2
2.3
2.2
3.0

2.9
3.3
3.4
3.6
2.6
2.9
2.0
3.3
2.7
3.9
2.0
1.7
1.5
2.9

3.6
3.6
3.9
4.2
2.7
3.8
3.8
3.2
3.0
4.8
2.4
2.9
2.7
3.4

3.4
4.1
3.7
3.9
2.9
3.3
3.0
2.7
2.7
4.7
2.2
2.5
2.4
3.3

Furniture and fixtures
Household furniture
Wood household furniture
Upholstered household furniture ....
Metal household furniture
Mattresses and bedsprings
Office furniture
Public building and related furniture .
Partitions and fixtures
Miscellaneous furniture and fixtures .

25
251
2511
2512
2514
2515
252
253
254
259

40.2
39.7
40.0
39.7
39.8
38.7
42.0
40.0
40.6
40.4

40.1
39.5
40.0
38.8
40.6
37.8
42.6
40.2
40.2
40.7

39.8
39.2
39.4
38.6
40.0
39.4
40.7
40.6
41.3
40.7

39.9
39.3
39.8
38.9
40.4
38.3
40.7
40.8
41.1
41.4

39.7

2.8
2.5
2.8
2.3
2.3
1.8
3.9
2.5
3.4
2.4

2.6
2.3
2.6
2.0
2.6
1.2
4.0
3.1
3.2
2.4

2.7
2.2
2.2
2.0
3.1
2.6
3.1
3.2
4.1
2.6

2.7
2.4
2.6
2.2
3.0
2.2
2.7
3.2
3.5
3.4

Stone, clay, and glass products
Flat glass

32
321
322

42.2
45.2
41.0

42.0
44.0
41.0

42.5
46.4
41.0

42.5
45.5
41.1

41.9

4.9
5.9
4.3

4.8
5.6
4.2

5.3
7.9
4.4

5.2
6.9
4.3

Glass and glassware, pressed or blown .
See footnotes at end of table.

82



ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

1972
SIC
Code

Total private
Mining

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

$8.40

$8.43

$8.68

$8.65

$8.67 $294.84 $295.89 $305.54 $303.62 $302.58

11.58

11.63

12.00

11.95

11.95 500.26

505.91

524.40

517.44

517.44

Metal mining
Iron ores
Copper ores

10
101
102

13.26
13.00
13.72

13.27
13.13
13.62

13.44
13.19
13.56

13.45
13.32
13.63

539.68
500.50
576.24

542.74
506.82
570.68

547.01
510.45
566.81

551.45
512.82
572.46

Coal mining
Bituminous coal and lignite mining

11,12
12

14.85
14.92

15.11
15.18

15.20
15.24

15.10
15.14

577.67
580.39

587.78
588.98

642.96
644.65

626.65
628.31

Oil and gas extraction
13
Crude petroleum, natural gas, and natural gas liquids . 131,2
Oil and gas field services
138

10.72
12.71
9.97

10.76
12.84
9.98

11.10
13.45
10.17

11.06
13.23
10.18

477.04
536.36
452.64

484.20
548.27
458.08

489.51
567.59
456.63

483.32
551.69
454.03

9.97
9.42

10.00
9.34

10.25
9.87

10.25
9.85

451.64
439.91

453.00
435.24

468.43
468.83

462.28
454.09

12.23

12.10

12.40

12.36

12.21 464.74

451.33

477.40

473.39

15
152
153
154

11.03
10.32
9.16
11.86

10.94
10.23
9.17
11.75

11.35
10.79
9.21
12.04

11.30
10.75
9.25
11.98

413.63
380.81
357.24
450.68

402.59
369.30
353.96
439.45

426.76
400.31
355.51
458.72

422.62
396.68
362.60
451.65

16
161
162

11.94
11.15
12.40

11.70
10.66
12.24

12.22
11.72
12.53

12.11
11.62
12.39

494.32
477.22
504.68

479.70
443.46
498.17

524.24
515.68
528.77

518.31
499.66
529.05

17
171
172
173
174
175
176

12.88
12.94
11.81
14.40
12.85
11.96
11.35

12.77
12.90
11.65
14.34
12.77
11.87
11.16

12.93
13.13
12.11
14.35
13.06
12.04
11.59

12.92
13.13
12.04
14.37
13.00
12.10
11.51

476.56
493.01
410.99
564.48
454.89
423.38
382.50

464.83
483.75
397.27
549.22
440.57
413.08
369.40

484.88
506.82
431.12
563.96
471.47
434.64
404.49

481.92
506.82
422.60
563.30
465.40
434.39
391.34

9.24

9.31

9.55

9.54

9.62 374.22

378.92

389.64

388.28

392.50

9.78

9.85

10.15

10.14

10.21 403.91

407.79

420.21

418.78

423.72

Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels
Crushed and broken stone

14
142

Construction
General building contractors
Residential building construction
Operative builders
Nonresidential building construction
Heavy construction contractors
Highway and street construction
Heavy construction, except highway
Special trade contractors
Plumbing, heating, and air conditioning
Painting, paper hanging, and decorating
Electrical work
Masonry, stonework, and plastering
Carpentering and flooring
Roofing and sheet metal work
Manufacturing
Durable goods

450.55

Lumber and wood products
Logging camps and logging contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Sawmills and planing mills, general
Hardwood dimension and flooring
Millwork, plywood, and structural members
Millwork
Wood kitchen cabinets
Hardwood veneer and plywood
Softwood veneer and plywood
Wood containers
Wood buildings and mobile homes
Mobile homes
Miscellaneous wood products

24
241
242
2421
2426
243
2431
2434
2435
2436
244
245
2451
249

8.11
11.06
8.42
8.89
5.90
7.85
7.98
7.15
6.32
9.82
5.75
7.11
7.18
6.82

8.06
10.79
8.42
8.91
5.91
7.87
8.05
7.11
6.33
9.81
5.68
7.11
7.15
6.84

8.31
11.12
8.60
9.02
6.32
8.13
8.42
7.19
6.65
9.90
5.88
7.42
7.48
7.09

8.28
11.11
8.53
8.96
6.29
8.10
8.29
7.23
6.77
9.82
5.84
7.37
7.42
7.04

8.28 322.78
432.45
339.33
359.16
236.59
316.36
319.20
286.72
251.54
405.57
220.80
273.02
274.99
275.53

315.95
402.47
335.12
355.51
235.81
315.59
316.37
290.09
252.57
403.19
214.14
263.07
263.12
273.60

337.39
450.36
352.60
372.53
250.90
334.14
353.64
286.88
266.00
411.84
226.97
292.35
295.46
287.85

334.51
458.84
349.73
369.15
253.49
326.43
337.40
281.97
266.74
409.49
225.42
287.43
290.12
284.42

327.89

Furniture and fixtures
Household furniture
Wood household furniture
Upholstered household furniture
Metal household furniture
Mattresses and bedsprings
Office furniture
Public building and related furniture
Partitions and fixtures
Miscellaneous furniture and fixtures

25
251
2511
2512
2514
2515
252
253
254
259

6.93
6.39
5.85
6.93
6.71
7.00
7.72
7.50
8.25
7.35

6.95
6.38
5.86
6.92
6.60
7.03
7.79
7.44
8.34
7.39

7.29
6.65
6.13
7.21
7.04
7.05
8.18
7.79
8.84
7.70

7.30
6.66
6.15
7.22
7.09
7.02
8.18
7.73
8.91
7.74

7.32 278.59
253.68
234.00
275.12
267.06
270.90
324.24
300.00
334.95
296.94

278.70
252.01
234.40
268.50
267.96
265.73
331.85
299.09
335.27
300.77

290.14
260.68
241.52
278.31
281.60
277.77
332.93
316.27
365.09
313.39

291.27
261.74
244.77
280.86
286.44
268.87
332.93
315.38
366.20
320.44

290.60

Stone, clay, and glass products
Flat glass
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown

32
321
322

9.64
13.04
10.54

9.67
13.30
10.61

9.90
14.22
10.80

9.85
14.02
10.77

9.87 406.81
589.41
432.14

406.14
585.20
435.01

420.75
659.81
442.80

418.63
637.91
442.65

413.55

See footnotes at end of table.




83

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricuitural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

SIC
uoae

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Durable goods—Continued
Stone, clay, and glass products—Continued
Glass containers
Pressed and blown glass, nee
Products of purchased glass
Cement, hydraulic
Structural clay products
Pottery and related products
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products ....
Concrete block and brick
Concrete products, nee
Ready-mixed concrete
Misc. nonmetallic mineral products
Abrasive products
Asbestos products

3221
3229
323
324
325
326
327
3271
3272
3273
329
3291
3292

40.6
41.6
41.4
40.3
42.0
39.8
43.7
44.5
43.4
43.3
41.7
40.5
42.9

40.8
41.3
41.3
40.9
41.8
39.5
43.2
44.0
43.2
42.5
42.3
42.1
43.2

41.6
40.3
41.3
40.9
41.2
39.9
44.8
45.9
44.5
44.1
40.9
38.9
40.8

41.7
40.3
41.3
41.3
41.1
40.3
44.5
46.0
44.7
43.3
41.2
39.1
42.2

Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products ...
Blast furnaces and steel mills
Steel pipe and tubes
Iron and steel foundries
Gray iron foundries
Malleable iron foundries
Steel foundries, nee
Primary nonferrous metals
Primary aluminum
Nonferrous rolling and drawing
Copper rolling and drawing
Aluminum sheet, plate, and foil
Nonferrous wire drawing and insulating .
Nonferrous foundries
Aluminum foundries

33
331
3312
3317
332
3321
3322
3325
333
3334
335
3351
3353
3357
336
3361

40.9
39.4
38.8
40.7
40.9
41.2
40.3
39.0
42.2
43.1
42.6
43.0
41.7
42.9
42.0
42.3

41.4
40.4
40.0
41.7
40.7
40.7
40.1
39.3
42.6
42.7
43.0
42.1
42.9
43.0
42.1
42.6

41.7
41.2
41.1
42.3
41.4
41.4
39.0
41.7
41.7
41.8
42.4
41.5
42.4
42.4
42.1
42.4

41.4
40.9
40.7
42.4
41.1
41.2
38.5
41.0
41.8
42.7
42.3
42.3
41.9
41.9
41.8
42.2

41.3
42.5
42.5
40.5
40.0
40.5
39.3
38.8
40.2
41.2
41.8
40.8
41.6
40.4
40.2
42.7
41.9
43.6
42.4
42.3
43.9
41.0
41.0
40.4
42.3
41.0
39.6
40.6
40.9
40.1

41.3
42.5
42.5
40.5
40.3
40.5
39.3
38.7
40.3
41.2
41.4
40.7
42.6
40.1
40.4
42.6
42.2
43.1
42.3
41.7
44.1
40.6
41.0
40.6
42.0
41.0
40.0
40.7
41.1
40.2

41.6
44.2
44.7
41.2
40.9
41.1
41.1
40.8
40.8
41.6
43.2
42.1
41.7
40.0
39.3
41.9
41.3
42.4
42.8
42.0
44.7
40.9
40.7
40.0
42.1
41.7
40.7
40.3
39.8
40.4

41.7
41.2
41.3
41.2
39.4
39.7

42.0
42.2
42.6
42.0
39.6
39.3

41.6
41.2
41.3
41.2
40.5
41.1

34
Fabricated metal products
Metal cans and shipping containers
341
3411
Metal cans
342
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware
Hand and edge tools, and hand saws and blades .. 3423,5
Hardware, nee
3429
343
Plumbing and heating, except electric
3432
Plumbing fittings and brass goods
3433
Heating equipment, except electric
344
Fabricated structural metal products
3441
Fabricated structural metal
3442
Metal doors, sash, and trim
3443
Fabricated plate work (boiler shops)
3444
Sheet metal work
3446
Architectural metal work
345
Screw machine products, bolts, etc
3451
Screw machine products
3452
Bolts, nuts, rivets, and washers
346
Metal forgings and stampings
3462
Iron and steel forgings
3465
Automotive stampings
3469
Metal stampings, nee
347
Metal services, nee
3471
Plating and polishing
3479
Metal coating and allied services
348
Ordnance and accessories, nee
3483
Ammunition, except for small arms, nee
349
Misc. fabricated metal products
3494
Valves and pipe fittings
3496
Misc. fabricated wire products
Machinery, except electrical
Engines and turbines
Turbines and turbine generator sets .
Internal combustion engines, nee
Farm and garden machinery
Farm machinery and equipment
See footnotes at end of table.

84



35
351
3511
3519
352
3523

Average overtime hours

Average weekly hours

1972
Industry

Nov.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

5.0
3.5
4.0
2.6
3.9
2.8
6.8
6.8
6.3
6.9
4.2
2.7
4.4

4.9
3.4
3.6
2.9
4.0
3.1
6.4
6.2
6.0
6.6
4.2
3.3
3.8

5.4
3.1
3.6
3.3
3.9
2.9
7.4
7.5
6.6
7.6
3.9
1.8
3.4

5.3
3.1
3.1
3.3
4.1
3.1
7.3
7.7
6.8
7.3
3.8
1.8
4.0

42.0
41.7
-

3.6
2.4
2.2
2.9
3.7
4.2
2.7
2.2
3.3
3.4
5.3
5.0
5.3
5.8
3.9
4.1

3.6
2.4
2.2
2.8
3.6
3.9
3.0
2.1
3.7
3.5
5.4
4.4
6.3
5.8
3.9
4.3

3.9
3.4
3.4
3.8
3.8
4.3
2.0
3.2
3.4
3.5
5.0
3.5
5.7
5.2
4.0
4.5

3.8
3.3
3.4
3.4
3.6
4.2
1.9
2.7
3.4
3.4
5.0
4.3
5.4
5.0
3.5
4.0

41.5
42.9
43.1
41.1
40.8
40.9
40.8
40.6
40.4
41.3
43.6
41.0
41.0
39.9
39.4
42.0
41.3
42.8
43.1
41.5
45.2
41.2
41.1
40.9
41.7
41.3
40.7
40.3
39.9
40.6

41.5
-

3.6
5.1
5.2
3.1
2.5
3.4
1.9
1.4
2.5
3.4
4.0
2.7
3.5
3.3
2.5
4.9
4.3
5.4
4.6
4.2
5.7
3.6
3.8
3.4
4.8
3.0
2.0
2.8
3.0
2.5

3.6
4.9
5.0
2.8
2.4
3.0
2.1
1.8
2.5
3.4
3.7
2.7
3.8
3.1
2.6
4.8
4.4
5.2
4.6
4.1
6.0
3.3
3.7
3.2
4.8
2.9
2.2
2.8
3.0
2.7

3.8
6.5
6.9
3.4
2.6
3.8
3.2
3.0
3.0
3.7
4.7
3.7
3.5
2.9
3.1
4.1
3.4
4.8
4.6
3.9
6.2
3.1
3.5
3.0
4.5
3.1
3.0
2.8
2.8
2.7

3.6
5.1
5.3
3.2
2.5
3.6
2.8
2.6
2.7
3.5
4.4
3.3
3.1
2.8
3.6
4.2
3.4
5.0
4.5
3.3
6.2
3.0
3.7
3.4
4.5
2.6
2.4
2.6
2.3
2.7

41.4
41.6
42.2
41.4
40.4
40.7

41.7

3.6
3.7
5.3
3.2
1.8
1.9

3.8
4.2
5.7
3.7
2.1
1.9

3.5
3.3
5.0
2.7
2.6
2.9

3.3
3.8
6.0
2.9
2.3
2.6

Nov.
1985P

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

Durable goods—Continued
Stone, clay, and glass products—Continued
Glass containers
Pressed and blown glass, nee
Products of purchased glass
Cement, hydraulic
Structural clay products
Pottery and related products
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products
Concrete block and brick
Concrete products, nee
Ready-mixed concrete
Misc. nonmetallic mineral products
Abrasive products
Asbestos products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Blast furnaces and steel mills
Steel pipe and tubes
Iron and steel foundries
Gray iron foundries
Malleable iron foundries
Steel foundries, nee
Primary nonferrous metals
Primary aluminum
Nonferrous rolling and drawing
Copper rolling and drawing
Aluminum sheet, plate, and foil
Nonferrous wire drawing and insulating
Nonferrous foundries
Aluminum foundries

1972
SIC
Code

3221

3229
323
324
325
326
327
3271
3272
3273
329
3291
3292
33
331

3312
3317
332
3321
3322
3325
333
3334
335
3351
3353
3357
336
3361

34
Fabricated metal products
341
Metal cans and shipping containers
3411
Metal cans
342
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware
Hand and edge tools, and hand saws and blades .. 3423,5
Hardware, nee
3429
343
Plumbing and heating, except electric
3432
Plumbing fittings and brass goods
3433
Heating equipment, except electric
344
Fabricated structural metal products
3441
Fabricated structural metal
3442
Metal doors, sash, and trim
3443
Fabricated plate work (boiler shops)
3444
Sheet metal work
3446
Architectural metal work
345
Screw machine products, bolts, etc
3451
Screw machine products
3452
Bolts, nuts, rivets, and washers
346
Metal forgings and stampings
3462
Iron and steel forgings
3465
Automotive stampings
3469
Metal stampings, nee
347
Metal services, nee
3471
Plating and polishing
3479
Metal coating and allied services
348
Ordnance and accessories, nee
3483
Ammunition, except for small arms, nee
349
Misc. fabricated metal products
3494
Valves and pipe fittings
3496
Misc. fabricated wire products
Machinery, except electrical
Engines and turbines
Turbines and turbine generator sets
Internal combustion engines, nee
Farm and garden machinery
Farm machinery and equipment
See footnotes at end of table.




35
351

3511
3519
352
3523

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

$11.04 $11.08 $11.27 $11.17
9.95 10.06 10.19 10.25
8.57
8.15
8.47
8.18
13.34 13.05
13.52 13.72
8.08
7.81
8.09
7.73
8.74
8.29
8.79
8.13
9.69
9.47
9.63
9.56
8.29
7.95
8.24
8.04
8.54
8.37
8.48
8.46
10.55 10.43 10.67 10.63
9.99
9.71
9.62
9.97
9.22
9.07
9.27
9.17
9.72
9.67 10.03 10.06

Nov.
1985P

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

$448.22
413.92
338.65
544.86
324.66
323.57
417.77
357.78
367.16
456.82
401.15
367.34
416.99

$452.06
415.48
336.60
561.15
326.46
327.46
409.10
349.80
361.58
443.28
410.73
386.06
417.74

$468.83 $465.79
410.66 413.08
353.94 349.81
545.61 538.97
332.90 332.50

408.59
358.66
409.22

379.06
460.28
410.76
362.46
424.53

348.73
434.11
380.51
380.03
470.55

Nov.
1985P

354.24
428.54
379.04

11.36
12.86
13.42
10.60
10.23
10.60
10.97
9.50
13.53
13.94
10.92
9.92
13.61
10.59
9.19
9.48

11.49
12.99
13.56
10.63
10.33
10.73
10.98
9.59
13.74
14.30
11.09
9.92
14.14
10.67
9.19
9.44

11.69
13.45
14.11
10.78
10.56
11.04
11.28
9.71
13.66
14.16
11.04
9.87
13.59
10.88
9.30
9.50

11.62 $11.77 464.62
13.38 13.54 506.68
14.08
520.70
10.55
431.42
10.51
418.41
10.99
436.72
11.16
442.09
370.50
9.63
570.97
13.65
600.81
14.13
465.19
10.98
426.56
9.94
567.54
13.49
454.31
10.83
385.98
9.24
401.00
9.39

475.69
524.80
542.40
443.27
420.43
436.71
440.30
376.89
585.32
610.61
476.87
417.63
606.61
458.81
386.90
402.14

487.47
554.14
579.92
455.99
437.18
457.06
439.92
404.91
569.62
591.89
468.10
409.61
576.22
461.31
391.53
402.80

481.07 $494.34
547.24 564.62
573.06
447.32
431.96
452.79
429.66
394.83
570.57
603.35
464.45
420.46
565.23
453.78
386.23
396.26

9.40
12.53
13.25
9.33
8.55
9.74
8.51
8.13
8.44
8.92
9.48
7.20
9.91
9.17
8.90
8.93
8.25
9.61
10.91
11.99
12.76
8.50
7.54
7.44
7.75
10.01
9.64
8.77
9.42
7.89

9.44
12.53
13.24
9.34
8.63
9.70
8.47
8.14
8.45
8.93
9.29
7.29
9.99
9.15
8.99
8.94
8.29
9.59
11.05
12.14
12.91
8.50
7.56
7.46
7.78
10.03
9.67
8.81
9.45
7.98

9.70
13.32
14.06
9.77

12.96
13.69

389.87
532.53
562.70
378.27
347.79
392.85
332.87
315.02
340.54
367.92
384.61
296.70
425.57
366.92
363.20
380.84
349.84
413.33
467.42
506.24
569.33
345.10
309.96
302.88
326.76
411.23
386.80
358.57
388.40
320.80

403.52
588.74
628.48
402.52
364.01
422.92
357.16
344.35
345.58
373.15
405.65
307.75
417.83
377.60
328.16
385.90
353.94
417.22
493.06
516.60
605.24
358.28
316.65
304.40
342.27
432.01
409.44
361.09
381.68
326.03

401.72
555.98
590.04
400.31
364.34
417.59
354.55
344.69
341.78
370.87
408.97
302.99
412.05
373.46
330.17
386.82
356.83
418.16
498.67
506.30
615.62
362.15
321.40
314.11
338.60
424.98
405.78
359.88
381.44
327.64

402.97

9.56
8.07

9.71 388.22
532.53
563.13
377.87
342.00
394.47
334.44
315.44
339.29
367.50
396.26
293.76
412.26
370.47
357.78
381.31
345.68
419.00
462.58
507.18
560.16
348.50
309.14
300.58
327.83
410.41
381.74
356.06
385.28
316.39

10.02
12.91
12.69
12.99
9.85
10.34

10.07
13.09
12.72
13.22
9.67
10.28

10.39
12.95
13.01
12.92
10.15
10.90

10.40
12.95
13.01
12.93
10.23
11.07

10.48 417.83
531.89
524.10
535.19
388.09
410.50

422.94
552.40
541.87
555.24
382.93
404.00

432.22
533.54
537.31
532.30
411.08
447.99

430.56
538.72
549.02
535.30
413.29
450.55

437.02

9.68

8.90

9.74
8.93

10.29

10.21

8.69
8.44
8.47
8.97
9.39

8.69
8.49
8.46

7.31
10.02
9.44

7.39
10.05
9.36
8.38
9.21
8.64
9.77
11.57
12.20

8.35

9.21
8.57
9.84
11.52
12.30
13.54
8.76
7.78

7.61
8.13
10.36

10.06
8.96
9.59
8.07

8.98
9.38

13.62

8.79
7.82
7.68

8.12
10.29
9.97
8.93

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

Durable goods—Continued
Machinery, except electrical—Continued
Construction and related machinery
Construction machinery
Mining machinery
Oil field machinery
Conveyors and conveying equipment...
Industrial trucks and tractors
Metalworking machinery
Machine tools, metal cutting types
Machine tools, metal forming types
Special dies, tools, jigs, and fixtures
Machine tool accessories
Power driven hand tools
Special industry machinery
Food products machinery
Textile machinery
Printing trades machinery
General industrial machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Ball and roller bearings
Air and gas compressors
Blowers and fans
Speed changers, drives, and gears
Power transmission equipment, nee
Office and computing machines
Electronic computing equipment
Refrigeration and service machinery
Refrigeration and heating equipment....
Misc. machinery, except electrical
Carburetors, pistons, rings, and valves
Machinery, except electrical, nee
Electrical and electronic equipment
Electric distributing equipment
Transformers
Switchgear and switchboard apparatus
Electrical industrial apparatus
Motors and generators
Industrial controls
Household appliances
Household refrigerators and freezers
Household laundry equipment
Electric housewares and fans
Electric lighting and wiring equipment
Electric lamps
Current-carrying wiring devices
Noncurrent-carrying wiring devices
Residential lighting fixtures
Radio and TV receiving equipment
Radio and TV receiving sets
Communication equipment
Telephone and telegraph apparatus
Radio and TV communication equipment .
Electronic components and accessories
Electronic tubes
Semiconductors and related devices
Electronic components, nee
Misc. electrical equipment and supplies
Storage batteries
Engine electrical equipment

See footnotes at end of table.

86



1972
SIC
Code

Average overtime hours

Average weekly hours
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

353
3531
3532
3533
3535
3537
354
3541
3542
3544
3545
3546
355
3551
3552
3555
356
3561
3562
3563
3564
3566
3568
357
3573
358
3585
359
3592
3599

41.6
41.5
40.5
42.5
40.8
41.1
43.0
42.6
42.6
44.0
41.7
42.1
41.6
41.5
41.1
41.9
41.6
41.2
43.5
41.0
40.3
41.2
40.6
41.9
41.7
41.4
41.5
41.5
41.9
41.4

42.1
41.4
41.1
43.2
41.7
42.1
42.9
42.8
42.8
43.6
41.8
42.5
42.2
42.5
41.3
42.5
41.8
40.9
43.2
42.0
41.3
41.0
40.8
42.6
42.6
41.3
41.3
41.8
41.0
41.9

42.0
42.6
41.3
42.6
40.8
40.2
42.5
42.5
42.7
43.5
41.2
41.0
41.6
41.8
40.5
40.6
41.2
40.3
43.1
41.4
40.0
41.0
41.0
42.4
42.5
40.5
40.6
41.0
41.9
40.9

41.6
42.2
41.0
42.1
41.4
39.1
42.2
42.6
42.1
43.1
40.8
40.5
41.4
41.8
40.8
40.7
40.9
40.1
42.6
40.7
40.6
40.5
40.3
41.9
42.0
40.3
40.4
41.0
42.0
40.9

36
361
3612
3613
362
3621
3622
363
3632
3633
3634
364
3641
3643
3644
3645
365
3651
366
3661
3662
367
3671-3
3674
3679
369
3691
3694

40.9
41.3
42.2
40.6
40.8
41.0
40.0
40.1
40.2
39.5
40.2
40.5
42.3
40.3
41.7
39.0
39.7
39.8
41.5
41.8
41.3
40.8
41.6
41.1
40.9
41.8
43.4
41.6

41.2
41.9
42.7
41.2
40.8
41.0
40.3
39.7
38.3
38.6
40.8
40.6
42.1
40.3
41.7
38.8
39.8
40.1
42.0
42.8
41.6
41.2
42.9
41.5
41.1
41.7
43.2
41.4

40.6
40.8
41.5
40.2
40.4
40.6
39.8
40.5
39.8
40.4
40.9
40.1
39.7
39.9
40.5
38.8
40.3
39.5
41.2
40.3
41.6
40.3
41.2
40.5
40.5
41.5
44.1
41.5

40.6
41.1
41.9
40.4
40.4
40.7
39.7
40.4
39.4
40.0
41.3
40.3
40.2
39.9
41.3
39.7
40.3
39.1
41.2
39.9
41.6
40.0
40.8
40.2
40.3
41.6
44.4
41.4

Nov.
1985P

41.1

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

3.0
2.5
2.4
3.5
3.7
2.9
5.0
4.3
4.4
6.0
4.1
4.6
3.7
3.1
2.9
3.9
3.5
3.0
4.5
3.3
3.4
3.9
3.4
3.1
3.1
3.5
3.5
3.9
3.2
4.0

3.1
2.5
2.7
3.4
3.9
3.4
5.2
4.6
4.6
6.1
4.2
5.1
4.0
3.6
2.8
3.9
3.6
3.0
4.3
3.9
3.0
3.6
3.5
3.4
3.5
3.5
3.5
4.0
3.0
4.1

3.1
2.7
2.9
3.8
2.8
3.1
4.7
4.6
4.6
5.6
3.4
3.2
3.9
3.2
2.5
3.9
3.3
2.7
4.7
3.2
2.3
3.3
3.2
2.9
2.9
3.1
3.2
3.8
4.7
3.7

2.9
2.5
2.7
3.5
3.6
2.5
4.4
4.1
4.5
5.4
3.1
2.5
3.7
3.1
2.8
3.9
2.9
2.1
4.0
3.0
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.3
2.3
2.7
3.0
3.9
4.8
3.8

3.0
3.2
4.0
2.5
3.0
3.2
2.4
2.3
2.1
1.4
2.8
2.6
3.4
2.5
2.6
1.8
2.7
2.8
3.0
3.4
2.8
3.2
2.1
3.8
3.3
3.4
4.2
3.5

3.2
3.6
4.5
2.7
3.0
3.3
2.7
2.8
2.3
1.1
3.1
2.9
3.3
2.5
3.1
2.4
2.8
2.8
3.2
3.8
3.0
3.3
2.8
4.1
3.3
3.5
4.0
3.7

2.8
3.1
3.4
2.9
2.5
2.7
2.2
3.0
3.1
1.8
3.5
2.6
2.3
2.4
2.0
1.7
3.4
2.8
2.7
2.2
2.9
2.6
1.9
2.6
2.9
3.3
4.2
3.8

2.7
3.1
3.3
3.0
2.6
2.9
2.0
2.7
2.6
1.2
3.3
2.5
2.5
2.0
2.3
2.1
3.1
2.4
2.5
1.5
2.9
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.5
3.6
5.0
3.7

Nov.
1985P

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

Durable goods—Continued
Machinery, except electrical—Continued
Construction and related machinery
Construction machinery
Mining machinery
Oil field machinery
Conveyors and conveying equipment
Industrial trucks and tractors
Metalworking machinery
Machine tools, metal cutting types
Machine tools, metal forming types
Special dies, tools, jigs, and fixtures
Machine tool accessories
Power driven hand tools
Special industry machinery
Food products machinery
Textile machinery
Printing trades machinery
General industrial machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Ball and roller bearings
Air and gas compressors
Blowers and fans
Speed changers, drives, and gears
Power transmission equipment, nee
Office and computing machines
Electronic computing equipment
Refrigeration and service machinery
Refrigeration and heating equipment
Misc. machinery, except electrical
Carburetors, pistons, rings, and valves ...
Machinery, except electrical, nee
Electrical and electronic equipment
Electric distributing equipment
Transformers
Switchgear and switchboard apparatus ...
Electrical industrial apparatus
Motors and generators
Industrial controls
Household appliances
Household refrigerators and freezers
Household laundry equipment
Electric housewares and fans
Electric lighting and wiring equipment
Electric lamps
Current-carrying wiring devices
Noncurrent-carrying wiring devices
Residential lighting fixtures
Radio and TV receiving equipment
Radio and TV receiving sets
Communication equipment
Telephone and telegraph apparatus
Radio and TV communication equipment
Electronic components and accessories ...
Electronic tubes
Semiconductors and related devices
Electronic components, nee
Misc. electrical equipment and supplies ....
Storage batteries
Engine electrical equipment

1972
SIC
Code

353
3531
3532
3533
3535
3537
354
3541
3542
3544
3545

3546
355
3551
3552
3555
356
3561
3562
3563
3564
3566
3568
357
3573
358
3585

359
3592
3599
36
361
3612
3613
362
3621
3622

363
3632
3633
3634
364
3641
3643
3644
3645
365
3651
366

3661
3662
367
3671-3
3674

3679
369
3691
3694

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

$10.68 $10.69 $11.03 $11.03
12.06 12.06
11.58
11.62
11.51
11.55
11.22
11.28
10.73 11.23 11.24
10.70
9.86
9.71
9.75
9.66
9.29
9.30
9.40
9.16
10.67
10.67
10.23
10.28
10.80
10.76
10.41
10.35
10.96
11.04
10.63
10.57
10.89
11.40
11.41
10.92
9.27
9.62
9.30
9.60
8.07
8.19
8.22
8.25
10.31
9.82
10.29
9.92
10.54
10.52
10.33
10.21
8.08
8.03
7.81
7.75
9.90
10.07 10.73 10.85
9.84
9.92 10.15 10.14
10.37
10.43 10.75 10.70
9.99 10.05 10.52 10.40
10.27
10.25
10.26
10.39
9.00
9.01
8.94
8.85
10.44
10.38
10.52 10.59
9.94 10.11 10.14 10.07

9.09
9.03
9.76
10.06
9.68

9.07
9.00
9.93

9.45
9.44

9.46
9.43

10.20

10.15
10.55

9.43

10.56
10.02
12.68
9.62

12.67
9.66

9.15
8.89

9.20
8.89

9.55
8.81

9.56
8.93

9.00

8.96
8.83

8.69

8.84

8.79

9.27
9.22

9.29
9.24

9.02
9.53

9.11

9.12

8.92
9.52
9.49
9.20
9.30

11.58
9.38

10.29
9.71
11.55

8.96

8.93

10.37
10.63

10.40
10.67
6.86

6.79
8.46
9.77
7.84
8.86
6.57
8.80
9.12
11.00
10.88
11.07

8.56
9.82
7.89

10.04

9.01
6.59
8.98
9.28
11.04
10.91
11.10
7.98
10.09

9.30
7.28

9.35
7.31

10.05
10.68
10.61

10.17
10.68
10.84

7.93

10.47
10.93

7.19
8.70
9.94
8.09
9.07
6.53

9.35
9.76
11.34

10.95
11.50
8.42

10.78
9.76
7.76
10.48
10.83
11.23

10.05

9.52
9.13
9.17
10.44
10.97
7.14
8.71

9.93
8.14
9.09
6.54

9.41
9.87
11.37
10.86
11.56
8.41
10.77

9.70
7.78
10.47
10.99
11.09

Nov.
1985P

Oct.
1984

$444.29
482.23
456.84
454.75
394.13
376.48

439.89
440.91
450.28
479.16
386.56

339.75
408.51
423.72
318.53
414.81
409.34
427.24
434.57
420.25

362.70
427.66
403.56
380.87

376.55
404.06
417.49
401.72
485.20
388.33

$9.63 374.24
367.16
379.80
356.87
378.22
378.02
364.40
359.30
416.87
419.89
272.96
342.63
413.27
315.95
369.46
256.23
349.36
362.98
456.50
454.78
457.19
323.54
417.66
382.23
297.75
420.09
463.51
441.38

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

$450.05 $463.26
479.41 513.76
461.14 477.02
463.54 478.40
406.58 396.17
391.11 377.88
441.01 453.48
445.55 457.30
454.96 471.41
476.11 496.34
388.74 396.34
350.63 337.02
418.62 428.06

439.03
322.55
427.98
414.66
426.59
434.16
436.38
365.51
428.04

412.49
386.38
383.40

439.74
325.22
435.64
418.18
433.23
453.41
425.18
357.60
431.32
415.74
400.68

401.20

410.11
424.98
405.88
473.55
395.12

413.10
428.74
410.82
531.29
393.46

379.04
372.49
382.59
363.80
379.03
378.84
367.54
354.52
398.32
411.86
279.89
347.54
413.42
317.97
375.72
255.69
357.40
372.13
463.68
466.95
461.76
328.78
432.86
388.03
300.44
424.09
461.38
448.78

387.73
359.45
360.64
358.58
384.61
385.29
366.16
376.65
416.71
441.57
294.07
348.87
394.62
322.79
367.34
253.36
376.81
385.52
467.21
441.29
478.40
339.33
444.14
395.28
314.28
434.92
477.60
466.05

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

$458.85

508.93
471.91
473.20
408.20
363.63
450.27
460.08
461.42
491.34
391.68
331.70
426.83
440.57
329.66
441.60
414.73

429.07
443.04
417.58
365.81
428.90
405.82

396.37
396.06
409.05
426.22
412.05
532.14

395.09
388.14
367.02
370.40
364.41
385.01
387.46
362.46
370.47
411.34
438.80
294.88
351.01
399.19
324.79
375.42
259.64
379.22
385.92
468.44
433.31
480.90
336.40
439.42
389.94
313.53
435.55
487.96
459.13

$395.79

See footnotes at end of table.




87

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

Durable goods—Continued
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Motor vehicles and car bodies
Truck and bus bodies
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
Truck trailers
Aircraft and parts
Aircraft
Aircraft engines and engine parts
Aircraft equipment, nee
Ship and boat building and repairing
Ship building and repairing
Boat building and repairing
Railroad equipment
Guided missiles, space vehicles, and parts .
Guided missiles and space vehicles
Miscellaneous transportation equipment
Travel trailers and campers

1972
SIC
Code

Average weekly hours

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Average overtime hours
Nov.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

4.8
5.5
6.2
2.7
5.5
2.8
4.7

5.2
5.9
7.1
3.8
5.4
2.3
5.4

4.8
5.3
5.4
3.6
5.6
2.8
4.9

4.8
5.3
5.9
3.6
5.2
2.3
4.8

5.6
5.4
3.0
3.2
2.3
3.4
3.0
2.9
2.9
1.3

6.5
6.7
2.7
2.8
2.4
3.9
3.4
3.5
3.3
1.5

5.5
5.3
3.4
3.6
2.7
2.4
5.0
5.4
2.2
1.9

5.0
5.4
3.5
3.8
2.7

42.5
43.3
43.7
40.1
43.6
40.5
42.4

42.7
43.4
44.0
41.8
43.2
39.7
43.1

42.6
43.4
43.3
41.1
44.2
40.2
42.4

42.7
43.7
44.3
41.1
43.6
39.6
42.4

43.1
44.7
40.0
40.1
39.5
41.8
42.1
42.4
41.0
37.7

42.5
43.4
40.3
40.3
40.2
41.2
42.6
42.8
39.3
38.5

42.1
43.7
40.7
40.7
40.6

3792

42.2
43.4
39.8
39.8
39.7
40.8
41.7
41.8
40.8
37.9

Instruments and related products
Engineering and scientific instruments .
Measuring and controlling devices
Environmental controls
Process control instruments
Instruments to measure electricity
Optical instruments and lenses
Medical instruments and supplies
Surgical and medical instruments
Surgical appliances and supplies
Ophthalmic goods
Photographic equipment and supplies
Watches, clocks, and watchcases

38
381
382
3822
3823
3825
383
384
3841
3842
385
386
387

41.2
41.2
41.3
41.5
41.7
41.3
43.2
40.0
39.4
40.6
39.7
42.6
42.1

41.7
41.8
41.8
41.4
43.4
41.7
43.2
40.7
39.9
41.5
40.8
43.0
42.5

41.1
41.2
40.6
40.6
39.5
40.4
40.5
41.3
41.7
41.1
39.5
42.9
40.5

40.7
41.0
40.0
39.9
40.4
39.3
40.3
40.8
41.0
40.7
39.7
42.6
39.4

41.4

2.5
2.7
2.4
2.4
3.3
2.1
3.4
2.2
2.0
2.4
2.0
3.2
3.9

2.8
3.2
2.5
2.3
3.9
2.2
3.5
2.5
2.3
2.6
2.2
3.4
3.7

2.7
2.9
2.2
2.0
2.4
1.8
2.6
3.5
3.3
3.7
1.6
3.3
2.0

2.5
2.7
1.9
1.6
2.2
1.7
2.1
2.9
2.8
3.0
1.9
3.5
1.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware
Jewelry, precious metal
Musical instruments
Toys and sporting goods
Dolls, games, toys, and children's vehicles .
Sporting and athletic goods, nee
Pens, pencils, office, and art supplies
Costume jewelry and notions
Costume jewelry
Miscellaneous manufactures
Signs and advertising displays

39

39.7
40.0
39.5
39.8
40.0
39.4
40.5
40.1
37.6
36.1
39.9
40.3

39.8
40.3
40.1
39.3
39.7
39.0
40.5
41.4
37.4
36.1
40.1
40.6

40.0
39.3
38.1
41.0
39.7
40.0
39.3
41.2
39.7
38.9
40.3
40.6

40.3
40.8
40.3
40.4
39.6
40.0
39.2
40.8
40.4
40.3
40.4
41.0

40.1

2.5
2.9
3.2
1.3
2.7
2.0
3.4
2.6
1.8
1.8
2.4
2.8

2.5
3.3
3.5
1.2
2.6
1.7
3.4
2.8
1.8
1.7
2.3
2.6

2.6
3.2
2.9
2.5
2.0
2.1
2.0
1.9
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0

2.8
4.3
4.4
2.0
2.0
1.9
2.1
1.8
3.2
3.6
2.9
3.1

39.4
39.8
40.0
41.5
39.8
38.5
40.7
39.7
41.5
38.1
41.8
37.0
37.6
43.6
45.3
43.1
38.8
38.0
40.7

39.6
40.0
39.8
41.8
40.3
37.4
41.2
40.0
42.0
37.7
41.6
36.8
36.6
44.6
46.3
42.9
39.3
38.5
41.5

40.0
40.8
40.9
43.0
42.5
38.4
42.1
39.9
43.1
40.6
43.9
40.9
38.7
44.4
47.4
43.1
39.2
38.6
41.0

39.9
40.4
40.2
41.1
42.3
38.6
41.2
39.7
42.0
39.9
41.3
38.7
40.1
44.2
47.2
43.7
39.5
38.8
41.0

40.0
40.1

3.1
3.9
3.6
4.2
3.5
3.0
3.9
3.6
4.5
4.1
7.2
4.2
4.0
5.6
6.2
5.6
3.0
3.2
2.6

3.2
4.0
3.8
4.2
4.2
3.2
4.2
4.1
4.6
3.5
6.5
3.3
3.6
6.2
6.9
5.2
3.5
3.7
2.7

3.5
4.8
4.4
5.8
4.6
3.1
4.9
3.8
5.7
5.8
8.5
7.1
4.0
6.4
7.0
6.3
3.5
3.6
3.2

3.3
4.1
3.8
4.2
4.5
3.1
4.3
3.5
5.0
4.4
5.5
4.5
4.4
6.0
6.2
6.1
3.4
3.6
2.9

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Meat products
Meat packing plants
Sausages and other prepared meats ,
Poultry dressing plants
Dairy products
Cheese, natural and processed
Fluid milk
Preserved fruits and vegetables
Canned specialties
Canned fruits and vegetables
Frozen fruits and vegetables
Grain mill products
Flour and other grain mill products ....
Prepared feeds, nee
Bakery products
Bread, cake, and related products
Cookies and crackers
See footnotes at end of table.




37
371

3711
3713
3714
3715
372
3721
3724
3728
373
3731
3732
374
376

3761
379

391

3911
393
394
3942,4

3949
395
396
3961

399
3993
20
201
2011
2013

2016
202
2022
2026
203
2032
2033
2037
204
2041
2048
205
2051
2052

42.9
43.4

42.1
38.5
37.6

Nov.
1985P

4.5
2.0
1.5

3.3

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

Durable goods—Continued
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Motor vehicles and car bodies
Truck and bus bodies
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
Truck trailers
Aircraft and parts
Aircraft
Aircraft engines and engine parts
Aircraft equipment, nee
Ship and boat building and repairing
Ship building and repairing
Boat building and repairing
Railroad equipment
Guided missiles, space vehicles, and parts ..
Guided missiles and space vehicles
Miscellaneous transportation equipment
Travel trailers and campers

1972
SIC
Code

37
371
3711
3713
3714
3715
372
3721
3724
3728
373
3731
3732
374
376
3761
379
3792

Instruments and related products
Engineering and scientific instruments
Measuring and controlling devices
Environmental controls
Process control instruments
Instruments to measure electricity
Optical instruments and lenses
Medical instruments and supplies
Surgical and medical instruments
Surgical appliances and supplies
Ophthalmic goods
Photographic equipment and supplies
Watches, clocks, and watchcases

38
381
382
3822
3823
3825
383
384
3841
3842
385
386
387

Miscellaneous manufacturing
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware
Jewelry, precious metal
Musical instruments
Toys and sporting goods
Dolls, games, toys, and children's vehicles
Sporting and athletic goods, nee
Pens, pencils, office, and art supplies
Costume jewelry and notions
Costume jewelry
Miscellaneous manufactures
Signs and advertising displays

39
391
3911
393
394
3942,4
3949
395
396
3961
399
3993

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Meat products
Meat packing plants
Sausages and other prepared meats
Poultry dressing plants
Dairy products
Cheese, natural and processed
Fluid milk

Preserved fruits and vegetables
Canned specialties
Canned fruits and vegetables
Frozen fruits and vegetables
Grain mill products
Flour and other grain mill products
Prepared feeds, nee
Bakery products
Bread, cake, and related products
Cookies and crackers

20
201
2011
2013
2016
202
2022
2026
203
2032
2033
2037
204
2041
2048
205
2051
2052

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

Oct.
1984

$12.32 $12.45 $12.78 $12.76 $12.82 $523.60
12.86 13.02 13.51 13.47 13.56 556.84
14.32 14.53 14.84 14.76
625.78
9.87 10.12 10.67 10.72
395.79
12.23 12.34 12.91 12.85
533.23
9.39
9.36
8.99
8.90
360.45
12.44 12.56 12.64 12.61
527.46

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Nov.
1985P

$531.62
565.07
639.32
423.02
533.09
356.90
541.34

$544.43
586.33
642.57
438.54
570.62
376.27
535.94

$544.85 $549.98
588.64 588.50
653.87
440.59
560.26
371.84
534.66

551.25
524.33
410.40
440.30
319.95
534.62
503.94
515.16
408.77
329.88

547.83
501.27
427.99
460.23
340.49
514.18
518.02
532.43
385.53
321.86

539.72
504.30
435.08
468.86
338.60

12.60
11.52
10.22
11.00
7.96
12.51
11.93
12.16
9.88
8.73

12.79
11.73
10.26
10.98
8.10
12.79
11.97
12.15
9.97
8.75

12.89
11.55
10.62
11.42
8.47
12.48
12.16
12.44
9.81
8.36

12.82
11.54
10.69
11.52
8.34

9.57
8.31

531.72
499.97
406.76
437.80
316.01
510.41
497.48
508.29
403.10
330.87

8.93
9.61
8.75
8.31
8.87
9.04
10.01
7.82
7.99
7.68
6.78
11.69
6.71

8.95
9.72
8.80
8.32
8.91
9.14
10.02
7.80
7.97
7.67
6.74
11.71
6.70

9.28
10.06
9.03
8.66
9.22
9.21
10.14
8.30
8.37
8.30
6.95
12.24
6.90

9.26
10.05
9.04
8.75
9.20
9.23
10.03
8.26
8.35
8.22
6.98
12.24
6.80

9.28 367.92
395.93
361.38
344.87
369.88
373.35
432.43
312.80
314.81
311.81
269.17
497.99
282.49

373.22
406.30
367.84
344.45
386.69
381.14
432.86
317.46
318.00
318.31
274.99
503.53
284.75

381.41
414.47
366.62
351.60
364.19
372.08
410.67
342.79
349.03
341.13
274.53
525.10
279.45

376.88
412.05
361.60
349.13
371.68
362.74
404.21
337.01
342.35
334.55
277.11
521.42
267.92

384.19

7.05
7.71
7.79
6.82
6.43
6.06
6.80
7.46
5.61
5.28
7.78
8.29

7.06
7.74
7.83
6.93
6.43
6.18
6.66
7.52
5.62
5.20
7.73
8.25

7.30
7.87
7.96
6.90
6.67
6.35
7.01
7.77
5.88
5.57
8.03
8.56

7.29
7.85
7.92
7.00
6.63
6.31
6.95
7.74
5.84
5.45
8.05
8.61

7.26 279.89
308.40
307.71
271.44
257.20
238.76
275.40
299.15
210.94
190.61
310.42
334.09

280.99 292.00
311.92 309.29
313.98 303.28
272.35 282.90
255.27 264.80
241.02 i 254.00
269.73 275.49
311.33 320.12
210.19 233.44
187.72 216.67
309.97 323.61
334.95 347.54

293.79
320.28
319.18
282.80
262.55
252.40
272.44
315.79
235.94
219.64
325.22
353.01

291.13

8.44
8.31
7.16
8.07
8.73
5.56
8.87
8.44
9.06
7.47
9.04
7.45
6.89
10.12
10.05
7.72
9.47
9.51
9.40

8.52
8.43
7.17
7.95
8.71
5.64
8.97
8.54
9.18
7.71
9.25
7.69
7.21
10.39
10.24
7.89
9.57
9.61
9.47

8.70
8.51
7.32
8.26
8.71
5.77
9.36
8.78
9.73
7.55
9.63
7.26
7.06
10.57
10.15
8.03
9.71
9.71
9.70

8.69
8.49
7.28
8.17
8.68
5.82
9.40
8.76
9.74
7.56
9.44
7.28
7.07
10.45
10.01
7.91
9.65
9.64
9.68

8.77 332.54
8.60 330.74
286.40
334.91
347.45
214.06
361.01
335.07
375.99
284.61
377.87
275.65
259.06
441.23
455.27
332.73
367.44
361.38
382.58

337.39
337.20
285.37
332.31
351.01
210.94
369.56
341.60
385.56
290.67
384.80
282.99
263.89
463.39
474.11
338.48
376.10
369.99
393.01

348.00
347.21
299.39
355.18
370.18
221.57
394.06
350.32
419.36
306.53
422.76
296.93
273.22
469.31
481.11
346.09
380.63
374.81
397.70

346.73
343.00
292.66
335.79
367.16
224.65
387.28
347.77
409.08
301.64
389.87
281.74
283.51
461.89
472.47
345.67
381.18
374.03
396.88

350.80
344.86

12.11

509.83
368.45
312.46

See footnotes at end of table.




89

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

Nondurable goods—Continued
Food and kindred products—Continued
Sugar and confectionery products
Cane and beet sugar
Confectionery products
Fats and oils
Beverages
Malt beverages
Bottled and canned soft drinks
Misc. food and kindred products

1972
SIC
Code

Average overtime hours

Average weekly hours
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

3.9
5.4
3.5
5.5
3.4
5.4
2.5
3.7

4.0
7.1
3.2
6.4
3.4
5.7
2.6
3.7

4.6
6.1
4.2
5.2
4.5
5.5
3.5
4.0

4.4
6.5
3.8
5.8
3.4
4.7
2.8
3.7

206
2061-3
2065
207
208
2082
2086
209

40.9
42.4
40.0
43.8
39.9
42.0
38.6
38.1

41.9
45.7
40.1
44.9
40.0
42.7
38.8
38.2

41.2
42.4
40.6
43.4
41.1
41.6
39.9
38.1

41.5
43.0
41.1
43.9
40.2
41.5
39.2
38.0

Tobacco manufactures .
Cigarettes

21
211

39.7
38.1

40.3
42.4

38.2
36.8

39.3
37.3

37.6

1.0
.5

3.2
4.3

1.6
1.4

1.9
1.9

Textile mill products
Weaving mills, cotton
Weaving mills, synthetics
Weaving and finishing mills, wool .
Narrow fabric mills
Knitting mills
Women's hosiery, except socks .
Hosiery, nee
Knit outerwear mills
Knit underwear mills
Circular knit fabric mills
Textile finishing, except wool
Finishing plants, cotton
Finishing plants, synthetics
Floor covering mills
Yarn and thread mills
Yarn mills, except wool
Throwing and winding mills
Miscellaneous textile goods

22
221
222
223
224
225

39.0
39.8
40.3
41.2
38.8
36.8
35.8
37.2
36.2
36.2
38.2
39.5
39.7
39.6
41.2
37.8
38.1
36.6
41.6

39.3
39.8
39.9
41.8
38.9
37.5
38.0
36.3
37.4
35.7
39.1
40.5
40.9
40.7
41.3
38.3
38.1
37.6
42.3

40.8
41.1
40.5
41.1
40.7
38.9
38.3
38.0
39.2
37.3
39.7
42.9
43.5
42.4
43.3
40.9
41.4
38.8
42.4

40.9
41.1
40.8
41.3
40.7
39.0
37.8
38.3
39.3
37.8
39.9
42.3
43.6
41.0
43.5
41.4
42.1
38.1
43.1

41.4

2.8
3.2
3.3
3.6
2.0
1.9
1.2
1.8
2.1
1.1
2.3
3.6
3.9
4.1
4.2
2.3
2.5
2.2
3.5

2.9
3.2
3.1
4.1
2.0
2.2
2.9
1.7
2.1
.9
2.7
4.0
4.3
4.6
3.9
2.4
2.5
2.4
3.6

3.8
4.9
3.3
3.1
3.1
3.0
2.8
2.2
3.3
1.6
4.4
5.1
5.6
4.9
4.5
3.8
4.1
3.0
3.8

3.8
4.9
3.4
3.8
3.1
2.9
2.1
2.4
3.2
2.0
4.0
4.9
6.0
4.2
4.6
4.0
4.4
2.6
4.2

36.2
36.1
36.4
36.5
36.1
37.0
34.2
34.6
32.5
33.3
35.7
36.2
36.1
36.4
36.5
35.8
37.6
39.3
38.2
39.2
40.9

36.5
35.0
37.0
36.7
36.7
37.1
34.6
34.7
33.8
34.8
35.1
37.6
38.1
35.1
36.4
35.8
37.1
39.9
39.3
39.6
41.9

36.8
35.9
37.1
36.7
36.8
37.4
34.8
35.8
33.4
34.4
35.6
37.7
38.2
35.3
37.0
36.5
37.5
40.0
38.4
40.7
41.9

36.9

1.3
.9
1.0
.9
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.3
.8
.9
1.1
1.6
1.7
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.7
2.7
1.5
3.1
4.6

1.4
.9
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.2
.6
1.1
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.2
1.2
.9
1.6
2.5
1.9
2.7
4.0

1.5
.9
1.3
1.2
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.0
1.0
1.3
1.5
2.0
2.1
1.3
1.3
1.1
1.1
3.0
2.0
2.9
5.0

1.5
.9
1.2
1.1
1.2
1.4
1.2
1.2
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.9
2.0
1.3
1.5
1.5
1.3
2.9
1.2
3.7
4.9

43.3
45.1
45.2
44.7
41.9
42.8
41.9
42.9
42.5
43.6
42.8
42.3

43.4
45.4
45.7
43.9
42.2
43.3
42.0
42.8
42.7
42.0
44.0
42.0

43.2
45.0
45.5
44.3
42.0
42.7
42.1
43.1
42.5
42.8
43.3
41.8

43.3

5.0
6.6
6.8
7.8
3.4
2.8
3.5
3.8
4.4
4.4
5.1
3.7

5.0
6.6
6.8
8.0
3.3
3.2
3.7
3.9
4.3
5.0
4.7
3.7

5.0
6.5
6.6
6.7
3.6
3.3
3.7
4.2
4.7
4.2
5.4
4.6

4.8
6.3
6.5
6.8
3.4
2.9
3.4
4.4
4.3
4.4
4.8
4.3

2251
2252
2253
2254
2257

226
2261
2262
227
228

2281
2282
229

Apparel and other textile products
Men's and boys' suits and coats
Men's and boys' furnishings
Men's and boys' shirts and nightwear
Men's and boys' separate trousers
Men's and boys' work clothing
Women's and misses' outerwear
Women's and misses' blouses and waists .
Women's and misses' dresses
Women's and misses' suits and coats
Women's and misses' outerwear, nee
Women's and children's undergarments
Women's and children's underwear
Brassieres and allied garments
Children's outerwear
Children's dresses and blouses
Misc. apparel and accessories
Misc. fabricated textile products
Curtains and draperies
House furnishings, nee
Automotive and apparel trimmings

23
231
232

2396

36.2
36.0
36.5
36.3
36.4
37.2
34.0
34.9
32.7
32.6
35.0
37.2
37.4
36.1
36.7
36.2
37.6
39.3
37.4
39.6
42.1

Paper and allied products
Paper and pulp mills
Paper mills, except building paper..
Paperboard mills
Misc. converted paper products
Paper coating and glazing
Envelopes
Bags, except textile bags
Paperboard containers and boxes ..
Folding paperboard boxes
Corrugated and solid fiber boxes .
Sanitary food containers

26
261,2,6
262
263
264
2641
2642
2643
265
2651
2653
2654

43.1
45.0
45.2
44.4
41.8
42.7
41.4
42.2
42.3
42.8
43.2
41.0

See footnotes at end of table.

90




2321
2327
2328
233

2331
2335
2337
2339
234
2341
2342
236

2361
238

239
2391
2392

Nov.
1985P

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued
1972
SIC
Code

Industry

Nondurable goods—Continued
Food and kindred products—Continued
Sugar and confectionery products
Cane and beet sugar
Confectionery products
Fats and oils
Beverages
Malt beverages
Bottled and canned soft drinks
Misc. food and kindred products

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985 P

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

$336.61
392.20
287.20
381.50
438.90
654.78
314.59
288.80

$344.42
419.53
289.12
391.53
439.60
658.43
319.32
296.05

$359.68 $354.83
428.24 414.09
309.37 309.07
388.86

380.61

466.49
655.62
348.73
292.99

452.65

480.78
607.59

438.15
550.90

449.99
568.08

$468.12

257.42
269.45
280.10
290.09
245.46
225.38
231.80
205.10
220.29
197.06
256.89
280.26
285.48
301.18
276.30
232.86
230.51
226.35
310.06

275.40
292.22
289.98
290.17
262.52
240.40
234.78
221.54
239.51
212.98
270.36
305.88
308.85
322.66
301.80
259.31
262.48
243.28
320.97

276.89
293.45
292.94
294.06
264.96
241.02
230.96
225.20
238.94
218.86
269.33
301.60
312.18
311.19
304.94
262.89
267.76
237.36
327.99

281.52

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

206
2061-3

$8.23
9.25

$8.22
9.18

2065
207

7.18
8.71
11.00

7.21
8.72

10.99

209

15.59
8.15
7.58

15.42
8.23
7.75

Tobacco manufactures
Cigarettes

21
211

10.60
13.98

11.93
14.33

11.47
14.97

Textile mill products
Weaving mills, cotton
Weaving mills, synthetics
Weaving and finishing mills, wool
Narrow fabric mills
Knitting mills
Women's hosiery, except socks
Hosiery, nee
Knit outerwear mills
Knit underwear mills
Circular knit fabric mills
Textile finishing, except wool
Finishing plants, cotton
Finishing plants, synthetics
Floor covering mills
Yarn and thread mills
Yarn mills, except wool
Throwing and winding mills
Miscellaneous textile goods

22
221
222
223
224
225
2251
2252
2253
2254
2257
226
2261
2262
227

6.55
6.77
7.02
6.94
6.31
6.01
6.10
5.65
5.89
5.52
6.57
6.92
6.98
7.40
6.69
6.08
6.05
6.02
7.33

6.75
7.11
7.16
7.06
6.45
6.18
6.13
5.83
6.11
5.71
6.81
7.13
7.10
7.61
6.97
6.34
6.34
6.27
7.57

6.77
7.14
7.18
7.12
6.51
6.18
6.11
5.88
6.08
5.79
6.75
7.13
7.16
7.59
7.01
6.35
6.36
6.23
7.61

6.80 253.11

229

6.49
6.75
6.98
6.86
6.21
5.91
5.81
5.61
5.78
5.55
6.57
6.88
7.02
7.32
6.62
6.05
6.04
5.98
7.28

Apparel and other textile products
Men's and boys' suits and coats
Men's and boys' furnishings
Men's and boys' shirts and nightwear
Men's and boys' separate trousers
...
Men's and boys' work clothing
Women's and misses' outerwear
Women's and misses' blouses and waists
Women's and misses' dresses
Women's and misses' suits and coats
Women's and misses' outerwear, nee
Women's and children's undergarments
Women's and children's underwear
Brassieres and allied garments
Children's outerwear
Children's dresses and blouses
Misc. apparel and accessories
Misc. fabricated textile products
Curtains and draperies
House furnishings, nee
Automotive and apparel trimmings

23
231
232
2321
2327
2328
233
2331
2335
2337
2339
234
2341
2342
236
2361
238
239
2391
2392
2396

5.61
6.64
5.09
4.88
5.18
5.06
5.55
5.14
5.80
6.33
5.28
5.18
5.11
5.54
4.96
4.90
5.45
6.65
5.28
5.63
10.48

5.61
6.60
5.12
4.89
5.23
5.06
5.53
5.13
5.76
6.34
5.27
5.18
5.10
5.56
4.95
4.88
5.40
6.62
5.27
5.66
10.52

5.75
6.67
5.26
5.02
5.28
5.31
5.62
5.17
5.81
6.54
5.33
5.31
5.19
6.03
5.10
4.89
5.53
6.92
5.49
5.84
11.08

5.74
6.59
5.28
5.06
5.27
5.32
5.60
5.19
5.80
6.56
5.31
5.28
5.15
6.04
5.09
4.90
5.52
6.89
5.44
5.85
11.00

5.76 203.08

203.08
238.26
186.37
178.49
188.80
187.22
189.13
177.50
187.20
211.12
188.14
187.52
184.11
202.38
180.68
174.70
203.04
260.17
201.31
221.87
430.27

209.88
233.45
194.62
184.23
193.78
197.00
194.45
179.40
196.38
227.59
187.08
199.66
197.74
211.65
185.64
175.06
205.16
276.11
215.76
231.26
464.25

211.23
236.58
195.89
185.70
193.94
198.97
194.88
185.80
193.72
225.66
189.04
199.06
196.73
213.21
188.33
178.85
207.00
275.60
208.90
238.10
460.90

212.54

239.04
185.79
177.14
188.55
188.23
188.70
179.39
189.66
206.36
184.80
192.70
191.11
199.99
182.03
177.38
204.92
261.35
197.47
222.95
441.21

Paper and allied products
Paper and pulp mills
Paper mills, except building paper
Paperboard mills
Misc. converted paper products
Paper coating and glazing
Envelopes
Bags, except textile bags
Paperboard containers and boxes
Folding paperboard boxes
Corrugated and solid fiber boxes
Sanitary food containers

26
261,2,6
262
263
264

10.52

10.64
12.82
12.90
13.35
9.24
10.61
8.47
8.68
9.04
9.36
9.36

10.90
13.33
13.44

10.89
13.33
13.45
13.74
9.31

10.99 453.41
570.15
574.94
590.96
382.89
452.19
349.00
362.92
378.59
393.76
400.90
354.65

460.71
578.18
583.08
596.75
387.16
454.11
354.89
372.37
384.20
408.10
400.61
373.93

473.06
605.18
614.21
602.75
393.30
467.64
361.20
377.92
397.11
404.04
422.84
374.64

470.45
599.85
611.98
608.66
391.02
460.31
358.27
383.59
393.98
408.31
413.95
377.45

475.87

208
2082
2086

.....

228

2281
2282

2641
2642
2643
265

2651
2653
2654

12.67
12.72

13.31
9.16
10.59
8.43
8.60

8.95
9.20
9.28
8.65

8.84

$8.73

8.74

$8.55
9.63
7.52
8.67
11.26
15.67
8.74

7.69

7.71

10.10
7.62

8.96
11.35
15.76

13.73

9.32
10.80
8.60
8.83

9.30
9.62
9.61
8.92

11.45 $12.45 420.82
15.23
532.64

10.78
8.51

8.90
9.27
9.54
9.56
9.03

268.65
281.29
282.63
240.95
217.49
208.00
208.69
209.24
200.91
250.97
271.76
278.69
289.87
272.74
228.69
230.12
218.87
302.85

650.31

342.61
292.98

See footnotes at end of table.




91

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

Nondurable goods—Continued
Printing and publishing
Newspapers
Periodicals
Books
Book publishing
Book printing
Miscellaneous publishing
Commercial printing
Commercial printing, letterpress
Commercial printing, lithographic
Manifold business forms
Blankbooks and bookbinding
Printing trade services

1972
SIC
Code

27
271

272
273
2731
2732
274
275

2751
2752
276
278
279

28
Chemicals and allied products
281
Industrial inorganic chemicals
2819
Industrial inorganic chemicals, nee
282
Plastics materials and synthetics
2821
Plastics materials and resins
2824
Organic fibers, noncellulosic
283
Drugs
2834
Pharmaceutical preparations
284
Soap, cleaners, and toilet goods
2841
Soap and other detergents
2844
Toilet preparations
2842,3
Polishing, sanitation, and finishing preparations
285
Paints and allied products
286
Industrial organic chemicals
2865
Cyclic crudes and intermediates
Gum, wood, and industrial organic chemicals, nee . 2861,9
287
Agricultural chemicals
289
Miscellaneous chemical products

Average overtime hours

Average weekly hours
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

37.8
34.0
37.3
38.6
37.4
40.3
36.2
39.2
39.0
39.2
40.9
39.1
38.8

38.1
35.0
37.7
38.6
37.5
40.2
36.0
39.3
38.8
39.3
41.8
39.2
38.8

38.2
34.1
38.9
40.0
38.3
42.6
36.5
39.4
38.9
39.5
41.2
39.3
39.0

37.9
34.2
38.9
38.5
36.4
41.7
36.5
39.2
38.9
39.1
40.7
38.7
38.9

38.1

3.0
2.0
3.0
3.0
1.9
4.6
2.6
3.5
3.2
3.5
3.2
2.5
3.6

3.1
2.5
3.0
2.9
1.9
4.2
2.4
3.5
3.1
3.5
3.9
2.4
3.6

3.1
1.7
3.8
3.7
2.6
5.3
2.6
3.6
3.0
3.8
3.9
2.9
3.8

2.9
1.8
3.2
2.9
1.8
4.6
2.6
3.4
2.8
3.5
3.6
2.5
3.6

41.6
41.9
42.2
41.9
43.5
41.2
39.9
40.2
40.9
44.8
38.6
41.0
41.3
43.0
42.4
43.2
43.0
41.8

41.9
41.9
42.5
42.4
43.6
42.1
40.6
40.3
41.2
44.8
39.1
41.1
41.2
43.2
43.0
43.2
42.9
42.0

41.8
41.7
42.0
42.2
43.2
41.9
41.0
40.7
41.2
44.4
39.2
41.5
41.6
43.0
42.9
43.0
42.6
41.8

41.6
41.2
41.4
42.0
42.6
42.1
40.9
40.6
40.2
43.7
38.2
40.3
41.0
43.2
43.5
43.1
42.4
41.9

41.9

3.4
3.4
3.6
3.6
4.7
2.7
2.4
2.2
3.2
5.5
2.0
2.7
2.8
4.0
3.7
4.1
4.6
3.5

3.3
3.1
3.3
3.6
4.5
3.1
2.3
2.2
3.0
5.5
1.8
2.4
2.3
3.9
4.0
3.9
4.1
3.6

3.5
3.3
3.2
3.6
4.5
2.9
2.8
2.8
3.5
5.2
3.0
2.6
3.5
4.1
4.7
3.9
4.2
3.6

3.4
3.3
3.3
3.6
4.2
3.1
2.9
2.8
3.2
4.4
2.9
2.4
3.1
4.1
4.3
4.0
3.8
3.5

Petroleum and coal products
Petroleum refining
Paving and roofing materials

29
291
295

43.7
43.6
45.3

43.7
43.9
43.4

44.1
44.0
46.0

44.1
43.8
46.6

43.2

4.4
3.8
7.2

4.0
3.8
5.3

4.6
3.8
8.0

4.8
4.1
8.1

Rubber and misc. plastics products
Tires and inner tubes
Rubber and plastics footwear
Reclaimed rubber, and rubber and plastics hose
and belting
Fabricated rubber products, nee
Miscellaneous plastics products

30
301
302

41.5
43.6
38.5

41.6
44.5
38.0

41.1
42.7
39.2

41.1
42.2
38.7

41.1

3.6
4.4
1.8

3.7
5.2
1.4

3.6
4.6
1.3

3.6
3.9
1.0

303,4
306
307

41.5
41.5
41.2

42.4
41.4
41.3

42.9
40.9
40.9

42.5
41.3
41.0

3.6
3.2
3.6

4.6
3.1
3.7

3.7
3.1
3.7

3.8
3.1
3.7

Leather and leather products
Leather tanning and finishing
Footwear, except rubber
Men's footwear, except athletic
Women's footwear, except athletic
Luggage
Handbags and personal leather goods

31
311
314

36.3
39.2
35.6
36.5
34.1
37.9
36.7

36.6
40.1
36.1
36.5
35.4
38.2
36.5

37.7
40.9
37.1
36.1
37.8
38.1
38.2

37.6
41.2
36.8
36.5
36.8
40.1
38.0

38.1

1.3
2.7
.9
1.1
.6
1.9
1.4

1.3
2.9
1.0

1.6
3.4
1.4
1.0
1.6
2.2
1.7

1.6
3.6
1.1
1.0
1.0
2.6
2.1

39.2

39.5

39.7

39.5

39.2

4011

41.3

42.0

45.0

43.8

Local and interurban passenger transit
Local and suburban transportation
Intercity highway transportation

41
411
413

34.3
38.5
39.4

33.7
38.0
38.7

33.7
38.1
37.3

33.5
38.3
35.5

Trucking and warehousing
Trucking and trucking terminals
Public warehousing

42
421,3
422

38.8
38.7
39.8

38.7
38.5
41.2

38.8
38.7
40.1

38.7
38.6
40.1

Pipe lines, except natural gas

46

40.2

42.2

41.1

41.1

3143
3144
316
317

Transportation and public utilities
Railroad transportation:
Class I railroads2

See footnotes at end of table.

92




.9
1.1
2.0
.9

Nov.
1985P

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

Nondurable goods—Continued
Printing and publishing
Newspapers
Periodicals
Books
Book publishing
Book printing
Miscellaneous publishing
Commercial printing
Commercial printing, letterpress
Commercial printing, lithographic
Manifold business forms
Blankbooks and bookbinding
Printing trade services
Chemicals and allied products
Industrial inorganic chemicals
Industrial inorganic chemicals, nee
Plastics materials and synthetics
Plastics materials and resins
Organic fibers, noncellulosic
Drugs
Pharmaceutical preparations
Soap, cleaners, and toilet goods
Soap and other detergents
Toilet preparations
Polishing, sanitation, and finishing preparations
Paints and allied products
Industrial organic chemicals
Cyclic crudes and intermediates
Gum, wood, and industrial organic chemicals, nee
Agricultural chemicals
Miscellaneous chemical products

1972
SIC
Code

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

27
271
272
273
2731
2732
274
275
2751
2752
276
278
279

$9.50
9.61
10.21
8.71
8.25
9.31
8.63
9.81
9.31
10.01
9.54
7.34
11.36

$9.56
9.75
10.30
8.66
8.17
9.31
8.66
9.84
9.29
10.05
9.72
7.36
11.44

$9.79
9.69
10.37
8.91
8.47
9.52
8.96
10.15
9.63
10.32
10.02
7.68
11.68

$9.77
9.66
10.33
9.01
8.46
9.74
8.95
10.09
9.60
10.26
10.05
7.67
11.76

$9.81 $359.10
326.74
380.83
336.21
308.55
375.19
312.41
384.55
363.09
392.39
390.19
286.99
440.77

$364.24
341.25
388.31
334.28
306.38
374.26
311.76
386.71
360.45
394.97
406.30
288.51
443.87

$373.98
330.43
403.39
356.40
324.40
405.55
327.04
399.91
374.61
407.64
412.82
301.82
455.52

$370.28 $373.76
330.37
401.84
346.89
307.94
406.16
326.68
395.53
373.44
401.17
409.04
296.83
457.46

28
281
2819
282
2821
2824
283
2834
284
2841
2844
2842,3
285
286
2865
.2861,9
287
289

11.29
12.52
12.59
11.38
12.36
11.04
10.41
10.08
10.02
12.99
8.24
9.54
9.82
13.63
12.85
13.86
11.04
10.27

11.31
12.57
12.59
11.44
12.33
11.15
10.30
10.06
10.04
13.02
8.27
9.54
9.88
13.74
13.05
13.94
10.92
10.37

11.67
12.96
12.98
11.79
12.84
11.38
10.82
10.56
10.30
13.41
8.67
9.70
10.08
14.09
13.56
14.26
11.41
10.73

11.71
12.96
13.10
11.89
12.93
11.46
10.92
10.65
10.34
13.27
8.68
9.75
10.10
14.12
13.82
14.22
11.19
10.76

11.84 469.66
524.59
531.30
476.82
537.66
454.85
415.36
405.22
409.82
581.95
318.06
391.14
405.57
586.09
544.84
598.75
474.72
429.29

473.89
526.68
535.08
485.06
537.59
469.42
418.18
405.42
413.65
583.30
323.36
392.09
407.06
593.57
561.15
602.21
468.47
435.54

487.81
540.43
545.16
497.54
554.69
476.82
443.62
429.79
424.36
595.40
339.86
402.55
419.33
605.87
581.72
613.18
486.07
448.51

487.14
533.95
542.34
499.38
550.82
482.47
446.63
432.39
415.67
579.90
331.58
392.93
414.10
609.98
601.17
612.88
474.46
450.84

496.10

Petroleum and coal products
Petroleum refining
Paving and roofing materials

29
291
295

13.51
14.69
10.26

13.66
14.80
10.25

14.07
15.33
10.86

13.94
15.18
10.76

14.04 590.39
640.48
464.78

596.94
649.72
444.85

620.49
674.52
499.56

614.75
664.88
501.42

606.53

Rubber and misc. plastics products
Tires and inner tubes
Rubber and plastics footwear
Reclaimed rubber, and rubber and plastics hose
and belting
Fabricated rubber products, nee
Miscellaneous plastics products

30
301
302

8.32
12.89
5.58

8.40
13.09
5.53

8.55
13.27
5.98

8.54
13.31
5.91

8.60 345.28
562.00
214.83

349.44
582.51
210.14

351.41
566.63
234.42

350.99
561.68
228.72

353.46

303,4
306
307

8.47
8.21
7.68

8.59
8.20
7.73

8.41
8.45
7.96

8.43
8.43
7.95

351.51
340.72
316.42

364.22
339.48
319.25

360.79
345.61
325.56

358.28
348.16
325.95

Leather and leather products
Leather tanning and finishing
Footwear, except rubber
Men's footwear, except athletic
Women's footwear, except athletic
Luggage
Handbags and personal leather goods

31
311
314
3143
3144
316
317

5.72
7.34
5.45
5.73
5.20
6.38
5.59

5.76
7.53
5.47
5.78
5.23
6.54
5.55

5.82
7.62
5.54
5.89
5.32
6.49
5.59

5.77
7.53
5.46
5.82
5.23
6.39
5.63

5.84 207.64
287.73
194.02
209.15
177.32
241.80
205.15

210.82
301.95
197.47
210.97
185.14
249.83
202.58

219.41
311.66
205.53
212.63
201.10
247.27
213.54

216.95
310.24
200.93
212.43
192.46
256.24
213.94

222.50

11.18

11.25

11.52

11.47

11.53 438.26

444.38

457.34

453.07

451.98

Transportation and public utilities
Railroad transportation:
Class I railroads2

4011

13.46

13.40

13.71

13.59

555.90

562.80

616.95

595.24

Local and interurban passenger transit
Local and suburban transportation
Intercity highway transportation

41
411
413

7.51
7.88
11.30

7.51
7.92
11.22

7.69
8.18
10.95

7.59
8.20
10.52

257.59
303.38
445.22

253.09
300.96
434.21

259.15
311.66
408.44

254.27
314.06
373.46

Trucking and warehousing
Trucking and trucking terminals
Public warehousing

42
421,3
422

10.46
10.67
7.82

10.50
10.74
7.83

10.55
10.74
8.08

10.52
10.74
7.89

405.85
412.93
311.24

406.35
413.49
322.60

409.34
415.64
324.01

407.12
414.56
316.39

Pipe lines, except natural gas

46

14.97

14.84

15.35

15.17

601.79

626.25

630.89

623.49

See footnotes at end of table.




93

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

Transportation and public utilities—Continued
Communication
Telephone communication
Radio and television broadcasting
Electric, gas, and sanitary services ....
Electric services
Gas production and distribution
Combination utility services
Sanitary services

1972
SIC
Code

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985 P

48
481
483

39.8
40.4
37.2

40.3
41.1
37.4

40.8
41.9
37.3

40.5
41.8
36.7

49

41.5
41.5
41.1
42.0
41.5

41.9
41.8
41.3
42.7
41.9

42.0
42.4
40.6
42.1
43.2

42.1
42.2
41.4
42.6
42.9

38.7

38.7

38.8

38.7

39.2
38.8
37.5
39.1
39.1
40.5
39.4
38.4
39.7
38.4

39.2
38.6
37.7
39.2
39.1
40.2
39.4
38.8
39.5
38.7

39.3
38.7
37.7
39.9
38.7
40.3
39.0
39.2
39.8
38.0

39.2
38.6
37.5
39.9
38.7
40.6
39.0
39.1
39.6
38.0

37.8
37.0
37.6
36.3
38.5
39.5
38.9
35.8
37.3

38.0
37.3
37.8
36.4
38.6
39.2
39.4
36.4
37.6

38.0
38.2
37.7
36.4
38.6
39.6
39.1
36.3
37.6

37.9
37.7
38.1
35.8
38.4
39.8
38.8
36.2
37.8

29.7

29.7

29.7

29.4

491
492

493
495

Wholesale trade .
Durable goods
Motor vehicles and automotive equipment
Furniture and home furnishings
Lumber and construction materials
Sporting goods, toys, and hobby goods
Metals and minerals, except petroleum
Electrical goods
Hardware, plumbing, and heating equipment.
Machinery, equipment, and supplies
Miscellaneous durable goods

50
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508

Nondurable goods
Paper and paper products
Drugs, proprietaries, and sundries ...
Apparel, piece goods, and notions ..
Groceries and related products
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and petroleum products .
Beer, wine, and distilled beverages .
Miscellaneous nondurable goods ....

51
511
512
513

509

514
516
517

518
519

Retail trade.
Building materials and garden supplies .
Lumber and other building materials ...
Hardware stores

52
521
525

36.5
38.4
33.1

36.4
38.5
33.2

36.6
39.0
32.9

36.5
39.0
32.4

General merchandise stores
Department stores
Variety stores
Misc. general merchandise stores .

53
531
533
539

29.2
29.1
29.1
30.4

29.0
28.9
29.3
30.3

29.2
29.0
29.6
31.0

28.8
28.6
29.4
29.9

Food stores
Grocery stores .
Retail bakeries .

54
541
546

30.3
30.5
28.4

30.8
31.1
28.4

30.6
30.7
29.3

30.0
30.2
29.2

Automotive dealers and service stations .
New and used car dealers
Auto and home supply stores
Gasoline service stations

55
551,2
553
554

37.0
38.0
40.0
34.3

37.1
38.0
40.0
34.6

36.8
37.8
39.8
34.1

36.6
37.5
39.6
34.2

Apparel and accessory stores
Men's and boys' clothing and furnishings
Women's ready-to-wear stores
Family clothing stores
Shoe stores

56
561
562
565
566

27.7
30.7
26.7
28.0
27.4

27.6
30.6
26.4
28.1
27.1

27.8
30.4
26.7
27.5
27.3

27.7
30.0
26.5
27.6
27.4

Furniture and home furnishings stores ...
Furniture and home furnishings stores
Household appliance stores
Radio, television, and music stores

57
571
572
573

34.1
33.9
34.5
34.3

34.2
34.3
34.5
34.0

34.0
33.7
34.8
34.3

33.7
33.5
34.2
33.8

Eating and drinking places3 ...

58

25.9

25.6

25.9

25.7

See footnotes at end of table.

94



Average overtime hours

Average weekly hours
Nov.
1985P

38.6

29.3

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

SIC
OOUc

Transportation and public utilities—Continued
Communication
Telephone communication
Radio and television broadcasting
Electric, gas, and sanitary services
Electric services
Gas production and distribution
Combination utility services
Sanitary services

48
481
483
49
491
492
493
495

Wholesale trade

Average weekly earnings

Average; hourly earnings

1972
Industry

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

$11.48 $11.58 $12.03 $11.99
12.17 12.28 12.82 12.74
9.89
9.96 10.56 10.57

Nov.

1985P

Oct.
1984

Nov.

1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

$456.90 $466.67 $490.82 $485.60
491.67 504.71 537.16 532.53
367.91 372.50 393.89 387.92

12.45
12.49
11.39
14.49
9.63

12.54
12.66
11.36
14.50
9.76

13.01
13.09
12.02
15.28
9.40

13.03
13.15
11.94
15.29
9.41

516.68
518.34
468.13
608.58
399.65

525.43
529.19
469.17
619.15
408.94

546.42
555.02
488.01
643.29
406.08

548.56
554.93
494.32
651.35
403.69

9.00

9.08

9.33

9.24

$9.32 348.30

351.40

362.00

357.59 $359.75

Durable goods
Motor vehicles and automotive equipment
Furniture and home furnishings
Lumber and construction materials
Sporting goods, toys, and hobby goods
Metals and minerals, except petroleum
Electrical goods
Hardware, plumbing, and heating equipment
Machinery, equipment, and supplies
Miscellaneous durable goods

50
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509

9.05
8.20
7.83
8.54
9.70
9.71
9.39
8.55
9.57
7.47

9.10
8.27
7.83
8.57
9.76
9.74
9.63
8.43
9.61
7.48

9.42
8.51
8.26
8.80
9.98
10.07
9.90
8.83
9.97
7.55

9.34
8.48
8.22
8.75
9.96
10.01
9.82
8.71
9.88
7.50

354.76
318.16
293.63
333.91
379.27
393.26
369.97
328.32
379.93
286.85

356.72
319.22
295.19
335.94
381.62
391.55
379.42
327.08
379.60
289.48

370.21
329.34
311.40
351.12
386.23
405.82
386.10
346.14
396.81
286.90

366.13
327.33
308.25
349.13
385.45
406.41
382.98
340.56
391.25
285.00

Nondurable goods
Paper and paper products
Drugs, proprietaries, and sundries
Apparel, piece goods, and notions
Groceries and related products
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and petroleum products
Beer, wine, and distilled beverages
Miscellaneous nondurable goods

51
511
512
513
514
516
517
518
519

8.94
9.84
9.84
8.73
9.18
10.46
9.76
10.64
7.32

9.04
9.90
9.84
8.80
9.28
10.81
9.76
10.85
7.33

9.20
9.78
10.11
8.84
9.54
11.30
9.92
10.95
7.46

9.10
9.66
9.92
8.80
9.45
11.23
9.83
10.88
7.43

337.93
364.08
369.98
316.90
353.43
413.17
379.66
380.91
273.04

343.52
369.27
371.95
320.32
358.21
423.75
384.54
394.94
275.61

349.60
373.60
381.15
321.78
368.24
447.48
387.87
397.49
280.50

344.89
364.18
377.95
315.04
362.88
446.95
381.40
393.86
280.85

5.88

5.93

5.99

5.97

6.01 174.64

176.12

177.90

175.52

Retail trade

Nov.

1985 P

Building materials and garden supplies
Lumber and other building materials
Hardware stores

52
521
525

6.53
6.82
5.65

6.54
6.80
5.68

6.74
7.02
5.71

6.72
6.99
5.73

238.35
261.89
187.02

238.06
261.80
188.58

246.68
273.78
187.86

245.28
272.61
185.65

General merchandise stores
Department stores
Variety stores
Misc. general merchandise stores

53
531
533
539

5.57
5.75
4.50
4.55

5.60
5.80
4.49
4.50

6.04
6.29
4.60
4.81

6.05
6.31
4.55
4.76

162.64
167.33
130.95
138.32

162.40
167.62
131.56
136.35

176.37
182.41
136.16
149.11

174.24
180.47
133.77
142.32

Food stores
Grocery stores
Retail bakeries

54
541
546

7.67
7.94
5.28

7.74
8.03
5.30

7.30
7.51
5.36

7.24
7.44
5.34

232.40
242.17
149.95

238.39
249.73
150.52

223.38
230.56
157.05

217.20
224.69
155.93

Automotive dealers and service stations
New and used car dealers
Auto and home supply stores
Gasoline service stations

55
551,2
553
554

7.10
8.53
6.39
5.27

7.15
8.58
6.50
5.29

7.52
9.29
6.50
5.29

7.36
8.94
6.47
5.33

262.70
324.14
255.60
180.76

265.27
326.04
260.00
183.03

276.74
351.16
258.70
180.39

269.38
335.25
256.21
182.29

Apparel and accessory stores
Men's and boys' clothing and furnishings
Women's ready-to-wear stores
Family clothing stores
Shoe stores

56
561
562
565
566

5.18
5.90
4.95
5.05
5.27

5.22
6.02
4.96
5.08
5.32

5.28
6.24
5.07
5.30
5.23

5.31
6.31
5.07
5.19
5.31

143.49
181.13
132.17
141.40
144.40

144.07
184.21
130.94
142.75
144.17

146.78
189.70
135.37
145.75
142.78

147.09
189.30
134.36
143.24
145.49

Furniture and home furnishings stores
Furniture and home furnishings stores
Household appliance stores
Radio, television, and music stores

57
571
572
573

7.04
7.00
7.21
7.03

7.13
7.09
7.11
7.23

7.34
7.41
7.26
7.24

7.38
7.44
7.30
7.31

240.06
237.30
248.75
241.13

243.85
243.19
245.30
245.82

249.56
249.72
252.65
248.33

248.71
249.24
249.66
247.08

Eating and drinking places3

58

4.33

4.35

4.37

4.36

112.15

111.36

113.18

112.05

176.09

See footnotes at end of table.




95

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

Retail trade—Continued
Miscellaneous retail
Drug stores and proprietary stores
Miscellaneous shopping goods stores .
Nonstore retailers
Fuel and ice dealers
Retail stores, nee

1972
SIC
Code

59
591
594

596
598
599

Finance, insurance, and real estate 4 .

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

31.2
29.9
29.4
35.1
38.2
31.7

31.1
29.9
28.7
35.9
39.0
32.3

30.9
29.5
29.3
33.5
38.3
32.5

30.7
29.3
29.0
33.6
38.8
32.4

36.5

36.4

36.4

36.2

Banking
Commercial and stock savings banks .

60
602

36.4
36.4

36.3
36.3

36.3
36.3

35.9
35.9

Credit agencies other than banks
Savings and loan associations ...
Personal credit institutions

61
612
614

37.4
36.7
37.6

37.2
36.6
37.4

37.7
37.0
37.8

37.0
36.1
37.5

Insurance carriers
Life insurance
Medical service and health insurance ...
Fire, marine, and casualty insurance

63
631
632
633

37.3
37.0
38.0
37.2

37.2
37.0
37.8
37.1

37.6
37.1
38.4
37.4

37.5
37.2
38.2
37.3

32.7

32.7

32.8

32.8

Services ,
Hotels and other lodging places:
Hotels, motels, and tourist courts3

701

30.6

30.2

31.1

30.8

Personal services:
Laundry, cleaning, and garment services .
Beauty shops3

721
723

34.5
30.1

34.5
30.5

34.2
30.3

34.4
30.6

Business services
Advertising
Services to buildings
Computer and data processing services

73
731
734
737

33.5
36.0
28.6
38.5

33.6
36.2
28.9
38.1

33.9
36.5
29.0
38.2

33.9
36.6
28.9
38.3

Auto repair, services, and garages .
Automotive repair shops

75
753

37.5
38.9

37.7
39.2

37.5
38.2

37.5
38.5

Miscellaneous repair services .

76

38.6

38.6

39.2

39.2

Motion pictures
Motion picture production and services .

78
781

29.9
39.4

29.8
38.5

29.1
39.2

30.1
39.7

Amusement and recreation services .

79

29.4

29.7

27.8

27.9

Health services
Offices of physicians
Offices of dentists
Nursing and personal care facilities
Hospitals

80
801
802
805
806

32.3
30.6
28.6
31.1
33.9

32.4
30.5
28.7
31.3
34.0

32.7
30.7
28.6
31.8
34.6

32.5
30.8
29.1
31.2
34.3

Legal services

81

34.6

34.4

34.8

34.6

Miscellaneous services
Engineering and architectural services .
Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping

89
891

38.8
39.7
37.8

38.9
40.0
37.6

39.0
40.0
37.6

39.1
40.2
37.6

See footnotes at end of table.

96



893

Average overtime hours

Average weekly hours
Nov.
1985"

36.1

32.6

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

Retail trade—Continued
Miscellaneous retail
Drug stores and proprietary stores
Miscellaneous shopping goods stores
Nonstore retailers
Fuel and ice dealers
Retail stores, nee

1972
SIC
Code

59
591
594
596
598
599

Finance, insurance, and real estate4

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
Oct.
1984

I

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

$180.34
159.67
161.99
211.30
316.30
195.59

$180.07
162.36
156.13
215.04
328.38
199.61

$185.71
161.96
167.89
219.43
324.40
206.38

$183.28
159.98
165.01
218.06
326.70
201.85

$5.78
5.34
5.51
6.02
8.28
6.17

$5.79
5.43
5.44
5.99
8.42
6.18

$6.01
5.49
5.73
6.55
8.47
6.35

$5.97
5.46
5.69
6.49
8.42
6.23

7.67

7.71

8.03

8.01

$8.03 279.96

280.64

292.29

289.96

Banking
Commercial and stock savings banks

60
602

6.61
6.45

6.64
6.49

6.95
6.82

6.92
6.77

240.60
234.78

241.03
235.59

252.29
247.57

248.43
243.04

Credit agencies other than banks
Savings and loan associations
Personal credit institutions

61
612
614

6.89
6.26
6.61

6.91
6.28
6.69

7.37
6.87
7.08

7.28
6.83
6.94

257.69
229.74
248.54

257.05
229.85
250.21

277.85
254.19
267.62

269.36
246.56
260.25

Insurance carriers
Life insurance
Medical service and health insurance
Fire, marine, and casualty insurance

63
631
632
633

8.42
8.14
8.27
8.67

8.38
7.99
8.35
8.71

8.70
8.15
8.87
9.03

8.67
8.14
8.82
9.01

314.07
301.18
314.26
322.52

311.74
295.63
315.63
323.14

327.12
302.37
340.61
337.72

325.13
302.81
336.92
336.07

7.71

7.77

8.04

8.04

8.09 252.12

254.08

263.71

263.71

Services
Hotels and other lodging places:
Hotels, motels, and tourist courts3

701

5.46

5.56

5.87

5.88

167.08

167.91

182.56

181.10

Personal services:
Laundry, cleaning, and garment services ..
Beauty shops3

721
723

5.64
5.63

5.67
5.70

5.84
6.02

5.85
6.02

194.58
169.46

195.62
173.85

199.73
182.41

201.24
184.21

Business services
Advertising
Services to buildings
Computer and data processing services ...

73
731
734
737

7.97
10.61
6.13
10.69

8.00
10.58
6.13
10.83

8.35
10.89
6.42
11.46

8.31
10.66
6.36
11.36

267.00
381.96
175.32
411.57

268.80
383.00
177.16
412.62

283.07
397.49
186.18
437.77

281.71
390.16
183.80
435.09

Auto repair, services, and garages

75
753

7.20
7.73

7.26
7.80

7.47
8.11

7.51
8.13

270.00
300.70

273.70
305.76

280.13
309.80

281.63
313.01

76

8.75

8.73

8.89

8.86

337.75

336.98

348.49

347.31

78
781

12.11
16.41

12.00
16.11

11.51
15.88

11.94
16.03

362.09
646.55

357.60
620.24

334.94
622.50

359.39
636.39

79

6.94

7.21

6.85

7.04

204.04

214.14

190.43

196.42

80
801
802
805
806

7.84
7.64
7.52
5.44
8.71

7.89
7.76
7.62
5.46
8.76

8.17
8.09
7.94
5.67
9.10

8.16
8.02
7.92
5.67
9.11

253.23
233.78
215.07
169.18
295.27

255.64
236.68
218.69
170.90
297.84

267.16
248.36
227.08
180.31
314.86

265.20
247.02
230.47
176.90
312.47

81

9.99

10.04

10.74

10.58

345.65

345.38

373.75

366.07

11.22
12.01
9.45

11.30
12.10
9.45

11.87
12.61
10.14

11.74
12.55
9.85

435.34
476.80
357.21

439.57
484.00
355.32

462.93
504.40
381.26

459.03
504.51
370.36

Nov.
1985P

$289.88

263.73

Automotive repair shops
Miscellaneous repair services
Motion pictures
Motion picture production and services
Amusement and recreation services
Health services
Offices of physicians
Offices of dentists
Nursing and personal care facilities
Hospitals
Legal services
Miscellaneous services
Engineering and architectural services
Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping

891
893

1
Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;
construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in
transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and services.
2
Beginning in January 1978, data relate to line haul railroads with
operating revenues of $50,000,000 or more.
3
Money payments only; tips, not included.
4
Data for nonoffice sales agents are excluded from all series in this




division.
- Data not available.
p
= preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1984 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1984 forward are subject to
revision.

97

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-3. Average hourly earnings, excluding overtime1 of production workers on manufacturing payrolls

T

Industry

Manufacturing

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

$8.87

$8.93

$9.14

$9.15

$9.22

9.72
7.97
7.05
9.32

9.72
7.95
7.06
9.28

9.78

11.16
9.28
9.96
9.24
12.10
8.98
7.07

11.11
9.28
10.00
9.26
12.09
8.99
7.05

8.34
8.04
11.23
6.45
5.63
10.31
9.40
11.20
13.37
8.19
5.70

8.34
8.08
11.19
6.47
5.62
10.32
9.41
11.25
13.22
8.18
5.65

Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products ...
Miscellaneous manufacturing

9.38
7.81
6.70
9.11
10.89
9.01
9.60
8.82
11.67
8.67
6.84

9.43
111
6.72
9.15
11.01
9.05
9.63
8.86
11.74
8.67
6.85

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products ..
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products

8.12
7.92
10.46
6.27
5.51

8.19
8.03
11.47
6.31
5.50

9.95
9.14

10.06
9.19

10.85
12.86

10.89
13.06
8.03
5.66

7.97
5.63

1
Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate
of time and one-half.
2
Not available.
p
= preliminary.

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

$8.42

NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected
from March 1984 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark
data are introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1984 forward are
subject to revision.

C-4. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workerson private
nonagricultural payrolls by major industry, in current and constant (1977) dollars.
Average hourly earnings
Industry

Average weekly earnings

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Total private:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

$8.40
4.88

$8.43
4.91

$8.68
4.91

$8.65
4.89

$8.67

Mining:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

11.58
6.73

11.63
6.77

12.00
6.80

11.95
6.75

$11.95

500.26
290.85

505.91
294.48

524.40
296.94

517.44
292.34

$517.44

Construction:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

12.23
7.11

12.10
7.04

12.40
7.02

12.36
6.98

$12.21

464.74
270.20

451.33
262.71

477.40
270.33

473.39
267.45

$450.55

Manufacturing:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

9.24
5.37

9.31
5.42

9.55
5.41

9.54
5.39

$9.62

374.22
217.57

378.92
220.56

389.64
220.63

388.28
219.37

$392.50

11.18
6.50

11.25
6.55

11.52
6.52

11.47
6.48

$11.53

438.26
254.80

444.38
258.66

457.34
258.97

453.07
255.97

$451.98

Wholesale trade:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

9.00
5.23

9.08
5.28

9.33
5.28

9.24
5.22

$9.32

348.30
202.50

351.40
204.54

362.00
204.98

357.59
202.03

$359.75

Retail trade:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

5.88
3.42

5.93
3.45

5.99
3.39

5.97
3.37

$6.01

174.64
101.53

176.12
102.51

177.90
100.74

175.52
99.16

$176.09

Finance, insurance, and real estate:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

7.67
4.46

7.71
4.49

8.03
4.55

8.01
4.53

$8.03

279.96
162.77

280.64
163.35

292.29
165.51

289.96
163.82

$289.88

Services:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

7.71
4.48

7.77
4.52

8.04
4.55

8.04
4.54

$8.09

252.12
146.58

254.08
147.89

263.71
149.33

263.71
148.99

$263.73

Transportation and public utilities:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

1
Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;
construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in
transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and services.
2
Not available.
p
= preliminary.

98




Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Nov.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Nov.
1985P

$294.84 $295.89 $305.54 $303.62 $302.58
171.42 172.23 173.01 171.54

NOTE: The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and
Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate the earnings series.
Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from March
1984 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced all unadjusted data from April 1984 forward are subject to
revision.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-5. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls
by major industry and manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
1984

1985

Industry
Nov.

Total private

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.p

Nov.

35.2

35.2

35.1

35.1

35.2

35.0

35.1

35.1

35.0

35.1

35.1

35.1

35.0

Construction

38.0

37.8

37.7

37.8

38.1

38.0

37.6

37.2

37.6

37.5

37.9

38.0

37.6

Manufacturing
Overtime hours
Durable goods
Overtime hours
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing

40.5
3.4
41.2
3.6
39.6
39.7
41.8
41.5
40.9
41.1
41.8
40.9
42.4
43.5
41.4
39.3

40.6
3.4
41.3
3.6
39.8
39.6
41.8
41.2
39.8
41.4
41.7
41.0
42.8
44.0
41.8
39.3

40.6
3.4
41.3
3.6
39.7
40.4
41.7
41.0
39.9
41.4
41.7
40.8
43.1
44.3
41.2
39.2

40.1
3.3
40.7
3.5
38.9
39.5
41.6
40.9
40.5
40.9
41.1
40.2
41.9
42.4
40.7
39.0

40.4
3.2
41.1
3.5
39.6
39.5
42.0
41.1
40.5
41.1
41.6
40.7
42.5
43.2
41.0
39.1

40.2
3.4
40.9
3.6
39.5
39.3
42.0
41.0
40.2
41.1
41.2
40.2
42.3
43.3
40.7
39.0

40.4
3.1
41.1
3.2
39.8
38.9
42.1
41.2
40.7
41.1
41.4
40.4
42.6
43.5
40.9
39.3

40.4
3.2
41.2
3.3
40.1
38.9
41.9
41.6
41.2
41.3
41.6
40.6
42.3
42.7
41.1
39.4

40.3
3.2
41.0
3.3
39.7
38.8
42.0
41.4
41.2
41.3
41.3
40.3
42.5
43.3
40.7
39.0

40.6
3.3
41.3
3.4
40.0
39.2
42.0
41.7
41.8
41.4
41.6
40.7
42.9
43.8
40.7
39.3

40.7
3.3
41.3
3.5
40.1
39.4
42.0
41.5
41.0
41.6
41.6
40.5
42.9
43.8
40.9
39.8

40.7
3.3
41.3
3.4
40.3
39.3
42.2
41.8
41.7
41.5
41.6
40.6
42.8
43.9
40.8
39.9

40.7
3.4
41.3
3.6
40.0
39.3
41.7
42.0
42.2
41.3
41.5
40.8
42.6
43.5
41.2
39.6

39.5
3.1
39.7
39.0
39.1
36.1
43.1
37.8
41.8
43.4
(2)
36.6

39.6
3.0
40.1
38.8
39.2
36.3
43.1
37.7
41.9
43.0
(2)
36.9

39.5
3.0
39.8
38.3
39.2
36.2
43.0
37.8
42.0
43.2
(2)
36.8

39.3
2.9
39.7
39.2
38.8
35.9
42.9
37.7
41.9
43.1

39.1
3.0
39.6
35.4
38.8
35.6
43.0
37.6
41.9
42.0
(2)
37.0

39.4
2.9
40.1
37.0
38.9
36.2
43.0
37.4
41.9
41.7
(2)
37.1

39.4
3.0
39.6
36.6
39.4
36.3
42.9
37.5
42.0
42.6
(2)
37.0

39.4
3.0
40.0
34.6
39.1
36.3
42.7
37.5
41.8
42.9

39.6
3.1
39.9
36.8
40.0
36.4
43.0
37.9
41.8
43.3

(2)
36.4

39.4
2.9
39.8
38.9
39.1
36.1
42.9
37.6
42.1
43.3
(2)
37.1

(2)

(2)

37.0

37.3

39.8
3.1
40.2
36.9
40.7
36.5
43.1
38.0
41.6
43.4
(2)
37.8

39.9
3.2
40.3
38.3
40.7
36.6
43.2
37.9
41.8
44.0
(2)
37.9

39.8
3.2
39.8
36.4
41.2
36.8
43.1
37.8
41.8
42.9
(2)
38.1

Transportation and public utilities

39.4

39.3

39.3

39.4

39.5

39.4

39.5

39.5

39.2

39.6

39.5

39.5

39.1

Wholesale trade

38.6

38.6

38.6

38.6

38.7

38.6

38.7

38.8

38.6

38.6

38.7

38.6

38.5

Retail trade

29.9

29.9

29.8

29.8

29.8

29.7

29.9

29.9

29.7

29.6

29.6

29.5

29.5

32.8

32.9

32.7

32.8

32.8

32.7

32.8

32.8

32.7

32.8

32.8

32.9

32.7

Mining

Nondurable goods
Overtime hours
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products

Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services
1

Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;
construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in
transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and services.
2
These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the
seasonal components are small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular




components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
p
= preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1984 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all seasonally adjusted data from January 1981 forward are
subject to revision.

99

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers 1 on private nonagricultural
payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
(1977 = 100)
1984

1985

Industry
Nov.

Dec,

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.p

Total private

114.5

115.0

115.0

115.1

115.7

115.6

116.2

116.3

116.0

116.7

117.0

117.4

117.3

Goods-producing

99.3

99.9

100.0

98.8

99.6

99,1

99.1

98.6

98.5

99.1

99.2

99.7

99.5

Mining

112.6

112.1

110.9

112.2

112.6

113.6

114.0

112.6

111.1

110.5

110.4

109.8

108.8

Construction

118.4

119.4

121.3

121.2

123.4

125.7

124.4

122.4

124.3

124.8

127.1

127.8

126.2

95.0

95.5

95.3

93.9

94.3

93.3

93.4

93.4

92.9

93.5

93.3

93.8

93.9

94.8
95.8

95.2
96.2

92.8
93.2
104.7
87.8
66.9
54.6
91.5
92.5

92.9
94.0

92.7
94.1

92.7
97.8

104.2
88.2
66.6
53.3
91.6
90.7
104.1
99.0
92.1

108.5
85.1

109.6
84.8

107.7
83.9

102.8
87.4
67.2
54.3
91.4
92.6
106.1
97.2
89.6
106.1
81.9

92.0
96.0
104.2
87.6
65.5
52.2
91.5
90.5
103.4
97.8
89.9
104.2
81.9

92.6
97.7

102.6
88.0
66.9
54.4
91.3
92.8
106.4
97.8
91.3
105.6
82.3

91.9
94.3
102.6
87.6
66.3
54.1
91.0
91.2
104.3
97.1
89.9

92.6
95.8

108.4
87.8
69.0
55.1
92.7
95.1
111.8
98.8
95.2

93.3
93.3
105.7
87.2
68.4
55.5
91.4
93.3
109.4
95.6
89.3
106.7
82.9

93.9
94.4

112.7
95.1
90.9

95.4
96.8
106.0
87.8
69.3
55.0
92.9
95.6
112.7
97.6
94.0

103.6
87.2
67.3
53.2
91.4
90.3
105.1
99.2
91.3
104.7
81.8

95.3
96.3
90.4
76.5
89.5
99.5

95.7
98.0
89.9
76.4
90.4
99.7
118.8
94.7
85.1
112.7
68.6

109.6
66.1

94.3
98.6
84.0
73.6
87.4
99.9
119.7
93.7
80.3
109.1
66.3

94.3
98.4
83.1
74.3
86.9
99.6

119.4
94.5
86.6
112.5
68.5

95.6
97.6
90.5
76.2
89.9
99.7
119.9
94.7
85.5
112.4
67.5

120.3
93.9
82.0
108.7
65.6

122.9

123.4

Transportation and public utilities

106.5

Wholesale trade

Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing

105.7
87.2
70.2
57.0
92.0
95.9

106.0
88.2
68.0
54.8
91.6
94.1

109.8
96.9
90.2
107.2
82.8

106.6
97.5
91.4
105.9
81.7

104.3
79.9

94.7
97.3
90.8
74.5
88.7
99.3

95.0
98.0
88.3
74.6
88.6
99.5

119.9
94.5
85.3

110.4
65.9

119.8
94.8
84.9
111.1
66.7

123.3

124.0

124.6

124.7

125.7

126.1

125.7

106.5

106.7

107.2

107.6

107.5

108.2

108.2

107.5

116.8

117.3

117.7

117.9

118.6

118.8

119.5

120.2

119.6

Retail trade

115.8

116.0

115.9

116.4

116.8

116.7

118.2

118.5

117.8

Finance, insurance, and real estate

126.0

126.7

126.1

126.8

127.7

127.8

128.0

130.3

128.7

Services

136.1

137.0

136.8

137.9

138.7

138.9

139.8

139.9

140.1

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products
Service-producing

H

Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;
construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in
transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and services.
p
= preliminary.

100



94.1
97.1
82.0
74.1
87.1
99.3
120.0
94.2
81.6

94.4
98.1
78.5
73.6
88.4
99.2
121.2
93.3
82.6
108.5
67.5

104.7
87.8
66.0
52.7
91.3
91.5
105.1
98.5
91.5
104.5
81.7

94.9

103.7
82.1

87.9

95.3
98.8
83.8
76.4
88.6

100.1
122.8

100.1
122.8

95.7
99.1
85.2
76.6
88.7
100.5
122.5

93.3

98.5
81.8
75.2

Nov.'

95.7
97.4
81.0
77.8

89.5
101.7
122.7

83.4
108.6

93.0
80.5

93.5
82.4

93.3
80.3

109.1

110.4

111.5

67.1

68.0

68.2

68.0

126.4

126.8

127.2

127.1

108.1

108.7

109.0

108.5

120.0

120.5

120.7

120.8

118.0

118.1

118.1

117.9

129.5

130.8

130.0

130.6

141.4

141.8

142.8

142.8

NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1984 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all seasonally adjusted data from January 1981 forward are
subject to revision.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EARNINGS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-7. The Hourly Earnings Index and average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers 1
on private nonagricultural payrolls, seasonally adjusted
1985

1984

Industry

Nov.

Dec.

Feb.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.p

Hourly Earnings lndex2(1977 = 100)
Total private (in current dollars)
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and public utilities .
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services
4

Total private (in constant dollars)

147.6
164.7
162.9
(3)
155.2
(3)
164.9

163.4

163.0

164.0

164.4

164.8

164.9

165.7

165.4

165.7

166.7

166.4

148.9
165.4
164.1

149.2
166.3
163.5

150.8
166.9
164.2

149.9
167.4
165.4

150.4
167.9
165.0

150.0
168.4
165.0

149.3
168.6
166.6

149.4
169.3
166.1

150.0
169.1
167.3

149.4
169.4
167.2

154.5

155.4

155.5

155.6

155.9

155.9

149.1
169.0
166.0
(3)
155.8

155.8

157.2

156.7

164.9

166.2

167.2

167.8

167.6

169.8

169.0

169.6

171.5

171.0

94.5

94.4

94.3

94.5

94.3

94.3

94.7

94.3

$8.52

$8.57

$8.60

$8.65

$8.64

0

155.6
166.7

C

94.5

94.9

94.5

94.7

$8.42

$8.47

$8.44

$8.49

f)

f)

148.7
170.1
167.4
(3)
157.5
(3)
171.7

Average hourly earnings
Total private
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and public utilities .
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services

$8.54

$8.55

$8.59

$8.67

$12.16 $12.20 $12.20 $12.27 $12.22 $12.26 $12.25 $12.23 $12.23 $12.26 $12.30 $12.26 $12.27
9.38
9.48
9.31
9.35
9.41
9.43
9.49
9.51
9.53
9.56
9.56
9.58
9.62
11.21
11.30
11.18
11.23
11.25
11.27
11.31
11.40
11.36
11.41
11.49
11.45
11.46
9.09
9.22
9.09
9.19
9.20
9.23
9.24
9.32
9.27
9.27
9.32
9.25
9.34
5.92
5.94
5.93
5.93
5.94
5.95
5.96
5.94
5.95
5.96
6.00
5.99
6.01
7.70
7.85
7.72
7.81
7.81
7.86
7.81
7.98
7.90
7.95
8.05
8.02
8.05
7.74
7.88
7.74
7.81
7.81
7.86
7.89
7.97
7.94
7.97
8.03
8.03
8.07
Average weekly earnings

Total private:
In current dollars
In constant (1977) dollars4.

296.38 298.14 296.24 298.00 299.90 298.90 300.11 301.51 299.95 301.86 303.62 303.26 303.45
172.62 173.14 171.73 172.15 172.46 171.19 171.59 172.00 171.01 171.80 172.51 171.82

1
Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;
construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in
transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and services.
2
Excludes the effects of two types of changes that are unrelated to
underlying wage rate movements: Fluctuations in overtime in manufacturing
and interindustry employment shifts.
3
These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the
seasonal components are small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular




components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
4
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate these series.
5
Not available.
p
= preliminary,
c = corrected.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from March
1984 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced,
all seasonally adjusted data from January 1981 forward are subject to
revision.

101

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-8. Average hours and earnings of production workers on manufacturing payrolls in States and selected
areas
Average weekly hours
State and area

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Average hourly earnings

Average weekly earnings

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1984

Oct.
1985P

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Alabama
Birmingham
Mobile

40.9
41.0
42.3

41.3
40.6
41.3

41.3
40.6
41.2

$8.09
8.25
9.84

$8.54
8.75
10.52

$8.61
8.73
10.44

$330.88
338.25
416.23

Alaska

31.0

38.2

35.1

15.65

12.47

15.47

485.15

476.35

543.00

372.50

390.67

0
0

0
0

391.78

$352.70 $355.59
355.25 354.44
434.48 430.13

40.8

40.4

40.1

9.13

9.67

9.77

0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

O
0

O
0

Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale
Fort Smith
Little Rock-North Little Rock
Pine Bluff

40.1
38.2
40.3
40.7
42.5

40.7
40.8
40.0
41.4
41.7

41.1
41.4
40.9
40.6
44.4

7.34
6.27
7.70
8.11
9.42

7.63
6.55
8.11
8.30
9.87

7.65
6.89
8.15
8.21
9.71

294.33
239.51
310.31
330.08
400.35

310.54
267.24
324.40
343.62
411.58

314.42
285.25
333.34
333.33
431.12

California

40.0

40.4

40.4

9.80

10.19

10.18

392.00

411.68

411.27

Colorado

41.0
41.2

40.7
41.3

40.8
41.4

9.30
9.71

9.45
9.82

9.44
9.83

381.30
400.05

384.62
405.57

385.15
406.96

Connecticut
Bridgeport-Milford
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven-Meriden
Stamford
Waterbury

42.5
41.1
42.8
42.4
40.9
44.0
44.4

41.6
40.8
41.8
42.2
41.1
42.2
41.8

41.7
41.1
41.6
42.0
40.8
42.2
42.7

9.32
9.83
9.94
9.76
8.96
9.02
7.92

9.58
10.04
9.99
9.96
9.06
9.68
8.22

9.64

9.07
9.85
8.32

396.10
404.01
425.43
413.82
366.46
396.88
351.65

398.53
409.63
417.58
420.31
372.37
408.50
343.60

401.99
411.41
416.00
420.42
370.06
415.67
355.26

Delaware
Wilmington

41.8
42.7

40.1
39.7

41.6
41.6

9.42
10.83

9.63
11.27

9.72
11.28

393.76
462.44

386.16
447.42

404.35
469.25

District of Columbia:
Washington MSA

37.8

38.6

37.9

10.28

10.91

10.87

388.58

421.13

411.97

40.7
42.5
41.3
42.4
40.1
41.8
41.2
41.2
41.7

41.8
42.1
41.1
43.0
39.7
42.0
41.9
40.2
40.2

41.8
42.4
40.1
42.8
40.5
41.5
41.8
40.0
40.9

7.70
7.39
7.99
7.76
6.58
7.94
9.22
7.57
7.71

7.94
7.76
8.34

7.84
7.78
8.08
7.77
6.89
8.34
9.57
7.61
8.45

313.39
314.08
329.99
329.02
263.86
331.89
379.86
311.88
321.51

331.89
326.70
342.77
340.99
275.92
349.02
393.02
309.54
336.07

327.71
329.87
324.01
332.56
279.05
346.11
400.03
304.40
345.61

Georgia
Atlanta
Savannah

40.7
39.5
45.7

41.1
40.9
43.9

41.1
40.6
43.8

7.71
8.83

8.03

10.07

8.04
9.32
10.23

9.47
10.18

313.80
348.79
460.20

330.44
381.19
449.10

330.03
384.48
445.88

Hawaii

37.0
36.9

38.1
38.2

37.4
37.2

8.32
8.49

8.81
8.92

8.76
8.90

307.84
313.28

335.66
340.74

327.62
331.08

36.9

38.3

38.4

9.94

9.66

9.52

366.79

369.98

365.57

40.7
39.8
37.4
32.4
40.6
39.5
33.9
39.9
27.7
38.2
39.2
41.2
35.6

40.9
40.0
39.0
40.2
41.1
40.3
40.5
42.6
40.2
39.7
42.4
40.8
42.1

40.6
39.7
38.0
40.0
40.8
39.5
40.3
43.0
40.0
40.4
42.3
40.9
41.5

10.16
10.33
10.15
9.12
9.77

10.48
10.24
10.41
9.18
10.27
12.19
13.20
11.48
10.68
10.23
12.61
10.91
11.31

10.50
10.20
10.46
9.23
10.27
12.34
13.31
11.34
10.34
10.16
12.67
10.97
11.20

413.51
411.13
379.61
295.49
396.66
478.74
427.82
452.47
271.74
370.16
486.08
413.24
393.02

428.63
409.60
405.99
369.04
422.10
491.26
534.60
489.05
429.34
406.13
534.66
445.13
476.15

426.30
404.94
397.48
369.20
419.02
487.43
536.39
487.62
413.60
410.46
535.94
448.67
464.80

Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson

Denver-Boulder

Florida
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach
Jacksonville
Lakeland-Winter Haven
Miami-Hialeah
Orlando

Pensacola
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

Honolulu
Idaho
Illinois
Aurora-Elgin
Bloomington-Normal
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul
Chicago
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Decatur
Joliet
Kankakee
Lake County
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield
See footnotes at end of table.

102



12.12
12.62
11.34
9.81

9.69
12.40
10.03
11.04

7.93
6.95

8.31
9.38 I
7.70 |
8.36

10.01

10.00
10.01

0
0

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-8. Average hours and earnings of production workers on manufacturing payrolls in States and selected
areas—Continued
Average weekly hours
State and area

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Average hourly earnings

Average weekly earnings

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Indiana
Gary-Hammond
Indianapolis

41.4
40.7
42.0

41.4
42.8
41.2

41.0
41.5
39.8

$10.45
13.16
10.83

$10.67
13.96
11.04

$10.68
13.96
11.42

$432.63
535.61
454.86

$441.74
597.49
454.85

$437.88
579.34
454.52

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo-Cedar Falls

40.4
40.9
41.7
41.0
39.3

41.1
40.5
41.1
40.8
41.3

40.8
40.4
39.9
41.5
37.6

10.16
11.02
12.29
10.72
8.44

10.33
11.27
11.86
11.70
8.43

10.32
11.28
11.34
11.64
8.18

424.56
456.44
487.45
477.36
348.16

O

O

410.46
450.72
512.49
439.52
331.69

O

0

421.06
455.71
452.47
483.06
307.57

Kansas
Topeka
Wichita

39.8
41.3
40.6

40.0
41.3
39.2

39.0
41.7
38.0

9.42
10.53
9.91

9.53
11.08
9.85

9.51
11.07
9.91

374.92
434.89
402.35

381.20
457.60
386.12

370.89
461.62
376.58

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette
Louisville

39.4
39.7
41.2

39.6
39.4
41.0

39.3
38.3
41.0

9.46
9.78
10.73

9.58
9.99
10.81

9.57
10.10
10.87

372.72
388.27
442.08

379.37
393.61
443.21

376.10
386.83
445.67

Louisiana
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Shreveport

41.0
41.3
39.9
41.4

41.6
43.4
40.9
39.9

41.5
42.7
40.9
39.0

10.07
12.17
10.19
9.94

10.44
12.19
10.55
10.42

10.42
12.07
10.55
10.44

412.87
502.62
406.58
411.52

434.30
529.05
431.50
415.76

432.43
515.39
431.50
407.16

Maine
Lewiston-Aubum
Portland

39.8
37.3
38.2

39.9
38.4
36.5

39.6
38.2
38.1

8.27
6.68
8.14

8.26
6.64
8.83

8.42
6.77
8.96

329.15
249.16
310.95

329.57
254.98
322.30

333.43
258.61
341.38

Maryland
Baltimore MSA

40.9
41.3

40.2
40.9

40.3
41.3

9.49
9.87

9.78
10.21

9.76
10.20

388.14
407.63

393.16
417.59

393.33
421.26

Massachusetts
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Lawrence-Haverhill
Lowell
New Bedford
Springfield
Worcester

39.2
40.1
37.8
36.1
39.5
38.8
38.0
41.2
39.3

40.5
40.2
38.5
37.9
40.9
41.9
39.7
42.2
41.1

40.5
40.0
39.4
36.9
40.0
41.9
38.8
42.5
40.6

8.71
9.45
6.72
6.95
8.59
8.18
7.88
8.59
8.72

9.06
9.85
7.08
6.83
8.77
8.44
7.94
8.94
8.97

9.04
9.84
7.13
6.89
8.82
8.52
8.00
8.87
9.02

341.43
378.95
254.02
250.90
339.31
317.38
299.44
353.91
342.70

366.93
395.97
272.58
258.86
358.69
353.64
315.22
377.27
368.67

366.12
393.60
280.92
254.24
352.80
356.99
310.40
376.98
366.21

Michigan
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland ...

43.3
45.7
41.9
44.2
44.4
41.6
42.6
41.5
45.0
40.7
43.6

43.5
44.9
42.7
44.2
45.2
41.4
42.0
44.9
45.8
40.9
43.7

43.5
44.3
42.1
44.4
44.3
41.0
41.9
44.8
44.3
40.4
44.0

12.24
13.28
12.56
12.89
14.17
10.39
9.85
11.21
13.83
10.87
14.11

12.80
13.37
13.24
13.64
14.62
11.03
10.09
11.99
15.01
11.27
14.10

12.69
13.15
12.81
13.65
14.26
10.99
9.98
11.94
14.83
11.25
13.94

529.99
606.90
526.26
569.74
629.15
432.22
419.61
465.21
622.35
442.41
615.20

556.80
600.31
565.35
602.89
660.82
456.64
423.78
538.35
687.46
460.94
616.17

552.01
582.54
539.30
606.06
631.72
450.59
418.16
534.91
656.97
454.50
613.36

Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis-St. Paul
St. Cloud

40.1
38.6
40.7
40.4

40.5
36.7
40.9
39.1

40.3
36.7
40.6
38.6

9.79
9.97
10.50
9.13

10.04
10.35
10.96
9.49

10.15
10.18
10.91
9.53

392.58
384.84
427.35
368.85

406.62
379.85
448.26
371.06

409.05
373.61
442.95
367.86

Mississippi
Jackson

40.4
41.4

40.8
41.9

40.6
41.7

6.95
7.76

7.25
8.25

7.26
8.23

280.78
321.26

295.80
345.68

294.76
343.19

Missouri
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Springfield

40.4
41.3
38.0
40.5
38.3

0

0
40.4
41.4

10.90
9.22

440.36
389.57

8.84

8.86

382.59
441.50
315.40
441.45
316.36

445.81
378.94

38.3

9.47
10.69
8.30
10.90
8.26

O

40.9
41.1

Montana

38.5

39.4

10.62

10.88

10.71

408.87

O
39.1
39.6

0

0

0

0
O

10.90
9.41

O

0

O

O
O

345.64

339.34

430.85

421.97

See footnotes at end of table.




103

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-8. Average hours and earnings of production workers on manufacturing payrolls in States and selected
areas—Continued
Average weekly hours
State and area

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Average hourly earnings

Average weekly earnings

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1985P

Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha

40.3
40.3
40.0

41.1
39.9
40.4

40.6
39.0
40.0

$8.91
9.33
9.33

$9.17
10.08
9.68

$9.02
9.80
9.51

$359.07
376.00
373.20

$376.89
402.19
391.07

$366.21
382.20
380.40

Nevada
Las Vegas

39.1
39.3

40.3
39.1

39.9
39.2

9.37
11.05

9.12
10.96

9.32
11.18

366.37
434.27

367.54
428.54

371.87
438.26

New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua

41.0
40.1
41.0

41.5
40.4
41.2

41.2
39.7
41.1

7.96
7.75
9.58

8.37
8.18

8.43
8.31

10.04

10.19

326.36
310.78
392.78

347.36
330.47
413.65

347.32
329.91
418.81

New Jersey
Atlantic City
Bergen-Passaic
Camden
Jersey City
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon
Newark
Trenton

41.3
37.4
40.7
40.4
39.9
42.3
42.3
39.4

40.8
38.7
41.6
40.1
39.6
42.1
41.4
39.2

41.1
39.1
41.9
40.2
39.9
42.1
41.5
39.4

9.57
8.52
8.92
9.62
8.69
10.32
9.41
9.40

9.82
8.50
9.68
9.96
9.02
10.85
9.50
10.08

9.83
8.49
9.76
9.99
9.06
10.87
9.44
10.13

395.24
318.65
363.04
388.65
346.73
436.54
398.04
370.36

400.66
328.95
402.69
399.40
357.19
456.79
393.30
395.14

404.01
331.96
408.94
401.60
361.49
457.63
391.76
399.12

New Mexico
Albuquerque

40.2
39.8

40.8
40.1

40.4
40.1

7.89
7.81

8.23
8.38

8.23
8.37

317.18
310.84

335.78
336.04

332.49
335.64

New York
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Glens Falls
Monroe County
Nassau-Suffolk
New York PMSA
New York City
Niagara Falls
Orange County
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Rockland County
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester County

40.0
40.7
40.9
42.0
41.3
40.7
43.1
41.0
37.3
36.9
41.1
38.7
43.2
42.7
39.9
41.8
41.3
41.0

40.0
40.7
40.8
42.5
40.1
39.9
42.7
40.2
37.4
37.0
43.1
37.6
42.1
42.4
42.5
40.7
41.7
39.4

40.1
40.9
40.4
42.0
40.1
40.1
42.6
40.6
37.7
37.2
42.6
38.6
42.3
42.4
43.0
40.5
40.8
40.3

9.29
9.61
8.21

9.72
9.81
8.67
12.34
9.22
9.41
12.85
9.56
8.85
8.67

9.73
9.89
8.68
12.14
9.21
9.43
12.84
9.56
8.88
8.67

12.57
7.30
8.80
11.80
9.14
11.03
8.55
10.19

12.77
7.37
8.78

11.79
9.10
10.90
8.60
10.50

371.60
391.13
335.79
484.26
373.35
385.43
516.34
374.33
316.68
310.70
485.80
273.61
365.90
470.13
383.04
441.83
348.57
361.62

388.80
399.27
353.74
524.45
369.72
375.46
548.70
384.31
330.99
320.79
541.77
274.48
370.48
500.32
388.45
448.92
356.54
401.49

390.17
404.50
350.67
509.88
369.32
378.14
546.98
388.14
334.78
322.52
544.00
284.48
371.39
499.90
391.30
441.45
350.88
423.15

North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point
Raleigh-Durham

39.8
41.4
40.3
39.5
41.6

40.1
41.9
40.2
38.9
40.8

40.4
41.4
40.6
39.4
40.2

7.08
7.24
7.17
7.75
8.00

7.33
7.39
7.43
8.07
8.35

7.32
7.38
7.44
8.14
8.35

281.78
299.74
288.95
306.13
332.80

293.93
309.64
298.69
313.92
340.68

295.73
305.53
302.06
320.72
335.67

North Dakota
Fargo-Moorhead

38.6
37.7

38.7
38.7

37.8
37.6

7.83
8.16

8.08
8.50

8.11
8.57

302.24
307.63

312.70
328.95

306.56
322.23

Ohio
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton-Springfield
Toledo
Youngstown-Warren

41.9
42.9
40.3
41.8
42.0
40.1
40.8
43.8
42.7

42.2
42.9
40.1
41.7
42.0
41.7
43.7
43.1
42.2

42.2
42.2
39.7
41.6
41.6
41.0
43.1
43.0
44.5

10.99
10.83
10.79
10.64
10.91
10.51
10.67
11.78
12.81

11.36
11.09
10.97
10.66
11.26
10.90
12.10
12.45
13.10

11.43
11.07
10.97
10.64
11.22
10.86
12.06
12.50
13.25

460.48
464.61
434.84
444.75
458.22
421.45
435.34
515.96
546.99

479.39
475.76
439.90
444.52
472.92
454.53
528.77
536.60
552.82

482.35
467.15
435.51
442.62
466.75
445.26
519.79
537.50
589.63

Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tulsa

41.8
41.1
41.2

41.1
41.1
39.4

40.6
40.8
38.7

9.60
9.88
10.22

9.79
10.45
10.07

9.72
10.44

401.28
406.07
421.06

402.37
429.50
396.76

394.63
425.95
384.29

Oregon
Eugene-Springfield
Portland
Salem

38.8
37.8
39.2
37.8

39.2
38.9
38.7
36.4

39.3
40.6
39.0
38.7

10.25
10.56

10.40
10.78

10.27
8.00

10.45

10.33
10.79
10.51

8.27

7.94

397.70
399.17
402.58
302.40

407.68
419.34
404.42
301.03

405.97
438.07
409.89
307.28

See footnotes at end of table.

104




....

11.53
9.04
9.47
11.98
9.13
8.49
8.42
11.82
7.07
8.47
11.01
9.60
10.57
8.44
8.82

9.93

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-8. Average hours and earnings of production workers on manufacturing payrolls in States and selected
areas—Continued
Average weekly hours
State and area

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Average hourly earnings
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Average weekly earnings
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

$9.58 $372.80 $381.84 $382.24
390.39 405.18 399.06
10.18
319.90 326.78 327.21
8.39
437.77
11.49 457.07 432.81
397.20 403.00
391.31
10.00
425.72 432.48 427.56
10.18
357.80 365.24 364.69
9.14
315.26
290.75 315.41
8.21
349.60 372.78 371.05
9.23
394.18 397.80 402.40
10.01
434.68 446.48 446.19
10.99
378.65 394.07 392.60
9.67
300.17 309.37 305.05
8.07
344.67 349.06
315.41
8.64
360.26 360.60 364.97
8.88

Pennsylvania
Allentown-Bethlehem
Altoona
Beaver County
Delaware Valley
Erie
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle
Johnstown
Lancaster
Philadelphia PMSA
Pittsburgh
Reading
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport
York

40.0
39.0
39.3
40.2
40.3
42.7
39.8
35.5
40.0
40.4
40.7
39.9
37.9
38.7
41.6

39.9
39.3
39.9
37.8
39.8
42.4
39.7
38.7
40.3
39.9
40.7
40.5
38.1
39.8
40.7

39.9
39.2
39.0
38.1
40.3
42.0
39.9
38.4
40.2
40.2
40.6
40.6
37.8
40.4
41.1

$9.32
10.01
8.14
11.37
9.71
9.97
8.99
8.19
8.74
9.69
10.68
9.49
7.92
8.15
8.66

$9.57

Rhode Island
Pawtucket-Woonsocket-Attleboro
Providence

40.3
38.2
40.3

40.2
40.8
41.3

40.5
40.7
41.5

7.32
6.84
7.42

7.61
7.19
7.74

7.66
7.21
7.77

295.00
261.29
299.03

305.92
293.35
319.66

310.23
293.45
322.46

South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg

40.9
41.6
40.7
40.1

41.0
45.1
40.6
41.3

40.9
45.5
40.3
41.6

7.35
8.83
7.28
7.18

7.63
9.40
7.57
7.41

7.61
9.36
7.60
7.41

300.62
367.33
296.30
287.92

312.83
423.94
307.34
306.03

311.25
425.88
306.28
308.26

South Dakota
Sioux Falls

42.7
46.6

40.4
39.0

39.6
38.5

7.22
7.14

7.40
7.18

7.49
7.15

308.29
332.72

298.96
280.02

296.60
275.28

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville

40.8
42.2
40.5
40.6
41.7

41.1
42.2
40.9
43.5
40.0

40.9
41.5
40.5
42.5
40.2

8.02
7.37
8.79
8.48
9.20

8.26
7.54
8.86
8.73
9.10

8.26
7.55
8.76
8.81
9.00

327.22
311.01
350.72
344.29
383.64

339.49
318.19
362.37
379.76
364.00

337.83
313.33
354.78
374.43
361.80

Texas
Dallas
Ft. Worth-Arlington
Houston
San Antonio

41.3
40.8
41.3
43.0
39.3

41.5
41.8
41.4
42.6
40.8

41.3
41.8
41.5
42.8
40.9

9.03
8.70
8.87
10.77
6.80

9.43
9.30
9.58
11.17
7.27

9.38
9.17
9.45
11.04
7.25

372.94
354.96
366.33
463.11
267.24

391.35
388.74
396.61
475.84
296.62

387.39
383.31
392.18
472.51
296.53

Utah
Salt Lake City-Ogden

39.9
40.4

40.5
39.8

40.3
39.4

9.00
8.65

9.48
9.27

9.44
9.32

359.10
349.46

383.94
368.95

380.43
367.21

Vermont
Burlington
Springfield

40.9
42.9
42.3

41.3
43.4
40.7

41.2
42.7
40.4

8.14
8.98
8.26

8.43
9.23
8.51

8.46
9.19
8.55

332.93
385.24
349.40

348.16
400.58
346.36

348.55
392.41
345.42

Virginia
Bristol
Charlottesville
Danville
Lynchburg
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News
Northern Virginia
Richmond-Petersburg
Roanoke

40.1
41.8
38.7
39.9
40.6

40.5
38.7
40.9
39.6

40.5
36.9
40.1
39.8
40.2

8.17
6.79
7.04
7.33
7.87

8.58
7.44
7.10
7.89
8.20

8.61
7.51
7.06
7.91
8.02

327.62
283.82
272.45
292.47
319.52

347.49
287.93
290.39
324.28
324.72

348.71
277.12
283.11
314.82
322.40

0

0

O

O

O

O

9.03

9.29

11.17
7.54

11.15
7.62

Washington

40.4
40.5
41.3

0

41.1

40.2
39.9
41.4

40.2
40.1
41.7

O

8.63
10.69
7.45

0

10.31
8.19

11.45
9.98
10.20
9.20
8.15
9.25
9.97
10.97
9.73
8.12
8.66
8.86

O

0

O
348.65
432.95
307.69

O

0

O

363.01
445.68
312.16

373.46
447.12
317.75

0

O

See footnotes at end of table.




105

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-8. Average hours and earnings of production workers on manufacturing payrolls in States and selected
areas—Continued
Average weekly hours
State and area

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985 P

Average hourly earnings
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985 P

$10.33 $398.59
12.65 539.74
440.83
11.38
456.37
11.86
11.73 447.31

$405.43
528.76
439.30
491.30
459.19

$405.97
519.92
430.16
492.19
493.83

403.56
414.54
424.95
431.14
395.48
453.54
343.20
382.94
459.82
427.73
388.89
396.03

416.94
434.59
431.79
470.42
466.85
479.95
354.99
385.74
472.06
418.15
371.20
418.33

421.48
438.48
432.97
472.33
530.19
469.62
353.81
393.31
469.27
424.40
371.33
410.20

365.15

388.68

371.71

189.38

194.29

187.31

376.19

384.87

388.22

West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland .
Parkersburg-Marietta
Wheeling

40.1
42.6
38.5
41.3
41.0

39.4
41.7
38.2
41.6
40.6

39.3
41.1
37.8
41.5
42.1

$9.94
12.67
11.45
11.05
10.91

$10.29
12.68
11.50
11.81
11.31

Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh ...
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville-Beloit
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
Sheboygan
Wausau

40.6
42.3
42.2
41.1
38.1
39.2
39.0
41.0
40.8
39.9
40.3
41.6

41.2
43.2
41.8
43.0
39.8
39.6
39.4
41.3
40.8
39.3
39.7
42.6

41.0
43.2
42.2
42.9
43.0
39.2
39.4
40.8
40.7
40.0
39.8
41.9

9.94
9.80
10.07
10.49
10.38

10.12
10.06

10.28
10.15

10.33

10.26

10.94

11.57
8.80
9.34
11.27
10.72

12.12

11.01
12.33
11.98
8.98
9.64

10.64

11.53
10.61

9.65

9.35

9.33

9.52

9.82

9.79

Wyoming

41.4

39.5

38.4
8.82

9.84

9.68

Puerto Rico

37.5

37.8

36.3
5.05

5.14

5.16

Virgin Islands

42.7

40.9

41.3
8.81

9.41

9.40

1

Not available.
= preliminary.
NOTE: Area definitions are published annually in the May issue of

p

106




11.73
9.01

9.34
11.57

Average weekly earnings
Oct.
1984

this publication. All State and area data have been adjusted to March
1984 benchmarks.

PRODUCTIVITY DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-9. Hours of wage and salary workers in nonagricultural establishments by major industry, seasonally adjusted
Millions of hours (annual rate)1
Industry

Total
Private sector
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Transportation and public utilities ...
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services
Government

Nov. 1984
to
Nov. 1985P

Sept. 1985
to
Oct. 1985r

Oct. 1985
to
Nov. 1985P

185,405

2.8

0.6

0.0

151,803

151,759

2.5

2,186
9,318
40,666
24,457
16,209
10,938
11,687
26,938
11,362
38,208

2,149
9,369
40,849
24,582
16,267
10,976
11,716
27,002
11,323
38,418

2,141
9,250
40,868
24,596
16,272
10,929
11,708
26,983
11,340
38,540

-3.2
6.2
-.7

-.4
-1.3
.0

-1.2
.2
1.6
3.3
2.0
4.1
5.6

-1.7
.6
.5
.5
.4
.4
.2
.2
-.3
.5

33,012

33,606

33,646

4.0

1.8

.1

Sept.
1985r

Oct.
1985r

Nov.
1985P

184,316

185,409

151,304

Total hours paid for 1 week in the month, seasonally adjusted,
multiplied by 52.
p
= preliminary.
=revised.
NOTE: Data refer to hours of all employees—production workers,




Percent change

.1
.0
-.4
-.1
-.1
.2
.3

nonsupervisory workers, and salaried workers—and are based largely on
establishment data. See BLS Handbook of Methods, BLS Bulletin 2134-1,
chapter 13, Productivity Measures: Business Economy and Major Sectors.
SOURCE: Office of Productivity and Technology (202 523 9261).

107

PRODUCTIVITY DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-10. Indexes of productivity, hourly compensation, unit costs, and prices, seasonally adjusted
(1977 = 100)
Quarterly index

Annual average
1983

Item
1983

1984

1985

1984
IV

IV

Business sector
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor payments
Implicit price deflator

103.7
111.0
107.1
161.7
98.4
156.0
145.5
152.4

107.0
120.8
112.9
168.6
98.4
157.6
157.0
157.4

102.2
106.9
104.7
160.2
99.0
156.8
139.8
151.0

103.6
110.1
106.2
161.0
98.5
155.4
144.6
151.7

104.3
112.5
107.9
161.8
97.9
155.1
147.9
152.7

104.7
114.7
109.5
164.2
98.4
156.8
149.1
154.2

105.7
117.8
111.4
166.7
98.6
157.7
151.6
155.6

107.0
121.0
113.0
167.5
98.2
156.5
157.2
156.7

107.2
121.5
113.4
169.3
98.3
158.0
158.5
158.1

108.0
123.0
113.9
171.1
98.5
158.4
160.2
159.0

106.9
123.0
115.0
173.1
98.9
161.9
159.1
160.9

107.3
123.8
115.4
174.5
98.6
162.6
159.9
161.7

108.3
125.0
115.4
176.8
99.4
163.2
160.5
162.3

103.4
111.2
107.5
162.0
98.6
156.6
147.0
153.4

106.2
120.7
113.6
168.7
98.4
158.8
156.9
158.2

101.6
106.7
105.1
160.1
99.0
157.6
140.6
151.9

103.6
110.4
106.5
161.5
98.8
155.9
146.4
152.7

104.1
112.7
108.2
162.4
98.3
155.9
149.4
153.8

104.4
115.2
110.3
164.0
98.3
157.1
151.4
155.2

105.2
118.0
112.3
166.5
98.4
158.3
152.2
156.3

106.6
121.0
113.6
168.0
98.4
157.6
156.8
157.3

106.3
121.3
114.1
169.5
98.4
159.5
158.0
159.0

106.9
122.7
114.8
171.0
98.5
160.0
160.3
160.1

106.0
122.8
115.8
173.1
98.9
163.3
160.3
162.3

106.3
123.6
116.2
174.6
98.7
164.1
161.8
163.4

106.9
124.8
116.7
176.2
99.0
164.8
163.0
164.2

111.6
104.4
93.5
163.4
99.4
146.4

115.6
115.3
99.8
169.4

110.0

110.9
102.4

113.0
106.8
94.6
163.5
98.9
144.7

112.7
109.2
96.9
164.6
98.6
146.1

114.2
113.0
98.9
167.1
98.8
146.3

114.8
114.9
100.1
168.3
98.6
146.6

116.7
116.7
100.0
169.9
98.7
145.5

116.5
116.7
100.2
172.1
99.1
147.7

116.7
117.0
100.3
174.4
99.6
149.5

118.6
117.6

119.7
118.5
99.1
177.8
99.9
148.6

111.5
102.6
92.0
162.5
98.9
145.8

116.9
117.4
100.4
167.7
97.9
143.5

109.3

113.0
108.9

96.4
163.4
97.9
144.5

115.3
114.1
98.9
165.8
98.1
143.8

116.1
116.6
100.4
167.0
97.8
143.8

118.3
119.4
101.0
168.1
97.6
142.1

117.7
119.5
101.5
170.1
97.9
144.4

118.2
119.8
101.4
172.9
98.7
146.3

120.0
120.1
100.1
175.0
98.9
145.8

121.0
120.7

146.8

113.0
105.3
93.2
162.5
98.4
143.8

111.9
107.1
95.7
165.6
100.7
148.0

113.6
112.3
98.9
171.9
100.3
151.4

111.1
103.6
93.3
164.5
101.7
148.1

111.4
106.1
95.3
165.1
101.0
148.2

112.9
109.1
96.6
165.7
100.3
146.8

112.2
109.5
97.6
167.1
100.1
149.0

112.5
111.4
99.0
169.5
100.2
150.6

112.9
112.3
99.5
170.6
100.0
151.2

114.4
112.8
98.6
172.7
100.3
151.1

114.7
112.7
98.2
175.1
100.8
152.7

114.3
112.8
98.7
176.6
100.8
154.5

116.5
113.9
97.8
178.6
101.0
153.4

117.6
115.2
98.0
179.4
100.8
152.6

106.1
112.6
106.2
161.0
97.9
155.2
151.8
164.9
117.2
150.9

108.5
122.8
113.2
166.6
97.2
156.4
153.6
164.3
147.6
155.4

104.0
107.5
103.4
159.2
98.4
156.7
153.1
167.0
92.5
149.4

105.8
111.4
105.2
160.6
98.2
155.2
151.7
165.1
111.8
150.2

107.2
114.7
106.9
161.8
97.9
154.4
150.9
164.4
126.6
151.2

107.2
117.0
109.2
162.6
97.4
154.7
151.7
163.3
135.9
152.6

108.1
120.2
111.2
164.8
97.5
155.0
152.5
162.0
143.2
153.6

108.9
123.1
113.1
165.8
97.2
155.0
152.3
162.8
151.1
154.6

108.2
123.1
113.8
167.1
97.1
157.5
154.5
165.9
145.3
156.1

108.8
124.7
114.6
168.7
97.1
158.0
155.0
166.4
150.7
157.1

108.1
124.9
115.5
170.3
97.3
160.2
157.5
168.1
150.4
159.1

108.1
125.5
116.1
171.6
97.0
161.6
158.8
169.8
148.9
160.2

109.2
127.1
116.3
173.0
97.2
161.1
158.3
168.8
160.1
160.9

Nonfarm business sector
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor payments
Implicit price deflator
Manufacturing
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs

98.8
146.5

99.2
90.2
162.7
100.6

147.9

92.4
163.0
99.6
147.0

99.1
176.5
99.7
148.8

Durable goods
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs

96.3
88.1

162.2
100.2
148.4

110.5
99.9
90.4

162.2
99.2

99.8
176.7
99.3
146.0

Nondurable goods
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs
Nonfinancial corporations1
Output per all-employee hour
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour...
Total unit costs
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor costs
Unit profits
Implicit price deflator

Third quarter 1985 measures for the nonfinancial corporate sector are
preliminary.

108



= revised.
SOURCE: Office of Productivity and Technology (202 523 9261).

PRODUCTIVITY DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-11. Percent changes from the preceding quarter and year in productivity, hourly compensation, unit costs, and prices,
seasonally adjusted annual rates
Percent change from
Same quarter, previous year

Previous quarter

Item
III
1984

IV
1984

I
1985

1985

1985r

II
1984

1984

IV
1984

I
1985

1985

1985 r

2.9

0.6
1.8
1.2
4.4
.7
3.7
3.4
3.6

3.1
5.0
1.8
4.4
.8
1.2
4.3
2.2

-3.9
.0
4.1
4.8
1.4
9.1
-2.6
5.0

1.5
2.7
1.2
3.3
-.9
1.7
2.1
1.8

3.7
3.9
.2
5.4
3.0
1.6
1.4
1.5

3.3
9.9
6.4
4.0
-.3
.7
8.7
3.3

2.7
8.0
5.1
4.6
.4
1.9
7.1
3.6

3.2
7.3
4.0
4.2
.1
1.0
7.4
3.1

1.1
4.4
3.2
3.8
.3
2.7
4.9
3.4

0.3
2.4
2.1
4.2
.5
3.9
1.8
3.2

1.1
2.9
1.8
4.5
1.1
3.3
1.2
2.6

5.5
10.6
4.8
3.7
.0
-1.7
12.5
2.8

-1.1
.7
1.8
3.6
-.1
4.7
3.1
4.2

2.2
4.7
2.4
3.7
.1
1.4
5.9
2.9

-3.1
.5
3.7
5.0
1.7
8.4

2.1
3.9
1.8
3.7
1.3
1.6
3.1
2.1

2.9
9.7
6.6
4.0
-.3
1.1
7.1
3.0

2.1
7.6
5.4
4.4
.2
2.3
5.7
3.4

2.4
6.5
4.0
4.3
.2
1.9
5.9
3.2

.8
4.0
3.2
4.0

.1
5.5

1.2
2.5
1.3
3.4
-.8
2.1
3.7
2.7

.4
3.1
5.3
3.8

-.2
2.1
2.3
3.9
.2
4.1
3.2
3.8

.6
2.9
2.3
3.9
.6
3.3
3.2
3.3

2.2
6.9
4.6
2.9
-.8
.7

6.8
6.5
-.2
3.7
.1
-2.8

-.6
.0
.7
5.2

6.8
2.0
-4.5
4.8
.6
-1.9

3.7
3.3
-.3
3.0
.6
-.7

3.6
12.2
8.3

5.9

.4
.9
.4
5.6
2.2
5.1

3.3
9.3
5.8
3.9
-.3
.6

3.4
7.0
3.4
4.5
.4
1.0

2.1
3.5
1.4
4.4
.8
2.2

3.3
2.3
-.9
4.8
1.1
1.5

2.5
1.5
-1.0
4.6
1.2
2.1

2.8
9.2
6.2
2.8
-.9
.0

7.6
9.9

1.5
1.2
-.4
6.9
3.5
5.3

6.2
.7
-5.2
4.9
.7
-1.3

3.5
2.3
-1.2
3.8
1.4
.3

5.1
16.7
11.1

-1.0
-4.6

-1.8
.3
2.1
4.9
1.3
6.8

4.6
13.4
8.4
3.4
-.8
-1.2

4.2
9.7
5.3
4.1
.0
-.1

2.5
5.0
2.5
4.3
.7
1.8

3.3
2.9
-.4
4.8
1.1
1.4

2.3
1.1
-1.2
5.1
1.7
2.7

1.2
3.6
2.4
2.7
-1.0
1.5

5.4
1.5
-3.7
5.1
1.4
-.3

1.1
-.4
-1.5
5.5
1.9
4.3

-1.3
.4

7.8
3.9
-3.6
4.8
.6
-2.8

3.9
4.9
.9
1.7
-.7

1.3
5.9
4.5
3.3
-1.0
2.0

1.3
3.4
2.1
4.3
.1
2.9

2.2
2.9
.7
4.8
.7
2.5

1.6
1.3
-.3
4.2
.6
2.6

3.2
1.4
-1.8
4.7
1.0
1.5

2.8
2.2
-.6
3.9
.5
1.0

2.8
9.8
6.8
2.4
-1.3
.2
-.4
2.0
23.8
2.6

-2.5
.2
2.8
3.2
-.4
6.5
5.9
8.0

2.5
5.2
2.6
3.7
.2
1.2
1.2
1.1
16.0
2.7

-2.5
.6
3.3
3.9
.6

2.9
10.5
7.5
3.3
-1.0
-.1
.4
-1.4
35.2
2.9

.9
7.4
6.4
3.3
-.9
2.0
2.4
.9

1.6
6.6
5.0
3.8
-.3
2.1
2.2
1.9
10.9
3.0

.0
3.9
3.9
3.3
-.2
3.4
3.3
3.8
5.0
3.6

-.7
2.0
2.7
3.5
-.2
4.3
4.2
4.3
-1.5
3.6

1.0
3.2
2.2
3.5
.1
2.3
2.5
1.7
10.2
3.1

1984

Business sector
Output per hour of all persons .
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor payments
Implicit price deflator

4.9
11.2
6.0
1.9
-1.8
-2.9
15.4

Nonfarm business sector
Output per hour of all persons .
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor payments
Implicit price deflator
Manufacturing
Output per hour of all persons .
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs

1.6

3.3
-1.0
-.3

Durable goods
Output per hour of all persons .
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs

2.1
2.6

2.9
-1.4
-2.0

Nondurable goods
Output per hour of all persons .
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs
Nonfinancial corporations
Output per all-employee hour.
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour..
Total unit costs
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor costs
Unit profits
Implicit price deflator

-2.1

1

-14.5

3.9

Third quarter 1985 measures for the nonfinancial corporate sector
are preliminary.




1.7
3.5
.2
4.9

-.3
1.9
2.2
3.0

5.9
6.6
4.0

-1.2
3.5
3.3
4.3

-1.0
5.1

-3.9
2.7

4.5
5.2
.7
3.3
.9
-1.4
-1.1
-2.4
33.7
1.9

14.7
3.2

'• = revised.
SOURCE: Office of Productivity and Technology (202 523 9261).

109

STATE AND AREA LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
D-1. Labor force status by State and selected metropolitan areas
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force

Alabama
Birmingham
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa

Percent of
labor force

Number

State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

1,816.4
405.7
121.2
202.1
135.0
58.9

1,786.8
401.3
123.4
197.5
133.1
59.4

Oct.
1985?

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

1,807.6
404.5
125.2
200.3
135.1
60.4

190.8
39.7
8.2
23.0
11.1
5.4

144.5
27.3
6.5
17.3
8.6
3.5

142.1
26.3
6.5
17.0
8.3
3.9

10.5
9.8
6.8
11.4
8.2
9.1

8.1
6.8
5.3
8.8
6.5
5.9

7.9
6.5
5.2
8.5
6.1
6.5

247.8

253.1

248.5

22.3

20.7

22.8

9.0

8.2

9.2

Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson

1,462.5
927.3
265.4

1,450.7
919.0
264.1

1,473.6
937.5
266.2

63.9
31.0
11.2

92.6
46.3
13.8

94.9
48.0
14.3

4.4
3.3
4.2

6.4
5.0
5.2

6.4
5.1
5.4

Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale
Fort Smith
Little Rock-North Little Rock
Pine Bluff

1,075.8
51.5
83.9
237.6
38.9

1,097.4
51.8
85.6
241.8
40.9

1,102.7
52.7
85.2
243.4
40.9

89.5
2.3
6.4
16.0
3.5

92.4
2.4
6.1
16.4
3.8

95.4
2.5
6.8
17.2
3.5

8.3
4.5
7.6
6.7
8.9

8.4
4.7
7.2
6.8
9.2

8.7
4.8
8.0
7.1
8.6

12,659.1
1,304.0
215.2
292.4
3,905.0
135.2
922.0
272.5
667.1
577.1
146.3
886.1
853.1
888.1
169.7
160.9
184.3
144.9

12,690.6
1,291.3
218.3
323.9
3,925.0
140.4
926.8
274.4
664.2
577.8
148.9
893.1
833.9
869.8
163.7
157.0
189.0
145.4

12,891.4
1,317.9
218.8
282.8
4,015.0
138.4
949.3
278.5
685.0
588.0
151.1
911.9
853.4
889.5
168.6
162.5
186.9
148.6

881.6
50.1
24.8
32.9
300.0
17.2
56.1
21.9
51.5
40.3
11.6
48.3
38.5
39.1
9.5
8.6
19.5
10.6

892.0
56.9
24.6
31.6
262.0
17.2
62.2
24.2
56.7
39.6
12.5
50.3
42.6
52.7
9.1
9.7
20.0
11.1

923.3
57.0
27.1
35.5
279.0
19.2
63.3
24.4
56.1
41.0
13.3
49.8
42.4
52.9
9.0
10.2
22.0
11.4

7.0
3.8
11.5
11.2
7.7
12.8
6.1
8.0
7.7
7.0
8.0
5.5
4.5
4.4
5.6
5.4
10.6
7.3

7.0
4.4
11.3
9.7
6.7
12.3
6.7
8.8
8.5
6.8
8.4
5.6
5.1
6.1
5.6
6.2
10.6
7.6

7.2
4.3
12.4
12.6
6.9
13.8
6.7
8.7
8.2
7.0
8.8
5.5
5.0
5.9
5.3
6.3
11.7
7.7

Colorado
Denver-Boulder LMA

1,722.3
1,038.0

1,732.7
1,041.3

1,739.1
1,046.3

91.2
48.5

87.9
47.5

95.8
50.9

5.3
4.7

5.1
4.6

5.5
4.9

Connecticut

1,693.7
221.3
408.5
72.5
251.7
130.0
101.8

1,709.7
219.5
416.3
72.0
255.7
132.9
103.1

1,722.7
225.2
416.6
72.7
256.8
133.3
103.9

67.1
9.9
15.5
3.4
10.6
3.3
4.4

79.0
12.5
17.3
3.7
11.7
4.4
6.5

79.3
12.8
16.9
3.7
11.9
4.2
6.8

4.0
4.5
3.8
4.7
4.2
2.6
4.3

4.6
5.7
4.1
5.1
4.6
3.3
6.3

4.6
5.7
4.1
5.1
4.6
3.1
6.5

312.0
274.0

315.1
272.9

317.0
278.2

15.4
14.0

13.8
12.3

13.6
12.3

4.9
5.1

4.4
4.5

4.3
4.4

319.6
1,982.2

319.8
2,034.4

320.6
2,048.9

27.7
79.1

29.0
81.8

28.0
80.7

8.7
4.0

9.1
4.0

8.7
3.9

5,151.4
125.6
540.5
115.2
95.1
382.7
155.7
141.6
866.1
459.0
140.5
93.2
108.6
839.8
329.7

5,301.0
132.2
553.1
120.6
96.4
403.1
158.1
144.8
873.9
477.2
143.1
92.6
110.6
870.1
342.7

5,263.0
130.8
550.5
120.3
94.3
401.1
153.3
144.4
862.0
473.2
141.1
92.3
111.5
868.0
340.2

361.3
6.9
30.3
6.2
4.1
25.1
21.2
8.2
76.8
26.1
9.3
4.4
4.9
45.3
24.5

342.2
6.7
27.5
5.9
3.3
21.4
22.7
7.5
69.4
24.7
7.8
4.3
4.5
44.5
26.8

279.5
5.3
23.6
4.9
2.7
19.5
16.3
6.4
56.9
20.7
6.7
3.5
3.7
36.8
20.7

7.0
5.5
5.6
5.4
4.3
6.5
13.6
5.8
8.9
5.7
6.6
4.8
4.5
5.4
7.4

6.5
5.1
5.0
4.9
3.4
5.3
14.4
5.2
7.9
5.2
5.5
4.7
4.0
5.1
7.8

5.3
4.1
4.3
4.1
2.9
4.9
10.7
4.4
6.6
4.4
4.7
3.8
3.3
4.2
6.1

Alaska

California1
Anaheim-Santa Ana

Bakersfield
Fresno

Los Angeles-Long Beach1
Modesto
Oakland

Oxnard-Ventura
Riverside-San Bernardino
Sacramento
Salinas-Seaside-Monterey
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
Stockton
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa

Bridgeport-Milford
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven-Meriden
Stamford
Waterbury
Delaware
Wilmington
District of Columbia

Washington
Florida1
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach
Fort Myers-Cape Coral
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Lakeland-Winter Haven
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay
Miami-Hialeah
Orlando
Pensacola
Sarasota
Tallahassee
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach
See footnotes at end of table.

no



STATE AND AREA LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
D-1. Labor force status by State and selected metropolitan areas—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force

Percent of
labor force

Number

State and area

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

1985?

191.5
5.3
3.9
67.5
11.6
8.0
9.2
7.7

5.8
8.6
4.5
4.6
6.8
7.5
6.7
7.0

6.9
10.0
6.5
5.6
8.1
8.8
8.7
8.3

6.7
9.9
5.8
5.3
8.0
8.7
8.1
8.0

25.8
17.6

26.3
18.1

6.0
5.8

5.5
4.9

5.5
5.0

25.7
4.2

28.0
4.5

29.3
5.0

5.4
4.2

5.8
4.4

6.2
4.9

5,727.3
166.7
62.5
82.0
3,124.8
170.6
59.8
186.3
42.7
247.7
153.6
140.8
101.9

493.1
11.3
3.8
4.2
255.2
19.5
5.6
13.9
5.0
13.4
15.8
12.4
6.9

500.7
11.9
3.2
3.8
261.5
17.4
6.4
14.7
4.7
14.0
16.1
13.9
6.4

525.1
12.4
3.4
4.0
273.5
18.0
6.7
15.2
4.9
14.5
17.1
15.2
6.8

8.8
6.9
6.1
5.2
8.3
11.1
9.4
7.6
11.8
5.7
10.1
9.0
6.8

8.9
7.3
5.1
4.7
8.4
10.2
10.8
7.9
11.0
5.7
10.5
9.9
6.3

9.2
7.5
5.5
4.9
8.8
10.5
11.1
8.2
11.6
5.8
11.1
10.8
6.6

2,810.7
59.3
90.9
143.5
187.8
269.3
664.7
69.6
58.0
135.6
67.2

2,798.9
58.7
90.4
143.0
187.2
268.5
662.2
69.5
58.0
134.1
66.9

206.2
4.3
5.1
10.9
11.1
39.7
38.2
2.7
4.6
8.0
4.8

188.1
3.8
5.2
9.3
10.0
28.2
36.4
2.6
4.6
8.1
4.1

189.8
3.8
5.4
10.1
10.2
28.0
36.2
2.6
4.3
8.0
4.3

7.8
7.7
6.0
7.9
6.3
14.8
6.2
4.1
8.3
6.3
7.5

6.7
6.4
5.7
6.5
5.3
10.5
5.5
3.7
7.9
6.0
6.1

6.8
6.5
6.0
7.1
5.4
10.4
5.5
3.7
7.5
6.0
6.5

1,433.5
84.1
198.0
43.1
51.3
54.5
72.4

1,407.1
82.8
196.8
42.5
50.9
54.6
69.8

1,424.7
84.3
201.1
42.8
50.1
55.4
69.4

85.5
5.3
10.0
3.1
1.5
3.0
7.9

94.3
5.6
11.4
3.2
1.3
4.3
10.0

92.0
5.2
12.5
3.0
1.3
4.0
7.8

6.0
6.3
5.1
7.3
2.9
5.5
10.9

6.7
6.7
5.8
7.5
2.6
7.8
14.3

6.5
6.1
6.2
6.9
2.5
7.3
11.3

Kansas
Lawrence
Topeka
Wichita

1,210.8
35.0
84.0
227.5

1,263.8
38.1
87.9
237.5

1,256.1
37.8
87.7
236.6

60.1

58.4
1.2
4.4
12.9

5.0
3.9

13.1

55.5
1.1
4.1
12.0

5.8

4.4
3.0
4.7
5.1

4.6
3.2
5.0
5.4

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette
Louisville
Owensboro

1,748.2
199.8
467.4
46.5

1,722.1
194.0
461.9
44.2

1,726.3
196.2
461.5
44.4

148.4
8.5
39.7
4.0

153.2
8.9
35.2
4.1

159.6
9.8
35.2
4.7

8.5
4.2
8.5
8.6

8.9
4.6
7.6
9.2

9.2
5.0
7.6
10.6

Louisiana
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport

1,963.6
63.2
256.0
85.1
113.0
75.4
62.9
577.8
162.5

2,019.0
65.1
265.9
86.0
112.9
75.4
65.1
581.7
167.6

2,022.9
65.4
267.0
85.4
112.7
75.2
65.8
582.6
168.3

187.2
4.8
21.8
7.5
8.6
9.5
5.6
54.8
11.5

218.6
5.5
26.5
9.1
9.8
10.0
5.9
64.0
15.6

219.7
5.7
26.6
9.1
10.3
9.9
63.3
15.9

9.5
7.6
8.5
8.8
7.6
12.7
8.9
9.5
7.1

10.8
8.4
10.0
10.6
8.7
13.2
9.0
11.0
9.3

10.9
8.7
10.0
10.6
9.1
13.2
9.1
10.9
9.5

557.2
42.3
105.8

566.0
41.5
104.1

545.7
41.5
104.3

27.7
2.7
3.7

21.8
2.1
2.6

21.1
2.0
2.5

5.0
6.4
3.5

3.8
5.0
2.5

3.9
4.9
2.4

2,266.4
1,103.1

2,279.4
1,097.4

2,291.5
1,104.7

112.9
65.4

96.8
56.5

101.6
59.4

5.0
5.9

4.2
5.1

4.4
5.4

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

1985P

2,834.1
54.9
68.6
1,251.2
140.9
93.9
114.7
98.5

2,862.0
53.8
64.5
1,276.5
144.7
90.9
114.2
96.3

2,874.9
54.1
67.1
1,281.3
144.8
91.8
114.1
96.9

163.4
4.7
3.1
57.9
9.6
7.0
7.7
6.9

197.4
5.4
4.2
71.3
11.7
8.0
9.9
8.0

Hawaii
Honolulu

471.5
358.8

469.0
355.5

477.3
361.6

28.3
20.6

Idaho
Boise City

472.5
100.3

481.9
103.1

473.8
101.9

Illinois1
Aurora-Elgin
Bloomington-Normal
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul ...
Chicago
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Decatur
Joliet
Kankakee
Lake County
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

5,625.1
164.8
62.0
80.8
3,071.2
175.5
59.1
182.2
42.7
237.2
156.6
137.7
101.0

5,647.8
162.8
61.5
80.5
3,099.3
169.8
59.8
185.4
42.8
244.4
152.7
139.8
101.2

Indiana
Anderson
Elkhart-Goshen
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary-Hammond
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Muncie
South Bend-Mishawaka
Terre Haute

2,654.9
56.5
85.3
138.4
175.8
268.1
621.4
66.1
54.9
127.3
63.4

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Iowa City
Sioux City
Waterloo-Cedar Falls

Georgia
Albany
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Macon-Warner Robins
Savannah

Maine
Lewiston-Aubum
Portland
Maryland
Baltimore

Oct.

Oct.
1984

1.4
4.8

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

6.0 •

5.7

Oct.

See footnotes at end of table.




in

STATE AND AREA LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
D-1. Labor force status by State and selected metropolitan areas—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force

Percent of
labor force

Number

State and area
Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Massachusetts1
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Fitchburg-Leominster
Lawrence-Haverhill
Lowell
New Bedford
Pittsfield
Springfield
Worcester

3,062.5
1,511.0
89.7
73.1
44.4
189.7
155.0
81.4
48.1
271.1
203.6

3,066.3
1,518.3
90.0
70.8
43.3
195.6
153.0
79.8
47.6
267.1
200.4

3,049.6
1,523.5
89.1
70.7
42.4
195.4
152.5
78.0
47.7
267.6
200.9

104.4
45.9
3.5
3.9
1.8
8.1
4.5
4.3
1.5
9.6
6.4

120.7
53.4
4.0
4.4
2.1
8.6
6.2
5.1
1.6
10.6
7.7

Michigan1
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Benton Harbor
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland

4,372.3
154.3
63.6
71.6
2,069.2
195.0
344.0
63.9
112.7
225.9
67.5
187.7

4,345.2
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

4,352.0
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

442.1
10.4
7.0
8.3
203.5
23.6
28.4
7.3
7.7
18.4
7.4
26.1

Minnesota

2,267.9
108.0
1,290.5
59.9
81.7

2,230.6
100.0
1,265.9
62.7
80.2

2,247.1
102.3
1,288.0
62.8
81.2

1,093.3
179.3

1,149.8
191.3

2,405.1
740.8
42.7
1,174.1
119.1

Montana

Oct.
1984

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

101.2
44.0
3.3
4.2
1.7
7.9
5.4
4.4
1.4
8.8
6.3

3.4
3.0
3.9
5.3
4.1
4.3
2.9
5.3
3.2
3.5
3.1

3.9
3.5
4.5
6.2
4.8
4.4
4.0
6.4
3.3
4.0
3.8

3.3
2.9
3.7
5.9
4.0
4.0
3.5
5.7
2.9
3.3
3.2

425.2
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

415.8
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

10.1
6.8
11.0
11.6
9.8
12.1
8.3
11.5
6.9
8.1
11.0
13.9

9.8
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

9.6
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

115.6
9.4
53.9
2.4
5.6

114.9
9.1
56.3
2.3
4.9

118.2
9.4
57.8
2.4
5.0

5.1
8.7
4.2
3.9
6.9

5.2
9.1
4.4
3.6
6.0

5.3
9.2
4.5
3.8
6.2

1,142.5
190.4

108.2
12.1

112.4
13.1

107.7
13.3

9.9
6.7

9.8
6.8

9.4
7.0

2,507.0
763.8
41.3
1,196.0
121.5

2,513.5
763.0
41.2
1,200.0
122.2

154.4
37.2
3.4
88.9
5.9

143.5
32.5
2.8
83.3
5.6

144.6
34.6
2.7
83.5
5.5

6.4
5.0
8.1
7.6
4.9

5.7
4.3
6.8
7.0
4.6

5.8
4.5
6.5
7.0
4.5

407.2

405.4

398.9

25.0

26.7

27.1

6.1

6.6

6.8

Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha

808.3
114.3
305.1

808.3
114.4
306.6

820.2
115.2
310.4

30.8
3.1
13.8

38.0
3.6
16.5

41.1
3.9
17.3

3.8
2.7
4.5

4.7
3.1
5.4

5.0
3.4
5.6

Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno

502.2
280.8
137.3

505.8
283.0
137.6

504.9
283.0
137.8

36.3
23.1
7.2

38.1
24.3
7.7

38.0
23.9
7.9

7.2
8.2
5.2

7.5
8.6
5.6

7.5
8.4
5.8

New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua

529.0
88.3
95.7

541.6
87.0
95.5

540.2
87.8
95.7

16.8
2.1
2.3

15.0
1.9
2.8

13.9
1.8
2.6

3.2
2.3
2.4

2.8
2.2
3.0

2.6
2.0
2.7

3,801.8
175.0
733.4
242.2
547.0
417.4
928.8
165.7
54.8

3,837.3
190.2
731.4
239.6
553.9
443.4
926.3
164.5
53.5

3,836.9
181.1
735.2
242.0
558.9
436.1
928.6
165.8
53.4

193.6
13.2
32.7
21.5
21.6
18.9
48.6
6.9
5.9

183.4
9.6
32.4
19.6
20.1
17.0
50.7
6.4
4.1

209.8
14.4
35.9
21.8
23.5
19.6
57.2
7.2
4.8

5.1
7.5
4.5
8.9
4.0
4.5
5.2
4.2
10.8

4.8
5.1
4.4
8.2
3.6
3.8
5.5
3.9
7.7

5.5
8.0
4.9
9.0
4.2
4.5
6.2
4.4
9.0

644.3
240.7
45.0

651.8
248.3
45.1

656.0
248.0
46.6

45.5
14.4
3.2

56.8
16.5
4.2

56.3
16.0
4.2

7.1
6.0
7.1

8.7
6.7
9.3

8.6
6.5
9.1

Duluth
Minneapolis-St.Paul
Rochester
St. Cloud

Mississippi
Jackson
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Springfield

New Jersey1
Atlantic City
Bergen-Passaic
Jersey City
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon
Monmouth-Ocean
Newark
Trenton
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
See footnotes at end of table.

112



Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985?

STATE AND AREA LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
D-1. Labor force status by State and selected metropolitan areas—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985?

New York1
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Glens Falls
Nassau-Suffolk
New York
New York City1
Orange County
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica-Rome

8,148.6
404.8
128.2
440.2
36.8
47.5
1,431.1
3,676.9
3,030.0
113.4
117.7
482.3
314.4
131.3

8,419.6
418.2
131.4
444.6
36.5
50.2
1,476.7
3,826.9
3,168.0
116.4
121.7
491.6
317.5
140.4

8,564.3
423.0
132.6
455.3
36.9
49.9
1,502.0
3,900.6
3,230.0
118.5
122.8
502.7
324.4
140.9

578.0
21.1
6.5
34.0
2.9
3.2
69.1
323.1
295.0
6.4
4.3
23.9
17.0
8.2

535.1
20.5
8.1
30.1
3.2
3.1
67.7
283.2
255.0
6.2
4.5
23.9
17.8
9.6

North Carolina1
Asheville
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point
Raleigh-Durham

3,076.2
85.9
561.5
481.4
371.9

3,154.0
88.4
567.8
493.8
392.5

3,185.2
88.3
574.2
502.7
396.7

197.9
5.3
31.9
26.9
12.2

330.4
43.0
77.6
29.8

343.2
42.7
79.6
31.5

334.7
42.3
80.8
32.1

Ohio1
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton-Springfield
Toledo
Youngstown-Warren

5,192.8
304.1
185.6
703.9
927.3
675.2
453.7
297.8
221.5

5,194.8
307.5
187.1
714.7
922.9
684.9
457.7
297.3
217.6

Oklahoma
Enid
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Tulsa

1,552.3
31.3
41.0
497.0
358.3

Oregon
Eugene-Springfield
Portland
Salem
Pennsylvania1
Allentown-Bethlehem
Altoona
Beaver County
Erie
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle
Johnstown
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Reading
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
Sharon
State College
Williamsport
York

North Dakota
Bismarck
Fargo-Moorhead
Grand Forks

Rhode Island
Pawtucket-Woonsocket-Attleboro
Providence
South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg
South Dakota
Sioux Falls

Percent of
labor force

Number

State and area
Oct.
1984

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985?

565.9
21.8
8.5
32.0
3.3
3.5
67.8
300.0
272.0
6.6
4.2
25.0
19.8
10.4

7.1
5.2
5.0
7.7
7.9
6.8
4.8
8.8
9.7
5.6
3.7
4.9
5.4
6.3

6.4
4.9
6.2
6.8
8.6
6.2
4.6
7.4
8.1
5.3
3.7
4.9
5.6
6.8

6.6
5.1
6.4
7.0
8.8
6.9
4.5
7.7
8.4
5.6
3.5
5.0
6.1
7.4

133.7
3.4
24.0
18.4
9.7

147.7
3.5
26.1
22.0
9.9

6.4
6.2
5.7
5.6
3.3

4.2
3.8
4.2
3.7
2.5

4.6
4.0
4.5
4.4
2.5

13.7
2.6
2.1
.8

15.4
2.5
2.6
.9

17.1
3.0
2.5
.9

4.1
6.0
2.7
2.8

4.5
5.9
3.3
2.8

5.1
7.1
3.1
2.7

5,226.0
305.9
189.3
715.7
926.1
693.3
462.7
299.4
218.8

474.1
28.0
18.8
56.1
82.1
48.0
34.0
26.0
27.1

466.4
29.4
20.0
51.0
81.6
45.1
32.5
24.0
24.4

469.5
28.2
21.2
52.2
79.3
45.3
35.1
23.8
25.3

9.1
9.2
10.2
8.0
8.9
7.1
7.5
8.7
12.2

9.0
9.6
10.7
7.1
8.8
6.6
7.1
8.1
11.2

9.0
9.2
11.2
7.3
8.6
6.5
7.6
8.0
11.6

1,552.7
30.6
41.3
499.8
357.8

1,563.7
30.8
41.8
501.6
360.5

102.7
1.9
2.7
27.0
23.9

99.5
1.9
2.2
26.9
22.6

105.6
2.1
2.4
28.2
24.0

6.6
6.0
6.7
5.4
6.7

6.4
6.2
5.4
5.4
6.3

6.8
6.8
5.7
5.6
6.7

1,340.2
131.5
614.5
129.9

1,334.1
127.9
614.9
126.4

1,341.9
131.1
618.6
127.9

110.9
11.4
44.6
9.1

94.0
9.1
39.6
7.5

90.4
8.9
37.8
7.3

8.3
8.7
7.3
7.0

7.0
7.1
6.4
6.0

6.7
6.8
6.1
5.7

5,559.3
316.1
56.4
78.4
124.5
312.3
101.4
197.1
2,270.6
974.2
166.5
344.3
50.7
56.0
52.9
187.2

5,596.6
319.7
58.4
79.1
126.5
317.2
101.1
200.6
2,287.7
970.5
168.6
347.0
48.4
58.0
52.1
192.0

5,637.1
320.3
58.7
79.1
127.2
321.2
100.3
203.5
2,301.7
978.5
170.1
350.0
49.5
59.3
52.6
193.6

456.0
26.0
5.5
10.3
10.2
16.6
12.6
8.3
139.6
103.9
10.7
32.6
5.3
4.0
4.7
12.0

394.9
24.0
5.1
10.7
9.2
13.6
9.7
7.3
128.4
78.7
11.4
27.2
4.0
3.4
3.9
12.0

399.8
25.0
5.8
10.7
9.5
14.9
9.1
7.6
127.3
81.5
11.1
28.1
4.0
4.1
3.7
12.0

8.2
8.2
9.7
13.2
8.2
5.3
12.4
4.2
6.1
10.7
6.4
9.5
10.5
7.1
8.8
6.4

7.1
7.5
8.8
13.5
7.3
4.3
9.6
3.6
5.6
8.1
6.7
7.8
8.2
5.9
7.5
6.2

7.1
7.8
9.8
13.5
7.5
4.6
9.1
3.7
5.5
8.3
6.5
8.0
8.2
7.0
7.0
6.2

492.1
136.9
330.2

508.8
139.1
338.6

509.4
138.5
340.9

20.5
6.8
13.4

19.7
7.7
12.6

19.2
6.8
12.4

4.2
5.0
4.1

3.9
5.5
3.7

3.8
4.9
3.6

1,503.1
184.2
205.2
294.5

1,569.7
201.5
212.1
306.2

1,565.6
199.3
214.2
305.4

104.2
9.9
9.3
17.7

102.9
9.0
7.9
17.8

113.2
9.9
9.0
19.4

6.9
5.4
4.5
6.0

6.6
4.4
3.7
5.8

7.2
5.0
4.2
6.3

350.9
69.7

354.7
71.6

350.1
72.1

14.8
2.4

14.0
2.5

15.9
3.1

4.2
3.4

4.0
3.5

4.5
4.3

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985?

See footnotes at end of table.




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STATE AND AREA LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
D-1. Labor force status by State and selected metropolitan areas—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force

Percent of
labor force

Number

State and area
Oct.
1984

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
Knoxville
Memphis LMA
Nashville

2,264.6
203.1
209.4
262.8
431.9
487.4

2,282.2
216.3
208.8
259.9
442.0
491.0

2,291.6
216.0
209.6
259.0
442.4
497.7

178.4
13.2
16.1
20.5
27.3
25.5

170.2
13.8
14.6
17.9
27.3
21.6

160.7
13.2
13.5
17.2
27.2
20.8

Texas1
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Brazoria
Brownsville-Harlingen
Bryan-College Station
Corpus Christi
Dallas
El Paso
Fort Worth-Arlington
Galveston-Texas City
Houston
Killeen-Temple
Laredo
Longview-Marshall
Lubbock
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
Midland
Odessa
San Angelo
San Antonio
Sherman-Denison
Texarkana
Tyler
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls

7,925.1
64.1
102.2

7,996.6
64.3
102.8
400.7
172.7

416.1
2.4
4.5
12.0
17.4

577.1
3.3
6.0
18.6
23.4
7.1
12.9

604.7

92.6

7,998.0
64.6
102.3
402.8
172.7
83.1
92.8

58.9

61.1

2.9

3.1

172.5
1,319.5

172.2
1,318.1
206.8

389.0
178.8
84.8
91.7

60.1
169.4
1,315.7
205.0

606.6
96.3
1,671.0
78.6
38.6
78.0
113.5
117.1
66.5

83.1

208.4
626.8
97.3
1,689.8

622.1
97.4
1,690.9

81.0
38.9
77.7

81.7

114.1
117.8
64.5
68.1
51.0
543.2
43.4
53.0
82.4
38.3

114.9

39.3

5.1
10.9
1.9
12.0
43.5

Oct.
1985*

3.8
6.0
20.6
24.2
7.3
13.8

95.4
4.3
5.2

15.9
67.2
22.2
35.0
10.8
132.0
6.3
5.2

22.0
2.4
3.0
1.9
24.6
2.0
3.5
3.3
2.0
4.9
2.6

7.9
6.5
25.0
3.3
4.3
2.6
35.4
3.4
5.1
5.6
2.6
5.0
3.3

8.6
7.2
26.7
3.5
4.3
2.8
35.4
3.1
5.0

18.9
22.1
8.0

78.1
122.7
64.4
67.5
51.0
541.7

Sept.
1985

16.5

69.7
23.0
34.1

11.4
137.8

6.9
5.8

Oct.
1984

Sept.
1985

Oct.
1985P

7.9
6.5
7.7
7.8
6.3
5.2

7.5
6.4
7.0
6.9
6.2
4.4

7.0
6.1
6.5
6.7
6.1
4.2

5.3
3.8
4.4
3.1
9.7
6.0

7.6
5.8
5.9
5.1

11.9
3.1
7.1
3.3
9.2
3.6
8.3
5.7
5.4

7.2
5.1
5.8
4.6
13.5
8.6
13.9
5.0
9.2
5.1
10.7
5.6
11.1
7.8
7.8

13.5
7.0
4.5

13.3
10.2
5.7
21.2
5.1
6.2
5.1
6.5
7.8
9.7
6.8
6.9
5.3
5.4

11.1
5.5
11.7
8.2
8.5
14.7
11.0
6.2
21.7
5.4
6.3
5.6
6.5
7.1
9.5
7.8
7.5
5.8
5.8

14.0
8.8

14.9
5.0
9.6
5.3

95.1
62.4

94.2
61.8

37.9
94.9
61.5

3.6

18.8
3.6
4.3
3.8
4.6
4.7
6.8
4.1
5.1
5.1
4.2

Utah
Provo-Orem
Salt Lake City-Odgen

731.6
93.3
469.3

776.1
98.7
496.1

778.9
100.6
500.0

43.7
5.7
26.2

40.7
5.5
24.9

41.3
5.6
24.7

6.0
6.2
5.6

5.2
5.5
5.0

5.3
5.5
4.9

Vermont
Burlington

273.4
74.5

277.9
76.1

282.4
77.5

11.3
2.2

11.3
2.5

10.9
2.1

4.1
2.9

4.1
3.3

3.9
2.7

Virginia
Charlottesville
Danville
Lynchburg
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News
Richmond-Petersburg
Roanoke

2,879.3
72.1
55.9
75.0
564.7
405.6
117.0

2,921.2
71.9
56.0

2,933.6
73.2
56.1
75.3
584.0

155.8
3.0

155.4
3.3
5.0
4.4
28.8

410.6
121.0

137.0
2.9
4.4
4.3
25.0
17.8
4.5

18.6
6.2

4.8
4.0
7.8
5.7
4.4
4.4
3.8

5.3
4.2
9.2
6.5
4.9
4.4
4.8

5.3
4.5
8.9
5.9
4.9
4.5
5.1

Washington
Seattle

2,078.4
921.3

2,098.6
939.5

2,104.9
948.5

179.4
67.3

148.9
57.5

155.9
59.8

8.6
7.3

7.1
6.1

7.4
6.3

775.4
125.4
126.9
73.3
79.7

758.3
124.6
121.7
73.7
77.9

771.1
126.9

119.1
15.8
16.9
7.6
11.8

95.5
12.5
14.1
8.0
10.3

96.3
12.4
15.3
8.2
11.3

15.4
12.6
13.4
10.4
14.8

12.6
10.0
11.6
10.9
13.3

12.5
9.8
12.4
10.9
14.2

2,417.0

2,392.2
157.2

2,391.4
157.4
59.9
97.2

154.4
9.2
3.9
5.8
8.8
3.7
2.9
8.3
42.9
5.7
3.0
3.9

147.6
9.2
3.9
5.0
4.8
5.8
2.4
7.7
43.6
6.6
3.0
3.5

149.2
9.0
3.8
5.1
4.8
5.7
2.6
7.5
42.9
6.5
3.3
3.6

6.4
5.9
6.5
5.9
12.4
6.6
5.7
4.3
6.0
6.7
5.6
7.3

6.2
5.8
6.6
5.1
6.9
11.0
4.9
3.9
6.2
7.9
5.5
6.8

6.2
5.7
6.3
5.3
6.8
10.8
5.2
3.8
6.1
7.8
6.1
6.9

12.7

14.1

15.1

5.0

5.6

6.1

West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland
Parkersburg-Marietta
Wheeling
Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville-Beloit
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
Sheboygan
Wausau
Wyoming

69.1
51.4
536.2
42.9
51.2
81.6

39.0

156.0
60.2
99.3
71.5
56.5
50.5
195.0

75.6
581.2
408.7
120.1

59.3
96.9
69.5




84.0

123.7
74.9
79.9

717.9
84.8
54.4
53.5

706.1
83.8
51.8

69.7
52.9
50.2
198.0
708.5
83.8
53.2
52.3

256.2

252.1

246.7

52.8

49.9
197.5
53.9

1
Data are obtained directly from the Current Population Survey. Official
estimates for North Carolina prior to 1985 are not derived from the Current
Population Survey. See the Explanatory Notes for State and Area Labor Force
Data.
2
Not available.
p
= preliminary.

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42.9
52.6

5.1
4.9
28.7
18.1
5.8

6.6
2.8
5.5

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Estimates for 1984 have been
benchmarked to 1984 Current Population Survey annual averages. Except in the
11 States and 2 areas designated by footnote 1, estimates for 1985 are
provisional and will be revised when new benchmark information becomes
available. Area definitions are published annually in the May issue of this
publication.

Explanatory Notes

Introduction
The statistics in this periodical are compiled from two
major sources: (1) Household interviews, and (2)
reports from employers.
Data based on household interviews are obtained
from a sample survey of the population 16 years of age
and over. The survey is conducted each month by the
Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
and provides comprehensive data on the labor force, the
employed, and the unemployed, including such
characteristics as age, sex, race, family relationship,
marital status, occupation, and industry attachment.
The survey also provides data on the characteristics and
past work experience of those not in the labor force.
The information is collected by trained interviewers for
a sample of about 59,500 households, representing 729
areas in 1,973 counties and independent cities, with
coverage in 50 States and the District of Columbia. The
data collected are based on the activity or status
reported for the calendar week including the 12th of the
month.
Data based on establishment records are compiled
each month from mail questionnaires by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, in cooperation with State agencies. The
establishment survey is designed to provide industry information on nonagricultural wage and salary employment, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings,
and average weekly earnings for the Nation, States, and
metropolitan areas. The employment, hours, and earnings series are currently based on payroll reports from a
sample of over 200,000 establishments employing over
35 million nonagricultural wage and salary workers.
The data relate to all workers, full- or part-time, who
received pay during the payroll period which includes
the 12th day of the month.
RELATION BETWEEN THE HOUSEHOLD AND
ESTABLISHMENT SERIES

The household and establishment data supplement
one another, each providing significant types of information that the other cannot suitably supply. Population characteristics, for example, are readily obtained
only from the household survey whereas detailed industrial classifications can be reliably derived only from
establishment reports.
Data from these two sources differ from each other
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because of differences in definitions and coverage,
sources of information, methods of collection, and
estimating procedures. Sampling variability and
response errors are additional reasons for discrepancies.
The major factors which have a differential effect on
the levels and trends of the two series are as follows.
Employment

Coverage. The household survey definition of employment comprises wage and salary workers (including
domestics and other private household workers), selfemployed persons, unpaid workers who worked 15
hours or more during the survey week in familyoperated enterprises, and members of the Armed Forces
stationed in the United States. Civilian employment in
both agricultural and nonagricultural industries is included. The payroll survey covers only wage and salary
employees on the payrolls of nonagricultural
establishments.
Multiple jobholding. The household survey provides information on the work status of the population without
duplication, since each person is classified as employed,
unemployed, or not in the labor force. Employed persons holding more than one job are counted only once
and are classified according the job at which they worked the greatest number of hours during the survey week.
In the figures based on establishment reports, persons
who worked in more than one establishment during the
reporting period are counted each time their names appear on payrolls.
Unpaid absences from jobs. The household survey includes among the employed all civilians who had jobs
but were not at work during the survey week—that is,
were not working but had jobs from which they were
temporarily absent because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or because they
were taking time off for various other reasons, even if
they were not paid by their employers for the time off.
In the figures based on payroll reports, persons on leave
paid for by the company are included, but not those on
leave without pay for the entire payroll period.
For a comprehensive discussion of the differences
between household and establishment survey employment data, see Gloria P. Green's article *'Comparing
Employment Estimates From Household and Payroll
Surveys," Monthly Labor Review, December 1969.

Hours of work

The household survey measures hours actually worked whereas the payroll survey measures hours paid for
by employers. In the household survey data, all persons
with a job but not at work are excluded from the hours
distributions and the computations of average hours. In
the payroll survey, production or nonsupervisory
employees on paid vacation, paid holiday, or paid sick
leave are included and assigned the number of hours for
which they were paid during the reporting period.
Earnings

The household survey measures median earnings of
wage and salary workers in all occupations and industries in both the private and public sectors. Data
refer to the usual earnings received from the worker's
sole or primary job. Data from the establishment survey
generally refer to average earnings of production and
related workers in mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory
employees in private service-producing industries. For a
comprehensive discussion of the household survey earnings series, see Technical Description of the Quarterly
Data on Weekly Earnings from the Current Population
Survey, BLS Bulletin 2113.
COMPARABILITY OF THE HOUSEHOLD DATA
WITH OTHER SERIES

Unemployment insurance data. The unemployed total
from the household survey includes all persons who did
not have a job at all during the survey week and were
looking for work or were waiting to be called back to a
job from which they had been laid off, whether or not
they were eligible for unemployment insurance. Figures
on unemployment insurance claims, prepared by the
Employment and Training Administration of the
Department of Labor, exclude persons who have exhausted their benefit rights, new workers who have not
earned rights to unemployment insurance, and persons
losing jobs not covered by unemployment insurance
systems (some workers in agriculture, domestic services,
and religious organizations, and self-employed and unpaid family workers). Beginning in January 1978,
coverage was extended to include domestic workers
whose employers paid $1,000 or more in wages in any
calendar quarter, agricultural employees whose
employers engaged 10 or more workers in 20 weeks or
paid a total of $20,000 or more in wages in any calendar
quarter, and almost all State and local government
employees.
In addition, the qualifications for drawing unemployment compensation differ from the definition of
unemployment used in the household survey. For example, persons with a job but not at work and persons
working only a few hours during the week are




sometimes eligible for unemployment compensation but
are classified as employed rather than unemployed in
the household survey.
For an examination of the similarities and differences
between State insured unemployment and total
unemployment, see "Measuring Total and State Insured
Unemployment" by Gloria P. Green in the June 1971
issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
Agricultural employment estimates of the Department
of Agriculture. The principal differences in coverage are
the inclusion of persons under 16 in the Economics and
Statistics Service series and the treatment of dual
jobholders, who are counted more than once if they
work on more than one farm during the reporting
period. There are also wide differences in sampling
techniques and collecting and estimating methods,
which cannot be readily measured in terms of their impact on differences in the levels and trends of the two
series.
COMPARABILITY OF THE PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT DATA WITH OTHER SERIES

Statistics on manufactures and business, Bureau of the
Census, BLS establishment statistics on employment differ from employment counts derived by the Bureau of
Census from its censuses or sample surveys of manufacturing and business establishments. The major reasons
for noncomparability are different treatment of
business units considered parts of an establishment,
such as central administrative offices and auxiliary
units, the industrial classification of establishments, and
different reporting patterns by multiunit companies.
There are also differences in the scope of the industries
covered, e.g., the Census of Business excludes professional services, public utilities, and financial
establishments, whereas these are included in the BLS
statistics.
County Business Patterns. Data in County Business
Patterns (CBP), published by the Bureau of the Census,
U.S. Department of Commerce, differ from BLS
establishment statistics in the treatment of central administrative offices and auxiliary units. Differences may
also arise because of industrial classification and reporting practices. In addition, CBP excludes interstate
railroads and government, and coverage is incomplete
for some of the nonprofit activities.
Employment covered by State unemployment insurance
programs. Most nonagricultural wage and salary
workers are covered by the unemployment insurance
programs. However, certain activities, such as interstate
railroads, parochial schools, and churches are not
covered by unemployment insurance whereas these are
included in the BLS establishment statistics.
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Household Data
(A tables)
COLLECTION AND COVERAGE

Statistics on the employment status of the population,
the personal, occupational, and other characteristics of
the employed, the unemployed, and persons not in the
labor force, and related data are compiled for the BLS by
the Bureau of the Census in its Current Population
Survey (CPS). A detailed description of this survey appears in Concepts and Methods Used in Labor Force
Statistics Derived from the Current Population Survey,
BLS Report 463. Historical national data are published
in Labor Force Statistics Derived From the Current
Population Survey: A Databook, BLS Bulletin 2096.
These monthly surveys of the population are conducted with a scientifically selected sample designed to
represent the civilian noninstitutional population.
Respondents are interviewed to obtain information
about the employment status of each member of the
household 16 years of age and over. Separate statistics
are also collected for 14- and 15-year-olds. The inquiry
relates to activity or status during the calendar week,
Sunday through Saturday, which includes the 12th of
the month. This is known as the survey week. Actual
field interviewing is conducted in the following week.
Inmates of institutions and persons under 14 years of
age are not covered in the regular monthly enumerations, and are excluded from the population and labor
force statistics shown in this report. Data on the
members of the Armed Forces stationed in the United
States, who are included as part of the categories
*'noninstitutional population," "labor force," and
"total employment." are obtained from the Department of Defense.
Each month about 59,500 occupied units are eligible
for interview. About 2,500 of these households are
visited but interviews are not obtained because the occupants are not at home after repeated calls or are
unavailable for other reasons. This represents a
noninterview rate for the survey of between 4 or 5 percent. In addition to the 59,500 occupied units, there are
11,000 sample units in an average month which are
visited but found to be vacant or otherwise not to be
enumerated. Part of the sample is changed each month.
The rotation plan provides for three-fourths of the sample to be common from 1 month to the next and one
half to be common with the same month a year earlier.
CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS

The concepts and definitions underlying labor force
data have been modified, but not substantially altered,
since the inception of the survey in 1940; those used
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since 1967 are as follows:
Employed persons are (a) all civilians who, during the
survey week, did any work at all as paid employees, in
their own business, profession, or on their own farm, or
who worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an
enterprise operated by a member of the family; and (b)
all those who were not working but who had jobs or
businesses from which they were temporarily absent
because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labormanagement disputes, or personal reasons, whether
they were paid for the time off or were seeking other
jobs. Members of the Armed Forces stationed in the
United States are also included in the employed total.
Each employed person is counted only once. Those
who held more than one job are counted in the job at
which they worked the greatest number of hours during
the survey week.
Included in the total are employed citizens of foreign
countries who are temporarily in the United States but
not living on the premises of an embassy. Excluded are
persons whose only activity consisted of work around
the house (painting, repairing, or own home
housework) or volunteer work for religious, charitable,
and similar organizations.
Unemployed persons are all civilians who had no
employment during the survey week, were available for
work, except for temporary illness, and (a) had made
specific efforts to find employment someting during the
prior 4 weeks, or (b) were waiting to be recalled to a job
from which they had been laid off, or (c) were waiting to
report to a new job within 30 days.
Duration of unemployment represents the length of
time (through the current survey week) during which
persons classified as unemployed had been continuously
looking for work. For persons on layoff, duration of
unemployment represents the number of full weeks
since the termination of their most recent employment.
A period of 2 weeks or more during which a person was
employed or ceased looking for work is considered to
break the continuity of the present period of seeking
work. Measurements of mean and median duration are
computed from a distribution of single weeks of
unemployment.
Unemployment is also categorized according to the
status of individuals at the time they began to look for
work. The reasons for unemployment are divided into
four major groups. (1) Job losers are persons whose
employment ended involuntarily who immediately
began looking for work, and persons on layoff. (2) Job
leavers are persons who quit or otherwise terminated

their employment voluntarily and immediately began
looking for work. (3) Reentrants are persons who
previously worked at a full-time job lasting 2 weeks or
longer but were out of the labor force prior to beginning
to look for work. (4) New entrants are persons who
never worked at a full-time job lasting 2 weeks or
longer. Each of these four categories of the unemployed
may be expressed as an unemployment rate or proportion of the entire civilian labor force; the sum of the
four rates thus equals the unemployment rate for all
civilian workers.
Jobseekers are all unemployed persons who made
specific efforts to find a job sometime during the 4-week
period preceding the survey week. Jobseekers do not include those persons unemployed because they (a) were
waiting to be called back to a job from which they had
been laid off or (b) were waiting to report to a new job
within 30 days. Jobseekers are grouped by the methods
used to seek work, including going to a public or private
employment agency or to an employer directly, seeking
assistance from friends or relatives, placing or answering ads, or utilizing some other method. Examples of
the "other" category include being on a union or professional register, obtaining assistance from a community organization, or waiting at a designated labor pickup
point.
The civilian labor force comprises all civilians
classified as employed or unemployed in accordance
with the criteria described above. The labor force also
includes members of the Armed Forces stationed in the
United States.
The overall unemployment rate represents the
number unemployed as a percent of the labor force, including members of the Armed Forces stationed in the
United States.
The unemployment rate for all civilian workers
represents the number unemployed as a percent of the
civilian labor force. This measure can also be computed
for groups within the labor force classified by sex, age,
race, Hispanic origin, marital status, etc.
Participation rates represent the proportion of the
population that is in the labor force. The labor force
participation rate is the ratio of the labor force, including the resident Armed Forces, to the noninstitutional population. The civilian labor force participation
rate is the ratio of the civilian labor force to the civilian
noninstitutional population. Civilian labor force participation rates are usually published for sex-age groups,
often cross-classified by other demographic
characteristics such as race and educational attainment.
Employment-population ratios represent the proportion of the noninstitutional population that is
employed. The total employment-population ratio is
total employment, including the resident Armed Forces,




as a percent of the noninstitutional population. The
civilian employment-population ratio is the percentage
of all employed civilians in the civilian noninstitutional
population.
Not in the labor force includes all persons who are not
classified as employed or unemployed. These persons
are further classified as engaged in own home
housework, in school, unable to work because of longterm physical or mental illness, retired, and other. The
"other" group includes individuals reported as too old
or temporarily unable to work, the voluntarily idle,
seasonal workers for whom the survey week fell in an
off season and who were not reported as looking for
work, and persons who did not look for work because
they believed that no jobs were available in the area or
that no jobs were available for which they could
qualify—discouraged workers. Persons doing only incidental, unpaid family work (less than 15 hours in the
specified week) are also classified as not in labor force.
For persons not in the labor force, data on previous
work experience, intentions to seek work, desire for a
job at the time of interview, and reasons for not looking
for work are published on a quarterly basis. As of
January 1970, the detailed questions for persons not in
the labor force are asked only in those households that
are in the fourth and eighth months of the sample, i.e.,
the "outgoing" groups, those which had been in the
sample for 3 previous months and would not be in for
the subsequent month. Between 1967 and 1969 these
questions were asked in those households entering the
sample for the first time and those returning for the second 4 months of interviewing, i.e., the "incoming"
groups.
Occupation, industry, and class of worker for the
employed apply to the job held in the survey week. Persons with two or more jobs are classified in the job at
which they worked the greatest number of hours during
the survey week. The unemployed are classified according to their last full-time job lasting 2 weeks or more.
The classifications of occupations and industries used in
data derived from the CPS are defined as in the 1980 census. Information on the detailed categories included in
these groups is available upon request.
The class-of-worker breakdown specifies wage and
salary workers subdivided into private and government
workers; self-employed workers; and unpaid family
workers. Wage and salary workers receive wages,
salary, commission, tips, or pay in kind from a private
employer or from a government unit. Self-employed
persons are those who work for profit or fees in their
own business, profession, or trade, or operate a farm.
Unpaid family workers are persons working without
pay for 15 hours a week or more on a farm or in a
business operated by a member of the household to
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whom they are related by birth or marriage.
Hours of work statistics relate to the actual number
of hours worked during the survey week. For example,
persons who normally work 40 hours a week but were
off on the Columbus Day holiday would be reported as
working 32 hours even though they were paid for the
holiday. For persons working in more than one job, the
figures relate to the number of hours worked in all jobs
during the week; all the hours are credited to the major
job.
The distribution of employment by hours worked
relates to persons at work during the survey week. At
work data differ from data on total employment
because the latter include persons in the zero-hoursworked category, with a job but not at work. Included
in this latter group are persons who were on vacation,
ill, involved in a labor dispute, or otherwise absent from
their jobs for voluntary, noneconomic reasons.
Persons who worked 35 hours or more in the survey
week are designated as working full time. Persons who
worked between 1 and 34 hours are designated as working part time. Part-time workers are classified by their
usual status at their present job (either full or part time)
and by their reason for working part time during the
survey week (economic or other reasons). Economic
reasons include: Slack work, material shortages, repairs
to plant or equipment, start or termination of a job during the week, and inability to find full-time work. Other
reasons include: Labor dispute, bad weather, own illness, vacation, demands of home, housework, school,
no desire for full-time work, and full-time worker only
during peak season. Persons on full-time schedules include, in addition to those working 35 hours or more,
those who worked from 1 to 34 hours for noneconomic
reasons and usually work full time.
The full-time labor force consists of persons working
on full-time schedules, persons involuntarily working
part time (part time for economic reasons), and
unemployed persons seeking full-time jobs. The parttime labor force consists of persons working part time
voluntarily and unemployed persons seeking part-time
work. Persons with a job but not at work during the
survey week are classified according to whether they
usually work full or part time.
Labor force time lost is a measure of aggregate hours
lost to the economy through unemployment and involuntary part-time employment and is expressed as a
percent of potentially available aggregate hours. It is
computed by assuming that; (1) unemployed persons
looking for full-time work lost an average of 37.5 hours,
(2) those working for part-time work lost the average
number of hours actually worked by voluntary parttime workers during the survey week, and (3) persons on
part time for economic reasons lost the difference between 37.5 hours and the actual number of hours they
worked.
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White, black, and other are terms used to describe the
race of workers. Included in the "other" group are
American Indians, Alaskan Natives, and Asians and
Pacific Islanders. All tables in this publication which
contain racial data, with the exception of A-5 and its annual counterpart, present data for the black population
group. Because of their relatively small sample size,
data for "other" races are not published. In the
enumeration process, race is determined by the
household respondent.
Hispanic origin refers to persons who identified
themselves in the enumeration process as Mexican,
Puerto Rican living on the mainland, Cuban, Central or
South American, or of other Hispanic origin or descent.
Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race; thus
they are included in both the white and black population
groups.
Vietnam-era veterans are those who served in the
Armed Forces of the United States between August 5,
1964, and May 7, 1975. Data are limited to men in the
civilian noninstitutional population; i.e., veterans in institutions and women are excluded. Nonveterans are
men who never served in the Armed Forces.
Usual weekly earnings data are provided from
responses to the question "How much does . . . USUALLY earn per week at this job before deductions?" Included are any overtime pay, commissions, or tips
usually received. The term "usual" is as perceived by
the respondent. If the respondent asks for a definition
of usual, interviewers are instructed to define the term
as more than half the weeks worked during the past 4 or
5 months. Data refer to wage and salary workers (excluding the incorporated self-employed) who usually
work full time on their sole or primary job.
Median earnings indicate the value which divides the
earnings distribution into two equal parts, one part having values above the median and the other having values
below the median. The medians as shown in this
publication are calculated by linear interpolation of the
$10 interval within which each median falls.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U) is used to deflate the earnings series.
Single, never married; married, spouse present; and
other marital status are terms used to define the marital
status of individuals at the time of interview. Married,
spouse present, applies to husband and wife if both were
reported as members of the same household even
though one may be temporarily absent on business,
vacation, on a visit, in a hospital, etc. Other marital
status applies to persons who are married, spouse absent; widowed; or divorced. Married, spouse absent, includes persons who are separated because of marital
discord, as well as persons who are living apart because
either the husband or the wife was employed and living
away from home, serving in the Armed Forces, or had a
different place of residence for any reason.

A household consists of all persons—related family
members and all unrelated persons—who occupy a
housing unit. A house, an apartment, a group of rooms,
or a single room is regarded as a housing unit when occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living
quarters.
A householder is the person (or one of the persons) in
whose name the housing unit is owned or rented. The
term is never applied to either husbands or wives in
married-couple families but relates only to persons in
families maintained by either men or women without a
spouse.
Family refers to a group of two or more persons
residing together who are related by birth, marriage, or
adoption; all such persons are considered as members of
one family even though they may include a related subfamily, that is, a married couple or a parent-child group
related by birth or marriage to the householder and
sharing the living quarters. The count of families used in
this publication excludes unrelated subfamilies such as
lodgers, guests, or resident employees living in a
household but not related to the householder. Families
are classified either as married-couple families or as
families maintained by women or men without spouses.
A family maintained by a woman or a man is one in
which the householder is either single, widowed, divorced, or married, spouse absent. Data on the earnings of
families exclude all those in which there is no wage or
salary earner or in which the husband, wife, or other
persons maintaining the family is either self-employed
or in the Armed Forces.
HISTORICAL COMPARABILITY
Change in lower age limit

The lower age limit for official statistics on the labor
force, employment, and unemployment was raised from
14 to 16 years of age in January 1967. Insofar as possible, historical series have been revised to provide consistent information based on the population 16 years and
over. For a detailed discussion of this and other definitional changes introduced at that time, including
estimates of their effect on the various series, see "New
Definitions for Employment and Unemployment,"
Employment and Earnings and Monthly Report on the
Labor Force, February 1967.
Noncomparability of labor force levels

In addition to the changes introduced in 1967, there
are several other periods of noncomparability in the
labor force data: (1) Beginning in 1953, as a result of introducing data from the 1950 census into the estimating
procedures, population levels were raised by about
600,000; labor force, total employment, and
agricultural employment were increased by about
350,000, primarily affecting the figures for totals and




men; other categories were relatively unaffected. (2)
Beginning in 1960, the inclusion of Alaska and Hawaii
resulted in an increase of about 500,000 in the population and about 300,000 in the labor force, four-fifths of
this increase was in nonagricultural employment; other
labor force categories were not appreciably affected. (3)
Beginning in 1962, the introduction of data from the
1960 census reduced the population by about 50,000 and
labor force and employment by about 200,000;
unemployment totals were virtually unchanged. (4)
Beginning in 1972, information from the 1970 census
was introduced into the estimation procedures, increasing the population by about 800,000; labor force and
employment totals were raised by a little more than
300,000; and unemployment levels and rates were essentially unchanged. (5) A subsequent population adjustment based on the 1970 census was introduced in March
1973. This adjustment, which affected the white and
black-and-other groups but had little effect on totals,
resulted in the reduction of nearly 300,000 in the white
population and an increase of the same magnitude in the
black-and-other population. Civilian labor force and
total employment figures were affected to a lesser
degree; the white labor force was reduced by 150,000,
and the black-and-other labor force rose by about
210,000. Unemployment levels and rates were not
significantly affected.
In addition, beginning in January 1974, the
methodology used to prepare independent estimates of
the civilian noninstitutional population was modified to
an inflation-deflation approach. This change in the
derivation of the estimates had its greatest impact on
estimates of 20- to 24-year-old men—particularly those
of the black-and-other population—but had little effect
on estimates of the total population 16 years and over.
Additional information on the adjustment procedure
appears in "CPS Population Controls Derived from
Inflation-Deflation Method of Estimation", in the
February 1974 issue of Employment and Earnings.
Effective in July 1975, as a result of the immigration
of Vietnamese refugees into the United States, the total
and black-and-other independent population controls
for persons 16 years and over were adjusted upward by
76,000—30,000 men and 46,000 women. The addition
of the refugees increased the black-and-other population by less than 1 percent in any age-sex group, and all
of the changes were in the other population.
Beginning in January 1978, the introduction of an expansion in the sample and revisions in the estimation
procedures resulted in an increase of about 250,000 in
the civilian labor force and employment totals;
unemployment levels and rates were essentially unchanged. An explanation of the procedural changes and
an indication of the differences appear in "Revisions in
the Current Population Survey in January 1978" in the
February 1978 issue of Employment and Earnings.
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Beginning in October 1978, the race of the individual
was determined by the household respondent for the incoming rotation group households, rather than by the
interviewer as before. The purpose of this change was to
provide more accurate estimates of characteristics by
race. Thus, in October 1978, one-eighth of the sample
households had race determined by the household
respondent and seven-eighths of the sample households
had race determined by interviewer observation. It was
not until January 1980 that the entire sample had race
determined by the household respondent. The new procedure had no significant effect on the estimates.
Beginning in January 1979, the first-stage ratio
estimation method was changed in the CPS estimation
procedure. Differences between the old and new procedures existed only for metropolitan and
nonmetropolitan area estimates, not for the total United
States. The reasoning behind the change and an indication of the differences appear in "Revisions in the Current Population Survey in January 1979" in the
February 1979 issue of Employment and Earnings.
Beginning in January 1982, the second-stage ratio adjustment methodology was changed in the CPS estimation procedure. The purpose of the change and an indication of its effect on national estimates of labor force
characteristics appear in "Revisions in the Current
Population Survey Beginning in January 1982" in the
February 1982 issue of Employment and Earnings. In
addition, current population estimates used in the
second-stage estimation procedure are derived from information obtained from the 1980 census, rather than
the 1970 census. This change caused substantial increases in total population and estimates of persons in
all labor force categories. Rates for labor force
characteristics, however, remained virtually unchanged.
Some 30,000 labor force series were adjusted back to
1970 to avoid major breaks in series. The adjustment
procedure used is also described in the February 1982
article cited above. The revisions did not, however,
smooth out the breaks in series occurring between 1972
and 1979 that are described above, and data users
should make allowances for them in making certain
data comparisons.
Beginning in January 1983, the first-stage ratio adjustment methodology was updated to account for
results obtained from the 1980 census. The purpose of
the change and an indication of its effect on national
estimates of labor force characteristics appear in "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Beginning in
January 1983" in the February 1983 issue of Employment and Earnings. Inhere were only slight differences
between the old and new procedures in estimates of
levels for the various labor force characteristics and virtually no differences in estimates of participation rates.
Beginning in January 1985, most of the steps of the
CPS estimation procedure—the noninterview adjust122




ment, the first and second-stage ratio adjustments, and
the composite estimator—were revised. The new procedures are described in the Estimating Methods section. A description of the changes and an indication of
their effect on national estimates of labor force
characteristics appear in "Changes in the Estimation
Procedure in the Current Population Survey Beginning
in January 1985" in the February 1985 issue of this
publication. Overall, the revisions had only a slight effect on most estimates. The greatest impact was on
estimates of persons of Hispanic origin, which have
been revised, to the extent possible, back to January
1980.
Changes in the occupational and industrial
classification system

Beginning in 1971, the comparability of occupational
employment data was affected as a result of changes in
the occupational classification system for the 1970 census that were introduced into the CPS. Comparability
was further affected in December 1971, when a question
relating to major activity or duties was added to the
monthly CPS questionnaire in order to determine more
precisely the occupational classification of individuals.
As a result of these changes, meaningful comparisons of
occupational employment levels could not be made between 1971-72 and prior years nor between those 2
years. Unemployment rates were not significantly affected. For a further explanation of the changes in the
occupational classification system, see "Revisions in
Occupational Classifications for 1971" and "Revisions
in the Current Population Survey" in the February 1971
and February 1972 issues, respectively, of Employment
and Earnings.
Beginning in January 1983, the occupational and industrial classification systems used in the 1980 census
were introduced into the CPS. These systems differ from
those developed for the 1970 census which were used in
the CPS from January 1971 through December 1982.
The 1980 census occupational classification system
evolved from the Standard Occupational Classification
system (soc). While the CPS occupational data are now
comparable with other data sources, the new system is
so radically different in concepts and nomenclature
from the 1970 system that comparisons of historical
data are not possible without major adjustments. For
example, the 1980 major group "sales occupations" is
substantially larger than the 1970 category "sales
workers". Major additions include "cashiers" from
"clerical workers" and some self-employed proprietors
in retail trade establishments from "managers and administrators, except farm."
The industrial classification system used in the 1980
census is based on the 1972 Standard Industrial
Classification system (sic), as modified in 1977. The
adoption of the new system had much less of an adverse

effect on historical comparability than did the new occupational system. The most notable changes from the
1970 system were the transfer of farm equipment stores
from "retail" to "wholesale" trade, postal service from
"public administration" to "transportation", and
some interchange between "professional and related
services" and "public administration."
Additional information on the 1980 census occupational and industrial classification systems appears in
"Revisions in the Current Population Survey Beginning
in January 1983" in the February 1983 issue of Employment and Earnings.
Changes in the sample design

Since the inception of the survey, there have been
various changes in the design of the CPS sample. Most of
these changes were made in order to improve the efficiency of the sample design and/or to increase the
reliability of the sample estimates.
One major change made after every decennial census
is to change the sample design to make use of the recently collected census materials. Also, the number of
sample areas and the number of sample persons are increased occasionally. In 1953, the current rotation plan
was introduced in which a sample unit is interviewed for
4 months, leaves the sample for 8 months, and then
returns to the sample for another 4 months. When
Alaska and Hawaii achieved statehood, three more sample areas were added to account for the population in
these States. After the 1960 census, selection of a major
portion of the sample from census address lists was
begun, though a portion of the sample is still collected
using area sampling. Following the 1970 census, the
ultimate sampling unit was changed from a noncontiguous cluster of six housing units to a usually contiguous cluster of four housing units. In January 1978, a
supplemental sample of 9,000 housing units, selected in
24 States and the District of Columbia and designed to
provide more reliable annual average estimates for
States, was incorporated into the design. In October
1978 a coverage improvement sample, composed of approximately 450 sample household units which
represented 237,000 occupied mobile homes and
600,000 new construction housing units, was included in
computing the estimates in order to provide coverage of
mobile homes and new construction units that previously had no chance for selection in the CPS sample selected
from the 1970 census frame. In January 1980, another
supplemental sample of 9,000 households selected in 32
States and the District of Columbia was added to the existing sample. A sample reduction of about 6,000 units
was implemented in May 1981. Beginning in January
1982, the sample was expanded by 100 households to
provide additional coverage in counties added to
SMSA'S, which were redefined in 1973.
Beginning in 1985, a new State-based CPS sample was




selected based on 1980 census information rather than
1970 census information. The selection of new sample
areas provided an opportunity to improve the efficiency
of the sample design. Sample areas chosen to replace incoming sample areas account for only 10 percent of the
national estimate. The new CPS sample has resulted in
increased reliability for State estimates with a slightly
reduced sample size. The reliability of national
estimates is unaffected. Sample households are chosen
from 729 sample areas, which represent 1,973
geographic areas in the United States. This current
number of sample areas is not completely comparable to
the old number of sample areas since many of the sample areas have been redefined. (See pp. 7-10 of the May
1984 issue of Employment and Earnings, for an overview of these new definitions and the introduction of the
new sample.)
Table A provides a description of some aspects of the
CPS sample design in use during the different data collection periods. A more detailed account of the history
of the CPS sample design appears in the Current Population Survey: Design and Methodology, Technical Paper
No. 40, Bureau of the Census, or Concepts and
Methods Used in Labor Force Statistics Derived From
the Current Population Survey, Report 463, Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
ESTIMATING METHODS

Under the estimating methods used in the CPS, all of
the results for a given month become available
simultaneously and are based on returns from the entire
panel of respondents. The estimation procedure involves weighting the data from each sample person by
the inverse of the probability of the person being in the
sample. This gives a rough measure of the number of actual persons that the sample person represents. Beginning in 1985, almost all sample persons within the same
State will have the same probability of selection. These
estimates are then adjusted for noninterviews, and the
ratio estimation procedure is applied.
1. Noninterview adjustment. The weights for all interviewed households are adjusted to the extent needed to
account for occupied sample households for which no
information was obtained because of absence, impassable roads, refusals, or unavailability of the
respondents for other reasons. This noninterview adjustment is made separately by combinations of similar
sample areas that are not necessarily contained within a
State. Similarity of sample areas is based on
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status and size.
Within each combination of sample areas there is a further breakdown by residence, MSA sample areas are
categorized by central city and the balance of the MSA.
Residence categories of non-MSA areas are urban and
rural. The proportion of sample households not inter123

Table A. Characteristics of the CPS sample, 1947 to date
Time period

Aug.1947 to Jan. 1954 .
Feb. 1954 to Apr. 1956 .
May 1956 to Dec. 1959 .
Jan. 1960 to Feb. 1963 .
Mar. 1963 to Dec. 1966.
Jan. 1967 to July 1971 .
Aug. 1971 to July 1972 .
Aug. 1972 to Dec. 1977.
Jan. 1978 to Dec. 1979 .
Jan. 1980 to Apr. 1981
May 1981 to Dec. 1984 .
Jan. 1985 to present .

Interviewed

Not interviewed

Households visited but
not eligible

68
230
1
330
2
333
357
449
449
461
614
629
629
729

21,000
21,000
33,500
33,500
33,500
48,000
45,000
•45,000
53,500
62,200
57,800
57,000

500-1,000
500-1,000
1,500
1,500
1,500
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,500
2,800
2,500
2,500

3,000-3,500
3,000-3,500
6,000
6,000
6,000
8,500
8,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
11,000
11,000

1
Beginning in May 1956, these areas were chosen to provide coverage in each State and the District of Columbia.

viewed varies from 4 to 5 percent, depending on
weather, vacation, etc.
2. Ratio estimates. The distribution of the population
selected for the sample may differ somewhat, by
chance, from that of the population as a whole, in such
characteristics as age, race, sex, and residence. Since
these characteristics are closely correlated with labor
force participation and other principal measurements
made from the sample, the survey estimates can be
substantially improved when weighted appropriately by
the known distribution of these population
characteristics. This is accomplished through two stages
of ratio estimates as follows:
a. First-stage ratio estimate. In the CPS, a portion of
the 729 sample areas is chosen to represent other areas
not in the sample; the remainder of the sample areas
represent only themselves. The first-stage ratio estimation procedure was designed to reduce the portion of the
variance resulting from requiring sample areas to represent nonsample areas. Therefore, this procedure is not
applied to sample areas which represent only
themselves. The adjustment is made at the State level
for each of the 43 States which contains nonsample
areas by race cells of black and non-black. The procedure corrects for differences that existed in each cell at
the time of the 1980 census between the race distribution
of the population in sample areas and the known race
distribution of the State.
b. Second-stage ratio estimate. In this stage, the sample proportions of persons in specific categories are adjusted to the distribution of independent current
estimates of the civilian noninstitutional population in
the same categories. The second-stage ratio adjustment
which is performed to further reduce variability of the
estimates and to correct to some extent for CPS undercover age relative to the decennial census, is carried out
in three steps. In the first step, the sample estimates are
adjusted within each State and the District of Columbia
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Households eligible

Number of sample
areas

2
Three sample areas were added in 1960 to represent Alaska and
Hawaii after statehood.

to an independent control for the population 16 years
and over for the State. The second step involves an adjustment by Hispanic origin to a national estimate for 8
age-sex categories by Hispanic and non-Hispanic. In the
third step, a national adjustment is made by the race
categories of white, black, and other races to independent estimates by age and sex. The white and black
categories contain 32 age-sex groups each while the
other races category has 6 age-sex cells. The entire
second-stage adjustment procedure is iterated six times,
each time beginning at the weights developed the
previous time. This ensures that the sample estimates of
the population for both State and national age-sex-raceorigin categories will be virtually equal to the independent population control totals. This second-stage adjustment procedure incorporates changes instituted in
January 1985. The nature and effect of these changes
are discussed in detail in "Changes in the Estimation
Procedure in the Current Population Survey Beginning
in January 1985" in the February 1985 issue of Employment and Earnings.
The controls by State for the civilian noninstitutional
population 16 years and over are an arithmetic extrapolation of the trend in the growth of this segment of
the population from the April 1, 1980, census through
the latest available July 1 estimate, adjusted as a last
step to a current estimate of the U.S. population of this
group. State estimates by age for July 1 are published
annually in Current Population Reports, Series P-25.
For a description of the methodology used in developing
the State total, use Report 640 of that series. A description of the age estimates methodology is available on request from the Chief of the Population Division, U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233.
Prior to January 1985, there was no separate control
for Hispanics in the second-stage ratio procedure. These
Hispanic controls are prepared by carrying forward the
1980 census count for Hispanics by adding estimated
Hispanic births and immigrants and subtracting
estimated Hispanic deaths and emigrants to yield an

estimate of the Hispanic population by age and sex.
During the period from January 1982 to December
1984, the "inflation-deflation" method was temporarily discontinued in the preparation of the independent
national controls used for the age-sex-race groups in the
third step of the second-stage ratio estimation procedure. These controls were prepared by carrying forward the 1980 census data after taking account of subsequent aging of the population, births, deaths, and net
migration and then subtracting the estimate for the institutional population and Armed Forces. Beginning in
January 1985, the "inflation-deflation" method of
deriving independent population controls was reintroduced into the CPS estimation procedure. With the
"inflation-deflation" method, the independent controls
are prepared by inflating the 1980 census counts to include estimated undercounts by age, sex and race, aging
this population forward to each subsequent month and
later age by adding births and net migration, and subtracting deaths. These post-censal population estimates
are then deflated to census level to reflect the pattern of
net undercount in the most recent census by age, sex,
and race. Because an estimate of undercount is first added and then subtracted, the size of each race-sex group
is unaffected by the "inflation-deflation" method.
Similarly, the final estimate is affected only by the age
structure of the undercount, but not the level. This
feature of the method is important since the exact
amount of undercount in the 1980 census remains
unknown.
Data on births and deaths between April 1, 1980, and
the estimate date are based on tabulations of vital
statistics for the resident population made by the National Center for Health Statistics and data on deaths of
military personnel overseas from the Department of
Defense. Estimates of net civilian immigration are based
on data provided by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Department of Defense, the Office of
Personnel Management, and the Puerto Rico Planning
Board. The civilian noninstitutional population is derived by subtracting the Armed Forces and the institutional population for the estimate date from the total including Armed Forces overseas. The institutional
population is computed by applying institutional proportions derived from the 1980 census to the total
population, including Armed Forces overseas for the
estimate date. All computations described above are
performed in cells defined by single year of age, race,
and sex. The independent national control totals are
then obtained by collapsing these cells into broader age
groups for the population 16 years and older.
3. Composite estimate procedure. In deriving statistics
for a given month, a composite estimating procedure is
used which takes account of net changes from the
previous month for continuing parts of the sample (75




percent), as well as the sample results for the current
month. Also included is an additional term which is an
estimate of the net difference between incoming and
continuing parts of the current month's sample. Almost
all estimates of month-to-month change are improved
by this procedure, and most estimates of level are also
improved, but to a lesser extent.
Rounding of estimates

The sums of individual items may not always equal
the totals shown in the same tables because of independent rounding of totals and components to the nearest
thousand. Similarly, sums of percent distributions may
not always equal 100 percent because of rounding. Differences, however, are insignificant.
Reliability of the estimates

There are two types of errors possible in an estimate
based on a sample survey—sampling and nonsampling.
The standard errors provided primarily indicate the
magnitude of the sampling error. They also partially
measure the effect of some nonsampling errors in
response and enumeration but do not measure any
systematic biases in the data.
Nonsampling error. The full extent of nonsampling error is unknown, but special studies have been conducted
to quantify some sources of nonsampling error in the
CPS, as discussed below. The effect of nonsampling error should be small on estimates of relative change, such
as month-to-month change. Estimates of monthly levels
would be more severely affected by the nonsampling
error.
Nonsampling errors in surveys can be attributed to
many sources, e.g., inability to obtain information
about all cases in the sample, definitional difficulties,
differences in the interpretation of questions, inability
or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, inability to recall information, errors made
in collection such as in recording or coding the data, errors made in processing the data, errors made in
estimating values for missing data, and failure to represent all sample households and all persons within sample households (undercoverage).
Nonsampling errors occurring in the interview phase
of the survey have been studied by means of a reinterview program. This program is used to estimate various
sources of error as well as to evaluate and control the
work of the interviewers. A random sample of each interviewer's work is inspected through reinterview at
regular intervals. The results indicate, among other
things, that the data published from the CPS are subject
to moderate systematic biases. A description of the CPS
reinterview program and some of the other results may
be found in the Current Population Survey Reinterview
Program, January 1961 through December 1966.
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Technical Paper No. 19, Bureau of the Census, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
The effects of some components of nonsampling error in the CPS data can be examined as a result of the
rotation plan used for the sample, since the level of the
estimates varies by rotation group. A description of
these effects appears in the "The Effects of Rotation
Group Bias on Estimates from Panel Surveys," by Barbara A. Bailar, Journal of the American Statistical
Association, Volume 70, No. 349, March 1975.
Undercoverage in the CPS results from missed housing
units and missed persons within sample households.
Compared to the level of the decennial census, undercoverage is about 6 percent. It is known that the CPS
undercoverage varies with age, sex, race and Hispanic
origin. Generally, undercoverage is larger for men than
for women, and larger for blacks, Hispanics, and other
races combined than for whites. Ratio estimation to independent age-sex-race-origin population controls, as
described previously, partially corrects for the biases
due to survey undercoverage. However, biases exist in
the estimates to the extent that missed persons in missed
households or missed persons in interviewed households
have different characteristics than interviewed persons
in the same age-sex-race-origin group. Further, the independent population controls used have not been adjusted for undercoverage in the 1980 census.
Additional information on nonsampling error in the
CPS appears in "An Error Profile: Employment as
Measured by the Current Population Survey," by
Camilla Brooks and Barbara Bailar, Statistical Policy
Working Paper 3, U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards; in "The
Current Population Survey: An Overview," by Marvin
Thompson and Gary Shapiro, Annals of Economic and
Social Measurement, Vol. 2, April 1973; and in The
Current Population Survey, Design and Methodology,
Technical Paper No. 40, Bureau of the Census, U.S.
Department of Commerce. This last document includes
a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of various
sources of error, and describes attempts to measure
them in the CPS.
Sampling error. The standard error is primarily a
measure of sampling variability, that is, of the variation
that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed. The sample estimate and
its estimated standard error enable one to construct confidence intervals, ranges that would include the average
of all possible samples with a known probability. For
example, if all possible samples were selected, each of
these surveyed under essentially the same general conditions and using the same sample design, and an estimate
and its estimated error were calculated from each sample, then:
1. Approximately 68 percent of the intervals from
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one standard error below the estimate to one standard
error above the estimate would include the average
result of all possible samples.
2. Approximately 90 percent of the intervals from 1.6
standard errors below the estimate to 1.6 standard error
above the estimate would include the average of all
possible samples.
3. Approximately 95 percent of the intervals from 2
standard errors below the estimate to 2 standard errors
above the estimate would include the average result of
all possible samples.
In order to derive standard errors that would be applicable to a large number of estimates and could be
prepared at a moderate cost, a number of approximations are required. First, the standard errors in this
volume reflect the sample design and estimation procedures in effect prior to the expansions for State
estimates. Thus, these standard errors may slightly
overstate the standard errors applicable to the present
design. Second, instead of computing an individual
standard error for each estimate, generalized sets of
standard errors are computed for various types of
characteristics. This generalization yields more stable
estimates of the standard errors. Consequently, the sets
of standard errors provided give an indication of the
order of magnitude of the standard error of an estimate
rather than the precise standard error.
Tables B and C show approximate standard errors for
major employment status characteristics for monthly
estimates and for changes for consecutive months.
These standard errors are applicable to the level of the
estimates in recent months.
Tables D through H provide generalized standard errors for monthly level and month-to-month change for
estimated totals, unemployment rates, and percentages.
Table I contains factors for use with table H for computing standard errors, as described below, for monthly
level and month-to-month change for percentages.
Standard errors for intermediate values not shown in
the table may be approximated by linear interpolation.
The standard error for estimated changes from one
month to the next is more closely related to the monthly
level for the characteristic than to the size of the specific
month-to-month change itself. Thus, in order to use the
generalized standard errors for month-to-month change
as given in the tables of standard errors, it is necessary
to obtain the monthly estimate for the characteristic. It
should be noted that the tables of standard errors for
month-to-month change apply only to estimates of
change between 2 consecutive months. Estimates of
change for nonconsecutive months are subject to higher
standard errors. Table J contains factors for use with
tables D, F, H, and I to compute approximate standard errors for levels, labor force participation rates, and
percentages as pertaining to the year-to-year change of

Table B. Standard errors for major employment status
categories
(In thousands)
Standard error of—
Employment status, sex,
age, and race

Total, 16 years and over:
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Men, 20 years and over:
Civilian labor force
Employed .
Unemployed
Women, 20 years and over:
Civilian labor force.
Employed
Unemployed
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years:
Civilian labor force
Employed....
Unemployed
Black, 16 years and over:
Civilian labor force.
Employed
Unemployed
Men, 20 years and over:
Civilian labor force.
Employed
Unemployed
Women, 20 years and over:
Civilian labor force.
Employed...
Unemployed
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years:
Civilian labor force.
Employed...
Unemployed

Monthly
level

Month-tomonth
change (consecutive
months only)

252
270
137

193
205
138

152
167
96

131
146
96

190
190
83

143
147
86

83
86
58

90
97
64

87
95
66

66
71
69

50
57
45

44
51
48

67
67
43

47
49
46

32
27
30

37
31
32

monthly estimates, quarterly averages, changes in
quarterly averages, yearly averages, and changes in
yearly averages. Note that standard errors for changes
in quarterly and yearly estimates apply only to consecutive quarters and years. For years prior to 1967, the
standard errors must be adjusted due to the differences
in the sample size. For years prior to 1956, the standard
errors should be multiplied by 1.50, and for the 1956-66
period, they should be multiplied by 1.22. Table K provides generalized standard errors for quarterly estimates
of persons and families for use with the CPS earnings
data.
Standard errors for estimated totals, fables D and E
provide generalized standard errors for monthly totals
and for month-to-month change. The figures given in
these tables are to be used for the characteristics as indicated.
Illustration. Assume that in a given month the number
of persons working a specific number of hours was
12,000,000, an increase of 400,000 over the previous
month. Linear interpolation in the second column of
table D shows that the standard error on an estimate of
12,000,000 is about 159,000. The 68-percent confidence
interval as shown by these data is from 11,841,000 to
12,159,000. Therefore, a conclusion that the average
estimate derived from all possible samples lies within a
range computed in this way would be correct for
roughly 68 percent of all possible samples. Recall that
the standard error of a month-to-month change is

Table C. Standard errors for unemployment rates by major characteristics
Standard error of—
Characteristic

Total (all civilian workers) .
Men, 20 years and over . . .
Women, 20 years and over.
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years .
White workers.
Black workers
Married men, spouse present. . .
Married women, spouse present .
Full-time workers .
Part-time workers
Unemployed 15 weeks and over.

Monthly level

Consecutive
month change

0.12
.16
.18
.66
.12
.55
.16
.22
.13
.34
.07

0.12
.16
.19
.78
.13
.58
.17
.23
.13
.42
.09

Occupation
Executive, administrative, and managerial.
Professional specialty
Technicians and related support .
Sales
Administrative support, including clerical
Private household .
Protective service
Service, except private household and
protective .




.25
.20
.49
.31
.26
1.28
.80

.28
.23
.55
.35
.29
1.45
.90

.41

.46

Standard error of—
Characteristic

Monthly level

Consecutive
month change

0.38

0.42

.52
.68

.59
.78

.80
.88

.93
1.01

.14
1.47
.71
.28
.35
.44

.15
1.68
.81
.31
.39
.50

.43
.28
.22
.25
1.29

.48
.31
.24
.28
1.50

Occupation—Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair .
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers
Farming, forestry, and fishing .
Industry
Nonagricultural private wage and salary
workers.
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods . . .
Nondurable goods
Transportation, communications, and
public utilities
Wholesale and retail trade .
Finance and services .
Government workers
Agricultural wage and salary workers.

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Table D. Standard errors for estimates of monthly level
(In thousands)
Characteristic1
Labor force data other than unemployment and agricultural employment data
Estimated monthly level

50
100
500
1,000
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000 ...
15,000 ...
20,000 ...
30,000 ...
40,000 ...
50,000 ...
60,000 ...
70,000 ...
80,000 ...
100,000 .
120,000.

Agricultural
employment

14
19
43
61
85
120
146

Total or
white

11
15
34
48
68
95
116
133
147
177
201
236
261
278
288

Black

11
15
34
47
64
84
94
97
94
50

293
293
273
231

Total or
Black men
Total or
Black, 16 to white men
only, or
white, 16 to
only, or
19 years
women only
19 years
women only
11
15
33
46
63
80
86
83
70

11
15
29
33

10
14
32
45
63
87
105

120
132
155
170
188
189
175
141
61

10
14
31
42
55
66
58
23

Unemployment

Total or
white

10
15
33
47
66

93
113
129
143

Black

11
16
35
49
67
88
99

172
195

1
When determining the standard error of an estimate for a group
which is a subset of the age, sex, or race groups listed, use the standard
error for the next larger group, e.g., when determining the standard error

on the estimated number of employed persons age 20 to 54 years, use
the column for total employed.

primarily dependent on the size of the monthly estimate.
Thus, using linear interpolation in the first column of
table E, the standard error on a month-to-month change
of 400,000, when the monthly level is approximately
12,000,000, is about 118,000.

from table I. When the numerator and denominator of
the percentage are in different categories, use the factor
indicated by the numerator of the percentage.

Illustration. Assume that in a given month 3.6 percent
of a total of 90,771,000 employed persons are employed
Standard errors for rates and percentages. Tht reliabili- in agriculture. The standard error on an estimate of 3.6
percent with a base of 90,771,000 is obtained from table
ty of an estimated unemployment rate or an estimated
H (0.09 percent). The appropriate factor from table I
percentage, computed using sample data for both
for the numerator of the percentage, agricultural
numerator and denominator, depends upon both the
employment, is 1.26. The generalized standard error on
size of the rate or percentage and the total upon which
the estimated 3.6 percent is then approximately 0.09 x
the rate or percentage is based. Estimated rates and
1.26 = 0.1 percentage point.
percentages are relatively more reliable than the corresponding estimates of the numerator of the rates or
Standard errors for year-to-year change of monthly
percentages; this is particularly true for percentages of
50 percent or more. As a general rule, percentages are estimates, quarterly averages, changes in quarterly
not published when the monthly base is less than 75,000, averages, yearly averages, and changes in yearly
the quarterly average base is less than 60,000, or the an- averages. Jhe approximate standard errors of levels,
rates, and percentages involving year-to-year change of
nual average base is less than 35,000.
monthly estimates, quarterly averages, changes in
Tables F and G show generalized standard errors for
monthly level and month-to-month change for quarterly averages, yearly averages, and changes in
unemployment rates. Generalized standard errors for yearly averages may be obtained by using table J in conestimated monthly percentages and estimated month-to- junction with the other tables. Standard errors for
month change in percentage can be obtained through estimates of change are more closely related to the level
the use of the standard errors in table H and the factors of the estimate than to the size of the specific change.
in table I. First obtain the standard error from table H Thus, to obtain the standard error of an estimate of an
for the specific percentage and base. The generalized average level, rate, or percentage, or an estimate of a
standard error is then calculated by multiplying the change in level, rate, or percentage, it is first necessary
standard error from table H by the appropriate factor to find the appropriate estimate of level. For an estimate

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of an average level, rate, or percentage, find the standard error of this estimate. For an estimate of change in
level, rate, or percentage, find the standard error of the
average of the two estimates affecting the change. Then,
after computing the standard error by treating these
estimates as monthly estimates and using the procedures
above, multiply this result by a suitable factor from
table J to obtain the approximate standard error for the
average or change.
Illustration. Sjuppose that one is interested in the yearto-year change of a monthly unemployment rate.
Assume that for a certain month the unemployment rate
is 6.9 percent, based on a total of 95,676,000 in the
civilian labor force, and that a year prior to this the
unemployment rate was 6.1 percent, based on a total of
94,254,000 in the civilian labor force for the month.
First the standard error on the average of the two
estimates, 6.5 percent with a base of 94,965,000, is obtained from table F (0.12 percentage point). The appropriate factor, then, from table J is 1.40. The approximate standard error on the change of 0.8 percent is then
given by 0.12 x 1.40 = 0.17 percentage point.
The approximate standard error of levels involving
year-to-year change of quarterly estimates pertaining to
CPS earnings data for persons and families may be obtained by using table K in conjunction with the following formula:

Standard
error of
year-to-year
change =

//
\2
//StandA

ard
\

error j

/
V
/ Stand-\

/
\
/Stand- \

( ard J

I ard J

+ \ error / 2(P)\ error

/

/
/

I
y

Where X is the estimate for one quarter and Y is the
estimate for another quarter. The coefficient, P, is a
measure of the correlation between the estimates X and
Y resulting from the presence of some of the same
respondents in the sample for each estimate. For consecutive year-to-year changes of quarterly estimates, the
values of P are .30 for persons (total, white, and black)
and .35 for families (total, white, and black). The
respective values for estimates of Hispanics are .45 and
.55.
Illustration. Assume that in a given quarter the number
of women employed as full-time wage and salary
workers was 27,000,000 and in the same quarter a year
later, their number had increased to 29,000,000. Using
linear interpolation in the eighth column of table K, the
standard error of an estimate of 27,000,000 is 216,000;
for 29,000,000 it is 221,000. Using the above formula,
the standard error of the 2,000,000, year-to-year change
is:
V (216,i,000)

2

+ (221,000) 2

-2 (.30) (216,000) (221,000),

or about 259,000.

Table E. Standard errors for estimates of month-to-month change
(In thousands)
Characteristic1
Labor force data other than unemployment and agricultural
employment data

Unemployment

Estimated monthly level

50
100
500
1,000
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000 ..,
15,000 ..,
20,000 ..,
30,000 ...
40,000 ...
50,000 ...
60,000 ...
70,000 ...
80,000 ...
100,000 .
120,000 .
1
2

Total or white

Black

8
11
25
36
50
70
86
98
109
131
148
174
191
203
210
212
211
193
153

8
11
25
35
47
62
70
73
71
42

Both sexes 16
Total or white, Black, 16 to
to 19 years, or
Total or white
16 to 19 years
19 years
part-time labor
force2
13
18
39
54
72
88
88
71

See footnote 1, table D.
Part-time labor force for unemployment also includes persons




13
18
34
36

12
16
37
51
72
99
118
132
143
160
165

13
18
40
54
70
78
60

Black

12
17
38
52
69
85
87

Black, 16 to
19 years
12
18
35
37

reentering the labor force, persons who left their last job, and persons by
duration of unemployment.

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Table F. Standard errors for unemployment rates
Monthly base of unemployment rate (In
thousands)
50
100
500
1,000...
2,000 ....
4,000 ....
6,000 ....
10,000..
20,000..
60,000..
100,000

Monthly unemployment rate (percent)
1
2.09
1.48
.66
.47
.33
.23
.19
.15
.10
.06
.05

2.94
2.08
.93
.66
.46
.33
.27
.21
.15
.08
.07

4.57
3.23
1.45
1.02
.72
.51
.42
.32
.23
.13
.10

10

15

20

25

30

35

50

6.28
4.44
1.99
1.40
.99
.70
.57
.44
.31
.18
.14

7.46
5.28
2.36
1.67
1.18
.83
.68
.53
.37
.21
.17

8.34
5.90
2.64
1.87
1.32
.93
.76
.59
.42
.24
.19

9.01
6.37
2.85
2.01
1.42
1.01
.82
.64
.45
.26
.20

9.05
6.73
3.01
2.13
1.50
1.06
.87
.67
.47
.27
.21

9.87
6.98
3.12
2.21
1.56
1.10
.90
.70
.49
.27
.22

10.21
7.22
3.27
2.28
1.61
1.14
.93
.72
.51
.29
.22

Table G. Standard errors for month-to-month change in unemployment rates
Monthly base of unemployment rate (In
thousands)
50
100
500
1,000
2,000
4 000
6,000
10,000
20 000
60,000
100,000

Monthly unemployment rate (percent)
1

2

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

50

2.32
1.64
.73
.52
.37
.26
.21
.16
.12
.07
.05

3.28
2.32
1.04
.73
.52
.37
.30
.23
.16
.09
.07

5.14
3.64
1.63
1.15
.81
.57
.47
.36
.25
.14
.11

7.18
5.08
2.27
1.60
1.13
.80
.65
.50
.35
.19
.14

8.69
6.14
2.74
1.94
1.37
.96
.78
.60
.42
.22
.15

9.90
7.00
3.13
2.21
1.56
1.10
.89
.68
.47
.23
.15

10.93
7.12
3.45
2.44
1.72
1.20
.98
.75
.51
.24

11.81
8.35
3.73
2.63
1.85
1.30
1.05
.80
.54

12.58
8.89
3.97
2.80
1.97
1.38
1.11

14.48
10.17
4.53
3.19
2.24
1.56
_

-

Table H. Standard errors for estimated percentages and month-to-month change in percentages for labor force
data
Monthly base of percentages
(In thousands)
50
100
500
1,000...,
2,000 ....
4,000 ....
6,000 ....
10,000..
20,000 ..
40,000 ..
60,000 ..
80,000..
100,000
160,000

Percentage of monthly level
1or99

2 or 98

5 or 95

2.14
1.51
.68
.48
.34
.24
.20
.15
.11
.08
.06
.05
.05
.04

3.01
2.13
.95
.67
.48
.34
.28
.21
.15
.11
.09
.08
.07
.05

4.69
3.32
1.48
1.05
.74
.52
.43
.33
.23
.17
.14
.12
.10
.08

10 or 90 15 or 85 20 or 80 25 or 75 30 or 70 35 or 65
6.46
4.57
2.04
1.44
1.02
.72
.59
.46
.32
.23
.19
.16
.14
.11

7.68
5.43
2.43
1.72
1.22
.86
.70
.54
.38
.27
.22
.19
.17
.13

8.61
6.09
2.72
1.92
1.36
.96
.79
.61
.43
.30
.25
.22
.19
.15

9.32
6.59
2.95
2.08
1.47
1.04
.85
.66
.47
.33
.27
.23
.21
16

9.86
6.97
3.12
2.21
1.56
1.10
.90
.70
.49
.35
.28
.25
.22
.17

1.0.27
7.26
3.25
2.30
1.62
1.15
.94
.73
.51
.36
.30
.26
.23
.18

50
10.76
7.61
3.40
2.41
1.70
1.20
.98
.76
.54
.38
.31
.27
.24
.19

NOTE: The standard errors in this table must be multiplied by the factors in table I to obtain the approximate standard error for a specific
characteristic.

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Table I. Factors to be used with Table H to compute approximate standard errors for percentages and month-to-month
change in percentages
Factor

Factor
Characteristic

Agricultural employment:
Total or full-time labor force
Part-time labor force
Labor force data other than agricultural
employment and unemployment data:
Total
Men only
Women only
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Part-time labor force

Monthly level

Month-tomonth change

1.26
1.26

1.05
1.50

.74
.84
.75
1.18
1.18

1.00
.93
.86
1.00
1.00

Characteristic
Monthly level

Month-tomonth change

1.01

1.21

.97
.97

1.08
1.21

1.04
1.04

1.13
1.24

Unemployment:
Part-time labor force, duration of
unemployment, left last job,
reentering labor force
All other unemployment characteristics:
Total or white:
Total
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Black:
Total
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Table J. Factors to be used with Tables, D, F, H, and I to compute the approximate standard errors for levels, rates, and
percentages for year-to-year change of monthly estimates, quarterly averages, change in quarterly averages, yearly averages
and change in yearly averages,
Factor
Characteristic

Year-to-year
change of monthly
estimate

Quarterly
averages

Change in
quarterly
averages

Yearly
averages

Change in
yearly
averages

1.30
1.30

0.89
.83

0.80
.80

0.72
.58

0.70
.70

1.40

.74

.80

.46

.70

1.30

.88

.88

.67

.70

1.30
1.40

.82
.74

.88
.88

.57
.46

.70
.60

1.40
1.40

.76
.69

.88
.88

.50
.39

.65
.54

Agricultural employment:
Total or men
Women or teenagers (16 to 19 years)
Part time
Labor force data other than
agricultural employment and
unemployment data:
Total or white
Black or teenagers
(16 to 19 years)
Part time
Unemployment:
Total
Part time




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Table K. Standard errors for estimates of quarterly level, to be used with CPS earnings data
(In thousands)
Characteristic
Men

Total
Estimated quarterly level

10
50
75
100
150
200
250
300
500
750
1,000 ...
1,500 ...
2,000 ...
2,500 ...
3,000 ...
5,000 ...
7,500 ...
10,000 .
15,000 .
20,000 .
25,000 .
30,000 .
40,000 ..
50,000 .
75,000 .
100,000

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Total or full-time workers

Total or full-time workers
Part-time
workers

5
11
13
15
19
22
24
26
34
42
48
59
68
76
83
107
130
149
180
205
226
224
273
296
331
343

Total or
white

5
12
15
17
21
24
27
30
38
47
54
66
76
85
93
119
145
165
198
224
244
261
286
301
304
255

Women

Part-time
workers
Black

5
12
15
17
21
24
27
30
38
46
53
63
72
79
85
100
107
102

5
11
13
15
19
22
24
26
34
42
48
59
68
75
82
105
127
144
187
192
207
219
236

Total

White

Black

5
12
15
17
21
24
27
30
38
47
54
66
76
84
92
117
140
157
183
199
209
212
201

5
12
15
17
21
24
27
30
38
47
54
66
76
84
92
116
138
155
179
193
199
198
174

5
12
15
17
21
24
27
29
37
45
50
59
65
69
71
64

Total, full-time, or
part-time workers
Total or
white

5
11
13
15
19
22
24
26
34
42
48
59
68
75
82
105
127
145
173
195
211
224
242

Black
5
11
13
15
19
21
24
26
33
41
46
56
63
69
74
85

Establishment Data
(Tables B-1 through C-8)
COLLECTION

Payroll reports provide current information on wage
and salary employment, hours, and earnings in
nonagricultural establishments, by industry and
geographic location. Historical statistics are published
in Employment, Hours, and Earnings, United States,
1909-84, and Employment Hours and Earnings, States
and Areas, 1939-82 and their annual supplements.

All data on employment, hours, and earnings for the
Nation and for States and areas are classified in accordance with the 1972 Standard Industrial Classification
Manual (SICM), Office of Management and Budget.
The BLS tabulates and estimates statistics which
distinguish between private and public establishments,
thus maintaining continuity with previously published
statistics for the private and government sector.

Federal-State cooperation

Under cooperative arrangements, responding
establishments report employment, hours, and earnings
data to State agencies. State agencies mail the forms to
the establishments and examine the returns for consistency, accuracy, and completeness. The States use the
reported data to prepare State and area series and also
send the reported data to the BLS (Washington Office)
for use in preparing the national series. This avoids a
duplicate reporting burden on establishments, and
together with the use of similar estimating techniques at
the national and State levels, promotes increased comparability between estimates.
Shuttle schedules

Form BLS 790—Report on Employment, Payroll, and
Hours is the name of the data collection schedule. The
collection agency returns the schedule to the respondent
each month so that the next month's data can be entered
on the space alotted for that month. This "shuttle" procedure assures maximum comparability and accuracy of
reporting, since the respondent can see the figures that
have been reported for previous months.
Form BLS 790 provides for entry of data on the total
number of full- and part-time workers on the payrolls of
nonagricultural establishments and, for most industries,
employment, payroll, and hours of production and
related workers or nonsupervisory workers for the pay
period which includes the 12th of the month.

Industry employment

Employment data, except those for the Federal
Government, refer to persons on establishment payrolls
who received pay for any part of the pay period which
includes the 12th of the month. For Federal Government establishments, employment figures represent the
number of persons who occupied positions on the last
day of the calendar month. Intermittent workers are
counted if they performed any service during the
month.
The data exclude proprietors, the self-employed, unpaid volunteer or family workers, farm workers, and
domestic workers. Salaried officers of corporations are
included. Government employment covers only civilian
employees; military personnel are excluded. Employees
of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National
Security Agency are also excluded.
Persons on establishment payrolls who are on paid
sick leave (when pay is received directly from the firm),
on paid holiday, on paid vacation, or who work during
a part of the pay period even though they are
unemployed or on strike during the rest of the period
are counted as employed. Not counted as employed are
persons who are on layoff, on leave without pay, on
strike for the entire period, or who were hired but have
not yet reported during the period.
Industry hours and earnings

CONCEPTS
Industrial classification

Establishments reporting on Form BLS 790 are
classified into industries on the basis of their principal
product or activity determined from information on annual sales volume. Since January 1980, this information
is collected on a supplement to the quarterly unemployment insurance tax reports filed by employers. For an
establishment making more than one product or engaging in more than one activity, the entire employment of
the establishment is included under the industry indicated by the principal product or activity.




Average hours and earnings data are derived from
reports of payrolls and hours for production and related
workers in manufacturing'and mining, construction
workers in construction, and nonsupervisory employees
in private service-producing industries.
Production and related workers include working
supervisors and all nonsupervisory workers (including
group leaders and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling, inspection, receiving, storage,
handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, trucking,
hauling, maintenance, repair, janitorial, guard services,
product development, auxiliary production for plant's
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own use (e.g., power plant), recordkeeping, and other
services closely associated with the above production
operation.
Construction workers include the following
employees in the construction division: Working supervisors, qualified craft workers, mechanics, apprentices,
helpers, laborers, etc., engaged in new work, alterations, demolition, repair, maintenance, etc., whether
working at the site of construction or working in shops
or yards at jobs (such as precutting and preassembling)
ordinarily performed by members of the construction
trades.
Nonsupervisory employees include employees (not
above the working supervisory level) such as office and
clerical workers, repairers, salespersons, operators,
drivers, physicians, lawyers, accountants, nurses, social
workers, research aides, teachers, drafters,
photographers, beauticians, musicians, restaurant
workers, custodial workers, attendants, line installers
and repairers, laborers, janitors, guards, and other
employees at similar occupational levels whose services
are closely associated with those of the employees listed.
Payroll covers the payroll for full- and part-time production, construction, or nonsupervisory workers who
received pay for any part of the pay period which includes the 12th of the month. The payroll is reported
before deductions of any kind, e.g., for old-age and
unemployment insurance, group insurance, withholding
tax, bonds, or union dues; also included is pay for overtime, holidays, vacations, and sick leave paid directly by
the firm. Bonuses (unless earned and paid regularly each
pay period); other pay not earned in the pay period
reported (e.g., retroactive pay); tips; and the value of
free rent, fuel, meals, or other payment in kind are excluded. "Fringe benefits'* (such as health and other
types of insurance, contributions to retirement, etc.,
paid by the employer) are also excluded.
Hours cover the hours paid for during the pay period
which includes the 12th of the month for production,
construction, or nonsupervisory workers. Included are
hours paid for holidays, vacations, and for sick leave
when pay is received directly from the firm.
Overtime hours covers hours worked by production
or related workers for which overtime premiums were
paid because the hours were in excess of the number of
hours of either the straight-time workday or the
workweek during the pay period which includes the 12th
of the month. Weekend and holiday hours are included
only if overtime premiums were paid. Hours for which
only shift differential, hazard, incentive, or other
similar types of premiums were paid are excluded.
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A verage hourly and weekly earnings. Average hourly
earnings are on a "gross" basis. They reflect not only
changes in basic hourly and incentive wage rates but
also such variable factors as premium pay for overtime
and late-shift work and changes in output of workers
paid on an incentive plan. They also reflect shifts in the
number of employees between relatively high-paid and
low-paid work and changes in workers' earnings in individual establishments. Averages for groups and divisions further reflect changes in average hourly earnings
for individual industries.
Averages of hourly earnings differ from wage rates.
Earnings are the actual return to the worker for a stated
period of time; rates are the amount stipulated for a
given unit of work or time. The earnings series do not
measure the level of total labor costs on the part of the
employer since the following are excluded: Irregular
bonuses, retroactive items, payments of various welfare
benefits, payroll taxes paid by employers, and earnings
for those employees not covered under the production
worker, construction worker, or nonsupervisory
employee definitions.
Average weekly earnings estimates are derived by
multiplying average weekly hours estimates by average
hourly earnings estimates. Therefore, weekly earnings
are affected not only by changes in average hourly clonings but also by changes in the length of the workweek.
Monthly variations in such factors as proportion of
part-time workers, stoppages for varying reasons, labor
turnover during the survey period, and absenteeism for
which employees are not paid may cause the average
workweek to fluctuate.
Long-term trends of average weekly earnings can be
affected by structural changes in the makeup of the
work force. For example, persistent long-term increases
in the proportion of part-time workers in retail trade
and many of the services industries have reduced
average workweeks in these industries and have affected
the average weekly earnings series.
Average weekly hours. The workweek information
relates to the average hours for which pay was received
and is different from standard or scheduled hours. Such
factors as unpaid absenteeism, labor turnover, parttime work, and stoppages cause average weekly hours to
be lower than scheduled hours of work for an establishment. Group averages further reflect changes in the
workweek of component industries.
A verage overtime hours. The overtime hours represent
that portion of the average weekly hours which exceeded regular hours and for which overtime premiums were
paid. If an employee were to work on a paid holiday at
regular rates, receiving as total compensation his or her
holiday pay plus straight-time pay for hours worked
that day, no overtime hours would be reported.

Table L. Summary of methods for computing industry statistics on employment, hours, and earnings
Employment, hours,
and earnings

Basic estimating cell (industry, region, size, or
region/size cell)

Aggregate industry level (division and,
where stratified, industry)

Monthly data
All employees .

All-employee estimate for previous month multiplied Sum of all-employee estimates for component cells.
by ratio of all employees in current month to all
employees in previous month, for sample establishments which reported for both months.1

Production or nonsupervisory workers, women
All-employees estimate for current month multiplied Sum of production or nonsupervisory worker
employees .
by (1) ratio of production or nonsupervisory work- estimates, or estimates of women employees, for
ers to all employees in sample establish- component cells.
ments for current month, (2) estimated ratio of women
to all employees.2
Average weekly hours.

Production or nonsupervisory worker hours divided Average, weighted by production or nonsupervisory
by number of production or nonsupervisory workers.2 worker employment, of the average weekly hours for
component cells.

Average weekly overtime hours .

Production worker overtime hours divided by number Average, weighted by production worker employment,
of the average weekly overtime hours for comof production workers.2
ponent cells.

Average hourly earnings.

Total production or nonsupervisory worker payroll Average, weighted by aggregate hours, of the average
divided by total production or nonsupervisory worker
hourly earnings for component cells.
hours.2

Average weekly earnings .

Product of average weekly hours and average hourly Product of average weekly hours and average hourly
earnings.
earnings.
Annual average data

All employees, women employees, and
production or nonsupervisory workers .

Average weekly hours .

Average weekly overtime hours .

Average hourly earnings .

Sum of monthly estimates divided by 12.

Annual total of aggregate hours (production or non- Annual total of aggregate hours for production or nonsupervisory worker employment multiplied supervisory workers divided by annual sum of
by average weekly hours) divided by annual employment for these workers.
sum of employment.
Annual total of aggregate overtime hours (pro- Annual total of aggregate overtime hours for
duction worker employment multiplied by production workers divided by annual sum of
average weekly overtime hours) divided employment for these workers.
by annual sum of employment.
Annual total of aggregate payrolls (product of pro- Annual total of aggregate
duction or nonsupervisory worker employment annual aggregate hours.
by weekly hours and hourly earnings) divided
by annual aggregate hours.

payrolls divided by

Product of average weekly
hourly earnings.

hours and average

Average weekly earnings . .
1
The estimates are computed by multiplying the above product by bias adjustment factors, which compensate for the underrepresentation of newly formed enterprises and other sources of bias in the sample.
2
The sample production-worker ratio, women-worker ratio, average weekly
hours, average overtime hours, and average hourly earnings are modified by




Sum of monthly estimates divided by 12.

hours and average Product of average weekly
hourly earnings.

a wedging technique designed to compensate for changes in the sample arising
mainly from the voluntary character of the reporting. The wedging procedure
accepts the advantage of continuity from the use of the matched sample and, at
the same time, tapers or wedges the estimate toward the level of the latest
sample average.

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Since overtime hours are premium hours by definition, weekly hours and overtime hours do not necessarily move in the same direction from month to month; for
example, ovetime premiums may be paid for hours in
excess of the straight-time workday although less than a
full week is worked. Diverse trends at the industry
group level also may be caused by a marked change in
hours for a component industry where little or no overtime was worked in both the previous and current
months. In addition, such factors as stoppages,
absenteeism, and labor turnover may not have the same
influence on overtime hours as on average hours.

Indexes of diffusion of changes in number of employees
on nonagricultural payrolls. These indexes measure the
percent of industries which posted increases in employment over the specified time span. The indexes are
calculated from 185 seasonally adjusted employment
series (two-digit nonmanufacturing industries and threedigit manufacturing industries) covering all
nonagricultural payroll employment in the private sector. A more detailed discussion of these indexes appears
in "Introduction of Diffusion Indexes," in the
December 1974 issue of Employment and Earnings.
ESTIMATING METHODS

Railroads hours and earnings. The figures for Class I
railroads (excluding switching and terminal companies)
are based on monthly data summarized in the M-300
report of the Interstate Commerce Commission and
relate to all employees except executives, officials, and
staff assistants (ICC group I) who received pay during
the month. Average hourly earnings are computed by
dividing total compensation by total hours paid for.
Average weekly hours are obtained by dividing total
number of hours paid for, reduced to a weekly basis, by
the number of employees, as defined above. Average
weekly earnings are derived by multiplying average
weekly hours by average hourly earnings.
Real earnings, or earnings in constant dollars, are
calculated from the earnings averages for the current
month using a deflator derived from the Consumer
Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers (CPI-W).
Average hourly earnings excluding overtime. Average
hourly earnings excluding overtime premium pay are
computed by dividing the total production worker
payroll for the industry group by the sum of total
production worker hours and one-half of total overtime
hours. Prior to January 1956, these data were based on
the application of adjustment factors to average hourly
earnings (as described in the Monthly Labor Review,
May 1950, pp. 537-40). Both methods eliminate only the
earnings due to overtime paid for at I1/: times the
straight-time rates. No adjustments are made for other
premium payment provisions, such as holiday work,
late-shift work, and overtime rates other than time and
one-half.
Indexes of aggregate weekly hours. The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are prepared by dividing the current month's aggregate by the average of the 12 monthly
figures for 1977. For basic industries, the hour aggregates are the product of average weekly hours and
production worker or nonsupervisory worker employment. At all higher levels of industry aggregation, hour
aggregates are the sum of the component aggregates.
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The principal features of the procedure used to
estimate employment for the establishment statistics are
(1) the use of the "link relative" technique which is a
form of ratio estimation; (2) periodic adjustment of
employment levels to new benchmarks; and (3) the use
of size and regional stratification.
The "link relative" technique

From a sample composed of establishments reporting
for both the previous and current months, the ratio of
current month employment to that of the previous
month is computed. This is called a "link relative." The
estimates of employment (all employees, including production and nonproduction workers together) for the
current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates
for the previous month by these "link relatives." In addition, bias correction factors are applied to selected
employment estimates each month. The size of the bias
correction factors is determined from past benchmark
comparisons. Beginning with data for April 1983, these
factors are modified by changes in the sample link
relatives for the most recent quarter. Other features of
the general procedures are described in table L.
Size and regional stratification

A number of industries are stratified by size of
establishment and/or by region, and the stratified production or nonsupervisory worker data are used to
weight the hours and earnings into broader industry
groupings. Accordingly, the basic estimating cell for an
employment, hours, or earnings series, as the term is used in the summary of computational methods in table L,
may be a whole industry or a size stratum, a region
stratum, or a size stratum of a region within an industry.
Benchmark adjustments

Employment estimates are compared periodically
with benchmarks (comprehensive counts of employment) for the various nonagricultural industries and appropriate adjustments are made as indicated. The industry estimates are currently projected from March
1984 levels. Normally, benchmark adjustments are
made annually.

The primary sources of benchmark information are
employment data, by industry, compiled quarterly by
States agencies from reports of establishments covered
under State unemployment insurance laws. These
tabulations cover about 98 percent of employees on
nonagricultural payrolls in the United States. Benchmark data for the residual are obtained from the
records of the Social Security Administration, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and a number of other
agencies in private industry or government.
The estimates for the benchmark month are compared with new benchmark levels, industry by industry.
If revisions are necesary, the monthly series of estimates
between benchmark periods are adjusted between the
new benchmark and the preceding one, and the new
benchmark for each industry is then carried forward
progressively to the current month by use of the sample
trends. Thus, under this procedure, the benchmark is
used to establish the level of employment; the sample is
used to measure the month-to-month changes in the
level. A comparision of the actual amounts of revisions
made at the time of the March 1984 benchmark adjustment is shown in table M.
Data for all months since the last benchmark to which
the series has been adjusted are subject to revision.
Revised data are published as soon as possible after each
benchmark revision.
THE SAMPLE
Design

The sampling plan used in the Current Employment
Statistics program is known as "sampling proportionate
to average size of establishment/' This design is an optimum allocation design among strata since the sampling variance is proportional to the average size of
establishments. Under this type of design, large
establishments fall into the sample with certainty. The
size of the sample for the various industries is determined empirically on the basis of experience and of cost
Table M. Comparison of nonagricultural employment
benchmarks and estimates for March 1984
Industry
Total .
Mining
Construction . . .
Manufacturing
Transportation and public
utilities
Wholesale trade .
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and
real estate .
Services . . . .
Government.




Benchmark

Estimate

Percent
difference

92,587,000

92,234,000

0.4

952,000
3,914,000
19,151,000

967,000
3,794,000
19,323,000

-1.6
3.1
-.9

5,063,000
5,447,000
15,891,000

5,055,000
5,421,000
15,629,000

.2
.5
1.6

5,588,000
20,365,000
16,216,000

5,565,000
20,276,000
16,204,000

.4
.4
.1

considerations. In a manufacturing industry in which a
high proportion of total employment is concentrated in
relatively few establishments, a large percent of total
employment is included in the sample. Consequently,
the sample design for such industries provides for a
complete census of the large establishments with only a
few chosen from among the smaller establishments or
none at all if the concentration of employment is great
enough. On the other hand, in an industry in which a
large proportion of total employment is in small
establishments, the sample design calls for inclusion of
all large establishments and also for a substantial
number of the small ones. Many industries in the trade
and services divisions fall into this category. To keep the
sample to a size which can be handled by available
resources, it is necessary to design samples for these industries with a smaller proportion of universe employment than is the case for most manufacturing industries.
Since individual establishments in these nonmanufacturing divisions generally show less fluctuation from
regular cyclical or seasonal patterns than do
establishments in manufacturing industries, these
smaller samples (in terms of employment) generally produce reliable estimates.
In the context of the BLS Current Employment
Statistics program, with its emphasis on producing timely data at minimum cost, a sample must be obtained
which will provide coverage of a sufficiently large segment of the universe to provide reasonably reliable
estimates that can be published promptly and regularly.
The present sample meets these specifications for most
industries. With its use, the BLS is able to produce
preliminary estimates each month for many industries
and for many geographic levels within a few weeks after
the reference period, and, at a somewhat later date,
statistics in considerably greater industrial detail.
Coverage

The BLS sample of establishment employment and
payrolls is the largest monthly sampling operation in the
field of social statistics. Table N shows the approximate
proportion of total employment in each industry division covered by the group of establishments furnishing
monthly employment data. The coverage for individual
industries within the division may vary from the proportions shown.
Reliability of the employment estimates

Although the relatively large size of the BLS establishment sample assures a high degree of accuracy, the
estimates derived from it may differ from the figures
that would be obtained if it were possible to take a complete census using the same schedules and procedures.
As discussed under the previous section, a "link
relative'' technique is used to estimate employment.
This requires the use of the previous month's estimate as
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Table N. Approximate size and coverage of BLS employment
and payrolls sample, March 19841

Industry

Total .
Mining
Construction . .
Manufacturing
Transportation and public utilities .
Wholesale trade .
Retail trade
Finance, insurance and
real estate .
Services . . .
Government:
Federal2.
State .
Local .

Number
of establishments
in sample

Employees
Number Percent of
reported
total

221,700 36,946,000

40

3,400
376,000
21,500
827,000
50,600 10,571,000
10,500 2,377,000
19,200
909,000
35,900 2,875,000

39
21
55
47
17
18

15,900
41,900

2,101,000
4,838,000

38
24

5,100
4,000
13,700

2,779,000
3,121,000
6,172,000

100
82
64

1
Since a few establishments do not report payroll and hours
information, hours and earnings estimates may be based on a slightly
smaller sample than employment estimates.
2
National estimates of Federal employment by agency are provided to
BLS by the Office of Personnel Management. Detailed industry estimates
for the Executive Branch, as well as State and area estimates of Federal
employment, are based on a sample of 5,100 reports covering about 64
percent of employment in Federal establishments.

the base in computing the current month's estimate.
Thus, small sampling and response errors may cumulate
over several months. To remove this accumulated error,
the estimates are usually adjusted annually to new benchmarks. In addition to taking account of sampling and
response errors, the benchmark revision adjusts the
estimates for changes in the industrial classification of
individual establishments (resulting from changes in
their product which are not reflected in the levels of
estimates until the data are adjusted to new benchmarks). In fact, at the more detailed industry levels,
particularly within manufacturing, changes in classification are the major cause of benchmark adjustments.
Another cause of differences arises from improvements
in the quality of the benchmark data. Table O presents
the average percent revisions of the five most recent
benchmarks for major industry divisions. Detailed
descriptions of individual benchmark revisions are
available from the Bureau upon request.
The hours and earnings estimates for basic estimating
cells are not subject to benchmark revisions, although
the broader groupings may be affected slightly by
changes in employment weights. The hours and earnings
estimates, however, are subject to sampling errors
which may be expressed as relative errors of the
estimates. (A relative error is a standard error expressed
as a percent of the estimate.) Relative errors for major
industries are presented in table O and for individual industries with the specified number of employees in table
P. The chances are about 2 out of 3 that the hours and
earnings estimates from the sample would differ by a
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smaller percentage than the relative error from the
averages that would have been obtained from a complete census.
One measure of the reliability of the employment
estimates for individual industries is the root-meansquare error (RMSE). The measure is the standard deviation adjusted for the bias in estimates:
RMSE=

V(Standard Deviation)2

+ (Bias)2

If the bias is small, the chances are about 2 out of 3 that
an estimate from the sarnie would differ from its
benchmark by less than the root-mean-square error.
The chances are about 19 out of 20 that the difference
would be less than twice the root-mean-square error.
Approximations of the root-mean-square errors (based on the most recent benchmark revisions) of differences between final estimates and benchmarks are
presented in table P.
For the two most recent months, estimates of employment, hours, and earnings are preliminary and are so
footnoted in the tables. These figures are based on less
than the total sample and are revised when all the
reports in the sample have been received. Table Q
presents root-mean-square errors of the amounts of
revisions that may be expected between the preliminary
and final levels of employment and preliminary and
final month-to-month changes. Revisions of
preliminary hours and earnings estimates are normally
not greater than 0.1 of an hour for weekly hours and 1
cent for hourly earnings.

STATISTICS FOR STATES AND AREAS
State and area employment, hours, and earnings data
Table O. Average benchmark revision in employment
estimates and relative errors for average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings by industry
(In percent)

Industry

Total
Total private
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Transportation and public utilities ....,
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate .

Services

Government3

Average
benchmark revision in
estimates
of employment1

0.2
.3
2.4
1.6
.6
.6
.5
.2
.2
1.4
.2
.4
.3

Relative
errors2
Average
weekly
hours

0.1
1.0
.2
.1
.1
.1
.7
.2
.2
.2
.4

Average
hourly
earnings

0.2
1.3
.5
.2
.3
.2
.6
.4
.4
.4
.6

1
The average percent revision in employment for the 1980-84
benchmarks.
2
Relative errors relate to 1982 data.
3
Estimates for government are based on a total count for Federal
Government provided by the Office of Personnel Management and a
sample of State and local government reports.

Table P. Root-mean-square errors of differences between
benchmarks and estimates of employment and average
relative errors for average weekly hours and average hourly
earnings
RootmeanSize of employment estimate

50,000
100,000....
200,000 ....
500,000 ....
1,000,000.
2,000,000.

Relativei errors^
(in percent)

square
error of
employment estimates1

Average
weekly
hours

Average
hourly
earnings

2,100
3,900
5,600
14,000
15,000
26,000

2.2
1.3
1.1
.9
.8
,5

4.0
2.3
2.0
1.6
1.2
.9

Assuming 12-month intervals between benchmark revisions.
Relative errors relate to 1982 data.

are collected and prepared by State agencies in cooperation with BLS. The area statistics relate to metropolitan

areas. Definitions for all areas are published each year
in the issue of Employment and Earnings that contains
State and area annual averages (usually the May issue).
Changes in definitions are noted as they occur. Additional industry detail may be obtained from the State
agencies listed on the inside back cover of each issue.
These statistics are based on the same establishment
reports used by BLS for preparing national estimates.
For employment, the sum of the State figures may differ
slightly from the equivalent official U.S. totals on a
national basis, because some States have more recent
benchmarks than others and because of the effects of
differing industrial and geographic stratification.
For the States and the areas shown in the B and C sections of this periodical, all the annual average data for
the detailed industry statistics currently published by
each cooperating State agency are presented in a summary volume published annually by the BLS.

Table Q. Errors of preliminary employment estimates
Root mean square error
of-

Root mean square error
ofIndustrv

Industry
Monthly
level
117,300

109,000

65,400

58,600

38,900

34,000

5,400
4,800

5,200
4,500

21,300
8,400

17,400
5,500

32,100

29,200

Durable goods
Lumber and wood products . .
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic
steel products1
Fabricated metal products . . .
Machinery, except electrical.
Electrical and electronic
equipment
Transportation equipment. ..
Motor vehicles and
equipment1
Instruments and related
products
Miscellaneous manufacturing.

23,300
3,900
3,000
2,600
6,400

21,100
3,400
2,300
2,400
6,300

5,500
4,700
8,700

5,300
4,000
7,900

6,200
12,600

6,400
11,100

10,200

10,100

2,200
2,000

2,200
2,000

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products . . .
Tobacco manufactures .
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile
products
Paper and allied products . . .
Printing and publishing

13,300
8,800
1,500
2,700

13,300
8,800
1,400
2,700

6,400
2,100
2,200

6,100
1,800
2,400

Total
Total private

1

Goods-producing.
Mining
Oil and gas extraction1
Construction
General building contractors1

. .

Manufacturing.

Monthly
level

Month-to-month
change
Nondurable goods—Continued
Chemicals and allied products ..
Petroleum and coal products . .
Rubber and misc. plastics
products
Leather and leather products . . .

Month-to-month
change

2,700
1,600

2,500
1,500

2,600
2,700

2,500
2,600

100,300

95,800

15,100
19,700

15,200
19,500

5,000

4,800

8,200
5,300
5,000

8,000
5,000
4,800

Retail trade1
General merchandise stores1 . .
Food stores1
Automotive dealers and service
stations1
Eating and drinking places1 .

30,900
19,000
6,800

31,100
18,600
5,800

3,200
20,900

2,700
18,800

Finance, insurance, and real estate
Finance1
Insurance1 . .
Real estate1 .

9,400
4,300
2,900
5,500

8,300
3,500
2,200
4,500

34,600
13,400
11,300

28,200
11,300
10,800

69,900
17,600
26,000
41,800

64,600
16,200
25,000
39,100

Service-producing industries
Transportation and public utilities . .
Transportation1
Communication and public
utilities1
Wholesale trade1 .
Durable goods1 . . .
Nondurable goods1

Services
Business services1
Health services1
Government
Federal .
State1.
Local1

. .

1
Data are based on differences from January 1981 through December
1984; all other data reflect differences from January 1979 through December
1984.




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Productivity Data
(Tables C-9 through C-11)
COLLECTION

Productivity data are compiled by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics from establishment data and from
estimates of compensation and gross national product
supplied by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the
Federal Reserve Board.
CONCEPTS

Hours of wage and salary workers in nonagricultural
establishments refer to hours paid for all
employees—production workers, nonsupervisory
workers, and salaried workers.
Output is the constant-dollar market value of final
goods and services produced in a given period. Indexes
of output per hour of all persons measure changes in the
volume of goods and services produced per paid hour of
labor input.
Compensation per hour includes wages and salaries
of employees plus employers' contributions for social
insurance and private benefit plans. The data also include an estimate of wages, salaries, and supplementary
payments for the self-employed, except for nonfinancial
corporations, in which there are no self-employed.
Real compensation per hour is compensation per
hour adjusted to elimate the effect of changes in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U).
Unit labor costs measure the labor compensation cost
required to produce one unit of output and are derived
by dividing compensation per hour by output per hour.
Unit nonlabor payments include profits, depreciation, interest, and indirect taxes per unit of output.

They are computed by subtracting compensation of all
persons from the current-dollar gross national product
and dividing by output. In these tables, unit nonlabor
costs contain all the components of unit nonlabor
payments except unit profits.
Unit profits include corporate profits and inventory
valuation adjustments per unit of output.
The implicit price deflator is derived by dividing the
current-dollar estimate of gross product by the
constant-dollar estimate, making the deflator, in effect,
a price index for gross product of the sector reported.
NOTES ON THE DATA

For the business sector and the nonfarm business sector, these indexes relate to the gross domestic product
less household and institutions, owner-occupied housing, and statistical discrepancy. For the nonfinancial
corporate sector, the indexes refer to the gross domestic
product of nonfinancial corporate business.
Manufacturing output data are supplied by the
Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of
Commerce, and the Federal Reserve Board. Quarterly
measures have been adjusted by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics to annual estimates of output (gross product
originating) from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Compensation and hours data are from the Bureau of
Economic Analysis and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Historical statistics for most productivity measures appear in Trends in Multifactor Productivity, 1948-81,
BLS Bulletin 2178. Additional information may be obtained from the Office of Productivity and Technology
(202 523-9261).

State and Area Labor Force Data
(D table)
FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM

Labor force and unemployment estimates for States,
labor market areas (LMA's), and other areas covered
under Federal assistance programs are developed by
State employment security agencies under a FederalState cooperative program. The local unemployment
estimates which are derived from standardized procedures developed by BLS are the basis of determining
eligibility of an area for benefits under Federal programs such as the Job Training Partnership Act and the
Public Works and Economic Development Act.
Annual average data for the States and areas shown
in table D are published in Employment and Earnings
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(usually the May issue). For regions, States, selected
metropolitan areas, and central cities, annual average
data classified by selected demographic, social, and
economic characteristics are published in the BLS
bulletin, Geographic Profile of Employment and
Unemployment.
Labor force and unemployment estimates for counties, cities, and other small areas have been prepared
for administration of various Federal economic
assistance programs and may be ordered from the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. The report
"Employment and Unemployment in States and Local

Areas" is published monthly through GPO and is
available on microfiche only on a subscription basis.
ESTIMATING METHODS

The civilian labor force and unemployment estimates
in 11 large States: New York, California, Illinois, Ohio,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Texas, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Florida; and two areas: Los
Angeles—Long Beach metropolitan area and New York
City, are sufficiently reliable to be used directly from
the CPS. For a description of the CPS concepts see
"Household Data," above.
Monthly labor force and unemployment estimates in
the remaining 39 States, District of Columbia, and 253
labor market areas are prepared in several stages. The
civilian labor force is the sum of the employment and
unemployment levels, which are estimated in accordance with the BLS Manual for Developing Local Area
Unemployment Statistics.
1. Preliminary estimate—employment: The total
civilian employment estimate is based on data from the
survey of establishments which produces an estimate of
payroll employment. This place-of-work estimate must
be adjusted to refer to place of residence as used in the
CPS. Factors for adjusting from place of work to place
of residence have been developed for the several
categories of employment on the basis of employment
relationships which existed at the time of the 1970
decennial census. These factors are applied to the
payroll employment estimates for the current period to
obtained adjusted employment estimates, to which are
added estimates for employment not cover by UI.
2. Preliminary estimate—unemployment: In the current month, the estimate of unemployment is an aggregate of the estimates for each of three building block
categories: (1) Persons who were previously employed in
industries covered by State unemployment insurance
(UI) laws; (2) those previously employed in industries
not covered by these laws; and (3) those who were entering the civilian labor force for the first time or reentering after a period of separation. This is referred to
below as the UI- based estimate.
An estimate for those previously employed in covered
industries is derived from a count of current employment insurance claimants, plus estimates of claimants
whose benefits have been exhausted, those persons disqualified from receiving benefits for nonmonetary
reasons (because they quit, were discharged for cause,
etc., but would otherwise have been eligible), and person who either filed claims late or not at all.
The estimate of those previously employed in industries not covered by UI is derived by applying to the
employment estimate for each noncovered industry or
class of worker subgroup in the State, the ratio of




covered unemployment to covered employment
weighted by factors reflecting national historical relationships.
For the third category, new entrants and reentrants
into the labor force, a composite estimate is developed
from equations that relate the total entrants into the
labor force to the experienced unemployed and the experienced labor force. For each month, the estimate of
entrants into the labor force is a function of: (a) the
month of the year; (b) the level of the experienced
unemployed; (c) the level of the experienced labor force;
and (d) the proportion of the working age population
that is considered "youth." The composite estimate of
total entrants is defined as:
U=
U=
E=
X=
A,B=

A (X + E) + BX, where
total entrant unemployment
total civilian employment
total experienced unemployment
synthetic factors incorporating
seasonal variation and an assumed
relationship between the proportion of
youths in the working population and the
historical relationship of entrants to the
experienced unemployed (B factor) or the
experienced labor force (A factor).

3. Correction factors for employment and unemployment are then applied at the State level of the Ul-based
estimates obtained above for each of the 39 States and
the District of Columbia. These correction factors are
based on the ratio of the CPS to the Ul-based estimates
for the 6-month period ending in the current month
(e.g. a 6-month moving average).
4. Substate adjustment for additivity. Independent
estimates of employment and unemployment are
prepared for the State (obtained directly from the CPS
in the 11 large States or by the Ul-based method in the
remaining States), and labor market areas (LMA's)
within the State). The total of the geographic areas in
the LMA's exhausts the geographic boundaries of the
State. A proportional adjustment is applied to all
sub-state LMA estimates to ensure that the sub-state
estimates of employment and unemployment add to the
independent State totals. In California and New York,
which also have sub-state areas taken directly from the
CPS, the additivity adjustment for the reamining areas
is applied to the State total minus the direct CPS area.
5. Benchmark correction procedures. Once each year
monthly estimates prepared by the State employment
security agencies using Ul-based estimating procedures
are adjusted, or benchmarked, by BLS to the annual
average CPS estimates for the 39 States and the District
of Columbia for which monthly CPS estimates are not
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available. This adjustment is necessary because the
State-prepared estimates are not as reliable as the CPS
annual averages due to differences in the State UI laws,
the structual limitations of the Ul-based estimating
method, and errors in the UI data.
The benchmarked estimates are produced in three
stages. First, the monthly Ul-based estimates are adjusted by the ratio of the CPS to the Ul-based annual
averages. Second, the difference between the ratio of

annual averages for two consecutive years is wedged into the monthly estimates in order to minimize the disturbance to the original series. Finally, the third stage
estimates are forced into agreement with CPS annual
averages. In the 11 States which use CPS estimates
monthly, no benchmark correction is required, as the
average of the 12 monthly State CPS estimates will
equal CPS annual averages.

Seasonal Adjustment
Over the course of a year, the size of the Nation's
labor force, the levels of employment and unemployment, and other measures of labor market activity
undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events
as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing
of schools. Because these seasonal events follow a more
or less regular pattern each year, their influence on
statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the
statistics from month to month. These adjustments
make it easier to observe the cyclical and other
nonseasonal movements in the series. In evaluating
changes in a seasonally adjusted series, it is important to
note that seasonal adjustment is merely an approximation based on past experience. Seasonally adjusted
estimates have a broader margin of possible error than
the original data on which they are based, since they are
subject not only to sampling and other errors but are
also affected by the uncertainties of the seasonal adjustment process itself. Seasonally adjusted series for
selected labor force and establishment-based data are
published regularly in Employment and Earnings.
The seasonal adjustment program used for these
series is an adaptation of the standard ratio-to-moving
average method. It provides for "moving" adjustment
factors to take account of changing seasonal patterns. A
detailed description of the method is given in The X-ll
Variant of the Census Method II Seasonal Adjustment
Program, Technical Paper No. 15, Bureau of the Census (1967).
Beginning in January 1980, BLS introduced two major modifications in the seasonal adjustment
methodology for data from the household survey. First,
the data are being seasonally adjusted with a new procedure called X-ll ARIMA, which was developed at
Statistics Canada as an extension of the existing standard X-ll method. A detailed description of the procedure appears in The X-ll ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method, by Estela Bee Dagum, Statistics Canada
Catalogue NO. 12-564E, February 1980. The X-il procedure was originally developed at the Bureau of the
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Census and had been used by the BLS to seasonally adjusted labor force series since 1973. Tests have shown
that use of the X-ll ARIMA procedure, which places
more emphasis on recent data, provides better seasonal
adjustments than does the X-ll method alone.
The second change is that seasonal adjustment factors
are calculated for use during the first 6 months of the
year rather than for the entire year. In July of each year,
BLS calculates and publishes in Employment and Earnings a set of seasonal adjustment factors for use in the
second half, based on the experience through June.
Revisions of historical data for the most recent 5 years
are made at the beginning of each calendar year.
However, as a result of the revisions to the estimates for
1970-81 based on 1980 census population counts, revisions to seasonally adjusted series in early 1982 were
carried back to 1970.
All labor force and unemployment rate statistics, as
well as the major employment and unemployment
estimates, are computed by aggregating independently
adjusted series. For example, for each of the three major labor force components-agricultural employment,
nonagricultural employment, and unemployment-data
for four sex-age groups (men and women under and
over 20 years of age) are separately adjusted for
seasonal variation and are then added to derive
seasonally adjusted total figures. The seasonally adjusted figure for the labor force is the sum of eight
seasonally adjusted civilian employment components,
plus the resident Armed Forces total (not adjusted for
seasonality), and four seasonally adjusted unemployment components; the total for unemployment is the
sum of the four unemployment components; and the
overall unemployment rate is derived by dividing the
resulting estimate of total unemployment by the
estimate of the labor force. Because of the independent
seasonal adjustment of various series, components will
not necessarily add to totals.
Revised seasonally adjusted data for selected labor
force series based on the experience through December
1984, new seasonal adjustment factors to be used to

calculate the civilian unemployment rate for the first 6
months of 1985, and a description of the current
seasonal adjustment methodology are published in the
January 1985 issue of Employment and Earnings.
Revised seasonally adjusted data covering the 1980-84
revision period for a broader range of labor force series
are published in the February 1985 issue of this
publication.
Beginning in July 1980, the BLS also uses the X-ll
ARIMA methodology in seasonally adjusting the
establishment data, which previously had been computed using the BLS Seasonal Factor Method. All series
are seasonally adjusted using the multiplicative models
under X-ll ARIMA. Seasonal adjustment factors used
in calculating the current year's estimates are based on
actual data through March 1985 and projected data
through March 1986. The ARIMA model options for
projecting the data series for 1 year ahead have been used in seasonally adjusting the establishment series since
June 1981.
Seasonal adjustment factors are directly applied to
the component levels. Seasonally adjusted totals for
most of these series are then obtained by taking a
weighted average of the seasonally adjusted data for the
component series. Seasonally adjusted average weekly
earnings are the product of seasonally adjusted average
hourly earnings and seasonally adjusted average weekly
hours.
Average weekly earnings in constant dollars,
seasonally adjusted, are obtained by dividing average
weekly earnings, seasonally adjusted, by the seasonally
adjusted Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage
Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and multiplying
by 100. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours, seasonally
adjusted, are obtained by multiplying average weekly
hours, seasonally adjusted, by production or nonsuper-




visory workers, seasonally adjusted, and dividing by the
1977 base. For total private, total goods-producing,
total private service-producing, wholesale trade, retail
trade, manufacturing, and durable and nondurable
goods industries, the indexes of aggregate weekly hours,
seasonally adjusted, are obtained by summing the aggregate weekly hours, seasonally adjusted, for the appropriate component industries and dividing by the
1977 base.
Seasonally adjusted data are not published for a
number of series characterized by small seasonal components relative to their trend-cycle and/or irregular
components. These failed or unsatisfactory seasonally
adjusted series are used in the aggregation to broader
level seasonally adjusted series
Beginning in June 1983, seasonal adjustment factors
for Federal Government employment are derived from
unadjusted data which include Christmas temporary
workers employed by the Postal Service. In earlier years
the number of these workers was substantial, and at
times varied greatly from year to year, based on administrative decisions of the Postal Service. Hence, it
was considered desirable to exclude this group from the
unadjusted data upon which the seasonal adjustment factors were based. In the past several years, the number of
these workers has decreased to the point where their
presence has no impact on seasonal adjustment. Temporary census takers for the 1980 decennial census are
removed prior to the calculation of seasonal adjustment
factors for Federal Government employment.
The revised seasonally adjusted series for the
establishment data reflect experience through March
1985. Seasonal adjustment factors to be used for current
adjustment appear in the June 1985 issue of Employment and Earnings.

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U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
REGION I - BOSTON
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building
Government Center
Boston, Mass. 02203

REGION V - CHICAGO
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REGION II - NEW YORK
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REGION VI - DALLAS
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COOPERATING STATE AGENCIES

Current Employment Statistics Program (CES), and State and Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(LA US)
BLS
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ALABAMA
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DELAWARE
DIST. OF COL.

IV FLORIDA
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GEORGIA
HAWAII
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INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA

X OREGON
III PENNSYLVANIA
II PUERTO RICO
I
IV
VIII
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VI
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I
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SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
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VIRGINIA
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WASHINGTON
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-Employment Security Commission, P. O. Box 995, Columbia 29202
-Department of Labor, P.O. Box 1730, Aberdeen 57401
-Department of Employment Security, Cordell Hull Office Building, Room 519, Nashville 37219
-Employment Commission, 15th and Congress Avenue, Austin 78778
-Department of Employment Security, P.O. Box 11249, Salt Lake City 84147
-Department of Employment and Training, P.O. Box 488, Montpelier 05602
-Division of Research and Analysis, Employment Commission, P.O. Box 1358, Richmond 23211
-Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, P.O. Box 818, St. Thomas 00801
-Employment Security Department, 212 Maple Park, Olympia 98504
-Division of Labor and Economic Security, Depart, of Employment Security, 112 California Avenue,
Charleston 25305
-Department of Industry, Labor, and Human Relations, P.O. Box 7944, Madison 53707
-Employment Security Commission, P.O. Box 2760, Casper 82602