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EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
March 1990




In this issue: 1989 annual averages for national
establishment survey data

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Elizabeth Dole, Secretary

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner
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Commerce) and State employment security agencies, in
cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A brie!
description of the cooperative statistical programs of the
BLS with these agencies is presented in the Explanatory
Notes. The State agencies are listed on rhe inside back
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Jan., Apr, July, Oct.

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Jan.

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Mar.

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Mar.

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Employment and Earnings
Vol. 37

No. 3

March 1990

Editors: Gloria Peterson Green, Rosalie K. Epstein

Contents
Page
List of statistical tables
Employment and unemployment developments, February 1990

2
4

Statistical tables:

HistoricalHousehold data
Establishment data:
Employment
Hours and earnings

6
43
79

Not seasonally adjustedHousehold data
Establishment data:
Employment:
National
State and area
Hours and earnings:
National
State and area
State and area labor force data

.

9

44
61
82
104
Ill

Seasonally adjustedHousehold data
Establishment data:
Employment
Hours and earnings
Productivity data
Explanatory notes




36
56
101
108
117

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, 1956 to date
Employment status of the noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1979 to date
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over, 1956 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 age and sex
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
Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers 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-ll.
A-12.
A-13.
A-14.
A-15.
A-16.
A-17.
A-18.
A-19.
A-20.

Unemployed
Unemployed
Unemployed
Unemployed
Unemployed
Unemployed
Unemployed
Unemployed
Unemployed
Unemployed

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

Employment-National
BBBB-

1.
2.
3.
4.

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

Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry, 1938 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
Diffusion indexes of employment change, 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

61

Hours and Earnings-National
C- 1.

Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural
payrolls by major industry, 1964 to date
C- 2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural
payrolls by detailed industry
C- 2a. Average hourly earnings in aircraft (SIC 3721) and guided missiles and space vehicles
(SIC 3761) manufacturing
C- 3. Average hourly earnings, excluding overtime, of production workers on manufacturing payrolls
C- 4. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonagricultural payrolls by major industry, in current and constant (1977) dollars
C- 5. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural
payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
C- 6. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
C- 7. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonagricultural payrolls, seasonally adjusted

79
82
98
99
100
101
102
103

Hours and Earnings-States and Areas
C- 8.

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

104

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

108
109
110

MONTHLY STATE AND AREA LABOR FORCE DATA
D- 1.




Labor force status by State and selected metropolitan areas

Ill

Employment and Unemployment
Developments, February 1990

Employment rose and unemployment held steady. The
overall jobless rate was 5.2 percent and the civilian worker
rate was 5.3 percent. These have changed very little in the
last year and a half.
Payroll employment, as measured by the survey of nonfarm business establishments, rose by about 370,000 in
February, on a seasonally adjusted basis, to 110.3 million.
The large increase reflected the return of temporarily laidoff workers in automobile manufacturing, milder-thannormal weather which aided construction activity, and continued strength in services. Total civilian employment, as
measured by the household survey, rose slightly in February.
Unemployment
The number of unemployed persons was about unchanged
in February at 6.6 million, seasonally adjusted. The civilian
worker unemployment rate, at 5.3 percent, has been the same
for 9 consecutive months. (See table A-33.)
The jobless rate for blacks dropped to 10.5 percent in
February, reflecting improvement among adult black men.
Jobless rates for other major worker groups—adult men (4.6
percent), adult women (4.8 percent), teenagers (14.8 percent), and whites (4.6 percent)—were about unchanged. (See
tables A-33 and A-34.) The unemployment rate for auto
workers, which had soared to 20 percent in January because
of temporary plant shutdowns, fell back to 8 percent in
February.
Civilian employment and the labor force
Total civilian employment edged up in February to 118.0
million, seasonally adjusted, and the employment-population
ratio was essentially unchanged at 63 percent, about where
it has held for the past year.
The civilian labor force (124.6 million) also rose by a small
amount over the month, and the labor force participation rate
(66.5 percent) was little changed. Over the past year, the
labor force has increased by 1.5 million, with the participation rate remaining relatively steady around the 66-percent
mark. (See table A-33.)
Industry payroll employment
Total payroll employment rose by 370,000 in February,




after seasonal adjustment, to a level of 110.3 million. The
gain reflected a rebound in auto employment, favorable
weather for construction and other outdoor activities, and
strong increases in services. (See table B-4.)
Manufacturing employment increased by 90,000 in
February, seasonally adjusted, following steady declines over
the past year. The gain resulted from the recall of workers
in the auto industry, as many plants reopened after January
shutdowns. A related rebound took place in fabricated metals
employment, which was up by 10,000 over the month, after
declining by 20,000 in the prior month. Otherwise, factory
employment was weak, as evidenced by the diffusion index
of employment change that was below 50 percent for the
fourth straight month. Weakness was particularly apparent
in nondurables, where declines occurred in six industries,
including textiles, apparel, and rubber and plastics. (See
tables B-4 and B-7.)
Elsewhere in the goods-producing sector, construction
employment rose by 60,000, after seasonal adjustment, as
the unusually mild weather experienced in January continued
into the February reference period, leading to fewer layoffs
than usual for the second month in a row. Mining employment was about unchanged in February; the industry has
added 40,000 jobs since last July.
In the service-producing sector, the services industry added
145,000 jobs for the second straight month, after seasonal
adjustment, which were broadly distributed among the
various component industries, such as health, business, personal, and social services. Smaller increases occurred in
transportation and public utilities (20,000) and finance, insurance, and real estate (15,000). Trade employment was
little changed in February.
Weekly hours
The workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers
on private nonfarm payrolls edged up 0.1 hour in February
to 34.6 hours, seasonally adjusted. The average workweek
in manufacturing was unchanged at 40.7 hours, and factory
overtime moved down 0.1 hour to 3.6 hours. (See table C-5.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or nonsupervisory workers rose by 0.7 percent in
February to 130.3 (1977 = 100), after seasonal adjustment.
The index for manufacturing, at 94.4, also rose 0.7 percent,
reversing a similar decline in January. (See table C-6.)

Hourly and weekly earnings
Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.5 percent
in February, seasonally adjusted, after showing little move-




ment in January. Average weekly earnings rose by 0.8 percent. Before seasonal adjustment, average hourly earnings
increased 3 cents to $9.90, and average weekly earnings rose
$2.02 to $339.57. Over the year, both hourly and weekly
earnings increased by 3.7 percent. (See tables C-l and C-7.)

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

Release date

Reference month

Release date

March

April 6

June

July 6

April

May 4

July

August 3

May

June 1

August

September 7

HOUSEHOLD DATA
HISTORICAL
A-1. Employment status of the noninstitutional population 16 years and over, 1956 to date
(Numbers in thousands)
Labor force
Noninstitutional
population

Year
and
month

Employed
Number

Percent
of
population

Total

Resident
Armed
Forces

Unemployed
Civilian

Total

Agriculture

Percent
Nonagricultural
industries

Number

of
labor
force

Not in
labor
force

Annual averages
1956
1957
1958
1959

112,919
114,213
115,574
117,117

68,517
68,877
69,486
70,157

60.7
60.3
60.1
59.9

65,764
66,019
64,883
66,418

1,965
1,948
1,847
1,788

63,799
64,071
63,036
64,630

6,283
5,947
5,586
5,565

57,514
58,123
57,450
59,065

2,750
2,859
4,602
3,740

4.0
4.2
6.6
5.3

44,402
45,336
46,088
46,960

I960 1
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

169,349
171,775
173,939
175,891
178,080
179,912
182,293
184,490
186,322
188,081

108,544
110,315
111,872
113,226
115,241
117,167
119,540
121,602
123,378
125,557

64.1
64.2
64.3
64.4
64.7
65.1
65.6
65.9
66.2
66.8

100,907
102,042
101,194
102,510
106,702
108,856
111,303
114,177
116,677
119,030

1,604
1,645
1,668
1,676
1,697
1,706
1,706
1,737
1,709
1,688

99,303
100,397
99,526
100,834
105,005
107,150
109,597
112,440
114,968
117,342

3,364
3,368
3,401
3,383
3,321
3,179
3,163
3,208
3,169
3,199

95,938
97,030
96,125
97,450
101,685
103,971
106,434
109,232
111,800
114,142

7,637
8,273
10,678
10,717
8,539
8,312
8,237
7,425
6,701
6,528

7.0
7.5
9.5
9.5
7.4
7.1
6.9
6.1
5.4
5.2

60,806
61,460
62,067
62,665
62,839
62,744
62,752
62,888
62,944
62,523

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
19861
1987
1988
1989

. .

. ..

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted2
1989:
Februarv
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

187,461
187,581
187,708
187,854
187,995
188,149
188,286
188,428
188,580
188,721
188,865

124,801
124,929
125,299
125,224
125,777
125,679
125,758
125,725
125,857
126,192
126,246

66.6
66.6
66.8
66.7
66.9
66.8
66.8
66.7
66.7
66.9
66.8

118,441
118,731
118,768
118,805
119,208
119,102
119,238
119,121
119,294
119,540
119,588

1,684
1,684
1,684
1,673
1,666
1,666
1,688
1,702
1,709
1,704
1,700

116,757
117,047
117,084
117,132
117,542
117,436
117,550
117,419
117,585
117,836
117,888

3,196
3,185
3,144
3,137
3,138
3,217
3,275
3,219
3,197
3,160
3,197

113,561
113,862
113,940
113,995
114,404
114,219
114,275
114,200
114,388
114,676
114,691

6,360
6,198
6,531
6,419
6,569
6,577
6,520
6,604
6,563
6,652
6,658

5.1
5.0
5.2
5.1
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.3
5.2
5.3
5.3

62,660
62,652
62,409
62,630
62,218
62,470
62,528
62,703
62,723
62,529
62,619

1990:
Januarv
February

188,990
189,090

126,094
126,308

66.7
66.8

119,560
119,713

1,697
1,678

117,863
118,035

3,134
3,079

114,728
114,957

6,535
6,594

5.2
5.2

62,896
62,782

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) for the most
recent 5-year period are made at the end of each calendar year.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
HISTORICAL
A-2. Employment status of the noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1979 to date
(Numbers in thousands)
Labor force
Noninstitutional
population

Sex, year,
and month

Employed
Number

Percent
of
population

Total

Unemployed
Civiliar

Resident
Armed
Forces

Total

Agriculture

Nonaghcultural
industries

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

Not in
labor
force

Annual averages
MEN
1979

79,509

62,215

78.2

59,096

1,489

57,607

2,686

54,921

3,120

5.0

17,293

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
19861
1987
1988
1989

80,877
82,023
83,052
84,064
85,156
86,025
87,349
88,476
89,404
90,283

62,932
63,486
63,979
64,580
65,386
65,967
66,973
67,784
68,474
69,360

77.8
77.4
77.0
76.8
76.8
76.7
76.7
76.6
76.6
76.8

58,665
58,909
57,800
58,320
60,642
61,447
62,443
63,684
64,820
65,835

1,479
1,512
1,529
1,533
1,551
1,556
1,551
1,577
1,547
1,520

57,186
57,397
56,271
56,787
59,091
59,891
60,892
62,107
63,273
64,315

2,709
2,700
2,736
2,704
2,668
2,535
2,511
2,543
2,493
2,513

54,477
54,697
53,534
54,083
56,423
57,356
58,381
59,564
60,780
61,802

4,267
4,577
6,179
6,260
4,744
4,521
4,530
4,101
3,655
3,525

6.8
7.2
9.7
9.7
7.3
6.9
6.8
6.1
5.3
5.1

17,945
18,537
19,073
19,484
19,771
20,058
20,376
20,692
20,930
20,923

• ••

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted2
1989:
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

89,973
90,032
90,094
90,167
90,237
90,315
90,384
90,456
90,535
90,606
90,678

69,033
69,100
69,293
69,142
69,542
69,366
69,404
69,360
69,599
69,635
69,725

76.7
76.8
76.9
76.7
77.1
76.8
76.8
76.7
76.9
76.9
76.9

65,529
65,814
65,727
65,713
66,078
65,939
65,919
65,681
66,046
66,011
66,143

1,521
1,521
1,521
1,511
1,501
1,499
1,519
1,531
1,533
1,529
1,525

64,008
64,293
64,206
64,202
64,577
64,440
64,400
64,150
64,513
64,482
64,618

2,503
2,495
2,460
2,465
2,480
2,539
2,592
2,520
2,513
2,477
2,535

61,505
61,798
61,746
61,737
62,097
61,901
61,808
61,630
62,000
62,005
62,083

3,504
3,286
3,566
3,429
3,464
3,427
3,485
3,679
3,553
3,624
3,582

5.1
4.8
5.1
5.0
5.0
4.9
5.0
5.3
5.1
5.2
5.1

20,940
20,932
20,801
21,025
20,695
20,949
20,980
21,096
20,936
20,971
20,953

1990:
January
February

90,772
90,822

69,539
69,639

76.6
76.7

65,943
66,108

1,523
1,506

64,420
64,602

2,501
2,461

61,918
62,141

3,597
3,530

5.2
5.1

21,233
21,183

Annual averages
WOMEN
1979

86,951

44,343

51.0

41,325

108

41,217

661

40,556

3,018

6.8

42,608

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
19861
1987
1988
1989

88,472
89,751
90,887
91,827
92,924
93,886
94,944
96,013
96,918
97,798

45,611
46,829
47,894
48,646
49,855
51,200
52,568
53,818
54,904
56,198

51.6
52.2
52.7
53.0
53.7
54.5
55.4
56.1
56.6
57.5

42,241
43,133
43,395
44,190
46,061
47,409
48,861
50,494
51,858
53,195

124
133
139
143
146
150
155
160
162
168

42,117
43,000
43,256
44,047
45,915
47,259
48,706
50,334
51,696
53,027

656
667
665
680
653
644
652
666
676
687

41,461
42,333
42,591
43,367
45,262
46,615
48,054
49,668
51,020
52,341

3,370
3,696
4,499
4,457
3,794
3,791
3,707
3,324
3,046
3,003

7.4
7.9
9.4
9.2
7.6
7.4
7.1
6.2
5.5
5.3

42,861
42,922
42,993
43,181
43,068
42,686
42,376
42,195
42,014
41,601

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted2
1989:
February
March
April
May
June
JU|y
Auoust
September
October
November
December
1990:
January
February

- •

97,488
97,550
97,614
97,687
97,758
97,834
97,902
97,972
98,045
98,115
98,187

55,768
55,829
56,006
56,082
56,235
56,313
56,354
56,365
56,258
56,557
56,521

57.2
57.2
57.4
57.4
57.5
57.6
57.6
57.5
57.4
57.6
57.6

52,912
52,917
53,041
53,092
53,130
53,163
53,319
53,440
53,248
53,529
53,445

163
163
163
162
165
167
169
171
176
175
175

52,749
52,754
52,878
52,930
52,965
52,996
53,150
53,269
53,072
53,354
53,270

693
690
684
672
658
678
683
699
684
683
662

52,056
52,064
52,194
52,258
52,307
52,318
52,467
52,570
52,388
52,671
52,608

2,856
2,912
2,965
2,990
3,105
3,150
3,035
2,925
3,010
3,028
3,076

5.1
5.2
5.3
5.3
5.5
5.6
5.4
5.2
5.4
5.4
5.4

41,720
41,721
41,608
41,605
41,523
41,521
41,548
41,607
41,787
41,558
41,666

98,218
98,268

56,555
56,669

57.6
57.7

53,617
53,605

174
172

53,443
53,433

633
618

52,810
52,815

2,938
3,064

5.2
5.4

41 663
41,599

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.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
HISTORICAL
A-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over, 1956 to date
(Numbers in thousands)
Year
and
month

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Civilian labor force
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Unemployment rates
Unemployed

Total

Men

Women

Annual averages
1956
1957
1958
1959

110,954
112,265
113,727
115,329

66,552
66,929
67,639
68,369

60.0
59.6
59.5
59.3

63,799
64,071
63,036
64,630

2,750
2,859
4,602
3,740

4.1
4.3
6.8
5.5

3.8
4.1
6.8
5.2

4.8
4.7
6.8
5.9

I960 1
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
7.1
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
1985
19861
1987
1988
1989

167,745
170,130
172,271
174,215
176,383
178,206
180,587
182,753
184,613
186,393

106,940
108,670
110,204
111,550
113,544
115,461
117,834
119,865
121,669
123,869

63.8
63.9
64.0
64.0
64.4
64.8
65.3
65.6
65.9
66.5

99,303
100,397
99,526
100,834
105,005
107,150
109,597
112,440
114,968
117,342

7,637
8,273
10,678
10,717
8,539
8,312
8,237
7,425
6,701
6,528

7.1
7.6
9.7
9.6
7.5
7.2
7.0
6.2
5.5
5.3

6.9
7.4
9.9
9.9
7.4
7.0
6.9
6.2
5.5
5.2

7.4
7.9
9.4
9.2
7.6
7.4
7.1
6.2
5.6
5.4

in

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted2
1989:
February
March
April
May
June
JUjy
August
September
October
November
December

185,777
185,897
186,024
186,181
186,329
186,483
186,598
186,726
186,871
187,017
187,165

123,117
123,245
123,615
123,551
124,111
124,013
124,070
124,023
124,148
124,488
124,546

66.3
66.3
66.5
66.4
66.6
66.5
66.5
66.4
66.4
66.6
66.5

116,757
117,047
117,084
117,132
117,542
117,436
117,550
117,419
117,585
117,836
117,888

6,360
6,198
6,531
6,419
6,569
6,577
6,520
6,604
6,563
6,652
6,658

5.2
5.0
5.3
5.2
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3

5.2
4.9
5.3
5.1
5.1
5.0
5.1
5.4
5.2
5.3
5.3

5.1
5.2
5.3
5.3
5.5
5.6
5.4
5.2
5.4
5.4
5.5

1990:
Januarv
February

187,293
187,412

124,397
124,630

66.4
66.5

117,863
118,035

6,535
6,594

5.3
5.3

5.3
5.2

5.2
5.4

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)

February 1990
Civilian labor force
Age, sex, and race

Not in labor force
Unemployed

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Total

187,412
14,008
6,701
7,307
17,764
104,817
42,847
20,974
21,873
36,809
19,639
17,170
25,160
13,729
11,431
21,265
10,595
10,670
29,559
10,122
7,887
11,550

Percent
of
population

Employed

123,442
6,993
2,596
4,397
13,554
87,647
35,958
17,586
18,371
31,503
16,752
14,751
20,186
11,405
8,781
11,787
7,061
4,726
3,461
2,109
882
470

65.9
49.9
38.7
60.2
76.3
83.6
83.9
83.8
84.0
85.6
85.3
85.9
80.2
83.1
76.8
55.4
66.6
44.3
11.7
20.8
11.2
4.1

116,308
5,893
2,125
3,768
12,314
83,437
33,782
16,413
17,369
30,210
16,069
14,140
19,445
10,953
8,492
11,327
6,757
4,570
3,336
2,029
852
455

7,134
1,100
471
628
1,240
4,210
2,175
1,173
1,002
1,294
683
611
741
452
289
459
304
156
124
80
30
15

89,316
7,068
3,432
3,636
8,618
51,273
21,073
10,282
10,791
18,013
9,639
8,374
12,187
6,672
5,515
10,042
5,054
4,988
12,315
4,598
3,427
4,291

67,379
3,620
1,329
2,291
7,107
47,925
19,825
9,638
10,187
17,039
9,152
7,887
11,060
6,163
4,897
6,700
4,002
2,698
2,028
1,221
518
289

75.4
51.2
38.7
63.0
82.5
93.5
94.1
93.7
94.4
94.6
94.9
94.2
90.8
92.4
88.8
66.7
79.2
54.1
16.5
26.6
15.1
6.7

63,293
3,007
1,088
1,919
6,377
45,547
18,589
8,980
9,609
16,326
8,782
7,544
10,632
5,898
4,734
6,408
3,808
2,600
1,954
1,176
498
279

98,096
6,940
3,268
3,671
9,146
53,544
21,774
10,692
11,083
18,797
10,000
8,796
12,973
7,057
5,916
11,223
5,541
5,682
17,244
5,525
4,460
7,259

56,063
3,373
1,268
2,106
6,448
39,722
16,132
7,948
8,184
14,464
7,600
6,864
9,126
5,242
3,884
5,087
3,059
2,028
1,432
888
363
181

57.2
48.6
38.8
57.4
70.5
74.2
74.1
74.3
73.8
76.9
76.0
78.0
70.3
74.3
65.6
45.3
55.2
35.7
8.3
16.1
8.1
2.5

53,016
2,887
1,037
1,850
5,937
37,889
15,193
7,433
7,760
13,883
7,287
6,596
8,813
5,055
3,758
4,920
2,950
1,970
1,383
853
353
176

Percent
of
labor
force

Going
to
school

Unable
to
work

Total

Keeping
house

5.8
15.7
18.1
14.3
9.1
4.8
6.0
6.7
5.5
4.1
4.1
4.1
3.7
4.0
3.3
3.9
4.3
3.3
3.6
3.8
3.4
3.2

63,970
7,015
4,104
2,910
4,209
17,169
6,889
3,387
3,502
5,306
2,888
2,419
4,974
2,324
2,650
9,478
3,534
5,944
26,098
8,013
7,005
11,080

26,625
418
89
329
1,463
11,427
4,612
2,156
2,456
3,635
2,008
1,627
3,180
1,508
1,672
4,396
1,931
2,465
8,919
2,785
2,424
3,710

9,480
6,083
3,829
2,255
2,104
1,246
837
561
276
303
176
126
106
79
27
30
15
15
15
8
2
5

3,396
32
5
27
102
1,386
314
145
168
476
222
254
596
269
327
769
374
394
1,107
279
224
604

24,470
481
181
300
540
3,110
1,127
525
601
892
481
411
1,091
467
624
4,283
1,213
3,070
16,056
4,941
4,355
6,760

4,087
613
240
372
729
2,377
1,236
659
578
713
370
343
428
265
163
293
194
98
75
45
20
10

6.1
16.9
18.1
16.3
10.3
5.0
6.2
6.8
5.7
4.2
4.0
4.4
3.9
4.3
3.3
4.4
4.9
3.6
3.7
3.6
3.9
3.5

21,936
3,449
2,104
1,345
1,511
3,348
1,247
644
603
973
487
486
1,127
509
618
3,342
1,052
2,290
10,287
3,377
2,908
4,002

594
32
13
19
41
248
93
43
51
88
40
49
66
22
44
86
32
54
187
46
57
84

4,715
3,135
1,978
1,157
1,091
478
369
257
112
84
48
36
25
21
5
10
2
8
1
1
_
-

1,953
20
3
17
67
914
222
97
124
301
137
163
392
178
214
482
237
245
469
168
101
200

14,674
261
109
152
311
1,707
563
247
316
500
262
238
644
288
355
2,765
782
1,983
9,630
3,161
2,751
3,718

3,047
487
231
256
511
1,833
939
515
424
581
313
268
313
187
126
167
109
58
50
35
10
5

5.4
14.4
18.2
12.2
7.9
4.6
5.8
6.5
5.2
4.0
4.1
3.9
3.4
3.6
3.2
3.3
3.6
2.8
3.5
4.0
2.7
2.6

42,034
3,566
2,001
1,565
2,698
13,822
5,642
2,744
2,898
4,333
2,400
1,932
3,847
1,814
2,033
6,137
2,482
3,654
15,811
4,637
4,097
7,078

26,030
386
76
310
1,422
11,179
4,518
2,113
2,405
3,547
1,968
1,579
3,114
1,486
1,628
4,311
1,899
2,411
8,732
2,739
2,368
3,626

4,765
2,948
1,850
1,098
1,013
768
469
304
164
218
128
90
81
59
23
21
13
7
14
7
2
5

1,444
12
2
10
34
472
92
48
44
176
85
91
204
91
113
287
138
149
639
111
123
404

9,795
220
72
148
229
1,403
563
279
285
392
219
173
447
179
269
1,518
432
1,087
6,426
1,780
1,604
3,042

Number

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 to 74 years
75 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 to 74 years
75 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 to 74 years
75 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)
February 1990
Civilian labor force
Age, sex, and race

Civilian

Not in labor force
Unemployed

noninstitutional
population

Total

160,007
11,265
5,333
5,932
14,714
88,931
35,875
17,506
18,369
31,439
16,667
14,772
21,617
11,812
9,805
18,612
9,192
9,421
26,484
8,964
7,085
10,436

Percent
of
population

Employed

106,113
6,046
2,290
3,756
11,487
74,997
30,407
14,845
15,562
27,119
14,330
12,788
17,471
9,880
7,591
10,439
6,227
4,212
3,145
1,922
790
433

66.3
53.7
42.9
63.3
78.1
84.3
84.8
84.8
84.7
86.3
86.0
86.6
80.8
83.6
77.4
56.1
67.7
44.7
11.9
21.4
11.2
4.2

100,689
5,184
1,897
3,287
10,578
71,833
28,851
14,000
14,852
26,124
13,817
12,307
16,858
9,505
7,353
10,062
5,978
4,084
3,032
1,851
762
419

5,425
862
393
469
909
3,164
1,556
845
711
995
514
482
613
375
238
377
248
128
113
70
28
14

5.1
14.3
17.2
12.5
7.9
4.2
5.1
5.7
4.6
3.7
3.6
3.8
3.5
3.8
3.1
3.6
4.0
3.0
3.6
3.7
3.6
3.3

53,894
5,219
3,043
2,177
3,228
13,934
5,468
2,661
2,807
4,320
2,336
1,984
4,146
1,932
2,215
8,173
2,965
5,208
23,339
7,042
6,295
10,003

22,990
328
74
254
1,140
9,623
3,799
1,761
2,038
3,088
1,710
1,377
2,736
1,292
1,444
3,849
1,647
2,202
8,052
2,455
2,184
3,412

7,128
4,512
2,824
1,688
1,649
932
618
416
202
234
128
106
80
55
24
26
12
14
10
4
2
4

2,515
29
5
24
74
992
233
109
124
324
154
170
434
200
234
556
272
284
864
215
183
467

21,260
350
140
211
365
2,388
818
375
443
674
343
331
896
385
512
3,742
1,034
2,708
14,414
4,368
3,926
6,120

76,855
5,686
2,729
2,957
7,206
44,056
17,875
8,691
9,185
15,584
8,291
7,292
10,597
5,807
4,790
8,853
4,418
4,435
11,054
4,098
3,090
3,867

58,688
3,134
1,181
1,952
6,084
41,610
17,009
8,243
8,767
14,873
7,945
6,928
9,728
5,405
4,323
5,993
3,554
2,439
1,867
1,119
474
275

76.4
55.1
43.3
66.0
84.4
94.4
95.2
94.8
95.4
95.4
95.8
95.0
91.8
93.1
90.2
67.7
80.4
55.0
16.9
27.3
15.3
7.1

55,510
2,659
984
1,675
5,524
39,770
16,076
7,729
8,347
14,326
7,670
6,656
9,368
5,184
4,185
5,759
3,401
2,358
1,798
1,079
454
264

3,178
475
198
277
559
1,840
934
514
420
547
275
272
359
221
138
234
153
82
70
39
20
10

5.4
15.1
16.7
14.2
9.2
4.4
5.5
6.2
4.8
3.7
3.5
3.9
3.7
4.1
3.2
3.9
4.3
3.3
3.7
3.5
4.2
3.8

18,168
2,552
1,548
1,005
1,123
2,446
866
448
418
711
347
364
869
402
468
2,860
864
1,996
9,187
2,979
2,616
3,592

416
19
11
9
18
174
53
23
30
68
30
38
54
20
34
59
23
36
145
34
45
67

3,528
2,319
1,448
871
851
349
273
196
77
60
31
29
16
12
4
10
2
8
-

1,442
17
3
14
48
654
161
69
92
203
97
106
290
140
150
353
170
184
369
133
81
155

12,781
196
86
111
205
1,269
379
160
220
379
189
191
510
231
280
2,437
669
1,768
8,673
2,812
2,490
3,370

83,152
5,579
2,604
2,975
7,508
44,875
17,999
8,815
9,184
15,855
8,375
7,480
11,020
6,005
5,015
9,760
4,774
4,986
15,430
4,866
3,995
6,569

47,426
2,912
1,109
1,803
5,403
33,387
13,398
6,602
6,796
12,246
6,386
5,860
7,743
4,475
3,268
4,446
2,673
1,773
1,278
803
316
158

57.0
52.2
42.6
60.6
72.0
74.4
74.4
74.9
74.0
77.2
76.2
78.3
70.3
74.5
65.2
45.6
56.0
35.6
8.3
16.5
7.9
2.4

45,179
2,525
914
1,611
5,053
32,063
12,776
6,271
6,505
11,798
6,147
5,651
7,490
4,321
3,169
4,303
2,577
1,726
1,234
772
308
154

2,247
387
195
192
350
1,324
622
332
291
448
239
209
254
154
100
142
96
47
43
31
8
4

4.7
13.3
17.6
10.7
6.5
4.0
4.6
5.0
4.3
3.7
3.7
3.6
3.3
3.4
3.0
3.2
3.6
2.6
3.4
3.9
2.6
2.5

35,726
2,667
1,495
1,172
2,105
11,488
4,602
2,213
2,389
3,609
1,990
1,620
3,277
1,530
1,747
5,314
2,101
3,213
14,153
4,063
3,679
6,411

22,574
308
63
245
1,122
9,448
3,746
1,737
2,009
3,020
1,680
1,340
2,682
1,272
1,411
3,790
1,624
2,166
7,906
2,421
2,140
3,345

3,600
2,193
1,376
817
797
583
345
221
124
174
97
77
64
44
20
16
10
7
10
4
2
4

1,073
12
2
10
26
338
72
40
32
121
58
63
145
60
84
203
102
100
495
81
102
312

8,479
154
54
100
160
1,119
438
215
223
295
154
140
386
154
232
1,305
365
940
5,741
1,556
1,436
2,750

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

Total

Keeping
house

Going
to
school

Unable
to
work

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 to 74 years
75 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 to 74 years
75 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 to 74 years
75 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)

February 1990
Civilian labor force
Age, sex, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Not in labor force
Unemployed

Total

Percent
of
population

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

Employed

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 to 74 years
75 years and over

21,188
2,188
1,097
1,091
2,420
11,961
5,331
2,671
2,660
4,014
2,246
1,769
2,616
1,387
1,229
2,132
1,113
1,020
2,485
915
647
923

13,292
744
228
516
1,673
9,581
4,291
2,140
2,151
3,313
1,846
1,467
1,977
1,101
877
1,045
641
404
249
143
74
32

62.7
34.0
20.8
47.3
69.1
80.1
80.5
80.1
80.9
82.5
82.2
82.9
75.6
79.3
71.3
49.0
57.6
39.6
10.0
15.6
11.5
3.5

11,798
532
159
373
1,374
8,672
3,744
1,840
1,905
3,051
1,699
1,352
1,876
1,040
836
979
598
381
241
136
73
33

1,494
211
69
143
299
909
547
300
246
261
147
115
101
61
41
66
43
23
8
7
2

11.2
28.4
30.1
27.7
17.9
9.5
12.7
14.0
11.4
7.9
7.9
7.8
5.1
5.5
4.6
6.3
6.7
5.7
3.4
4.9

9,516
1,096
570
527
1,086
5,366
2,416
1,210
1,206
1,797
1,003
794
1,154
610
544
963
508
456
1,003
393
276
335

6,516
385
113
272
797
4,670
2,133
1,066
1,067
1,589
896
693
947
529
419
542
344
199
122
76
34
12

68.5
35.1
19.8
51.6
73.4
87.0
88.3
88.1
88.5
88.4
89.3
87.3
82.1
86.7
77.0
56.3
67.7
43.6
12.2
19.4
12.3
3.7

5,738
265
75
189
648
4,208
1,864
934
931
1,450
817
633
894
494
401
499
312
187
119
72
34
13

11,672
1,092
528
564
1,334
6,595
2,916
1,461
1,454
2,217
1,243
975
1,462
777
685
1,169
605
564
1,482
523
371
588

6,778
359
115
244
876
4,911
2,158
1,074
1,084
1,723
950
774
1,030
572
458
503
297
206
127
66
40
20

58.1
32.9
21.8
43.2
65.7
74.5
74.0
73.5
74.5
77.7
76.4
79.4
70.4
73.6
66.8
43.0
49.1
36.4
8.6
12.7
10.9
3.4

6,060
268
84
183
726
4,464
1,880
906
974
1,602
882
720
982
546
435
480
286
194
122
63
39
20

01
()

7,895
1,445
869
576
747
2,380
1,040
531
509
701
400
302
639
286
352
1,088
472
615
2,235
773
573
890

2,787
75
8
67
261
1,286
601
296
305
356
197
159
329
149
179
442
230
212
722
259
197
266

1,737
1,252
826
426
306
171
118
77
41
34
27
7
20
17
2
4
4
1
3
4
_

778
120
38
82
149
462
269
133
136
140
79
61
53
35
18
44
31
12
4
4
_

11.9
31.2
33.3
30.3
18.7
9.9
12.6
12.4
12.8
8.8
8.8
8.7
5.6
6.6
4.4
8.0
9.2
6.1
2.9
5.0
(1)
(1)

2,999
712
457
255
289
696
283
144
139
208
107
101
206
81
125
421
164
257
881
317
242
322

161
13
2
11
20
67
39
18
21
18
9
9
10
2
8
27
9
18
34
11
9
14

716
91
31
60
150
448
278
168
110
122
67
54
48
26
23
23
12
11
5
3
2
-

10.6
25.5
26.9
24.8
17.1
9.1
12.9
15.6
10.1
7.1
7.1
7.0
4.7
4.5
4.9
4.5
3.9
5.4
3.8
(1)
(1)
(1)

4,896
733
413
320
458
1,684
758
387
370
494
293
201
432
205
227
667
308
359
1,355
456
331
568

2,626
62
6
56
241
1,220
562
278
285
338
188
150
319
148
171
415
221
194
688
248
187
252

792
1
1
26
356
75
36
40
133
59
74
148
62
85
192
94
98
217
60
35
122

2,580
117
35
82
154
567
246
123
124
178
117
61
142
57
85
449
145
304
1,293
450
341
502

856
643
436
207
162
49
41
29
12
6
6
_
2
2
_
_
_
_
1
1
_
-

456
1
_
1
17
234
59
28
31
84
35
50
91
33
58
118
64
54
86
31
16
38

1,526
55
18
37
89
346
143
68
75
99
58
41
104
45
59
277
91
185
759
273
216
270

881
609
389
219
144
122
76
47
29
28
21
7
18
15
2
4
4
1
2
3
_
-

336
_
_
_
9
122
16
8
8
49
25
24
57
30
28
74
30
45
131
29
19
84

1,054
62
17
45
65
220
103
54
49
79
59
20
38
13
26
173
54
119
534
177
125
232

_

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 to 74 years
75 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 to 74 years
75 years and over

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)
February 1990
Civilian labor force
Age and sex

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Employed
Total

27,405
2,743
1,368
1,375
3,049
15,886
6,972
3,468
3,504
5,371
2,973
2,398
3,543
1,917
1,626
2,653
1,403
1,249
3,074
1,159
802
1,114

17.329
947
306
641
2,068
12,651
5,551
2,741
2,809
4,384
2,421
1,963
2,715
1,525
1,190
1,348
834
513
316
187
91
37

63.2
34.5
22.4
46.6
67.8
79.6
79.6
79.0
80.2
81.6
81.5
81.9
76.6
79.6
73.2
50.8
59.4
41.1
10.3
16.2
11.4
3.3

15,620
710
228
482
1,737
11,604
4,931
2,413
2,518
4,086
2,252
1,834
2,587
1,448
1,138
1,265
779
486
304
178
90
36

150
1

12,461
1,382
703
679
1,411
7,217
3,197
1,592
1,606
2,429
1,347
1,082
1,590
865
725
1,189
636
553
1,261
500
337
424

8,692
486
147
339
1,023
6,315
2,816
1,396
1,421
2,166
1,207
959
1,333
758
575
707
448
259
161
102
44
14

69.8
35.2
20.9
49.9
72.5
87.5
88.1
87.7
88.5
89.2
89.6
88.7
83.8
87.6
79.3
59.5
70.4
46.8
12.8
20.5
13.1
3.4

7,783
348
105
243
853
5,778
2,513
1,251
1,263
2,001
1,112
888
1.264
714
549
649
406
242
156
97
44
15

130
1
1

14,944
1,360
664
696
1,638
8,669
3,775
1,876
1,899
2,942
1,625
1,316
1,953
1.052
901
1,463
767
696
1,814
659
465
690

8,637
461
159
302
1,045
6,335
2,734
1,346
1,389
2,218
1,214
1,004
1,383
767
615
641
386
255
155
85
47
23

57.8
33.9
23.9
43.5
63.8
73.1
72.4
71.7
73.1
75.4
74.7
76.3
70.8
73.0
68.3
43.8
50.3
36.5
8.5
12.9
10.1
3.3

7,837
362
123
239
884
5,826
2,418
1,163
1,255
2,085
1,140
946
1,323
734
589
617
373
244
149
81
46
22

21

Percent
of
population

Total

Agriculture

Unemployed

Not in
labor
force

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

15,469
709
227
482
1,723
11,491
4,888
2,391
2,496
4,039
2,227
1,813
2,564
1,437
1,127
1,248
768
481
298
178
86
35

1,709
238
78
159
331
1,047
620
328
292
299
169
129
128
77
52
83
55
28
11
9
2

9.9
25.1
25.6
24.8
16.0
8.3
11.2
12.0
10.4
6.8
7.0
6.6
4.7
5.0
4.3
6.1
6.6
5.4
3.6
4.9
1.8

10,076
1,795
1.062
734
982
3,235
1,422
727
695
986
551
435
828
392
436
1,305
569
736
2,759
971
710
1,077

7,653
347
104
243
839
5,679
2,478
1.231
1.247
1.957
1,088
869
1,244
704
539
638
400
238
151
96
42
13

909
138
43
95
170
537
303
145
158
166
95
71
69
44
25
59
42
17
5
5

10.5
28.4
29.0
28.2
16.6
8.5
10.8
10.4
11.1
7.6
7.8
7.4
5.2
5.8
4.4
8.3
9.3
6.5
3.0
5.1

3,769
896
556
340
389
902
381
196
185
263
140
123
258
107
150
482
188
294
1,100
397
293
410

7,816
362
123
239
884
5,812
2,410
1,160
1.249
2.082
1,138
944
1,320
732
588
610
368
243
148
81
44
22

800
99
36
64
161
509
317
183
134
133
74
58
59
33
26
24
13
11
6
4
2
1

Nonagriculturai
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 to 74 years
75 years and over.

14
113
43
22
21
47
26
21
23
12
11
17
12
5
6
1
4
2

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 to 74 years
75 years and over.

14
99
36
20
16
43
24
19
20
10
10
11
7
4
5
1
2
2

0)
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 to 74 years
75 years and over.
1

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

12




14
8
2
5
3
2
2
3
2
1
6
5
1
1

9.3
21.6
22.4
21.1
15.4
8.0
11.6
13.6
9.6
6.0
6.1
5.8
4.3
4.3
4.3
3.8
3.4
4.3
4.1
4.7

O
V)

6,307
899
506
393
593
2,334
1,040
531
510
723
411
312
570
284
286
823
381
442
1,659
574
418
667

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

Total
Employment status and
race

Women, 20 years and
over

Both sexes, 16 to 19
years

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

185,777
121,906
65.6
115,023
2,795
112,228
6,883
5.6
63,871

187,412
123,442
65.9
116,308
2,693
113,615
7,134
5.8
63,970

81,256
63,031
77.6
59,681
2,065
57,616
3,350
5.3
18,225

82,248
63,760
77.5
60,286
2,015
58,270
3,474
5.4
18,488

90,153
51,675
57.3
49,279
578
48,702
2,396
4.6
38,478

91,157
52,689
57.8
50,129
524
49,605
2,560
4.9
38,468

14,367
7,199
50.1
6,062
152
5,910
1,137
15.8
7,168

14,008
6,993
49.9
5,893
154
5,740
1,100
15.7
7,015

158,947
104,758
65.9
99,747
2,633
97,113
5,012
4.8
54,189

160,007
106,113
66.3
100,689
2,543
98,146
5,425
5.1
53,894

70,391
54,920
78.0
52,399
1,925
50,473
2,521
4.6
15,471

71,169
55,554
78.1
52,851
1,887
50,964
2,703
4.9
15,615

76,901
43,657
56.8
42,008
557
41,451
1,649
3.8
33,244

77,573
44,513
57.4
42,654
503
42,151
1,860
4.2
33,059

11,656
6,182
53.0
5,340
151
5,189
841
13.6
5,474

11,265
6,046
53.7
5,184
153
5,031
862
14.3
5,219

20,905
13,303
63.6
11,655
124
11,531
1,648
12.4
7,602

21,188
13,292
62.7
11,798
93
11,705
1,494
11.2
7,895

8,314
6,153
74.0
5,432
112
5,321
721
11.7
2,161

8,419
6,132
72.8
5,474
86
5,388
658
10.7
2,287

10,416
6,327
60.7
5,669
12
5,657
658
10.4
4,089

10,580
6,417
60.7
5,792
6
5,785
625
9.7
4,163

2,175
822
37.8
553
1
553
269
32.7
1,352

2,188
744
34.0
532
_
532
211
28.4
1,445

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)
February 1990
Civilian labor force
Employment status, years of school
completed, race, and Hispanic origin

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Employed
Total

Percent of
population

Total

Full
time1

Unemployed
Part
time1

Total

Looking
for
full-time
work

Looking
for
part-time
work

Percent
of
labor
force

15,742
10,688
5,055

7,523
4,575
2,948

47.8
42.8
58.3

6,694
3,955
2,739

1,203
340
863

5,490
3,615
1,876

829
620
209

113
60
54

716
560
155

11.0
13.6
7.1

High school
College
Full-time students
Part-time students

8,092
7,651
6,452
1,198

3,216
4,306
3,251
1,055

39.7
56.3
50.4
88.0

2,690
4,004
3,013
991

170
1,034
390
644

2,520
2,970
2,623
347

527
302
238
64

48
65
26
39

479
237
212
25

16.4
7.0
7.3
6.1

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

7,974
5,436
2,538

3,751
2,284
1,467

47.0
42.0
57.8

3,305
1,969
1,336

619
191
428

2,686
1,777
909

446
315
131

58
26
32

387
289
98

11.9
13.8
8.9

High school
College
Full-time students
Part-time students

4,277
3,698
3,160
538

1,697
2,053
1,559
494

39.7
55.5
49.4
91.8

1,426
1,880
1,417
462

107
512
211
302

1,318
1,367
1,207
161

272
174
142
32

23
36
16
19

249
138
126
12

16.0
8.5
9.1
6.4

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

7,768
5,251
2,517

3,772
2,291
1,481

48.6
43.6
58.8

3,389
1,986
1,403

584
149
435

2,804
1,837
967

383
305
78

55
34
21

328
271
57

10.2
13.3
5.3

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TOTAL ENROLLED
Total, 16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years

1,519
2,253
1,692
561

39.8
57.0
51.4
84.9

1,264
2,124
1,596
529

63
522
179
342

1,202
1,603
1,416
186

255
129
96
32

25
30
10
20

229
99
86
12

16.8
5.7
5.7
5.7

12,783
8,547
4,236

6,583
4,006
2,577

51.5
46.9
60.8

5,912
3,511
2,401

1,027
300
727

4,885
3,210
1,675

671
496
175

86
46
41

585
450
135

10.2
12.4
6.8

Men
Women

6,502
6,281

3,320
3,263

51.1
52.0

2,956
2,956

531
495

2,425
2,460

363
308

42
45

322
263

10.9
9.4

High school
College
Full-time students
Part-time students

6,341
6,442
5,424
1,018

2,802
3,781
2,885
896

44.2
58.7
53.2
88.0

2,380
3,532
2,690
841

142
885
332
553

2,239
2,647
2,358
288

421
250
195
55

35
51
17
34

387
198
178
20

15.0
6.6
6.8
6.1

2,249
1,679
570

696
427
270

31.0
25.4
47.3

563
318
245

135
20
115

428
298
130

133
108
25

23
12
11

110
96
14

19.1
25.3
9.3

Men
Women

1,095
1,154

302
394

27.6
34.2

238
326

60
75

177
250

64
69

14
10

51
59

21.3
17.4

High school
College
Full-time students
Part-time students

1,423
826
694
132

322
374
260
114

22.6
45.3
37.4
86.4

225
338
230
107

23
112
45
67

202
225
185
40

97
36
30
7

13
11
8
3

84
26
22
4

30.0
9.7
11.4
5.9

1,200
866
334

484
284
200

40.4
32.8
59.9

414
227
187

114
43
71

300
184
116

70
57
13

8
10

62
48
15

14.6
20.2
6.5

Men
Women

584
616

238
247

40.7
40.0

200
214

58
56

142
158

38
32

3
5

35
27

16.0
13.2

High school
College
Full-time students
Part-time students

775
425
318
106

227
257
166
91

29.3
60.5
52.3
85.3

173
240
150
90

22
92
29
63

151
149
121
27

54
17
16
1

9

45
18
18

23.7
6.4
9.6
.6

High school
College
Full-time students
Part-time students
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

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

See footnotes at end of table.

14




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)
February 1990
Civilian labor force
Employment status, years of school
completed, race, and Hispanic origin

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Employed
Total

Percent of
population

Total

Full
time1

Unemployed

Part
time1

Total

Looking
for
full-time
work

Looking
for
part-time
work

Percent
of
labor
force

TOTAL NOT ENROLLED
16,029
3,320
12,709

13,025
2,418
10,607

81.3
72.8
83.5

11,514
1,938
9,576

9,923
1,499
8,424

1,591
440
1,151

1,511
480
1,031

1,381
415
966

130
65
65

11.6
19.8
9.7

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

4,052
8,075
2,469
1,433

2,582
6,830
2,221
1,392

63.7
84.6
90.0
97.1

2,014
6,091
2,066
1,344

1,628
5,238
1,812
1,245

385
853
254
99

568
739
155
48

506
695
134
46

63
44
21
2

22.0
10.8
7.0
3.5

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

7,712
1,632
6,080

6,975
1,336
5,640

90.4
81.9
92.8

6,079
1,038
5,041

5,466
851
4,615

613
186
426

896
298
599

859
270
589

37
28
10

12.9
22.3
10.6

2,124
3,955
1,063
570

1,727
3,674
1,015

1,340
3,255

559

81.3
92.9
95.5
98.0

945
540

1,141
2,955
864
506

198
300
81
34

388
419
70
19

371
406
65
17

17
14
5
1

22.4
11.4
6.9
3.4

8,317
1,688
6,629

6,050
1,082
4,967

72.7
64.1
74.9

5,435
901
4,535

4,457
647
3,810

978
253
725

614
182
433

522
145
377

93
37
55

10.2
16.8
8.7

1,929
4,120
1,405
863

855
3,156
1,206
833

44.3
76.6
85.8
96.5

674
2,836
1,121
804

487
2,283
947
739

187
553
174
65

181
320
85
29

135
289
69
29

46
30
16

21.2
10.1
7.0
3.5

13,197
2,718
10,479

10,949
2,039
8,910

83.0
75.0
85.0

9,849
1,673
8,176

8,546
1,311
7,235

1,304
363
941

1,100
366
734

1,007
314
693

93
52
41

10.0
18.0
8.2

Men
Women

6,391
6,806

5,898
5,052

92.3
74.2

5,227
4,622

4,742
3,804

485
819

670
430

641
366

29
64

11.4
8.5

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

3,255
6,578
2,049
1,316

2,165
5,668
1,836
1,280

66.5
86.2
89.6
97.3

1,733
5,136
1,741
1,239

1,430
4,423
1,541
1,151

303
713
200
87

432
532
95
41

390
496
82
39

41
36
13
2

19.9
9.4
5.2
3.2

2,360
509
1,850

1,721
317
1,404

72.9
62.2
75.9

1,343
214
1,130

1,112
151
962

231
63
168

377
103
274

342
92
250

36
12
24

21.9
32.6
19.5

Men
Women

1,088
1,272

880
841

80.9
66.1

675
668

578
535

98
133

205
173

197
145

8
28

23.3
20.5

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

660
1,310
323
67

335
1,017
303
66

50.8
77.6
93.7

215
820
249
59

153
706
202
51

62
114
46
8

120
197
54
7

100
190
46
7

20
7
8

35.9
19.3
17.9

2,174
547

72.2
64.5
74.7

1,375
275
1,100

1,198
231
967

177
44
133

194
78
117

175
62
113

20
16
4

12.4
22.0
9.6

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
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
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

Hispanic origin

1,627

1,569
353
1,216

Men
Women

1,143
1,031

1,012
557

88.5
54.0

896
479

810
388

86
91

116
78

109
66

7
12

11.5
14.0

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

1,112
783
238
41

726
608
199
36

65.2
77.7
83.6

611
551
181
31

539
467
164
27

71
84
17
5

115
57
18
5

103
50
17
5

12
7

15.8
9.3
8.9

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

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




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
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Civilian labor force
Employed

Total

Veteran status
Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Unemployed
Percent of
labor force

Number
Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

4.8
4.9
5.8
4.8
4.4
3.5

3.8
3.6
4.1
4.0

VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS
Total, 35 years and over
35 to 49 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 49 years
50 years and over

7,350
4,417
1,905
3,195
1,317
933

7,573
6,514
1,528
3,324
1,662
1,059

6,712
6,102
1,808
3,048
1,245
611

6,887
6,168
1,443
3,175
1,551
719

6,450
5,853
1,701
2,954
1,197
597

6,559
5,865
1,360
3,023
1,482
694

262
249

15,861
7,190
4,636
4,036

16,820
7,707
4,943
4,170

14,820
6,786
4,344
3,690

15,784
7,331
4,612
3,842

14,196
6,491
4,143
3,562

15,178
7,070
4,422
3,687

107

329
304
83

94

151

48
14

69
25

3.9
4.1
5.9
3.1
3.9
2.3

624
295
201
128

606
261
190
155

4.2
4.3
4.6
3.5

NONVETERANS
Total, 35 to 49 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 49 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 35 to 49 years of age, the group that most closely
corresponds to the bulk of the Vietnam-era veteran population. Data

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for 30-to 34-year-old veterans are no longer shown in this table
because the group is rapidly disappearing (into the 35-39 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.

Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by sex, age, and race

(In thousands)
February 1990
Employed

Unemployed
Part time

Full time
Sex, age, and race

Total

Full-time
schedules1

Part time for
economic
reasons,
usually work
full time

Total

Voluntary1

Part time for
economic
reasons,
usually work
part time

Looking
for
full-time
work

Looking
for
part-time
work

5,654
474
77
397

1,480
625
394
232
854
220
634
447
187

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

95,936
1,839
204
1,635
94,096
9,287
84,809
73,856
10,953

93,995
1,697
181
1,516
92,299
9,001
83,297
72,568
10,730

1,940
143
23
119
1,798
286
1,512
1,288
224

20,373
4,054
1,921
2,134
16,318
3,027
13,291
9,581
3,711

17,416
3,770
1,874
1,896
13,646
2,496
11,150
7,766
3,384

2,957
284
46
238
2,673

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

56,657
1,043
55,614
5,043
50,571
43,701
6,870

55,490
959
54,531
4,879
49,652
42,943
6,709

1,167
84
1,083
164
919
758
161

6,636
1,964
4,672
1,335
3,337
1,846
1,491

5,494
1,831
3,663
1,090
2,573
1,194
1,379

1,142
133
1,009
245
764
653
112

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

39,279
796
38,483
4,245
34,238
30,155
4,083

38,505
738
37,768
4,122
33,645
29,625
4,020

774
59
715
122
593
530
63

13,737
2,090
11,646
1,692
9,954
7,734
2,220

11,922
1,939
9,982
1,406
8,577
6,572
2,004

1,815
151
1,664
287

2,184
179

1,377
1,162
215

1,607
1,492
115

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

49,798
900
48,898
4,373
44,525
38,316
6,209

48,781
821
47,960
4,237
43,723
37,662
6,061

1,017
79
938
137
801
653
148

5,712
1,759
3,953
1,151
2,802
1,454
1,348

4,834
1,645
3,189
959
2,230
968
1,262

878
114
764
192
572
486
85

2,666
222
2,444
461

512
253
259

1,983
1,747
236

92

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

32,952
711
32,241
3,588
28,653
25,068
3,585

32,350
661
31,689
3,502
28,187
24,660
3,527

602
50
552
86
466
408
58

12,227
1,814
10,413
1,465
8,947
6,995
1,952

10,721
1,684
9,037
1,241
7,796
6,024
1,773

1,505
130

1,561
138

1,376
224

1,423
272
1,151
1,053
98

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

5,075
110
4,965
528
4,437
3,934
503

4,937
105
4,832
502
4,330
3,839
491

137
5
132
26
107
95
12

664
154
509
121
389
274
114

454
141
314

82
232
139
93

209
14
196
39

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

4,955
61
4,894
549
4,345
3,959
386

4,798
53
4,746
514
4,231
3,850
382

157
8
148
35
114
110
4

1,104
207
898
177
721
504
216

848
190
659
122
536
354
182

531
2,141
1,814
327

5,180
1,020
4,160
3,764

396
3,470
296
3,174
622
2,553
2,272
281

2,006
398

617
317
300
108
192
106
86
863
308
554
113
442
341
101

White

1,151
971
180

98
161
68

686
249
436
78
359
271
88

Black

55 years and over

Employed persons with a job but not at work are distributed according




157
135
21

256
17
239
55
184
150
34

697
66
631
145
486
453
33

81
54
27
4
23

555
37
517

161
54

117
400
386
15

9
14

107
33
75
62
13

to whether they usually work full or part time.

17

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-10. Employment status of persons in families by family relationship
(Numbers in thousands)
February 1990
Civilian labor force

Not in labor force
Unemployed

Family relationship
Total

Percent
of
population

Employed

Percent
of
Number
labor
force

Total

Keeping
house

Going
to
school

Unable
to
work

Other
reasons

Total, 16 years and over1

98,787

66.2

93,091

5,696

5.8

50,387

21,621

8,568

2,397

17,801

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

39,995
26,359
1,035
12,601

77.9
91.7
91.3
58.7

38,578
25,511
881
12,185

1,417
848
153
416

3.5
3.2
14.8
3.3

11,366
2,385
99
8,882

185
77
3
105

224
129
7
89

972
394
9
570

9,985
1,786
80
8,119

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

29,878
26,393
1,001
2,484

58.2
68.4
70.7
21.9

28,745
25,511
848
2,385

1,133
881
153
99

3.8
3.3
15.3
4.0

21,484
12,185
416
8,882

16,885
10,629
350
5,906

402
354
9
39

376
144
15
217

3,820
1,059
42
2,720

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

12,394
4,398
4,441
3,554

61.2
49.0
73.8
67.5

11,060
3,836
4,042
3,182

1,334
562
400
372

10.8
12.8
9.0
10.5

7,870
4,578
1,579
1,713

729
103
146
480

5,593
4,202
1,229
162

311
15
46
250

1,237
258
159
820

Women who maintain families

6,923

62.6

6,384

539

7.8

4,128

2,726

266

214

922

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

5,624
1,362
1,541
2,720

59.7
46.4
71.5
62.8

4,742
1,037
17290
2,415

882
325
252
305

15.7
23.9
16.3
11.2

3,803
1,573
616
1,614

721
79
130
512

1,710
1,353
293
64

338
5
26
307

1,034
137
167
730

Men who maintain families

2,188

76.5

2,049

139

6.3

671

55

35

105

476

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

1,784
308
464
1,013

62.6
54.1
78.0
60.1

1,533
240
384
909

252
68
80
104

14.1
22.2
17.2
10.3

1,065
262
131
672

320
12
20
288

338
218
84
36

81
2
2
77

326
29
25
272

1
Excludes persons living alone or with nonrelatives, persons in families
where the husband, wife, or other person maintaining the family is in the
Armed Forces, and persons in unrelated subfamilies.
NOTE: Estimates shown in this table for husbands, wives, and women

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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

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

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

4,040
1,552
572
1,917

4,087
1,573
589

6.1
3.7
8.3
10.6

6.1
3.7
8.4

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

3,045
1,315
400

3,178

1,331

1,318
447
1,413

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

873
187
158
528

778
198
125
455

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

2,621
1,436

2,745
1,443
573

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

1,999

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




Thousands of
persons
Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

10.7

2,843
1,100
652
1,090

5.2
3.5
7.0
9.0

5.4
3.5
7.6
9.4

13.3

11.9

6.2

6.2
13.3

Unemployment
rates
Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

3,047
1,232
674
1,140

5.2
3.6
5.9
7.9

5.4
4.0
6.0
8.2

1,967
867
435
665

2,247
1,020
498
729

4.2
3.2
5.0
6.0

4.7
3.7
5.6
6.5

19.0

775
186
194
394

716
165
162
390

11.5
7.8
9.7
16.9

10.6
6.8
8.1
16.4

729

4.7
3.6
8.0
7.4

4.8
3.5
8.4
8.0

1,871
931
597
344

2,049
1,048
613
388

4.2
3.3
5.6
5.5

4.4
3.6
5.6
5.9

1,208
368
422

2,144
1,206
435
503

4.1
3.3
6.7
5.9

4.3
3.3
7.6
6.8

1,300
725
394
181

1,510
878
449
183

3.4
2.9
4.7
3.8

3.9
3.4
5.2
3.7

539
180
149
210

509
180
121
208

10.3
6.2
15.2
15.4

9.5
5.9

497
158
180
159

475
125
153
196

9.1
7.1
9.3
12.1

8.6
5.6
7.9
14.2

529
656

1,925

15.7
20.6

13.1
15.3

19

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

Total

Unemployment rates
Men

Total

Women

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

7,134

5.6

5.8

6.1

6.1

5.2

5.4

602
378
224

588
326
262

2.0
2.5
1.4

1.9
2.2
1.6

1.8
2.3
1.3

1.8
2.2
1.5

2.1
2.9
1.6

1.9
2.1
1.8

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

1,478
102
623
752

1,642
130
759
753

4.0
2.8
4.4
4.0

4.3
3.2
5.1
3.9

3.7
2.1
3.4
5.0

3.6
3.6
3.4
4.0

4.2
3.5
5.5
3.7

4.6
2.9
6.8
3.8

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

1,043
35

6.3
3.7
3.9
6.8

6.8
5.8
2.9
7.5

7.2

80
928

1,120
47
60
1,013

6.6
5.6
4.0
6.8

985
169
608
208

985
166
578
241

6.8
3.6
11.4
4.8

6.8
3.6
10.3
5.7

1,785
658
373
755
205
549

1,829
741
376
712
181
531

9.2
7.5
7.4
13.6
22.2

Farming, forestry, and fishing

265

248

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

696
427
142
127

687
414
134
139

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

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

20




Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

6,883

O

O

3.5
7.7

2.8
8.8

6.1
3.5
6.8
6.3

6.9
3.6
11.1
5.1

6.9
3.7
10.4
5.3

5.7
3.4
25.6
3.7

6.5
3.0
9.2
6.8

9.5
8.5
7.4

9.2
6.0
7.6

9.2
7.2
7.9

9.2
9.5
5.0

14.3
22.0

12.9
19.4

10.2

11.8

12.9
19.5
11.5

10.2
10.5
2.8
12.9

12.4

11.3

9.7

12.4

8.5

8.4

8.6

8.2

7.9

9.3

6.6

0

O

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

Unemployment rates
Total

Total

Men

Women

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

6,883

7,134

5.6

5.8

6.1

6.1

5.2

5.4

5,332

5,649

5.8

6.1

6.3

6.4

5.3

5.7

61
901

40
838

8.7
14.6

5.6
13.1

9.3
15.3

6.2
13.5

4.5
7.9

2.4
9.4

Manufacturing
Durable goods
•
Lumber and wood products
Furniture 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

1,176
640
57
35
36
59
96
105
91
85
55
29
33
43
536
168
31
107
39
72
42
44
33

1,396
783
75
34
44
52
97
127
133
153
98
55
24
44
613
185
46
125
30
95
46
54
31

5.3
4.9
7.2
5.3
5.7
6.8
6.8
3.9
4.1
3.4
4.3
2.5
4.8
7.8
5.9
8.5
4.5
8.4
5.1
3.9
3.0
5.4
8.6

6.4
6.0
9.7
5.2
7.3
5.6
7.3
4.8
6.1
5.9
8.1
4.0
3.6
7.9
6.8
9.1
6.6
11.4
3.9
5.1
3.3
6.9
8.8

4.8
4.8
8.3
4.2
5.9
6.3
6.6
3.4
4.2
3.6
4.1
2.9
1.9
8.3
4.9
8.0
4.0
4.4
3.7
3.7
2.5
3.7
8.0

5.7
6.0
10.3
4.1
7.6
5.9
7.6
4.7
4.7
6.0
7.7
4.5
3.8
8.5
5.1
6.5
3.5
11.0
4.2
4.8
2.3
6.2
4.6

6.4
5.4
1.9
7.8
4.7
9.9
7.7
5.4
4.0
3.0
5.1
.8
8.6
7.3
7.2
9.6
5.1
9.6
8.5
4.2
4.1
8.0
10.4

7.8
6.2
6.2
7.9
5.9
4.2
6.1
5.1
8.1
5.3
9.4
2.0
3.2
8.0
9.3
14.4
10.3
11.5
3.0
5.5
5.4
8.0
15.9

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

264
230
34
1,435
227
1,207
242
1,254
429
825

273
221
52
1,578
167
1,412
236
1,287
447
841

4.2
6.1
1.3
6.3
5.3
6.5
3.3
4.8
2.9
7.2

4.3
5.8
2.0
6.6
3.7
7.3
3.2
4.9
3.0
7.6

4.7
6.4
1.8
5.9
5.1
6.2
3.3
5.1
2.8
6.9

4.6
6.2
1.9
6.0
3.8
6.8
3.3
5.7
3.1
7.8

2.9
5.1
.6
6.7
6.1
6.8
3.3
4.6
3.0
7.5

3.5
4.5
2.3
7.4
3.6
7.9
3.2
4.4
2.9
7.3

203
651
696

198
600
687

12.6
2.3

12.7
2.1

11.6
2.7

12.9
2.2

15.6
1.8

11.9
2.0

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

Agricultural wage and salary workers
Government, self-employed, and unpaid family 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

Women,
20 years
and over

Men,
20 years
and over
Feb.
1989

Feb.
1989

Both sexes,
16 to 19
years

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

6,883
3,382
1,042
2,340
1,005
1,799
696

7,134
3,646
1,282
2,365
1,030
1,837
619

3,350
2,197
730
1,467
455
586
111

3,474
2,314
875
1,440
432
633
94

2,396
990
262
728
396
852
158

2,560
1,083
345
738
419
903
155

1,137
195
51
144
154
361
427

100.0
49.1
15.1
34.0
14.6
26.1
10.1

100.0
51.1
18.0
33.2
14.4
25.8
8.7

100.0
65.6
21.8
43.8
13.6
17.5
3.3

100.0
66.6
25.2
41.4
12.4
18.2
2.7

100.0
41.3
10.9
30.4
16.5
35.6
6.6

100.0
42.3
13.5
28.8
16.4
35.3
6.1

2.8
.8
1.5
.6

3.0

3.5
.7
.9
.2

3.6
.7
1.0
.1

1.9
.8
1.6
.3

2.1
.8
1.7
.3

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

White

Black

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

1,100
249
62
187
179
301
370

5,012
2,562
907
1,655
766
1,233
451

5,425
2,857
1,107
1,751
818
1,345
403

1,648
735
128
607
194
501
218

1,494
697
147
551
170
432
195

100.0
17.2
4.5
12.7
13.5
31.8
37.6

100.0
22.7
5.7
17.0
16.3
27.4
33.7

100.0
51.1
18.1
33.0
15.3
24.6
9.0

100.0
52.7
20.4
32.3
15.1
24.8
7.4

100.0
44.6
7.7
36.8
11.8
30.4
13.2

100.0
46.7
9.8
36.8
11.4
28.9
13.1

2.7
2.1
5.0
5.9

3.6
2.6
4.3
5.3

2.5
.7
1.2
.4

2.7
.8
1.3
.4

5.5
1.5
3.8
1.6

5.2
1.3
3.3
1.5

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

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




1.5
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-15. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment
(Percent distribution)
February 1990
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

Percent

Less than
5 weeks

0 tO 14

weeks

Total

15 to 26
weeks

27 weeks
and over

7,134

100.0

43.0

35.8

21.2

11.8

9.3

3,646
1,282
2,365
1,030
1,837
619

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

36.0
42.5
32.5
49.3
49.9
53.0

39.6
41.7
38.5
31.3
31.4
33.8

24.3
15.7
29.0
19.4
18.7
13.2

14.3
11.0
16.1
10.9
9.4
6.5

10.1
4.8
12.9
8.5
9.3
6.7

3,474

100.0

34.0

39.9

26.1

14.6

11.4

2,314
875
1,440
432
633
94

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

32.5
38.8
28.7
40.5
37.4
17.9

41.7
45.6
39.3
32.0
37.1
52.5

25.8
15.7
32.0
27.5
25.5
29.6

14.8
11.1
17.0
16.5
12.5
17.9

11.0
4.6
15.0
11.0
13.1
11.7

2,560

100.0

48.2

32.5

19.4

10.7

8.7

1,083
345
738
419
903
155

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

39.6
51.3
34.2
54.7
53.2
60.4

36.3
31.9
38.3
29.4
30.2
27.3

24.1
16.8
27.5
15.9
16.6
12.3

14.7
10.7
16.6
7.9
7.9
6.3

9.3
6.1
10.8
8.1
8.6
6.0

1,100

100.0

59.4

30.6

10.0

5.7

4.3

249
62
187
179
301
370

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

52.8

35.4

11.8

7.6

4.2

O

0

0

Job losers
On layoff
Other job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants

O

O

54.8
57.9
66.3
58.9

33.2
34.1
23.2
31.8

12.1
7.9
10.5
9.4

6.4
4.6
7.2
3.7

5.6
3.4
3.2
5.7

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

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

6,883

7,134

100.0

100.0

5,455

5,654

100.0

100.0

3,117
2,329

3,067
2,555
1,899
657

45.3
33.8

43.0
35.8
26.6

2,240
1,934
1,384
550
1,281
652

2,181
2,127
1,542
585
1,346
747

38.6
37.6
27.3

629
249
380

599
277

41.1
35.5
25.4
10.1
23.5
12.0
11.5
4.6
7.0

13.8
7.0

12.8
6.9

1,713
617
1,436

768
668
270

1,511
845
666

398

319
347

12.3
6.0

11.7
5.9

24.9
9.0
20.9
11.2

9.7
3.9
5.8

9.2
21.2
11.8

9.3
4.5
4.9

321

10.4
23.8
13.2
10.6
4.9
5.7

23

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-17.

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

Sex, age, race, and
marital status

Total

Percent of unemployed
in group

Weeks

27
Less
5 to 14 15 to 26 weeks
than
and
weeks weeks
5 weeks
over

Average
(mean)
duration

Median
duration

February 1990

Unemployed
less than
5 weeks

Unemployed
15 weeks
and over

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

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

7,134
1,100
1,240
2,175
1,294
741
459
124

3,067
653
622
893
449
248
161
41

2,555
337
434
815
505
271
148
47

845
63
128
276
178
117
74
10

666
47
56
192
162
106
77
27

11.7
7.1
9.0
11.3
13.6
15.5
19.0
18.7

5.9
3.8
4.5
6.4
7.3
7.8
9.3
6.4

45.3
59.2
49.7
44.5
39.3
33.3
36.5
44.2

43.0
59.4
50.2
41.0
34.7
33.4
35.1
32.8

20.9
12.4
15.2
19.5
25.3
31.6
35.1
26.4

21.2
10.0
14.8
21.5
26.3
30.1
32.7
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

4,087
613
729
1,236
713
428
293
75

1,528
346
308
449
194
120
88
23

1,597
210
306
483
313
162
100
24

540
31
85
186
106
77
44
10

423
26
30
118
100
70
61
18

13.0
7.4
9.9
12.5
15.0
17.2
21.7
21.9

7.2
4.0
6.2
7.5
8.9
9.5
10.7
6.5

40.5
55.3
47.3
39.5
32.5
26.3
30.5

0

37.4
56.5
42.2
36.3
27.2
28.1
30.2
30.2

24.0
14.2
16.0
22.1
29.1
40.6
37.9

O

23.5
9.3
15.8
24.6
28.9
34.2
35.7
37.9

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

3,047
487
511
939
581
313
167
50

1,540
307
315
444
255
128
73
18

959
127
127
332
192
109
48
23

305
31
42
89
72
40
30
-

244
22
26
74
62
36
16
8

10.0
6.6
7.7
9.7
11.9
13.3
14.2

4.5
3.6
3.6
5.1
5.4
5.8
6.2

52.0
65.1
53.1
50.8
48.3
43.9
49.8

50.5
63.0
61.7
47.2
44.0
40.8
43.8

16.4
9.6
14.1
16.2
20.2
17.9
29.1

O

18.0
10.9
13.4
17.4
23.0
24.4
27.5

O

0

White, 16 years and over
Men
Women

5,425
3,178
2,247

2,390
1,224
1,166

1,912
1,220
692

636
410
225

487
324
163

11.5
12.8
9.6

5.7
6.9
4.3

45.3
40.7
52.5

44.1
38.5
51.9

19.9
23.2
14.8

20.7
23.1
17.3

Black, 16 years and over
Men
Women

1,494
778
716

600
261
339

554
318
236

182
111
71

158
88
70

12.5
14.0
10.9

6.5
8.1
4.9

45.1
40.1
50.8

40.2
33.5
47.4

23.7
26.4
20.6

22.8
25.6
19.7

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

1,573
589
1,925

497
219
812

661
198
738

228
81
231

187
90
145

14.5
14.9
11.3

8.5
7.8
6.1

36.0
34.4
46.0

31.6
37.2
42.2

26.3
31.1
19.9

26.4
29.2
19.5

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

1,232
674
1,140

613
324
602

416
201
341

131
71
103

72
78
94

8.9
12.5
9.7

4.5
4.9
4.3

50.0
46.4
57.5

49.8
48.1
52.8

15.6
23.5
13.0

16.5
22.1
17.3

.....

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

24




0

0

0

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

Occupation and industry

Total

Percent of unemployed
in group

Weeks

27
Less
5 to 14 15 to 26 weeks
than
weeks
and
weeks
5 weeks
over

Average
(mean)
duration

Median
duration

February 1990

Unemployed Unemployed
less than
15 weeks
5 weeks
and over
Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

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

227
759
557
343
686
100

209
556
337
428
692
98

84
169
124
129
259
38

69
158
102
84
192
11

13.7
10.7
11.5
12.3
12.9
10.7

6.8
5.2
4.6
7.5
7.2
6.0

38.8
50.1
46.6
42.7
40.4
40.5

38.6
46.2
49.7
34.8
37.5
40.3

24.4
18.9
21.1
24.4
21.5
22.4

26.0
19.9
20.2
21.6
24.7
20.2

613
311
1,584
1,705
142

84
281
527
296
231
89
750
799
47

76
413
501
286
216
127
539
533
58

26
109
188
109
79
56
156
231
13

13
50
181
93
88
40
140
142
24

10.4
11.0
13.9
14.1
13.6
15.4
10.6
11.2
15.3

6.0
7.6
7.3
7.0
7.6
8.7
5.0
5.1
7.5

47.5
40.6
42.5
34.9
51.7
33.4
47.1
47.2
35.7

42.4
32.9
37.7
37.8
37.7
28.6
47.3
46.9
33.1

17.8
19.2
27.6
33.9
20.0
19.8
18.4
21.6
26.5

19.7
18.6
26.4
25.8
27.1
30.5
18.6
21.9
26.1

687

377

224

39

47

9.5

4.1

56.2

54.9

14.8

12.5

588
1,642
1,120

985
1,829
248

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

198
854

1,397
784

Includes wage and salary workers only.




25

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-19. Unemployed jobseekers by sex, age, race, and jobsearch methods used
Irebruary 1990
Thousands of persons
Sex, age, and race

Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers
Average
number of
methods
used

Public
employment
agency

Private
employment
agency

Employer
directly

Placed
or
answered
ads

or
relatives

5,773
1,030
1,053
1,722
996
552
323
98

21.8
12.5
23.1
25.3
23.8
24.1
20.5
16.8

9.2
4.3
8.1
9.9
11.6
12.8
11.0
7.3

71.2
78.8
72.3
71.1
69.5
67.8
57.3
62.2

39.4
28.1
44.2
41.2
41.8
41.0
38.9
42.6

18.9
14.7
19.1
18.2
22.0
22.2
19.7
21.7

5.1
3.4
4.9
5.7
4.4
7.6
4.9
7.3

1.66
1.42
1.72
1.71
1.73
1.75
1.52
1.58

4,087
613
729
1,236
713
428
293
75

3,141
578
599
901
512
285
203
62

23.4
13.8
26.0
27.9
25.2
23.8
20.1

8.6
4.8
6.3
8.5
13.4
10.9
12.2

72.5
79.4
68.9
71.4
75.8
73.6
59.4

38.2
25.9
45.1
41.9
37.5
39.4
34.4

22.1
14.9
25.7
23.4
24.5
20.7
21.4

6.3
2.9
5.8
6.8
6.5
12.8
4.0

1.71
1.42
1.78
1.80
1.83
1.81
1.52

0

0

O

0

O

0

0

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

3,047
487
511
939
581
313
167
50

2,633
452
454
820
485
267
119
36

19.9
10.9
19.3
22.5
22.3
24.5
21.0

9.9
3.5
10.6
11.5
9.7
14.8
8.8

69.6
77.9
76.9
70.8
62.8
61.5
53.7

40.9
30.9
43.0
40.5
46.4
42.8
46.6

15.1
14.4
10.3
12.5
19.2
23.9
16.7

3.6
3.9
3.8
4.4
2.2
1.9
6.4

1.59
1.42
1.64
1.62
1.63
1.69
1.53

0

0

0

0

0

O

0

White, 16 years and over...
Men
Women

5,425
3,178
2,247

4,243
2,368
1,875

21.3
22.7
19.4

9.8
8.9
10.9

71.7
72.6
70.5

40.8
38.6
43.6

18.7
20.6
16.2

5.5
7.1
3.5

1.68
1.71
1.64

Black, 16 years and over ...
Men
Women

1,494
778
716

1,344
665
678

23.0
25.6
20.3

6.4
6.8
6.1

71.5
72.8
70.1

35.4
36.3
34.5

19.1
26.2
12.1

4.1
4.1
4.0

1.59
1.72
1.47

Total
unemployed

Total
iobseekers

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

7,134
1,100
1,240
2,175
1,294
741
459
124

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

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

Friends
Other

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.

A-20. Unemployed jobseekers by sex, reason for unemployment, and jobsearch methods used
February 1990
Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers

Thousands of persons
Sex and reason
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

Tntal 16 vears and over
loh losers1

7,134
3,646
1,030
1,837
619

5,773
2,347
1,005
1,808
614

21.8
28.3
23.8
15.3
13.2

9.2
11.3
10.2
7.1
5.4

71.2
71.1
72.5
69.0
75.7

39.4
41.2
43.9
35.3
37.5

18.9
21.6
15.8
16.7
20.3

5.1
4.5
3.9
7.4
2.4

1.66
1.78
1.70
1.51
1.55

Mpn 16 vears and over
Inh losers1
Job leavers

4,087
2,480
528
781
297

3,141
1,560
514
770
296

23.4
27.7
26.4
16.0
15.2

8.6
9.5
9.2
7.2
5.8

72.5
73.2
75.2
67.0
78.2

38.2
39.7
41.9
34.6
32.7

22.1
24.9
17.2
20.6
19.6

6.3
5.5
4.1
10.5
3.9

1.71
1.81
1.74
1.56
1.55

3,047
1,166
503
1,056
322

2,633
787
491
1,038
318

19.9
29.4
21.0
14.8
11.4

9.9
14.7
11.4
7.0
4.9

69.6
67.1
69.6
70.4
73.4

40.9
44.1
45.9
35.7
42.1

15.1
15.0
14.3
13.8
21.1

3.6
2.6
3.6
5.1
1.0

1.59
1.73
1.66
1.47
1.54

NPW entrants
Wnmpn 16 vears and over
Job leavers

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



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

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

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

115,023
6,062
2,201
3,861
12,721
81,641
33,663
29,021
18,958
11,361
6,819
4,543
3,237

116,308
5,893
2,125
3,768
12,314
83,437
33,782
30,210
19,445
11,327
6,757
4,570
3,336

62,712
3,031
1,092
1,939
6,640
44,630
18,598
15,700
10,332
6,479
3,869
2,610
1,932

63,293
3,007
1,088
1,919
6,377
45,547
18,589
16,326
10,632
6,408
3,808
2,600
1,954

52,311
3,031
1,109
1,922
6,081
37,011
15,065
13,321
8,626
4,883
2,950
1,933
1,305

53,016
2,887
1,037
1,850
5,937
37,889
15,193
13,883
8,813
4,920
2,950
1,970
1,383

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

2,795
152
67
85
316
1,697
760
545
391
384
199
185
246

2,693
154
71
82
237
1,714
754
584
376
347
172
175
241

2,183
118
59
59
237
1,291
586
427
278
320
162
158
217

2,143
128
58
70
184
1,352
601
462
289
263
124
139
216

612
34
8
26
78
406
175
118
113
64
37
27
29

550
26
13
13
53
362
153
122
87
84
48
36
25

112,228
5,910
2,134
3,776
12,405
79,945
32,902
28,476
18,567
10,977
6,619
4,358
2,990

113,615
5,740
2,054
3,686
12,077
81,723
33,028
29,626
19,069
10,980
6,586
4,395
3,095

60,529
2,913
1,033
1,880
6,403
43,340
18,012
15,273
10,054
6,158
3,706
2,452
1,714

61,150
2,879
1,030
1,849
6,193
44,196
17,988
15,864
10,343
6,144
3,683
2,461
1,737

51,699
2,997
1,101
1,896
6,002
36,605
14,890
13,202
8,513
4,819
2,913
1,906
1,276

52,466
2,861
1,024
1,837
5,884
37,527
15,040
13,761
8,726
4,836
2,902
1,934
1,358

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)

Men

Total
Occupation

16 years
and over
Feb.
1989

Total

Feb.
1990

16 years
and over
Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Women
20 years
and over

Feb.
1969

Feb.
1990

16 years
and over
Feb.
1989

20 years
and over

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

115,023 116,308 62,712 63,293 59,681 60,286 52,311 53,016 49,279 50,129
30,612 16,412 16,504 16,348 16,421 13,694 14,108 13,592 13,951
14,745 8,712
8,858
8,822 5,880 5,887 5,835 5,841
367
658
392
368
265
199
392
199
263
10,124 6,469 6,498 6,447 6,471 3,566 3,625 3,531
3,592
1,967
1,875
3,963
1,874
1,997
2,115
1,959
2,105
1,985
15,867 7,701
7,646 7,659 7,599 7,814
7,757 8,111
8,221
1,854
1,702
1,662
1,702
1,661
152
142
142
152
782
513
501
513
500
254
269
254
267
430
302
311
128
302
311
115
113
128
848
679
675
169
677
675
130
130
166
2,315
310
351
2,005 1,947
309
351
1,950
1.996
532
820
467
273
289
526
464
274
285
1,106
4,206
1,180
2,940 3,052
1,097
1,166
2,967 3,100
559
704
599
145
140
559
599
140
143
1,944
3,910
1,955
1,966
1,819
1,915
1,932
1,841
1,922

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

30,106
14,592
567
10,036
3,990
15,514
1,805
755
426
805
2,301
741
4,147
738
3,796

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

35,400 36,777 12,540 12,932 11,918 12,263 22,860 23,845 21,234 22,209
3,569 3,887
1,812
1,757
1,9
1,798
1,949
1,734
1,901
1,875
1,315
1,224
213
196
196
1,028
213
1,019
1,102
1,087
1,233
1,166
985
897
906
260
973
251
248
238
1,339
1,179
788
710
706
469
763
464
551
550
13,600 14,135 7,008 7,238 6,589 6,833 6,592 6,897 5,618
5,913
3,673 3,872 2,432 2,540 2,402 2,506 1,241
1,332
1,213
1,305
2,334
2,390
1,324
1,376
1,308
1,014
1,011
1,360
976
990
1,606
1,569
1,277
1,261
308
329
1.272
1,246
306
315
5,905 6,267
2,081
1,924
4,186
3,981
1,730
1,567
3,080 3,266
55
63
16
16
39
47
16
14
43
37
3,720 3,708 3,531
18,231 18,754
3,481 14,512 15,047 13,882 14,421
716
273
324
757
443
433
272
324
428
443
818
264
286
868
554
582
256
276
561
535
65
69
4,790 4,863
4,798 4,548 4,625
4,721
64
59
219
203
2,220 2,494
2,275 1,979
2,017
217
194
2,228
988
647
664
1,011
341
347
622
646
327
325
2,240 2.032 2,050 6,411 6,635 6,038 6,265
8,585 8,875 2,175

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

15,537 15,279
770
910
1,992
1,950
12,678 12,517
5,289 5,147
1,983
2,100
3,076
2,891
2,312
2,398

5,351
19
1,689
3,643
1,484
179
1,577
403

9,401
874
274
8,254
3,199
1,882
1.204
1,968

9,101
748
270
8,083
3,071
1,792
1,358
1,862

8,361
734
261
7,367
2,593
1,771
1,148
1,855

8,248
659
246
7,342
2,572
1,734
1,298
1,739

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

13,466 13,431 12,258 12,272 11,957 11,993
4,422 4,231
4,596 4,408
4,319 4,148
4,901
5,005 4,614
4,705
4,771
4,467
4,165 4,018 3,222 3,140
3,073
3,171

1,209
175
92
943

1,159
177
105
878

1,183
173
88
922

1,125
173
105
847

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 .

17,655 17,506 12,995 13,130 11,988 12,119
7,978 4,827 4,901
8,169
4,633 4,712
3,824 3,872
6,775 6,599 3,965 4,011
3,649 2,573 2,554 2,485
3,710
2,482
1,339
1,457
1,391
3,065 2,950
1,390
1,379
889
1,394
840
863
809
4,712
4,683
4,092
4,225 4,238 4,114
3,481
3,498
2,929
3,082 3,047 2,986
1,231
1,129
1,191
1,185
1,163
1,144
4,816
3,241
4,803
3,315
3,943 3.991
746
717
719
669
701
629
4,070 3,242 3,275 2,612
2,646
4,084

4,660
3,341
2,810
1,136
1,674
531
458
417
41
861
18
842

4,376
3,077
2,588
1,094
1,494
490
474
434
40
825
29
796

4,451
3,256
2,743
1,109
1,633
514
438
398
40
756
17
738

4,194
3,003
2,535
1,080
1.455
469
466
428
39
724
28

487
179
308

426
168
259

459
176
282

401
166
236

Farming, forestry, and fishing
Farm operators and managers
Other farming, forestry, and fishing occupations .

28




2,858
1,239
1,619

2,703
1,181
1,522

6,136
36
1,675
4,424
2,089
218
1,687
430

2,371
1,059
1,312

6,178
21
1,723
4,433
2,076
191
1,718
449

2,278
1,014
1,264

5,229
28
1,642
3,559
1,440
204
1,548
367

2,241
1,046
1,195

2.139
1.006
1.133

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

Men

Women

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

115,023
100.0

116,308
100.0

62,712
100.0

63,293
100.0

52,311
100.0

53,016
100.0

26.2

26.3
12.7
13.6

26.2
13.9
12.3
20.0

26.1

26.2

14.0
12.1
20.4
3.1
11.4

11.2

26.6
11.1

14.9
43.7
3.4

15.5
45.0
3.6

12.6
27.7
18.0

13.0
28.4

1.7
.5

1.4
.5
15.2
2.2
8.3
5.8

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

12.7
13.5
30.8
3.1
11.8
15.9
13.5
.8
1.7
11.0
11.7

31.6
3.3

2.9

12.2

11.2

16.1

5.9
9.8
.1
2.7

13.1
.7

1.7
10.8

7.1

7.1
4.1
4.2
2.5

4.1
4.1
2.3

19.5
20.7
7.7
6.7
6.3
3.8

99,747
100.0

100,689
100.0

27.2
13.3

15.3

11.5
15.1

6.9

5.9
9.8
2.7
7.0
19.4
20.7
7.7
6.7

15.8
2.3

8.9
6.4
.9

17.2

.9

6.3
3.6

1.6

.9

1.6
.8

55,070
100.0

55,510
100.0

44,677
100.0

45,179
100.0

27.4
13.4
14.1
32.0
3.3
12.7
16.0

27.3
14.6

27.1
14.8
12.3

27.1
11.7
15.4
44.7
3.3
13.3
28.1

27.8
11.6

12.0
.6
1.6

3.9
3.9
2.7

14.3
6.6
3.9
3.8
2.4

8.9
.1
2.5
6.3
20.0
19.6
7.4
6.4
5.8
4.0

11,655
100.0

11,798
100.0

15.6
7.0
8.6

15.9
7.0
8.9
28.9
3.0
7.6

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

13.9
31.2
3.1
12.5

15.6
12.4
.7
1.6

10.1
12.1
14.5
6.7

9.8
11.9

12.7
20.2

2.9
11.8
5.5

20.9
3.1
12.1
5.7
8.8

2.6
6.1
19.9

16.7
1.5
.5

16.2
45.6
3.5
13.5
28.6
15.9
1.2
.4

14.3

19.6
7.6
6.4
5.7
3.7

14.8
2.3
8.2
5.7
.9
1.6
1.0

5,713
100.0

5,738
100.0

5,942
100.0

6,060
100.0

13.3
6.8
6.5

13.4
6.4
7.0
15.9
2.3
5.9
7.7

17.9
7.2

18.3
7.6
10.6
41.2
3.8
9.2
28.2
25.9
3.0
1.1
21.8
2.9
11.7
8.2
1.1
2.3
.1

2.1
7.7
5.4

.9
1.4

.9

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




27.6
2.6
6.8
18.2
22.5
1.8
2.6

18.2
22.0
1.5
2.7

18.1
9.4
23.4
10.5
6.1
6.9
1.4

17.8
9.5
22.2
9.1
5.8
7.2
1.6

16.6
1.7
5.3

9.6
17.1
.1
4.3
12.7
16.5
33.8
10.8
11.2
11.8
2.7

17.9
4.3
13.6
16.6
33.2
10.0
10.8
12.4
3.1

10.7
38.3
3.5
8.3
26.5
27.6
3.4
.9
23.4
2.5

13.5
10.1
1.1

2.2
.3

29

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-24. Employed civilians by age, sex, and class of worker
(In thousands)
February 1990
Nonagricultural industries

Agriculture

Wage and salary workers

Age and sex
Total

Private
household Government
workers

Other

Selfemployed
workers

Unpaid
family
workers

Wage and
salary
workers

Selfemployed
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

104,930
5,677
2,029
3,648
11,764
31,010
27,164
17,184
9,642
5,793
3,849
2,488

956
103
61
42
80
154
164
151
195
99
96
109

17,906
331
68
262
1,038
4,401
5,718
3,872
2,099
1,284
815
446

86,068
5,243
1,900
3,344
10,647
26,455
21,282
13,161
7,348
4,410
2,938
1,933

8,404
55
23
32
278
1,969
2,389
1,818
1,299
770
529
596

282
8
2
6
34
49
73
67
39
22
17
12

1,363
124
54
70
196
479
283
147
90
47
43
44

1,253
9
8
1
30
269
292
214
245
122
123
194

77
20
10
11
11
6
9
15
12
3
9
4

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

55,702
2,838
1,019
1,819
6,020
16,730
14,324
9,198
5,262
3,186
2,077
1,329

100
10
5
5
6
17
21
10
21
7
14
16

8,177
136
35
101
419
2,014
2,578
1,808
1,012
614
398
210

47,425
2,693
979
1,714
5,596
14,700
11,725
7,380
4,229
2,565
1,664
1,103

5,393
34
10
24
150
1,244
1,538
1,145
877
495
382
405

55
7
1
5
23
14
3
5
2
2
3

1,067
102
43
59
156
381
217
118
58
29
30
36

1,046
9
7
2
22
217
244
171
202
96
106
180

30
16
8
8
6
3
2
_
3
_
3
1

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

49,228
2,839
1,010
1,829
5,744
14,280
12,840
7,987
4,380
2,608
1,773
1,158

855
94
56
38
74
137
144
141
174
92
82
92

9,729
195
33
162
619
2,387
3,140
2,065
1,087
670
417
236

38,644
2,550
920
1,630
5,051
11,756
9,557
5,781
3,119
1,845
1,274
830

3,011
21
13
8
129
725
851
673
422
275
147
191

227
1
1
11
35
70
66
35
20
15
8

296
22
11
11
41
98
66
29
32
19
13
8

207
_
8
52
48
43
43
26
17
14

47
4
2
2
4
4
7
15
9
3
7
3

30




HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-25. Employed civilians by industry and occupation
(In thousands)
February 1990
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,
TechniAdminisemadminiscians
Profestrative Private
ployed
Other
trative,
and
sional
Sales support, houseand
service1
specialty related
including hold
manasupport
clerical
gerial

Precision
Machine
Farming,
producoperHandlers, forestry,
tion,
Transporators,
equipment
and
tation
craft,
assemcleaners, fishing
and
and
blers,
helpers,
repair
material
and
and
moving
inspeclaborers
tors

17
2
53
727
307
420

102
79
453
2,284
1,296
987

13
14
56
329
187
142

49
234
4,245
3,949
2,708
1,241

19
129
6,599
3,649
2,950

35
117
483
771
398
373

19
27
840
1,146
544
603

2,249
2
11
71
67
3

444
496
92
404

345
289
133 10,196
58 1,898
75 8,298

2,178
2,461
809
1,651

245
4,253
35
4,217

1,245
1,479
259
1,220

103
329
154
175

1,743
971
443
528

472
1,839
369
1,471

5
21
4
17

232
11,866
9
11,858
10,677
744

156 1,891
2,137
879
5
2,132
878
1,720
166
26
242

3,077
6,682
6
6,676
4,845
1,438

261
7,952
93
7,858
4,486
1,387

124
1,876
5
1,871
434
231

22
714
1
713
213
56

24
508
12
496
289
60

32
406
19
387
98
34

39
258
38
220
62
48

2,693
710
7,438
21,103
12,544
8,558

89
113
974
2,622
1,591
1,031

85
60
132
1,807
1,250
557

8,018
24,199
4,675
19,524

950
2,021
552
1,469

7,966
38,659
958
37,701
25,551
5,521

2,110
4,611
1
4,610
2,562
1,256

29
44
61
798
548
250

770
770

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
Feb.
1989

Feb.

Paid absences
1989

Feb.
1990

1QQO

Unpaid absences

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Feb.
1989

Feb.
1990

Total, 16 years and over....
Vacation
Illness
Bad weather
Industrial dispute
All other reasons

4,882
1,568
1,669
383
15
1,246

4,644
1,683
1,500
217
20
1,223

4,683
1,538
1,635
309
15
1,186

4,500
1,650
1,467
193
19
1,172

1,936
985
692
(2)
(2)
258

1,978
1,110
579
(2)
(2)
289

2,025
370
777

1,918
363
747

(2)
879

808

Men, 16 years and over
Vacation
Illness
All other reasons3

2,592
847
859
885

2,410
882
814
713

2,426
824
832
769

2,294
853
786
655

987
550
339
98

1,062
609
335
117

988
174
388
427

859
155
360
344

Women, 16 years and over
Vacation
Illness
All other reasons3

2,291
721
810
759

2,234
801
687
746

2,257
714
803
740

2,206
796
682
728

949
436
353
160

915
501
243
172

1,037
196
389
452

1,058
207
387
465

1

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




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
February 1990
Thousands of persons

Hours of work
All
industries

Agriculture

Percent distribution

Nonagricultural
industries

All
industries

Agriculture

Nonagricultural
industries

111,665

2,550

109,115

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

27,917
790
4,857
13,724
8,546

816
54
194
370
199

27,101
736
4,663
13,354
8,348

25.0
.7
4.3
12.3
7.7

32.0
2.1
7.6
14.5
7.8

24.8
.7
4.3
12.2
7.7

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

83,748
6,987
43,971
32,790
11,698
12,361
8,731

1,733
139
589
1,006
172
345
489

82,015
6,848
43,383
31,784
11,526
12,016
8,242

75.0
6.3
39.4
29.4
10.5
11.1
7.8

67.9
5.4
23.1
39.4
6.7
13.5
19.2

75.2
6.3
39.8
29.1
10.6
11.0
7.6

39.0
43.5

41.0
47.6

39.0
43.4

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)
February 1990
All industries

Nonagricultural industries

Reason for working less than 35 hours
Usually
work
full time

Usually
work
part time

27,917

8,764

19,153

4,897
2,551
47
198
64
2,036

1,940
1,631
47
198
64

2,957
920

23,019
13,439
1,351
1,758
1,152
7
1,086
1,786
2,442

6,823

1,612

22.4
21.3
1,679
6,868

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




Total

Usually
work
full time

Usually
work
part time

27,101

8,420

18,681

4,712
2,404
47
187
64
2,010

1,835
1,537
47
187
64

2,877
867

6,584

1,786
830

22,388
13,159
1,332
1,726
1,050
7
1,083
1,751
2,281

1,523

1,751
758

24.4
26.5

21.2
19.2

22.5
21.4

24.6
26.7

21.2
19.2

915
3,841

764
3,027

1,633
6,715

882
3,760

751
2,955

2,036

1,351
1,616
1,152
7
1,086

16,196
13,439
142

2,010

1,332
1,589
1,050
7
1,083

15,804
13,159
137

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)
February 1990
Industry

Total, 16 years and over
Wage and salary workers
Mining

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 less
hours
or more

Average
hours,
total
at work

Average
hours,
workers
on full-time
schedules

109,115

4,712

15,804

88,599

56,815

11,526

20,258

39.0

43.4

101,001

4,102

14,321

82,577

54,000

10,947

17,630

38.9

43.1

654

22

626

316

113

198

45.6

46.7

5,750

398

260

5,092

3,612

551

929

39.1

41.5

Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods

19,983
11,912
8,071

525
190
335

673
292
381

18,785
11,430
7,355

12,105
7,377
4,727

3,028
1,826
1,202

3,652
2,226
1,427

41.9
42.2
41.4

43.1
43.1
43.2

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

7,321
21,503
7,048

206
1,337
129

440
5,239
640

6,675
14,926
6,279

4,225
8,823
4,277

941
2,294
723

1,509
3,809
1,278

41.8
36.8
40.3

43.8
44.0
42.5

Service industries
Private households
All other industries
Public administration

33,417
925
32,493
5,325

1,426
129
1,297
60

6,843
400
6,442
220

25,149
396
24,753
5,046

16,919
257
16,662
3,724

2,833
31
2,801
465

5,397
107
5,290
857

37.1
28.1
37.3
40.9

42.9
46.0
42.8
42.1

Self-employed workers
Unpaid family workers

7,833
282

599
11

1,344
139

5,889
132

2,741
74

565
13

2,584
45

40.3
33.2

47.5
45.8

Construction




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)
February 1990

Total
at
work

Sex, age, race, and marital status

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

109,115
5,601
1,986
3,615
103,515
11,756
91,759
60,361
28,537
2,861

4,712
417
68
349
4,295
787
3,508
2,357
1,038
113

15,804
3,567
1,751
1,817
12,237
2,360
9,877
5,413
3,078
1,387

88,599
1,616
167
1,449
86,983
8,608
78,374
52,591
24,421
1,362

56,815
1,287
139
1,148
55,528
6,080
49,448
32,679
15,803
966

31,784
329
28
302
31,454
2,528
28,926
19,912
8,618
396

39.0
23.5
17.1
27.0
39.8
36.3
40.3
40.8
40.3
29.2

43.4
39.9
37.1
40.2
43.5
42.1
43.6
43.7
43.6
42.1

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

58,855
2,812
1,000
1,812
56,043
6,047
49,996
32,748
15,658
1,589

2,171
210
31
179
1,962
386
1,576
1,051
470
53

4,852
1,704
871
833
3,148
1,037
2,112
805
611
695

51,832
899
98
800
50,933
4,625
46,308
30,892
14,577
841

29,673
692
89
603
28,982
3,056
25,926
16,819
8,548
561

22,158
207
9
197
21,951
1,569
20,383
14,073
6,029
280

41.8
24.5
17.7
28.3
42.7
37.7
43.3
44.0
43.3
31.0

44.8
40.1
35.3
40.7
44.9
42.9
45.1
45.3
44.9
42.8

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

50,260
2,788
986
1,802
47,472
5,708
41,763
27,613
12,878
1,272

2,541
207
37
170
2,334
402
1,932
1,305
568
60

10,952
1,863
880
983
9,088
1,323
7,765
4,607
2,466
691

36,767
718
69
649
36,050
3,984
32,066
21,701
9,844
521

27,142
595
51
544
26,547
3,024
23,522
15,862
7,255
406

9,626
123
18
105
9,503
959
8,544
5,839
2,589
115

35.6
22.5
16.5
25.7
36.4
34.7
36.6
37.1
36.7
26.9

41.4
39.6

White, 16 years and over
Men
Women

94,280
51,506
42,774

3,835
1,773
2,061

14,127
4,266
9,861

76,319
45,467
30,852

47,453
25,144
22,309

28,866
20,323
8,543

39.1
42.1
35.5

43.6
45.1
41.4

Black, 16 years and over
Men
Women

11,192
5,405
5,787

747
334
413

1,162
395
767

9,283
4,676
4,607

7,240
3,435
3,805

2,043
1,241
802

38.2
39.7
36.8

41.8
42.7
40.8

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

37,785
5,959
15,111

952
346
873

1,441
267
3,144

35,392
5,346
11,093

19,218
3,144
7,311

16,174
2,202
3,782

43.8
42.1
36.9

45.4
44.6
43.3

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

27,823
10,106
12,331

1,207
613
720

6,317
1,265
3,370

20,299
8,228
8,241

15,259
5,868
6,014

5,039
2,360
2,227

35.5
38.1
34.0

41.0
41.9
41.7

O
39.6
41.4
41.0
41.4
41.4
41.6
41.1

RACE

MARITAL STATUS

1

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)
February 1990
On full-time schedules
Occupation and sex

Total, 18 years and over1
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 over1
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 over1
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
Excludes farming, forestry, and fishing occupations.




Total
at
work

On part
time for
economic
reasons

On
voluntary
part
time

Total

40
hours
or less

Average
hours,
Average
workers
hours,
on full49
41 to 48
total
time
hours
hours
at work
schedor more
ules

109,119

4,698

15,820

88,601

56,744

11,535

20,322

39.0

43.4

29,430
14,202
15,228
35,482
3,751
13,563
18,169
14,665
740
1,905
12,020
12,786
16,756
7,671
4,465
4,619

501
174
327
1,247
60
666
521
1,243
97
36
1,110
664
1,043
391
227
425

2,875
742
2,133
6,596
471
2,824
3,301
4,245
341
167
3,736
440
1,664
340
419
904

26,054
13,286
12,768
27,639
3,220
10,072
14,346
9,177
301
1,701
7,174
11,682
14,049
6,940
3,819
3,290

14,122
6,572
7,550
18,830
2,219
5,206
11,405
6,612
202
969
5,441
7.621
9,560
4,985
2,081
2,493

3,288
1,670
1,617
3,516
457
1,453
1,605
1,035
26
280
729
1,685
2,012
1,051
557
404

8,644
5,043
3,601
5,294
544
3,413
1,336
1,530
73
453
1,004
2,377
2,477
904
1,181
392

42.3
44.7
40.1
37.6
39.3
39.0
36.1
33.8
26.9
42.6
32.9
41.1
39.1
40.0
41.8
35.0

45.3
46.3
44.2
42.5
42.3
45.6
40.4
42.5
44.6
45.7
41.7
43.0
42.6
41.8
45.4
41.2

58,732

2,153

4,826

51,753

29,558

7,136

15,059

41.9

44.9

15,961
8,538
7,423
12,504
1,916
6,990
3,598
5,980
22
1,652
4,306
11,683
12,604
4,746
4,019
3,839

227
98
129
286
29
170
87
363
6
30
328
583
694
184
185
326

823
258
564
1,288
125
718
445
1,216
5
114
1,097
331
1,168
162
256
750

14,911
8,182
6,729
10,930
1,762
6,102
3,066
4,401
11
1,509
2,881
10,769
10,742
4,400
3,578
2,763

6,942
3,476
3,467
5,752
1,109
2,541
2,102
2,968
8
827
2,133
6,935
6,961
2,982
1,905
2,073

1,823
988
835
1,630
241
924
465
543
258
285
1,556
1,585
710
535
339

6,145
3,718
2,427
3,549
412
2,637
499
890
3
424
463
2,279
2,196
708
1,138
351

45.3
46.7
43.6
42.3
41.8
44.2
38.8
37.2
(2)
43.7
34.8
41.4
39.9
41.1
42.9
35.2

47.1
47.9
46.2
45.5
43.8
47.7
42.3
43.7
(2)
46.1
42.4
43.1
43.2
42.5
45.6
41.3

50,387

2,545

10,993

36,848

27,187

4,399

5,263

35.6

41.4

13,470
5,664
7,806
22,978
1,835
6,572
14,570
8,684
718
252
7,714
1,103
4,152
2,925
446
780

274
76
198
961
31
495
434
880
92
7
782
81
349
207
42
100

2,053
484
1,568
5,308
346
2,106
2,856
3,029
337
53
2,639
109
496
178
163
154

11,143
5,104
6,039
16,709
1,458
3,971
11,280
4,776
290
192
4,293
913
3,307
2,540
240
527

7,179
3,097
4,083
13,078
1,110
2,665
9,304
3,644
194
142
3,308
686
2,599
2,003
176
420

1,465
683
782
1,886
216
530
1,140
492
26
21
445
129
427
341
21
65

2,499
1,325
1,174
1,745
132
776
836
640
70
29
541
98
281
196
43
42

38.8
41.6
36.7
35.0
36.7
33.5
35.5
31.5
26.8
35.9
31.8
38.2
36.9
38.3
32.4
34.2

42.8
43.8
41.9
40.5
40.5
42.3
39.9
41.4
44.5
42.3
41.2
41.6
40.7
40.5
42.5
40.5

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)
1989

1990

Employment status and sex
Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

187,461
124,801
66.6
118,441
63.2
1,684
116,757
3,196
113,561
6,360
5.1
62,660

187,581
124,929
66.6
118,731
63.3
1,684
117,047
3,185
113,862
6,198
5.0
62,652

187,708
125,299
66.8
118,768
63.3
1,684
117,084
3,144
113,940
6,531
5.2
62,409

187,854
125,224
66.7
118,805
63.2
1,673
117,132
3,137
113,995
6,419
5.1
62,630

187,995
125,777
66.9
119,208
63.4
1,666
117,542
3,138
114,404
6,569
5.2
62,218

188,149
125,679
66.8
119,102
63.3
1,666
117,436
3,217
114,219
6,577
5.2
62,470

188,286
125,758
66.8
119,238
63.3
1,688
117,550
3,275
114,275
6,520
5.2
62,528

188,428
125,725
66.7
119,121
63.2
1,702
117,419
3,219
114,200
6,604
5.3
62,703

188,580
125,857
66.7
119,294
63.3
1,709
117,585
3,197
114,388
6,563
5.2
62,723

188,721
126,192
66.9
119,540
63.3
1,704
117,836
3,160
114,676
6,652
5.3
62,529

188,865
126,246
66.8
119,588
63.3
1,700
117,888
3,197
114,691
6,658
5.3
62,619

188,990
126,094
66.7
119,560
63.3
1,697
117,863
3,134
114,728
6,535
5.2
62,896

189,090
126,308
66.8
119,713
63.3
1,678
118,035
3,079
114,957
6,594
5.2
62,782

90,032 90,094 90,167 90,237 90,315 90,384 90,456 90,535 90,606 90,678
69,100 69,293 69,142 69,542 69,366 69,404 69,360 69,599 69,635 69,725
76.8
77.1
76.8
76.7
76.9
76.9
76.9
76.7
76.8
76.9
65,814 65,727 65,713 66,078 65,939 65,919 65,681 66,046 66,011 66,143
73.0
73.2
72.9
72.9
73.0
72.9
73.0
72.6
73.1
72.9
1,521 1,521 1,511 1,501 1,499 1,519 1,531 1,533 1,529 1,525
64,293 64,206 64,202 64,577 64,440 64,400 64,150 64,513 64,482 64,618
3,286 3,566 3,429 3,464 3,427 3,485 3,679 3,553 3,624 3,582
4.9
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.1
5.2
5.1
5.3
4.8
5.1
20,932 20,801 21,025 20,695 20,949 20,980 21,096 20,936 20,971 20,953

90,772
69,539
76.6
65,943
72.6
1,523
64,420
3,597
5.2

90,822
69,639
76.7

TOTAL
Noninstitutional population1
Labor force1
Percent of population2
Total employed1
Employment-population ratio"
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 ratio:
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate4
Not in labor force

89,973
69,033
76.7
65,529
72.8
1,521
64,008
3,504
5.1
20,940

66,108
72.8
1,506
64,602
3,530

5.1

21,233 21,183

Women
Noninstitutional population1
Labor force1
Percent of population2
Total employed1
Employment-population ratio:
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate4
Not in labor force

97,488 97,550 97,614 97,687
55,768 55,829 56,006 56,082
57.4
57.4
57.2
57.2
52,912 52,917 53,041 53,092
54.3
54.3
54.2
54.3
163
162
163
163
52,749 52,754 52,878 52,930
2,965 2,990
2,856 2,912
5.3
5.3
5.2
5.1
41,720 41,721 41,608 41,605

1
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




97,758
56,235
57.5
53,130
54.3
165
52,965
3,105
5.5

97,834 97,902 97,972
56,313 56,354 56,365
57.5
57.6
57.6
53,163 53,319 53,440
54.5
54.3
54.5
169
167
171
52,996 53,150 53,269
3,150 3,035 2,925
5.4
5.6
5.2

98,045 98,115 98,187
56,258 56,557 56,521
57.6
57.4
57.6
53,248 53,529 53,445
54.6
54.3
54.4
175
176
175
53,072 53,354 53,270
3,010 3,028 3,076
5.4
5.4
5.4
41,523 41,521 41,548 41,607 41,787 41,558 41,666

98,218 98,268
56,555 56,669
57.6
57.7
53,617 53,605
54.6
54.5
174
172
53,443 53,433
2,938 3,064
5.2
5.4
41,663 41,599

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

1989
Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

1990
Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

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

185,777 185,897 186,024 186,181 186,329 186,483 186,598 186,726 186,871 187,017 187,165 187,293 187,412
123,117 123,245 123,615 123,551 124,111 124,013 124,070 124,023 124,148 124,488 124,546 124,397 124,630
66.5
66.4
66.3
66.5
66.5
66.6
66.3
66.4
66.6
66.4
66.5
66.5
66.4
116,757 117,047 117,084 117,132 117,542 117,436 117,550 117,419 117,585 117,836 117,888 117,863 118,035
62.9
63.0
63.0
63.0
63.1
62.9
62.8
63.0
62.9
63.0
62.9
63.0
62.9
6,531
6,569 6,577 6,520 6,604 6,563 6,652 6,658 6,535 6,594
6,419
6,360 6,198
5.3
5.3
5.0
5.3
5.2
5.2
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3

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

81,256
63,393
78.0
60,566
74.5
2,312
58,254
2,827
4.5
17,863

81,333
63,468
78.0
60,783
74.7
2,309
58,474
2,685
4.2
17,865

81,413
63,638
78.2
60,716
74.6
2,270
58,446
2,922
4.6
17,775

81,524
63,535
77.9
60,774
74.5
2,295
58,479
2,761
4.3
17,989

81,592
63,874
78.3
61,072
74.9
2,279
58,793
2,802
4.4
17,718

81,679
63,736
78.0
60,915
74.6
2,329
58,586
2,821
4.4
17,943

81,754
63,717
77.9
60,861
74.4
2,340
58,521
2,856
4.5
18,037

81,790
63,771
78.0
60,729
74.2
2,330
58,399
3,042
4.8
18,019

81,905
63,918
78.0
61,026
74.5
2,304
58,722
2,892
4.5
17,987

81,968
63,967
78.0
61,033
74.5
2,292
58,741
2,934
4.6
18,001

82,055
64,071
78.1
61,154
74.5
2,293
58,861
2,917
4.6
17,984

82,168
63,958
77.8
60,976
74.2
2,269
58,706
2,983
4.7
18,210

82,248
64,101
77.9
61,172
74.4
2,254
58,918
2,929
4.6
18,147

90,153
51,816
57.5
49,455
54.9
646
48,809
2,361
4.6
38,337

90,242
51,876
57.5
49,467
54.8
647
48,820
2,409
4.6
38,366

90,318
52,009
57.6
49,560
54.9
638
48,922
2,449
4.7
38,309

90,432
52,120
57.6
49,649
54.9
633
49,016
2,471
4.7
38,312

90,526
52,219
57.7
49,687
54.9
622
49,065
2,532
4.8
38,307

90,607
52,385
57.8
49,817
55.0
639
49,178
2,568
4.9
38,222

90,684
52,352
57.7
49,875
55.0
642
49,233
2,477
4.7
38,332

90,771
52,358
57.7
49,984
55.1
660
49,324
2,374
4.5
38,413

90,860
52,281
57.5
49,796
54.8
641
49,155
2,485
4.8
38,579

90,952
52,541
57.8
50,043
55.0
624
49,419
2,498
4.8
38,411

91,042
52,586
57.8
50,048
55.0
618
49,430
2,538
4.8
38,456

91,091
52,686
57.8
50,255
55.2
594
49,661
2,431
4.6
38,405

91,157
52,814
57.9
50,287
55.2
582
49,704
2,527
4.8
38,343

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
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population1
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Not in labor force

14,367 14,323 14,293 14,224 14,211 14,196 14,160 14,166 14,107 14,097 14,067 14,034 14,008
7,908 7,901
7,892 8,001
7,968 7,896 8,018
7,894 7,949 7,980 7,889 7,752 7,715
56.4
55.7
55.6
55.5
55.2
55.0
55.7
56.5
56.3
56.6
56.1
55.2
55.1
6,736 6,797 6,808 6,709 6,783 6,704 6,814
6,706 6,763 6,760 6,686 6,631
6,577
47.7
47.2
47.6
46.9
47.5
47.2
48.1
47.3
47.9
48.0
47.5
47.3
47.0
209
236
237
229
238
249
229
293
252
244
286
270
243
6,498 6,568 6,572 6,500 6,546 6,455 6,521
6,477 6,511
6,516
6,400 6,361
6,334
1,235
1,187
1,188
1,160
1,104
1,172
1,187
1,188
1,220
1,186
1,203
1,121
1,138
15.4
15.0
14.6
15.1
14.0
14.8
14.8
15.0
14.9
15.3
15.2
14.5
14.8
6,459 6,422 6,325 6,328 6,193 6,304 6,159
6,272 6,158
6,117
6,178
6,282 6,293

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

1989
Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

1990
Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

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

158,947 159,020 159,098 159,200 159,297 159,400 159,470 159,549 159,644 159,736 159,832 159,938 160,007
105,760 105,926 106,208 106,152 106,474 106,384 106,485 106,393 106,618 106,834 106,896 106,884 107,080
66.7
66.8
66.7
66.8
66.7
66.8
66.6
66.9
66.8
66.8
66.5
66.9
66.9
101,187 101,413 101,400 101,432 101,683 101,546 101,684 101,579 101,862 101,991 102,032 102,074 102,117
63.7
63.8
63.7
63.8
63.7
63.7
63.8
63.8
63.8
63.8
63.7
63.8
63.8
4,573 4,513 4,808 4,720 4,791 4,838 4,801 4,814 4,756 4,843 4,864 4,811 4,962
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.4
4.5
4.3
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.3
4.6
4.6

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

55,217 55,308 55,374 55,280 55,544 55,463 55,443 55,465 55,626 55,676 55,747 55,771 55,815
78.5
78.3
78.7
78.5
78.3
78.5
78.5
78.5
78.4
78.4
78.5
78.4
78.4
53,105 53,300 53,199 53,222 53,437 53,331 53,307 53,153 53,483 53,482 53,580 53,560 53,547
75.4
75.7
75.1
75.5
75.5
75.4
75.7
75.4
75.4
75.4
75.3
75.5
75.2
2,112 2,008 2,175 2,058 2,107 2,132 2,136 2,312 2,143 2,194 2,167 2,211 2,268
3.8
3.8
4.2
3.9
3.7
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.6
3.8
4.0
4.1

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

43,762 43,797 43,984 44,057 44,076 44,230 44,184 44,198 44,207 44,360 44,469 44,475 44,615
57.1
57.2
57.3
57.2
57.3
57.2
57.2
57.1
57.4
56.9
57.4
57.5
56.9
42,137 42,102 42,199 42,268 42,279 42,377 42,391 42,520 42,437 42,586 42,641 42,718 42,782
54.9
54.8
54.9
55.0
54.9
54.8
54.8
55.0
54.7
55.1
55.0
55.2
54.8
1,695 1,785 1,789 1,797 1,853 1,793 1,678 1,770 1,774 1,828 1,757 1,833
1,625
4.1
4.1
4.2
4.1
4.1
4.0
4.0
3.8
4.1
3.9
4.0
4.1
3.7

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

6,781
58.2
5,945
51.0
836
12.3
13.9
10.7

6,821
58.7
6,011
51.7
810
11.9
13.0
10.7

6,850
59.1
6,002
51.7
848
12.4
13.2
11.5

6,815
58.9
5,942
51.3
873
12.8
14.1
11.4

6,854
59.3
5,967
51.6
887
12.9
13.5
12.3

6,691
58.0
5,838
50.6
853
12.7
12.8
12.6

6,858
59.6
5,986
52.0
872
12.7
13.1
12.3

6,730
58.7
5,906
51.5
824
12.2
13.3
11.1

6,785
59.4
5,942
52.0
843
12.4
13.8
10.9

6,798
59.7
5,923
52.0
875
12.9
14.3
11.3

6,680
58.9
5,811
51.2
869
13.0
14.0
11.9

6,639
58.7
5,796
51.3
843
12.7
12.9
12.4

6,650
59.0
5.788
51.4
862
13.0
12.7
13.2

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

20,905 20,930 20,956 20,986 21,012 21,038 21,060 21,085 21,108 21,136 21,164 21,163 21,188
13,443 13,429 13,336 13,454 13,569 13,548 13,476 13,518 13,507 13,576 13,522 13,510 13,437
64.0
64.0
63.9
64.4
64.1
64.2
64.6
63.6
64.1
64.2
64.3
63.4
63.8
11,883 11,952 11,872 11,962 11,969 12,063 11,961 11,938 11,923 11,954 11,920 11,978 12,030
56.5
56.8
57.0
56.7
57.3
56.3
56.6
57.0
57.1
56.6
56.8
56.8
56.6
1,560 1,477 1,464 1,492 1,600 1,485 1,515 1,580 1,584 1,622 1,602 1,532 1,407
11.7
11.0
11.2
11.8
11.1
11.7
11.0
11.8
11.9
11.0
11.6
10.5
11.3

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

9.9

6,239
74.6
5,610
67.0
629
10.1

6,234
74.2
5,593
66.6
641
10.3

6,247
74.2
5,587
66.4
660
10.6

6,244
74.0
5,569
66.0
675
10.8

6,189
73.5
5,496
65.2
693
11.2

6,172
73.3
5,603
66.6
569
9.2

6,362
60.6
5,753
54.8
609
9.6

6,360
60.5
5,743
54.6
617
9.7

6,336
60.2
5,706
54.2
630
9.9

6,373
60.4
5,722
54.2
651
10.2

6,311
59.7

6,393
60.5
5,802
54.9
591
9.2

6,423
60.7
5,821
55.0
602

5,558
66.9
629
10.2

6,219
74.7
5,611
67.4
608
9.8

6,188
74.2
5,576
66.9
612
9.9

6,209
74.3
5,617
67.3
592
9.5

6,206
74.2
5,613
67.1
593
9.6

6,209
74.1
5,621
67.1
588
9.5

6,198
73.9
5,584
66.6

6,333
60.8
5,699
54.7
634
10.0

6,325
60.6
5,735
55.0
590
9.3

6,254
59.9
5,685
54.4
569
9.1

6,341
60.6
5,734
54.8
607
9.6

6,401
61.1
5,732
54.7
669
10.5

6,386
60.9
5,755
54.9
631
9.9

6,187
74.4

614

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




5,681
53.8
630
10.0

9.4

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

1989
Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

1990
Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

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

923
42.4
626
28.8
297
32.2
32.6
31.7

885
40.7
606
27.9
279
31.5
29.0
34.3

894
41.1
611
28.1
283
31.7
34.8
28.5

904
41.6
611
28.1
293
32.4
35.4
29.6

962
44.2
624
28.7
338
35.1
33.8
36.8

953
43.8
687
31.6
266
27.9
23.2
33.1

916
42.2
624
28.7
292
31.9
30.3
33.6

919
41.8
585
26.6
334
36.3
33.8
38.8

937
43.0
624
28.6
313
33.4
32.0
34.9

956
44.0
645
29.7
311
32.5
32.3
32.7

967
44.6
670
30.9
297
30.7
30.1
31.4

842
38.5
606
27.7
236
28.0
28.5
27.5

928
42.8
680
31.3
248
26.7
29.2
24.0

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

13,606 13,649 13,690 13,731 13,772 13,813 13,853 13,894 13,936 13,977 14,019 14,080 14,119
9,342 9,339 9,424 9,495 9,440 9,400
9,192 9,201 9,288 9,359 9,289 9,403 9,361
67.4
68.2
68.1
67.6
67.2
67.4
67.4
67.8
67.0
67.7
67.6
67.0
66.6
8,564 8,595 8,672 8,691
8,531 8,619 8,543 8,579 8,541
8,549 8,581
8,769 8,666
62.8
62.0
62.1
62.3
61.7
61.6
62.9
61.7
62.0
62.0
62.8
62.3
61.4
740
746
757
824
820
778
620
744
752
804
643
671
734
8.2
7.9
8.0
8.8
8.8
8.3
6.7
8.0
8.5
8.0
7.0
7.1
7.8

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)
1989

1990

Category
Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

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

116,757 117,047 117,084 117,132 117,542 117,436 117,550 117,419 117,585 117,836 117,888 117,863 118,035
40,880 40,976 40,857 40,932 41,025 41,067 40,723 40,649 40,839 40,886 41,041 40,982 41,347
29,379 29,485 29,563 29,608 29,499 29,520 29,259 29,506 29,544 29,767 29,695 29,897 29,704
6,267 6,263 6,354 6,401 6,446 6,371
6,381
6,429 6,354 6,351
6,349 6,215 6,378

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

1,644
1,411
146

1,651
1,403
137

1,630
1,414
126

1,647
1,377
127

1,557
1,411
126

1,685
1,424
127

1,723
1,410
133

1,680
1,424
132

1,678
1,406
124

1,687
1,373
122

1,677
1,369
125

1,634
1,354
107

1,578
1,375
118

104,815
17,318
87,497
1,131
86,366
8,541
290

104,948
17,376
87,572
1,149
86,423
8,631
319

104,981
17,266
87,715
1,118
86,597
8,643
277

105,232
17,305
87,927
1,123
86,804
8,573
299

105,430
17,328
88,102
1,128
86,974
8,578
245

105,353
17,501
87,852
1,094
86,758
8,602
248

105,317
17,559
87,758
1,147
86,611
8,621
272

105,476
17,613
87,863
1,065
86,798
8,581
279

105,504
17,595
87,909
987
86,922
8,610
280

105,960
17,681
88,279
1,051
87,228
8,528
264

105,643
17,728
87,915
1,077
86,838
8,653
251

105,747
17,626
88,121
1,035
87,086
8,733
256

106,117
17,607
88,510
1,021
87,489
8,628
313

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME1
All industries:
Part time for economic reasons
Slack work
Could only find part-time work
Voluntary part time

4,987 4,978 5,086 4,883 4,928 4,773 4,802 4,864 4,767 4,803 4,802 4,983 4,887
2,314 2,283 2,346 2,314 2,315 2,301 2,281 2,321 2,314 2,297 2,277 2,402 2,307
2,339 2,368 2,375 2,307 2,269 2,172 2,142 2,161 2,082 2,162 2,106 2,255 2,211
15,150 15,510 15,405 15,350 15,466 15,577 15,550 15,506 15,368 15,254 15,388 14,931 15,381

Nonagricultural industries:
Part time for economic reasons
Slack work
Could only find part-time work
Voluntary part time

4,722 4,720 4,855 4,643 4,738 4,583 4,567 4,605 4,526 4,552 4,554 4,729 4,703
2,129 2,095 2,198 2,137 2,183 2,164 2,129 2,165 2,166 2,132 2,111 2,240 2,183
2,272 2,290 2,310 2,246 2,198 2,104 2,076 2,095 2,021 2,097 2,051 2,172 2,173
14,707 15,074 14,975 14,977 15,016 15,138 15,071 15,076 14,936 14,805 14,983 14,515 14,924

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)
1989

1990

Sex and age
Feb.
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

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

116,757 117,047 117,084 117,132 117,542 117,436 117,550 117,419 117,585 117,836 117,888 117,863 118,035
19,835
6,736
2,587
4,163
13,099
96,898
82,064
14,802

19,969
6,797
2,633
4,176
13,172
97,039
82,165
14,899

19,892
6,808
2,629
4,177
13,084
97,150
82,229
14,918

19,748
6,709
2,597
4,115
13,039
97,353
82,458
14,938

783
_,557
4,199
13,106
97,643
82,704
14,878

19,781
6,704
2,465
4,233
13,077
97,726
82,821
14,914

19,813
6,814
2,574
4,236
12,999
97,809
83,064
14,780

19,489
6,706
2,571
4,149
12,783
97,946
83,170
14,825

19,487
6,763
2,645
4,130
12,724
98,122
83,316
14,818

19,482
6,760
2,598
4,152
12,722
98,345
83,594
14,784

19,298
6,686
2,518
4,161
12,612
98,594
83,680
14,849

19,309
6,631
2,501
4,132
12,678
98,547
83,690
14,805

19,247
6,577
2,513
4,072
12,670
98,722
83,856
14,867

64,008 64,293 64,206 64,202 64,577 64,440 64,400 64,150 64,513 64,482 64,618 64,420 64,602
10,368 10,457 10,364 10,249 10,372 10,291 10,275 10,070 10,211 10,123 10,128 10,091 10,071
3,490
3,510
3,442
3,505
3,428
3,539
3,525
3,421
3,487 3,449 3,464 3,444
3,430
1,336
1,363
1,317
1,305
1,315
1,372
1,288
1,280
1,357
1,329
1,308
1,315
1,298
2,149
2,161
2,139
2,187
2,090
2,159
2,245
2,138
2,134
2,140
2,153
2,121
2,149
6,926 6,947 6,874
6,867
6,821
6,766 6,736 6,649 6,724 6,674 6,664 6,647
6,640
53,626 53,817 53,827 53,933 54,197 54,182 54,171 54,095 54,302 54,362 54,494 54,335 54,463
45,085 45,253 45,196 45,388 45,568 45,603 45,708 45,696 45,829 45,938 46,048 45,832 46,013
8,539 8,576 8,583 8,462 8,439 8,488 8,432 8,441
8,536 8,584 8,610
8,509 8,485
52,749 52,754 52,878 52,930 52,965 52,996 53,150 53,269 53,072 53,354 53,270 53,443 53,433
9,517
9,467
9,499
9,528
9,512
9,538
9,490
9,276
9,419
9,170
9,359
9,218
9,176
3,278
3,281
3,287 3,318
3,294
3,275
3,179
3,285
3,276
3,311
3,222
3,187
3,146
1,252
1,282
1,293
1,270
1,270
1,177
1,202
1,291
1,288
1,269
1,210
1,203
1,198
2,028
2,015
2,024
1,988
2,025 2,012
2,077
2,011
1,996
2,012
2,008
1,983
1,951
6,239 6,311
6,218
6,225 6,210
6,173
6,263 6,134
6,000
6,048 5,948
6,030 6,029
43,272 43,222 43,323 43,420 43,446 43,544 43,638 43,851 43,820 43,983 44,100 44,212 44,259
36,979 36,912 37,033 37,070 37,136 37,218 37,356 37,474 37,487 37,656 37,632 37,859 37,844
6,302 6,331
6,399
6,315 6,308
6,266
6,318
6,386 6,330
6,352
6,408 6,296
6,382

A-37. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
1989

1990

Sex and age
Total 16 vears and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 vears
16 to 17 vears
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 vears
25 vears and over
25 to 54 vears
55 years and over
Men 16 vears and over
16 to 24 vears
16 to 19 vears
16 to 17 vears
18 to 19 vears
20 to 24 vears
25 vears and over
25 to 54 vears
55 vears and over
Wnmpn 16 vears and over

16 to 19 vears
16 to 17 vears
18 to 19 vears
20 to 24 vears
25 vears and over
25 to 54 vears
55 vears and over

40




June

July

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

6,569

6,577

6,520

6,604

6,563

6,652

6,658

6,535

6,594

2,312
1,187
516
684
1,125
4,060
3,637
453

2,485
1,235
540
719
1,250
4,054
3,546
507

2,419
1,188
530
638
1,231
4,106
3,629
480

2,437
1,187
545
623
1,250
4,069
3,568
473

2,426
1,188
534
684
1,238
4,197
3,701
465

2,428
1,186
536
645
1,242
4,144
3,652
464

2,472
1,220
548
665
1,252
4,188
3,688
496

2,428
1,203
558
645
1,225
4,242
3,744
494

2,299
1,121
434
683
1,178
4,279
3,780
525

2,294
1,138
509
609
1,156
4,304
3,781
526

3,566

3,429

3,464

3,427

3,485

3,679

3,553

3,624

3,582

3,597

3,530

1,165
601
269
340
564
2,138
1,890
250

1,260
644
284
360
616
2,298
2,038
282

1,260
668
302
371
592
2,118
1,863
265

1,332
662
316
347
670
2,102
1,815
275

1,263
606
279
309
657
2,132
1,858
278

1,330
629
295
325
701
2,143
1,821
293

1,361
637
311
340
724
2,313
1,978
310

1,349
661
308
353
688
2,214
1,919
280

1,380
690
312
382
690
2,258
1,967
303

1,361
665
319
346
696
2,238
1,917
314

1,267
614
214
397
653
2,373
2,079
313

1,226
601
259
336
625
2,313
2,018
308

2,856

2,912

2,965

2,990

3,105

3,150

3,035

2,925

3,010

3,028

3,076

2,938

3,064

1,041
495
248
235
546
1,814
1,636
169

1,066
503
225
276
563
1,843
1,668
169

1,107
516
212
301
591
1,861
1,693
172

1,052
519
214
313
533
1,942
1,774
188

1,153
573
224
372
580
1,952
1,731
232

1,156
582
251
329
574
1,974
1,771
202

1,107
558
250
298
549
1,926
1,747
180

1,065
551
223
344
514
1,884
1,723
155

1,079
525
228
292
554
1,930
1,733
184

1,092
530
236
283
562
1,930
1,721
193

1,067
538
239
299
529
2,004
1,827
180

1,032
507
220
286
525
1,906
1,701
212

1,069
537
250
273
532
1,991
1,763
218

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

6,360

6,198

6,531

6,419

2,343
1,172
552
603
1,171
4,026
3,569
459

2,231
1,104
494
616
1,127
3,981
3,558
419

2,367
1,160
496
661
1,207
4,159
3,731
454

3,504

3,286

1,302
677
304
368
625
2,212
1,933
290

Sept.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-38. Unemployment rates by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
(Civilian workers)

1989

1990

Sex and age
Feb.
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

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

5.2

5.0

5.3

5.2

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

10.0
14.0

10.5
15.0

11.0

14.8
17.5
12.8

10.6
14.5

8.9

11.3
15.3
17.4
13.8
9.0

11.2

15.1
17.7
13.1
8.6
4.0
4.2
3.1

11.1
15.0
17.2
14.2
8.8
4.1
4.3
3.0

11.1

15.8
12.9

11.1
15.4
17.4

10.9

17.6
12.7
8.2
4.0
4.2
3.0

10.6
14.6
15.9

4.1
4.2
3.0

4.1
4.2
3.2

10.7
14.8
16.8
13.0
8.4
4.2
4.3
3.4

7.9
3.9
4.2
2.7

13.7
8.4

4.1
4.3
3.0

16.6
14.3

7.9
4.0
4.2
2.9

14.6
8.7
4.0
4.1
3.3

8.8
4.0

4.1
3.1

14.9
16.9
13.5

15.2
18.1
13.4

8.9
4.1
4.3
3.2

14.8
14.2
8.5
4.2
4.3
3.4

5.2

4.9

5.3

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.1

5.4

5.2

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.2

11.2
16.4
18.8

10.0
14.6
16.5
13.6
7.5

10.8

10.9
16.3

11.4
15.9
19.5
13.7

10.9

11.5
15.1
17.7
13.1
9.4

11.9
15.7
19.5
13.7
9.8

11.7

11.8

11.2

16.1

15.1
14.2

10.9
14.9

3.8
3.8
3.3

4.1

12.0
16.7
19.0
15.1
9.4
4.0
4.1
3.5

4.1
3.3

Women, 16 years and over

Apr.

10.6
14.8

14.7
8.3
4.0

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

Mar.

3.8
4.0
2.8

15.6
17.5
14.3
8.2
4.1
4.3
3.2

18.7
15.1
8.0
3.8

3.9
3.0

8.9
3.7
3.8
3.1

14.7
17.8

12.1
8.9
3.8
3.9
3.1

4.1
3.5

15.9
18.5
14.2

9.3
3.9
4.0
3.2

19.6
13.8

9.5
3.9
4.0
3.6

16.5

15.6

13.7

8.9
4.2
4.3
3.6

8.6
4.1
4.2
3.5

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.3

5.5

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.2

5.4

9.9
13.1

10.1
13.3
15.1

10.4
13.5
14.1

10.0

10.9
15.5

10.4

10.2
14.4

10.4

10.4

17.6

17.2

13.8
15.0

15.7

10.4
14.3
16.5

10.1
13.7
15.5

14.6
17.3

12.0
8.3
4.1
4.3
2.6

12.9
8.7

13.4

10.8
14.9
15.2
15.6

14.2

12.5

7.9
4.3
4.6
2.9

8.5
4.3
4.5
3.6

8.3
4.3
4.5

8.1
4.2
4.5
2.8

13.0
8.2
4.3

12.6
8.0

16.3
10.4

8.1
4.0
4.2
2.6

4.1
4.4
2.7

13.7
14.3

14.6

3.1

14.7
14.6
7.7

4.1
4.4
2.4

12.8
8.5
4.2
4.4
2.8

13.8
12.3
8.5
4.2
4.4

4.6
2.7

2.9

10.4

12.3
8.1
4.3
4.5
3.3

4.1
4.3
3.3

A-39. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
(Unemployment rates)
1989

1990

Category
Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

5.2
4.5
4.6
14.8

5.0
4.2
4.6
14.0

5.3
4.6
4.7
14.6

5.2
4.3
4.7
15.0

5.3
4.4
4.8
15.4

5.3
4.4
4.9

5.3
4.8
4.5
15.0

5.3
4.5
4.8

15.1

5.3
4.5
4.7
14.8

5.3
4.6
4.8
15.3

5.3
4.6
4.8
15.2

5.3
4.7
4.6
14.5

5.3
4.6
4.8
14.8

4.3
10.3
11.6
7.0

4.3
9.8

4.5
9.7

4.4
9.6

11.0
8.2

11.1

4.5
9.6
11.0

4.5
9.7
11.2

4.5
10.2
11.7

4.5
10.1
11.3

8.8

8.8

8.0

4.5
10.3
11.9
8.0

4.6
10.2
11.8

7.9

4.5
10.2
11.7
8.3

4.6
9.2

11.0
6.7

4.5
10.2
11.8
8.0

8.5

7.1

10.5
7.8

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

3.0
3.4
8.0

2.9
3.5
7.9

3.2
4.0
7.8

2.9
3.8
8.2

2.9
3.8
7.9

3.0
3.8
8.5

3.1
3.9
8.0

3.3
3.8
7.7

3.0
3.9
7.8

3.1
3.8
8.2

3.0
3.9
8.1

3.4
3.7
7.5

3.0
3.8
7.5

Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Unemployed 15 weeks and over1
Labor force time lost2

4.8
7.2
1.1
6.0

4.8
6.4
1.1
5.9

5.0
7.2
1.1
6.0

4.9
6.9
1.1
6.0

4.9
7.7
1.0
6.0

5.0
7.2
1.2
6.0

4.9
7.1
1.1
6.0

5.0
7.3
1.1
6.0

4.9
7.1
1.1
5.9

5.0
7.4
1.1
5.9

5.0
7.5
1.1
6.0

5.0
7.0
1.1
6.0

4.9
7.4
1.1
5.9

5.2
6.1
7.6
10.0
4.9
4.5
5.5
4.8
3.9
5.7
4.3
2.7
9.1

5.1
6.0
7.0
9.6
4.8
4.6
5.1
4.8
3.9
5.7
4.3
2.7
8.9

5.3
6.0
5.8
9.8
5.0
4.7
5.3
5.0
3.9
5.9
4.6
2.7
9.8

5.2
5.9
4.6
9.5
4.9
4.6
5.5
4.9
4.0
5.6
4.6
2.9
9.9

5.3
6.2
3.9

5.4
6.2
5.8
10.3
5.1
4.7
5.6
5.0
4.1
6.1
4.4
2.8
8.9

5.4
6.3
6.4
10.2
5.2
4.9
5.7
4.9
3.7
6.0
4.4
2.7
9.0

5.4
6.3
8.4
10.1
5.2
4.9
5.5
5.0
4.5
5.9
4.5
2.8
7.8

5.3
6.2
4.8
9.3
5.4
5.2
5.6
4.9
3.9
5.9
4.3
2.7
9.8

5.4
6.3
6.2
9.8
5.4
5.4
5.3
5.0
3.6
6.4
4.3
2.7
12.1

5.4
6.5
4.4
9.8
5.6
5.4
5.9
4.9
3.4
6.3
4.2
2.6
9.7

5.5
6.7
6.8
9.3
5.9
5.8
5.9
5.0
4.3
6.2
4.3
2.4
9.2

5.5
6.6
4.8
8.9
5.9
5.5
6.4
5.0
4.0
6.0
4.4
2.5
9.3

CHARACTERISTIC
Total (all civilian workers)
Men, 20 years and over
Women, 20 years and over
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
White
Black and other
Black
Hispanic origin

14.9

INDUSTRY
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .
Goods-producing industries
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Service-producing industries
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance and service industries
Government workers
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




10.0
5.1
4.6
5.8
4.9
4.1
6.0
4.3
2.9

10.4

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)
1989

1990

Weeks of unemployment
Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

3,212
1,894
1,300
660
640

3,072
1,849
1,335
672
663

3,113
2,006
1,391
667
724

3,070
1,993
1,331
711
620

3,279
2,006
1,295
684
611

3,156
1,965
1,461
838
623

3,125
2,002
1,338
759
579

3,169
2,030
1,359
769
590

3,166
1,995
1,378
743
635

3,258
1,991
1,422
765
657

3,302
2,013
1,362
730
632

3,119
2,012
1,430
111
653

3,159
2,079
1,369
731
638

12.3
5.4

12.4
5.5

12.6
5.4

11.9
5.3

11.2
5.4

11.9
5.4

11.4
5.0

11.5
5.0

11.7
5.0

11.6
4.8

11.5
4.8

12.1
5.1

11.7
5.4

100.0
50.1
29.6
20.3
10.3
10.0

100.0
49.1
29.6
21.3
10.7
10.6

100.0
47.8
30.8
21.4
10.2
11.1

100.0
48.0
31.2
20.8
11.1
9.7

100.0
49.8
30.5
19.7
10.4
9.3

100.0
47.9
29.9
22.2
12.7
9.5

100.0
48.3
31.0
20.7
11.7
9.0

100.0
48.3
31.0
20.7
11.7
9.0

100.0
48.4
30.5
21.1
11.4
9.7

100.0
48.8
29.8
21.3
11.5
9.8

100.0
49.5
30.1
20.4
10.9
9.5

100.0
47.5
30.7
21.8
11.8
9.9

100.0
47.8
31.5
20.7
11.1
9.7

DURATION
Less than 5 weeks
5 to 14 weeks
15 weeks and over
15 to 26 weeks
27 weeks and over

. . . .

Averaoe (mean) duration in weeks
Median duration in weeks
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemDloved
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)
1989

1990

Reasons for unemployment
Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb,

2,879
783
2,096
980
1,767
757

2,852
806
2,046
902
1,774
713

2,932
833
2,099
985
1,882
692

2,798
805
1,993
1,103
1,853
696

2,820
813
2,007
1,021
1,993
726

2,916
829
2,087
1,016
1,901
723

2,964
865
2,099
1,031
1,772
643

2,932
852
2,080
1,034
1,920
648

2,979
780
2,199
994
1,890
685

3,092
969
2,123
1,049
1,845
695

3,097
957
2,140
1,055
1,853
686

3,183
1,033
2,150
1,016
1,730
640

3,103
964
2,139
1,006
1,805
680

100.0
45.1
12.3
32.8
15.4
27.7
11.9

100.0
45.7
12.9
32.8
14.5
28.4
11.4

100.0
45.2
12.8
32.3
15.2
29.0
10.7

100.0
43.4
12.5
30.9
17.1
28.7
10.8

100.0
43.0
12.4
30.6
15.6
30.4
11.1

100.0
44.5
12.6
31.8
15.5
29.0
11.0

100.0
46.2
13.5
32.7
16.1
27.6
10.0

100.0
44.9
13.0
31.8
15.8
29.4
9.9

100.0
45.5
11.9
33.6
15.2
28.9
10.5

100.0
46.3
14.5
31.8
15.7
27.6
10.4

100.0
46.3
14.3
32.0
15.8
27.7
10.3

100.0
48.5
15.7
32.7
15.5
26.3
9.7

100.0
47.1
14.6
32.4
15.3
27.4
10.3

2.3
.8
1.4
.6

2.3
.7
1.4
.6

2.4
.8
1.5
.6

2.3
.9
1.5
.6

2.3
.8
1.6
.6

2.4
.8
1.5
.6

2.4
.8
1.4
.5

2.4
.8
1.5
.5

2.4
.8
1.5
.6

2.5
.8
1.5
.6

2.5
.8
1.5
.6

2.6
.8
1.4
.5

2.5
.8
1.4
.5

NUMBER OF 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

42




ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HISTORICAL EMPLOYMENT
B-1.

Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry, 1938 to date

(In thousands)
Service-producing

Goods-producing
Year
and
month

Total

Total
private

Total

Mining

Construction

Manufacturing

Total

Transportation
and
public
utilities

Wholesale
trade

Retail
trade

Finance,
insurance,
Services
and
real
estate

Government

Federal

State

Annual averages

1938 ...
1939 ...

29,194
30,603

25,311
26,608

11,401
12,297

891
854

1,070
1,165

9,440
10,278

17,793
18,306

2,863
2,936

(1)
1,762

4,664

1,410
1,447

3,458
3,502

(1)
905

O
(1)

1940 ...
1941 ...
1942 ...
1943 ...
1944 ...
1945 ...,
1946 ...
1947 ...
1948 ...
1949 ...

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
38,332
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

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

(1)
(1)
O
(1)
(1)
V)
(1)
0
0
(1)

1950 ...
1951 ...
1952 ...
1953 ...
1954 ...
1955 ...
1956 ...
1957 ...
1958 ...
19592 ..

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

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

0)
(11)
()
(1)
(1)
1,168
1,250
1,328
1,415
1,484

3,558
3,819
4,071
4,232
4,366

1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....

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

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

1970 ....
1971 ....
1972 ....
1973 ...
1974 ....
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

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

90,406
91,156
89,566
90,200
94,496
97,519
99,525
102,200
105,584
108,581

74,166
75,126
73,729
74,330
78,472
81,125
82,832
85,190
88,212
90,854

25,658
25,497
23,813
23,334
24,727
24,859
24,558
24,708
25,249
25,634

1,027
1,139
1,128
952
966
927
777
717
721
722

4,346
4,188
3,905
3,948
4,383
4,673
4,816
4,967
5,125
5,300

20,285
20,170
18,781
18,434
19,378
19,260
18,965
19,024
19,403
19,612

64,748
65,659
65,753
66,866
69,769
72,660
74,967
77,492
80,335
82,947

5,146
5,165
5,082
4,954
5,159
5,238
5,255
5,372
5,548
5,705

5,275
5,358
5,278
5,268
5,555
5,717
5,753
5,844
6,029
6,234

15,035
15,189
15,179
15,613
16,545
17,356
17,930
18,483
19,110
19,575

5,160
5,298
5,341
5,468
5,689
5,955
6,283
6,547
6,676
6,814

17,890
18,619
19,036
19,694
20,797
22,000
23,053
24,236
25,600
26,892

2,866
2,772
2,739
2,774
2,807
2,875
2,899
2,943
2,971
2,988

3,610
3,640
3,640
3,662
3,734
3,832
3,893
3,967
4,063
4,134

9,765

9,482
9,687
9,901
10,100
10,339
10,606

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989

....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....

0

()
0

()

o

9,619
9,458

9,434

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted

1989:
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1990:
JanuaryP
February
1

107,711
107,888
108,101
108,310
108,607
108,767
108,887
109,096
109,171
109,452
109,570

90,124
90,291
90,475
90,623
90,884
91,016
91,083
91,230
91,328
91,622
91,699

25,629
25,646
25,671
25,672
25,648
25,669
25,694
25,614
25,603
25,609
25,532

711
714
720
722
715
706
729
730
731
737
739

5,270
5,252
5,279
5,283
5,283
5,314
5,321
5,325
5,335
5,355
5,304

19,648
19,680
19,672
19,667
19,650
19,649
19,644
19,559
19,537
19,517
19,489

82,082
82,242
82,430
82,638
82,959
83,098
83,193
83,482
83,568
83,843
84,038

5,667
5,666
5,682
5,700
5,716
5,736
5,618
5,709
5,729
5,753
5,834

6,171
6,197
6,206
6,222
6,230
6,237
6,256
6,264
6,278
6,300
6,311

19,460
19,488
19,489
19,528
19,551
19,586
19,621
19,632
19,679
19,744
19,718

6,763
6,774
6,776
6,790
6,808
6,815
6,836
6,852
6,851
6,871
6,885

26,434
26,520
26,651
26,711
26,931
26,973
27,058
27,159
27,188
27,345
27,419

2,982
2,982
2,982
2,999
2,995
3,000
2,999
2,996
2,984
2,982
2,974

4,095
4,102
4,111
4,119
4,136
4,145
4,154
4,182
4,153
4,162
4,156

10,510
10,513
10,533
10,569
10,592
10,606
10,651
10,688
10,706
10,686
10,741

109,902
110,274

91,991
92,335

25,513
25,664

746
747

5,408
5,468

19,359
19,449

84,389
84,610

5,655
5,876

6,331
6,325

19,831
19,848

6,897
6,912

27,564
27,710

2,992
2,990

4,161
4,162

10,758
10,787

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 1988
benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced, all unadjusted
data (beginning April 1988) and all seasonally adjusted data (beginning January
1985) 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
U0Q6

All employees
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Production workers

Jan.
1990p

108,581 105,915 110,416 108,342 108,869

Total

7?2

Mining

702

740

734

731
_

-

-

-

Jan.
1990p
-

Feb.
1990p
-

120.2
118.3

117.6
115.5

117.2
115.0

_

418.1
195.3
222.8

414.5
_
-

266.7
96.5
170.2

258.2
98.5
159.7

281.5
94.2
187.3

279.9
95.2
184.7

_
_
-

112.0
39.8
34.2
17.9

107.5
37.7
32.0
17.9

_
_
_
-

87.9
32.5
_
-

78.6
28.4
_
-

84.4
30.8
_
-

79.6
28.4
_
-

_
_
_
-

5,240

4,970

4,927

4,127

3,704

4,053

3,796

3,750

944.9 1,002.5
494.3
525.9
20.3
18.9
430.3
457.7

953.4
494.6
18.2
440.6

_
_
-

539.5
139.9
399.6

570.1
138.5
431.6

_
_
-

2,448.8 2,219.1 2,408.2 2,272.0
497.6 482.8
500.1 485.7
149.0
150.8
129.9
134.9
434.1
420.0 446.1 428.1
439.3
396.2 429.6 413.8
156.1
144.0
149.4
143.7
153.3
174.0
174.6
163.1

_
_
_
_
_
-

144.0
141.6

143.7
141.1

Oil and gas extraction
Crude petroleum, natural gas, and natural gas liquids
Oil and gas field services

13
131,2
138

403.5
196.5
207.0

393.5
197.8
195.7

420.1
195.2
224.9

Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels
Crushed and broken stone
Sand and gravel
Chemical and fertilizer minerals

14
142
144
147

115.4
41.4
35.9
17.8

105.5
37.4
31.1
17.7

5,300

4,841

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

Manufacturing
Durable goods
24
241
242
2421
2426
243
2431
2434
2435
2436
244
245
2451
249

_

1,390.6 1,317.2 1,388.0 1,334.6 1,318.7 1,010.0
745.4
711.9
749.3
707.2
531.5
_
45.7
45.8
44.3
42.4
20.2
564.2 598.3
580.3
458.4
595.7
701.8
179.8
522.0

_
_
-

3,107.4 2,856.6 3,075.0 2,933.6
673.1
655.5
677.0
661.5
158.7
164.1
180.4
178.2
574.6
557.2
560.7
545.1
502.9
486.7
511.7 465.3
195.1
200.4
187.5
189.1
219.2
196.2 219.3
207.5

_
_
_
_
_
-

801.6
247.9
553.8

667.0
183.2
483.8

777.4
215.0
562.4

668.1
202.8
465.3

19,612 19,516 19,532 19,232 19,325

13,375

11,452 11,236 11,341

7,687

7,713

638.3
77.2
182.0
148.1
31.0
219.8
85.6
57.3
21.3
32.7
36.2
53.2
39.8
69.8

630.0
71.7
181.8
147.9
31.0
217.8
84.5
57.1
21.2
33.4
35.5
52.3
38.1
70.9

11,536

11,547

769.5
93.7
208.3
169.4
35.4
269.1
106.6
71.8
24.5
36.3
42.9
70.0
48.9
85.6

759.8
86.9
207.9
169.0
35.4
266.7
105.4
71.7
24.4
37.2
42.1
69.4
47.0
86.8

524

115.5
113.6

146.9
144.7

15
152
153
154

528

-

141.5
139.3

General building contractors
Residential building construction
Operative builders
Nonresidential building construction

535

51.4
7.9
12.1

11,12
12

Construction

501

51.1
8.0
11.7

64.6
9.6
14.9

Coal mining
Bituminous coal and lignite mining

519

44.2
7.2
10.8

64.1
9.7
14.4




Dec.
1989

48.9
7.7
11.2

56.5
8.8
13.9

10
101
102

44

Jan.
1989

_
_
-

61.8
9.3
14.1

Metal mining
Iron ores
Copper ores

See footnotes at end of table.

Avg.
1989

90,854 88,380 92,232 90,443 90,637 73,536 71,336 74,745 72,982 73,173

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

Feb.
1990p

757.0
92.3
207.0
168.5
35.2
263.6
103.0
71.7
23.6
36.7
41.0
68.4
48.4
84.7

745.8
88.1
205.9
167.7
35.0
262.3
103.4
71.0
23.8
36.4
40.5
65.0
46.1
84.0

742.0
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

642.4
170.9
471.5

13,312 13,292

-

13,022

13,125

7,612

7,417

7,529

624.7
75.6
180.3
146.9
30.7
214.1
81.9
57.1
20.4
33.0
34.2
52.0
39.3
68.5

614.8
71.7
179.4
146.1
30.7
213.1
82.2
56.5
20.6
32.8
34.1
48.6
36.9
67.9

611.3
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

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

Production workers1

All employees
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

25
251
2511
2512
2514
2515
252
253
254
259

531.0
307.8
136.8
10^.7
25.5
30.0
69.7
34.4
80.7
38.4

533.8
311.9
138.9
101.3
28.7
29.7
70.2
34.4
79.1
38.2

528.5
305.5
135.6
101.9
24.9
29.1
69.0
34.3
80.9
38.8

523.5
302.8
133.9
101.0
25.1
29.2
68.6
33.2
80.4
38.5

522.2
_
_
_
_
_

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

602.9
16.4
83.9
42.3
41.6
55.6
19.4
38.0
38.6
215.0
19.2
75.1
100.9
120.8
22.7
8.8
26.7

586.7
16.3
83.4
41.9
41.5
55.3
19.1
38.0
38.2
201.8
18.5
71.4
92.0
120.5
22.6
8.9
26.6

594.3
16.2
83.2
42.2
41.0
55.4
19.2
36.8
39.0
209.0
18.5
74.1
96.6
120.3
22.6
8.8
27.0

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

782.5
274.3
206.1
24.7
143.6
87.0
9.3
31.3
45.4
26.8
181.6
23.4
28.2
77.4
90.7
53.8

787.4
276.4
207.6
25.0
145.2
88.4
9.8
31.5
45.5
27.1
182.2
23.5
28.4
78.1
91.3
55.2

773.0
270.1
203.4
24.2
140.8
85.6
8.8
30.4
45.8
26.9
180.3
23.1
28.3
76.6
89.7
52.2

34
Fabricated metal products
Metal cans and shipping containers
341
Metal cans
3411
342
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware
Hand and edge tools, and hand saws and blades ... 3423,5
3429
Hardware, nee
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)
Sheet metal work
3444
Architectural metal work
3446

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

_
-

423.4
259.9
119.4
85.2
20.5
23.1
52.0
27.0
58.5
26.0

428.0
264.9
121.7
85.1
23.6
23.0
53.1
26.9
57.4
25.7

420.9
257.3
117.8
85.3
20.1
22.2
51.5
26.9
58.6
26.6

416.2
254.7
116.3
84.4
20.3
22.3
51.2
25.9
58.1
26.3

415.0
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

580.5
16.2
82.0
41.3
40.7
54.5
19.0
36.2
38.9
201.5
17.7
71.7
92.4
118.0
22.5
8.9
25.6

579.7
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

468.5
13.2
72.6
38.4
34.1
42.7
14.8
29.4
30.8
164.7
12.5
57.0
79.9
88.7
16.1
6.6
-

453.7
13.1
72.0
37.9
34.1
42.5
14.4
29.6
30.5
152.6
11.8
54.0
71.5
88.3
15.9
6.6
-

459.5
12.9
71.9
38.3
33.6
42.4
14.6
28.3
30.9
158.6
12.0
55.9
75.4
88.4
16.0
6.6
-

447.5
12.8
70.8
37.4
33.4
41.7
14.4
27.7
30.8
152.2
11.3
53.8
72.0
86.5
15.9
6.7
-

446.4
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

766.6
269.9
203.3
24.1
137.3
82.0
8.7
30.6
45.6
26.9
178.7
23.0
28.6
74.9
88.9
51.5

770.0
268.5
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

597.5
211.6
160.5
18.6
114.8
71.4
7.1
24.6
33.9
20.6
130.2
17.9
18.9
56.6
72.3
43.6

604.1
214.4
162.5
18.9
117.0
72.5
7.4
24.8
34.1
20.9
130.5
17.9
19.2
57.1
73.4
45.1

587.8
207.2
157.5
18.1
112.6
69.9
6.7
23.8
33.9
20.5
129.0
17.6
18.8
55.7
71.0
42.0

581.9
207.5
157.9
18.0
108.5
65.9
6.7
23.9
33.9
20.5
127.9
17.5
19.6
54.0
70.3
41.3

586.0
206.3
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

1,445.3 1,453.8 1,434.5 1,403.3 1,412.2 1,072.5 1,084.7 1,061.7 1,031.6 1,042.5
52.6
51.8
51.9
51.6
_
45.3
44.6
44.2
44.7
41.7
41.2
40.7
41.0
_
35.9
35.2
36.3
35.7
135.1
138.5 133.6 129.3
_
_
99.7 102.6
98.5
94.1
45.9
46.8
46.1
45.8
_
34.2
33.9
33.5
33.9
77.8
80.6
71.7
75.6
_
_
60.8
58.2
56.3
52.1
_
_
60.6
60.9
61.0
61.1
43.8
44.4
43.8
43.5
25.8
25.6
25.5
25.8
_
_
18.7
19.1
19.1
18.9
22.1
_
_
22.1
22.9
22.6
15.1
15.1
15.6
15.1
435.7 433.7 433.9 428.2
_
_
311.2 311.4 308.7 303.2
_
_
79.1
79.1
79.8
78.8
57.4
57.3
56.9
56.5
_
_
82.6
81.1
80.9
78.7
59.2
58.7
60.2
56.6
107.6 106.8 108.0 107.6
_
_
72.4
72.6
72.4
72.3
100.0
99.7
98.3
99.5
_
_
74.9
74.6
74.5
73.0
33.4
34.0
32.6
32.0
24.3
25.4
23.4
22.7
-

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)

Industry

1972
SIC
Pnrle
UUUc

Production workers

All employees
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990 p

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

2,145.5 2,133.6 2,151.4 2,142.8 2,141 7 1,299.6 1,293.6 1,304.4 1,303.0 1,302.0
63.8
64.6
98.0
97.7
63.5
97.5
63.9
97.6
_
_
17.1
15.5
29.4
26.5
16.9
29.0
16.4
28.1
_
_
49.1
68.6
46.7
68.5
71.2
69.5
46.6
47.5
_
78.5
_
115.9
85.7
118.1
79.7
108.2
109.8
88.1
58.8
57.8
54.3
82.4
56.5
81.5
77.8
80.1
_
143.1
147.7
146.7
239.6
237.0 232.4 240.1
145.4
_
53.4
53.2
52.3
86.4
53.3
86.3
84.1
85.9
_
16.8
10.4
10.1
16.9
16.6
16.7
10.4
10.3
_
_
42.4
24.3
25.2
41.9
24.8
42.2
42.2
25.1
_
20.2
20.2
19.3
36.9
_
19.8
37.1
34.9
36.3
_
_
29.4
28.5
20.1
19.2
29.2
19.6
27.8
20.0
_
_
334.8 329.8 336.5 335.3
241.8 239.0 242.6 241.3
_
34.9
33.6
53.5
_
34.8
53.8
51.7
53.5
34.5
_
_
19.8
12.6
12.6
19.9
12.6
19.1
19.5
12.6
_
_
159.2
122.8
123.5
120.7
158.6
121.7
156.1
157.5
_
43.3
_
61.4
60.7
43.0
43.5
60.8
43.8
61.6
_
16.1
15.9
16.7
23.2
16.5
23.0
23.1
23.3
_
_
177.4
104.6
105.0
106.8
177.1
106.4
178.4
177.5
_
21.7
21.9
_
36.1
21.6
35.8
21.7
35.9
35.6
13.9
13.9
14.0
21.0
13.9
21.1
21.1
21.1
_
_
15.1
17.7
15.2
27.0
16.8
27.2
29.4
28.9
167.3
168.2
164.8
166.0
256.0 254.0 257.9 256.9
27.6
27.5
26.2
46.4
26.8
46.2
45.3
45.9
_
33.8
34.4
33.8
_
44.0
43.5
33.8
43.4
43.3
12.7
12.8
13.1
22.6
12.9
22.7
22.5
22.6
21.0
21.4
20.6
31.2
_
21.2
31.6
31.6
31.2
_
12.4
_
12.6
12.1
17.9
12.3
17.7
17.9
17.5
13.0
12.8
12.8
18.8
12.9
18.6
18.9
18.8
_
157.4
156.0
_
159.4
156.5
475.2 476.4 475.9 468.6
131.6
_
133.4
129.9
_
130.9
419.9 421.0 420.6 413.9
_
135.4
_
128.9
127.8
181.3
134.6
179.8
187.5
187.0
92.5
91.4
97.6
126.3
97.3
125.0
131.2
130.9
_
_
269.9 268.4
269.9 270.1
205.2 205.4 205.2 204.2
_
_
22.4
22.1
24.2
28.2
28.1
30.6
29.5
23.2
181.8
183.1
181.2
240.5 239.5 241.8 240.2
182.1
-

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

2,037.7 2,068.0 2,004.4 1,992.6 1,985.5 1,199.2 1,226.4 1,180.1 1,173.2 1,168.4
_
_
77.1
104.9
105.2
108.7
74.3
106.9
74.3
75.6
_
38.7
51.6
_
51.7
54.0
52.7
36.8
37.0
37.7
_
37.5
38.4
37.9
53.3
53.5
54.7
54.3
37.3
_
_
128.4
130.3
185.0
185.9
185.9
128.5
184.7
130.0
_
71.5
89.4
_
89.5
90.4
70.3
71.1
91.0
70.3
_
_
61.4
35.7
61.1
60.2
60.9
35.6
35.9
35.6
_
_
112.4
129.6
138.6
136.5
103.1
109.4
133.3
106.8
_
_
18.3
22.7
23.1
27.9
20.5
25.6
22.5
27.6
18.7
_
18.3
18.8
22.7
_
22.5
23.0
18.2
22.5
28.6
28.3
29.2
29.4
36.9
36.5
36.5
37.3
-

See footnotes at end of table.

46




100.9
49.8
5\1
232.3
33.0
103.1
83.7
129.1
83.5
45.6
71.8
39.9
227.2
78.3
55.9

101.9
50.7
51.2
237.8
33.6
107.3
84.5
127.2
82.4
44.8
74.7
41.7
227.3
78.0
55.8

100.3
49.5
50.8
228.3
32.6
100.5
82.8
129.8
84.0
45.8
69.7
38.6
226.3
78.3
55.9

99.9
49.2
50.7
209.5
32.2
82.0
82.8
128.7
82.8
45.9
68.9
38.3
225.8
78.3
56.2

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

77.1
40.6
36.5
184.9
25.5
86.6
63.4
102.6
66.9
35.7
43.6
21.4
164.3
52.4
42.6

78.1
41.5
36.6
190.3
26.0
90.9
64.2
101.7
66.3
35.4
46.2
23.1
165.4
52.4
42.9

77.2
40.5
36.7
180.3
25.1
83.8
62.3
102.8
67.2
35.6
42.8
20.9
163.4
52.1
42.6

76.8
40.0
36.8
161.9
24.6
66.0
62.2
101.4
65.8
35.6
42.8
21.2
163.2
52.4
42.8

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

1972
SIC
uode

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

364
3641
3643
3644
3645
365
3651
366
3661
3662
367
3671-3
3674
3679
369
3691
3694

Production workers1

All employees
Avg.
1989

198.6
26.3
7 7 .2
16.8
28.0
93.9
69.9
538.5
102.8
435.7
620.1
38.6
258.8
250.4
157.2
28.4
69.5

Jan.
1989

202.1
26.8
78.9
16.8
28.5
89.8
67.0
550.4
106.6
443.8
632.9
38.6
263.8
255.2
159.6
28.9
71.1

Dec.
1989

196.4
25.9
75.8
16.8
27.9
95.1
71.0
522.2
97.6
424.6
612.4
38.5
255.9
247.7
158.5
29.9
69.1

Jan.
1990p

194.5
25.9
75.3
17.1
27.5
93.5
69.0
519.8
97.2
422.6
607.3
38.5
254.0
245.6
154.6
29.8
65.7

Feb.
1990p

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

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

777.3
99.4
270.1
49.4
63.3
109.1
30.6
211.1
105.2
91.0
39.7
115.2
11.3

769.0
98.6
266.7
49.0
61.8
107.9
30.9
207.4
102.2
90.5
39.0
114.7
11.7

776.9
99.6
269.4
48.6
63.9
108.8
30.7
214.2
107.2
92.0
40.6
111.4
11.0

775.5
100.2
269.3
49.0
63.7
108.6
30.1
214.0
107.0
92.1
40.3
110.7
10.9

775.6
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

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

391.2
54.1
39.1
13.1
105.2
45.1
60.1
34.1
42.7
23.4
142.0
62.2

380.1
52.9
37.9
13.2
100.4
41.3
59.1
33.6
39.6
21.5
140.4
62.2

389.5
54.5
39.7
12.9
103.1
43.0
60.1
33.5
43.4
24.4
142.1
62.8

384.5
53.2
38.6
12.7
102.5
42.4
60.1
33.5
41.9
23.5
140.7
62.4

386.6
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_

Avg.
1989

143.7
22.4
50.3
12.5
21.0
66.6
48.1
217.5
61.1
156.4
346.2
24.4
98.2
170.2
110.3
21.7
53.1

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

146.8
22.7
51.5
12.6
21.6
63.8
46.3
226.5
63.9
162.6
356.2
25.0
103.4
171.7
113.3
22.0
54.6

142.4
22.2
49.5
12.5
20.9
67.5
48.9
210.3
58.8
151.5
343.0
24.0
97.7
169.9
111.0
23.1
52.6

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

140.6
22.1
49.3
12.6
20.4
65.7
46.8
209.1
58.4
150.7
339.9
24.3
96.7
168.3
108.4
23.4
49.5

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_

_
-

2,053.6 2,075.1 2,042.4 1,920.6 2,025.0 1,275.7 1,295.2 1,261.1 1,140.2 1,244.5
720.3 824.4 661.4 680.4 644.0
855.8 873.6 838.0
529.5 633.0
_
355.4 365.5 348.7 263.8
172.9
256.9
263.7 274.3
_
42.3
42.3
42.4
43.5
33.4
32.8
33.8
33.0
_
407.9 414.8 401.4 368.7
319.1 288.0
325.6 333.3
_
29.4
26.7
27.0
30.2
21.0
23.9
23.3
21.1
711.0
711.7
702.2 697.5
340.4 338.8
343.2 340.7
_
_
385.6
379.8 373.4 386.5
164.7
166.7
163.8
166.4
151.4
150.6
152.7
152.0
77.2
76.5
75.4
76.1
_
172.7
172.7
171.9
173.2
98.8
100.0
98.9
98.6
_
_
183.3
184.6
192.1
187.8
139.7
136.8
138.5
141.5
_
121.8
123.4
121.5
122.3
86.6
88.6
83.0
84.8
_
_
66.3
61.5
61.2
69.8
54.9
50.2
49.9
58.5
39.6
40.2
37.1
39.0
29.5
30.0
29.1
27.8
_
207.8 212.2 207.9
207.3
63.7
63.4
63.5
64.7
_
154.5
153.0
154.0
155.1
42.9
43.1
43.8
43.9
_
47.8
45.5
46.5
49.3
29.8
30.7
32.2
33.5
18.7
19.4
21.1
19.8
14.4
15.0
16.6
15.5
-

-

-

428.5
46.2
154.3
33.1
33.9
55.1
16.2
126.5
60.9
57.2
27.3
49.6
8.4

423.5
45.2
153.5
32.7
33.3
55.0
16.0
124.7
59.0
57.4
26.6
48.7
8.8

429.0
47.0
153.2
32.6
33.8
55.0
16.1
128.0
61.6
57.7
28.1
48.7
7.9

429.6
48.1
152.9
32.8
33.7
54.7
15.5
128.7
62.0
58.0
27.4
48.8
8.2

283.9
38.3
27.5
10.8
76.9
31.7
45.2
23.7
33.5
18.3
100.7
42.9

273.9
37.3
26.6
10.9
72.8
28.0
44.8
23.1
30.4
16.2
99.4
43.0

282.8
38.7
28.0
10.6
74.7
29.9
44.8
23.3
34.0
19.4
101.5
43.8

278.7
37.2
26.6
10.4
74.2
29.3
44.9
23.5
32.8
18.8
100.6
43.9

431.9
_

_

_
_
280.7
•

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

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)
1972
SIC
Code

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

20
201
2011
2013
2016
202
2022
2026
203
2032
2033
2037
204
2041
2048
205
2051
2052
206

2061-3
2065
207
.....

209

Tobacco manufactures
Cigarettes
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

,

,

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
See footnotes at end of table.

48




208
2082
2086

Production workers1

All employees
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

8,076 7,969 8,080 7,996 7,984 5,688 5,599 5,680 5,605 5,596
1,665.2 1,602.2 1,666.3 1,632.5 1,623.3 1,192.1 1,132.2 1,191.4 1,164.0 1,156.0
356.4 342.8 366.6 360.9
423.7
419.8 405.7 430.1
147.4 145.7
142.8
123.9 122.7
119.3
121.1
144.6
82.5
84.0
81.8
62.2
59.6
61.3
8^.2
60.7
143.2
171.1
174.5
157.8
168.4
155.5
158.8
153.0
93.8
154.9
93.1
94.1
96.4
155.2 153.7
157.3
31.6
41.5
32.1
33.1
32.6
41.8
43.0
42.5
37.4
74.7
36.7
36.7
37.5
73.5
73.9
74.6
177.3
213.7
231.2
238.3
188.4
194.9
259.0 221.8
17.1
17.9
24.8
24.5
23.7
18.7
18.3
24.4
55.8
75.9
68.0
71.6
69.6
55.7
59.1
89.9
34.5
45.4
48.0
50.5
40.5
41.8
44.4
51.6
88.0
89.2
91.5
91.7
127.9 125.7 132.5 131.7
15.4
15.7
16.6
16.2
24.7
24.3
22.3
23.1
26.9
27.0
27.6
27.6
43.4
43.5
42.4
42.7
124.6
122.7 126.6 123.3
203.0 201.0 206.1 201.7
89.5
87.9
90.3
87.3
157.0
154.3 159.1 155.9
35.1
35.4
36.3
35.4
45.8
47.0
45.9
46.7
79.2
83.3
89.7
79.0
105.4
112.5
100.3
101.1
15.3
16.9
18.5
17.0
20.9
22.5
21.5
19.6
49.3
51.1
55.9
47.3
61.9
67.3
57.0
59.7
23.3
23.5
23.2
23.6
31.9
31.9
32.1
31.8
84.2
79.1
81.4
82.9
193.9 190.3
197.1
198.3
24.9
23.8
24.6
24.3
39.8
40.5
40.9
40.9
37.1
35.3
35.8
36.3
109.1
110.9
110.6
112.5
125.1
163.6 165.8 162.9
167.1
122.1 123.2 120.9

21
211

52.9
38.5

57.7
40.7

53.8
36.5

53.4
36.6

51.9

39.2
28.3

43.1
29.9

41.1
27.3

40.5
27.2

38.8

22
221
222
223
224
225

726.1
95.9
90.8
19.2
24.6
211.2
33.0
37.4
70.2
25.1
27.0
61.6
25.9
21.7
62.3
104.9
79.1
14.2
55.7

725.7
96.7
91.6
19.4
24.6
207.9
33.2
35.9
68.3
25.7
26.0
61.4
26.0
21.6
61.3

720.1
95.4
89.7
18.4
24.4
208.9
32.5
37.7
69.3
24.4
27.1
61.8
26.6
21.8
63.5
103.0
77.4
13.9
55.0

716.1
94.4
89.9
18.2
24.2
206.3
32.5
37.5
67.1
24.2
27.1
61.7
26.8
21.6
65.2
101.7
76.5
13.7
54.5

712.9

627.4
86.3
80.5
15.5
20.9
185.7
29.6
33.9
62.3
21.2
23.5
50.5
21.1
17.5
50.7
94.0
71.3
12.7
43.2

628.2
87.0
81.3
15.8
21.1
182.9
30.0
32.3
60.9
21.6
22.6
50.7
21.5
17.4
49.8
95.7
72.7
12.9
43.9

620.5
86.2
79.4
14.7
20.6
182.8
28.9
34.1
61.0
20.6
23.7
50.1
21.3
17.4
51.9
92.4
69.8
12.4
42.4

617.0
85.3
79.6
14.6
20.5

612.9

920.6
47.8
259.1
64.5
42.4
80.1
280.2
34.8
62.0
31.4
152.0

913.1
50.3

909.8
45.9
256.9
63.9
41.4
79.6

895.4
45.2

271.4
32.8
59.3
29.0
150.3

268.6
32.3
59.4
27.6
149.3

2251
2252
2253
2254
2257
226
2261
2262
227
228
2281
2282

229
23
231
232

2321
2327
2328
233
2331
2335
2337

2339

106.8
80.5
14.6
56.0

1,091.5 1,084.1 1,080.1 1,064.7 1,064.1
58.5
53.1
54.1
56.0
299.9 297.4 297.2 294.6
74.8
74.1
73.2
75.1
50.1
48.1
47.3
49.2
89.3
90.8
89.9
91.5
337.7 325.2 322.1
334.8
39.4
40.0
43.3
42.1
72.1
71.6
76.8
74.6
34.1
35.5
35.1
37.9
178.1
180.1
176.5
182.5

256.8
63.7
43.3
78.2
282.2
35.8
63.9
28.7
153.8

180.5
29.0
34.0
59.0
20.4
23.5
50.0
21.4
17.3
53.3
91.3
68.9
12.2
41.9

254.4
63.1
40.5
78.6

895.8

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
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
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

234
2341
2342

236
2361
238

239
2391

2392
2396
26
261,2,6
262
263
264
2641
2642
2643
265
2651
2653
2654
27
271
272
273
2731
2732
274
275
2751
2752
276
278

279

Chemicals and allied products
28
Industrial inorganic chemicals
281
Industrial inorganic chemicals, nee
2819
Plastics materials and synthetics
282
Plastics materials and resins
2821
Organic fibers, noncellulosic
2824
Drugs
283
Pharmaceutical preparations
2834
Soap, cleaners, and toilet goods
284
Soap and other detergents
2841
Polishing, sanitation, and finishing preparations
2842,3
Toilet preparations
2844
Paints and allied products
285
Industrial organic chemicals
286
Cyclic crudes and intermediates
2865
Gum, wood, and industrial organic chemicals, nee ... 2861,9
Agricultural chemicals
287
Miscellaneous chemical products
289
Petroleum and coal products
Petroleum refining
Paving and roofing materials

29
291
295

Production workers1

All employees
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

69.4
55.7
1^.7
57.4
22.3
44.3
211.1
26.1
56.9
44.3

70.1
56.4
13.7
57.0
22.3
42.1
203.3
24.4
54.1
43.5

66.9
53.0
13.9
58.4
22.4
43.5
215.5
26.9
59.7
44.6

66.7
52.9
13.8
58.3
22.7
42.8
207.9
26.5
58.1
40.2

697.2

692.0

698.8

194.3
174.1

192.8
172.8
52.7
238.0
60.0
27.6
54.1
208.5
46.1
113.3
22.3

195.0
174.8

691.6
192.4
172.4
53.0
236.0

52.9
239.5
60.5
26.6
53.5
210.6
46.8
114.0
22.2

1,606.9 1,594.0
477.6 477.6
135.8
121.1
89.6
31.5
82.8
573.4
177.1
368.7
49.1
81.5
60.8

133.5
120.2
88.7
31.5
81.2

567.1
173.5
365.9
49.6
80.5
60.1

52.9
239.4
60.9
26.5

Feb.
1990p

689.2

182.9
85.0
68.4
236.3

162.5
122.9
26.7

156.9
121.4
23.0

194.5
159.9
44.1
45.6
70.2
62.6
148.4
30.3
118.1
52.5

101.0

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

57.5
48.0
9.5
48.3
19.4
36.6
175.8
21.7
47.9
37.3

58.0
48.4
9.6
47.8
19.4
34.5
169.1
20.2
45.6
36.8

55.4
45.9
9.5
49.2
19.6
35.8
179.3
22.3
50.4
36.9

55.3
45.8
9.5
49.5
19.9
35.4
171.2
22.0
48.6
32.6

525.4
147.4
131.4
40.5

521.2
146.1
130.3
40.5
173.3
35.2
21.4
42.7
161.3

527.1
147.6
131.5
40.6

520.9

175.4
36.3
20.6

172.1
34.6
20.5
41.9
162.4

36.9

41.9
163.5
37.2

85.0
18.6

86.3
18.1
907.2
169.5
50.3
65.5
39.4

174.4
35.2
20.6

53.8
210.2
46.5
114.5
21.9

41.9
163.0
37.3
85.6
18.6

,629.0 1,622.5 1,627.4
482.6 480.9

892.1
168.0
48.5
63.6
38.6
25.0
41.7
416.3

886.5
169.7
47.3
63.5
38.7
24.8
41.5
411.7

26.1
42.7
423.7

42.6
420.4

127.4
266.9
33.5
63.1
44.7

124.7
264.9
33.9
62.5
44.4

130.0
272.1
33.9
63.3
45.3

129.1
270.0
33.9
63.2
45.2

613.3
69.4
48.2
122.4
51.5
50.0
106.4
87.5
101.5
27.5
25.8
48.2
32.1
87.8
18.9
68.8
33.3
60.5

602.1
67.1
47.7
120.4
50.2
49.1
103.4
83.9
100.5
27.5
25.9
47.1
31.5
86.0
18.7
67.3
33.4
59.8

616.5
70.6
48.7
123.1
52.0
50.3
110.0
91.3
99.1
28.4
25.2
45.5
32.0
88.4
18.9
69.5
32.7
60.6

613.0
70.2
48.1

105.9
78.2
20.5

101.1
77.4
16.9

104.4
78.6
18.4

103.3
79.1
16.8

53.8
211.5
47.0
114.7

21.7

137.8
123.2
90.8
32.4
84.5
582.4
180.2
374.7

48.9
82.2
61.7

137.5
122.1

90.3
31.8
83.7
580.2
179.3
373.5
48.7
82.3
61.4

188.9
88.2
70.9
245.8
202.5
160.7
45.1

46.6
69.0
63.2
151.9
31.6
120.3
52.8
101.1
161.2

123.4
24.7

189.1
88.3
71.0
245.0
202.2
158.9
44.2
46.7
68.0
63.2
151.9
31.4
120.5
53.0
100.0
159.4
123.5
22.8

159.4

Feb.
1990p

519.5

145.8
129.8
40.6

58.9
26.6

1,092.9 1,077.3 1,099.9 1,096.9 1,101.1
133.7
134.8
135.5 135.8
91.0
91.3
90.6
91.8
186.8
87.2
70.1
241.6
199.0
161.4
44.0
46.1
71.3
63.4
150.2
30.9
119.3
53.3
101.5

Avg.
1989

36.9
86.2
18.3
901.4

906.2

167.5
50.5
65.2
39.1
26.1

615.7

122.9
52.2
49.9
109.3
90.7
97.7
27.8
25.2
44.7
31.8
88.3
18.9
69.4
32.9
59.9

103.2

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)
1972
SIC
Code

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

30
301
302
303,4
306
307

31

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

311
314
3143
3144
316
317

Transportation and public utilities
Transportation

Production workers1

All employees
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

9.0

654.1
62.8
9.0

648.5
64.0
8.9

638.1
63.4
8.7

20.5
76.5
485.6

20.6
78.1
483.6

20.4
74.6
480.6

20.2
73.7
472.1

134.1

116.7
12.0
67.9
28.4
24.5
8.5
12.7

117.1
11.7
69.6
29.7
24.9
8.2
12.1

113.3
12.2
65.1
27.4
23.9
8.6
12.1

111.4
12.1
64.3
27.2
23.9
8.5
11.3

111.0

5,789

5,801

4,755

4,648

4,924

4,824

4,843

3,664

3,582

3,592

839.7
85.0
11.0

837.2
84.0
11.0

834.1
86.0
11.0

823.7
86.2
10.8

27.5
99.8

27.1

26.9

616.5

27.6
101.6
613.0

97.6
612.4

96.6
603.2

140.7
14.3
79.6
34.9
27.6
11.7
16.1

141.5
14.0
81.7
36.9
28.0
11.4
15.7

136.9
14.6
76.6
33.6
27.1
11.7
15.2

134.7
14.5
75.6
33.4
26.9
11.6
14.3

5,705

5,590

5,881

3,514

3,387

821.0

655.5
63.8

Railroad transportation
Class I railroads2

40
4011

294.8
251.6

290.6
249.9

289.7
245.8

284.4
240.9

Local and interurban passenger transit
Local and suburban transportation
Taxicabs
Intercity highway transportation
School buses

41

331.3
130.3
35.1

353.3
135.6
35.2

353.0
135.0
35.0

302.9
117.3

302.9
112.0

322.8
121.3

323.2
120.9

29.6

29.4
123.2

26.6

26.6

25.8

26.0

121.8

Trucking and warehousing
Trucking and trucking terminals
Public warehousing

42
421,3
422

Water transportation
Local water transportation
Water transportation services

44
445
446

176.0
30.5
95.4

168.4
26.3
92.9

169.1
30.8
88.7

165.7
28.5
87.8

Transportation by air
Air transportation
Air transportation services

45
451,2
458

691.8
595.0

96.8

666.5
574.3
92.2

746.7
645.0
101.7

752.6
648.7
103.9

Pipe lines, except natural gas

46

18.8

18.4

19.1

19.0

Transportation services
Freight forwarding

47
471

341.6
76.1

326.7
73.4

351.5
78.7

352.8
77.9

413

29.7

329.6
123.5
36.3
29.5

415

105.3

112.7

411

412

Communication and public utilities
Communication
Telephone communication
Radio and television broadcasting
Radio broadcasting
Television broadcasting

48
481
483
4832
4833

49

Electric, gas, and sanitary services
Electric services
Gas production and distribution
Combination utility services
Sanitary services

491

492
493
495

Wholesale trade
Durable goods
Motor vehicles and automotive equipment
Automobiles and other motor vehicles
Automotive parts and supplies
See footnotes at end of table.

50




,

50
501
5012
5013

Feb.
1990p

1,659.9 1,587.1 1,735.0 1,654.6
1,537.7 1,469.0 1,609.2 1,531.6
123.0
125.8
118.1
122.2

2,207
2,217
2,190
2,203
1,254.0 1,275.9 1,278.6 1,270.6
857.6 887.3 874.4 866.7
248.2 247.3
244.9 241.3
120.3
122.9
123.4
121.9
121.0
124.4
124.8
123.0

637.1

1,449.5 1,379.3 1,520.0 1,438.8
1,346.9 1,279.6 1,414.7 1,336.2
102.6
99.7 105.3 102.6

13.5

12.9

13.8

13.7

950.7
629.9
202.3

968.1
654.3
198.8

980.2
653.5
204.9

973.3
647.8
204.2

739.5
344.0
131.4
157.3
83.9

732.1
343.3
129.6
157.4
79.7

739.7
342.4
131.6
155.8
86.9

740.2
343.5
131.0
156.0
87.1

2,209

936.3
449.3
167.2
193.5
96.8

927.5
449.9
164.8
192.4
91.8

937.9
446.6
168.4
192.8
100.7

936.7
446.4
167.7
193.1
100.4

6,234

6,095

6,314

6,281

6,269

5,017

4,898

5,071

5,043

3,696
437.0
123.3
282.8

3,617
434.6
122.3
282.1

3,746
436.5
123.3
282.0

3,735
433.7
122.4
280.5

3,733

2,952
353.1

2,886
349.4

2,986
353.0

2,977
349.9

5,034

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
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

156.2
157.9
154.4
156.1
71.6
71.7
70.7
72.1
84.6
83.7
86.2
8".O
238.0
226.7 242.3
237.3
124.8
126.2
119.1
123.2
113.2
116.1
107.6
114.2
99.2
102.2
92.1
97.5
144.4
143.9
143.5
145.0
514.4 544.3
544.2
527.8
277.4 269.7 288.6 289.1
69.8
70.3
67.6
68.9
185.3
185.4
177.1
181.4
282.9 281.0 281.3 280.8
94.9
95.5
97.6
97.1
116.5
117.1
115.5
117.0
1,574.0 1,539.7 1,596.4 1,599.2
553.0
564.8 564.5
559.2
87.1
87.6
83.0
86.0
124.0
124.0
117.1
123.6
357.9
339.3 356.5
348.9
150.7
150.0
142.0
146.6
181.0
179.7
181.2
177.9
241.3 239.4
230.9
238.0
112.6
113.2
108.2
112.2
2,539
228.3
188.5
201.0
837.9
273.6
66.9
102.9
129.6
207.8
87.5
120.3
154.0
97.9
56.1
469.3
159.1
19,575
769.8
426.8
167.6

2,478
223.3
185.5
192.1
824.9
268.5
67.1
102.6
127.5
203.5
85.1
118.4
150.6
94.8
55.8
448.0
148.2

2,568
230.7
192.5
205.7
846.5
279.3
67.5
101.9
128.9
208.7
87.9
120.8
156.3
98.1
58.2
476.3
158.2

19,108 20,349

2,546
231.0
191.0
203.1
838.1
278.9
67.0
98.4
130.1
207.6
87.4
120.2
153.6
96.8
56.8
472.6
158.8

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

126.2
_
194.3
_
_
78.1
115.0
402.5

124.6
_
_
184.7
_
_
73.4
114.1
395.7

127.6
_
197.7
_
82.1
113.7
413.4

79.1
114.3
413.5

_
_
_

_
_

_
_
_

_
_
_

229.2

227.4

226.8

_
-

_
_

_
_

2,536
_
-

2,066
183.7
158.2
155.5
705.5

2,012
180.7
156.8
148.2
691.3

2,085
184.1
161.1
159.3
712.5

2,066
184.6
158.8
157.5
703.9

_
_
_
_
_
_
-

_
_

_
_
_

_
_

_
_
_

93.9
163.3

91.9
159.8
_

93.8
163.7

95.1
164.0

_
_

_

126.0

122.7

127.5

125.3

_
_

_
-

_
_

_
_

379.8

361.7

383.1

379.5

Feb.
1990p

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

-

_
_

-

-

-

740.4
411.7
168.2

_
_

194.2
_
_

-

52
521
525

General merchandise stores
Department stores
Variety stores
Misc. general merchandise stores

53
531
533
539

2,483.4 2,537.4 2,769.1 2,558.4 2,425.1 2,302.3 2,342.7 2,594.8 2,385.9
2,056.2 2,104.8 2,293.8 2,131.7
1,917.5 1,953.8 2,162.5 2,001.0
222.4 233.5
216.8
211.1
242.6 252.0 229.5
235.8
191.4
190.0 223.3
197.2
168.0
166.5
198.8
173.8
-

Food stores
Grocery stores
Meat markets and freezer provisioners
Dairy products stores
Retail bakeries

54

3,269.5 3,183.1 3,410.7 3,348.8 3,328.4 3,009.8 2,934.2 3,140.9 3,081.1
2,674.4 2,618.1 2,770.0 2,747.0
2,889.1 2,825.4 2,992.2 2,969.2
_
_
57.1
58.6
55.7
60.6
_
_
_
_
28.9
37.5
28.1
33.0
177.2
177.6
172.9
183.0
159.5
156.5
164.5
159.0
-

Automotive dealers and service stations
New and used car dealers
Auto and home supply stores
Gasoline service stations

541
542
545
546

55

551,2
553

554

764.7
420.7
172.4

-

637.1
359.6
138.5

605.2
347.3
132.8

632.9
354.0
142.4

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

17,276 17,060

Building materials and garden supplies
Lumber and other building materials
Hardware stores

737.5
415.7
160.5

Feb.
1990p

125.6

225.6
_
_
1,261.4 1,231.5 1,277.3 1,282.3
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
191.9
185.3
194.7
192.9
-

19,534 19,332 17,326 16,894 18,067
_
_

Jan.
1990p

611.5
345.9
138.9

2,157.1 2,117.1 2,152.3 2,141.5 2,141.7 1,801.1 1,766.3 1,790.0 1,779.6
1,044.2 1,044.6 1,030.7 1,026.3
866.4 866.6
852.9
848.7
_
354.9
339.6 362.7 359.9
285.0 272.0 290.6 287.6
642.1 631.2 644.8
641.3
557.2 547.6
557.4 554.0
-

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

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

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

1972
SIC
Code

56
561
562
565
566

Production workers1

All employees
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

821.4
476.0
291.9
76.2
269.2
186.6
82.6

665.5
385.4

666.2
382.6

697.9
398.3

675.9
388.2

64.7
215.4

68.6
215.0

64.3
235.3

63.9
223.8

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

6,369.9 6,018.3 6,393.8 6,148.5 6,195.6 5,788.6 5,459.9 5,799.4 5,563.9

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
5944
5947
5949
596
5961
5962
598
599

2,521.7 2,499.6 2,720.0 2,568.6
608.0 603.5
632.8 620.6
124.9
124.8
123.0
130.2
905.4 906.9 1,038.2 941.4
164.0
170.3
162.2
179.4
100.9
91.3
99.5
91.9
84.5
87.6
88.0
85.4
166.6
168.5
182.9
163.5
180.8 210.2
189.1
191.8
67.4
66.3
65.5
64.8
255.0
266.0 272.4 270.8
138.6
137.6
127.1
131.8
85.9
84.4
85.2
85.8
120.4
125.5
124.1
118.2
391.7 433.8 411.9
413.6

Finance, insurance, and real estate3
Finance

811.2
473.3
291.4
77.7
260.1
181.3
78.8

842.4
485.8
296.6
77.0
279.6
191.9
87.7

6,685

6,867

6,835

6,847

3,329

3,299

3,357

3,348

3,351

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
612
6122
6123
614
615
616

907.5
402.8
233.0
164.6
266.7
67.1
148.8

905.3
404.0
233.1
165.6
262.7
63.1
152.9

912.1
400.2
232.1
163.0
270.7
71.3
148.5

909.3
397.2
230.1
162.1
270.9
70.9
149.0

Security, commodity brokers, and services
Security brokers and dealers

62
621

435.2
336.5

439.3
342.6

433.0
330.3

429.9
327.8

Holding and other investment offices

67

212.0

205.6

216.6

212.9

2,128

2,105

2,144

2,150

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




1,468.0 1,451.5 1,478.8 1,485.7
576.0
576.2
574.7 577.6
226.7
233.5
239.1 240.9
546.1 539.5
549.3 550.5
62.5
58.1
59.3
61.9
659.8

653.8

664.9

664.4

757.5

762.7

886.6

789.1

235.9

242.9

240.5

225.9

98.5
339.1

100.8
317.4

104.4
359.1

105.7
337.7

4,938

4,831

4,985

4,957

1,263.0 1,246.3 1,278.5 1,276.8
1,116.9 1,107.8 1,124.4 1,121.2

1,774.3 1,748.8 1,795.7 1,796.1
1,572.8 1,559.1 1,582.3 1,579.9
315.3 314.6 316.6 316.4
367.3 363.2 368.8 369.1
80.5
79.9
79.5
80.1

60
602
6022
6023,4
603

Insurance

2,118.2 2,104.3 2,308.9 2,160.8
537.4 527.0
512.6
515.3

6,814

Banking
Commercial and stock savings banks
State banks, Federal Reserve
State banks, not Federal Reserve
Mutual savings banks

Feb.
1990p

1,003.0 1,014.8 1,101.8 1,017.3
97.7
86.9
87.9
90.3
375.8
350.3 356.0
345.4
280.2 253.5
243.3 247.9
196.1
205.4
192.6
189.5

1,191.9 1,202.7 1,295.8 1,206.2
109.1
111.0
107.8
119.4
418.5 423.1
446.6 414.1
290.5
28H.8 285.0
319.3
231.6 228.0
244.4 234.3
812.1
469.5
289.2
82.0
260.6
182.8
77.8

Avg.
1989

680.3
305.5

675.8
305.5

689.0
304.9

687.2
302.1

207.4

204.2

210.8

210.9

977.6
347.9
188.2
355.6

967.0
344.5
183.3
356.5

988.3
354.2
191.5
353.4

992.9
354.6
193.1
355.1

2,157

4,965

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 ....

Avg.
1989
1,357

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
Jan.
1989
1,281

Dec.
1989

1,366

Jan.
1990p
1,337

Feb.
1990p

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990"

1,339

1,348.0 1,272.4 1,357.5 1,328.5
552.7
587.1
599.1
581.3
550.6 529.1
553.4 546.4
159.3
177.8
171.6
167.5
9.0

9.0

8.8

8.8

26,892 25,843 27,309 27,068 27,405 23,479 22,548 23,818 23,536 23,872

Hotels and other lodging places
Hotels, motels, and tourist courts

70
701

1,603.4 1,505.0 1,551.7 1,527.5
1,548.9 1,468.3 1,508.1 1,483.9

Personal services
Laundry, cleaning, and garment services
Photographic studios, portrait
Beauty shops
Funeral service and crematories

72
721
722
723
726

1,196.1 1,196.1 1,209.1 1,246.3
411.8 410.3 414.9 411.3
59.8
58.7
55.4
65.9
369.5 366.2 375.9 371.7
81.3
80.2
82.6
83.2

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
7311
732
733
734
736
7361
7362
737
7372
7374

5,788.7 5,612.3 5,881.2 5,786.4 5,801.8 4,934.2 4,787.9 5,006.4 4,903.9
256.4 249.8 259.9 258.0
189.4
183.8
190.8
188.0
185.9
180.8
187.5
186.3
95.3
92.6
95.8
95.2
245.1
231.4 264.9 263.2
807.6
789.2 804.3 801.3
731.3
715.6 727.0 724.6
1,351.2 1,314.2 1,354.3 1,284.9
216.3
213.5 216.3 207.3
1,031.5 996.8 1,034.6 975.3
763.4 727.7
799.0 803.8
592.4
565.4 620.3
622.9
353.3 333.4 373.1
375.5
285.0 273.6 296.2 298.3

739
7391
7392
7393
7394
7395

2,256.5 2,194.7 2,289.6 2,266.2
218.7
215.6 219.8 219.5
551.3 535.0 559.2 555.0
476.6 465.6 482.8 476.3
275.0 263.2 278.9 273.7
83.1
81.7
82.0
86.4

Miscellaneous business services
Research development laboratories, nee
Management and public relations
Detective and protective services
Equipment rental and leasing
Photofinishing laboratories

Feb.
1990p

Auto repair, services, and garages
Automotive rentals, without drivers
Automotive repair shops

75
751
753

898.7
184.6
520.5

865.9
173.2
501.5

913.4
190.6
529.3

924.2
193.5
532.4

Miscellaneous repair services
Electrical repair shops

76
762

359.9
122.1

350.3
115.4

365.8
128.0

Motion pictures
Motion picture production and services
Motion picture theaters

78
781
783

265.2
139.3
108.4

245.5
126.5
101.8

Amusement and recreation services

79

975.6

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
802
805
8051
8059
806
8062
8063
8069
807
808

7,635.3
1,206.8
511.6
1,384.2
958.6
425.7
3,490.7
3,229.7
96.3
164.7
170.5
317.3

1,377.0 1,301.8 1,336.9 1,310.4

365.8

364.2

366.4

364.7

329.6

326.2

336.4

331.3

740.2

714.3

752.4

761.4

426.3

412.3

433.7

434.7

363.2
128.3

294.5

284.6

300.5

297.3

268.4
144.2
106.9

264.4
141.2
106.0

224.2
113.4

205.9
101.4

225.3
116.4

221.3
113.7

824.8

899.8

859.8

851.1

709.6

778.3

736.7

7,377.4
1,161.2
495.3
1,344.4
930.5
413.9
3,396.2
3,141.8
94.1
160.3
159.3
290.6

7,875.8
1,252.4
521.1
1,421.3
984.8
436.5
3,576.7
3,312.2
96.8
167.7
180.9
345.2

7,910.8 7,966.1 6,784.0 6,557.3
1,259.8
986.6 952.7
522.7
447.1
434.3
1,424.3
1,250.8 1,214.6
985.6
438.7
3,594.7
3,192.5 3,104.3
3,330.5
96.1
168.1
181.0
350.0

6,993.6 7,016.8
1,020.0 1,022.6
456.2 457.6
1,283.2 1,285.1

3,270.9 3,287.0

See footnotes at end of table.




53

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

Services—Continued
Legal services

1972
SIC
Code

81

Production workers1

All employees
Avg.
1989

896.3

Jan.
1989

868.9

Dec.
1989

915.1

Jan.
1990p
917.7

Educational services
Elementary and secondary schools
Colleges and universities
Correspondence and vocational schools

82
821
822
824

1,628.8 1,580.8 1,741.3 1,627.0
39^.1 405.2 411.6 411.4
990.9 953.5 1,083.6 975.9
105.1 101.1 108.3 103.2

Social services
Individual and family services
Job training and related services
Residential care

83
832
833
836

1,736.9 1,666.2 1,807.5 1,805.9
353.1 341.6 361.9 359.2
244.2 234.1 242.6 241.3
426.4 406.9 444.7 447.0

Museums, botanical and zoological gardens

84

Membership organizations
Business associations
Labor organizations
Civic and social associations

86
861
863
864

1,761.6 1,716.1 1,762.3 1,740.0
99.4
100.7
99.4 100.4
134.7
131.8
131.8
136.7
405.9 369.6 405.2 389.0

Miscellaneous services
Engineering and architectural services
Noncommercial research organizations
Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping

89
891
892
893

1,459.3 1,426.6 1,474.4 1,484.3
756.1 733.8 765.1 761.1
146.5 137.9 151.6 150.4
520.4 521.4 517.7 533.4

52.5

17,727

Government
4

2,988

Federal Government

4

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




744.7

Jan.
1989

725.2

Dec.
1989

756.1

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

757.5

48.4

1,164.9 1,139.9 1,173.5 1,169.0
625.2 606.2 632.3
627.9

396.7

399.5

392.8

404.8

17,535 18,184 17,899 18,232
2,960

2,974

2,974

3731

124.3
74.2

123.2
74.2

124.8
73.8

124.5
74.0

806

38.7
436.2
249.9

38.2
432.6
248.0

39.2
437.6
251.9

38.9
436.0
251.7

4,124
4,047
4,243
448.6 451.1 452.4
1,628.4 1,590.1 1,733.7 1,619.6
4,134

806
82

2,975

4,254

449.4

1,521.8 1,484.4 1,527.9 1,522.4

806
82

10,606 10,528 10,967 10,801 11,003
495.9 492.5
495.3 496.0
649.4 633.7
666.2 668.5
5,862.3 5,961.0 6,236.8 6,099.9
3,243.3 3,113.6 3,227.9 3,199.6

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
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

50.7

Avg.
1989

2,928.2 2,900.9 2,915.4
973.4 958.6 976.4
832.2 837.4 831.4
1,122.7 1,104.9 1,107.6
37.9
37.6
37.3
21.4
21.1
21.7

Executive, by agency
Department of Defense
Postal Service5
Other executive agencies
Legislative
Judicial
Federal government, by industry:
Manufacturing activities
Shipbuilding and repairing
Transportation and public utilities, except Postal
Service
Services
Hospitals

48.4

Feb.
1990p

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 1988 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1988 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)
Avg.
1989

Dec.
1988

Oct.
1989

Nov.
1989

Dec.
1989

50,863

50,712

51,600

52,017

52,234

'1,681

41,455

42,150

42,453

42,704

7,153

7,123

7,202

7,184

7,141

98

97

98

97

98

577

560

593

588

585

6,478

6,466

6,511

6,499

6,458

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

3,095
125
166
123
107
325
473
848
408
339
182

3,115
125
167
123
107
329
469
873
407
336
179

3,089
124
164
124
106
324
470
842
407
340
188

3,089
123
166
124
106
323
473
839
410
340
186

3,076
123
165
123
106
321
474
831
414
340
181

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

3,383
543
18
352
668
172
706
324
26
291
83

3,351
529
20
350
869
171
695
315
25
293
84

3,422
573
19
353
867
173
708
327
27
292
84

3,410
559
18
352
865
174
715
327
26
291
82

3,382
544
18
348
858
173
717
330
26
289
80

43,709

43,589

44,398

44,833

45,093

Transportation and public utilities....

1,637

1,631

1,655

1,661

1,699

Wholesale trade

1,892

1,857

1,922

1,932

1,934

10,387

10,713

10,480

10,709

10,909

4,278

4,222

4,295

4,310

4,330

16,334

15,909

16,596

16,657

16,691

9,182
1,066
2,037
6,078

9,257
1,062
2,061
6,134

9,450
1,059
2,098
6,293

9,564
1,060
2,116
6,388

9,530
1,060
2,091
6,379

Industry

Total
Total private
Goods-producing
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing

Service-producing

Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate .
Services
Government
Federal
State
Local

NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1988 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are




introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1988 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)
1989

1990

Industry

Total
Total private
Goods-producing
Mining
Oil and gas extraction
Construction

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

107,711

107,888

108,101

108,310

108,607

108,767

108,887

109,096

90,124

90,291

90,475

90,623

90,884

91,016

91,083

91,230

25,629

25,646

25,671

25,672

25,648

25,669

25,694

711
394

714
397

720
400

712
401

715
402

706
404

729
405

5,270
1,398

5,252
1,380

5,279
1,377

5,283
1,388

5,283
1,384

5,314
1,391

19,648

19,680

19,672

19,667

19,650

11,594
778
534
608
786
276
1,458
2,138
2,062
2,067
871
772
391

11,604
777
535
607
788
276
1,457
2,143
2,060
2,071
869
776
390

11,600
772
537
606
788
275
1,454
2,144
2,058
2,073
875
777
391

11,594
771
534
604
787
276
1,452
2,150
2,050
2,076
876
778
392

11,567
769
534
603
787
276
1,449
2,151
2,041
2,062
861
779
392

8,054
1,650
56
728
1,096
696
1,595
1,085
161
843
144

8,076
1,655
56
729
1,101
697
1,600
1,088
161
845
144

8,072
1,657
54
728
1,098
696
1,601
1,090
162
843
143

8,073
1,656
53
728
1,095
697
1,603
1,094
162
843
142

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.P

Feb.P

109,452

109,570

109,902

110,274

91,328

91,622

91,699

91,991

92,335

25,614

25,603

25,609

25,532

25,513

25,664

730
408

731
409

737
414

739
416

746
419

747
420

5,321
1,403

5,325
1,396

5,335
1,386

5,355
1,391

5,304
1,388

5,408
1,423

5,468
1,435

19,649

19,644

19,559

19,537

19,517

19,489

19,359

19,449

11,549
767
536
602
785
277
1,446
2,154
2,040
2,046
844
781
392

11,551
763
529
601
786
276
1,443
2,152
2,034
2,068
873
782
393

11,480
759
528
597
777
273
1,438
2,147
2,023
2,038
843
780
393

11,457
764
525
600
776
271
1,434
2,139
2,018
2,031
833
779
391

11,439
765
525
602
772
269
1,430
2,146
2,012
2,020
824
778
389

11,409
765
523
600
771
270
1,426
2,145
1,992
2,022
825
774
391

11,288
770
522
601
766
270
1,406
2,141
1,989
1,923
728
776
394

11,394
765
522
603
770
269
1,416
2,137
1,989
2,023
825
777
392

8,083
1,663
52
729
1,093
697
1,607
1,096
163
841
142

8,100
1,678
53
730
1,094
701
1,609
1,091
163
841
140

8,093
1,667
52
727
1,095
700
1,611
1,097
163
841
140

8,079
1,674
51
723
1,088
697
1,612
1,095
163
837
139

8,080
1,676
51
724
1,084
697
1,612
1,096
164
837
139

8,078
1,673
51
721
1,084
697
1,617
1,098
164
835
138

8,080
1,676
51
719
1,081
697
1,621
1,103
163
832
137

8,071
1,680
51
719
1,073
695
1,624
1,104
163
826
136

8,055
1,679
51
714
1,063
694
1,627
1,107
164
821
135

109,171

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

82,082

82,242

82,430

82,638

82,959

83,098

83,193

83,482

83,568

83,843

84,038

84,389

84,610

Transportation and public utilities
Transportation
Communication and public utilities

5,667
3,453
2,214

5,666
3,452
2,214

5,682
3,467
2,215

5,700
3,484
2,216

5,716
3,500
2,216

5,736
3,524
2,212

5,618
3,539
2,079

5,709
3,546
2,163

5,729
3,566
2,163

5,753
3,592
2,161

5,834
3,613
2,221

5,855
3,637
2,218

5,876
3,654
2,222

Wholesale trade
Durable goods
Nondurable goods

6,171
3,657
2,514

6,197
3,676
2,521

6,206
3,676
2,530

6,222
3,685
2,537

6,230
3,693
2,537

6,237
3,700
2,537

6,256
3,708
2,548

6,264
3,717
2,547

6,278
3,721
2,557

6,300
3,737
2,563

6,311
3,746
2,565

6,331
3,754
2,577

6,325
3,756
2,569

19,460
2,481
3,212
2,150
6,332

19,488
2,490
3,223
2,155
6,322

19,489
2,492
3,233
2,159
6,335

19,528
2,491
3,245
2,159
6,348

19,551
2,493
3,262
2,155
6,362

19,586
2,482
3,274
2,155
6,370

19,621
2,484
3,293
2,152
6,385

19,632
2,486
3,294
2,157
6,397

19,679
2,478
3,321
2,169
6,403

19,744
2,492
3,334
2,169
6,417

19,718
2,470
3,341
2,163
6,432

19,831
2,491
3,366
2,168
6,459

19,848
2,498
3,362
2,172
6,467

6,763
3,311
2,116
1,336

6,774
3,316
2,117
1,341

6,776
3,312
2,119
1,345

6,790
3,320
2,123
1,347

6,808
3,320
2,129
1,359

6,815
3,324
2,131
1,360

6,836
3,336
2,137
1,363

6,852
3,343
2,137
1,372

6,851
3,345
2,134
1,372

6,871
3,357
2,138
1,376

6,885
3,360
2,144
1,381

6,897
3,355
2,154
1,388

6,912
3,361
2,159
1,392

Services
Business services
Health services

26,434
5,729
7,442

26,520
5,736
7,488

26,651
5,760
7,528

26,711
5,776
7,570

26,931
5,799
7,616

26,973
5,786
7,648

27,058
5,800
7,695

27,159
5,836
7,739

27,188
5,827
7,778

27,345
5,852
7,839

27,419
5,852
7,884

27,564
5,886
7,935

27,710
5,902
7,982

Government
Federal
State
Local

17,587
2,982
4,095
10,510

17,597
2,982
4,102
10,513

17,626
2,982
4,111
10,533

17,687
2,999
4,119
10,569

17,723
2,995
4,136
10,592

17,751
3,000
4,145
10,606

17,804
2,999
4,154
10,651

17,866
2,996
4,182
10,688

17,843
2,984
4,153
10,706

17,830
2,982
4,162
10,686

17,871
2,974
4,156
10,741

17,911
2,992
4,161
10,758

17,939
2,990
4,162
10,787

Service-producing

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

P = preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from March 1988

56




benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced, all seasonally
adjusted data from January 1985 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)
1989

1988
Industry
Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

49,963 50,130 50,302 50,414 50,515 50,670 50,894 51,023 51,124 51,247 51,212 51,375 51,476

Total

40,943 41,093 41,239 41,340 41,418 41,530 41,717 41,794 41,832 41,950 41,957 42,125 42,191

Total private

7,112

7,141

7,152

7,159

7,161

7,166

7,165

7,176

7,167

7,147

7,142

7,138

7,130

97

97

97

97

97

97

99

98

99

98

98

97

98

561

566

571

571

573

577

577

577

580

581

586

584

587

6,454

6,478

6,484

6,491

6,491

6,492

6,489

6,501

6,488

6,468

6,458

6,457

6,445

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

3,103
127
165
123
107
327
469
866
405
335
179

3,113
127
166
123
108
330
471
864
407
337
180

3,111
127
166
123
107
329
471
863
407
337
181

3,109
127
167
123
108
328
471
860
408
337
180

3,111
126
167
124
108
327
471
859
409
338
182

3,108
126
167
124
108
327
472
853
410
339
182

3,103
125
167
123
108
326
474
850
409
338
183

3,103
124
169
123
107
327
475
847
407
341
183

3,099
124
165
123
108
325
475
846
410
340
183

3,084
123
165
122
107
324
474
840
406
340
183

3,072
123
163
123
106
322
472
835
407
340
181

3,071
123
165
124
106
321
473
832
408
339
180

3,064
124
163
123
106
319
473
825
411
338
182

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

3,351
532

3,365
536
18
352
871
171
697
318

3,373
537
19
352
874
171
698
319

3,382
537
19
354
877
171
700
321

3,380
537
18
353
875
171
702
322

3,384
537
17
353
873
171
706
325

3,386
540
17
353
871
172
708
325

3,398
551
18
353
870
173
709
324

3,389
540
18
352
869
174
710
326

3,384
549
17
350
863
172
708
326

3,386
548
17
350
860
172
713
328

3,381
546
17
348
858
172
715
331

0

0

O

0

0

O

O

3,386
548
17
352
860
173
709
327
(1)
291
82

Goods-producing
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing

Service-producing

,

Transportation and public utilities ....
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate .
Services
Government
Federal
State
Local

19
350
869
171
692
316

O

292
84
42,851
1,621
1,845
10,238
4,222
15,905
9,020
1,065
2,013
5,942

292

292

84

85

42,989 43,150
1,626

1,630

1,854

1,862

10,287 10,318
4,227

4,242

15,958 16,035
9,037 9,063
1,063 1,064
2,012 2,017
5,962 5,982

1
This series is 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.




293
84
43,255
1,629
1,866
10,336
4,249
16,101
9,074
1,064
2,020
5,990

292

292

84

84

43,354 43,504
1,628

1,635

1,876

1,888

10,337 10,373
4,247

4,257

16,169 16,211
9,097 9,140
1,064 1,070
2,023 2,034
6,010 6,036

291
83
43,729
1,645
1,893
10,387
4,271
16,356
9,177
1,070
2,043
6,064

0

292
82
43,847
1,652
1,899
10,407
4,278
16,382
9,229
1,071
2,048
6,110

292
82

O
291
82

O

290
81

0
287
80

43,957 44,100 44,070 44,237 44,346
1,585

1,633

1,642

1,651

1,689

1,905

1,907

1,907

1,919

1,922

10,444 10,438 10,428 10,458 10,429
4,292

4,310

4,308

4,319

4,330

16,439 16,515 16,530 16,640 16,691
9,292
1,070
2,050
6,172

9,297
1,067
2,063
6,167

9,255
1,064
2,045
6,146

9,250
1,064
2,050
6,136

9,285
1,062
2,042
6,181

NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from March
1988 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced, all
seasonally adjusted data from January 1985 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)
1989

1990

Industry
Feb.

Total private
Goods-producing
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec,

Jan.p

Feb.p

72,949 73,101 73,204 73,315 73,555 73,670 73,741 73,837 73,897 74,174 74,224 74,470 74,752
18,048 18,052 18,053 18,058
510

514

519

4,112

4,096

4,104

18,022 18,047 18,071 17,987

521

511

4,111

4,111

17,978

503

525

525

527

4,134

4,145

4,143

4,144

13,426 13,442 13,430 13,426 13,400 13,410 13,401

13,319

17,975

17,908

17,903

530

531

538

538

4,169

4,115

4,232

4,266

13,262 13,133

13,227

13,307 13,276

18,031

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

7,749
648
427
474
602
215
1,087
1,298
1,218
1,286
677
425
284

7,749
646
428
472
603
213
1,086
1,298
1,214
1,292
675
427
283

7,744
642
428
471
603
211
1,080
1,298
1,213
1,297
680
428
284

7,735
641
427
469
601
210
1,079
1,302
1,205
1,297
681
430
284

7,706
638
426
468
602
211
1,074
1,303
1,198
1,284
667
429
284

7,697
636
427
468
601
211
1,073
1,309
1,199
1,270
650
431
283

7,696
633
421
467
600
214
1,069
1,304
1,195
1,291
677
430
286

7,632
629
420
463
593
212
1,062
1,299
1,189
1,262
648
431
284

7,615
633
418
466
590
209
1,061
1,293
1,184
1,255
638
431
284

7,594
633
417
467
586
207
1,056
1,300
1,181
1,243
629
429
282

7,579
632
415
465
587
209
1,055
1,299
1,170
1,244
631
427
285

7,458
636
414
467
581
208
1,035
1,299
1,169
1,139
534
430
288

7,571
632
414
467
587
207
1,047
1,298
1,170
1,238
634
432
286

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

5,677
1,177
41
630
926
524
888
608
105
659
119

5,693
1,182
41
630
930
525
891
610
105
660
119

5,686
1,184
40
630
927
524
889
609
105
660
118

5,691
1,184
38
630
925
525
891
614
106
660
118

5,694
1,190
38
630
922
525
892
616
107
656
118

5,713
1,205
39
631
922
528
893
614
107
657
117

5,705
1,197
39
627
922
528
894
617
107
658
116

5,687
1,203
38
623
917
524
892
614
107
653
116

5,692
1,205
38
625
914
526
892
617
107
653
115

5,682
1,200
38
622
913
526
896
617
107
649
114

5,683
1,201
38
621
912
526
900
619
106
647
113

5,675
1,209
38
619
904
524
902
619
106
641
113

5,656
1,205
38
615
895
523
907
618
107
636
112

Service-producing

54,901 55,049 55,151 55,257 55,533 55,623 55,670 55,850 55,919 56,199 56,316 56,567 56,721

Transportation and public utilities

4,718

4,718

4,735

Wholesale trade

4,970

4,990

4,996

5,007

17,244 17,235

17,280

4,902

4,918

Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services

17,215
4,893

4,900




4,763

4,779

4,665

4,758

5,016

5,021

5,038

5,037

5,053

5,066

17,388 17,391

17,383

17,490

4,972

4,985

17,317 17,338
4,933

4,944

23,105 23,197 23,283 23,300 23,504 23,541

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.

58

4,752

p

4,954

4,969

4,782

4,800

4,880

4,883

5,071

4,912

5,094

5,090

17,456 17,557

17,551

5,017

5,030

4,995

23,625 23,695 23,729 23,858 23,914 24,016 24,138

= preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from March
1988 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced, all
seasonally adjusted data from January 1985 forward are subject to revision.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
DIFFUSION INDEXES
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
(Percent)
Time span

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

June

May

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Private nonagricultural payrolls, 349 industries1
Over 1-month span:
1988
1989
1990

60.7
68.3
P60.3

63.5
60.5
P55.9

63.0
61.0

62.8
58.2

61.3
55.6

67.2
59.7

63.6
55.6

58.0
57.4

55.4
47.9

63.9
55.3

68.2
60.9

64.6
51.9

Over 3-month span:
1988
1989
1990

64.8
71.6
P58.2

65.6
70.1

69.5
64.5

70.2
61.9

71.1
61.6

71.9
60.7

71.2
61.6

64.2
53.4

65.3
54.6

70.1
55.7

73.4
57.2

74.6
P61.7

Over 6-month span:
1988
1989
1990

69.9
75.1

70.2
69.5

71.5
68.2

73.9
66.0

73.9
63.0

69.1
57.9

70.2
57.7

74.6
60.2

73.5
53.4

73.9
P59.0

74.5
P58.2

75.8

Over 12-month span:
1988
1989
1990

76.2
73.2

76.1
73.6

74.8
69.6

74.6
67.6

75.8
66.6

74.9
62.6

78.1
P63.9

75.5
P64.0

75.5

74.8

74.9

74.1

Manufacturing payrolls, 141 industries1
Over 1-month span:
1988
1989
1990

58.5
62.4
P46.5

56.0
53.5
P46.1

55.0
53.2

59.9
49.6

58.5
46.8

61.7
48.6

59.6
49.6

51.1
45.4

49.3
34.8

62.8
52.1

64.9
48.2

58.5
44.7

Over 3-month span:
1988
1989
1990

63.1
67.4
P43.3

61.0
63.8

62.4
55.7

64.9
51.8

67.4
49.3

67.0
48.6

64.5
47.9

58.2
34.0

62.1
41.8

66.7
41.5

71.3
46.5

70.9
P42.9

Over 6-month span:
1988
1989
1990 .. .

66.3
69.5

66.3
58.5

67.7
55.7

69.5
52.8

66.7
48.9

64.2
39.0

66.0
40.1

70.9
41.8

68.8
34.4

69.9
P38.3

71.6
P39.7

74.1

Over 12-month span:
1988
1989
1990

73.8
63.1

70.2
63.8

70.9
57.1

71.6
53.5

72.0
49.6

69.9
42.9

70.9
P43.6

69.1
P42.6

71.6

70.2

69.9

67.0

1
Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and
unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered within the span.
p
= preliminary.
NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus
one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent




indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.
Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1988 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all unadjusted data (beginning April 1988) and all seasonally
adjusted data (beginning January 1985) 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

Construction

Mining

State and area

Alabama
Birmingham
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

1,561.7
401.9
128.6
165.3
131.4
61.7

1,603.1
414.9
133.8
171.8
134.2
64.9

1,590.2
411.3
132.2
170.1
132.7
63.9

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

11.6
5.6
(*)
(2)
(2)

Jan.
1990P
11.7
5.4

11.9
5.6

(2)
(2)

(*)
(2)
2.6

t2)

Jan.
1989

2.6

ft

2.6

71.2
21.6
4.6
9.3
7.4
3.0

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

76.7
22.5
4.8
10.1
6.8
3.9

75.9
22.3
4.9
10.1
6.6
3.8

202.2

221.2

212.9

9.2

9.9

9.9

6.6

8.1

7.0

1,431.3
946.7
248.5

1,507.1
995.8
256.8

1,481.7
980.6
251.2

12.3
.8
2.1

12.5
1.0
2.1

12.7
1.0
2.3

84.9
58.5
15.1

83.7
55.8
14.6

82.0
55.3
14.2

860.5
50.9
76.5
237.8
33.1

906.0
54.7
77.6
249.4
34.0

889.0
53.3
77.0
245.7
33.1

4.1

28.7
1.5
2.2
8.7
1.3

33.1
1.6
2.6
9.8
1.5

30.9
1.6
2.5
9.3
1.4

12,256.5
1,163.5
163.9
207.8
4,139.4
107.6
860.1
218.5
658.5
580.4
933.1
939.7
816.9
147.7
128.9
145.2
128.1

12,804.5
1,220.7
170.6
222.9
4,318.0
115.7
913.5
232.0
713.6
615.1
990.1
983.7
835.6
152.1
141.6
152.2
136.2

12,547.7
1,196.1
167.7
219.7
4,235.8
113.7
896.7
224.7
700.9
606.6
975.5
958.6
821.4
149.6
138.6
148.1
134.5

40.2
1.3
13.4
.7
8.7
.1
3.8
2.3
1.3
.6
.8
.6
.2
1.4
.6
.1
.5

41.9
1.4
13.8
.7
9.6
.1
4.1
2.4
1.4
.8
.8
.6
.2
1.4
.7
.1
.7

41.2
1.6
13.7
.7
9.2
.1
4.0
2.3
1.4
.8
.8
.6
.2
1.4
.7
.1
.7

591.1
67.0
10.4
11.0
143.9
7.1
49.3
15.0
58.1
31.5
59.7
32.1
31.3
6.6
8.7
7.7
8.4

663.3
74.2
11.1
13.6
159.9
8.0
56.1
17.5
68.9
37.3
63.3
36.8
33.9
7.1
12.0
8.9
10.2

630.9
70.5
10.9
13.6
154.5
7.4
53.4
17.0
64.2
35.0
61.7
33.4
32.5
6.9
10.4
8.4
9.6

Colorado
Boulder-Longmont
Denver

1,438.6
109.9
799.1

1,493.1
115.5
827.6

1,467.1
113.4
815.2

19.3
(2)
11.8

20.0
(2)
11.8

19.4
(2)
11.7

51.4
3.3
27.9

55.8
3.9
30.4

54.2
3.7
29.8

Connecticut
Bridgeport-Milford
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven-Meriden
Stamford
Waterbury

1,660.1
198.0
483.8
66.6
256.2
124.0
87.3

1,701.6
201.3
492.1
66.6
260.9
126.8
89.6

1,668.3
196.8
488.6
65.6
254.7
124.1
88.5

1.0

71.4
7.9
18.6
4.3
12.3
5.0
4.0

71.9
8.6
20.7
4.8
11.3
5.0
4.4

65.5
7.8
18.8
3.1
10.5
4.7
3.9

333.8
288.2

346.9
300.0

339.7
295.4

.1
.2

.1
.2

.1
.2

19.4
17.3

19.3
17.6

18.5
16.7

District of Columbia
Washington MSA

668.4
2,176.0

693.1
2,269.5

680.9
2,231.9

.1
1.0

.1
1.1

.1
1.1

13.8
141.1

14.2
145.3

13.9
139.5

Florida
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach
Fort Myers-Cape Coral
Jacksonville
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay
Miami-Hialeah
Orlando
Pensacola

5,174.0
118.3
501.3
121.9
405.3
155.8
868.4
518.8
125.2
111.3
116.0
850.7
354.4

5,441.6
122.5
520.3
130.7
424.9
163.7
899.0
553.2
129.7
117.0
125.5
883.3
372.7

5,399.2
122.1
520.2
130.1
420.6
162.9
891.2
546.9
128.2
116.8
122.4
880.0
373.6

9.4

337.1
8.2
35.1
13.2
26.6
9.3
39.7
36.7
7.7
10.2
5.6
54.1
28.6

343.0
8.2
35.0
13.3
27.4
9.2
40.5
38.1
8.3
10.4
6.0
54.6
28.3

338.4
8.1
34.7
13.2
27.4
9.2
40.5
37.4
8.3
10.3
6.0
54.1
28.1

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
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
Stockton
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa

Delaware
Wilmington

Sarasota
Tallahassee
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

4.0
(2)

4.2
(2)

.9
.4
(2)

1.0
.4
(2)

1.1
(1)
(2)

9.2
(1)

9.4

.3
(1)
.9

(1)
.7
(1)
.9

(1)
.4

(1)

.3

.7
(1)

(1)

0
0

(1)
.3

.7

.4
(1)
(1)

.6

.9

O

.4

(1)
(1)
.6

(1)

1.0
.4

(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(1)

(1)

(1)

i2)

1.3
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(1)

O
(22)
()
0

O

(2)

.6

0)

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)
Wholesale and retail trade

Transportation and
public utilities

Manufacturing
State and area
Jan.
1989
Alabama
Birmingham
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa

380.6
57.2
32.8
25.3
19.8
10.2

Dec.
1989
381.1
56.1
33.2
26.4
18.0
10.6

Jan.
1990?
380.7
56.0
33.0
26.3
18.0
10.6

Jan.
1989
80.1
32.2
2.9
10.1
5.1
2.0

Dec.
1989
80.2
32.3
2.9
10.2
5.2
2.1

Jan.
1990P
79.9
32.3
2.8
10.0
5.2
2.1

Jan.
1989
342.2
99.1
24.5
44.5
30.5
12.8

Dec.
1989
359.2
104.7
26.2
47.5
31.7
13.4

Jan.
1990P
349.5
101.9
25.1
46.8
30.9
12.7

10.7

11.6

11.0

16.3

18.6

17.9

40.2

44.9

42.5

Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson

187.7
138.2
29.3

188.5
139.8
27.2

187.2
139.2
26.5

74.3
52.2
9.0

79.6
55.8
9.7

78.5
55.2
9.5

361.5
246.0
57.3

385.8
260.7
61.3

378.6
256.3
59.5

Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale
Fort Smith
Little Rock-North Little Rock
Pine Bluff

226.8
13.0
25.8
33.5
6.5

228.8
13.4
23.8
33.7
6.4

227.9
13.3
23.8
33.5
6.3

52.4
5.0
4.2
16.1
2.6

55.1
4.9
4.3
16.3
2.8

53.9
4.9
4.3
16.1
2.7

195.5
11.8
16.4
57.9
7.3

211.6
12.4
16.9
62.3
7.6

204.5
12.1
16.5
60.7
7.4

2,134.5
257.9
10.5
22.2
886.5
21.5
112.2
30.9
86.0
41.7
131.7
81.2
267.3
22.3
19.9
22.9
11.7

2,148.6
259.1
10.5
24.2
888.7
22.1
116.0
31.2
89.6
44.0
136.8
82.3
268.1
22.6
21.3
23.1
12.5

2,125.8
256.8
10.3
23.6
876.3
21.5
115.3
30.7
89.0
43.8
136.4
82.1
266.8
22.3
21.1
23.0
12.5

589.1
34.0
7.8
11.7
208.6
4.3
56.1
11.0
32.3
25.9
35.4
74.8
21.5
5.4
5.9
8.4
4.4

610.8
35.5
8.2
12.3
215.0
4.8
61.5
11.7
34.2
26.8
36.3
78.6
22.7
5.5
6.4
8.6
4.9

600.6
35.1
8.1
11.9
214.8
4.6
60.6
11.5
33.0
26.5
36.1
78.2
22.1
5.4
6.4
8.3
4.8

2,919.2
295.3
39.5
54.0
946.4
28.6
213.5
55.0
164.5
138.6
227.9
215.9
171.4
34.2
33.6
34.3
31.4

3,088.8
316.0
41.1
58.5
1,003.6
31.0
227.7
59.5
178.0
148.6
246.9
226.1
173.1
35.5
37.0
36.6
34.3

2,972.7
305.2
39.8
57.0
968.8
30.0
221.2
56.7
172.9
144.2
239.5
217.8
167.9
34.6
36.3
35.7
33.5

Colorado
Boulder-Longmont
Denver

189.9
30.6
94.5

194.8
31.1
95.6

193.9
31.2
95.1

91.3
2.3
66.2

94.1
2.5
68.2

93.3
2.4
67.8

356.6
23.0
198.6

367.7
24.4
205.5

357.7
23.4
200.9

Connecticut
Bridgeport-Milford
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven-Meriden
Stamford
Waterbury

367.8
54.3
88.2
20.4
46.8
22.4
23.4

357.8
52.9
86.3
19.1
46.3
20.7
22.5

357.0
52.4
86.7
19.5
46.0
20.2
22.5

72.2
8.6
18.3
3.3
17.0
5.5
3.4

73.1
8.9
19.2
3.2
16.3
5.8
3.4

72.6
8.7
19.2
3.2
16.0
5.7
3.4

378.2
45.4
105.5
13.5
58.7
30.1
17.7

400.4
47.2
106.1
14.2
60.3
31.8
19.2

382.6
45.8
104.4
14.2
58.9
30.6
18.4

Delaware
Wilmington

72.2
62.2

72.9
62.7

68.3
57.7

14.7
15.3

14.8
15.8

14.4
15.5

72.7
60.4

76.6
64.4

74.6
62.5

District of Columbia
Washington MSA

15.8
88.3

16.1
89.8

15.9
89.4

24.3
108.2

25.0
112.6

24.6
112.0

61.7
431.6

66.4
456.3

62.6
441.1

539.1
12.4
45.8
6.0
37.7
29.6
91.8
55.4
11.0
8.5
4.8
95.6
34.8

547.9
12.4
46.7
6.3
39.0
30.0
90.8
55.0
11.3
8.9
5.0
95.8
35.5

546.7
12.3
46.5
6.2
39.0
29.9
90.5
54.9
11.4
8.7
5.0
95.9
35.6

262.6
3.8
22.8
5.0
27.6
4.1
70.9
26.3
6.5
3.5
2.9
39.8
13.3

277.5
4.1
24.2
5.6
29.2
4.3
71.7
28.0
6.5
3.7
3.1
42.1
14.1

273.8
4.1
24.2
5.5
29.1
4.2
72.2
27.7
6.4
3.6
3.0
42.1
14.1

1,415.7
34.4
149.2
36.7
108.2
36.6
237.6
136.3
32.2
34.7
25.1
237.8
96.6

1,504.5
36.1
156.5
40.1
115.8
39.8
251.0
147.3
33.6
36.3
27.9
249.3
103.7

1,476.4
35.8
156.3
39.6
112.6
39.1
245.4
144.0
32.5
36.1
27.0
246.9
103.5

Alaska

California
Anaheim-Santa Ana
Bakersfield
Fresno
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Modesto
Oakland
Oxnard-Ventura
Riverside-San Bernardino
Sacramento
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
Jacksonville
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.

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)
Government

Services

Finance, insurance,
and real estate
State and area
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990?

Alabama
Birmingham
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa

70.2
28.0
3.7
8.0
7.7
2.0

71.2
28.7
3.8
7.5
7.8
2.1

71.5
28.7
3.8
7.5
7.8
2.1

293.8
95.0
30.4
39.2
28.2
9.1

305.0
99.3
31.9
40.9
30.6
9.4

304.5
99.1
31.7
40.2
30.4
9.5

312.0
63.2
29.7
28.9
32.7
20.0

317.8
65.7
31.0
29.2
34.1
20.8

316.5
65.6
30.9
29.2
33.8
20.5

Alaska

10.4

10.5

10.4

42.7

46.9

45.5

66.1

70.7

68.7

91.4
73.1
11.5

93.7
75.5
11.4

93.7
75.5
11.2

378.2
255.7
70.8

402.1
272.8
73.6

399.5
270.6
73.3

241.0
122.2
53.4

261.2
134.4
56.9

249.5
127.5
54.7

37.7
1.5
2.8
15.7
1.2

38.2
1.6
3.0
15.6
1.2

38.0
1.5
2.9
15.5
1.2

163.7
7.9
16.3
57.7
6.7

176.1
9.1
17.8
62.5
6.9

174.0
8.9
17.9
62.0
6.7

151.7
10.2
7.9
47.8
7.5

158.9
11.7
8.2
48.8
7.6

155.7
11.0
8.1
48.2
7.4

819.5
93.3
6.3
12.0
284.8
5.0
56.4
11.0
27.8
36.9
65.2
109.0
31.4
8.6
8.1
9.1
4.9

849.7
96.0
6.5
12.4
297.4
5.2
57.8
11.6
29.4
39.3
67.3
109.9
32.5
8.8
8.0
9.4
4.9

845.1
95.2
6.5
12.3
294.0
5.2
57.2
9.0
29.2
38.4
66.7
109.4
32.4
8.7
8.0
9.4
4.9

3,182.3
295.1
34.3
48.3
1,137.9
22.5
206.7
51.7
154.0
129.4
245.0
291.1
207.1
40.8
29.0
30.9
28.5

3,337.2
312.9
35.5
52.1
1,208.1
24.3
223.0
55.2
164.6
136.8
264.8
310.6
216.5
42.1
32.2
32.6
30.1

3,279.7
308.2
35.3
51.1
1,185.1
24.1
218.4
54.6
163.0
136.2
261.6
300.5
211.4
41.3
31.7
32.1
30.0

1,980.6
119.6
41.7
47.9
522.6
18.5
162.1
41.6
134.5
175.8
167.4
135.0
86.7
28.4
23.1
31.8
38.3

2,064.2
125.6
43.9
49.1
535.7
20.2
167.3
42.9
147.5
181.5
173.9
138.8
88.6
29.1
24.0
32.9
38.6

2,051.7
123.5
43.1
49.5
533.1
20.8
166.6
42.9
148.2
181.7
172.7
136.6
88.1
29.0
24.0
31.1
38.5

95.8
4.1
62.9

96.6
4.2
63.5

96.9
4.2
63.3

371.3
24.8
211.5

385.3
27.1
220.8

383.6
27.0
218.1

263.0
21.8
125.7

278.8
22.3
131.8

268.1
21.5
128.5

151.2
12.5
74.3
3.8
16.4
13.6
4.7

151.3
12.4
74.6
3.4
16.8
14.2
4.4

151.2
12.4
74.9
3.4
16.9
14.2
4.4

410.9
49.3
112.7
14.7
72.5
36.7
21.6

433.1
50.9
117.8
15.0
77.0
38.4
22.7

428.4
49.4
117.3
15.6
74.3
37.7
23.0

207.3
20.0
66.2
6.6
32.5
10.7
12.5

212.7
20.4
67.4
6.9
32.9
10.9
13.0

210.0
20.3
67.3
6.6
32.1
11.0
12.9

29.4
26.2

30.5
27.5

30.5
27.4

77.7
69.0

83.7
72.4

84.6
73.8

47.6
37.6

49.0
39.4

48.7
41.6

District of Columbia
Washington MSA

33.1
127.4

33.4
130.8

33.1
130.5

244.4
704.0

259.5
740.5

254.2
730.8

275.2
574.4

278.4
593.1

276.5
587.5

Florida
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach .
Fort Myers-Cape Coral
Jacksonville
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay
Miami-Hialeah
Orlando
Pensacola

364.1
5.9
39.9
8.8
38.8
5.6
70.4
32.6
5.3
7.8
5.0
64.8
29.0

376.1
5.8
41.2
9.3
40.3
5.8
72.1
33.5
5.4
8.1
5.2
65.6
30.1

374.1
5.8
40.9
9.3
39.9
5.8
71.5
33.1
5.3
8.1
5.1
65.4
30.2

1,450.9
33.8
144.4
34.0
105.1
48.1
241.7
171.2
32.4
34.0
24.7
250.0
108.6

1,544.7
35.2
148.8
36.4
109.6
51.2
251.5
187.3
33.5
36.1
26.0
262.0
114.7

1,552.4
35.2
150.2
37.0
109.2
51.4
250.0
186.8
33.6
36.7
26.0
262.0
116.2

795.3
19.8
63.8
18.1
60.6
22.4
115.4
60.2
29.7
12.6
47.7
108.0
43.5

838.5
20.7
67.6
19.6
62.9
23.3
120.5
63.9
30.7
13.5
52.0
113.3
46.3

828.0
20.8
67.1
19.2
62.7
23.2
120.2
62.9
30.3
13.3
50.0
113.0
45.9

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
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
Stockton
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa
Colorado
Boulder-Longmont
Denver
Connecticut
Bridgeport-Milford
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven-Meriden
Stamford
Waterbury
Delaware
Wilmington

Sarasota
Tallahassee
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach
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)
Total

Mining

Construction

State and area
Jan.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990?

2,882.9
66.3
1,424.1
164.6
92.0
122.2
106.0

3,014.1
69.2
1,492.0
173.3
94.3
126.3
110.5

2,978.3
68.6
1,474.0
171.4
92.7
124.8
109.3

(1)

0

(1)

Hawaii
Honolulu

488.5
382.9

518.0
407.0

510.3
399.7

(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)

(1)

Idaho
Boise City

346.5
95.0

380.1
102.5

373.5
100.9

(*)

(2)

(2)

Illinois
Aurora-Elgin
Bloomington-Normal
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul ....
Chicago
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Decatur
Joliet
Kankakee
Lake County
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

5,089.2
138.5
59.9
83.0
3,101.8
155.0
52.6
99.5
32.8
200.4
141.2
132.8
100.5

5,219.5
142.2
65.0
89.5
3,196.0
161.5
53.8
103.9
35.4
211.0
145.4
135.4
103.8

5,150.0
139.8
64.0
86.1
3,148.1
159.4
53.0
103.1
34.9
206.1
144.4
131.4
102.4

19.4
(*)
(*)
(2)
1.8
(*)
(*)
(2)
(2)

Indiana
Anderson
Bloomington
Elkhart-Goshen
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary-Hammond
Indianapolis
Lafayette-West Lafayette
Muncie
South Bend-Mishawaka
Terre Haute

2,401.4
49.5
53.6
103.7
128.9
194.8
230.3
628.9
67.2
52.5
114.7
54.0

2,514.8
50.5
56.1
106.6
135.4
204.8
244.3
667.1
71.9
54.1
123.4
57.9

2,457.5
49.0
55.3
105.3
133.3
201.8
238.1
655.1
70.6
52.6
119.2
56.4

7.5

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo-Cedar Falls

1,155.9
90.9
217.7
42.1
52.0
64.8

1,223.4
96.0
230.3
44.9
55.5
69.4

1,196.8
94.4
228.0
44.3
54.7
67.4

Kansas
Topeka
Wichita

1,034.1
89.1
232.6

1,088.2
91.8
239.3

1,072.5
91.3
237.0

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette
Louisville
Owensboro

1,387.1
188.4
454.5
35.0

1,462.2
203.0
481.4
36.7

Louisiana
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport

1,492.6
45.0
217.6
53.1
84.9
54.4
516.7
128.4
523.5
40.5
126.7

Georgia
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Macon-Warner Robins
Savannah

Maine
Lewiston-Auburn
Portland
See footnotes at end of table.

64




Dec.
1989

8.8
.1
1.4
.5
.1
.1

Jan.
1990P

8.8
.1
1.2
.5
.1
.1

8.8
.1
1.2
.5
.1
.1

144.0
2.8
66.9
15.3
4.4
5.1
8.1

25.5
19.7

30.8
24.0

30.2
23.5

3.5

12.2
4.7

17.0
5.5

15.8
4.7

19.5
(2)

18.8
(2)

(2)

(2)

184.0
6.7
1.4
2.2
113.0
4.3
2.6
6.4
1.4
9.7
5.5
3.8
3.4

204.3
7.5
2.3
2.4
129.4
4.6
3.0
8.3
1.7
10.7
6.5
5.2
3.3

190.4
6.8
1.7
2.2
115.6
4.3
2.8
7.9
1.5
10.0
5.6
4.7
3.1

98.4
1.2
1.7
3.0
6.7
8.5
13.0
30.8
2.7
1.7
4.9
2.0

120.0
1.5
2.1
3.6
7.7
9.9
17.7
37.8
2.8
1.8
7.2
2.9

108.5
1.3
1.8
3.4
6.6
8.8
14.7
34.6
2.8
1.6
5.7
2.8

1.6

31.8
3.2
6.6
1.0
1.8
1.9

38.9
4.1
8.6
1.6
2.1
2.3

35.6
3.8
8.2
1.5
1.9
2.0

9.7

0)
3.7

(2)

(2)

2.0

2.0

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

62
()

(2)
(2)
2

( )

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

7.8
(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

2.0
(2)

2.1
(2)

(2)

.7
(2)

(2)
(2)

(2)
(2)

(2)

.7

.8
(2)

(2)

2.1
(2)

(2)

(2)

7.5
(2)

(2)

(2)

Jan.
1990P

148.7
2.9
67.9
15.6
4.6
5.2
8.2

(2)

(2)

Dec.
1989

141.0
2.6
67.8
13.5
4.7
4.7
6.8

3.2

(2)

Jan.
1989

(2)

.5

.4

1.6

.4

1.8

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)
(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

9.4

9.2

1.8

1.8

1.8

35.2
3.0
8.3

39.8
4.0
8.8

38.5
3.9
8.3

1,437.4
199.0
470.7
36.3

34.0
.3
.5
.5

33.5
.2
.5
.5

33.5
.2
.5
.4

57.3
9.7
20.4
2.0

67.8
11.0
23.3
2.1

63.8
10.8
22.2
2.0

1,528.9
46.0
231.7
55.4
88.5
56.8
534.4
131.4

1,512.9
45.1
228.3
54.0
87.2
54.9
528.9
129.2

54.3
.1
.8
5.5
11.0
.4
14.3
2.9

54.7
.2
.8
5.5
11.5
.5
14.6
3.2

54.8
.1
.8
5.4
11.4
.4
14.6
3.1

74.1
2.3
21.8
1.8
3.1
2.1
20.8
4.8

82.1
2.7
26.1
1.7
3.3
2.7
22.3
5.4

82.9
2.3
26.6
1.8
3.3
2.7
22.0
5.5

551.6
42.9
137.3

533.4
41.4
131.6

.1

30.5
2.0
8.2

31.7
2.2
8.6

28.4
2.0
8.0

(2)

(2)

.1

.1

O
0

(2)

(1)

(1)

0)

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

Wholesale and retail trade

Transportation and
IDublic utilitiesJ

State and area
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990?

565.6
15.0
178.0
37.4
19.0
18.6
17.4

571.3
15.6
180.9
38.3
18.7
18.6
17.8

564.4
15.4
176.8
38.2
18.7
18.0
17.5

183.1
1.8
121.1
4.5
3.2
5.0
9.6

189.1
1.8
126.4
4.5
3.0
5.3
9.8

186.4
1.8
125.7
4.5
3.0
5.4
9.8

736.6
14.5
404.1
35.4
20.5
28.2
25.7

776.1
15.4
424.7
38.1
22.4
29.7
27.1

756.1
15.1
414.3
36.7
21.3
28.5
26.5

Hawaii
Honolulu

21.7
16.4

20.8
15.7

20.6
15.5

38.8
31.6

41.4
33.4

41.1
33.3

129.6
99.9

136.3
104.4

134.1
102.6

Idaho
Boise City

57.6
13.7

62.8
15.7

62.2
15.0

18.3
5.3

19.4
5.6

19.2
5.6

89.1
25.2

99.5
27.1

97.3
26.5

974.0
39.0
6.0
8.3
559.1
32.0
14.1
19.1
5.5
45.7
33.2
48.4
4.1

981.6
39.4
7.8
7.8
556.4
33.1
14.2
18.2
5.6
47.1
33.6
47.7
3.9

975.1
39.2
7.9
7.9
551.7
33.1
14.3
18.5
5.5
46.7
33.7
44.9
4.0

300.4
3.4
2.8
2.2
200.1
6.9
5.1
8.6
2.0
5.6
7.0
4.6
4.7

306.6
3.4
2.6
2.2
206.2
7.3
5.0
8.6
2.0
6.0
6.9
4.6
4.7

307.2
3.4
2.7
2.3
204.4
7.3
5.1
8.6
2.1
6.0
7.0
4.6
4.7

1,265.3
35.8
13.5
19.1
771.8
45.0
11.6
23.5
8.1
57.8
34.4
29.8
22.5

1,298.6
35.9
14.5
19.2
791.1
47.4
11.9
24.3
9.3
61.0
35.8
31.4
24.1

1,273.3
35.4
14.3
18.6
772.7
46.3
11.5
24.0
9.1
58.3
35.7
31.1
23.0

Indiana
Anderson
Bloomington
Elkhart-Goshen
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary-Hammond
Indianapolis
Lafayette-West Lafayette
Muncie
South Bend-Mishawaka
Terre Haute

642.2
17.4
9.6
55.9
30.8
54.0
56.5
107.4
12.7
11.1
23.2
10.3

638.2
16.7
9.5
53.0
30.7
53.0
56.7
109.8
13.0
11.3
23.0
10.7

631.8
16.2
9.4
52.7
30.6
52.9
56.3
109.2
13.0
11.0
22.9
10.8

124.0
1.3
1.6
3.1
6.8
12.7
15.5
38.8
1.8
2.7
4.9
2.8

132.1
1.4
1.7
3.6
6.9
13.5
15.1
41.7
1.8
3.0
5.1
2.9

128.9
1.3
1.7
3.6
6.9
13.5
15.0
41.4
1.7
3.0
5.0
2.8

568.6
11.6
11.9
18.7
34.1
48.0
54.5
163.5
14.1
12.7
30.7
14.8

609.8
12.2
12.4
20.5
36.5
50.4
58.6
175.7
15.5
13.6
32.7
15.8

588.5
11.7
11.9
20.0
35.4
49.4
56.7
170.8
15.0
12.9
31.7
15.4

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo-Cedar Falls

229.0
23.5
25.4
12.2
10.4
15.4

235.7
23.7
26.0
12.6
11.0
15.8

234.0
23.4
25.7
12.5
10.9
15.7

54.0
5.7
12.6
1.5
3.1
1.8

56.8
5.7
12.6
1.7
3.7
1.9

55.4
5.8
12.5
1.7
3.5
1.8

294.4
21.8
56.7
9.9
13.6
15.5

315.3
22.7
60.6
10.7
14.4
17.2

307.6
22.4
60.2
10.6
14.2
16.5

Kansas
Topeka
Wichita

182.3
9.3
62.4

185.2
9.7
64.6

182.1
9.8
64.9

64.7
7.0
11.1

66.7
6.9
11.2

66.0
6.9
11.3

259.3
20.5
53.2

275.1
20.8
55.1

269.5
20.5
53.3

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette
Louisville
Owensboro

280.4
32.9
89.4
6.3

285.7
34.2
88.7
6.4

281.4
33.7
85.8
6.4

74.6
8.7
29.2
2.1

78.5
9.4
31.6
2.2

75.4
9.2
30.0
2.2

335.0
43.1
114.4
9.3

359.4
46.1
123.0
10.0

350.7
44.5
120.1
9.8

Louisiana
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport

170.2
3.2
20.3
4.4
7.4
7.5
43.8
17.2

175.4
3.4
21.5
5.0
8.2
7.6
43.7
17.7

170.3
3.5
21.3
4.6
7.9
7.7
43.1
15.7

105.2
2.2
10.2
6.0
6.0
3.1
42.1
8.3

105.4
2.3
10.5
6.5
6.2
3.1
43.6
8.4

105.2
2.3
10.5
6.3
6.3
3.0
43.1
8.4

361.2
10.7
52.8
13.5
23.3
14.2
133.2
31.6

371.2
10.4
54.9
14.5
24.3
14.8
139.8
33.1

364.8
10.1
54.2
14.1
24.1
14.1
135.8
32.8

Maine
Lewiston-Aubum
Portland

107.0
9.5
16.7

106.2
9.6
16.9

105.0
9.4
16.6

21.6
1.4
5.0

22.7
1.5
5.5

22.1
1.4
5.2

131.2
10.9
38.8

142.7
11.8
43.6

135.0
11.2
40.0

Georgia
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Macon-Warner Robins
Savannah

Illinois
Aurora-Elgin
Bloomington-Normal
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul ....
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Decatur
Joliet
Kankakee
Lake County
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

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)
Government

Services

Finance, insurance,
and real estate
State and area
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

161.5
1.9
103.6
5.5
6.0
7.1
4.8

163.2
2.0
106.0
5.6
6.0
7.3
4.8

162.7
2.0
105.7
5.5
5.9
7.5
4.7

582.0
10.5
340.6
32.7
17.9
23.7
25.2

629.5
11.3
369.2
35.1
18.5
25.0
26.4

627.1
11.3
368.4
35.0
18.3
25.0
26.2

504.3
19.9
207.5
35.1
20.5
34.7
16.5

527.6
20.0
215.8
35.5
21.1
35.1
16.5

528.7
20.1
215.0
35.8
21.0
35.2
16.5

Hawaii
Honolulu

34.3
28.2

35.6
29.1

35.4
28.9

139.4
104.2

148.1
112.5

148.2
112.1

99.2
82.9

105.0
87.9

100.7
83.8

Idaho
Boise City

18.8
7.6

19.6
7.8

19.3
7.7

72.4
20.7

77.1
22.2

76.9
22.5

74.9
17.8

81.0
18.6

79.3
18.9

Illinois
Aurora-Elgin
Bloomington-Normal
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul ....
Chicago
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Decatur
Joliet
Kankakee
Lake County
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

367.1
7.5
10.4
3.0
265.5
7.7
2.3
3.5
1.2
9.7
7.2
5.2
7.9

373.4
7.3
11.1
3.1
271.5
7.7
2.3
3.5
1.3
10.0
7.2
5.2
8.2

372.4
7.2
11.1
3.1
270.0
7.7
2.3
3.6
1.2
10.1
7.1
5.3
8.1

1,244.3
30.8
12.9
16.6
826.9
32.9
11.4
21.8
8.3
41.9
38.3
28.8
25.2

1,284.1
31.7
13.0
17.6
863.9
34.2
11.6
23.3
8.8
44.8
39.3
29.1
26.1

1,275.8
31.6
13.0
17.5
856.8
34.2
11.5
23.2
8.8
44.0
39.3
28.9
26.0

734.7
15.3
12.9
31.6
363.6
26.2
5.5
16.6
6.3
30.0
15.6
12.2
32.7

751.4
17.0
13.7
37.2
375.5
27.2
5.8
17.7
6.7
31.4
16.1
12.2
33.5

737.0
16.2
13.3
34.5
374.9
26.5
5.5
17.3
6.7
31.0
16.0
11.9
33.5

Indiana
Anderson
Bloomington
Elkhart-Goshen
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary-Hammond
Indianapolis
Lafayette-West Lafayette
Muncie
South Bend-Mishawaka
Terre Haute

118.7
1.6
1.7
2.9
5.3
12.0
8.1
48.4
3.0
1.7
6.0
2.0

122.9
1.5
2.0
3.2
5.5
12.9
8.4
49.1
3.2
1.7
6.2
2.1

121.8
1.5
1.9
3.2
5.4
13.0
8.4
48.9
3.1
1.7
6.3
2.1

480.8
10.3
8.9
14.3
31.1
41.6
51.1
146.4
12.4
11.0
33.6
11.7

515.4
11.0
10.5
16.3
34.0
47.4
55.5
155.5
13.8
11.1
36.9
12.2

507.2
10.9
10.3
16.2
34.4
46.6
55.1
153.8
14.0
11.1
35.5
12.3

361.1
6.1
18.1
5.9
12.0
18.1
31.5
92.9
20.6
11.5
11.3
10.0

368.6
6.3
17.9
6.4
12.0
17.7
32.3
96.6
21.8
11.7
12.2
10.8

363.3
6.2
18.4
6.3
11.9
17.5
31.9
95.7
21.0
11.4
12.2
9.8

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo-Cedar Falls

66.7
4.5
30.3
1.4
2.5
2.8

69.4
4.7
32.2
1.5
2.6
2.9

69.5
4.7
32.1
1.5
2.6
2.9

266.3
21.8
55.5
12.7
14.0
15.2

281.4
23.7
58.3
13.1
15.1
15.8

276.5
23.3
57.7
12.8
15.1
15.4

212.1
10.4
30.6
3.4
6.6
12.2

224.1
11.4
32.0
3.7
6.6
13.5

216.6
11.0
31.6
3.7
6.5
13.1

Kansas
Topeka
Wichita

57.2
6.6
10.9

58.3
6.7
10.8

58.9
6.7
10.8

219.1
21.3
56.9

234.1
21.5
58.5

232.9
21.5
58.5

206.9
21.4
28.0

219.8
22.2
28.5

214.9
22.0
28.1

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette
Louisville
Owensboro

59.1
9.4
25.8
1.4

61.1
9.5
27.1
1.5

60.7
9.3
26.7
1.5

299.8
45.1
113.9
8.1

319.6
49.4
123.5
8.4

317.9
49.1
122.2
8.4

246.9
39.2
60.9
5.3

256.6
43.2
63.7
5.6

254.0
42.2
63.2
5.6

Louisiana
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport

79.6
2.5
13.0
2.1
3.3
4.2
32.7
6.4

77.9
2.5
13.2
2.1
3.2
4.3
33.5
6.2

77.4
2.5
13.0
2.0
3.2
4.2
33.3
6.1

339.1
11.4
48.2
9.2
18.6
12.0
143.1
31.2

347.4
11.7
50.3
9.6
19.1
12.8
149.9
32.0

345.9
11.5
50.2
9.7
18.8
12.8
149.7
32.1

308.9
12.6
50.5
10.6
12.2
10.9
86.7
26.0

314.8
12.8
54.4
10.5
12.7
11.0
87.0
25.4

311.6
12.8
51.7
10.1
12.2
10.0
87.3
25.5

Maine
Lewiston-Auburn
Portland

25.2
2.4
11.6

25.3
2.3
11.8

25.1
2.3
11.4

115.9
10.2
31.1

123.4
11.0
34.3

120.3
10.6
34.5

92.0
4.1
15.3

99.5
4.5
16.6

97.4
4.5
15.9

Georgia
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Macon-Warner Robins
Savannah

See footnotes at end of table.

66




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
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Maryland
Baltimore MSA
Baltimore City
Suburban Maryland-D.C

2,093.3
1,115.5
466.4
753.8

2,178.0
1,159.6
486.4
787.2

2,123.2
1,128.0
470.1
771.7

Massachusetts
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Fitchburg-Leominster
Lawrence-Haverhill
Lowell
New Bedford
Pittsfield
Springfield
Worcester

3,076.2
1,722.9
73.6
56.2
41.0
164.2
108.4
68.3
41.6
240.3
201.9

3,145.2
1,756.9
75.7
58.5
41.8
165.3
106.0
69.3
43.2
246.1
207.6

3,042.8
1,713.4
73.6
56.1
40.5
162.7
102.8
66.6
42.2
239.2
200.8

Michigan
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Benton Harbor
Detroit
Pljnt
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland

3,808.2
172.4
58.3
65.1
1,893.4
160.2
335.0
52.8
110.4
209.4
57.2
155.7

3,957.4
178.2
60.2
66.7
1,967.8
168.7
352.5
55.2
114.3
217.8
58.9
162.7

3,816.7
171.7
59.3
65.1
1,901.7
152.3
342.3
53.9
111.0
208.1
58.4
151.4

Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Rochester
St. Cloud

2,019.1
91.8
1,312.2
61.3
74.9

2,126.7
97.0
1,375.7
64.5
79.6

2,084.4
94.9
1,350.8
63.9
80.0

898.4
181.1

936.9
188.8

919.8
185.1

2,243.5
752.3
1,148.8
113.4

2,333.3
791.9
1,191.7
119.6

2,278.3
775.2
1,165.4
117.6

Montana

277.7

294.3

288.3

5.7

6.1

6.0

6.6

8.7

7.3

Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha

687.2
114.8
312.4

716.9
121.7
327.9

705.1
118.6
323.9

1.3

1.3

1.2

21.6
3.6
10.6

22.7
3.9
11.2

22.5
3.8
11.3

545.7
316.9
134.5

606.3
360.9
144.9

598.4
359.9
141.4

14.4
.3
1.6

14.3
.3
1.5

37.7
25.3
6.2

49.1
34.8
7.7

46.9
34.3
7.0

New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua
Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester....

526.7
86.9
94.6
110.2

524.0
86.7
94.1
111.8

521.5
82.4
91.8
113.0

.4

.5

30.3
5.2
4.3
4.8

26.4
4.9
3.4
4.3

23.9
4.0
3.7
4.3

New Jersey
Atlantic City
Bergen-Passaic
Camden
Jersey City
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon
Monmouth-Ocean
Newark
Trenton
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton

3,638.2
158.7
669.3
444.2
243.9
534.2
324.3
956.5
196.1
56.7

3,754.9
165.1
682.9
464.0
256.4
553.6
342.1
990.0
202.4
59.6

3,654.5
160.5
667.7
454.0
247.5
539.3
329.6
971.2
198.2
59.1

2.3

156.3
9.2
31.2
24.0
6.3
21.5
19.2
36.9
4.9
2.2

166.7
9.7
32.1
26.1
7.1
23.3
20.8
38.5
5.3
2.4

148.1
9.1
29.7
24.3
6.4
20.9
18.0
36.5
5.0
2.3

Mississippi
Jackson
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Springfield

Las Vegas
Reno

Jan.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Dec.
1989

1.6
.3

1.7
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1.5
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(2)

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10.2

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ft
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ft

(2)

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7.3
5.4
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5.9
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6.2
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4.8

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ft

ft

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.7
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ft

6.3
.7

31.6
7.6

38.1
7.5

34.8
6.9

5.0

88.2
29.8
55.0
4.2

96.7
33.1
62.0
4.6

90.4
32.1
59.3
4.4

ft
2.5

ft

67.9
3.2
45.6
1.8
3.5

(2)

2.4

ft

75.2
3.5
49.8
2.0
3.8

(2)

.4

(2)

63.6
2.7
43.3
1.9
2.9

/2\

(2)

(2)

ft

7.2
5.3
I2\

(2)

(2)

123.6
4.6
1.8
1.5
57.8
5.1
15.3
1.8
3.9
5.4
2.0
7.9

1

()

(2)

137.8
5.3
2.1
1.7
64.4
5.4
16.2
1.9
4.1
6.0
2.2
8.5

(2)

6.8
5.1

12\

118.2
4.7
1.6
1.5
56.8
4.8
14.9
1.6
3.8
5.5
2.0
7.3

.1
.1
.2

1.1

(2\

IZ\

105.3
55.1
2.6
2.1
1.5
6.0
4.1
2.5
1.6
7.0
7.6

ft

IZ\

(2)

121.7
60.1
3.4
2.2
1.9
6.9
4.7
2.9
1.8
8.4
8.8

/2\

1.1

/2\

12.0
.2
1.3

121.3
61.6
3.2
2.3
1.9
6.9
4.7
2.9
1.9
8.7
9.0

9.8

/2\

/2\

1.2
.6

/2\

ft
ft
/2\

1

153.7
73.8
19.7
69.3

/2\

fZ\

(2)

158.6
77.9
21.1
71.7

ft

1.5
.6

.7
.8
.4

ft
ft
ft
ft

.5

ft
.7

ft

Jan.
1990?

155.1
72.5
19.3
67.6

()

(1)

Dec.
1989

1.6
.3
2

I2\

0)
(1)

Jan.
1989

.4

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)
Manufacturing

Transportation and
public utilities

Wholesale and retail trade

State and area
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Maryland
Baltimore MSA
Baltimore City
Suburban Maryland-D.C

209.3
131.0
44.1
37.6

208.8
129.8
45.1
38.7

203.8
126.5
41.8
38.3

98.4
54.6
27.5
31.5

103.3
57.4
29.0
32.3

101.4
56.2
27.8
31.6

530.2
273.5
93.9
198.1

558.4
287.0
97.7
206.7

538.1
276.7
92.7
201.3

Massachusetts
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Fitchburg-Leominster
Lawrence-Haverhill
Lowell
New Bedford
Pittsfield
Springfield
Worcester

573.0
260.9
10.3
16.0
12.1
49.8
37.2
184
10.6
49.8
44.6

552.5
255.1
9.7
15.5
12.1
46.3
33.4
17.9
10.7
47.8
44.3

544.0
251.2
9.5
15.6
12.0
46.6
33.4
17.5
10.7
46.7
44.1

131.0
76.3
4.6
1.9
1.6
6.7
4.9
2.9
1.2
9.8
9.4

134.0
77.4
4.8
1.9
1.5
6.8
4.9
2.8
1.4
10.3
9.4

130.0
76.8
4.6
1.8
1.4
6.4
4.7
2.7
1.4
9.9
9.2

737.8
396.2
23.7
15.0
10.3
36.4
23.0
17.2
10.0
58.0
49.5

769.8
405.2
25.3
16.6
10.6
38.7
23.6
17.8
10.7
62.5
52.1

740.6
393.7
24.8
14.8
10.1
37.3
22.2
16.6
10.2
60.3
50.1

Michigan
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Benton Harbor
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland

971.5
39.8
16.5
22.0
462.7
49.9
101.5
13.2
31.1
34.8
17.1
44.4

960.2
37.8
15.7
20.9
461.1
50.9
102.6
13.3
30.3
31.5
17.0
44.8

902.4
36.5
16.0
20.7
434.2
38.4
99.7
12.7
29.5
29.4
17.1
36.9

148.6
4.7
1.6
2.4
84.5
4.1
11.3
4.1
3.1
5.3
2.2
6.2

153.4
4.9
1.6
2.5
88.9
4.2
11.6
4.0
3.3
5.6
2.2
6.2

148.6
4.8
1.6
2.5
87.0
3.9
11.2
4.0
3.3
5.6
2.2
6.0

892.7
29.9
11.6
13.7
454.0
40.4
87.5
12.4
25.0
44.7
13.1
37.3

951.4
31.8
12.8
14.7
484.0
43.8
94.5
13.5
27.3
47.8
14.0
40.1

915.7
30.8
12.2
14.1
465.7
41.9
91.9
12.8
26.0
46.3
13.6
38.6

Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Rochester
St. Cloud

391.6
7.8
262.0
11.3
14.1

396.0
8.5
261.2
11.8
13.6

392.8
8.2
259.8
11.7
14.5

101.3
5.4
71.0
1.8
3.6

108.6
6.0
76.9
1.9
3.8

107.2
5.8
76.1
1.9
3.8

499.1
23.0
322.3
12.6
23.1

530.4
24.7
341.2
13.1
25.7

512.9
24.0
329.9
12.8
25.7

Mississippi
Jackson

239.1
21.0

242.4
21.4

238.9
20.7

43.8
13.4

46.2
14.4

45.5
14.2

191.8
42.7

205.0
45.2

196.7
43.3

Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Springfield

437.3
109.6
223.8
21.6

440.1
110.6
225.1
21.3

431.9
105.6
218.0
21.3

146.8
61.2
75.2
6.7

150.2
64.3
77.0
7.4

149.4
64.4
76.9
7.2

551.0
198.8
282.4
32.5

584.5
212.1
298.5
34.5

563.1
206.4
289.4
33.4

21.3

22.5

21.9

19.3

20.4

19.4

73.0

80.0

77.9

Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha

93.8
14.6
35.2

96.1
14.3
36.3

95.6
14.2
36.2

45.4
6.3
23.8

46.7
6.7
24.9

46.3
6.7
24.9

179.6
26.1
81.6

188.2
28.1
86.0

184.5
27.1
84.3

Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno

24.8
9.3
8.5

25.7
10.2
8.6

25.4
10.2
8.5

29.0
16.6
9.4

31.6
18.7
9.5

31.3
18.6
9.2

113.2
67.7
31.6

126.6
77.9
34.4

123.2
76.2
33.0

New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua
Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester....

117.3
12.3
35.1
21.6

111.8
11.4
33.3
20.8

111.6
11.4
32.6
20.7

18.2
4.7
3.0
2.6

19.1
5.0
3.0
2.7

18.8
4.9
2.7
2.7

136.0
24.3
23.7
28.0

136.2
23.1
23.7
28.1

136.5
22.8
23.1
29.7

New Jersey
Atlantic City
Bergen-Passaic
Camden
Jersey City
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon
Monmouth-Ocean
Newark
Trenton
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton

651.0
8.2
150.8
72.8
40.9
115.1
27.9
174.8
29.2
15.7

650.4
8.7
148.4
72.4
44.2
114.3
28.1
174.1
28.9
16.7

640.2
8.5
146.2
70.6
41.0
113.8
27.5
172.2
28.5
16.8

240.0
6.5
29.6
19.7
32.6
41.9
16.9
78.9
6.7
2.1

244.0
6.6
29.7
20.1
35.3
42.1
17.6
83.3
6.8
2.2

238.8
6.4
29.4
20.0
33.3
41.8
17.2
82.1
6.8
2.2

878.6
31.3
194.1
122.5
61.0
131.8
88.5
195.3
31.4
11.3

925.0
34.8
203.0
130.0
63.4
140.0
94.6
205.7
33.3
11.7

882.7
32.3
193.9
126.3
60.8
131.6
89.4
194.9
32.1
11.3

Montana

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)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Services

Government

State and area
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Maryland
Baltimore MSA
Baltimore City
Suburban Maryland-D.C

128.3
75.7
45.3
44.2

132.2
77.6
46.1
46.2

131.3
76.7
45.8
45.8

568.6
301.0
144.3
217.6

594.9
316.5
154.2
226.8

584.0
309.3
149.1
223.8

401.8
206.9
92.0
157.2

420.1
213.1
93.2
164.8

409.3
208.5
93.2
161.6

Massachusetts
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Fitchburg-Leominster
Lawrence-Haverhill
Lowell
New Bedford
Pittsfield
Springfield
Worcester

216.1
147.1
3.5
3.4
1.6
6.4
3.8
2.5
1.9
15.7
14.0

217.6
147.8
3.6
3.6
1.5
6.5
3.7
2.5
2.0
15.4
14.5

216.7
147.5
3.6
3.6
1.6
6.3
3.6
2.5
2.0
15.2
13.9

887.1
574.5
16.3
10.7
8.7
36.0
21.4
14.4
11.2
58.5
50.3

938.5
603.5
16.4
11.5
9.2
38.4
22.2
15.4
11.8
61.8
53.6

907.1
584.3
16.1
11.3
9.1
38.0
21.8
15.3
11.6
60.2
51.2

408.4
205.7
12.0
6.9
4.8
22.0
13.4
10.0
4.7
39.6
24.9

409.6
207.1
12.5
7.2
5.0
21.7
13.5
10.0
4.7
39.7
24.7

397.9
204.2
12.4
6.9
4.8
22.1
13.0
9.5
4.7
39.8
24.5

Michigan
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Benton Harbor
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland

185.1
4.6
3.2
2.6
109.1
5.7
15.4
1.7
4.9
12.5
1.4
6.3

189.8
4.5
3.3
2.6
111.6
6.1
15.7
1.7
5.1
12.8
1.5
6.3

190.0
4.7
3.2
2.7
112.0
6.1
15.9
1.7
5.1
12.5
1.5
6.0

865.4
35.4
12.5
14.5
484.5
31.8
71.1
9.9
24.4
39.7
11.9
33.3

905.1
37.0
13.0
15.4
513.4
33.9
76.7
10.4
25.5
42.4
12.1
35.9

889.8
36.4
13.1
15.3
504.0
33.9
74.2
10.4
25.2
40.7
12.2
35.4

626.1
53.2
11.4
8.5
240.8
23.5
33.3
9.8
18.1
66.9
9.4
20.9

649.6
56.9
11.7
8.9
243.3
24.3
35.1
10.4
18.7
71.7
10.0
21.0

636.9
53.9
11.5
8.4
239.9
22.8
34.2
10.4
18.0
68.1
9.8
20.6

Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Rochester
St. Cloud

118.1
3.0
91.9
1.5
2.3

121.4
3.3
93.5
1.6
2.4

120.7
3.2
93.1
1.6
2.4

509.9
22.8
342.6
25.8
15.5

550.9
23.7
368.6
27.5
16.2

543.1
23.5
363.9
27.8
16.1

328.7
22.0
178.7
6.4
13.4

336.9
21.9
184.0
6.6
14.1

332.6
21.7
182.0
6.3
14.0

38.5
14.6

39.0
14.8

38.6
14.7

146.2
39.8

154.7
42.3

153.9
42.0

201.6
41.3

205.2
42.5

205.1
42.5

133.5
58.1
73.9
5.2

135.1
59.6
74.3
5.5

133.8
59.3
73.9
5.5

528.4
179.5
295.9
29.0

551.0
193.0
308.7
30.7

541.4
189.3
305.0
30.7

353.5
115.3
142.6
14.2

370.6
119.2
146.1
15.6

363.3
118.1
142.9
15.1

Montana

12.9

13.3

13.2

68.7

73.3

73.5

70.2

70.0

69.1

Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha

47.2
3.4
27.8

48.7
8.5
29.2

48.4
8.4
29.2

161.8
25.9
87.2

169.0
28.0
92.6

165.2
27.2
90.2

136.5
29.9
46.2

144.2
32.2
47.7

141.4
31.2
47.8

Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno

24.5
15.6
6.4

25.9
16.7
6.7

25.9
16.6
6.7

235.9
146.9
54.4

258.7
164.3
58.3

258.2
165.6
58.0

68.6
35.3
16.7

74.3
38.0
18.1

73.2
38.1
17.5

New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua
Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester....

32.2
8.4
3.5
7.1

32.6
8.8
3.2
7.4

32.1
8.2
3.3
7.2

122.0
23.2
17.4
20.6

123.0
24.4
19.4
21.8

125.5
22.2
18.7
20.8

70.3
8.8
7.6
25.5

74.5
9.1
8.1
26.7

72.6
8.9
7.7
27.6

New Jersey
Atlantic City
Bergen-Passaic
Camden
Jersey City
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon
Monmouth-Ocean
Newark
Trenton
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton

240.7
6.8
38.8
24.4
16.4
39.0
19.3
79.4
10.3
3.6

241.4
6.9
39.0
25.3
16.4
38.9
19.9
80.0
10.6
3.9

240.8
6.9
38.9
24.8
16.1
38.7
19.7
81.0
10.5
4.0

914.5
70.9
156.8
107.0
47.9
111.7
89.6
254.0
57.3
9.8

956.7
72.3
161.0
113.3
50.0
118.4
96.4
265.9
60.8
10.5

941.9
71.3
160.5
112.3
50.1
117.3
93.8
264.5
58.8
10.4

554.7
25.8
68.0
73.8
38.8
72.6
62.9
136.5
56.3
11.6

568.2
26.1
69.7
76.8
40.0
75.9
64.7
141.7
56.7
11.8

559.7
26.0
69.1
75.7
39.8
74.7
64.0
139.3
56.5
11.7

Mississippi
Jackson
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Springfield

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)
Total

Constructior

Mining

State and area
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

14.1
(1)
(1)
(1)

15.0
(1)
(1)
(1)

5.0
.4

5.6
.6

543.5
235.2
41.1
54.8

570.2
243.1
44.6
57.1

557.7
238.8
43.2
55.7

New York
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Nassau-Suffolk
New York PMSA
New York City
Niagara Falls
Orange County
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Rockland County
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester County

8,101.4
417.4
119.7
445.8
40.9
1,123.5
4,086.3
3,565.0
81.0
105.6
119.3
478.6
100.3
302.5
123.2
402.4

8,376.2
434.9
123.0
470.5
42.0
1,162.4
4,207.3
3,664.5
86.9
109.2
123.1
491.7
104.4
317.6
129.1
419.0

8,157.5
428.1
120.9
454.6
41.7
1,132.1
4,123.6
3,595.7
81.5
106.5
120.3
482.2
102.4
309.8
126.0
406.8

North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point
Raleigh-Durham

2,997.7
81.1
603.6
485.2
405.4

3,129.1
88.4
628.5
492.0
432.2

3,081.4
86.6
622.8
485.4
423.9

(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

251.6
37.2
72.8
30.0

261.8
39.5
77.1
32.4

258.1
38.5
75.6
31.4

(2)
(2)
(2)

Ohio
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton-Springfield
Toledo
Youngstown-Warren

4,680.9
267.3
161.2
701.9
908.4
682.7
441.2
288.1
193.7

4,909.6
289.4
167.2
748.2
953.5
718.6
458.3
300.7
202.1

4,752.8
278.8
163.3
725.9
926.0
698.5
445.5
282.5
189.0

Oklahoma
Enid
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Tulsa

1,134.5
21.4
33.7
415.0
296.4

1,169.2
21.6
35.1
427.1
309.8

Oregon
Eugene-Springfield
Portland
Salem

1,159.5
110.6
592.7
99.1

1,230.1
118.5
630.2
104.7

1,203.1
116.0
617.0
101.7

Pennsylvania
Allentown-Bethlehem
Altoona
Beaver County
Erie
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle
Johnstown
Lancaster
Philadelphia PMSA
Philadelphia City
Pittsburgh

5,014.3
277.3
50.8
48.2
114.6
303.9
79.2
182.5
2,174.1
758.6
872.3

5,169.5
284.5
52.4
50.0
118.2
313.5
80.8
190.2
2,217.7
774.6
910.9

5,059.3
279.4
51.4
48.8
116.5
310.8
80.1
185.6
2,179.9
762.2
892.8

New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Santa Fe

North Dakota
Bismarck
Fargo-Moorhead
Grand Forks

See footnotes at end of table.

70




(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

Jan.
1990P

Dec.
1989

2

Jan.
1989

27.6
12.7
2.2
2.6

29.3
13.4
2.3
2.7

26.9
12.7
2.2
2.5

4.9
.4

304.3
18.2
4.8
14.8
1.7
54.1
141.9
113.1
2.9
4.8
6.2
16.6
4.7
13.8
3.1
22.2

328.0
20.1
5.6
16.4
1.6
57.5
152.3
120.1
3.8
5.0
6.6
19.2
5.0
16.8
3.8
24.9

300.7
18.4
4.9
14.8
1.5
53.4
143.2
114.1
3.3
4.5
6.0
17.7
4.6
15.1
3.2
22.5

4.8

156.5
4.2
35.8
24.2
21.3

164.6
4.6
36.3
24.6
22.2

157.9
4.4
35.9
24.0
21.8

3.8

7.1
1.3
2.7
1.0

8.5
1.5
3.3
1.2

7.5
1.3
3.1
1.0

17.6
.6
.8
.4
.9
.8
.4
.2
.5

165.0
8.5
6.1
30.7
27.5
26.4
16.1
10.1
6.5

195.8
9.9
7.1
34.9
33.8
29.3
17.7
12.3
7.7

170.9
8.5
6.1
31.8
29.0
26.1
15.8
10.7
6.4

33.4
.6
1.0
10.8
10.1

34.8
.6
.9
11.6
10.7

1.2
.2
.4
.1

38.5
3.3
22.5
3.2

45.1
3.9
25.5
4.1

42.3
3.5
24.1
3.8

27.0
.6

209.0
13.0
2.2
2.2
3.0
12.5
2.4
11.1
98.7
16.3
36.4

233.9
13.0
2.3
2.5
3.6
14.0
2.8
11.9
99.6
17.5
40.8

215.3
12.3
2.2
2.3
3.3
13.3
2.5
11.6
92.3
15.8
36.2

()
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

(2)
(2)
(2)

(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
4.9

4.8
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

3.7

4.0
(2)
(2)
(2)

(2)
(*)
(2)

17.7
.6
.8
.4
.9
.8
.4
.2
.4

18.1
.6
.8
.4
.9
.8
.4
.2
.5

42.9
1.0
.2
11.4
12.3

44.3
.9
.3
10.8
12.4

1.1
.2
.3
.1

1.4
.2
.4
.1

27.2
.5

27.6
.6

(2)
4.6

O
(11)
()

.4
2.6
.4
1.1

.4
2.6
.4
1.0
(2)

(1)
(1)

(2)
(2)
(2)

(2)
(2)
(2)

(2)
(2)
(2)

.6

.8

.6
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

.3

.4

.4
(2)
(2)
(2)

.4
2.6
.4
1.1
(2)

4.5

Jan.
1990P

14.8
(1)
(1)
(1)

2

()
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

Dec.
1989

4.4

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(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)
Manufacturing

Transportation and
public utilities

Wholesale and retail trade

State and area
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

41.1
20.9
3.6
1.7

42.5
21.2
3.7
1.7

42.1
21.1
3.6
1.7

28.6
12.5
1.5
1.0

30.9
12.8
1.7
1.0

30.1
12.6
1.6
1.0

129.8
60.1
8.8
10.3

137.1
62.4
9.3
11.0

132.5
59.9
8.9
10.6

1,190.7
47.1
37.4
77.1
8.8
167.4
431.0
353.3
24.1
14.7
29.9
138.8
15.0
53.5
24.8
60.6

1,179.0
46.3
35.6
77.8
8.9
159.9
432.3
355.4
24.1
13.9
30.6
133.1
14.8
52.8
23.9
60.1

1,155.3
46.1
34.8
73.0
8.8
158.6
423.6
347.0
21.7
13.4
30.4
132.4
14.8
52.2
23.8
59.8

412.5
17.0
4.3
21.8
1.5
49.1
243.1
217.7
3.6
6.3
3.6
14.9
4.9
18.5
4.4
19.9

426.5
17.7
4.4
22.9
1.5
51.2
250.4
224.5
4.0
6.7
3.7
15.5
5.1
19.2
4.4
20.1

418.9
17.4
4.5
22.1
1.4
50.9
244.6
219.1
3.9
6.6
3.7
15.5
5.2
19.1
4.4
19.6

1,708.2
90.6
25.0
111.5
10.6
300.5
754.5
632.4
19.2
29.3
22.2
101.5
23.1
73.5
26.9
94.4

1,792.2
96.4
26.3
122.0
10.7
312.8
781.0
653.3
21.5
30.8
23.4
109.0
24.7
77.6
29.2
98.5

1,727.0
93.9
25.3
116.3
10.7
300.4
753.8
632.4
20.3
29.4
22.3
106.1
23.2
75.5
28.1
93.7

866.6
19.6
154.1
152.6
61.8

867.9
20.2
155.0
148.9
64.8

864.9
20.1
154.7
148.2
64.0

149.0
4.1
49.5
26.7
19.3

155.6
4.3
50.2
26.2
21.1

152.3
4.3
49.8
26.0
21.1

690.0
19.6
150.5
111.8
88.4

742.9
22.8
158.4
115.6
93.6

723.1
22.0
156.0
112.6
91.6

16.2
2.0
4.9
1.6

16.9
2.2
5.4
1.5

16.9
2.1
5.4
1.6

16.6
2.6
4.6
1.5

17.3
2.9
4.9
1.7

16.9
2.9
4.6
1.6

66.7
9.8
21.0
8.6

68.8
10.6
22.2
9.5

68.6
10.2
21.2
9.2

1,118.9
66.6
46.2
144.6
205.4
103.5
105.6
62.6
51.0

1,121.7
67.7
45.6
149.7
208.2
105.2
104.3
60.4
49.6

1,089.2
67.8
45.6
148.9
205.9
103.8
102.8
51.4
41.7

209.9
12.7
5.6
37.7
40.6
30.0
16.8
13.6
7.5

220.4
13.3
5.6
40.5
43.7
31.5
18.0
15.2
8.0

213.9
13.1
5.5
39.8
41.8
30.6
17.8
14.2
7.6

1,127.0
67.6
40.1
182.8
219.2
174.3
98.1
72.4
50.7

1,218.7
73.6
43.0
201.0
235.4
188.9
104.8
77.8
55.2

1,171.3
70.8
41.2
193.1
225.4
181.5
100.0
74.4
53.3

Oklahoma
Enid
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Tulsa

161.7
1.5
3.3
48.1
52.2

165.0
1.6
3.5
48.9
53.1

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

64.1
2.2
1.9
20.2
23.7

66.0
2.2
1.8
20.7
24.5

271.6
6.2
8.3
102.7
71.2

282.5
6.3
8.7
105.1
74.9

(1)
(1)
(1)

Oregon
Eugene-Springfield
Portland
Salem

209.0
20.6
97.0
13.6

216.2
20.8
101.9
13.9

213.2
20.5
100.9
13.5

61.0
4.3
36.3
2.8

65.2
4.6
38.8
2.9

63.6
4.4
37.4
2.8

294.5
28.0
157.8
22.4

324.8
31.2
172.3
24.4

310.9
29.9
165.8
23.4

1,051.3
76.1
10.3
9.1
36.0
51.9
14.3
59.2
368.8
88.9
123.0

1,040.7
75.0
10.2
9.0
35.8
51.1
14.4
58.9
363.0
86.3
122.3

1,036.0
75.1
9.9
9.0
36.2
51.0
14.5
58.6
360.4
84.9
122.6

252.5
14.2
4.5
5.1
4.3
19.1
5.2
7.4
100.7
42.3
47.6

256.8
14.1
4.6
5.2
4.4
19.2
5.2
7.5
99.9
41.3
49.7

250.7
13.7
4.5
5.2
4.3
18.8
5.2
7.3
99.4
42.5
48.8

1,160.9
62.2
13.6
11.3
24.9
70.3
17.0
44.6
514.0
146.8
222.2

1,208.8
65.2
14.5
11.9
26.1
72.7
17.3
47.7
526.7
152.7
232.6

1,173.4
63.1
14.1
11.4
25.0
72.0
17.1
45.8
513.4
147.5
224.1

New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Santa Fe
New York
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
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
Erie
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle
Johnstown
Lancaster
Philadelphia PMSA
Philadelphia City
Pittsburgh

(1)

0
O
(11)
()

01
()

See footnotes at end of table.




71

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
Jan.
1989

New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Santa Fe

. . . .

New York
Albanv-Schenectadv-Trov
Binghamton
Buffalo
Nassau-Suffolk
New York PMSA
New York Citv
Niagara Falls
PouahkeeDsie
. .
Rochester
Rockland Countv
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester Countv
North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill
firoen^horo—Winston—Salsm—Hiah Point

North Dakota
Farao-Moorhead
Grand Forks
Ohio
Akron
Cincinnati
Davton-SDrinafield
Toledo
Youngstown-Warren
Oklahoma
Enjd
Oklahoma Citv

Euaene-SDrinafield
Portland
Salem
Allentown-Bethlehem
£rj0
Harrishura-Lebanon-CarlislG

PhiladelDhia PMSA
PhilaHplnhia Citv

See footnotes at end of table.

72




. . . .

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990?

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

26.0
14.2
1.6
2.0

26.8
14.3
1.7
1.9

26.7
14.1
1.7
1.9

135.8
68.9
7.1
14.7

139.9
71.2
8.0
15.1

139.6
70.7
7.9
14.7

140.5
45.8
16.2
22.4

148.7
48.7
17.8
23.6

145.0
47.6
17.2
23.2

788.6
24.1
4.1
27.6
1.4
81.3
563.2
527.7
2.0
4.6
4.8
22.4
5.3
19.5
7.1
29.5

795.4
25.1
4.1
28.6
1.4
84.4
566.5
529.8
2.0
4.8
4.9
22.9
5.4
20.2
7.5
30.6

786.6
25.1
4.1
28.4
1.4
83.6
560.7
524.4
2.0
4.8
4.8
22.8
5.4
20.0
7.5
30.2

2,255.4
107.8
22.8
118.3
10.1
287.6
1,274.1
1,124.3
16.5
22.8
28.2
117.5
25.9
71.9
26.4
118.8

2,377.7
113.9
24.8
126.7
10.7
307.2
1,335.5
1,175.5
18.3
23.7
28.8
123.1
27.4
77.8
27.9
127.3

2,322.2
112.9
25.6
124.7
10.7
299.6
1,313.1
1,157.4
17.2
23.5
27.7
121.0
26.9
75.5
27.4
123.8

1,436.7
112.1
21.2
74.7
6.9
183.4
678.4
596.1
12.8
23.2
24.2
66.3
21.4
51.7
30.5
56.9

1,471.1
114.8
22.0
76.2
7.2
189.5
689.2
605.6
13.2
24.4
25.1
68.2
21.9
53.1
32.3
57.6

1,441.9
113.9
21.6
75.3
7.2
185.7
684 5
601.0
13.1
24.3
25.2
66.1
22.4
52.4
31.5
57.1

129.3
2.8
37.4
23.5
23.3

132.9
2.9
38.6
23.5
24.0

131.2
2.8
38.4
23.4
23.8

530.0
18.5
110.0
92.4
101.2

572.4
20.5
117.9
97.7
110.8

568.6
20.1
117.5
96.1
109.5

471.5
12.3
66.3
54.0
90.1

487.9
13.1
72.1
55.5
95.7

478.6
12.9
70.5
55.1
92.1

12.2
1.6
4.4
1.1

12.3
1.5
4.5
1.2

12.2
1.5
4.5
1.2

63.6
11.2
20.4
6.8

66.8
11.8
21.8
7.0

66.4
11.7
21.6
7.0

65.5
8.7
14.8
9.4

67.2
9.0
15.0
10.3

65.8
8.8
15.2
9.7

247.9
10.1
6.8
41.7
56.1
58.8
17.6
11.9
8.4

254.7
10.5
6.8
42.7
57.1
60.0
17.7
12.0
8.7

253.5
10.5
6.8
42.3
56.8
60.0
17.5
12.0
8.7

1,092.4
62.1
36.4
174.2
242.3
163.5
111.3
72.9
44.7

1,150.5
67.1
38.6
187.2
254.6
173.5
116.3
77.1
46.9

1,123.7
65.1
37.7
179.3
248.1
168.9
113.4
75.0
46.0

702.0
39.1
19.1
89.8
116.4
125.4
75.4
44.3
24.5

729.7
46.7
19.7
91.7
119.9
129.3
78.9
45.6
25.5

712.6
42.4
19.6
90.2
118.1
126.9
77.9
44.6
24.7

58.2
1.0
1.6
24.2
16.3

58.2
.9
1.7
24.4
17.3

248.1
5.2
6.0
98.4
74.4

262.5
5.2
6.0
104.1
80.0

O
(11)
()
0
0

254.5
3.7
11.4
99.2
36.2

255.9
3.9
12.2
101.5
36.9

(1)
(1)
(1)

73.1
5.3
48.0
5.1

75.4
5.6
49.9
5.5

74.9
5.7
49.5
5.4

268.0
25.6
149.6
20.8

281.1
27.9
157.3
22.3

278.4
27.9
155.4
21.4

214.3
23.3
81.2
31.1

220.9
24.3
84.1
31.5

218.6
23.9
83.5
31.3

291.7
14.2
1.8
1.7
5.3
19.4
4.4
7.1
159.1
69.7
52.1

296.9
14.4
1.9
1.6
5.5
21.0
4.4
7.4
158.8
69.5
54.5

295.7
14.3
1.9
1.6
5.5
21.3
4.4
7.5
158.5
68.7
54.5

1,333.9
66.7
11.3
11.0
27.0
64.8
20.5
37.4
631.3
254.0
282.2

1,392.5
70.7
11.6
11.7
28.7
67.7
21.2
39.6
659.1
263.7
296.5

1,366.6
69.2
11.6
11.3
28.3
66.9
21.1
39.0
646.0
258.7
293.9

687.8
30.4
7.1
7.8
14.1
65.5
12.8
15.3
300.5
140.6
104.2

712.3
31.5
7.3
8.1
14.1
67.4
12.9
16.8
309.5
143.6
110.0

694.6
31.1
7.2
8.0
13.9
67.1
12.7
15.4
308.8
144.1
108.3

(1)

0)
(1)
0)
0)

0)
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)

(Sonstructior l

Mining

Total
State and area
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Pennsylvania-Continued
Reading
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport
York

151.4
297.5
50.5
178.1

158.2
308.7
52.3
182.6

154.2
303.4
50.9
179.8

Rhode Island
Pawtucket-Woonsocket-Attleboro
Providence

453.9
131.2
322.7

463.4
134.8
336.2

453.0
132.0
328.5

1,456.4
192.6
235.3
325.5

1,534.4
201.4
242.4
339.4

1,512.9
199.7
239.7
335.1

262.8
33.9
68.6

277.4
36.9
71.3

270.3
36.2
70.3

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville

2,085.3
194.2
165.0
254.4
447.5
487.1

2,181.2
196.8
173.1
264.7
462.8
495.4

2,147.9
196.2
169.0
254.4
458.5
492.3

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

6,688.5
48.8
75.5
358.1
132.4
60.8
71.1
49.3
124.7
1,324.5
197.4
549.3
71.7
1,462.5
70.9
40.4
66.2
92.8
98.3
44.3
42.3
36.4
506.8
36.9
45.4
60.5
27.5
78.9
49.7

6,904.7
49.0
77.0
368.4
137.2
63.1
74.9
53.4
128.7
1,367.2
206.9
571.2
73.4
1,536.6
74.0
44.2
68.3
97.8
101.8
44.9
42.8
36.8
518.1
37.4
48.1
61.9
28.2
81.7
50.7

6,853.0
48.7
75.6
364.8
136.7
63.1
75.0
50.3
128.7
1,354.3
204.7
564.0
73.6
1,530.4
73.9
44.2
68.0
96.2
98.7
44.7
42.7
36.2
512.1
37.1
47.0
60.8
28.0
81.1
50.7

Utah
Provo-Orem
Salt Lake City-Ogden

664.4
82.4
456.7

713.7
89.6
490.4

694.2
86.5
478.3

Vermont
Barre-Montpelier
Burlington

258.6
33.8
78.2

266.9
35.4
82.0

263.0
34.4
79.6

South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg
South Dakota
Rapid City
Sioux Falls

Odessa
San Angelo
San Antonio
Sherman-Denison
Texarkana
Tyler
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

ft

ft

ft

0.5

ft

2

()
.5

.4

.1
.2
.1

.1
.2
.1

ft

1.7
(2)
(2)

ft

ft

6.3
.8

ft

1.6
3.4
.4
.9
9.2
5.2
.4
2.0
.1
1.8
1.3
1.5

ft

2.5

4.1
.5
67.0

ft

ft

ft

ft

1.6
3.4
.3
.9
8.7
5.2
.6
2.2
.1
1.7
1.4
1.4

ft

17.6
4.6
14.0

1.8

89.1
13.1
14.2
23.0

97,4
14.1
13.9
23.3

97.4
14.4
14.1
23.0

2.6
.3

7.7
1.4
2.5

9.4
1.8
2.6

8.2
1.6
2.5

6.2
.8

87.5
7.3
7.1
12.8
18.1
23.7

98.4
8.0
7.9
15.3
19.1
24.6

92.1
8.1
7.2
12.8
19.0
24.4

306.2
1.6
3.1
11.8
8.7
7.9
2.0
1.8
7.9
46.4
7.4
20.0
5.4
88.6
3.3
1.1
3.0
3.0
3.9
1.3
2.1
1.3
21.8
1.6
1.5
1.6
1.4
3.1
1.6

315.3
1.4
3.4
10.8
10.3
8.5
2.1
1.3
10.0
45.8
8.0
21.1
6.1
98.5
2.9
1.4
3.4
3.1
4.3
1.3
2.0
1.1
21.0
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.7
2.8
1.5

314.1
1.4
3.3
10.8
10.1
8.5
2.1
1.5
10.2
44.1
8.4
20.8
6.2
97.0
3.0
1.4
3.4
2.9
4.2
1.3
2.0
1.1
20.7
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.7
2.8
1.5

21.0
2.2
14.9

26.8
2.5
18.5

22.8
2.3
16.6

16.1
2.0
5.0

18.0
2.7
5.3

16.9
2.6
5.0

1.7

2.8

.5
3.5
17.2

ft

4.1
.6
67.3

ft
1.6
3.4
.3
.9
8.6
5.1
.6
2.2

ft

ft

.1
1.7
1.4
1.4
8.4

ft

.5

ft
ft

19.4
5.1
15.4

175.3
1.5
1.2
.6
1.6
2.0

8.4

.4

ft
ft

.5
3.5
17.1

ft

ft

18.3
4.8
13.4

ft
ft

174.6
1.5
1.1
.7
1.5
2.0

7.6

ft

1.8

ft
ft

175.1
1.5
1.3
.6
1.5
2.0
(2)
.5
3.8
17.9
(2)
3.6
.5
65.4

.1
.2
.1

ft

ft
6.1
.7

(2)

.4

6.5
12.9
2.1
10.1

ft

2.7
.3

2.5
.2
(2)

2.8
.5

ft
ft

Jan.
1990P

7.1
13.9
2.4
10.7

ft
ft
ft

ft
ft
ft

Dec.
1969

6.2
12.2
2.2
9.7

0.6

1.8

1.9
(2)
(2)

ft

0.6

Jan.
1989

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)
Wholesale and retail trade

Transportation and
public utilities

Manufacturing
State and area
Jan.
1989
Pennsylvania-Continued
Reading
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport
York

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

49.3
70.9
16.2
62.1

48.4
70.2
16.0
60.2

47.7
69.4
15.8
59.5

6.5
15.7
1.7
7.4

6.7
16.3
1.8
7.5

6.6
16.2
1.8
7.4

33.4
70.7
11.6
42.7

35.9
75.3
12.1
45.3

34.8
72.7
11.8
44.4

Rhode Island
Pawtucket-Woonsocket-Attleboro
Providence

109.4
49.8
69.5

107.3
50.0
70.8

105.3
49.3
69.4

15.1
3.8
11.4

15.2
3.9
11.9

14.9
3.9
11.3

105.3
33.8
71.9

109.6
35.0
76.0

105.4
33.9
73.2

South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg

389.2
21.1
28.7
103.9

393.2
20.5
28.4
103.0

391.0
20.7
28.3
102.6

62.9
10.1
10.9
12.6

64.2
10.4
10.9
13.3

64.1
10.5
10.8
13.1

323.0
47.4
53.4
75.9

347.6
51.1
55.8
80.6

338.1
49.8
54.6
78.7

31.1
3.4
8.7

31.3
3.8
8.3

31.2
3.7
8.2

13.1
1.8
5.1

13.3
2.0
5.1

13.0
1.9
5.2

68.6
9.8
19.2

74.3
10.9
20.6

71.7
10.5
19.9

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville

514.1
47.2
53.0
51.8
60.9
89.5

524.2
46.9
54.7
51.8
61.3
90.5

523.3
47.0
54.4
51.8
61.0
90.1

110.0
8.1
6.2
10.4
42.8
26.7

116.3
7.7
6.3
10.4
46.8
26.4

114.1
7.6
6.3
10.4
46.7
26.4

494.3
47.3
37.6
65.3
121.9
119.8

518.1
46.8
40.0
68.8
127.3
119.4

504.2
46.2
38.7
65.3
124.5
118.6

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

964.1
4.8
8.9
42.7
24.7
15.6
10.1
3.3
11.8
222.4
40.0
119.1
8.4
159.5
8.4
1.8
15.7
7.4
13.4
2.3
4.0
5.4
48.0
10.8
7.5
10.8
3.4
14.8
8.2

969.3
4.9
9.1
45.5
24.7
16.1
10.8
3.7
11.4
223.2
40.9
120.0
8.9
163.2
8.8
1.8
16.2
7.4
13.4
2.3
4.1
5.4
48.7
11.0
7.3
10.7
3.1
15.7
8.5

961.8
4.9
9.1
45.3
24.6
16.2
10.7
3.7
11.4
220.9
40.4
117.3
9.1
163.1
8.7
1.9
16.3
7.5
12.3
2.3
4.1
5.2
48.0
10.9
7.2
10.5
3.1
15.9
8.4

392.8
2.5
5.5
10.9
9.6
2.6
3.0
1.3
6.6
74.5
10.8
50.0
4.7
103.2
2.6
5.4
3.2
5.1
2.9
2.3
1.9
3.0
19.4
1.7
2.1
2.5
1.3
3.4
2.5

406.9
2.6
5.7
11.3
9.5
2.6
3.2
1.5
6.8
80.2
10.3
53.7
4.7
106.5
2.7
6.2
3.3
5.7
3.1
2.3
1.9
2.7
19.5
1.5
2.4
2.7
1.2
3.5
2.5

405.7
2.6
5.7
11.1
9.4
2.5
3.1
1.4
6.7
79.7
10.2
53.3
4.7
106.4
2.7
6.2
3.3
5.8
3.1
2.3
1.9
2.7
19.3
1.5
2.3
2.7
1.3
3.5
2.5

1,661.5
13.5
21.9
77.8
31.4
11.4
19.1
11.2
31.6
341.2
49.2
141.5
13.6
361.3
16.2
12.9
17.1
27.1
31.3
10.5
12.4
9.2
129.5
7.9
10.3
16.5
7.6
18.4
11.6

1,719.9
13.5
22.4
80.6
32.8
11.7
20.4
11.8
31.9
358.2
53.5
146.7
13.7
379.6
17.1
14.3
17.3
28.5
32.8
11.1
12.8
9.0
131.9
8.2
11.3
16.7
7.6
19.1
12.2

1,685.9
13.2
21.5
78.2
32.6
11.7
20.4
11.3
31.8
352.7
52.2
144.0
13.5
375.2
16.7
14.2
17.1
27.7
31.2
11.0
12.7
8.7
129.3
7.9
10.7
16.2
7.5
18.4
11.9

Utah
Provo-Orem
Salt Lake City-Ogden

100.3
13.5
64.9

104.0
13.5
67.0

101.5
13.0
65.8

39.8
2.5
30.6

43.2
2.6
32.6

42.0
2.6
32.3

158.4
17.7
114.3

176.6
21.0
125.7

168.9
19.6
119.9

48.4
4.4
16.6

47.0
5.1
15.8

46.2
4.6
15.6

10.4
.8
3.4

10.7
.9
3.5

10.6
.9
3.5

61.6
7.8
19.6

63.7
7.9
20.7

62.5
7.9
20.0

South Dakota
Rapid City
Sioux Falls

Vermont
Barre-Montpelier
Burlington
See footnotes at end of table.

74




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,
a nd real estate
State and area
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Pennsylvania-Continued
Reading
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport
York

8.6
12.8
2.4
4.9

8.9
13.3
2.3
5.0

9.0
13.5
2.3
5.1

30.5
74.1
10.1
32.3

32.8
75.9
10.5
34.6

32.1
76.4
10.4
33.9

16.9
40.6
6.3
18.5

18.4
43.2
7.2
18.9

17.5
41.7
6.7
19.0

Rhode Island
Pawtucket-Woonsocket-Attleboro
Providence

26.6
3.8
22.1

27.4
4.0
22.2

26.6
3.9
21.2

119.6
24.7
88.7

124.8
26.4
94.4

123.6
26.1
93.9

59.5
10.3
45.6

59.6
10.2
45.4

59.5
10.1
45.4

South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg

65.4
8.6
17.8
12.0

68.5
8.4
18.4
12.4

68.3
8.4
18.4
12.2

258.6
40.2
46.3
57.9

278.8
42.2
47.5
63.7

275.8
41.8
46.9
63.9

266.3
52.1
64.0
40.2

282.9
54.7
67.5
43.1

276.4
54.1
66.6
41.6

South Dakota
Rapid City
Sioux Falls

15.0
1.6
6.9

16.2
1.6
7.6

16.1
1.5
7.6

63.9
8.7
18.7

67.0
9.3
19.0

65.5
9.3
18.6

60.8
6.9
7.6

63.5
7.4
7.9

61.7
7.2
7.9

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville

102.2
12.4
5.4
10.0
25.2
32.4

103.5
12.8
5.3
9.7
26.1
32.3

102.6
12.9
5.3
10.0
25.9
32.1

440.8
37.0
31.3
51.8
103.3
125.9

472.2
40.5
32.3
55.6
107.9
132.4

464.4
40.1
31.8
51.8
106.9
131.7

330.3
34.1
24.5
50.5
75.3
69.1

342.3
33.3
26.6
51.2
74.3
69.8

341.0
33.5
25.3
50.5
74.5
69.0

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

431.6
2.4
4.2
23.4
5.2
1.8
3.5
1.7
6.4
129.2
8.8
27.3
4.4
100.1
3.0
1.7
2.8
5.2
4.1
2.5
1.6
1.7
40.2
1.9
1.8
3.4
1.5
4.9
2.3

431.8
2.2
4.0
23.9
5.3
1.8
3.8
1.8
6.4
130.1
8.4
27.9
4.4
101.3
3.1
1.8
2.7
5.4
4.4
2.4
1.6
1.7
41.3
1.9
1.8
3.5
1.5
5.1
2.3

431.6
2.2
4.0
23.6
5.3
1.8
3.8
1.8
6.4
129.6
8.6
27.9
4.5
100.0
3.2
1.9
2.7
5.4
4.3
2.4
1.6
1.7
41.2
2.0
1.8
3.4
1.5
5.1
2.4

1,555.4
13.5
16.6
86.9
30.5
8.3
16.2
8.8
29.1
338.8
39.4
118.0
13.2
391.9
16.3
6.8
12.3
22.9
16.2
9.6
7.4
8.5
127.6
8.5
9.8
14.3
6.0
21.5
12.3

1,640.8
14.0
17.0
91.3
31.9
8.8
17.4
8.9
30.3
352.5
41.9
123.8
13.4
420.7
17.5
7.4
13.3
23.9
16.8
9.6
7.5
8.9
132.8
8.8
10.5
15.0
5.9
22.5
12.6

1,632.1
14.0
16.7
91.3
32.0
8.8
17.6
9.0
30.3
349.5
41.4
122.8
13.3
421.1
17.4
7.3
13.1
23.5
16.6
9.6
7.5
8.8
130.8
8.7
10.5
14.9
5.9
22.4
12.7

1,201.8
9.0
14.0
104.0
20.8
11.2
17.2
20.7
27.5
154.1
41.8
69.8
21.5
192.5
21.1
9.1
8.7
21.7
25.6
6.6
7.7
6.9
118.3
4.5
12.3
9.6
5.0
12.8
9.7

1,246.1
8.9
14.3
104.3
21.2
11.6
17.2
23.9
28.4
160.1
43.9
73.9
21.7
199.8
21.9
9.7
8.7
23.5
26.1
7.2
7.7
7.4
120.7
4.4
13.1
9.9
5.8
13.0
9.7

1,246.5
8.9
14.1
103.9
21.1
11.6
17.3
21.1
28.4
160.6
43.5
73.8
21.7
200.3
22.2
9.7
8.7
23.1
26.1
7.2
7.8
7.4
120.6
4.4
12.8
9.8
5.6
13.0
9.9

Utah
Provo-Orem
Salt Lake City-Ogden

32.9
2.3
26.8

33.8
2.3
27.5

33.4
2.2
27.2

158.8
30.3
107.3

172.8
33.6
118.3

169.0
32.8
114.8

145.6
13.9
95.4

148.1
14.1
98.0

148.2
14.0
S8.9

Vermont
Barre-Montpelier
Burlington

12.5
3.1
3.8

13.0
3.1
4.1

13.1
3.1
4.1

67.9
8.0
18.1

68.7
7.8
19.9

70.0
7.9
19.6

41.3
7.7
11.7

45.3
7.9
12.7

43.2
7.4
11.8

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)
Total

Mining

Constructior

State and area
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990?

Virginia
Bristol
Charlottesville
Danville
Lynchburg
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News
Northern Virginia
Richmond-Petersburg
Roanoke

2,779.0
32.4
67.2
41.7
75.1
562.0
753.7
458.0
123.3

2,913.4
34.1
78.0
43.4
77.4
592.0
789.8
478.0
126.3

2,867.3
33.4
75.3
43.2
76.7
579.7
779.2
471.4
124.6

15.7
(2)

Washington
Seattle

1,952.6
1,008.6

2,104.9
1,091.5

2,070.4
1,073.6

3.3
.5

3.5
.6

600.7
105.5
105.6
59.3
58.2

621.0
110.1
112.0
61.8
60.8

610.3
109.0
109.4
60.6
59.7

35.3
1.9
1.3
.5
2.2

35.4
2.0
1.4
.5
2.1

2,152.9
150.7
57.2
96.4
57.6
40.3
52.1
203.1
725.8
74.2
49.8

2,262.0
159.1
61.7
104.1
59.8
40.7
54.4
216.6
763.6
78.2
54.6

2,209.7
155.1
59.1
103.2
55.6
39.7
53.1
210.3
750.5
76.8
53.3

182.4

193.8

189.9

West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland
Parkersburg-Marietta
Wheeling
Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville-Beloit
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
Wausau
Wyoming
Puerto Rico
Caguas
Mayaguez
Ponce
San Juan
Virgin Islands
See footnotes at end of table.

76




819.5
52.2
58.2
53.1
508.2
42.0

0
O
0)
(1)
0
39.9

Jan.
1989

ft2
(2)
(2)
()

39.8

.5
.8

2

15.2
(2)
2
()

ft
ft
ft

.6
.8

16.6
.8

ft

.4

15.1

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

185.0
1.1
4.0
2.0
3.6
35.7
60.1
29.5
7.3

188.4
1.1
4.3
2.2
3.5
37.3
59.9
29.6
7.6

184.9
1.0
4.0
2.1
3.3
36.0
56.7
29.5
7.2

3.6
.5

91.2
50.1

109.1
58.1

102.3
55.7

35.2
2.0
1.4
.5
2.1

19.8
3.8
3.7
2.5
1.8

22.8
3.9
5.5
3.2
2.0

20.9
3.8
5.6
3.0
1.7

1.6

65.6
6.0
1.5
3.5
1.5
1.3
1.3
6.9
22.4
1.9
1.8

82.3
7.2
1.8
5.0
1.9
1.7
1.8
7.7
28.2
3.0
2.2

77.5
6.7
1.7
5.9
2.1
1.6
1.6
7.2
26.9
2.5
2.0

ft
ft
ft
ft
ft

.6
.8

2.0

ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft

ft
ft2
()
ft2
()
ft
ft
ft

Jan.
1989

ft

1.5
(2)
(2)

ft
ft
ft

Jan.
1990P

ft

()

(1)

0
0)
O
O

Dec.
1989

ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
17.1

16.9
1

8.0

O
ft
ft
ft1
()

()

ft
ft
ft1
()

42.1
(1)
1
()
(1)
30.1

ft

ft

2.4

9.2
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

8.8
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

O
2.4

2.4

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
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990?

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990?

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Virginia
Bristol
Charlottesville
Danville
Lynchburg
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News
Northern Virginia
Richmond-Petersburg
Roanoke

424.8
10.4
9.0
16.9
24.0
66.7
34.8
64.5
19.8

428.2
10.9
9.2
17.2
23.8
67.5
35.3
64.4
19.8

424.8
10.8
9.0
17.2
23.9
65.9
35.0
64.2
19.7

146.4
1.3
2.6
1.0
2.9
26.6
52.4
24.1
8.0

154.0
1.3
2.7
1.0
3.0
26.9
55.3
25.2
7.8

153.0
1.3
2.7
1.1
2.9
26.9
55.8
24.6
7.8

640.7
8.5
14.1
8.8
16.5
139.0
171.7
110.5
33.5

685.2
9.1
15.4
9.5
17.5
149.0
183.1
117.1
34.8

659.2
8.7
15.1
9.2
17.0
142.8
177.2
112.0
33.5

Washington
Seattle

343.8
204.9

366.4
221.1

363.7
219.9

102.0
61.8

111.9
69.1

111.3
67.9

479.4
246.6

522.6
266.8

508.0
256.6

86.8
10.5
20.0
14.1
7.1

87.4
10.9
20.6
14.2
7.2

87.3
10.8
20.4
14.0
7.2

35.6
8.5
8.1
2.4
3.2

36.5
9.3
8.0
2.5
3.4

36.3
9.3
7.1
2.5
3.3

141.9
28.0
26.6
14.7
16.0

148.4
29.6
29.0
15.5
17.3

143.2
29.0
28.1
14.9
16.8

550.6
52.7
11.3
23.6
19.1
12.3
10.9
24.4
174.5
26.3
13.9

552.4
53.6
11.4
24.6
18.2
9.9
10.3
25.0
173.6
26.5
15.2

544.7
53.6
10.6
24.5
14.5
9.6
10.0
24.8
172.8
26.5
15.0

96.5
5.1
3.3
7.0
2.3
1.0
2.3
6.8
35.3
2.3
2.8

102.3
5.4
3.4
7.3
2.3
1.6
2.3
6.8
37.9
2.4
3.1

97.6
5.4
3.4
7.1
2.5
1.6
2.3
6.7
35.8
2.1
2.9

509.3
32.7
16.1
25.5
13.4
9.6
14.5
46.9
167.6
17.2
12.5

542.6
36.3
17.3
27.2
13.7
10.7
14.7
51.8
178.4
18.5
14.1

528.9
34.1
16.6
26.5
13.4
10.3
14.4
49.3
175.6
18.1
13.6

8.4

9.0

8.8

13.9

14.6

14.1

41.3

West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland
Parkersburg-Marietta
Wheeling
Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville-Beloit
Kenosha
,
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
Wausau
Wyoming
Puerto Rico
Caguas
Mayaguez
Ponce
San Juan
Virgin Islands

155.1
16.4
20.8
9.8
65.1
2.2

1

0)
(11)
()
(11)
()

18.1
(1)
(1)
(1)
14.7

()
(1>
(1)
(1)
(1)
2.1

1.9

2.4

1

0)
(11)
(1)
(1)
()

()
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
2.1

149.3
11.4
7.8
8.9
103.3
2.1

10.3

44.6
1

43.5
1

()
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

()
(1)
(1)
(1)

O
9.7

9.8

See footnotes at end of table.




77

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
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

667.1

51.4
40.0
8.9

108.8
69.3

115.1
72.6

23.8
6.1
3.7
2.1
2.8

148.3
1.2
4.3
1.3
3.6
25.7

153.7
1.2
4.7
1.3
3.7
27.0

50.1
37.8
8.8

Washington .
Seattle

Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah .
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville-Beloit
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine

Wausau
Wyoming.
Puerto Rico .
Caguas
Mayaguez...
Ponce
San Juan ....
Virgin Islands.
1




4.8

Dec.
1989

707.1
5.1
13.4

Jan.
1990P

12.7
6.3
15.1
137.0
242.0

147.4
254.4

97.8
30.5

104.3
31.7

5.0
13.6
6.7
16.2
144.8
252.7
103.9
31.8

114.5
72.2

448.7
237.1

486.9
258.6

24.1
6.3
3.8
2.2
3.0

24.2
6.3
3.8
2.2
3.0

132.8
26.2
23.2
13.5
16.0

115.9
7.3
1.9
3.6
1.6
1.3
1.5
18.5
49.1
2.3
3.5

119.4
7.5
1.9
4.1
1.7
1.3
1.7
19.0
51.0
2.4
3.4

118.3
7.4
1.9
4.1
1.7
1.3
1.6
18.7
50.6
2.4
3.4

489.3
30.1
12.9
22.2
12.7
8.7
14.6
45.4

7.2

7.2

7.2

6.6

1.9

578.4
5.4
26.3
9.7

15.4

96.6
15.7

96.8
15.8

480.6
257.0

375.4
138.3

389.4
144.6

386.4
143.8

138.7
27.7
24.2
14.3

138.1
27.7
24.1
14.2
16.6

124.7
20.5
19.0
9.5
9.1

127.7
20.4
19.5

125.1
20.1

9.4
9.2

9.3
9.0

507.4
30.9
14.2
23.4
13.5
9.2
15.3
47.3
204.0
16.8
10.2

324.3
16.7
10.3
11.1
6.9
6.0
7.0
54.2

345.1

333.6
17.1

194.1
16.2
9.2

515.8
31.5
14.2
24.6
13.7
9.2
15.6
47.5
208.0
16.9
10.2

6.1

11.7
11.2
8.2
6.3
8.0
58.6
86.1
8.5
6.4

32.5

35.3

35.2

54.5

56.8

9.8

8.4

9.4
131.3

142.1
93.0

82.4
8.0

297.1
16.1
19.4
17.2
177.6

()

01

1.8

581.6
5.4
28.3

Jan.
1990*

136.6
149.5

10.0
88.6
1.9

551.0
5.1
20.5
5.4

Dec.
1989

5.6
9.6

1

28.5

Jan.
1989

136.9
149.8

16.3

120.9

35.9

Not available.
2
Combined with construction.
P = preliminary.
NOTE: Area definitions are published annually in the May issue of this publication.

78

Jan.
1989

152.9
1.2
4.6
1.3
3.7
26.7
51.7
39.6
8.8

Virginia
Bristol
Charlottesville
Danville
Lynchburg
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News
Northern Virginia
Richmond-Petersburg
Roanoke

West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland....
Parkersburg-Marietta.,
Wheeling

Jan.
1990P

8.5

13.0

17.7

()

0
0)
0)
13.3

5.6

18.9

10.7
11.6
8.0

6.2
7.9
56.3
84.6
8.3
6.2
55.4

0)
0)
0)1
()
O
13.3

All State and area data have been adjusted to March 1989 benchmarks, and industry
detail are classified in accordance with the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) Manual. Data for the Memphis, Tennessee metropolitan area now include
DeSota County, Mississippi.

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

Mining

Construction
Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

$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

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

9.17
10.04
10.77
11.28
11.63
11.98
12.46
12.54
12.75
13.14

397.06
438.75
459.88
479.40
503.58
519.93
525.81
531.70
539.33
562.39

37.0
36.9
36.7
37.1
37.8
37.7
37.4
37.8
37.9
37.9

9.94
10.82
11.63
11.94
12.13
12.32
12.48
12.71
13.01
13.37

367.78
399.26
426.82
442.97
458.51
464.46
466.75
480.44
493.08
506.72

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

Weekly
hours

Hourly
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

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

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989

35.3
35.2
34.8
35.0
35.2
34.9
34.8
34.8
34.7
34.7

6.66
7.25
7.68
8.02
8.32
8.57
8.76
8.98
9.29
9.66

235.10
255.20
267.26
280.70
292.86
299.09
304.85
312.50
322.36
335.20

43.3
43.7
42.7
42.5
43.3
43.4
42.2
42.4
42.3
42.8

Weekly
earnings

Annual averages

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted
1989:
February ...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November.
December.
1990:
January"....
February" ..

34.3
34.4
34.8
34.5
34.8
35.1
34.9
34.7
34.8
34.5
34.7

$9.55
9.56
9.62
9.59
9.58
9.63
9.61
9.77
9.81
9.81
9.84

$327.57
328.86
334.78
330.86
333.38
338.01
335.39
339.02
341.39
338.45
341.45

41.7
42.0
42.8
42.0
42.6
42.5
43.2
43.7
43.9
43.6
43.7

$13.22
13.15
13.19
13.13
13.03
12.95
13.11
13.15
13.10
13.13
13.31

$551.27
552.30
564.53
551.46
555.08
550.38
566.35
574.66
575.09
572.47
581.65

36.2
37.4
37.9
37.7
38.0
38.9
39.0
38.6
39.2
38.1
37.0

$13.21
13.26
13.30
13.28
13.24
13.33
13.33
13.48
13.52
13.51
13.64

$478.20
495.92
504.07
500.66
503.12
518.54
519.87
520.33
529.98
514.73
504.68

34.2
34.3

9.87
9.90

337.55
339.57

43.2
43.0

13.27
13.33

573.26
573.19

37.6
37.2

13.41
13.41

504.22
498.85

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

Weekly
earnings

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

$2.89
3.03
3.11
3.23
3.42
3.63

$118.78
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
39.5
39.2
39.2
39.3
39.4

8.87
9.70
10.32
10.79
11.12
11.40
11.70
12.03
12.32
12.57

351.25
382.18
402.48
420.81
438.13
450.30
458.64
471.58
484.18
495.26

38.5
38.5
38.3
38.5
38.5
38.4
38.3
38.1
38.1
38.1

6.96
7.56
8.09
8.55
8.89
9.16
9.35
9.60
9.94
10.38

267.96
291.06
309.85
329.18
342.27
351.74
358.11
365.76
378.71
395.48

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..9
114.49
122.51
129.51

41.1
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
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989

39.7
39.8
38.9
40.1
40.7
40.5
40.7
41.0
41.1
41.0

7.27
7.99
8.49
8.83
9.19
9.54
9.73
9.91
10.18
10.47

7.02
7.72
8.25
8.52
8.82
9.16
9.34
9.48
9.72
10.01

288.62
318.00
330.26
354.08
374.03
386.37
396.01
406.31
418.40
429.27

Hourly
earnings

Wholesale trade

Annual averages

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted
1989:
February ...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November.
December.
1990:
January"....
February"..

40.8
41.0
41.0
40.9
41.1
40.5
40.8
41.2
40.9
41.1
41.3

$10.38
10.41
10.41
10.42
10.44
10.47
10.44
10.55
10.52
10.58
10.67

$9.92
9.94
9.95
9.98
9.98
10.02
9.97
10.05
10.04
10.10
10.19

$423.50
426.81
426.81
426.18
429.08
424.04
425.95
434.66
430.27
434.84
440.67

39.1
39.2
39.8
39.3
39.6
39.8
39.4
39.4
39.4
39.1
39.3

$12.50
12.46
12.51
12.49
12.48
12.58
12.56
12.70
12.69
12.67
12.76

$488.75
488.43
497.90
490.86
494.21
500.68
494.86
500.38
499.99
495.40
501.47

37.8
37.9
38.2
37.9
38.1
38.3
38.1
38.1
38.3
38.1
38.2

$10.23
10.21
10.36
10.28
10.31
10.40
10.35
10.47
10.50
10.55
10.62

$386.69
386.96
395.75
389.61
392.81
398.32
394.34
398.91
402.15
401.96
405.68

40.6
40.4

10.59
10.69

10.15
10.26

429.95
431.88

38.8
39.1

12.76
12.77

495.09
499.31

37.8
37.7

10.59
10.62

400.30
400.37

See footnotes at end of table.

80




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
Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Retail trade
Year and
month

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

$85.79
88.91
92.13
95.72
101.75
108.70

36.1
35.9
35.5
35.1
34.7
34.7

$1.94
2.05
2.17
2.29
2.42
2.61

$70.03
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
7.63
7.94
8.36
8.73
9.09
9.57

209.60
229.05
245.44
263.90
278.50
289.02
304.30
316.90
326.33
343.56

32.6
32.6
32.6
32.7
32.6
32.5
32.5
32.5
32.6
32.6

5.85
6.41
6.92
7.31
7.59
7.90
8.18
8.49
8.91
9.39

190.71
208.97
225.59
239.04
247.43
256.75
265.85
275.93
290.47
306.11

Weekly
earnings

Weekly
hours

1964...
1965...
1966...
1967...
1968...
1969...

$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...

82.47
87.62
91.85
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...
1985...
1986...,
1987...,
1988....
1989...,

147.38
158.03
163.85
171.05
174.33
174.64
176.08
178.70
183.62
189.01

36.2
36.3
36.2
36.2
36.5
36.4
36.4
36.3
35.9
35.9

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Services

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

Annual averages

96.32

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted
1989:
February ...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November.
December.
1990:
January"....
February" ..

28.3
28.5
28.9
28.8
29.2
29.9
29.6
28.9
28.9
28.6
29.2

$6.47
6.48
6.52
6.49
6.49
6.49
6.50
6.61
6.62
6.64
6.66

$183.10
184.68
188.43
186.91
189.51
194.05
192.40
191.03
191.32
189.90
194.47

35.8
35.8
36.3
35.6
35.8
36.3
35.8
35.7
36.1
35.7
35.7

$9.47
9.43
9.59
9.48
9.48
9.59
9.50
9.62
9.71
9.69
9.76

$339.03
337.59
348.12
337.49
339.38
348.12
340.10
343.43
350.53
345.93
348.43

32.4
32.4
32.8
32.4
32.7
33.1
32.9
32.6
32.8
32.6
32.5

$9.28
9.29
9.34
9.30
9.26
9.33
9.29
9.49
9.59
9.61
9.69

$300.67
301.00
306.35
301.32
302.80
308.82
305.64
309.37
314.55
313.29
314.93

28.1
28.3

6.74
6.74

189.39
190.74

35.7
35.9

9.83
9.84

350.93
353.26

32.4
32.5

9.73
9.75

315.25
316.88

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 1988 benchmark levels. When more
recent benchmark data are introduced, all unadjusted data
from April 1988 forward are subject to revision.

81

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

Average weekly hours
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Average overtime hours
Feb.
1990p

34.7

34.5

34.7

34.2

34.3

42.8

42.2

43.7

43.2

43.0

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

Metal mining
Iron ores
Copper ores

10
101
102

42.8
42.6
45.8

42.3
43.2
44.2

42.5
42.1
45.9

42.7
43.5
47.6

Coal mining
Bituminous coal and lignite mining

11,12
12

42.9
43.0

42.8
42.9

44.2
44.3

44.6
44.6

13
Oil and gas extraction
Crude petroleum, natural gas, and natural gas liquids . 131,2
138
Oil and gas field services

42.0
42.4
41.8

41.5
42.9
40.7

43.7
44.9
43.1

42.6
41.8
43.0

Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels

45.6
46.6

43.1
43.7

43.9
43.8

43.8
43.9

37.9

36.5

37.0

37.6

15
152
153
154

37.4
36.6
38.1
38.4

36.8
35.6
38.1
38.0

36.8
36.1
37.5
37.7

37.5
36.4
37.3
38.7

16
161
162

41.7
42.3
41.4

38.4
36.5
39.1

39.7
37.7
40.5

41.7
40.5
42.1

17
171
172
173
174
175
176

37.1
38.6
35.8
38.9
34.8
34.9
33.7

35.9
38.1
34.9
38.2
33.7
33.9
31.2

36.4
38.7
35.3
39.2
33.5
34.7
31.2

36.6
38.4
35.0
38.8
34.6
34.3
32.7

41.0

41.0

41.3

40.6

40.4

3.8

3.8

3.9

3.5

3.4
3.5

14
142

Crushed and broken stone
37.2

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

41.6

41.8

41.9

41.2

41.1

3.9

4.0

4.0

3.6

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

40.1
40.6
41.2
41.5
40.0
39.8
39.1
39.1
40.8
42.6
38.7
37.9
37.8
39.9

39.7
38.6
41.2
41.4
40.8
39.4
39.1
37.8
40.8
42.9
38.4
37.6
37.7
39.7

40.2
39.3
41.2
41.5
40.2
40.5
39.8
39.8
41.9
43.1
38.6
36.5
37.0
41.0

39.7
39.6
41.1
41.4
39.5
39.4
38.7
38.5
41.5
41.9
38.3
37.1
37.1
40.2

39.4

3.6
5.1
4.2
4.5
3.1
3.1
2.2
3.0
3.7
5.2
3.3
1.9
1.7
3.0

3.2
3.9
4.0
4.2
3.2
2.9
2.1
2.3
3.9
5.4
3.0
1.9
2.0
2.8

3.6
4.6
4.3
4.6
3.2
3.3
2.5
3.3
4.2
5.1
3.2
1.4
1.4
3.4

3.4
5.1
4.2
4.6
2.9
2.8
1.9
2.5
4.0
4.9
3.2
1.3
1.2
3.0

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

39.5
39.0
39.6
37.9
40.0
39.3
39.9
40.1
41.3
39.6

39.4
39.0
39.5
38.1
39.8
38.2
40.4
40.2
40.1
38.6

40.3
39.5
39.7
39.2
41.4
38.5
41.6
41.7
41.6
40.6

39.3
38.5
39.3
36.9
40.6
38.4
40.9
41.2
40.3
38.7

38.8

2.7
2.4
2.7
1.8
2.9
2.9
2.6
3.6
3.9
2.6

2.5
2.3
2.5
1.8
2.7
2.4
2.8
3.5
3.4
1.9

2.9
2.6
2.8
2.5
3.3
2.3
2.9
4.0
3.6
3.1

2.4
2.2
2.6
1.4
2.9
2.8
2.7
3.1
2.9
2.3

Stone, clay, and glass products
Flat glass

32
321
322

42.3
44.2
41.8

41.5
46.3
41.8

41.4
43.8
41.4

41.2
42.3
41.4

40.9

5.0
6.0
4.6

4.5
8.2
4.2

4.5
6.3
4.7

4.4
5.5
4.4

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
Avg.
1969

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

$9.66

$9.54

$9.84

$9.87

$9.90 $335.20

$329.13 $341.45 $337.55 $339.57

13.14

13.20

13.31

13.27

13.33 562.39

557.04

581.65

573.26

573.19

Metal mining
Iron ores
Copper ores

10
101
102

13.67
14.24
11.80

13.80
15.19
11.84

13.51
13.95
11.83

13.71
14.20
12.28

585.08
606.62
540.44

583.74
656.21
523.33

574.18
587.30
543.00

585.42
617.70
584.53

Coal mining
Bituminous coal and lignite mining

11,12
12

16.25
16.31

16.30
16.36

16.41
16.47

16.43
16.49

692.59
696.78

697.64
701.84

725.32
729.62

732.78
735.45

13
Oil and gas extraction
Crude petroleum, natural gas, and natural gas liquids . 131,2
138
Oil and gas field services

12.35
15.28
10.66

12.31
14.85
10.65

12.52
15.94
10.73

12.35
15.66
10.69

518.70
647.87
445.59

510.87
637.07
433.46

547.12
715.71
462.46

526.11
654.59
459.67

11.27
10.69

10.99
10.23

11.47
10.62

11.41
10.57

513.91
498.15

473.67
447.05

503.53
465.16

499.76
464.02

13.37

13.26

13.64

13.41

506.72

483.99

504.68

504.22

15
152
153
154

12.60
12.01
11.94
13.28

12.44
11.75
11.73
13.21

12.92
12.38
12.45
13.55

12.76
12.18
12.32
13.39

471.24
439.57
454.91
509.95

457.79
418.30
446.91
501.98

475.46
446.92
466.88
510.84

478.50
443.35
459.54
518.19

16
161
162

13.04
12.79
13.15

12.68
12.12
12.87

13.19
12.83
13.31

12.79
12.26
12.95

543.77
541.02
544.41

486.91
442.38
503.22

523.64
483.69
539.06

533.34
496.53
545.20

17

13.79
14.20
12.96
14.76
14.00
13.24
12.18

13.76
14.03
12.86
14.64
13.87
12.99
12.37

14.08
14.43
13.30
14.97
14.18
13.60
12.63

13.87
14.32
13.25
14.78
13.95
13.15
12.00

511.61
548.12
463.97
574.16
487.20
462.08
410.47

493.98
534.54
448.81
559.25
467.42
440.36
385.94

512.51
558.44
469.49
586.82
475.03
471.92
394.06

507.64
549.89
463.75
573.46
482.67
451.05
392.40

10.47

10.37

10.67

10.59

10.69

429.27

425.17

440.67

429.95

431.88

11.00

10.90

11.18

11.06

11.20

457.60

455.62

468.44

455.67

460.32

8.86
11.07
9.05
9.39
7.35
8.79
8.98
8.20
7.36
10.22
6.50
8.33
8.39
7.66

8.71
10.80
8.93
9.27
7.29
8.70
8.83
8.09
7.22
10.28
6.42
8.31
8.38
7.47

9.00
11.03
9.23
9.59
7.47
8.94
9.13
8.40
7.55
10.20
6.70
8.51
8.56
7.86

8.96
10.59
9.22
9.57
7.49
9.02
9.30
8.41
7.52
10.40
6.64
8.38
8.40
7.88

9.02

355.29
449.44
372.86
389.69
294.00
349.84
351.12
320.62
300.29
435.37
251.55
315.71
317.14
305.63

345.79
416.88
367.92
383.78
297.43
342.78
345.25
305.80
294.58
441.01
246.53
312.46
315.93
296.56

361.80
433.48
380.28
397.99
300.29
362.07
363.37
334.32
316.35
439.62
258.62
310.62
316.72
322.26

355.71
419.36
378.94
396.20
295.86
355.39
359.91
323.79
312.08
435.76
254.31
310.90
311.64
316.78

355.39

8.10
7.45
6.99
8.15
7.23
8.04
9.27
8.57
9.55
8.39

8.42
7.81
7.35
8.52
7.87
8.07
9.48
8.92
9.75
8.56

8.46
7.80
7.35
8.51
7.71
8.24
9.79
8.81
9.75
8.74

8.39

325.88
296.79
283.14
314.95
306.00
314.79
371.47
350.88
400.20
335.41

319.14
290.55
276.11
310.52
287.75
307.13
374.51
344.51
382.96
323.85

339.33
308.50
291.80
333.98
325.82
310.70
394.37
371.96
405.60
347.54

332.48
300.30
288.86
314.02
313.03
316.42
400.41
362.97
392.93
338.24

325.53

259

8.25
7.61
7.15
8.31
7.65
8.01
9.31
8.75
9.69
8.47

32
321
322

10.74
15.02
12.01

10.59
15.44
11.80

10.88
14.96
12.18

10.87
14.88
12.24

10.84

454.30
663.88
502.02

439.49
714.87
493.24

450.43
655.25
504.25

447.84
629.42
506.74

443.36

Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels

14
142

Crushed and broken stone
13.41

498.85

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

171

172
173

174
175
176

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
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
Stone, clay, and glass products
Flat glass
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown

24
241
242
2421
2426
243

2431
2434
2435
2436
244
245
2451

249
25
251
2511

2512
2514
2515
252
253
254

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 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
3429
Hardware, nee
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 weekly hours
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

42.0
41.6
41.9
41.9
41.6
40.5
43.0
43.7
43.3
42.0
42.2
43.2
42.4

41.6
41.9
42.4
42.1
41.8
40.4
40.4
43.0
42.0
37.5
42.7
44.7
44.4

41.7
41.0
41.5
41.6
41.2
40.9
40.9
41.7
42.5
38.5
42.4
43.9
42.2

42.1
40.7
39.8
42.2
40.5
40.4
41.5
41.9
42.4
39.8
41.9
43.1
41.8

43.0
43.4
43.7
41.9
42.6
42.7
41.6
42.1
43.4
43.2
43.7
43.8
44.6
42.6
41.5
41.8

43.7
44.0
44.3
42.6
44.0
44.1
42.8
43.6
43.5
43.4
43.9
43.7
44.4
43.6
42.3
42.7

43.1
43.2
43.4
43.4
42.3
42.0
41.6
42.6
44.6
44.0
44.0
43.7
45.5
42.2
41.7
42.1

42.7
43.4
43.7
43.3
41.9
41.9
40.4
42.7
44.4
43.4
43.7
43.4
44.9
42.3
39.7
40.1

41.6
44.1
44.4
41.1
41.0
40.7
41.0
41.1
40.7
41.2
42.0
39.8
42.5
40.4
40.6
42.5
41.2
43.9
42.3
42.8
43.2
40.7
41.0
40.8
41.5
41.5
40.8
41.3
42.0
40.0

42.0
44.4
44.9
41.3
40.9
41.2
41.4
42.0
40.6
41.0
41.8
38.9
42.7
40.1
40.7
43.8
42.4
45.3
43.4
44.4
44.9
40.9
41.1
41.1
41.1
41.8
40.6
41.8
42.7
40.3

42.1
44.3
44.9
42.1
41.7
41.8
42.1
41.4
42.2
41.5
42.3
39.8
43.1
41.2
40.3
42.6
41.0
44.3
42.4
42.6
42.6
42.0
41.5
40.8
42.7
42.7
41.2
42.1
43.2
40.8

42.4
43.0
43.5
42.9
41.7
42.2

42.6
43.3
42.5
43.5
41.9
42.2

43.0
44.2
46.5
43.3
42.7
42.8

Average overtime hours
Feb.
1990p

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

5.5
3.6
3.5
3.5
3.8
3.3
6.6
6.4
6.2
6.6
4.6
3.9
5.2

4.9
3.5
3.7
3.7
4.0
3.1
4.9
4.9
5.5
3.8
4.9
4.5
5.8

5.6
3.7
3.3
3.3
3.4
3.5
5.1
5.0
5.5
4.2
4.7
3.9
5.8

5.4
3.3
2.2
4.7
3.2
3.2
5.4
5.3
5.6
4.9
4.4
3.8
4.9

42.5
43.4

5.2
5.5
5.7
4.7
4.9
5.1
3.7
4.6
4.9
5.0
6.1
5.6
7.6
5.4
3.7
3.8

5.5
5.5
5.7
5.0
5.9
6.2
5.1
5.2
4.8
4.8
6.1
5.4
6.9
6.0
4.3
4.6

4.9
5.0
5.1
5.5
4.4
4.1
4.0
5.2
5.0
5.0
5.9
5.5
7.2
4.8
3.7
3.8

4.7
5.0
5.1
5.4
4.3
4.1
3.8
5.1
5.1
4.8
5.7
5.6
7.6
4.4
2.6
2.5

41.3
43.6
44.1
41.6
41.4
41.2
41.3
41.3
39.9
40.9
42.3
38.6
42.5
40.4
40.0
41.6
40.5
42.8
41.0
42.4
39.8
41.6
40.6
39.8
42.2
41.4
40.0
41.5
42.7
39.9

41.0

3.9
5.7
5.7
3.1
3.0
3.0
3.4
3.1
3.4
3.8
4.5
2.7
4.4
3.3
4.5
4.9
4.0
6.0
4.4
4.8
4.8
3.5
3.7
3.4
4.1
3.1
2.8
3.5
3.6
3.3

4.1
5.6
5.7
3.3
3.1
3.3
3.7
3.9
4.2
3.7
4.6
2.6
4.3
3.1
4.7
5.7
4.8
6.8
5.2
6.0
6.0
3.8
3.7
3.6
4.0
2.7
2.7
3.7
3.9
3.4

4.0
5.2
5.2
3.5
3.7
3.0
3.5
2.5
4.0
4.0
4.6
2.3
5.3
3.7
4.0
4.7
3.5
6.0
3.9
4.1
3.8
3.9
4.0
3.4
5.1
3.8
3.3
4.0
4.1
3.6

3.6
5.2
5.3
3.3
3.1
3.1
3.4
2.8
3.2
3.5
4.2
1.5
4.7
3.1
3.7
4.1
3.2
5.1
3.5
4.0
3.0
3.8
3.6
2.9
5.0
3.2
2.5
3.7
3.9
3.2

42.2
43.3
43.0
43.4
41.6
41.8

42.1

4.3
4.2
5.9
3.6
3.9
4.5

4.5
4.0
4.2
4.0
4.1
4.4

4.6
5.7
8.2
4.8
4.3
4.7

4.1
4.2
3.4
4.5
3.9
4.1

Feb.
1990p

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers' on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

1972
SIC
Code

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

3221
3229
323
324
325
326
327
3271
3272
3273
329
3291
3292

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

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

$12.53 $12.21 $12.65 $12.89
11.49
11.64
11.34
11.42
9.44
9.48
9.36
9.43
13.97
13.67
13.72
13.66
9.47
9.45
9.14
9.22
9.64
9.53
9.48
9.52
10.59
10.65
10.22
10.53
9.44
9.50
9.30
9.68
9.52
9.62
9.27
9.50
11.52
11.63
11.09
11.37
10.85
10.93
10.58
10.72
10.34
10.33
10.12
10.19
10.81
11.04
11.08
11.10

Feb.
1990p

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

$526.26
475.07
395.12
572.35
383.55
385.56
452.79
423.02
411.35
477.54
452.38
440.21
470.64

$507.94
475.15
396.86
577.61
382.05
382.99
412.89
399.90
389.34
415.88
451.77
452.36
491.95

$527.51
477.24
393.42
568.67
389.34
389.78
435.59
396.15
408.85
447.76
463.43
453.49
465.89

$542.67
467.64
375.71
589.53
383.54
389.46
439.49
395.54
403.65
458.50
454.62
445.65
451.86

Feb.
1990p

12.36
14.23
15.00
11.08
11.15
11.68
12.12
10.43
13.75
14.05
11.83
11.12
14.30
11.90
9.80
10.03

12.27
14.04
14.78
11.01
11.23
11.84
12.15
10.29
13.49
13.82
11.82
11.07
14.06
12.01
9.76
10.07

12.52
14.40
15.15
11.51
11.24
11.67
12.32
10.87
14.16
14.79
11.94
11.18
14.94
11.66
10.07
10.29

12.54 $12.66 531.48
14.50
14.63 617.58
655.50
15.26
464.25
11.58
474.99
11.09
498.74
11.38
504.19
12.41
439.10
10.90
596.75
13.96
606.96
14.28
516.97
11.91
487.06
11.23
637.78
14.87
506.94
11.47
406.70
9.98
419.25
10.16

536.20
617.76
654.75
469.03
494.12
522.14
520.02
448.64
586.82
599.79
518.90
483.76
624.26
523.64
412.85
429.99

539.61
622.08
657.51
499.53
475.45
490.14
512.51
463.06
631.54
650.76
525.36
488.57
679.77
492.05
419.92
433.21

535.46
629.30
666.86
501.41
464.67
476.82
501.36
465.43
619.82
619.75
520.47
487.38
667.66
485.18
396.21
407.42

$538.05
634.94

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
3429
Hardware, nee
,
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

10.53
13.80
14.71
10.44
9.63
10.82
9.50
9.12
9.39
9.92
10.44
8.35
10.62
10.24
9.27
10.31
9.68
10.97
12.55
13.28
14.21
9.79
8.54
8.49
8.62
11.64
11.41
9.79
10.59
8.60

10.45
13.69
14.56
10.33
9.51
10.68
9.50
9.14
9.35
9.80
10.43
8.31
10.42
10.03
9.00
10.24
9.55
10.98
12.54
13.44
14.11
9.64
8.41
8.38
8.48
11.43
11.17
9.64
10.46
8.60

10.69
13.87
14.78
10.64
9.83
10.99
9.62
9.21
9.53
10.13
10.37
8.58
10.93
10.48
9.62
10.49
9.81
11.19
12.60
13.16
14.24
10.04
8.75
8.68
8.88
11.81
11.47
10.01
10.77
8.74

10.55
13.92
14.81
10.34
9.86
10.47
9.66
9.26
9.55
10.08
10.26
8.51
10.85
10.44
9.65
10.50
9.89
11.14
12.16
12.90
13.80
10.07
8.77
8.71
8.88
11.76
11.41
9.98
10.81
8.65

10.65 438.05
608.58
653.12
429.08
394.83
440.37
389.50
374.83
382.17
408.70
438.48
332.33
451.35
413.70
376.36
438.18
398.82
481.58
530.87
568.38
613.87
398.45
350.14
346.39
357.73
483.06
465.53
404.33
444.78
344.00

438.90
607.84
653.74
426.63
388.96
440.02
393.30
383.88
379.61
401.80
435.97
323.26
444.93
402.20
366.30
448.51
404.92
497.39
544.24
596.74
633.54
394.28
345.65
344.42
348.53
477.77
453.50
402.95
446.64
346.58

450.05
614.44
663.62
447.94
409.91
459.38
405.00
381.29
402.17
420.40
438.65
341.48
471.08
431.78
387.69
446.87
402.21
495.72
534.24
560.62
606.62
421.68
363.13
354.14
379.18
504.29
472.56
421.42
465.26
356.59

435.72
606.91
653.12
430.14
408.20
431.36
398.96
382.44
381.05
412.27
434.00
328.49
461.13
421.78
386.00
436.80
400.55
476.79
498.56
546.96
549.24
418.91
356.06
346.66
374.74
486.86
456.40
414.17
461.59
345.14

436.65

Machinery, except electrical
Engines and turbines
Turbines and turbine generator sets
Internal combustion engines, nee
Farm and garden machinery
Farm machinery and equipment

11.34
14.06
14.34
13.96
10.51
11.36

11.21
13.75
13.73
13.75
10.31
11.10

11.57
14.51
14.93
14.35
10.55
11.60

11.50
14.23
14.31
14.20
10.43
11.49

11.51 480.82
604.58
623.79
598.88
438.27
479.39

477.55
595.38
583.53
598.13
431.99
468.42

497.51
641.34
694.25
621.36
450.49
496.48

485.30
616.16
615.33
616.28
433.89
480.28

484.57

,

,

35
351
3511
3519
352
3523

See footnotes at end of table.




85

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 weekly hours

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

359
3592
3599

42.7
43.0
42.2
42.7
43.2
41.2
43.4
43.9
44.2
43.9
42.1
42.9
42.3
42.4
42.6
39.2
42.5
42.4
43.5
43.4
41.0
42.5
42.5
41.7
41.8
41.7
42.3
41.8
42.2
41.8

42.6
42.2
42.9
43.0
43.2
41.4
44.2
44.9
45.0
44.7
42.9
43.4
42.4
42.0
42.6
39.3
43.2
43.6
44.8
43.5
41.1
43.8
42.9
41.2
41.4
41.9
42.5
42.2
43.8
42.0

44.0
44.1
43.1
47.1
43.4
42.1
43.8
44.5
45.5
44.2
42.4
43.4
43.3
43.6
43.7
41.6
42.9
42.5
43.2
43.6
42.0
43.9
44.5
42.5
42.6
41.7
41.9
42.0
41.9
42.0

42.7
43.2
41.6
44.3
41.9
40.0
43.1
43.3
44.2
43.7
41.4
42.6
42.7
42.6
43.1
40.3
42.2
42.3
42.5
42.9
40.4
42.5
43.6
41.3
41.4
40.8
41.0
41.7
41.4
41.8

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

40.8
41.8
41.9
41.6
41.9
41.9
40.9
39.4
38.0
40.8
40.7
40.1
40.8
39.8
40.8
38.3
40.4
39.9
41.3
42.9
40.6
40.3
41.7
40.1
40.7
41.9
42.2
42.2

41.1
42.4
42.6
42.3
42.5
42.5
41.5
40.9
40.3
44.4
41.2
40.4
41.6
39.6
40.4
38.8
41.1
40.1
40.8
41.6
40.4
40.1
41.8
40.0
40.1
43.0
43.3
43.4

41.5
42.9
42.8
43.0
42.5
42.6
41.2
37.8
32.4
40.5
40.1
40.7
39.8
40.7
43.4
39.1
41.2
41.1
43.0
45.8
41.9
41.3
43.5
41.7
41.5
41.4
42.5
41.4

40.9
42.1
42.1
42.1
42.1
41.8
41.5
39.2
39.2
41.0
39.5
40.6
40.8
40.9
41.3
38.3
40.9
40.9
42.0
45.4
40.7
40.2
41.3
40.1
40.6
41.0
42.3
40.9

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

Average overtime hours

Feb.
1990p

40.7

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

4.3
4.3
4.4
4.6
5.2
3.3
5.4
5.3
6.0
6.0
4.6
3.9
4.6
4.4
3.9
4.2
4.4
4.2
5.7
4.7
3.0
4.9
4.8
3.1
3.1
3.3
3.7
4.4
4.3
4.5

4.2
4.2
4.5
4.8
4.8
2.8
6.0
5.7
6.8
6.7
4.8
4.0
4.7
4.0
4.0
4.5
4.7
4.0
6.4
4.6
3.2
5.1
4.9
2.8
2.7
3.6
4.1
4.8
5.4
4.7

4.9
4.3
5.1
7.0
5.6
4.0
5.5
5.5
6.8
6.1
4.5
4.0
4.9
4.8
4.4
4.7
4.7
5.0
5.2
5.2
3.4
5.2
5.4
3.9
4.0
3.1
3.2
4.5
4.1
4.6

4.3
4.0
3.9
6.7
4.6
2.4
5.1
4.4
6.2
5.8
3.9
3.8
4.5
4.1
4.2
4.4
4.1
4.4
4.4
4.7
2.6
5.1
4.2
2.8
2.9
2.8
2.9
4.2
3.3
4.3

3.1
3.1
3.2
3.0
3.6
4.0
2.5
2.7
2.7
2.4
3.1
2.9
3.0
2.8
3.1
2.2
3.3
2.7
2.5
3.0
2.4
3.3
3.6
3.9
3.3
3.5
3.6
4.1

3.3
3.3
3.5
3.2
3.8
4.3
2.1
3.2
3.0
3.9
3.2
3.2
3.2
2.7
3.5
2.0
3.6
2.9
2.5
3.1
2.2
3.2
4.5
3.5
3.1
4.4
3.9
5.3

3.4
3.8
3.8
3.7
3.9
3.9
3.1
2.4
1.3
2.5
2.6
3.3
2.9
3.2
3.8
2.9
3.3
2.6
3.2
4.0
3.0
3.8
3.6
4.7
3.8
3.2
4.1
3.2

3.0
3.4
3.9
2.9
3.5
3.5
2.7
1.9
2.4
1.4
1.9
3.1
3.0
3.4
2.6
2.2
2.7
1.8
2.7
3.3
2.5
3.3
3.1
4.1
3.3
3.2
4.0
3.2

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

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 hourly earnings
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

$11.38 $11.17 $11.66 $11.60
13.04
12.57
13.03
12.74
11.65
11.35
11.69
11.41
11.27
10.71
11.43
11.06
10.48
10.17
10.66
10.35
10.19
10.22
10.08
9.82
11.96
11.98
11.78
11.72
11.77
11.89
11.67
11.48
12.41
12.34
12.15
12.19
12.78
12.77
12.61
12.60
10.67
10.77
10.59
10.43
9.60
9.66
9.19
9.37
11.80
11.73
11.39
11.55
11.82
11.77
11.29
11.57
9.94
9.91
9.48
9.67
12.55 12.51 12.85 12.86
10.96 10.78 11.28 11.18
11.53 11.34 11.95 11.73
11.45 11.27 11.67 11.38
10.76 10.50 11.12 11.48
10.02
9.96
9.62
9.70
11.45
11.46
10.69
11.13
10.57
10.75
10.64
10.48
11.30
11.31
10.96
11.11
11.29
11.25
10.92
11.08
10.73
10.85
10.73
10.73
10.83
10.93
10.92
10.88
11.19
11.23
10.88
11.01
12.96
13.33
13.26
13.25
10.98
10.98
10.54
10.73

10.38
9.53

10.27
9.36

9.28

9.21

9.79
10.13
10.10
9.95
10.15
11.79
12.04

7.49
9.80
11.09

9.52
10.07
10.12

9.75
10.18
11.81
12.10
7.43
9.73
11.01

9.54
9.25

9.69
9.39
7.25
9.46
9.89
12.42

10.06
12.16

11.68
12.73
9.63
12.11

11.70
12.34
9.43
11.77

11.68
8.56

11.33
8.42
11.11
11.92
11.80

11.01
11.80

11.64

7.14

9.57

Average weekly earnings
Feb.
1990p

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

$485.93
547.82
481.50
472.26
447.12
415.30
511.25
512.31
537.03
553.58
445.84
401.97
488.57
490.57
411.94
491.96
465.80
488.87
498.08
466.98
397.70
473.03
445.40
463.29
463.14
447.44
460.22
460.22
559.15
448.51

$475.84
530.45
486.92
460.53
439.34
406.55
518.02
515.45
548.55
563.22
447.45
398.85
482.94
474.18
403.85
491.64
465.70
494.42
504.90
456.75
395.38
468.22
456.46
451.55
452.09
449.59
464.10
459.14
580.79
442.68

$513.04
574.62
503.84
538.35
462.64
430.26
524.72
529.11
561.47
564.43
456.65
416.64
510.94
515.35
433.07
534.56
483.91
507.88
504.14
484.83
418.32
503.09
478.38
480.68
479.25
452.45
457.97
471.66
558.53
461.16

10.51 $10.56 423.50

9.90
9.65
10.15

9.89
9.65
10.13
10.19
10.06
10.12
10.22
11.81
12.02
7.76
9.93
11.47
9.94
9.40
7.42
9.09

10.07
11.59
12.06

7.71
9.89
11.36
9.82
9.47
7.23
9.28
9.58
12.64

11.66
13.05
9.88
12.53
11.87

8.81

9.43
12.57

11.48
13.04
9.94
12.55

12.10

11.00
12.11

8.81
10.86
12.01

11.41

11.16

Feb.
1990p

$495.32
563.33
484.64
499.26
439.11
407.60
515.48
509.64
548.52
558.49
441.74
411.52
500.87
501.40
428.41
518.26
471.80
496.18
483.65
492.49
404.81
486.63
460.85
466.69
467.41
437.78
444.03
466.62
536.54
458.96

422.10 436.58 429.86 $429.79
398.35 396.86 424.71 416.37
388.83 392.35 413.02 406.27
407.26 402.70 436.45 426.47
424.45 427.98 434.35 429.00
423.19 430.10 430.69 420.51
406.96 404.63 417.36 419.98
399.91 416.36 380.65 400.62
448.02 475.94 375.52 462.95
491.23 537.24 488.43 492.82
304.84 306.12 309.17 306.52
392.98 393.09 402.52 403.16
452.47 458.02 452.13 467.98
385.66 377.78 399.67 406.55
383.11 373.70 411.00 388.22
277.68 277.03 282.69 284.19
382.18 393.33 382.34 371.78
394.61 403.41 393.74 385.69
512.95 496.13 543.52 527.94
501.07 486.72 534.03 521.19
516.84 498.54 546.80 530.73
388.09 378.14 408.04 399.59
504.99 491.99 545.06 518.32
468.37 453.20 494.98 485.21
348.39 337.64 365.62 357.69
461.32 477.73 455.40 445.26
497.96 516.14 514.68 508.02
491.21 512.12 472.37 456.44

10.52

10.22
10.11
10.13

Jan.
1990p

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

1972
SIC
Code

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

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

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

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.

88




386
387

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

Average weekly hours
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Average overtime hours
Feb.
1990p

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

42.4
43.1
43.2
42.7
43.4
39.9
42.1
41.4
42.7
42.8
40.5
41.2
39.4
43.0
43.0
43.0
39.9
38.6

42.9
43.6
42.8
41.5
45.0
40.0
42.8
42.6
42.6
43.4
40.3
40.8
39.5
42.8
43.3
42.8
40.2
38.8

42.6
42.9
43.4
42.8
42.8
39.9
42.8
42.0
43.0
44.0
41.1
41.5
40.2
42.4
43.2
43.0
40.7
38.1

41.5
41.0
41.7
41.0
40.9
39.2
42.8
42.9
42.9
42.7
40.5
41.5
38.7
40.5
42.9
42.8
39.4
38.3

41.8
41.6

4.6
4.7
4.8
4.0
5.1
2.5
5.2
5.0
5.4
5.4
3.0
3.2
2.7
4.2
4.4
4.5
2.6
1.9

5.0
5.5
5.1
3.3
6.5
2.3
5.1
5.0
4.9
5.5
2.9
3.2
2.6
4.3
4.7
4.3
3.0
2.4

4.2
4.0
3.7
4.4
4.3
2.7
5.0
4.4
5.4
5.7
3.2
3.4
2.9
3.6
4.7
5.0
2.7
1.5

3.6
3.0
3.0
3.8
3.1
1.8
4.7
4.5
5.0
4.9
3.2
3.7
2.5
2.9
4.5
4.6
2.6
1.7

41.2
42.3
41.0
40.1
42.8
40.7
42.9
40.7
40.7
40.4
39.9
42.9
39.2

41.6
42.5
41.8
40.9
43.7
41.6
43.7
40.5
40.4
40.3
40.8
43.6
38.8

41.8
43.7
41.4
41.4
43.5
40.6
43.8
42.1
41.8
42.3
38.9
41.8
40.3

41.3
43.0
41.4
41.1
43.3
40.7
40.7
40.9
40.8
40.7
39.8
41.7
38.8

41.0

2.9
2.8
2.7
2.3
3.7
2.1
2.7
3.0
3.0
2.7
2.9
3.5
1.6

3.0
3.1
2.8
2.6
3.9
2.2
3.3
2.8
2.5
2.9
3.3
4.3
.8

3.3
3.4
3.0
2.6
4.5
2.2
3.2
4.0
3.8
4.1
2.6
3.3
3.0

2.8
3.0
2.8
2.7
3.9
2.2
2.7
2.7
2.8
2.5
2.7
3.2
3.3

39.4
38.2
37.9
39.1
39.5
38.4
40.4
40.3
38.9
38.3
39.9
39.9

39.3
36.7
36.2
39.3
39.8
38.5
40.6
40.2
38.2
36.7
40.0
39.4

40.0
39.5
39.8
39.7
39.8
37.2
41.5
40.9
39.9
40.4
40.2
40.8

39.1
37.0
36.5
38.8
39.3
37.9
40.2
40.7
39.1
39.2
39.4
40.1

39.1

2.5
2.1
2.1
1.9
2.5
1.7
3.0
2.6
2.6
2.9
2.7
3.0

2.2
1.4
1.3
1.9
2.1
1.4
2.5
2.9
1.8
1.5
2.7
2.5

2.7
2.5
2.8
2.1
2.6
1.9
3.1
2.9
2.4
2.3
2.9
3.6

2.4
1.4
1.4
2.1
2.6
1.6
3.2
2.8
2.1
2.3
2.6
3.0

40.2
40.7
40.4
41.4
41.0
39.5
41.0
39.5
41.9
40.2
43.2
40.4
39.1
44.5
46.3
43.2
39.6
38.9
41.1

39.9
39.9
39.6
40.3
39.1
39.1
41.0
39.7
41.9
39.6
45.4
38.7
37.9
43.9
45.0
43.3
39.0
38.1
41.0

40.4
41.2
40.4
41.3
41.4
39.5
41.1
39.2
42.3
40.7
45.0
41.4
38.8
46.5
47.2
44.6
40.3
39.8
41.4

39.8
40.3
39.8
40.2
40.1
39.5
40.6
38.5
41.6
40.3
45.0
40.0
39.1
45.1
45.3
43.9
39.6
38.6
42.0

39.5
39.7

3.7
4.4
4.3
5.2
4.7
3.5
4.3
3.6
4.7
4.6
6.5
5.2
4.1
6.2
6.8
6.3
4.0
4.1
3.6

3.5
3.9
3.8
4.6
3.3
3.1
3.9
3.4
4.3
3.6
7.7
3.2
2.5
6.5
6.3
6.5
3.4
3.5
3.3

3.8
4.5
4.3
4.9
4.9
3.5
4.3
3.8
5.1
4.3
8.1
4.2
4.0
6.4
6.9
7.3
4.1
4.2
3.9

3.5
4.2
4.0
4.6
4.1
3.5
4.0
3.2
4.6
4.3
8.3
3.7
4.2
6.3
5.7
6.6
3.9
3.6
4.4

Feb.
1990p

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

1972
SIC
Code

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

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

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

39

20
201
2011

,

,

2013
2016
202
2022
2026
203
2032
2033
2037
204
2041
2048
205
2051
2052

Average hourly earnings
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Average weekly earnings
Feb.
1990p

Avg.
1989

$13.70 $13.58 $13.93 $13.59 $13.98 $580.88
14.28 14.20 14.49 13.79 14.49 615.47
713.23
16.51 16.23 16.73 16.62
507.28
11.88 11.54 12.56 12.36
575.48
13.26 13.37 13.36 12.73
9.52
377.06
9.73
9.30
9.45
599.08
14.23 14.00 14.55 14.57

0

0

$14.42 $14.08 $14.68 $14.65
12.99 12.81 13.31 13.21
10.57 10.41 10.72 10.79
11.62 11.62 11.56 11.67
8.65
9.14
9.16
8.86
12.75 12.65 12.81 13.44
13.75 13.49 14.04 14.20

0
$10.39
9.15
10.26
11.51
10.01
9.31
9.68
10.25
11.29
9.29
9.43
9.12
7.76
13.59
7.47

0

0

ft

$10.31 $10.60 $10.60
9.33
9.03
9.27
10.49 10.53
10.12
11.32 11.89 12.04
9.77 10.22 10.23
9.24
9.33
9.29
9.93
9.40 10.09
9.79 10.54 10.61
11.09 11.69 12.02
9.49
9.52
9.11
9.54
9.62
9.25
9.42
9.43
8.93
8.07
8.00
7.62
13.83 13.84 13.89
7.80
7.71
7.48

$615.73
555.97
428.09
478.74
349.08
548.25
591.25

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990 p

$582.58 $593.42 $563.99 $584.36
619.12 621.62 565.39 602.78
694.64 726.08 693.05
478.91 537.57 506.76
601.65 571.81 520.66
372.00 388.23 373.18
599.20 622.74 623.60

$599.81
555.95
419.52
474.10
341.68
541.42
584.12

$631.24
585.64
440.59
479.74
368.23
543.14
606.53

$628.49
564.07
437.00
484.31
353.72
544.32
609.18

$414.56 $414.46 $431.42 $417.64
353.19 350.36 353.19 357.34
10.54 422.71

486.87
410.41
373.33
414.30
417.18
484.34
378.10
383.80
368.45
309.62
583.01
292.82

420.99
481.10
408.39
379.96
410.78
407.26
484.63
368.96
373.70
359.88
310.90
602.99
290.22

438.48
519.59
423.11
386.26
438.92
427.92
512.02
400.79
402.12
398.89
311.20
578.51
310.71

434.89
517.72
423.52
379.76
429.97
431.83
489.21
388.14
389.23
383.39
321.19
579.21
302.64

432.14

8.31
8.95
8.99
8.29
7.56
7.41
7.67
8.20
7.01
6.49
9.09
9.47

8.22
8.84
8.92
8.11
7.50
7.49
7.51
8.13
6.84
6.42
8.97
9.28

8.60
9.21
9.27
8.62
7.78
7.58
7.90
8.54
7.21
6.54
9.43
9.87

8.59
9.18
9.15
8.51
7.87
7.86
7.87
8.76
7.12
6.43
9.36
9.72

8.60 327.41

323.05
324.43
322.90
318.72
298.50
288.37
304.91
326.83
261.29
235.61
358.80
365.63

344.00
363.80
368.95
342.21
309.64
281.98
327.85
349.29
287.68
264.22
379.09
402.70

335.87
339.66
333.98
330.19
309.29
297.89
316.37
356.53
278.39
252.06
368.78
389.77

336.26

341.89
340.72
324.14
298.62
284.54
309.87
330.46
272.69
248.57
362.69
377.85

9.74
9.33
7.76

9.62
9.27
7.65

9.95
9.50
7.86

8.45
9.04
6.53

8.68

9.98 391.55
9.50 379.73
313.50
357.28
376.79
259.91
416.56
374.07
443.30
348.13
460.51
352.69
302.63
501.07
505.13
381.46
416.20
406.51
438.95

383.84
369.87
302.94
340.54
353.46
255.32
410.41
370.40
436.60
346.90
487.14
345.20
296.00
491.68
495.00
377.14
404.04
394.34
426.81

401.98
391.40
317.54
358.48
385.43
265.84
427.03
375.14
456.42
365.08
490.95
376.33
313.50
527.31
503.15
403.18
433.23
421.08
461.20

396.41
382.04
310.04
346.12
369.72
264.26
421.02
368.45
445.95
362.30
494.10
369.20
312.02
506.02
468.86
397.73
424.91
410.70
458.22

394.21
377.15

8.63

9.96
9.48
7.79
8.61
9.22
6.69

9.19
6.58
10.16

9.47
10.58
8.66

10.01
9.33
10.42
8.76

10.66
8.73
7.74
11.26
10.91
8.83
10.51

10.73
8.92
7.81
11.20
11.00
8.71
10.36

10.45
10.68

10.35

10.41

9.31
6.73
10.39
9.57

10.37

9.57

10.79

10.72

8.97
10.91
9.09

8.99
10.98
9.23
7.98

8.08
11.34

11.22

10.66
9.04
10.75
10.58
11.14

10.35
9.06
10.73
10.64
10.91

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

206
2061-3
2065
207
208

Average weekly hours
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Average overtime hours
Feb.
1990p

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

4.0
6.5
3.2
5.7
4.1
6.2
3.3
4.1

4.3
7.2
3.2
5.1
3.3
5.9
2.2
3.2

4.6
7.5
3.5
6.5
4.1
6.3
3.3
4.5

3.9
7.0
2.7
5.7
3.4
5.8
2.4
4.1

Jan.
1990p

2082
2086
209

41.1
44.3
39.6
43.9
41.5
43.5
40.5
38.7

41.4
44.9
39.2
44.4
40.1
43.3
38.6
36.7

42.3
45.8
40.5
44.8
42.1
43.7
40.9
39.5

41.0
44.9
39.1
44.1
40.3
42.6
39.0
37.7

Tobacco manufactures
Cigarettes

21
211

38.6
38.6

38.0
38.0

38.1
38.1

37.6
38.1

37.3

2.1
2.1

1.8
1.6

2.8
3.1

2.8
3.2

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

41.0
41.6
41.2
40.8
41.6
39.8
38.6
38.9
39.3
39.7
41.5
42.3
42.8
42.0
41.9
40.7
41.1
38.2
42.0

40.7
39.9
41.6
41.0
42.1
39.5
40.0
38.8
37.7
39.7
41.7
42.6
41.8
43.3
40.6
40.9
41.4
38.0
42.2

40.6
42.0
41.2
39.4
41.5
38.4
39.2
35.5
38.3
38.1
40.2
42.2
43.1
41.8
43.8
39.7
40.0
36.7
41.9

40.2
41.2
41.0
40.5
40.5
38.3
38.0
37.6
37.7
37.9
39.9
40.6
41.4
40.4
42.8
40.1
40.6
37.4
41.6

39.7

4.1
4.7
4.1
3.3
3.6
3.6
2.8
3.1
3.9
2.3
4.7
5.0
5.1
5.0
4.3
4.0
4.3
2.5
4.1

4.0
3.8
4.3
3.7
3.8
3.3
3.5
2.7
2.9
2.0
4.8
5.4
5.2
5.7
3.9
4.1
4.4
2.9
4.3

4.0
5.3
3.9
2.8
3.1
3.3
3.6
1.9
3.9
2.4
3.8
5.3
5.8
5.2
5.0
3.6
3.8
2.2
4.0

3.7
4.7
3.9
2.9
3.1
2.8
3.6
2.1
2.8
2.1
3.3
4.3
4.6
4.4
4.8
3.7
4.0
2.6
3.9

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

36.8
37.1
36.5
36.9
36.5
35.7
35.4
35.7
35.9
35.2
35.2
37.0
37.4
35.2
37.6
36.9
38.1
38.7
35.6
37.5
42.5

36.7
35.8
36.7
36.5
35.8
36.1
35.1
34.6
33.2
35.8
35.8
36.2
36.6
34.4
36.8
35.9
37.5
39.2
37.4
40.2
41.3

36.3
35.7
36.7
36.7
35.7
36.3
35.0
34.7
34.0
36.2
35.3
36.4
36.8
34.4
37.4
36.6
37.0
37.4
35.1
38.4
37.6

36.4

2392
2396

37.0
36.1
37.1
37.4
36.1
36.5
35.4
35.5
34.6
35.9
35.6
37.5
37.9
35.2
37.0
36.2
38.0
39.2
37.2
39.4
41.3

1.9
1.1
1.6
1.4
1.4
1.7
1.6
1.2
1.6
2.1
1.6
1.7
1.7
1.4
1.9
1.7
2.1
3.0
2.1
2.9
4.6

1.8
1.2
1.4
1.3
1.1
1.4
1.5
1.3
1.6
1.8
1.5
1.8
1.8
1.8
2.1
2.0
2.0
2.7
1.1
2.1
5.8

1.8
.9
1.5
1.2
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.0
1.5
2.0
1.6
1.3
1.3
1.5
1.9
2.0
1.7
2.9
2.6
3.6
3.9

1.5
.7
1.3
1.1
1.3
1.4
1.5
.9
1.4
1.8
1.7
1.2
1.1
1.9
2.5
2.6
1.2
1.9
1.4
2.2
1.5

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

43.3
45.2
45.4
44.8
41.8
43.6
41.3
41.7
42.8
42.5
43.5
42.1

43.2
45.0
45.0
44.5
41.6
43.9
41.7
41.7
43.1
43.5
43.6
41.3

43.9
45.7
45.9
45.6
42.6
43.8
42.8
43.3
43.3
43.1
43.9
44.1

43.1
44.1
44.3
45.4
42.2
43.8
43.1
42.1
42.5
42.0
43.3
42.5

42.6

5.1
6.5
6.7
7.0
3.9
4.1
3.2
4.3
4.7
4.6
5.1
4.4

5.1
6.4
6.5
6.8
3.9
4.2
3.6
4.2
4.7
5.0
5.1
3.5

5.3
6.8
6.9
7.2
4.3
4.7
4.1
4.7
4.8
5.0
5.2
4.4

5.0
6.4
6.4
7.1
4.0
4.4
4.3
4.4
4.3
4.5
4.5
4.3

See footnotes at end of table.

90



2251
2252
2253
2254
2257
226
2261
2262
227
228
2281
2282
229

2321
2327
2328
233

2331
2335
2337
2339
234
2341
2342
236
2361
238

239
2391

Feb.
1990p

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

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

206
2061-3
2065
207
208
2082

$9.78

$9.69
10.85

2086

10.29

209

8.77

17.44
9.97
8.66

$9.66
10.86
8.53
9.93
13.32
18.13

Tobacco manufactures
Cigarettes

21
211

15,37
18.52

14.39
17.74

15.31
19.48

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

7.68
8.00
8.29
8.41
7.15
6.97
6.81
6.73
6.67
6.91
7.75
8.13
8.11
8.47
7.95
7.39
7.39
7.43
8.64

7.60
7.84
8.18
8.29
7.03
6.91
6.89
6.63
6.55
6.74
7.76
8.05
8.07
8.40
7.82
7.30
7.31
7.34
8.62

7.87
8.16
8.42
8.46
7.29
7.19
6.86
6.78
7.11
7.15
7.79
8.34
8.26
8.68
8.09
7.54
7.54
7.57
8.84

6.35
7.11
5.81
5.71
5.60
5.74
6.10
5.31
6.54
6.50
6.03
5.93
5.79
6.73
5.68
5.66
6.18
7.59
6.35
6.43
11.61

6.32
7.06
5.79
5.70
5.61
5.74
6.06
5.27
6.41
6.53
6.01
5.86
5.71
6.68
5.65
5.70
6.15
7.61
6.21
6.37
11.68

11.93

11.78
14.46
14.49
14.47

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

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
2321
2327
2328
233
2331
2335
2337
2339
234
2341
2342
236
2361

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

238

239
2391
2392
2396

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings

11.14
8.67

9.83
12.93
18.00

14.71
14.74
14.76
10.39

2641
2642
2643

11.55

265
2651
2653
2654

10.16

9.78
9.62
10.60
10.33
9.95

8.57
9.66
12.56

10.30
11.42

9.73
9.46
10.09
10.51
10.27
9.81

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

$401.96
493.50
343.33
431.54
536.60
783.00
416.75
339.40

$401.17
487.17
335.94
428.90
503.66
755.15
384.84
317.82

$408.62
497.39
345.47
444.86
560.77
792.28
436.81
348.79

$407.95
504.68
344.08
436.59
532.36
778.73
409.50
336.66

15.64 $15.57 593.28
714.87
19.65

546.82
674.12

583.31
742.19

588.06
748.67

$580.76

7.92
8.23
8.49
8.54
7.24
7.26
6.95
6.88
7.13
7.34
7.89
8.35
8.24
8.76
8.15
7.62
7.63
7.62
8.85

7.94 314.88
332.80
341.55
343.13
297.44
277.41
262.87
261.80
262.13
274.33
321.63
343.90
347.11
355.74
333.11
300.77
303.73
283.83
362.88

309.32
312.82
340.29
339.89
295.96
272.95
275.60
257.24
246.94
267.58
323.59
342.93
337.33
363.72
317.49
298.57
302.63
278.92
363.76

319.52
342.72
346.90
333.32
302.54
276.10
268.91
240.69
272.31
272.42
313.16
351.95
356.01
362.82
354.34
299.34
301.60
277.82
370.40

318.38
339.08
348.09
345.87
293.22
278.06
264.10
258.69
268.80
278.19
314.81
339.01
341.14
353.90
348.82
305.56
309.78
284.99
368.16

315.22

6.45
7.19
5.90
5.90
5.65
5.78
6.20
5.45
6.60
6.75
6.11
5.95
5.79
6.78
5.77
5.73
6.30
7.67
6.41
6.52
11.69

6.41
7.30
6.00
6.01
5.67
5.89
6.19
5.46
6.46
6.90
6.10
6.14
5.94
7.19
5.91
5.83
6.36
7.32
6.49
6.56
10.25

6.45 234.95

232.58
261.93
211.34
210.33
204.77
204.92
214.52
188.14
230.12
229.86
211.55
216.82
213.55
235.14
212.44
210.33
234.32
294.51
221.08
238.88
496.40

236.72
257.40
216.53
215.35
202.27
208.66
217.62
188.57
219.12
241.65
218.74
215.39
211.91
233.23
212.34
205.71
236.25
300.66
239.73
262.10
482.80

232.68
260.61
220.20
220.57
202.42
213.81
216.65
189.46
219.64
249.78
215.33
223.50
218.59
247.34
221.03
213.38
235.32
273.77
227.80
251.90
385.40

234.78

256.67
215.55
213.55
202.16
209.51
215.94
188.51
226.28
233.35
214.67
222.38
219.44
236.90
210.16
204.89
234.84
297.53
236.22
253.34
479.49

12.14
14.97
14.99
15.16
10.59
11.86
9.99
9.83
10.28
10.80
10.44
10.04

12.16
15.14
15.14
14.97
10.58
11.86
9.95
9.83
10.28
10.87
10.35
10.12

12.16 516.57
664.89
669.20
661.25
434.30
503.58
403.91
401.15
434.85
450.50
449.36
418.90

508.90
650.70
652.05
643.92
428.48
501.34
405.74
394.48
434.88
457.19
447.77
405.15

532.95
684.13
688.04
691.30
451.13
519.47
427.57
425.64
445.12
465.48
458.32
442.76

524.10
667.67
670.70
679.64
446.48
519.47
428.85
413.84
436.90
456.54
448.16
430.10

518.02

10.68
8.83

Jan.
1990"

$9.95
11.24
8.80

9.90
13.21
18.28
10.50

8.93

Feb.
1990p

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

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
2842,3
Polishing, sanitation, and finishing preparations
2844
Toilet 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 weekly hours
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Average overtime hours
Feb.
1990"

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

37.8
33.2
37.8
38.9
38.4
39.7
36.2
39.2
39.0
39.2
41.6
38.0
38.9

37.7
32.6
37.8
38.6
38.0
39.6
36.5
39.2
38.9
39.1
41.2
39.3
38.7

38.2
33.9
38.0
38.5
38.3
38.9
36.0
39.6
39.2
39.6
44.9
37.7
39.2

37.5
32.6
38.4
37.8
38.8
36.3
36.4
38.8
38.2
38.8
42.5
37.7
39.4

37.7

3.0
1.3
3.0
3.1
2.6
4.0
1.9
3.5
3.1
3.6
3.9
2.8
4.1

2.8
1.0
3.0
3.2
2.6
4.2
2.0
3.3
2.7
3.6
3.7
3.1
3.9

3.2
1.5
3.0
2.8
2.4
3.4
2.1
3.8
3.4
3.9
5.8
2.6
4.0

2.8
1.0
3.3
2.3
2.3
2.2
1.6
3.3
2.9
3.2
4.4
2.9
4.0

42.4
42.8
42.5
43.1
43.7
42.9
41.7
41.5
40.2
42.5
41.2
38.3
41.8
44.6
43.9
44.8
43.4
42.4

42.4
42.7
42.8
43.1
43.7
42.7
41.7
41.2
40.0
42.7
40.9
38.0
41.7
44.1
43.0
44.4
43.6
42.6

43.3
42.4
42.2
43.0
44.4
41.8
43.8
44.2
42.1
43.9
43.4
40.2
42.5
45.5
45.3
45.5
43.4
43.1

42.5
42.2
41.8
42.2
44.2
40.3
42.4
42.4
40.8
42.1
42.1
39.3
41.4
45.1
45.2
45.1
44.0
42.5

42.0

4.3
4.3
4.1
4.9
5.2
4.5
3.7
3.7
2.9
5.0
3.1
1.7
3.7
5.7
5.4
5.7
5.0
3.9

4.0
3.8
3.9
4.6
4.9
4.4
3.8
3.8
2.6
4.8
3.1
1.1
3.5
5.1
5.0
5.1
4.9
3.8

4.5
4.2
4.0
4.7
5.5
3.7
4.4
4.4
3.9
6.0
3.5
2.8
3.7
5.9
6.1
5.9
4.8
3.9

4.4
3.9
3.7
4.9
5.5
4.2
4.4
4.5
3.0
4.2
3.2
2.2
3.2
6.0
6.0
6.0
5.0
3.9

Petroleum and coal products
Petroleum refining
Paving and roofing materials

29
291
295

44.3
44.3
45.3

43.5
43.8
43.3

45.4
45.9
44.9

43.3
43.4
44.6

44.0

5.7
5.4
7.9

4.9
4.9
5.4

5.6
5.4
7.7

6.1
6.1
7.1

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
43.9
40.7

41.9
45.4
39.8

41.5
42.7
41.3

41.0
43.3
42.1

41.0

4.0
5.5
2.3

4.3
6.3
2.4

3.7
5.0
2.1

3.6
5.3
3.1

303,4
306
307

42.9
41.1
41.1

44.0
41.5
41.4

42.9
42.2
41.2

43.2
41.1
40.6

4.2
3.4
3.9

4.5
3.7
4.2

4.2
3.5
3.6

4.7
3.1
3.4

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

37.9
41.7
37.3
37.3
37.2
39.8
36.3

37.8
41.5
37.6
37.0
38.2
39.3
35.0

37.7
42.4
37.0
36.6
37.0
37.6
36.3

37.2
41.8
36.6
36.8
36.2
37.3
35.2

37.3

2.0
4.5
1.5
1.1
1.9
2.5
2.2

1.8
4.8
1.4
1.1
1.8
2.0
1.6

1.9
4.1
1.3
.9
1.6
1.7
3.1

1.9
4.5
1.5
1.0
1.9
1.9
2.1

39.4

39.3

39.3

38.8

39.1

314
3143
3144
316
317

Transportation and public utilities
Railroad transportation:
Class I railroads3

4011

44.2

45.4

42.4

42.5

Local and interurban passenger transit
Local and suburban transportation
Intercity highway transportation

41
411
413

34.3
38.4
39.7

34.2
38.9
39.0

33.5
38.0
38.5

33.1
38.3
39.1

Trucking and warehousing
Trucking and trucking terminals
Public warehousing

42
421,3
422

38.4
38.3
39.4

37.5
37.4
39.0

38.8
38.7
39.9

37.4
37.3
39.2

Pipe lines, except natural gas

46

41.4

42.3

42.5

41.8

See footnotes at end of table.

92




Feb.
1990p

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, lithograpnic
Manifold business forms
Blankbooks and bookbinding
Printing trade services

1972
SIC
Code

27
271
272
273
2731
2732
274
275
2751
2752

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

11.33

278

8.68
13.43

11.14
8.47
13.33

11.64
8.85

13.06
14.21
14.29
13.39
14.31
12.65
12.51
12.45
11.28
15.04
10.27
9.49
11.65
15.58
15.42
15.62
12.74
11.92

28
Chemicals and allied products
281
Industrial inorganic chemicals
2819
Industrial inorganic chemicals, nee
282
Plastics materials and synthetics
Plastics materials and resins
2821
Organic fibers, noncellulosic
2824
283
Drugs
2834
Pharmaceutical preparations
284
Soap, cleaners, and toilet goods
2841
Soap and other detergents
2842,3
Polishing, sanitation, and finishing preparations
2844
Toilet 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

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

Avg.
1989

$10.87 $10.73 $11.07 $11.10 $11.13 $410.89
359.22
10.82 10.79 10.93 10.98
436.21
11.54
11.41 11.81 11.91
9.87
9.67
376.16
9.90
9.59
9.57
357.50
9.31
9.64
9.31
405.34
10.21 10.01 10.28 10.35
367.43
10.15 10.06 10.30 10.10
436.69
10.96 11.37 11.40
11.14
419.64
10.76 10.48 11.08 11.17
442.18
11.28 11.14 11.45 11.46

276
279

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

$404.52
351.75
431.30
370.17
353.78
396.40
367.19
429.63
407.67
435.57
458.97
332.87
515.87

$422.87 $416.25 $419.60
370.53 357.95
448.78
381.15
369.21

457.34

399.89
370.80
450.25
434.34
453.42
522.64
333.65
526.46

375.71
367.64
442.32
426.69
444.65
493.00
335.15
538.20

373.09
371.32

11.60

471.33

13.43

8.89
13.66

329.84
522.43

12.85
13.97
13.98
13.14
14.13
12.36
12.40
12.21
11.27
14.87
10.34
9.45
11.54
15.09
14.87
15.15
12.63
11.76

13.31
14.44
14.53
13.68
14.59
12.92
12.66
12.70
11.69
15.38
10.20
10.07
11.75
15.81
15.77
15.82
13.10
12.13

13.32
14.41
14.55
13.64
14.37
13.05
12.79
12.79
11.59
15.03
10.17
10.15
11.70
15.72
15.78
15.71
13.37
12.14

13.24 553.74
608.19
607.33
577.11
625.35
542.69
521.67
516.68
453.46
639.20
423.12
363.47
486.97
694.87
676.94
699.78
552.92
505.41

544.84
596.52
598.34
566.33
617.48
527.77
517.08
503.05
450.80
634.95
422.91
359.10
481.22
665.47
639.41
672.66
550.67
500.98

576.32
612.26
613.17
588.24
647.80
540.06
554.51
561.34
492.15
675.18
442.68
404.81
499.38
719.36
714.38
719.81
568.54
522.80

566.10
608.10
608.19
575.61
635.15
525.92
542.30
542.30
472.87
632.76
428.16
398.90
484.38
708.97
713.26
708.52
588.28
515.95

556.08

Petroleum and coal products
Petroleum refining
Paving and roofing materials

29
291
295

15.44
16.62
12.25

15.24
16.34
11.52

15.76
16.84
12.63

15.90
17.08
12.23

16.26 683.99
736.27
554.93

662.94
715.69
498.82

715.50
772.96
567.09

688.47
741.27
545.46

715.44

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

9.42
15.01

9.58
15.29
6.57

9.61
15.34
6.62

9.63 390.93
658.94
266.99

390.51
673.74
265.86

397.57
652.88
271.34

394.01
664.22
278.70

394.83

6.56

9.32
14.84
6.68

303,4
306
307

9.46
8.91
8.76

9.37
8.79
8.67

9.57
9.11
8.93

9.69
9.03
8.94

405.83
366.20
360.04

412.28
364.79
358.94

410.55
384.44
367.92

418.61
371.13
362.96

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

6.58
8.74
6.28
6.71
5.93
6.59
5.99

6.48
8.59
6.21
6.64
5.90
6.42
5.90

6.73
8.77
6.40
6.85
6.03
6.58
6.12

6.81
8.90
6.53
6.97
6.14
6.83
5.95

6.81 249.38

244.94
356.49
233.50
245.68
225.38
252.31
206.50

253.72
371.85
236.80
250.71
223.11
247.41
222.16

253.33
372.02
239.00
256.50
222.27
254.76
209.44

254.01

364.46
234.24
250.28
220.60
262.28
217.44

12.57

12.47

12.76

12.76

12.77 495.26

490.07

501.47

495.09

499.31

4011

15.68

15.30

16.28

16.15

693.06

694.62

690.27

686.38

Local and interurban passenger transit
Local and suburban transportation
Intercity highway transportation

41
411

8.86
9.61
11.59

8.70
9.48
11.45

9.05
9.91
11.59

9.05
9.78
11.55

303.90
369.02
460.12

297.54
368.77
446.55

303.18
376.58
446.22

299.56
374.57
451.61

Trucking and warehousing
Trucking and trucking terminals
Public warehousing

42
421,3
422

11.36

11.10

11.68

11.53

11.86

11.57
11.75

9.19

11.26
9.11

9.33

9.40

436.22
441.60
362.09

416.25
421.12
355.29

453.18
458.98
372.27

432.72
438.28
368.48

Pipe lines, except natural gas

46

16.20

16.09

17.06

16.71

670.68

680.61

725.05

698.48

316
317

Transportation and public utilities
Railroad transportation:
Class I railroads3

413

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

Average weekly hours
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

48
481
483

39.4
40.9
35.2

39.6
40.9
35.9

39.6
41.2
35.1

39.6
41.2
35.1

49

41.9
42.0
42.0
42.2
41.7

41.6
41.7
42.0
41.9
41.0

42.2
42.0
42.9
42.7
41.4

41.5
41.2
42.4
41.8
41.5

38.1

37.9

38.2

37.8

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
509

38.6
37.5
37.2
39.5
35.5
40.3
38.2
38.7
39.0
38.2

38.5
37.6
37.0
39.0
35.5
40.7
38.3
38.6
39.0
38.1

38.6
38.0
37.3
39.2
35.1
40.3
38.6
38.9
39.0
37.9

38.3
37.9
36.6
38.6
35.0
39.9
38.3
38.5
38.6
37.2

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

37.4
37.2
37.3
36.2
37.9
39.7
38.4
36.2
36.7

37.1
37.1
36.9
36.6
37.4
39.8
38.7
35.6
36.2

37.6
37.3
37.8
36.5
38.4
39.7
38.5
36.5
36.7

37.0
37.1
37.6
35.8
37.5
39.7
37.9
35.7
36.1

28.9

28.4

29.2

28.1

513
514
516
517
518

519

Retail trade
Building materials and garden supplies
Lumber and other building materials
Hardware stores

52
521
525

36.2
38.0
32.4

35.8
37.5
32.1

36.0
37.6
32.6

35.5
37.3
31.6

General merchandise stores
Department stores
Variety stores
Misc. general merchandise stores

53
531
533
539

27.7
27.6
28.4
28.8

26.6
26.3
28.0
27.9

30.3
30.1
32.5
30.1

26.6
26.4
27.5
27.6

Food stores
Grocery stores
Retail bakeries

54
541
546

29.9
30.0
29.1

29.3
29.5
28.1

29.6
29.6
29.3

28.8
29.0
27.8

Automotive dealers and service stations
New and used car dealers
Auto and home supply stores
Gasoline service stations

55
551,2
553
554

36.2
36.9
38.3
34.0

36.0
36.8
38.1
33.9

36.1
36.9
37.8
34.1

36.0
36.9
37.7
33.7

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

26.9
28.6
24.5
26.8
29.2

26.0
28.2
23.8
25.5
28.3

27.7
30.0
24.5
28.0
30.7

25.7
27.8
22.9
25.1
28.8

Furniture and home furnishings stores
Furniture and home furnishings stores
Household appliance stores
Radio, television, and music stores

57
571
572
573

32.9
33.5
33.5
31.7

32.7
33.2
34.1
31.5

33.3
33.9
33.9
32.1

32.6
33.2
33.3
31.3

Eating and drinking places4

58

25.5

25.1

25.0

24.6

See footnotes at end of table.

94




Average overtime hours
Feb.
1990p

37.7

28.3

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

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

48
481
483
49
491

492
493

495

Wholesale trade

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1990 p

Feb.
1990p

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

$513.38 $513.61 $521.93 $524.70
561.15 559.10 569.80 569.38
424.86 429.01 431.03 443.66

15.01
15.40
14.22
17.17
11.53

14.99
15.50
14.18
17.05
11.30

619.28
632.52
577.92
728.37
472.04

609.86
612.99
576.24
728.22
464.12

633.42
646.80
610.04
733.16
477.34

622.09
638.60
601.23
712.69
468.95

10.38

10.23

10.62

10.59 $10.62 395.48

387.72

405.68

400.30 $400.37

10.63

10.46
9.49
9.63
9.86
9.23

10.88
10.03

10.89
10.11
9.98
10.27
10.45
11.17
11.12
10.17
11.67
8.52

410.32
363.38
363.44
398.16
346.84
440.48
421.35
387.00
444.21
321.26

402.71
356.82
356.31
384.54
327.67
442.82
422.07
377.51
436.02
317.37

419.97
381.14
372.63
406.11
355.91
448.54
432.32
397.95
454.35
326.32

417.09
383.17
365.27
396.42
365.75
445.68
425.90
391.55
450.46
316.94

374.00
408.08
427.09
357.66
383.93
497.04
381.31
420.28
302.41

367.29
402.54
415.49
359.05
376.24
493.52
382.36
401.21
291.77

384.27
415.15
444.15
367.92
394.75
504.98
392.32
440.19
311.22

375.55
414.78
429.39
364.44
384.75
495.06
378.62
416.26
304.68

189.01

184.03

194.47

189.39

8.41

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
516
517
518

10.00
10.97
11.45
9.88
10.13
12.52
9.93
11.61

519

9.69
9.77
10.08
9.77
10.93

10.88
11.02
9.78
11.18
8.33

9.99
10.36
10.14
11.13
11.20
10.23
11.65
8.61
10.22
11.13
11.75
10.08
10.28
12.72
10.19
12.06
8.48

10.15
11.18
11.42
10.18
10.26
12.47

8.24

9.90
10.85
11.26
9.81
10.06
12.40
9.88
11.27
8.06

6.54

6.48

6.66

6.74

11.03
10.00

11.39

9.99
11.66
8.44
6.74

Building materials and garden supplies
Lumber and other building materials
Hardware stores

52
521
525

7.70
8.08
6.43

7.62
8.00
6.33

7.85
8.25
6.58

7.85
8.21
6.56

278.74
307.04
208.33

272.80
300.00
203.19

282.60
310.20
214.51

278.68
306.23
207.30

General merchandise stores
Department stores
Variety stores
Misc. general merchandise stores

53
531
533
539

6.74
7.01
5.32
5.62

6.70
6.97
5.33
5.55

6.80
7.07
5.41
5.61

6.98
7.25
5.43
5.83

186.70
193.48
151.09
161.86

178.22
183.31
149.24
154.85

206.04
212.81
175.83
168.86

185.67
191.40
149.33
160.91

Food stores
Grocery stores
Retail bakeries

54
541
546

7.14
7.24
6.10

7.11
7.20
6.09

7.22
7.34
6.25

7.31
7.40
6.37

213.49
217.20
177.51

208.32
212.40
171.13

213.71
217.26
183.13

210.53
214.60
177.09

Automotive dealers and service stations
New and used car dealers
Auto and home supply stores
Gasoline service stations

55
551,2
553
554

8.56
10.44
7.50

8.31

8.70

10.01

10.56
7.68
6.09

309.87
385.24
287.25
202.64

299.16
368.37
277.75
198.65

313.35
388.93
290.68
208.35

313.20
389.66
289.54
205.23

Apparel and accessory stores
Men's and boys' clothing and furnishings
Women's ready-to-wear stores
Family clothing stores
Shoe stores

561
562
565

5.96

7.29
5.86

8.68
10.54
7.69
6.11

566

6.00
7.35
5.65
5.94
6.03

5.96
7.42
5.67
5.88
5.90

6.12
7.32
5.73
6.04
6.26

6.15
7.63
5.85
6.09
6.02

161.40
210.21
138.43
159.19
176.08

154.96
209.24
134.95
149.94
166.97

169.52
219.60
140.39
169.12
192.18

158.06
212.11
133.97
152.86
173.38

Furniture and home furnishings stores
Furniture and home furnishings stores
Household appliance stores
Radio, television, and music stores

57
571
572
573

8.20
8.20
8.43
8.13

8.11
8.16
8.13
8.02

8.44
8.40
8.94
8.37

8.44
8.41
8.75
8.40

269.78
274.70
282.41
257.72

265.20
270.91
277.23
252.63

281.05
284.76
303.07
268.68

275.14
279.21
291.38
262.92

Eating and drinking places4

58

4.75

4.68

4.88

4.87

121.13

117.47

122.00

119.80

56

Feb.
1990p

14.66
14.70
13.72
17.38
11.32

509

Retail trade

Dec.
1989

14.78
15.06
13.76
17.26
11.32

50
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508

514

Jan.
1989

$13.03 $12.97 $13.18 $13.25
13.82
13.72
13.67
13.83
12.64
12.07
11.95
12.28

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

513

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings

190.74

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 estate5

Average weekly hours
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

29.8
27.3
28.5
32.9
38.6
31.8

29.3
26.9
28.1
31.7
39.8
30.9

30.7
27.8
29.5
34.9
40.7
32.6

29.1
27.0
27.5
32.0
39.3
30.5

35.9

36.1

35.7

35.7

Banking
Commercial and stock savings banks

60
602

35.7
35.6

36.0
36.0

35.3
35.2

35.5
35.4

Credit agencies other than banks
Savings and loan associations
Personal credit institutions

61
612
614

36.5
35.9
36.3

36.5
36.0
36.2

36.2
35.6
36.2

35.9
35.6
35.8

Insurance carriers
Life insurance
Medical service and health insurance
Fire, marine, and casualty insurance

63
631
632
633

37.2
37.1
37.9
37.0

37.3
37.0
37.9
37.0

37.1
37.0
37.9
36.9

37.1
36.9
38.0
36.8

32.6

32.6

32.5

32.4

Services
Hotels and other lodging places:
Hotels, motels, and tourist courts4

701

31.1

30.5

29.8

29.4

Personal services:
Laundry, cleaning, and garment services
Beauty shops4

721
723

34.2
29.7

33.7
29.8

34.3
29.7

33.9
28.9

Business services
Advertising
Services to buildings
Computer and data processing services

73
731
734
737

33.7
36.9
29.7
38.0

33.7
37.6
29.7
38.2

33.7
36.9
29.3
38.0

33.5
36.8
29.2
37.6

Auto repair, services, and garages

75
753

36.7
38.1

36.3
37.9

36.7
38.4

36.3
37.8

76

37.8

37.7

37.7

37.6

78
781

29.3
35.9

29.2
36.9

29.4
36.1

29.8
36.8

79

28.4

27.8

28.2

28.0

80
801
802
805
806

32.5
31.5
28.5
31.9
34.0

32.6
31.6
28.8
32.2
34.0

32.5
31.6
28.5
31.8
34.1

32.7
31.7
28.6
32.0
34.4

81

34.9

34.9

35.0

34.8

89
891
893

38.1
39.1
37.2

38.1
39.0
37.1

37.9
38.9
36.8

37.9
39.0
36.8

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 ..
See footnotes at end of table.

96



Average overtime hours
Feb.
1990p

35.9

32.5

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

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 estate5

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

$202.64
176.36
181.55
253.33
365.93
221.01

$198.07
172.43
178.15
239.34
381.28
212.90

$210.30
180.98
186.74
269.43
407.81
228.20

$204.28
178.20
180.68
252.16
394.97
217.77

$6.80
6.46
6.37
7.7C
9.48
6.95

$6.76
6.41
6.34
7.55
9.58
6.89

$6.85
6.51
6.33
7.72
10.02
7.00

$7.02
6.60
6.57
7.88
10.05
7.14

9.57

9.46

9.76

9.83

$9.84 343.56

341.51

348.43

350.93

Banking
Commercial and stock savings banks

60
602

8.28
7.88

8.17
7.82

8.42
7.99

8.46
8.03

295.60
280.53

294.12
281.52

297.23
281.25

300.33
284.26

Credit agencies other than banks
Savings and loan associations
Personal credit institutions

61
612
614

8.67
8.11
8.17

8.59
8.15
8.12

8.94
8.24
8.33

9.08
8.37
8.43

316.46
291.15
296.57

313.54
293.40
293.94

323.63
293.34
301.55

325.97
297.97
301.79

Insurance carriers
Life insurance
Medical service and health insurance
Fire, marine, and casualty insurance

63
631
632
633

10.66
9.97
10.32
11.39

10.50
9.88
10.16
11.09

10.83
10.11
10.44
11.64

10.88
10.19
10.45
11.66

396.55
369.89
391.13
421.43

391.65
365.56
385.06
410.33

401.79
374.07
395.68
429.52

403.65
376.01
397.10
429.09

9.39

9.25

9.69

9.73

9.75 306.11

301.55

314.93

315.25

Services
Hotels and other lodging places:
Hotels, motels, and tourist courts4

701

6.65

6.62

6.93

6.88

206.82

201.91

206.51

202.27

Personal services:
Laundry, cleaning, and garment services
Beauty shops4

721
723

6.58
6.89

6.46
6.65

6.71
7.08

6.70
6.88

225.04
204.63

217.70
198.17

230.15
210.28

227.13
198.83

Business services
Advertising
Services to buildings
Computer and data processing services

73
731
734
737

9.61
13.05
7.09
14.08

9.44
12.80
6.94
13.66

9.81
13.23
7.12
14.43

9.87
13.26
7.08
14.42

323.86
481.55
210.57
535.04

318.13
481.28
206.12
521.81

330.60
488.19
208.62
548.34

330.65
487.97
206.74
542.19

Auto repair, services, and garages

75
753

8.42
9.28

8.25
9.08

8.62
9.48

8.59
9.49

309.01
353.57

299.48
344.13

316.35
364.03

311.82
358.72

76

9.91

9.70

10.11

10.14

374.60

365.69

381.15

381.26

78
781

12.24
15.82

12.21
15.77

12.74
16.30

12.89
16.49

358.63
567.94

356.53
581.91

374.56
588.43

384.12
606.83

79

7.78

7.99

8.43

8.29

220.95

222.12

237.73

232.12

80
801
802
805
806

9.82
9.31
9.46
6.79
11.20

9.58
9.13
9.24
6.62
10.93

10.12
9.57
9.83
7.02
11.51

10.20
9.59
9.86
7.07
11.61

319.15
293.27
269.61
216.60
380.80

312.31
288.51
266.11
213.16
371.62

328.90
302.41
280.16
223.24
392.49

333.54
304.00
282.00
226.24
399.38

81

13.42

13.30

13.65

13.80

468.36

464.17

477.75

480.24

89
891
893

13.24
14.06
11.46

12.96
13.85
11.17

13.65
14.45
11.84

13.54
14.44
11.69

504.44
549.75
426.31

493.78
540.15
414.41

517.34
562.11
435.71

513.17
563.16
430.19

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 ..

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
See table C-2a for average hourly earnings in aircraft (SIC 3721) and
guided missiles and space vehicles (SIC 3761) manufacturing.
3
Data relate to line haul railroads with operating revenues of
$50,000,000 or more.
4
Money payments only; tips, not included.




Feb.
1990p

$353.26

316.88

5
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 1988 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1988 forward are subject to
revision.

97

A Note on Average Hourly Earnings
in Aircraft (SIC 3721) and Guided Missiles
and Space Vehicles (SIC 3761) Manufacturing

For many years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average hourly earnings series for production workers in aircraft manufacturing (sic 3721)
and guided missiles and space vehicles manufacturing (sic 3761) have
been used to escalate labor costs in contracts between aerospace companies and their customers. Although the Bureau's series by definition take account of traditional wage rate changes, they do not capture
"lump-sum payments to workers in lieu of general wage increases"
which were negotiated in aerospace manufacturers' collective bargaining agreements beginning in late 1983.
Because of special circumstances in the aerospace industry, BLS
has calculated average hourly earnings series for sic 3721 and sic
3761 which include lump-sum payments. These series, beginning
in October 1983, the effective date of the first aerospace bargain-

ing agreement using lump-sum payments, were published in the
June 1988 issue of Employment and Earnings. Current and year
earlier data are presented in table C-2a along with the average hourly
earnings series produced as part of the Current Employment Statistics program. An explanation of the methodology used to derive
these series appears in the Explanatory Notes of this publication.
Lump-sum payments are but one of several recent changes in the
way that employees are compensated. The changes are widespread
and they differ by industry. Because of these developments, the
Bureau is conducting a broad-based review of all concepts and definitions used in its earnings and wage programs to determine the
proper treatment of lump-sum payments and other new compensation practices.

C-2a. Average hourly earnings in aircraft (SIC 3721) and guided missiles and space vehicles (SIC 3761)
manufacturing
Guided missiles and space vehicles (SIC 3761)

Aircraft (SIC 3721)
Series

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Average hourly earnings,
excluding lump-sum payments

$14.89

$14.70

$15.27

$15.33

$14.20

$13.96

$14.40

$14.53

Average hourly earnings,
including lump-sum payments

15.39

15.14

15.91

15.98

14.59

14.36

14.65

14.86

= preliminary.

98




ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-3. Average hourly earnings, excluding overtime,1 of production workers on manufacturing payrolls
Industry

Manufacturing
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
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
1
Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate
of time and one-half.
2
Not available.
p
= preliminary.




Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990p

$10.01

$9.91

$10.19

$10.15

$10.26

10.50
8.48

10.40
8.37
7.84
10.05

10.67
8.62
8.12

10.60
8.59
8.20
10.32
11.89
10.10

10.74

7.98
10.13

11.65
10.06
10.80
10.00

13.00
9.92
8.05
9.31
8.85
14.96
7.32

6.19
11.27
10.46
12.44
14.50
8.99
6.41

11.54
9.96
10.65
9.88
12.83
9.76
7.99

10.32
11.85
10.20
10.98
10.10
13.28

10.97
10.13
13.02

10.09
8.32

10.18
8.34

9.22

9.51

9.54

8.84

9.01

14.06
7.24
6.17
11.13
10.34

14.77

9.01
15.08
7.57

12.27
14.43
8.87
6.33

12.65

10.71
12.67

14.85

14.87

9.17
6.56

9.21
6.64

7.49
6.29
11.44
10.63

$9.58

6.28
11.49

NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected
from March 1988 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark
data are introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1988 forward are
subject to revision.

99

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-4. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers'on private
nonagricultural payrolls by major industry, in current and constant (1977) dollars.
Average hourly earnings
INDUSTRY

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Total private:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

$9.66
4.80

$9.54
4.85

$9.84
4.81

$9.87
4.78

$9.90

Mining:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

13.14
6.53

13.20
6.71

13.31
6.51

13.27
6.42

$13.33

Construction:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

13.37
6.64

13.26
6.74

13.64
6.67

13.41
6.49

$13.41

Manufacturing:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

10.47
5.20

10.37
5.27

10.67
5.22

10.59
5.12

$10.69

Transportation and public utilities:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

12.57
6.24

12.47
6.34

12.76
6.24

12.76
6.17

$12.77

Wholesale trade:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

10.38
5.16

10.23
5.20

10.62
5.19

10.59
5.12

$10.62

Retail trade:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

6.54
3.25

6.48
3.30

6.66
3.26

6.74
3.26

$6.74

Finance, insurance, and real estate:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

9.57
4.75

9.46
4.81

9.76
4.77

9.83
4.76

$9.84

Services:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

9.39
4.66

9.25
4.70

9.69
4.74

9.73
4.71

$9.75

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.

100




Jan.
1990"

Average weekly earnings
Feb.
1990"

0
0
ft
ft

ft
ft
ft
ft
ft

Avg.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990p

Feb.
1990"

$335.20 $329.13 $341.45 $337.55 $339.57
166.52 167.41 166.89 163.30
ft
562.39
279.38

557.04
283.34

581.65
284.29

573.26
277.34

$573.19

506.72
251.72

483.99
246.18

504.68
246.67

504.22
243.94

$498.85

429.27
213.25

425.17
216.26

440.67
215.38

429.95
208.01

$431.88

495.26
246.03

490.07
249.27

501.47
245.10

495.09
239.52

$499.31

395.48
196.46

387.72
197.21

405.68
198.28

400.30
193.66

$400.37

189.01
93.89

184.03
93.61

194.47
95.05

189.39
91.63

$190.74

343.56
170.67

341.51
173.71

348.43
170.30

350.93
169.78

$353.26

306.11
152.07

301.55
153.38

314.93
153.92

315.25
152.52

$316.88

ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft

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
1988 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1988 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
1990

1989
Industry
Feb.

Total private
Mining
Construction

,

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
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

,
,

,

Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services

...,

Apr.

May

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.p

34.7

34.9

34.6

34.6

34.8

34.6

34.7

34.7

34.6

34.5

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

41.1
3.9
41.8
4.1
39.6
39.7
42.2
43.4
43.8
41.9
42.6
40.9
43.1
43.9
41.5
39.5

41.0
4.0
41.7
4.1
40.0
39.8
42.2
43.5
44.1
41.8
42.5
40.6
43.1
43.9
41.1
39.5

41.3
3.9
41.9
4.1
40.5
39.9
42.5
43.3
43.5
41.9
42.7
41.0
42.8
43.3
41.5
39.8

41.0
3.8
41.5
3.9
39.7
39.4
41.9
43.2
43.6
41.7
42.5
40.7
42.5
42.8
41.1
39.6

41.0
3.8
41.5
3.9
39.8
39.4
42.2
43.3
43.7
41.5
42.5
40.7
42.5
42.7
41.3
39.4

41.0
3.9
41.5
4.0
39.6
39.5
42.3
43.0
43.2
41.5
42.4
40.6
42.6
42.6
41.4
39.3

41.0
3.8
41.6
3.9
40.2
39.6
42.5
42.9
43.4
41.5
42.2
40.9
42.7
43.0
41.1
39.4

41.0
3.8
41.6
3.9
40.2
39.6
42.2
42.8
42.9
41.6
42.3
41.1
42.8
43.4
41.0
39.2

40.8
3.7
41.2
3.8
40.4
39.2
42.3
42.5
42.8
41.5
42.0
40.9
41.2
42.9
41.1
39.3

40.7
3.7
41.2
3.7
40.3
39.4
42.4
42.6
43.0
41.4
42.1
40.8
40.9
42.3
41.0
39.7

40.6
3.6
41.2
3.6
40.1
39.2
41.5
42.5
42.8
41.2
42.0
40.5
41.9
42.2
40.9
39.3

40.7
3.7
41.2
3.7
40.3
39.7
42.1
42.6
43.4
41.2
42.1
40.7
41.4
41.0
41.2
39.3

40.7
3.6
41.3
3.6
39.9
39.4
42.0
42.5
43.5
41.2
42.2
41.0
41.8
41.6
41.0
39.4

40.2
3.7
40.3

40.1

40.4
3.8
40.7

40.2
3.7
40.5

40.3
3.6
40.7

40.2
3.8
41.0

ft

40.2
3.7
41.0

40.2
3.7
40.8

40.1
3.6
40.8

39.9
3.6
40.6

41.7
37.6
43.4
37.9
42.6

41.4

41.4
37.1
43.3
37.8
42.5

41.2
37.0
43.2
37.6
42.5

41.0
37.0
43.5
37.7
42.4

40.6
37.0
43.2
37.9
42.5

40.7
36.9
43.4
37.8
42.4

40.5
36.8
43.4
37.9
42.3

40.2
36.3
43.1
37.6
42.7

39.9
3.6
40.5
(2)
40.5
36.6
43.1

39.9
3.5
40.4

ft

40.2
3.6
40.8

3.8
40.4

0

ft

40.8
37.1
43.2
38.0
42.3

41.1

36.9
43.3
37.9
42.3

ft

ft

41.7

41.6

39.4
38.1
28.9

38.0

39.4
38.1
28.9

ft

ft

32.5

32.6

ft

ft

41.6
38.3
40.1
38.3
29.1

ft
37.1
43.3
37.7
42.1

ft
41.5
37.4

39.5
37.9

ft

28.9

32.8

32.5

ft

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




June

34.6

38.6

Transportation and public utilities

Mar.

p

ft

ft

41.5
37.9

41.4
37.7

39.4

39.4

38.0
28.9

ft

38.1
29.2

ft

ft

ft
41.5
38.1

39.0
38.0
28.8

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

41.5
38.1

41.4
37.7

41.2
37.5

39.3

39.3

39.1

38.1

38.1

38.1

29.0

28.8

0

ft

28.8

ft

ft

34.5

34.6

ft

ft
40.0
36.6
42.9
37.9
42.1
(2)

40.8

37.8
42.5
(2)
40.8

37.2

37.4

38.0

39.3

39.1

39.4

38.0

38.0

38.0

28.7

28.8

28.9

ft

41.1

ft

32.6
32.5
32.6
components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
p
= preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1988 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all seasonally adjusted data from January 1985 forward are
subject to revision.
32.5

32.8

32.6

32.7

32.8

32.6

101

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)
1989

1990

Industry
Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.p

Feb.p

Total private

127.2

127.6

128.7

127.6

128.1

129.2

128.5

128.9

129.2

129.1

128.8

129.4

130.3

Goods-producing

102.9

102.9

103.5

102.4

102.5

103.0

103.3

102.8

102.4

102.5

101.1

102.1

102.8

86.2

85.3

86.5

87.1

80.1

81.1

83.4

81.8

81.2

80.3

84.4

85.3

85.5

140.5

140.3

141,0

138.2

139.3

142.7

143.5

143.1

143.8

145.8

139.5

149.2

150.0

96.7

96.7

97.2

96.4

96.4

96.3

96.4

95.8

95.2

94.8

94.5

93.7

94.4

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

95.0
104.5
113.7
90.9
68.7
53.4
92.8
93.7
99.9
101.0
91.1
115.6
86.4

94.9
105.3
114.3
90.5
68.9
53.6
92.5
93.4
98.8
101.5
91.7
115.0
86.1

95.2
105.9
114.6
91.0
68.6
52.4
92.2
93.9
99.7
101.2
91.1
116.4
87.1

94.3
103.7
11.2.9
89.3
68.2
52.3
91.7
93.7
98.4
100.5
90.2
115.8
86.6

94.0
103.4
112.6
89.8
68.5
52.6
90.8
93.8
97.8
99.5
88.1
116.1
86.2

93.8
102.6
113.2
90.0
67.9
52.0
90.7
94.0
97.6
98.6
•«5;7
116.9
85.7

94.0
103.6
11.1.9
90.2
67.6
53.0
90.4
93.2
98.0
100.5
90.1
115.8
86.8

93.3
103.0
111.6
88.8
66.7
51.9
90.0
93.1
98.0
98.5
87.0
115.8
85.8

92.2
104.2
109.9
89.6
65.9
51.1
89.7
92.0
97.1
94.3
84J
116.1
86.0

91.9
103.9
110.2
90.0
65.6
50.8
89.1
92.7
96.6
92.7
82.3
115.2
86.2

91.6
103.2
109.1
87.7
65.6
51.1
88.5
92.4
95.0
95.0
82.4
114.4
86.3

90.3
104.4
110.3
89.4
65.0
51.5
86.9
92.6
95.4
86.0
67.7
116.1
87.2

91.8
102.7
109.4
89.2
65.6
51.4
87.9
92.8
96.2
94.3
81.6
116.1
86.8

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

99.3
102.2
74.1
80.4
•85.5
101.9
138.4
100.0
83.3
120.0

99.5
102.9
69.6
81.0
85.4
102.3
138.5
100.4
82.2
119.9

100.1
103.8
73.0
82.1
86.8
102.4
138.2
100.9
82.9
119.9

99.5
103.3
69.6
81.5
85.4
102.3
137.8
100.5
83.5
119.6

99.9
104.3
69.0
81.5
85.2
102.3
138.3
101.8
84.3
118.9

100.1
106.4
70.5
81.3
84.9
102.7
137.7
101.5
83.2
118.8

99.9
105.2
68.7
80.4
84.9
103.4
138.3
101.8
83.4
119.3

99.7
106.2
69.0
79.1
84.5
101,9
138.7
101.5
84.1
118.4

99.6
105.9
67.6
79.5
84.0
102.8
138.3
101.8
85.6
118.1

99.2
105.5
66.9
78.8
83.6
102.8
139.3
101.5
85.3
116.8

98.7
105.0
66.2
78.1
82.4
102.1
138.8
102.8
85.6
115.3

98.7
105.5
67.3
78.4
82.4
101.7
139.9
102.3
82.4
114.2

98.2
104.9
68.2
76.9
81,5
101.0
141.0
101.2
84.9
114.2

57.0

56.1

56.0

54.7

55.5

54.7

54.8

54.8

53.8

53.0

52.1

52.4

52.8

140.6

141.2

142.6

141.5

142.2

143.7

142.4

143.3

144.0

143.9

144.1

144.6

145.5

116.2

116.2

118.6

117.3

117.3

117.7

113.7

116.8

117.4

117.3

119.8

119.3

120.9

125.9

126.4

127.2

126.1

126.7

127.2

127.3

127.6

128.0

128.3

128.1

128.7

128.6

126.7

126.9

127.7

127.2

127.4

128.9

127.5

127.5

128.4

128.3

127.6

128.7

129.1

140.8

141.8

143.8

141.9

142.7

145.0

143.3

143.8

145.0

143.8

144.1

144.3

145.5

166.1

167.3

168.9

167.5

169.0

170.8

170.4

171.4

172.2

172.0

172.4

172.7

174.1

Mining .:.
Construction
Manufacturing

,
:

Service-producing
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
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.
p
= preliminary.

102



NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1988 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all seasonally adjusted data from January 1985 forward are
subject to revision.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EARNINGS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
*•?.

hourly and weekly earnings of production or
payrolls, seasonally adjusted
1909

1990

Industry
Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

$9.78

$9.78

$9.83

Jan.

p

Feb.1

Average hourly earnings
) (in current dollars)

i and puteHc utWties .
>trade

It
fl—wot, insurance, and real estate
r (in constant dollars)4

$9.52

$9.54

$9.61

$9.60

$9.62

$9.69

$9.74

$9.82

$9.87

ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft | ft ! ft
ft
ft
ft
$13.22 $13.26 $13.33 $13.32 $13.32 $13.42 $13.37 $13.39 $13.44 $13.52 $13.60 $13.33 $13.42
10.40
1Q.40 10.42 10.45 10.48 10.52 10.55 10.55 10.57 10.61 10.55 10.68
10.37
9.99 10.01 tO.05 10.08 10.08 10.11 10.15 10.10 10.23
9.92
9.92
9.89
9.97
12.50
12.48
12.52 12.54 12.54 12.61 12.57 12.67 12.68 12.61 12.71 12,75 12.74
10.18
10.21 10.36 10.29 10.33 10.44 10.39 10,47 10.54 10.54 10.59 10.55 10.58
6.45
6.52
6.47
6.49
6.51
6.54
6.61
6.57
6.65
6.72
6.69
6.58
6.61
9.53
9.45
9.36
9.35
9.54
9.68
9.67
9.57
9.79
9.72
9.76
9.66
9.77
9.33
9.34
9.24
9.32
9.19
9.46
9.43
9.49
9.581 9.54 9.62 9.62 9.65
4.81

4.80

4.80

4.77

4.77

4.79

4.80

4.81

4.81

4.79

4.80

4.74

Average weekly earnings

fr* ctttFent dollars
I (1977) dollars 4 .

329.39 331.04 335.39 332.16 332.85 337.21 335.27 337.98 339.37 338.39 339.14 338.79 341.50
166.44 166.44 167.44 165.17 165.10 166.85 165.98 166,74 166.85 165.80 165.51 163.51

1
data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;
Construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in
station and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,
taeurance, and real estate; and services.
1
This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal
eomponerrts are small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components
And consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
3
Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time
i * d one-hart.
4
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical




Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate these series.
5
Not available.
* ~ preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from March
1988 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced,
all seasonally adjusted data from January 1985 forward are subject to
revision. The CPI-W has been revised to reflect the experience through
December 1989. Constant-doila/ earnings series have been revised from
January 1965 through Docemoer 1989.

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
Average weekly hours
State and area

Average hourly earnings
Jan.
1989

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Alabama
Birmingham
Mobile

41.3
41.5
41.0

41.6
41.2
41.8

41.1
41.1
41.4

$9.14
9.37
10.82

$9.27
9.56
11.37

Alaska

40.3

39.1

41.3

12.21

Arizona

40.9

41.9

41.2

Arkansas
Favetteville-SDrinadale
Fort Smith
Little Rock-North Little Rock
Pine Bluff

40.7
39.3
40.1
41.0
43.3

41.2
38.9
39.7
41.7
46.0

California
Anaheim-Santa Ana
Bakersfield
Fresno
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Modesto
Oakland
Oxnard—Ventura
Riverside-San Bernardino
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-LomDOC
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
Stockton
Valleio-Fairfield-NaDa

40.4
41.7
39.8
37.7
40.7
40.0
40.6
39.3
39.7
39.4
40.5
38.1
40.3
39.2
39.2
40.9
39.8

Colorado
Denver
Connecticut
BridaeDOrt-Milford
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven-Meriden
Stamford
Waterbury

Average weekly earnings
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990?

$9.24
9.60
11.41

$377.48
388.86
443.62

$385.63
393.87
475.27

$379.76
394.56
472.37

13.98

12.15

492.06

546.62

501 80

9.84

10.07

10.09

402.46

421.93

415 71

41.0
39.1
40.6
41.5
43.4

8.16
7.34
8.64
8.60
10.17

8.42
7.74
8.58
9.02
10.25

8.41
7.53
8.57
9.08
10.59

332.11
288.46
346.46
352.60
440.36

346.90
301.09
340.63
376.13
471 50

344.81
294.42
347.94
376.82
459 61

41.2
42.8
39.8
39.9
41.3
41.1
42.7
42.0
40.3
39.6
41.1
39.6
41.1
40.8
37.3
42.1
42.3

40.0
40.6
39.6
39.2
40.5
38.6
41.7
40.3
40.3
40.3
40.1
38.2
39.7
39.8
36.6
40.7
40.5

11.00
11.16
11.77
9.33
10.52
10.56
13.19
10.41
9.88
11.52
11.16
12.91
12.86
10.98
10.51
10.90
13.33

11.32
11.49
11.96
9.15
10.77
10.53
13.15
10.81
10.20
11.85
11.35
13.07
13.67
11.56
10.82
11.28
13.38

11.27
11.40
12.14
9.37
10.71
10.68
13.24
10.83
10.12
11.60
11.42
13.16
13.57
11.55
10.98
11.29
13.08

444.40
465.37
468.45
351.74
428.16
422.40
535.51
409.11
392.24
453.89
451.98
491.87
518.26
430.42
411.99
445.81
530.53

466.38
491.77
476.01
365.09
444.80
432.78
561.51
454.02
411.06
469.26
466.49
517.57
561.84
471.65
403.59
474.89
565.97

450.80
462.84
480.74
367.30
433.76
412 25
552.11
436.45
407.84
467.48
457.94
502.71
538.73
459.69
401.87
459.50
529.74

39.8
39.7

41.1
41.0

39.4
38.8

10.39
11.57

10.57
11.77

10.58
11.77

413.52
459.33

434.43
482.57

416.85
456.68

42.3
42.6
42.6
42.7
41.3
42.1
43.8

42.7
43.0
43.2
43.4
42.0
41.4
43.2

42.6
43.2
43.0
42.6
41.2
41.5
42.2

10.98
11.42
11.39
11.41
10.72
11.71
9.79

11.35
11.73
12.02
11.96
10.94
11.53
10.28

11.34
11.92
12.21
12.08
10.82
11.43
10.23

464.45
486.49
485.21
487.21
442.74
492.99
428.80

484.65
504.39
519.26
519.06
459.48
477.34
444.10

483.08
514.94
525.03
514.61
445.78
474.35
431.71

41.2
42.6

41.2
43.6

40.1
41.3

12.36
14.75

12.66
15.08

12.06
14.78

509.23
628.35

521.59
657.49

483.61
610.41

40.0

38.9

38.6

11.44

12.16

12.16

457.60

473.02

469.38

40.8
41.2
40.6
39.0
41.8
41.5
40.1
43.7

42.2
43.2
41.1
40.2
42.1
44.5
42.4
44.0

41.1
40.5
40.8
39.6
41.1
43.2
40.9
43.3

8.64
8.47
9.12
7.18
9.56
11.20
8.69
9.46

8.82
8.76
9.42
7.49
10.11
11.64
9.03
9.68

8.86
8.84
9.50
7.45
10.10
11.83
9.12
9.66

352.51
348.96
370.27
280.02
399.61
464.80
348.47
413.40

372.20
378.43
387.16
301.10
425.63
517.98
382.87
425.92

364.15
358.02
387.60
295.02
415.11
511.06
373.01
418.28

Atlanta

41.0
41.0
42.9

42.1
40.8
45.7

41.3
39.7
43.9

8.77
10.18
11.37

9.07
10.18
11.74

8.99
9.99
11.67

359.57
417.38
487.77

381.85
415.34
536.52

371.29
396.60
512.31

Hawaii
Honolulu

38.4
39.1

42.3
42.3

38.8
38.7

10.13
10.36

10.59
10.77

10.93
10.98

388.99
405.08

447.96
455.57

424.08
424.93

Idaho

38.9

39.8

37.9

10.16

10.31

10.41

395.22

410.34

394.54

Wilminaton
District of Columbia:
Washington MSA
Florida
Fort 1 auderdale-Hollvwood PomQano Beach
Miami-Hialeah
Orlando
Tamna-St Petersburo—Clearwater
u/oc) Palm Reach—Boca Raton—Delrav Beach

See footnotes at end of table.

104



>••

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

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

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Illinois
Aurora-Elgin
Bloomington-Normal
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul ....
Chicago
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Decatur
Joliet
Kankakee
Lake County
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

42.1
41.1
39.5
38.5
42.2
42.9
44.1
41.1
42.9
40.2
43.6
42.2
39.0

42.3
41.1
44.2
41.8
42.3
41.5
45.5
42.2
42.2
41.4
43.5
42.6
37.2

Indiana

42.1

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City

Average hourly earnings
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1969

Jan.
1990?

41.5
40.1
40.9
41.1
41.6
40.7
44.7
41.2
40.5
40.0
43.2
41.6
38.0

$11.14
10.69
11.12
9.28
10.92
12.50
14.01
11.73
11.21
11.11
12.91
11.96
10.24

$11.32
10.78
12.63
10.01
11.06
13.46
14.47
12.99
11.55
11.81
13.83
12.33
10.32

41.5

40.9

11.67

41.3
40.7
43.1
39.9
38.5

40.9
39.8
42.1
39.7
41.3

40.5
39.3
42.5
41.1
39.2

Kansas
Topeka
Wichita

40.5
40.6
41.8

40.5
40.8
40.4

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette
Louisville

40.5
41.2
41.2

Average weekly earnings
Jan.

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990?

$11.26
10.68
12.10
10.19
11.04
13.17
14.61
13.02
11.50
11.76
13.64
11.81
9.93

$468.99
439.36
439.24
357.28
460.82
536.25
617.84
482.10
480.91
446.62
562.88
504.71
399.36

$478.84
443.06
558.25
418.42
467.84
558.59
658.39
548.18
487.41
488.93
601.61
525.26
383.90

$467.29
428.27
494.89
418.81
459.26
536.02
653.07
536.42
465.75
470.40
589.25
491.30
377.34

11.81

11.88

491.31

490.12

485.89

10.63
12.42
12.02
11.45
8.37

11.14
12.80
12.32
11.96
8.43

11.10
12.63
12.16
11.27
8.38

439.02
505.49
518.06
456.86
322.25

455.63
509.44
518.67
474.81
348.16

449.55
496.36
516.80
463.20
328.50

40.1
41.6
40.4

10.65
12.41
11.39

10.91
12.21
11.78

10.71
11.69
11.88

431.33
503.85
476.10

441.86
498.17
475.91

429.47
486.30
479.95

38.7
40.7
37.9

39.9
41.2
40.7

10.25
10.31
11.75

10.43
10.70
11.83

10.39
10.69
11.75

415.13
424.77
484.10

403.64
435.49
448.36

414.56
440.43
478.23

42.3
43.5
40.4
41.1

43.6
44.6
42.8
40.8

43.0
44.4
42.9
39.4

11.13
12.93
10.64
11.12

11.29
13.10
10.90
11.35

11.22
13.53
11.01
10.44

470.80
562.46
429.86
457.03

492.24
584.26
466.52
463.08

482.46
600.73
472.33
411.34

Maine
Lewiston-Auburn
Portland

40.2
39.6
40.3

41.1
36.9
40.7

40.4
38.4
38.8

9.74
8.19
10.56

10.23
9.08
10.58

10.36
8.86
10.53

391.55
324.32
425.57

420.45
335.05
430.61

418.54
340.22
408.56

Maryland
Baltimore MSA

41.0
41.2

40.9
40.9

40.6
40.8

11.02
11.31

11.43
11.89

11.30
11.68

451.82
465.97

467.49
486.30

458.78
476.54

Boston
Springfield
Worcester

40.7
40.8
42.3
41.5

41.0
41.3
42.0
41.4

40.7
40.6
41.3
41.6

10.64
11.51
10.18
10.43

11.13
11.87
10.53
10.97

11.10
11.79
10.50
11.08

433.05
469.61
430.61
432.85

456.33
490.23
442.26
454.16

451.77
478.67
433.65
460.93

Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland

43.6
44.4
44.7
44.5
43.3
41.8
43.0
43.3
39.8
40.8
45.1

42.9
44.1
43.0
43.9
42.2
41.8
41.6
41.9
43.2
42.9
42.9

40.3
41.8
41.6
40.8
40.7
40.7
40.0
42.5
26.7
40.9
42.5

13.51
14.60
14.56
14.62
16.73
11.60
10.30
12.94
14.44
12.32
15.39

13.63
14.35
14.22
14.65
17.03
11.77
10.55
13.13
15.44
12.27
15.51

13.24
14.31
14.55
14.56
16.94
11.63
10.60
13.08
14.50
12.55
14.35

589.04
648.24
650.83
650.59
724.41
484.88
442.90
560.30
574.71
502.66
694.09

584.73
632.83
611.46
643.13
718.67
491.99
438.88
550.15
667.01
526.38
665.38

533.57
598.16
605.28
594.05
689.46
473.34
424.00
555.90
387.15
513.29

Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis-St. Paul
St. Cloud

40.3
38.2
40.5
38.9

40.8
38.1
41.0
37.7

40.2
37.7
40.2
37.2

10.84
11.55
11.31
10.30

11.19
12.14
11.68
10.34

11.16
12.19
11.67

436.85
441.21
458.06
400.67

456.55
462.53
478.88
389.82

448.63
459.56
469.13
371.63

Mississippi
Jackson

40.7
40.7

40.7
40.8

39.5
40.3

8.00
9.04

8.19
9.28

8.20
9.15

325.60
367.93

333.33
378.62

323.90
368.75

Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Shreveport

See footnotes at end of table.




105

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA HOUftS ANO EAWWtWOO
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-8. Average hours and earntitfs of production workers on manufacturing payrolls in States and selected
areas—Continued
Average weekly hours
State and area

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990"

Average hourly earnings
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990*

Average weekly earnings
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

199O»>

Jan.

41.3
42.0
42.3
40.2

41.5
41.8
42.8
42.6

40.8
42.0
42.3
40.7

$10.40
11.52
12.22
8.80

$10.76
11.75
12.78
9.04

$10.60
11.14
12.60
9.12

$429.52
483.84
516.91
353.76

$446.54
491.15
546.98
385.10

$432.48
467.88
532.98
371.18

38.7

39.7

38.7

10.90

11.58

11.45

421.83

459.73

443.12

39.9
39.6
41.0

40.5
39.8
40.8

40.4
40.1
41.0

9.47
10.37
10.34

9.61
10.69
10.49

9.53
10.79
10.28

377.85
410.65
423.94

389.21
425.46
427.99

385.01
432.68
421.48

40.3
41.3

41.3
42.5

0)
0)

10.18
13.01

10.64
13.12

O
O

410.25
537.31

439.43
557.60

0)
V)

41.7
41.6
41.4
41.6

42.0
41.9
41.5
41.2

41.3
40.6
41.0
41.0

10.10
10.11
12.38
9.39

10.74
10.45
13.44
10.01

10.66
10.36
13.28
10.30

421.17
420.58
512.53
392.50

451.08
437.86
557.76
412.41

440.26
420.62
544.48
422.30

41.4

41.5

40.9

11.09

11.47

11.55

459.13

476.01

472.40

40.3
38.5

39.7
39.4

39.1
37.9

8.91
8.74

8.91

9.00
9.08

359.07
336.49

356.90
351.05

351.90
344.13

......

40.2
40.7
42.2
43.0
41.8
38.7
37.3
36.9
41.9
40.0
40.3
43.6
38.9
41.5
41.5
40.6

40.4
42.3
41.2
42.1
41.0
40.7
37.6
37.3
41.8
39.2
40.9
42.5
36.4
40.9
42.0
40.6

39.9
40.4
40.9
41,2
40.9
40.0
37.2
36.7
41.0
39.9
40.2
42.2
37.4
40.8
41.1
41.2

10.64
11.21
9.28
13.22
9.45
11.14
9.93
9.74
13.70
8.75
10.25
12.13
9.42
12.17
9.88
11.52

10.86
11.68
9.76
12.93
9.53
11.61
10.19
9.98
13.82
9.48
11.13
12.39
8.92
11.72
10.29
12.16

10.88
11.63
9.64
12.49
9.49
11.70
10.32
10.09
13.39
9.37
10.94
12.45
8.82
12.10
10.25
12.49

427.73
456.25
391.62
568.46
395.01
431.12
370.39
359.41
574,03
350.00
413.08
528.87
366.44
505.06
410.02
467.71

438.74
494.06
402.11
544.35
390.73
472.53
383.14
372.25
577.68
371.62
455.22
526.58
324.69
479.35
432.18
493.70

434.11
469.85
394.26
514.59
388.14
468.00
383.90
370.30
548.99
373.86
439.79
525.39
329.87
493.68
421.28
514.59

North Carottna
AshevHIe
.
»...„...
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock HiH
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point
Raleigh-Durham

40.4
41.3
40.2
39.6
41.7

40.3
41.2
41.1
39.4
41.7

40.1
40.5
40.7
39.1
41.7

8.29
8.36
8.76
9.04
9.26

8.57
6.62
9.14
9.28
9.65

8.63
8.63
9.18
9.35
9.75

334.92
345.27
352.15
357.98
386.14

345.37
355.14
375.65
365.63
402.41

346.06
349.52
373.63
365.59
406,58

North Dakota
Fargo-Moorhead

.—

38.1
39.9

41.3
42.9

40.5
39.2

8.61
8.63

8.93
9.02

8.81
8.72

328.04
344.34

368.81
386.96

356.81
341.82

•

...

43,2
42.9
43.0
42.7
43.8
41.5
44.1
43.2
43.3

42.6
43.1
41.7
42.8
43.0
42.7
42.1
43.0
42.2

42.1
43.0
42.2
42.8
42.4
42.6
41.2
42.3
41.5

12.21
11.58
11.06
11.48
11.94
11.70
13.14
13.21
13.89

12.38
11.71
11.22
11.64
11.90
12.31
13,10
13.14
14.14

12.20
11.67
11.21
11.71
11.68
12.30
12.92
12.46
13.70

527.47
496.78
475.58
490.20
522.97
485.55
579.47
570.67
601.44

527.39
504.70
467.87
498.19
511.70
525.64
551,51
565.02
596.71

513.62
501.81
473.06
501.19
495.23
523.98
532.30
527.06
566.55

43.0
46.1
42.2

()

V)
O

10.36
11.55
10.10

10.37
11.16
10.23

0)

......

41.0
41.7
41.6

424.76
481.64
420.16

445.91
503.32
431.71

•o

38.6
39.4
39.4
37.2

40.0
39.8
39.9
38.0

38.6
39.6
38.9
36.2

10.74
10.55
10.69
9.54

11.02
10.97
11.10
9.99

11.06
10.80
11.19
9.92

414.56
415.67
421.19
354.89

440.80
436.61
442.89
379.62

426.92
427.68
435.29
359.10

K a n s a s City
St. Louts
Springfield

Nebraska
Omaha
Nevada
Las Vegas

.

MAM* l4Afttffcttl%lftt

Manchester
Nashua
,
*.....,...
Portsmouth--Dover-Rocheeter

New Mexico
Albuquerque
New York
Albany-Schenectady-Troy...
Binghamton
Buffalo
.
Elmira
Nassau-Suffolk
New York PMSA
New York City
Niagara Falls
..
Orange County
Poughkeepsie
,
Rochester
Rockland County
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester County

...
»

,

....

.

.

See footnotes at end of table.




•
*

.«««. *
....
•
.

Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tuisa

106

,.

.

Ohio
,
.
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton-Springfield
Toledo
...
Youngstown-Warren

Qf^gon
...........i
Eugene-Springfield
Portland
Salem

*

•

()

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

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Pennsylvania
Allentown-Bethlehem
Altoona
Beaver County
Erie
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle
Johnstown
Lancaster
Philadelphia PMSA
Pittsburgh
Reading
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport
York

41.1
40.1
40.1
43.9
42.5
42.3
39.6
40.9
40.8
41.8
41.3
38.2
40.4
41.8

40.8
39.6
39.8
41.8
43.5
41.8
37.5
40.7
40.9
41.5
41.1
38.8
39.9
42.6

Rhode Island
Pawtucket-Woonsocket-Attleboro
Providence

39.4
39.6
39.1

South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg

Average hourly earnings
Jan.
1989

Dec.

Jan.
1990P

40.6
39.9
39.5
43.3
43.7
41.2
37.7
40.3
40.0
42.1
41.0
38.6
40.2
41.8

$10.55
10.41
9.46
10.69
11.17
10.66
8.13
10.45
11.54
11.17
1.1.04
9.04
9.55
9-95

$10.84
10.77
9.41
10.91
11.32
11.17
8.32
10.87
11.92
11.07
11.17
9.49
9.57
10.40

39.3
39.5

39.5
39.0
39.2

8.92
8.31
8.46

41.4
39.3
41.6
40.8

41.6
40.4
41.8
41.7

41.2
40.3
41.8
41.7

South Dakota
Sioux Falls

42.3
43.5

41.1
46.1

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville

40.8
41.7
42.6
39.1
42.7
40.7

Texas
Dallas
Ft. Worth-Arlington
Houston
San Antonio

Average weekly earnings
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

$10.88
10.94
9.44
10.87
11.43
11.08
8.44
10.93
11.88
11.18
11.44
9.49
9.53
10.39

$433.61
417.44
379.35
469.29
474.73
450.92
321.95
427.41
470.83
466.91
455.95
345.33
385,82
415.91

$442.27
426.49
374.52
456.04
492.42
466.91
312.00
442.41
487.53
459.41
459.09
368.21
381.84
443.04

$441.73
436.51
372.88
470.67
499.49
456.50
318.19
440.48
475.20
470.68
469.04
366.31
383.11
434.30

9.26
8.62
8.77

9.30
8.66
8.77

351.45
329.08
330.79

366.70
338.77
346.42

367.35 ,
337.74
343.78

8.37
9.05
8.61
8.21

8.64
9.46
8.86
8.48

8.64
9.44
8.86
8.51

346.52
355.66
358.18
334.97

359.42
382.18
370.35
353.62

355.97
380.43
370.35
354.87

41.9
46.1

8.27
8.62

8.37
8.30

8.23
8.24

349.82
374.97

344.01
382.63

344.84
379.86

39.8
39.0
41.4
36.4
41.1
40.9

38.8
40.2
39.6
37.2
40.4
40.4

9.21
8.16
9.61
9.04
9.31
10.78

9.29
8.57
9.81
9.50
9.78
10.81

9.27
8.29
8.87
9.06
9.59
10.58

375.77
340.27
409.39
353.46
397.54
438.75

369.74
334.23
406.13
345.80
401.96
442.13

,359.68
333.26
351.25337.03
387.44
427.43

41.4
41.3
40.9
44.2
39.7

42.2
43.3
41.6
44.6
41.7

41.6
42.2
41.6
44.0
40.6

10.14
10.40
10.82
11.67
7.50

10.41
10.64
11.09
1.1.90
7.46

10.41
10.69
11.17
11.86
7.45

419.80
429.52
442.54
515.81
297.75

439.30
460.71
461.34
530.74.
311.08

433.06
451.12
464.67
521.84
302,47

Utah
Salt Lake City-Ogden

40.0
39.9

40.7
41.2

39.6
39.7

10.07
9.87

10.21
10.08

10.24
10.11

402.80
393.81

415.55
415.30

405,50
401.37

Vermont
Burlington

40.7
40.1

42.1
41.7

-40.7
41.6

9.67
10.21

10.11
10.39

10.26
10.45

393.57
409.42

425.63
433.26

417.58
434.72

Virginia
Bristol
Charlottesville
Danville
,..,
Lynchburg
Northern Virginia
Richmond-Petersburg
Roanoke

40.8
41.8
41.0
41.7
42.2
39.1
41.8
42.0

40.1
40.0
41.1
42.5
39.3
39.5
41.4
40.9

40.6
41.2
,43.4
42.3
40.7
. 40.1
43.0
42.0

9.56
7.82
8.02
9.57
9.53
10.54
12.43
11.05

9.98
8.05
8.60
9.50
9.59
10.94
13.14
11.73

9.88
8.09
8.56
9^56
9.67
10.96
12.95
11.58

390.05
326.88
328.82
399.07
402.17
412.11
519.57
464.10

400.20
322.00
353.46
403.75
376.89
432.13
544.00
479.76

401.13
333.31
371.50
404.39
393.57
439.50
556.85,
486.36

.....

.....

Washington

40.3

40.3

39.5

12.12

12.42

12.71

488.44

500.53

502.05

West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland
Parkersburg-Marietta
Wheeling

40.3
43.1
40.9
42.1
42.0

41.3
44.8
41.4
43.3
41.2

40.5
44.2
41.0
41.7
41.5

11.03
13.42
12.69
12.94
13.17

11.25
13.22
12.95
12.99
13.34

11.41
13.42
12.92
13.02
13.28

444.51
578.40
519.02
544.77
553.14

464.63
592.26
536.13
562.47
549.61

462.11
593.16
529.72
542.93
551.12

Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville-Beloit
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
Wausau

41.6
42.8
41.2
41.5
44.1
40.4
39.0
41.2
42.0
40.1
41.7

42.0
43.4
44.5
41.9
40.7
41.4
39.1
41.0
42.6
41.1
43.7

41.1
42.4
42.7
41.1
42.0
35.6
39.2
39.9
42.1
39.9
42.0

10.76
11.53
10.99
11.36
13.24
12.72
9.00
10.03
11.64
10.77
10.27

10.96
11.94
11.21
11.78
12.51
11.57
9.74
10.22
11.77
11.33
10.56

10.87
11.98
11.03
11.77
11.50
11.10
9.64
10.27
11.63
11.12
10.68

447.62
493.48
452.79
471.44
583.88
513.89
351.00
413.24
488.88
431.88
428.26

460.32
518.20
498.85
493.58
509.16
479.00
380.83
419.02
501.40
465.66
461.47

446.76
507.95
470,98.
483.75
483.00
395.16
377.89
409.77
489.62
443.69
448.56

Wyoming

39.5

40.5

39.5

10.20

10.34

10.53

402.90

418.77

415.94

Puerto Rico

38.8

Virgin Islands

40.0

1

Not available.
= preliminary.
NOTE: Area definitions are published annually in the May issue of this
publication. All State and area data have been adjusted to March 1989
benchmarks, and industry detail are classified in accordance with the 1987
p




5.64
44.5

10.92

218.83
11.72

436.80

521.54

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual. Data for the Memphis, Tennessee
metropolitan area now include DeSota County Mississippi. Publication of hours and
earnings data has been resumed for California State and selected metropolitan

107

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




Dec. 1989

Feb. 1989
to
Feb. 1990"

to
Jan. 1990r

Jan. 1990
to
Feb. 1990p

204,735

2.2

0.5

0.5

167,772

168,641

2.4

1,656
10,377
41,293
24,445
16,848
11,905
12,482
29,483
12,796
46,913

1,672
10,879
41,038
24,195
16,843
11,930
12,493
29,782
12,821
47,158

1,682
11,009
41,277
24,471
16,806
12,021
12,505
29,846
12,930
47,373

8.5
6.7
-1.6
-2.4
-.4
3.4
2.2
2.1
2.5
4.8

1.0

.6
1.2
.6

35,881

36,020

36,094

1.4

Dec.
1989r

Jan.
1990'

Feb.
1990*

202,786

203,792

166,906

1
Total hours paid for 1 week in the month, seasonally adjusted,
multiplied by 52.
p
= preliminary.
r
= revised.
NOTE: Data refer to hours of all employees—production workers,

108

Percent change

4.8

-.6
-1.0
.0
.2
.1
1.0
.2
.5

1.1
-.2
.8
.1
.2
.8
.5

nonsupervisory workers, and salaried workers—and are based largely on
establishment data. See BLS Handbook of Methods, BLS Bulletin 2285,
chapter 10, Productivity Measures: Business Sector and Major Subsectors.
SOURCE: Office of Productivity and Technology (202 523 9261).

PRODUCTIVITY DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-10. Indexes of productivity, hourly compensation, unit costs, and prices, seasonally adjusted
(1977=100)
Quarterly index

Annual average

Item
1988

1987

1989r

1988

1989
IVr

IV

IV

Business sector
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour1
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor payments
Implicit price deflator

113.0
140.0
123.9
200.2
102.5
177.1
170.9
174.9

114.2
144.8
126.8
211.2
103.2
184.9
175.8
181.7

110.7
132.2
119.5
189.5
101.4
171.3
166.5
169.6

111.7
134.4
120.3
191.8
101.6
171.6
168.9
170.7

112.5
136.7
121.5
195.1
102.5
173.5
167.2
171.3

113.2
138.2
122.1
196.4
102.3
173.5
168.9
171.9

112.6
139.3
123.8
199.1
102.6
176.9
168.8
174.1

113.4
140.7
124.0
201.9
102.8
178.0
171.8
175.8

113.5
141.9
125.0
204.5
103.0
180.2
173.7
177.9

113.8
143.6
126.2
206.9
102.8
181.9
174.7
179.4

114.2
144.4
126.4
210.4
103.0
184.1
176.3
181.4

114.7
145.6
127.0
212.8
103.5
185.6
176.5
182.4

114.7
145.6
127.0
215.7
103.9
188.0
175.6
183.7

111.1
140.3
126.3
198.7
101.8
178.8
172.2
176.5

112.1
145.0
129.4
200.5
102.4
186.9
176.5
183.3

108.6
132.0
121.5
188.3
100^8
173.4
167.6
171.4

109.5
134.1
122.4
190.5
101.0
173.9
170.3
172.6

110.2
136.4
123.7
193.8
101.8
175.8
168.7
173.4

111.0
138.0
124.3
195.0
101.5
175.7
170.3
173.8

110.5
139.5
126.2
197.5
101.8
178.7
169.8
175.6

111.5
141.1
126.6
200.2
101.9
179.6
172.1
177.0

112.0
142.8
127.5
203.0
102.3
181.3
176.3
179.6

111.6
143.6
128.6
205.5
102.1
184.1
174.6
180.8

111.9
144.6
129.2
208.3
102.0
186.1
176.5
182.8

112.6
145.9
129.6
211.0
102.6
187.4
177.6
184.0

112.7
145.9
129.5
214.1
103.1
190.1
177.0
185.6

136.5
138.1
101.2
196.0
100.4
143.6

140.3
143.2
102.1
204.3
99.9
145.7

133.3
128.7
96.6
189.0
101.1
141.8

134.3
131.1
97.7
190.4
100.9
141.8

134.7
133.5
99.1
191.7
100.6
142.3

135.5
135.0
99.7
194.3
101.2
143.4

136.3
136.9
100.5
195.3
100.6
143.3

137.8
139.3
101.1
197.4
100.5
143.2

138.6
141.1
101.8
200.2
100.8
144.4

139.4
142.2
102.0
201.9
100.3
144.8

140.7
143.4
101.9
203.2
99.5
144.4

141.1
143.9
102.0
206.1
100.3
146.1

142.1
143.3
100.8
209.6
100.9
147.5

142.8
145.0
101.5
192.6
98.7
134.9

146.5
149.6
102.1
200.4
97.9
136.8

140.3
134.2
95.7
187.8
100.5
133.9

141.1
136.5
96.7
188.9
100.1
133.9

141.8
139.9
98.6
189.8
99.7
133.8

142.5
141.3
99.2
192.6
100.3
135.2

143.3
144.0
100.5
192.4
99.1
134.3

144.4
146.4
101.4
193.9
98.7
134.3

144.9
148.3
102.3
196.9
99.2
135.9

145.6
149.1
102.4
198.8
98.8
136.5

147.7
150.3
101.7
199.6
97.8
135.1

148.3
150.4
101.4
202.7
98.6
136.7

148.2
148.6
100.2
206.3
99.4
139.2

127.0
127.8
100.6
201.8
103.4
158.9

131.0
133.6
102.0
211.2
103.2
161.2

123.1
120.5
97.9
191.5
102.5
155.6

124.3
123.1
99.0
193.3
102.5
155.5

124.3
124.0
99.8
195.2
102.5
157.0

125.1
125.6
100.4
197.5
102.9
157.8

125.9
126.4
100.4
200.5
103.3
159.3

128.0
128.8
100.6
203.4
103.5
158.9

129.0
130.3
101.0
205.7
103.6
159.4

130.0
131.8
101.3
207.2
103.0
159.3

130.3
133.1
102.2
209.7
102.7
160.9

130.5
134.1
102.8
212.4
103.3
162.8

133.1
135.4
101.7
215.7
103.9
162.0

114.7
143.5
125.1
194.1
99.4
174.6
169.3
190.3
128.8
169.1

114.6
147.0
128.2
204.0
99.7
184.0
178.0
201.9
112.5
175.5

111.6
133.9
120.0
184.8
98.9
170.8
165.5
186.3
122.5
165.0

113.0
136.9
121.1
186.9
99.1
170.8
165.3
186.9
129.3
165.8

113.5
138.9
122.4
189.5
99.5
172.1
167.0
187.2
122.0
166.1

114.6
141.2
123.2
190.9
99.4
171.9
166.6
187.8
127.0
166.5

114.7
142.8
124.5
193.1
99.5
173.6
168.4
188.9
129.1
168.2

115.1
144.3
125.4
195.5
99.5
175.2
169.9
191.0
127.5
169.5

114.9
145.4
126.5
197.8
99.6
177.5
172.1
193.3
131.6
172.0

114.5
145.8
127.4
200.2
99.5
180.4
174.9
196.9
119.6
173.1

114.5
146.5
128.0
202.8
99.3
182.9
177.1
200.1
116.6
175.0

115.3
148.1
128.4
205.5
99.9
184.6
178.1
203.9
113.5
176.1

Nonfarm business sector
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour1
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor payments
Implicit price deflator

...

Manufacturing
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
»
Compensation per hour
1
Real compensation per hour
Unit labor costs
Durable goods
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour1
Unit labor costs
Nondurable goods
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour1
Unit labor costs
Nonfinancial corporations
Output per all-employee hour
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour1
Total unit costs
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor costs
Unit profits
Implicit price deflator

,
,

1
Measures of real hourly compensation have been revised to reflect
the most recent information on seasonal variation in the Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers.




2

Not available.
' ^revised.
SOURCE: Office of Productivity and Technology (202 523 9261).

109

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
Previous quarter

Item

Same quarter, previous year

IV
1988

I
1989

1989

1989

IV
1989r

1988

IV
1988

I
1989

1989

1989

IV
1989r

.7
2.6
7.1
4.1

0.2
3.4
3.2
5.2
.8
5.0
4.6
4.8

1.1
4.8
3.7
4.8
-.6
3.7
2.4
3.3

1.6
2.3
.6
6.8
.8
5.1
3.5
4.6

1.5
3.5
1.9
4.7
1.9
3.2
.4
2.2

0.2
.1
.0
5.5
1.5
5.4
-1.9
2.8

1.5
4.7
3.1
5.3
1.1
3.7
1.7
3.0

0.9
3.8
2.9
4.8
.5
3.9
3.9
3.9

0.5
3.9
3.3
5.4
.6
4.8
3.4
4.3

1.5
3.6
2.1
5.6
.4
4.1
4.4
4.2

1.1
3.5
2.4
5.4
.7
4.2
2.7
3.7

1.1
2.7
1.6
5.5
.9
4.3
1.1
3.2

3.3
4.6
1.2
5.4
.5
2.0
5.4
3.2

1.9
4.8
2.8
5.9
1.5
3.8
10.1
5.9

-1.3
2.4
3.7
4.9
-.5
6.2
-3.7
2.8

1.1
2.8
1.7
5.6
-.4
4.5
4.2
4.4

2.4
3.7
1.3
5.3
2.4
2.8
2.5
2.7

.2
.0
-.2
6.0
1.9
5.8

1.7
5.2
3.4
5.1
.9
3.3
1.1
2.5

1.6
4.7
3.0
4.8
.5
3.1
4.5
3.6

.6
4.1
3.5
5.4
.6
4.8
2.6
4.0

1.3
3.7
2.4
5.5
.3
4.1
3.9
4.1

1.0
3.4
2.4
5.4
.7
4.4
3.2
4.0

.6
2.2
1.6
5.4
.8
4.8
.4
3.3

4.7
7.1
2.4
4.3
-.6
-.3

2.2
5.1
2.9
5.7
1.4
3.5

2.4
3.1
.7
3.5
-1.9
1.0

3.7
3.5
-.2
2.7
-3.2
-1.0

1.2
1.4
.1
5.9
3.0
4.6

2.7
6.2
3.5
3.7
-.4
1.0

2.9
5.6
2.7
4.4
.2
1.5

2.9
5.3
2.3
3.9
-.8
1.0

3.2
4.7
1.4
4.0
-1.1
.8

2.4
3.3
.9
4.4
-.2
2.0

2.5
1.6
-.9
4.7
.1
2.1

3.2
6.8
3.4
3.3
-1.6

1.5
5.3
3.8
6.3
1.9
4.8

1.9
2.2
.3
3.8
-1.5
1.8

5.9
3.2
-2.5

-.4
-4.9
-4.5
7.3

2.3
7.2
4.8

1.7
-4.1
-4.0

1.7
.4
-1.3
6.4
3.4
4.6

2.6
-1.4
.3

2.2
6.0
3.7
3.8
-.5
1.5

2.2
5.5
3.2
3.2
-1.5
1.0

3.1
4.4
1.2
3.8
-1.4
.6

2.7
2.8
.0
4.5
-.1
1.7

2.2
.2
-2.0
4.8
.2
2.4

3.3
4.7
1.4
2.9
-2.4
-.4

.7
4.0
3.3
4.9
-1.1
4.2

.8
3.1
2.3
5.4
2.5
4.6

8.3
4.0

.8
5.8
.8
-1.0

3.2
4.8
1.6
4.6
.3
1.4

2.9
4.6
1.6
5.2
1.0
2.2

3.8
5.0
1.2
5.4
1.0
1.5

3.9
5.0
1.0
4.9

3.5
5.3
1.8
4.6
-.6
1.0

2.0
4.1
2.1
4.5
-.2
2.4

3.2
4.0
.7
4.9
.3
1.6

1.3
4.3
2.9
4.9
.0
3.9
3.6
4.6
-4.7
3.1

-.4
3.2
3.6
4.8
.5
5.2
5.3
4.9
13.3
5.9

-1.7
1.0
2.7
4.9
-.5
6.9
6.6
7.5
-31.7
2.8

.1
2.0
1.8
5.4
-.6
5.7
5.3
6.7
-9.7
4.3

3.0
4.3
1.2
5.4
2.5
3.8
2.3
7.7
-10.3
2.6

1.8
5.4
3.5
4.6
.4
2.6
2.8
2.2
-1.3
2.2

1.3
4.7
3.4
4.4
.1
3.1
3.1
3.3
7.9
3.5

-.1
3.2
3.4
4.9
.1

-.2
2.6
2.8
5.0
-.2
5.4
5.2
5.9
-9.7
4.0

.2
2.6
2.3
5.1

1988

Business sector
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour1
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor payments
Implicit price deflator

3.1
4.0

.9
5.8

Nonfarm business sector
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour1
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor payments
Implicit price deflator

-1.2
3.4

Manufacturing
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour1
Unit labor costs

2.8

-1.6
-4.3
6.9
2.8
4.0

Durable goods
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour1
Unit labor costs

.1

3.1
7.7

Nondurable goods
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour1
Unit labor costs

6.9
7.7

-3.9
6.3
2.2
-1.8

.1

.9

Nonfinancial corporations
Output per all-employee hour
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour1
Total unit costs
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor costs
Unit profits
Implicit price deflator

1
Measures of real hourly compensation have been revised to reflect
the most recent information on seasonal variation in the Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers.

110




2

0
O
O
O
C2)
(2)
(*)
2

5.0
5.0
4.9
-5.8
4.0

.4
5.4
4.9
6.7
-11.0
3.9

Not available.
= revised.
SOURCE: Office of Productivity and Technology (202 523 9261).

r

()

O2
(2)
()
O

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
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

1,883.0
435.0
131.0
209.0
137.4
70.5

1,902.7
443.7
133.6
2C9.4
138.7
73.0

Jan.
1990P

1,874.4
434.8
132.6
205.2
136.6
70.8

Jan.
1989

148.3
26.8
7.0
20.4
8.5
3.9

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

123.8
23.3
6.2
14.9
7.7
3.5

125.6
22.4
6.9
14.7
8.4
3.2

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

7.9
6.2
5.3
9.7
6.2
5.6

6.5
5.3
4.6
7.1
5.5
4.8

6.7
5.1
5.2
7.2
6.1
4.6

243.2

252.1

250.9

22.4

17.7

21.5

9.2

7.0

8.6

Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson

1,667.6
1,036.4
310.1

1,697.7
1,053.5
310.9

1,682.3
1,046.2
305.6

88.2
46.0
13.7

68.1
35.5
10.3

73.8
38.8
11.3

5.3
4.4
4.4

4.0
3.4
3.3

4.4
3.7
3.7

Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale
Fort Smith
Little Rock-North Little Rock
Pine Bluff

1,113.6
61.2
93.2
266.4
37.4

1,136.1
64.4
94.3
273.9
37.2

1,136.3
63.7
(2)
274.9
37.0

93.4
2.8
8.1
17.1
3.3

75.0
2.3
8.5
14.6
2.3

75.8
1.9
()
14.5
2.5

8.4
4.5
8.7
6.4
8.8

6.6
3.6
9.0
5.3
6.1

6.7
3.0
(2)
5.3
6.7

14,333.4
1,412.3
234.1
301.7
4,187.9
156.7
1,103.3
361.9
995.6
722.4
1,153.4
886.7
852.8
181.2
198.3
194.4
191.0

14,524.0
1,394.1
227.3
302.0
4,418.0
154.8
1,108.0
363.2
1,022.9
721.0
1,163.5
881.2
822.2
179.0
203.7
189.3
190.9

14,441.6
1,381.6
228.6
300.3
4,373.0
154.4
1,106.7
358.7
1,021.9
726.0
1,165.3
875.2
816.0
177.7
205.1
189.8
193.0

761.7
41.4
24.3
33.9
184.0
19.6
49.0
19.1
55.8
40.8
46.1
31.1
33.8
8.4
10.2
21.3
11.2

694.7
33.6
22.6
29.7
219.0
16.1
38.0
17.7
50.5
30.1
40.2
24.5
26.7
7.1
7.3
17.8
8.5

794.2
39.9
23.6
31.9
257.0
17.9
43.7
18.6
55.5
36.4
44.0
28.7
30.2
8.1
9.0
19.4
10.2

5.3
2.9
10.4
11.2
4.4
12.5
4.4
5.3
5.6
5.6
4.0
3.5
4.0
4.7
5.2
11.0
5.8

4.8
2.4
9.9
9.8
5.0
10.4
3.4
4.9
4.9
4.2
3.5
2.8
3.2
3.9
3.6
9.4
4.4

5.5
2.9
10.3
10.6
5.9
11.6
3.9
5.2
5.4
5.0
3.8
3.3
3.7
4.5
4.4
10.2
5.3

Colorado
Boulder-Longmont
Denver

1,673.0
131.5
860.5

1,732.3
138.5
891.7

1,705.2
135.6
876.4

116.1
7.0
53.9

96.4
6.1
45.7

92.2
5.4
43.4

6.9
5.3
6.3

5.6
4.4
5.1

5.4
4.0
5.0

Connecticut
Bridgeport-Milford
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven-Meriden
Stamford
Waterbury

1,707.4
224.1
418.0
72.1
267.5
111.4
99.3

1,757.1
228.8
426.9
73.5
275.6
114.3
102.6

1,746.2
227.0
427.6
73.1
273.3
112.7
103.6

62.0
10.4
13.9
2.9
9.2
2.4
4.7

70.7
11.2
15.7
3.6
10.7
3.0
5.5

84.1
13.8
17.9
4.3
12.4
3.5
7.2

3.6
4.6
3.3
4.1
3.5
2.2
4.7

4.0
4.9
3.7
4.9
3.9
2.6
5.3

4.8
6.1
4.2
5.9
4.5
3.1
6.9

356.1
(2)

363.3
(2)

364.8
(2)

14.7
(2)

9.3

17.1
(2)

4.1
(2)

2.6
(2)

4.7
(*)

District of Columbia
Washington

318.7
2,183.4

309.3
2,212.0

307.1
2,203.3

17.3
63.0

14.2
53.0

14.9
60.0

5.4
2.9

4.6
2.4

4.9
2.7

Florida1
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach
Fort Myers-Cape Coral
Jacksonville
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay
Miami-Hialeah
Orlando
Pensacola
Sarasota
Tallahassee
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

6,021.1
149.7
637.0
143.1
438.8
180.9
922.6
579.0
144.7
119.2
125.2
977.6
409.6

6,213.3
152.1
649.3
149.8
449.2
187.1
941.9
608.4
146.0
122.9
132.6
996.4
429.3

6,183.6
151.8
650.9
150.2
446.3
187.5
934.3
600.3
144.0
123.0
129.4
991.4
427.9

357.9
8.5
32.9
6.0
28.3
10.6
58.1
32.8
10.8
4.9
5.9
53.6
22.7

357.9
9.1
33.9
5.9
27.0
10.4
60.9
32.3
9.8
5.5
5.3
52.9
24.5

360.7
9.0
33.8
6.5
27.5
10.0
58.3
33.1
9.1
5.0
5.6
51.9
26.2

5.9
5.7
5.2
4.2
6.4
5.8
6.3
5.7
7.5
4.1
4.7
5.5
5.6

5.8
6.0
5.2
3.9
6.0
5.5
6.5
5.3
6.7
4.4
4.0
5.3
5.7

5.8
5.9
5.2
4.4
6.2
5.3
6.2
5.5
6.3
4.1
4.4
5.2
6.1

Alaska

California1
Anaheim-Santa Ana
Bakersfield
Fresno
Los Angeles-Long Beach1
Modesto
Oakland
Oxnard-Ventura
Riverside-San Bernardino
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
Stockton
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa

Delaware
Wilmington

(2)

2

See footnotes at end of table.




Ill

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
Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

3,168.0
76.0
1,496.0
184.9
98.0
131.7
113.1

3,237.1
78.0
1,538.1
1C9.9
99.1
133.6
114.7

3,225.0
77.9
1,531.8
187.8
97.4
132.6
115.2

172.4
3.4
69.9
10.1
5.7
6.7
5.8

162.0
3.1
69.5
7.8
5.4
5.8
5.1

Hawaii
Honolulu

516.3
378.7

528.9
389.8

524.1
385.7

14.9
9.6

Idaho
Boise City

483.0
115.1

490.4
116.6

495.8
118.8

Illinois1
Aurora-Elgin
Bloomington-Normal
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul ...
Chicago
,
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Decatur
joliet
Kankakee
Lake County
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

5,871.0
178.6
70.5
87.2
3,221.1
182.4
60.7
200.0
44.3
285.7
160.6
153.5
112.8

5,994.8
182.8
76.1
92.1
3,290.3
182.6
60.1
206.6
46.4
298.5
162.8
154.2
114.2

Indiana
Anderson
Bloomington
Elkhart-Goshen
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary-Hammond
Indianapolis
Lafayette-West Lafayette
Muncie
South Bend-Mishawaka
Terre Haute

2,798.7
59.5
60.7
97.2
141.4
199.9
254.3
669.9
68.0
60.5
128.9
59.2

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo-Cedar Falls

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990«>

177.3
3.5
76.1
8.4
5.7
6.7
6.4

5.4
4.4
4.7
5.5
5.9
5.1
5.2

5.0
4.0
4.5
4.1
5.4
4.3
4.4

5.5
4.5
5.0
4.5
5.8
5.0
5.6

12.6
8.3

15.1
10.4

2.9
2.5

2.4
2.1

2.9
2.7

32.2
4.8

21.8
3.9

28.0
4.4

6.7
4.2

4.4
3.4

5.7
3.7

6,006.3
182.1
74.2
89.4
3,296.5
182.0
60.3
208.0
46.9
295.5
163.5
155.1
113.6

376.3
10.6
3.3
4.1
181.3
12.8
5.2
14.2
3.9
12.2
10.4
9.5
6.2

367.5
11.4
4.3
4.2
180.5
11.6
4.2
14.3
3.5
13.1
10.1
9.4
5.8

411.6
12.1
3.5
4.4
203.3
12.4
5.0
16.2
4.1
13.3
11.3
14.1
6.2

6.4
5.9
4.7
4.7
5.6
7.0
8.6
7.1
8.8
4.3
6.5
6.2
5.5

6.1
6.3
5.6
4.6
5.5
6.3
6.9
6.9
7.6
4.4
6.2
6.1
5.1

6.9
6.6
4.7
4.9
6.2
6.8
8.2
7.8
8.6
4.5
6.9
9.1
5.5

2,842.2
59.5
61.2
97.3
144.0
204.9
259.9
690.7
70.7
60.2
134.8
60.9

2,839.0
58.8
61.0
98.2
144.1
207.2
258.3
685.4
70.3
59.9
132.6
60.4

143.8
3.3
2.2
4.0
7.6
9.0
14.5
28.0
2.0
3.3
5.8
3.5

153.7
3.9
2.5
5.3
7.7
10.9
14.6
32.3
2.6
3.3
6.9
3.1

164.0
4.2
2.0
5.6
8.4
13.4
15.3
29.6
2.3
3.6
7.3
3.5

5.1
5.5
3.7
4.2
5.4
4.5
5.7
4.2
3.0
5.4
4.5
6.0

5.4
6.6
4.2
5.5
5.3
5.3
5.6
4.7
3.6
5.5
5.1
5.1

5.8
7.1
3.3
5.7
5.8
6.5
5.9
4.3
3.3
6.1
5.5
5.7

1,507.1
98.8
237.1
45.6
60.7
72.2

1,494.8
98.4
238.1
44.8
60.7
73.0

1,491.7
98.2
237.6
45.1
60.9
71.8

73.1
3.7
8.8
3.2
2.8
4.0

60.2
3.3
7.5
2.4
2.0
3.3

73.9
4.0
9.0
2.9
2.4
3.8

4.8
3.8
3.7
7.1
4.6
5.5

4.0
3.3
3.1
5.3
3.3
4.5

5.0
4.1
3.8
6.4
4.0
5.3

Kansas
Topeka
Wichita

1,257.7
91.2
249.4

1,270.5
90.9
250.8

1,279.0
93.7
251.5

60.5
4.4
11.7

46.5
3.1
8.8

56.4
4.2
10.8

4.8
4.8
4.7

3.7
3.4
3.5

4.4
4.5
4.3

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette
Louisville

1,701.0
191.8
507.7
44.7

1,738.5
201.4
518.6
45.4

1,751.3
198.1
520.8
44.9

132.3
8.8
30.5
3.5

92.6
8.5
25.4
2.5

117.2
7.1
34.1
2.5

7.8
4.6
6.0
7.7

5.3
4.2
4.9
5.6

6.7
3.6
6.6
5.6

1,854.1
58.7
261.2
67.7
96.7
66.5
578.9
156.3

1,879.1
58.4
269.5
69.4
98.3
68.1
589.3
155.2

1,836.4
56.8
262.0
65.8
95.7
65.2
576.1
155.1

185.6
5.6
22.6
6.8
8.5
6.2
47.3
15.1

120.8
3.8
14.6
4.0
5.1
4.2
33.4
10.6

132.8
4.0
14.9
4.5
5.7
4.2
35.0
15.2

10.0
9.6
8.7
10.1
8.8
9.3
8.2
9.6

6.4
6.5
5.4
5.8
5.2
6.2
5.7
6.8

7.2
7.1
5.7
6.9
5.9
6.5
6.1
9.8

593.8
41.7
124.9

621.0
43.4
133.0

614.7
42.7
132.0

25.4
2.2
2.8

27.8
2.4
3.6

31.2
2.5
4.1

4.3
5.2
2.2

4.5
5.6
2.7

5.1
5.9
3.1

Georgia
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Macon-Warner Robins
Savannah

Owensboro
Louisiana
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport
Maine
Lewiston-Aubum
Portland
See footnotes at end of table.

112




Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990*

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

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990?

103.4
54.0

4.2
4.5

3.2
3.3

4.1
4.5

130.7
53.8
5.0
5.4
2.6
10.3
7.3
5.6
1.8
10.2
9.2

154.7
62.7
5.8
7.1
3.0
11.2
8.0
7.2
2.2
11.9
11.1

3.8
3.1
4.3
6.7
4.9
4.3
3.9
6.3
5.5
3.8
3.6

4.2
3.5
4.9
6.9
5.5
5.5
4.9
6.5
4.5
4.0
4.2

5.0
4.1
5.8
9.0
6.5
5.9
5.4
8.4
5.4
4.8
5.0

355.1
6.0
5.1
6.3
161.9
23.6
19.9
5.1
5.9
14.1
6.5
14.2

332.9
7.2
5.3
6.0
154.0
16.0
22.2
4.7
6.2
14.1
6.2
13.3

432.7
10.1
6.0
7.3
189.8
33.7
25.2
5.6
6.2
24.2
6.1
25.0

7.8
3.7
8.0
8.0
7.5
12.8
5.5
7.8
5.0
5.9
9.6
7.8

7.2
4.3
8.0
7.6
6.9
8.7
5.9
7.1
5.1
5.7
9.0
7.1

9.4
6.2
9.2
9.3
8.7
18.0
6.8
8.5
5.3
9.9
9.0
13.4

2,356.3
110.9
1,402.1
63.6
105.4

116.6
7.5
53.9
1.9
6.0

85.9
4.6
42.3
1.6
5.2

102.3
6.3
48.8
1.7
5.6

5.0
6.8
3.9
3.1
6.0

3.6
4.2
3.0
2.5
5.2

4.3
5.7
3.5
2.7
5.3

1,178.6
206.4

1,174.2
203.5

104.0
11.6

80.7
9.1

92.3
10.7

9.1
5.9

6.9
4.4

7.9
5.3

2,573.3
835.3
1,259.1
124.1

2,582.3
849.3
1,262.1
128.1

2,565.1
846.6
1,248.3
125.0

162.8
46.8
77.3
6.1

144.9
42.0
68.8
6.1

178.2
50.3
83.0
6.4

6.3
5.6
6.1
4.9

5.6
4.9
5.5
4.8

6.9
5.9
6.7
5.2

Montana

397.1

402.3

403.5

29.3

21.2

24.8

7.4

5.3

6.1

Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha

802.1
123.2
331.3

814.3
128.0
335.7

823.1
128.8
340.5

28.6
2.9
12.3

21.5
2.5
9.4

25.5
2.8
11.2

3.6
2.4
3.7

2.6
2.0
2.8

3.1
2.1
3.3

Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno

587.0
347.5
136.6

613.6
371.1
137.6

607.5
367.1
134.9

32.9
18.6
7.7

26.9
15.6
6.2

30.6
16.5
7.6

5.6
5.3
5.6

4.4
4.2
4.5

5.0
4.5
5.6

New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua
Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester....

596.1
85.6
98.8
129.4

623.3
87.3
99.0
135.5

624.8
88.8
100.6
132.1

15.5
1.9
2.6
2.7

25.3
3.4
3.9
4.8

27.8
3.8
4.2
5.1

2.6
2.3
2.6
2.1

4.1
3.8
3.9
3.5

4.5
4.2
4.2
3.8

New Jersey1
Atlantic City
Bergen-Passaic
Jersey City
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon
Monmouth-Ocean
Newark
Trenton
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton

3,996.8
(2)

3,997.6
(2)
<*)
(*)
(*)

3,980.1

4.5
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

3.5

ft

ft
ft
ft
(22)
(2)
(2)
(2)
()

5.2
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

6.7
4.9
6.0
4.6

5.5
4.2
5.4
3.3

5.8
4.3
5.9
4.5

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Maryland
Baltimore

2,484.6
1,192.1

2,524.2
1,205.0

2,508.7
1,197.2

105.5
54.0

80.6
40.3

Massachusetts1
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Fitchburg-Leominster
Lawrence-Haverhill
Lowell
New Bedford
Pittsfield
Springfield
Worcester

3,152.7
1,560.6
100.2
78.0
48.2
187.4
154.1
87.9
40.2
255.2
220.5

3.1C3.9
1,548.1
100.4
79.1
46.9
186.6
150.5
86.5
40.0
254.3
221.0

3,121.9
1,543.1
100.0
78.8
46.5
188.7
148.0
86.0
40.1
249.5
219.3

119.6
48.4
4.3
5.2
2.4
8.1
6.0
5.6
2.2
9.7
7.8

Michigan1
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Benton Harbor
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland

4,530.5
160.4
64.3
78.3
2,165.9
184.1
362.3
64.7
118.1
239.3
67.6
182.6

4,646.6
164.8
66.8
78.7
2,218.6
183.4
379.4
66.6
121.5
245.9
68.5
187.7

4,590.8
162.0
65.7
78.6
2,182.1
187.6
371.5
65.8
117.9
245.2
67.8
187.5

Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis-StPaul
Rochester
St. Cloud

2,318.9
108.9
1,378.8
61.7
99.6

2,356.9
109.4
1,412.9
63.3
98.9

Mississippi
Jackson

1,143.3
195.4

Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis LMA
Springfield

New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Santa Fe

C2)
(*)
(*)

i2)
(*)
(22)
()

i2)
(2)
(*)
(*)
(22)
(2)
(2)
()

673.0
258.3
53.7
64.6

702.3
265.7
59.6
67.3

689.6
259.3
57.4
66.9

(*)
(*)
(*)

Jan.
1969

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990*

180.9

138.2

207.3

ft
(2)
(*)
(*)
ft2
(2)
()
ft

ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft

ft2
(2)
(2)
(2)
()
ft
ft
ft

45.2
12.8
3.2
2.9

38.8
11.2
3.2
2.3

39.9
11.1
3.4
3.0

See footnotes at end of table.




113

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

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

New York1
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Nassau-Suffolk
New York
New York City1
Orange County
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica-Rome

8,654.0
439.2
127.6
465.2
44.0
1,441.3
3,947.1
3,262.8
138.3
131.2
514.9
324.0
139.4

8,786.8
434.6
125.7
4C3.8
43.6
1,425.2
4,122.7
3,441.0
136.4
128.5
504.4
322.4
137.0

8,741.1
437.6
125.5
460.1
44.5
1,418.3
4,090.5
3,414.0
136.2
128.3
505.6
321.5
137.0

484.7
23.0
6.9
32.5
2.3
61.4
212.0
185.8
7.6
5.4
25.8
19.7
10.4

482.1
17.9
5.8
24.5
2.3
53.4
262.3
240.0
6.5
3.7
21.3
15.3
7.3

North Carolina1
Asheville
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point
Raleigh-Durham

3,344.2
88.2
636.2
523.9
405.4

3,368.1
92.5
648.0
514.6
423.0

3,331.8
91.3
639.5
510.1
411.3

149.8
3.6
23.5
20.1
11.8

324.2
46.7
87.2
35.9

322.6
46.8
87.9
36.5

318.1
46.1
87.0
35.9

Ohio1
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton-Springfield
Toledo
Youngstown-Warren

5,359.2
325.4
193.0
764.7
939.5
720.4
475.1
316.4
223.4

5,421.4
335.3
193.9
790.7
954.9
736.1
480.8
320.3
224.0

Oklahoma
Enid
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Tulsa

1,503.7
28.1
47.3
494.3
331.7

Oregon
Eugene-Springfield
Portland
Salem
Pennsylvania1
Allentown-Bethlehem
Altoona
Beaver County
Erie
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle
Johnstown
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Reading
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport
York

North Dakota
Bismarck
Fargo-Moorhead
Grand Forks

Rhode Island
Pawtucket-Woonsocket-Attleboro
Providence
South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg
South Dakota
Rapid City
Sioux Falls
See footnotes at end of table.

114



Percent of
labor force

Number

State and area
Jan.
1989

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990*

478.2
17.5
5.7
25.3
2.2
49.2
260.6
240.0
6.4
3.6
20.7
14.8
7.5

5.6
5.2
5.4
7.0
5.2
4.3
5.4
5.7
5.5
4.1
5.0
6.1
7.4

5.5
4.1
4.6
5.3
5.2
3.7
6.4
7.0
4.7
2.9
4.2
4.8
5.3

5.5
4.0
4.5
5.5
4.9
3.5
6.4
7.0
4.7
2.8
4.1
4.6
5.5

101.3
2.2
17.2
13.7
8.2

152.5
3.7
23.8
20.7
10.9

4.5
4.1
3.7
3.8
2.9

3.0
2.4
2.7
2.7
1.9

4.6
4.0
3.7
4.1
2.7

17.6
2.5
3.1
1.5

13.3
2.1
2.3
1.1

15.7
2.3
2.8
1.5

5.4
5.3
3.6
4.0

4.1
4.5
2.6
3.1

4.9
5.0
3.2
4.1

5,391.3
331.5
193.8
778.2
944.3
726.7
477.6
316.8
222.2

365.0
22.9
13.7
39.6
55.8
41.2
27.2
22.0
18.5

327.5
19.5
12.7
37.3
50.9
39.9
27.3
20.6
15.5

411.9
23.6
15.1
39.4
57.0
42.9
32.2
32.7
25.3

6.8
7.0
7.1
5.2
5.9
5.7
5.7
7.0
8.3

6.0
5.8
6.5
4.7
5.3
5.4
5.7
6.4
6.9

7.6
7.1
7.8
5.1
6.0
5.9
6.7
10.3
11.4

1,518.9
27.6
48.1
500.2
340.1

1,497.2

97.7
1.7
2.5
25.6
22.3

78.8
1.1
2.0
22.3
17.9

100.2

CO
C2)
(*2>
()

6.5
5.9
5.3
5.2
6.7

5.2
4.1
4.3
4.5
5.3

6.7
(*)

1,461.1
146.7
673.9
134.5

1,459.4
147.3
671.7
135.4

1,459.9
147.8
671.1
132.5

99.2
9.3
32.9
9.5

76.8
7.9
26.8
8.2

85.7
8.4
27.6
8.9

6.8
6.3
4.9
7.1

5.3
5.4
4.0
6.1

5.9
5.7
4.1
6.7

5,856.3
(2)
60.3
59.9
132.5
328.4
96.5
219.2
2
()
977.8
177.5
362.5
60.1
224.6

5,855.2
(2)
59.7
59.1
132.0
328.2
95.2
221.5
2
()
982.0
177.5
364.3
60.4
222.9

5,860.3

287.9

347.6

5.0

60.4
59.2
133.3
332.3
96.6
220.6
2
()
984.9
177.8
367.2
60.7
223.7

294.2
(2)
4.5
5.3
7.4
12.4
7.4
7.8
2
()
53.3
7.7
22.4
3.9
10.4

4.2
4.3
7.3
12.7
7.5
8.6
2
()
46.5
6.9
23.4
4.1
10.2

5.3
5.4
9.0
15.7
8.7
9.6

7.4
8.8
5.6
3.8
7.6
3.6

57.5
9.5
28.4
4.9
11.5

5.4
4.3
6.2
6.5
4.6

4.9
(*)
7.0
7.2
5.5
3.9
7.9
3.9
(*)
4.7
3.9
6.4
6.7
4.6

5.9
<*)
8.8
9.2
6.8
4.7
9.0
4.4
(*)
5.6
5.3
7.7
8,1
5.1

513.3
162.9
337.9

528.1
165.7
348.1

523.3
167.6
344.2

16.4
6.5
10.0

26.3
9.2
16.4

33.3
11.3
21.0

3.2
4.0
3.0

5.0
5.5
4.7

6.4
6.8
6.1

1,657.2
223.5
233.8
332.2

1,700.4
228.1
235.7
342.1

1,685.9
226.6
233.8
336.7

75.5
8.7
7.5
10.8

73.1
7.2
7.2
11.0

80.5
8.0
8.2
12.4

4.6
3.9
3.2
3.3

4.3
3.2
3.0
3.2

4.8
3.5
3.5
3.7

349.7
38.3
74.6

354.3
39.8
74.1

349.5
39.3
73.0

17.5
2.0
3.4

13.2
1.8
2.6

15.1
1.8
2.5

5.0
5.2
4.6

3.7
4.5
3.5

4.3
4.6
3.4

t2)

Dec.
1989

(*)
(2)

C2)

ft
(*)
<*)

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

Jan.
1989

Dec.

Jan.
1990P

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville

2,315.9
208.2
214.3
280.7
450.4
521.1

2,380.9
208.9
221.9
2C3.8
467.8
530.5

2,368.0
208.5
217.4
285.9
460.5
526.9

136.1
11.2
11.4
19.1
24.0
21.3

110.8
9.2
9.0
14.5
19.3
18.2

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

8,302.0
53.0

8,391.8
52.4

8,320.6

96.3

96.3
429.7

94.5
425.7
161.2
85.0
104.3

631.8
3.7
6.5
25.8
17.9
6.7
12.8
3.3

Waco
Wichita Falls

Percent of
labor force

Number

State and area

428.6
162.9
83.4
100.4
58.8
156.4
1,428.9
243.9

709.7
106.8
1,633.8

94.5
51.6
79.2
112.4
162.0
49.3
52.6
45.3
611.0
47.4
58.0
74.6
35.6
91.6
56.3

162.5
85.0

104.9
62.0
156.7
1,442.3
250.7
722.2
106.5
1,685.4
96.9
54.1
80.1

52.1

58.6
156.1
1,430.1
248.2
712.7
106.1
1,680.1

97.4
54.5
79.3

115.3
164.6

113.8
163.2

49.4
51.2
44.8

49.2
50.9
44.0

609.2
47.1

601.2
46.6
58.1
74.6
36.0

58.7

75.1
35.9
93.6
56.3

92.7
56.0

Dec.
1989

14.2
85.3
26.8
43.3

9.2
107.7
8.2
7.7
7.7
6.2
30.8
3.2
4.7
3.0
48.9
3.4

Jan.
1990P

Jan.
1989

Dec.
1989

Jan.
1990P

127.1
10.0
10.2
16.2
20.1
20.1

5.9
5.4
5.3
6.8
5.3
4.1

4.7
4.4
4.0
5.0
4.1
3.4

5.4
4.8
4.7
5.7
4.4
3.8

490.2
2.8
4.5
18.9
12.1
5.0
10.9
2.2
11.0
66.8
23.8
35.0
7.2
81.6
6.4
6.1
5.6
5.0
27.6
2.6
3.2
2.4

480.6
2.8
4.3
18.1
11.3
4.8
10.8
2.0
10.1
65.2
24.1
33.6
6.7
79.8
6.1
6.2
5.3

7.6
7.0
6.8
6.0

5.8
5.4
4.6
4.3
7.0
5.7
10.4
3.5
6.4
4.6
9.7
4.7
6.3
4.7
6.3
11.3
6.6
4.3

39.1
2.6
3.4
4.2
1.7

11.0
8.0
12.8
5.6
9.1
6.0
11.0
6.1
8.6
6.6
8.6
14.9
9.7
5.5
19.0
6.5
8.9
6.7
8.0
7.1
8.4
7.7
7.0
6.5
6.7

5.8
5.3
4.6
4.4
7.5
5.9
10.4
3.6
7.0
4.6
9.5
4.8
6.8
4.8
6.6
11.2
6.9
4.3
16.8
5.2
6.2
5.4
6.4
5.5
5.8
5.7
4.8
5.2
5.4

19.5
5.4
6.3
5.3
6.1
5.0
5.7
5.4
5.6
5.1
5.3

4.9
31.8
2.7
3.2
2.3

3.8

4.8
3.0

36.6
2.4
3.3
4.0
2.0
4.8
3.0

4.9
5.7
2.5
6.0

Utah
Provo-Orem
Salt Lake City-Odgen

758.5
105.2
498.0

809.8
117.2
525.7

791.8
117.3
505.5

36.0
4.4
22.0

31.1
5.4
18.2

34.5
4.1
20.7

4.7
4.2
4.4

3.8
4.6
3.5

4.4
3.5
4.1

Vermont
Burlington

303.3
75.8

307.2
79.0

307.3
76.7

10.3
1.7

12.1
2.4

13.4
2.3

3.4
2.3

3.9
3.1

4.4
3.0

Virginia
Charlottesville
Danville
Lynchburg
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News
Richmond-Petersburg
Roanoke

3,082.0
66.6
52.0
73.2
602.6
445.2

3,140.6
74.8
53.5

3,129.6

129.8
2.5
4.6
3.3
34.1
3.8

143.7
2.1
4.5
3.8
34.9
16.1
4.2

4.4
3.2
6.9
5.3
5.0
3.7
4.4

4.1
3.3
8.6
4.6
5.5
3.7
3.1

4.6
2.9
8.5
5.2
5.7
3.6
3.6

Washington
Seattle
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland
Parkersburg-Marietta
Wheeling
Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville-Beloit
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
Wausau
Wyoming

121.8

72.9
623.7
454.3
119.5

612.4
447.5
119.2

135.7
2.1
3.6
3.9
30.4
16.7
5.4

2,369.0
1,071.3

2,516.2
1,144.8

2,491.7
1,132.7

165.3
53.8

152.5
48.7

160.4
49.0

7.0
5.0

6.1
4.3

6.4
4.3

747.1
115.9
129.1
71.7
71.5

767.5
117.0
130.8
72.4
72.4

757.3
117.0
131.7
71.9
72.3

67.2
8.9
10.5
5.6
5.9

64.7
7.1
7.3
4.6
4.5

68.6
8.1
10.6
5.4
5.8

9.0
7.7
8.2
7.8
8.3

8.4
6.1
5.6
6.4
6.3

9.1
6.9
8.0
7.5
8.0

2,568.4

2,556.8
169.8
73.1

769.1
91.3
63.7

2,593.2
173.2
75.2
110.9
73.4
53.2
54.4
225.1
775.4
92.0
66.0

65.2

123.6
8.0
3.7
5.0
3.2
3.6
2.4
6.6
29.1
4.2
3.4

109.3
7.2
3.1
4.1
3.1
3.4
2.0
6.3
29.1
4.1
2.7

147.5
9.1
4.4
5.4
8.4
5.1
2.7
7.1
33.6
5.4
3.8

4.8
4.6
5.0
4.7
4.3
6.5
4.4
3.0
3.8
4.6
5.3

4.2
4.1
4.2
3.7
4.2
6.4
3.6
2.8
3.8
4.4
4.1

5.8
5.4
6.0
4.9
11.4
9.6
5.1
3.3
4.4
6.0
5.8

234.7

240.5

239.8

17.8

14.0

16.0

7.6

5.8

6.7

172.0
73.6
107.5
74.0
54.7
54.7
220.8

1
Data are obtained directly from the Current Population Survey. See the
Explanatory Notes for State and Area Labor Force Data.
2
Not available.
p
= preliminary.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Estimates for 1989 have been
benchmarked to 1989 Current Population Survey annual averages. Except in the




72.8
53.4
73.1

109.9
73.4
53.1
53.5
218.0
761.9
91.1

17.0

11 States and 2 areas designated by footnote 1, estimates for 1990 are
provisional and will be revised when new benchmark information becomes
available. Area definitions are published annually in the May issue of this
publication. Data for the Memphis, Tennessee metropolitan area now include
Desoto County, Mississippi.

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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 from
a sample of about 60,000 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 300,000 establishments employing over 38 million nonagricultural wage and
salary workers. The data relate to all workers, full or part
time, who receive 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
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), self-employed persons,
unpaid workers who worked 15 hours or more during the
survey week in family-operated 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 to 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
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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

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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.

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, BLS Bulletin 2307.
These monthly surveys of the population are conducted
through 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. 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 16 years of age
are not covered in the regular monthly enumerations, and
are excluded from the population and labor force statistics
shown in this publication. 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 60,000 occupied units are eligible for.
interview. About 2,600 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 and 5 percent. In addition to the 60,000 occupied units, there are 11,500 sample units in an average
month which are visited but found to be vacant or otherwise
not enumerated. Part of the sample is changed each month.
The rotation plan provides for three-fourths of the sample
to be common from one 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 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, labor-management 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 had made specific efforts to
find employment some time during the prior 4 weeks. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which
they had been laid off or were waiting to report to a new
job within 30 days need not be looking for work to be
classified as unemployed.
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
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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 long-term 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
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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 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.
Persons who worked 35 hours or more during 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 noneconomic 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. Noneconomic reasons
include: Labor dispute, bad weather, own illness, vacation,
demands of home or 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.
Data on employment "at work" differ from data on total
employment because they exclude persons in the zero-hours-

worked category, "with a job but not at work." These are
persons who were absent from their jobs for the entire week
for such reasons as bad weather, vacation, illness, or involvement in a labor dispute.
Employed persons are also categorized into full- and parttime groupings based primarily on their usual status. In this
context, full-time workers are those who (a) worked 35 hours
or more during the survey week, (b) worked 1 to 34 hours
for economic or noneconomic reasons, but usually work full
time, and (c) were with a job but not at work and usually
work full time. Similarly, part-time workers are those who
(a) voluntarily worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey week,
(b) worked 1 to 34 hours for economic reasons, but usually
work part time, i.e., persons who could only find part-time
work; and (c) were with a job but not at work and usually
work part time.
Unemployment rates for full- and part-time workers are
calculated using the concepts of the full- and part-time labor
force which are based on the type of job—full or part-time—
that persons—whether working or unemployed—report that
they want. The "full-time labor force" includes all persons
working part time but who desire full-time work, that is,
working part time for economic reasons. Thus, this category
consists of persons on full-time schedules; all persons involuntarily working part time regardless of their usual status;
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.
Employed persons with a job but not at work are distributed
according to whether they usually work on full-time or voluntary part-time schedules.
Labor force time lost is a measure of aggregate hours lost
to the economy through unemployment and involuntary parttime 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 looking for part-time work
lost the average number of hours actually worked by voluntary part-time 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.
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 $50 centered interval
within which each median falls.
Data expressed in constant dollars are deflated by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).
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

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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.
Poverty areas are defined as those census tracts in tracted
areas, and Minor Civil Division's (MCD's) in untracted
areas, in which 20 percent or more of the noninstitutional
residents were poor according to the 1980 decennial census.
Persons were classified as poor or nonpoor by comparing
money income to a series of poverty income thresholds which
vary by family size and number of children. While poverty
areas have a substantial concentration of low-income residents, many poor persons live outside these areas, and conversely, the areas include many people who are not poor.
The metropolitan areas classification consists of the total
of all Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA's) as defined by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of June 30,
1983. These definitions differ from those used in the 1980
decennial census. A detailed discussion of the MSA definitions as well as changes in terminology can be found in "The
New Metropolitan Area Definitions" section of the 1980
Census of Population Supplementary Report on Metropolitan Statistical Areas, PC-S1-18. Nonmetropolitan areas consist of the total territory outside MSA's.
The urban population, as defined for the 1980 census,
comprises all persons living in urbanized areas and in places
of 2,500 or more inhabitants outside urbanized areas. More
specifically, the urban population consists of all persons living in (1) places of 2,500 or more inhabitants incorporated
as cities, villages, boroughs (except in Alaska and New
York), and towns (except in the New England States, New
York, and Wisconsin), but excluding those persons living
in the rural portions of extended cities; and (2) other territories, incorporated and unincorporated, included in urbanized
areas. The population not classified as urban constitutes the
rural population.

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
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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: (l)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 InflationDeflation 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.
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 were 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. There 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 adjustment, the first
and second-stage ratio adjustments, and the composite




estimator—were revised. These 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. Major estimates were revised back to
January 1980.
Beginning in January 1986, the population controls used
in the second-stage ratio adjustment methodology were revised to reflect an explicit estimate of the number of undocumented immigrants (largely Hispanic) since 1980 and
an improved estimate of the number of emigrants among legal foreign-born residents for the same time period. As a
result, the total civilian population and labor force estimates
were raised by nearly 400,000; civilian employment was increased by about 350,000. The Hispanic-origin civilian population and labor force estimates were raised by about 425,000
and 305,000, respectively, and civilian employment by
270,000. Overall and subgroup unemployment levels and
rates were not significantly affected. Because of the magnitude of the adjustments for Hispanics, data have been revised back to January 1980 to the extent possible. An
explanation of the changes and their effect on estimates of
labor force characteristics appear in "Changes in the Estimation Procedure in the Current Population Survey Beginning in January 1986" in the February 1986 issue of this
publication.
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 comparisions 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
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from the Standard Occuptional 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 a much less 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 mo124




bile 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. 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.) A sample reduction of about 4,000 households was implemented in April 1988; they were reinstated
during the 8-month period, April-November 1989.
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 Surveyf
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 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

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 Mar. 1988
Apr. 1988 to Mar. 1989
Nov. 1989 to present3. .

Number of sample
areas

68
230
330
2333
357
449
449
461
614
629
629
729
729
729
1

Households eligible
Interviewed
21,000
21,000
33,500
33,500
33,500
48,000
45,000
45,000
53,500
62,200
57,800
57,000
53,200
57,400

Not interviewed
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
2,600
2,600

Households visited but
not eligible

3,000-3,500
3,000-3,500
6,000
6,000
6,000
8,500
8,000
8,000

^o,ooo
12,000
11,000
11,000
11,500
11,800_

1
Beginning in May 1956, these areas were chosen to provide coverage in
each State and the District of Columbia.
2
Three sample areas were added in 1960 to represent Alaska and Hawaii
after statehood.

3
The sample was increased incrementally during the 8-month period, AprilNovember 1989.

each combination of sample areas there is a further breakdown by residence. MSA sample areas are categorized by
"central city" and "balance of the MSA". Residence
categories of non-MSA areas are "urban" and "rural". The
proportion of sample households not interviewed varies from
4 to 5 percent, depending on weather, vacation, etc.

further reduce variability of the estimates and to correct to some
extent for CPS undercoverage 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 to an independent control for the population 16
years and over. The second step involves an adjustment by
Hispanic origin to a national estimate for eight 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; 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-race-origin
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 using the two most recent July 1 estimates, 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, see
Report 957 of that series. A description of the age estimates
methodology is available in Report 1010 of that series.
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
125

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 contain 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




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.
Beginning in January 1986, two changes were introduced
into the estimation of the independent population controls. For
the first time, an explicit allowance for net undocumented immigration since April 1, 1980 (the census date) was added to
the estimated level of legal immigration. In addition, an increase in the estimate of emigration of legal foreign-born residents has been incorporated into the postcensal population
estimates since 1980. 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
1986" in the February 1986 issue of Employment and Earnings.
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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 arje
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, Technical Paper No.
19, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
The effects of some components of nonsampling error in
Ite CPSdata 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
**1$ie Effeets 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.
Ufidercoverage in the CPS results from missed housing
unks Mid 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,
•nctercoverage is larger for men than for women, and larger for Macks, Hispanics, and other races combined than for
whiles. Ratio estimation to independent age-sex-raceHkptnic 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-Hispanic origin group. Further, the independent population controls used
feave 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
tile Current Population Survey," by Camilla Brooks and Barfeftra Baiter, Statistical Policy Working Paper 3, U.S. Departi n g 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 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 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 errors
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-tomonth 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 yearto-year change of 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
127

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)

275
293
136

212
224
140

173
186
93

151
163
95

211
212
83

155
160
87

88
92
59

94
102
66

94
104
68

73
79
71

59
64
44

51
57
47

76
76
45

50
54
48

36
33
30

40
38
33

errors for quarterly estimates of persons and families for use
with the CPS earnings data.
Standard errors for estimated totals. Tables 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 174,000.
The 68-percent confidence interval as shown by these data
is from 11,826,000 to 12,174,000. 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 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 129,000.
Standard errors for rates and percentages. The reliability
of an estimated unemployment rate or an estimated percentage, computed using sample data for both numerator and
denominator, depends upon both the size of the rate or percentage and the total upon which the rate or percentage is
based. Estimated rates and percentages are relatively more

Table C. Standard errors for unemployment rates by major characteristics
Standard error of—

Standard error of—
Characteristic

Characteristic
Monthly level

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

0.11
.15
.16
.67
.11
.51
.15
.19
.12
.34
.06

Consecutivemonth change
0.12
.15
.17
.81
.12
.54
.17
.21
.12
.42
.07

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

128




.22
.19
.47
.29
.23
1.18
.76

.24
.21
.52
.33
.26
1.33
.85

.39

.43

Monthly level

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

Consecutivemonth change

0.32

0.36

.49
.59

.55
.66

.72
.68

.82
.76

.12
1.63
.65
.26
.33
.42

.13
1.86
.75
.29
.37
.47

.42
.27
.20
.23
1.16

.48
.30
.22
.25
1.32

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

reliable than the corresponding estimates of the numerator
of the rates or percentages; this is particularly true for percentages of 50 percent or more. As a general rule, percentages are not published when the monthly base is less than
75,000, the quarterly average base is less than 60,000, or
the annual average base is less than 35,000.
Tables F and G show generalized standard errors for
monthly level and month-to-month change for unemployment
rates. Generalized standard errors for estimated monthly percentages and estimated month-to-month change in percentage can be obtained through the use of the standard errors
in table H and the factors in table I. First, obtain the standard error from table H for the specific percentage and base.
The generalized standard error is then calculated by multiplying the standard error from table H by the appropriate
factor 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 2.9 percent of a
total of 112,440,000 employed persons are employed in agriculture. The standard error on an estimate of 2.9 percent with
a base of 112,440,000 is obtained from table H (0.08 percent).
The appropriate factor from table I for the numerator of the
percentage, agricultural employment, is 1.26. The generalized
standard error on the estimated 2.9 percent is then approximately 0.08 x 1.26 = 0.10 percentage point.

Standard errors for year-to-year change of monthly estimates,
quarterly averages, changes in quarterly averages, yearly
averages, and changes in yearly averages. The approximate
standard errors of levels, rates, and percentages involving
year-to-year change of monthly estimates, quarterly averages, changes in quarterly averages, yearly averages, and
changes in yearly averages may be obtained by using table
J in conjunction with the other tables. Standard errors for
estimates of change are more closely related to the level of
the estimate than to the size of the specific change. Thus,
to obtain the standard error of an estimate of an average level,
rate, or percentage, or an estimate of a change in level, rate,
or percentage, it is first necessary to find the appropriate estimate of level. For an estimate 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. Suppose that one is interested in the year-to-year
change of a monthly unemployment rate. Assume that for
a certain month the unemployment rate is 6.2 percent, based
on a total of 119,865,000 in the civilian labor force, and that

Table D. Standard errors for estimates of monthly level
(in thousands)
Characteristic1
Unemployment

Labor force data other than agricultural employment and unemployment

Estimated monthly level

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




12
17
36
50
68
86
92
88
72

12
16
32
35

11
15
34
49
68
95
115
132
145
172
191
215
225
222
206
172
107

10
14
31
43
58
73
76
69
47

i

12
17
37
51
70
92
104
109
108
74

i

12
17
37
52
74
104
126
145
161
193
219
259
286
306
319
326
327
314
274
195

i

12
17
38
53
73
97
110
116

Total or
Black men
white men
only, or
only, or
women only
women only

i

11
16
36
51
72
101
123
141
156
188
213

Total or
white, 16 to Black, 16 to
19 years
19 years

i

Black

i

Total or
white

i

15
21
47
66
93
131
159
182
202

Black

i

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
140,000

Total or
white

i

Agricultural
employment

of the estimated number of employed persons age 20 to 54 years, use
the column for total employed.

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Table E. Standard errors for estimates of month-to-month change
(in thousands)
Characteristic1
Labor force data other than unemployment and agricultural
employment

Unemployment
Estimated monthly level
Both sexes 16
to 19 years,
or part-time
labor force2

Black

Black, 16 to
19 years

13
18
40
56
78
108
129
144
157
177
184

14
20
45
63
89
124
150
_
_

13
19
41
57
76
95
99
89
58

14
20
38
41
_
_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_
-

_
_
_
_
_
-

_
_
_
_
_
-

_
_
_
_
_
-

Total or white

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
140,000
1

Total or white, Black, 16 to
16 to 19 years
19 years

Total or white

Black

9
12
27
39
55
77
93
107
119
143
163
192
213
228
238
244
245
237
212
160

9
12
27
38
52
68
78
82
81
59

14
20
43
59
80
100
104
94
65

14
19
37
39
_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_
-

_
_
_
_
_
-

_
_
_
_
_
-

See footnote 1, table D.
Part-time labor force for unemployment also includes persons reentering

the labor force, persons who left their last job, and persons by duration of
unemployment.

a year prior to this the unemployment rate was 7.0 percent,
based on a total of 117,834,000 in the civilian labor force
for the month. First, the standard error on the average of
the two estimates, 6.6 percent with a base of 118,850,000,
is obtained from table F (0.11 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 0.11 x 1.40 = 0.15 percentage point.
The approximate standard error of levels involving yearto-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:

lation 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 0.30 for persons (total,
white, and black) and 0.35 for families (total, white, and
black). The respective values for estimates of Hispanics are
0.45 and 0.55.

2

Standard
error of
year-to-year
change =

.

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:

(216,000)

X is the estimate for one quarter and Y is the estimate for
another quarter. The coefficient, P, is a measure of the corre-

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+

or about 259,000.

(221,000)

-2(.30) (216,000)

(221,000),

Table F. Standard errors for unemployment rates
Monthly unemployment rate (percent)
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
120,000
140,000

1

2

5

10

15

20

25

30

2.28
1.61
72
.51
.36
.25
.21
.16
.11
.07
05
.05
.04

3.20
2.26
1 01
.72
.51
.36
.29
.23
.16
.09
.07
.07
.06

4.98
3.52
1.58
1.11
.79
.56
.45
.35
.25
.14
.11
.10
.09

6.85
4.84
2 16
1.53
1.08
.77
.62
.48
.34
.20
.15
.14
.13

8.13
5.75
2.57
1.82
1.29
.91
.74
.58
.41
.24
.18
.17
.15

9.09
6.43
2.88
2.03
1.44
1.02
.83
.64
.45
.26
.20
.19
.17

9.82
6.94
3.11
2.20
1.55
1.10
.90
.69
.49
.28
.22
.20
.19

10.36
7.33
3.28
2.32
1.64
1.16
.95
.73
.52
.30
.23
.21
.20

35
10.75
7.60
3 40
2.40
1.70
1.20
.98
.76
.54
.31
.24
.22
.21

50
11.12
7.87
3 52
2.49
1.76
1.24
1.02
.79
.56
.32
.25
.23
.21

Table G. Standard errors for month-to-month change in unemployment rates
Monthly unemployment rate (percent)
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
120 000
140,000

1

2

5

10

15

20

2.53
1.79
.80
.57
.40
.28
.23
.18
.13
.07
.06
.05
.05

3.57
2.52
1.13
.80
.56
.40
.33
.25
.18
.10
.08
.07
.07

5.60
3.96
1.77
1.25
.88
.63
.51
.39
.28
.16
.12
.11
.10

7.83
5.53
2.47
1.75
1.23
.87
.71
.55
.38
.21
.15
.14

9.47
6.69
2.99
2.11
1.49
1.05
.86
.66
.46
.24
.17
.15

10.79
7.63
3.41
2.41
1.70
1.20
.97
.75
.51
.27
.18

25
11.91
8.42
3.76
2.65
1.87
1.32
1.07
.82
.56
.28

30
12.87
9.10
4.06
2.87
2.02
1.42
1.15
.88
.60

35

50

13.71
9.69
4.33
3.05
2.15
1.51
1.22
.93
.62

15.67
11.08
4.94
3.48
2.44
1.70
1.37
1.03

-

Table H. Standard errors for estimated percentages and month-to-month change in percentages for labor force data
Percentage of monthly level
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
120,000
140 000
160,000

1 or 99

2 or 98

5 or 95

10 or 90

15 or 85

20 or 80

25 or 75

2.34
1 65
.74
52
37
.26
.21
.17
.12
08
.07
.06
05
.05
04
.04

3.29
2 33
1.04
74
52
.37
.30
.23
.16
12
.10
.08
07
.07
.06
.06

5.12
3 62
1.62
1.15
81
.57
.47
.36
.26
18
.15
.13
11
.10
10
.09

7.05
4 99
2.23
1.58
1 12
.79
.64
.50
.35
25
.20
.18
16
.14
13
.12

8.39
5 94
2.65
1 88
1 33
.94
.77
.59
.42
30
.24
.21
19
.17
16
.15

9.40
6 65
2.97
2 10
1 49
1.05
.86
.66
.47
33
.27
.24
21
.19
18
.17

10.18
7 20
3.22
2 28
1 61
1.14
.93
.72
.51
36
.29
.25
23
.21
19
.18

30 or 70
10.77
7 62
3.41
2 41
1 70
1.20
.98
.76
.54
38
.31
.27
24
.22
20
.19

35 or 65

50

11.21
7 93
3.55
2 51
1 77
1.25
1.02
.79
.56
40
.32
.28
25
.23
21
.20

11.75
8 31
3.72
2 63
1 86
1.31
1.07
.83
.59
4?
.34
.29
26
24
22
.21

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:
Total
Men only
Women only
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Part-time labor force

Characteristic
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

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
1.40

0.89
.83
.74

0.80
.80
.80

0.72
.58
.46

0.70
.70
.70

1.30
1.30
1.40

.88
.82
.74

.88
.88
.88

.67
.57
.46

.70
.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:
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 levels, to be used with CPS earnings data
(In thousands)
Characteristic
Total

Women

Men

Estimated quarterly level
Total or full-time workers

Total or full-time workers
Part-time
workers

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.




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

Part-time
workers
Black
5
12
15
17
21
24
27
30
38
46
53
63
72

79
85
100
107

102
102

5
11
13
15
19
22
24
26
34
42
48
59
68
75
82
105
127
144
187
192
207
219
233

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
160
160

5
12
15
17
21
24
27
30
38
47
54
66
76
84

5
12
15
17
21
24
27
29
37
45

92
116
138
155
179
193
199
198
174
100

5C)
59
65
69
71
64
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
249

Black
5
11
13
15
19
21
24
26
33
41
46
56
63
69
74
85
88

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Establishment Data
(Tables B-1 through C-8)
COLLECTION
Payroll reports provide current information on wage and
salary employment and 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 supplements.

industry indicated by the principal product or activity.
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

Industry employment

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.

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 also
are 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.

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 allotted 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.
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
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Indexes of diffusion of employment change (table B-7).
These indexes measure the dispersion among industries of
the change in employment over the specified time span. The
overall indexes are calculated from 349 seasonally adjusted
employment series (three-digit industries) covering all
nonagricultural payroll employment in the private sector. The
manufacturing diffusion indexes are based on 141 three-digit
industries.
To derive the indexes, each component industry is assigned
a value of 0, 50, or 100 percent, depending on whether its
employment showed a decrease, no change, or an increase,
respectively, over the time span. The average value (mean) is
then calculated, and this percent is the diffusion index number.
The reference point for diffusion analysis is 50 percent, the
value which indicates that the same number of component
industries had increased as had decreased. Index numbers above
50 show that more industries had increasing employment, and

values below 50 indicate that more had decreasing employment.
The margin between the percent that increased and the percent
that decreased is equal to the difference between the index and
its complement, i.e., 100 minus the index. For example, an
index of 65 percent means that 30 percent more industries had
increasing employment than had decreasing employment
(65-( 100-65)=30). However, for dispersion analysis, the
distance of the index number from the 50-percent reference
point is the most significant observation.
Although diffusion indexes are commonly interpreted as
showing the percent of components that increased over the time
span, it should be remembered that the index reflects half of
the unchanged components as well. (This is the effect of
assigning a value of 50 percent to the unchanged components
when computing the index.)
Industry hours and earnings
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 serviceproducing industries.
Production and related workers include working supervisors and all nonsupervisory workers (including group leaders and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing,
assembling, inspecting, receiving, storing, handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, trucking, hauling, maintenance,
repair, janitorial, guard services, product development, auxiliary production for plant's own use (e.g., power plant),
recordkeeping, and other services closely associated with the
above production operations.
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, vacation,
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 cover 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 included 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.
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, part-time 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.
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 hours aggregates are the product
of average weekly hours and production worker or nonsupervisory worker employment. At all higher levels of industry
aggregation, hours aggregates are the sum of the component
aggregates.
Average 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.
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, overtime
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 work stoppages, absenteeism, and labor turnover may not have the same influence
on overtime hours as on average hours.
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Average hourly 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 production worker, construction worker, or nonsupervisory employee definitions.
Average hourly earnings, including lump-sum wage
payments. These series are compiled only for aircraft
(SIC 3721) and guided missiles and space vehicles (SIC 3761)
manufacturing. The same concepts and estimation methods
apply to these series as apply to the average hourly earnings
series described above; the one difference between the series is definitional. The payroll data used to calculate this series include lump-sum payments made to production workers in lieu of general wage rate increases; such payments
are excluded from the definition of gross payrolls used to
calculate the other average hourly earnings series.
For each sample establishment in sic 3721 and Sic 3761
covered by a lump-sum agreement, the reported payroll data
are adjusted to include a prorated portion of the lump-sum
payment. Such payments are generally made once a year and
cover the following 12-month period. In order to spread the
payment across this time period, a prorated portion of the
payment is added to the payroll each month. This prorated
portion is adjusted by an exit rate to reduce the lump-sum
amount to account for persons who received the payment but
left before the payment allocation period expired.
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. 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.
Railroad 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
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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 the 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.
Average weekly earnings. These 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 earnings but also
by changes in the length of the workweek. Monthly variations in such factors as the 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-time 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.
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).
ESTIMATING METHODS
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 currentmonth 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 establish-

ment and/or by region, and the stratified production or nonsupervisory worker data are used to weight the hours and
earnings for aggregation 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 1988 levels. Normally, benchmark adjustments are made annually.
The primary sources of benchmark information are employment data, by industry, compiled quarterly by State 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

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-employee estimate for previous month multiplied by
ratio of all employees in current month to all employees in previous month, for sample establishments
which reported for both months.1

Sum of all-employee estimates for component cells.

All-employee estimate for current month multiplied by
(1) ratio of production or nonsupervisory workers to
all employees in sample establishments for current
month, (2) estimated ratio of women to all employees.2

Sum of production or nonsupervisory worker estimates,
or estimates of women employees, for component cells.

Average weekly hours

Production or nonsupervisory worker hours divided by
number of production or nonsupervisory workers.2

Average, weighted by production or nonsupervisory
worker employment, of the average weekly hours for
component cells.

Average weekly overtime hours

Production worker overtime hours divided by number
of production workers.2

Average, weighted by production worker employment, of
the average weekly overtime hours for component cells.

Average hourly earnings

Total production or nonsupervisory worker payroll
divided by total production or nonsupervisory worker
hours.2

Average, weighted by aggregate hours, of the average
hourly earnings for component cells.

Average weekly earnings

Product of average weekly hours and average hourly
earnings.

Product of average weekly hours and average hourly
earnings.

All employees

Production or nonsupervisory workers, women
employees

Annual average data
All employees, women employees, and
production or nonsupervisory workers

Sum of monthly estimates divided by 12.

Sum of monthly estimates divided by 12.

Average weekly hours

Annual total of aggregate hours (production or nonsupervisory worker employment multiplied by average
weekly hours) divided by annual sum of employment

Annual total of aggregate hours for production or nonsupervisory workers divided by annual sum of employment for these workers.

Average weekly overtime hours

Annual total of aggregate overtime hours (production
worker employment multiplied by average weekly
overtime hours) divided by annual sum of employment.

Annual total of aggregate overtime hours for production
workers divided by annual sum of employment for
these workers.

Average hourly earnings

Annual total of aggregate payrolls (product of production or nonsupervisory worker employment by weekly
hours and hourly earnings) divided by annual aggregate hours.

Annual total of aggregate payrolls divided by annua
aggregate hours.

Product of average weekly hours and average hourly
earnings.

Product of average weekly hours and average hourly
earnings.

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




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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Interstate Commerce Commmission, 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
necessary, 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 comparison of the actual amounts of revisions
made at the time of the March 1988 benchmark adjustment
is shown in table M.
Data for all months since the last benchmark to which the
series has been ajusted 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 establishment survey 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
considerations. In a manufacturing industry in which a high
proportion of total employment is concentrated in relatively
few establishments, a larger 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 inclu-

sion 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 establishment survey 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 latest benchmarks and 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.
Table N. Employment benchmarks and approximate coverage
of BLS employment and payrolls sample, March 1988

Industry

Total
Table M. Comparison of nonagricutural employment benchmarks
and estimates for March 1988
(In thousands)
Industry

Total
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and public
utilities
Wholesale trade
detail trade
-inance, insurance, and
real estate
Services
Government

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Percent
difference

Benchmark

Estimate

103,835

104,161

-0.3

711
4,686
19,171

723
4,787
19,302

-1.7
-2.2
-.7

5,437
5,926
18,551

5,473
6,016
18,612

-.7
-1.5
-.3

6,594
25,103
17,656

6,599
24,978
17,671

-.1
.5
-.1

Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and public
utilities
Wholesale t r a d e . . . .
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
Services
Government:
Federal
State
Local

Sample coverage1

Benchmarks
(thousands)

Number of
establishments

103,835

262,856

38,922

37

711
4,686
19,171

3,361
24,924
49,889

276
917
9,483

39
20
49

14,091
22,810
49,015

22,482
1,062
3,704

46
18
20

6,594
25,103

19,711
58,713

2,126
5,795

32
23

2,964
4,151
10,541

4,883
15,459

2,964
3,406
6,707

100
82
64

5,437
5,926
18,551

2

Employees
Number Percent of
(thou- benchmarks
sands)

1
Counts reflect reports used in final estimates. Since not all establishments
report payroll and hours information, hours and earnings estimates are based
on a smaller sample than employment estimates.
2
The Interstate Commerce Commission provides a complete count of
employment for Class I railroads.
3
Total Federal employment counts for use in national estimates 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 5,000 reports covering about 56 percent of employment
in Federal establishments.

Reliability
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 the base in computing the current month's estimate. Thus, small sampling and response errors may accumulate 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
Table O. Average benchmark revision in employment
estimates and relative errors for average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings by industry
(In percent)

Industry

Relative
Average
benchmark
revision in
estimates Average
of employ- weekly
ment1
hours

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
1

error2
Average
hourly
earnings

0.2
.3
2.2
1.8
.7
.7
.9
.4
1.0
.7
.3
.3
.3

0.1
1.0
.2
.1
.1
.1
.7
.2
.2
.2
.4

0.2
1.3
.5
.2
.3
.2
.6
.4
.4
.4
.6

The average percent revision in employment for the 1984-88 benchmarks.
Relative errors relate to 1982 data.
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.
2

relative errors of the estimate. (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
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-mean-square error
(RMSE). The measure is the standard deviation adjusted for
the bias in estimates:
RMSE =

\ / (standard deviation)2

+

(bias)2

If the bias is small, the chances are about 2 out of 3 that an
estimate from the sample 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 are
collected and prepared by State agencies in cooperation
with BLS. The area statistics relate to metropolitan areas.
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

Size of employment estimate

50,000
100,000
200,000
500,000
1,000,000
2,000,000

,

Relative error2
(in percent)

Rootmeansquare
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

3




1
2

Assuming 12-month intervals between benchmark revisions.
Relative errors relate to 1982 data.

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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.

Table Q. Errors of preliminary employment estimates
Root-mean-square error
of—
Industry

Monthly
level
88,900

89,500

Total private

61,300

58,900

Goods-producing industries

21,200

19,800

Mining
Oil and gas extraction

4,400
3,800

4,200
3,300

Construction
General building contractors

14,400
4,900

15,100
5,100

Manufacturing

18,200

18,300

13,700
2,200
1,700
1,600
4,300

12,300
2,000
1,600
1,500
4,300

3,300
2,400
5,700
4,900
7,700
6,500
2,100
1,800

3,100
2,200
6,800
4,900
7,000
6,600
2,200
1,800

8,500
5,600
1,500
1,800

8,400
5,600
1,400
1,700

4,500
1,600
2,100

4,000
1,400
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

Industry

Month-to-month
change

Total

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....

Root-mean-square error
of—

Nondurable goods—Continued
Chemicals and allied products . .
Petroleum and coal products . . .
Rubber and misc. plastics
products
Leather and leather products . . .




Month-to-month
change

2,600
1,200

2,800
1,200

1,600
1,700

1,600
1,600

85,400

85,700

14,600
16,600

13,000
16,000

6,500

6,100

8,700
5,800
5,000

7,700
5,300
4,400

38,600
22,800
6,800

34,400
20,400
6,000

4,200
10,100

5,100
9,500

8,700
4,100
3,700
5,000

7,600
3,900
3,100
4,000

Services
Business services
Health services

36,600
11,700
10,200

34,900
10,700
10,000

Government
Federal
State
Local

59,700
15,900
22,000
34,600

53,500
11,300
20,000
34,500

Service-producing industries
Transportation and public utilities . .
Transportation
Communication and public
utilities
Wholesale trade
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
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

NOTE: Data are based on differences from December 1983 through December 1988.

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Monthly
level

Productivity Data
(Tables C-9 through C-11)
COLLECTION
Productivity data are compiled by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics from establishment and household survey labor input data and from measures of compensation and output supplied by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Federal
Reserve Board.
CONCEPTS
Hours of wage and salary workers in nonagricultural
establishments (table C-9) refer to hours paid for all
employees—production workers, nonsupervisory workers,
and salaried workers. For productivity and cost measures
(tables C-10, 11), hours of all persons include hours of
employees, proprietors, and unpaid family workers. Labor
input is measured by hours at the work site.
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 (productivity) measure changes in
the volume of goods and services produced per hour at work.
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 selfemployed, except for nonfinancial corporations, in which
there are no self-employed.
Real compensation per hour is compensation per hour adjusted by 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 nonlaborpayments include profits, capital consump-

tion allowances, interest, rental income of persons, and indirect taxes per unit of output. They are computed by subtracting compensation of all persons from the current-dollar
gross product originating in the sector 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 and capital consumption adjustments per unit of output.
The implicit price deflator is derived by dividing the
current-dollar estimate of gross product by the constantdollar 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 general
government, households and institutions, owner-occupied
housing, and the statistical discrepancy. For the nonfinancial corporate sector, the indexes refer to the gross domestic
product of nonfinancial corporate business. All measures are
seasonally adjusted.
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 Federal-State cooperative program.
The local unemployment estimates which are derived from
standardized procedures developed by BLS are the basis for
determining eligibility of an area for benefits under Federal
programs such as the Job Training and Partnership Act, the
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance
Act, and the Urban Development Action Grant program.
Annual average data for the States and areas shown in table




D are published in Employment and Earnings (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 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, DC 20402. The report''Unemployment in
States and Local Areas" is published monthly through GPO and
is available in micrfofiche form only, on a subscription basis.
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ESTIMATING METHODS
Monthly labor force, employment, and unemployment
estimates are prepared for the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, and over 2,600 labor market areas. The
estimation methods are described below for States (and the
District of Columbia) and for sub-State areas. A more
detailed description of the estimation procedure is contained
in the BLS document, "Manual for Developing Local Area
Unemployment Statistics.''
Estimates for States
Current monthly estimates. The civilian labor force and
unemployment estimates for the 11 largest States—California,
Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas—are
sufficiently reliable to be taken directly from the Current
Population Survey (CPS) on a monthly basis. These are
termed "direct-use States." For a description of the CPS
concepts, see "Household Data," above.
For the 39 smaller States and the District of Columbia,
which do not use the CPS directly each month, regression
models (sets of equations) are used to develop employment
and unemployment estimates. These, then, are the "nondirect-use" States. The regression techniques are based on
historical and current relationships found within each State's
economy as reflected in the different sources of data that are
available for each State—the CPS, the Current Employment
Statistics (CES) survey, and the unemployment insurance (Ul)
system. When the estimation procedures were introduced in
1989, over 10 years of data were used to develop the
equations for each State. While all the State models have
important variables in common, they differ somewhat from
one another so as to better reflect individual State characteristics.
Two models—one for employment and one for the
unemployment rate—are used for each State. The unemployment rate, rather than the unemployment level, is modeled,
primarily because the rate is usually more meaningful for
economic analysis.
The employment models use the CES estimates of nonfarm
wage and salary jobs and also include data for employed
persons not covered or only partially covered by the CES
survey. Typically, these are agricultural workers, the selfemployed, unpaid family workers, and private household
workers.
The unemployment rate models also include different types
of data. Data for ui claimants (without earnings due to employment) are used to represent most of the experienced
unemployed. The models also include an employment-topopulation ratio which reflects both the business cycle and
the experienced unemployed not covered by the ui claims
data. New entrants and reentrants into the labor force are
also reflected in the models. For some States, the models
include variables which reflect seasonal factors not reflected
in the other data used, such as the large increase in the labor
force at the end of the school year.
In both the employment and unemployment rate models,
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an important feature is the use of a technique that allows the
equations to adjust automatically to structural changes that
occur. The models are termed "variable coefficient models"
because they include a built-in tuning mechanism, known as
the Kalman Filter, which revises a model's coefficients when
the new data that become available each month indicate that
changes in the data relationships have taken place. Once the
estimates are developed from the models, the unemployment
level and labor force estimates are calculated.
Benchmark correction procedures. Once each year, monthly
estimates for the 39 non-direct-use States and the District
of Columbia are adjusted, or benchmarked, by BLS to the
annual average CPS estimates. The benchmarking technique
employs a procedure (called the Denton method) which
adjusts the annual average of the models to equal the CPS
annual average, while preserving, as much as possible, the
original monthly seasonal pattern of the model estimates.
In the 11 direct-use States, no benchmark correction is
required, as the average of the 12 monthly State CPS
estimates will equal the CPS annual averages.
Estimates for sub-State areas
Monthly labor force and employment estimates for two
large sub-state areas—New York City and the Los AngelesLong Beach metropolitan area—are obtained directly from
the CPS. Estimates for all other sub-state areas, more than
2,600 labor market areas (LMA'S), are prepared through indirect estimation techniques, described below.
Preliminary estimate—employment. The total civilian
employment estimates are based on CES data. These "placeof-work" estimates must be adjusted to refer to place-ofresidence as used in the CPS. Factors for adjusting from
place-of-work to place-of-residence have been developed for
several categories of employment on the basis of employment
relationships at the time of the 1980 decennial census. These
factors are applied to the CES estimates for the current period
to obtain adjusted employment estimates, to which are added
estimates for employment not represented in the CES—
agriculture, nonagricultural self-employed and unpaid family
workers, and private household workers.
Preliminary estimate—unemployment. In the current month,
the estimate of unemployment is an aggregate of the estimates
for each of three categories: (1) persons who were previously
employed in industries covered by State 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.
Sub-State adjustment for additivity. Estimates of employment
and unemployment are prepared for the State and LMA'S
within the State. The LMA estimates geographically exhaust
the entire State. Thus, a proportional adjustment must be
applied to all sub-State LMA estimates to ensure that they add
to the independently estimated State totals for employment
and unemployment.

Benchmark correction. At the end of each year, sub-State
estimates are revised. The revisions incorporate any changes
in the inputs, such as revisions in the CES-based employment
figures, corrections in claims counts, and updated historical

relationships. The corrected estimates are then readjusted to
add to the revised (benchmarked) State estimates of
employment and unemployment.

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 monthly in
Employment and Earnings.
Since January 1980, national labor force data have been
seasonally adjusted with a procedure called X-ll ARIMA
(Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average), which was
developed at Statistics Canada as an extension of the 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,
January 1983.
At the beginning of each calendar year, projected seasonal
adjustment factors are calculated for use during the JanuaryJune period. In July of each year, BLS calculates and
publishes in Employment and Earnings projected 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 only 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 a sum of eight
seasonally adjusted civilian employment components, plus
the resident Armed Forces total (not adjusted for seasonally),
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, new seasonal
adjustment factors to be used to calculate the civilian
unemployment rate for the first 6 months of the following year,
and a description of the current seasonal adjustment procedure
are published in each January issue of Employment and
Earnings. Revised seasonally adjusted data covering the revision
period for a broader range of labor force series are published
in the February issue of this publication.
Since the early 1980's, the BLS has also used the X-ll
ARIMA procedure to seasonally adjust establishment-based
employment, hours, and earnings data. The X-ll ARIMA
program has been run once each year after benchmarking
and seasonal adjustment factors have been projected and
published for 12 months ahead (April-March). Beginning
in June 1989, with the introduction of the March 1988
benchmarks, the Bureau introduced a modification to this
procedure to parallel that used in seasonally adjusting
household survey data. Projected seasonal adjustment factors
are now calculated only for the first 6 months after
benchmarking. A second set of projected seasonal adjustment
factors, for use during the subsequent period, will be
computed based upon data through September and introduced
with the publication of data for October. Revisions of
historical data for the most recent 5 years will continue to
be made once a year, coincident with benchmark revisions,
and published in a Supplement to Employment and Earnings.
All series are seasonally adjusted using the multiplicative
models under X-ll ARIMA. 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
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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 nonsupervisory
workers, seasonally adjusted, and dividing by the 1977 base.
For total private, total goods-producing, total private serviceproducing, and major industry divisions, 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, however, are
used in the aggregation to broader level seasonally adjusted
series.
Seasonal adjustment factors for Federal Government

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employment are derived from unadjusted data which include
Christmas temporary workers employed by the Postal
Service. The number of temporary census takers for the 1980
decennial census, however, are removed prior to the
calculation of seasonal adjustment factors.
Revised seasonally adjusted establishment-based series
based on the experience through March 1989, new seasonal
adjustment factors for April-September, and a description
of the current seasonal adjustment procedure appear in the
June 1989 issue of Employment and Earnings.
BLS has developed an extension of X-ll ARIMA to allow
it to adjust more adequately for the effects of the presence
or absence of religious holidays in the April survey reference
period and of Labor Day in the September reference period.
This extension was applied for the first time at the end of
1989 to three persons-at-work labor force series which tested
as having significant and well-defined effects in their April
data associated with the timing of Easter. This extension will
also be used for the seasonal adjustment of many of the
establishment-based series on average weekly hours, starting
with the computation of the projected factors for the period
beginning in April 1990.

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