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




September 1984

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

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Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
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Annual averages
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of Hispanic origin, Vietnam-era veterans
and nonveterans, family relationship data,
weekly earnings data

Jan.
Jan., Feb.

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National annual averages:
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Jan.

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1

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Issue varies. Latest revised data introduced June 1984.
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Employment and Earnings
Vol. 31 No. 9 September 1984
Editors: Gloria Peterson Green, Rosalie K. Epstein

Contents
Page
List of statistical tables

2

Employment and unemployment developments, August 1984

4

Statistical tables:
Not seasonally adjusted—

Household data
Establishment data:
Employment
Hours and earnings
State and area labor force data

9
44
79
110

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




35
56
99
107
116

MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD DATA
Page

Employment Status
AAAAAAA-

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

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

Employment status of the noninstitutional population 16 years and over, 1951 to date
Employment status of the noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1973 to date
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over, 1951, to date
Employment status of the civilian noninstitional population by age, sex, and race
Employment status of the black-and-other civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, sex, and age
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 21 years of age by major
activity, sex, and race
Employment status of male Vietnam-era veterans and nonveterans by age
Full-and part-time status of the civilian labor force by sex, age, and race
Employment status of persons in familes by family relationship

5
7
8
9
12
13
14
15
16
17

Characteristics of the Unemployed
A-l 1.
A-12.
A-l3.
A-14.
A-l 5.
A-16.
A-17.
A-l 8.
A-19.
A-20.

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

18
19
20
21
22
22
23
24
25
25

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

26
27
28
29
30
30
31
31
32
33
34

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

35
36
37
38
39
39
40
40
41
41

MONTHLY ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Page

Employment—National
BBBB-

1.
2.
3.
4.

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

Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry, 1933 to date
Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry
Women employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group
Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group,
seasonally adjusted
Women employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group,
seasonally adjusted
Production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and
manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
Indexes of diffusion: Percent of industries in which employment increased, seasonally adjusted

43
44
55
56
57
58
59

Employment—States and Areas
B- 8.

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

60

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

Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural
payrolls by major industry, 1963 to date
Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural
payrolls by detailed industry
Average hourly earnings, excluding overtime of production workers on manufacturing payrolls
Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonagricultural payrolls by major industry, in current and constant (1977) dollars
Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural
payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
The Hourly Earnings Index and average hourly and weekly earnings of production or
nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural payrolls, seasonally adjusted

79
82
98
98
99
100
101

Hours and Earnings—States and Areas
C- 8.

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

102

PRODUCTIVITY DATA
C- 9.
C-10.
C-l 1.

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

107
IQ8
109

MONTHLY STATE AND AREA LABOR FORCE DATA
D- 1.




Labor force status by State and selected metropolitan areas

110

Employment and Unemployment
Developments, August 1984

Unemployment was unchanged in August, and there
were contrasting movements in the two major employment series. The overall jobless rate, which includes the
resident Armed Forces in the labor force base, was 7.4
percent, and the rate for civilian workers was 7.5 percent. These rates were the same as in May and July.
The number of employees on nonagricultural
payrolls—as measured by the monthly survey of
establishments—edged up by 160,000 in August. On the
other hand, the household survey recorded a drop of
425,000 in total civilian employment. Both surveys show
roughly the same gain in employment since the
November 1982 recession trough—5.8 million for the
establishment survey and 5.9 million for the household
survey.
Unemployment
The number of unemployed persons and the civilian
worker unemployment rate both were unchanged in
August. A total of 8.5 million persons were
unemployed; the unemployment rate was 7.5 percent,
the same as had prevailed in 2 of the 3 prior months.
Jobless rates for most major worker groups, including
those for adult men (6.4 percent), adult women (7.1 percent), and teenagers (18.4 percent), were essentially unchanged over the month. Jobless rates for whites (6.4
percent) and Hispanics (10.7 percent) also held steady
from July to August. Unemployment among blacks,
however, edged down to 16.0 percent, as the rate for
black adult men fell, returning to the May level. (See
tables A-33 and A-34.)
The number of unemployed job losers declined by
nearly 300,000, whereas the number of reentrants to the
labor force rose by 230,000. Job losers accounted for
49.8 percent of the total unemployed in August, well
below the recessionary high of 63.0 percent. The mean
duration of unemployment fell from 18.1 weeks in July
to 17.3 weeks in August; the median duration was about
unchanged at 7.5 weeks. (See tables A-40 and A-41.)
Civilian employment and the labor force
Civilian employment fell more than usual from July
to August and, after seasonal adjustment, was down by
425,000 to 105.0 million. All of this decline, however,
occurred among youth under the age of 25. This
disproportionately large drop may be the result of a
later than usual survey reference week (August 12-18)
during which many young people already may have left




summer jobs in anticipation of returning to school for
the fall term.
The civilian labor force declined by 445,000 over the
month to 113.5 million after seasonal adjustment.
Youth under 25 accounted for this decline.
Industry payroll employment
The number of employees on nonagricultural
payrolls, at 94.5 million, was up 160,000 in August,
seasonally adjusted. The increases in both July and
August were less than in the first half of the year. About
57 percent of the industries in the BLS diffusion index
registered over-the-month employment increases, also a
somewhat smaller fraction than in earlier months this
year. (See tables B-4 and B-7.)
In manufacturing, employment increased in some
durable goods industries, particularly in machinery,
electrical and electronic equipment, and motor vehicles
and equipment. In autos, the more scattered timing in
the production of 1985 model cars reduced the extent of
usual August plant shutdowns for retooling, resulting in
a seasonally adjusted employment increase. There was
little change in most other manufacturing industries.
Employment in construction was about unchanged in
both July and August, following large increases in the
spring. Employment in mining continued to edge upward.
Within the service-producing sector, employment
rose substantially in wholesale trade and business services. A decline in health services reflected a since-settled
strike of hospital workers, which removed about 50,000
persons from the payrolls during the survey reference
week.
Weekly hours
The average workweek of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural payrolls in
August was 35.2 hours, seasonally adjusted—unchanged
from the revised figure for July. Weekly and overtime
hours in manufacturing both edged down 0.1 hour,
despite a full hour increase in the average workweek in
motor vehicles and equipment. (See table C-5.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of private
nonagricultural production or nonsupervisory workers
was 112.7 (1977 = 100) in August, about the same as in
both June and July. The manufacturing index has been
at about the same level for 4 months. (See table C-6.)

Hourly and weekly earnings

Sesonally adjusted average hourly and weekly earnings both were unchanged in August. Prior to seasonal
adjustment, average hourly earnings declined 2 cents to
$8.30, and weekly earnings declined $1.54 to $294.65.
Over the past year, hourly earnings have risen 35 cents
and weekly earnings $14.01. (See tables C-l and C-7.)
The Hourly Earnings Index

The Hourly Earnings Index (HEI) was 160.6




(1977 = 100) in August, seasonally adjusted, a decrease
of 0.2 percent from July. For the 12 months ended in
August, the increase (before seasonal adjustment) was
3.3 percent. The HEI excludes the effects of two types of
changes unrelated to underlying wage rate
movements—fluctuations in overtime in manufacturing
and interindustry employment shifts. In dollars of constant purchasing power, the HEI increased 0.2 percent
during the 12-month period ended in July. (See table
C-7.)

HOUSEHOLD DATA
HISTORICAL
A-1.

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

(Numbers in thousands)
Labor force
Year
and
month

Noninstitutional
population

i

Number

Total

... -

Unemployed

Emp oyed

_
Percent
of
population

Civilian

| Resident
Armed
; Forces
!

Total

Number

Nonagricultural
industries

Agriculture

Percent
of
labor
force

Not in
labor
force

Annual averages

1951 .
.
1952 .
.
1
1953 .
1954 .
.
1955 .
.
1956 .
.
1957 .
.
1958 .
.
1959 .
.

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

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

60.1
60.0
59.7
59.6
60.0
60.7
60.3
60.1
59.9

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

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

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

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

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

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

3.2
2.9
2.8
5.4
4.3
4.0
4.2
6.6
5.3

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

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

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

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

60.0
60.0
59.5
59.3
59.4
59.5
59.8
60.2
60.3
60.8

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

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

65,778
65,746
66,702
67,762
69,305
71,088

72,895
74,372 |
75,920 |
77,902 |

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

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

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

5.4
6.5
5.4
5.5
5.0
4.4
3.7
3.7
3.5
3.4

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

1970 .
.
1971 .
.
1
1972 .
1
1973 .
1974 .
.
1975 .
.
1976 .
.
1977 .
.
1
1978 .
1979 .

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

2,118 ! 78,678 |
80,796
1,973 | 79,367 |
81,340
1,813 ': 82,153
83,966
86,838 I 1,774 I 85,064
88,515 | 1,721 i 86,794
87,524 i 1,678 | 85,846
j 90,420 I 1,668 i 88,752
1,656 j 92,017
! 93,673
I 97,679 | 1,631 1 96,048
100,421 | 1,597 | 98,824

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

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

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

4.8
5.8
5.5
4.8
5.5
8.3
7.6
6.9
6.0
5.8

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

1980 .
1981 .
1982 .
1983 .

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

i 100,907 |
, 102,042 j
I 101,194 .
I 102,510 !

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

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

7,637
8,273
10,678

7.0
7.5
9.5
9.5

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

9,429
9,195

9.3
9.1
8.7
8.3
8.1

62,323
62,373
62,913
62,916
62,985

9,026
8,801
8,772
8,843
8,514
8,130
8,543
8,526

7.9
7.7
7.7
7.7
7.4
7.0
7.4
7.4

63,318
62,986
62,912
62,724
62,320
62,407
62,503
63,089

I

;

!
!
!
i
i

61.0

84,889 ! 60.7
86,355 I 60.9
88,847 | 61.3
91,203
61.7
93,670
61.6
1
95,453
62.0
97,826
62.6
100,665
63.5
103,882
64.0
| 106,559
! 108,544 ! 64.1
I 110,315 I 64.2
! 111,872 | 64.3
! 113,226 I 64.4

i
|
j
I
I

1,604 | 99,303
1,645 100,397
1,668
99,526
1,676

10,717

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted2

1983:
August
September

|
!

176,122
176,297

October

!

176,474

November
December

j
j

176,636
176,809

1984:
January
February
March
April

!
j
i
!
j

113,799
113,924
113,561
113,720
113,824 j

64.6
64.6
64.3
64.4
64.4

103,166
103,571
103,665
104,291
104,629

177,219
177,363
177,510
177,662

May

!

177,813

June
July
August

I
I
|

177,974
178,138
178,295

j 113,901
j 114,377
1
114,598
| 114,938
115,493
i 115,567
! 115,636
!
115,206

64.3
64.5
64.6
64.7
65.0
64.9
64.9
64.6

104,876 i
105,576 !
105,826 !
106,095 i
106,978 !
107,438 I
107,093 !
106,681 i

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




I

98,035
98,568
98,730
99,349
99,585

3,449
3,308
3,240
3,257
3,356

10,633
10,353
9,896

l

!
!
i
!
|

6

1,682
101,484
1,695 101,876
1,695 101,970
1,685 j 102,606
1,688 I 102,941
1,686
1,684
1,686
1,693
1,690
1,690
1,698
1,712

103,190 j
103,892

104,140
104,402
105,288
105,748
105,395

104,969

3,271
3,395
3,281
3,393
3,389
3,403
3,345
3,224

j
|
!
i
j

99,918
100,496
100,859
101,009
101,899
102,344
102,050
101,744

I
,
!

|
!
!

2
The population and Armed Forces figures are not adjusted for
seasonal variation.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
HISTORICAL
A-2.

Employment status of the noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1973 to date

(Numbers in thousands)
Labor force

Sex, year,
and month

Noninstitutional
population

Unemployed

Employed
Number

Percent
of
population

Total

Civilian

Resident
Armed
Forces

Total

Agriculture

Nonagricultural
industries

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

Not in
labor
force

Annual averages
MEN

1

1979

71,017
72,466
73,891
75,341
76,756
78,107
79,509

56,349
57,397
57,899
58,756
59,959
61,151
62,215

79.3
79.2
78.4
78.0
78.1
78.3
78.2

54,074
54,682
53,457
54,720
56,291
58,010
59,096

1,725
1,658
1,600
1,582
1,563
1,531
1,489

52,349
53,024
51,857
53,138
54,728
56,479
57,607

2,847
2,919
2,824
2,744
2,671
2,718
2,686

49,502
50,105
49,032
50,394
52,057
53,761
54,921

2,275
2,714
4,442
4,036
3,667
3,142
3,120

4.0
4.7
7.7
6.9
6.1
5.1
5.0

14,667
15,069
15,993
16,585
16,797
16,956
17,293

1980
1981
1982
1983

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

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

77.8
77.4
77.0
76.8

58,665
58,909
57,800
58,320

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

57,186
57,397
56,271
56,787

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

54,477
54,697
53,534
54,083

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

6.8
7.2
9.7
9.7

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

1973
1974
1975

1976
1977
19781

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted2
1983:
August
September.
October
November..
December..

84,173
84,261
84,344
84,423
84,506

64,807
64,877
64,709
64,846
64,838

77.0
77.0
76.7
76.8
76.7

58,607
58,828
58,950
59,389
59,580

1,538
1,549
1,543
1,534
1,537

57,069
57,279
57,407
57,855
58,043

2,762
2,676
2,595
2,575
2,650

54,307
54,603
54,812
55,280
55,393

6,200
6,049
5,759
5,457
5,258

9.6
9.3
8.9
8.4
8.1

19,366
19,384
19,635
19,577
19,668

1984:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August

84,745
84,811
84,880
84,953
85,024
85,101
85,179
85,257

64,930
65,093
65,156
65,212
65,307
65,452
65,362
65,244

76.6
76.8
76.8
76.8
76.8
76.9
76.7
76.5

59,781
60,147
60,290
60,293
60,629
60,923
60,607
60,661

1,542
1,540
1,542
1,548
1,545
1,545
1,551
1,563

58,239
58,607
58,748
58,745
59,084
59,378
59,056
59,098

2,605
2,697
2,636
2,720
2,723
2,710
2,705
2,607

55,635
55,910
56,112
56,026
56,361
56,668
56,351
56,490

5,149
4,946
4,867
4,919
4,678
4,529
4,756
4,583

7.9
7.6
7.5
7.5
7.2
6.9
7.3
7.0

19,815
19,718
19,724
19,741
19,717
19,649
19,817
20,013

Annual averages
1

WOMEN

1979

77,853
79,375
80,938
82,476
83,932
85,434
86,951

34,853
36,274
37,553
39,069
40,705
42,731
44,343

44.8
45.7
46.4
47.4
48.5
50.0
51.0

32,764
33,832
34,067
35,701
37,381
39,669
41,325

49
63
78
86
92
100
108

32,715
33,769
33,989
35,615
37,289
39,569
41,217

622
596
584
588
612
669
661

32,093
33,173
33,404
35,027
36,677
38,900
40,556

2,089
2,441
3,486
3,369
3,324
3,061
3,018

6.0
6.7
9.3
8.6
8.2
7.2
6.8

43,000
43,101
43,386
43,406
43,227
42,703
42,608

1980
1981
1982
1983

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

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

51.6
52.2
52.7
53.0

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

124
133
139
143

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

656
667
665
680

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

3,370
3,696
4,457

7.4
7.9
9.4
9.2

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

1973
1974
1975

1976
1977
19781

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted2
1983:
August
September.
October
November..
December ..

91,949
92,036
92,129
92,214
92,302

1984:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August

92,474
92,552
92,630
92,709
92,789
92,873
92,958
93,039

44,415
44,597
44,563
44,751
44,898

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




2

43,728
43,965
43,918
44,069
44,192

4,433
4,304
4,137
3,972
3,937

9.0
8.8
8.5
8.1
8.0

42,957
42,989
43,277
43,340
43,316

44,950
45,285
45,392
45,657
46,205
46,370
46,339
45,871

45,094
45,429
45,536
45,802
46,350
46,515
46,486
46,020

687
632
645
682
706
667
698
646
673
666
693
641
617

44,284
44,587
44,747
44,983
45,538
45,676
45,699
45,254

3,876
3,855
3,905
3,924
3,836
3,600
3,787
3,943

7.9
7.8
7.9
7.9
7.6
7.2
7.5
7.9

43,503
43,269
43,188
42,984
42,603
42,758
42,685
43,076

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, 1951 to date

(Numbers in thousands)
Year
and
month

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployment rates

Civilian labor force
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Unemployed

Men

Women

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

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

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

59.2
59.0
58.9
58.8
59.3
60.0
59.6
59.5
59.3

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

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

3.3
3.0
2.9
5.5
4.4
4.1
4.3
6.8
5.5

2.8
2.8
2.8
5.3
4.2
3.8
4.1
6.8
5.2

4.4
3.6
3.3
6.0
4.9
4.8
4.7
6.8
5.9

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

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

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

59.4
59.3
58.8
58.7
58.7
58.9
59.2
59.6
59.6
60.1

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

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

5.5
6.7
5.5
5.7
5.2
4.5
3.8
3.8
3.6
3.5

5.4
6.4
5.2
5.2
4.6
4.0
3.2
3.1
2.9
2.8

5.9
7.2
6.2
6.5
6.2
5.5
4.8
5.2
4.8
4.7

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

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

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

60.4
60.2
60.4
60.8
61.3
61.2
61.6
62.3
63.2
63.7

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

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

4.9
5.9
5.6
4.9
5.6
8.5
7.7
7.1
6.1
5.8

4.4
5.3
5.0
4.2
4.9
7.9
7.1
6.3
5.3
5.1

5.9
6.9
6.6
6.0
6.7
9.3
8.6
8.2
7.2
6.8

1980..
1981 ..
1982..
1983 ..

167,745

106,940
108,670 '
110,204 I
i 111,550 |

63.8
63.9
64.0
64.0

99,303
100,397
99,526
100,834

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

7.1
7.6
9.7
9.6

6.9
7.4
9.9
9.9

7.4
7.9
9.4
9.2

170,130
172,271
174,215

I

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted2

I

1983:
August
September
October....
November
December

174,440
174,602
174,779
174,951
175,121

112,117
112,229
111,866
112,035
112,136

64.3
64.3
64.0
64.0
64.0

1984:
January ....
February ..
March
April
May
June
July
August

175,533
175,679
175,824
175,969
176,123
176,284
176,440
176,583

112,215
112,693
112,912
113,245
113,803
113,877
113,938
113,494

63.9
64.1
64.2
64.4
64.6
64.6
64.6
64.3

=
I
j
I
i

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

8



101,484
101,876
101,970
102,606
102,941
103,190
103,892
104,140
| 104,402
i 105,288
105,748
105,395
104,969

10,633
10,353
9,896
9,429
9,195

9.1
8.8
8.5
8.2
8.1

9,026
8,801
8,772
8,843
8,514
8,130
8,543
8,526

7.9
7.8
7.9
7.9
7.7
7.2
7.6
7.9

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)

August 1984
Not in labor force

Civilian labor force
Age, sex, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent
of
population

Employed
Number

Percent
of
labor
force

Total

Keeping
house

Going
to
school

Unable
to
work

Other
reasons

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

176,583
14,653
7,169
7,483
20,664
92,726
40,088
20,939
19,150
30,409
16,843
13,567
22,228
11,336
10,892
22,053
11,273
10,780
26,489
8,984
17,505

115,076
9,024
3,695
5,329
16,516
74,785
32,916
17,213
15,703
24,843
13,818
11,025
17,027
8,973
8,054
11,882
7,192
4,691
2,869
1,656
1,213

65.2
61.6
51.5
71.2
79.9
80.7
82.1
82.2
82.0
81.7
82.0
81.3
76.6
79.2
73.9
53.9
63.8
43.5
10.8
18.4
69
.

106,694
7,579
3,043
4,537
14,649
70,355
30,648
15,927
14,720
23,461
12,985
10,476
16,248
8,529
7,720
11,341
6,873
4,468
2,770
1,594
1,177

8,382
1,445
653
792
1,867
4,430
2,268
1,286
983
1,383
833
549
779
445
334
541
319
222
99
62
37

73
.
16.0
17.7
14.9
11.3
59
.
69
.
75
.
63
.
56
.
60
.
50
.
46
.
50
.
41
.
46
.
44
.
47
.
34
.
37
.
31
.

61,507
5,629
3,474
2,154
4,148
17,939
7,173
3,727
3,447
5,566
3,025
2,541
5,201
2,363
2,838
10,171
4,081
6,090
23,620
7,329
16,291

31,285
644
267
377
1,872
13,251
5,350
2,677
2,674
4,189
2,300
1,869
3,711
1,750
1,961
5,523
2,470
3,053
9,995
3,206
6,789

1,776
599
273
327
678
482
359
241
118
89
63
27
34
19
16
14
14
_
3
2
2

2,863
30
15
16
78
886
224
91
132
278
132
147
384
167
217
734
381
353
1,134
203
931

25,584
4,355
2,920
1,435
1,520
3,320
1,240
718
523
1,010
510
500
1,071
426
646
3,900
1,216
2,683
12,488
3,918
8,569

83,694
7,344
3,641
3,702
10,096
45,163
19,641
10,271
9,370
14,796
8,201
6,595
10,726
5,496
5,230
10,284
5,312
4,973
10,807
4,003
6,804

64,945
4,676
1,927
2,749
8,903
42,572
18,674
9,689
8,985
14,067
7,832
6,235
9,831
5,130
4,701
7,058
4,281
2,777
1,737
985
753

77.6
63.7
52.9
74.3
88.2
94.3
95.1
94.3
95.9
95.1
95.5
94.5
91.7
93.3
89.9
68.6
80.6
55.8
16.1
24.6
11.1

60,673
3,963
1,596
2,366
7,914
40,379
17,539
9,040
8,499
13,364
7,406
5,958
9,475
4,938
4,538
6,732
4,098
2,634
1,686
949
737

4,273
713
330
383
989
2,193
1,135
649
486
703
426
277
356
192
163
326
183
143
52
36
16

66
.
15.2
17.1
13.9
11.1
52
.
61
.
67
.
54
.
50
.
54
.
44
.
36
.
37
.
35
.
46
.
43
.
51
.
30
.
36
.
21
.

18,748
2,668
1,715
953
1,193
2,591
967
583
385
729
369
360
895
366
529
3,226
1,031
2,196
9,070
3,019
6,051

470
29
21
8
23
141
42
26
17
65
37
28
33
14
19
81
27
53
197
68
129

827
318
139
179
291
214
167
120
47
40
33
7
8
3
5
2
4
2
2

1.605
23
12
11
43
595
155
65
90
172
80
93
268
127
141
483
240
243
461
120
341

15,847
2,298
1,542
755
837
1,640
603
372
231
452
219
233
586
222
365
2,660
760
1,901
8,411
2,831
5,579

92,890
7,309
3,528
3,781
10,568
47,563
20,448
10,668
9,780
15,613
8,642
6,972
11,502
5,840
5,662
11,768
5,961
5,807
15,682
4,981
10,701

50,131
4,348
1,768
2,580
7,613
32,215
14,242
7,524
6,718
10,776
5,986
4,790
7,196
3,843
3,353
4,824
2,910
1,913
1,131
671
460

54.0
59.5
50.1
68.2
72.0
67.7
69.7
70.5
68.7
69.0
69.3
68.7
62.6
65.8
59.2
41.0
48.8
32.9
72
.
13.5
43
.

46,021
3,616
1,446
2,170
6,735
29,977
13,109
6,887
6,221
10,097
5,579
4,518
6,772
3,591
3,182
4,608
2,774
1,834
1,084
645
440

4,110
732
322
410
878
2,237
1,134
637
497
680
407
272
424
253
171
216
136
79
47
26
21

82
.
16.8
18.2
15.9
11.5
69
.
80
.
85
.
74
.
63
.
68
.
57
.
59
.
66
.
51
.
45
.
47
.
42
.
41
.
39
.
45
.

42,759
2,960
1,759
1,201
2,954
15,348
6,206
3,144
3,062
4,837
2,656
2,181
4,306
1,997
2,309
6,945
3,051
3,894
14,551
4,310
10,240

30,815
615
246
369
1,849
13,110
5,308
2,651
2,657
4,124
2,283
1,841
3,678
1,736
1,942
5,442
2,442
3,000
9,799
3,138
6,660

949
281
133
148
387
268
192
121
71
49
30
20
27
16
11
12
10
1
1
2
-

1,258
7
3
4
36
291
68
26
42
106
52
54
116
40
76
251
141
110
674
83
590

9,737
2,057
1,378
680
682
1,680
638
346
292
558
291
267
485
204
281
1,239
457
783
4,078
1,087
2,990

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




9

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-4.

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

(Numbers in thousands)
August 1984
Not in labor force

Civilian labor force
Age, sex, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Total

152,402
12,069
5,888
6,182
17,318
79,474
33,914
17,682
16,232
26,208
14,470
11,738
19,352
9,828
9,523
19,579
9,949
9,630
23,961
8,136
15,826

99,416
7,773
3,205
4,567
14,069
64,355
28,035
14,676
13,358
21,403
11,849
9,554
14,916
7,812
7,104
10,616
6,406
4,210
2,604
1,510
1,094

65.2
64.4
54.4
73.9
81.2
81.0
82.7
83.0
82.3
81.7
81.9
81.4
77.1
79.5
74.6
54.2
64.4
43.7
10.9
18.6
6.9

93,299
6,743
2,713
4,030

72,732
6,071
3,005
3,065
8,531
39,155

56,874
4,025
1,686
2,339
7,611
37,226
16,146
8,376
7,770
12,344
6,860
5,484
8,735
4,532
4,203
6,418
3,881
2,537
1,594
909
685

78.2
66.3
56.1
76.3
89.2
95.1
96.0
95.5
96.5
95.7
96.2
95.2
92.6
94.2
90.9
69.9
82.2
56.9
16.3
24.9
11.2

Unemployed
Percent
of
population

Employed
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 years and over .

16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years

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

16,823
8,770
8,053

12,896
7,132
5,764
9,436
4,812
4,623
9,183
4,722
4.461
9,793
3,652
6,142

6.2
13.2
15.4
11.8
8.8
5.1
5.9
6.2
5.5
5.0
7.9
4.5
4.0
4.1
4.5
4.4
4.3
4.5
3.2
3.5
2.8

52,986
4,297
2,682
1,615
3,249
15,120
5,879
3,006
2,874
4,805
2,621
2,183
4,436
2,015
2,420
8,963
3,542
5,421
21,357
6,626
14,731

27,545
449
186
263
1,504
11,513
4,596
2,289
2,307
3,693
2,057
1,643
3,225
1,517
1,737
4,936
2,187
2,748
9,143
2,900
6,242

1,227
424
201
224
483
302
213
143
70
66
48
18
23
12
11
14
14

1,064

6,117
1,030
493
537
1,238
3,303
1,650
911
740
1,060
633
427
592
323
269
463
276
188
83
53
31

53,729
3,516
1,430
2,087
6,973
35,555
15,311
7,907
7,404
11,788
6,527
5,261
8,456
4,389
4,067
6,135
3,719
2,416
1.549
879
671

3,145
509
257
252
638
1,671
835
470
366
556
333
223
279
143
136
284
162
121
44
30
15

5.5
12.6
15.2
10.8
8.4
4.5
5.2
5.6
4.7
4.5
4.9
4.1
3.2
3.2
3.2
4.4
4.2
4.8
2.8
3.3
2.1

15,858
2,046
1,319
726
920
1,929
677
394
283
551
272
279
701
280
420
2,764
841
1,924
8,200
2,743
5,457

356
15
11
4
8
101
28
15
13
47
26
21
26
11
16
62
21
42
169
59
110

596
226
103
123
225
140
108
75
34
27
25
2
4
1
3
3

37,128
2,251
1,363
888
2,330
13,191
5,202
2,612
2,591
4,254
2,349
1,904
3,735
1,735
2,000
6,198
2,701
3,497
j 13,157
| 3,883
: 9,274

27,189
434
175
259
1,495
11,412
4,568
2,274
2,294
3,646
2,026
1,620
3,198
1,500
1,698
4,873
2.167
2,707
8,974
2,841
6,132

12,831

61,051
26,384

13,767
12,618
20,343
11,216
9,127
14,324
7,489
6,835

10,153
6,131
4,022

2,521
1,457

3
2
2

4
2
2

Women
16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 54 years
25 to 34 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years

45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over

10



79,669
5,999
2,882
3,116
8,788
40,319
17,091
8,912
8,179
13,312
7,338
5,974
9,916
5,016
4,900
10,396
5,226
5,170
14,168
4,484
9,684

42,542
3,748
1,519
2,228
6,458
27,129
11,888
6,300
5,588
9,059
4,989
4,070
6,181
3,280
2,901
4,198
2,525
1,672
1,010
601
409

53.4
62.5
52.7
71.5
73.5
67.3
69.6
70.7
68.3
68.0
68.0
68.1
62.3
65.4
59.2
40.4
48.3
32.4
7.1
13.4
4.2

39,570
3,227
1,283
1,943
5,858
25,496
11,073
5,860
5,214
8,555
4,689
3,866
5,868
3,100
2,768
4,018
2,412
1,606
971
578
393

2,972
521
236
285
600
1,632
815
441
374
504
300
204
313
180
133
180
113
67
39
23
16

7.0
13.9
15.5
12.8
9.3
6.0
6.9
7.0
6.7
5.6
6.0
5.0
5.1
5.5
4.6
4.3
4.5
4.0
3.9
3.9
3.8

631
198
97
101
258
162
105
68
36
39
23
16
19
11
8
11
10
1
1
2

2,282
24
12
11
60
692
179
76
103
209
98
111
304
131
174
595
316
279
910
163
748

21,932
3,400
2,283
1,117
1,202
2,612
891
497
395
837
423
413
884
361
523
3,418
1,025
2,393
11,301
3,561
7,740

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-4.

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

(Numbers in thousands)
August 1984

i

"T

Civilian iabor force
Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Age, sex, and race

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

Not in labor force

Unemployed
Total

Percent
of
I Employed
j population j

T

19,386
2,151
1,050
1,100
2,786
10,286
4,808
2,577
2,232
3,187
1,776
1,411
2,291
1,195
1,096
1,977
1,046
931
2,187
735
1,452

12,465
1,053
412
641
2,053
8,133
3,857
2,050
1,807
2,610
1,485
1,125
1,667
920
747
1,002
616
386
224
125

8,670
1,050
521
528
1,295
4,608
2,174
1,171
1,004
1,420
794
626
1,014
531
483
857
453
404
861
307
554

10,715
1,101
529
572
1,491
5,678
2,634
1,406
1,228
1,767
982
785
1,277
664
613
1,120
593
527
1,326
428

Number

Percent
of
labor
| force
luiue

16.1
37.8
36.6
38.6
27.2
12.0
14.1
16.3
11.5
10.7
11.6
9.6
9.3
10.9
7.4
5.9

64.3
49.0
39.2
58.2
73.7
79.1
80.2
79.5
81.0
81.9
83.6
79.7
72.8
77.0
68.2
50.7
58.9
41.5
10.2
17.0
6.7

10,456
655
261
394
1,494
7,156
3,315
1,716
1,599
2,329
1,313
1,016
1,512
820
692
943
589
354
208
116
92

2,009
398
151
247
559
977
542
335
208
280
172
108
154
100
55
59
27
32
16
9
7

6,314
545
204
340
1,087
4,080
1,963
1,037
926
1,279
719
560
839
455
385
487
305
182
113
62
51

72.8
51.9
39.1
64.4
84.0
88.5
90.3
88.6
92.2
90.0
90.6
89.4
82.8
85.7
79.7
56.9
67.4
45.0
13.2
20.2
9.3

5,323
347
134
213
775
3,641
1,706
881
826
1,152
641
511
783
420
363
453
292
161
106
56
50

991
197
70
127
312
439
257
157
100
126
78
48
57
35
22
34
13
21
8
6
2

15.7
36.2
34.4
37.3
28.7
10.8
13.1
15.1
10.8
9.9
99
.
10.8
8.7
8.7
6.7
67
.
7.6
5.7
7.0
4.4
11.4
6.7

6,151
508
208
300
966
4,053
1,894
1,013
881
1,331
766
565
827
465
362
515
310
204
110
63
47

57.4
46.1
39.3
52.5
64.8
71.4
71.9
72.0
71.7
75.4
78.1
72.0
64.8
70.1
59.0
46.0
52.4
38.7

5,133
308
128
180
719
3,515
1,608
835
773
1,177
672
505
729
400
329
490
297
193
102
60
42

1,018
201
80
120
247
538
286
178
108
154
94
60
98
65
33
25
13
12
8
3
5

16.5
39.5
38.7
40.1
25.6
13.3
15.1
17.5
12.3
11.6
12.3
10.5
11.8
14.0
9.0
4.8
4.2
5.7
71
.

4.3
8.4
69
.
7.2
71
.

Keeping
house

Total

6,920
1,098
638
459
732
2,152
952
526 ;
425 j
577
290
287
624
275
349
975 •

430
545
1,963

610
1,352

Going

Unable

to
school

to
work

Other
reasons

400
142
57
85
143
115
92
56
36
12
9
3
11
8
3
_
_
_
_
_

535
7
2
4
14
178
43
15
27
59
28
31
76
34
42
121
54
68
215
39
175

3,009

93
11
8
5
14
32
11
9
2
15
9
7
6
3
3
15
5
11
21

146
75
30
44
41
30
23
14
9
5
3
1
2
3

305
5
2
3
8
118
27
9
17
38
17
21
53
25
28
83
34
50
91
22
69

1,813

2,884
165
68
96
310
1,235
525
265
261
341
172
169
369
177
193
465
225
239
709
243
466

255
67
27
41
102
85
69
42
27
7
6
2
9
5
3

230 i

1,196
359
226
133
107
244
129
80
49
66
27
39
49
8
41
103
37
65
383
104
278

2,977

176
76
101
324
1,267

536
274
263
356
181
176
375
180
196
480
230
250
730
249
480

773
503
269
251
592
280
182
98
150
73
77
162
53
109
374
146
229
1,019

321
697

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

0

2,356
505
317
188 |
207 |
526

211
133
78
141
75
67
174
76
98
370
148
222
748
245
502

414
277
136
144
348
151
102
49
84
46
38
113
45
68
271
108
164
636
217
419

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

j
j
I
j
I
[
'
'
I
j
:

|
!

|
!
:

8.3
14.8
5.2

(1)

0

i

4,564
592
321
271
525
1,626
740
393
347
435
215
220
450
199 !
251 :
605 !
282 |
323 |
1,215
365 j
850 j

2 •
1 i

•I
60
16
6
10
21

l
|
|
|
|

10 I
23 j
9!
14 :
38 I
19 ,
18 I

1
7

i

124 |

106 I

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)
August 1984
Civilian labor force
Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Total

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

24,181
2,583
1,282
1,302
3,345
13,252
6,174
3,257
2,918
4,200
2,373
1,828
2,876
1,507
1,369
2,474
1,324
1,150
2,528
849
1,679

15,660
1,251
490
762
2,447
10,431
4,881
2,536
1,286
3,440
1,969
1,470
2,111
1,161
950
1,266
785
481
265
146
119

64.8
48.4
38.2
58.5
73.1
78.7
79.0
77.9
44.1
81.9
83.0
80.4
73.4
77.0
69.4
51.2
59.3
41.8
10.5
17.2
71
.

13,395
836
330
506
1,818
9,303
4,263
2,160
2,103
3,117
1,769
1,349
1,923
1,039
884
1,188
742
446
249
137
112

298
37
18
19
40
165
67
44
22
53
32
21
45
26
19
43
28
15
14
6
8

13,098
799
312
487
1,778
9,139
4,196
2,116
2,080
3,065
1,737
1,328
1,879
1,014
865
1,145
714
431
235
131
104

2,265
415
160
255
629
1,128
618
375
242
323
200
123
187
121
66
78
43
35
15
9
18

14.5
33.2
32.6
33.5
25.7
10.8
12.7
14.8
18.8
9.4
10.2
8.4
8.9
10.4
6.9
6.2
5.5
7.2
5.8
6.2
15.1

8,521
1,332
792
540
898
2,820
1,294
721
573
761
404
358
765
346
419
1,208
539
669
2,263
703
1,560

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

10,961
1,273
636
637
1,565
6,008
2,818
1,501
1,317
1,900
1,069
831
1,290
683
607
1,102
590
512
1,014
352
662

8,071
651
241
410
1,292
5,345
2,527
1,312
1,215
1,722
972
750
1,096
598
498
640
400
240
144
76
68

73.6
51.1
37.8
64.4
82.5
89.0
89.7
87.4
92.3
90.7
90.9
90.3
84.9
87.5
82.1
58.1
67.8
46.9
14.2
21.6
10.2

6,944
447
167
280
941
4,822
2,228
1,133
1,095
1,576
879
697
1,019
549
470
598
380
218
136
70

250
31
14
16
33
137
57
39
17
47
27
20
33
18
15
38
25
12
13
5
8

416
152
264
908
4,686
2,171
1,094
1,077
1,529
852
677
986
531
456
560
354
206
123
65
58

1,128
204
74
131
351
523
299
179
120
147
93
54
77
49
28
42
20
22
7
6
2

14.0
31.4
30.6
31.8
27.2
9.8
11.8
13.6
9.9
8.5
9.6
71
.
7.0
8.2
5.6
6.6
51
.
91
.
5.2
7.7

2,890
622
396
227
274
662
290
189
102
177
97
81
194
85
109
462
190
272
870
276
594

13,220
1,310
645
665
1,780
7,244
3,357
1,756
1,601
2,301
1,304
997
1,586
824
762
1,372
735
638
1,514
497
1,017

7,589
601
249
352
1,155
5,086
2,354
1,224
1,130
1,717
997
720
1,015
563
452
626
385
241
121
70
51

57.4
45.9
38.6
52.9
64.9
70.2
70.1
69.7
70.6
74.6
76.5
72.2
64.0
68.3
59.3
45.6
52.5
37.8
80
.
14.1
50
.

6,452
390
163
227
878
4,481
2,035
1,027
1,008
1,542
890
652
904
490
414
590
362
228
113
67
46

1,137
211
86
125
278
605
318
196
122
176
107
69
110
72
38
36
23
13
8
3

15.0
35.1
34.6
35.5
24.0
11.9
13.5
16.0
10.8
10.2
10.7
9.5
10.9
12.9
8.4
5.7
6.0
5.3
6.5

5,631
709
396
313
625
2,158
1,003
532
471
583
307
277
571
261
310
746
349
397
1,393
427

Age and sex

Unemployed

Employed
Percent
of
population

Total

Agriculture

Nonagricultural
industries

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

Not in
labor
force

TOTAL

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

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

12



3
3
7
28
10
5
5
6
5
1
12
8
4
5
2
3
1
1

6,404
383
160
224
870
4,453
2,025
1,022
1,003
1,536
885
651
892
483
409
585
360
225
112
66
46

O

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-6. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutionai 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

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

174,440
113,578
65.1
103,167
3,988
99,179

176,583
115,076
65.2
106,694
3,713

75,012
59,351
79.1
54,586
2,696
51,890
4,765
8.0
15,661

76,350
60,270
78.9

84,224
44,582
52.9
40,843

85,581
45,783
53.5
42,405
657
41,748
3,378
7.4
39,798

15,204
9,644
63.4
7,737
561
7,177
1,907
19.8
5,560

14,653
9,024
61.6
7,579
442
7,137
1,445

65,720
52,248
79.5
48,610
2,463

66,662
52,849

72,736
38,022
52.3
35,305
668
34,637

73,671

12,547

38,794
52.7
36,343

8,379

2,717

2,451
6.3
34,877

12,069
7,773
64.4
6,743
405
6,338
1,030

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

10,411
9.2
60,862

102,982
8,382
7.3
61,507

56,710
2,614
54,096
3,560
5.9
16,080

731
40,112
3,739
8.4
39,642

16.0
5,629

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

151,003
98,649
65.3
90,908
3,648
87,260
7,742
7.8
52,353

152,402
99,416
65.2
93,299
3,415
89,884
6,117
6.2
52,986

46,147
3,637
7.0
13,472

79.3
50,213
2,394
47,818
2,636
5.0
13,813

7.1

34,713

615
35,728

66.8
6,992
516
6,476
1,387
16.6
4,168

13.2

4,297

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




18,966
11,997
63.3
9,633
251
9,382
2,364
19.7
6,969

19,386
12,465
64.3
10,456
234
10,222
2,009
16.1

6,920

7,382
5,609
76.0
4,620
172
4,448
989
17.6
1,773

7,620
5,769

75.7
4,976
165
4,811

793
13.7
1,851

9,366
5,347
57.1
4,443
40
4,403
905
16.9
4,019

9,615
5,643
58.7
4,826
34
4,792
817
14.5
3,972

2,218
1,041
46.9
570
39
531
471
45.2

2,151
1,053

1,177

1,098

49.0
655
35
620

398
37.8

13

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-7. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 21 years of age by major activity, sex, and race
(Numbers in thousands)
August 1984
Employment status and
major activity
Both
sexes

Men

22,643
15,174
67.0
12,968
640
12,328
2,206
1,483
723
14.5
7,469

T

White

Total

11,246
7,970
70.9
6,854
503
6,351
1,116
801
315
14.0
3,276

Women

Civilian noninstitutional population .
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Looking for full-time work
Looking for part-time work
Percent of labor force
Not in labor force

Men

18,721
13,001
69.4
11,488
583
10,905
1,513
976
538
11.6
5,720

9,351
6,828
73.0
6,085
459
5,626
743
513
230 |
10.9 I
2,523 |

9,370
6,174 I
65.9 !
5,403
124
5,279
770
462
308
12.5
3,197

424
73
17.2
51
4
47
22
3
19

I Women

1,220
244
20.0
156
5
151
88
21
68
36.1
976

577
120
20.9
78
1
77
42
6
36
35.1
456

21,423
14,930
69.7
12,812
635
12,177
2,118
1,463
655
14.2
6,493

10,669
7,849
73.6
6,776
502
6,274
1,073
795
278
13.7
2,820

Major activity: Other
Civilian noninstitutional population .
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Looking for full-time work
Looking for part-time work
Percent of labor force
Not in labor force
1

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

14



i

Men

Women

3,265
1,829
56.0
1,183
52
1,131
646
474
172
35.3
1,436

1,573
966
61.4
619
40
579
347
266
81
35.9
607

1,692
863
51.0
564
12
552
299
208
91
34.6
829

295
68
23.1
32

123
28
22.8
11

172
40
23.3
20

32
36
14
22

12
17
2
14

20
20
12
8

I

Major activity: Going to school
Civilian noninstitutional population .
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Looking for full-time work
Looking for part-time work
Percent of labor force
Not in labor force

11,398
7,204
63.2
6,114
136
5,977
1,091
682
408
15.1 ;
4,193 j

Both
sexes

Both
sexes

TOTAL

Black

644
124
19.3
78
4
74
46
15
31
37.1
520

846
163
19.2
114
6
108
49
7
41
29.8
683

422
90
21.2
64
2
62
26
4
22
29.2
333

O
351

O

226

94

10,754
7,081
65.8
6,036
132
5,903
1,045
668
377
14.8
3,674

17,875
12,839
71.8
11,374
577
10,796
1,465
969
496
11.4
5,037

8,929
6,738
75.5
6,021
457
5,564
717
509
208
10.6
2,191

8,946
6,100
68.2
5,352
120
5,232
748
460
288
12.3
2,846

2,971
1,761
59.3
1,151
53
1,099
610
460
150
34.6
1,210

1,450
938
64.7
607
41
567
330
264
67
35.2
513

O
132

I
1,521
823
54.1
544
12
532
279
196
83
33.9
697

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

Total

Veteran status
and age
Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Unemployed

Employed

Percent of
labor force

Number
Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

VETERANS
Total, 25 years and over
25 to 39 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years
40 years and over

7,850
5,814
652
2,099
3,063
2,036

7,921
5,448
451
1,675
3,322
2,473

7,353
5,565
618
2,007
2,940
1,788

7,459
5,259
421
1,622
3,216
2,200

6,799
5,118
546
1,813
2,759
1,681

7,042
4,941
380
1,519
3,042
2,101

554
447
72
194
181
107

417
318
41
103
174
99

7.5
8.0
11.7
9.7
6.2
6.0

5.6
6.0
9.7
6.4
5.4
4.5

20,133
8,729
6,854
4,550

21,237
8,990
7,468
4,779

18,984
8,198
6,494
4,292

20,154
8,488
7,145
4,521

17,416
7,421
6,011
3,984

19,024
7,959
6,789
4,276

1,568
777
483
308

1,130
529
356
245

8.3
9.5
7.4
7.2

5.6
6.2
5.0
5.4

NONVETERANS
Total, 25 to 39 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years

NOTE: Male Vietnam-era veterans are those 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 25 to 39 years of age, the group that most closely
corresponds to the bulk of the Vietnam-era veteran population.

15

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-9. Full- and part-time status of the civilian labor force by sex, age, and race
(Numbers in thousands)
August 1984
Part-time labor force

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

Employed

Sex, age, and race
Total

Full-time
schedules1

Part
time for
Number
economic
reasons

Total
Percent of
full-time
labor force

Employed
on
voluntary
part
time1

Unemployed
(looking for
part-time work)

Number

Percent of
part-time
labor force

TOTAL
101,044
5,936
1,846
4,090
95,107
14,734
80,374
68,484
11,890

88,067
3,710
995
2,715
84,357
11,813
72,543
61,676
10,867

6,044
1,408
634
774
4,636
1,261
3,374
2,832
543

6,933
818
217
601
6,115
1,660
4,455
3,975
480

6.9
13.8
11.7
14.7
6.4
11.3
5.5
5.8
4.0

14,033
3,088
1,849
1,239
10,945
1,782
9,163
6,302
2,861

12,584
2,461
1,413
1,048
10,123
1,575
8,548
5,847
2,701

1,449
627
436
191
822
208
615
455
160

10.3
20.3
23.6
15.4
7.5
11.6
6.7
7.2
5.6

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

60,934
3,292
57,642
8,285
49,356
41,728
7,629

54,259
2,135
52,125
6,709
45,415
38,356
7,059

2,895
719
2,176
664
1,512
1,245
267

3,779
438
3,341
912
2,430
2,126
304

6.2
13.3
5.8
11.0
4.9
5.1
4.0

4,012
1,384
2,628
617
2,011
844
1,166

3,519
1,109
2,410
540
1,868
776
1,092

493
275
218
77
141
67
74

12.3
19.9
8.3
12.5
7.0
7.9
6.3

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

40,110
2,644
37,466
6,449
31,017
26,756
4,261

33,807
1,575
32,232
5,104
27,128
23,320
3,808

3,149
688
2,460
597
1,863
1,587
276

3,154
380
2,773
748
2,026
1,850
177

7.9
14.4
7.4
11.6
6.5
6.9
4.2

10,021
1,704
8,317
1,165
7,153
5,458
1,695

9,065
1,352
7,713
1,034
6,679
5,070
1,609

956
351
604
131
473
387
86

9.5
20.6
7.3
11.2
6.6
7.1
5.1

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

White

I

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

53,382
2,838
50,545
7,085
43,460
36,524
6,937

48,276
1,930
46,346
6,004
40,342
33,900
6,443

2,325
603
1,723
498
1,224
999
225

2,781
305
2,476
582
1,894
1,625
269

5.2
10.8
4.9
8.2
4.4
4.4
3.9

3,492
1,187
2,304
526
1,779
703
1,076

3,128
984
2,144
471
1,674
658
1,016

364
203
160
56
105
45
60

10.4
17.1
7.0
10.6
5.9
6.4
5.6

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

33,527
2,286
31,240
5,437
25,803
22,109
3,694

28,740
1,415
27,325
4,468
22,857
19,518
3,340

2,572
609
1,963
480
1,483
1,272
211

2,215
263
1,952
489
1,463
1,319
144

6.6
11.5
6.2
9.0
5.7
6.0
3.9

9,015
1,461
7,554
1,021
6,533
5,019
1,513

8,257
1,203
7,054
910
6,145
4,707
1,438

757
258
499
111
388
313
75

8.4
17.7
6.6
10.9
5.9
6.2
5.0

Black
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

5,909 i
382 j
5,526 |
1,024
4,503
3,975
528

4,559
162
4,397
581
3,817
3,349
468

476
92
384
147
238
206
32

873
128
745
296
449
421
28

14.8
33.5
13.5
29.0
10.0
10.6
5.3

405
162
243
64
179
106
73

288
93
195
48
147
88
59

117
69
48
16
32
18
14

29.0
42.6
19.9
(2)
17.9
17.0

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

5,337
310
5,028
853
4,175
3,715
460

4,019
136
3,883
523
3,360
2,979
381

484
60
424
99
326
271
55

833
113
720
231
477
466
11

15.6
36.6
14.3
27.1
11.4
12.5
2.4

814
199
615
113
503
337
166

630
112
518
97
421
266
155

185
87
97
16
82
71
11

22.7
43.9
15.8
14.0
16.3
21.1
6.6

!

1
Employed persons with a job but not at work are distributed
proportionately among the full- and part-time employed categories.

16



2

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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-10.

Employment status of persons in families by family relationship

(Numbers in thousands)
August 1984
Not in labor force

Civilian labor force
Unemployed

Family relationship
Total

Percent
of
population

Employed

Total, 16 years and over1

114,308

65.0

105,974

8,334

7.3

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

39,503
22,457
1,481
15,566

79.2
92.1
91.5
65.2

37,955
21,670
1,299
14,986

1,548
786
182
580

3.9
3.5
12.3
3.7

10,377
1,934
137
8,307

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

26,008
22,969
968
2,071

52.1
60.5
62.6
20.0

24,390
21,670
786
1,934

1,618
1,299
182
137

6.2
5.7
18.8
6.6

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

14,995
6,118
5,794
3,082

68.5
62.1
80.9
63.1

13,175
5,349
5,118
2,708

1,820
769
676
375

12.1
12.6
11.7
12.2

6,909
3,740
1,368
1,801

Women who maintain families

6,032

61.4

5,400

632

10.5

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

5,636
1,612
1,783
2,241

63.6
56.4
77.8
60.3

4,530
1,171
1,422
1,937

1,106
442
361
303

Men who maintain families

1,675

74.4

1,554

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

1,610
335
515
760

63.2
60.5
80.3
56.1

1,393
262
460
671

1
Excludes persons living alone or with nonrelatives, persons in
married-couple families where the husband or wife is in the Armed Forces,
persons in unrelated subfamilies, and those whose family status is
unknown.
NOTE: Because of new estimation techniques introduced in January




Percent
of
Number
labor
force

Total

Keeping
house

Going Unable
Other
to
to
reasons
school work

1,773

2,838

25,548

187
58
1
129

84
42
3
38

912
318
37
557

9,194
1,516
95
7,583

23,872 20,308
14,986 13,439
580
529
8,307 6,340

145
123
8
15

347
77
9
261

3,072
1,348
34
1,691

983
248
164
571

822
399
386
39

321
21
41
259

4,783
3,070
777
936

3,792

2,798

72

167

755

19.6
27.4
20.3
13.5

3,231
1,244
509
1,478

880
155
122
603

275
141
96
38

243
5
7
231

1,833
942
284
607

121

7.2

578

45

13

39

480

217
72
55
90

13.5
21.6
10.7
11.8

939
218
127
594

325
14
45
266

70
25
34
11

77

466
179
45
242

61,443 31,283

2
75

1984, these data are not comparable with those for earlier years.
Moreover, estimates for husbands, wives, and women 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.

17

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

Men

Marital status, race, and age

Unemployment
rates

Thousands of
persons
Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

|

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

5,790
2,366
679
2,745

4,273
1,674
464

|
'
|

2,135

j

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

4,370
1,937

!

509
1,925

3,145
1,389
347
1,408

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

1,247
344
151
752

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

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

9.0
5.8

6.6
4.1
7.9

Unemployment
rates

Thousands of
persons
Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

4,621
1,962
878
1,781

4,110
1,734
848
1,528

11.9
15.5

11.9

7.7
5.2
10.8
12.9

5.5
3.8
7.1
9.4

3,371
1,650
611

2,972
1,422
575

1,111

975

991
220
105
666

20.2
11.5
17.6
32.4

15.7
7.3
12.5
27.3

1,117
259
239
619

1,018
251
252
514

3,479
2,094
640
744

2,571
1,504
435
632

6.9
5.4

2,733
1,565
762
406

2,499

11.8
11.8

5.0
3.9
7.7
9.1

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

2,710
1,695
478
538

1,998

6.1

1,262
326
410

4.9
10.7
10.3

4.4
3.6
6.9
7.2

2,035
1,320
520
195

1,851
1,144
496
209

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

653
321
143
190

481
188
97

14.3
11.3
17.3
21.3

10.3
6.6
12.0
19.3

610
193
219
198

570
194
224
153

18



196

1,389
735
375

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

Total

Total
Aug.
1983
.

Total, 16 years and over.

Unemployment rates

' Aug.
' 1984

Aug.
1983

Men
Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Women
Aug.
1984

i

1

10,411 , 8,382

9.2

r

2.6 '
3.7 |

2.9
2.4
3.4

2.5 I
2.2 |
2.7 j

9.4 i
|
4.2
!
3.8
4.5 =

5.0
2.6
5.2
5.2

5.3
6.0
4.3
6.9

3.3 !
1.6 |
3.5 j
3.9 i

6.9
4.4
8.9
6.3

9.6

9.1 i

7.3 I

9.0

6.6 ,

i

Managerial and professional specialty
Executive, administrative, and managerial .
Professional specialty

819 !
319 !
500 i

792 i
312 j
480

3.4
2.9
3.9

3.1

•
•

i

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

2,169
171
859
1,140

'
!
!
|

1,716 i
83 |
704 |
929 :

6.4
5.2
6.6
6.4

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

1,660
91
111
1,458

|
|
,
i

1,457 l
1,235 i

10.3
8.2
5.7
11.1

9.3
8.5 '
6.9 i
9.7 !

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

1,305
330
554
421

!
!
|
|

870 !
188 !
453 !
228 |

9.3
7.2 .
10.7 !
9.6 ;

6.0 i
4.0 i

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 .

2,650 j

Farming, forestry, and fishing
No previous work experience .
16 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
1

1,313 '
468 !
868 I

181 '
687
408 '.
1,325 i
975 I
228
121

92 I

130

2,025
907
404
714
157
557
260

:

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

!
|
|
'

8.2
4.1
3.2
4.7
5.8
3.5
6.9
5.6

i

8.3 j
5.2

13.8
14.2 !
10.0 '
16.5 j
21.2
15.6

10.5
10.1
8.3
13.4
17.7
12.6

8.3

5.8

i

O
5.3
11.2
9.1
7.3
10.7
8.9

6.3 '
10.0 |
5.8
3.9
8.2
4.5

I
|
,
|

10.7 i 9.4
8.4 , 8.0
8.4
10.3
11.1 . 9.5
11.1 ;
5.1
10.4 !
12.1 !

8.2
8.1
11.9
7.8

I
13.5
13.6
10.1
16.7
20.6
15.7
7.8

9.7 |
8.7 |
7.4 |
13.4
16.7
12.6
5.5

14.9
15.2
9.0
15.7

j
|
i
|
I

12.8
12.1
18.2
13.8

0
12.6

14.9
10.7 |

7.7

i
1,218
786
283
148

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




19

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

Total
Aug.
1983

Total, 16 years and over
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Funiture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies
Transportation equipment
Automobiles
Other transportation equipment
Professional and photographic equipment
Other durable goods industries
Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products
Other nondurable goods industries
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
Agricultural wage and salary workers
Government, self-employed, and unpaid famiy workers
No previous work experience

20



Unemployment rates
Men

Total
Aug.
1984

Women

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

10,411

8,382

9.2

7.3

9.0

6.6

9.4

8.2

7,684

5,997

9.2

7.0

9.2

6.6

9.1

7.5

152
792

107
642

13.8
14.0

9.5
10.9

15.4
14.1

10.5
10.7

6.1
12.5

5.4
13.4

2,326
1,450
80
57
63

1,571

10.6
11.3

10.0
11.1
11.0
11.0

11.9
10.2

9.0
7.5
17.9
13.6
11.1
6.3
6.5
5.3
6.8
6.4

12.4
8.6
5.4

10.4
2.6
4.9

11.6
6.0
5.8
6.5
1.1
8.8

9.7
11.9
17.6
11.8
11.5
6.6
7.6
7.9
14.5
18.5

12.1
10.4
13.5
10.0

160
35
72
38
76
54

6.1
6.3
5.7
6.7
8.1
9.7
10.5
5.0
4.4
6.1
8.3
3.7
2.4
5.8
5.6
5.9
10.1
7.0
4.2
3.1
3.3
8.6
8.5

11.9
11.9
15.6
10.8
12.9
21.1
17.9

10.8
9.7
13.1
9.4
11.5
6.2
6.6
7.0
9.9
12.7

7.0
6.6
7.5
8.7
8.9
9.2
9.7
5.0
5.5
6.1
8.7
3.4
3.3
8.5
7.6
8.3
10.1
11.9
5.4
4.2
3.1
9.8
11.9

374
283
91
1,597
181
1,416
239
1,466
622
844

7.6
8.5
4.0
9.3
7.0
9.8
4.3
7.9
6.0
10.4

6.1
6.7
3.5
7.3
4.4
7.9
3.7
6.7
5.1
8.8

8.3
9.2
3.9
8.1
6.8
8.6
3.7
7.8
5.4
9.7

6.3
7.0
3.0
5.9
4.0
6.5
3.4
6.6
4.2
8.4

5.4
5.9
4.0
10.6
7.5
11.0
4.7
8.0
6.3
11.0

5.7
5.7
4.3
8.8
5.6
9.1
4.0
6.8
5.5
9.2

198
969

12.1
4.3

10.1
3.7

11.4
4.0

9.2
3.0

14.7
4.7

13.6
4.7

155
218
333
210
242
123
119
35
56
876

261
76
150
46
110
84
11
73
432
332
101

2,018
309
1,709
270
1,693
722
971
275
1,128
1,325

891
56
54

59
93
132
145
133
153
111
42
23
42
680
164
80

1,218

11.6
11.0
10.6
16.3
15.6
12.4
9.0

9.9
10.6
9.3
4.8

9.8

15.6
14.9
12.6
6.8
9.9
10.3
9.5
4.4
11.9
8.0

10.9
7.2

11.7

13.1

8.9
5.9
2.8
12.2

17.4

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-14. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and race
(Numbers in thousands)
Total
unemployed
Reason for unemployment
Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Both sexes,
16 to 19
years

Women,
20 years
and over

Men,
20 years
and over
Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Black

White

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed
Job losers
On layoff
Other job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants

10,411
5,793
1,492
4,301
863
2,431
1,323

8,382
3,986
1,047
2,939
901
2,283
1,211

4,765
3,584
926
2,658
345
700
137

3,560
2,390
606
1,784
305
696
169

3,739
1,839
491
1,348
396
1,291
213

3,378
1,365
402
963
472
1,280
260

1,907
370
75
295
123
441
974

1,445
231
40
191
123
307
783

7,742
4,417
1,242
3,175
733
1,709
882

6,117
2,996
866
2,130
738
1,622
762

2,364
1,322
227
1,095
16
629
397

2,009
992
151
841
13
594
409

100.0
55.6
14.3
41.3
8.3
23.4
12.7

100.0
47.6
12.5
35.1
10.7
27.2
14.5

100.0
75.2
19.4
55.8
7.2
14.7
2.9

100.0
67.1
17.0
50.1
8.6
19.6
4.7

100.0
49.1
13.1
36.0
10.6
34.5
5.7

100.0
40.4
11.9
28.5
14.0
37.9
7.7

100.0
19.4
3.9
15.5
6.4
2a. 1
51.1

100.0
16.0
2.7
13.3
8.5
21.3
54.2

100.0
57.0
16.0
41.0
9.5
22.1
11.4

100.0
49.0
14.2
34.8
12.1
26.5
12.5

100.0
55.9
9.6
46.3
.7
26.6
16.8

100.0
49.4
7.5
41.9
.7
29.6
20.4

5.1
.8
2.1
1.2

3.5
.8
2.0
11
.

61
.
.6
1.2
.2

4.0
.5
1.2
.3

4.1
.9
2.9
.5

3.0
1.0
2.8
.6

3.9
1.3
4.6
10.1

2.5
1.4
3.4
8.7

4.5
.7
1.7

3.0
.7
1.6
.8

11.0
.1
5.2
3.3

8.0
.1
4.8
3.3

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




21

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-15. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment
(Percent distribution)
August 1984
Duration of unemployment

Total unemployed
Reason, sex, and age

15 weeks and over
Thousands
of persons

Total, 16 years and over .

Less than
5 weeks

5 to 14
weeks

15 to 26
weeks

Total

27 weeks
and over

8,382

17.7

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

35.7
53.0
29.5
48.7
48.7
40.9

26.9
24.2
27.8
30.4
32.2
42.9

37.5
22.8
42.7
20.9
19.1
16.3

12.9
9.7
14.0
10.0
7.3
5.1

24.6
13.1
28.7
10.9
11.8
11.2

100.0

35.4

28.1

36.5

11.5

24.9

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

33.5
53.6
26.6
46.7
39.7
25.6

24.4
23.2
24.8
32.7
35.5
41.9

42.1
23.2
48.5
20.6
24.9
32.5

13.2
9.9
14.4
6.7
9.3
5.4

28.9
13.4
34.2
14.0
15.6
27.2

100.0

45.6

29.1

25.3

10.4

14.9

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

35.9
49.9
30.1
48.5
55.1
44.2

30.4
25.7
32.4
30.4
26.5
32.6

33.7
24.4
37.5
21.0
18.3
23.2

13.7
10.6
15.0
12.0
7.0
6.2

19.9
13.8
22.5
9.0
11.4
17.0

1,445

100.0

46.0

42.6

11.4

5.1

6.3

231
40
191
123
307
783

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years .

9.9

1,365
402
963
472
1,280
260

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

27.6

3,378

Women, 20 years and over.

31.0

2,390
606
1,784
305
696
169

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

41.4

3,560

Men, 20 years and over ....

100.0

3,986
1,047
2,939
901
2,283
1,211

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

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

Percent

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

57.0

31.0

12.0

0

0

32.4
24.5
48.5
46.5

14.6
21.1
9.5
10.4

0

53.0
54.4
42.0
43.1

'
I

4.6

0

5.8
10.7
4.5
4.6

7.4

0
8.9
10.5
5.0
5.8

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

A-16.

Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
Total
Thousands of persons

Duration of unemployment

Full-time workers
Percent distribution

Thousands of persons

Percent distribution

Aug.
1983

Average (mean) duration, in weeks
Median duration, in weeks

22



!

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

8,382

100.0

100.0

8,884

6,933

100.0

100.0

3,521
3,265
2,371
894
3,626
1,133
2,493
1,098
1,394

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

Aug.
1983

10,411

Total, 16 years and over

Aug.
1984

3,466
2,599
1,845
754
2,317
834
1,483
549
934

33.8
31.4
22.8
8.6
34.8
10.9
23.9
10.5
13.4

41.4
31.0
22.0
9.0
27.6
9.9
17.7
6.5
11.1

2,737
2,708
1,971
737
3,439
1,056
2,383
1,045
1,338

2,646
2,119
1,505
614
2,168
769
1,400
524
876

30.8
30.5
22.2
8.3
38.7
11.9
26.8
11.8
15.1

38.2
30.6
21.7
8.9
31.3
11.1
20.2
7.6
12.6

19.5
9.2

16.9
7.2

21.3
10.2

18.6
8.2

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-17.

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

i

Thousands of persons

Sex, age, race, and
marital status

Total

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

27
weeks
and
over

Percent of unemployed
in group

Weeks

Median
duration

August 1984

Unemployed
less than
5 weeks

Unemployed
15 weeks
and over

Aug.
1983

Average
(mean)
duration

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

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

8,382
1,445
1,867
2,268
1,383
779
541
99

3,466
665
796
952
535
292
185
41

2,599
615
630
615
375
196
139
29

834
74
177
243
160
96
78
6

1,483
91
265
458
313
195
139
22

16.9
90
.
14.5
18.3
20.1
22.7
23.2
20.1

7.2
5.8
6.6
7.3
8.5
9.7
10.2
7.0

33.8
40.0
37.0
33.4
28.6
26.1
29.4
40.3

41.4
46.0
42.6
42.0
38.7
37.5
34.3
41.2

34.8
13.4
30.0
39.6
45.2
47.7
50.6
27.4

27.6
11.4
23.6
30.9
34.2
37.4
40.1
29.2

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

4,273
713
989
1,135
703
356
326
52

1,568
306
379
407
231
118
104
23

1,313
312
340
298
185
87
74
15

452
42
102
124
82
48
52
3

940
53
168
305
205
103
95
11

20.0
96
.
16.7
22.8
24.5
26.3
25.7

8.5
6.3
7.6
9.2
10.1
11.4
12.1

29.0
39.0
30.2
28.0
23.5
21.1
22.6

36.7
43.0
38.3
35.9
32.8
33.1
31.9

32.6
13.2
27.3
37.8
40.8
42.5
45.3

0

0

0

0

41.4
14.8
36.2
49.8
51.8
54.6
56.0

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

4,110
732
878
1,134
680
424
216
47

1,899
359
417
545
304
175
82
17

1,286
303
290
317
189
109
64
14

382
32
75
119
78
48
26
4

543
38
96
153
108
92
44
1
1

13.7
83
.
12.1
13.8
15.5
19.7
19.5

39.9
41.2
45.7
40.2
34.6
32.0
40.2

46.2
49.0
47.5
48.1
44.8
41.2
37.8

26.6
11.7
22.0
26.6
37.2
39.8
42.2

22.5
9.6
19.5
24.0
27.4
33.1
32.3

O

0

0

White, 16 years and over
Men
Women

6,117
3,145
2,972

2,629
1,190
1,439

1,851
943
908

632
360
272

1,004
651
353

16.2
19.5
12.7

6.8
8.3
5.4

34.7
29.9
40.8

43.0
37.8
48.4

34.1
40.5
25.9

26.7
32.2
21.0

Black, 16 years and over
Men
Women

2,009
991
1,018

716
315
401

664
325
339

179
79
100

449
272
178

19.5
22.3
16.8

7.7
8.6
6.8

30.6
24.5
37.4

35.7
31.8
39.4

38.0
46.4
28.8

31.3
35.4
27.3

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

1,674
464
2,135

587
176
805

429
137
746

183
53
215

474
97
369

23.8
20.3
16.9

9.4
8.9
8.0

26.5
25.1
32.1

35.1
38.0
37.7

50.9
51.7
30.7

39.3
32.4
27.4

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

1,734
848
1,528

828
377
694

500
231
555

193
80
109

214
159
170

13.3
17.8
11.9

5.7
6.8
6.0

43.6
31.5
39.9

47.7
44.5
45.4

26.9
38.0
20.5

23.4
28.2
18.3

1

0

6.0
5.2
5.5
5.5
7.1
8.1
8.5

0

0

0

0

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




23

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

Weeks

Occupation and industry

Median
duration

Unemployed Unemployed
15 weeks
less than
and over
5 weeks
I Aug. | Aug. Aug. I Aug.
I 1983 1984 1983 | 1984
1
i

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

I
44.2 | 32.9 26.1
43.3 30.1 j 27.3
42.8 47.7 | 33.7
37.5 ! 45.9 I 34.5
49.2 : 51.0 I 16.9 25.6

36.4
37.7
29.8
29.2

INDUSTRY1

I
51.3
30.4
27.8
26.6
29.9
31.7
36.2
37.7
27.7

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

Includes wage and salary workers only.

24



7.1

56.4
44.7
35.6
33.3
| 38.6
I 34.8
! 44.3
. 41.1
' 44.6

11.7
43.2
48.5
| 52.7
i 41.4
1

44.5

| 32.1
31.0
37.2

22.0
32.1
38.1
40.5
35.0
35.5
24.9
27.3
15.9

I
I 34.2 | 41.0 | 15.4 ' 16.2

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-19.

Unemployed jobseekers by sex, age, race, and jobsearch methods used
August 1984

r

Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers

Thousands of persons |
Sex, age, and race
Total
unemployed

Total
jobseekers

Public
employment
agency

Private
employment
agency

Employer
directly

Placed
or
answered
ads

Friends
or
relatives

Other

Average
number of
methods
used

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

8,382
1,445
1,867
2,268
1,383
779
541
99

7,118
1,374
1,634
1,873
1,134
620
400
83

24.2
13.9
26.3
27.8
30.2
23.7
20.5
10.8

6.7
2.1
8.6
7.3
8.6
6.6
8.7

76.1
83.5
75.2
76.4
72.2
77.6
67.0
55.4

36.7
26.3
39.8
39.0
40.9
38.4
34.0
39.8

18.1
16.7
16.7
19.1
20.2
17.9
17.7
20.5

4.3
2.3
2.8
4.8
5.1
4.8
9.7
12.0

1.66
1.45
1.69
1.74
1.77
1.69
1.58
1.39

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

4,273
713
989
1,135
703
356
326
52

3,553
664
859
914
549
288
238
41

27.1
17.6
27.4
32.9
34.4
24.3
19.3

7.4
2.3
9.7
8.0
9.1
6.3
9.2

76.4
80.9
76.7
77.4
71.9
78.8
70.6

35.9
27.0
37.6
40.6
39.5
33.0
30.3

21.1
17.2
22.2
22.2
22.0
22.6
18.5

5.0
1.5
2.8
6.2
6.6
5.2
13.0

1.73
1.46
1.76
1.87
1.84
1.70
1.61

0

O

O

0

O

O

3.5
3.1
2.8
3.3
3.8
4.5
4.9

6.1
1.8
7.5
6.5
8.2
6.9
8.0

37.5
25.9
42.3
37.5
42.1
42.8
40.1

O

0

75.8
85.9
73.3
75.6
72.5
76.5
61.1

15.1
16.3
10.6
16.2
18.5
13.9
16.7

0

0

1.59
1.44
1.62
1.62
1.71
1.68
.53
)

23.1
26.6
19.5

7.0
7.9
6.2

76.6
77.6
75.5

38.1
37.3
38.9

17.3
20.2
14.4

4.8
5.7
3.9

.67
.75
.58

27.3
28.5
26.3

5.4
5.6
5.2

75.5
73.9
77.2

19.0
22.7
15.6

33.1
31.1
34.9

2.9
3.1
2.7

1.63
1.65
1.62

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

4,110
732
878
1,134
680
424
216
47

3,565
710
775
959
585
332
162
41

21.3
10.4
25.0
22.8
26.2
23.2
22.2

White, 16 years and over...
Men
Women

6,117
3,145
2,972

5,050
2,547
2,503

Black, 16 years and over ..
.
Men
Women

2,009
991
1,018

1,851
895
956

1

Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
NOTE: The jobseekers total is less than the total unemployed
because persons on layoff or waiting to begin a new job within 30 days

A-20.

0

0

0

are not actually seeking jobs. It should also be noted that the percent
using each method will always total more than 100 because many
jobseekers use more than one method.

Unemployed jobseekers by sex, reason for unemployment, and jobsearch methods used
August 1984
Thousands of persons
Sex and reason

Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers
Public
employment
agency

Private
employment
agency

7,118
2,928
878
2,136
1,176

24.2
32.2
19.5
19.0
17.0

4,273
2,539
362
844
528

3,553
1,906
352

4,110
1,447
539
1,439
684

3,565
1,022

Total
unemployed

Total
jobseekers

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

8,382
3,986
901
2,283
1,211

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

790
504

526
1,345
672

Employer
directly

Friends
or
relatives

Other

6.7
8.6
7.7
4.7
4.8

76.1
77.3
74.9
72.5
80.8

36.7
39.1
41.7
35.7
28.9

18.1
20.5
17.4
14.9
18.4

4.3
4.4
5.0
4.4
3.1

1.66
1.82
1.66
1.51
1.53

27.1
33.1
22.2
19.2
20.0

7.4
8.2
9.4
4.8
6.7

76.4
77.2
79.3
72.5
77.8

35.9
37.2
41.8
34.4
29.4

21.1
22.0
19.3
19.2
21.6

5.0
5.2
4.5
5.9
3.0

1.73
1.83
1.76
1.56
1.59

21.3
30.7
17.5
18.7
14.9

6.1
9.4
6.7
4.7
3.4

75.8
77.5
72.1
72.6
83.0

37.5
42.7
41.6
36.4
28.6

15.1
17.8
16.2
12.3
15.9

3.5
2.7
5.3
3.5
3.3

1.59
1.81
1.59
1.48
1.49

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




Average
number of
methods
used

Placed
or
answered
ads

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.

25

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

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
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
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

26



Women

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

103,167
7,737
3,059
4,679
14,461
66,815
28,903
21,996
15,915
11,260
6,808
4,452
2,894

106,694
7,579
3,043
4,537
14,649
70,355
30,648
23,461
16,248
11,341
6,873
4,468
2,770

58,645
4,059

60,673
3,963
1,596
2,366

44,522
3,679

46,021
3,616
1,446

3,988
561
290
270
549
2,059
904
590
565
535
300
235
284

3,713
442
237
205
467
1,965
828
609
527
547
290
257
293

3,155
459
244
215
449

99,179
7,177
2,768
4,408
13,911
64,755
27,999
21,406
15,350
10,726
6,509
4,217
2,610

102,982
7,137
2,806
4,331
14,182
68,391
29,819
22,851
15,720
10,794
6,583
4,211
2,477

55,490
3,600
1,398
2,202
7,316
36,765
15,725
12,199
8,841
6,277
3,859

1,642
2,417
7,764
38,335
16,456
12,632
9,248
6,702
4,098
2,605
1,784

1,571
731
434
406
425
238
187
251

2,417

1,533

7,914

40,379
17,539

1,417
2,262
6,696

2,170
6,735

28,479
12,448

29,977
13,109

13,364
9,475
6,732
4,098
2,634
1,686

9,364

10,097
6,772

4,558
2,711
1,847
1,110

4,608
2,774

2,962
348
180
168
368
1,531
690
451
389
459
236
222
256

833
102
46
56
101
489
173
156
159
109
61
48
33

750
93
56
37
98
434

57,711
3,614
1,416
2,198
7,545

43,689
3,577
1,371
2,206
6,595
27,990
12,274
9,207
6,509
4,449
2,650
1,799
1,077

45,271
3,523
1,390
2,133
6,637
29,543
12,971
9,939
6,634
4,520
2,721
1,800
1,048

38,848
16,849

12,913
9,087
6,274
3,862
2,412
1,429

1,834
1,084

138

158
138
88
54
34
37

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-22. Employed civilians by occupation, sex, and age
(In thousands)

Men

Total

Occupation

16 years
and over
Aug.
1983

Total

Aug.
1984

16 years
and over
Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Women
20 years
and over

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

103,167 106,694 58,645 60,673 54,586 56,7101
I
23,044 24,460 13,690 14,458 13,602 14,3621
10,814 11,789 7,287 7,759 7,243 7,703!
313
313
287
514
476
289
5,610
7,391
8,036| 5,207 5,660 5,168
2,909 3,277 1,767 1,810 1,762 1,806
12,230 12,671 6,402 6,700 6,359 6,659
1,591
1,667
1,4921 1,546 1,493 1,545
323
508
332
500
332
325!
309
398
268
269
341
3111
718
830
637
637
715
718
257
267!
268
2,023
1,926
259
323
319
522
320
480
325
791
7401
732
2,697 2,852
795
583
721
549
546
648
584
3,235 3,245 1,796 1,836 1,762 1,808

20 years
and over

16 years
and over
Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

10,001
4,030
187
2,377
1,467
5,971
121
183J
87
112
1,667
197
2,057
137
1,409

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

31,840 32,924 11,305 11,618 10,730 10,990 20,535
3,175
1,613 1,593 1,567 1,561 1,478
3,091
174
187
177
1,118 1,136
931
181
1,008
787
987
779
794
759
200
1,030
3471
607
639
6281
987
622
12,140 12,891 6,305 6,640 6,003 6,251 5,8351
2,160
814
2,230
3,002 3,243 2,188 2,251
749
1,919 2,055 1,171 1,304 1,169 1,292
237
1,451 1,473 1,214 1,216 1,209 1,215
6,076 1,707 1,854 1,438 1,499 4,008
5,716
44
27
14
52
15
26
25
3,179 13,222
16,608 16,858 3,386 3,385 3,160
376
310
320
642
323
310
699
399
258
712
628
229
270
219
91 4,770
93
97
81
4,863 4,866
254 2,216
252
261
245
2,468 2,511
516
231
537
554
512
834
768
1,952
1,893 1,784 1,750 5,229
7,292
7,182

21,306
1,582
960
215
408
6,252
992
750
257
4,222
30
13,472
332
442
4,769
2,250
2801
5,4001

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

14,510 14,291
1,000
1,015
1,757
1,827
11,667 11,535
5,042 5,072
1,795
1,788
2,807
2,967
1,861
1,870

192
1,789
420

5,673
34
1,495
4,145
1,903
157
1,703
381

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

12,794 13,641 11,753
4,477 4,094
4,230
5,023 4,527
4,602
3,963 4,141
3,132

12,488
4,321
4,926
3,241

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

16,498 17,193 12,240
4,661
7,905 8,105
6,632 6,824 3,813
3,493 3,728 2,393
1,420
3,096
3,139
848
1,281
1,273
3,908
4,198 4,480
3,187
2,701
2,946
1,293
1,2071
1,252
4,608
3,671!
4,396
732
6541
674
3,8751 3,018]
3,721

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




4,481
1,528
2,952

I

4,185
1,576
2,609

5,932
40
1,561
4,331
1,930

9,233
3,495
200
2,162
1,134|
5,738
99
167
70
76
1,747
159
1,921
98
1,400

9,878
3,976
187
2,339
1,449
5,902
120
183
87
113
1,662
195
2,034
137
1,371

18,882 19,508
1,461 1,559
955
926
203
191
401
345
4,907 5,254
966
795
717
726
254
225
3,136 3,292
26
25
12,513 12,694
331
373
417
370
4,538 4,487
2,157 2,186
259
222
4,854 5,014

4,695
17
1,443
3,235
1,253
142
1,511
329

8,577
975
267
7,336
3,112
1,596
1,178
1,450

8,618
966
262
7,390
3,168
1,638
1,104
1,481

7,085
687
202
6,196
2,364
1,459
1,044
1,329

7,356
737
205
6,415
2,472
1,542
1,025
1,376

11,396 12,047
3,979 4,188
4,353 4,699
3,063 3,160

1,041
136
75
831

1,153
156
98
900

1,005
131
61
812

1,110
146
94
870

4,294
3,264
2,803
1,110
1,692
461
311
250
61!
718
17
702

4,003
3,123
2,734
1,077
1,657
389
276
232
43
605
15
590

3,996
3,104
2,676
1,061
1,614
429
299
237
61
593
14
580

649
186
463

634
186
448

557
183
374

4,785
23
1,503
3,259
1,237
173
1,531

317

11,042 11,627 4,258
4,425 4,589 3,243
3,642 3,851
2,819
2,284 2,509 1,100
1,359 1,342 1,718
737
783
425
3,784 4,032
290
2,605 2,826
245
1,178 1,206.
45
2,833 3,0061
724)
609
546
20
2,2871 2,398
705
I
;
3,725! 3,537' 3,0321 2,990
7561
1,343 1,390 1,3251 1,368
185i
2,3821 2,147
5701
1,708' 1,622
12,899
4,840
4,021
2,618
1,403
819
4,169
2,937
1,232i
3,8901
716j
3,1741

Aug.
1984

44,522 46,021 40,843 42,405
9,355
3,527
201
2,184
1,143
5,827
99
167
73
781
1,756
160
1,957
98
1,439

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

Aug.
1983

I

27

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

Women

Men

August
1983

August
1984

August
1983

August
1984

August
1983

August
1984

103,167
100.0

106,694
100.0

58,645
100.0

60,673
100.0

44,522
100.0

46,021
100.0

22.3
10.5

22.9
11.0

23.3
12.4
10.9
19.3
2.8

23.8
12.8
11.0
19.1
2.6
10.9
5.6

21.0
7.9
13.1

21.7
8.8
13.0
46.3
3.4

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

11.9

11.9

30.9
3.0
11.8
16.1
14.1
1.0

30.9
3.0
12.1
15.8
13.4
.9
1.6
10.8
12.8
16.1
7.6
4.2
4.3

8.0
6.9
6.4
5.8

46.1
3.3
13.1
29.7
19.3
2.2
.6
16.5
2.3
9.6
7.3
.7
1.6
1.7

3.9

10.8
5.8
10.1
.1
2.7
7.4
20.0
20.9
7.9
6.7
6.3
6.4

90,908
100.0

93,299
100.0

52,271
100.0

53,729
100.0

38,637
100.0

39,570
100.0

23.2
11.1

23.8
11.7

24.4
13.1

12.1
31.5
3.0
12.4

12.2
31.5
3.0
12.7
15.8

11.3
19.7
2.7
11.4
5.5
9.1
.1
2.6
6.4
20.5

21.7
8.4
13.3
47.5
3.2
13.8
30.4
17.9
1.8
.6

22.4
9.2
13.2
47.7
3.4

12.1
.7
1.6

24.9
13.5
11.4
19.6
2.7
11.6
5.3
8.3
.1
2.3
5.9
21.1
20.2
7.7
6.6
6.0

1.8

11.3
12.4
16.0
7.7
4.1
4.3
4.3

9.4

.1
2.5
6.8

20.6
21.3

13.6
29.3
18.7
2.1
.6
16.1
2.5
9.3
7.1
.7
1.6
1.4

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

16.1
12.8
.8
1.7

5.9

15.5
2.3
8.9
6.7
.6
1.6
1.8

14.3
30.0
17.1
1.7
.6
14.9
2.5
8.8
6.6
.6
1.5
1.5

4,917
100.0

5,323
100.0

4,716
100.0

5,133
100.0

11.3
5.4

12.0
6.2
5.8
13.9
1.8
4.1
8.0

16.0
4.8
11.2
37.3
3.5

18.2

30.1
5.8
.6
23.7
13.6
10.7
.9
2.0

15.7
5.4
10.3
37.6
3.8
8.4
25.4
30.4
5.4
.8
24.3
2.6
12.7
9.9
1.0
1.9

1.1

.9

10.3
12.8

9.7
13.2

15.2
7.2
4.0
4.0
4.4

15.4
7.2
4.0

4.1
4.0

19.9
7.6
6.5
5.8
6.4

9,633
100.0

10,456
100.0

13.6
5.1
8.5

13.8
5.8
8.0
25.6
2.8
6.2

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

28



25.8
2.8
6.1
16.9
24.8
2.9
2.3

19.6
9.1
23.2
11.0
5.5
6.7
3.6

16.6
24.2
2.7
2.3
19.2
9.9
23.1
10.5
6.1
6.6
3.4

5.9

14.6
2.1
4.2
8.3
19.8
.2
3.9

15.6
15.9
32.4
11.3
9.9
11.1
6.0

.1
3.9
14.3
16.9
33.1
11.1
11.0
11.1
5.8

8.1
25.8

1.9

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-24. Employed civilians by age, sex, and class of worker
(In thousands)
August 1984
Agriculture

Nonagricultural industries
Age and sex

Wage and salary workers

Total

Private
household Government
workers

Other

Selfemployed
workers

Unpaid
family
workers

SelfWage and
employed
salary
workers
workers

Unpaid
family
workers

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

94,773
7,041
2,761
4,280
13,803
27,787
20,634
14,093
9,526
5,835
3,690
1,890

1,274
326
227
100
116
180
178
179
194
100
93
101

15,119
476
198
278
1,172
4,277
4,054
2,860
1,955
1,242
713
326

78,380
6,238
2,336
3,903
12,515
23,330
16,402
11,054
7,377
4,493
2,884
1,463

7,892
69
28
41
349
1,978
2,141
1,559
1,232
732
499
564

317
27
17
10
31
55
77
69
37
15
21
23

1,759
323
172
151
318
486
294
164
129
75
54
46

1,692
56
28
28
117
316
259
327
386
197
190
231

262
63
37
26
31
27
57
36
31
18
13
16

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

52,411
3,539
1,381
2,158
7,316
15,552
11,503
8,051
5,416
3,353
2,064
1,033

207
91
62
29
36
17
22
18
13
7
5
10

7,596
239
96
143
535
2,097
2,068
1,494
1,007
652
355
156

44,608
3,209
1,223
1,986
6,745
13,438
9,413
6,540
4,396
2,693
1,704
867

5,251
55
25
30
215
1,294
1,410
1,030
857
511
346
390

49
21
11
10
14
3

1,400
251
127
124
246
405
232
121
104
61
44
40

1,487
54
25
28
105
282
219
267
354
174
179
206

76
43
28
15
17
4

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

42,362
3,502
1,380
2,123
6,487
12,235
9,131
6,041
4,109
2,483
1,627
857

1,067
236
165
71
79
163
156
162
181
93
88
91

7,523
237
102
135
637
2,180
1,986
1,365
948
590
358
170

33,772
3,029
1,113
1,916
5,770
9,892
6,989
4,514
2,981
1,800
1,181
597

2,641
14
3
11
134
684
730
529
375
222
153
175

268
6
7

359
71
45
26
72
81
62
43
25
14
11
6

205
2
3

186
20
9
11
14
23
57
36
30
17
13
6




2
6

16
52
77
63
36
16
20
16

12
34
39
60
33
23
10
24

1
1
1
9

29

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-25. Employed civilians by industry and occupation
(In thousands)
August 1984
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

Technical, sales, and
administrative
support

Operators,
fabricators,
and laborers

Service
occupations

!
Total
Executive,
Techni
emAdminis- ]
adminisployed
cians j
Profestrative
Private
trative,
Other
sional
and | Sales support, houseand
service1
| specialty related
including hold
manasupport
clerical
gerial

3,713
1,048
7,203
21,284
12,891
8,393

59
162
785
2,173
1,375
798

7,493
22,673
4,306
18,367

763
1,817
418
1,399

6,880
31,444
1,280
30,164
20,073
4,957

1,592
3,464
4
3,460
2,002
973

24
47
53
732
540
192

61
94
143
1,549
1,096
453
427
395 I
90
304

20
16
50
738
329
410

273
246
120 9,453
57 1,706
63 7,748

159
112
1,629
9,110
10
9
9,101
1,619
8,125 j 1,361
211
733 j

1,633

688
4
684
100
21

111
149
434
2,678
1,591
1,087

21
12
26
429
238
191

1,000
1,000

37
351
4,240
4,046
2,879
1,166

14
28
72
6,824
3,728
3,096

48
142
467
875
460
415

15
47
903
1,138
577
561

3,302
1
31
102
78
25

226
4,279
.45
4,234

1,998 |
2,187
779 !
1,408 I
2,887 i
5,008
6
5,001
3,735
1,405

Precision
Farming,
Machine
producHandlers, forestry,
opertion,
Transporand
equipment
ators,
tation
craft,
cleaners, fishing
assemand
and
blers,
helpers,
repair
material
and
and
moving
laborers
inspectors

1,341
1,488
305
1,183

122
305
162
143

1,673
832
395
437

406
1,764
332
1,431

18
34
17
17

281
6,870
69
6,802
3,846
1,147

104
1,789
5
1,784
342
246

11
699
3
696
173
30

13
377
10
367
182
53

16
286
6
280
69
35

73
523
155
368
138
101

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
Aug.
1983

Women 16 years and over
Vacation
Illness
All other reasons3
1

30



Aug.
1984

Unpaid absences

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

Aug.
1983

Aug.
1984

.

. ..

10,936
8,699
1,246
20
83
889

11,666
8,972
1,194
30
549
921

10,774
8,607
1,212
14
83
858

6,435
5,707
497

6,041
5,375
467

4,448
2,782
611

3,906
2,720
645

231

199

1,054

(2)
540

5,411
4,032
680
699

4,985
3,896
674
415

5,275
3,964
642
669

4,855
3,827
645
384

3,442
3,024
306
112

3,174
2,815
275
84

1,448
712
296
441

1,245
749
319
177

6,430
5,030
561
839

5,951
4,803
572
577

6,391
5,008
552
831

5,919
4,780
567
571

2,991
2,682
191
119

2,867
2,560
192
115

3,001
2,072
316
614

2,660
1,971
326
363

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

Paid absences
Aug.
1983

11,841
9,062
1,240
46
549
944

Total 16 years and over
Vacation
Illness
Bad weather
Industrial dispute
All other reasons .
Men 16 years and over
Vacation
Illness
All other reasons3

Aug.
1984

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.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-27,

Persons at work by hours of work and type of industry
August 1984

All
industries
Total, 16 years and over

Percent distribution

Thousands of persons

Hours of work

Agriculture

Nonagricultural
industries

All
industries

Agriculture

Nonagricultural
industries

95,758

3,550

92,208

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

21,630
736
3,257
10,884
6,753

925
48
218
444
215

20,706
688
3,039
10,440
6,539

22.6
.8
3.4
11.4
7.1

26.0
1.4
6.1
12.5
6.1

22.5
.7
3.3
11.3
7.1

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

74,127
6,638
41,327
26,162
9,582
9,254
7,326

2,626
146
727
1,753
244
522
987

71,502
6,492
40,600
24,410
9,338
8,733
6,339

77.4
6.9
43.2
27.3
10.0
9.7
7.7

74.0
4.1
20.5
49.4
6.9
14.7
27.8

77.5
7.0
44.0
26.5
10.1
9.5
6.9

39.4
43.2

45.5
52.6

39.2
42.9

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)
August 1984
Nonagricultural industries

All industries
Reason for working less than 35 hours
Usually
work
part time

Usually
work
full time

Usually
work
part time

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




Usually
work
full time

21,630'

7,130

14,501

20,706

6,871

13,836

6,044
2,269
84
280
172
3,239

1,861
1,325
84
280
172

4,183
944

5,774
2,132
84
276
169
3,114

1,780
1,251
84
276
169

3,994
881

15,586
8,265
2,294
1,281
180
9
144
1,384
2,031

5,268

5,091

1,502

1,384
529

14,932
7,911
2,232
1,249
141
9
144
1,350
1,897

1,448

1,350
449

22.0
21.9

24.1
25.4

21.1
20.2

22.1
22.0

24.0
25.4

21.3
20.3

1,928
4,825

847
2,519

1,081
2,306

1,858
4,681

802
2,452

1,056
2,229

3,239

2,294
1,140
180
9
144

10,318
8,265
141

Total

3,114

2,232
1,117
141
9
144

9,841
7,911
132

31

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)
August 1984
On part
time
for
economic
reasons

Industry

(Dn full-time schedules
On
voluntary
part time

Total

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

Average
hours,
total
at work

Average
hours,
workers
on full-time
schedules

92,208

5,774

9,841

76,593

52,183

9,338

15,072

39.2

42.9

84,758

5,273

8,645

70,840

49,500

8,685

12,655

39.0

42.5

939

41

27

871

181

131

281

45.5

47.3

5,533

415

207

4,911

3,412

643

856

40.1

42.5

Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods

19,324
11,732
7,592

647
238
409

513
234
280

18,164
11,260
6,903

12,577
7,725
4,852

2,611
1,634
977

2,976
1,901
1,074

41.3
41.8
40.4

42.5
42.6
42.3

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

6,481
19,008
5,811

215
2,022
143

226
3,461
464

6,040
13,525
5,204

4,002
8,581
3,842

718
1,981
574

1,320
2,963
788

42.3
37.2
39.5

43.7
43.4
41.5

Service industries
Private households
All other industries
Public administration

23,145 I
1,208 !
21,937
4,517 !

1,711
286
1,425
79

3,552
482
3,070
195

17,882
440
17,442
4,243

13,376
306
13,070
3,250

1,632
48
1,584
395

2,874
86
2,788
598

36.8
24.9
37.5
40.6

41.7
42.9
41.7
41.9

Self-employed workers
Unpaid family workers

7,133
317

486
15

1,089
108

5,558
194

2,593
90

626
26

2,339
78

41.2
38.2

47.6
48.4

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

32



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)
August 1984

Sex, age, race, and marital status

Total
at
work

On part
time for
economic
reasons

On full-time schedules
On
voluntary
part time

Total

40 hours
or less

41 hours
or more

Average
hours,
total
at work

Average
hours,
workers
on full-time
schedules

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

92,208
6,775
2,653
4,122
85,433
13,324
72,109
46,925
23,023
2,160

5,774
1,333
584
748
4,442
1,198
3,244
2,148
997

9,841
2,129
1,228
901
7,712
1,327
6,384
3,347
2,048

76,593
3,313
841
2,473
73,279
10,799
62,481
41,430
19,978
1,072

52,183
2,632
703
1,930
49,551
7,903
41,647
21 Ml
13,725
743

24,410
681
138
543
23,728
2,896
20,834
14,253
6,253
329

39.2
30.3
25.6
33.4
39.9
38.2
40.2
40.8
40.0
29.5

42.9
40.6
39.1
41.1
43.0
41.9
43.2
43.4
42.9
42.4

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

52,856
3,446
1,336
2,110
49,410
7,171
42,238
27,254
13,718
1,266

2,696
670
315
355
2,027
619
1,408
927
428
52

2,768
949
541
408
1,820
458
1,362
433
430
499

47,392
1,827
480
1,347
45,563
6,094
39,468
25,894
12,860
715

28,999
1,393
391
1,002
27,603
4,051
23,550
15,083
7,977
490

18,393
434
89
345
17,960
2,043
15,918
10,811
4,883
225

41.9
31.4
26.5
34.5
42.7
39.9
43.2
43.8
42.9
31.7

44.3
41.2
39.7
41.7
44.4
43.0
44.7
44.9
44.3
42.9

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

39,352
3,329
1,317
2,012
36,023
6,152
29,870
19,672
9,305
894

3,078
663
269
394
2,414
579
1,836
1,221
570
46

7,073
1,181
687
494
5,892
870
5,022
2,914
1,619
489

29,201
1,485
361
1,124
27,717
4,703
23,012
15,537
7,116
359

23,185
1,237
311
926
21,949
3,850
18,097
12,095
5,746
256

6,016
248
50
198
5,768
853
4,915
3,442
1,370
103

35.5
29.1
24.6
32.1
36.1
36.2
36.1
36.6
35.8
26.4

40.6
39.9
38.3
40.4
40.6
40.4
40.7
40.8
40.5
41.3

White, 16 years and over
Men
Women

80,568
46,736
33,832

4,696
2,177
2,519

8,898
2,457
6,441

66,974
42,102
24,872

44,566
25,094
19,472

22,408
17,008
5,400

39.3
42.2
35.4

43.0
44.5
40.6

Black, 16 years and over
Men
Women

9,018
4,662
4,356

897
430
467

712
228
484

7,409
4,004
3,405

6,039
3,061
2,978

1,370
943
427

37.8
39.6
35.9

41.3
42.5
39.9

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

33,969
4,825
14,062

964
272
1,460

1,006
188
1,574

31,999
4,365
11,028

18,856
2,544
7,599

13,143
1,821
3,429

43.4
42.7
38.3

44.7
45.0
42.9

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

20,712
7,817
10,823

1,217
570
1,291

4,257
879
1,938

15,238
6,368
7,594

12,238
4,814
6,132

3,000
1,554
1,462

35.1
37.5
34.8

40.3
41.3
40.6

RACE

MARITAL STATUS




33

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-31. Persons at work in nonfarm occupations by sex and full- or part-time status
(Numbers in thousands)
August 1984
Average
hours,
Average
workers
hours, on full49
total
41 to 48
time
hours
at work schedhours
or more
ules

On full-time schedules
Occupation and sex

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

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

34



Total
at
work

On part
time for
economic
reasons

On
voluntary
part
time

Total

40
hours
or less

91,758

5,668

9,771

76,320

51,906

9,292

15,122

39.2

42.9

20,355
10,800
9,555
30,043
2,923
11,823
15,297
12,896
946
1,574
10,376
12,617
15,847
7,540
4,002
4,305

415
130
285
1,608
79
940
589
1,792
209
61
1,523
629
1,223
399
275
549

1,395
419
976
4,293
294
2,040
1,959
2,856
396
95
2,366
390
837
247
133
457

18,545
10,251
8,294
24,143
2,550
8,844
12,749
8,247
341
1,418
6,487
11,597
13,787
6,894
3,594
3,299

11,253
5,755
5,498
17,472
1,946
5,001
10,525
6,137
247
878
5,012
7,583
9,461
5,102
1,921
2,438

2,188
1,289
898
2,740
274
1,279
1,187
859
34
187
638
1,610
1,894
987
460
447

5,105
3,207
1,898
3,931
330
2,564
1,037
1,251
60
353
837
2,404
2,432
805
1,213
414

41.9
43.7
39.9
37.8
39.2
38.6
37.0
34.6
25.0
42.7
34.2
41.7
40.3
40.2
44.2
37.0

44.0
45.0
42.9
41.9
41.5
44.5
40.2
42.4
42.2
45.1
41.8
43.4
43.0
41.7
46.7
41.7

52,314

2,583

2,663

47,067

28,683

6,314

12,071

42.1

44.4

12,784
7,167
5,617
10,772
1,488
6,169
3,115
5,245
30
1,350
3,865
11,573
11,939
4,494
3,788
3,657

193
84
109
391
31
243
116
598
6
47
545
578
823
149
238
436

408
167
241
715
64
473
179
702
10
66
626
289
550
84
114
352

12,183
6,916
5,267
9,667
1,393
5,453
2,820
3,945
14
1,237
2,695
10,706
10,566
4,261
3,436
2,869

6,613
3,490
3,124
5,512
981
2,534
1,997
2,767
7
755
2,005
6,907
6,883
2,944
1,811
2,128

1,503
900
603
1,370
158
842
370
432
5
159
269
1,504
1,504
676
434
394

4,066
2,527
1,540
2,784
254
2,077
453
746
2
323
421
2,295
2,179
640
1,191
347

44.3
45.2
43.1
42.3
41.6
43.5
40.4
38.1
43.3
36.4
42.0
41.3
41.6
44.7
37.4

45.5
46.1
44.7
44.8
42.8
46.6
42.3
43.5
(1)
45.4
42.7
43.6
43.7
42.5
47.0
41.6

39,444

3,084

7,107

29,253

23,223

2,978

3,052

35.5

40.6

7,571
3,634
3,937
19,271
1,436
5,654
12,181
7,650
915
224
6,511
1,043
3,908
3,046
213
649

222
46
176
1,217
48
697
472
1,194
203
13
978
51
400
249
37
113

986
252
734
3,578
231
1,567
1,780
2,155
385
29
1,740
101
287
164
18
105

6,362
3,335
3,027
14,476
1,157
3,390
9,929
4,302
327
182
3,793
891
3,221
2,633
158
430

4,639
2,265
2,374
11,960
965
2,467
8,528
3,370
240
123
3,007
676
2,579
2,158
110
310

685
389
295
1,370
116
436
817
427
30
29
369
106
390
311
26
53

1,039
681
358
1,147
76
487
584
504
58
30
417
109
253
164
22
67

37.8
40.7
35.2
35.3
36.7
33.2
36.1
32.1
24.8
39.1
32.9
38.4
37.4
38.1
35.7
35.1

41.2
42.5
39.8
40.1
40.0
41.2
39.7
41.3
41.9
42.8
41.2
41.3
40.7
40.5
41.2
42.3

O

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)

1983

1984

Employment status and sex
Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

176,122
113,799
64.6
103,166
58.6
1,682
101,484
3,449
98,035
10,633
9.3
62,323

176,297
113,924
64.6
103,571
58.7
1,695
101,876
3,308
98,568
10,353
9.1
62,373

176,474
113,561
64.3
103,665
58.7
1,695
101,970
3,240
98,730
9,896
8.7
62,913

176,636
113,720
64.4
104,291
59.0
1,685
102,606
3,257
99,349
9,429
8.3
62,916

176,809
113,824
64.4
104,629
59.2
1,688
102,941
3,356
99,585
9,195
8.1
62,985

177,219
113,901
64.3
104,876
59.2
1;686
103,190
3,271
99,918
9,026
7.9
63,318

177,363
114,377
64.5
105,576
59.5
1,684
103,892
3,395
100,496
8,801
7.7
62,986

177,510
114,598
64.6
105,826
59.6
1,686
104,140
3,281
100,859
8,772
7.7
62,912

177,662
114,938
64.7
106,095
59.7
1,693
104,402
3,393
101,009
8,843
7.7
62,724

177,813
115,493
65.0
106,978
60.2
1,690
105,288
3,389
101,899
8,514
7.4
62,320

June

July

Aug.

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

177,974 178,138
115,567 115,636
64.9
64.9
107,438 107,093
60.1
60.4
1,690 1,698
105,748 105,395
3,403 3,345
102,344 102,050
8,130 8,543
7.4
7.0
62,407 62,503

178,295
115,206
64.6
106,681
59.8
1,712
104,969
3,224
101,744
8,526
7.4
63,089

85,179
65,362
76.7
60,607
71.2
1,551
59,056
4,756
7.3
19,817

85,257
65,244
76.5
60,661
71.2
1,563
59,098
4,583
7.0
20,013

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

84,173 84,261 84,344 84,423 84,506 84,745 84,811 84,880 84,953 85,024 85,101
64,807 64,877 64,709 64,846 64,838 64,930 65,093 65,156 65,212 65,307 65,452
76.8
76.8
76.9
76.6
76.8
76.8
76.8
76.7
77.0
76.7
77.0
58,607 58,828 58,950 59,389 59,580 59,781 60,147 60,290 60,293 60,629 60,923
70.5
69.6
71.0
71.3
71.6
70.9
71.0
70.3
70.5
69.8
69.9
1,538 1,549 1,543 1,534 1,537 1,542 1,540 1,542 1,548 1,545 1,545
57,069 57,279 57,407 57,855 58,043 58,239 58,607 58,748 58,745 59,084 59,378
6,200 6,049 5,759 5,457 5,258 5,149 4,946 4,867 4,919 4,678 4,529
8.4
7.5
7.2
6.9
7.9
7.6
7.5
8.1
9.3
8.9
9.6
19,366 19,384 19,635 19,577 19,668 19,815 19,718 19,724 19,741 19,717 19,649

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

91,949 92,036 92,129 92,214 92,302 92,474 92,552
48,992 49,047 48,852 48,874 48,986 48,971 49,283
53.3
53.2
53.0
53.3
53.0
53.0
53.1
44,559 44,743 44,715 44,902 45,049 45,094 45,429
49.1
48.5
48.6
48.5
48.8
48.7
48.8
144
144
146
152
144
151
151
44,415 44,597 44,563 44,751 44,898 44,950 45,285
4,433 4,304 4,137 3,972 3,937 3,876 3,855
9.0
7.8
8.8
8.5
7.9
8.1
8.0
42,957 42,989 43,277 43,340 43,316 43,503 43,269

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




92,630 92,709 92,789 92,873 92,958 93,039

49,442
53.4
45,536
49.2
144
45,392
3,905
7.9!
43,188

49,725
53.6
45,802
49.4
145
45,657
3,924
7.9
42,984

50,186
54.1
46,350
50.0
145
46,205
3,836
7.6
42,603

50,115 50,273 49,963
54.1
53.7
54.0
46,515 46,486 46,020
50.0
49.5
50.1
147
145
149
46,370 46,339 45,871
3,600 3,787 3,943
7.5
7.9
7.2
42,758 42,685 43,076

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.

35

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

1983
Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

1984
Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

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

174,440
112,117
64.3
101,484
58.2
10,633
9.5

174,602 174,779 174,951 175,121 175,533 175,679 175,824 175,969 176,123 176,284 176,440 176,583
112,229 111,866 112,035 112,136 112,215 112,693 112,912 113,245 113,803 113,877 113,938 113,494
64.6
64.3
64.6
64.2
64.3
64.6
64.4
64.0
64.0
63.9
64.1
64.0
101,876 101,970 102,606 102,941 103,190 103,892 104,140 104,402 105,288 105,748 105,395 104,969
59.7
59.4
60.0
59.2
58.3
59.8
59.3
58.6
58.8
58.8
59.1
58.3
10,353 9,896 9,429 9,195 9,026 8,801 8,772 8,843 8,514 8,130 8,543 8,526
7.5
7.5
7.1
7.8
9.2
7.5
7.8
8.4
8.2
8.0
7.8
8.8

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

75,012
58,954
78.6
53,804
71.7
2,475
51,329
5,150
8.7
16,058

75,115 75,216 75,327 75,433
59,012 58,949 59,053 59,050
78.4
78.4
78.6
78.3
53,947 54,140 54,457 54,658
72.3
72.5
72.0
71.8
2,431 2,376 2,336 2,374
51,516 51,764 52,121 52,284
5,065 4,809 4,596 4,392
8.6
7.8
7.4
8.2
16,103 16,267 16,274 16,383

75,692
59,299
78.3
54,999
72.7
2,356
52,643
4,300
7.3
16,393

75,786 75,880 75,973 76,073 76,176 76,269 76,350

59,394 59,388 59,480 59,546 59,726
78.4
78.3
78.4
78.3
78.3
55,266 55,368 55,385 55,685 55,970
73.2
73.5
72.9
73.0
72.9
2,409 2,364 2,453 2,451 2,469
52,857 53,004 52,932 53,234 53,501
4,128 4,020 4,095 3,861 3,755
6.3
6.5
6.9
6.8
7.0
16,392 16,492 16,493 16,527 16,450

59,694 59,752
78.3
78.3
55,789 55,899
73.2
73.1
2,455 2,392
53,334 53,507
3,906 3,853
6.4
6.5
16,575 16,598

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population1 .
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio 2 ..
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Not in labor force

85,581
46,082
53.8
42,819
50.0
563
42,255
3,512 3,366 3,215 3,181 3,182 3,120 3,144 3,186 3,124 2,955 3,173 3,264
7.1
6.9
6.4
6.8
7.0
6.9
7.1
6.9
7.1
7.8
8.0
7.2
7.5
39,328 39,271 39,507 39,600 39,642 39,879 39,704 39,605 39,465 39,050 39,279 39,227 39,499

84,224
44,896
53.3
41,298
49.0
627
40,671
3,598

84,333 84,443 84,553 84,666 84,860 84,962 85,064 85,168 85,272 85,380 85,488
45,062 44,936 44,953 45,024 44,981 45,258 45,459 45,703 46,222 46,101 46,261
54.1
54.0
54.2
53.7
53.4
53.2
53.0
53.2
53.4
53.2
53.3
41,550 41,570 41,738 41,843 41,798 42,138 42,315 42,517 43,098 43,146 43,088
50.4
50.5
50.5
49.9
49.7
49.4
49.3
49.2
49.3
49.6
49.4
573
623
610
619
574
653
625
597
581
640
638
40,969 40,973 41,100 41,190 41,174 41,498 41,741 41,898 42,487 42,523 42,515

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

15,204 15,154 15,120 15,072 15,022 14,981 14,931 14,880 14,828 14,778 14,728 14,683 14,653
8,267 8,155 7,981 8,029 8,062 7,935 8,041 8,065 8,062 8,034 8,050 7,982 7,660
54.4
52.3
54.7
54.4
54.4
54.2
53.9
54.4
53.8
53.0
53.7
53.3
52.8
6,382 6,379 6,260 6,411 6,440 6,392 6,488 6,457 6,500 6,505 6,631 6,518 6,251
42.7
44.4
45.0
44.0
43.8
43.4
43.5
42.1
41.4
42.7
42.0
42.5
42.9
269
317
311
327
321
343
346
347
296
267
290
329
283
6,035 6,083 5,993 6,128 6,111 6,102 6,142 6,114 6,179 6,178 6,320 6,201 5,982
1,885 1,776 1,721 1,618 1,622 1,543 1,553 1,608 1,562 1,529 1,419 1,464 1,409
18.4
18.3
17.6
19.0
19.4
19.9
19.3
22.8
21.8
21.6
19.4
20.1
20.2
6,937 6,999 7,139 7,043 6,960 7,046 6,890 6,815 6,766 6,744 6,678 6,701 6,993

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

36



population.

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

1984

1983
Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

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

51,003 151,021 151,175 151,324 151,484 151,939 152,079 152,285 152,178 152,229 152,295 152,286 52,402
97,498 97,507 97,339 97,559 97,724 97,813 98,167 98,424 98,495 98,853 98,770 98,710 98,156
64.4
64.8
64.9
64.9
64.7
64.4
64.6
64.5
64.6
64.4
64.5
64.6
64.6
89,503 89,693 89,851 90,430 90,779 91,044 91,544 91,845 91,933 92,505 92,697 92,430 91,850
60.3
60.7
60.4
60.9
60.8
59.9
59.9
60.2
59.4
60.3
59.4
59.8
59.3
6,945 6,768 6,623 6,580 6,562 6,348 6,072 6,280 6,306
7,814
7,995
7,488 7,129
6.4
6.7
6.4
7.1
6.7
6.1
6.9
6.7
6.4
8.2
7.7
8.0
7.3

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

51,878 51,881 51,902 52,021 52,063 52,270 52,335 52,398 52,406 52,357 52,548 52,366 52,371
78.6
78.6
78.7
78.9
78.8
78.9
78.8
78.8
78.8
78.9
78.9
78.9
79.0
47,886 47,908 48,128 48,414 48,589 48,964 49,149 49,343 49,329 49,440 49,744 49,470 49,471
74.2
74.3
74.7
74.3
74.2
73.6
73.8
74.0
74.2
73.5
72.9
72.9
73.1
2,900
2,804
2,896
3,077 2,917
3,474 3,306 3,186
3,055
3,992 3,973 3,774 3,607
5.5
5.5
5.6
5.3
6.7
6.1
5.8
5.9
6.3
6.9
7.7
7.3
7.7

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio2....
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

38,356 38,468 38,438 38,489 38,556 38,505 38,726 38,873 39,032 39,439 39,226 39,396 39,137
53.1
53.5
53.7
53.3
53.1
52.8
52.6
52.8
52.9
52.7
52.8
52.7
52.7
35,767 35,928 36,016 36,177 36,292 36,180 36,465 36,570 36,688 37,150 37,042 37,074 36,784
49.9
50.4
50.4
50.5
49.9
49.7
49.4
49.7
49.8
49.4
49.2
49.3
49.6
2,352
2,184
2,289
2,321
2,344
2,264
2,261
2,303
2,325
2,589
2,540
2,422
2,312
6.0
5.9
5.8
6.0
5.6
5.9
5.8
5.9
6.0
6.7
6.6
6.3
6.0

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

7,264
57.9
5,850
46.6
1,414
19.5
20.7
18.2

7,158
57.3
5,857
46.9
1,301
18.2
18.9
17.4

6,999
56.2
5,707
45.8
1,292
18.5
19.8
16.9

7,049
56.7
5,839
47.0
1,210
17.2
17.6
16.6

7,105
57.2
5,898
47.5
1,207
17.0
17.5
16.5

7,038
56.9
5,900
47.7
1,138
16.2
17.8
14.5

7,106
57.7
5,930
48.1
1,176
16.5
16.4
16.7

7,153
58.3
5,932
48.3
1,221
17.1
17.3
16.8

7,057
57.7
5,916
48.4
1,141
16.2
16.6
15.7

7,057
58.0
5,915
48.6
1,142
16.2
16.8
15.5

6,996
57.7
5,911
48.7
1,085
15.5
16.5
14.5

6,948
57.5
5,886
48.7
1,062
15.3
17.8
12.6

6,649
55.1
5,595
46.4
1,054
15.9
16.2
15.5

BLACK
Civilian noninstitutionai population1 .
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio2..
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

18,966 18,994 19,026 19,057 19,086 19,196 19,222 19,248 19,274 19,302 19,330 19,360 19,386
11,724 11,720 11,565 11,623 11,650 11,660 11,881 11,867 11,934 12,008 11,962 12,076 12,176
62.8
62.4
62.2
61.9
61.9
61.8
61.8
61.7
61.0
60.7
61.7
61.0
60.8
9,923 10,105 10,168 10,041 10,226
9,408
9,504 9,449 9,563 9,582 9,707 9,958 9,896
52.8
51.9
52.4
52.6
51.5
49.6
51.8
51.4
50.2
50.6
50.2
50.0
49.7
1,950
2,035
1,903
1,795
2,011
1,923
1,972
1,953
2,316
2,216
2,116
2,060 2,068
16.0
16.9
15.8
15.0
16.8
17.7
16.7
19.8
16.;
17.8
18.9
16.6
18.3

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

5,578
75.6
4,563
61.8
1,015
18.2

5,553
75.1
4,613
62.4
940
16.9

5,501
74.2
4,607
62.1
894
16.3

5,568
74.9
4,701
63.;
867
15.6

5,565
74.7
4,722
63.4
843
15.1

5,621
74.8
4,789
63.7
833
14.8

5,677
75.4
4,877
64.8
800
14.1

5,660
75.0
4,789
63.5
871
15.4

5,607
74.
4,71
62.4
894
16.0

5,673
74.9
4,872
64.3
801
14.1

5,646
74.4
4,811
63.4
835
14.8

5,700
74.9
4,802
63.1
897
15.7

5,735
75.3
4,922
64.6
813
14.2

5,31
56.7
4,440
47.4
872
16.4

5,358
57.1
4,495
47.9
863
16.1

5,277
56.1
4,438
47.;
839
15.9

5,270
55.9
4,448
47.:
82)
15.6

5,303
56.2
4,461
47.3
842
15.9

5,277
55.6
4,522
47.7
755
14.3

5,408
56.9
4,630
48.7
777
14.4

5,425
57.0
4,690
49.2
735
13.5

5,469
57.3
4,737
49.6
731
13.4

5,547
58.0
4,793
50.1
754
13.6

5,496
57.4
4,818
50.3
679
12.4

5,522
57.5
4,746
49.5
776
14.0

5,604
58.3
4,816
50.1
788
14.1

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Employment-population ratio2....
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
See footnotes at end of table.




37

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

1983
Aug.

Sept.

1984

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

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

834
37.6
405
18.3
429
51.4
53.7
48.8

809
36.6
396
17.9
413
51.1
52.7
49.2

9,690
6,145
63.4
5,350
55.2
795
12.9

9,700
6,202
63.9
5,392
55.6
810
13.1

787
35.6
404
18.3
383
48.7
45.6
52.2

785
35.6
414
18.8
371
47.3
44.9
50.0

782
35.6
399
18.2
383
49.0
46.4
51.9

762
34.7
397
18.1
365
47.9
47.1
48.8

796
36.4
450
20.6
346
43.5
46.7
39.9

9,745

9,677
6,232
64.4
5,463

9,735
6,267
64.4
5,540

9,778
6,336
64.8
5,627

6,292
63.5
5,652

56.5
769

56.9
727
11.6

57.6
708

787
36.3
440
20.3
347
44.1
40.9
48.2

820
37.9
539
24.9
281
34.3
35.3
33.1

854
39.6
492
22.8
362
42.4
42.6
42.1

837
38.9
488
22.7
349
41.7
40.6
42.9

9,906 10,080 10,072 10,026
6,484 6,378 6,332
63.3
64.3
63.2
5,751 5,643 5,666
57.1
56.0
57.1
56.5
639
735
733
666
10.2
11.5
11.3
10.5

9,824
6,298
64.1
5,669
57.7
629
10.0

9,738
6,293
64.6
5,626
57.8
667

9,785
6,271

783
35.9
417
19.1
366
46.7
44.4
49.6

859
39.5
474
21.8
385
44.8
42.8
47.1

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

6,165
63.3

5,398
55.4
767
12.4

12.3

1

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

11.2

10.6

64.1
5,600
57.2
672
10.7

NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not
sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented
and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.

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

1984

1983
Category
Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

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

v

101,484 101,876 101,970 102,606 102,941 03,190 03,892 04,140 04,402 05,288 105,748 105,395 04,969
38,281 38,232 38,240 38,388 38,494 38,682 38,911 38,927 39,062 39,159 39,072 39,121 39,029
24,905 24,921 24,953 25,057 25,140 24,947 25,212 25,239 25,457 25,722 25,786 25,716 25,764
5,096 5,124 5,172 5,236 5,254 5,293 5,346 5,444 5,491 5,668 5,688 5,662 5,507

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
PERSONS AT WORK1
Nonagricultural industries
Full-time schedules
Part time for economic reasons
Usually work full time
Usually work part time
Part time for noneconomic reasons .




1,610
1,537
246

92,819
15,813
77,006
1,15!
75,851
7,755
326

92,931
15,784
77,147
1,296
75,851
7,834
338

93,928
15,761
78,167
1,347
76,820
7,707
311

1,481
1,556
224

1,512

1,527
227

1,572
265

1,443
1,613
233

1,560
1,609
232

1,515
1,580

90,032
15,671
74,361
1,270
73,091
7,641
375

90,743
15,560
75,183
1,279
73,904
7,656
380

90,617
15,578
75,039
1,278
73,761
7,695
405

91,094
15,585
75,509
1,216
74,293
7,800
474

91,422
15,481
75,941
1,241
74,700
7,734
450

91,641
15,535
76,106
1,197
74,909
7,936
364

92,379
15,822
76,557
1,219
75,339
7,849
330

1,604
1,570
212

1,513
1,559
230

1,425
1,568
208

94,040 93,841 93,554
15,685 15,604 15,782
78,355 78,236 77,772

1,329 1,239 1,181
77,026 76,997 76,591
7,828 7,717 7,829
324
306
348

!

I
91,953 93,322 93,273 j 93,834 94,173 94,707 95,067 94,982 96,918 96,523 96,500 96,848 96,921
73,499 74,666 75,047 75,398 75,802 76,237 76,715 77,004 78,276 78,280 78,496 78,659 78,799
5,866 6,027 5,724 5,848 5,712 5,943 5,808 5,463 5,593 5,353 5,491 5,300 5,324
1,771 1,611 1,472 1,530 1,549 1,654 1,589 1,749
1,672
1,6171 1,719
1,771
1,74;
4,124 4,256 4,1071 4,129 4,040 4,172 4,197 3,991 4,063 3,804 3,837 3,711 3,576
12,588 12,629 12,502 12,588 12,659 12,52" 12,545 12,515 13,049 12,889 12,514 12,889 12,797

Excludes persons "with a job but not at work" during the survey

38

198

1,661
1,534
207

1,572
1,515
236

1,505

1,564
240

1,628

period for such reasons as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-36. Employed civilians by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)

1983

Sex and age
Aug.
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

Sept.

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

1984
Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

101,484 101,876 101,970 102,606 102,941 103,190 103,892 104,140 104,402 105,288 105,748 105,395 104,969
20,170 20,217
6,382 6,379
2,331 2,320
4,013 4,062
13,788 13,838
81,363 81,668
67,155 67,323
14,231 14,368

Men, 16 years and over ....

Oct.

20,085 20,338 20,377 20,401 20,628 20,616 20,639 20,873 21,127 20,760 20,221
6,260 6,411
6,440 6,392 6,488 6,457 6,500 6,505 6,631 6,518 6,251
2,257
2,332 2,355 2,321 2,342 2,376 2,379 2,493 2,453 2,429 2,321

4,012
13,825
81,892
67,537
14,364

4,064 4,092
13,927 13,937
82,268 82,551
67,913 68,179
14,364 14,347

4,114
14,008
82,765
68,534
14,239

4,153 4,082 4,125 4,024 4,176 4,079 3,860
14,140 14,159 14,139 14,368 14,496 14,241 13,970
83,294 83,493 83,729 84,440 84,648 84,604 84,815
68,964 69,279 69,516 70,138 70,485 70,409 70,655

14,293 14,212 14,274 14,260 14,179 14,223 14,195

57,069 57,279 57,407 57,855 58,043 58,239 58,607 58,748 58,745 59,084 59,378 59,056 59,098
10,566 10,634 10,569 10,789 10,770 10,700 10,864 10,965 10,947 11,084 11,145 10,787 10,648
3,265 3,332 3,267 3,398 3,385 3,240 3,342 3,380 3,361 3,399 3,408 3,267 3,199
1,206 1,217 1,165 1,223 1,224 1,222 1,223 1,256 1,220 1,297 1,246 1,200 1,160
2,054 2,120 2,102 2,155 2,151 2,050 2,120 2,126 2,144 2,105 2,153 2,058 1,998
7,301 7,302 7,302 7,391 7,385 7,460 7,523 7,586 7,586 7,686 7,737 7,520 7,449
46,511 46,666 46,834 47,073 47,266 47,531 47,745 47,777 47,798 48,044 48,260 48,213 48,466
38,052 38,173 38,334 38,550 38,757 39,049 39,271 39,418 39,431 39,622 39,909 39,866 40,053
8,468 8,499 8,499 8,541 8,470 8,495 8,473 8,373 8,387 8,366 8,379 8,369 8,403

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

44,415 44,597 44,563 44,751 44,898 44,950 45,285 45,392 45,657 46,205 46,370 46,339 45,871
9,583 9,516 9,549 9,607 9,700 9,763 9,651 9,692 9,789 9,982 9,973 9,573
3,047 2,993 3,013 3,055 3,152 3,147 3,078 3,139 3,107 3,223 3,252 3,052
1,103 1,092 1,109 1,131 1,099 1,119 1,120 1,159 1,196 1,207 1,229 1,161
1,942 1,910 1,909 1,941 2,064 2,033 1,956 1,981 1,919 2,023 2,021 1,862
6,536 6,523 6,536 6,552 6,548 6,617 6,573 6,553 6,682 6,759 6,721 6,520
34,852 35,002 35,058 35,195 j 35,285 35,234 35,549 35,716 35,931 36,396 36,387 36,391 36,350
29,103 29,150 29,203 29,363 29,422 29,485 29,694 29,861 30,085 30,517 30,577 30,543 30,602
5,763 5,869 5,865 5,823 5,877 5,744 5,820 5,839 5,887 5,893 5,801 5,853 5,792
9,604

3,117
1,125
1,959
6,487

A-37. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
1984

1983

Sex and age
Aug.

Total, 16 years and over

Men, 16 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




Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

10,633

10,353

9,896

9,429

9,195

9,026

8,801

8,772

8,843

8,514

8,130

8,543

4,197
1,885
767
1,107
2,312
6,424
5,668
765

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

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

Sept.

3,994
1,776
731
1,046
2,218
6,370
5,610
785

3,899
1,721
712
1,020
2,178
6,002
5,259

3,692
1,618
653
972
2,074
5,728
5,007
741

3,564
1,622
700
947
1,942
5,659
4,938
742

3,537
1,543
649
878
1,994
5,474
4,789
700

3,410
1,553
663
881
1,857
5,405
4,742
636

3,467
1,608
712
904
1,859
5,279
4,647
643

3,522
1,562
683
876
1,960
5,301
4,663
621

3,402
1,529

1,873
5,132
4,474
659

3,156
1,419
602
813
1,737
4,996
4,274
683

3,276
1,464
626
817
1,812
5,257
4,619
660

3,287
1,409
631
775
1,878
5,237
4,566
677

6,200

6,049

5,759

5,457

5,258

5,149

4,946

4,867

4,919

4,678

4,529

4,756

4,583

1,812
817
352
472
995
2,878
2,480
394

1,772
774
365
413
998
2,757
2,377
378

1,846
850
358
478
996
2,896
2,496
401

1,772
730
330
396
1,042
2,813
2,411
408

753J

632
896

8,526

2,408
1,050
423
619
1,358
3,791
3,311
482

2,271
984
383
605
1,287
3,794
3,315
507

2,209
950
374
579
1,259
3,552
3,074
482

2,042
861
344
524
1,181
3,417
2,935
490

1,998
866
372
501
1,132
3,283
2,799
481

1,971
849
336
501
1,122
3,154
2,743
431

1,857
818
337
469
1,039
3,089
2,686
396

1,869
847
376
472
1,022
2,988
2,569
408

1,925
824
378
448
1,101
2,996
2,604
382

4,433

4,304

4,137

3,972

3,937

3,876

3,855

3,905

3,924

3,836

3,600

3,787

3,943

1,789
835
344
488
954
2,633
2,357
283

1,723
792
348
441
931
2,576
2,295
278

1,690
771
338
441
919
2,450
2,185
271

1,650
757
309
448
893
2,311
2,072
251

1,566
756
328
446
810
2,3761
2,139
261!

1,566
694
313
377
872
2,320
2,046
269

1,552
735
326
412
817
2,316
2,057
240

1,598
761
336
432
837
2,291
2,078
235

1,597
738
305
428
859
2,305
2,059
239

1,591
712
280
424
879
2,254
1,994
266

1,384
645
237
400
739
2,238
1,897
305

1,430
614
268
339
816
2,361
2,123
259

1,514
679
301
379
835
2,424
2,156
269

39

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-38. Unemployment rates by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
(Civilian workers)
1983

1984

Sex and age
Aug.
Total, 16 years and over ....

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

9.5

9.2

8.8

8.4

8.2

8.0

7.8

7.8

7.8

7.5

7.1

7.5

7.5

16.5

16.3
21.6
24.0
20.3
13.6

15.4
20.2

14.9

14.8
19.4

14.2
19.3
22.1
17.5
11.6

14.4
19.9
23.1

14.6

13.0
17.6

13.6
18.3
20.5
16.7

14.0

6.1
6.4
4.3

5.9
6.3
4.3

12.2
6.0
6.3
4.2

14.0
19.0
20.2
18.2
11.5
5.7
6.0
4.4

17.2
22.8
24.8

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

6.8
7.2
5.0

13.0
6.5
6.9
4.9

20.1
22.9
10.8
12.2
6.4
6.8
4.9

19.4
22.3
17.5

5.1

21.8
24.0
20.5
13.8
7.2
7.7
5.2

9.8

9.6

9.1

8.6

8.3

8.1

7.8

7.7

7.7

7.3

7.1

7.5

7.2

18.6
24.3
26.0
23.2

17.6
22.8

17.3
22.5
24.3

15.9
20.2
22.0
19.6
13.8
6.8

15.6
20.8
21.6

15.0
19.7
23.7

18.5
22.7

14.6
20.6
23.0

14.3
18.6
22.1

18.2
11.9

17.3

5.9
6.1
4.6

12.7
5.9
6.2
4.4

14.0
19.4
21.3
18.3
11.5
5.7

13.7

19.6
13.1
6.2
6.6
4.8

14.6
19.7
21.6
18.1
12.1
6.1
6.4
4.5

14.6
20.0
23.0

7.1
5.4

15.6
20.4
23.3
18.9
13.3
6.5
- 6.7
5.4

5.9
4.5

16.1
11.4
5.4
5.6
4.3

18.8
11.7
5.7
5.9
4.6

12.3
5.5
5.7
4.6

21.6

14.4
7.3
7.8

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

21.9
19.3

21.9
17.6
12.5
6.2
6.5
4.7

18.1
11.6

19.7
16.3
10.7
5.6
5.7
4.6

11.3
5.9
6.2
4.4

18.4
21.4
16.7

11.8
5.8
6.1
4.6

15.7
7.5
8.0
5.4

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

9.1

8.8

8.5

8.2

8.1

7.9

7.8

7.9

7.9

7.7

7.2

7.6

7.9

15.7
21.1
23.4
19.9
12.8
7.0
7.5
4.7

Women, 16 years and over

23.9
22.2
15.0
7.5
8.0
5.6

15.2
20.6
24.0
18.5
12.5
6.9
7.3
4.5

15.1
20.5
23.6
18.8

14.7

14.0
19.8
22.5

13.9
18.0
22.2
15.4

13.7

14.2

18.9
22.6

19.8

23.1

14.1
19.0
20.8

16.9

18.1

11.7
6.2
6.5
4.5

11.0
6.1
6.5
4.0

11.3
6.0
6.5
3.9

14.0
18.6
19.0
18.1
11.6
5.8
6.1
4.3

12.2
16.7
16.4
16.5
9.9
5.8
5.8
5.0

12.5
15.9
17.9
14.4
10.8
6.1
6.5
4.2

13.7

20.1
21.8
19.0

21.6

14.7
7.0
7.4
5.4

12.3
6.5
7.0
4.4

12.0
6.2
6.6

4.1

18.7
11.0
6.3
6.8
4.3

17.8
11.6
6.0
6.4
3.9

16.5

18.2
20.6
16.9
11.4
6.3

6.6
4.4

A-39. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
(Unemployment rates)
1984

1983
Category
Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

9.5

9.2
8.6
7.8
21.8

8.8
8.2
7.5

8.2
7.4

8.0
7.3
7.1

7.8
7.0

7.8
6.8

7.1
6.3
6.4
17.6

7.5
6.5
6.9
18.3

7.5
6.4
7.1

21.6

8.4
7.8
7.2
20.2

7.8

8.7
8.0
22.8

18.4

White
Black and other
Black
Hispanic origin

8.2
17.9
19.8
12.9

8.0
17.3
18.9
13.1

7.7
16.7
18.3
12.4

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

6.3
6.9
11.8

6.1
6.8
12.0

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

9.3
10.2
3.6
10.7

CHARACTERISTIC
Total (all civilian workers)
Men, 20 years and over
Women, 20 years and over
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

7.1
20.1

19.4

6.9
19.3

6.9
19.9

19.4

7.5
6.5
6.8
19.0

17.7
12.3

7.1
16.3
17.8
11.6

6.9
15.6
16.7
11.2

6.7
14.9
16.2
10.2

6.7
15.1
16.6
11.3

6.7
15.1
16.8
11.5

6.4
14.2
15.8
10.5

6.1
13.4
15.0
10.0

6.4
15.1
16.9
10.6

6.4
14.4
16.0
10.7

5.7
6.3
11.4

5.5
6.0
10.5

5.2
6.1
10.9

5.0
6.0
10.7

4.9
5.9

4.7
5.8

11.0

11.0

4.7
5.8
10.5

4.5
5.8
9.8

4.5
5.6
9.6

4.6
5.9
9.6

4.4
6.0
10.5

9.1
10.1
3.5
10.5

8.7
10.0
3.3
10.0

8.2
9.8
3.1
9.7

8.0
9.8
3.0
9.4

7.8
9.2
2.9
9.2

7.5
9.3
2.6
8.9

7.5
9.2
2.5
8.8

7.6
9.1
2.5
8.9

7.2
9.3
2.5
8.5

6.7
10.3
2.3
8.3

7.2
9.6
2.4
8.7

7.2
9.6
2.3
8.5

9.0
12.1
15.8

8.6
12.8
15.6

8.3
12.4

7.8
12.2

7.6
11.2

8.9

10.2
8.7
7.2

9.0
8.7
6.7

13.3
7.5
7.8
7.2
5.0

9.1
6.7

8.3

6.4
14.6

6.1
12.2

7.0
7.1
14.8
7.2
7.2
7.3
5.2
7.2
5.4

7.4
7.5
14.7
7.5
6.7
8.6
6.1
7.8
5.9

7.5
10.3
14.0
7.5
6.9

9.8
6.9
16.2

15.1
7.5
7.3
7.8
5.9
8.3
6.3
14.0

7.7
10.3
14.3
7.7
7.5
8.0
5.4
8.7

7.2
8.9

9.6

7.9
10.9
15.0
8.4
8.0
8.9
5.1

11.8

14.6

12.8

7 3

t

6.9
7.0

INDUSTRY
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance and service industries
Agricultural wage and salary workers




9.8

9.4

14.9
17.9
11.2
11.7
10.5
7.7

16.9
18.1
10.2
10.9
9.3
7.4

9.8
7.2
15.1

9.5
7.0
16.5

15.7

16.3
8.3
8.3
8.2
6.5
8.8
6.6
15.6

8.4
6.3

15.5

14.8
7.1
7.0
7.1
5.5
7.9
5.5
13.9

8.3
6.2
7.8
6.1

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-40. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)

1983

1984

Weeks of unemployment
Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

3,633
2,951
4,078
1,597
2,481

3,740
2,784
3,889
1,383
2,506

3,504
2,725
3,655
1,372
2,283

3,328
2,616
3,527
1,337
2,190

3,382
2,504
3,369
1,284
2,085

3,233
2,556
3,201
1,166
2,035

3,359
2,484
2,984
1,173
1,810

3,386
2,539
2,873
1,114
1,759

3,438
2,493
2,855
1,111
1,744

3,238
2,433
2,851
1,186
1,664

3,174
2,294
2,619
1,008
1,611

3,462
2,490
2,689
1,100
1,589

3,555
2,333
2,606
1,113
1,493

19.9
9.4

20.2
9.4

20.1
9.5

20.2
9.4

19.6
9.0

20.5
9.2

18.8
8.3

18.8
8.3

18.5
8.1

18.4
8.7

18.6
7.2

18.1
7.6

17.3
7.5

100.0
34.1
27.7
38.2
15.0
23.3

100.0
35.9
26.7
37.3
13.3
24.1

100.0
35.5
27.6
37.0
13.9
23.1

100.0
35.1
27.6
37.2
14.1
23.1

100.0
36.5
27.1
36.4
13.9
22.5

100.0
36.0
28.4
35.6
13.0
22.6

100.0
38.1
28.1
33.8
13.3
20.5

100.0
38.5
28.9
32.7
12.7
20.0

100.0
39.1
28.4
32.5
12.6
19.8

100.0
38.0
28.6
33.5
13.9
19.5

100.0
39.2
28.4
32.4
12.5
19.9

100.0
40.1
28.8
31.1
12.7
18.4

100.0
41.9
27.5
30.7
13.1
17.6

DURATION
Less than 5 weeks

5 to 14 weeks
15 weeks and over

15 to 26 weeks
27 weeks and over
Average (mean) duration, in weeks
Median duration, in weeks
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed
Less than 5 weeks

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

A-41. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)

1983

1984

Reasons for unemployment
Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

6,133
1,660
4,473
799
2,479
1,214

5,938
1,562
4,376
858
2,362
1,234

5,601
1,392
4,209
866
2,322
1,127

5,226
1,321
3,905
868
2,250
1,154

5,017
1,283
3,734
855
2,246
1,150

4,825
1,238
3,588
809
2,192
1,175

4,737
1,272
3,465
772
2,153
1,092

4,614
1,254
3,360
756
2,208
1,213

4,527
1,108
3,419
781
2,308
1,216

4,327
1,192
3,134
804
2,178
1,186

4,220
1,166
3,055
800
1,968
1,136

4,511
1,164
3,346
865
2,091
1,092

4,218
1,152
3,066
835
2,322
1,093

100.0
57.7
15.6
42.1
7.5
23.3
11.4

100.0
57.1
15.0
42.1
8.3
22.7
11.9

100.0
56.5
14.0
42.4
8.7
23.4
11.4

100.0
55.0
13.9
41.1
9.1
23.7
12.1

100.0
54.1
13.8
40.3
9.2
24.2
12.4

100.0
53.6
13.7
39.9
9.0
24.4
13.1

100.0
54.1
14.5
39.6
8.8
24.6
12.5

100.0
52.5
14.3
38.2
8.6
25.1
13.8

100.0
51.3
12.5
38.7
8.8
26.1
13.8

100.0
50.9
14.0
36.9
9.5
25.6
14.0

100.0
51.9
14.4
37.6
9.8
24.2
14.0

100.0
52.7
13.6
39.1
10.1
24.4
12.8

100.0
49.8
13.6
36.2
9.9
27.4
12.9

5.5
.7
2.2
1.1

5.3
.8
2.1
1.1

5.0
.8
2.1

4.7
.8
2.0

4.5
.8
2.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

4.3
.7
2.0
1.0

4.2
.7
1.9
1.0

4.1
.7
2.0
1.1

4.0
.7
2.0
1.1

3.8
.7
1.9
1.0

3.7
.7
1.7
1.0

4.0
.8
1.8
1.0

3.7
.7
2.0
1.0

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




ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HISTORICAL EMPLOYMENT
B-1. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry, 1933 to date
(In thousands)
Service-producing

Goods-producing
Year
and
month

Total

Total
private

Total

Mining

Construction

Transportation
and
public
utilities

Manufacturing

Total

14,734
15,679
16,146
17,135
18,075
17,793
18,306

2,672
2,750
2,786
2,973
3,134
2,863
2,936

Wholesale
trade

Retail
trade

Finance,
insurance,
and
Services
real
estate

Government

Federal

State

Local

Annual averages

1,762

0
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

4,664

1,280
1,304
1,320
1,373
1,417
1,410
1,447

2,861
3,045
3,128
3,312
3,503
3,458
3,502

565
652
753
826
833
829
905

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

996

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

891
854

1,160
1,127
1,070
1,165

7,397
8,501
9,069
9,827
10,794
9,440
10,278

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

1,340
2,213
2,905
2,928
2,808
2,254
1,892
1,863
1,908

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

1,168
1,250
1,328
1,415
1,484

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

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
1978
1979

70,880
71,214
73,675
76,790
78,265
76,945
79,382
86,697
89,823

58,325
58,331
60,341
63,058
64,095
62,259
64,511
71,026
73,876

23,578
22,935
23,668
24,893
24,794
22,600
23,352
25,585
26,461

623
609
628
642
697
752
779
851
958

3,588
3,704
3,889
4,097
4,020
3,525
3,576
4,229
4,463

19,367
18,623
19,151
20,154
20,077
18,323
18,997
20,505
21,040

47,302
48,278
50,007
51,897
53,471
54,345
56,030
61,113
63,363

4,515
4,476
4,541
4,656
4,725
4,542
4,582
4,923
5,136

3,993
4,001
4,113
4,277
4,433
4,415
4,546
4,969
5,204

11,047
11,351
11,836
12,329
12,554
12,645
13,209
14,573
14,989

3,645
3,772
3,908
4,046
4,148
4,165
4,271
4,724
4,975

11,548
11,797
12,276
12,857
13,441
13,892
14,551
16,252
17,112

2,731
2,696
2,684
2,663
2,724
2,748
2,733
2,753
2,773

2,664
2,747
2,859
2,923
3,039
3,179
3,273
3,474
3,541

7,158
7,437
7,790
8,146
8,407
8,758
8,865
9,446
9,633

1980
1981
1982
1983

90,406
91,156
89,566
90,138

74,166
75,126
73,729
74,288

25,658
25,497
23,813
23,394

1,027
1,139
1,128

4,346
4,188
3,905
3,940

20,285
20,170
18,781
18,497

64,748
65,659
65,753
66,744

5,146
5,165
5,082
4,958

5,275
5,358
5,278
5,259

15,035
15,189
15,179
15,545

5,160
5,298
5,341
5,467

17,890
18,619
19,036
19,665

2,866
2,772
2,739
2,752

3,610
3,640
3,640
3,660

9,765
9,619
9,458
9,439

1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939

23,699
25,940
27,039
29,068
31,011
29,194
30,603

20,533
22,641
23,558
25,400
27,255
25,311
26,608

8,965
10,261
10,893
11,933
12,936
11,401
12,297

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
38,382
39,216
37,897

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

1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

744
883
897
946

1,015

957

824
877
927

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)

0
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted
1983:
August
September
October
November
December
1984:
January
February
March
April ....
May3
June
JulyP
Augustp .
1

89,918
91,018
91,345
91,688
92,026

74,110
75,083
75,481
75,814
76,157

23,532
23,669
23,895
24,058
24,198

950
952
965
967
969

3,985
4,019
4,044
4,073
4,086

18,597
18,698
18,886
19,018
19,143

66,386
67,349
67,450
67,630
67,828

4,369
5,046
5,053
5,043
5,055

5,277
5,301
5,322
5,344
5,371

15,626
15,671
15,737
15,805
15,857

5,498
5,503
5,512
5,530
5,546

19,808
19,893
19,962
20,034
20,130

2,747
2,774
2,760
2,759
2,762

3,668
3,672
3,667
3,669
3,668

9,393
9,489
9,437
9,446
9,439

92,391

76,533
76,971
77,185
77,546
77,864
78,241
78,411
78,575

24,383
24,577
24,595
24,760
24,851
24,974
25,068
25,112

975
978
978
984
995

4,154
4,226
4,151
4,246
4,286
4,343
4,350
4,357

19,254
19,373
19,466
19,530
19,570
19,629
19,711
19,740

68,008
68,269
68,463
68,689
68,935
69,161
69,283
69,398

5,095
5,105
5,112
5,129
5,144
5,163
5,173
5,182

5,406
5,438
5,457
5,473
5,492
5,502
5,527
5,559

15,914
15,980
16,030
16,095
16,166
16,245
16,278
16,298

5,573
5,593
5,613
5,640
5,662
5,676
5,679
5,692

20,162
20,278
20,378
20,449
20,549
20,681
20,686
20,732

2,760
2,763
2,770
2,771
2,785
2,777
2,779
2,780

3,670
3,682
3,686
3,693
3,699
3,699
3,711
3,728

9,428
9,430
9,417
9,439
9,438
9,418
9,450
9,427

I 92,846
j 93,058

93,449
93,786
94,135
94,351
94,510

1,002
1,007
1,015

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.
3
May 1984 estimates for total nonfarm payroll, service-producing, and Federal
government employment have been corrected.
2




p

= preliminary.
NOTE- Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from March 1983
benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced, all unadjusted
data (beginning April 1983) and all seasonally adjusted data (beginning January
1980) are subject to revision.

43

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry
(In thousands)

SIC
uUUc

Production workers

All employees

1972
Industry

July
1983

Aug.

June

1983

1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

90,112 89,842 95,003 94,236 94,486

Total

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

-

-

-

July
1984P
-

Aug.

1984P
-

75,001 74,878 78,973 79,018 79,407 60,678 60,500 64,043 64,014 64,329

Total private

959

Mining
Metal mining
Iron ores
Copper ores

10
101
102

Coal mining
Bituminous coal and lignite mining

12

11,12

960

1,013

1,021

56.7
10.9
18.7

55.8
18.7

59.5
12.4
18.2

194.2
191.4

196.4
193.6

1,026

680

680

727

730

737

59.6
12.4
18.0

_
_
-

41.4

40.7

43.7

43.7

7.3

6.7

9.3

9.3

13.5

13.1

13.0

12.8

_
_
-

208.3
205.7

208.0
205.4

_

156.7
154.2

157.9
155.4

169.5
167.3

169.6
167.3

_

595.6
266.1
329.5

627.2
261.4
365.8

634.4
261.5
372.9

634.9

396.4
124.9
271.5

395.4
124.5
270.9

422.3
120.2
302.1

425.0
120.1
304.9

_
-

9.7

-

-

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

13
138

596.3
267.4
328.9

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

14
142
144
147

111.3
36.9
35.3
20.0

111.8
36.9
35.4
20.5

118.3
38.9
38.1
21.5

119.2
39.3
38.8
21.4

_
_
_
-

85.1
29.4

85.5
29.4

91.2
31.3

91.9
31.6

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
_
-

4,185

4,269

4,517

4,615

4,671

3,254

3,337

3,547

3,636

3,682

1,094.7 1,112.1 1,182.9 1,208.8 1,216.1
_
534.0 542.0 580.3 590.7
_
61.2
62.4
65.0
65.3
499.5 507.7 537.6 552.8
-

819.0
388.5
34.5
396.0

837.1
396.5
35.3
405.3

890.4
426.4
36.3
427.7

914.8
436.7
35.7
442.4

_
_
-

692.5
234.9
457.6

709.5
243.4
466.1

708.2
250.0
458.2

714.0
255.0
459.0

_
_
-

1,742.0 1,790.1 1,948.1 2,007.5
365.2 374.0 400.3 412.2
120.9 123.2 127.1 136.0
308.8 319.7 338.1 346.6
291.9 303.0 332.1 343.6
94.0
96.2 102.3 104.5
138.8 144.3 153.1 161.2

_
-

131,2

Construction
General building contractors
Residential building construction
Operative builders
Nonresidential building construction

15
152
153
154

Heavy construction contractors
Highway and street construction
Heavy construction, except highway

16
161
162

Special trade contractors
Plumbing, heating, and air conditioning
Painting, paper hanging, and decorating
Electrical work
Masonry, stonework, and plastering
Carpentering and flooring
Roofing and sheet metal work

17
171
172
173
174
175

176

44



_
_
-

2,240.5 2,290.3 2,478.7 2,544.3
505.7 517.6 544.1 557.7
143.7 145.9 151.5 160.0
409.1 419.1 444.4 454.2
343.6 354.3 389.5 402.2
124.2 126.5 135.4 137.5
174.0 179.4 189.2 197.5

_
_
_
_
_
-

867.0
284.3
582.7

855.7
292.7
563.0

10,761 10,842 11,749 11,693 11,763

Durable goods

See footnotes at end of table.

861.8
298.1
563.7

849.3
275.1
574.2

18,464 18,715 19,768 19,658 19,862 12,527 12,762 13,610 13,475 13,657

Manufacturing

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

685.9
88.0
202.5
170.4
27.9
205.8
76.4
50.8
23.1
37.2
39.1
75.5
55.1
75.0

702.5
91.1
206.1
172.4
29.2
211.4
78.9
52.6
23.7
37.2
39.6
77.0
56.5
77.3

733.4
86.2
215.8
179.1
31.1
226.0
84.3
60.3
25.2
36.7
42.7
79.2
58.1
83.5

730.3
87.4
213.9
Mil

30.7
225.4
84.6
60.3
24.8
35.9
42.7
79.2
57.9
81.7

735.8
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

7,126

7,197

7,948

7,874

7,932

574.5
69.4
180.1
151.9
24.4
170.8
61.7
40.6
20.2
33.4
33.1
59.1
44.8
62.0

589.7
72.1
183.2
153.5
25.7
176.4
64.1
42.3
20.9
33.6
33.7
60.3
45.9
64.0

617.7
67.9
191.7
159.6
27.3
189.8
68.8
49.5
22.3
33.4
36.5
61.8
47.1
70.0

615.4
69.3
189.9
158.4
26.9
189.7
69.3
49.6
22.0
32.7
36.3
62.0
47.0
68.2

619.7
'_
-

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

Alemplcyees
l
July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

Production workers'

July
1984 P

Aug.
1984 P

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984 P

Aug.
1984 P

25
251
2511
2512
2514
2515
252
253
254
259

442.9
273.3
122.4
85.1
24.9
28.9
55.1
23.3
59.4
31.8

452.3
278.5
125.3
87.1
24.4
29.7
57.4
23.5
60.7
32.2

484.1
288.4
127.0
89.6
29.2
29.7
65.9
25.4
68.0
36.4

475.0
277.7
122.0
88.0
25.7
29.5
66.4
25.6
69.0
36.3

488.5
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

350.8
226.0
105.6
68.7
19.8
21.8
42.1
17.2
44.0
21.5

359.9
231.0
108.5
70.5
19.3
22.6
44.5
17.3
44.9
22.2

386.5
240.9
110.2
73.3
23.6
22.9
50.7
19.3
50.6
25.0

377.8
231.3
105.5
72.3
20.2
22.7
50.8
19.4
51.3
25.0

389.4
-

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

585.7
15.4
104.7
57.9
46.8
45.0
26.5
36.6
38.3
196.4
18.3
63.5
95.8
112.0
22.7
11.7
26.6

594.3
16.1
105.2
58.4
46.8
46.0
26.1
37.3
39.5
199.4
18.4
65.4
97.7
113.8
22.9
12.1
26.9

619.5
15.9
101.5
52.7
48.8
49.4
26.7
40.4
41.4
210.5
19.7
69.9
102.0
122.4
24.8
12.7
27.6

619.2
15.7
99.5
51.9
47.6
49.4
26.9
39.7
40.7
213.7
20.1
71.3
103.5
122.5
24.8
12.8
27.6

622.0
_
_
_
_
_
_
_

447.8
11.9
88.0
51.0
37.0
29.8
21.0
27.8
30.0
152.4
12.4
47.7
78.0
78.5
14.9
86
.
-

457.2
12.7
89.1
51.6
37.5
30.8
20.6
28.4
31.2
155.7
12.8
49.4
79.0
80.2
15.0
91
.
-

478.3
12.7
86.3
46.6
39.7
34.3
21.0
31.4
32.7
164.4
13.7
52.7
83.1
86.5
16.6
98
.
-

477.6
12.4
84.4
45.8
38.6
34.0
21.1
30.8
32.1
167.2
13.8
54.2
84.3
86.8
16.6
99
.
-

480.7
-

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

835.4
346.9
283.4
23.8
139.9
89.1
10.5
30.0
49.6
25.9
182.0
24.9
30.5
77.5
76.7
46.0

841.3
346.9
282.2
24.4
142.5
92.0
10.8
29.5
50.5
26.6
180.7
25.6
30.3
75.1
79.6
47.6

894.1
351.1
280.5
25.6
159.7
102.3
12.1
33.2
54.4
29.5
190.0
27.1
29.6
81.4
90.6
55.5

879.8
344.9
275.1
25.5
156.8
100.0
11.7
32.6
54.5
29.6
188.9
26.1
30.3
80.8
87.3
53.5

881.6
339.4
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_

621.4
260.8
214.7
16.8
106.6
70.3
75
.
21.6
35.7
19.6
128.3
18.1
23.7
54.3
60.9
37.4

628.6
261.8
214.3
17.5
109.5
72.9
77
.
21.8
36.6
20.3
127.3
18.6
23.5
52.5
63.4
38.7

682.8
271.5
218.2
19.0
126.9
83.6
90
.
25.4
40.0
22.8
134.6
20.1
22.3
57.9
73.3
45.9

668.2
266.4
214.0
18.9
123.8
81.4
85
.
24.7
39.9
22.9
132.5
18.9
22.6
57.0
70.0
43.9

671.3
-

Fabricated metal products
Metal cans and shipping containers
Metal cans
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware
Hand and edge tools, and hand saws and blades
Hardware, nee
Plumbing and heating, except electric
Plumbing fittings and brass goods
Heating equipment, except electric
Fabricated structural metal products
Fabricated structural metal'
Metal doors, sash, and trim
Fabricated plate work (boiler shops)
Sheet metal work
Architectural metal work

34
341
3411
342
3423,5
3429
343
3432
3433
344
3441
3442
3443
3444
3446

_
_
_
_
-

_
-

1,356.3 1,383.6 1,487.8 1,476.8 1,494.2
62.4
61.9
62.5
62.2
_
49.7
49.3
50.4
50.1
135.0 138.0 147.6
144.4
42.5
43.4
46.7
44.9
_
85.7
79.6
81.0
87.2
_
59.5
61.6
65.8
65.2
_
27.3
24.0
24.4
28.1
27.1
28.6
28.3
28.6
457.7 460.5
426.6 435.1
_
79.7
81.5
77.7
76.2
_
84.1
91.6
92.3
86.0
102.6
104.6 105.9
105.3
_
117.5
105.2 107.2 116.6
27.8
27.8
26.5
26.9

980.6 1,004.4 1,099.7 1,088.4 1,105.0
52.7
52.7
52.5
52.5
42.7
43.3
42.7
43.2
98.4 101.0
110.2 106.6
32.9
30.5
31.4
34.7
59.3
60.4
66.4
64.7
41.2
43.4
47.3
46.7
18.2
21.4
20.7
17.9
17.6
19.2
18.8
19.0
287.5 295.0 313.4 316.6
55.8
57.4
53.9
52.2
67.6
63.6
67.1
61.8
61.6
58.8
59.9
61.9
77.6
85.5
86.6
75.6
18.6
19.9
20.0
18.2
-

See footnotes at end of table.




45

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees cm nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

Ail employees

Production workers1
_
I
July
June
i Aug.
July | Aug.
P
P
i 1984 I 1983 ; 1983 : 1984 1984

I

1972
SIC
Code

July
1983

Aug.
June
1983 ' 1984

July
1984P

• "

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 poiishing
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

J345
;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

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

See footnotes at end of table

46



[

"

T

61.5
30.41
31.1 !
175.4i
22.4
70.3
74.7
73.8
51.5
22.3
41.3
18.7
148.8
52.1
38.0

62.9
30.9!i
32.0;
180.61
22.7
72.8
76.8
75.4
52.7
22.7
40.7
19.0
152.9
53.0
39.7

Aug.
1984F

I
83.338.8:
44.5:
222.9
30.2.
83.3
98.8
93.0.
63.5
29.5
64.6
29.1
209.01
80.5;
50.5'

84.5
39.2
45.3
228.5
30.5
85.8
101.3
95.2
65.4
29.8
64.2
29.5
214 0
81.4
52.4

96.1
46.5
49.6
256.8
34.4
99.4
111.7
103.5
71.8
31.7
68.0
31.0
230.1
86.3
57.2

94.2
45.9
48.3'
251.51
34.2
98.0
108.2;
101.2!
69.2.
32.0 i
68.6.
31.5 :
229.31
86.6
56.0

_
-

-

i

:

!

:

i

73.6
37.7
35.9
206.4
26.6
85.4
86.0
83.4
59.0
24.4
44.3
20.1
168.6
58.5
44.0

71.9
37.2I
34.7
201.3
26.3!
83.8 j
82.91
80.61
55.8
24.8
44.9
20.8 i
167.1
58.6
42.8

-

-

-

2,027.8: 2,034.3 2,232.4 2,232.9 2,236.7 1,188.3 1,193.6 1,362.3 1,357.2 1,358
70.0
69.8
55.7
113.31
112.8
105.3
97.4
6.1.8
17.4
17.1
16.8
34.81
34.7
35.2
34.9
17.5
52.7
52.6
38.9
44.3
78.5,
78.1
70.1"
62.5
76.1
79.1
66.1
67.6
117.4
114.3
104.11 103.6
_
61.0
62.2
53.1
85.7;
84.9
54.9
93.3
94.5
171.5
172.1
144.4
278.4
277.8
144.2
253.1. 252.4
58.9
58.6
46.6
46.9
96.0
96.1
87.5
87.8
_
_
14.3
14.3
11.9
24.1
22.2
20.9
12.5
24.2
_
48.7
49.2
42.0
75.5
68.9;
68.4
42.1
75.9
_
16.1
16.1
13.8
13.3
29.8
25.9'
26.4
29.8
19.1 i
19.3
15.7
15.4
28.4:
28.6
25.0!
25.3
218.6!
220.5
192.4
189.4
309.5!
310.7
274.4. 277.3
34.7 j
34.2
29.1
28.8
56.4
50.8
50.8
56.9I
11.6
11.5'
9.7
9.8
18.9;
19.1
16.9
16.9
104.8
105.8
92.3
91.3
134.0
134.8
118.5
119.7
41.2
40.7
34.9
33.7
58.4
58.9
49,9.
50.9
15.5
16.2
16.3
15.5
23.3!
23.7
21.5'
22.4
100.9
101.7
94.1
92.9
168.9;
169.3
159.3, 160.5
22.6
22.3
22.2
21.9
36.3
36.0.
36.3
36.6 i
14.1
14.7
13.8
13.5
20.8
21.3 i
20.2 :
20.4
20.2
20.4
19.0
18.8
32.9:
33.0
34.5
34.6 i
179.2
179.5
155.6
154.0
280.6
279.8
251.1
252.2
31.3
26.9
31.11
26.4
53.8'
53.8
48.2
48.8
38.1
32.0
37.71
31.6
50.4 I
43.2:
43.5
50.1 i
13.0!
12.7
11.5
23.3;
23.0
23.6
22.9
11.9
21.7 I
19.4
21.7
19.1
35.1'
35.1 !
31.5
31.7
13.9 S 14.0
12.1
11.7
20.7 i
20.9
18.5
18.9
13.5
10.9
13.5
10.8
19.6 i
16.4
16.5
19.6!
206.3
205.0
192.4
195.3
483.4
487.7
510.8
514.5:
171.7
163.2
169.7
160.3
417.8
422.1 i 444.0 448.2
128.8
110.7
128.7
108.1
157.8
162.0 | 182.4 I 183.2
93.1
78.7
76.8
92.8!
110.2
113.5 , 128.8
129.3
:
205.9 205.8
179.3
177.9
239.3, 241.2
270.8 270.8
31.5
38.8 i
27.0
31.3|
26.6
33.5
34.0
38.7
174.5J
174.4
152.3
151.3
205.8
207.2
232.0J 2 3 2 1
2,018.5 =
105.7
46.6
59.1
196.1!
97.7.
61.3
141.1 i
27.8
19.0
39.9

2,021.6 2,250.0 2,248.6 2,265.6 1,218.4 1,221.0 1,390.5 1,384.9 1,40
76.7
82.9
82.3
107.1
75.3 |
114.4 , 113.7
36.81
33.4
37.2
32.5 i
47.7
51.4!
50.9'
45.7
45.5
42.8 •!
43.3
59.4
63.0!
62.8'
134.7 1 136.2 155.01 152.0
197.5 ; 216.9 214.2
81.5
74.4 '
75.0
84.3
98.3 ! 108.0 105.3 j
35.8
36.5
42.1;
42.1
68.0'
62.0!
67.9
' 109.7 : 110.7 121.1
118.5
149.9!
142.2J 153.4
21.4
23.0
23.2
22.5
26.7
28.8 :
28.7!
1
16.2
14.8
14.8 .
19.9
20.4;
15.6 :
19.5 !
32.4 i
32.4 i
34.7 I
29.9
42.7
44.9 ;
42.2'

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

Durable goods—Continued
Electrical and electronic equipment—Continued
Electric lighting and wiring equipment
Electric lamps
Current-carrying wiring devices
Noncurrent-carrying wiring devices
Residential lighting fixtures
Radio and TV receiving equipment
Radio and TV receiving sets
Communication equipment
Telephone and telegraph apparatus
Radio and TV communication equipment
Electronic components and accessories
Electronic tubes
Semiconductors and related devices
Electronic components, nee
Misc. electrical equipment and supplies
Storage batteries
Engine electrical equipment

1972
SIC
Code

364
3641
3643
3644
3645
365
3651
366
3661
3662
367
3671-3
3674
3679
369
3691
3694

Production workers1

All employees
July
1983

184.0
27.5
76.9
16.9
24.3
82.6
63.2
577.7
143.5
434.2
587.2
39.3
235.8
239.6
144.1
27.1
55.8

Aug.
1983

187.2
26.9
78.2
17.2
25.9
86.6
67.3
558.1
122.8
435.3
595.0
39.5
237.1
244.1
147.9
28.7
56.1

June
1984

204.9
29.1
88.2
17.8
26.7
91.2
71.6
613.4
151.5
461.9
696.0
41.8
276.8
286.2
159.8
30.3
64.9

July
1984"

Aug.
1984P

July
1983

134.7
24.0
51.6
12.1
18.4
55.7
41.7
262.5
90.4
172.1
344.7
24.9
99.4
165.9
101.1
21.0
42.9

204.1
29.2
87.7
17.6
26.3
91.5
71.8
620.6
154.0
466.6
698.2
42.1
278.6
287.2
156.4
29.2
64.6

Aug.
1983

137.2
23.2
52.5
12.5
19.8
59.6
45.5
243.0
71.3
171.7
352.6
24.8
101.1
171.0
105.0
22.6
43.2

June
1984

150.4
25.2
59.2
12.9
20.2
63.6
49.2
282.0
97.6
184.4
421.2
25.7
120.1
204.7
114.3
23.6
50.8

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

149.2
25.1
58.6
12.7
19.9
64.0
49.4
286.3
99.8
186.5
421.8
25.8
120.9
205.7
110.8
22.4
50.2

1,751.9 1,738.9 1,932.3 1,924.6 1,917.8 1,095.4 1,078.7 1,238.5 1,222.7 1,211.0
750.4 870.6 861.8 857.2 568.0
755.9
559.2 671.6 659.4
344.3 388.0 384.3
257.0 244.3 286.4 280.5
355.1
32.5
32.1
34.4
25.8
26.2
41.0
33.8
40.6
258.5 261.6 312.3 305.5
332.4 336.3 391.0 385.4
27.0
27.1
17.0
18.2
34.1
24.1
22.6
34.1
277.0 273.7 287.6 287.4
604.0
571.6 600.1
575.1
134.7
133.8
130.3
129.8
305.8 307.2 318.9 322.0
74.3
75.2
69.1
144.7
72.8
134.1
143.9
138.8
78.4
78.6
74.3
74.4
137.3
137.3
130.3
130.5
155.9
138.0
156.6
144.7
205.9
183.4 206.1
189.7
114.8
114.1
103.6
109.8
156.0
141.4
154.6
147.3
41.1
34.4
42.5
34.9
49.9
51.5
42.0
42.4
25.7
19.7
25.4
37.2
18.9
36.9
30.3
30.0
50.0
50.4
46.2
45.6
151.3
151.8
141.7
140.7
37.6
38.0
34.8
34.3
116.3
117.4
110.0
109.2
33.4
30.7
34.5
49.4
30.2
50.3
46.1
45.4
16.4
17.0
17.8
21.7
15.3
22.6
20.9
19.6

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

690.2
76.0
232.0
41.9
52.1
98.6
32.8
169.3
85.3
70.1
38.2
127.2
14.7

695.7
76.1
232.2
42.4
52.0
98.3
32.8
171.7
86.6
71.0
39.0
127.6
16.

727.5
80.3
253.9
47.4
54.5
107.7
32.0
176.3
85.2
76.3
41.0
127.5
16.5

726.1
81.1
253.0
47.0
54.7
107.2
31.5
176.4
85.6
76.0
41.3
127.2
15.6

729.9

384.6
34.8
135.4
27.1
24.7
57.1
16.4
102.7
49.8
44.9
25.9
59.5
9.9

389.9
34.7
136.1
27.8
24.6
57.3
16.6
104.7
50.9
45.6
26.8
59.8
11.2

407.4
36.0
147.0
30.6
26.5
60.8
17.2
106.9
48.9
49.5
27.2
61.5
11.6

405.1
35.9
147.0
30.3
26.7
61.1
17.0
105.7
48.0
49.2
27.4
61.1
11.0

406.9

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

366.1
48.9
32.3
16.8
110.9
59.5
51.4
32.3
34.0
18.;
123.;
47.0

377.5
53.5
36.0
17.4
112.3
60.6
51.7
32.3
36.6
19.7
125.4
47.3

388.2
51.9
34.5
17.0
120.9
61.1
59.8
34.2
36.4
20.2
127.8
50.6

380.1
49.7
32.4
17.8
119.8
60.8
59.0
33.7
33.8
18.3
125.3
50.2

390.8

263.8
34.1
22.5
13.1
80.5
41.7
38.8
22.5
25.8
13.9
87.8
33.0

273.5
37.8
25.4
13.7
81.4
42.4
39.0
22.4
28.1
15.2
90.1
33.4

284.2
35.6
23.4
13.3
91.6
45.1
46.5
23.5
28.0
15.6
92.2
36.1

276.3
33.8
21.8
14.0
90.3
44.8
45.5
22.8
25.5
13.9
89.9
35.7

286.5

See footnotes at end of table.




47

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Meat products
Meat packing plants
Sausages and other prepared meats .
Poultry dressing plants
Dairy products
Cheese, natural and processed
Fluid milk
Preserved fruits and vegetables
Canned specialties
Canned fruits and vegetables
Frozen fruits and vegetables
Grain mill products
Flour and other grain mill products ....
Prepared feeds, nee
Bakery products
Bread, cake, and related products
Cookies and crackers
Sugar and confectionery products
Cane and beet sugar
Confectionery products
Fats and oils
Beverages
Malt beverages
Bottled and canned soft drinks
Misc. food and kindred products

1972
SIC
Code

20
201
2011
2013
2016
202
2022
2026
203
2032
2033
2037
204
2041
2048
205
2051
2052
206
2061-3
2065
207
208
2082
2086
209

Tobacco manufactures
Cigarettes

21
211

Textile mill products
Weaving mills, cotton
Weaving mills, synthetics
Weaving and finishing mills, wool.
Narrow fabric mills
Knitting mills
Women's hosiery, except socks
Hosiery, nee
Knit outerwear mills
Knit underwear mills
Circular knit fabric mills
Textile finishing, except wool
Finishing plants, cotton
Finishing plants, synthetics
Floor covering mills
Yarn and thread mills
Yarn mills, except wool
Throwing and winding mills
Miscellaneous textile goods

22
221
222
223
224
225
2251
2252
2253
2254
2257
226
2261
2262
227
228
2281
2282
229

Apparel and other textile products
Men's and boys' suits and coats
Men's and boys' furnishings
Men's and boys' shirts and nightwear
Men's and boys' separate trousers
Men's and boys' work clothing
Women's and misses' outerwear
Women's and misses' blouses and waists .
Women's and misses' dresses
Women's and misses' suits and coats
Women's and misses' outerwear, nee

23
231
232
2321
2327
2328
233
2331
2335
2337
2339

See footnotes at end of table.

48



Production workers1

All employees
July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

5,725
5,565 5,662 5,601
7,965 8,099 5,401
7,703 7,873 8,019
1,658.0 1,712.4 1,637.6 1,687.4 1,732.4 1,148.8 1,202.8 1,132.1 1,179.0 1,224.2
292.4 298.3 303.0
291.6
349.4 350.0 355.5 359.8
122.2
116.4
120.7
116.7
147.3
146.3
143.6
143.2
54.1
54.7
53.5
54.4
72.9
72.2
73.1
73.5
111.2
108.7
105.7
105.0
122.1
115.7
115.2
119.6
98.9
99.3
98.5
97.6
168.1
168.4
169.1
168.0
29.3
29.4
29.5
29.6
38.2
38.4
38.3
38.5
42.9
42.9
42.0
41.9
89.4
90.1
89.4
89.9
271.6
187.3 227.4
260.2
209.8
252.4 303.0 229.1
19.3
26.2
18.9
19.3
18.0
25.7
24.3
25.6
94.9
61.9
82.2
127.1
112.0
77.3
143.9
99.1
44.7
42.2
44.0
46.1
50.8
48.0
53.2
50.8
86.4
87.3
89.0
89.4
129.2
129.9
132.4
131.7
14.5
14.8
15.2
15.2
24.4
24.6
25.5
25.5
29.7
30.1
31.0
31.0
47.2
47.5
48.2
48.3
128.8
129.1
128.9
129.5
215.5 215.3
216.9
217.7
92.8
93.0
93.0
93.5
170.3
170.4
172.3
172.9
36.0
36.1
35.9
36.0
45.0
45.1
44.6
44.8
73.2
73.7
75.7
73.7
96.2
96.8
98.6
95.8
17.1
17.6
17.8
17.7
22.3
23.0
23.9
23.5
42.6
42.8
43.9
42.4
53.7
54.2
54.0
52.2
28.3
29.0
28.5
28.7
38.9
38.6
38.8
39.3
99.3
99.1
97.6
98.5
230.7
228.8 230.2 230.3
30.9
30.5
29.6
30.5
49.5
48.9
49.9
49.1
45.3
44.7
43.9
44.0
137.2
136.2
134.1
134.7
133.7
129.0
130.4
131.6
178.0
172.9
175.0
173.5
63.9
47.7

69.3
47.0

62.5
45.1

62.0
45.0

64.9

47.8
35.9

53.2
35.5

46.1
33.3

43.7
31.3

43.6

732.5
122.1
90.1
16.7
20.9
205.0
33.0
35.2
61.9
30.2
25.1
62.2
24.7
23.3
48.2
108.8
75.0
16.8
58.5

754.9
124.6
92.7
17.8
22.5
208.7
33.9
36.0
63.1
30.8
25.2
63.9
25.5
23.6
49.8
114.0
78.2
17.9
60.9

762.7
120.3
92.3
19.1
23.3
211.8
34.7
35.8
64.5
31.4
25.3
65.3
25.5
23.9
53.2
113.8
78.1
17.9
63.6

741.7
119.5
91.3
17.9
21.7
208.4
34.2
35.5
63.1
30.3
25.8
63.7
24.9
23.3
52.2
107.2
74.3
17.1
59.8

753.8

630.5
108.4
80.5
13.9
17.8
177.2
29.6
31.8
52.8
25.5
21.2
51.7
20.5
19.3
38.1
97.1
67.4
15.1
45.8

652.9
110.8
83.1
15.0
19.4
181.3
30.6
32.5
54.5
25.9
21.3
53.3
21.2
19.6
40.0
102.0
70.5
16.0
48.0

660.2
107.7
82.1
16.0
19.9
184.8
31.3
32.2
55.7
27.0
21.7
55.0
21.4
20.1
43.0
101.3
70.4
15.9
50.4

640.4
106.7
80.9
15.0
18.5
181.6
30.8
31.9
54.4
26.0
22.1
53.5
20.8
19.5
41.9
94.9
66.5
15.2
47.4

652.2

1,130.8 1,177.1 1,226.9 1,171.0 1,222.3
69.2
71.6
68.9
73.9
315.3
330.9 352.4 333.9
93.1
99.3
102.1
95.4
58.3
67.3
63.4
68.9
95.2
95.3
106.9
100.9
374.5
374.5 389.9 397.0
57.8
60.1
60.3
58.7
125.
118.7
114.2
125.0
57.1
58.9
60.6
59.5
143.6
152.
144.0
140.0

953.0
60.2
268.9
80.0
51.2
79.6
315.3
49.6
101.4
48.0
116.3

996.2 1,038.6
64.7
60.3
283.2 303.3
88.8
82.0
60.0
54.8
90.6
85.5
329.9 333.2
51.5
51.0
107.2
105.6
51.4
48.8
127.3
120.3

986.1 1,032.4
62.6
285.5
86.1
58.5
79.4
314.1
49.1
96.3
48.8
119.9

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

Nondurable goods—Continued
Apparel and other textile products—Continued
Women's and children's undergarments
Women's and children's underwear
Brassieres and allied garments
Children's outerwear
Children's dresses and blouses
Misc. apparel and accessories
Misc. fabricated textile products
Curtains and draperies
House furnishings, nee
Automotive and apparel trimmings

1972
SIC
Code

Production workers1

All employees
July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

234
2341
2342
236
2361
238
239
2391
2392
2396

81.2
65.6
15.6
59.4
24.5
44.4
168.3
24.6
48.7
30.1

85.4
69.3
16.1
59.8
24.9
47.7
174.8
25.8
51.3
31.1

88.8
71.9
16.9
64.5
26.2
48.5
180.6
26.4
51.0
33.4

85.0
68.9
16.1
63.4
25.6
45.9
175.7
25.8
49.9
32.7

_
_
_
_
_
_
-

68.0
56.5
11.5
50.6
21.6
36.5
137.9
20.1
40.9
24.7

72.2
60.2
12.0
50.7
21.9
39.5
144.2
21.2
43.4
25.6

75.0
62.2
12.8
54.9
23.2
40.4
149.6
21.6
43.4
27.5

71.0
59.1
11.9
53.7
22.7
37.8
144.1
21.0
42.2
26.9

_
_
-

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

662.0
201.1
175.0
58.9
212.4
55.4
24.0
46.6
189.6
40.6
97.7
23.5

666.6
199.9
174.1
59.1
215.1
56.0
24.4
47.0
192.5
41.0
99.4
23.4

690.7
208.1
181.6
59.9
224.2
58.5
25.9
49.0
198.5
42.4
103.3
23.6

687.9
208.3
181.8
59.8
223.5
58.7
24.9
48.5
196.3
41.7
102.5
23.5

690.2
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

496.0
151.5
130.2
45.1
155.2
35.5
18.6
36.0
144.2
31.7
72.3
19.0

497.7
150.1
129.1
45.4
155.6
36.2
18.9
36.6
146.6
31.8
73.8
18.9

520.4
157.4
135.7
46.1
163.9
38.2
20.1
38.1
153.0
33.4
77.6
19.5

516.8
157.3
135.5
45.8
162.7
38.3
19.1
37.7
151.0
32.7
76.9
19.5

518.2
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

Printing and publishing
Newspapers
Periodicals
Books
Book publishing
Book printing
Miscellaneous publishing
Commercial printing
Commercial printing, letterpress
Commercial printing, lithographic
Manifold business forms
Blankbooks and bookbinding
Printing trade services

27
271
272
273
2731
2732
274
275
2751
2752
276
278
279

1,292.2 1,297.3 1,362.2 1,363.1 1,366.6
443.7
429.2 429.4 443.1
_
103.9
104.4
99.7
100.0
101.4
101.9
96.9
96.4
_
75.0
74.9
71.9
71.6
_
26.4
27.0
25.0
24.8
_
56.0
55.7
53.6
54.0
_
468.5 466.6
433.0 436.1
_
162.5
1u1.7
149.2
151.2
_
260.0 260.8 280.6 279.7
_
48.7
48.6
47.1
47.3
_
69.3
70.7
65.3
66.4
46.5
45.8
44.1
44.3
-

703.7
160.4
20.9
47.9
27.5
20.4
28.8
314.8
109.7
186.1
32.6
52.9
32.5

709.1
159.7
21.5
47.6
27.4
20.2
29.1
318.7
111.9
187.5
32.7
53.9
32.8

750.8
166.9
23.4
49.8
28.4
21.4
30.2
343.3
120.8
202.1
33.6
56.0
34.1

749.2
166.5
23.3
49.7
27.7
22.0
29.9
341.4
120.4
200.6
33.6
57.3
33.4

750.4
_
_
_
_
-

1,051.9 1,050.3 1,070.4 1,070.2 1,070.2
157.8
158.1
154.6
155.2
108.1
108.2
104.5
105.1
_
178.1
178.7
178.0
178.1
_
77.4
78.0
74.7
75.0
_
70.8
70.6
73.0
72.9
202.3 202.7
202.0
201.3
_
161.3
161.5
158.9
159.0
_
148.5
149.3
145.4
145.1
_
43.6
42.9
43.2
43.4
66.7
67.3
64.2
64.4
_
38.6
38.6
37.6
37.8
_
63.1
62.3
60.9
61.4
163.9
163.7
162.7
161.4
_
33.3
32.8
33.1
33.2
130.6
130.9
129.6
128.2
_
62.3
60.8
59.0
58.1
94.4
94.1
89.3
89.7
-

582.1
77.8
53.9
115.7
43.3
51.4
98.7
76.0
91.1
28.2
42.4
20.5
30.2
83.0
19.8
63.2
35.2
50.4

581.7
78.2
54.1
115.7
43.7
51.3
98.2
76.1
91.4
27.5
43.1
20.8
30.5
82.5
19.8
62.7
34.2
51.0

596.3
79.8
55.9
117.8
46.2
50.0
95.2
76.2
95.2
28.5
45.3
21.4
31.5
82.7
20.0
62.7
39.0
55.1

591.0
79.5
55.6
117.6
46.1
49.6
94.0
75.5
95.3
28.4
45.4
21.5
30.9
81.8
19.7
62.1
37.3
54.6

593.8
_
_
_
_
-

120.8
91.9
22.0

120.2
91.2
22.0

112.0
83.6
21.2

112.4
83.6
21.6

112.1
_
-

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
284
Soap, cleaners, and toilet goods
Soap and other detergents
2841
Toilet preparations
2844
Polishing, sanitation, and finishing preparations
2842,3
Paints and allied products
285
Industrial organic chemicals
286
Cyclic crudes and intermediates
2865
Gum, wood, and industrial organic chemicals, nee ... 2861,9
287
Agricultural chemicals
289
Miscellaneous chemical products
Petroleum and coal products
Petroleum refining
Paving and roofing materials

29
291
295

198.9
159.1
28.7

197.7
157.9
28.6

190.3
150.9
27.9

190.7
151.0
28.2

190.5
_
-

See footnotes at end of table.




49

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

Industry

Nondurable goods—Continued
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Tires and inner tubes
Rubber and plastics footwear
Reclaimed rubber, and rubber and plastics hose
and belting
Fabricated rubber products, nee
Miscellaneous plastics products
Leather and leather products
Leather tanning and finishing
Footwear, except rubber
Men's footwear, except athletic
Women's footwear, except athletic ....
Luggage
Handbags and personal leather goods .

1972
SIC
Code

Production workers

All employees
July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

628.1

30
301
302

717.0
96.0
16.4

734.3
96.3
17.2

806.2
102.7
18.1

796.9
103.7
17.6

805.0

555.3
70.1
13.6

571.7
69.8
14.6

630.6
72.5
15.6

619.9
73.2
15.1

303,4
306
307

19.8
98.8
486.0

20.7
101.3
498.8

24.2
110.6
550.6

23.8
108.8
543.0

-

13.6
75.5
382.5

14.4
77.6
395.3

17.1
85.7
439.7

17.0
83.6
431.0

31
311
314
3143
3144
316
317

195.7
17.6
118.5
48.2
45.7
12.2
26.8

213.0
19.4
129.5
52.3
49.1
12.9
28.4

209.0
18.4
125.7
51.3
48.4
12.4
28.6

194.3
17.0
116.4
47.8
44.2
11.9
26.7

203.1

163.1
14.6
100.5
38.7
40.4
8.9
22.0

179.0
16.2
111.0
42.6
43.8
9.4
23.4

175.0
15.4
107.1
41.8
42.4
9.3
23.4

162.3
14.1
99.2
38.9
38.8
8.9
21.7

169.8

5,020

4,382

5,212

5,193

5,200

4,133

3,491

4,300

4,280

4,292

2,750

2,751

2,918

2,896

2,914

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

Transportation and public utilities .
Transportation .
Railroad transportation.
Class I railroads2

40
4011

388.3
358.7

384.9
355.3

378.8
349.5

377.8
348.8

Local and interurban passenger transit.
Local and suburban transportation
Taxicabs
Intercity highway transportation
School buses

41
411
412
413
415

213.8
77.2
38.2
40.7
38.4

211.7
76.5
38.1
40.6
37.6

261.0
82.2
37.6
39.6
81.4

220.1
81.5
37.3
39.3
42.7

-

Trucking and warehousing
Trucking and trucking terminals .
Public warehousing

42
421,3
422

1,235.0 1,238.8 1,308.1 1,309.2
1,152.7 1,153.8 1,224.0 1,224.5
84.7
84.1
85.0
82.3

-

Water transportation
Local water transportation
Water transportation services

44
445
446

199.0
30.2
101.8

201.5
30.4
103.7

217.2
30.6
118.0

225.3
31.5
124.5

Transportation by air
Air transportation
Air transportation services .

45
451,2
458

460.7
406.8
53.9

463.1
408.3
54.8

481.0
421.0
60.0

488.9
427.4
61.5

-

-

Pipe lines, except natural gas .

46

21.2

21.1

21.4

21.5

-

Transportation services.
Freight forwarding

47
471

232.4
53.8

230.1
52.8

250.8
60.6

253.6
61.5

-

-

Communication and public utilities
Communication
Telephone communication
Radio and television broadcasting
Radio broadcasting
Television broadcasting
Electric, gas, and sanitary services .
Electric services
Gas production and distribution ....
Combination utility services
Sanitary services

48
481
483
4832
4833
49
491
492
493
495

50
501
5012
5013

877.8
437.0
175.5
187.7
53.2

882.6
436.6
175.3
193.1
53.4

896.5
440.1
175.1
200.4
56.6

901.2
442.7
175.8
201.2
57.3

5,285

Wholesale trade
Durable goods
Motor vehicles and automotive equipment .
Automobiles and other motor vehicles
Automotive parts and supplies

2,297
2,294
1,631
748.4 1,397.3 1,395.9
990.7
370.8 993.8
226.6 231.7
231.2
110.8
112.5
112.5
115.8
118.7
119.2

2,270
1,392.1
1,018.5
226.0
111.1
114.9

5,303

5,537

5,558

3,069
402.7
96.3
273.0

3,084
403.9
96.2
273.8

3,268
420.2
102.4
283.7

3,282
422.0
103.0
285.0

I

See footnotes at end of table.

5O



194.9
70.6

193.3
70.0

242.1
75.2

200.9
74.1

37.3

37.2

36.7

36.4

1,075.7 1,079.3 1,141.6 1,142.2
1,007.3 1,008.0 1,071.8 1,071.9
70.3
71.3
68.4
69.8

-

-

-

-

-

;

:

-

-

-

-

14.9

14.8

15.1

15.3

-

-

-

-

_

_

2,295
1,059.9
760.5
181.0

414.2 1,055.8 1,066.5
736.1
737.7
112.5
186.4
186.0
181.3

_

704.7
347.1
140.6
149.0
47.8

708.1
346.4
140.3
153.6
47.8

717.3
345.5
139.3
162.6
50.0

719.4
346.6
139.7
162.6
50.6

5,586

4,243

4,265

4,461

4,483

4,507

3,304

2,439
314.2

2,456
316.5

2,617
336.9

2,632
339.0

-

-

-

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

T
!
I
I

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

SIC
Code

July
Aug.
1983 j 1983

i
112.4
119.6;
48.0
50.6:
64.41
69.0!
j
193.6 204.41
191.2!
86.8!
85.6!
94.5!
1
105.6
106.81 109.91
72.3J
72.31
74.3'
127.8 j 128.61 132.8|
438.91 441.0J 468.7 i
236.6: 237.21 248.01
70.0!
69.8
74.0 h
132.3! 134.0
146.7i
235.1! 236.71 248.7;
79.41
79.91
83.8
98.11 102.91
97.21
1,309.8! 1,312.6, 1,403.2!
439.9' 441.71 011.Oi
72.5i
73.3 i
79.11
138.71 137.8' 141.81
290.7 i 290.5' 311.0!
124.9' 125.31 133.7'
147.51 148.1: 156.7
180.4! 182.8; 196.5!
84.5!
83.1!
95.4 •

502
5021
5023
503
5031
J5039
|504
'505
J506
J5063
i5064
|5065
|507
',5072
',5074
J508
j5081
;5082
J5083
15084
15085
J5086
|509
|5093

;

J51
511
512
J513
J514
j5141
5147
5148
516
517
5171
5172
518
5181
J5182
J519
J5191

Aug. j June
1983 ! 1984

!

July I Aug.
1984P I 1984P

110.9
48.0 i
62.91

!
i
!
|
!
!
!
!
i
j
i
i
|

2,216:
162.5
154.8!
169.01
688.5 i
218.5!
63.5
87.8
123.2
214.5
87.0 j
127.5J
150.51
93.5!
57.0
410.4
160.5J
I
15,6351

2,219!
163.21
153.91
171.2]
688.81
219.6'
63.31
86.7!
123.7!
212.91
85.41
127.51
150.6!
94.01
56.6 j
409.6|
158.7;

2,269 j
172.2 j
156.8;
176.9!
720.5!
229.7 j
65.8!
93.7!
128.0;
208.5'
83.7!
124.81
154.4;
97.4!
57.0!
411.9|
156.6 =

117.6:
50.1'
67.5;
205.7'
95.2:
110.5'
74.6.
132.9!
469.1!
248.3,
73.0;
147.8;
249.5'
84.0103.1
,417.1
488.0;
79.8'
141.9!
314.4!
134.8j
157.1;
193.0
92.8,
2,276 i
173.6i
155.5!
176.1i
727.6!
231.3!

91.0

99.9

97.2

157.61

•
i
.

92.5!
159.9!

169.6

171.1 !

58.4!
101.6!
347.4;

58.3!
102.31
349.7'

62.0!
106.91'
371.9

62.4 i
107.21
374.4 j

'

i

-

'

; -:
i

189.9!

:

_

i - I -|

191.8!

201.71

202.4 j

I : : : i : ! :j

•• 1.030.5! 1,033.5! 1,104.7] 1.117.01

:

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- ;

- 1 - I

;

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I

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!

"

-

j
:

-

;
i

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j

i

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I
j

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:

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i
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148.8!

151.4!

2,282|
• |
•- ;
- ;
- :
- '

1.804 j
132.0,
129.2;
128.3;
594.51
I

1s809| 1,8441 1,851
133.1, 139.71 141.3
128.9
130.41 129.3
129.8
131.2! 130.0
595.0! 620.7! 627.3
'
i
!

--

65.6 j

•

;

99.2|
127.61
208.3 !
83.4'
124.9;
157.2i
99.61
57.61
409.8 !
158.3!

-

:
'
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!
!
:
I
.
i
i

-

:

~

:

|

: l!

85.3!
159.11

-

!

127.0!
_

l

332.9:

i

85.8
157.5!

163.8

"

_

'

332 8;

•

~

i

: I

: •
:

88.9 j
155.5;

88.9,
155.9!

!

- i

129.2,

131.8!

- i 127.2!

160.8J

_

;

333.9 j

_

j

332.4 j

I

15,732! 16,359! 16,343; 16,412; i4,039; 14,1231 14,660

14,635; 14,671

I

Building materials and garden supplies .
Lumber and other building materials ..
Hardware stores

52
521
525

General merchandise stores
Department stores
Variety stores
Misc. general merchandise stores

53
531
533
539

Food stores
Grocery stores
Meat markets and freezer provisioners
Dairy products stores .
Retail bakeries

154
J541
542
545
546

Automotive dealers and service stations
New and used car dealers
Auto and home supply stores
Gasoline service stations

55
551,2
i553
!554

536.8, 536.7
573.01 568.31
| 635.01 635.1! 673.91 669.1 i
355.1; 355.7i
i 333.6J 335.8
284.1 I 286.2! 303.51 304.1 j
127.8J 134.5- 134.8J
1584 ! 158.71
| 151.1 j 150.6
128.3
!
!
!
j 2,116.4( 2,127.6 2,235.1 j 2,242.6 2,236.6 j 1,982.4! 1,989.4! 2,092.0! 2,094.7
- ! 1,685.3 j 1,689.1 ] 1,792.1! 1,796.0
1,787.3 1,794.7 1,899.2; 1,907.6]
193.1! 192.3! 190.9
211.7' 210.9:
! 207.9 210.0
191.7
124.2! 124.1 i
I 121.2! 122.9
105.41 107.21 107.61 107.8
I




July i Aug. ! July
1984P , 1984P ! 1983

i

Retail trade

See footnotes at end of table.

June
1984

Production workers1

"

All employees

1972

i

!
i 2,562.9 2,565.9! 2,645.9; 2,658.6 2,667 51 2,381.3 2,384.31 2,460.3 2,472.21
2,098.2. 2,099.2; 2,170.5! 2,185.0'
; 2,247.8 2,248.91 2,323.51 2.338.4
!
58.9!
56.3;
56.1
58.5
38.2!
33.7|
40.8!
41.5
| 129.5| 130.5
135.7; 134.7;
141.81 142.8! 149.3| 148.9i

1,690.3! 1,698.51 1,770.41 1,782.7 1,781.8! 1,425.8! 1,433.4' 1,487.6 1,496.5
632.5' 637.1 : 675.1; 679.0
767.9! 773.0 818.7
823.8
276.5; 278. V 286.8 • 289.4
. 239.1! 239.91 2*1.4
242.51
505.5! 563.1! 577.?. 5/51.7
488.5, 491.4; 500.4, 504.4

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)

I
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
i July
Code
! 1983

Eating and drinking places

56
561
562
565
566
!
!57
J571
J5712
i 572
573
5732
J5733
!
;58

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
1591
!
G92
!594
; 5941
!5942
!
5943
5944
5947
5949
596
5961
5962
598
599

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

Finance, insurance, and real estate3

Production workers1

All employees
Aug.
1983

939.81
113.6!
340.5 i
176.9|
201.6;

953.4;
113.3J
344.41
179.2
207.2

596.5!
356.01
232.2!
78.8!
161.7i
106.6i
55.1;

603.7
361.5!
234.81
79.3J
162.91
106.8J
56.1!

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

June
1984

July
1984P

807.4
95.2
293.0
156.7
169.3

816.8
98.3
300.9
156.31
169.1 j

503.5
301.6

542.6
317.5

545.5
317.9

67.4
132.3

67.8
134.1

68.0
157.1

68.5
159.1

I
i 5,157.7! 5,200.i! 5,381.1 5,350.9 5,392.6 4,747.2 4,781.9 4,938.2 4,906.0
!

I
i
i
i
i
I
i
i
:
;
'
;
:
!

1,936.2 i 1,947.2 2,029.5 2,021.3
531.2
501.7! 504.2 531.0
124.7
122.8
126.81 125.6
623.1! 628.4 649.6 649.0
105.6
106.7
101.3J 104.5
62.0
59.8
57.5
57.2:
63.3
67.4
63.7:
67.2
136.4
135.5
135.8J 135.9
123.0
117.7: 117.81 121.1
66.2
66.1
60.7'
61.6J
241.81 245.8! 250.6 248.2
116.7J
116.4'i 118.8J 117.4
82.5
81.2
77.7!
78.81
102.8
97.6!
97.9J 103.3
294.5
278.2! 277.81 297.5

1,675.3 1,685.9 1,749.2 1,739.8
467.4 467.0
445.6 448.3
531.1

5,721!

5,758

5,773

2,770!

2,778!

2,864!

2,879

555.2

555.6

224.3

227.8

224.4

80.4
232.5

5,574 j

536.2

220.6

80.4
233.0

85.5
246.8

85.0
243.4

4,147

4,159

4,268

4,296

2,864

Banking
Commercial and stock savings banks
State banks, Federal Reserve
State banks, not Federal Reserve ....
Mutual savings banks

.60
..J602
J6022
J6O23,4
..|603

Credit agencies other than banks
Savings and loan associations
Federal savings and loan associations .
State associations, insured
Personal credit institutions
Business credit institutions
Mortgage bankers and brokers

J.61
612
6122
6123
614
615
.1616

637.51
296.11
171.01
116.4
199.8
36.71
81.81

640.6
298.0
172.3
117.0
200.7!
36.6
82.2

684.7
315.2
182.3
123.6
211.9
37.8
96.0

688.9
317.11
183.21
124.4!
212.1
38.7
96.9

Security, commodity brokers, and services .
Security brokers and dealers

,.i62
.1621

316.1!
257.6!

319.5J
260.7!

343.3
280.3

345.3
281.6

67

137.7J

139.1!

142.01 142.8

_

1,727|

1,730;

1,7571 1,769

1,755

Holding and other investment offices
Insurance

!

Insurance carriers
Life insurance
Medical service and health insurance
Fire, marine, and casualty insurance
Title insurance

j63
J631
632
633
636

Insurance agents, brokers, and service

|64

See footnotes at end of table.

52



Aug.
1984P

811.9
96.8
299.7
157.9J
165.71

495.9
296.2

653.91
381.11
244.5 i
80.7
192.11
130.31
61.8

5,552!

Finance

Aug.
1983

794.5
95.5
290.0
154.5
163.4

972.01 963.8
117.8J 115.9
355.31 353.6
179.7! 181.5
208.3
202.7!
651.1
381.2
245.2
80.2
189.7
128.4
61.3

July
1983

1,254.2 1,252.4 1,260.7 1,267.4
1,133.0 1,131.5 1,138.8 1,144.6

1,678.8j 1,678.6! 1,694.2 1,701.6
1,522.9 1,522.8 1,539.6 1,545.9
339.4
340.8
335.2! 335.4
388.4
389.6
384.1! 383.8
79.0!
79.1
76.21
75.9

: 1,237.6: 1,238.5 1,251.2 1,253.6
541.6! 542.9 539.6
540.0
146.51 146.6
155.4
154.5
473.8 j 474.5
472.5 471.1
46.31
46.21
42.8
43.6
489.8

491.1

506.21

515.4

486.7
228.8

488.8
230.4

522.5
243.4

524.7
244.2

153.0

153.5

162.7

163.0

- I "

_
_

_

836.4
325.7
116.9
332.1

834.3
324.2
116.9
330.9

847.5
326.5
124.0
330.6

850.0
327.2
124.8
332.1

4,311

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-2. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by detailed industry—Continued
(In thousands)
1972
SIC
Code

Industry

Finance, Insurance, and real estate—Continued
Real estate, and combined real estate, insurance, etc ....
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

July
1983
1,054

Aug.
1983
1,067

June
1984

1,100

July
1984P

1,110

Aug.
1984P

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

1,091

1,038.5 1,050.9 1,083.8 1,093.4
508.9
517.0
498.2
508.9
407.1
382.3 385.8 405.3
142.0
141.2
134.6
132.3
15.7
19,901

Services

Production workers1

All employees

15.6

16.2

16.2

19,943 20,846 20,872 20,877

1,272.1 1,289.6 1,331.3 1,381.2
1,200.7 1,213.4 1,285.7 1,305.2

17,655 17,683 18,470 18,479

Hotels and other lodging places
Hotels, motels, and tourist courts

70
701

Personal services
Laundry, cleaning, and garment services
Photographic studios, portrait
Beauty shops
Funeral service and crematories

72
721
722
723
726

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

3,592.9 3,6292 4,026.2 4,051.3 4,094.9 3,120.1 3,158.1 3,519.2 3,540.2
177.6
134.5
178.4
130.0
130.0
135.5
171.3
171.5
135.9
136.4
128.8
130.0
80.0
80.0
76.3
76.0
155.4
155.8
140.5
143.4
562.4 561.4
615.9
516.4 518.5
568.2 570.2 615.9
834.2
842.0
654.3
667.9
167.0
169.5
139.7
139.5
631.1
636.2
482.6 497.5
470.7 479.6
355.7 355.6
393.6 402.3
422.6 422.5
155.5
157.6
139.2
140.4
251.8
220.4
220.2 245.3

739
7391
7392
7393
7394
7395

18.472

1,551.7 1,569.9 1,684.8 1,691.9
180.8
183.3
174.4
172.2
405.2
406.6 452.0 450.8
388.4
362.7
370.4 386.0
146.3
140.0
134.3 145.4
78.7
80.2
78.4
79.8

Miscellaneous business services
Research development laboratories, nee
Management and public relations
Detective and protective services
Equipment rental and leasing
Photofinishing laboratories

932.8
349.6
48.2
297.8
72.9

934.3
350.6
49.1
297.2
72.7

986.6
362.6
52.6
317.6
73.3

977.3
360.1
51.6
318.6
73.1

1,095.1 1,106.6 1,168.1 1,183.6
310.9

311.1

324.0

321.7

275.5

275.0

290.0

289.3

Auto repair, services, and garages
Automotive rentals, without drivers
Automotive repair shops

75
751
753

624.0
126.7
387.7

626.8
127.3
389.2

682.7
139.2
416.6

680.7
136.3
418.7

526.9

527.2

579.1

574.2

323.5

322.7

348.5

347.6

Miscellaneous repair services
Electrical repair shops

76
762

284.3
87.0

287.9
87.0

304.0
86.3

305.3
86.7

235.7

239.4

254.6

255.1

Motion pictures
Motion picture production and services
Motion picture theaters

78
781
783

227.6
93.1
123.9

230.6
98.9
121.1

226.1
97.5
118.2

231.8
99.6
121.9

197.2
77.1

199.4
62.4

195.9
81.1

200.9
63.0

Amusement and recreation services

79

972.6

968.5

950.7

971.0

893.9

888.6

865.4

884.9

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

6,012.3
875.8
412.4
1,118.1
714.4
403.7
3,052.4
2,887.3
48.8
116.3
111.7
176.7

6,014.4
877.9
413.4
1,121.7
716.3
405.4
3,046.2
2,880.8
48.7
116.7
111.4
178.4

6,088.0
908.9
432.6
1,160.1
742.6
417.5
2,993.2
2,824.3
50.4
118.5
109.7
190.3

6,108.8 6,069.2 5,412.2 5,411.9 5,452.3 5,472.0
767.8
914.3
737.9 736.6 762.7
384.1
433.8
364.2 365.7 383.0
1,013.2 1,016.9 1,050.6 1,053.0
1,162.2
743.5
418.7
3,001.6
2,798.5 2,794.3 2,736.1 2,743.8
2,832.4
50.5
118.9
109.9
192.3

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
July
1983

617.2

Aug.
1983

612.5

June
1984

657.3

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

661.1

Educational services
Elementary and secondary schools
Colleges and universities
Correspondence and vocational schools

82
821
822
824
83
832
833
836
84

Membership organizations
Business associations
Labor organizations
Civic and social associations

86
861
863
864
89
891
892
893

July
1984P

522.7

558.9

562.6

883.2
484.4

888.2
488.0

938.5
525.2

944.5
530.1

286.6

1,074.2 1,078.8 1,135.8 1,144.9
580.8
583.1 622.9 628.3
113.0
112.3
111.6 113.3
359.3
362.3
380.0 381.9

517.6

288.8

302.3

Aug.
1984P

301.6

1,528.3 1,515.4 1,519.9 1,519.1
84.0
87.1
84.0
87.5
132.8 133.5 139.2 132.1
347.0 340.7 335.1 356.6

Miscellaneous services
Engineering and architectural services
Noncommercial research organizations
Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping

June
1984

1,236.3 1,238.9 1,291.9 1,291.6
262.4 263.6 296.2 304.5
207.3 205.7 205.6 208.3
251.3 251.5 264.3 264.5

Museums, botanical and zoological gardens

Aug.
1983

1,016.8 1,010.1 1,114.6 1,017.2
285.1 283.0 334.8 293.8
618.3 612.1 658.3 603.1
50.2
52.1
56.0
57.5

Social services
Individual and family services
Job training and related services
Residential care

July
1983

41.3

4

44.4

15,218

15,079

2,779

2,832

2,813

2,797

Federal Government

4

Federal government, by industry:
Manufacturing activities
Shipbuilding and repairing
Transportation and public utilities, except Postal
Service
Services
Hospitals
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

2,821

2,738.7 2,722.6 2,763.3
963.7 959.8 978.2
661.6 660.3 680.2
1,113.4 1,102.5 1,104.9
41.6
40.4
41.0
16.2
16.4
16.9

Executive, by agency
Department of Defense
Postal Service
Other executive agencies
Legislative
Judicial

3731

137.7
84.3

136.9
83.8

136.7
82.7

137.2
82.8

806

41.3
415.7
238.7

40.9
414.0
238.5

38.4
414.3
240.2

38.7
416.7
241.7

806
82

3,475 3,470 3,603 3,522
470.6 468.6 469.2 467.7
1,217.5 1,218.1 1,355.6 1,248.2

3,527

1,166.3 1,162.0 1,160.6 1,178.6

806
82

8,839 8,714
9,606 8,864
497.0 497.0
502.4
505.6
650.4
649.6 631.2 629.1
4,244.1 4,167.1 5,168.8 4,285.0

8,739

3,088.8 3,050.2 2,980.6 3,100.3

1
Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;
construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in
transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and services.
2
Beginning in January 1978, data relate to line haul railroads with
operating revenues of $50,000,000 or more.
3
Data for nonoffice sales agents are excluded from the
nonsupervisory count for all series in this division.
4
Prepared by the Office of Personnel Management. Data relate to
civilian employment only and exclude the Central Intelligence Agency and
the National Security Agency.




44.3

15,111 14,964 16,030

Government

54

40.8

- Data not available.
p
= preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1983 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1983 forward are subject to
revision. Corrected May 1984 data for all employees for total nonfarm
payroll; Government; Federal government; Executive, by agency;
Department of Defense; Postal Service; Other executive agencies;
Legislative; and Judicial are 94,164; 16,251; 2,788; 2,731.7; 965.5; 676.7;
1,089.5; 39.7; and 16.8 respectively.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
WOMEN EMPLOYEES
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-3. Women employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group
(In thousands)
May
1983

June
1983

Apr.
1984

39,774

39,886

41,495

31,948

32,256

6,392

Mining
Construction

Industry

Total

May
1984
c

June
1984

41,808

41,940

33,463

33,774

34,104

6,493

6,835

6,886

6,968

117

117

117

119

121

380

389

408

416

428

5,895

5,987

6,310

6,351

6,419

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

2,764
96
132
110
97
297
442
838
291
292
169

2,799
99
133
112
98
301
444
851
295
295
172

3,037
106
145
116
105
322
482
950
326
310
177

3,062
107
144
117
106
326
486
959
331
311
176

3,098
109
145
119
107
327
493
972
336
313
178

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

3,131
476
21
351
932
153
526
271
30
250
123

3,188
495
22
357
948
154
528
275
31
255
125

3,273
476
21
364
987
158
559
279
30
278
122

3,289
482
21
364
987
159
562
280
30
281
123

3,321
497
21
363
988
163
566
285
30
283
124

33,382

33,393

34,667

34,922

34,972

Transportation and public utilities ...

1,340

1,351

1,379

1,391

1,410

Wholesale trade

1,431

1,446

1,525

1,537

1,546

Retail trade

7,799

7,895

8,073

8,232

8,348

Finance, insurance, and real estate

3,258

3,289

3,380

3,400

3,440

11,728

11,782

12,271

12,328

12,392

Total private
Goods-producing

Manufacturing

Service-producing

Services
Government
Federal
State
Local
c

=corrected.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1983 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are




7,826
930
1,584
5,312

7,630
954
1,507
5,169

8,032
962
1,701
5,369

c

c

8,034
C
971
1,683
5,380

7,836
983
1,605
5,248

introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1983 forward are subject to
revision.

55

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-4. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
1984

1983
Industry
Aug.
Total1
Total private .
Goods-producing.
Mining
Oil and gas extraction .
Construction
General building contractors .
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products ...
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products .
Leather and leather products
Service-producing1

Sept.

Oct.

Nov. Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

Julyp

Aug.p

89,918 91,018 91,345 91,688 92,026 92,391 92,846 93,058 93,449 93,786 94,135 94,351 94,510
74,110 75,083 75,481 75,814 76,157 76,533 76,971 77,185 77,546 77,864 78,241 78,411 78,575
23,532 23,669 23,895 24,058 24,198 24,383 24,577 24,595 24,760 24,851 24,974 25,068 25,112
950
590

952
594

965
600

967
603

969
607

975
608

978
607

978
607

984
612

995
619

1,002
623

1,007
629

1,015
629

3,985
1,037

4,019
1,043

4,044
1,053

4,073
1,064

4,086
1,077

4,154
1,100

4,226
1,111

4,151
1,099

4,246
1,110

4,286
1,126

4,343
1,135

4,350
1,130

4,357
1,133

18,597 18,698 18,886 19,018 19,143 19,254 19,373 19,466 19,530 19,570 19,629 19,711 19,740
10,846 10,923 11,071 11,170 11,266 11,343 11,440 11,513 11,551 11,598 11,652 11,709 11,763
705
675
690
711
712
708
680
695
698
712
714
702
706
489
487
453
456
462
467
482
482
485
470
483
475
480
604
587
605
578
581
592
604
605
605
589
604
606
595
882
880
849
887
884
840
863
869
877
877
877
879
871
341
336
347
344
345
346
351
351
352
347
347
345
348
1,384 1,389 1,408 1,420 1,431 1,440 1,447 1,456 1,459 1,469 1,479 1,490 1,493
2,051 2,058 2,077 2,106 2,122 2,137 2,151 2,166 2,189 2,203 2,226 2,244 2,255
2,022 2,062 2,086 2,109 2,132 2,152 2,175 2,202 2,212 2,228 2,237 2,253 2,266
1,776 1,780 1,820 1,832 1,855 1,876 1,898 1,905 1,905 1,906 1,917 1,928 1,957
889
860
779
857
848
855
783
810
823
843
863
858
865
728
726
722
723
719
694
698
707
711
718
702
705
715
386
384
386
385
388
373
370
378
382
384
387
388
376
7,751
1,621
66
751
1,170
663
1,302
1,046
194
730
208

7,775
1,624
68
753
1,174
666
1,305
1,047
194
735
209

7,815
1,624
68
758
1,186
669
1,311
1,049
192
748
210

7,848
1,629
66
760
1,195
671
1,317
1,050
192
758
210

7,877
1,631
67
762
1,202
675
1,321
1,052
191
766
210

7,911
1,638
66
768
1,207
676
1,328
1,053
191
774
210

7,933
1,637
65
767
1,213
680
1,333
1,054
190
784
210

7,953
1,638
66
769
1,218
680
1,339
1,054
190
790
209

7,979
1,648
67
766
1,226
680
1,348
1,057
189
790
208

7,972
1,643
67
762
1,217
681
1,356
1,057
188
795
206

7,977
1,644
67
759
1,209
685
1,362
1,062
188
797
204

8,002
1,654
66
755
1,212
687
1,369
1,064
187
803
205

7,977
1,641
62
750
1,215
686
1,371
1,066
187
800
199

66,386 67,349 67,450 67,630 67,828 68,008 68,269 68,463 68,689 68,935 69,161 69,283 69,398

Transportation and public utilities .
Transportation
Communication and public utilities ..

4,369
2,751
1,618

5,046
2,768
2,278

5,053
2,776
2,277

5,043
2,763
2,280

5,055
2,776
2,279

5,095
2,816
2,279

5,105
2,828
2,276

5,112
2,839
2,273

5,129
2,862
2,267

5,144
2,871
2,273

5,163
2,883
2,280

5,173
2,896
2,277

5,182
2,902
2,280

Wholesale trade
Durable goods
Nondurable goods .

5,277
3,072
2,205

5,301
3,096
2,205

5,322
3,113
2,209

5,344
3,128
2,216

5,371
3,147
2,224

5,406
3,168
2,238

5,438
3,193
2,245

5,457
3,205
2,252

5,473
3,215
2,258

5,492
3,235
2,257

5,502
3,249
2,253

5,527
3,269
2,258

5,559
3,291
2,268

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

15,626 15,671 15,737 15,805 15,857 15,914 15,980 16,030 16,095 16,166 16,245 16,278 16,298
2,169 2,171 2,179 2,195 2,189 2,210 2,211 2,230 2,251 2,273 2,295 2,291 2,280
2,563 2,568 2,587 2,594 2,600 2,618 2,626 2,626 2,635 2,630 2,641 2,653 2,665
1,679 1,685 1,695 1,703 1,710 1,725 1,740 1,748 1,743 1,751 1,751 1,763 1,761
5,043 5,058 5,071 5,082 5,095 5,111 5,121 5,136 5,154 5,183 5,199 5,210 5,230
5,498
2,749
1,724
1,025

5,503
2,763
1,725
1,015

5,512
2,769
1,725
1,018

5,530
2,777
1,728
1,025

5,546
2,789
1,730
1,027

5,573
2,797
1,737
1,039

5,593
2,812
1,741
1,040

5,613
2,831
1,742
1,041

5,640
2,851
1,742
1,047

5,662
2,863
1,746
1,053

5,676
2,858
1,752
1,066

5,679
2,856
1,760
1,063

5,692
2,857
1,766
1,069

Services
Business services .
Health services

19,808 19,893119,962 20,034 20,130 20,162 20,278 20,378 20,449 20,549 20,681 20,686 20,732
3,599 3,636 3,672 3,703 3,758 3,798 3,845 3,875 3,912 3,979 4,014 4,031 4,058
5,988 6,003 6,007 6,016 6,026 6,030 6,040 6,052 6,06; 6,073 6,064 6,078 6,045

Government1.
Federal1
State
Local

15,808 15,935
2,747 2,774!
3,668 3,672
9,393 9,489

1

15,864 15,874 15,869 15,858 15,875 15,873 15,903 15,922 15,894 15,940 15,935
2,760 2,759 2,76! 2,760 2,763 2,770 2,771 2,785 2,777 2,779 2,780
3,667 3,669 3,668 3,670 3,68; 3,686 3,693 3,699 3,699 3,711 3,728
9,437 9,446 9,439 9,428 9,430 9,417 9,439 9,438 9,418 9,450 9,427

May 1984 estimates have been corrected.
= preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from

p

56



March 1983 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all seasonally adjusted data from January 1980 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)

1983

1984

Industry
June
Total1

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

39,700 39,949 39,781 40,237 40,373 40,531 40,712 40,858 41,074 41.210 41,390 41,584 41,735

Total private

32,121 32,282 32,086 32,538 32,684 32,824 32,997 33,140 33,333 33,463 33,618 33,793 33,948
6,452

6,496

6,518

6,566

6,626

6,677

6,723

6,773

6,820

6,854

6,886

6,904

6,919

Mining

116

116

116

116

117

116

116

117

117

117

117

119

120

Construction

384

388

390

396

397

400

402

404

407

409

413

418

423

5,952

5,992

6,012

6,054

6,112

6,161

6,205

6,252

6,296

6,328

6,356

6,367

6,376

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

2,781
97
134
111
97
298
444
845
292
293
170

2,806
97
137
111
97
300
448
855
296
294
171

2,820
98
136
112
98
303
452
855
299
297
170

2,851
100
136
113
99
305
452
875
303
299
169

2,887
101
137
114
101
309
456
888
308
301
172

2,920
102
139
114
102
312
463
901
310
303
174

2,947
103
140
115
103
315
466
910
315
304
176

2,973
105
142
116
103
317
468
921
319
306
176

3,003
105
143
117
103
320
473
932
324
308
178

3,031
106
144
118
104
322
476
946
327
310
178

3,043
107
144
117
105
321
481
952
327
310
179

3,057
106
144
117
105
325
485
957
330
311
177

3,075
107
146
117
105
324
492
965
332
311
176

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

3,171
502
24
354
934
153
529
272
30
251
122

3,186
501
23
355
945
153
530
273
30
254
122

3,192
496
23
357
945
154
533
274
30
257
123

3,203
497
23
358
948
155
535
275
30
259
123

3,225
496
23
361
959
156
538
275
30
263
124

3,241
501
22
361
965
156
540
275
30
267
124

3,258
502
23
363
969
157
543
276
30
271
124

3,279
505
23
366
974
157
547
278
30
275
124

3,293
506
23
366
979
158
549
279
30
278
125

3,297
504
23
367
982
157
552
279
30
280
123

3,313
508
24
365
989
158
557
281
30
278
123

3,310
506
24
364
983
159
562
281
30
279
122

3,301
505
23
361
973
162
566
282
30
278
121

Goods-producing

Manufacturing

Service-producing1

33,248 33,453 33,263 33,671 33,747 33,854 33,989 34,085 34,254 34,356 34,504 34,680 34,816

Transportation and public utilities ...

1,342

1,340

1,031

1,357

1,355

1,356

1,362

1,373

1,378

1,380

1,385

1,388

1,400

Wholesale trade

1,445

1,452

1,461

1,468

1,474

1,485

1,496

1,508

1,519

1,532

1,534

1,542

1,544

Retail trade

7,874

7,914

7,939

7,951

7,987

8,024

8,048

8,084

8,121

8,154

8,204

8,265

8,323

Finance, insurance, and real estate

3,269

3,284

3,297

3,309

3,318

3,327

3,340

3,358

3,367

3,374

3,387

3,403

3,419

Services

11,739 11,796 11,840 11,887 11,924 11,955 12,028 12,044 12,128 12,169
1

Government
Federal1
State
Local

7,579
934
1,568
5,077

7,667
944
1,576
5,147

7,695
947
1,584
5,164

1
May 1984 estimates have been corrected.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from March




7,699
960
1,586
5,153

7,689
960
1,595
5,134

7,707
960
1,603
5,144

7,715
962
1,609
5,144

7,718
962
1,620
5,136

7,741
964
1,629
5,148

7,747
967
1,636
5,144

12,291 12,343
7,772 7,791
964
968
1,650 1,660
5,158 5,163

7,787

962
1,670
5,155

1983 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced, all
seasonally adjusted data from January 1980 forward are subject to revision.

57

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EMPLOYMENT
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-6. Production or nonsupervisory workers 1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group,
seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
1984

1983
Industry
Aug.

Total private.
Goods-producing .
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing .

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July"

Aug.p

59,830 60,748 61,074 61,371 61,665 61,948 62,327 62,443 62,800 63,060 63,363 63,475 63,605
16,996 17,155 17,318

17,297 17,446 17,507

17,600 17,663

17,686

16,421

16,532

16,735

16,881

673

674

685

686

690

694

696

698

707

714

720

719

730

3,069

3,099

3,122

3,147

3,161

3,227

3,296

3,211

3,296

3,328

3,388

3,389

3,384

13,443 13,465 13,492 13,555

13,572

12,679

12,759 12,928 13,048 13,145 13,234 13,326 13,388

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

7,224
564
361
442
629
1,006
1,214
1,228
1,122
389
269

7,2891
569
363
445
636
1,011
1,219
1,260
1,126
393
267

7,421
578
368
450
651
1,028
1.236J
1,281
1,160
397
272

7,511
583
373
453
657
1,037
1,261
1,300
1,173
399
275

7,585
587
376
454
665
1,049
1,273
1,313
1,192
398
278

7,643
589
380
455
661
1,056
1,286
1,327
1,208
401
280

7,718
592
384
462
666
1,062
1,300
1,346
1,221
403
282

7,769
599
387
463
666
1,069
1,314
1,364
1,221
404
282

7,799
599
387
464
668
1,074
1,329
1,371
1,221
403
283

7,826
596
385
465
676
1,083
1,342
1,377
1,217
404
281

7,860
597
387
466
674
1,091
1,356
1,379
1,224
405
281

7,910
594
388
466
671
1,101
1,371
1,396
1,235
406
282

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

5,455
1,117
50
650
990
495
714
580
117
568
174

5,470
1,118
52
651
993
498
715
581j

5,507
1,119
51
656
1,004
501

5,537
1,124
50
658
1,012
503
725
584
114
591
176|

5,560
1,126
50
660
1,018
506
727
586
113
598

5,591
1,134
49
666
1,023
508
732
587
112
604

5,608
1,133
49
665
1,028
511
734
588
112
612

5,619
1,133
50
666
1,031
512
737
588
111
616

5,644
1,143
50
665
1,039
512
744
589
111
616

5,639
1,142
50
661
1,033
512
748
588
111
621

5,632
1,142
50
658
1,021
515
752
590
110
623

5,645 5,613
1,138
1,151
46
41
649
652
1,024
1,025
515
516
757
755
592
589
109
110
624
626 j

176

176

176

175

175

173

171

Service-producing .

571 j
175|

7201

1

583|
1151
582:
176i

43,409 44,216 44,339! 44,490

Transportation and public utilities .

3,481

4,154

4,158

4,242

4,258

4,274

4,292

14,028 14,063 14,112

14,174

4,107

4,122

165

44,669 44,793 45,009 45,146 45,354 45,553 45,763 45,812 45,919

4,151

Wholesale trade

172

7,959
592
390
464
671
1,105
1,382
1,408
1,259
406
282

4,161

Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services
1

4,098

4,097

17,560

17,644

17,688 17,751

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




4,198

4,207

4,228

4,236

4,253

4,263

4,279

4,316
Retail trade

4,189
4,349

4,375

4,395

4,406

4,425

4,430

4,456

4,480

14,493 14,558 14,577

14,569

14,341 14,434
4,165
4,175
I
17,836! 17,842 17,9581 18,038
18,111

14,221 14,264 14,317
4,135 4,149 4,161

p

4,195
18,204

4,220

4,247

18,305 18,296

18,344

4,217

= preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from March
1983 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced, all
seasonally adjusted data from January 1980 forward are subject to revision.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
INDEXES OF DIFFUSION
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

B-7. Indexes of diffusion: Percent of industries in which employment1 increased, seasonally adjusted

Year

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

Over
1 -month
span

1982
1983
1984

27.6
54.3
71.1

47.6
46.5
73.2

35.7
60.8
67.0

31.1
68.9
63.8

41.1
69.5
64.1

33.5
64.6
63.0

Over
3-month
span

1982
1983
1984

25.1
46.8
82.2

27.8
57.3
80.5

27.8
64.1
76.5

27.3
75.1
71.1

27.6
75.7
68.4

28.6
77.8
P
69.5

Over
6-month
span

1982
1983
1984

19.2
50.8
81.9

22.2
63.0
82.7

21.9
69.2
79.7

24.6
75.1
P
75.4

20.3
80.0
p
70.5

Over
12-month
span

1982
1983
1984

21.6
49.5
P
86.2

21.4
54.3
P
82.7

17.6
61.9

18.1
71.1

16.2
77.3

Time
span

1

Based on the number of employees, seasonally adjusted for 1,
3, and 6 month spans, on the payrolls of 185 private nonagricultural
industries. Data for the 12-month span are unadjusted.
p
= preliminary.
NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment




Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

32.4
68.6
57.3

37.3
69.5

28.9
75.4

32.4
69.7

45.7
73.8

23.5
74.1
P
65.1

24.1
81.6

26.5
80.8

25.9
78.9

27.8
79.5

41.6
77.6

21.4
82.4

21.4
84.1

18.6
82.4

23.2
84.6

27.3
85.9

29.5
86.8

35.4
83.8

18.1
79.5

21.1
83.8

21.1
88.1

25.1
86.8

31.6
87.3

34.1
85.4

40.3
87.3

July

p

34.6
74.3
60.8

P

rising. (Half of the unchanged components are counted as rising.)
Data are centered within the spans.
Establishment survey
estimates are currently projected from March 1983 benchmark
levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced, all
seasonally adjusted data from January 1980 forward are subject to
revision.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry
(In thousands)
Total

Mining

Construction

State and area
July
1983

June
1984

1,332.0
337.1
133.9
147.3
107.7
48.8

1,359.5
344.2
139.0
149.5
110.1
50.6

1,351.4
344.2
138.6
150.3
109.6
50.2

233.2

225.7

234.3

8.7

1,044.0
676.6
190.6

1,124.7
734.6
207.8

1,109.3
727.1
202.4

13.5
.6
3.4

736.9
67.1
69.9
182.5
28.6

768.2
69.6
70.0
186.4
29.6

766.2
69.6
69.9
184.8
28.7

5.4

California
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove ...
Bakersfield
Fresno
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Modesto
Oxnard-Simi Valley-Ventura
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
Sacramento
Salinas-Seaside-Monterey
San Diego
San Francisco-Oakland
San Jose
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc .
Santa Rosa
Stockton
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa

9,896.0
857.0
139.3
174.6
3,527.2
84.7
162.7
430.2
411.6
92.4
670.5
1,549.1
712.4
123.7
94.1
117.7
101.1

10,387.7
908.3
143.4
182.4
3,672.1
85.8
166.7
451.6
428.0
94.6
711.3
1,593.8
741.8
127.5
100.7
121.3
105.8

10,328.5
898.9
140.8
179.5
3,662.8
88.8
163.8
445.1
423.0
94.6
696.4
1,575.3
738.8
125.6
97.9
121.9
105.1

48.2
3.7
14.4
1.1
12.7
.1
3.5
1.2
.8
.4
.5
4.7
.1
1.5
.7
.1
.4

Colorado
Denver-Boulder .

1,322.3
855.8

1,369.2
886.4

1,356.9
875.8

37.4
26.3

Connecticut
Bridgeport
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven-West Haven
Stamford
Waterbury

1,442.6
165.9
401.5
58.2
188.2
113.6
84.2

1,499.0
169.7
413.5
59.8
199.4
115.9
88.9

1,485.7
167.9
410.1
58.9
201.1
115.4
86.5

271.3
236.4

273.5
237.3

273.2
236.0

.1
.2

.1
.2

District of Columbia
Washington SMSA ..

613.1
1,662.0

602.2
1,710.7

617.0
1,717.0

•1
1.1

.1
1.1

Florida
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
Fort Myers-Cape Coral
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Lakeland-Winter Haven
Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa
Miami
Orlando
Pensacola
Sarasota
Tallahassee
Tampa-St. Petersburg
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton .

3,847.0
85.7
363.4
74.8
70.5
309.6
112.9 !
117.7
727.6 !
336.0 !
104.2
80.5 i
73.4 :
605.7
228.9

4,119.3
90.9
380.8
81.3 I
71.2
323.8 i
114.6 !
125.4 i
749.2 I
360.9 !
110.6 |
83.5 |
79.2 |
626.8
247.1

4,078.6
89.7
375.5
80.8
71.6
319.7
113.2
125.3
741.9
355.1
109.8
82.6
79.1
616.7
242.3

Alabama
Birmingham ..
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery .
Tuscaloosa ...
Alaska
Arizona ...
Phoenix .
Tucson ..
Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale
Fort Smith
Little Rock-North Little Rock .
Pine Bluff

Delaware
Wilmington .

See footnotes at end of table.

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!

1

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

13.7
7.6

ft
ft
0

1.9

1.1

July
1984P

14.2
7.4

14.2
7.4

2.5

67.2
21.0
5.7
10.6
6.8
2.1

8.1

8.1

24.9

21.7

23.6

13.9
.7
3.8

13.9
.7
3.8

80.0
55.3
15.9

91.5
63.6
18.8

91.1
63.1
18.9

5.7
1.3

31.7
2.6
2.8
9.4
1.2

32.7
2.6
2.9
9.1
1.2

34.3
2.8
2.9
9.4
1.2

48.1
3.6
14.8
1.3
12.4
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3.3
1.2
.8
.4
.5
4.3
.1
1.4
.6
.1
.5

48.4
3.7
15.0
1.3
12.3
.1
3.3
1.2
.8
.4
.5
4.7
.1
1.3
.6
.1
.5

365.2
31.7
7.2
9.4
85.8
4.7
5.6
21.8
18.3
3.2
32.0
62.3
24.7
4.3
4.8
6.2
4.8

411.5
39.9
6.5
10.2
102.6
5.2
6.4
24.6
20.1
3.3
38.0
63.8
27.4
5.0
4.9
6.4
5.3

416.9
40.2
6.4
10.3
104.6
5.4
6.4
25.1
20.3
3.3
38.5
63.8
27.4
5.2
5.2
6.4
5.8

37.6
25.3

37.4
25.2

86.1
52.3

88.4
52.7

89.3
52.2

1.6

57.7
5.4
13.2
2.6
6.6
4.9
3.2

58.2
5.2
13.1
2.7
6.7
4.9
3.1

60.3
5.4
13.4
2.8
6.9
5.0
3.3

.1
.2

16.9
20.0

17.7
19.4

17.9
19.7

.1
1.1

10.4
80.2

10.7
86.9

10.7
88.3

10.0

269.7
5.0
26.2
8.7
4.6
19.8
6.6
7.2
37.6
22.8
7.5
7.5
3.5
42.3
20.2

307.1
6.0
29.2
9.1
4.7
20.9
6.8
8.1
40.6
24.8
8.2
7.9
4.6
46.6
21.1

309.0
6.1
29.6
9.4
4.6
20.9
7.0
8.1
41.1
24.6
8.2
8.0
4.5
46.2
21.1

O
O
(1)

O
ft
ft

2.5

5.6

O

1.6

ft

1.3

ft
ft

1.6
(2)

.2
(2)

(2)
.2

.2

(2)
.3
.7

(2)

(2)
.3
.7

.3
.7

(2)

9.9

(2)

9.9

(2)

(2)

(2)

O
0
0
0

O
ft
(1)
O

ft
ft
ft
ft

ft
ft
ft
(1)
ft

o
(1)
(1)

4.5

July
1984P

66.1
20.9
5.2
10.5
6.7
2.2

o

(2)

June
1984

62.0
20.0
4.6
9.6
6.2
2.2

O

o
o

July
1983

4.6

0

o
(1)
(1)
0
o
o
o

|

ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft

O

4.6

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
June
1984

July
1983

July
1984 P

June
1984

July
1983

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

2.7
9.4
4.4
1.6

272.7
80.3
23.4
36.9
24.1
10.2

280.9
81.6
24.2
38.7
25.4
10.4

280.9
81.5
25.2
38.9
25.4
10.4

20.0

20.5

44.2

45.0

45.8

59.4
38.4

8.7

59.0
38.2
9.2

253.4
170.7
42.7

269.6
183.8
43.9

268.6
183.3
43.5

210.9
20.5
22.9
26.4
5.6

43.7

45.8

45.8

4.5
3.6

5.1
3.7

5.1
3.6

13.5

13.7

3.1

3.3

13.6
3.3

165.1
16.2
15.2
44.2
5.9

173.1
16.8
15.1
44.9
6.0

173.9
16.9
15.2
44.8
6.0

544.6
29.8
8.0
10.2
198.2
3.9
6.8
25.6
21.5

522.5
29.3
7.9
9.6
190.8
3.5
7.1
25.4
20.7

112.0
182.9
271.1
21.7
17.0
20.5
10.3

2,031.6
221.2
9.3
22.8
879.5
22.8
24.8
57.8
31.7
9.3
107.2
183.8
275.8
21.5
17.3
22.6
11.0

2,478.7
228.1
36.5
47.2
848.9
21.4
41.8
117.2
101.3
24.8
168.5
376.4
140.0
30.1
24.6
27.9
24.0

2,488.2
229.7
36.6
47.5
854.1
21.7
41.7
117.0
101.6
25.1
169.7
373.3
140.4
30.2
24.5
28.4
24.4

181.7
124.3

188.5
129.7

391.1
57.3
85.2
23.5
37.4
30.9
26.9

Delaware
Wilmington
District of Columbia
Washington SMSA

70.7
29.0

72.7
29.8

72.3
29.9

8.3

2.8
9.7
4.4
1.7

2.7
9.6
4.4
1.6

14.5

20.4

20.2

157.3
113.9
26.6

168.8
121.8
28.9

169.6
122.5
29.1

56.7
36.3

202.9
19.8
23.0
26.3
5.7

211.5
20.4
22.8
26.3
5.6

1,942.3
211.2
9.7
21.7
852.8
18.7
25.1
58.4
28.6
9.4
106.7
183.0
263.7
21.0
15.3
20.7
10.9

2,013.1
221.0
9.3
21.4
880.2
19.2
24.9
57.3
30.1

Colorado
Denver-Boulder
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven-West Haven
Stamford
Waterbury

337.4
46.9
42.4
25.5
15.7
7.9

353.7
50.5
46.4
25.9
16.1
8.2

346.9
50.2
45.5
25.7
16.0

21.9

Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson
Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale
Fort Smith
Little Rock-North Little Rock
Pine Bluff

Alabama
Birmingham
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Alaska

California
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove.
Bakersfield
Fresno
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Modesto
Oxnard-Simi Valley-Ventura
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ...
Sacramento
Salinas-Seaside-Monterey
San Diego
San Francisco-Oakland
San Jose
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc
Santa Rosa
Stockton
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa

Florida
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
Fort Myers-Cape Coral
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Lakeland-Winter Haven
Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa
Miami
Orlando
Pensacola
Sarasota
Tallahassee
Tampa-St. Petersburg
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton

9.2

4.5

4.5

4.5

30.1
127.2
21.5
5.3
5.0
8.2

29.1
127.5
20.2
5.3
4.7
7.9

29.1
128.6
20.3

4.1

4.2

8.0
4.2

2,329.5
219.0
35.8
45.9
810.2
21.3
41.0
111.1
98.1
24.9
159.9
364.5
132.1
29.6
23.9
28.1
22.9

188.7
129.4

85.9
63.2

85.9
63.2

86.2
63.5

326.8
207.2

335.3
212.7

335.9
212.7

417.7
59.7
88.8
24.1
39.3
31.3
30.0

410.4
59.2
88.4
23.7
39.7
31.4
28.0

60.9
6.6
14.1
2.9
15.4

64.7
6.7
14.7
15.9

62.5
6.7
14.0
3.0
16.2

4.5
3.1

4.3
3.4

4.3
3.3

314.0
37.0
85.2
10.7
43.1
24.7
16.6

320.3
36.6
85.8
11.0
46.6
25.5
17.2

321.4
36.8
85.7
10.9
47.4
25.5
17.1

68.3
60.5

65.7
56.7

65.9
56.7

11.5
11.2

11.6
11.3

10.9
10.7

60.8
48.1

61.8
49.2

62.0
48.6

14.1
64.5

14.5
70.1

14.5
70.4

26.0
76.5

25.4
79.8

25.5
80.0

60.0
314.4

59.4
326.5

59.4
326.3

457.0
9.6
41.6

498.5
10.4
44.3

496.4
10.5
43.9

231.6
3.2
18.4

230.7
3.3
18.6

4.2

4.4
4.8

4.4

4.5
1.6

4.5

231.0
3.2
18.6
4.5
1.6
25.6
5.3

1,031.9
24.4
104.9
22.3
14.6
82.1
28.6
26.2
188.9
92.6
26.1
23.7
17.1
161.5
60.8

1,105.0
25.4
109.8
23.5
14.6
85.4
29.2
28.8
189.4
98.9
27.8
25.0
18.4
166.6
64.2

1,107.4
25.4
109.2
23.7
14.8
85.8
29.0
29.2
189.3
99.0
27.9
24.2
18.3
165.1
63.5

4.5
32.4
18.9
25.6
89.5
40.2
12.6
6.2
3.1

79.3
29.3

9.4

33.3
19.7
28.3
94.7
43.1
13.0
6.7
3.2
80.9
33.8

4.9
33.2
19.2
28.4
94.0
42.6
13.0
6.6
3.1
80.9
33.6

25.4
5.4
5.1

68.9
16.6
6.1
3.3
2.7

34.6
9.9

3.1

1.6
25.9
5.4

5.0
68.8
16.7
6.2
3.3
2.6
33.7
10.1

530.2
29.4
7.9
9.7
194.8
3.6
7.1

25.5
20.8

5.3
4.7

5.0

68.4
16.7
6.4

3.3
2.6
33.6
10.0

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)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Government

Services

State and area
July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Alabama
Birmingham .
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa ..

60.3
23.8
3.7
7.2
6.3
1.6

61.7
24.5
3.7
7.1
6.5
1.6

62.2
24.7
3.7
7.2
6.5
1.7

219.8
73.9
20.4
31.9
21.4
6.6

219.3
74.8
20.3
31.5
21.4
6.7

218.3
74.5
20.3
31.5
21.4
6.7

295.4
55.6
36.6
26.5
29.6
16.7

290.9
54.7
36.5
26.2
29.6
17.4

289.4
55.0
35.5
27.0
29.1
16.9

Alaska

11.1

11.3

11.5

41.2

41.6

42.8

61.0

63.5

61.6

Arizona ...
Phoenix .
Tucson ..

66.3
51.8
9.3

69.2
54.2
9.7

69.3
54.3
9.7

238.1
158.5
45.4

258.7
175.6
48.7

256.1
172.8
48.8

178.7
89.5
38.6

194.0
96.7
44.8

181.3
92.0
39.4

Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale
Fort Smith
Little Rock-North Little Rock .
Pine Bluff

34.7
2.6
2.7
14.0
1.4

35.6
2.5
2.7
13.8
1.5

35.9
2.6
2.7
13.8
1.5

129.4
9.9
12.8
40.4
5.7

134.1
10.1
12.6
41.4
5.6

134.8
10.0
12.7
41.7
5.5

124.0
11.5
8.7
34.7
5.6

129.8
12.1
8.9
37.2
6.4

124.9
11.7
8.6
35.1
5.6

661.3
63.6
5.7
12.0
237.8
3.7
10.7
19.5
23.7
4.5
45.7
153.5
29.3
6.4
6.3
6.1
3.7

676.2
65.9
5.7
12.3
243.1
3.7
10.5
19.7
23.9
4.5
47.0
153.4
29.4
6.3
6.4
6.2
3.7

679.5
66.0
5.7
12.3
244.1
3.7
10.5
19.7
23.9
4.5
47.3
153.9
29.3
6.4
6.4
6.2
3.7

2,361.1
204.3
27.1
38.1
880.4
17.7
34.0
97.0
82.3
21.2
164.3
383.7
170.2
32.1
21.1
23.9
20.6

2,460.4
213.3
28.1
39.8
923.8
17.5
34.6
101.0
84.5
22.0
172.9
396.3
176.9
32.4
22.4
24.1
22.1

2,467.2
214.0
28.1
39.3
924.3
17.4
34.5
99.9
84.1
22.2
173.1
396.4
175.1
32.2
22.3
23.9
21.6

1,643.8
93.7
31.4
36.2
449.3
14.6
36.0
95.6
138.3
24.3
131.3
270.2
70.8
23.5
17.0
24.4
33.7

1,777.2
107.2
34.6
40.6
470.3
15.2
38.1
105.2
146.6
25.7
143.3
289.2
76.7
25.3
20.1
28.2
35.7

1,666.5
94.7
31.8
36.3
449.1
14.1
35.5
98.9
139.8
25.3
131.0
270.8
70.4
23.5
16.9
26.3
33.9

87.0
62.5

88.6
64.0

89.2
64.2

289.5
192.6

299.8
200.6

299.8
200.2

227.9
127.4

245.1
138.2

230.3
128.3

119.9
8.3
69.0
2.0
10.9
9.0
4.0

122.6
8.2
70.9
2.0
12.5
9.0
4.1

123.2
8.3
72.4
2.0
12.6
9.1
4.0

321.1
36.7
85.2
11.0
52.4
29.2
19.3

327.8
36.7
86.3
11.1
54.6
29.8
19.5

329.2
36.8
86.5
11.1
55.5
30.1
19.5

176.3
14.6
49.4
5.5
22.1
9.7
11.1

186.1
16.6
53.7
5.8
23.5
10.4
11.6

177.1
14.7
49.5
5.4
22.5
9.3
11.3

Delaware
Wilmington .

15.9
14.6

16.6
15.4

16.9
15.5

54.0
47.9

56.9
51.0

56.2
50.0

43.7
34.0

43.0
34.2

43.3
34.4

District of Columbia
Washington SMSA ...

34.3
95.7

34.4
97.2

35.0
98.4

190.9
489.4

193.3
507.7

191.8
506.3

277.3
540.2

264.4
541.4

280.0
546.2

288.4
5.3
33.3
6.8
3.2
28.5
7.4
4.4
61.1
22.3
4.3
7.2
3.9
46.1 i
20.0

309.0
5.6
34.8
6.8
3.0
29.6
7.3
4.6
61.9
23.4
4.4
7.5
3.6
48.4
20.8

309.1
5.7
34.4
6.9
3.0
29.7
7.3
4.5
62.1
23.7
4.4
7.4
3.7
48.4
20.9

961.7
23.9
92.7
18.7
14.9
73.0
25.7
29.7
189.7
101.1
24.0
22.0
15.5
159.1
59.3

1,014.7
23.8
92.5
19.7
14.6
75.9
26.4
30.7
195.7
106.3
24.4
22.4
15.4
165.6
64.3

1,005.7
23.9
91.4
19.6
14.5
75.6
26.1
30.7
194.8
106.0
24.7
22.4
15.4
163.1
63.2

596.8
14.3
46.3
9.6
27.1
48.4
15.8
19.5
91.9
40.4
23.6
10.6
27.6
82.8
29.4

644.4
16.4
51.6
13.3
27.9
52.8
15.2
19.9
98.1
47.7
26.6
10.7
31.4
85.0
32.8

610.0
14.9
48.4
12.3
28.2
48.9
14.7
19.4
92.2
42.5
25.2
10.7
31.5
79.4
30.0

California
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove...
Bakersfield
Fresno
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Modesto
Oxnard-Simi Valley-Ventura
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
Sacramento
Salinas-Seaside-Monterey
San Diego
San Francisco-Oakland
San Jose
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc .
Santa Rosa
Stockton
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa
Colorado
Denver-Boulder .
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven-West Haven
Stamford
Waterbury

Florida
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
Fort Myers-Cape Coral
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Lakeland-Winter Haven
Melboume-Titusville-Cocoa
Miami
Orlando
Pensacola
Sarasota
Tallahassee
Tampa-St. Petersburg
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton .
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)
Mining

Total

Construction

State and area
June
1984

July
1983

July
1984P

June
1984

2,273.2
43.9
53.3
1,061.1
124.4
82.5
101.0
89.1

2,411.9
45.1
56.0
1,129.2
126.8
84.7
103.5
92.5

2,407.5
45.2
54.5
1,132.2
127.0
85.6
103.1
91.5

Hawaii
Honolulu

406.1
330.5

406.8
332.0

408.2
332.7

Idaho
Boise City

317.5
77.8

329.8
78.7

325.0
78.4

4.4

4.4

Illinois
Bloomington-Normal
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul....
Chicago-Gary
Chicago SMSA
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Decatur
Kankakee
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

4,532.7
48.1
70.7
3,262.6
3,042.6
146.0
50.7
31.8
129.6
109.3
88.8

4,588.6
49.1
71.0
3,282.0
3,069.0
149.3
52.4
31.2
131.8
115.5
88.3

4,588.8
48.1
71.3
3,282.4
3,071.2
149.2
53.2
31.4
132.9
114.6
88.6

24.7
3.2
3.1

Indiana
Anderson
Elkhart
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary-Hammond-East Chicago
Indianapolis
Lafayette-West Lafayette
Muncie
South Bend
Terre Haute

2,011.7
45.3
80.3
121.5
160.4
220.0
509.3
52.8
43.3
105.5
57.6

2,060.8
46.2
88.7
124.4
162.6
213.0
527.9
54.3
43.9
113.1
59.6

2,065.7
46.1
88.3
125.0
163.1
211.2
529.8
54.4
43.6
112.2
59.5

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo-Cedar Falls

1,010.1
73.8
170.9
37.5
45.8
56.4

1,036.2
75.2
174.5
39.0
47.1
55.1

1,023.4
74.2
173.4
38.7
46.3
54.8

911.6
25.0
82.2
191.4

943.9
25.4
85.7
202.2

930.5
25.0
84.7
200.6

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette
Louisville
Owensboro

1,137.6
145.8
368.9
30.4

1,199.8
147.3
377.2
31.5

1,179.1
146.3
380.0
31.7

Louisiana
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport

1,565.9
53.6
203.5
87.4
61.9
51.4
505.9
146.7

1,581.0
53.9
208.7
88.5
58.6
51.6
508.6
152.6

Maine
Lewiston-Auburn
Portland

430.3
32.2
96.4

Maryland
Baltimore SMSA
Baltimore City

1,712.0
948.8
438.4

Georgia
Albany
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Macon
Savannah

Kansas
Lawrence
Topeka
Wichita

July
1984P

July
1983

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

116.6
1.9
1.8
53.3
7.1
4.3
4.5
4.9

136.1
1.8
2.0
60.0
7.1
4.9
4.6
5.5

139.3
1.8
2.1
61.0
7.0
5.1
4.7
5.7

17.9
14.8

16.8
14.0

16.9
14.1

4.4

14.7
4.9

13.2
4.5

14.0
4.7

25.5

25.7

3.8
3.7

3.9
3.8

156.8
1.3
1.9
121.6
110.8
6.1
2.1
1.3
7.4
3.0
3.4

152.4
1.2
1.8
119.1
109.0
5.9
2.1
1.1
7.0
3.4
2.9

159.7
1.2
1.8
123.4
112.9
6.2
3.2
1.2
7.5
3.5
3.2

74.7
1.1
2.1
6.2
5.7
10.8
21.5
1.5
1.4
4.2
2.7

73.7
1.1
2.2
6.1
5.9
10.1
21.9
1.5
1.4
4.7
2.7

77.4
1.2
2.3
6.4
6.2
10.5
22.8
1.6
1.5
4.9
2.6

8.0

7.4

0
0
0
0
0
0

0
(2)
O
O
O
1

10.0
2

0
0

o

10.0
?

?

?

?

)
)

)
)

?

7.9

9

10.1
)
)

2.7

2.7

1.2

1.2

1.3

2.0
.1

2.2
.1

2.3
.1

41.2
2.8
6.5
1.2
2.0
2.1

43.8
2.6
6.6
1.1
1.8
2.3

46.3
2.7
7.1
1.1
1.9
2.4

17.7

17.9

.1
3.3

.3
3.1

.3
3.1

41.8
.9
2.8
8.6

43.2
.9
2.8
9.6

43.8
.9
2.9
9.7

41.4

43.2

42.9

49.0
6.8
15.7
1.7

57.6
8.2
20.9
2.1

58.8
8.8
21.0
2.2

116.8
3.6
20.6
5.4
6.7
3.2
31.1
9.3

114.2
3.4
20.5
5.0
4.5
2.7
28.5
9.9

114.3
3.5
21.2
5.3
4.7
2.6
28.6
9.6

18.7
1.5
4.3

18.3
1.4
4.7

19.3
1.5
4.7

101.0
47.2
15.6

109.3
52.2
18.0

110.8
52.5
18.7

2.7

()
O
2

2

17.5
2

2

)

)

O

O

1.1

1.1

1.1

1,573.4
53.9
210.7
89.2
58.8
51.6
506.8
149.9

79.2

78.6

78.1

.9
15.5
2.3
.5
18.5
5.9

1.0
16.7
2.2
.5
18.4
6.8

.9
16.3
2.1
.5
18.5
6.6

440.8
34.5
103.4

445.0
33.0
102.7

.2

.2

1,769.2
967.7
439.1

1,757.9
964.1
443.3

1.7
.1

1.3
.1

1.3
.1

See footnotes at end of table.




63

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Manufacturing

Transportation and
public utilities

Wholesale and retail trade

State and area
July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Georgia
Albany
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta....
Columbus.
Macon
Savannah.

508.1
10.3
14.1
145.4
32.9
20.3
16.4
15.3

535.0
10.8
14.8
155.3
33.0
21.3
17.0
16.9

531.3
11.1
14.7
153.8
33.4
21.5
16.6
16.6

150.0
2.4
1.5
93.4
4.2
3.1
4.4
10.5

153.6
2.4
1.6
95.7
4.3
3.1
4.3
10.0

154.4
2.3
1.6
96.8
4.2
3.1
4.3
9.6

549.0
10.4
10.5
298.9
24.0
16.8
21.3
21.4

590.6
11.2
10.6
320.6
24.8
17.9
22.1
21.7

598.0
11.1
10.6
322.9
24.9
18.4
21.9
22.0

Hawaii
Honolulu.

23.9
17.9

22.8
16.8

23.4
17.1

30.7
25.5

31.0
25.8

31.0
25.9

106.4
85.9

108.3
88.2

109.1
88.9

Idaho
Boise City .

51.4
9.0

54.9
9.5

55.0
9.4

18.9
5.3

19.0
5.0

19.1
5.0

79.5
19.8

82.7
19.3

81.8
19.2

Illinois
Bloomington-Normal
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul
Chicago-Gary
Chicago SMSA
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline .
Decatur
Kankakee
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

956.4
5.2
7.1
707.2
636.5
35.2
17.3
5.8
34.8
41.6
5.6

998.5
5.4
6.9
721.3
654.5
36.7
18.3
5.9
36.1
45.2
5.8

987.6
5.3
6.9
712.2
647.5
36.8
18.3
6.1
36.3
44.6
5.8

264.5
3.2
2.5
190.7
178.1
7.0
4.0
1.2
6.7
4.3
4.3

270.7
3.1
2.5
194.7
181.7
7.0
3.9
1.1
6.8
4.4
4.2

269.8
3.1
2.5
194.8
181.7
6.9
3.9
1.1
6.7
4.3
4.3

1,086.7
11.9
17.9
782.0
735.5
38.6
10.8
7.1
30.8
24.3
19.3

1,111.6
13.0
18.0
793.1
746.0
38.9
11.4
7.2
31.1
24.8
19.1

1,107.8
13.0
18.0
790.5
743.2
39.0
11.3
7.1
31.1
24.8
19.2

Indiana
Anderson
Elkhart
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary-Hammond-East Chicago.
Indianapolis
Lafayette-West Lafayette
Muncie
South Bend
Terre Haute

579.0
17.7
44.0
30.9
46.7
70.7
105.5
10.5
10.5
26.9
12.5

613.8
18.6
49.8
33.7
47.9
66.8
110.0
11.3
11.5
30.5
13.0

608.7
18.7
49.6
33.3
48.1
64.7
110.0
11.3
11.4
29.5
12.8

102.2
1.2
2.6
7.0
10.0
12.6
30.4
1.8
1.8
4.7
3.4

103.8
1.2
2.6
7.1
10.5
13.0
31.3
1.8
1.8
4.8
3.4

103.8
1.2
2.6
7.1
10.6
13.1
31.8
1.8
1.9
4.9
3.4

464.5
9.7
14.8
30.7
39.4
46.5
129.2
11.2
11.0
27.2
14.9

472.9
9.9
16.2
31.1
40.1
47.1
134.1
11.5
10.9
28.8
15.9

476.7
9.8
16.3
31.4
39.9
47.3
135.4
11.4
10.9
29.0
16.3

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo-Cedar Falls

199.3
20.6
20.6
10.9
8.6
16.7

209.0
20.6
21.7
12.2
9.1
15.9

208.1
20.6
21.8
12.0
9.0
15.7

50.2
3.9
10.5
1.7
3.4
1.9

50.2
3.8
10.1
1.7
3.4
1.8

50.0
3.8
10.2
1.7
3.4
1.8

261.3
18.0
44.5
8.6
12.1
12.6

261.5
18.0
44.8
8.6
12.3
12.6

261.3
17.8
44.8
8.5
12.2
12.6

Kansas
Lawrence .
Topeka
Wichita

167.4
4.2
9.1
50.6

178.2
4.2
9.9
55.6

179.0
4.2
10.0
56.0

62.2
1.3
7.7
10.0

64.5
1.4
7.9
10.4

64.1
1.4
8.0
10.5

224.8
5.7
18.0
45.9

228.3
5.7
18.9
48.3

227.6
5.8
18.9
48.8

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette .
Louisville
Owensboro

240.4
26.6
82.5
5.7

256.5
28.7
85.8
6.4

256.1
28.6
87.0
6.6

63.2
7.5
21.2
2.4

64.3
7.4
21.2
2.3

64.2
7.3
21.1
2.3

265.4
34.0
87.7
7.5

275.1
32.7
89.6
7.7

274.4
32.2
89.4
7.5

Louisiana
Alexandria
Baton Rouge .
Lafayette
Lake Charles.
Monroe
New Orleans .
Shreveport

179.9
5.2
22.4
3.7
9.7
6.9
41.1
23.6

182.0
5.3
22.3
3.8
9.2
7.1
40.0
26.1

181.9
5.3
22.3
3.8
9.2
6.8
39.9
26.5

118.9
2.5
10.2
6.7
4.6
2.8
47.7
9.4

116.7
2.5
9.8
6.8
4.6
2.7
46.0
9.2

117.0
2.5
9.7
6.8
4.7
2.8
46.0
9.4

371.8
12.5
48.1
23.4
14.3
14.1
129.5
34.5

376.7
12.7
51.2
24.0
13.9
14.1
132.2
34.2

376.8
12.7
51.2
24.7
13.8
14.3
131.8
34.5

Maine
Lewiston-Auburn .
Portland

101.2
9.7
15.1

111.8
11.7
17.2

105.5
10.1
16.7

19.0
1.2
6.0

18.3
1.2
5.7

19.0
1.2
5.7

102.3
8.0
27.7

103.1
6.1
28.9

108.4
8.0
29.4

Maryland
Baltimore SMSA .
Baltimore City

211.7
140.9
54.8

217.3
142.0
52.8

214.6
139.5
51.1

86.6
57.8
34.6

90.9
59.6
34.8

90.1
59.0
35.0

418.1
218.6
91.6

437.7
228.0
95.;

435.7
226.6
94.4

See footnotes at end of table.
64




ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Services

(Sovernmen

State and area
July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Georgia
Albany
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Macon
Savannah

122.6
2.1
1.7
76.1
4.7
5.5
6.4
4.1

127.4
2.1
1.7
76.9
4.7
5.7
6.3
4.3

129.5
2.1
1.7
78.0
4.8
5.7
6.4
4.3

398.9
6.2
7.2
233.2
19.7
11.9
18.2
17.3

424.2
6.1
7.5
253.3
20.3
12.2
18.4
18.0

428.6
6.1
7.6
255.4
20.3
12.3
18.4
17.7

420.6
10.6
16.5
160.9
31.6
20.5
29.9
15.5

437.2
10.7
17.8
167.4
32.4
19.6
30.8
16.1

418.5
10.6
16.3
164.5
32.3
19.5
30.7
15.5

Hawaii
Honolulu

31.8
27.4

31.2
26.9

31.1
26.9

104.1
81.7

105.7
83.1

106.6
83.8

91.3
77.3

91.0
77.2

90.1
76.0

Idaho
Boise City

23.4
7.9

23.7
8.2

23.6
8.2

60.7
15.8

63.1
16.3

63.2
16.5

64.5
15.1

68.8
15.9

63.9
15.4

Illinois
Bloomington-Normal
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul....
Chicago-Gary
Chicago SMSA
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Decatur
Kankakee
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

324.7
8.6
2.4
250.0
241.4
7.3
2.8
1.5
6.5
4.2
7.6

324.6
8.8
2.4
250.1
241.8
7.3
2.8
1.4
6.5
4.2
7.6

326.1
8.8
2.4
250.8
242.6
7.4
2.8
1.4
6.6
4.3
7.5

1,029.4
9.1
12.1
785.9
748.1
25.2
8.8
7.0
27.3
20.1
19.0

1,025.2
9.0
12.2
790.1
752.0
25.6
8.9
6.9
27.9
20.8
18.7

1,028.9
9.2
12.3
791.3
753.1
25.5
8.8
6.9
28.7
21.0
18.7

689.5
8.8
26.8
422.1
389.1
26.6
4.9
7.9
16.1
11.8
29.6

680.1
8.6
27.2
409.9
380.3
27.9
5.0
7.6
16.4
12.7
30.0

683.2
7.5
27.4
415.6
386.4
27.4
4.9
7.6
16.0
12.1
29.9

Indiana
Anderson
Elkhart
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary-Hammond-East Chicago
Indianapolis
Lafayette-West Lafayette
Muncie
South Bend
Terre Haute

102.5
1.6
2.1
4.5
10.7
8.6
39.7
2.6
1.5
5.3
2.0

103.1
1.6
2.2
4.6
10.8
8.3
40.8
2.7
1.6
5.4
2.1

103.9
1.6
2.2
4.7
10.8
8.2
41.3
2.7
1.5
5.4
2.1

364.4
8.0
9.9
27.3
30.1
37.8
102.3
9.5
8.7
25.6
10.3

373.0
8.0
10.6
26.8
30.5
38.1
108.4
9.6
8.8
27.8
10.5

373.7
8.0
10.5
27.5
30.5
38.2
106.9
9.4
8.7
26.9
10.4

314.4
5.9
4.8
12.2
17.7
33.0
79.9
15.7
8.4
11.6
10.6

310.5
5.8
5.1
12.3
16.8
29.6
80.6
15.8
7.9
11.1
10.8

311.4
5.6
4.8
11.9
16.9
29.2
80.8
16.0
7.7
11.6
10.6

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo-Cedar Falls

60.5
4.4
22.4
1.3
2.6
2.3

61.5
4.4
22.8
1.3
2.6
2.3

61.9
4.4
23.0
1.3
2.6
2.3

205.3
15.3
40.6
10.4
11.8
11.0

204.8
15.7
40.5
10.8
11.8
10.6

203.3
15.2
40.3
10.7
11.6
10.6

190.4
8.8
25.9
3.4
5.4
9.8

203.1
10.0
27.9
3.3
6.1
9.6

190.3
9.5
26.3
3.2
5.6
9.4

Kansas
Lawrence
Topeka
Wichita

50.0
.8
5.8
10.0

50.2
.9
5.9
9.9

50.0
.9
5.9
9.9

174.4
4.0
17.9
40.4

176.3
4.0
17.9
40.1

175.6
4.0
18.0
40.1

173.5
8.1
20.8
22.6

185.5
8.3
22.1
25.2

172.5
7.8
20.7
22.5

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette
Louisville
Owensboro

53.8
7.5
24.6
1.3

53.9
7.4
25.6
1.2

54.3
7.3
26.0
1.3

227.0
33.4
81.5
6.3

233.0
33.2
81.8
6.4

229.5
33.5
80.8
6.4

197.4
30.0
55.8
4.4

216.2
29.7
52.3
4.3

198.9
28.6
54.7
4.3

Louisiana
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport

83.7
2.9
12.5
3.8
2.9
4.0
32.1
8.2

84.0
2.9
12.5
3.8
3.0
4.1
31.7
8.2

84.2
2.9
12.6
3.9
3.0
4.1
31.5
8.1

304.0
11.5
38.4
18.8
10.9
10.1
122.0
31.5

312.1
11.6
40.1
18.7
10.7
10.3
124.5
32.3

310.2
11.6
40.3
18.7
10.7
10.3
124.6
32.5

311.6
15.4
50.4
10.1
10.5
9.8
83.9
24.3

316.7
15.5
51.3
9.7
10.5
10.1
87.3
25.9

310.9
15.4
52.5
9.7
10.6
10.2
85.9
22.7

Maine
Lewiston-Auburn
Portland

18.4
1.6
8.5

18.9
1.8
8.9

19.2
1.8
9.0

92.0
7.3
23.2

88.0
7.3
24.6

94.7
7.4
24.8

78.5
2.9
11.6

82.2
3.0
13.4

78.7
3.0
12.4

Maryland
Baltimore SMSA
Baltimore City

99.4
60.9
40.9

99.6
60.8
40.3

100.2
61.1
40.1

406.2
214.7
114.1

419.2
220.4
117.3

419.4
221.5
118.9

387.3
208.6
86.8

393.9
204.6
80.7

385.8
203.8
85.1

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)
Total

Mining

Construction

State and area
July
1983
Massachusetts
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Fitchburg-Leominster
Lawrence-Haverhill
Lowell
New Bedford
Pittsfield
Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke
Worcester

June
1964

2,670.7
1,495.2
55.9
53.6
39.7
112.6J
84.0
63.8
51.8
227.0
152.9

2,762.7
1,546.9
59.2
56.5
43.1
116.0
90.6
69.2
53.9
230.0
158.6

July
1984P

July
1983

2,729.4
1,529.7
57.6
54.3
41.5
114.1
88.0
66.7
53.1
224.1
153.2

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

93.6
45.7
2.6
2.1
1.4
3.5
2.3
2.6
2.0
6.3
3.9

93.3
45.9
2.8
2.1
1.5
3.6
2.3
2.7
2.1
6.7
4.0

94.3
4.0
1.8
1.1
2.3
39.7
4.1
10.2
1.2
3.7
4.1
2.1
2.2

104.9
4.1
1.7
1.0
2.5
43.5
4.4
10.3
1.3
3.8
6.4
2.2
2.4

107.5
4.1
1.8
1.1
2.6
46.7
4.2
10.7
1.3
4.0
6.2
2.3
2.6

o11.2
O

69.5
1.4
40.7
1.9
2.9

77.2
1.6
43.4
1.8
3.2

81.8
1.7
46.3
1.8
3.3

1.2
.5

.1
.2
.6

88.3
46.7
2.3
1.9
1.4
3.4
2.6
2.2
1.8
6.6
4.4

9.3

1.2
.5

.1
.1

1.2
.5

.2
.6

.6
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Bay City
Benton Harbor
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo-Portage
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon-Norton Shores-Muskegon Heights
Saginaw

3,182.0
130.3
58.6
31.8
55.0
1,535.8
176.3
262.9
45.5
103.1
184.1
55.1
77.5

3,298.0
136.0
60.3
32.6
57.7
1,602.3
185.3
272.5
47.6
106.4
189.8
57.7
80.9

3,265.1
135.2
60.4
33.1
57.7
1,586.3
184.0
272.1
47.1
106.9
187.7
57.6
82.3

Minnesota
Duluth-Superior
Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Rochester
St. Cloud

1,716.4
51.9
1,073.8
51.1
53.4

1,832.2
52.9
1,142.1
52.7
56.9

1,819.7
52.1
1,134.2
52.7
55.5

788.2
143.6

800.4
147.9

794.8
146.6

8.8
1.6

9.1
1.7

9.1
1.7

35.5
6.3

33.3
6.9

33.5
7.0

1,910.2
608.6
36.6
987.4
88.6

1,965.6
633.4
36.6
1,022.2
90.8

1,937.7
624.0
36.3
1,014.1
91.0

6.6
.5

5.9
.6

5.9
.6

3.4
.1

3.7
.1

3.7
.1

81.2
24.3
1.6
45.5
3.6

79.8
26.0
1.6
50.3
3.5

82.1
26.3
1.9
52.1
3.8

Mississippi
Jackson ...
Missouri
Kansas City .
St. Joseph ...
St. Louis
Springfield....

8.9
O
0
(1)

O 9.5
(1)
O

O
O
O

o
o
o

o
o
o

o
o

0

O
O
0
O

0

o
o1
()

()
0
0

o

0
11.1

10.5

o

1

()

()

()

o

0

0

Montana .

269.0 j

280.9

272.4

7.2

6.5

6.8

14.7

12.9

12.8

Nebraska
Lincoln ...
Omaha ...

609.71
93.4|
264.9

631.9
96.2
275.1

625.9
95.2
273.3

2.0

1.8

1.8

.1

.2

.2

24.3
3.3
10.2

22.9
3.3
10.0

23.9
3.4
10.4

Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno

408.2
228.5
113.0

420.3
234.3
117.1

421.6
235.0
117.4

6.1
.3
.7

6.5
.3
.7

6.5
.4
.7

20.9
12.5
5.5

21.2
13.0
5.4

21.1
12.9
5.5

New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua

417.4
78.9
72.4

431.8
83.5
77.5

434.8
82.61
76.9

.5

.5

.5

.2

.2

.2

26.1
3.7
3.2

20.2
4.1
3.1

21.4
4.4
3.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

.1

.1

.1

119.8
4.6
13.6
15.2
4.8
7.7
9.8
31.9
7.1
3.3
1.7

133.7
5.2
14.6
15.9
5.4
9.0
10.7
34.2
7.7
3.7
1.8

135.1
5.2
14.8
15.9
5.3
9.4
10.8
34.9
7.6
3.9
1.9

20.3

21.7

21.4

36.1
14.4
2.5

38.2
15.7
2.8

38.3
15.9
3.0

New Jersey
Atlantic City
Camden
Hackensack
Jersey City
Long Branch-Asbury Park
New Brunswick-Perth Amboy-Sayreville .
Newark
Paterson-Clifton-Passaic
Trenton
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton
New Mexico ...
Albuquerque .
Las Cruces ...
See footnotes at end of table.

66



3,202.8
113.3
361.6
412.0
220.9
180.7
297.61
964.31
190.7!
165.3i
51.7J
482.8!
200.9;
32.11

3,317.5
368.61
424.1 J
222.0
186.9
302.8
996.4
195.0J
172.9
52.2
500.91
209.31
35.2J

3,312.6
120.6
365.8
421.7
223.1
189.7
304.0
998.6
195.5
172.4
52.0
496.4
208.8'
31.6

()

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)
Transportation and
public utilities

Manufacturing

Wholesale and retail trade

State and area
July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984"

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Massachusetts
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Fitchburg-Leominster
Lawrence-Haverhill
Lowell
New Bedford
Pittsfield
Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke
Worcester

614.6
282.3
10.5
18.5
15.6
40.9
34.2
22.7
14.9
54.8
39.0

644.6
294.1
10.8
19.6
16.7
42.7
37.3
26.6
16.1
55.6
39.9

631.0
291.4
10.4
18.3
15.9
43.0
37.3
24.5
15.7
54.1
38.5

118.5
71.9
3.6
1.7
1.4
4.8
2.8
2.3
1.3
8.9
6.9

124.6
73.7
4.3
2.1
1.6
4.9
3.0
2.4
1.3
9.5
6.7

120.6
72.3
4.0
2.1
1.4
4.5
2.8
2.5
1.0
9.1
6.3

607.3
332.3
15.8
12.5
8.4
23.1
17.2
13.7
12.3
49.2
36.3

639.7
342.9
17.0
13.0
9.6
23.0
18.1
13.5
13.0
50.4
38.3

633.6
339.2
16.8
12.6
9.5
22.7
17.6
13.7
13.0
49.6
37.5

Michigan
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Bay City
Benton Harbor
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo-Portage
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon-Norton Shores-Muskegon Heights
Saginaw

872.5
33.0

942.9
35.5
17.8
8.3

139.6
3.1
2.0
1.6
2.3
72.3
5.4
10.5
5.0
3.7
5.2
2.9
4.6

136.9
3.3
2.0
1.5
2.4
69.4
5.1
10.6
4.9
3.6
5.1
2.9
4.4

136.3
3.3
2.1
1.5
2.4
68.3
5.1
10.6
4.9
3.6
5.1
2.9
4.3

694.9
20.4
9.8
8.7
10.8
350.7
40.6
64.7
9.5
22.2
34.3
11.2

723.3
20.5
10.5
8.7

720.3
20.8

411.1
64.2
85.7
10.8
30.9
38.9
17.4
24.4

936.8
34.3
18.1
8.1
19.1
444.3
70.3
92.3
11.8
32.2
35.9
19.0
26.2

11.3
371.6
43.3
65.7
9.7
23.2
37.7
11.6
17.3

11.4
367.7
42.9
65.5
9.7
23.4
37.5
11.6
17.9

Minnesota
Duluth-Superior
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Rochester
St. Cloud

348.3
4.8
232.3
10.4
10.6

372.9
4.6

91.9
5.5
60.6
1.9
3.4

96.4
5.0
65.8
2.1
3.5

95.6
5.0
65.2
2.0
3.5

432.0
14.4
262.0
10.4
16.0

461.7
14.5

464.1
14.5

251.9
10.8
10.8

375.1
4.6
250.6
10.9
10.7

277.3
10.4
16.7

277.8
10.3
16.7

Mississippi
Jackson

205.6
16.0

210.8
16.3

210.0
16.3

38.6
9.7

38.7
9.9

38.8
9.9

165.8
35.5

170.1
36.5

170.3
36.5

Missouri
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Springfield

390.1

422.1

116.6
8.8

131.7
50.7
2.1
70.8

134.9
50.0
1.9
72.3

457.9
158.5
8^8
230.3

464.9
161.0

6.1

135.7
50.3
2.0
72.6
6.0

461.6

107.3

20.0

20.5

Montana

17.8
7.8

18.5

19.2
445.7
70.7
93.1
11.9
32.2
35.4
19.6
26.7

18.4

221.9
19.8

411.5
113.3
8.7
220.3
19.9

21.3

21.2

21.5

8.8

209.4

17.4

10.5
8.6

160.7
8.5
238.5
25.8

71.3

6.0

25.1

8.6
238.0
25.7

71.4

71.0

157.0
20.8
67.1

160.2
20.9
68.2

159.7
20.7
68.2

81.4
46.6
24.3

83.2
47.1
25.7

83.6
47.3
25.8

20.3
Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha

85.4
11.2
33.9

91.5
12.1
36.5

91.2
11.7
36.5

44.0
6.3
22.5

42.7
6.5
22.2

Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno

19.2
7.3
7.5

20.3
7.7
7.7

20.4
7.8
7.8

24.5
13.9
8.0

24.7
14.0
8.1

24.8
14.0
8.1

New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua

111.8
16.0
33.7

122.8
17.5
36.6

120.6
17.1
36.8

15.1
5.1
1.8

15.9
5.3
2.0

15.3
5.2
1.9

97.7
20.8
14.0

101.1
22.2
14.9

102.5
22.0
14.6

New Jersey
Atlantic City
Camden
Hackensack
Jersey City
Long Branch-Asbury Park
New Brunswick-Perth Amboy-Sayreville
Newark
Paterson-Clifton-Passaic
Trenton
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton

711.0
7.8
70.2
101.6
58.4
23.6
80.2

736.6
7.5
72.1
102.6
59.1
23.8
83.1

202.9
4.7
16.3

210.2
4.7

207.5
4.7
16.5

21.5
26.2
6.9

21.5
25.9
7.2

222.1
63.5
30.9
15.6

740.6
7.8
72.1
102.6
60.2
23.8
83.6
226.2
65.8
31.9
15.3

226.6
65.0
32.0
15.4

24.1
78.9
7.2
5.2
2.5

24.1
81.7

744.3
22.8
94.3
124.7
46.4
46.8
71.2
193.0
41.1
26.1
9.5

782.6
22.4
98.4
130.3
47.4
48.5
72.1
206.0
42.1
28.9
9.4

784.1
23.9
97.0
130.0
47.4
49.5
72.4
204.3

34.1
18.5
3.2

35.7
19.3
3.3

35.1
19.4
3.2

29.0

28.1
11.3
1.1

112.6
50.1
6.5

118.2
52.7
7.3

118.2
52.5
7.4

New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces

11.9
1.2

16.5

6.8
5.1
2.8

42.6
6.4
22.1

21.4
25.7
7.3
23.9

81.4
6.8
4.8
2.7
28.1
11.2

1.1

42.1
28.9

9.5

See footnotes at end of table.




67

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Services

State and area
June
1984

July
1983

July
1983

July
1984P

Massachusetts
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Fitchburg-Leominster
Lawrence-Haverhill
Lowell
New Bedford
Pittsfield
Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke
Worcester

174.3
121 4
Z2
2.8
1.2
4.5
2.5
2.2
2.4
14.6
10.1

176.1
123.3

9.8

14.4
10.0

Michigan
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Bay City
Benton Harbor
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo-Portage
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon-Norton Shores-Muskegon Heights .
Saginaw

152.9
4.2
4.0
1.3
1.9
89.1
5.9
10.9
1.7
41
9^8
1.5
3.8

158.4

158.5

4.6
4.0
1.4
2.0

4.5
4.1
1.4
2.0

90.3

90.6

6.0

6.0

11.1
1.6
4.1
9.8
1.5
3.6

Minnesota
Duluth-Superior
Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Rochester
St. Cloud

102.0
2.0
76.0
1.6

106.7

2.0

106.3
2.2
78.8
1.6
2.1

34.1
11.6
111.7
47.5

2.2
2.9
1.2
4.5
2.6
2.3
2.3

14.2

177.3
123.5
2.1
2.9
1.3
4.5
2.6
2.3
2.4

(Sovernmeni
I

June
1984

June
1984

July
1983

July
1984P

July
1984P

707.6
460.7
10.9
10.3

716.4
480.3
11.2
10.2

715.6
477.0
11.0
10.5

6.8

6.9

6.8

20.9
13.7
11.5
12.9
49.7
33.8

21.1
15.3
11.6
12.3
50.4
36.6

20.9
14.6
11.7
12.9
48.2
34.7

43.0
21.8

43.5
22.8

659.3
24.9
11.3

669.4
26.4
11.6

669.1
26.1
11.7

559.5
40.7
11.9

552.6
41.6
12.6

5.0
7.5

4.9
8.2

214.2
27.0
28.4

216.0
26.2
28.4

358.9
179.4
10.6

366.5
186.4
11.1

5.9
4.9

6.6
5.7

15.0
11.0

16.3
12.0
10.2

9.2
6.1

6.8

356.8
179.9
10.5
5.8
5.1
14.9
10.8
9.3
5.9
41.8
21.6
527.4
42.1
12.2
5.5
7.9
204.7
25.9
29.0
8.2
17.0
60.9
9.8
11.8

6.3

6.8

6.8

11.1

11.8
357.9
29.1
52.5

12.2
365.0
29.7
53.3

12.3
363.2
29.6
52.8

1.6
4.1
9.8
1.5
3.6

9.5

9.8

9.6

7.9

8.5

21.8
30.9
10.5
14.4

22.2
32.0
10.3
15.1

22.6
32.3
10.6
15.8

16.7
60.9

17.2
63.5

9.5

9.7

10.7

11.4

410.9
13.8
267.4
20.7
11.0

412.5
14.0
269.3
20.7
10.9

267.5
10.2
143.6

295.7
11.2
157.5

1.6
2.1

394.7
13.7
258.4
20.3
10.5

4.6
8.0

5.4
9.6

272.9
10.1
146.0
5.4
8.2

34.7
11.8

34.6
11.8

125.6
30.1

127.0
30.9

125.9
30.8

174.1
32.8

176.8
33.8

172.6
32.5

111.1
49.6

417.8
138.4

419.1
140.8

420.1
141.0

313.2
81.4

327.2
88.7

3.8

110.9
49.4
2.0
60.0
3.8

Montana...

13.3

Nebraska .
Lincoln ...
Omaha ...

Mississippi
Jackson ....
Missouri
Kansas City .
St. Joseph ...
St. Louis
Springfield ....

2.2

79.1

2.0

7.8

7.7

7.7

5.5

5.9

60.4
3.8

235.2
20.7

237.1
21.4

236.6
21.3

132.6
10.8

138.6
10.5

310.5
82.5
5.6
130.2
10.3

13.1

13.0

59.0

61.6

61.9

62.3

73.7

65.1

42.1

43.2

43.2

7.1

7.3

7.3

24.4

25.3

25.3

126.1
18.3
65.0

130.6
19.2
67.5

130.5
19.2
67.4

128.7
26.4
41.6

139.1
27.0
45.4

133.0
26.4
43.2

Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno

18.7
10.7

19.2
11.1

19.2
11.2

6.3

6.1

6.1

182.9
111.8
45.5

187.1
113.7
47.1

189.7
115.3
47.4

54.5
25.4
15.2

58.1
27.4
16.3

56.3
26.1
16.0

New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua

21.9

23.0

23.3
6.5
2.5

93.0
19.2
12.7

99.3
19.1
12.8

55.3

6.5
2.5

91.9
18.7
12.2

52.4

6.4
2.3

8.2
5.0

8.7
5.5

51.9
8.3
4.9

176.0

179.4
4.8
18.7
21.2
8.7
8.5
14.7
70.4
9.0
8.1
2.7

180.8

716.4
51.2
78.4
84.8
33.8
49.8
49.4
222.5
36.2
44.2

729.3
55.8
76.9
87.9
33.9
51.5
49.5
230.7
37.8
47.2

736.7
56.9
77.1
87.4
33.4
53.1
50.6
232.0
37.5
46.7

9.2

9.3

9.3

530.4
17.4
70.2
43.9
42.9
37.5
48.6
145.9
26.0
47.4
10.6

539.7
17.1
71.3
44.7
40.5
38.4
48.1
146.6
25.8
48.0
10.9

529.8
17.5
69.0
43.1
43.4
37.9
48.3
147.6
27.4
47.9
10.5

24.5
12.5

24.7
12.7

103.2
50.7

106.1
53.8

107.0
53.9

1.4

1.4

4.4

4.7

4.8

123.8
43.3
13.0 I

128.4
44.0
14.6

123.6
43.2
10.7

New Jersey
Atlantic City
Camden
Hackensack
Jersey City
Long Branch-Asbury Park
New Brunswick-Perth Amboy-Sayreville .
Newark
Paterson-Clifton-Passaic
Trenton
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton
New Mexico ...
Albuquerque .
Las Cruces ...
See footnotes at end of table.

68



2.0

60.2

4.9 !

18.6
20.4
8.4 i
8.5 !

14.3
69.4
9.7 !
8.1

2.7
23.7 i
12.0 •
1.3

4.9

19.2
21.3
8.8
8.7

14.9
71.2
9.1
8.2
2.7

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagriculturai payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Mining

Total

Construction

State and area
July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1983

June
1984

New York
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Glens Falls
Monroe County
Nassau-Suffolk
Newburgh-Middletown
New York-Northeastern New Jersey ....
New York and Nassau-Suffolk
New York SMSA
New York City
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Rockland County
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester County

7,304.3
338.9
116.2
464.0
33.9
42.4
336.6
993.2
82.8
6,883.2
4,797.8
3,804.6
3,338.8
107.0
413.7
87.9
262.7
111.8
364.2

7,545.2
351.5
121.4
472.6
34.9
41.4
346.1
1,030.0
84.8
7,096.1
4,955.9
3,925.8
3,448.8
109.2
427.3
89.1
269.6
116.7
374.4

7,501.2
347.3
119.5
469.3
35.0
43.3
341.9
1,022.2
84.6
7,072.1
4,929.4
3,907.3
3,431.6
109.7
423.2
89.0
268.9
115.4
373.0

North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte-Gastonia
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point
Raleigh-Durham

2,376.9
72.3
341.5
386.1
289.6

2,498.1
73.5
356.5
404.8
302.1

2,445.9
72.2
349.9
396.7
299.5

251.7
60.5

254.2
62.6

251.9
61.5

7.1

Ohio
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown-Warren

4,082.0
245.4
144.5
573.0
832.8
498.0
331.4
277.6
178.9

4,220.4
249.9
148.6
595.5
838.6
523.5
346.4
291.3
182.7

4,178.7
250.9
147.9
589.8
833.9
514.4
343.3
286.4
181.6

Oklahoma
Enid
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Tulsa

1,168.5
26.7
33.3
420.9
302.4

1,190.5
25.9
33.0
438.1
307.2

1,181.2
26.0
33.0
434.3
307.1

963.1
90.7
()
520.0
82.5

1,004.6
95.8
(2)
534.7
83.4

980.9
92.3
()
528.1
82.3

4,537.7
252.8
46.2
1,564.8
104.5
225.8
73.8
152.0
235.0
1,927.2
749.7
867.8
135.2
40.0
44.6
42.9
146.0

4,660.6
258.0
47.1
1,609.1
105.8
231.9
75.8
156.9
238.5
1,977.9
757.6
867.8
142.1
40.5
44.9
45.7
154.5

4,623.0
256.2
47.4
1,607.4
106.5
231.8
75.9
155.8
236.4
1,973.3
760.7
865.2
139.3
39.9
45.6
45.1
152.6

North Dakota
Fargo-Moorhead

Oregon
Eugene-Springfield
Medford
Portland
Salem
Pennsylvania
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
Altoona
Delaware Valley
Erie
Harrisburg
Johnstown
Lancaster
Northeast Pennsylvania
Philadelphia SMSA
Philadelphia City
Pittsburgh
Reading
Sharon
State College
Williamsport
York

2

2

7.4

July
1934P

7.7

July
1983

7.7

June
1984

July
1984P

244.7
12.0
4.4
16.3
1.1
1.2
10.5
43.4
2.7
224.0
155.3
111.8
90.1
4.0
12.8
3.1
14.2
3.2
17.8

252.5
13.2
5.0
15.2
1.1
1.1
10.6
45.8
2.9
235.5
161.5
115.7
93.4
4.3
13.3
3.3
14.6
3.6
18.4

255.8
13.6
5.3
15.9
1.2
1.2
10.9
46.4
3.0
236.5
162.0
115.6
92.9
4.2
13.8
3.3
15.4
3.7
18.7

4.5

116.3
2.7
17.8
17.7
17.5

124.6
2.8
19.0
19.4
17.8

126.0
2.8
19.1
19.4
18.4

8.1

8.3

21.1
3.4

16.7
3.1

17.4
3.2

27.4

28.2

28.2

140.8
8.0
4.9
20.9
27.4
16.5
10.0
10.8
5.3

138.8
7.6
4.9
21.3
25.4
16.8
9.9
10.0
5.3

143.4
8.1
5.4
21.7
26.1
17.6
10.3
10.3
5.4

76.9
2.2

74.0
2.0

73.8
2.1

22.8
22.8

24.0
22.8

23.6
22.8

52.6
1.3
1.4
20.0
14.8

48.4
1.2
1.3
18.9
15.2

49.0
1.2
1.3
19.0
15.2

1.8
.2

2.2
.2

.7
.1

28.8
2.9
()
16.7
2.6

28.0
2.7
()
16.6
2.4

30.7
3.0
()
18.2
2.6

40.7
.8
.2
1.1
.3
.1
6.6
.4
.7
1.2
2
)
6.6
.2
.5
.3
.2
.4

184.6
8.2
1.9
63.3
3.0
8.2
2.3
6.5
11.0
76.8
18.0
41.6
4.7
1.0
1.6
1.1
6.1

181.8
8.2
1.7
62.6
2.9
8.0
2.3
6.7
8.2
77.2
18.3
41.2
5.2
.9
1.4
1.1
5.7

188.5
8.3
1.7
64.4
3.1
8.5
2.6
6.8
8.8
79.2
18.6
42.6
5.3
.9
1.6
1.2
6.2

O
O
O
O
O

0
0
O

o

o
o
1

1
()

2.4
2.2
2.0
1.7

O
O
0
O

o
o

2.3
2.2
2.0
1.7

o
o
4.5

4.4

0
0
0
0

O
0

o
0
0

o
o

O

2.3
2.2
2.0
1.7

O
o
(1)
0

0
0
(•)
0
o
1

o
o

2

O
O
0
O
O
O
0
O

2.1
.3
2

)
.7
.1

40.9
.7
.2
1.1
.2
.1
6.1
.4
.8
1.2
2
)
6.7
.2
.4
.4
.2
.4

39.8
.7
.2
1.1
.3
.1
6.3
.4
.7
1.2
2
)
6.7
.2
.4
.3
.2
.4

2

)

2

2

See footnotes at end of table.




69

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Manufacturing

Transportation and
public utilities

Wholesale and retail trade

State and area
July
1983
New York
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Glens Falls
Monroe County
Nassau-Suffolk
Newburgh-Middletown
New York-Northeastern New Jersey
New York and Nassau-Suffolk
New York SMSA
New York City
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Rockland County
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester County

! June
j 1984

1,291.0!

1,328.4

50.71
41.9J

51.0J
42.5J

103.1 i
8.0|
9.7!
125.2!
168.2:
14.1'
1,205.6!
679.8|
511.61
426.4!
34.1!
144.7|
15.8!
55.5|
26.1 i
68.11

103.6!
8.4 j
10.01

126.9J
172.2'
14.3;
1,235.0!
696.6|
524.41
439.4J

34.9!
146.9!
16.2!
57.7|
28.51
67.5J

North Dakota
Fargo-Moorhead

790.2;
21.01
89.21
144.01
48.6J
14.9J

4.5i

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

1984P

1,310.2
50.4
42.2
102.3
8.3
9.9
126.5
171.4
14.5
1,218.4
682.0
510.6
425.7
35.2.
147.3
16.1
57.5
27.7
67.5

396.3
15.2
4.4
24.3
1.4
1.3
10.1
41.8
5.1
448.3
290.4
248.6
226.4
3.3
12.8
3.6
14.9
4.1
18.0

414.2
15.9
4.4
25.6
1.4
1.4
10.1
44.3
5.4
466.1
306.1
261.8
237.7
3.3
12.7
3.6
15.3
4.3
19.9

405.3
15.8
4.5
24.7
1.4
1.4
10.0
41.3
5.0
458.7
299.5
258.2
234.7
3.3
12.7
3.5
15.3
4.2
19.4

1,497.8
69.8
21.6
109.8
8.6
9.4
64.9
260.6
20.0
1,449.7
973.2
712.6
603.3
17.4
83.2
19.2
59.0
23.0
86.6

1,560.6
74.1
22.4
112.5
9.1
9.0
66.9
275.4
20.6
1,517.1
1,019.1
743.7
630.6
18.1
85.7
19.7
60.3
24.2
89.9

1,546.7
73.6
22.4
111.2
9.1
9.9
65.8
273.7
20.5
1,503.9
1,007.7
734.1
621.9
18.0
84.6
19.6
59.9
24.0
88.9

809.5
21.1
92.3
148.0
52.0

120.5
3.5
32.2
21.2
14.5

122.1
3.6
32.3
21.8
14.7

121.7
3.6
32.2
21.8
14.8

507.7
15.6
85.0
80.4
56.7

527.8
16.1
86.6
84.1
59.2

530.3
16.1
86.2
84.3
59.3

15.5
4.7

16.3
3.8

16.4
3.7

16.3
3.6

66.5
18.7

66.8
19.0

66.5
19.0

1,118.4
67.8
45.3
145.8
209.8
88.2
91.3
75.0
55.8

201.5
12.7
6.0
31.7
42.1
22.9
12.9
17.8
7.7

200.1
12.7
5.9
31.2
42.0
23.3
13.0
17.7
7.5

200.0
12.6
5.9
31.1
42.0
23.4
13.0
17.8
7.5

931.2
57.2
33.4
140.3
193.4
120.8
71.9
64.1
42.0

945.1
57.7
34.0
142.3
194.4
126.3
73.5
65.0
42.0

942.4
57.9
34.1
142.2
193.0
125.6
73.1
64.4
42.0

174.6
2.0
3.5
53.9
55.3

67.6
2.8
1.5
23.0
22.1

66.7
2.7
1.5
23.4
22.6

66.7
2.7
1.5
23.4
22.7

283.7
7.6
8.3
106.8
71.4

292.4
7.6
8.3
111.4
72.6

291.8
7.6
8.4
111.6
72.4

199.5
18.9!
8.8
102.11
13.9

56.1
4.2

56.0
4.2

55.7
4.1

251.8
24.0

35.2
2.7

35.0
2.6

()
34.8
2.6

246.4
23.6
()
139.1
18.5

141.7
19.2

251.5
24.0
()
141.9
18.9

1,122.3
90.4
11.21
322.81
35.7J
43.1
12.7
57.7 j
62.5
395.0
109.9
162.1
51.1
11.2
7.7
14.8
58.1

236.4
13.5
5.0
75.7
4.4
16.1
4.4
6.2
12.6
91.9
47.9
50.9
5.5
2.1
1.1
2.0
6.9

249.5
13.9
5.1
81.3
4.3
16.4
4.7
6.2
12.8
97.8
49.6
53.4
5.7
2.2
1.3
2.0
6.8

241.4
13.6
5.0
80.3
4.3
16.4
4.4
6.2
12.6
96.8
49.3
52.6
5.4
2.0
1.3
2.0
6.8

999.2
51.5
10.8
339.5
22.0
47.4
15.3
36.5
51.6
435.9
142.4
208.3
28.7
9.4
8.8
9.6
34.4

1,023.2
52.6
11.0
351.6
22.2
48.4
15.7
37.1
53.0
450.0
145.3
209.3
30.6
9.4
8.6
9.8
36.6

1,010.2
52.1
11.2
349.0
22.6
48.4
15.7
37.1
52.2
446.0
143.9
209.0
30.1
9.3
8.7
9.7
36.1

i

i

North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte-Gastonia
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point.
Raleigh-Durham

July
1984P

815.11
21.0i
93.9;
148.1
51.6
i
15.41
4.7i
j

Ohio
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown-Warren .
Oklahoma
Enid
Lawton
Oklahoma City .
Tulsa
Oregon
Eugene-Springfield.
Medford
Portland
Salem
Pennsylvania
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
Altoona
Delaware Valley
Erie
Harrisburg
Johnstown
Lancaster
Northeast Pennsylvania .
Philadelphia SMSA
Philadelphia City
Pittsburgh
Reading
Sharon
State College
Williamsport
York

1,062.21
65.51
44.3
140.0
206.2
83.5
85.2
68.9
53.9
I
166.2,
2.5I
3.4'
49.6|
52.9;
191.7]
18.3!
8.1;
95.6 i
14.3J

i
1,093.5!
88.8 j

10.61
317.8J

34.4 i
40.61

1,121.5

67.9
45.3
145.91
211.6
91.4!
75.5!
55.6
176.2,
2.0i
3.5|
53.7i
55.5J

i
197.9!
19.0|
8.8!
1O1.1|

11.7!
1,131.31
90.81
11.3j
324.01
35.5i
43.11

12.5J

13.0J

55.1!
60.01
387.91
108.91
167.41
49.1 j
10.8'
7.3!
13.3'
53.3!

58.01
63.9!
396.3 i
163.61
52.31
11.2;
7.9
15.2|
58.91

2

i

See footnotes at end of table.

70




2

2

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)
Services

Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Government

State and area
July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

New York
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Glens Falls
Monroe County
Nassau-Suffolk
Newburgh-Middletown
New York-Northeastern New Jersey ....
New York and Nassau-Suffolk
New York SMSA
New York City
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Rockland County
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester County

695.3
17.2
3.8
22.9
1.2
2.0
15.8
58.4
3.3
704.8
582.7
524.3
498.1
3.2
17.6
3.5
17.7
6.0
22.2

709.0
17.3
4.0
23.5
1.2
1.9
15.8
59.3
3.3
718.0
594.0
534.8
508.4
3.3
17.6
3.5
17.8
6.2
22.3

712.9
17.3
4.0
23.6
1.2
1.9
16.0
59.6
3.4
722.3
597.2
537.5
511.0
3.4
17.7
3.5
17.9
6.2
22.4

1,886.0
79.5
20.7
103.6
7.2
10.6
73.2
249.9
18.0
1,764.0
1,337.1
1,087.4
962.8
21.9
86.4
22.0
54.2
21.6
99.1

1,947.4
81.7
21.2
108.4
7.4
9.5
75.9
256.3
17.7
1,827.3
1,387.0
1,130.9
1,002.7
21.6
89.4
21.9
56.0
21.7
103.1

1,952.4
81.5
21.5
106.4
7.6
11.1
75.4
259.3
18.3
1,827.1
1,385.6
1,126.4
995.9
22.1
89.1
22.6
56.1
21.6
104.4

1,285.7
94.5
19.4
83.9
6.5
7.8
36.8
170.9
19.7
1,084.4
777.1
606.2
530.0
23.1
56.3
20.7
47.1
27.8
52.4

1,325.6
98.4
22.0
83.8
6.4
8.5
39.9
176.7
20.6
1,094.8
789.2
612.4
534.8
23.8
61.8
20.9
47.8
28.1
53.4

1,310.2
95.1
19.6
85.1
6.3
7.9
37.2
170.4
19.8
1,102.9
793.3
622.8
547.6
23.4
58.1
20.4
46.8
28.0
51.8

North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte-Gastonia
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point
Raleigh-Durham

102.2
2.3
23.8
19.2
16.5

104.7
2.4
23.9
19.3
17.3

105.0
2.5
23.9
19.3
17.3

371.7
16.5
60.0
63.3
63.5

375.7
16.2
62.5
63.8
64.0

380.2
16.2
61.4
64.2
64.1

363.9
10.7
33.5
40.3
72.3

423.6
11.4
38.3
48.3
77.5

368.7
9.9
34.8
39.7
73.6

12.0
3.9

12.2
4.0

12.2
4.1

55.8
15.3

57.1
15.7

57.0
15.8

58.0
10.9

61.5
12.4

58.7
11.1

212.2
9.4
6.4
33.0
49.5
43.7
14.0
10.8
7.3

214.8
9.6
6.8
33.5
48.3
45.6
14.2
11.0
7.3

215.7
9.6
6.8
33.8
48.5
45.9
14.3
11.0
7.4

883.2
55.0
31.0
132.0
196.2
113.3
75.1
64.3
39.7

912.1
56.9
32.1
138.2
201.6
118.5
78.0
66.5
40.6

905.1
57.3
31.9
137.8
200.6
117.2
111
66.5
40.7

623.4
36.9
17.2
74.7
117.0
96.7
62.0
40.6
22.4

659.8
36.9
18.2
82.8
114.1
104.2
66.0
45.1
23.7

625.3
36.9
17.2
77.1
112.7
95.9
63.3
41.0
22.2

63.0
1.3
1.4
27.6
16.7

63.4
1.3
1.3
27.6
17.1

64.2
1.3
1.4
27.9
17.1

220.5
5.5
5.8
82.1
67.4

224.3
5.5
5.7
85.7
67.3

223.1
5.5
5.9
84.4
67.2

238.0
3.5
11.5
89.0
34.3

245.1
3.6
11.4
93.4
34.1

238.0
3.6
11.0
90.5
34.4

66.2
4.6
()
44.3
5.3

66.7
4.6
()
43.8
5.3

66.8
4.5
()
43.5
5.3

195.7
19.0

200.2
19.1
()
112.7
15.1

176.4
17.9

112.9
14.8

202.1
19.2
()
114.5
15.2

75.5
24.2

199.9
21.9
()
81.3
27.0

174.4
18.4
()
74.2
23.8

246.2
10.0
1.5
110.9
4.7
13.1
3.9
5.8
10.1
129.5
64.8
49.5
6.4
1.4
1.5
2.1
4.2

254.7
10.2
1.5
116.6
4.7
13.8
4.1
5.7
10.2
135.3
65.1
50.0
6.6
1.3
1.5
2.2
4.4

255.0
10.2
1.5
116.7
4.7
13.8
4.2
5.8
10.3
135.9
65.1
50.3
6.6
1.4
1.6
2.2
4.5

1,076.5
51.4
9.1
434.4
23.6
45.7
16.7
28.5
52.9
511.8
224.5
232.0
26.0
9.8
6.9
8.9
23.9

1,110.7
53.5
9.4
447.9
24.1
46.1
17.1
28.7
53.5
524.8
228.8
236.0
26.4
10.1
7.4
9.0
24.4

1,106.8
53.6
9.5
446.6
24.0
46.0
17.2
28.4
54.0
523.7
225.9
234.3
26.2
9.9
7.5
9.0
23.9

660.4
28.7
7.1
222.1
12.2
54.6
12.6
13.0
36.0
292.2
143.2
111.4
14.6
5.1
17.0
5.7
16.8

669.6
28.1
6.9
224.0
11.8
56.0
12.6
14.1
36.2
295.3
139.9
107.6
15.1
5.0
16.5
6.2
17.3

658.1
27.2
7.1
226.5
11.8
55.5
12.5
13.4
35.3
295.5
148.0
107.7
14.4
4.7
16.9
6.0
16.6

North Dakota
Fargo-Moorhead
Ohio
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown-Warren
Oklahoma
Enid
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Oregon
Eugene-Springfield
Medford
Portland
Salem
Pennsylvania
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
Altoona
Delaware Valley
Erie
Harrisburg
Johnstown
Lancaster
Northeast Pennsylvania
Philadelphia SMSA
Philadelphia City
Pittsburgh
Reading
Sharon
:
State College
Williamsport
York

2

2

2

O

2

2

2

2

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)
Mining

Total

Construction

State and area
July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1984P

June
1984

July
1983

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

391.5
394.0

407.0
407.6

400.0
400.5

0.1
.2

0.1
.3

0.1
.2

12.4
12.3

13.4
13.0

13.6
13.2

1,177.6
154.2
187.7
261.7

1,243.2
161.9
191.3
267.8

1,240.3
160.4
189.9
265.5

1.8

1.7

1.7

73.6
10.2
11.9
16.8

74.8
10.5
12.7
16.3

74.6
10.7
12.6
16.6

236.8
56.3

250.2
61.1

243.7
61.1

2.8

2.7

2.7

10.0
2.6

9.5
2.8

10.4
3.1

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville-Davidson

1,717.3
160.0
143.1
200.2
354.6
374.7

1,824.5
167.5
149.9
205.0
360.2
394.9

1,823.9
168.7
151.7
203.8
359.4
394.2

8.0
1.2
.4
1.3
.1

8.0
1.2
.2
1.3
.1

7.8
1.2
.2
1.3
.1

70.4
5.7
6.7
8.3
14.1
18.9

83.9
6.8
9.1
9.8
14.4
23.0

84.8
7.2
9.2
9.7
14.6
23.4

Texas
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito.
Bryan-College Station
Corpus Christi
Dallas-Fort Worth
El Paso
Galveston-Texas City
Houston
Killeen-Temple
Laredo
Longview-Marshall
Lubbock
McAllen-Pharr-Edinburg
Midland
Odessa
San Angelo
San Antonio
Sherman-Denison
Texarkana
Tyler
Waco
Wichita Falls

6,172.7
57.1
76.9
277.6
140.0
60.5
42.9
128.4
1,584.5
161.7
66.6
1,496.7
60.2
28.9
66.9
90.0
74.4
50.9
54.7
36.9
434.5
34.1
45.4
56.7
73.9
52.1

6,353.4
57.7
79.5
293.1
142.1
62.8
44.2
129.4
1,659.5
168.7
69.9
1,525.3
63.6
30.5
67.7
90.1
77.5
57.4
59.1
37.9
457.8
35.0
47.1
58.3
76.6
53.9

6,340.2
57.0
79.4
294.7
142.4
62.0
44.2
129.6
1,664.1
165.7
68.0
1,515.3
63.4
30.6
67.1
90.1
75.4
57.8
59.6
37.5
455.6
34.8
47.5
58.2
76.7
53.4

261.0
4.2

270.6
4.0

3.2

428.7
3.1
4.2
17.4
10.5
3.3
2.9
10.0
98.5
8.9
4.0
138.3
3.5
1.4
5.0
4.5
5.1
3.8
4.2
2.5
31.3
1.3
2.0
2.6
4.1
2.1

412.1
3.1
4.2
20.3
9.3
3.3
3.3
10.0
103.8
9.5
4.5
129.7
4.0
1.2
4.8
4.3
5.0
3.6
4.5
2.5
33.3
1.3
2.1
2.4
4.3
2.0

410.5
3.1
4.4
20.5
9.3
3.3
3.4
9.8
105.6
9.4
4.5
127.9
3.9
1.2
4.7
4.5
5.0
3.5
4.6
2.5
33.2
1.3
2.2
2.4
4.4
2.0

Utah
Salt Lake City-Ogden .

564.1
401.0

600.2
426.7

596.1
425.8

12.2
4.4

31.1
20.7

35.2
24.0

35.8
24.3

Vermont
Burlington .
Springfield.

205.0
61.7
12.9

207.6
63.2
13.4

209.6
63.6
13.6

12.4
3.7
1.4

13.0
4.0
1.4

13.5
4.3
1.5

2,315.4
27.6
59.0
40.3
72.2
170.5
323.3
539.6
41.3
344.8
106.7

2,285.6
27.7
55.8
39.3
71.0
170.3
321.;
536.0
40.0
340.6
107.1

17.5
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.6
.1

1,652.9
802.8

1,633.9
797.7

Rhode Island
Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket
South Carolina
Charleston-North Charleston.
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg
South Dakota
Sioux Falls ....

Virginia
Bristol
Charlottesville
Danville
Lynchburg
Newport News-Hampton
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Portsmouth
Northern Virginia
Petersburg-Colonial Heights-Hopewell.
Richmond
Roanoke
Washington
Seattle-Everett
See footnotes at end of table.

72



2,215.4
25.6
56.2
38.9
69.0
162.9
306.;
508.9
41.1
334.1
103.8!

I
1,585.91
769.4

0
O
O
O
O
1.1
7.3
28.8
O
O
98.7

0
O
O
(1)

0

271.6
4.1

0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0

0

1.1
7.4
28.3

101.3

O

0
0
101.0

0

0

1.4
12.2
8.6
1.0
3.4
.2
.1
3.1

1.1
7.4
28.1

0
0
0

0
0
1.4
13.2
8.9
.8
3.5
.2
.1
2.8

3.2

3.2

13.7
5.9

13.9
5.7

1.4
13.4
8.6
.7
3.5
.2
.1
2.8

O

.1

19.4
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.6
.1
.4
.1

19.5
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.6
.1
.4
.1

120.7
1.0
3.1
1.5
2.8
7.2
19.9
30.1
1.9
16.8
5.5

132.4
1.3
3.0
1.6
2.9
8.6
22.7
33.9
1.8
17.5
5.9

135.7
1.4
3.2
1.7
2.9
8.7
22.9
34.4
1.9
17.9
6.0

2.8
.4

2.8
.4

2.9
.4

76.4
35.4

76.1
37.:

78.5
38.4

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
July
1983

June
1984

June
1984

July
1983

July
1984P

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Rhode Island
Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket

112.4
122.3

121.0
129.6

117.2
125.6

13.0
13.1

13.8
13.9

13.2
13.3

84.0
83.9

85.2
84.9

84.8
84.5

South Carolina
Charleston-North Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg

361.9
18.7
25.1
98.6

374.6
19.9
26.9
99.9

373.5
20.1
26.6
99.3

55.1

56.8

57.2

8.6
9.5
9.7

8.8
8.7
9.5

8.9
8.7
9.4

243.2
36.2
39.6
54.5

251.8
38.3
41.3
55.3

255.3
38.8
41.4
55.5

26.2
8.3

28.7
8.7

28.8
8.7

12.3

12.1

12.3

4.4

4.6

4.8

63.8
15.6

66.0
17.2

66.3
16.9

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville-Davidson

468.6
41.9
51.6
48.4
51.4
78.9

496.3
44.2
53.5
51.0
50.9
88.2

496.4
43.6
54.2
50.7
52.2
87.1

84.0

90.7

92.5

7.5
5.7
7.5

7.3
5.0
6.8

7.3
5.7
6.8

27.2
20.5

30.0
19.4

30.2
19.3

394.4
36.3
28.6
46.7
98.3
89.5

409.9
38.0
28.6
47.3
99.5
89.7

416.9
38.6
28.9
47.7
99.7
90.1

Texas
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito
Bryan-College Station
Corpus Christi
Dallas-Fort Worth
El Paso
Galveston-Texas City
Houston
Killeen-Temple
Laredo
Longview-Marshall
Lubbock
McAllen-Pharr-Edinburg
Midland
Odessa
San Angelo
San Antonio
Sherman-Denison
Texarkana
Tyler
Waco
Wichita Falls

959.1
6.5

995.0

994.0
5.9

373.3

383.1

383.2

3.2
6.5
7.9

3.2
6.8
8.1

3.2
6.7
8.2

11.9

12.0

12.1

3.2
1.7
7.4

3.1
1.8
7.4

3.2
1.8
7.3

98.0
10.0
6.2
104.8

100.8

101.6
9.7

3.2
3.2
3.7
4.6
2.6
3.0

1,555.3
15.0
23.2
63.7
33.0
17.2
9.8
32.7
428.2
39.7
12.9
362.3
14.2

1,594.5
14.9
24.0
67.7
34.1
17.2
9.8
32.8
443.8
40.9
12.5
371.0
15.1

1,596.2
14.9
24.0
68.1
34.4
17.4
9.8
33.0
446.4
40.9
12.7
371.4
15.2

South Dakota
Sioux Falls

9.5

5.9
9.7

33.5
32.2
11.1

35.3
31.8
10.9

35.7
31.8
10.9

3.1

3.1

3.1

14.2
310.3
35.6
10.7
199.6

14.8
320.4
37.9
10.1
198.7

14.9
320.6
37.1
10.1
199.5

8.4
1.7

9.0
1.9

8.9
1.8

14.8
11.6

14.9

14.8

9.6

9.5

9.9
3.6
6.1
5.6

10.5

10.0

3.8
5.8
5.6

4.0
5.8
5.5

3.1
3.2
3.7
4.5
2.6
2.8
3.0
3.8

49.5
11.1

51.7
11.8

51.4
11.8

18.3
2.1

8.6

9.1

9.3

11.6
15.6

12.2
16.4

8.7

12.2
16.3
9.9

2.0
2.8
3.2

9.9

2.8

2.1
2.0
3.0
3.4
2.9

Utah
Salt Lake City-Ogden

85.9
58.8

95.0
64.4

95.1
64.7

36.5
28.8

Vermont
Burlington
Springfield

47.3
15.7

48.8
16.1

48.7
16.0

3.9

4.0

4.1

Virginia
Bristol
Charlottesville
Danville
Lynchburg
Newport News-Hampton
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Portsmouth
Northern Virginia
Petersburg-Colonial Heights-Hopewell
Richmond
Roanoke

402.5

413.3

8.0

10.5
18.7
26.4
39.8
26.3
24.8
7.8
54.9
19.7

7.0

7.0

1.2

1.2

1.2

8.2

8.3

55.8
20.0

56.0
20.3

19.7

20.4

20.3

8.3

8.4

8.5

80.7
26.1

83.4
27.9

12.6
36.0
83.0
123.7
8.4
83.6
28.1

Washington
Seattle-Everett

279 8
147.8

286.7
151.8

286.3
153.7

89.9
52.9

92.7
54.8

93.6
55^1

400.0
194.9

414.1
201 !o

415 6
202.9

9.8

9.7
6.1

105.2

3.0
3.7
18.9

5.9

104.8
3.3
3.2
3.6
4.6

2.6
3.0
3.0
3.7

9.1

9.1

9.3

16.9
25.7
22.7
11.9
15.4

17.2
26.9
24.1
14.1
18.1

17.2
27.0
24.1
14.0
18.3

8.9

9.3

9.4

19.1
2.1

111.6

118.6

119.3

7.1

7.1

7.0

1.9

2.9

10.8
14.4
18.6
13.2

10.9
14.7
19.6
13.5

11.1
14.6
19.6
13.6

36.6
28.3

36.8
28.3

133.2
98.8

141.3
105.1

141.5
105.4

8.8
2.7
.6

9.1
2.6
.6

9.2
2.6
.6

43.7
13.0

44.2
13.1

44.9
13.3

2.4

2.4

2.4

413.0

121.2

125.9

126.3

479.5

507.0

510.3

9.5

9.7

10.4
18.5
27.6
40.1
28.3
28.1

1.1
1.9
1.0

1.1
1.9
1.1
3.1
4.9

6.5
9.9
7.3

10.0

6.6
9.8
7.4

4.8

1.0
1.8
1.0
3.1
4.9

6.5

10.4
18.6
27.7
39.8
28.2
27.9

20.2
35.9

20.1
37.3

20.3
37.5

12.2
32.3
76.4
116.3

12.6
35.2
81.2
123.7

2.9

3.0
3.4

7.4

See footnotes at end of table.




73

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Services

Governmeni

State and area
July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Rhode Island
Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket

21.5
20.9

21.7
21.1

21.8
21.2

93.1
89.4

95.0
91.0

94.0
90.2

55.0
51.9

56.8
53.8

55.3
52.3

South Carolina
Charleston-North Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg

52.1
7.6
14.9
10.7

53.8
7.9
15.3
10.8

54.4
8.0
15.5
10.9

180.2
27.6
32.0
39.0

192.7
28.4
31.9
39.4

193.9
28.2
31.7
39.9

209.7
45.2
54.4
32.2

237.0
48.0
54.2
36.3

229.7
45.6
53.1
33.6

South Dakota
Sioux Falls

12.6
4.6

13.1
5.1

13.1
5.2

55.0
14.9

56.4
15.6

56.8
15.3

54.2
5.8

61.7
7.2

53.3
7.2

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville-Davidson

81.5
9.7
4.5
8.5
20.7
27.0

83.8
10.1
4.8
8.2
21.5
28.7

83.6
10.0
4.8
8.2
21.5
28.9

328.3
29.7
22.3
37.1
81.4
81.0

348.9
29.7
24.9
36.9
82.8
86.3

348.2
29.9
24.9
36.9
82.5
86.0

282.1
28.0
23.3
42.4
61.4
58.9

303.0
30.2
23.8
43.7
61.0
59.6

293.7
30.9
23.8
42.5
58.6
59.4

395.4
3.2
4.2
18.3
5.7
3.2
1.8
6.6
129.1
7.8
4.5
106.4
2.3
1.4
2.9
5.2
3.2
3.6
2.4
1.6
31.8
1.3
1.7
3.2
4.7
2.5

405.7
3.3
4.5
18.9
5.7
3.1
1.9
6.6
138.5
8.0
4.6
109.1
2.5
1.4
2.8
5.3
3.3
4.0
2.4
1.7
33.3
1.3
1.7
3.2
4.7
2.5

406.3
3.3
4.5
19.3
5.7
3.1
1.9
6.7
139.3
8.0
4.6
109.9
2.5
1.4
2.7
5.4
3.3
4.0
2.4
1.7
33.3
1.3
1.7
3.2
4.8
2.5

1,187.4
13.2
16.6
57.8
28.6
10.9
6.4
24.0
318.3
28.3
11.5
313.9
11.0
5.6
16.0
19.1
11.0
8.2
8.0
7.4
94.1
6.2
8.2
11.6
16.3
9.3

1,227.9
13.6
17.0
62.1
30.2
11.5
6.7
24.0
338.1
28.2
11.8
330.8
11.3
6.3
16.0
19.6
11.4
10.0
9.1
7.6
99.6
6.3
8.6
11.9
16.8
9.2

1,226.7
13.6
16.8
62.4
30.2
11.5
6.5
24.1
341.1
28.3
12.2
330.1
11.3
6.3
15.9
19.6
11.4
10.2
9.2
7.7
99.6
6.3
8.6
11.9
17.0
9.2

1,012.5
8.7
12.7
79.0
18.1
11.6
16.1
26.2
173.3
31.4
16.8
172.7
17.7
6.5
7.6
19.4
18.5
4.8
7.0
6.1
94.5
4.8
12.0
7.4
11.4
10.3

1,063.5
9.6
13.3
80.7
19.0
13.7
16.5
26.4
185.8
34.5
20.3
179.5
18.5
7.4
8.3
19.8
19.2
5.7
7.3
6.7
98.9
4.9
12.6
8.1
11.5
10.7

1,052.7
9.0
13.2
80.5
18.9
12.6
16.6
26.4
181.4
32.3
18.0
170.7
18.3
7.4
8.2
19.5
17.6
5.7
7.7
6.3
96.2
4.8
12.6
8.1
11.1
10.1

28.3
23.4

29.8
24.6

29.9
24.6

111.8
77.6

117.2
81.9

117.7
82.6

123.5
87.1

131.1
92.8

127.1
91.6

9.1
2.7
.4

9.2
2.7
.4

9.4
2.7
.4

49.7
14.4
2.8

47.3
14.7
2.9

50.3
15.2
3.1

33.3
9.5
1.4

35.3
10.0
1.7

33.0
9.5
1.5

112.7
.9
2.9
1.1
3.3
5.1
15.8
31.4
1.2
27.8
6.3

117.2
.9
2.9
1.2
3.3
5.4
16.6
32.7
1.2
28.3
6.5

118.3
.9
2.9
1.2
3.3
5.5
16.8
33.0
1.2
28.4
6.5

471.4
3.4
9.5
5.0
12.6
34.7
67.6
149.6
7.1
65.8
22.9

482.3
3.4
9.3
5.2
12.7
36.4
72.1
157.6
7.0
66.4
22.9

480.9
3.4
9.3
5.1
12.4
36.7
72.6
158.3
7.1
66.4
23.1

489.8
4.5
18.4
4.3
8.7
38.9
79.9
120.4
13.7
68.0
14.9

518.0
4.8
21.6
5.2
9.8
40.2
82.3
126.0
14.7
72.5
15.1

481.7
4.5
18.3
4.4
9.1
38.4
77.1
120.5
13.1
67.6
14.5

93.6
58.3

94.3
58.8

94.8
59.0

330.5
162.3

344.2
172.9

343.3
171.1

312.9
117.4

342.0
125.8

318.9
117.1

Texas
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito
Bryan-College Station
Corpus Christi
Dallas-Fort Worth
El Paso
Galveston-Texas City
Houston
Killeen-Temple
Laredo
Longview-Marshall
Lubbock
McAllen-Pharr-Edinburg
Midland
Odessa
San Angelo
San Antonio
Sherman-Denison
Texarkana
Tyler
Waco
Wichita Falls
Utah
Salt Lake City-Ogden
Vermont
Burlington
Springfield
Virginia
Bristol
Charlottesville
Danville
Lynchburg
Newport News-Hampton
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Portsmouth
Northern Virginia
Petersburg-Colonial Heights-Hopewell
Richmond
Roanoke
Washington
Seattle-Everett
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)
Mining

Total

Construction

State and area
July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

588.4
105.8
93.7
55.8
59.1

594.2
106.1
92.8
57.0
58.2

594.0
106.2
93.4
56.7
58.2

1,854.4
125.2
48.1
78.3
50.2
42.1
44.6
171.2
613.8
62.8
41.3
41.4

1,927.9
130.1
49.9
82.2
52.1
42.0
46.3
177.9
638.4
65.1
43.9
42.4

1,918.3
129.7|
49.5
82.3
51.8
41.2
45.9
177.2
632.5
65.1
44.2
42.0

Wyoming

203.3

213.1

209.1

Puerto Rico
Caguas
Mayaguez
Ponce
San Juan

634.8
25.9
37.9
42.7
325.3

660.9
25.4
35.9
43.5
339.8

659.5
25.2
36.9
43.4
338.0

36.4

34.5

35.5

West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland
Parkersburg-Marietta
Wheeling
Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville-Beloit
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
Sheboygan
Wausau

Virgin Islands

July
1983
48.0
4.3
.7
1.2
3.3

June
1984

28.1

23.4
5.0
4.4
2.6
2.0

2.8

59.2
5.1
1.5
2.8
1.2
1.4
1.4
5.8
15.5
1.1
1.6
1.5

60.2
5.5
1.3
3.2
1.3
1.0
1.3
6.3
15.9
1.2
2.4
1.2

63.4
5.7
1.4
3.1
1.4
1.0
1.2
6.9
17.2
1.4
2.5
1.3

26.9

19.3

22.5

21.0

22.9

27.3

28.3

1.8
15.6

1.7
19.5

1.7
20.1

2.6

2.2

2.2

0
0
0

o
o
0

o
01
()

.7

July
1984P

23.0
4.9
4.3
2.5
2.0

()

27.0

June
1984

23.1
4.9
4.5
2.5
2.1

2.9

O
0
0
0
O
O
0
0
0
0

July
1983

52.0
3.8
.7
1.2
3.2

51.7
3.8
.7
1.2
3.2

2.7
0
0
0
(1)
O
O
O
0
0
0
0

July
1984P

o

See footnotes at end of table.




75

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Wholesale and retail trade

Transportation and
public utilities

Manufacturing
State and area
June
1984

July
1983
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland
Parkersburg-Marietta
Wheeling
Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville-Beloit
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
Sheboygan
Wausau
Wyoming
Puerto Rico
Caguas
Mayaguez
Ponce
San Juan
Virgin Islands
See footnotes at end of table.

76



June
1984

July
1983

July
1984P

July
1983

July
1984P

June
1984

July
1984P

89.0
14.1
19.2
14.2
8.7

92.8
13.7
19.8
15.3
8.6

91.8
13.6
19.9
14.9
8.6

40.1
9.0
8.4
2.1
3.6

39.5
9.0
8.2
2.1
3.5

39.5
9.0
8.2
2.1
3.5

127.4
25.6
23.3
13.6
14.9

127.4
26.8
23.0
13.7
14.8

127.7
26.8
23.0
13.7
14.8

493.7
45.8
9.3
21.8
18.3
17.0
10.0
19.5
162.8
23.7
17.2
11.4

507.6
47.8
9.3
21.6
18.9
17.9
10.5
19.6
169.5
24.9
18.4
11.8

513.3
48.0
9.4
22.8
19.1
17.3
10.7
20.0
168.2
24.9
18.8
12.0

82.8
4.4
2.6
5.8
2.0
1.1
2.1
5.7
31.1
2.2
1.2
2.0

86.6
4.7
2.7
6.1
2.2
1.1
2.2
5.9
32.1
2.2
1.4
2.1

83.8
4.5
2.6
6.0
2.1
1.1
2.2
5.8
31.1
2.1
1.4
2.0

430.2
25.8
13.1
20.9
11.8
8.0
12.1
38.1
139.4
13.6
7.8
10.2

448.3
27.0
14.0
22.6
12.5
8.0
12.3
39.3
142.6
13.9
7.8
10.2

449.4
27.2
14.1
22.5
12.5
8.0
12.4
39.1
141.7
14.1
7.8
10.1

8.4

8.2

8.6

16.6

16.8

16.8

46.0

45.6

46.2

141.8
8.3
13.8
8.5
30.8

149.0
8.1
12.9
9.3
32.5

147.8
7.7
13.8
9.3
32.0

15.2

103.3
5.2
5.4
7.1
65.7

103.3
5.3
5.4
7.1
65.4

2.5

2.3

2.3

7.0

6.9

11.9

11.9

11.8

104.1
5.2
5.0
7.1
66.2

2.1

2.2

2.2

7.1

15.1

15.3
(2)
(2)
(2)

(2)
(2)
(2)

(2)
(2)
(2)

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA EMPLOYMENT
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
B-8. Employees on nonagricuiturai payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry—Continued
(In thousands)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Services

Government

State and area
July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

133.7

9.0
9.4

9.6

9.6

9.4

9.3

297.4
15.2

319.3
15.7
10.1
10.1
6.0
5.3
6.0
57.2

298.7
14.8

22.5
5.2
3.8
2.0
2.8

22.0
5.3
3.5
2.1
2.6

22.0
5.4
3.5
2.1
2.6

106.5
21.6
15.3
11.1
14.4

104.6
21.3
15.4
10.7
14.1

103.9
21.4
15.4
10.6
14.1

131.9

Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh ...
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville-Beloit
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
Sheboygan
Wausau

98.7
6.0
1.7
2.6
1.4
1.0
1.4
13.5
42.3
2.1
1.8
3.9

6.4
1.8
2.6
1.4
1.0
1.4
13.4
42.4
2.2
1.8
3.9

100.8
6.4
1.8
2.7
1.4
1.0
1.4
13.5
42.7
2.3
1.8
3.9

389.7
22.7
10.5

403.1
23.0
10.6
16.0

406.0
23.0
10.9
15.9
9.4
7.5
12.4

7.8

7.7

7.7

Wyoming
Puerto Rico
Caguas
Mayaguez
Ponce
San Juan
Virgin Islands
Combined with services.
Not available.
Combined with construction.
Less than 50 employees.




9.7
7.6

21.1
18.5

9.3
8.9
6.2
5.8
5.8
54.3
75.0
7.8
4.9
5.5

28.9

11.8
34.2

12.5
36.2

147.7

154.3

36.1
156.4

12.2
6.7

12.4

12.5

6.8

6.8

6.9
28.7

7.0

7.0

36.3

34.4

34.3

80.7

85.6

83.4

22.2

6.7
55.2

6.6
58.4

6.6
57.3

123.3

1.4

5.8

5.8

5.6

14.9

29.2

22.0

1.4

1.4

81.6
8.3
5.4
6.2

21.2
18.3

9.3
9.3
5.8
5.3
5.7
55.8
75.2

7.9
5.1
5.6

40.8

50.9

47.6

240.9
8.9

250.8
8.7
12.5

15.8
129.5

251.6
8.7
12.5
15.8
128.9

13.6

14.9

13.7

22.0

July
1984P

133.2
21.3
17.9

West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland .
Parkersburg-Marietta
Wheeling

15.6
9.3
7.8

June
1984

15.7

p

= preliminary.
NOTE: Area definitions are published annually in the May issue of this
publication. All State and Area data have been adjusted to March 1983
benchmarks except Wisconsin.

77

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HISTORICAL HOURS AND EARNINGS
C-1. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural
payrolls by major industry, 1963 to date
Total private1
Year and
month

| Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Construction

Mining
Weekly I Weekly
earnings I hours

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

Annual averages

1963.
1964.
1965.
1966.
1967.
1968.
1969.

38.8
38.7
38.8
38.6
38.0
37.8
37.7

$2.28
2.36
2.46
2.56
2.68
2.85
3.04

$88.46
91.33
95.45
98.82
101.84
107.73
114.61

41.6
41.9
42.3
42.7
42.6
42.6
43.0

$2.75
2.81
2.92
3.05
3.19
3.35
3.60

$114.40
117.74
123.52
130.24
135.89
142.71
154.80

37.3
37.2
37.4
37.6
37.7
37.3
37.9

$3.41
3.55
3.70
3.89
4.11
4.41
4.79

$127.19
132.06
138.38
146.26
154.95
164.49
181.54

1970.
1971 .
1972.
1973.
1974.
1975.
1976.
1977.
1978.,
1979.,

37.1
36.9
37.0
36.9
36.5
36.1
36.1
36.0
35.8
35.7

3.23
3.45
3.70
3.94
4.24
4.53
4.86
5.25
5.69
6.16

119.83
127.31
136.90
145.39
154.76
163.53
175.45
189.00
203.70
219.91

42.7
42.4
42.6
42.4
41.9
41.9
42.4
43.4
43.4
43.0

3.85
4.06
4.44
4.75
5.23
5.95
6.46
6.94
7.67
8.49

164.40
172.14
189.14
201.40
219.14
249.31
273.90
301.20
332.88
365.07

37.3
37.2
36.5
36.8
36.6
36.4
36.8
36.5
36.8
37.0

5.24
5.69
6.06
6.41
6.81
7.31
7.71
8.10
8.66
9.27

195.45
211.67
221.19
235.89
249.25
266.08
283.73
295.65
318.69
342.99

1980.
1981 .
1982.
1983.

35.3
35.2
34.8
35.0

6.66
7.25
7.68
8.02

235.10
255.20
267.26
280.70

43.3
43.7
42.7
42.5

9.17
10.04
10.77
11.27

397.06
438.75
459.88
478.98

37.0
36.9
36.7
37.2

9.94
10.82
11.63
11.92

367.78
399.26
426.82
443.42

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

1983:
August
September
October
November,
December
1984:
January
February ..
March
April
May
June
Julyp
Augustp

35.3
35.3
35.3
35.1
35.5

$7.95
8.12
8.16
8.16
8.16

$280.64
286.64
288.05
286.42
289.68

42.6
43.1
43.2
42.9
43.4

$11.25
11.33
11.33
11.40
11.41

$479.25
488.32
489.46
489.06
495.19

38.0
37.9
37.3
36.3
36.8

$11.86
12.04
12.06
11.91
12.02

$450.68
456.32
449.84
432.33
442.34

35.0
35.0
35.0
35.3
35.2
35.5
35.6
35.5

8.26
8.24
8.24
8.29
8.28
8.29
8.32
8.30

289.10
288.40
288.40
292.64
291.46
294.30
296.19
294.65

43.3
42.9
42.8
43.0
43.2
43.7
43.2
43.7

11.54
11.49
11.60
11.62
11.56
11.57
11.57
11.53

499.68
492.92
496.48
499.66
499.39
505.61
499.82
503.86

36.3
37.0
36.7
37.5
38.2
38.6
38.6
38.5

12.08
11.99
11.97
11.95
11.99
11.94
11.95
12.01

438.50
443.63
439.30
448.13
458.02
460.88
461.27
462.39

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, 1963 to date—Continued
Transportation and public
utilities

Manufacturing
Year and
month

Hourly
earnings,
excluding
overtime

Weekly
earnings

$2.45
2.53
2.61
2.71
2.82
3.01
3.19

$2.37
2.43
2.50
2.59
2.71
2.88
3.05

$99.23
102.97
107.53
112.19
114.49
122.51
129.51

(2)

(2)

41.1
41.3
41.2
40.5
40.6
40.7

$2.89
3.03
3.11
3.23
3.42
3.63

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

40.5
40.1
40.4
40.5
40.2
39.7
39.8
39.9
40.0
39.9

39.7
39.8
38.9
40.1

7.27
7.99
8.49
8.83

7.02
7.72
8.25
8.51

288.62
318.00
330.26
354.08

39.6
39.4
39.0
39.0

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

40.5
40.7
41.2
41.4
40.6
40.7
40.6

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983

Weekly
hours

Wholesale trade

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

$118.78
125.14
128.13
130.82
138.85
147.74

40.6
40.7
40.8
40.7
40.3
40.1
40.2

$2.45
2.52
2.61
2.73
2.88
3.05
3.23

$99.47
102.56
106.49
111.11
116.06
122.31
129.85

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

8.87
9.70
10.32
10.80

351.25
382.18
402.48
421.20

38.5
38.5
38.3
38.5

6.96
7.56
8.09
8.54

267.96
291.06
309.85
328.79

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

Annual averages
(2)

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted
1983:
August
September
October
November.
December.
1984:
January ....
February ...
March
April
May
June
July*
August" ....

40.2
40.8
40.7
40.8
41.2

$8.78
8.89
8.90
8.97
9.04

$8.44
8.52
8.54
8.61
8.67

$352.96
362.71
362.23
365.98
372.45

39.5
39.4
39.5
39.3
39.7

$10.69
10.88
10.94
11.01
11.00

$422.26
428.67
432.13
432.69
436.70

38.6
38.7
38.7
38.7
38.9

$8.54
8.62
8.69
8.68
8.74

$329.64
333.59
336.30
335.92
339.99

40.6
40.7
40.7
40.9
40.6
40.8
40.3
40.3

9.08
9.06
9.09
9.11
9.11
9.14
9.17
9.14

8.72
8.70
8.73
8.75
8.76
8.77
8.82
8.77

368.65
368.74
369.96
372.60
369.87
372.91
369.55
368.34

39.2
39.0
39.0
39.3
39.2
39.8
39.9
39.9

11.08
11.01
11.02
11.07
11.03
11.07
11.18
11.21

434.34
429.39
429.78
435.05
432.38
440.59
446.08
447.28

38.4
38.2
38.3
38.5
38.6
38.7
38.8
38.7

8.82
8.79
8.79
8.89
8.86
8.90
8.97
8.95

338.69
335.78
336.66
342.27
342.00
344.43
348.04
346.37

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, 1963 to date—Continued
Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Retail trade
Year and
month

Services

Weekly
earnings

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

Weekly
earnings

Weekly
hours

1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

$62.66
64.75
66.61
68.57
70.95
74.95
78.66

37.5
37.3
37.2
37.3
37.1
37.0
37.1

$2.25
2.30
2.39
2.47
2.58
2.75
2.93

$84.38
85.79
88.91
92.13
95.72
101.75
108.70

(2)

(2)

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

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

82.47
87.62
96.32
102.68
108.86
114.60
130.20
138.62

36.7
36.6
36.6
36.6
36.5
36.5
36.4
36.4
36.4
36.2

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

1980
1981
1982
1983

147.38
158.03
163.85
171.05

36.2
36.3
36.2
36.2

5.79
6.31
6.78
7.29

209.60
229.05
245.44
263.90

32.6
32.6
32.6
32.7

5.85
6.41
6.92
7.30

190.71
208.97
225.59
238.71

Weekly
hours

Hourly
earnings

Hourly
earnings

Annual averages

91.85

121.66

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted
1983:
August
September
October
November
December.
1984:
January
February ...
March
April
May
June
July"
August"

30.5
29.9
29.9
29.8
30.8

$5.73
5.78
5.79
5.82
5.78

$174.77
172.82
173.12
173.44
178.02

36.1
36.1
36.4
36.1
36.2

$7.24
7.33
7.45
7.39
7.43

$261.36
264.61
271.18
266.78
268.97

33.0
32.7
32.7
32.6
32.6

$7.24
7.37
7.43
7.44
7.47

$238.92
241.00
242.96
242.54
243.52

29.4
29.4
29.6
29.8
30.0
30.4
30.7
30.6

5.89
5.89
5.89
5.90
5.88
5.88
5.87
5.84

173.17
173.17
174.34
175.82
176.40
178.75
180.21
178.70

36.5
36.4
36.3
36.5
36.3
36.3
36.7
36.4

7.55
7.54
7.54
7.62
7.55
7.58
7.63
7.59

275.58
274.46
273.70
278.13
274.07
275.15
280.02
276.28

32.6
32.6
32.6
32.7
32.6
32.9
33.1
33.0

7.57
7.55
7.54
7.60
7.55
7.53
7.56
7.52

246.78
246.13
245.80
248.52
246.13
247.74
250.24
248.16

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.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently
projected from March 1983 benchmark levels. When more
recent benchmark data are introduced, all unadjusted data
from April 1983 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

July
1983

Total private .

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

35.3

35.5

35.6

42.6

43.7

43.2

40.6
39.6
41.1

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

39.9
39.7
39.5

40.5
40.6

Aug.
1983

43.7

39.0
38.0 |
39.8 I

July
1983

35.5

38.1
37.9
37.9

|1O
!iO1
i 102

35.3

42.1

Mining .
Metal mining
Iron ores
Copper ores

Average overtime hours

Average weekly hours

1972
SIC
Code

Industry

44.2
41.6
45.3

Coal mining
Bituminous coal and lignite mining

! 11,12
i12
i
Oil and gas extraction
;13
Crude petroleum, natural gas, and natural gas liquids . j 131,2
Oil and gas field services
|138

43.3
42.6
43.7

43.5
42.0
44.1

41.5
41.5 i
!
44.5 '
42.2
45.4

Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels
Crushed and broken stone

44.6
45.3

44.6
45.3

45.5
46.2

45.7
46.7

38.2

38.0

38.6

38.6

37.7
37.2
38.9
38.1

37.5
37.0
38.7
37.8

42.8
44.5
41.9

43.0
45.0
41.9

|14
i 142

Construction .

"I

38.5

General building contractors
Residential building construction
Operative builders
Nonresidential building construction

J15
1152
1153
154

37.4
36.8
40.8
37.7

Heavy construction contractors
Highway and street construction
Heavy construction, except highway

|16
i 161
] 162

41.8
44.2
40.6

37.3
36.5 |
42.9 |
37.6
I
41.4
43.6
40.2

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

J17
j171
j 172
173
174
175
176

37.1 j
38.1
35.8
38.1 I
35.3 I
35.1
35 7

37.1
38.2
36.1
38.8
35.5
35.0
34.7

37.6
38.6
36.0
38.8
35.7
35.3
35.7

37.6
38.5
35.7
39.2
35.7
34.4
35.9

40.0

40.2

40.8

40.3

40.3

3.0

3.2

3.4

3.3

3.4

40.4

i
40.6 |

41.5

40.9

40.9

2.9

3.1

3.6

3.4

3.5

40.3
39.6

39.9

38.3
38.4
40.7

39.4
38.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.6
39.1
40.4
39.6
39.1
38.1
38.1
38.3
40.2

3.3
3.5
4.0
4.2
3.0
3.2
2.7
2.7
3.1
4.1
2.1
2.9
3.1
2.6|

3.6
3.7
4.0
4.2
3.1
3.8
3.5
3.9
3.6
3.9
2.2
3.0
3.1
2.7

3.3
3.4
3.8
3.9
3.3
3.4
2.9
3.6
3.2
3.5
2.2
2.4
2.3
2.9

3.1
3.5
3.7
3.9
2.9
3.1
2.2
3.4
3.0
4.0
1.9
2.3
2.0
2.8

39.6 j
38.8 |
39.5 |
37.8 !
39.3 |
37.3
41.5
40.3
40.6 !
41.2;

39.1
38.3
38.7
37.3
38.8
37.4
40.4
40.8
40.2
40.2

2.2
1.8
2.0
1.1
2.5
2.2
2.5
3.1
3.2
2.4

2.7
2.4
2.5
1.5
2.6
3.6
3.1
3.8
3.3
2.7

2.4
2.0
2.4
1.3
1.9
1.8
3.7
2.8
3.1
2.4

2.2
1.6
2.0
.8
1.5
1.7
3.3
3.1
3.2
1.8

42.5 |
44.0 |
41.0 ;

42.2 |
44.1 |
40.6 I

4.5
5.6
4.1

4.7 j

5.0
5.7
4.4

5.0
5.5
4.3

j

I

i

Manufacturing
Durable goods .
Lumber and wood products
Logging camps and logging contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Sawmills and planing mills, general
Hardwood dimension and flooring
Millwork, plywood, and structural members
Millwork
Wood kitchen cabinets
Hardwood veneer and plywood
Softwood veneer and plywood
Wood containers
Wood buildings and mobile homes
Mobile homes
Miscellaneous wood products

'24
|241
J242
|2421
2426
243
|2431
;2434
;2435
|2436
J244
j245
12451
|249

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

Stone, clay, and glass products
Flat glass
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown
See footnotes at end of table.

82



j251
i2511
|2512
:2514
2515
J252
,253
j254
'259
i32
|321
:322

I

' I

40.2
40.1
41.0
41.3
40.0
39.7
40.1
38.9
39.3
40.1
38.8
39.7
40.0
40.2

40.8
40.8
41.3
41.6
40.2
40.8
j
!
j
i

41.5 !
40.7 !

40.8
39.9
39.0
40.3
40.6
40.6

39.0 |
38.5 j

38.8 |
37.5
39.4
38.5
39.5
40.3
39.5
40.4

I
I
!
|
|
|

i
j
|
j
|
'

i
41.9 l

43.4 |
41.0 ;

I

j
|
|
!
!

40.1 I
39.6 i
39.7 !
38.8 I
40.2 :
40.9 I
41.3 ,
40.9 |
40.2 !
41.6 I
I
42.1 I
45.1 i
40.7 -

40.9 |
41.0 I
40.6
40.6
40.4
41.0
40.4
40.7

39.1

j
'
|
|
I

39.3
-

41.8

j
|
I
|
I
|

6.0 |
4.2

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricuiturai payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

1972
SIC
Code

July
1983

Aug.
1983

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984 P

$8.32

$8.30 $282.75 $280.64 $294.30 $296.19 $294.65

11.27

11.25

11.57

11.57

11.53 474.47

479.25

505.61

499.82

12.59
12.19
13.33

12.54
12.06
13.10

12.96
12.77
13.57

13.05
12.95
13.76

479.68
462.00
505.21

489.06
458.28
521.38

526.18
505.69
557.73

520.70
514.12
543.52

13.88
13.93

14.91
14.95

539.54
542.49

562.14
565.56

618.77
620.43

601.60
605.11

10.66
12.31
9.93

10.57
12.23
9.85

10.58 $10.57
12.62
12.69
9.82
9.81

461.58
524.41
433.94

459.80
513.66
434.39

470.81
532.56
445.83

467.19
527.90
444.39

9.26
8.83

9.35
8.83

9.81
9.35

9.84
9.43

413.00
400.00

417.01
400.00

446.36
431.97

449.69
440.38

11.80

11.86

11.94

11.95

12.01 450.76

450.68

460.88

461.27

15
152
153
154

10.61
9.61
8.90
11.73

10.62
9.79
8.89
11.59

10.74
10.02
8.86
11.60

10.78
10.10
8.85
11.58

396.81
353.65
363.12
442.22

396.13
357.34
381.38
435.78

404.90
372.74
344.65
441.96

404.25
373.70
342.50
437.72

16
161
162

11.84
10.62
12.53

11.90
10.66
12.60

11.75
10.88
12.26

11.72
10.97
12.17

494.91
469.40
508.72

492.66
464.78
506.52

502.90
484.16
513.69

503.96
493.65
509.92

17
171
172
173
174
175
176

12.34
12.37
11.40
13.99
12.16
11.39
10.92

12.42
12.41
11.44
14.17
12.18
11.58

12.58
12.57
11.33
14.12
12.50
11.57

10.95

11.11

12.58
12.57
11.53
14.15
12.56
11.61
11.17

457.81
471.30
408.12
533.02
429.25
399.79
389.84

460.78
474.06
412.98
549.80
432.39
405.30
379.97

473.01
485.20
407.88
547.86
446.25
408.42
396.63

473.01
483.95
411.62
554.68
448.39
399.38
401.00

8.78

9.14

9.17

9.14 353.60

352.96

372.91

369.55

368.34

9.38

9.32

9.69

9.71

9.68 378.95

378.39

402.14

397.14

395.91

7.82
10.12
8.30
8.76
5.56
7.61
7.80
6.88
6.08
9.41
5.52
6.72
6.71
6.61

7.82
10.24
8.21
8.67
5.52
7.64
7.89
6.92
6.16
9.41
5.54
6.79
6.82
6.57

8.04
10.82
8.48
8.92
5.86
7.81
7.99
7.13
6.27
9.80
5.73
7.01
7.10
6.81

8.01
10.70
8.44
8.88
5.90
7.77
8.05
6.95
6.30
9.75
5.66
7.08
7.16
6.85

8.06 314.36

319.06
417.79
339.07
360.67
221.90
311.71
327.44
281.64
251.33
375.46
216.06
273.64
276.89
266.74

324.01
428.47
346.83
365.72
237.92
317.09
322.80
292.33
253.31
398.86
224.04
268.48
272.64
277.17

315.59
414.09
337.60
355.20
235.41
307.69
314.76
280.78
249.48
381.23
215.65
269.75
274.23
275.37

321.59

6.67
6.12
5.60
6.49
6.49
7.05
7.40
7.23
8.16
7.37

6.84
6.29
5.75
6.79
6.46
7.08
7.43
7.48
8.22
7.37

6.88
6.29
5.76
6.74
6.61
7.02
7.59
7.54
8.24
7.30

6.90 259.35

267.47
242.35
222.32
251.81
260.90
288.35
305.62
295.71
328.03
306.59

270.86
244.05
227.13
256.66
253.88
264.08
308.35
301.44
333.73
303.64

269.01
240.91
222.91
251.40
256.47
262.55
306.64
307.63
331.25
293.46

271.17

9.30
12.77
10.03

9.58
12.92
10.50

9.64
13.11
10.56

9.66 390.93

391.53
575.93
408.22

407.15
568.48
430.50

406.81
578.15
428.74

403.79

10
101
102

Coal mining
Bituminous coal and lignite mining

11,12
12

Oil and gas extraction
13
Crude petroleum, natural gas, and natural gas liquids . 131,2
138
Oil and gas field services
14
142

Construction

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

I

Aug.
1984P

$8.29

Metal mining
Iron ores
Copper ores

General building contractors
Residential building construction
Operative builders
Nonresidential building construction
Heavy construction contractors
Highway and street construction
Heavy construction, except highway

July
1984P

$7.95

Mining

Crushed and broken stone

June
1984

$8.01

Total private

Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings

Manufacturing

8.84!

I
Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Logging camps and logging contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Sawmills and planing mills, general
Hardwood dimension and flooring
Millwork, plywood, and structural members
Millwork
Wood kitchen cabinets
Hardwood veneer and plywood
Softwood veneer and plywood
Wood containers
Wood buildings and mobile homes
Mobile homes
Miscellaneous wood products

24
241
242

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

252
253
254
259

6.65
6.08
5.59
6.43
6.41
7.02
7.35
7.25
8.28
7.29

Stone, clay, and glass products
Flat glass
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown

32
321
322

9.33
12.46
10.04

2421
2426

243
2431
2434
2435
2436

244
245
2451

249

2511
2512
2514
2515

405.81
340.30
361.79
222.40
302.12
312.78
267.63
238.94
377.34
214.18
266.78
268.40
265.72
234.08
216.89
241.13
252.55
270.27
290.33
292.18
327.06
294.52
540.76
411.64

503.86

462.39

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

1972
SIC
Code

Average overtime hours

Average weekly hours
July
1983

3221
|3229
323
324
J325
I326
J327
J3271
I3272
3273
329
13291
J3292

41.1

J33
331
3312
3317
332
3321
|3322
|3325
333
3334
335
3351
3353
3357
336

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

4.9
3.0
3.4
3.1
3.8
1.5
6.6
7.5
4.9
7.2
3.5
2.8
3.9

Aug.
1984P

5.1
3.0
3.3
3.2
4.2
1.6
6.7
7.6
5.7
6.7
3.6
2.5
4.3

5.0
3.6
3.5
3.2
4.1
2.3
7.1
7.4
5.7
7.9
4.2
3.0
5.0

5.1
3.4
3.6
3.0
4.2
1.9
7.2
7.2
6.3
7.9
4.2
3.1
3.4

41.0
40.3
40.8
42.2
41.8
38.8
43.8
45.9
43.4
43.1
41.9
41.1
44.6

41.1
40.9
40.9
42.1
42.3
39.2
44.4
45.0
43.1
44.8
42.2
41.7
43.6

41.0
40.2
41.2
41.4
42.3
38.7
44.2
44.1
43.3
44.7
41.8
41.4
41.8

40.5
40.2
40.0
39.8
40.1
40.2
39.2
39.7
40.9
40.9
41.8
43.1 |
41.5 '
41.3
39.8
40.3

40.6
39.8
39.4
40.5
40.2
40.8
41.0

41.4
40.5
40.1
42.1
41.3
41.3
40.9
40.5
42.2
42.8
43.1
43.5
42.0
43.3
41.4
41.8

41.2
40.0

41.7
42.1 j
40.7
41.2

41.9
41.2
40.9
42.3
41.8
41.6
41.4
41.3
42.0
42.6
43.2
43.9
43.0
42.8
42.2
42.4

3.0
2.5
2.4
2.9
2.8
3.2
2.6
1.5
3.2
3.6
4.3
4.3
6.1
3.7
3.1
3.3

3.3
2.7
2.6
2.7
2.9
3.4
3.6
1.5
3.2
3.3
4.7
4.3
5.9
4.3
3.4
3.7

4.0
3.4
3.4
3.5
4.0
4.2
3.3
3.5
3.5
3.7
5.5
5.4
6.4
5.4
4.0
4.3

3.9
3.2
3.1
4.1
3.7
3.9
3.0
2.8
3.7
3.9
5.6
4.9
5.7
6.1
3.6
3.8

Fabricated metal products
34
Metal cans and shipping containers
341
Metal cans
3411
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware
342
Hand and edge tools, and hand saws and blades ..13423,5
Hardware, nee
13429
Plumbing and heating, except electric
|343
Plumbing fittings and brass goods
;3432
Heating equipment, except electric
3433
Fabricated structural metal products
344
Fabricated structural metal
3441
Metal doors, sash, and trim
3442
Fabricated plate work (boiler shops)
3443
Sheet metal work
3444
Architectural metal work
3446
Screw machine products, bolts, etc
345
Screw machine products
3451
Bolts, nuts, rivets, and washers
3452
Metal forgings and stampings
346
Iron and steel forgings
3462
Automotive stampings
3465
Metal stampings, nee
3469
Metal services, nee
347
Plating and polishing
3471
Metal coating and allied services
3479
348
Ordnance and accessories, nee
Ammunition, except for small arms, nee
3483
Misc. fabricated metal products
349
Valves and pipe fittings
J3494
Misc. fabricated wire products
J3496

40.2 i
43.0
43.4
39.9
39.1
39.9
38.8
38.4
38.4
39.9
40.2
40.1
39.8
39.3
40.2
40.8
39.8
41.7
41.0
39.8
42.8
39.3
39.9
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.5
39.3
39.7

40.7
43.1
43.4
40.4
40.6
40.1
39.5
39.3
39.0
40.3
40.6
39.7
40.8
39.5
41.8
41.0
39.9
42.1
41.9
40.8
43.3
40.8
40.3
40.0
41.0
40.3
40.2
40.2
39.5
40.3

41.6
44.0
44.0
40.6
40.4
40.6
40.2
41.0
39.1
41.3
41.7
40.8
41.8
40.5
41.9
42.6
42.1
43.2
42.6
42.2
44.9
40.5
40.9
40.7
41.5
41.2
40.7
41.2
41.5
41.1

40.9
44.3
44.3
40.0
39.1
40.2
38.8
40.0
38.1
40.9
41.9
40.6
40.9
40.0
41.1
42.4
41.9
42.9
41.2
40.5
42.5
40.0
40.4
40.2
40.9
40.0
39.3
40.4
40.4
40.4

41.1

2.8
5.3
5.6
2.5
1.7
3.0
1.7
1.8
1.0
2.7
3.1
2.8
2.5
2.5
1.5
2.8
2.1
3.5
3.4
2.5
4.8
2.5
3.2
3.0
3.5
2.0
1.2
1.9
1.9
2.0

3.2
5.9
6.3
2.6
2.4
2.9
2.4
2.4
1.8
2.9
3.1
2.7
3.1
2.7
2.7
3.4
2.8
4.0
4.0
3.5
5.1
3.2
3.3
3.2
3.6
2.0
1.5
2.5
2.2
2.7

3.6
5.5
5.5
2.7
2.2
3.0
2.4
2.6
1.9
3.2
3.6
2.8
3.3
3.1
3.2
4.6
4.2
4.9
4.7
4.2
6.2
3.4
3.5
3.2
4.2
2.8
1.8
3.0
3.2
3.0

3.3
6.0
5.9
2.7
2.0
3.1
1.9
2.1
1.5
3.2
3.8
3.1
2.8
3.1
2.7
4.3
4.2
4.5
4.0
3.5
5.0
3.1
3.3
3.1
3.9
2.6
1.4
2.6
2.8
2.4

Machinery, except electrical
Engines and turbines ,
Turbines and turbine generator sets .
Internal combustion engines, nee
Farm and garden machinery
Farm machinery and equipment

40.1
40.0
37.9
40.8
39.1
39.0

40.2 I
38.2
38.3
38.2
39.3

42.0
41.9
39.6
42.6
40.7
40.7

41.3
43.2
39.3
44.4
39.3
39.3

41.4

2.5
2.0
2.8
1.7
1.9
2.0

2.7
2.7
3.1
2.6
1.8
2.0

3.7
4.2 |
3.0
4.6
2.7
2.7

3.4
3.7
3.0
3.9
1.9
2.0

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

3361

!35
351
3511
J3519
352
|3523

40.8 |
40.6
41.8
41.1
37.6

43.9
45.8
42.0
44.2

41.7
40.9
43.4

38.1
40.9
40.4
42.4
43.5

i

39.2
i

See footnotes at end of table.

84



Aug.
1984P

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricuitural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

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

Fabricated metal products
34
Metal cans and shipping containers
341
Metal cans
3411
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware
342
Hand and edge tools, and hand saws and blades . 3423,5
Hardware, nee
3429
Plumbing and heating, except electric
343
Plumbing fittings and brass goods
3432
Heating equipment, except electric
3433
Fabricated structural metal products
344
3441
Fabricated structural metal
Metal doors, sash, and trim
3442
Fabricated plate work (boiler shops)
3443
Sheet metal work
3444
Architectural metal work
3446
Screw machine products, bolts, etc
345
Screw machine products
3451
Bolts, nuts, rivets, and washers
3452
Metal forgings and stampings
346
Iron and steel forgings
3462
Automotive stampings
3465
Metal stampings, nee
3469
Metal services, nee
347
Plating and polishing
,
3471
Metal coating and allied services
3479
Ordnance and accessories, nee
348
Ammunition, except for small arms, nee
3483
Misc. fabricated metal products
349
Valves and pipe fittings
3494
Misc. fabricated wire products
3496
Machinery, except electrical
Engines and turbines
Turbines and turbine generator sets
Internal combustion engines, nee
Farm and garden machinery
Farm machinery and equipment

35
351
3511

3519
352
3523

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

$10.43 $10.45 $11.05 $11.11
9.50
9.43
9.85
9.69
8.03
7.90
7.95
8.04
13.19
13.46
13.37
13.31
7.35
7.77
7.78
7.38
7.82
8.15
8.20
7.76
9.16
9.46
9.57
9.21
7.71
8.11
8.17
7.68
8.08
8.32
8.47
8.07
10.13
10.41
10.53
10.18
9.17
9.47
9.51
9.19
8.59
9.03
9.22
8.68
9.13
9.66
9.55
9.03

11.37

11.29

12.81

12.74
13.21
10.37

Aug.
1983

June
1984

$428.45
380.03
322.32
556.62
307.23
303.42
401.21
353.89
350.67
436.60
384.22
353.05
407.20

$454.16
402.87
325.16
566.67
328.67
319.48
420.02
364.95
358.59
466.37
399.63
376.55
421.18

$455.51
397.58
331.25
553.52
329.09
317.34
422.99
360.30
366.75
470.69
397.52
381.71
399.19

458.37
507.05
520.47
419.99
398.78
414.53
431.73
361.19
550.51
563.18
451.98
417.17
593.39
409.63
359.38
372.04

480.17
536.42
554.60
442.46
421.76
429.73
448.78
399.37
562.80
593.42
475.63
438.12
620.49
445.12
378.96
387.96

474.44
528.12
545.36
442.47
414.24
426.22
442.95
383.54
563.79
592.35
473.24
430.65
587.16
459.41
373.43
382.47

$471.33
520.40

351.74
338.94
449.96
383.22

355.01
391.90

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

July
1983

$428.67
387.60
326.02
556.36
303.32
291.78
404.32

Aug.
1984P

10.16
10.53

11.46
13.02
13.56
10.46
10.09
10.33
10.84

9.48
13.46
13.94
10.66

9.67
13.40
13.93
11.01

9.59
14.23

9.05

9.73
8.83
9.03

9.98
14.43
10.40
8.98
9.15

11.46 $11.44 460.49
13.04
13.01 514.96
530.80
13.60
412.73
10.51
399.80
10.03
412.85
10.32
416.30
10.83
374.77
9.47
554.60
13.36
575.87
13.84
448.10
10.98
413.33
9.90
590.13
13.98
409.70
10.61
352.63
9.02
364.72
9.15

9.07
12.22
12.81
8.83
8.21
9.14
8.04
7.69
8.01
8.70
9.35
6.80
9.88
8.98
8.65
8.51
7.77
9.19
10.33
11.39
12.13
8.09
7.28
7.17
7.54
9.56
9.19
8.50
9.05
7.58

9.09
12.25
12.84
8.80
8.23
9.09
8.13
7.84
8.15
8.74
9.24
6.85
10.05
8.97
8.74
8.51
7.79
9.18
10.29
11.51
11.96
8.18
7.28
7.15
7.57
9.64
9.14
8.54
9.08
7.63

9.33
12.53
13.16
9.11
8.46
9.41
8.36
8.01
8.36
8.84
9.51
7.08
9.94
9.04
9.01
8.69
7.97
9.43
10.85
11.84
12.78
8.37
7.51
7.35
7.88
9.86
9.36
8.69
9.28
7.90

9.32
12.55
13.19
9.17
8.42
9.50
8.34
8.03
8.32
8.82
9.49
7.12
9.84
9.07
8.88
8.71
7.99
9.46
10.79
11.86
12.71
8.35
7.57
7.45
7.83
9.96
9.45
8.69
9.31
7.92

9.30 364.61

369.96
527.98
557.26
355.52
334.14
364.51
321.14
308.11
317.85
352.22
375.14
271.95
410.04
354.32
365.33
348.91
310.82
386.48
431.15
469.61
517.87
333.74
293.38
286.00
310.37
388.49
367.43
343.31
358.66
307.49

388.13
551.32
579.04
369.87
341.78
382.05
336.07
328.41
326.88
365.09
396.57
288.86
415.49
366.12
377.52
370.19
335.54
407.38
462.21
499.65
573.82
338.99
307.16
299.15
327.02
406.23
380.95
358.03
385.12
324.69

381.19
555.97
584.32
366.80
329.22
381.90
323.59
321.20
316.99
360.74
397.63
289.07
402.46
362.80
364.97
369.30
334.78
405.83
444.55
480.33
540.18
334.00
305.83
299.49
320.25
398.40
371.39
351.08
376.12
319.97

382.23

525.46
555.95
352.32
321.01
364.69
311.95
295.30
307.58
347.13
375.87
272.68
393.22
352.91
347.73
347.21
309.25
383.22
423.53
453.32
519.16
317.94
290.47
285.37
301.60
382.40
363.92
335.75
355.67
300.93

9.54

9.93
12.82
11.95
13.09
9.72
10.30

9.95
13.05
12.07
13.33

9.93 383.76
477.20
436.23
492.86
374.19
393.12

383.51
451.14
443.13
455.34
366.67
381.42

417.06
537.16
473.22
557.63
395.60
419.21

410.94
563.76
474.35
591.85
383.18
403.22

411.10

13.27
10.37

9.97
10.27
10.62
9.44
13.56
14.08
10.72

9.59
14.22
9.92
8.86

9.57
11.93
11.51
12.08
9.57
10.08

9.92

11.81
11.57

11.92
9.33

9.73

9.75
10.26

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 nonagricuiturai 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

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 overtime hours

Average weekly hours
July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

39.3
39.8
38.8
39.0
39.7
38.9
40.1
38.8
37.7
40.9
40.2
39.1
40.0
40.4
39.4
40.2
40.1
39.3
41.6
38.1
40.1
39.4
39.5
41.0
41.2
40.4
40.6
39.9
40.9
39.7

39.7
40.3
39.0
39.1
40.3
39.7
40.1
38.2
37.6
41.2
39.7
39.6
40.3
40.8
40.1
40.1
40.5
40.1
42.5
39.5
40.6
39.7
39.4
41.3
41.4
40.7
40.7
40.2
41.7
39.9

41.7
42.3
40.2
41.5
41.9
41.4
42.9
42.3
42.5
43.7
42.6
40.8
41.8
41.6
41.5
41.7
41.8
41.6
43.7
40.9
41.0
40.1
41.5
42.1
42.2
42.3
42.4
41.7
42.1
41.6

40.5
39.6
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.8
39.3
40.4
41.7
40.4
40.3
40.5
41.9
40.2
40.4
39.2
41.2
40.9
40.6
41.5
40.2
40.7
40.8
41.1
40.9
40.6
42.0
40.6

41.0
41.2
42.0
40.6
41.1
41.5
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.2
40.9
41.4
41.3
40.5
39.1
40.9
41.5
41.1
41.2
41.1
41.3
43.2
41.9
41.0
40.9
40.2
41.3

40.3
40.0
40.8
39.3
40.8
41.3
38.8
39.1
39.4
40.3
37.5
40.1
40.5
40.3
39.4
37.9
39.2
39.5
40.5
40.0
40.8
40.8
41.2
41.5
40.9
39.8
39.3
40.1

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

2.0
2.0
1.3
2.1
2.2
2.5
2.9
1.5
2.4
3.7
2.5
2.4
2.4
2.3
1.9
3.2
2.4
2.0
3.0
1.6
2.2
2.1
2.1
2.4
2.6
2.7
2.9
2.7
3.4
2.6

40.3
40.6
38.8
39.7
41.3
40.4
42.3
42.2
41.7
43.2
41.4
40.3
41.1
41.4
40.9
41.4
41.1
40.3
42.7
39.2
41.2
39.8
40.5
41.6
41.6
41.9
42.4
41.1
39.3
41.5

40.3
39.0
39.8
38.5
40.0
41.0
38.4
39.2
39.9
40.1
38.6
40.4
41.4
41.0
39.0
39.0
39.5
39.9
40.8
41.1
40.6
40.6
41.2
41.1
40.5
40.6
39.3
41.3

Aug.
1984P

40.5

2.2
1.9
1.4
2.4
2.8
2.7
3.2
1.6
2.4
4.0
2.8
3.3
2.6
2.5
2.1
2.7
2.8
2.2
3.9
2.0
3.3
2.6
2.1
2.9
3.1
2.9
3.1
2.8
3.7
2.6

3.2
2.8
3.1
3.2
4.1
3.8
4.7
3.5
4.4
5.4
4.2
3.8
3.5
2.7
2.9
3.2
3.6
3.6
4.8
2.7
2.5
3.6
3.9
3.0
3.0
4.2
4.5
4.0
4.1
3.9

2.8
2.2
2.3
2.9
4.1
3.5
4.5
3.7
4.3
5.2
3.8
3.7
3.2
2.8
2.0
3.5
3.4
3.2
4.1
2.7
2.6
3.1
3.3
2.8
2.9
4.2
4.6
3.6
2.9
3.8

2.5
1.7
1.9
1.4
2.6
3.2
1.6
1.9
1.4
2.5
1.6
2.4
1.6
2.9
1.9
1.4
2.4
2.7
2.4
2.8
2.1
2.8
2.1
3.3
2.8
2.8
2.3
3.4

2.7
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.7
3.1
2.1
2.2
1.5
1.8
2.3
2.6
2.2
2.6
1.9
1.9
2.9
2.9
2.5
3.1
2.2
3.0
2.1
3.5
3.1
2.6
2.9
2.7

3.0
2.9
3.3
2.6
3.1
3.4
2.5
2.4
2.2
1.2
2.4
2.9
2.8
3.4
2.4
1.7
2.7
3.0
2.8
3.2
2.5
3.5
2.8
4.2
3.4
3.0
1.4
4.0

2.9
2.8
3.6
2.1
3.0
3.4
2.0
2.3
2.2
2.0
2.1
2.6
2.2
2.9
1.8
1.2
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.3
2.5
3.5
2.5
4.4
3.5
2.6
1.7
3.1

Aug.
1984P

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagriculturai 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
J36
361
3612
3613
362
3621
3622
363
3632
3633
3634
364
3641
3643
3644
3645
365
3651
366
3661
3662
367
3671-3
3674
3679
369
3691
3694

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
July
1983

Aug.
1983

$10.37 $10.28
11.10 10.99
11.12 10.83!
10.59 10.49
9.00
8.99
8.99
9.08
9.79
9.75
9.88
9.80
10.47 10.44
10.34 10.34
8.99
8.86
7.82
7.73
9.37
9.30
9.74
9.73
7.29
7.36
9.52
9.83
9.46
9.40
9.85
9.85
9.39
9.28
9.94
9.84
8.87
8.82
9.89 10.03
9.41
9.35
8.57
8.61
8.52
8.59
9.20
9.29
9.51
9.58
9.50
9.53
10.97 11.06
9.24
9.24
8.67
8.27
8.15
8.37
8.78
8.78
8.60
8.66
9.69
10.17
6.64
8.13
9.24
7.60
8.36
6.27
8.38
8.62
10.31
10.30
10.31
7.53
9.57
8.62
6.98
9.35
9.68
9.94 i

8.62
8.28
8.19
8.35
8.76
8.74
8.57
8.56
9.77
10.14
6.62
8.06
9.21
7.56
8.361
6.181
8.331
8.571
10.30
10.201
10.35|
7.55
9.66
8.72
6.96
9.30
9.87
9.81

June
1984

July
1984P

$10.69
11.36
11.501
11.00J
9.56
9.17
10.06
10.13
10.65
10.62
9.24
7.98
9.67
10.16
7.59
9.83
9.71
10.29
9.95
9.61
8.82
10.39
9.85
8.92
8.90
9.66
9.94
9.73
11.64
9.38

$10.58
11.42
11.74
10.52
9.52
9.05
10.09
10.17
10.63
10.61
9.25
8.14
9.81
10.11
7.58 j
10.48
9.70
10.27
10.01
9.64
8.77
10.43
9.78
8.95
8.91
9.78
10.10
9.66
11.56
9.34

8.91
8.57
8.48
8.64
9.00
9.04
8.72
8.80
10.22
10.54
6.72
8.39
9.51
7.84
8.71
6.57
8.67
8.93 j
10.71
10.60
10.77
111
10.00
9.14
7.12
9.78
10.23
10.54

Aug.
1984P

July
July I Aug. I June
P
too j
1983 | 1983 1984 1984

$407.54
441.78
431.46
413.01
| 356.90
349.71
392.58
383.34
394.72
422.91
361.40
302.24
374.80
393.50
287.23
395.17
376.94
387.11
386.05
374.90
355.69
| 389.67
371.70
351.37
351.02
371.68
386.11
379.05
448.67
366.83

$408.12 $445.77
442.90 480.53
422.37 462.30
410.16 456.50
362.70 400.56
360.48 379.64
390.98 431.57
374.36 428.50
392.54 452.63
426.01 464.09
351.74 393.62
309.67 325.58
374.79 404.21
396.98 422.66
295.14 314.99
381.75 409.91
383.13 405.88
394.99 428.06
399.08 | 434.82
392.63 | 393.05
358.09 I 361.62
398.19 416.64
368.39 408.78
355.59 375.53
355.63 375.58
378.10 408.62
389.91 421.46
383.11 405.74
461.20 490.04
368.68 390.21

8.95 $8.99 349.40 349.11 365.31
8.56
322.53 327.89 353.08
8.54
324.37 327.60 356.16
322.25 328.99 350.78
8.58
351.20 350.40 369.90
9.10
359.98 356.59 375.16
9.12
330.24 336.80 350.54
8.88
339.47 345.82 352.00
8.98
386.63 407.41 408.80
10.27
407.82 409.66 417.38
10.50
256.30 266.79 i 270.14
6.81
328.45 326.43 | 343.15
8.38
382.54 385.90 I 393.71
9.50
7.80
311.60 303.91 | 323.79
8.82
326.04 | 337.74 352.76
6.51
244.53 I 242.26 256.89
8.68
331.01 I343.20 354.60
8.98
343.94 350.51 370.60
10.71
420.65 418.18 440.18
10.51
423.33 423.30 436.72
10.81
418.59 416.07 442.65
7.79
- I 305.72 307.29 | 320.90
10.05
394.28 394.13 | 432.00
9.16
354.28 358.39 | 382.97
7.14
282.69 284.66 I 291.92
9.79
379.61 377.58 ] 400.00
10.29J
380.42 414.54 | 411.25
i.39|
10.39
410.52 398.29 ! 435.30

Aug.
1984P

$426.37
463.65
455.51
417.64
393.18
365.62
426.81
429.17
443.27
458.35
382.95
328.04
403.19
418.55
310.02
433.87
398.67
413.88
427.43
377.89
361.32
415.11
396.09
372.32
370.66
409.78
428.24
397.03
454.31
387.61
360.69 $364.10
342.40
348.43
337.19
371.28
376.66
344.54
351.12
404.64
423.15
255.38
336.04
384.75
314.34
347.51
246.73
340.26
354.71
433.76
420.40
441.05
317.83
414.06
380.14
292.03
389.64
404.40
416.64

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 nonagricuiturai payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

Durable goods—Continued
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Motor vehicles and car bodies
Truck and bus bodies
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
Truck trailers
Aircraft and parts
Aircraft
Aircraft engines and engine parts
Aircraft equipment, nee
Ship and boat building and repairing
Ship building and repairing
Boat building and repairing
Railroad equipment
Guided missiles, space vehicles, and parts.
Guided missiles and space vehicles
Miscellaneous transportation equipment
Travel trailers and campers

1972
SIC
Code

37
371
3711
3713
3714

3715
372
3721
3724
3728
373
3731
3732
374
376
3761
379
3792

Average overtime hours

Average weekly hours

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

4.6
5.6
6.2
3.1
5.6
4.2
3.8
_
4.7
4.1
3.2
3.3
2.7
2.9
3.5
3.8
2.8
1.8

40.7
41.0
40.7
40.1
40.3
40.6
42.7
39.3
38.4
39.9
40.3
42.5
39.9

40.5

1.9
2.1
1.5
2.0
1.2
1.4
2.6
2.1
2.0
2.2
1.5
1.9
2.5

2.1
2.3
1.8
2.3
1.2
1.4
2.6
2.4
2.3
2.6
1.9
1.9
2.9

2.5
2.5
2.5
2.0
3.0
2.1
3.6
2.3
2.2
2.4
1.7
2.7
3.0

2.3
2.4
2.2
1.8
2.5
1.8
3.7
2.1
2.0
2.2
2.0
2.6
2.7

1.6
.7
.7
1.2
1.7
1.4
2.1
2.0
1.4
1.7
1.9
2.0

1.9
1.4
1.1
1.9
,1.9
*1.8
1.9
2.1
1.9
1.5
2.0
2.0

2.0
1.0
1.0
1.2
2.4
1.9
2.9
2.6
1.7
1.2
2.1
2.6

1.9
.7
.6
.8

3.0
3.7
3.5
4.4
3.7
2.5
4.5
3.2
5.0
3.4
3.0
3.7
3.4
5.6
6.5
6.4
3.3
3.5
2.6

3.3
4.2
3.6
4.5
3.7
2.5
4.3
3.1
4.7
5.5
6.6
5.9
5.2
5.6
6.7
5.8
2.8
3.0
2.4

3.2
3.8
3.6
4.2
3.7
3.1
4.5
3.6
4.9
3.6
4.6
3.8
4.0
5.1
5.8
5.3
3.3
3.6
2.3

41.5
42.4
40.8
40.7
41.2
41.0
42.0
42.4
40.0
37.6

42.3
41.5
40.2
40.2
40.3

40.3
41.1
40.0
39.3
38.8
40.8
42.4
39.9
40.3
39.6
40.0
40.6
41.0

41.3
41.3
41.4
40.9
42.2
40.9
43.4
40.2
39.6
40.7
40.1
42.8
41.0

40.5
40.6
40.0
37.9

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

38.7
37.3
36.1
39.6
38.9
38.5
39.5
40.0
35.9
33.3
39.5
39.5

39.0
37.9
36.8
40.4
39.3
38.9
39.7
40.5
36.4
34.3
39.4
39.7

39.2
37.4
37.1
39.1
39.7
38.6
40.7
40.7
37.3
35.6
39.5
39.6

38.9
36.6
35.7
39.7
39.2
38.2
40.2
40.8
37.0
36.0
39.3
39.1

39.2

39.4
39.5
39.8
41.5
40.8
37.5
42.1
39.8
42.8
36.8
39.6
36.7
35.8
43.2
46.8
43.9
38.5
38.1
39.4

39.7
40.0
39.5
41.1
40.4
37.3
41.7
39.1
42.3
40.5
44.0
40.4
41.0
43.0
46.2
42.9
38.0
37.6
39.0

39.8
40.0
39.9
41.1
40.3
38.6
41.7
40.3
42.3
38.7
41.0
38.6
37.8
42.8
44.6
42.8
38.7
38.2
40.0

39.4
39.7
40.1
40.9
40.3
39.3
41.7
40.5
42.5
37.6
41.0
37.3
36.1
42.6
44.0
43.3
38.8
38.2
40.3

39.5
40.0

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



2041
2048
205
2051
2052

Aug.
1984 P

4.3
5.0
5.3
3.4
5.2
3.0
4.0
_
5.4
4.0
3.1
3.4
2.4
_
2.9
3.0
2.8
1.9

41.9
42.8
42.9
41.1
43.1
40.5
41.6

3822
3823
3825
383
384
3841
3842
385
386
387

2016
202
2022
2026
203
2032
2033
2037
204

July
1984P

3.6
4.5
3.9
2.4
5.3
3.1
2.9
2.3
3.4
3.4
2.3
2.5
1.8
1.8
3.6
3.9
2.5
2.4

42.8
44.0
44.0
40.6
44.5
42.0
41.7

40.1
41.2
39.7
38.9
39.6
39.8
42.5
39.6
39.5
39.7
39.8
41.2
39.8

2013

June
1984

3.8
4.8
4.9
2.3
5.1
2.6
2.9
2.1
3.7
3.5
2.7
2.8
2.2
2.7
3.2
3.5
2.6
3.2

41.2
42.2
40.9
40.4
43.8
40.8
40.6
40.3
40.6
41.1
39.3
39.5
38.9
37.7
41.4
41.6
39.4
38.7

38
381
382

20
201
2011

Aug.
1983

41.7
42.6

41.7
43.0
42.9
40.1
43.4
41.2
40.5
40.1
40.4
41.2
40.0
40.3
39.0
39.3
40.9
41.1
39.7
39.8

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

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

July
1983

2.1
1.6
2.7

2.9
1.5
1.4
2.2
2.5
3.1
3.9
3.6
3.9
3.9
3.2
4.3
3.4
4.9
4.1
4.9
4.4
4.0
5.2
5.3
6.0
3.0
3.3
2.1

3.2

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

Durable goods—Continued
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Motor vehicles and car bodies
Truck and bus bodies
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
Truck trailers
Aircraft and parts
Aircraft
Aircraft engines and engine parts
Aircraft equipment, nee
Ship and boat building and repairing
Ship building and repairing
Boat building and repairing
Railroad equipment
Guided missiles, space vehicles, and parts ..
Guided missiles and space vehicles
Miscellaneous transportation equipment
Travel trailers and campers

1972
SIC
Code

37
371
3711
3713
3714
3715
372
3721
3724
3728
373
3731
3732
374
376

3761
379
3792

Instruments and related products
Engineering and scientific instruments
Measuring and controlling devices
Environmental controls
Process control instruments
Instruments to measure electricity
Optical instruments and lenses
Medical instruments and supplies
Surgical and medical instruments
Surgical appliances and supplies
Ophthalmic goods
Photographic equipment and supplies
Watches, clocks, and watchcases

38
381
382
3822
3823

Miscellaneous manufacturing
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware
Jewelry, precious metal
Musical instruments
Toys and sporting goods
Dolls, games, toys, and children's vehicles
Sporting and athletic goods, nee
Pens, pencils, office, and art supplies
Costume jewelry and notions
Costume jewelry
Miscellaneous manufactures
Signs and advertising displays

39
391
3911
393
394
3942,4
3949
395
396
3961
399
3993

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Meat products
Meat packing plants
Sausages and other prepared meats
Poultry dressing plants
Dairy products
Cheese, natural and processed
Fluid milk
Preserved fruits and vegetables
Canned specialties
Canned fruits and vegetables
Frozen fruits and vegetables
Grain mill products
Flour and other grain mill products
Prepared feeds, nee
Bakery products
Bread, cake, and related products
Cookies and crackers

3825
383
384

3841
3842
385
386
387

20
201
2011

2013
2016
202
2022
2026
203
2032
2033
2037
204
2041
2048
205

2051
2052

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984 P

July
1983

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

Aug.
1983

June
1984

$474.62
503.02
534.15
358.75
506.33
350.06
480.30
505.77
473.80
441.83
382.00
412.38
292.92
464.84
479.83
492.54
363.66
317.73

$519.59
557.48
623.04
395.44
538.90
377.16
513.33

$509.09 $504.99
540.99 536.76
609.18
404.42
519.36
361.67
514.18

510.87
476.15
416.57
452.99
319.71
500.61
498.12
511.77
387.60
321.86

525.37
467.29
414.06
450.64
311.92

8.79 340.45
371.21
333.88
308.87
338.18
341.88
406.73
291.06
291.51
290.60
254.32
460.20
257.11

340.54
368.67
338.80
312.83
332.13
356.18
396.02
294.06
297.01
291.85
256.80
447.01
259.94

362.61
386.98
359.77
335.79
369.25
366.46
427.06
309.94
310.07
309.32
264.26
487.49
270.19

359.38
386.22
354.09
324.01
351.01
367.43
428.28
304.97
301.82
307.23
264.37
487.90
264.94

356.00

Aug.
1984 P

$11.60 $11.52 $12.14 $12.15 $12.11 $483.72
12.05 11.92 12.67 12.64 12.60 518.15
13.22 13.06 14.16 14.20
567.14
9.74
360.90
9.00
8.88
9.84
11.57 11.56 12.11 12.05
502.14
8.98
8.55
8.58
352.26
8.93
11.84 11.83 12.31 12.36
479.52
12.57 12.55
504.06
11.72 11.67 12.31 12.42
473.49
10.73 10.75 11.23 11.26
442.08
9.89
9.72 10.21 10.30
395.60
10.60 10.44 11.13 11.21
427.18
7.74
7.53
7.76
7.56
294.84
12.33 12.21
11.91
468.06
11.59 11.86 11.78
11.57
473.21
11.84 12.07 11.97
11.85
487.04
9.69
365.24
9.20
9.23
9.68
8.00
8.21
8.56
318.40
8.44

477.09
485.98
387.20
319.88

8.49
9.01
8.41
7.94
8.54
8.59
9.57
7.35
7.38
7.32
6.39
11.17
6.46

8.45
8.97
8.47
7.96
8.56
8.73
9.34
7.37
7.37
7.37
6.42
11.01
6.34

8.78
9.37
8.69
8.21
8.75
8.96
9.84
7.71
7.83
7.60
6.59
11.39
6.59

10.03
7.76
7.86
7.70
6.56
11.48
6.64

6.80
7.21
7.09
6.61
6.25
5.97
6.53
6.99
5.69
5.21
7.42
8.03

6.79
7.26
7.18
6.62
6.20
5.89
6.54
7.01
5.75
5.26
7.40
8.05

6.98
7.52
7.55
6.85
6.40
6.13
6.64
7.27
5.76
5.21
7.67
8.22

7.02
7.51
7.49
6.76
6.38
6.10
6.65
7.41
5.81
5.30
7.75
8.18

7.02 263.16

264.81
275.15
264.22
267.45
243.66
229 A 2
259.64
283.91
209.30
180.42
291.56
319.59

273.62
281.25
280.11
267.84
254.08
236.62
270.25
295.89
214.85
185.48
302.97
325.51

273.08
274.87
267.39
268.37
250.10
233.02
267.33
302.33
214.97
190.80
304.58
319.84

275.18

268.93
255.95
261.76
243.13
229.85
257.94
279.60
204.27
173.49
293.09
317.19

8.12
8.20
7.37
8.47
9.10
5.32
8.53
8.13
8.81
7.34
8.66
7.16
7.16
9.67
9.72
7.38
8.92
9.02
8.66

8.06
8.15
7.34
8.46
9.10
5.31
8.49
8.17
8.79
7.37
8.80
7.42
6.79
9.69
9.87
7.31
8.94
9.00
8.80

8.33
8.44
7.28
8.18
9.08
5.54
8.72
8.33
8.93
7.70
9.15
7.84
7.17
10.16
10.00
7.47
9.37
9.41
9.28

8.39
8.41
7.24
8.12
9.04
5.55
8.77
8.34
9.00
7.67
9.13
7.79
7.05
10.12
9.93
7.56
9.43
9.45
9.38

8.36 319.93
8.36 323.90
293.33
351.51
371.28
199.50
359.11
323.57
377.07
270.11
342.94
262.77
256.33
417.74
454.90
323.98
343.42
343.66
341.20

319.98
326.00
289.93
347.71
367.64
198.06
354.03
319.45
371.82
298.49
387.20
299.77
278.39
416.67
455.99
313.60
339.72
338.40
343.20

331.53
337.60
290.47
336.20
365.92
213.84
363.62
335.70
377.74
297.99
375.15
302.62
271.03
434.85
446.00
319.72
362.62
359.46
371.20

330.57
333.88
290.32
332.11
364.31
218.12
365.71
337.77
382.50
288.39
374.33
290.57
254.51
431.11
436.92
327.35
365.88
360.99
378.01

330.22
334.40

8.83
9.42
8.70
8.08
8.71
9.05

See footnotes at end of table.




89

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry-—Continued

Industry

Nondurable goods—Continued
Food and kindred products—Continued
Sugar and confectionery products
Cane and beet sugar
Confectionery products
Fats and oils
Beverages
Malt beverages
Bottled and canned soft drinks
Misc. food and kindred products

1972
SIC
Code

Average weekly hours
July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Average overtime hours
Aug.
1984 P

2.7
4.8
1.9
4.6
4.4
6.1
4.2
4.5

39.3

1.2
1.1

1.4
1.1

2.4
2.7

1.2
1.1

39.3
39.2
40.3
39.8
39.3
38.3
38.1
38.5
37.3
38.1
39.4
38.7
38.4
37.1
40.1
39.0
39.4
36.8
41.6

39.5

3.5
3.8
4.1
4.3
1.8
2.9
3.7
2.9
2.2
1.3
4.3
3.5
3.4
3.8
4.9
3.4
3.8
2.6
3.7

4.0
4.0
4.2
4.2
2.7
3.2
3.8
2.7
2.8
1.8
4.5
4.5
4.3
4.6
5.3
4.0
4.5
3.1
4.9

3.5
3.8
3.4
4.2
2.5
2.7
2.2
2.4
2.5
1.7
4.1
4.0
3.9
4.0
5.0
3.3
3.6
2.7
4.2

2.9
3.1
2.9
3.6
1.6
2.5
2.2
2.6
2.3
1.6
3.1
3.1
3.3
3.1
4.0
2.7
3.0
2.4
3.4

36.8
36.4
38.1
38.1
37.8
38.1
34.6
35.1
32.5
35.5
35.8
37.1
37.2
36.7
37.4
36.5
37.5
38.9
37.7
37.8
42.1

36.1
36.7
36.8
36.6
36.9
37.4
34.3
35.3
32.8
34.7
34.8
36.2
36.0
36.9
36.2
35.3
37.6
37.6
35.6
37.3
40.0

36.1

1.1
.9
1.0
.9
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.0
.9
1.1
1.3
1.2
1.3
.7
1.0
.9
1.1
1.7
1.4
1.8
2.7

1.4
.9
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.2
1.1
.9
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.1
.9
.8
1.4
2.2
1.6
2.7
3.4

1.4
1.1
1.5
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.1
1.1
.8
1.2
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.8
1.5
1.4
1.2
2.4
1.3
2.0
4.8

1.1
1.0
1.0
.9
.9
1.2
.9
.7
.7
.9
1.2
1.3
1.2
1.5
.7
1.0
.8
1.7
.7
1.6
2.5

43.1
45.0
45.2
44.4
41.4
42.1
41.0
42.2
42.5
43.0
43.0
43.4

43.2
45.1
45.4
45.6
41.5
42.3
40.7
42.3
42.2
42.9
42.5
42.7

43.2

4.8
6.8
6.9
7.2
3.0
3.3
2.0
3.2
4.0
3.6
4.7
4.2

4.9
6.5
6.6
7.0
3.3
3.2
3.0
3.9
4.3
3.6
5.3
3.8

4.9
6.7
6.8
7.5
2.9
2.8
2.9
3.4
4.3
4.4
4.8
4.9

5.3
7.1
7.3
8.7
3.3
3.2
3.2
3.9
4.4
4.6
4.8
5.3

40.3
41.9
39.5
43.1
41.5
43.6
41.4
38.1

39.8
42.6
38.3
42.0
41.1
43.8
40.9
38.3

Tobacco manufactures .
Cigarettes

21
211

36.8
36.7

37.6
37.7

40.5
41.0

37.3
37.7

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
Yam mills, except wool
Throwing and winding mills
Miscellaneous textile goods

22
221
222
223
224
225
2251
2252
2253
2254
2257
226
2261
2262
227
228
2281
2282
229

40.2
40.4
41.1
39.9
40.2
38.8
40.8
39.3
36.9
35.7
41.7
39.5
39.7
38.2
42.0
41.0
41.7
37.6
41.6

41.1
41.0
41.6
41.0
40.1
39.7
41.0
39.2
38.2
38.0
42.4
41.6
41.4
41.1
42.9
41.4
42.0
38.8
43.4

40.4
40.4
40.8
41.7
40.7
38.9
38.5
38.8
37.8
38.4
41.2
41.5
41.4
40.8
42.5
39.9
40.4
37.4
42.8

Apparel and other textile products
Men's and boys' suits and coats
Men's and boys' furnishings
Men's and boys' shirts and nightwear
Men's and boys' separate trousers
Men's and boys' work clothing
Women's and misses' outerwear
Women's and misses' blouses and waists .
Women's and misses' dresses
Women's and misses' suits and coats
Women's and misses' outerwear, nee
Women's and children's undergarments
Women's and children's underwear
Brassieres and allied garments
Children's outerwear
Children's dresses and blouses
Misc. apparel and accessories
Misc. fabricated textile products
Curtains and draperies
House furnishings, nee
Automotive and apparel trimmings

23
231
232
2321
2327
2328
233
2331
2335
2337
2339
234
2341
2342
236
2361
238
239
2391
2392
2396

36.1
36.1
37.5
36.8
37.6
38.1
34.2
35.4
32.2
34.7
35.2
36.2
36.7
33.8
35.8
35.4
36.1
38.1
37.6
37.8
39.2

36.6
35.9
37.9
37.3
37.1
38.7
34.7
35.0
33.0
35.1
35.8
37.0
37.2
36.2
35.4
35.1
36.3
39.2
39.2
39.3
40.6

42.7
44.7
45.0
43.6
41.3
43.0
39.0
41.7
41.7
41.6
42.5
42.7

42.8
44.4
44.6
43.4
41.7
42.8
401
42.3
42.1
41.4
43.7
42.0

90



July
1984 P

2.7
3.8
2.2
5.1
4.5
5.9
4.8
3.8

40.4
42.9
39.2
42.1
41.0
43.5
41.0
37.5

See footnotes at end of table.

June
1984

3.1
4.9
2.3
5.4
4.2
5.9
4.1
3.6

39.8
42.3
38.5
42.0
41.6
44.2 I
41.3 |
37.6

I26
J261.2.6
262
263
264
2641
2642
2643
265
2651
2653
2654

Aug.
1983

2.5
4.9
1.5
4.9
4.6
6.3
4.5
3.3

206
2061-3
2065
207
208
2082
2086
209

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

July
1983

Aug.
1984P

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by detailed
industry—Continued

Industry

Nondurable goods—Continued
Food and kindred products—Continued
Sugar and confectionery products
Cane and beet sugar
Confectionery products
„
Fats and oils
Beverages
Malt beverages
Bottled and canned soft drinks
Misc. food and kindred products

1972
SIC
Code

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1984P

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

$325.17
416.23
270.66
377.16
434.72
619.68
327.92
275.98

Aug.
1984P

$329.26
422.14
275.18
380.16
428.04
609.44
327.59
274.88

$341.34
417.74
292.30
384.45
457.33
657.92
350.24
288.80

Aug.
1984P

$341.48
432.82
285.34
377.58
454.16
663.13
343.56
290.70

206
2061-3
2065
207
208
2082
2086
209

$8.17
9.84
7.03
8.98
10.45
14.02
7.94
7.34

$8.15
9.84
7.02
9.03
10.44
14.01
7.99
7.33

$8.47
9.97
7.40
8.92
11.02
15.09
8.46
7.58

$8.58
10.16
7.45
8.99
11.05
15.14
8.40
7.59

Tobacco manufactures
Cigarettes

21
211

10.90
12.40

10.26
12.49

11.92
13.86

11.54 $11.04 401.12
455.08
13.46

385.78
470.87

482.76
568.26

430.44
507.44

$433.87

Textile mill products
Weaving mills, cotton
Weaving mills, synthetics
Weaving and finishing mills, wool
Narrow fabric mills
Knitting mills
Women's hosiery, except socks
Hosiery, nee
Knit outerwear mills
Knit underwear mills
Circular knit fabric mills
Textile finishing, except wool
Finishing plants, cotton
Finishing plants, synthetics
Floor covering mills
Yarn and thread mills
Yarn mills, except wool
Throwing and winding mills
Miscellaneous textile goods

22
221
222
223
224
225
2251
2252
2253
2254
2257
226
2261
2262
227
228
2281
2282
229

6.17
6.45
6.62
6.54
5.84
5.64
5.45
5.41
5.46
5.25
6.38
6.54
6.61
6.81
6.38
5.80
5.77
5.68
6.86

6.19
6.44
6.63
6.59
5.87
5.69
5.58
5.40
5.55
5.34
6.38
6.58
6.66
6.84
6.37
5.82
5.83
5.62
6.88

6.43
6.76
6.91
6.84
6.08
5.88
5.64
5.61
5.77
5.52
6.54
6.80
6.85
7.32
6.58
6.04
6.03
5.91
7.12

6.43
6.69
6.93
6.87
6.08
5.88
5.65
5.66
5.80
5.49
6.55
6.81
6.87
7.35
6.64
6.04
6.04
5.86
7.11

6.46 248.03
260.58
272.08
260.95
234.77
218.83
222.36
212.61
201.47
187.43
266.05
258.33
262.42
260.14
267.96
237.80
240.61
213.57
285.38

254.41
264.04
275.81
270.19
235.39
225.89
228.78
211.68
212.01
202.92
270.51
273.73
275.72
281.12
273.27
240.95
244.86
218.06
298.59

259.77
273.10
281.93
285.23
247.46
228.73
217.14
217.67
218.11
211.97
269.45
282.20
283.59
298.66
279.65
241.00
243.61
221.03
304.74

252.70
262.25
279.28
273.43
238.94
225.20
215.27
217.91
216.34
209.17
258.07
263.55
263.81
272.69
266.26
235.56
237.98
215.65
295.78

255.17

Apparel and other textile products
Men's and boys' suits and coats
Men's and boys' furnishings
Men's and boys' shirts and nightwear
Men's and boys' separate trousers
Men's and boys' work clothing
Women's and misses' outerwear
Women's and misses' blouses and waists
Women's and misses' dresses
Women's and misses' suits and coats
Women's and misses' outerwear, nee
Women's and children's undergarments
Women's and children's underwear
Brassieres and allied garments
Children's outerwear
Children's dresses and blouses
Misc. apparel and accessories
Misc. fabricated textile products
Curtains and draperies
House furnishings, nee
Automotive and apparel trimmings

23
231
232
2321
2327
2328
233
2331
2335
2337
2339
234
2341
2342
236
2361
238
239
2391
2392
2396

5.35
6.31
4.91
4.73
5.03
4.88
5.34
4.85
5.63
5.98
5.06
4.85
4.75
5.38
4.76
4.74
5.28
6.22
4.88
5.37
10.11

5.35
6.17
4.92
4.72
5.03
4.90
5.34
4.91
5.57
5.99
5.05
4.88
4.79
5.37
4.78
4.73
5.34
6.22
4.92
5.45
9.91

5.50
6.56
5.06
4.85
5.14
5.09
5.44
5.00
5.68
6.09
5.18
4.99
4.88
5.51
4.97
4.91
5.32
6.51
5.18
5.61
10.23

5.51
6.56
5.04
4.88
5.11
5.04
5.48
5.01
5.74
6.20
5.18
5.02
4.91
5.54
4.96
4.90
5.27
6.45
5.23
5.59
9.98

5.54 193.14
227.79
184.13
174.06
189.13
185.93
182.63
171.69
181.29
207.51
178.11
175.57
174.33
181.84
170.41
167.80
190.61
236.98
183.49
202.99
396.31

195.81
221.50
186.47
176.06
186.61
189.63
185.30
171.85
183.81
210.25
180.79
180.56
178.19
194.39
169.21
166.02
193.84
243.82
192.86
214.19
402.35

202.40
238.78
192.79
184.79
194.29
193.93
188.22
175.50
184.60
216.20
185.44
185.13
181.54
202.22
185.88
179.22
199.50
253.24
195.29
212.06
430.68

198.91
240.75
185.47
178.61
188.56
188.50
187.96
176.85
188.27
215.14
180.26
181.72
176.76
204.43
179.55
172.97
198.15
242.52
186.19
208.51
399.20

199.99

Paper and allied products
Paper and pulp mills
Paper mills, except building paper
Paperboard mills
Misc. converted paper products
Paper coating and glazing
Envelopes

26
261,2,6
262
263
264
2641
2642
2643
265
2651
2653
2654

10.07
11.90
11.93
12.30
8.78
9.84
8.09
8.19
8.67
8.95
8.98
8.22

10.03
11.83
11.85
12.32
8.77
9.91
8.06
8.27
8.66
8.88
8.98
8.27

10.42
12.41
12.41
12.89
9.02
10.36
8.27
8.45
8.92
9.23
9.22
8.62

10.54
12.52
12.55
13.25
9.11
10.35
8.28
8.65
8.95
9.17
9.29
8.57

10.50 429.99
531.93
536.85
536.28
362.61
423.12
315.51
341.52
361.54
372.32
381.65
350.99

429.28
525.25
528.51
534.69
365.71
424.15
323.21
349.82
364.59
367.63
392.43
347.34

449.10
558.45
560.93
572.32
373.43
436.16
339.07
356.59
379.10
396.89
396.46
374.11

455.33
564.65
569.77
604.20
378.07
437.81
337.00
365.90
377.69
393.39
394.83
365.94

453.60

Bags, except textile bags
Paperboard containers and boxes
Folding paperboard boxes
Corrugated and solid fiber boxes
Sanitary food containers
S e e 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 nonagricuitural 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

Chemicals and allied products
28
Industrial inorganic chemicals
281
Industrial inorganic chemicals, nee
2819
Plastics materials and synthetics
282
Plastics materials and resins
2821
2824
Organic fibers, noncellulosic
Drugs
283
2834
Pharmaceutical preparations
284
Soap, cleaners, and toilet goods
2841
Soap and other detergents
2844
Toilet preparations
Polishing, sanitation, and finishing preparations
2842,3
285
Paints and allied products
286
Industrial organic chemicals
2865
Cyclic crudes and intermediates
Gum, wood, and industrial organic chemicals, nee . 2861,9
287
Agricultural chemicals
289
Miscellaneous chemical products

Average overtime hours

Average weekly hours
July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

37.5
33.5
37.7
38.1
37.1
39.5
36.0
38.9
38.7
38.9
41.5
38.7
39.1

37.7
33.7
38.0
39.3
37.9
41.2
35.9
38.9
38.3
39.1
41.3
39.1
38.9

37.6
33.9
37.2
38.6
36.6
41.3
36.6
38.6
38.5
38.5
41.4
39.5
39.1

37.6
33.9
38.0
38.4
36.6
40.6
35.8
38.8
38.5
38.7
41.1
39.3
39.1

37.8

2.5
1.5
1.8
2.7
1.3
4.5
1.7
2.9
2.6
3.0
3.7
1.8
3.8

2.8
1.5
2.9
3.3
1.7
5.5
1.8
3.3
2.8
3.5
3.7
2.0
4.2

2.5
1.6
2.2
2.3
1.2
3.9
1.6
2.9
2.7
2.9
3.5
2.3
3.5

2.5
1.6
2.3
2.5
1.5
3.8
1.4
2.9
2.7
2.9
3.3
2.5
3.7

41.6
41.8
41.9
42.3
43.0
42.2
40.8
40.4
41.2
44.7
39.4
40.0
41.3
42.7
41.4
43.1
41.6
40.9

41.4
41.3
41.5
42.2
42.9
42.1
40.3
40.2
41.1
43.6
39.5
41.1
41.4
42.2
41.0
42.6
41.1
40.8

42.0
42.4
42.5
42.4
43.7
41.7
40.7
40.5
41.2
43.7
39.4
41.6
42.2
43.2
42.5
43.4
43.2
41.6

41.7
42.1
42.3
42.0
43.1
41.7
40.1
39.8
41.4
44.5
39.9
40.7
42.1
43.0
42.1
43.3
42.6
41.2

41.7

3.2
3.0
3.1
3.6
4.6
3.1
2.6
2.5
3.0
5.5
1.8
2.1
3.0
3.7
3.1
3.9
3.9
2.7

3.2
2.9
2.9
3.6
4.7
2.9
2.8
2.8
3.3
4.9
2.5
2.7
3.2
3.6
3.4
3.6
3.6
3.0

3.4
3.4
3.3
3.7
5.1
2.4
2.7
2.6
2.8
4.8
1.6
2.9
3.3
4.1
4.5
4.0
4.6
3.1

3.3
3.5
3.5
3.6
4.7
2.7
2.5
2.4
2.7
4.9
1.5
2.5
3.5
4.1
4.4
4.0
4.5
3.0

Petroleum and coal products ...
Petroleum refining
Paving and roofing materials .

29
291
295

44.3
44.3
45.2

43.5
43.6
44.1

43.5
43.2
45.8

43.4
43.0
45.9

43.5

4.3
3.6
7.9

3.9
3.2
7.0

4.3
3.6
7.6

4.4
3.5
7.8

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

40.9
42.6
39.0

41.2
43.0
37.4

41.9
45.0
40.0

41.3
44.0
41.3

41.3

3.5
4.8
1.2

3.7
5.2
1.8

3.8
5.2
2.9

3.7
5.3
1.9

303,4
306
307

41.0
39.5
41.0

41.3
40.6
41.1

43.0
41.6
41.4

42.2
40.7
40.9

3.2
2.6
3.6

4.0
3.0
3.7

4.0
3.4
3.7

3.6
2.8
3.6

Leather and leather products
Leather tanning and finishing
Footwear, except rubber
Men's footwear, except athletic
Women's footwear, except athletic
Luggage
Handbags and personal leather goods .

31
311
314
3143
3144
316
317

37.4
40.2
37.2
37.5
37.0
37.9
36.7

37.5
39.9
37.1
38.0
36.7
39.5
38.3

37.7
40.5
37.2
37.2
37.4
38.7
37.1

37.4
38.8
37.0
37.3
36.9
37.5
37.4

36.9

1.2
3.0
.9
.7

1.6
3.4
1.3
1.2
1.4
2.7
1.7

1.7
3.4
1.4
1.1
1.8
2.8
1.3

1.4
1.9
1.2
.8
1.8
2.0
1.4

39.2

39.5

39.8

39.9

39.9

43.5

44.4

Transportation and public utilities .
Railroad transportation:
Class I railroads2

4011

41.3

44.4
I

i

Local and interurban passenger transit
Local and suburban transportation
Intercity highway transportation

41
411
J413

36.2
38.2
37.6

36.1 j
38.2 I
37.7 |

34.3
38.3
38.9

36.5
39.1
39.1

Trucking and warehousing
Trucking and trucking terminals .
Public warehousing .

|42

421,3
422

38.6
38.6
38.1

39.1 I
39.1
38.6

39.4
39.5
38.9

39.1
39.1
39.1

Pipe lines, except natural gas .

46

42.2 i

40.9

40.3

39.7

i

See footnotes at end of table.

92



1.2
2.4

1.0

Aug.
1984P

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
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
Toilet preparations
2844
Polishing, sanitation, and finishing preparations
2842,3
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

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
July
1983

$9.09
9.14
9.53
8.35
7.93
8.87
8.17
9.42
8.91
9.56
9.32
7.10
10.67
10.59
11.68
11.77
10.57
11.54

10.07
9.71
9.38

9.62
12.57
7.71
8.98
9.25
12.74

11.99
12.96
10.37
9.68

Aug.
1983

June
1984

$9.12
9.17
9.67
8.44
7.97
9.03
8.25
9.45
8.92
9.61
9.33
7.07
10.90

$9.30
9.39
9.96
8.51
8.23
8.84
8.36
9.53
9.01
9.77
9.57
7.42

10.62

11.03
12.24
12.25

11.72
11.82

10.58
11.54
10.08
9.81
9.43

11.25

11.08

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

$9.35
9.41
10.01
8.50
8.09
8.97
8.47
9.64
9.06
9.90
9.53
7.31
11.47

$9.40 $340.88
306.19
359.28
318.14
294.20
350.37
294.12
366.44
344.82
371.88
386.78
274.77
417.20

$343.82
309.03
367.46
331.69
302.06
372.04
296.18
367.61
341.64
375.75
385.33
276.44
424.01

$349.68
318.32
370.51
328.49
301.22
365.09
305.98
367.86
346.89
376.15
396.20
293.09
439.88

$351.56 $355.32

11.10
12.41
12.45
11.10

11.10 440.54

439.67
484.04
490.53
446.48
495.07
424.37
395.34
379.09
392.92
545.87
306.92
369.49
385.43
539.74
495.69
553.80
431.96
394.54

463.26
518.98
520.63
469.79
522.65
443.69
416.36
402.98
407.06
561.98
317.56
389.38
411.03
578.45
544.43
588.94
452.74
414.75

462.87
522.46
526.64
466.20
518.49
443.27
409.02
396.81
407.79
571.38
320.40
378.92
404.16
581.36
549.41
591.91
460.08
416.12

462.87

572.90
622.61
430.42

579.86
627.70
459.37

576.35
621.78
465.43

577.68

339.49

488.22
493.16
447.11
496.22
424.95
396.17
378.95
396.34
561.88
303.77
359.20
382.03
544.00
496.39
558.58
431.39
395.91

319.00
380.38

326.40
296.09
364.18
303.23
374.03

348.81
383.13

391.68
287.28
448.48

11.96
10.64
10.23
9.95
9.88
12.86
8.06
9.36
9.74
13.39
12.81
13.57
10.48
9.97

12.03
10.63
10.20
9.97
9.85

13.33
14.53
10.03

13.28
14.46
10.14

13.28 585.65

14.28
9.76

8.23
12.89
5.30

8.29
12.96
5.36

8.22 328.02

530.80
199.29

329.60
540.94
192.61

344.84
580.05
212.00

342.38
570.24
221.37

9.56
12.52
7.77

8.99
9.31
12.79
12.09
13.00
10.51

9.67

Aug.
1984P

12.84
8.03

9.31
9.60
13.52
13.05
13.67
10.80

10.10

Petroleum and coal products ...
Petroleum refining
Paving and roofing materials .

29
291

13.22
14.30

295

9.92

Rubber and misc. plastics products
Tires and inner tubes
Rubber and plastics footwear
Reclaimed rubber, and rubber and plastics hose
and belting
Fabricated rubber products, nee
Miscellaneous plastics products

30
301
302

8.02
12.46
5.11

8.00
12.58
5.15

303,4
306
307

8.17
7.67
7.34

8.26
7.74
7.29

8.27
7.99
7.54

8.23
8.03
7.59

334.97
302.97
300.94

341.14
314.24
299.62

355.61
332.38
312.16

347.31
326.82
310.43

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

5.53
7.50
5.28
5.46
5.22
6.11
5.17

5.52
7.42
5.26
5.48
5.18
6.21
5.13

5.67
7.50
5.40
5.69
5.21
6.20
5.56

5.72
7.48
5.46
5.77
5.30
6.28
5.65

5.67 206.82

207.00
296.06
195.15
208.24
190.11
245.30
196.48

213.76
303.75
200.88
211.67
194.85
239.94
206.28

213.93
290.22
202.02
215.22
195.57
235.50
211.31

209.22

301.50
196.42
204.75
193.14
231.57
189.74

10.84

10.69

11.07

11.18

11.21 424.93

422.26

440.59

446.08

447.28

4011

13.09

12.89

13.31

13.34

540.62

560.72

590.96

592.30

Local and interurban passenger transit
Local and suburban transportation
Intercity highway transportation

41
411

7.85
8.09

7.89

413

12.02

8.09
12.00

7.73
8.04
11.85

7.91
8.07
11.82

284.17
309.04
451.95

284.83
309.04
452.40

265.14
307.93
460.97

288.72
315.54
462.16

Trucking and warehousing
Trucking and trucking terminals .
Public warehousing

42
421,3
422

10.32
10.50
7.62

10.31
10.51
7.39

10.43
7.89

10.40
10.55
8.02

398.35
405.30
290.32

403.12
410.94
285.25

410.94
418.70
306.92

406.64
412.51
313.58

Pipe lines, except natural gas .

46

14.13

13.96

14.71

14.65

596.29

570.96

592.81

581.61

311
314
3143
3144
316
317

Transportation and public utilities .
Railroad transportation:
Class I railroads2

13.17

10.60

633.49
448.38

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 overtime hours

Average weekly hours
July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

48
481
483

39.8
40.4
37.7

38.9
40.2
37.5

40.0
40.6
37.3

40.7
41.4
37.6

49

41.4
41.5
40.6
42.0
42.0

41.4
41.7
40.5
41.9
41.4

41.6
41.8
41.2
42.0
41.8

41.4
41.8
40.7
41.4
41.2

38.6

38.6

38.7

38.8

Aug.
1984P

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

39.0
38.8
36.9
39.6
37.8
39.5
38.8
38.8
39.4
37.6

39.0
39.0
37.3
39.4
38.3
40.3
38.9
39.0
39.4
37.5

39.3
39.4
37.8
39.5
38.5
40.9
38.8
38.6
39.8
38.1

39.3
39.3
37.7
39.2
38.5
40.4
39.3
38.7
39.7
37.9

Nondurable goods
Paper and paper products
Drugs, proprietaries, and sundries
Apparel, piece goods, and notions
Groceries and related products
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and petroleum products
Beer, wine, and distilled beverages
Miscellaneous nondurable goods

51
511
512
513
514
516

38.2
37.1
37.8
36.9
39.0
39.5
39.2
36.3
37.5

38.0
37.5
37.8
36.9
38.6
39.8
38.8
36.1
37.3

37.9
37.2
37.3
36.3
38.7
39.0
39.1
36.7
37.4

38.0
37.8
37.8
36.4
38.7
39.4
39.2
36.4
37.5

30.6

30.5

30.4

30.7

38.7

517

518
519

Retail trade
Building materials and garden supplies
Lumber and other building materials
Hardware stores

52
521
525

36.4
37.3
34.5

36.3
37.1
34.1

37.1
39.2
33.5

37.4
39.5
33.9

General merchandise stores
Department stores
Variety stores
Misc. general merchandise stores

53
531
533
539

30.2
30.1
30.6
31.2

30.0
29.8
30.8
31.2

29.9
29.9
29.8
30.7

30.2
30.2
30.1
31.7

Food stores
Grocery stores
Retail bakeries

54
541
546

31.6
31.9
28.4

31.4
31.6
28.4

31.4
31.6
28.7

31.5
31.7
28.6

Automotive dealers and service stations
New and used car dealers
Auto and home supply stores
Gasoline service stations

55
551,2
553
554

37.2
37.9
39.9
35.2

37.0
37.9
39.2
34.9

37.4
38.2
40.5
34.7

37.5
38.1
40.7
35.1

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

28.8
31.6
28.2
28.6
28.6

28.7
31.4
27.7
28.7
29.1

28.5
31.2
27.6
28.8
28.6

28.7
30.8
27.9
29.0
28.2

Furniture and home furnishings stores
Furniture and home furnishings stores
Household appliance stores
Radio, television, and music stores

57
571
572
573

34.8
34.6
34.6
35.4

34.6
34.2
34.5
35.5

34.4
34.4
35.0
34.0

34.5
34.3
34.3
35.0

Eating and drinking places3

58

27.2

27.3

26.7

27.2

See footnotes at end of table.

94



30.6

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984"

Aug.
1984P

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 hourly earnings
July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Average weekly earnings
Aug.
1984P

$9.72 $11.17 $11.28
11.12 11.81 11.93
9.60
9.17
9.68

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984 P

Aug.
1984 P

$429.44 $378.11 $446.80 $459.10
459.75 447.02 479.49 493.90
339.68 343.88 358.08 363.97

48
481
483

$10.79
11.38
9.01

49
491
492
493
495

11.45
11.55
10.38
13.39
8.90

11.51
11.60
10.41
13.45
8.88

12.07
12.18
10.92
14.08
9.11

12.16
12.26
11.10
14.10
9.25

474.03
479.33
421.43
562.38
373.80

476.51
483.72
421.61
563.56
367.63

502.11
509.12
449.90
591.36
380.80

503.42
512.47
451.77
583.74
381.10

8.56

8.54

8.90

8.97

$8.95 330.42

329.64

344.43

348.04

8.52
7.80
7.51
8.25
8.76
917
9.25
7.99
8.81
7.31

8.50
7.78
7.42
8.23
8.78
9.14
9.08
7.98
8.84
7.36

8.87
8.07
7.93
8.46
9.72
9.59
9.13
8.42
9.33
7.49

8.96
8.12
7.94
8.53
9.77
9.65
9.32
8.41
9.41
7.58

332.28
302.64
277.12
326.70
331.13
362.22
358.90
310.01
347.11
274.86

331.50
303.42
276.77
324.26
336.27
368.34
353.21
311.22
348.30
276.00

348.59
317.96
299.75
334.17
374.22
392.23
354.24
325.01
371.33
285.37

352.13
319.12
299.34
334.38
376.15
389.86
366.28
325.47
373.58
287.28

8.62
9.24
9.33
8.25
8.73
9.86

8.59
9.34

8.94
9.47
9.83
8.61
9.09
10.46

8.99
9.62
9.74
8.58
9.16
10.36
10.03
10.93

329.28
342.80
352.67
304.43
340.47
389.47
399.06
378.97
258.38

326.42
350.25
351.16
301.47
337.75
389.64
393.04
371.47
254.39

338.83
352.28
366.66
312.54
351.78
407.94
391.39
394.89
271.15

341.62
363.64
368.17
312.31
354.49
408.18
393.18
397.85
273.38

175.34

174.77

178.75

180.21

Wholesale trade
Durable goods
Motor vehicles and automotive equipment
Furniture and home furnishings
Lumber and construction materials
Sporting goods, toys, and hobby goods
Metals and minerals, except petroleum
Electrical goods
Hardware, plumbing, and heating equipment...
Machinery, equipment, and supplies
Miscellaneous durable goods

50
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508

Nondurable goods
Paper and paper products
Drugs, proprietaries, and sundries
Apparel, piece goods, and notions
Groceries and related products
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and petroleum products
Beer, wine, and distilled beverages
Miscellaneous nondurable goods

51

509
511
512
513
514
516
517
518
519

9.29
8.17
8.75

5.73

Retail trade

6.89

9.79
10.13
10.29
6.82
5.73

5.88

5.87

10.18
10.44

10.01
10.76
7.25

7.29
5.84

Building materials and garden supplies
Lumber and other building materials
Hardware stores

52
521
525

6.23
6.46
5.48

6.24
6.48
5.50

6.43
6.69
5.59

6.45
6.69
5.61

226.77
240.96
189.06

226.51
240.41
187.55

238.55
262.25
187.27

53
531
533
539

5.61
5.83
4.38
4.55

5.63
5.86
4.35
4.54

5.68
5.88
4.46
4.54

5.63
5.82
4.42
4.50

169.42
175.48
134.03
141.96

168.90
174.63
133.98
141.65

169.83
175.81
132.91
139.38

170.03
175.76
133.04
142.65

Food stores
Grocery stores
Retail bakeries

54
541
546

7.50
7.76
5.11

7.54
7.81
5.13

7.67
7.94
5.31

7.66
7.92
5.31

237.00
247.54
145.12

236.76
246.80
145.69

240.84
250.90
152.40

241.29
251.06
151.87

Automotive dealers and service stations
New and used car dealers
Auto and home supply stores
Gasoline service stations

55
551,2
553
554

6.87
8.30
6.22
5.17

6.79
8.12
6.21
5.19

7.15
8.68
6.44
5.24

7.15
8.67
6.52
5.23

255.56
314.57
248.18
181.98

251.23
307.75
243.43
181.13

267.41
331.58
260.82
181.83

268.13
330.33
265.36
183.57

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

4.99
5.74
4.66
4.97
5.15

4.95
5.65
4.68
4.87
5.04

5.13
5.82
4.91
4.97
5.19

5.12
5.82
4.90
5.02
5.17

143.71
181.38
131.41
142.14
147.29

142.07
177.41
129.64
139.77
146.66

146.21
181.58
135.52
143.14
148.43

146.94
179.26
136.71
145.58
145.79

Furniture and home furnishings stores
Furniture and home furnishings stores
Household appliance stores
Radio, television, and music stores

57
571
572
573

6.64
6.48
7.08
6.77

6.68
6.54
7.09
6.79

6.88
6.79
7.02
6.99

7.06
6.90
7.30
7.29

231.07
224.21
244.97
239.66

231.13
223.67
244.61
241.05

236.67
233.58
245.70
237.66

243.57
236.67
250.39
255.15

Eating and drinking places3

58

4.26

4.26

4.31

4.31

115.87

116.30

115.08

178.70

241.23
264.26
190.18

General merchandise stores
Department stores
Variety stores
Misc. general merchandise stores

$346.37

117.23

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

Average weekly hours
July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

591
594
596
598
599

Finance, insurance, and real estate 4 .

31.3
29.2
30.5
33.6
37.6
32.9

31.3
29.1
30.6
34.2
37.3
32.5

31.4
30.4
30.0
33.7
37.7
32.6

36.1

36.3

36.7

Aug.
1984P

31.9
30.8
30.8
34.2
37.8
32.3

36.3

59

Average overtime hours

Banking
Commercial and stock savings banks .

60
602

36.5
36.5

36.4
36.4

36.4
36.4

36.9
36.9

Credit agencies other than banks
Savings and loan associations ...
Personal credit institutions

61
612
614

37.1
36.5
37.7

37.0
36.3
37.6

36.8
36.5
36.8

37.4
37.1
37.0

Insurance carriers
Life insurance
Medical service and health insurance .
Fire, marine, and casualty insurance ...

63
631
632
633

37.1
36.7
37.4
37.0

37.1
36.7
37.4
37.0

37.2
37.0
37.8
37.0

37.3
36.9
37.5
37.2

33.1

33.0

32.9

33.1

36.4

Services
Hotels and other lodging places:
Hotels, motels, and tourist courts 3 .

701

31.3

31.7

31.3

31.9

Personal services:
Laundry, cleaning, and garment services
Beauty shops3

721
723

33.7
28.7

33.6
28.3

34.1
29.6

34.0
28.9

Business services
Advertising
Services to buildings
Computer and data processing services

73
731
734
737

33.5
36.2
28.1
38.5

33.5
36.3
28.1
38.4

33.6
35.9
29.3
38.6

33.6
35.9
29.0
38.2

Auto repair, services, and garages .
Automotive repair shops

75
753

38.0
39.0

37.7
38.8

38.4
39.5

38.3
39.3

Miscellaneous repair services .

76

38.5

38.6

38.9

39.0

Motion pictures
Motion picture production and services .

78
781

29.0
39.5

29.5
39.2

29.8
38.8

30.5
40.3

Amusement and recreation services .

79

32.5

32.1

31.2

31.8

Health services
Offices of physicians
Offices of dentists
Nursing and personal care facilities
Hospitals

80
801
802
805
806

32.9
31.2
27.9
31.9
34.6

32.7
31.0
27.9
31.4
34.4

32.5
30.8
28.5
31.2
34.1

32.8
30.5
28.9
32.3
34.3

81

35.0

34.8

34.6

34.8

38.9
39.8
38.3

38.8
40.1
37.3

38.6
39.8
37.1

services
Miscellaneous services
Engineering and architectural services ....
Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping ...
See footnotes at end of table.

96



I
89
891

893

38.7
39.8
37.9

33.0

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-2. Average hours and earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagriculturai 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

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

$176.85
156.80
161.96
208.32
285.38
192.79

Aug.
1984P

July
1984P

$177.47
158.60
162.79
210.33
283.11
189.15

$182.12
162.64
165.90
214.67
303.49
198.53

$185.34
165.70
170.02
217.17
304.67
198.65

Finance, insurance, and real estate4

$5.65
5.37
5.31
6.20
7.59
5.86

$5.67
5.45
5.32
6.15
7.59
5.82

$5.80
5.35
5.53
6.37
8.05
6.09

$5.81
5.38
5.52
6.35
8.06
6.15

7.29

59
591
594
596
598
599

Aug.
1984P

7.24

7.58

7.63

$7.59 264.63

261.36

275.15

280.02

Banking
Commercial and stock savings banks

60
602

6.26
6.14

6.23
6.11

6.52
6.39

6.62
6.48

228.49
224.11

226.77
222.40

237.33
232.60

244.28
239.11

Credit agencies other than banks
Savings and loan associations
Personal credit institutions

61
612
614

6.46
5.88
6.50

6.45
5.87
6.46

6.84
6.18
6.65

6.92
6.25
6.77

239.67
214.62
245.05

238.65
213.08
242.90

251.71
225.57
244.72

258.81
231.88
250.49

Insurance carriers
Life insurance
Medical service and health insurance
Fire, marine, and casualty insurance

63
631
632
633

8.16
8.18
7.80
8.20

8.17
8.19
7.83
8.23

8.48
8.46
8.18
8.54

8.51
8.42
8.33
8.61

302.74
300.21
291.72
303.40

303.11
300.57
292.84
304.51

315.46
313.02
309.20
315.98

317.42
310.70
312.38
320.29

7.24

7.24

7.53

7.56

7.52 239.64

238.92

247.74

250.24

$276.28

Services
Hotels and other lodging places:
Hotels, motels, and tourist courts3

701

5.22

5.13

5.38

5.30

163.39

162.62

168.39

169.07

Personal services:
Laundry, cleaning, and garment services
Beauty shops3

721
723

5.41
5.50

5.42
5.41

5.59
5.74

5.62
5.82

182.32
157.85

182.11
153.10

190.62
169.90

191.08
168.20

Business services
Advertising
Services to buildings
Computer and data processing services

73
731
734
737

7.65
9.90
6.07
10.11

7.61
9.66
6.00
10.21

7.86
10.41
6.15
10.60

7.92
10.73
6.19
10.62

256.28
358.38
170.57
389.24

254.94
350.66
168.60
392.06

264.10
373.72
180.20
409.16

266.11
385.21
179.51
405.68

Auto repair, services, and garages

75
753

6.93
7.49

6.94
7.52

7.09
7.73

7.10
7.73

263.34
292.11

261.64
291.78

272.26
305.34

271.93
303.79

76

8.24

8.24

8.66

8.69

317.24

318.06

336.87

338.91

78
781

9.66
13.86

10.27
14.60

10.36
15.02

10.59
15.37

280.14
547.47

302.97
572.32

308.73
582.78

323.00
619.41

79

6.11

6.06

6.45

6.40

198.58

194.53

201.24

203.52

Health services
Offices of physicians
Offices of dentists
Nursing and personal care facilities
Hospitals

80
801
802
805
806

7.40
7.25
7.09
5.22
8.14

7.41
7.24
7.09
5.22
8.16

7.69
7.52
7.40
5.37
8.51

7.75
7.61
7.40
5.42
8.58

243.46
226.20
197.81
166.52
281.64

242.31
224.44
197.81
163.91
280.70

249.93
231.62
210.90
167.54
290.19

254.20
232.11
213.86
175.07
294.29

Legal services

81

9.28

9.19

9.75

9.94

324.80

319.81

337.35

345.91

Miscellaneous services
Engineering and architectural services ..
.
Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping .

89
891
893

10.68
11.37
9.13

10.70
11.39
9.10

11.02
11.73
9.35

11.16
11.74
9.74

413.32
452.53
346.03

416.23
453.32
348.53

427.58
470.37
348.76

248.16

430.78
467.25
361.35

Automotive repair shops
Miscellaneous repair services
Motion pictures
Motion picture production and services ..
Amusement and recreation services

1
Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;
construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in
transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and services.
2
Beginning in January 1978, data relate to line haul railroads with
operating revenues of $50,000,000 or more.
3
Money payments only; tips, not included.
4
Data for nonoffice sales agents are excluded from all series in this




division.
- Data not available.
p
= preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1983 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1983 forward are subject to
revision.

97

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-3. Average hourly earnings, excluding overtime1 of production workers on manufacturing payrolls
July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

$8.53

$8.44

$8.77

$8.82

$8.77

Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products ...
Miscellaneous manufacturing

9.06
7.51
6.47
8.85
10.96
8.77
9.29
8.42
11.09
8.30
6.66

8.98
7.49
6.46
8.81
10.85
8.75
9.23
8.34
11.03
8.24
6.63

9.29
7.72
6.63
9.04
10.93
8.94
9.51
8.60
11.52
8.52
6.81

9.32
7.70
6.70
9.10

9.28

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

7.82
7.83
10.72
5.91
5.27
9.53
8.79
10.20
12.60
7.69
5.44

7.74
7.74
10.07
5.91
5.25
9.48
8.80
10.22
12.61
7.66
5.40

Industry

Manufacturing

1
Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate
of time and one-half.
2
Not available.
p
= preliminary.

8.01
8.06

11.57
6.17
5.40
9.86

9.00
10.60

12.70
7.87
5.55

10.94
8.96
9.55
8.64
11.56
8.58
6.85
$8.03

8.08
8.01
11.36
6.20
5.43
9.93
9.04

10.67
12.64
7.93
5.62

NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected
from March 1983 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark
data are introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1983 forward are
subject to revision.

C-4. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workerVon private
nonagricultural payrolls by major industry, in current and constant (1977) dollars.
Average hourly earnings
Industry

Average weekly earnings

July
1983

Aug.
1983

Total private:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars .

$8.01
4.88

$7.95
4.82

$8.29
4.92

$8.32
4.91

$8.30

Mining:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars .

11.27
6.86

11.25
6.82

11.57
6.86

11.57
6.83

$11.53

474.47
288.78

479.25
290.45

505.61
299.71

499.82
295.05

$503.86

Construction:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars .

11.80
7.18

11.86
7.19

11.94
7.08

11.95
7.06

$12.01
(2)

450.76
274.35

450.68
273.14

460.88
273.20

461.27
272.30

$462.39

8.78
5.32

9.14
5.42

9.17
5.41

$9.14

353.60
215.22

352.96
213.92

372.91
221.05

369.55
218.15

$368.34

10.69
6.48

11.07
6.56

11.18
6.60

$11.21

424.93
258.63

422.26
255.92

440.59
261.17

446.08
263.33

$447.28

Manufacturing:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars .
Transportation and public utilities:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

8.84
5.38 |

10.84
6.60

|

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

July
1983

Aug.
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Aug.
1984P

$282.75 $280.64 $294.30 $296.19 $294.65
174.45 174.85
172.09
170.08

Wholesale trade:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars .

8.56 I
5.21

8.54
5.18

8.90
5.27

8.97
5.30

$8.95

330.42
201.11

329.64
199.78

344.43
204.17

348.04
205.45

$346.37

Retail trade:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars .

5.73 |
3.49

5.73
3.47

5.88 !
3.48 |

5.87
3.47

$5.84

175.34
106.72

174.77
105.92

178.75
105.96

180.21
106.38

$178.70

Finance, insurance, and real estate:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars

7.29
4.44

7.24
4.39

7.63
4.50

$7.59

264.63
161.07

261.36
158.40

275.15
163.10

280.02
165.30

$276.28

Services:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars .

7.24
4.41

7.24 !
4.39 j

7.56
4.46

$7.52

239.64
145.86

238.92
144.80

247.74
146.85

250.24
147.72

$248.16

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.
-

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7.58
4.49
7.53
4.46 i

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
1983 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all unadjusted data from April 1983 forward are subject to
revision.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-5. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls
by major industry and manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
1984

1983
Industry
Aug.

Total private

Sept. , Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July"

Aug.1

35.0

35.2

35.2

35.2

35.2

35.4

35.3

35.3

35.4

35.3

35.3

35.2

35.2

40.3
3.0
40.8
3.0
40.2
39.7
41.7
40.9
40.1
40.8
40.6
40.7
41.9
43.1
40.4

40.7
3.2

41.4
3.3
40.4
40.0
42.0
41.2
40.5
41.4
41.1
41.2
43.3
45.1
40.8

40.6
3.3
41.2
3.4
40.5
39.8
41.8
41.6
40.8
41.2
41.2
41.1
42.5
44.1
40.7

40.6
3.3
41.3
3.5
40.0
39.8
41.8
41.7
40.8
41.4
41.3
41.1
42.6
44.1
40.7

40.6
3.4
41.3
3.5
40.0
40.1
41.9
41.8
41.2
41.4
41.5
41.0
42.4
43.9
40.8

40.9
3.5
41.6
3.7
40.6
40.0
42.1
41.9
41.0
41.6
41.8
41.2
43.2
44.8
41.3

40.9
3.5
41.7
3.8
40.4
39.9
42.5
42.0
41.3
41.8
41.9
41.2
43.1
44.3
41.2

40.7
3.5
41.4
3.7
40.1
39.6
41.9
41.8
41.2
41.3
41.9
41.0
42.9
44.4
41.1

41.1
3.7
41.8
4.0
40.4
39.7
42.3
42.2
41.0
41.8
42.3
41.3
43.5
44.8
41.4

40.6
3.3
41.3
3.5
39.6
39.7
42.1
42.1
41.6
41.4
41.9
41.0
42.4
42.9
40.7

40.6
3.3
41.2
3.5
39.4
39.1
41.8
41.7
41.1
41.3
42.0
40.8
42.3
43.1
41.3

40.5
3.3
41.2
3.5
39.2
39.7
41.9
41.6
40.1
41.4
41.8
40.7
42.2
42.6
41.1

40.4
3.2
41.1
3.4
39.3
38.8
41.3
41.4
40.3
41.2
41.9
40.7
42.5
43.6
40.6

39.9

39.7

3.1

3.1

39.6
(2)
40.8
36.6
43.2
37.9

39.7
3.2
39.5
2
()

39.9
3.3
39.7

39.9
3.3

39.8
(2)
41.3
36.7
43.2
37.8
41.7
43.2
(2)

39.7
(2)
40.8
36.9
43.2
37.9
42.1
44.5
(2)
37.2

39.8
3.3
39.8
2
()
40.6
36.7
43.0
37.9
42.0
44.7
(2)
36.7

39.6
3.2
39.8
2
()
40.0
36.4
42.9
37.7
41.9
43.1
(2)
36.7

39.5
3.1
39.6
2
()
39.8
35.9
43.3
37.7
41.9
42.9
(2)
37.1

39.4
3.0
39.6
2
()
39.2
35.8
43.3
37.7
42.0
43.5
(2)
36.5

37.3

40.2
3.4
40.1
2
()
41.2
37.4
43.2
38.2
42.0
43.7
(2)
37.5

39.6
3.1
39.7
(2)
40.0
36.5
43.1

37.8

39.8
3.1
39.6
2
()
40.6
36.7
43.1
37.9
41.9
43.7
(2)
37.2
39.2

39.4

39.3

39.2

39.5

39.6

39.7

39.6

38.5

38.7

38.6

38.6

38.6

30.1

30.0

30.2

29.9

29.9

32.7

32.7

32.6

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
Transportation and public utilities

39.6
3.1
39.6
2
()

40.9
36.3
42.9
37.6
41.7
43.5
(2)
37.1
39.2

41.7
43.6
(2)

39.3

38.6

29.8

Retail trade

39.4

38.6

Wholesale trade

30.0

32.7

32.8

40.7
36.6
43.1
37.7
41.9
44.6
(2)
37.1

38.5

37.3
39.5

38.6

29.8

(2)
40.6
36.6
43.2
37.9
42.1
44.8
(2)

38.6

38.5
38.6

30.0

30.3

30.0
30.1

38.0
41.8
43.5
(2)
36.5

39.4
38.6
30.1

Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services
1

32.6

32.7

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




32.6

32.8

32.7

32.8

32.8

32.7

components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
p
= preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1983 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all seasonally adjusted data from January 1980 forward are
subject to revision.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
HOURS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers f on private nonagricultural
payrolls by major industry and manufacturing group, seasonally adjusted
(1977 = 100)
1983

Industry

1984

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July*

Aug.p

Total private

105.3

107.6

108.3

108.7

109.4

110.3

110.9

110.9

112.0

112.0

112.7

112.6

112.7

Goods-producing

92.4

93.9

94.6

95.6

96.2

97.9

99.2

98.1

100.1

99.5

99.9

99.9

100.0

Mining

106.7

107.8

109.6

109.7

110.4

111.5

112.1

111.7

114.7

115.5

117.1

116.6

118.7

Construction

103.7

105.0

104.1

105.5

105.7

110.3

114.1

107.7

112.6

113.7

116.4

115.2

115.6

89.5

91.1

92.1

93.0

93.7

94.9

95.7

95.7

97.0

96.0

96.0

96.2

96.1

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

86.5
92.4
96.2
83.8
67.6
59.5
83.6
83.5
100.2
85.7
78.9
103.0
80.8

88.5
93.6
97.4
85.0
68.9
60.6
85.3
84.9
104.1
88.9
82.9
105.1
80.8

89.9
95.3
98.3
85.5
71.2
62.2
86.3
86.3
105.6
89.9
84.2
105.9
82.6

91.0
95.0
99.6
86.1
72.0
62.9
87.5
88.2
107.2
91.1
85.6
106.4
83.3

92.0
95.6
101.2
86.5
73.0
63.5
88.5
89.5
108.0
92.1
88.8
106.4
84.6

93.4
97.4
102.0
87.1
72.8
62.3
89.5
91.1
109.6
95.1
93.0
108.5
85.0

94.4
97.4
102.8
89.3
73.5
62.6
90.4
92.3
111.2
95.9
92.3
108.8
86.5

94.5
97.8
102.8
88.2
73.2
62.4
89.9
93.3
112.2
95.5
91.8
108.8
85.8

95.8
98.6
103.1
89.2
74.1
62.3
91.5
95.2
113.6
96.8
91.8
109.3
86.5

95.0
96.1
102.5
89.0
74.8
63.7
91.3
95.3
113.2
94.1
86.3
107.7
85.3

95.1
95.8
101.5
88.6
73.9
62.7
91.8
96.5
112.8
94.4
87.4
109.6
84.8

95.6
94.8
103.3
88.8
73.4
60.7
92.9
97.1
113.9
95.0
87.3
109.3
85.4

96.0
94.8
101.5
87.1
73.0
59.8
92.7
98.1
114.9
97.5
92.8
108.0
85.1

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products

94.0
95.3
86.9
83.1
89.5
95.6
110.1
94.1
90.7

95.3
95.5
88.1
83.7
91.5
97.4
111.9
94.6
89.4
106.2
81.4

95.9
95.9
90.6
83.5
92.5
97.6
112.7
95.2
88.8
108.4
81.2

96.2
95.8
87.1
84.0
92.8
98.2
112.4
95.5
89.8
109.4
81.0

97.0
97.0
87.6
84.5
93.2
98.8
113.8
96.1
89.4
111.0
81.4

97.5
96.9
86.1
84.8
94.4
99.4
114.1
96.3
88.8
112.5
81.2

97.4
97.1
87.6
84.5
94.2
99.1
114.6
96.1
88.4
112.2
79.7

98.8
98.7
93.4
85.7
96.7
99.6
116.6
96.2
86.5
113.8
81.4

97.4
97.7
92.0
82.7
93.9
99.3
116.6
95.6
86.1
113.1
78.3

97.2
97.9
92.0
82.3
92.5
99.5
116.3
96.1
84.5
113.5
77.8

97.1
98.2

102.4
80.1

95.0
95.8
89.4
84.1
90.7
96.8
110.9
94.2
89.3
104.5
82.0

100.6
117.1
96.0
84.1
114.0

96.3
97.1
74.3
79.5
91.4
100.4
116.8
96.7
84.5
112.8

79.1

74.7

112.4

115.1 ! 115.9

116.0

116.7

117.2

117.4

117.9

118.6

119.0

119.7

119.6

119.6

102.4

101.7

102.4

103.4

103.1

103.1

104.4

104.3

105.2

105.8

105.9

114.3

114.9

111.0

110.9

124.8

124.6

132.3

132.3

Manufacturing

Service-producing

I

85.3

102.0

Wholesale trade

108.6

109.2

109.7

110.1

110.7

111.6

112.0

112.5

113.3

113.5

113.7

Retail trade

106.4

106.7

107.8

108.3

109.7

109.3

109.4

109.9

110.3

111.1

111.9

Finance, insurance, and real estate

119.2

120.2

120.8 i 120.6

121.0

122.0

122.1

122.2

123.1

123.1

124.0

Services

126.6

127.6

128.3 ! 128.4

128.6

129.4

129.9

130.9

131.4

131.7

132.4

Transportation and public utilities

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.

1OO



84.8
81.1
91.5

NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from
March 1983 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are
introduced, all seasonally adjusted data from January 1980 forward are
subject to revision.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
EARNINGS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-7. The Hourly Earnings Index and average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers
on private nonagricultural payrolls, seasonally adjusted
1983

1

1984

Industry
Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

Julyp

Aug.p

Hourly Earnings lndex2(1977 = 100)
Total private (in current dollars)
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and public utilities .
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services
Total private (in constant doilars)4

155.4

156.2

157.1

157.2

157.8

158.4

158.5

159.1

159.9

159.6

160.3

160.8

160.6

(3)
144.8
158.0
155.6
(3)
150.9
(3)
156.6

(3)
145.5
158.1
157.4
(3)
151.3

(3)
145.5
158.7
158.5

(3)
146.3
161.2
160.9
(3)
153.2
(3)
160.8

(3)
153.7

(3)
147.0
162.0
160.9
(3)
153.4

(3)
159.8

(3)
146.2
160.7
159.8
(3)
152.9
(3)
159.8

(3)
146.6
161.6
161.3

(3)
158.7

(3)
145.6
159.7
159.1
(3)
152.7
(3)
159.4

(3)
146.3
160.3
159.9

(3)
157.7

(3)
145.2
159.4
158.7
(3)
152.3
(3)
158.5

(3)
162.3

(3)
161.4

(3)
147.1
162.3
162.1
(3)
153.8
(3)
162.5

(3)
146.4
162.8
162.7
(3)
154.0
(3)
163.6

146.6
163.2
162.4
(3)
153.6
(3)
162.5

94.4

94.5

94.7

94.6

94.9

94.8

94.8

95.1

95.4

94.9

95.2

95.2

(3)
151.9

(3)
152.7

0

Average hourly earnings
Total private
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and public utilities .
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services

$8.00 $8.09 $8.13 $8.14 $8.17 $8.21
$8.23 $8.25 $8.31
$8.29 $8.33 $8.35 $8.35
()
()
()
()
()
()
()
()
)
)
(
(
$11.89 $11.95 $11.94 $11.93 $11.96 $11.97 $11.95 $11.97 $12.03 $12.07 $12.07 $12.02 $12.05
9.20
8.84
8.88
9.03
9.11
9.12
9.15
9.06
9.09
8.97
8.99
9.16
8.93
11.20
10.68
10.83
11.02
11.11
11.09
11.16
10.99
11.08
10.93
10.96
11.22
10.91
8.97
8.56
8.62
8.76
8.88
8.85
8.94
8.76
8.82
8.70
8.74
8.70
8.98
5.88
5.77
5.79
5.84
5.89
5.87
5.89
5.84
5.87
5.82
5.83
5.80
5.89
7.53
7.24
7.35
7.49
7.62
7.53
7.61
7.47
7.54
7.39
7.47
7.46
7.67
7.61
7.33
7.37
7.48
7.60
7.56
7.59
7.50
7.52
7.41
7.44
7.41
7.64
Average weekly earnings

Total private:
In current dollars
In constant (1977) dollars 4 .

280.00 284.77 286.18 286.53 287.58 290.63 290.52 291.23 294.17 292.64 294.05 293.92 293.92
170.01 172.27 172.61 172.40 172.93 173.93 173.65 174.08 175.52 173.98 174.61 173.92

1
Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;
construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in
transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,
insurance and real estate; and services.
2
Excludes the effects of two types of changes that are unrelated to
underlying wage rate movements: Fluctuations in overtime in manufacturing
and interindustry employment shifts.
3
These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the
seasonal components are small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular




components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
4
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate these series.
5
Not available.
p
= preliminary.
NOTE: Establishment survey estimates are currently projected from March
1983 benchmark levels. When more recent benchmark data are introduced,
all seasonally adjusted data from January 1980 forward are subject to
revision.

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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 1lours
State and area

July
1983

June
1984

Average hourly earnings

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Average weekly earnings
July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Alabama
Birmingham
Mobile

40.7
39.4
41.5

41.3
41.1
42.5

40.8
41.5
41.4

$7.58
7.78
9.72

$7.96
8.31
9.75

$8.05
8.27
9.80

$308.51
306.53
403.38

$328.75
341.54
414.38

*^0.44
343.20
405.72

Alaska

39.7

38.4

O

10.37

11.63

O

411.69

446.59

O

Arizona

40.5

40.4

41.0

9.22

9.01

9.45

373.41

364.00

387.45

Arkansas .
Favetteville-SDrinadale
Fort Smith
Little Rock-North Little Rock
Pine Bluff

40.4
39.4
40.7
40.7
42.7

40.7
43.7
39.6
40.3
41.8

40.3
42.1
38.9
40.3
38.6

7.14
6.34
7.28
8.27
9.93

7.37
6.58
7.65
8.37
9.45

7.39
6.54
7.58
8.41
9.45

288.46
249.80
296.30
336.59
424.01

299.96
287.55
302.94
337.31
395.01

297.82
275.33
294.86
338.92
364.77

California

39.7

40.3

39.9

9.55

9.75

9.80

379.14

392.93

391.02

Colorado
Denver-Boulder

40.0
40.0

41.0
40.7

40.8
40.5

9.00
9.31

9.34
9.71

9.33
9.70

360.00
372.40

382.94
395.20

380.66
392.85

Connecticut
Bridgeport
Hartford
New Britain
.
New Haven-West Haven
Stamford
Waterbury

41.3
42.1
41.4
40.8
39.2
40.2
42.5

42.4
41.1
42.2
42.3
40.8
41.5
43.6

42.3
41.0
42.3
41.9
41.1
42.3
42.6

8.81
9.26
9.45
9.10
8.68
8.63
7.36

9.18
9.62
9.76
9.52
9.04
9.05
7.82

9.22
9.66
9.81
9.55
8.98
9.00
7.79

363.85
389.85
391.23
371.28
340.26
346.93
312.80

389.23
395.38
411.87
402.70
368.83
375.58
340.95

390.01
396.06
414.96
400.15
369.08
380.70
331.85

Delaware
Wilmington

40.8
40.4

42.0
40.1

41.1
39.3

9.31
10.80

8.94
10.60

8.80
10.51

379.85
436.32

375.18
425.06

361.68
413.04

District of Columbia:
Washinqton SMSA

38.7

38.2

38.2

9.70

10.21

10.33

375.39

390.02

394.61

Florida
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
Jacksonville
Lakeland-Winter Haven
Miami
Orlando
Pensacola
Tampa-St. Petersburg
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton

40.6
42.6
40.9
39.8
39.1
42.6
42 2
40.5
41 4

41.5
41.4
42.4
41.3
39.4
41.8
43.5
41.7
40.0

41.3
40.8
42.0
40.5
39.9
41.7
42.1
41.7
39.6

7.32
6.91
8.11
7.45
6.18
7.69
8.94
7.32
7 75

7.63
7.57
8.31
7.83
6.28
7.94
9.07
7.63
7.67

7.65
7.46
8.57
7.81
6.18
7.97
9.03
7.75
7.58

297.19
294.37
331.70
296.51
241.64
327.59
377.27
296.46
320.85

316.65
313.40
352.34
323.38
247.43
331.89
394.55
318.17
306.80

315.95
304.37
359.94
316.31
246.58
332.35
380.16
323.18
300.17

Georgia
Atlanta
Savannah

40.8
40.5
43 3

41.3
40.7
44 6

40.8
41.1
43.7

7.08
8.38
9.12

7.56
9.04
9.74

7.53
8.72
9.97

288.86
339.39
394.90

312.23
367.93
434.40

307.22
358.39
435.69

Hawaii
Honolulu

38.6
38.7

38.9
38.9

39.0
37.9

7.95
7.96

8.33
8.31

8.17
8.22

306.87
308.05

324.04
323.26

318.63
311.54

Idaho

37.1

39.2

35.8

9.45

9.37

9.77

350.60

367.30

349.77

Illinois
Bloomington-Normal
ChamDaian—Urbana—Rantoul
Chicago SMSA
DavenDOrt—Rock Island—Moline
Decatur
Kankakee
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

40.2
40.0
37.0
40.0
39.0
41.5
39.5
39.2
40.8
42.8

41.1
40.3
40.4
41.5
39.1
41.5
39.3
41.9
41.7
40.3

40.9
39.7
38.2
41.0
38.5
39.6
38.4
39.5
41.3
42.4

9.75
9.03
9.10
9.55
12.10
12.41
8.57
11.94
9.45
11.20

10.03
10.23
9.37
9.86
12.50
12.82
9.75
12.54
10.33
11.07

10.09
10.03
9.36
9.95
12.43
12.93
9.93
12.55
10.38
11.48

391.95
361.20
336.70
382.00
471.90
515.02
338.52
468.05
385.56
479.36

412.23
412.27
378.55
409.19
488.75
532.03
383.18
525.43
430.76
446.12

412.68
398.19
357.55
407.95
478.56
512.03
381.31
495.73
428.69
486.75

Indiana
Garv-Hammond-East Chicaao
Indianapolis

41.1
40.9
41.1

41.9

41.4

10.41

413.06
527.20
408.53

436.60

430.97

0
0

10.05
12.89
9.94

10.42

0
0

0
O

O
0

See footnotes at end of table.

102



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0
0

O
O

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

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Average hourly earnings

Average weekly earnings

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo-Cedar Falls

39.4
40.3
37.6
41.2
40.6
37.9

40.0
40.9
39.4
41.4
39.3
39.2

39.3
40.1
39.0
41.4
39.1
38.1

$10.11
10.45
11.38
10.58
8.66
12.95

$10.35
11.27
12.24
10.82
8.58
13.50

$10.31
10.98
12.31
11.07
8.32
13.38

$398.33
421.14
427.89
435.90
351.60
490.81

$414.00
460.94
482.26
447.95
337.19
529.20

$405.18
440.30
480.09
458.30
325.31
509.78

Kansas
Topeka
Wichita

39.2
38.5
39.8

40.1
40.0
41.1

39.9
39.8
42.1

9.22
9.28
10.28

9.56
9.72
10.22

9.48
9.52
10.04

361.42
357.28
409.14

383.36
388.80
420.04

378.25
378.90
422.68

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette
Louisville

39.0
38.8
39.6

39.4
39.2
41.5

39.3
39.0
40.0

8.81
9.36
9.97

9.30
9.78
10.65

9.30
9.84
10.52

343.59
363.17
394.81

366.42
383.38
441.98

365.49
383.76
420.80

Louisiana

40.2
42.4
38.4
39.9

41.8
44.6
42.0
41.2

41.0
43.8
40.7
39.8

9.94

10.02

11.53

9.06
9.76

11.58
9.35
9.65

10.10
11.62
9.42
9.52

399.59
488.87
347.90
389.42

418.84
516.47
392.70
397.58

414.10
508.96
383.39
378.90

Maine
Lewiston-Auburn
Portland

40.2
40.7
37.9

40.1
38.3
38.8

39.7
38.5
39.6

7.78
6.26
7.81

7.90
6.50
7.99

8.16
6.80
8.34

312.76
254.78
296.00

316.79
248.95
310.01

323.95
261.80
330.26

Maryland
Baltimore

39.9
40.7

41.1
41.7

40.9
41.0

9.00
9.43

9.34
9.86

9.46
9.97

359.10
383.80

383.87
411.16

386.91
408.77

Massachusetts
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Lawrence-Haverhill
Lowell
New Bedford
Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke
Worcester

40.2
39.7
37.5
36.6
38.7
39.0
37.7
40.7
39.2

40.1
39.9
39.3
37.2
40.1
39.1
40.1
41.4
39.2

39.5
39.9
39.0
35.6
39.4
38.3
40.2
41.0
39.3

8.12
8.74
6.58
6.55
8.03
7.31
7.14
8.11
8.40

8.43
9.10
6.58
6.70
8.44
7.85
7.43
8.45
8.67

8.53
9.25
6.49
6.78
8.54
7.85
7.42
8.49
8.69

326.42
346.98
246.75
239.73
310.76
285.09
269.18
330.08
329.28

338.04
363.09
258.59
249.24
338.44
306.94
297.94
349.83
339.86

336.94
369.08
253.11
241.37
336.48
300.66
298.28
348.09
341.52

Michigan
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Bay City
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo-Portage
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon-Norton Shores-Muskegon Heights
Saginaw

42.1
42.6
41.6
41.9
41.9
44.8
40.5
39.1
40.8
45.1
39.7
43.6

43.4
45.1
42.1
41.5
44.7
44.6
41.8
42.5
41.8
43.7
41.1
43.5

42.2
44.3
42.2
42.4
42.7
43.9
41.0
41.1
41.4
43.5
40.5
43.7

11.64
11.99
12.30
10.34
12.22
13.41
10.10
9.69
10.84
13.35
10.52
13.81

12.24
12.88
12.56
10.77
13.01
14.02
10.22
10.08
11.50
13.50
10.87
14.26

12.25
13.10
12.64
10.84
12.88
14.07
10.43
10.01
11.64
13.73
10.83
14.47

489.86
511.09
511.56
432.93
512.20
601.26
409.23
378.95
442.34
602.27
417.82
602.49

531.24
580.32
528.27
447.08
581.73
625.53
426.97
428.85
480.06
590.00
446.39
620.56

517.35
580.36
533.90
460.26
550.49
617.52
427.97
411.23
481.93
596.75
438.67
631.73

Minnesota

40.5
37.5
41.1
38.4

40.0
37.6
40.3
39.5

9.45
10.17
10.03
8.47

9.64
10.74
10.25

St. Cloud

39.5
38.3
39.4
36.9

8.87

9.54
10.80
10.14
9.02

373.28
389.51
395.18
312.54

390.42
402.75
421.28
340.61

381.60
406.08
408.64
356.29

Mississippi
Jackson

39.8
40.3

40.8
41.6

39.9
39.9

6.69
7.52

6.94
8.05

6.87
8.07

266.26
303.06

283.15
334.88

274.11
321.99

Missouri
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Springfield

39.7
40.5
38.5
40.0
40.5

40.9
41.6
40.3
40.9
41.5

39.8
41.0
39.3
40.4
38.7

8.89
9.78
8.29
10.02
8.20

9.25
10.58
8.75
10.63
8.14

9.23
10.40
8.22
10.43
8.28

352.93
396.09
319.17
400.80
332.10

378.33
440.13
352.63
434.77
337.81

367.35
426.40
323.05
421.37
320.44

Montana

36.7

39.4

38.7

10.64

10.91

10.74

390.49

429.85

415.64

Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha

40.7
39.8
39.8

41.1
41.5
41.4

40.7
42.4
40.1

8.66
9.15
9.12

8.95
9.41
9.31

8.97
9.43
9.39

352.46
364.17
362.98

367.85
390.52
385.43

365.08
399.83
376.54

Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Shreveport

Duluth-Superior
Minneapolis-St. Paul

See footnotes at end of table.




103

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-8. Average hours and earnings of production workers on manufacturing payrolls in States and selected areas—Continued
Average hourly earnings

Average weekly hours
State and area

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Average weekly earnings
July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Nevada
Las Vegas

38.8
39.4

40.1
39.9

38.7
37.9

$8.95
10.87

$9.16
11.35

$9.24
11.54

$347.26
428.28

$367.32
452.87

$357.59
437.37

New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua

40.1
39.5
40.5

40.8
39.5
41.7

40.4
36.9
39.7

7.38
7.10
8.64

7.77
1A1
9.25

7.90
7.70
9.30

295.94
280.45
349.92

317.02
295.07
385.73

319.16
284.13
369.21

New Jersey
Atlantic City
Camden
Hackensack
Jersey City
New Brunswick-Perth Amboy-Sayreville .
Newark
Paterson-Clifton-Passaic
Trenton

40.5
35.2
39.5
39.5
39.2
41.0
40.6
40.8
40.8

41.2
38.4
39.9
40.5
39.6
42.2
41.7
42.1
41.3

41.0
38.5
39.9
40.5
39.5
42.0
41.6
42.2
41.7

9.14
7.66
9.31
8.12
8.65
9.84
9.28
8.75
8.99

9.32
8.01
9.50
8.50
8.63
9.97
9.70
9.33
9.85

9.34
8.10
9.57
8.50
8.67
10.06
9.67
9.32
9.87

370.17
269.63
367.75
320.74
339.08
403.44
376.77
357.00
366.79

383.98
307.58
379.05
344.25
341.75
420.73
404.49
392.79
406.81

382.94
311.85
381.84
344.25
342.47
422.52
402.27
393.30
411.58

New Mexico ...
Albuquerque .

38.2
38.0

40.9
40.9

39.9
35.6

7.77
7.62

7.93
7.71

8.11
8.00

296.81
289.56

324.34
315.34

323.59
284.80

New York
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Glens Falls
Monroe County
Nassau-Suffolk
Newburgh-Middletown
New York-Northeastern New Jersey
New York and Nassau-Suffolk
New York SMSA
New York City
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Rockland County
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester County

38.9
40.3
39.9
40.9
39.8
39.0
41.0
39.6
38.8
38.7
37.4
36.7
36.4
43.3
40.8
39.4 I
40.0
39.7
38.0

39.7
40.5
40.9
41.2
40.3
39.1
42.1
40.7
39.3
39.6
38.1
37.2
36.9
43.1
41.6
40.8
41.2
40.2
39.6

39.5
40.8
40.9
41.1
40.0
38.6
42.0
40.1
39.1
39.4
37.7
36.9
36.5
42.0
41.3
41.0
41.1
40.8
39.3

8.87
9.28
7.90
11.23
8.96
8.74
11.60
8.71
6.55
8.64
8.20
8.03
7.95
8.60
10.86
8.89
9.73
8.21
8.51

9.18
9.46
8.08
11.51
9.01
9.34
11.83
9.03
7.00
8.91
8.51
8.32
8.22
8.68
11.08
9.50
10.40
8.30
8.78

9.22
9.58
8.09
11.49
9.01
9.37
11.92
9.08
7.04
8.92
8.52
8.32
8.21
8.52
11.11
9.37
10.49
8.44
8.87

345.04
373.98
315.21
459.31
356.61
340.86
475.60
344.92
254.14
334.37
306.68
294.70
289.38
372.38
443.09
350.27
389.20
325.94
323.38

364.45
383.13
330.47
474.21
363.10
365.19
498.04
367.52
275.10
352.84
324.23
309.50
303.32
374.11
460.93
387.60
428.48
333.66
347.69

364.19
390.86
330.88
472.24
360.40
361.68
500.64
364.11
275.26
351.45
321.20
307.01
299.67
357.84
458.84
384.17
431.14
344.35
348.59

North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte-Gastonia
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point.
Raleigh-Durham

40.1
39.5
41.0
38.5
40.8

40.2
40.6
41.6
39.7
41.3

39.5
39.5
40.4
39.6
40.4

6.69
6.47
6.75
7.35
7.91

6.98
6.91
7.01
7.67
8.24

7.01
7.01
7.00
7.63
8.23

268.27
255.57
276.75
282.98
322.73

280.60
280.55
291.62
304.50
340.31

276.90
276.90
282.80
302.15
332.49

North Dakota
Fargo-Moorhead

37.9
37.5

37.7
36.4

38.3
37.5

7.78
8.19

7.87
8.29

7.95
8.37

294.86
307.13

296.70
301.76

304.49
313.88

Ohio
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown-Warren .

41.0
42.4
38.8
40.9
40.6
40.5
42.1
41.9
42.7

42.1
43.8
40.3
41.6
42.0
40.7
42.3
43.3
42.9

41.8
43.6
40.1
41.2
41.0
40.7
43.0
43.2
44.2

10.55
10.35
10.59
10.12
10.43
10.04
10.72
11.16
12.54

10.92
10.87
10.99
10.51
10.82
10.26
11.09
11.66
12.85

10.91
10.75
10.92
10.49
10.69
10.24
11.22
11.60
13.06

432.55
438.84
410.89
413.91
423.46
406.62
451.31
467.60
535.46

459.73
476.11
442.90
437.22
454.44
417.58
469.11
504.88
551.27

456.04
468.70
437.89
432.19
438.29
416.77
482.46
501.12
577.25

Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tulsa

40.9
40.8
40.9

40.7
40.7
39.6

41.0
41.4
40.8

9.23
9.73
9.92

9.74
10.17
10.38

10.05
10.47
10.72

377.51
396.98
405.73

396.42
413.92
411.05

412.05
433.46
437.38

Oregon
Eugene-Springfield.
Medford
Portland
Salem

38.5
38.0
39.1
38.8
34.2

38.8
39.4
40.1
39.4
36.1

38.7
38.4
38.8
39.1
38.9

10.40
10.43
9.78
10.57
8.74

10.61
10.66
9.95
10.72
9.42

10.64
10.94
9.90
10.83
8.77

400.40
396.34
382.40
410.12
298.91

411.67
420.00
399.00
422.37
340.06

411.77
420.10
384.12
423.45
341.15

See footnotes at end of table.

104



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

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Average hourly earnings
July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Average weekly earnings
July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Pennsylvania
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
Altoona
Delaware Valley
Erie
Harrisburg
Johnstown
Lancaster
Northeast Pennsylvania
Philadelphia SMSA
Pittsburgh
Reading
Williamsport
York

39.3
38.0
38.3
39.6
40.9
39.8
36.5
39.4
37.2
39.5
39.6
39.9
37.9
40.5

40.2
39.5
40.7
39.9
42.3
40.7
37.7
39.6
37.7
39.0
41.4
40.4
39.9
41.6

40.2
39.7
39.2
40.0
43.1
40.5
36.7
39.4
37.6
39.7
40.6
40.4
39.3
41.2

$8.99
9.30
7.97
9.33
9.83
8.48
8.29
8.38
7.44
9.39
10.82
8.81
7.88
8.14

$9.30
9.88
8.03
9.62
9.82
9.04
8.37
8.67
7.59
9.80
11.10
9.43
8.15
8.59

$9.34
9.93
8.01
9.65
9.94
9.04
8.25
8.77
7.67
9.66
11.06
9.37
8.13
8.60

$353.31
353.40
305.25
369.47
402.05
337.50
302.59
330.17
276.77
370.91
428.47
351.52
298.65
329.67

$373.86
390.26
326.82
383.84
415.39
367.93
315.55
343.33
286.14
382.20
459.54
380.97
325.19
357.34

$375.47
394.22
313.99
386.00
428.41
366.12
302.78
345.54
288.39
383.50
449.04
378.55
319.51
354.32

Rhode Island
Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket

38.9
39.0

39.6
39.3

39.2
38.9

6.96
6.88

7.11
6.98

7.16
7.05

270.74
268.32

281.56
274.31

280.67
274.25

South Carolina
Charleston-North Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg

40.2
40.5
40.3
40.2

40.9
41.2
40.3
40.9

40.2
40.3
37.0
40.5

7.08
8.42
6.89
6.73

7.23
8.57
7.10
7.09

7.29
8.67
7.16
7.05

284.62
341.01
277.67
270.55

295.71
353.08
286.13
289.98

293.06
349.40
264.92
285.52

South Dakota
Sioux Falls

41.3
45.1

42.4
47.2

41.8
46.5

7.26
7.83

6.97
6.76

6.98
6.78

299.84
353.13

295.53
319.07

291.76
315.27

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville-Davidson

40.3
41.4
40.2
41.1
40.0

41.7
43.2
41.6
41.7
42.3

40.4
42.3
41.6
41.4
40.9

7.47
7.09
9.03
7.93
8.20

7.72
7.31
9.38
8.32
8.96

7.77
7.24
9.41
8.20
8.89

301.04
293.53
363.01
325.92
328.00

321.92
315.79
390.21
346.94
379.01

313.91
306.25
391.46
339.48
3^.60

Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio

40.7
41.0
41.0
40.4

42.1
41.9
43.3
41.3

41.4
41.5
43.2
40.8

8.93

9.12

10.86
6.56

9.09
8.94
11.04

382.69
374.59
478.03
276.30

377.57
369.35
475.63
271.73

Utah
Salt Lake City-Ogden

39.2
39.3

39.7
40.2

39.7
39.9

Vermont
Burlington
Springfield

39.8
41.1
38.3

40.7
43.1
41.1

Virginia
Bristol
Charlottesville
Danville
Lynchburg
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Portsmouth
Northern Virginia
Petersburg-Colonial Heights-Hopewell
Richmond
Roanoke

39.9
38.7
37.7
41.4
40.1
43.4
41.5
37.9
39.4
39.9

Washington
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland
Parkersburg-Marietta
Wheeling

446.98
39.7
43.0
38.7
41.2
38.2

6.69

11.01
6.66

363.45
358.75
445.26
265.02

8.81
8.73

8.90
8.71

9.05
9.10

345.35
343.09

353.33
350.14

359.29
363.09

39.7
41.9
40.7

7.64
8.59
7.78

7.90
8.69
8.17

8.01
8.89
8.20

304.07
353.05
297.97

321.53
374.54
335.79

318.00
372.49
333.74

40.7
40.9
41.0
41.1
39.8
42.4
39.7
41.1
40.6
39.7

40.3
40.8
40.2
39.5
40.3
41.7
39.6
39.7
40.8
40.3

7.72
6.70
6.48
7.29
7.38
7.96
8.44
9.74
10.32
6.98

8.06
6.82
6.93
7.47
7.62
8.52
8.59
10.24
10.32
7.41

8.11
6.83
6.89
7.64
7.63
8.41
8.75
10.45
10.42
7.43

308.03
259.29
244.30
301.81
295.94
345.46
350.26
369.15
406.61
278.50

328.04
278.94
284.13
307.02
303.28
361.25
341.02
420.86
418.99
294.18

326.83
278.66
276.98
301.78
307.49
350.70
346.50
414.87
425.14
299.43

0

O

11.52

O

O

40.4
42.8
38.9
42.7
40.7

39.5
42.1
39.1
42.0
39.4

402.38
517.88
457.85
472.69
461.13

400.14
519.94
441.83
469.56
453.10

8.75

38.8

$9.89
11.36
11.03
10.72
11.37

O
9.96
12.10
11.77
11.07
11.33

8.90

O
10.13
12.35
11.30
11.18
11.50

$392.63
488.48
426.86
441.66
434.35

See footnotes at end of table.




105

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
STATE AND AREA HOURS AND EARNINGS
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-8. Average hours and earnings of production workers on manufacturing payrolls in States and selected areas—Continued
Average weekly hours
State and area

July
1983

June
1984
41.3
42.5
42.1
42.4
40.7
39.3
37.8
40.4
41.8
39.9
40.0
42.9

July
1984P
40.9
42.5
40.4
42.4
40.2
41.1
37.8
41.0
41.1
39.2
39.3
43.5

Average hourly earnings
July
1983

June
1984

$9.74
9.41

$9.99
9.70

9.42

10.06

9.88

10.29
10.55
11.75

10.56

10.30

11.45

11.57
11.85
8.78
9.89

Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville-Beloit ...
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
Sheboygan
Wausau

40.4
42.2
40.6
41.7
40.5
38.0
40.4
40.6
41.0
39.8
38.1
41.7

Wyoming

37.5

41.3

40.1

8.82

Puerto Rico

38.9

39.1

38.6

4.84

Virgin Islands

40.8

42.8

42.6

10.21

1

Not available.
= preliminary.
NOTE: Area definitions are published annually in the May issue of this

p

106



9.08
9.31
10.87
10.09
9.16
9.24

11.77
8.91
9.88
11.13

July
1984P
$9.95

9.66

11.26

10.46
9.64

10.52

9.26

9.04

4.94

5.00

9.25

9.05

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

$393.50
397.10
382.45
429.09
427.27
446.50
366.83
377.99
445.67
401.58
349.00
385.31

$412.59
412.25
423.53
447.74
466.01
462.56
336.80
399.15
465.23
417.35
385.60
397.25

$406.95
410.55
399.15
436.72
465.11
487.03
331.88
405.49
462.79
412.38
369.03
411.51

330.75

371.70

362.50

188.28

193.15

193.00

416.57

395.90

385.53

9.46

9.00

Average weekly earnings

9.39

publication. All State and Area data have been adjusted to March 1983
benchmarks except Gary-Hammond-East Chicago and Indianapolis,
Indiana; New York-Northeastern New Jersey, New York; and Wisconsin.

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

Aug. 1983
to
Aug. 1984"

June 1984
to
July 1984r

July 1984
to
Aug. 1984P

0.2

0.1

June
1984r

July
1984r

Aug.
1984P

176,991

177,266

177,458

5.5

145,563

145,871

145,620

6.3

2,286
8,575
41,140
24,703
16,436
10,657
11,056
25,481
10,746
35,621

2,264
8,759
41,211
24,783
16,428
10,706
11,104
25,468
10,821
35,538

2,276
8,578
41,243
24,898
16,345
10,692
11,157
25,299
10,809
35,566

9.3
10.9
6.4
9.1
2.5
14.0
5.6
4.6
4.4
4.7

-1.0
2.1
.2
.3
.0
.5
.4
-.1
.7
-.2

.5
-2.1
.1
.5
-.5
-.1
.5
-.7
-.1
.1

31,429

31,395

31,838

2.0

-.1

1.4

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,




Percent change

-.2

nonsupervisory workers, and salaried workers—and are based largely on
establishment data. See BLS Handbook of Methods, BLS Bulletin 2134-1,
chapter 13, Productivity Measures: Business Economy and Major Sectors.
SOURCE: Office of Productivity and Technology (202 523 9261).

107

PRODUCTIVITY DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-10. Indexes of productivity, hourly compensation, unit costs, and prices, seasonally adjusted
(1977=100)
Annual average
Item

Quarterly index
1982

1981
1982

1983

1984

1963
IV

IV

IV

I

II1

Business sector
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor payments
Implicit price deflator

100.9
106.3
105.4
155.0
97.3
153.6
136.8
147.9

103.7
111.0
107.1
161.7
98.4
156.0
145.5
152.4

100.3
108.1
107.8
147.6
95.4
147.1
139.6
144.6

100.9
107.1
106.1
151.4
96.9
150.0
138.0
145.9

100.3
106.4
106.1
153.9
97.2
153.4
137.0
147.9

100.9
106.1
105.1
156.7
97.3
155.3
135.8
148.7

101.6
105.8
104.1
158.4
98.0
155.9
136.5
149.3

102.2
106.9
104.7
160.2
99.0
156.8
139.8
151.0

103.6
110.1
106.2
161.0
98.5
155.4
144.6
151.7

104.3
112.5
107.9
161.8
98.0
155.1
147.9
152.7

104.7
114.7
109.5
164.2
98.4
156.8
149.1
154.2

105.7
117.8
111.4
166.7
98.6
157.7
151.6
155.6

106.8
120.7
113.0
167.5
98.2
156.9
156.3
156.7

100.0
105.9
106.0
154.5
97.0
154.5
136.9
148.6

103.4
111.2
107.5
162.0
98.6
156.6
147.0
153.4

99.2
107.4
108.3
147.3
95.2
148.5
138.5
145.1

99.8
106.4
106.7
151.0
96.7
151.4
136.9
146.5

99.4
106.0
106.7
153.2
96.8
154.2
137.5
148.6

100.3
106.0
105.7
156.0
96.9
155.6
136.8
149.3

100.5
105.2
104.7
157.9
97.7
157.1
136.4
150.2

101.6
106.7
105.1
160.1
99.0
157.6
140.6
151.9

103.6
110.4
106.5
161.5
98.8
155.9
146.4
152.7

104.1
112.7
108.2
162.4
98.3
155.9
149.4
153.8

104.4
115.2
110.3
164.0
98.2
157.1
151.4
155.2

105.2
118.0
112.3
166.5
98.5
158.3
152.2
156.3

106.4
120.8
113.6
168.0
98.5
158.0
155.8
157.2

107.1
99.3
92.7
158.0
99.2
147.6

111.6
104.4
93.5
163.4
99.4
146.4

104.0
103.1
99.1
149.8
96.8
144.0

105.5
100.6
95.4
154.3
98.8
146.2

106.3
100.0
94.1
157.2
99.4
148.0

108.8
99.7
91.7
159.8
99.2
146.9

107.8
96.7
89.6
161.0
99.6
149.3

109.1
98.4
90.2
162.7
100.6
149.1

110.8
102.4
92.4
163.0
99.7
147.0

113.4
107.2
94.6
163.5
99.0
144.1

113.1
109.6
96.9
164.6
98.6
145.5

114.2
113.0
98.9
167.1
98.9
146.4

115.2
115.3
100.1
168.3
98.7
146.1

105.6
97.1
91.9
157.6
99.0
149.3

111.5
102.6
92.0
162.5
98.9
145.8

102.9
103.0
100.1
149.7
96.7
145.5

103.6
99.3
95.9
153.7
98.5
148.4

104.7
98.3
93.9
156.8
99.1
149.7

107.6
97.4
90.5
159.7
99.2
148.4

106.6
93.2
87.4
160.7
99.4
150.7

108.5
95.6
88.1
162.2
100.3
149.5

110.8
100.1
90.4
162.2
99.2
146.5

113.5
105.7
93.2
162.5
98.4
143.2

113.1
109.0
96.4
163.4
97.8
144.4

115.1
113.9
98.9
165.8
98.1
144.0

115.9
116.4
100.4
166.9
97.9
144.1

109.2
102.5
93.9
159.0
99.8
145.6

111.9
107.1
95.7
165.6
100.7
148.0

105.8
103.4
97.7
149.7
96.7
141.5

108.5
102.6
94.6
154.9
99.2
142.8

108.5
102.5
94.4
158.0
99.9
145.6

110.4
103.1
93.4
160.5
99.7
145.4

109.6
101.9
93.0
162.7
100.7
148.5

110.0
102.6
93.3
164.5
101.7
149.6

110.9
105.7
95.3
165.1
101.0
148.8

113.3
109.5
96.6
165.7
100.3
146.2

113.2
110.5
97.6
167.1
100.1
147.6

112.8
111.7
99.0
169.5
100.3
150.2

114.3
113.7
99.6
170.6
100.0
149.3

102.6
107.7
105.0
154.6
97.0
154.3
150.6
164.8
84.6
146.3

106.1
112.6
106.2
161.0
97.9
155.2
151.8
164.9
117.2
150.9

101.3
109.9
108.5
147.1
95.1
148.7
145.2
158.5
100.2
143.1

102.2
108.7
106.4
151.1
96.7
151.5
147.9
161.6
89.4
144.3

102.1
108.0
105.8
153.5
97.0
154.0
150.3
164.3
86.8
146.3

103.3
107.9
104.5
156.2
97.0
154.7
151.3
164.4
86.6
146.9

103.2
106.4
103.1
157.7
97.5
157.0
152.9
168.8
75.6
147.7

104.0
107.5
103.4
159.2
98.4
156.7
153.1
167.0
92.5
149.4

105.8
111.4
105.2
160.6
98.2
155.2
151.7
165.1
111.6
150.2

107.2
114.7
106.9
161.8
98.0
154.4
150.9
164.4
126.6
151.2

107.2
117.0
109.2
162.6
97.4
154.7
151.7
163.3
135.9
152.6

108.1
120.2
111.2
164.8
97.5
155.0
152.5
162.0
143.2
153.6

108.6
122.7
113.0
165.8
97.2
155.3
152.7
162.8
147.9
154.5

Nonfarm business sector
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor payments
Implicit price deflator
Manufacturing
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs
Durable goods
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs
Nondurable goods
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour....
Unit labor costs
Nonfinancial corporations
Output per all-employee hour
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour..
Total unit costs
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor costs
Unit profits
Implicit price deflator
=revised.

108



SOURCE: Office of Productivity and Technology (202 523 9261).

PRODUCTIVITY DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
C-11. Percent changes from the preceding quarter and year in productivity, hourly compensation, unit costs, and prices,
seasonally adjusted annual rates
Percent change from
Same quarter, previous year

Previous quarter

Item

I
1983

II
1983

1983

1983

IV
1983

1984

1984r

1983

IV
1983

I
1984

5.9
12.4

2.8
9.3
6.4
2.0
-2.1
-.8
9.5
2.5

1.4
7.8
6.2
6.1
1.6
4.6
3.1
4.1

4.0
11.4
7.2
6.2
1.2
2.1
7.0
3.7

4.0
10.1
5.8

3.3
3.4
.1

1.9
-1.7
-2.0
12.9
2.7

1.2
-.2
-1.4
5.8
2.1
4.5
1.3
3.5

3.1

3.5
10.2
6.5

4.6
1.3
1.3
5.5
2.6

3.4
6.1
2.6
3.3
.7
-.1
8.9
2.7

2.1
8.7
6.5
2.2

1.0
9.1
8.0
4.1
-.3
3.0
5.3
3.7

2.9
10.3
7.2
6.1
1.0
3.1
2.3
2.8

4.7
9.6
4.7
3.7
.0
-.9
9.7
2.5

1.8
.3
-1.5
6.0
2.4
4.1
2.7
3.7

4.3
4.1
-.2
5.4
2.0
1.1
6.5
2.8

3.9
6.3
2.3
4.1
1.5
.2
9.2
3.0

3.9
9.5
5.4

-1.0
9.1
10.2
2.9
-1.5
3.9

3.7
12.9
8.8
6.2
1.1
2.3

3.6
8.5
4.7
2.9
-.8
-.7

3.4
-2.2
-5.4
5.5
1.8
2.0

4.3
2.4
-1.8
3.6
.3

4.3
7.6
3.1
2.3
-.3
-1.9

-1.2
13.2
14.6

7.2
18.9

10.9
.1
-4.1
-7.9

10.2
24.2
12.8
.8
-3.2
-8.5

4.7
-3.8
-8.1
5.5

1.1
-1.0

2.6
9.1
6.3
2.8
-.9
.2

1.8
.7

5.7
1.8
-3.7
3.4
.1
-2.2

2.1
-2.3
3.3

6.1

1.5
2.8
1.3
4.5
4.1
2.9

3.4
12.5

9.0
15.3

-.6
3.4
4.0
3.4
-1.0
4.0

-1.3
4.4
5.8
5.8
.8
7.2

5.1
7.7
2.4
2.7
-.9
-2.3

1.4
.1
-1.4
6.2
2.5
4.7

8.8

5.8

1.4

1.4
-2.6
-7.0

3.2
4.4
1.2
3.9
3.5
-.7
.7
-4.1
124.6
4.7

7.5
15.1
7.1
3.5

-.2
8.4
8.6
2.0
-2.4
.8

3.6
11.6
7.7
5.7
.7
.6
2.0
-3.2
23.4
2.7

1.7
8.5
6.7
2.3

1.8
-1.1
-2.8
5.4
1.7
3.5
3.5
3.3
3.5
3.5

1983

1984r

Business sector
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor payments
Implicit price deflator

2.1
4.4
2.2
4.4
4.1
2.2
10.2
4.6

6.1
2.2
-2.1
-3.5
14.5
1.9

8.4
5.2
3.7
.3
.6
9.2
3.3

3.1
9.6
6.4
4.0
-.3
1.0
8.1
3.3

4.1
-.4
.6
8.4
3.0

Nonfarm business sector
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor payments
Implicit price deflator

4.4
6.0
1.5
5.7
5.4
1.3
12.7
4.6

8.1
14.3
5.7
3.5
-.8
-4.2
17.8
2.2

-1.9
.1
8.4
2.7

4.8
7.3
2.4
4.2
3.9
-.5

6.4
17.1

9.7
20.5

10.0
.6
-3.5
-5.5

9.8

7.2
10.7
3.3

8.7
20.5

3.9
.6
.0
10.9
3.3

3.5
10.6
6.9
4.0
-.5
.4

2.7
9.4
6.6
4.0
-.3
1.3
6.4
2.9

8.3
2.9

Manufacturing
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour
Unit labor costs

1.3
-2.8
-7.7

4.9

-1.0
-2.6

-1.7

-1.9

4.0
12.7
8.4
3.3
-1.0
-.6

5.5
8.5
2.9
1.8
-.8
-3.5

6.1
17.0
10.3

6.1
19.2
12.3
2.2
-2.2
-3.7

4.6
16.2
11.1
2.9
-1.3
-1.6

2.2
3.1
.9
4.5
1.1
2.2

2.7
6.2
3.5
3.2
.6
.6

3.3
8.4
4.9
2.7
-.6
-.6

2.6
8.8
6.1
3.0

3.0
7.6
4.5
3.3
-.9
.3

3.7
3.1
-.6
4.6

3.8
6.3
2.4
3.6
1.0
-.2
-.2
.0

3.9
10.0
3.1
-.2
-1.5
-.8
-3.2

46.3
3.0

79.8
3.3

13.4
8.1
2.2

4.7
14.8

9.7
2.7

Durable goods
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour
Unit labor costs

3.9
3.6
-3.1

10.9

1.7
-1.6
-4.2

Nondurable goods
Output per hour of all persons
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour
Unit labor costs

-2.8
-1.9

-1.4
.4

Nonf.nancial corporations
Output per all-employee hour
Output
Hours
Compensation per hour
Real compensation per hour
Total unit costs
Unit labor costs
Unit nonlabor costs
Unit profits
Implicit price deflator
=revised.




-.8
-3.9
-3.7
-4.5
112.8
2.3

5.3
12.4
6.7
3.1
-1.0
-2.0
-2.1
-1.7
64.8
2.8

2.1
-2.6
32.6
3.6

-1.3
1.0

.6
2.1
13.6
2.3

1.3
.8
.9
.5
28.7
2.7

5.9

4.0
11.8
7.5
3.6
-.9
-1.1
-.4
-3.0
54.8
2.8

2.6
10.2
7.4
3.2

-10
.1
.7
-1.4
32.3
2.8

SOURCE: Office of Productivity and Technology (202 523 9261).

1O9

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

July
1983

Birmingham
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa

Percent of
labor force

Number

State and area
June
1984

1,798.8
398.8
163.0
204.2
131.4
56.6

1,794.8
396.4
167.3
201.6
132.9
57.7

July
1984P

1,798.7
396.9
168.3
202.7
132.0
57.3

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

253.5
50.7
17.5
31.8
14.8
7.2

195.1
38.3
14.1
24.4
12.1
5.8

211.4
39.6
16.2
25.1
12.2
5.9

14.1
12.7
10.7
15.6
11.3
12.8

10.9
9.7
8.4
12.1
9.1
10.1

11.8
10.0
9.6
12.4
9.3
10.2

249.5

249.0

256.1

22.3

24.7

23.4

8.9

9.9

9.1

Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson

1,363.3
842.6
249.6

1,393.1
880.2
257.3

1,375.7
871.9
251.6

132.6
61.3
22.6

73.0
34.3
11.0

68.8
31.3
9.9

9.7
7.3
9.1

5.2
3.9
4.3

5.0
3.6
3.9

Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale
Fort Smith
Little Rock-North Little Rock
Pine Bluff

1,034.5
83.4
93.7
200.0
37.6

1,073.2
86.7
95.2
206.6
39.3

1,068.9
86.9
94.5
205.7
38.5

101.9
5.8
9.6
15.9
3.9

97.8
4.9
9.2
14.6
4.0

98.1
4.9
8.4
15.0
4.1

9.8
7.0
10.3
8.0
10.5

9.1
5.6
9.7
7.1
10.1

9.2
5.7
8.9
7.3
10.5

12,451.4
1,242.7
222.2
300.0
3,808.0
144.3
272.2
648.7
531.9
152.9
859.5
1,777.4
862.7
166.4
147.9
183.5
143.5

12,699.2
1,299.1
228.3
309.9
3,794.0
143.5
275.4
668.1
545.8
155.8
895.8
1,815.0
889.3
170.1
155.8
186.2
148.1

12,800.3
1,296.1
226.9
309.9
3,863.0
148.7
277.9
670.8
550.0
158.2
896.6
1,818.7
893.1
170.0
154.3
187.6
150.0

1,183.2
78.9
26.2
35.4
399.0
25.1
25.6
70.9
50.2
13.6
70.1
137.5
60.0
11.2
12.5
26.7
14.2

940.7
54.1
23.0
32.4
319.0
22.4
19.7
53.4
40.7
12.4
49.3
107.0
42.3
8.8
9.8
22.6
11.6

1,072.1
59.8
25.0
34.6
368.0
22.1
25.8
65.3
45.6
13.8
59.0
122.2
46.1
10.0
11.1
22.7
13.3

9.5
6.3
11.8
11.8
10.5
17.4
9.4
10.9
9.4
8.9
8.2
7.7
7.0
6.7
8.4
14.6
9.9

7.4
4.2
10.1
10.4
8.4
15.6
7.2
8.0
7.5
8.0
5.5
5.9
4.8
5.2
6.3
12.2
7.8

8.4
4.6
11.0
11.2
9.5
14.9
9.3
9.7
8.3
8.8
6.6
6.7
5.2
5.9
7.2
12.1
8.9

Colorado
Denver-Boulder

1,692.5
1,005.2

1,743.3
1,040.9

1,740.4
1,033.8

102.9
52.2

87.5
44.3

84.6
43.0

6.1
5.2

5.0
4.3

4.9
4.2

Connecticut
Bridgeport
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven-West Haven
Stamford
Waterbury

1,625.4
193.7
392.5
70.6
201.7
127.4
104.8

1,682.2
195.7
404.0
71.2
211.8
130.6
108.5

1,683.4
194.9
404.3
71.1
214.4
130.8
109.5

98.2
13.3
22.1
5.7
13.2
4.9
7.6

71.8
9.8
16.2
3.4
9.9
3.6
5.2

73.6
9.8
16.1
4.0
9.4
3.4
6.4

6.0
6.9
5.6
8.0
6.5
3.9
7.3

4.3
5.0
4.0
4.8
4.7
2.7
4.8

4.4
5.0
4.0
5.6
4.4
2.6
5.8

306.7
266.7

314.4
271.6

313.4
269.5

24.6
22.3

20.9
20.0

21.2
20.7

8.0
8.4

6.6
7.4

6.8
7.7

District of Columbia
Washington SMSA

341.1
1,814.5

315.6
1,855.4

334.3
1,865.8

39.7
93.2

28.0
76.6

29.9
78.0

11.6
5.1

8.9
4.1

8.9
4.2

Florida1
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
Fort Myers-Cape Coral
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Lakeland-Winter Haven
Melbourne-Titusville Cocoa
Miami
Orlando
Pensacola
Sarasota
Tallahassee
Tampa-St. Petersburg
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton

5,006.0
125.0
525.4
105.7
85.4
373.7
152.6
142.3
873.9
428.1
136.6
93.6
90.2
797.6
305.4

5,067.0
127.3
528.9
111.4
83.6
377.8
143.8
145.7
868.6
453.4
139.8
93.6
94.6
793.5
314.9

5,162.5
129.2
539.8
110.4
87.4
385.1
149.6
149.5
886.8
460.1
143.3
95.4
97.0
806.0
321.5

408.2
7.8
35.0
7.2
3.5
25.8
27.2
10.5
80.6
28.9
9.9
5.0
4.2
54.5
28.4

336.0
6.6
28.1
6.4
3.0
22.4
18.9
8.4
69.8
25.7
8.2
4.1
4.0
42.7
23.2

351.2
5.9
29.0
6.0
3.6
22.5
23.1
8.1
70.5
26.6
8.5
3.9
4.0
43.0
25.9

8.2
6.3
6.7
6.8
4.1
6.9
17.8
7.4
9.2
6.7
7.2
5.3
4.6
6.8
9.3

6.6
5.2
5.3
5.7
3.6
5.9
13.1
5.7
8.0
5.7
5.9
4.4
4.2
5.4
7.4

6.8
4.6
5.4
5.4
4.1
5.8
15.5
5.4
7.9
5.8
6.0
4.1
4.1
5.3
8.1

Alaska

California1
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove
Bakersfield
Fresno
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Modesto
Oxnard-Simi Valley-Ventura
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ...
Sacramento
Salinas-Seaside-Monterey
San Diego
San Francisco-Oakland
San Jose
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc
Santa Rosa
Stockton
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa

Delaware
Wilmington

See footnotes at end of table.

110



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

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

180.6
5.1
3.8
57.7
9.4
7.4
7.7
7.7

7.7
10.0
6.7
6.2
9.4
8.4
8.1
9.3

6.2
8.6
5.3
5.1
7.0
9.4
7.1
7.2

6.4
9.3
5.7
4.9
6.9
7.9
6.9
7.7

29.4
20.0

29.3
20.2

6.4
5.7

6.1
5.4

6.1
5.5

44.5
7.2

29.2
4.8

30.3
4.6

9.5
7.3

6.1
5.0

6.4
4.7

5,665.5
63.4
85.5
3,512.4
186.3
62.9
41.7
169.7
139.8
106.6

665.2
5.1
5.9
378.4
27.4
9.5
7.0
29.0
19.2
8.6

505.7
4.0
4.8
297.1
18.4
5.7
5.4
17.9
12.5
7.2

489.2
3.8
4.6
285.5
18.4
6.1
5.4
17.2
12.0
6.9

11.7
8.1
6.9
10.8
14.3
15.2
16.2
16.6
13.7
8.1

8.8
6.2
5.5
8.4
9.8
9.1
12.9
10.5
8.8
6.7

8.6
6.1
5.3
8.1
9.9
9.8
12.9
10.1
8.6
6.5

2,658.1
57 4
87.6
153.7
187 1
269.6
629.6
62.4
53.2
148.5
81.3

2,671.1
57 4
88.9
154.1
188.8
270.0
634.5
62.6
53.1
151.6
81.3

271.8
6.3
5.0
16.5
18.8
40.1
56.9
4.6
6.6
13.9
9.8

226.8
4.9
5.1
14.2
14.2
36.0
45.2
3.9
5.0
10.4
7.6

216.6
4.2
5.8
12.9
13.4
35.9
41.4
3.3
4.5
13.1
6.9

10.5
11.1
6.3
10.9
10.1
14.5
9.3
7.6
12.3
9.9
12.2

8.5
8.5
5.8
9.2
7.6
13.4
7.2
6.3
9.3
7.0
9.3

8.1
7.4
6.5
8.4
7.1
13.3
6.5
5.2
8.6
8.6
8.4

1 455 2
84 3
187.6
43.6
55.1
65.7

1 446 1
83 4
186.0
42.8
55.3
62.9

1,425.3
81.9
183.6
42.3
54.4
62.4

111.2
6.9
13.4
4.9
4.0
7.5

94.2
5.8
10.2
3.3
4.0
6.4

91.3
5.6
9.5
3.3
4.2
6.4

7.6
8.2
7.2
11.1
7.2
11.4

6.5
7.0
5.5
7.7
7.2
10.1

6.4
6.8
5.2
7.8
7.8
10.3

1,200.1
32 6
95 6
225.7

1,217.1
32 5
97.4
230.1

1,209.8
32.2
97.2
231.1

68.8
1.7
6.0
16.9

59.1
1.6
5.2
12.9

58.0
1.5
5.2
12.6

5.7
5.4
6.3
7.5

4.9
4.8
5.3
5.6

4.8
4.6
5.4
5.5

1 694 2
184.5
430.3
45.1

1,770.9
191.0
444.0
47.0

1,732.4
186.8
442.2
47.3

202.4
10.6
46.0
5.2

157.7
8.8
37.8
4.2

168.7
9.9
39.0
5.3

11.9
5.8
10.7
11.5

8.9
4.6
8.5
9.0

9.7
5.3
8.8
11.2

1 934 3
77.7
241.6
97.1
79 3
60.9
537 6
171.9

1,965 3
78.8
249.8
98.5
76 9
61.1
545 4
176.1

1,953.2
78.1
250.5
98.5
76.4
60.7
540.9
171.9

233.9
9.0
25.1
8.5
11.4
6.7
56.2
19.6

185.1
7.3
20.6
6.0
10.5
5.7
47.1
13.2

181.9
7.2
20.5
5.8
10.3
5.7
46.6
12.9

12.1
11.6
10.4
8.8
14.4
10.9
10.5
11.4

9.4
9.3
8.3
6.1
13.7
9.3
8.6
7.5

9.3
9.2
8.2
5.9
13.5
9.3
8.6
7.5

563.2
39.6
98 1

577.7
41.0
109.1

587.9
41.1
108.6

58.9
6.2
7.0

33.6
2.5
4.1

40.3
4.4
4.5

10.5
15.6
7.2

5.8
6.1
3.7

6.9
10.7
4.1

2,240.0
1,100.0

2,268.5
1.100.5

2,268.5
1,102.0

147.3
82.2

113.7
63.7

120.5
67.4

6.6
7.5

5.0
5.8

5.3
6.1

July
1983

June
1984

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984^

2,710.7
53.0
65.6
1,134.8
136.5
90.5
1102
99.4

2,816.7
53.8
67.5
1,189.2
137.2
94.0
111.1
100.4

2,818.2
54.2
66.0
1,188.7
137.0
93.5
110.5
99.9

208.8
5.3
4.4
70.8
12.9
7.6
9.0
9.3

173.5
4.6
3.6
61.1
9.6
8.9
7.8
7.3

480.0
365 3

483.3
368.9

484.1
369.2

30.6
20.8

467 1
98.5

474.6
97.3

472.2
96.0

5,676 0
63.4
84.7
3,512.9
191.3
62.6
43 0
175.0
139.6
106.7

5,736.0
65.2
86.2
3,552.8
187.8
62.1
41.9
170.7
142.5
107.5

Indiana
Anderson
Elkhart ....
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary-Hammond-East Chicago
Indianapolis
Lafayette-West Lafayette
Muncie .
South Bend
Terre Haute

2,590.7
56 4
78 6
150.9
186 5
277.1
611.3
60.7
53.3
140 5
79.9

Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo-Cedar Falls
Kansas
Lawrence
Topeka
Wichita

Georgia
Albany
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Macon
Savannah
Hawaii
Honolulu
Idaho
Boise City

. . .

Illinois1
Bloomington-Normal . .
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul
Chicago
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Decatur
Kankakee
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

.

. .

.

. .

Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette
Louisville
Owensboro
Louisiana
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport

Percent of
labor force

Number

State and area

. . .

.
.

Maine
Lewiston-Auburn
Portland
Maryland
Baltimore

.
. . .
.

....

July
1984P

See footnotes at end of table.




111

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

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

Massachusetts1
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Fitchburg-Leominster
Lawrence-Haverhill
Lowell
New Bedford
Pittsfield
Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke
Worcester

3,029.4
1,458.4
81.5
78.5
50.2
149.8
138.5
85.2
67.9
289.4
194.4

3,083.8
1,493.6
83.4
78.4
52.3
149.0
145.6
89.2
68.7
288.4
191.9

3,093.8
1,508.4
83.2
78.0
51.2
149.8
145.3
88.6
69.2
285.0
190.3

188.9
78.2
6.2
7.5
4.0
11.4
7.1
7.7
4.8
19.7
13.5

137.9
59.7
4.5
5.0
2.5
8.3
5.6
5.4
3.4
13.5
9.0

Michigan1
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Bay City
Benton Harbor
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo-Portage
Lansing-East Lansing
Muskegon-Norton Shores-Muskegon Heights .
Saginaw

4,418.8
148.7
81.9
54.8
73.6
2,023.2
229.8
344.4
66.9
142.7
246.6
79.0
101.0

4,451.5
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

4,480.3
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

576.8
13.3
10.4
8.6
10.6
276.0
37.9
37.1
10.0
14.5
22.1
11.8
13.1

Minnesota
Duluth-Superior
Minneapolis-St.Paul
Rochester
St. Cloud

2,209.8
108.3
1,178.9
60.5
79.0

2,315.3
107.6
1,251.9
60.7
83.7

2,290.3
104.6
1,234.7
60.9
82.8

1,085.1
161.9

1,069.9
163.5

2,376.1
698.0
47.1
1,164.5
113.2
405.8

Jackson
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Springfield
Montana

Percent of
labor force

Number

State and area

June
1984

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

134.3
56.5
4.6
5.5
2.3
8.5
5.4
5.7
3.6
13.3
9.0

6.2
5.4
7.6
9.5
8.0
7.6
5.1
9.1
7.1
6.8
6.9

4.5
4.0
5.4
6.4
4.8
5.6
3.9
6.1
5.0
4.7
4.7

4.3
3.7
5.5
7.0
4.5
5.6
3.7
6.5
5.3
4.7
4.7

502.7
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

505.7
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

13.1
8.9
12.7
15.7
14.4
13.6
16.5
10.8
14.9
10.2
9.0
14.9
13.0

11.3
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

11.3
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

165.0
16.3
76.4
3.1
6.9

143.0
11.2
63.2
2.7
6.0

137.4
10.5
62.1
2.5
6.3

7.5
15.0
6.5
5.2
8.7

6.2
10.4
5.0
4.4
7.1

6.0
10.0
5.0
4.2
7.7

1,079.1
163.8

144.2
14.0

113.0
10.8

117.3
11.5

13.3
8.6

10.6
6.6

10.9
7.0

2,429.7
705.6
46.6
1,186.1
114.4

2,392.3
695.6
46.1
1,168.1
116.6

239.8
58.0
4.8
126.1
8.9

174.8
38.1
4.0
97.4
6.2

165.5
35.8
3.7
89.9
6.2

10.1
8.3
10.1
10.8
7.9

7.2
5.4
8.6
8.2
5.4

6.9
5.2
8.1
7.7
5.3

422.8

418.4

35.0

32.5

31.0

8.6

7.7

7.4

3.6
2.7
4.6

3.9
2.9
4.8

July
1983

July
1984P

Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha

813.8
107.3
292.7

812.9
108.4
298.0

808.6
107.7
294.8

43.6
4.5
16.8

29.1
2.9
13.8

31.6
3.2
14.0

5.4
4.2
5.8

Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno

490.3
271.6
133.4

496.9
278.5
134.1

496.9
277.9
134.4

46.4
27.8
10.2

34.8
22.4
6.6

36.7
23.9
6.9

9.5
10.3
7.6

7.0
8.0
4.9

7.4
8.6
5.1

New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua

519.0
89.3
89.3

529.5
92.7
94.8

539.8
92.8
94.7

28.9
5.5
4.0

20.6
3.2
2.5

24.1
3.8
2.7

5.6
6.1
4.5

3.9
3.4
2.7

4.5
4.1
2.8

3,739.3
131.0
239.9
261.4
342.9
993.2
219.1
162.4
57.8

3,825.1
135.6
239.2
273.8
349.9
1,020.3
224.3
168.3
57.9

3,879.8
140.8
243.7
280.4
355.8
1,032.8
228.9
169.8
58.8

309.5
11.2
32.1
18.8
26.9
79.1
23.7
12.1
8.3

202.0
7.8
22.1
12.9
17.1
51.4
15.7
7.0
6.9

244.8
9.9
26.2
15.2
21.9
62.0
19.9
8.9
7.5

8.3
8.6
13.4
7.2
7.8
8.0
10.8
7.5
14.3

5.3
5.7
9.3
4.7
4.9
5.0
7.0
4.2
11.9

6.3
7.0
10.7
5.4
6.1
6.0
8.7
5.2
12.7

620.3
234.8
40.4

624.8
240.9
44.5

623.7
240.8
41.8

64.4
20.2
4.0

46.2
15.5
3.2

46.3
15.4
3.5

10.4
8.6
9.8

7.4
6.4
7.2

7.4
6.4
8.4

New Jersey1
Atlantic City
Jersey City
Long Branch-Asbury Park
New Brunswick-Perth Amboy-Sayreville
Newark
Paterson-Clifton-Passaic
Trenton
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
See footnotes at end of table.

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STATE AND AREA LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
D-1. Labor force status by State and selected metropolitan areas—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force

July
1983

June
1984

July
1984P

680.1
22.3
8.0
48.3
2.8
3.0
79.8
394.6
364.0
6.5
5.7
28.0
17.8
9.6

8.7
7.1
7.5
11.4
9.3
7.1
6.4
9.7
10.6
7.6
6.3
8.4
7.0
8.3

7.2
5.3
5.1
8.3
6.8
5.5
4.9
9.0
10.0
5.6
4.1
5.5
5.4
6.1

8.2
5.8
5.6
9.0
7.5
5.8
5.5
10.3
11.5
5.8
4.7
5.8
5.8
6.9

191.1
5.5
18.1
24.8
11.6

201.4
5.8
20.4
24.6
11.8

8.8
7.8
7.3
8.1
4.9

6.2
6.1
4.6
5.4
3.4

6.5
6.4
5.2
5.4
3.5

17.0

14.5

15.0

5.0

468.5
29.0
18.9
58.2
82.2
43.7
30.6

447.1
26.9
17.2
56.4
78.5
41.9
28.7

8.4
8.5
9.0
7.8
8.2
6.8
7.1

23.8

22.6

10.9
10.8
12.5
9.4
10.3
8.4
9.4
11.6
14.5

9.0
9.5
10.1
8.2
8.8
7.2
7.7

226.6

577.0
33.8
24.2
66.2
99.3
50.7
37.4
44.4
33.9

10.7

10.0

1,598.9
32.2
41.7
501.8
378.2

1,593.1
32.3
41.8
499.2
379.3

150.6
2.6
2.7
34.1
39.9

105.0
1.8
2.3
24.8
27.8

104.1
1.8
2.2
24.2
26.8

9.6
7.8
6.4
7.0
10.5

6.6
5.7
5.4
4.9
7.3

6.5
5.6
5.4
4.8
7.1

1,352.1
131.6
64.9
675.4
128.0

1,339.8
133.4
66.5
663.0
126.1

1,333.9
129.9
65.7
663.6
125.0

138.7
13.8
7.3
67.3
11.4

123.1
12.0
6.4
54.2
11.3

118.2
11.7
6.2
52.6
9.7

10.3
10.5
11.2
10.0
8.9

9.2
9.0
9.7
8.2
9.0

8.9
9.0
9.5
7.9
7.8

5,687.0
321.2
59.8
129.3
248.9
109.3
192.7
303.7
2,286.5
1,065.7
164.1
54.8
52.4
53.4
183.4

5,639.7
319.4
57.0
126.1
251.2
104.4
194.0
302.6
2,309.9
1,034.1
167.9
52.6
51.6
54.3
186.0

5,678.1
321.0
57.9
127.5
253.1
105.9
194.3
308.5
2,323.4
1,041.9
166.1
52.1
52.8
54.1
187.4

618.6
34.0
9.7
16.7
15.8
21.4
11.9
35.4
185.1
140.1
15.1
9.0
5.3
7.2
19.2

517.9
28.5
6.3
12.1
13.3
14.9
9.8
33.0
160.4
116.6
12.5
6.6
4.4
6.0
15.0

539.9
30.0
6.6
12.1
13.6
15.7
9.7
39.2
167.4
120.7
12.4
6.4
4.4
5.9
17.5

10.9
10.6
16.2
12.9
6.3
19.6
6.2
11.7
8.1
13.1
9.2
16.4
10.0
13.4
10.5

9.2
8.9
11.1
9.6
5.3
14.3
5.0
10.9
6.9
11.3
7.5
12.6
8.5
11.0
8.0

9.5
9.3
11.4
9.5
5.4
14.9
5.0
12.7
7.2
11.6
7.5
12.4
8.4
11.0
9.4

484.0
472.2

491.1
476.7

492.3
476.6

46.6
46.6

31.3
30.9

33.6
33.4

9.6
9.9

6.4
6.5

6.8
7.0

1,522.4
188.2
207.9
295.3

1,522.6
185.9
206.4
293.3

145.6
15.9
13.5
25.1

102.3
10.6
9.9
17.1

106.2
10.1
9.9
17.7

9.8
8.9
6.8
8.8

6.7
5.6
4.8
5.8

7.0
5.4
4.8
6.0

359.3
71.1

352.9
70.3

17.0
2.6

15.3
2.2

13.2
2.2

4.9
3.9

4.3
3.1

3.8
3.1

June
1984

July
1984?

New York1
Albany-Schenectady-Troy ...
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Glens-Falls
Nassau-Suffolk
New York
New York City
Newburgh-Middletown
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica-Rome

8,397.6
391.7
145.1
553.4
38.4
53.0
1,476.4
3,774.3
3,116.0
116.8
122.5
491.8
315.1
139.4

8,069.9
381.9
141.9
521.6
36.8
47.8
1,433.3
3,642.9
3,009.0
109.9
117.5
472.7
302.1
134.3

8,340.8
386.1
143.4
535.1
37.6
51.5
1,462.1
3,813.3
3,164.0
112.6
120.5
480.0
309.1
138.3

731.0
27.6
10.9
63.1
3.6
3.7
94.7
367.4
331.0
8.9
7.7
41.1
22.1
11.6

582.9
20.3
7.2
43.2
2.5
2.6
69.8
326.6
300.0
6.1
4.8
26.1
16.3
8.2

North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte-Gastonia
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point
Raleigh-Durham

2,977.0
89.3
373.9
442.1
321.2

3,075.4
91.5
392.4
463.1
340.1

3,075.6
91.2
390.0
458.3
341.2

263.3
7.0
27.3
36.0
15.7

342.7

340.4

349.2

Ohio1
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown-Warren ...

5,287.0
313.6
193.1
703.4
966.5
599.8
400.0
382.1
233.4

5,183.2
306.9
188.1
709.9
932.7
605.6
398.7

5,291.8
315.8
191.4 |
718.7 I
954.0
614.1
406.4

222.0

Oklahoma
Enid
Lawton
Oklahoma City ....
Tulsa

1,573.6
33.1
41.7
484.9
380.2

Oregon
Eugene-Springfield .
Medford
Portland
Salem
Pennsylvania1
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton .
Altoona
Erie
Harrisburg
Johnstown
Lancaster
Northeast Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Reading
Sharon
State College
Williamsport
York
Rhode Island
Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket .
South Carolina
Charleston-North Charleston .
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg
South Dakota ...
Sioux Falls

1,485.8
177.9
199.0
285.5
348.1
66.7

|
;
!
I

July
1983

June
1984

July
1983

North Dakota
Fargo-Moorehead .

Percent of
labor force

Number

State and area

July
1984P

See footnotes at end of table.




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STATE AND AREA LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
D-1. Labor force status by State and selected metropolitan areas—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed

State and area

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville-Davidson
Texas1
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito .
Bryan-College Station
Corpus Christ
Dallas-Fort Worth
El Paso
Galveston-Texas City
Houston
Killeen-Temple
Laredo
Longview-Marshall
Lubbock
Mcallen-Pharr-Edinburg
Midland
Odessa
San Angelo
San Antonio
Sherman-Denison
Texarkana
Tyler

Waco
Wichita Falls
Utah
Salt Lake City-Odgen

Virginia
Danville
Lynchburg
Newport News-Hampton
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Portsmouth
Petersburg-Colonial Heights-Hopewell
Richmond
Roanoke
Washington
Seattle-Everett
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington-Ashland
Parkersburg-Marietta .
Wheeling

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 1983 have been

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benchmarked to
10 States and
provisional and
available. Area
publication.

1983 Current Population Survey annual averages. Except in the
2 areas designated by footnote 1, estimates for 1984 are
will be revised when new benchmark information becomes
definitions are published annually in the May issue of this

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
629 areas in 1,148 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 nonagriculutral wage and salary employment, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings,
and average weekly earnings for the Nation, States, and
metropolitian areas. The employment, hours, and earnings series are based on payroll reports from a sample of
195,000 establishments employing over 35 million
nonagricultural wage and salary workers. The data
relate to all workers, full- or part-time, who received
pay during the payroll period which includes the 12th
day of the month.
RELATION BETWEEN THE HOUSEHOLD AND
ESTABLISHMENT SERIES
The household and establishment data supplement
one another, each providing significant types of information that the other cannot suitably supply. Population characteristics, for example, are readily obtained
only from the household survey whereas detailed industrial classifications can be reliably derived only from
establishment reports.
Data from these two sources differ from each other
because of differences in definitions and coverage,
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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
levels and trends of the two series are as follows.
Employment
Coverage. The household survey definition of employment comprises wage and salary workers (including
domestics and other private household workers) selfemployed persons, unpaid workers who worked 15
hours or more during the survey week in familyoperated enterprises, and members of the Armed Forces
stationed in the United States. Civilian employment in
both agricultural and nonagricultural industries is included. The payroll survey covers only wage and salary
employees on the payrolls of nonagricultural
establishments.
Multiple jobholding. The household survey provides
information on the work status of the population
without duplication, since each person is classified as
employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force.
Employed persons holding more l 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 housheold survey includes among the employed all civilians who had jobs
but were not at work during the survey week-that is,
were not working but had jobs from which they were
temporarily absent because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or because they
were taking time off for various other reasons, even if
they were not paid by their employers for the time off.
In the figures based on payroll reports, persons on leave
paid for by the company are included, but not those on
leave without pay for the entire payroll period.
For a comprehensive discussion of the differences
between household and establishment survey.employment data, see Gloria P. Green's article "Comparing
Employment Estimates From Household and Payroll
Surveys." Monthly Labor Review. December 1969.

Hours of work
The household survey measures hours actually worked whereas the payroll survey measures hours paid for
by employers. In the household survey data, all persons
with a job but not at work are excluded from the hours
distributions and the computations of average hours. In
the payroll survey, production or nonsupervisory
employees on paid vacation, paid holiday, or paid sick
leave are included and assigned the number of hours for
which they were paid during the reporting period.
Earnings
The household survey measures median earnings of
wage and salary workers in all occupations and industries in both the private and public sectors. Data
refer to the usual earnings received from the worker's
sole or primary job. Data from the establishment survey
generally refer to average earnings of production and
related workers in mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory
employees in private service-producing industries. For a
comprehensive discussion of the household survey earnings series, see Technical Description of the Quarterly
Data on Weekly Earnings from the Current Population
Survey, BLS Bulletin 2113.
COMPARABILITY OF THE HOUSEHOLD DATA
WITH OTHER SERIES
Unemployment insurance data. The unemployed total
from the household survey includes all persons who did
not have a job at all during the survey week and were
looking for work or were waiting to be called back to a
job from which they had been laid off, whether or not
they were eligible for unemployment insurance. Figures
on unemployment insurance claims, prepared by the
Employment and Training Administration of the
Department of Labor, exclude persons who have exhausted their benefit rights, new workers who have not
earned rights to unemployment insurance, and persons
losing jobs not covered by unemployment insurance
systems (some workers in agriculture, domestic services,
and religous organizations, and self-employed and unpaid family workers). Beginning in January 1978,
coverage was extended to include domestic workers
whose employers paid $1,000 or more in wages in any
calendar quarter, agricultural employees whose
employers engaged 10 or more workers in 20 weeks or
paid a total of $20,000 or more in wages in any calendar
quarter, and almost all State and local government
employees.
In addition, the qualifications for drawing unemployment compensation differ from the definition of
unemployment used in the household survey. For example, persons with a job but not at work and persons
working only a few hours during the week are




sometimes eligible for unemployment compensation but
are classified as employed rather than unemployed in
the household survey.
For an examination of the similarities and differences
between State insured unemployment and total
unemployment, see *'Measuring Total and State Insured
Unemployment" by Gloria P. Green in the June 1971
issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
Agricultural employment estimates of the Department
of Agriculture. The principal differences in coverage are
the inclusion of persons under 16 in the Economics and
Statistics Service series and the treatment of dual
jobholders, who are counted more than once if they
work on more than one farm during the reporting
period. There are also wide differences in sampling
techniques and collecting and estimating methods,
which cannot be readily measured in terms of impact on
differences in level and trend of the two series.
COMPARABILITY OF THE PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT DATA WITHE 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 this BLS establishment statistics.

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Household Data
(A tables)
COLLECTION AND COVERAGE

Statistics on the employment status of the population,
the personal, occupational, and other characteristics of
the employed, the unemployed, and persons not in the
labor force, and related data are compiled for the BLS
by the Bureau of the Census in its Current Population
Survey (CPS). A detailed description of this survey appears in Concepts and Methods Used in Labor Force
Statistics Derived from the Current Population Survey,
BLS Report 463. Historical national data are published
in Labor Force Statistics Derived From the Current
Population Survey: A Databook, BLS Bulletin 2096.
These monthly surveys of the population are conducted with a scientifically selected sample designed to
represent the civilian noninstitutional population.
Respondents are interviewed to obtain information
about the employment status of each member of the
household 16 years of age and over. Separate statistics
are also collected for 14- and 15-year-olds. The inquiry
relates to activity or status during the calendar week,
Sunday through Saturday, which includes the 12th of
the month. This is known as the survey week. Actual
field interviewing is conducted in the following week.
Inmates of institutions and persons under 14 years of
age are not covered in the regular monthly enumerations, and are excluded from the population and labor
force statistics shown in this report. Data on the
members of the Armed Forces stationed in the United
States, who are included as part of the categories
"noninstitutional population," "labor force," and
"total employment," are obtained from the Department of Defense.
Each month about 60,000 occupied units are eligible
for interview. About 2,500 of these households are
visited but interviews are not obtained because the occupants are not at home after repeated calls or are
unavailable for other reasons. This represents a
noninterview rate for the survey of between 4 or 5 percent. In addition to the 60,000 occupied units, there are
11,000 sample units in an average month which are
visited but found to be vacant or otherwise not to be
enumerated. Part of the sample is changed each month.
The rotation plan provides for three-fourths of the sample to be common from 1 month to the next and onehalf 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
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who worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an
enterprise operated by a member of the family; and (b)
all those who were not working but who had jobs or
businesses from which they were temporarily absent
because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labormanagement disputes, or personal reasons, whether
they were paid for the time off or were seeking other
jobs. Members of the Armed Forces stationed in the
United States are also included in the employed total.
Each employed person is counted only once. Those
who held more than one job are counted in the job at
which they worked the greatest number of hours during
the survey week.
Included in the total are employed citizens of foreign
countries who are temporarily in the United States but
not living on the premises of an embassy. Excluded are
persons whose only activity consisted of work around
the house (painting, repairing, or own home
housework) or volunteer work for religious, charitable,
and similar organizations.
Unemployed persons are all civilians who had no
employment during the survey week, were available for
work, except for temporary illness, and (a) had made
specific efforts to find employment sometime during the
prior 4 weeks, or (b) were waiting to be recalled to a job
from which they had been laid off, or (c) were waiting to
report to a new job within 30 days.
Duration of unemployment represents the length of
time (through the current survey week) during which
persons classified as unemployed had been continuously
looking for work. For persons on layoff, duration of
unemployment represents the number of full weeks
since the termination of their most recent employment.
A period of 2 weeks or more during which a person was
employed or ceased looking for work is considered to
break the continuity of the present period of seeking
work. Measurements of mean and median duration are
computed from a distribution of single weeks of
unemployment.
Unemployment is also categorized according to the
status of individuals at the time they began to look for
work. The reasons for unemployment are divided into
four major groups. (1) Job losers are persons whose
employment ended involuntarily who immediately
began looking for work, and persons on layoff. (2) Job
leavers are persons who quit or otherwise terminated
their employment voluntarily and immediately began
looking for work. (3) Reentrants are persons who
previously worked at a full-time job lasting 2 weeks or
longer but were out of the labor force prior to beginning
to look for work. (4) New entrants are persons who
never worked at a full-time job lasting 2 weeks or

longer. Each of these four categories of the unemployed
may be expressed as an unemploymeni rate or proportion of the entire civilian labor force; the sum of the
four rates thus equals the unemployment rate for all
civilian workers.
Jobseekers are all unemployed persons who made
specific efforts to find a job sometime during the 4-week
period preceding the survey week. Jobseekers do not include those persons unemployed because they (a) were
waiting to be called back to a job from which they had
been laid off or (b) were wailing 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 time of interview, and reasons for not looking
for work are published on a quarterly basis. As of
January l'TO, 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.
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The distribution of employment by hours worked
relates to persons at work during the survey week. Atwork data differ from data on total employment
because the latter include persons in the zero-hoursworked category, with a job but not at work. Included
in this latter group are persons who were on vacation,
ill, involved in a labor dispute, or otherwise absent from
their jobs for voluntary, noneconomic reasons.
Persons who worked 35 hours or more in the survey
week are designated as working full time. Persons who
worked between 1 and 34 hours are designated as working part time. Part-time workers are classified by their
usual status at their present job (either full or part time)
and by their reason for working part time during the
survey week (economic or other reasons). Economic
reasons include: Slack work, material shortages, repairs
to plant or equipment, start or termination of a job during the week, and inability to find full-time work. Other
reasons include: Labor dispute, bad weather, own
illness, vacation, demands of home, housework, school,
no desire for full-time work, and full-time worker only
during peak season. Persons on full-time schedules include, in addition to those working 35 hours or more,
those who worked from 1 to 34 hours for noneconomic
reasons and usually work full time.
The full-time labor force consists of persons working
on full-time schedules, persons involuntarily working
part time (part time for economic reasons), and
unemployed persons seeking full-time jobs. The parttime labor force consists of persons working part time
voluntarily and unemployed persons seeking part-time
work. Persons with a job but not at work during the
survey week are classified according to whether they
usually work full or part time.
Labor force time lost is a measure of aggregate hours
lost to the economy through unemployment and involuntary part-time employment and is expressed as a
percent of potentially available aggregate hours. It is
computed by assuming that: (1) Unemployed persons
looking for full-time work lost an average of 37.5 hours,
(2) those looking for part-time work lost the average
number of hours actually worked by voluntary parttime workers during the survey week, and (3) persons on
part time for economic reasons lost the difference between 37.5 hours and the actual number of hours they
worked.
White, blackf and other axe 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.
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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 orgin 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 who
usually work full time on their sole or primary job.
Median earnings indicate the value which divides the
earnings distribution into two equal parts, one part having values above the median and the other having values
below the median. The medians as shown in this
publication are calculated by linear interpolation of the
$10 interval within which each median falls.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U) is used to deflate the earnings series.
Single, never married; married, spouse present; and
other marital status are terms used to define the marital
status of individuals at the time of interview. Married,
spouse present, applies to husband and wife if both were
reported as members of the same household even
though one may be temporarily absent on business,
vacation, on a visit, in a hospital, etc. Other marital
status applies to persons who are married, spouse absent; widowed; or divorced. Married, spouse absent, includes persons who are separated because of marital
discord, as well as persons who are living apart because
either the husband or the wife was employed and living
away from home, serving in the Armed Forces, or had a
different place of residence for any reason.
A household consists of all persons—related family
members and all unrelated persons—who occupy a housing unit. A house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a
single room is regarded as a housing unit when occupied
or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters.
A householder is the person (or one of the persons) in
whose name the housing unit is owned or rented. The
term is never applied to either husbands or wives in
married-couple families but relates only to persons in

families maintained by either men or women without a
spouse.
Family refers to a group of two or more persons
residing together who are related by birth, marriage, or
adoption; all such persons are considered as members of
one family even though they may include a related subfamily, that is, a married couple or a parent-child group
related by birth or marriage to the householder and
sharing the living quarters. The count of families used in
this publication excludes unrelated subfamilies such
as lodgers, guests, or resident employees living in a
household but not related to the householder. Families
are classified either as married-couple families or as
families maintained by women or men without spouses.
A family maintained by a woman or a man is one in
which the householder is either single, widowed, divorced, or married, spouse absent. Data on the earnings of
families exclude all those in which there is no wage or
salary earner or in which the husband, wife, or other
persons maintaining the family is either self-employed
or in the Armed Forces.
HISTORICAL COMPARABILITY
Change in lower age limit

The lower age limit for official statistics on the labor
force, employment, and unemployment was raised from
14 to 16 years of age in January 1967. Insofar as possible, historical series have been revised to provide consistent information based on the population 16 years and
over. For a detailed discussion of this and other definitional changes introduced at that time, including
estimates of their effect on the various series, see "New
Definitions for Employment and Unemployment,"
Employment and Earnings and Monthly Report on the
Labor Force, February 1967.
Noncomparability of labor force levels

In addition to the changes introduced in 1967, there
are several other periods of noncomparability in the
labor force data: (1) Beginning in 1953, as a result of introducing data from the 1950 census into the estimating
procedures, population levels were raised by about
600,000; labor force, total employment, and
agricultural employment were increased by about
350,000, primarily affecting the figures for totals and
men; other categories were relatively unaffected. (2)
Beginning in 1960, the inclusion of Alaska and Hawaii
resulted in an increase of about 500,000 in the population and about 300,000 in the labor force-four-fifths of
this increase was in nonagricultural employment; other
labor force categories were not appreciably affected. (3)
Beginning in 1962, the introduction of data from the
1960 census reduced the population by about 50,000 and
labor force and employment by about 200,000;
unemployment totals were virtually unchanged. (4)




Beginning in 1972, information from the 1970
census was introduced into the estimation procedures,
increasing the population by about 800,000; labor force
and employment totals were raised by a little more than
300,000; and unemployment levels and rates wers essentially unchanged. (5) A subsequent population adjustment based on the 1970 census was introduced in March
1973. This adjustment, which affected the white and
black-and-other groups but had little effect on totals,
resulted in the reduction of nearly 300,000 in the white
population and an increase of the same magnitude in the
black-and-other population. Civilian labor force and
total employment figures were affected to a lesser
degree; the white labor force was reduced by 150,000,
and the black-and-other labor force rose by about
210,000. Unemployment levels and rates were not
significantly affected. .
In addition, beginning in January 1974, the
methodology used to prepare independent estimates of
the civilian noninstitutional population was modified to
an inflation-deflation approach. This change in the
derivation of the estimates had its greatest impact on
estimates of 20- to 24-year-old men—particularly those
of the black-and-other population—but had little effect
on estimates of the total population 16 years and over.
Additional information on the adjustment procedure
appears in "CPS Population Controls Derived from
Inflation-Deflation Method of Estimation", in the
February 1974 issue of Employment and Earnings.
Effective in July 1975, as a result of the immigration
of Vietnamese refugees into the United States, the total
and black-and-other independent population controls
for persons 16 years and over were adjusted upward by
76,000-30,000 men and 46,000 women. The addition of
the refugees increased the black-and-other population
by less than 1 percent in any age-sex group, and all of
the changes were in the other population.
Beginning in January 1978, the introduction of an expansion in the sample and revisions in the estimation
procedures resulted in an increase of about 250,000 in
the civilian labor force and employment totals;
unemployment levels and rates were essentially unchanged. An explanation of the procedural changes and
an indication of the differences appear in "Revisions in
the Current Population Survey in January 1978" in the
February 1978 issue of Employment and Earnings.
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
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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 exist 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 "Change in the Estimation
Procedure for the Current Population Survey Beginning
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 new procedure is described in the
Estimating Methods section. The purpose of the change
and an indication of its effect on national estimates of
labor force characteristics appear in "Revisions in the
Current Population Survey Beginning in January 1982"
in the February 1982 issue of Employment and Earnings. In addition, current population estimates used in
the second-stage estimation procedure are derived from
information obtained from the 1980 census, rather than
the 1970 census. This change caused substantial increases in total population and estimates of persons in
all labor force categories. Rates for labor force
characteristics, however, remained virtually unchanged.
Some 30,000 labor force series were adjusted back to
1970 to avoid major breaks in series. The adjustment
procedure used is also described in the February 1982
article cited above. The revisions did not, however,
smooth out the breaks in series occurring between 1972
and 1979 that are described above, and data users
should make allowances for them in making certain
data comparisons.
Beginning in January 1983, the first-stage ratio adjustment methodology was updated to account for
results obtained from the 1980 census. The new procedure is described in the Estimating Methods section.
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 are only slight differences between the old and new procedures in
estimates of level for the various labor force
characteristics and virtually no differences in estimates
of participation rates.

monthly CPS questionnaire in order to determine more
precisely the occupational classification of individuals.
As a result of these changes, meaningful comparisons of
occupational employment levels could not be made between 1971-72 and prior years nor between those 2 years.
Unemployment rates were not significantly affected.
For a further explanation of the changes in the occupational classification system, see "Revisions in Occupational Classifications for 1971" and "Revisions in the
Current Population Survey" in the February 1971 and
February 1972 issues, respectively, of Employment and
Earnings.
Beginning in January 1983, the occupational and industrial classification systems used in the 1980 census
were introduced into the CPS. These systems differ
from those developed for the 1970 census which were
used in the CPS from January 1971 through December
1982.
The 1980 census occupational classification system
evolved from the Standard Occupational Classification
system (SOC). While the CPS occupational data are
now comparable with other data sources, the new
system is so radically different in concepts and
nomenclature from the 1970 system that comparisons of
historical data are not possible without major adjustments. For example, the 1980 major group "sates
occupations" is substantially larger than the 1970
category "sales workers'.' Major additions include
"cashiers" from "clerical workers" and some selfemployed proprietors in retail trade establishments
from "managers and administratiors, except farm."
The industrial classification used in the 1980 census is
based on the 1972 Standard Industrial Classification
system (SIC), as modified in 1977.The adoption of the
new system had much less of an adverse effect on
historical comparability than did the new occupational
system. The most notable changes from the 1970 system
were the transfer of farm equipment stores from
"retail" to "wholesale" trade, postal service from
"public administration" to "transportation", and
some interchange between "professional and related
services" and "public administration."
Additional information on the 1980 census occupational and industrial classification systems appears in
"Revisions in the Current Population Survey Beginning
in January 1983" in the February 1983 issue of Employment and Earnings.

Changes in the occupational and industrial
classification system

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

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
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Changes in the sample design

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. A coverage improvement sample,
composed of approximately 450 sample household units
which represent 237,000 occupied mobile homes and
600,000 new construction housing units, was included
in computing the estimates beginning in October 1978
in order to provide coverage of mobile homes and new
construction units that previously had no chance for
selection in the CPS sample. 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 April 1984, households sleected based
on the 1980 census sample design are being introduced
into the survey, but they are located in those 1970 design
sample areas that will continue into the 1980 sampling
frame. Hence, there is no change in the number of sample areas at this time. (See pp. 7-10 of the May 1984 issue
for an overview of the introduction of the new sample.)
Table A provides a description of some aspects of the
CPS sample design in use during the different data col-

lection periods. A more detailed account of the history
of the CPS sample design appears in The Current
Population Survey: Design and Methodology,
Technical Paper No. 40, Bureau of the Census, or Concepts and Methods Used in Labor Force Statistics Derived From the Current Population Survey, Report 463
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
ESTIMATING METHODS

Under the estimating methods used in the CPS, all of
the results for a given month become available
simultaneously and are based on returns from the entire
panel of respondents. The estimation procedure involves weighting the data from each sample person. The
basic weight, which is the inverse of the probability of
the person being in the sample, is a rough measure of
the number of actual persons that the sample person
represents. In States supplemented in the 1978 and 1980
expansions, almost all sample persons within the sample
area have the same basic weight, but the weight may differ across sample areas. The basic weight is the same for
almost all sample persons in unsupplemented States.
The basic weights are then adjusted for noninterview,
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 adjustment is made
separately by combinations of sample areas within each
State and the District of Columbia, and, within these,
for six groups—two race categories (white, and black and
other) within three residential categories. For sample
areas which are Standard Metropolitan Statistical
Areas, (SMSA's), these residence categories are the central cities, the urban, and the rural balance of the
SMSA's. For other sample areas, the residence
categories are urban, rural nonfarm, and rural farm.
The proportion of sample households not interviewed

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 present

Number of sample
areas
68
230
330
2
333
357
449
449
461
614
629
629
1

Beginning in May 1956, these areas were chosen to provide
coverage in each State and the District of Columbia.




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

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

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
10,000
12,000
11,000

Three sample areas were added in 1960 to represent Alaska and
Hawaii after statehood.

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varies from 4 to 5 percent, depending on weather, vacations, etc.
2. Ratio estimates. The distribution of the population
selected for the sample may differ somewhat, by
chance, from that of the population as a whole, in such
characteristics as age, race, sex, and residence. Since
these characteristics are closely correlated with labor
force participation and other principal measurements
made from the sample, the survey estimates can be
substantially improved when weighted appropriately by
the known distribution of these population
characteristics. This is accomplished through two stages
of ratio estimates as follows:
a. First-stage ratio estimate. In the CPS, a portion of
the 629 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 procedure is performed at two
geographic levels: First, by the four census regions
(Northeast, North Central, South, and West), and second, for each of the 46 States which contains nonsample areas. Effective with January 1983 data, the procedure corrects for the differences that existed at the
time of the 1980 census between the distribution by race
and residence of the population in the sample areas and
the known race-residence distribution in the portions of
the census region or State represented by these areas.
The regional adjustment is performed by metropolitannonmetropolitan residence and race, while the State adjustment is done by race only. Prior to January 1983,
the State adjustment was also done by urban-rural
status. At both the regional and the State levels, the
race-residence categories were changed from white/nonwhite to black/nonblack. The residence categories at the
State level of the estimation procedure were dropped
because definitional differences between the 1970 census
and the 1980 census made it impossible to continue using the same categories.
b. Second-stage ratio estimate. In this stage, the sample proportions of persons in specific categories are adjusted to the distribution of independent current
estimates of the civilian noninstitutional population in
the same categories. The second-stage ratio adjustment
which is performed to further reduce variability of the
estimates and to correct to some extent for CPS undercoverage relative to the decennial census, is carried out
in two 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 for the State. The second step is applied to all
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dependent population estimates within 68 age-sex-race
groups. 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 categories will be virtually equal to
the independent population control totals. This secondstage adjustment procedure incorporates changes instituted in January 1982. The nature and effect of these
changes are discussed in detail in * 'Revisions in the Current Population Survey Beginning in January 1982" in
the February 1982 issue of Employment and Earnings.
The controls by State for the civilian noninstitutional
population 16 years and over are an arithmetic extrapolation of the trend in the growth of this segment of
the population from the April 1, 1980, census through
the latest available July 1 estimate, adjusted as a last
step to a current estimate of the U.S. population of this
group. State estimates by age for July 1 are published
annually in Current Population Reports\ Series P-25.
For a description of the methodology used in developing
the State total, use Report 640 of that series. A description of the age estimates methodology are available on
request from the Chief of the Population Division, U.S.
Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C. 20233.
Beginning with the January 1982 estimates, the independent national controls used for the age-sex-race
groups in the final step of the second-stage ratio adjustment are prepared by carrying forward the April 1,
1980, total population by age, race, and sex, taking account of the subsequent aging of the population, fertility, mortality, and net immigration, and then subtracting
the estimate for the institutional population and Armed
Forces. The April 1, 1980, total population was computed by adding together the resident population, consistent with that published for the 1980 census in Advance Reports, Series PHC80-V, and the Armed Forces
overseas, as compiled from Department of Defense
reports.
Data on births and deaths between April 1, 1980, and
the estimate date are based on tabulations of vital
statistics for the resident population made by the National Center for Health Statistics and data on deaths of
military personnel overseas from the Department of
Defense. Estimates of net civilian immigration are based
on data provided by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Department of Defense, the Office of
Personnel Management, and the Puerto Rico Planning
Board. The civilian noninstitutional population is derived by subtracting the Armed Forces and the institutional
population for the estimate date from the total including Armed Forces overseas. The institutional
population is computed by applying institutional proportions derived from the 1980 census to the total
population, including Armed Forces overseas for the
estimate date. All computations described above are

performed in cells defined by single year of age, race,
and sex. The independent national control totals are
then obtained by collapsing these cells into broader age
groups for the population 16 years and older.
3. Composite estimate procedure. In deriving statistics
for a given month, a composite estimating procedure is
used which takes account of net changes from the
previous month for continuing parts of the sample (75
percent), as well as the sample results for the current
month. Almost all estimates of month-to-month change
are improved by this procedure, and most estimates of
levels 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, hov/ever, 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 CPJS are subject




to moderate systematic biases. A description of the CPS
reinterview program and some of the other results may
be found in the Current Population Survey Reinterview
Program, January 1961 through December 1966.
Technical Paper No. 19, Bureau of the Census, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
The effects of some components of nonsampling error in the CPS data can be examined as a result of the
rotation plan used for the sample, since the level of the
estimates varies by rotation group. A description of
these effects appears in the "The Effects of Rotation
Group Bias on Estimates from Panel Surveys," by Barbara A. Bailar, Journal of the American Statistical
Association, Volume 70, No. 349, March 1975.
Undercoverage in the CPS results from missed housing units and missed persons within sample households.
Compared to the level of the decennial census, undercoverage is about 5 percent. It is known that the CPS
undercoverage varies with age, sex, and race. Generally,
undercoverage is larger for men than for women, and
larger for black, and other races combined than for
whites. Ratio estimation to independent age-sex-race
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
group. Further, the independent population controls used have not been adjusted for undercoverage in the 1980
census.
Additional information on nonsampling error in the
CPS appears in "An Error Profile: Employment as
Measured by the Current Population Survey," by
Camilla Brooks and Barbara Bailar, Statistical Policy
Working Paper 3, U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards; in "The
Current Population Survey: An Overview," by Marvin
Thompson and Gary Shapiro, Annals of Economic and
Social Measurement, Vol. 2, April 1973; and in The
Current Population Survey, Design and Methodology,
Technical Paper No. 40, Bureau of the Census, U.S.
Department of Commerce. This last document includes
a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of various
sources of error, and describes attempts to measure
them in the CPS.
Sampling error. The standard error is primarily a
measure of sampling variability, that is, of the variation
that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed. The sample estimate and
its estimated standard error enable one to construct confidence intervals, ranges that would include the average
of all possible samples with a known probability. For
example, if all possible samples were selected, each of
these surveyed under essentially the same general conditions and using the same sample design, and an estimate
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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.

errors for levels, labor force participation rates, and
percentages as pertaining to the year-to-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 errors for quarterly estimates
of persons and families for use with the CPS earnings
data.

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 were 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 were 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 tables may be approximated by linear interpolation.
The standard error for estimated changes from one
month to the next is more closely related to the monthly
level for the characteristic than to the size of the specific
month-to-month change itself. Thus, in order to use the
generalized standard errors for month-to-month change
as given in the tables of standard errors, it is necessary
to obtain the monthly estimate for the characteristic. It
should be noted that the tables of standard errors for
month-to-month change apply only to estimates of
change between 2 consecutive months. Estimates of
change for nonconsecutive months are subject to higher
standard errors. Table J contains factors for use with
tables D, F, H, and I to compute approximate standard

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.

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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
Table B. Standard errors for major employment status
categories
(In thousands)
Standard error of—

Monthly
level

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

...

Month-tomonth
change (consecutive
months only)

252
270
137

Employment status, sex,
age, and race

193
205
138

152
167
yo

131
146
96

190
190
83

143
147
86

83
86
58

90
97
64

87
95
66

66
71
69

50
57
45

44
51
48

67
67
43

47
49
46

32
27
30

37
31
32

Table C. Standard errors for unemployment rates by major characteristics
Standard error of—

Standard error of—
Characteristic

Monthly level

0.12
.16
.18
.66
.12
55
.16
.22
.13
.34
.07

Total (all civilian workers)
Men, 20 years and over
Women, 20 years and over
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
White workers
Rlspk workpr^
Married men, spouse present
Married women, spouse present
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Unemployed 15 weeks and over

Consecutive
month change
0.12
.16
.19
.78
.13
58
.17
.23
.13
.42
.09

.41

L

L_

.

.46
_

Monthly level

Consecutive
month change

0.38

0.42

.52
.68

.59
.78

.80
.88

.9o
1.01

.14
1.47
.71
.28
.35
.44

.15
1.68
.81
.31
.39
.50

.43
.28
.22
.25
1.29

.48
.31
.24
.28
1.50

Occupation—Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors
1 Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers
Farming, forestry, and fishing
Industry
Nonagricultural private wage and salary
workers
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
I
Nondurable goods
Transportation, communications, and
public utilities
|
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance and services
i
Government workers
Agricultural wage and salary workers

.28
.23
.55
.35
.29
1.45
.90

.25
.20
.49
.31
.26
1.28
.80

i

I

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 . . .

Characteristic

1

previous month. Linear interpolation in the second column of table D shows that the standard error on an
estimate of 12,000,000 is about 159,000. The 68-percent
confidence interval as shown by these data is from
11,841,000 to 12,159,000. Therefore, a conclusion that
the average estimate derived from all possible samples
lies within a range computed in this way would be correct for roughly 68 percent of all possible samples.
Recall that the standard error of a month-to-month
change is 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-tomonth change of 400,000, when the monthly level is approximately 12,000,000, is about 118,000.

L . .

QQ

._

J

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 3.6 percent
of a total of 90,771,000 employed persons are employed
in agriculture. The standard error on an estimate of 3.6
percent with a base of 90,771,000 is obtained from table
H (0.09 percent). The appropriate factor from table I
for the numerator of the percentage, agricultural
employment, is 1.26. The generalized standard error on
Standard errors for rates and percentages. The reliabili- the estimated 3.6 percent is then approximately 0.09 x
ty of an estimated unemployment rate or an estimated
1.26 = 0.1 percentage point.
percentage, computed using sample data for both
numerator and denominator, depends upon both the
Standard errors for year-to-year change of monthly
size of the rate or percentage and the total upon which
estimates, quarterly averages, changes in quarterly
the rate or percentage is based. Estimated rates and
percentages are relatively more reliable than the cor- averages, yearly averages, and changes in yearly
averages. The approximate standard errors of levels,
responding estimates of the numerator of the rates or
rates, and percentages involving year-to-year change of
percentages; this is particularly true for percentages of
50 percent or more. As a general rule, percentages are monthly estimates, quarterly averages, changes in
quarterly averages, yearly averages, and changes in
not published when the monthly base is less than 75,000,
the quarterly average base is less than 60,000, or the an- yearly averages may be obtained by using table J in connual average base is less than 35,000.
junction with the other tables. Standard errors for
estimates of change are more closely related to the level
Tables F and G show generalized standard errors for
of the estimate than to the size of the specific change.
monthly level and month-to-month change for
Thus, to obtain the standard error of an estimate of an
unemployment rates. Generalized standard errors for
estimated monthly percentages and estimated month-to- average level, rate, or percentage, or an estimate of a
month change in percentages can be obtained through
change in level, rate, or percentage, it is first necessary
the use of the standard errors in table H and the factors
to find the appropriate estimate of level. For an estimate




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of an average level, rate, or percentage, find the standard error of this estimate. For an estimate of change in
level, rate, or percentage, find the standard error of the
average of the two estimates affecting the change. Then,
after computing the standard error by treating these
estimates as monthly estimates and using the procedures
above, multiply this result by a suitable factor from
table J to obtain the approximate standard error for the
average or change.
Illustration. Suppose that one is interested in the yearto-year change of a monthly unemployment rate.
Assume that for a certain month the unemployment rate
is 6.9 percent, based on a total of 95,676,000 in the
civilian labor force, and that a year prior to this the
unemployment rate was 6.1 percent, based on a total of
94,254,000 in the civilian labor force for the month.
First the standard error on the average of the two
estimates, 6.5 percent with a base of 94,965,000, is obtained from table F (0.12 percentage point). The appropriate factor, then, from table J is 1.40. The approximate standard error on the change of 0.8 percent is then
given by 0.12 x 1.40 = 0.17 percentage point.
The approximate standard error of levels involving
year-to-year change of quarterly estimates pertaining to
CPS earnings data for persons and families may be obtained by using table K in conjunction with the following formula:

Standard
error of
year-to-year
change =

fIStand-\
/standA
/stand- \
[ ard 1 [ ard I
I ard J
error
\ error / > \
/ 2(P)V error /

Where x is the estimate for one quarter and Y is the
estimate for another quarter. The coefficient, P, is a
measure of the correlation between the estimates X and
Y resulting from the presence of some of the same
respondents in the sample for each estimate. For consecutive year-to-year changes of quarterly estimates, the
values of P are .30 for persons (total, white, and black)
and .35 for families (total, white, and black). The respective values for estimates of Hispanics are .45
and .55.
Illustration. Assume that in a given quarter the
number of women employed as full-time wage and
salary workers was 27,000,000 and in the same quarter a
year later, their number had increased to 29,000,000.
Using linear interpolation in the eighth column of table
K, the standard error of an estimate of 27,000,000 is
216,000; for 29,000,000 it is 221,000. Using the above
formula, the standard error of the 2,000,000, year-toyear change is:
(216,000) 2

•

(221,000) 2

- 2 (.30) (216,000) (221,000),

or about 259,000.

Table D. Standard errors for estimates of monthly level
(In thousands)
Characteristic1
Labor force data other than unemployment and agricultural employment data
Estimated monthly level

50
100
500
1,000
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000 ...
15,000...
20,000 ...
30,000 ...
40,000 ...
50,000 ...
60,000 ...
70,000 ...
80,000 ...
100,000 .
120,000 .

Agricultural
employment

14
19
43
61
85
120
146

Total or
white

11
15
34
48
68
95
116
133
147
177
201
236
261
278
288
293
293
273
231

Black

11
15
34
47
64
84
94
97
94
50

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

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Total or
Total or
Black men
Black, 16 to white men
white, 16 to
• only, or
only, or
19 years
women only
19 years
women only
11
15
33
46
63
80
86
83
70

11
15
29
33

10
14
32
45
63
87
105
120
132
155
170
188
189
175
141
61

10
14
31
42
55
66
58
23

Unemployment
Total or
white
10
15
33
47
66
93
113
129
143
172
195

Black

11
16
35
49
67
88
99

on the estimated number of employed persons age 20 to 54 years, use
the column for total employed.

Table E. Standard errors for estimates of month-to-month change
(In thousands)
Characteristic1
Labor force data other than unemployment and agricultural
employment data

Unemployment

Estimated monthly level
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
1
2

Black

8
11
25
36
50
70
86
98
109
131
148
174
191
203
210
212
211
193
153

Both sexes 16
to 19 years, or
Total or white, Black, 16 to
Total or white
part-time labor
16 to 19 years
19 years
force2

8
11
25
35
47
62
70
73
71
42

See footnote 1, table D.
Part-time labor force for unemployment also includes persons

12
17
38
52
69
85
87

13
18
40
54
70
78
60

12
16
37
51
72
99
118
132
143
160
165

13
18
34
36

13
18
39
54
72
88
68
71

Black, 16 to
19 years

Black

12
18
35
37

reentering the labor force, persons who left their last job, and persons by
duration of unemployment.

Table F. Standard errors for unemployment rates
Monthly base of unemployment rate (In
thousands)
50
100
.
500
1 000
2,000
4 000
6,000
10 000
20 000
60 000 . ..
100,000 ...

. . ..

Monthly unemployment rate (percent)
1

2

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

50

2.09
1.48
.66
.47
.33
.23
.19
.15
.10
.06
.05

2.94
2.08
.93
.66
.46
.33
.27
.21
.15
.08
.07

4.57
3.23
1.45
1.02
.12
.51
.42
.32
.23
.13
.10

6.28
4.44
1.99
1.40
.99
.70
.57
.44
.31
.18
.14

7.46
5.28
2.36
1.67
1.18
.83
.68
.53
.37
.21
.17

8.34
5.90
2.64
1.87
1.32
.93
.76
.59
.42
.24
.19

9.01
6.37
2.85
2.01
1.42
1.01
.82
.64
.45
.26
.20

9.05
6.73
3.01
2.13
1.50
1.06
.87
.67
.47
.27
.21

9.87
6.98
3.12
2.21
1.56
1.10
.90
.70
.49
.27
.22

10.21
7.22
3.27
2.28
1.61
1.14
.93
.12
.51
.29
.22

Table G. Standard errors for month-to-month change in unemployment rates
Monthly base of unemployment rate (In
thousands)
50
100
500
1,000...
2,000 ...
4,000 ...
6,000 ...
10,000.
20,000 .
60,000 .
100,000




Monthly unemployment rate (percent)
10

1
2.32
1.64
.73
.52
.37
.26
.21
.16
.12
.07
.05

3.28
2.32
1.04
.73
.52
.37
.30
.23
.16
.09
.07

5.14
3.64
1.63
1.15
.81
.57
.47
.36
.25
.14
.11

15

20

25

30

35

50

7.18
5.08
2.27
1.60
1.13
.80
.65
.50
.35
.19
.14

8.69
6.14
2.74
1.94
1.37
.96
.78
.60
.42
.22
.15

9.90
7.00
3.13
2.21
1.56
1.10
.89
.68
.47
.23
.15

10.93
7.12
3.45
2.44
1.72
1.20
.98
.75
.51
.24

11.81
8.35
3.73
2.63
1.85
1.30
1.05
.80
.54

12.58
8.89
3.97
2.80
1.97
1.38
1.11

14.48
10.17
4.53
3.19
2.24
1.56

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Table H. Standard errors for estimated percentages and month-to-month change In percentages for labor force
data
Monthly base of percentages
(In thousands)

Percentage of monthly level
2 or 98

5 or 95

2.14
1.51
.68
.48
.34
.24
.20
.15
.11
.08
.06
.05
.05
.04

50
100
500
1,000...
2,000 ..
.
4,000 ..
..
6,000 ..
.,
10,000..
20,000 .
.
40,000 .
.
60,000 .
.
80,000 .
.
100,000
160,000

1or99

3.01
2.13
.95
.67
.48
.34
.28
.21
.15
.11
.09
.08
.07
.05

10 or 90 15 or 85 20 or 80 25 or 75 30 or 70 35 or 65

4.69
3.32
1.48
1.05
.74
.52
.43
.33
.23
.17
.14
.12
.10
.08

6.46
4.57
2.04
1.44
1.02
.72
.59
.46
.32
.23
.19
.16
.14
.11

7.68
5.43
2.43
1.72
1.22
.86
.70
.54
.38
.27
.22
.19
.17
.13

8.61
6.09
2.72
1.92
1.36
.96
.79
.61
.43
.30
.25
.22
.19
.15

9.86
6.97
3.12
2.21
1.56
1.10
.90
.70
.49
.35
.28
.25
.22
.17

9.32
6.59
2.95
2.08
1.47
1.04
.85
.66
.47
.33
.27
.23
.21
.16

50

10.27
7.26
3.25
2.30
1.62
1.15
.94
.73
.51
.36
.30
.26
.23
.18

10.76
7.61
3.40
2.41
1.70
1.20
.98
.76
.54
.38
.31
.27
.24
.19

NOTE: The standard errors in this table must be multiplied by the factors in table I to obtain the approximate standard error for a specific
characteristic.

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
Monthly level
Agricultural employment:
Total or full-time labor force
Part-time labor force
Labor force data other than agricultural
employment and unemployment data:
Total
Men only
Women only
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Part-time labor force

1.05
1.50

Monthly level

Month-tomonth change

1.26
1.26

Characteristic

1.00
.93
.86
1.00
1.00

.74
.84
.75
1.18
1.18

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
Year-to-year
change of monthly
estimate

Quarterly
averages

Change in
quarterly
averages

Yearly
averages

Change in
yearly
averages

1.30
1.30

0.89
.83

0.80
.80

0.72
.58

0.70
.70

1.40

Characteristic

.74

.80

.46

.70

1.30

.88

.88

.67

.70

1.30
1.40

.82
.74

.88
.88

.57
.46

.70
.60

1.40
1.40

.76
.69

.88
.88

.50
.39

.65
.54

Agricultural employment:
Total or men
Women or teenagers (16 to 19 years) .
Part time
Labor force data other than
agricultural employment and
unemployment data:
Total or white
Black or teenagers
(16 to 19 years)
Part time
Unemployment:
Total
Part time

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Table K. Standard errors for estimates of quarterly level, to be used with CPS earnings data
(In thousands)
Characteristic
Men

Total
Estimated quarterly level

10
50
75
100
150
200
250
300
500
750
1,000 ..
.
1,500 ..
.
2,000 ..
.
2,500 ..
.
3,000 ..
.
5,000 ..
.
7,500 ..
.
10,000.
15,000.
20,000 .
25,000 .
30,000 .
40,000 .
50,000 .
75,000 .
100,000




Total or full-time workers

Total or full-time workers
Part-time
workers

5
11
13
15
19
22
24
26
34
42
48
59
68
76
83
107
130
149
180
205
226
224
273
296
331
343

Part-time
workers

Total or
white

Black

5
12
15
17
21
24
27
30
38
47
54
66
76
85
93
119
145
165

5
12
15
17
21
24
27
30
38
46
53
63
72
79
85
100
107
102

198
224
244
261
286
301
304
255

Women

Total
5
11
13
15
19
22
24
26
34
42
48
59
68
75
82
105
127
144
187
192
207
219
236

White

Black

5
12
15
17
21
24
27
30
38
47
54
66
76
84
92
117
140
157
183
199
209
212
201

5
12
15
17
21
24
27
30
38
47
54
66
76
84
92
116
138
155
179
193
199
198
174

5
12
15
17
21
24
27
29
37
45
50
59
65
69
71
64

Total, full-time, or
part-time workers
Total or
white
5
11
13
15
19
22
24
26
34
42
48
59
68
75
82
105
127
145
173
195
211
224
242

Black
5
11
13
15
19
21
24
26
33
41
46
56
63
69
74
85

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Establishment Data
(Tables B-1 through C-8)
COLLECTION
Payroll reports provide current information on wage
and salary employment, hours, and earnings in
nonagricultural establishments, by industry and
geographic location. Historical statistics are published
in Employment, Hours, and Earnings, United States,
1909-84, and Employment Hours and Earnings, States
and Areas, 1939-82 and their annual supplements.
Federal-State cooperation
Under cooperative arrangements, responding
establishments report employment, hours, and earnings
data to State agencies. State agencies mail the forms to
the establishments and examine the returns for consistency, accuracy, and completeness. The States use the
reported data to prepare State and area series and also
send the reported data to the BLS (Washington Office)
for use in preparing the national series. This avoids a
duplicate reporting burden on establishments, and
together with the use of similar estimating techniques at
the national and State levels, promotes increased comparability between estimates.
Shuttle schedules
Form BLS 790—Report on Employment, Payroll, and
Hours is the name of the data collection schedule. The
collection agency returns the schedule to the respondent
each month so that the next month's data can be entered
on the space alotted for that month. This *'shuttle" procedure assures maximum comparability and accuracy of
reporting, since the respondent can see the figures that
have been reported for previous months.
Form BLS 790 provides for entry of data on the total
number of full- and part-time workers on the payrolls of
nonagricultural establishments and, for most industries,
employment, payroll, and hours of production and
related workers or nonsupervisory workers for the pay
period which includes the 12th of the month.
CONCEPTS
Industrial classification
Establishments reporting on Form BLS 790 are
classified into industries on the basis of their principal
product or activity determined from information on annual sales volume. Since January 1980, this information
is collected on a supplement to the quarterly unemployment insurance tax reports filed by employers. For an
establishment making more than one product or engaging in more than one activity, the entire employment of
the establishment is included under the industry indicated by the principal product or activity.
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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.
Industry employment
Employment data, except those for the Federal
Government, refer to persons on establishment payrolls
who received pay for any part of the pay period which
includes the 12th of the month. For Federal Government establishments, employment figures represent the
number of persons who occupied positions on the last
day of the calendar month. Intermittent workers are
counted if they performed any service during the
month.
The data exclude proprietors, the self-employed, unpaid volunteer or family workers, farm workers, and
domestic workers. Salaried officers of corporations are
included. Government employment covers only civilian
employees; military personnel are exluded. Employees
of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National
Security Agency are also excluded.
Persons on establishment payrolls who are on paid
sick leave (when pay is received directly from the firm),
on paid holiday, on paid vacation, or who work during
a part of the pay period even though they are
unemployed or on strike during the rest of the period
are counted as employed. Not counted as employed are
persons who are on layoff, on leave without pay, on
strike for the entire period, or who were hired but have
not yet reported during the period.
industry hours and earnings
Average hours and earnings data are derived from
reports of payrolls and hours for production and related
workers in manufacturing'and mining, construction
workers in construction, and nonsupervisory employees
in private service-producing industries.
Production and related workers include working
supervisors and all nonsupervisory workers (including
group leaders and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling, inspection, receiving, storage,
handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, trucking,
hauling, maintenance, repair, janitorial, guard services,
product development, auxiliary production for plant's

own use (e.g., power plant), recordkeeping, and other
services closely associated with the above production
operation.
Construction workers include the following
employees in the construction division: Working supervisors, qualified craft workers, mechanics, apprentices,
helpers, laborers, etc., engaged in new work, alterations, demolition, repair, maintenance, etc., whether
working at the site of construction or working in shops
or yards at jobs (such as precutting and preassembling)
ordinarily performed by members of the construction
trades.
Nonsupervisory employees include employees (not
above the working supervisory level) such as office and
clerical workers, repairers, salespersons, operators,
drivers, physicians, lawyers, accountants, nurses, social
workers, research aides, teachers, drafters,
photographers, beauticians, musicians, restaurant
workers, custodial workers, attendants, line installers
and repairers, laborers, janitors, guards, and other
employees at similar occupational levels whose services
are closely associated with those of the employees listed.
Payroll covers the payroll for full- and part-time production, construction, or nonsupervisory workers who
received pay for any part of the pay period which includes the 12th of the month. The payroll is reported
before deductions of any kind, e.g., for old-age and
unemployment insurance, group insurance, withholding
tax, bonds, or union dues; also included is pay for overtime, holidays, vacations, and sick leave paid directly by
the firm. Bonuses (unless earned and paid regularly each
pay period); other pay not earned in the pay period
reported (e.g., retroactive pay); tips; and the value of
free rent, fuel, meals, or other payment in kind are excluded. "Fringe benefits" (such as health and other
types of insurance, contributions to retirement, etc.,
paid by the employer) are also excluded.
Hours cover the hours paid for during the pay period
which includes the 12th of the month for production,
construction, or nonsupervisory workers. Included are
hours paid for holidays, vacations, and for sick leave
when pay is received directly from the firm.
Overtime hours covers hours worked by production
or related workers for which overtime premiums were
paid because the hours were in excess of the number of
hours of either the straight-time workday or the
workweek during the pay period which includes the 12th
of the month. Weekend and holiday hours are included
only if overtime premiums were paid. Hours for which
only shift differential, hazard, incentive, or other
similar types of premiums were paid are excluded.




A verage hourly and weekly earnings. Average hourly
earnings are on a "gross" basis. They reflect not only
changes in basic hourly and incentive wage rates but
also such variable factors as premium pay for overtime
and late-shift work and changes in output of workers
paid on an incentive plan. They also reflect shifts in the
number of employees between relatively high-paid and
low-paid work and changes in workers' earnings in individual establishments. Averages for groups and divisions further reflect changes in average hourly earnings
for individual industries.
Averages of hourly earnings differ from wage rates.
Earnings are the actual return to the worker for a stated
period of time; rates are the amount stipulated for a
given unit of work or time. The earnings series do not
measure the level of total labor costs on the part of the
employer since the following are excluded: Irregular
bonuses, retroactive items, payments of various welfare
benefits, payroll taxes paid by employers, and earnings
for those employees not covered under the production
worker, construction worker, or nonsupervisory
employee definitions.
Average weekly earnings estimates are derived by
multiplying average weekly hours estimates by average
hourly earnings estimates. Therefore, weekly earnings
are affected not only by changes in average hourly earnings but also by changes in the length of the workweek.
Monthly variations in such factors as proportion of
part-time workers, stoppages for varying reasons, labor
turnover during the survey period, and absenteeism for
which employees are not paid may cause the average
workweek to fluctuate.
Long-term trends of average weekly earnings can be
affected by structural changes in the makeup of the
work force. For example, persistent long-term increases
in the proportion of part-time workers in retail trade
and many of the services industries have reduced
average workweeks in these industries and have affected
the average weekly earnings series.
Average weekly hours. The workweek information
relates to the average hours for which pay was received
and is different from standard or scheduled hours. Such
factors as unpaid absenteeism, labor turnover, parttime work, and stoppages cause average weekly hours to
be lower than scheduled hours of work for an establishment. Group averages further reflect changes in the
workweek of component industries.
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.
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Table L. Summary of methods for computing industry statistics on employment, hours, and earnings
Employment, hours,
and earnings

Basic estimating cell (industry, region, size, or
region/size cell)

Aggregate industry level (division and,
where stratified, industry)

Monthly data
All employees

All-employee estimate for previous month multiplied Sum of all-employee estimates for component cells.
by ratio of all employees in current month to all
employees in previous month, for sample establishments which reported for both months.1

Production or nonsupervisory workers, women
All-employees estimate for current month multiplied Sum of production or nonsupervisory worker
employees
by (1) ratio of production or nonsupervisory work- estimates, or estimates of women employees, for
ers to all employees in sample establish- component cells.
ments for current month, (2) estimated ratio of women
to all employees.2
Average weekly hours

Production or nonsupervisory worker hours divided Average, weighted by production or nonsupervisory
by number of production or nonsupervisory workers.2 worker employment, of the average weekly hours for
component cells.

Average weekly overtime hours

Production worker overtime hours divided by number Average, weighted by production worker employment,
of production workers.2
of the average weekly overtime hours for component cells.

Average hourly earnings

Total production or nonsupervisory worker payroll Average, weighted by aggregate hours, of the average
hourly earnings for component cells.
divided by total production or nonsupervisory worker
hours.2

Average weekly earnings

Product of average weekly hours and average hourly Product of average weekly hours and average hourly
earnings.
earnings.
Annual average data

All employees, women employees, and
production or nonsupervisory workers

Average weekly hours

Average weekly overtime hours

Average hourly earnings

Sum of monthly estimates divided by 12.

Annual total of aggregate hours (production or non- Annual total of aggregate hours for production or nonsupervisory worker employment multiplied supervisory workers divided by annual sum of
by average weekly hours) divided by annual employment for these workers.
sum of employment.
Annual total of aggregate overtime hours (pro- Annual total of aggregate overtime hours for
duction worker employment multiplied by production workers divided by annual sum of
average weekly overtime hours) divided employment for these workers.
by annual sum of employment.
Annual total of aggregate payrolls (product of pro- Annual total of aggregate
duction or nonsupervisory worker employment annual aggregate hours.
by weekly hours and hourly earnings) divided
by annual aggregate hours.

payrolls divided by

hours and average Product of average weekly
hourly earnings.

hours and average

Product of average weekly
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

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Sum of monthly estimates divided by 12.

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.

Since overtime hours are premium hours by definition, weekly hours and overtime hours do not necessarily move in the same direction from month to month; for
example, ovetime premiums may be paid for hours in
excess of the straight-time workday although less than a
full week is worked. Diverse trends at the industry
group level also may be caused by a marked change in
hours for a component industry where little or no overtime was worked in both the previous and current
months. In addition, such factors as stoppages,
absenteeism, and labor turnover may not have the same
influence on overtime hours as on average hours.
Railroads hours and earnings. The figures for Class I
railroads (excluding switching and terminal companies)
are based on monthly data summarized in the M-300
report of the Interstate Commerce Commission and
relate to all employees except executives, officials, and
staff assistants (ICC group I) who received pay during
the month. Average hourly earnings are computed by
dividing total compensation by total hours paid for.
Average weekly hours are obtained by dividing total
number of hours paid for, reduced to a weekly basis, by
the number of employees, as defined above. Average
weekly earnings are derived by multiplying average
weekly hours by average hourly earnings.
Real earnings, or earnings in constant dollars, are
calculated from the earnings averages for the current
month using a deflator derived from the Consumer
Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers (CPI-W).
Average hourly earnings excluding overtime. Average
hourly earnings excluding overtime premium pay are
computed by dividing the total production worker
payroll for the industry group by the sum of total
production worker hours and one-half of total overtime
hours. Prior to January 1956, these data were based on
the application of adjustment factors to average hourly
earnings (as described in the Monthly Labor Review,
May 1950, pp. 537-40). Both methods eliminate only the
earnings due to overtime paid for at 1'/? times the
straight-time rates. No adjustments are made for other
premium payment provisions, such as holiday work,
late-shift work, and overtime rates other than time and
one-half.
Indexes of aggregate weekly hours. The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are prepared by dividing the current month's aggregate by the average of the 12 monthly
figures for 1977. For basic industries, the hour aggregates are the product of average weekly hours and
production worker or nonsupervisory worker employment. At all higher levels of industry aggregation, hour
aggregates are the sum of the component aggregates.




Indexes of diffusion of changes in number of employees
on nonagricultural payrolls. These indexes measure the
percent of industries which posted increases in employment over the specified time span. The indexes are
calculated from 185 seasonally adjusted employment
series (two-digit nonmanufacturing industries and threedigit manufacturing industries) covering all
nonagricultural payroll employment in the private sector. A more detailed discussion of these indexes appears
in "Introduction of Diffusion Indexes," in the
December 1974 issue of Employment and Earnings.
ESTIMATING METHODS

The principal features of the procedure used to
estimate employment for the establishment statistics are
(1) the use of the "link relative" technique which is a
form of ratio estimation; (2) periodic adjustment of
employment levels to new benchmarks; and (3) the use
of size and regional stratification.
The "link relative" technique

From a sample composed of establishments reporting
for both the previous and current months, the ratio of
current month employment to that of the previous
month is computed. This is called a "link relative." The
estimates of employment (all employees, including production and nonproduction workers together) for the
current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates
for the previous month by these "link relatives." In addition, bias correction factors are applied to selected
employment estimates each month. The size of the bias
correction factors is determined from past benchmark
comparisons. Beginning with data for April 1983, these
factors are modified by changes in the sample link
relatives for the most recent quarter. Other features of
the general procedures are described in table L.
Size and regional stratification

A number of industries are stratified by size of
establishment and/or by region, and the stratified production or nonsupervisory worker data are used to
weight the hours and earnings into broader industry
groupings. Accordingly, the basic estimating cell for an
employment, hours, or earnings series, as the term is used in the summary of computational methods in table L,
may be a whole industry or a size stratum, a region
stratum, or a size stratum of a region within an industry.
Benchmark adjustments

Employment estimates are compared periodically
with benchmarks (comprehensive counts of employment) for the various nonagricultural industries and appropriate adjustments are made as indicated. The industry estimates are currently projected from March
1983 levels. Normally, benchmark adjustments are
made annually.
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The primary sources of benchmark information are
employment data, by industry, compiled quarterly by
States agencies from reports of establishments covered
under State unemployment insurance laws. These
tabulations cover about 98 percent of employees on
nonagricultural payrolls in the United States. Benchmark data for the residual are obtained from the
records of the Social Security Administration, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and a number of other
agencies in private industry or government.
The estimates for the benchmark month are compared with new benchmark levels, industry by industry.
If revisions are necesary, the monthly series of estimates
between benchmark periods are adjusted between the
new benchmark and the preceding one, and the new
benchmark for each industry is then carried forward
progressively to the current month by use of the sample
trends. Thus, under this procedure, the benchmark is
used to establish the level of employment; the sample is
used to measure the month-to-month changes in the
level. A comparision of the actual amounts of revisions
made at the time of the March 1983 benchmark adjustment is shown in table M.
Data for all months since the last benchmark to which
the series has been adjusted are subject to revision.
Revised data are published as soon as possible after each
benchmark revision.
THE SAMPLE
Design

The sampling plan used in the Current Employment
Statistics program is known as "sampling proportionate
to average size of establishment." This design is an optimum allocation design among strata since the sampling variance is proportional to the average size of
establishments. Under this type of design, large
establishments fall into the sample with certainty. The
size of the sample for the various industries is determined empirically on the basis of experience and of cost
Table M. Comparison of nonagricultural employment
benchmarks and estimates for March 1983
Industry

Total
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and public
utilities
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
Services
Government
Less than 0.05 percent.

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Benchmark

Estimate

Percent
difference

I 88,208,000

88,172,000

945,000
3,469,000
17,956,000

-5.4
.5
-1.2

Coverage

The BLS sample of establishment employment and
payrolls is the largest monthly sampling operation in the
field of social statistics. Table N shows the approximate
proportion of total employment in each industry division covered by the group of establishments furnishing
monthly employment data. The coverage for individual
industries within the division may vary from the proportions shown.

0

996,000
3,453,000
18.166.000

considerations. In a manufacturing industry in which a
high proportion of total employment is concentrated in
relatively few establishments, a large percent of total
employment is included in the sample. Consequently,
the sample design for such industries provides for a
complete census of the large establishments with only a
few chosen from among the smaller establishments or
none at all if the concentration of employment is great
enough. On the other hand, in an industry in which a
large proportion of total employment is in small
establishments, the sample design calls for inclusion of
all large establishments and also for a substantial
number of the small ones. Many industries in the trade
and services divisions fall into this category. To keep the
sample to a size which can be handled by available
resources, it is necessary to design samples for these industries with a smaller proportion of universe employment than is the case for most manufacturing industries.
Since individual establishments in these nonmanufacturing divisions generally show less fluctuation from
regular cyclical or seasonal patterns than do
establishments in manufacturing industries, these
smaller samples (in terms of employment) generally produce reliable estimates.
In the context of the BLS Current Employment
Statistics program, with its emphasis on producing timely data at minimum cost, a sample must be obtained
which will provide coverage of a sufficiently large segment of the universe to provide reasonably reliable
estimates that can be published promptly and regularly.
The present sample meets these specifications for most
industries. With its use, the BLS is able to produce
preliminary estimates each month for many industries
and for many geographic levels within a few weeks after
the reference period, and, at a somewhat later date,
statistics in considerably greater industrial detail.

14,971,000

4,913,000
5,145,000
14,810,000 !

.2
.2
1.1

5,361,000
19,262,000
16,165,000

5,359,000 :
19,279,000 !
16,051,000 I

-.1
.7

4,923,000
5,156,000

O

Reliability of the employment estimates

Although the relatively large size of the BLS establishment sample assures a high degree of accuracy, the
estimates derived from it may differ from the figures
that would be obtained if it were possible to take a complete census using the same schedules and procedures.
As discussed under the previous section, a "link
relative" technique is used to estimate employment.
This requires the use of the previous month's estimate as

Table N. Approximate size and coverage of BLS employment
and payrolls sample, March 19831

Industry

Total
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and public
utilities:
Railroad transportation (ICC)
Other transportation and
public utilities:
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
Services
Government:
Federal2
'.....
State
Local

Number
Employees
i of estab- ,
| lishments
Number Percent of
total
i in sample ! reported
i 195,100

35,141,000;

40

2,600
19,100
49,200

324,000
667,000
9,951,000

34
19
55

30

341,000

93

8,700
16,800
30,800

2,353,000.
820,000
2,660,000

52
16
18

13,400
33,100

2,040,000
4,291,000

38
22

4,800
3,700
12,900

2,731,000
3,051,000
5,912,000

100
81
61

1
Since a few establishments do not report payroll and hours
information, hours and earnings estimates may be based on a slightly
smaller sample than employment estimates.
2
National estimates of Federal employment by agency are provided to
BLS by the Office of Personnel Management. Detailed industry estimates
for the Executive Branch, as well as State and area estimates of Federal
employment, are based on a sample of 4,800 reports covering about 64
percent of employment in Federal establishments.

the base in computing the current month's estimate.
Thus, small sampling and response errors may cumulate
over several months. To remove this accumulated error,
the estimates are usually adjusted annually to new benchmarks. In addition to taking account of sampling and
response errors, the benchmark revision adjusts the
estimates for changes in the industrial classification of
individual establishments (resulting from changes in
their product which are not reflected in the levels of
estimates until the data are adjusted to new benchmarks). In fact, at the more detailed industry levels,
particularly within manufacturing, changes in classification are the major cause of benchmark adjustments.
Another cause of differences arises from improvements
in the quality of the benchmark data. Table O presents
the average percent revisions of the five most recent
benchmarks for major industry divisions. Detailed
descriptions of individual benchmark revisions are
available from the Bureau upon request.
The hours and earnings estimates for basic estimating
cells are not subject to benchmark revisions, although
the broader groupings may be affected slightly by
changes in employment weights. The hours and earnings
estimates, however, are subject to sampling errors
which may be expressed as relative errors of the
estimates. (A relative error is a standard error expressed
as a percent of the estimate.) Relative errors for major
industries are presented in table O and for individual industries with the specified number of employees in table
P. The chances are about 2 out of 3 that the hours and
earnings estimates from the sample would differ by a




smaller percentage than the relative error from the
averages that would have been obtained from a complete census.
One measure of the reliability of the employment
estimates for individual industries is the root-meansquare error (RMSE). The measure is the standard deviation adjusted for the bias in estimates:
RMSE=

V/(Standard Deviation)2

+ (Bias)2

If the bias is small, the chances are about 2 out of 3 that
an estimate from the samle would differ from its
benchmark by less than the root-mean-square error.
The chances are about 19 out of 20 that the difference
would be less than twice the root-mean-square error.
Approximations of the root-mean-square errors (based on the most recent benchmark revisions) of differences between final estimates and benchmarks are
presented in table P.
For the two most recent months, estimates of employment, hours, and earnings are preliminary and are so
footnoted in the tables. These figures are based on less
than the total sample and are revised when all the
reports in the sample have been received. Table Q
presents root-mean-square errors of the amounts of
revisions that may be expected between the preliminary
and final levels of employment and preliminary and
final month-to-month changes. Revisions of
preliminary hours and earnings estimates are normally
not greater than 0.1 of an hour for weekly hours and 1
cent for hourly earnings.
STATISTICS FOR STATES AND AREAS

State and area employment, hours, and earnings data
Table O. Average benchmark revision in employment
estimates and relative errors for average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings by industry
(In percent)

Industry

Total
Total private
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Transportation and public utilities ....,
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate .
Services
Government 3

Relative
| Average
errors2
| benchmark revi- r
sion in |
Average
Average
! estimates I
hourly
weekly
I of employ- \
earnings
hours
I
ment 1
0.2
.2
2.1
1.7
.5
.5
.4
.4
.3
1.2
.2
.4
.7

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

I

1

The average percent revision in employment for the 1979-83
benchmarks.
2
Relative errors relate to 1982 data.
3
Estimates for government are based on a total count for Federal
Government provided by the Office of Personnel Management and a
sample of State and local government reports.

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Table P. Root-mean-square errors of differences between
benchmarxs and estimates of employment and average
relative errors for average weekly hours and average hourly
earnings

Size of employment estimate

Relative errors2
Root- !
(in percent)
mean- •
square
error of
Average
Average
employweekly
hourly
ment esti1
hours
earnings
mates
I

50,000
100,000....
200,000 ....
500,000 ....
1,000,000.
2,000,000.

2,100
3,900
5,600
14,000
15,000
26,000

2.2
1.3
1.1

4.0
2.3
2.0
1.6
1.2
.9

Assuming 12-month intervals between benchmark revisions.
Relative errors relate to I982 data.

are collected and prepared by State agencies in cooperation with BLS. The area statistics relate to metropolitan
areas. Definitions for all areas are published each year
in the issue of Employment and Earnings that contains
State and area annual averages (usually the May issue)..
Changes in definitions are noted as they occur. Additional industry detail may be obtained from the State
agencies listed on the inside back cover of each issue.
These statistics are based on the same establishment
reports used by BLS for preparing national estimates.
For employment, the sum of the State figures may differ
slightly from the equivalent official U.S. totals on a national basis, because some States have more recent
benchmarks than others and because of the effects of

Table 0 . Errors of preliminary employment estimates
i
Industry

Total nonagricultural
employment
Goods-producing
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable two-digit
industries
Nondurable two-digit
industries
Service-producing.
Transportation and public
utilities
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
Services
Government

Root-mean-square error of—
Monthly
level

Month-to-month
change

114,600

105,000

39,600

34,300

5,500
22,000
29,000

5,100
18,200
28,500

5,400

5,200

3.900

3,900

93,600

91,500

13,400
9,000
42,600

14,000
8,300
30,100

9,300
34,500
71,300

8,200
28,000
62,800

NOTE: Data at the division level are based on differences from
January 1978 through December 1983. Two-digit industry data are based
on differences from January 1982 through December 1983

differing industrial and geographic stratification.
For the States and the areas shown in the B and C sections of this periodical, all the annual average data for
the detailed industry statistics currently published by
each cooperating State agency are presented in a summary volume published annually by the BLS.

Productivity Data
(Tables C-9 through C-11)
COLLECTION

Productivity data are compiled by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics from establishment data and from
estimates of compensation and gross national product
supplied by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the
Federal Reserve Board.
CONCEPTS

Hours of wage and salary workers in nonagricultural
establishments refer to hours paid for all
employees—production workers, nonsupervisory
workers, and salaried workers.
Output is the constant-dollar market value of final
goods and services produced in a given period. Indexes
of output per hour of all persons measure changes in the
volume of goods and services produced per paid hour of
labor input.
Compensation per hour includes wages and salaries
of employees plus employers' contributions for social
insurance and private benefit plans. The data also in138




clude an estimate of wages, salaries, and supplementary
payments for the self-employed, except for nonfinancial
corporations, in which there are no self-employed.
Real compensation per hour is compensation per
hour adjusted to elimate the effect of changes in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U).
Unit labor costs measure the labor compensation cost
required to produce one unit of output and are derived
by dividing compensation per hour by output per hour.
Unit nonlabor payments include profits, depreciation, interest, and indirect taxes per unit of output.
They are computed by subtracting compensation of all
persons from the current-dollar gross national product
and dividing by output. In these tables, unit nonlabor
costs contain all the components of unit nonlabor
payments except unit profits.
Unit profits include corporate profits and inventory
valuation adjustments per unit of output.
The implicit price deflator is derived by dividing the
current-dollar estimate of gross product by the

constant-dollar estimate, making the deflator, in effect,
a price index for gross product of the sector reported.
NOTES ON THE DATA

For the business sector and the nonfarm business sector, these indexes relate to the gross domestic product
less household and institutions, owner-occupied housing, and statistical discrepancy. For the nonfinancial
corporate sector, the indexes refer to the gross domestic
product of nonfinancial corporate business.
Manufacturing output data are supplied by the

Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of
Commerce, and the Federal Reserve Board. Quarterly
measures have been adjusted by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics to annual estimates of output (gross product
originating) from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Compensation and hours data are from the Bureau of
Economic Analysis and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Historical statistics for most productivity measures appear in Trends in Multifactor Productivity, 1948-81,
BLS Bulletin 2178. Additional information may be obtained from the Office of Productivity and Technology
(202 523-9261).

State and Area Labor Force Data
(D table)
FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM

Labor force and unemployment estimates for States,
labor market areas (LMA's), and other areas covered
under Federal assistance programs are developed by
State employment security agencies under a FederalState cooperative program. The local unemployment
estimates which are derived from standardized procedures developed by BLS are the basis of determining
eligibility of an area for benefits under Federal programs such as the Job Training Partnership Act and the
Public Works and Economic Development Act.
Annual average data for the States and areas shown
in table D are published in Employment and Earnings
(usually the May issue). For regions, States, selected
metropolitan areas, and central cities, annual average
data classified by selected demographic, social, and
economic characteristics are published in the BLS
bulletin, Geographic Profile of Employment and
Unemployment,
Labor force and unemployment estimates for counties, cities, and other small areas have been prepared
for administration of various Federal economic
assistance programs and may be ordered from the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. The report
"Employment and Unemployment in States and Local
Areas" is published monthly through GPO and is
available on microfiche only on a subscription basis.
ESTIMATING METHODS

The civilian labor force and unemployment estimates
in 10 large States: New York, California, Illinois, Ohio,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Texas, Massachusetts, and Florida; and two areas: Los Angeles—Long
Beach metropolitan area and New York City, are sufficiently reliable to be used directly from the CPS. For a
description of the CPS concepts see "Household
Data," above.




Monthly labor force and unemployment estimates in
the remaining 40 States, District of Columbia, and 253
labor market areas are prepared in several stages. The
civilian labor force is the sum of the employment and
unemployment levels, which are estimated in accordance with the BLS Manual for Developing Local Area
Unemployment Statistics.
1. Preliminary estimate—employment: The total
civilian employment estimate is based on data from the
survey of establishments which produces an estimate of
payroll employment. This place-of-work estimate must
be adjusted to refer to place of residence as used in the
CPS. Factors for adjusting from place of work to place
of residence have been developed for the several
categories of employment on the basis of employment
relationships which existed at the time of the 1970
decennial census. These factors are applied to the
payroll employment estimates for the current period to
obtained adjusted employment estimates, to which are
added estimates for employment not cover by UI.
2. Preliminary estimate—unemployment: In the current month, the estimate of unemployment is an aggregate of the estimates for each of three building block
categories: (1) Persons who were previously employed in
industries covered by State unemployment insurance
(UI) laws; (2) those previously employed in industries
not covered by these laws; and (3) those who were entering the civilian labor force for the first time or reentering after a period of separation. This is referred to
below as the UI- based estimate.
An estimate for those previously employed in covered
industries is derived from a count of current employment insurance claimants, plus estimates of claimants
whose benefits have been exhausted, those persons disqualified from receiving benefits for nonmonetary
reasons (because they quit, were discharged for cause,
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etc., but would otherwise have been eligible), and person who either filed claims late or not at all.
The estimate of those previously employed in industries not covered by UI is derived by applying to the
employment estimate for each noncovered industry or
class of worker subgroup in the State, the ratio of
covered unemployment to covered employment
weighted by factors reflecting national historical relationships.
For the third category, new entrants and reentrants
into the labor force, a composite estimate is developed
from equations that relate the total entrants into the
labor force to the experienced unemployed and the experienced labor force. For each month, the estimate of
entrants into the labor force is a function of: (a) the
month of the year; (b) the level of the experienced
unemployed; (c) the level of the experienced labor force;
and (d) the proportion of the working age population
that is considered "youth." The composite estimate of
total entrants is defined as:
U=
U=
E=
X=
A,B=

A (X + E) + BX, where
total entrant unemployment
total civilian employment
total experienced unemployment
synthetic factors incorporating
seasonal variation and an assumed
relationship between the proportion of
youths in the working population and the
historical relationship of entrants to the
experienced unemployed (B factor) or the
experienced labor force (A factor).

3. Correction factors for employment and unemployment are then applied at the State level of the Ul-based
estimates obtained above for each of the 40 States and
the District of Columbia. These correction factors are
based on the ratio of the CPS to the Ul-based estimates
for the 6-month period ending in the current month
(e.g. a 6-month moving average).

4. Substate adjustment for additivity. Independent
estimates of employment and unemployment are
prepared for the State (obtained directly from the CPS
in the 10 large States or by the Ul-based method in the
remaining States), and labor market areas (LMA's)
within the State). The total of the geographic areas in
the LMA's exhausts the geographic boundaries of the
State. A proportional adjustment is applied to all
sub-state LMA estimates to ensure that the sub-state
estimates of employment and unemployment add to the
independent State totals. In California and New York,
which also have sub-state areas taken directly from the
CPS, the additivity adjustment for the reamining areas
is applied to the State total minus the direct CPS area.
5. Benchmark correction procedures. Once each year
monthly estimates prepared by the State employment
security agencies using Ul-based estimating procedures
are adjusted, or benchmarked, by BLS to the annual
average CPS estimates for the 40 States and the District
of Columbia for which monthly CPS estimates are not
available. This adjustment is necessary because the
State-prepared estimates are not as reliable as the CPS
annual averages due to differences in the State UI laws,
the structual limitations of the Ul-based estimating
method, and errors in the UI data.
The benchmarked estimates are produced in three
stages. First, the monthly Ul-based estimates are adjusted by the ratio of the CPS to the Ul-based annual
averages. Second, the difference between the ratio of
annual averages for two consecutive years is wedged into the monthly estimates in order to minimize the disturbance to the original series. Finally, the third stage
estimates are forced into agreement with CPS annual
averages. In the 10 States which use CPS estimates
monthly, no benchmark correction is required, as the
average of the 12 monthly State CPS estimates will
equal CPS annual averages.

Seasonal Adjustment
Over the course of a year, the size of the Nation's
labor force, the levels of employment and unemployment, and other measures of labor market activity
undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events
as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing
of schools. Because these seasonal events follow a more
or less regular pattern each year, their influence on
statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the
statistics from month to month. These adjustments
make it easier to observe the cyclical and other
nonseasonal movements in the series. In evaluating
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changes in a seasonally adjusted series, it is important to
note that seasonal adjustment is merely an approximation based on past experience. Seasonally adjusted
estimates have a broader margin of possible error than
the original data on which they are based, since they are
subject not only to sampling and other errors but are
also affected by the uncertainties of the seasonal adjustment process itself. Seasonally adjusted series for
selected labor force and establishment-based data are
published regularly in Employment and Earnings.
The seasonal adjustment program used for these
series is an adaptation of the standard ratio-to-moving

average method. It provides for "moving" adjustment
factors to take account of changing seasonal patterns. A
detailed description of the method is given in The X-ll
Variant of the Census Method II Seasonal Adjustment
Program, Technical Paper No. 15, Bureau of the Census (1967).
Beginning in January 1980, BLS introduced two major modifications in the seasonal adjustment
methodology for data from the household survey. First,
the data are being seasonally adjusted with a new procedure called X-ll ARIMA, which was developed at
Statistics Canada as an extension of the existing standard X-ll method. A detailed description of the procedure appears in The X-ll ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method, by Estela Bee Dagum, Statistics Canada
Catalogue NO. 12-564E, February 1980. The X-ll procedure was originally developed at the Bureau of the
Census and had been used by the BLS to seasonally adjusted labor force series since 1973. Tests have shown
that use of the X-ll ARIMA procedure, which places
more emphasis on recent data, provides better seasonal
adjustments than does the X-ll method alone.
The second change is that seasonal adjustment factors
are calculated for use during the first 6 months of the
year rather than for the entire year. In July of each year,
BLS calculates and publishes in Employment and Earnings a set of seasonal adjustment factors for use in the
second half, based on the experience through June.
Revisions of historical data for the most recent 5 years
are made at the beginning of each calendar year.
However, as a result of the revisions to the estimates for
1970-81 based on 1980 census population counts, revisions to seasonally adjusted series in early 1982 were
carried back to 1970.
All labor force and unemployment rate statistics, as
well as the major employment and unemployment
estimates, are computed by aggregating independently
adjusted series. For example, for each of the three major labor force components-agricultural employment,
nonagricultural employment, and unemployment-data
for four sex-age groups (men and women under and
over 20 years of age) are separately adjusted for
seasonal variation and are then added to derive
seasonally adjusted total figures. The seasonally adjusted figure for the labor force is the sum of eight
seasonally adjusted civilian employment components,
plus the resident Armed Forces total (not adjusted for
seasonality), and four seasonally adjusted unemployment components; the total for unemployment is the
sum of the four unemployment components; and the
overall unemployment rate is derived by dividing the
resulting estimate of total unemployment by the
estimate of the labor force. Because of the independent
seasonal adjustment of various series, components will
not necessarily add to totals.
Revised seasonally adjusted data for selected labor
force series based on the experience through December




1983, new seasonal adjustment factors to be used to
calculate the civilian unemployment rate for the first 6
months of 1984, and a description of the current
seasonal adjustment methodology are published in the
January 1984 issue of Employment and Earnings.
Revised seasonally adjusted data covering the 1979-83
revision period for a broad range of labor force series
appear in the February 1984 issue of this publication.
Many additional series, which are either components or
aggregates of the series presented, are published in Supplement to Labor Force Statistics Derived From the Current Population Survey: A Databook, Volume II,
Bulletin 2096-1, May 1984.
Beginning in July 1980, the BLS also uses the X-ll
ARIMA methodology in seasonally adjusting the
establishment data, which previously had been computed using the BLS Seasonal Factor Method. All series
are seasonally adjusted using the multiplicative models
under X-ll ARIMA. Seasonal adjustment factors used
in calculating the current year's estimates are based on
actual data through March 1984 and projected data
through March 1985. The ARIMA model options for
projecting the data series for 1 year ahead have been used in seasonally adjusting the establishment series since
June 1981.
Seasonal adjustment factors are directly applied to
the component levels. Seasonally adjusted totals for
most of these series are then obtained by taking a
weighted average of the seasonally adjusted data for the
component series. Seasonally adjusted average weekly
earnings are the product of seasonally adjusted average
hourly earnings and seasonally adjusted average weekly
hours.
Average weekly earnings in constant dollars,
seasonally adjusted, are obtained by dividing average
weekly earnings, seasonally adjusted, by the seasonally
adjusted Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage
Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and multiplying
by 100. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours, seasonally
adjusted, are obtained by multiplying average weekly
hours, seasonally adjusted, by production or nonsupervisory workers, seasonally adjusted, and dividing by the
1977 base. For total private, total goods-producing,
total private service-producing, wholesale trade, retail
trade, manufacturing, and durable and nondurable
goods industries, the indexes of aggregate weekly hours,
seasonally adjusted, are obtained by summing the aggregate weekly hours, seasonally adjusted, for the appropriate component industries and dividing by the
1977 base.
Seasonally adjusted data are not published for a
number of series characterized by small seasonal components relative to their trend-cycle and/or irregular
components. These failed or unsatisfactory seasonally
adjusted series are used in the aggregation to broader
level seasonally adjusted series
Beginning in June 1983, seasonal adjustment factors
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for Federal Government employment are derived from
unadjusted data which include Christmas temporary
workers employed by the Postal Service. In earlier years
the number of these workers was substantial, and at
times varied greatly from year to year, based on administrative decisions of the Postal Service. Hence, it
was considered desirable to exclude this group from the
unadjusted data upon which the seasonal adjustment factors were based. In the past several years, the number of
these workers has decreased to the point where their

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presence has no impact on seasonal adjustment. Temporary census takers for the 1980 decennial census are
removed prior to the calculation of seasonal adjustment
factors for Federal Government employment.
The revised seasonally adjusted series for the
establishment data reflect experience through March
1984. Seasonal adjustment factors to be used for current
adjustment appear in the June 1984 issue of Employment and Earnings.