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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: APRIL 1992
Employment rose in April and unenployment was about unchanged, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today*
The nation's Jobless rate was 7.2 percent, conpared with 7.3 percent in
both February and March.
Nonfarm payroll employment, which had begun to show a little growth in
recent months, rose by 126,000 in April, with the gain concentrated in
services and retail trade. Total enployment, as estimated through the
household survey, continued its uptrend with an increase of 327,000.
Iftiemployment (Household Survey Data)
Both the number of unemployed persons, 9.2 million, and the
unemployment rate, 7.2 percent, were little different from their March
levels. Jobless rates were somewhat lower in April, however, for teenagers
(19.2 percent), whites (6.3 percent), and Hispanics (10.3 percent). Rates
for adult men (6.8 percent), adult women (6.3 percent), and blacks (13*9
percent) were about unchanged over the month. (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
The nurber of persons jobless for 15 weeks or longer dropped back by
167,000 in April to 3.0 million. This was still about twice the number of
long-term jobless as when the recession began in July of 1990. (See
table A-5.)
The nwfcer of persons working part time for economic reasons—
sometimes referred to as the partially unenployed—declined by 227,000 to
6.3 million in April. This measure has declined by about 450,000 since
January. (See table A-3.)
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
Total employment continued its strong upward trend of recent months;
at 117.7 million, it was up by 327,000 in April. Since Decentoer, the
ntiriber of employed persons has risen by an estimated 950,000. The
employment-population ratio—the percentage of the working-age population
that is employed—rose to 61.6 percent, the highest level since last
September. (See table A-1.)



- 2Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

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Quarterly
averages

1
Category

1
j
11
1
1991 .1 1992 |
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IV

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HOUSEHOLD DATA

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Monthly data

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j
1|Mar.|Apr.
Ichanse

1992

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| Feb.
I

| Mar.
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| Apr. j
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Thousands of persons

Civilian labor force.. | 125.500| 126,308| 126,287| 126,5901 126.8301 240
I 116,7891 117,1691 117.043| 117.348| 117,6751 327
Employment
i
8.7111 9.138| 9.244| 9.242| 9.155| -87
Unemployment
64,9491 64,580| 64,597| 64,432| 64,338| -94
Not in labor force
1,094| 1.0841
N.A.|
N.A.|
N.A. | N.A.
Discouraged workers. |
1
1
1
1
1
1
Percent of labor force
Unenployment rates:
1
All workers
1
Adult men
I
Adult women
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Teenagers
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White
Black.
Hispanic origin..• 1
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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

1

1

6.91
6.5|
6-0|
19.0|
6.2|
12.6|
10.1|
I

7.2|
6.9|
6.0|
19-6|
6.4|
13.91
11.5|
I

;

II
7.3|
7.0|
6.1|
20.0|
6.5I
13.8|
11.6|
I

1
7.3|
6.9|
6.1|
20.61
6.5|
14.1|
11.6|
I

7.2| -0.1
6.8| -.1
6.3|
.2
19.2| -1.4
6.3| -.2
13-91 -.2
10.31 -1.3
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Thousands of jobs

Nonfarm employment
I 108,933lp108,844| 108.866|p108,905lp109.031| p126
Goods-producing \f.•
23.625I p23,498| 23.486| p23,5O1| p23.492| p-9
Construction
4.6151 P4.591I
4.578| p4,594| p4,583| p-11
Manufacturing
18.336| p18,243| 18,245| p18.246l p18,254| p8
Service-producing \J
85.308| p85.346| 85.380| p85.404| p85.539| p135
Retail trade
19.246| p19.241| 19.296| p19.260| p19,306| p46
Services
29.028| p29.080| 29,075| p29.091l p29.163| p72
Government........
18,4831 p18,532| 18,510| p18.567| p18,581| p14

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Hours of work
Average weekly hours:
Total private
Manufacturing
Overtime
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34.4| p34.5|
34.7| p34.5l
p34.4lp-6.1
41.0| p41.0|
41.1| p4i.1| p41.1| p.O
3.7|
p3.7|
3.7|
p3.7|
p4.0| p.3
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1
\J Includes other industries, not shown separately.
p»preliminary.
N.A.= not available.




- 3 The civilian labor force edged up by 240,000 in April to a level of
126.8 million. Since November, the labor force has grown at a brisk pace
of 290,000 a month, after showing very little growth from the onset of the
recession. The labor force participation rate—the percentage of the
working-age population that is either employed or unemployed—held steady
at 66.3 percent in April but was up half a percentage point from last
Noventoer' s figure. (See table A-1.)
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 126,000 in April, after seasonal
adjustment, with nearly all the gains taking place in services and retail
trade. Ihe increase marks the third consecutive month of small gains in
payroll employment totaling 270,000 since January. (See table B-1.)
The service-producing sector added 135,000 jobs in April, its largest
single-month increase since June of 1990. The services industry dominated
April's gain by adding 72,000 jobs, following weak growth in the prior 3
months. Business services added jobs for the second straight month, and
health services sustained its strong growth pattern* Retail trade also
showed signs of renewed strength, as employment was up by 46,000.
Wholesale trade employment was steady after falling in each of the previous
21 months.
Both manufacturing and construction employment were essentially
unchanged in April. Nevertheless, more manufacturing industries added jobs
than lost them for the first time since last August, as indicated by the
diffusion index of enployment change (table B-6). Construction employment
has been essentially flat since Decentoer. The nuntoer of mining jobs
continued to decline in April, with a drop of 5,000 in oil and gas
extraction. The mining industry has lost 63,000 jobs since its most recent
high of June 1990, a decline of nearly 9 percent.
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour in April to 34.4 hours.
The manufacturing workweek was unchanged at a very high 41.1 hours.
Factory overtime jurped by three-tenths of an hour to 4.0 hours, its
highest level since February 1989. (See table B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers dropped three-tenths of a percent to 121.6 (1982=100) after
seasonal adjustment, following a similar drop in March. The index of
manufacturing hours edged up a tenth of a percent to 102.7, its highest
point since last September. (See table B-5-)




Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
Average hourly earnings of private production or nonstpervisory
workers were about unchanged in April at $10.54, seasonally adjusted, while
average weekly earnings edged down by $1.40 to $362.58. Prior to seasonal
adjustment, average hourly earnings were about unchanged at $10.56, and
average weekly earnings declined by 72 cents to $361.15. Over the year,
average hourly earnings have risen by 2.5 percent and average weekly
earnings by 3.1 percent. (See table B-3.)
Revisions in the Establishment Survey Data
The Employment Situation news release of May data will
introduce revisions in the establishment-based series on
nonfarm payroll employment, hours, and earnings to reflect the
regular annual benchmark adjustments and updated seasonal
adjustment factors.

The Employment Situation for Hay 1992 will be released on Friday,
June 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).




Explanatory Note
This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the
Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current
Employment Statistics Survey (establishment survey).
The
household survey provides the information on the labor force,
employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables,,
marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households that is conducted by the Bureau of the Census
with most of the findings analyzed and published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
The establishment survey provides the information on the
employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls
that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.
This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in
cooperation with State agencies. The sample includes over
350,000 establishments employing over 41 million people.
For both surveys, the data for a given month are actually
collected for and relate to a particular week. In the household
survey, unless otherwise indicated, it is the calendar week that
contains the 12th day of the month, which is called the survey
week. In the establishment survey, the reference week is the pay
period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond
directly to the calendar week.
The data in this release are affected by a number of technical
factors, including definitions, survey differences, seasonal
adjustments, and the inevitable variance in results between a
survey of a sample and a census of the entire population. Each of
these factors is explained below.

Coverage, definitions, and differences
between surveys
The sample households in the household survey are selected so
as to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population 16 years
of age and older. Each person in a household is classified as
employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. Those who hold
more than one job are classified according to the job at which they
worked the most hours.
People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as
paid employees; worked in their own business or profession or on
their own farm; or worked 15 hours or more in an enterprise
operated by a member of their family, whether they were paid or
not. People are also counted as employed if they were on unpaid
leave because of illness, bad weather, labor-management disputes,
or personal reasons.
People are classified as unemployed, regardless of their
eligibility for. unemployment benefits or public assistance, if they
meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during
the survey week; they were available for work at that time; and
they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the
prior 4 weeks. Persons laid off from their former jobs and
awaiting recall and those expecting to report to a job within 30
days need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed




The civilian labor force equals the sum of the number employed
and the number unemployed. The unemployment rate is the
number unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor force. Table
A-7 presents a special grouping of seven measures of
unemployment based on varying definitions of unemployment and
the labor force. The definitions are provided in the table. The
most restrictive definition yields U-l and the most comprehensive
yields U-7. The civilian worker unemployment rate is U-5b, while
U-5a, the overall unemployment rate, includes the resident Armed
Forces in the labor force base.
Unlike the household survey, the establishment survey only
counts wage and salary employees whose names appear on the
payroll records of nonfarm firms. As a result, there are many
differences between the two surveys, among which are the
following:
• The household survey, although based on a smaller sample, reflects a
larger segment of the population; the establishment survey excludes
agriculture, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private
household workers;
• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed; the establishment survey does not;
• The household survey is limited to those 16 years of age and older, the
establishment survey is not limited by age;
• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because each
individual is counted only once; in the establishment survey, employees
working at more than one job or otherwise appearing on more than one
payroll would be counted separately for each appearance.

Other differences between the two surveys are described in
"Comparing Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll
Surveys," which may be obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and
the levels of employment and unemployment 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. For example, the labor force
increases by a large number each June, when schools close and
many young people enter the job market. The effect of such
seasonal variation can be very large; over the course of a year, for
example, seasonality may account for as much as 95 percent of the
month-to-month changes in unemployment
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 nonseasonal developments, such as declines in
economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the
labor force, easier to spot. To return to the school's-out example,
the large number of people entering the labor force each June is
likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place since
May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic
activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of
students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics
for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable

change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the
adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze
changes in economic activity.
Measures of labor force, employment* and unemployment
contain components such as age and sex. Statistics for all
employees, production workers, average weekly hours, and
average hourly earnings include components based on the
employer's industry. All these statistics can be seasonally adjusted
either by adjusting the total or by adjusting each of the components
and combining them. The second procedure usually yields more
accurate information and is therefore followed by BLS. For
example, the seasonally adjusted figure for the civilian labor force
is the sum of eight seasonally adjusted employment components
and four seasonally adjusted unemployment components; the total
for unemployment is the sum of the four unemployment
components; and the unemployment rate is derived by dividing the
resulting estimate of total unemployment by the estimate of the
civilian labor force.
The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year. For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the JulyDecember period. For the establishment survey, updated factors
for seasonal adjustment are calculated for the May-October period
and introduced along with new benchmarks, and again for the
November-April period. In both surveys, revisions to historical
data are made once a year.

are approximately 90 out of 100 that the "true" level or rate would
not be expected to differ from the estimates by more than these
amounts.
Sampling errors for monthly surveys are reduced when the data
are cumulated for several months, such as quarterly or annually.
Also, as a general rule, the smaller the estimate, the larger the
sampling error. Therefore, relatively speaking, the estimate of the
size of the labor force is subject to less error than is the estimate of
the number unemployed. And, among the unemployed, the
sampling error for the jobless rate of adult men, for example, is
much smaller than is the error for the jobless rate of teenagers.
Specifically, the error on monthly change in the jobless rate for
men is .25 percentage point; for teenagers, it is 1.29 percentage
points.
In the establishment survey, estimates for the most current 2
months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these
estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. When all the
returns in the sample have been received, the estimates are revised.
In other words, data for the month of September are published in
preliminary form in October and November and in final form in
December.
To remove errors that build up over time, a
comprehensive count of the employed is conducted each year. The
results of this survey are used to establish new benchmarkscomprehensive counts of employment-against which month-tomonth changes can be measured. The new benchmarks also
incorporate changes in the classification of industries and allow for
the formation of new establishments.

Sampling variability
Additional statistics and other Information
Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are
subject to sampling error, that is, the estimate of the number of
people employed and the other estimates drawn from these surveys
probably differ from the figures that would be obtained from a
complete census, even if the same questionnaires and procedures
were used. In the household survey, the amount of the differences
can be expressed in terms of standard errors. The numerical value
of a standard error depends upon the size of the sample, the results
of the survey, and other factors. However, the numerical value is
always such that the chances are approximately 68 out of 100 that
an estimate based on the sample will differ by no more than the
standard error from the results of a complete census. The chances
are approximately 90 out of 100 that an estimate based on the
sample will differ by no more than 1.6 times the standard error
from the results of a complete census. At approximately the 90percent level of confidence-the confidence limits used by BLS in
its analyses-the error for the monthly change in total employment
is on the order of plus or minus 358,000; for total unemployment it
is 224,000; and, for the civilian worker unemployment rate, it is
0.19 percentage points. These figures do not mean that the sample
results are off by these magnitudes but, rather, that the chances




In order to provide a broad view of the nation's employment
situation, BLS regularly publishes a wide variety of data in this
news release. More comprehensive statistics are contained in
Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is
available for $10.00 per issue or $31.00 per year from the U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20204. A check or
money order made out to the Superintendent of Documents must
accompany all orders.
Employment and Earnings also provides approximations of the
standard errors for the household survey data published in this
release. For unemployment and other labor force categories,'the
standard errors appear in tables B through J of its "Explanatory
Notes." Measures of the reliability of the data drawn from the
establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due to
benchmark adjustments are provided in tables M, O, P, and Q of
that publication.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory
impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-523-1221,
TDD phone:
202-523-3926, TDD Message Referral Phone
Number 1-800-326-2577.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
TaWe A-1. Employment status of ths civilian population by sex and age
(Nurrtbers In thousands)

Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, sex, and age
Apr.
1991

1992

Apr.
1992

Apr.
1991

Doc.
1991

Jan.
1992

Feb.
1992

1992

Apr.
1992

189.380
124,727
65.9
116,678
61.6
3,110
113,568
8.049
6.5
64,652

191.022
125.797
65.9
116.106
60.8
2.918
113,188
9,691
7.7
65.225

191.168
125,878
65.8
116.933
612
3.128
113,806
8.945
7.1
65,291

189,380
125,644
66.3
117.388
62.0
3.187
114.201
8.256
6.6
63,736

190.605
125.619
65.9
116,728
612
3,183
113.545
8,891
7.1
64,986

190.759
126,046
66.1
117,117
61.4
3,166
113,951
8,929
7.1
64,713

190,884
126.287
662
117.043
61.3
3.232
113,811
9244
7.3
64.597

191.022
126.590
66.3
117.348
61.4
3.194
114,155
9242
7.3
64,432

191.168
126330
66.3
117,675
61.6
3209
114,465
9.155
72
64.338

90,342
68,046
75.3
63.258
70.0
4.788
7.0

91.238
68.491
75.1
62,602
68.6
5.889
8.6

91.316
68.560
75.1
69.3
5,272
7.7

90.342
68,566
75.9
63.836
70.7
4,730
6.9

91,008
68,416
75.2
63.426
69.7
4,990
7.3

91.094
68,618
75.3
63,453
69.7
5.165
7.5

91,164
68,710
754
63.352
69.5
5.359
7.8

91238
68,849
75.5
63.529
69.6
5,320
7.7

91,316
69,062
75.7
63393
70.0
5.190
7.5

83.567
64,787
77.5
60,596
72.5
2.312
58,284
4,190
6.5

84.590
65.322
77.2
80,204
71.2
2.177
58,027
5,118
7.8

84.671
65.430
77.3
60,771
71.8
2.315
58,456
4,660
7.1

83,567
64.982
77.8
60.947
72.9
2.340
58,607
4,035
6.2

84,367
64,962
77.0
60.672
71.9
2,317
58,355
4290
6.6

84,464
65.061
77.0
60.600
71.7
2277
58.323
4.461
6.9

84.549
65,179
77.1
60,597
71.7
2.356
58241
4,582
7.0

84,590
65.375
77.3
60,846
71.9
2.351
58.495
4.529
6.9

84,671
65,635
77.5
61,154
722
2^45
58.809
4,481
6.8

99,038
56,681
57.2
53,420
53.9
3,261
5.8

99,783
57,306
57.4
53.504
53.6
3.802
6.6

99.852
57.317
57.4
53,644
53.7
3,673
6.4

99.038
57,078
57.6
53,552
54.1
3.526
62

99,597
57203
57.4
53 302
53.5
3.901
6.8

99,665
57,428
57.6
53,664
53.8
3,764
6.6

99,720
57,576
57.7
53,691
53.8
3.686
6.7

99.783
57.741
57.9
53.820
53.9
3,922
6.8

99.852
57,747
573
53.782
53.9
3,965
6.9

S2.358
53.457
57.9
50.721
54.9
599
50,122
Z736
5.1

93,256
54.379
58.3
51,100
54.8
597
50,503
3,279
6.0

93,320
54,412
58.3
51.228
54.9
628
50.601
3.183
5.9

92,358
53,630
58.1
50.689
54.9
627
50,062
2,941
5.5

93,032
53,909
57.9
50,613
54.4
661
49,952
3296
6.1

93,125
54.190
582
50,968
54.7
673
50295
3221
5.9

93206
54272
582
50.973
54.7
672
50,301
3299
6.1

93256
54,555
58.5
51212
54.9
659
50.554
3.343
6.1

93.320
54,623
58.5
51208
54.9
668
50.550
3.415

13/455
6,484
482
5,361
39.8
199
5,162
1.123
17.3

13,176
6.095
46.3
4.802
36.4
144
4.658
1.293
21.2

13,177
6.036
45.8
4,934
37.4
185
4.749
1.102
18.3

13.455
7,032
52.3
5,752
42.7
220
5.532
1.280
16.2

13206
6,748
51.1
5.443
412
205
5238
1.305
19.3

13.169
6.796
51.6

13.127
6336
52.1
5.472
41.7
203
5269
1.364
20.0

13.176
6.660
50.5
5290
40.1
184
5.106
1,370
20.6

13.177
6.571
403
5312
403
206
5,106

TOTAL
Clvilan noninstlutional population .
Civilian labor force
Participationrate„
Employed..
Empkjyment-populalion ratio.
Agriculture.
NonagriculturaJ Industries.
Unemployed .
..
Unemployment rate ........
Not in labor force .

Man, 16 years and over
Cklian nontetkutional population
Civilian labor force.
Participationrate_
Employed
Employment-population ratio..
Unemployed
Unemployment rate .

Men, 20 years and over
CMHan noninsttutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate ...........................
Emptoj
Emptoyma
opulatton ratio.,
Agriculture .
NonagricutturaJ Industries.
Unemployed.
Unemptoynwitrate...

Women, 16 years and over
CViian nonlnstltutionaJ population .
CMIian labor force.
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-pop
i ratio.
Unemptoymant rate .

Women, 20 years and over
CMIian noninstlutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed.
Employment-population r a t b .
Agriculture
NonagriculturaJ industries
Unemployed.
Unemptoymsnt r a t e .

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
CMian noninstltutbnal population .
CMIian labor force.

Agriculture
NonagriculturaJ Industries.
Unempb
I ln»n»lt"mnMnil r a t *

unompwymBni raw .

1
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation;
therefore. Identical number* appear in the unadjusted and seasonally




adjusted columns,

42.1
216
5.333
1247
18.3

192

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by racs, ssx, soe, and Hispanic origin
(Nurribers in thousands)

Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin
Apr.
1991

Mar.
1992

Apr.
1992

Apr.
1991

De=.
1991

Jan.
1992

Feb.
1992

161.264
107.110
66.4
100.969
62.6
6,141
5.7

162.305
107,772
664
100,325
613
7447
63

162,398
107,853
664
101.081
622
6.772
63

161,264
107,726
663
101,504
623
6222
53

162.047
107.646
664
100,828
622
6,818
63

162.144
107.973
663
101235
624
6.737
62

108,071
663
101,073
623
6.998
63

C M I a n tabor force...
Participation rate..
Employed..
Employment-population ratio
Unemployed .
Unemployment r a t e .

56,213
773
52.966
73.4
3,247
53

56,559
77.7
52.572
722
3,987
73

56.673
773
53.063
723
3.609
64

56.370
782
53241
733
3.129
53

56244
774
52,896
723

56.400
773
52.908
723
3.491
62

56.439
773

Woman, 20 years and ovsr
Crvilan labor force
Panfcfcation rate
Employed.
Enptoyment-populatton ratio..
Unemployed ....
»....,
Unemployment rate.

45,272
57.7
43,255
552
2.016
4.5

45.931
582
43,479
55.1
2.452
53

45,966
582
43,634
552
2332
5.1

45.304
573
43,161
55.1
2,143
4.7

45,530
573
43,076
543
2.454
54

45,762
583
43,425
55.1
2337
5.1

45,789
583
43380
553
2410
53

5.625
524
4.748
442
877
153
16.5
14.7

6282
50.1
4274
403
1.009
19.1
224
153

5214
493
4383
41.7
830
153
163
153

6.052
563
5,102
473
950
15.7
163
143

5,872
553
4.856
453
1,016
173
183
163

5.811
553
4.902
464
909
153
163
143

21,541
13.473
623
11,828
543
1.645
122

21,854
13.586
622
11,669
534
1,917
14.1

21.882
13,574
623
11,729
533
1.845
133

21,541
13.644
633
11,939
554
1,705

21,774
13,559
623
11.841
544
1,718
12.7

Man, 20 yearn and over
Crvilan labor force
Participation rate
Errptoyed
Employment-population ratio.
Unemployed ..„....,
Unemployment rate .

6.404
74.1
5.607
643
797
124

6,437
73.1
5.475
622
962
143

6.433
723
5,562
63.1
871
133

6400
74.1
5.643
653
757
113

Woman, 20 years and over
CMHan labor force
Particfcatton rate
Employed
Employment-populalion ratio
Unemployed ....
Unemployment rate ...

6,397
592
5,771
534
626
93

6499
592
5.800
523
699
103

6.494
59.1
5.757
524
737
114

673
323
450
213
222
333
34.7
313

650
313
394
193
256
394
402
383

647
312
411
193
236
363
424
303

Mar.
1902

Apr.
1992

162.305
108.491
663
623
7.080
63

162.308
108,460
663
101.610
623
6351
63

56.673
773
53,157
733
3,516
62

56.800
773
53.330
732
3470
6.1

46.066
43,566
552
2499
54

46,022
583
43,547
55.1
Z476
54

5.843
554
4.829
453
1,014
174
103
153

5,753
543
4.688
443
1.065
183
20.7
16.1

6.638
533
4.733
453
905
16.1
172
143

21.803
13.723
623
11.837
543
1.886
13.7

21.828
13.680
62.7
11.794
543
1,886
133

21,854
13.688
623
11.765
533
1.923
14.1

21,862
13,743
623
11331
54.1
1.913
133

6402
733
5.665
643
737

6.427
732
5,567
634
860
134

6.387
723
5.533
623
854
134

6435
73.1
5.514
623
921
14J3

6,424
723
5.596
634
828
123

6,471
593
5,806
533
665
103

6,460
59.1
5.730
524
730

6,469
59.1
5,732
524
737
114

6464
593
5,750
523
714

6.524
593
5.788
523
736

6,572
593
5,786
52.7
787
123

773
363
490
233
283
363
37.7
354

697
333
446
214
251
363
35.7
363

827
393
538
253
289
343
353
333

393
511
243
318
384
393
373

729
35.1
463
223
266
363
37£
353

747
363
449
21.7
296
393
443
35.1

WHITE
Civilian noninstftutfonal population .
Civilian labor f o r c e .
Pa/ticfcsatbn rate..

Employed
.,
.......
Employment-population ratio..
Unemployed
Unemployment rate .
Men, 20 years and over

72.7
3.574
63

58J3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force..,
Participation rate..
Employed.,
Employment-population ratio.,

Unemptoyment rate .
Wwl ....................

Women »...„*„„.,
BLACK
CrviHan nonlnstltutional population .
Civilian labor f o r c e .
Participation rate..
Employed
Employment-population ratio....
Unemployed .............
Unemployment rate .

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Crvilan labor force..
Participation rate..
Errptoyed....
Errployment-populatton ratio.,
Unemployed ,
rp

See footnotes at end of table.




DDATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
M

Totals A-2.

i population by raca^ aax* flQftt I I M Htapanio oriQlfi ~Gontlnuaoj

(Nufffcars In thousand^

cfflployniant itatui, raoa, sax, &Q#, and
tfitpanic origin
1991

Mar.
1992

Apr.
1992

ft

0*5.
1991

Jan.
1992

Fab.
1992

Um.
1992

Apr.
1992

14372
9360
810
6,786
593
692
92

15.106
10302
663
6.921
59.1
1.170
113

15.145
10306
66.1
6370

14372
9.730
664
6347
603
692
9L2

14367
9375
663
6315
583
960
0.7

15327
9364

15366
10033
663
6365
563
1.166
113

15.108
10.170
673
8393
593
1,177
113

16,145
10.083
664
9334
593
1339

ttSPAMC ORIGIN
CMjfawhfeortoica

1336
104

p p o O T not adjust* tor
Irftffltr* nitrmri w^narln itii linaiJiiiHrf ani
. ad^Mdcobmnt.
NOTE: D*aNfartfwabove no* and Hapankvorigin graupi wfl not turn to

8336
563
1.129
113

dam tar tf» -otfiar mon*
a *todudadIn bath ma what and fa

nptoymantlrv
(tathouun*)

Iryadiuat*
Cattgory
Apr.
1991

Apr.

Apr.
1901

Die.
1991

Jan.
1992

116333
40.173
30331

117366
40327
29.758

116.728
40306
6.536

117.117
40302
29332
6.579

31,796
36326
16376
12362
163S2
3420

1962

Apr.

Fab.
1002

CHARACTERISTIC
CMbn«rptoy»d,16ytamandcw
Ma i d i
Woman who maritato f«nwai

116,678
40340

20,030
6320

116,108
39314
30.144

6451

29.779

29341
6366

117346
40,115
30,144
6314

117,675
40375
30,080
6,529

31.120
36379
15369
13352
16399
3415

37,013
16.172
12.751
16.708
3450

3
36345
16346
12360
17.129
3404

31377
36372
16330
13363
16337
3382

1.756
1360
92

1.772
1341
09

117343

OCCUPATION
ManajtrW and piofaHionai ajMdaitjf.
TachricaJ.i
Sanricaoc
PfacWon pnxkiotlon, craft, and rapah
Opaniort, laMoaiom. md Uberait.
F ^ t o J f t o W

31.196
3*442
15.767
13.078
16339
3^36

31375
36306
16.064
12430
16.635
2365

31369
37309
15316
12319
3350

36413
15366
13321
17,207
3462

1,600
M18

1.560
1372

1399
1334
95

1364
1427
96

1346
1431
108

1363
1471
96

1*705
1426
112

104,112

104379
17375

105V069
17303

104407
17315

1315
8*251
8475
261

106JZS0
17302
87448
1313

105356
17341

997
86,407
8.536
273

104.715
14042
66.673
961
66.712
9,175
216

INDUSTRY A N D CLASS O F WORKER

aim
Unpatffamly
Nonajricutui ti induttriaii

Wdl
Other tod
UnpaUfaniyw

65303
687
65.016
229

6736

66.539
6.756
229

8476

67416
1.130

106.141 . 106,701
17.727
17.644
86367
87415
1.103
1360

230

6357
242

8433
249

PERSONS A T WORK PART TIME 1

1

Pan tkn» lor aoonomte raaiont.
Stack w o *
CouU only find pwt-tlmt wortt.
Vduntvypafttlm*

Z2S0
16^44

6473
3428
^766
15398

6,000
3321
Z877
15322

3376
2454
15362

6321
3346
2.743
14303

6.719
3232
3.145
14,773

3360
2306
14318

3316
2351
14378

Nonaoncuturd industrial:
Parttimetoreconomic nmona
Stack w o * .
Could o n *findpafMkn* work.
Vduntvyparttlmi
.

S.567
3369
2444
15312

6,205
3518
2.744
14345

5,715
2.901
Z612
15377

5.791
3.073
2393

6,084
3361
2.064
14450

6429
3363
3.062
14326

&213
3360
2307
13300

6.180
Z975
2301

5317

&"*^P^«nit>Wt«|^

Mich laaMsni a i vacation* MOMS, or kidusMai daputt.
NOTE: Dm* on occuptHom and induttHai tor 1992 am not tufty
eomparataNj wth t M * tor prior ywtra baeauM of ih» Introduction of ttw




1330

6^72
3330
14311
5310
2.779
2.770
14497

n tyUamiuMd In M M 1990 daaannUcaisutofpopiMton. Som*
cataymai. partleularV "technical, utos,
^^.

-|iirl||r , n i

k

^

naw vgnncani

k

^ k

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
TafaatA«4.Sctoct*dur

Category

tonally adjuatad
ut»rrplcyad parsons
(In thousands)
Apr.
1901

1982

Apr.
1902

8256
4,036
2441
1.280

1242
4.529
3443
1,370

9,156
4481
3*15
1.259

Marrtad woman
Woman who maintain t

1.39*
677

2.016
1^79
722

741

FuWrr
NfaWS.
Pa
Labor tew tfcna teal2 .

1468

7.675
1*571

I486

Apr.
1991

Dae.
1991

Jan.
1992

Fab,

7.1
64
6.1
194

7.1
64
54

74
7.0
6.1
204

74
6L9
6.1
204

64
6L3
112

&0
44
94

&0
1O0

4.7
&0
1O2

Apr*
1992

CHARACTERISTIC
Total. 16 yaar* and owr
Man, 20 years and ovar
Woman. 20 y w i and over.
Bcih S W N . 16 to 19 y v a m -

6L2

184

44
94

4,7
44
9.1

64
12
74

84
8.1

9.1
8.1

24
5.1
74
104
64

24
54
84
10.7
74

24
54

64
94
?A

7.4

144
7.4
84
64
64
54
74
52
3.1
10.4

164
12.
74
7.1
64
6.7
74
54
34
114

7.1
84
84

7J0
8LO

64

74
84
84

3.1
5.7
A4
114
84

3.1
5.7
94
11.1

3.1
54
84
104

74
9.7
84
174
74
7.7
74
6,7
5.1
&2
54
44
11.7

74
94
7.7
174
74
1A
7.1
7.1
54
84
64
3.7
94

74
94
7.1
164
74
74
74
6.7
44
62
6J)
34
104

OCCUPATION^
Managerial and professional epedeJry
port.
Technical, sales, and adrnMr '
Precision production, craft and rapair.
Operators, fabricators, and laborers « .
Farming, forestry, *nd fishing ^ ^ ^ ^

1,976
1.115
Z029
242

975
Z231
1^85
2.129
247

2.199
2J070
240

9JZ

104

MDUSTRY
Nonagrtcutural prtvaai wage i
Gooot-picdudng Industries.
MWng.
Construction.
Manufacturing Durable gooos
Nondurable
riurabiaggoo
Gervtoo producing
TraMportatfon and public utUtfc
Wholesale and ratail trada«
Finance and servto* indu
Government worta
Agrlcuftural wage and salary workers.

6,412
50
57

736

901
1,601
1.010
591
3453

1.064
1,534
902
632
4.722
398
2.080
£244
684
186

346
1.729
1.778
586
194

2.644
56

1

UnstnpicynsfitMapsfoantc^macMltanlaborteroa.
Aggragata hours toat by tha unanployad and parsons on part ttma for
aconorntc raasons as a paroant of potantiatly avaiiabta labortaroahours.
3
Saasonaiy adjuaiad unanptoymam daia for sarvtea occupations ara not
avalabta bacausa tha natonal componams ara smsU ratatWa to tha
trand-cyda and/or Inagutar componams and consaqusntly cannot ba

7.180
2.721
49
1.04*
1484
941

683
4*59
299
2400
2,160
638
206

9J2
8^

7A
9.1
64
17JO

74
74
74
6.7
54
&2
54
34
104

saparattd w*h suffidant pradsion.
NOTE: Data on occupations and
comparabla win data tor prior yaars
dassMcatton sy«ams usad in tha I960
particularly *tochn)caJ,
hava signlflcant brsahs In oorrparabilty.

2

tor 1
tha
of

not tuft/
of iha

Tabto A-6. Duration of unrnp4oym—it
(Nurrtoars In thousands)

Noli

Uyad|uala<

W t e k s of urwmployment

Apr.

Apr.
.1992

1991

Apr.
1901

Dae.
1991

335

Fab.
1992

DURATION
less than 5 weeks .
5 to 14 weeks
ISwesasandover .
151026 weeks _
A>«raga (maan) duration. In %
Uadten duration. In waafcs ~-

2.962
2.500
2,588
1,496
1403

2406
3436
3.659
1422
1437

2>t92
3465
1.663
1422

2,708
^80
1.185

3407
2.764
2443
1472
M71

34SB
2.687
3459
1.456
1404

3461
2402
3204
1476
1.728

3281
2468
3.196
1416
1.766

3.190
2480

144
8.1

184
102

164
104

1X4
64

154
74

174
82

17.1

174

9.1

1004
36.7
312
322
184
13,8

100.0
304
314
374
184
19.0

1004
32.1
274
40.1
184
214

100.0
402
33.1
26.7
144
122

1000
37.1
314
314
154
16.5

1004
364
294
334
16.1
17.7

10O0
334
31.7
354
16.1
184

1004

1004
354
302

3J016
1278
1.736

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total un
id.
Last than 5 *
5to14waafcs
ISwaaksandovar.
15
27«




36J0
29.1
344

164
194

34J0

144
194

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Tabla A-6. Rsason for unemployment
(Numbers In thousands)

N o t M J tonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted

Reason
Apr.
1991

Mar.
1992

Apr.
1992

Apr.
1991

Dec.
1991

Jan.
1992

Fab.
1992

Mar.
1992

Apr.
1992

-

4.623
1,318
3.304
909
1.862
656

5.938
1.592
4.347
874
2.167
712

5.349
1514
4.136
942
1.901
752

4.456
1.328
3.128
993
2.059
741

4.990
1.256
3,734
913
2.164
811

4,780
1.168
3.612
975
2.352
790

5,321
1,275
4,046
900
2,162
823

5.274
1.231
4,042
909
2£13
811

5.1S3
1.215
3.938
1,028
2.105
839

.....

100.0
57.4
16.4
41.1
11.3
23.1
81

100.0
61.3
16.4
44.9
9.0
22.4
7.3

100.0
59.8
13.6
46.2
10.5
21.3
8.4

100.0
54.0
16.1
37.9
12.0
25.0
90

100.0
56.2
14.1
42.1
10.3
24.4
9.1

100.0
53.7
13.1
40.6
11.0
26.4
89

100.0
57.8
13.9
43.9
9.8
23.5
8.9

100.0
57.3
13.4
43.9
9.9
24.0
8.8

3.7
.7
1.5
.5

4.7
.7
1.7
.6

4.2
.7
1.5
.6

3.5
.8
1.6
.6

4.0
.7
1.7
.6

3.8
.8
1.9
.6

4.2
.7
1.7
.7

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers
On layoff
..
Other Job beers
Job leavers
„
Reentrants
New entrants

~.

-

~

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed
...
Job losers
»
On layoff
„
Other Job iosers".."!!
..."...
Job leavers
„
Reentrants
New entrants .....
.....
-

.......
„
_
....-

,

100.0
56.5
13.3
43.2
11.3
23.1
9.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job leavers
Reentrants
..
New entrants ..«_

«
_

-

-

42
.7
1.7
JB

4.1
.8

1.7
.7

TaWa A-7. Rang* off unemployment measures based on varying definitions off urwmploymant and the labor force, a—icinaHy
adjusted

(Percent)
Quarterly avsragss
1991

Measure
1

U*1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer as a percent of the civilian
labor force
«
~

II

Monthly data
1992

III

IV

I

1992
Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

1.6

1.8

1.9

2.1

2.5

2.5

&5

2A

3.5

3.7

3.8

3.8

4.1

42

42

4.1

5.3

5.4

5.4

S.5

6.0

&0

6.0

6.0

62

6.5

6.5

6.6

7.0

7.1

7J0

7.0

6.4

6.7

6.7

6.9

7.1

72

72

7.1

6.5

6.7

6.8

6.9

7.2

7.3

72

72

U-6 Total ful-time Jobseekers plus 1/2 part-time jobseekers plus 1/2 total
on part time for economic reasons as a percent of the civilian labor
force less 1/2 of the part-time labor force

8.9

9.2

9.3

9.5

9.9

10.0

9.9

9.8

U-7 Total fuB-time jobseekers plus 1/2 part-time jobseekers plus 1/2 total
An naff tifTM for Amnornk* rvuuoftfi nkm difWHirAnArt wofkA/ft AJE A
percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers less
1/2 of the part-time labor force
-

9.7

9.9

10.1

10.4

10.7

NA

NA

NA

U-2 Job losers as a percent of the civilian labor force
U-3 Unemployed persons 2 5 years and over as a percent of the civilian
labor force for persons 2 5 years and over
.,
t

~.

.rrT

U-4 Unemployed f u M l m e jobseekers as a percent of the ful-time cfviian
labor force
U-5a Total u n e m p l o y e d a s a percent of the labor force,
IrtcMJQHiQ s i s resident A r m e d Forces
~

...........

U-5b TotsJ u n e m p l o y e d a s a percent of tfte d v t i i a n labor

N A - n o t available.




HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by M X and age, seasonally adjusted

Number of
UnerrpJoyi raent ralss^
(In thousands)

Sex and age
Apr.
1991

Mar.
1992

Apr.
1992

Apr.
1991

Dec
1991

Jan.
1992

Feb.
1992

Mar.
1992

Apr.
1982

Total. 16 yean and over.,
1610 24 y e a n .
16 to 19 years...
16 to 17 y e a n .
18to19 year*.
20 to 24 year* M
25 years and war 255 to 54 years.
55 years and over

8.256
2.665
1*280
565
714
1,385
5,621
5,024
570

9,242
2350
1.370
608
777
1.480
6,410
5,714
677

9.155
2752
1.259
567
670
1.4*3
6*421
5.675
728

6.8
12,8
182
20.8
164
10.0
54
5.6
33

7.1
14.3
19.3
22.7
175
11.9
5.6
5.9
42

7.1
13.6
183
20.9
153
112
6.9
6.1
43

73
14.1
203
213
184
1U
6.0
63
43

73
143
203
23.6
183
103
63
63
44

72
13.5
192
223
163
103
63
62
4*7

Men, 18 years and over.
16to24 years.
161019
6lo 19 years
16to17yean
years.
18to19 years,
20 to24 years.
25 years and over.
25to54 years.
55 years and over«

4.7X
1,547
695
300
394
852
3,228
2336
382

5.320
1,601
791
362
443
900
3,641
3,196
444

5,100
1.586
709
329
378
877
3.640
3.172
460

63
142
194
21.6
17.9
11.8
5.6
63
43

7.3
143
20.3
21.7
192
12-3
5.9
82
4.3

73
153
19J
213
17.5
12.7
64
63
43

73
153
22.0
243
204
124
6.3
6.6
4.7

7.7
15J
223
263
203
123
63
63
6.0

73
143
20.6
23.7
183
12.1
62
64
62

Womsfi. 16 years and over.
16to24 years
16to19 years
16to17 years
18to19 years
20to24 years.
25 years and over„
25to54 years.
56 years and over M

3,526
1,118
585
265
320
533
2303
2.185
197

3.922
1.159
579
246
334
580
2,769
2,519
234

3.965
1.166
550
258
292
616
2.781
2,503
268

62
113
17.0
20.0
15.0
83
5.1
54
3.0

63
133
184
23.9
15.0
114
54
5.6
33

63
123
163
203
143
93
54
5.7
33

6.7
1&8
173
183
162
93
53
53
33

63
113
182
20.1
173
83
53
6.1
3.5

63
12*1
17.6
203
154
93
S3
63
43

Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.

TaWe A * . Employment status of male Vietnam-era veteran* and nonvstsrans by age, no* eeaaonaRy adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
CMlan labor foro*

Veteran status
and age

CIvMan
nonlnstttutional
Total

Employed

Number
labor force

Apr.
1991

Apr.
1992

Apr.
1991

7.747
6465
1216
3.120
2.129
1282

7353
6318
981
2,773
2364
1335

16,092
8251
5.669
4,171

19.032
8,565
6.128
4340

Apr.
1991

1992

Apr.
1991

Apr.
1992

7,030
6.119
1,153
2.959
2,008
911

7387
5332
902
Z5C7
2432
1,135

6,701
5317
1,064
2320
1333
683

6,715
5,630
849
2470
2312
1384

330
302
89
139
74
28

352
302
54
127
121
51

43
7J
4J
3.7
33

16^83
7.837
5312
3335

17,707
8.103
5374
3.030

16363
7382
5335
3,656

16,656
7363
5376

930
474
277
179

1.052
520
297
236

Apr.
1992

Apr.
1991

Apr.
1902

4.7

S3
5.1
&9
43
53
43

5.5
6.1
52
4.7

5.9

VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS
Total. 35 years and over.
35 to 49 years
36to39years
40to44 years
45to49years
~~
50 yean and over
—
NONVETERANS
Total. 36to49 years
35to39years
40to44 yea/*
45to49 yean

NOTE: Mais Vletnanvera veterans are men who served in the Armsd Forces
between August 5, 1964 and May 7. 1975. Nonveterans are men who have
never served In the Armed Forces; published data are Umkedtothou 35to49




yean of aoi. the group that most d o
Vletnan>era veteran population.

62
6J0

i to the bulk of the

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Employment status off the civilian population for 11 large atatas

(Numbers in thousands)

Not seasonally adjusted1
State and employment status

Seasonally adjusted2

Apr.
1991

Mar.
1992

Apr.
1992

Apr.
1991

Dec
1991

Jan.
1992

Feb.
1992

Mar.
1992

Apr.
1992

22,321
14,664
13.560
1,064
7.4

22,777
14,966
13,660
1,305
8.7

22.818
14,862
13.665
1,197
8.1

22,321
14,743
13,652
1,091
7.4

22,656
15,067
13,932
1,155
7.7

22.696
14,975
13,759
1.216
8.1

22.737
15.099
13.781
1.317
8.7

22,777
15,064
13,765
1,278
8.5

22,818
14,943
13,742
1,201
8.0

10,305
6,331
5.915
416
6.6

10,523
6,451
5.927
524
8.1

10^43
6,446
5,934
513
8.0

10,305
6.377
5,934
443
6.9

10,465
6,436
5.952
484
75

10.485
6.438
5,881
557
8.7

10,504
6,479
5,922
557
6.6

10,523
6.459
5,902
557
8.6

10543
6,496
5,955
542
8.3

AQOA

AQ5TJ

RQS4

fiQAA

6,023
5,549
475
7.9

6,042
5,653
389
6.4

8943
6,124
5.619
505
8.3

oaci

6,056
5,559
497
8.2

8 939
6,049
5.497
552
9.1

ft OCA

6,017
5,628
389
6.5

6,094
5,573
521
8.5

6,090
5,613
477
73

6,044
5^69
478
7.9

4.622
3,111
2,652
260
8.3

4,627
3,137
2,623
315
10.0

4,628
3,069
2,623
266
6.6

4,622
3,113
2.653
260
8.4

4,627
3,164
2.889
275
8.7

4,627
3,131
2,884
247
7.9

4.627
3,130
2,895
234
7S

4,627
3,143
2,857
287
9.1

4,628
3,090
2^25
265
8.6

7f012
4,499
4,065
434
9.7

7,031
4,590
4.132
459
10.0

7,032
4,492
4,069
422
9.4

7,012
4,578
4,135
443
9.7

7.027
4,559
4,138
421
9.2

7,029
4,607
4,199
408
8.9

7,029
4,601
4,185
416
9.0

7,031
4.641
4,209
433
9.3

7,032
4^73
4,142
430
9.4

6,025
3,992
3,749
243
6.1

6,025
4,045
3,742
303
7.5

6.025
4,005
3,706
299
7.5

6,025
4,035
3,776
259
6.4

6,026
3,995
3,707
288
72

6,027
4,024
3,752
272
6.8

6,026
4,021
3,713
307
7&

6,025
4.047
3,761
286
7.1

6.025
4,049
3,735
314
7.8

13,799
8,504
7,966
626
7.3

13.605
8,450
7,736
715
8.5

13,805
8.469
7,815
654
7.7

13,799
8,676
8,051
625
72

13.806
8,479
7,798
661
6.0

13,606
8.435
7.724
711
8.4

13,605
8,463
7,713
750
8.9

13,805
6,543
7,856
666
8.0

13,805
8,545
7,895
650
7.8

California
Civilian nortinstitutionsJ population
Civilian labor torce

•«

r*IHIlinmMl
^Jil^pTlll?l^#lr^J^«

..#...

........

a....*...............*.............

Unemployment rate

Florida
Civilian noninstitutional population
CrvBian labor force
unemployed»!!!!!!!!"!!!!!!!!.."!!!....."."!»."..."!!!!!"!...".
Unemployment rate

Illinois
Cfvflian rmninAtttiiffinnftl nnfttftatinn

Civilian labor force
Employed

„

Unemployed .*..•*»*......«•.<«•.»..•.*••...••...*.••••.•*........•

Unemployment rate ................................

Civilian noninstitutionaJ population
^5Vtfian Jftoor roroe »*««.#*«•...
Employed ...........

..*«***

unemployed""».!"!!!!!!!!"!!!"!!!»"!!!!!"!!"!Z!»!Z"
Unemptoyment rate
Michigan
Civilian noninstitutional population ...„
Civilian labor force
Employed...
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

New Jersey
Civilian noninstitutionaJ population
Civiliantaborforce
Employed
Unemployed
!.
Unemployment rate •................»...*........................

New York
Civilian noninstftutionat population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed »*•.•.»...•.*.*•.**••...•..•••......»....•»...„,..,„..
Unemptoyment rate „-....„.
.
..„„
.....

See foottwies at end of table.




HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Employment status of the civilian population for 11 large states — Continued

(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted1
State and employment status

Seasonally adjusted?

Apr.
1991

Mar.
1992

Apr.
1992

Apr.
1991

Dec.
1991

Jan.
1992

Feb.
1992

Mar.
1992

Apr.
1992

5.048
3,383
3,193
190
5.6

5,107
3,417
3,200
217
6.4

5,112
3,407
3.226
181
5.3

5.048
3,422
3,226
196
5.7

5,092
3,436
3,239
197
5.7

5,097
3,441
3^44
197
5.7

5,102
3.442
3,229
213
62

5.107
3,462
3,244
218
6.3

5,112
3.446
3,259
187
5.4

8,304
5,473
5,087
386
7.1

8,331
5,469
5,041
429
7.8

8.334
5.422
5,040
382
7.0

8,304
5,506
5,123
383
7.0

8,325
5,445
5,092
353
6.5

8,328
5,491
5,122
370
6.7

8,329
5,462
5,070
391
12

8,331
5,524
5.129
396
72

8,334
5,453
5,076
377
6.9

9,407
5,911
5,507
404
6.8

9,433
5.901
5,451
450
7.6

9,436
5,915
5.448
467
7.9

9,407
5,938
5,528
410
6.9

9,428
5,953
5,532
421
7.1

9.430
5,978
5,556
422
7.1

9,432
6,007
5,550
457
7.6

9,433
5,986
5,558
428
12

9.436
5.939
5.469
470
7.9

12,496
8,619
8,025
594
6.9

12,647
8,699
8,057
642
7.4

12,661
8,735
8,087
648
7.4

12,496
6,638
8,045
593
6.9

12,608
8,583
7,984
599
7.0

12,622
8,747
8,061
686
7.8

12.634
8.723
8,086
637
7.3

12,647
8,768
8,101
667
7.6

12,661
8.744
8,101
643
7.4

North Carolina
Civilian noninstitutional population ...
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Ohio
Civilian noninstitutional population ,
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

Pennsylvania
Civilian noninstitutional population ....
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Texas
Civilian noninstituttonal population ....
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

1
These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
the
_ . _ , _ , _ . . - . =of
—Federal
" " " - ' ^ Tfund
T d allocation programs.
administration
2
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,




identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted
columns.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-l. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
( I n thousands)

Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
Apr.
1991
Total.

Fab.
1992

1992p/

Apr.
1992fi/

Apr.
1991

Dee.
1991

Jan.
1992

Fab.
1992

Mar.
1992p/

19*920/

108,590 107,595 108,075 108,756 108,736 108,882 108,760 108,866 108,905 109,031
89,825

88,780

89,136

89,821

90,312

90,368

90,241

90,356

90,336

90,450

Goods-producing industries.

23.565

22,861

22,958

23,197

23,794

23,552

23,506

23,486

23,501

23,492

Mining
Oil and gas extraction.

703
394.6

648
363.5

648
360.5

648
356.7

710
400

670
375

666
370

663
367

661
366

655
361

4,222
4,418
1,062. 1,083.5
18,088 18,131
12,236 12,279
10,303 10,330
6,816
6,845

4,688
1,184

4,589
1,138

4,602

1,151

4,578
1,146

4,594
1,135

4,583
1,130

18,396
12,403

18,293
12,376

18,238
12,337

18,245
12,357

18,246
12,371

18,254
12,386

10,560
6,948

10,414
6,883

10,367
6,844

10,380
6,868

10,379
6,879

10,377
6,882

697
478
517
708
257
1.346
1,944
1,568
1,840
793
949
367

697
478
514
703
255
1,343
1,938
1,565
1,812
772
951
366

705
477
514
702
255
1,339
1,935
1,559

708
480
515
700
254
1,339
1,935
1,552
1,840
810
945
365

707
484
515
701
255
1,342
1,932
1,552
1,835
811
942
367

7,867
5,492

7,877
5,504

Total private.

Construction
General building contractors.

4,134
4,552
1,140.1 1,061.9

Manufacturing
Production workers.

18,310
12,327

18,079
12,213

Durable goods
Production workers

10,539
6,931

10,290
6,793

Lusher and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone* clay, and glass products
Prisary setel industries
Blast furnaces and basic steal products.
Fabricated setel products
Industrial Machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment.
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and relatad products
Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Production workers
Food snd kindred products
Tobacco products
Textila mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Peper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Cheaicals and allied products
Petroleua and coal products
Rubber and sisc. plastics products
Leather and leather products
Service-producing industries.

681
479
518
722
261
1,350
2,010
1,591
1,849
757
974
362
7,771
5,396

681,
474
494,
699,
254,
_,328.
1,939.
1,551.
1,814.
781.
945.
361.
7,789
5,420

S

659.
1,006.6
671
687.1 1,033
1,544.0
684
1,086.2 1,514
157.2 1,089
152
849.0
858,
119.2
117,
85,025 84,734

687.3
478.5

692.7
482.4

1,821.9
793.2
942.7

362.5

,831.0
809.7
939.7
364.2

692
481
521
725
263
1,353
2,007
1,597
1,846
754
976
364

7,785
5,420

7,801
5,434

7,836
5,455

7,879
5,493

7,871
5,493

1,670
48
674
1,042
690
1,524
1,091
158
862
120

1..71

660
1,005
691
1,542
1,089
159
849
120
84,942
5,814
3,544
2,270

501.2

697.7
253.0
1,329.2
1,937.4

1,544.2

510.7

698.6
253.9

,334.1
,932.4
,544.1

,612.5 ,618.0
47.5
45.8
671.5 673.3
1,033.1 1,032.7
685.2 687.6
1,517.2 1,519.0
1,087.6 1,090.1
152.9
154.5
860.6
116.9

862.9

116.7

85,117 85,559
5,729
5,746
3,517
3,535
2,212
2,211
5,947
5,967
3,428
3,435
2,519
2,532
18,836 19,036
2,211.5 2,217.1
3,165.4 3,174.5
2,008.9 2,021.4
,441.9 6,578.5

X.®

85,330

690
1.521
1,092
157
862
119
85,254

5,811
3,566
2,245

5,794
3,566
2,228

6,086
3,535
2,551

6,023
3,469
2,554

6,007
3,456
2,551

19,324
2,372
3,226
2,031
6,560

19,224
2,296
3,206
2,031
6,567

19,168
2,285
3,202
2,027
6,569

l

'5S

947
365
7,865
5,489
1,669
48
675
1,037
689
1,515
1,092
157
865
118

676
1,036
689
1,517

1,673
49
677
1,034

l

-8B

666
118

85,380

667
116
65,404

85,539

5,801
3,572
2,229

5,790
3,567
2,223

5,787
3,567
2,220

5,997
3,446

5,992
3,445
2,547

5,992
3,445
2,547

19,296
2,312
3,207
2,032
6,614

19,260
2,308
3,201
2,035
6,594

19,306
2,307
3,213
2,036
6,618

Transportation snd public utilities
Transportation
Communication* and public utilities

5,780
3,519
2,261

5,727
3,511
2,216

Hholasale trade
Durable goods
Nondurable goods

6,066
3,528
2,538

5,940
3,425
2,515

19,092
2,283.8
3,190.8
2,020.6
6,527.5

18,794
2,235.5
3,175.3
1,999.6
6,356.4

6,689
3,279
2,132
1,276

6,645
3,284
2,117
1,244

6,662
3,293
2,114
1.255

6,683
3,297
2,112
1,274

6,718
3,292
2,134
1,292

6,701
3,280
2,124
1,297

6,693
3,283
2,119
1,291

6,701
3,294
2,117
1,290

6,704
3,300
2,114
1,290

6,710
3,307
2,114
1,289

5,204.9 i,204.3 5,250.4
6,130.6 ,457.0 8,485.5

28,633

28,813

29,004

29,192
5,291.8
8,506.9

28,576
5,257
8,147

29,057
5,345
8,440

29,073
5,307
8,448

29,075
5,305
8,474

29,091
5,330
8.494

29,163
5,351
6,524

18,765
2,947
4,465
11,353

18,815
2,966
4,444
11,405

18,939
2,974
4,466
11,499

18,935
2,980
4,467
11,488

18,424
2,953
4,352

18,514
2,986
4,338
11,190

18,519
2,983
4,351
11,185

18,510
2,981
4,348
11,181

18.567
2,989
4,349
11,229

18,581
2,986
4,354
11,241

Retail trade
General Merchandise stores
Food stores
Automotive dealers snd service stations.
Eating and drinking places
Finance* insurance? snd real estate
Finance
Insurance
Real estate
Services
Business services
Health services
Government
Federal
State
Local
s/

» preliminary.




11,119

2,551

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsuporvisory workers^' on private nonferm payrolls by industry
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
Apr.
1991

Feb.
1992

Mar.
1992p/

Apr.
1992£/

Apr.
1991

Dec.
1991

Jen.
1992

Feb.
1992

1992fi/

Apr.
1992p/

34.0

34.2

54.5

34.2

54.0

34.5

54.2

54.7

34.5

34.4

Mining

43.9

43.8

45.7

43.9

44.5

43.9

45.4

44.2

44.3

44.5

Construction

37.8

56.5

57.2

38.1

C2>

(2)

C2)

(2)

Manufacturing.
Overtime hours.

40.1
3.1

40.
3.

40.9
3.5

40
3

40.2
5.5

41.1
3.8

40.1
5.<

41.1
3.7

41.1
5.7

41.
4.

Durable goods
Overtime hours.

40.6
3.1

41.

41
3

40.7
5.5

41.5
3.8

41.;
3..

41.6
3.6

41.6
3.7

41.
3.

timber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
*
Stone* clay, and glass products
Primary natal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products.
Fabricated metal products
Industrie! Machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment.
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipwent
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing

39.4
38.4
41.3
41.2
41.1
40.6
41.2
40.2
41.2
41.3
40.8
39.1

40.
38.
40.
42.
42V
41.
42.
40.
41.

40.7
39.4
41.4
42.7
45.2
41.5
42.2
41.1
41.7
42.0
41.2
39.9

40,
39.
42
42
42
40
41
40
41
42
40
59

59.2
38.
41.
41.
41.
40.
41.
40.
41.
41.
40.
39.

40.6
39.7
42*0
42.6
43.0
41.6
42.1
41*2
41.9
42.3
41.2
40*0

40. '
39.'
41.'
42. '
42.'
41..
4i.;
41.1
41..
41.1
40. *
59. <

41.4
59.7
41.9
45.0
45.5
41.6
42.2
41.0
41.9
42.8
41.5
39.8

41.2
40.0
42.1
43.0
43.7
41.5
42.2
41.2
41.8
42.2
41.2
40.0

40.
40.
42.
43.
43.

Ǥ:!

39.

40*.

40.5
3.8

40*5
3.8

40.

39.
37.
59.
55.
43.
57.
43.
44.

40.7
(2)
41.2
37.4
43.6
38.1
43.2
(2)
41.9
37.6

40.
C2)
41.
37*
44.
38.
43.
(2)
42.
37*
38.2

Total private.

i:

59.5
3.2

40.

39.7
57.7
59.6
36.5
42.6
57.4
42.5
44.5
40.6
36.7

40.
37.
40.
37.
43.
37.
43.
43.
41.
36.

40.0
59.2
40.8
57.2
45.2
58.2
45.2
44.1
41.6
57.1

Transportation and public utilities.

58.4

38.5

58.1

Nholesale trade

37.9

38.2

58.2

Retail trade

28.3

28.4

28.4

Finance, insurance, and real estate*

35.6

56.4

56.2

Services.

32.3

32.6

52.5

Nondurable goods
Overtime hours
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
Textile mill products
Apparel end other textile products
Paper end ellied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum end coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leether products

Si:
38.2
58.3
28.6
35.9

40.
(2)
39.
36.
42.
37.
42.
(2)
40.
37.

1

(2)

41.
42.
41.
42.
43.
40.
40.

40.6
(2)
41.5
37.5
45.6
38.2
45.5
(2)
41*5
37.7

40.!
(2)
41.1
57*.
45.'
57.«
43.S
(2)
41.'
37.1

40.9
(2)
41.3
37.2
43.6
38.1
43.4
(2)
41.8
57.0

38*4

38.5

36.4

58.7

38.4

37.9

58.2

58.1

58.5

38.4

38.4

28.4

28.7

28.5

29*1

28.9

28*6

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

32.2

52.6

52.4

52*8

32.6

32.5

52*5
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. These groups
account for approximately four-fifths of the total
employees on private nonfarm payrolls.




2/ These series are not published seasonally
adjusted since the seesonal component is small relative
to the trend-cycle end/or irregular components and
consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
precision.
p * preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earning
payrolls by industry

of production or nonsupervisory workers!/ on p r i v a t e nonfarm

Average hourly earnings

Average weekly earnings

Industry

Total private
Seasonally adjusted
Mining
Construction
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
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
•••
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
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services
1/

Apr.
1991

Feb.
1992

Mar.
1992fi/

Apr.
1992£/

$10.30
10.2ft

$10.54
10.51
14.55
13.89
11.32
11.89
9.41
8.86
11.41
13.44
15.58
11.34
12.30
10.90
15.00
15.27
11.83

$10.55
10.55
14.57
14.05
11.36
11.92
9.39
8.91
11.45
13.48
15.58
11.35
12.33
10.94
15.07
15.38
11.88
9.11
10.64
10.11
16.84
8.50
6.86
12.93
11.69
14.31
17.95
10.32
7.42
13.37
11.35
7.15
10.82
10.55

$10.56
10.54
14.53
14.04
11.43
11.98
9.41
8.94
11.58
13.61
15.83
11.43
12.30
11.00
15.10
15.46
11.97
9.13
10.73
10.17
17.22
8.56
6.97
13.00
11.63
14.46
17.92
10.37

14.12
13.99
11.11
11.65
9.18
e.7o
11.33
13.21
15.25
11.11
12.10
10.63
14.55
15.05
11.66
8.78
10.40
9.84
17.56
8.20
6.72
12.56
11.43
13.96
17.01
10.02
7.18
13.19
11.12
6.98
10.36
10.19

9.07

10.58
10.04
16.24
8.48
6.83
12.85
11.60
14.29
17.90
10.28
7.37
13.44
11.38
7.14
10.83
10.55

See footnote 1, table B-2.

7.48

13.42
11.35
7.16
10.80
10.52

Apr.
1991

Feb.
1992

Mar.
1992 £ /

$350.20 $360.47 $361.87 $361.15
349.5:
364.70 363.98 362.58
619.87

637.29

636.71

637.87

528.82

506.99

522.66

534.92

445.51

459.59

464.62

461.77

472.99
361.69
334.08
467.93
544.25
626.78
451.07
498.52
427.33
599.46
621.57
475.73
343.30

488.68
379.22
344.65
465.53
571.20
665.27
466.07
516.60
444.72
621.00
636.76
488.58
358.27

493.49
382.17
351.05
474.03
575.60
673.06
468.76
520.33
449.63
628.42
645.96
489.46
363.49

491.18
381.11
348.66
489.83
578.43
675.94
466.34
510.45
445.50
626.65
650.87
485.98
361.55

410.80
390.65
662.01
324.72
243.94
535.06
427.48
593.30
756.95
406.81
263.51

423.20
401.60
602.50
344.29
252.71
553.84
438.48
617.33
778.65
425.59
269.74

427.73
404.40
660.13
346.80
255.19
558.58
446.56
618.19
791.60
429.31
275.28

425.98
404.77
649.19
341.54
249.53
560.30
437.29
623.23
795.65
428.28
272.27

506.50

514.75

509.40

512.64

421.45

434.72

433.57

434.71

197.53

202.78

203.06

204.78

368.82

394.21

391.68

387.72

329.14

343.93

342.88

341.90

P « preliminary.

Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers!/ on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private*
Current dollars
Constant (1982) dollars?/
Mining
Construction
•
Manufacturing
Excluding overtime^/
Transportation and public utilities
Nholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services

Apr.
1991

Dec.
1991

Jan.
1992

Feb.
1992

$10.28
7.46
14.05
14.05
11.12
10.65
13.19
11.08
6.97
10.28
10.16

$10.48
7.46
14.54
14.08
11.32
10.82
13.33
11.29
7.10
10.66
10.42

$10.47
7.45
14.44
13.99
11.28
10.81
13.31
11.28
7.11
1U.62
10.41

$10.51
7.46
14.46
13.93
11.33
10.86
13.40
11.35
7.13
10.75
10.48

1/ See footnote 1, table B-2.
2/ The Consumer Price Index for Urban
Nage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-H) is
used to deflate this series.
1/ Change was 0.0 percent from February
1992 to March 1992, the latest month




Apr.
1992£/

Mar.
1992fi/

$10
7
14,
14
11,
10.
13,
11,
7,
10,
10,

Apr.
1992£/

$10.54
N.A.
14.47
14.05
11.44
10.94
13.42
11.30
7.13
10.72
10.48

Percent
change
from i
Mar. 1992Apr. 1992

-0.1
(3)
-.4
-.3
.7
.6
.1

-13
-.8
-.4

available.
£/ Derived by assuming that overtime
hours are paid at the rate of time and onehalf.
N.A. = not available.
£/ = preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers!/ on private nonferm payrolls
by industry
(1982*100)
Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted

Industry
Her.
1992fi/

Apr.
1992p/

119.3 118.5

119.2

120.2

120.0 121.7

100.8

98.0

99.3

100.4

102.5 103.3

62.8

Apr.
1991
Total private
Goods-producing industries
Mining

*

Construction

Feb.
1992

Apr.
1991

Dec.
1991

56.9

56.8

57.1

117.8 101.7

106.2

115.4

122.7 121.2

64.3

59.4

99.7 100.1

100.8

100.1

100.7 102.5

Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Febricated natal products.
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment
Transportation equipment.
Motor vehicles and equipment
•
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing.

97.5
115.9
113.6
99.4
85.0
73.5
99
91
99
108.2
114.0
83.2
95.7

96.8
118.5
116.4
93.3
84.9
73.3
99.2
89.2
99.4
108.1
120.0
81.7
97.0

97.8
121.0
117.1
96.3
85.2
73.8
99.8
89.8
99.9
109.6
122.7
81.2
98.5

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
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

102.9
103.5
60.6
92.8
89.7
107.1
122.8
102.2
85.8
119.4

104.7
105.0
69.3
97.1
94.0
108.2
121.9
101.0
81.8
123.7

105.1
104.5
69.
97,
94.
108.
123.
101,
83.
124.9

54.4

97.3
121.4
116.8
100.1
84.9
73.4
99.1
88.1
98.5
110.1
125.7
79.7
98.3
104.0
104.3
63.5
95.9
90.8
108.7
121.7
101.4
86.2
124.3
53.4

97.9
117.4
115.3
100.1
85.4
74.1
100.0
91.3
100.7
107.3
113.0
83.9
96.3
104.5
109.6
66.2
93.0
89.8
108.6
122.8
102.4
87.0
119.6
55.3

129.1

127.9

Manufacturing

53.4

54.3

127.6 127.8

128.1

112.6 111.5

111.3

Service-producing industries
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale trade
113.0 111.2

111.6

117.1 115.4

115.8

Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate.........
Services

1/ See footnote 1, table B-2.




.

118.71 120.5

120.2

146.41 148.5

149.3

111.9

113.3

112.2

113.4

118.0

119.3

119.7

118.3

149.9

145.4

P

8

99.0
122.7
117.3
101
86
74
101
89
101
111
124.6
81.7
99.8
107
110
70
99
96
110
123
102.4
84.1
124.8
56.2

130.0
113.9
113.1
119.6
120.9
149.9

preliminary.

Jan.
1992

Feb.
1992

Har.
1992fi/

Apr.
1992o/

120.9
102.5
58.2
120.9
101.5
97.7
122.0
116.4
99.1
85.0
72.7
100.8
88.1
100.6
107.9
118.9
81.3
99.1
106.9
110.6
72.7
98.1
95.5
109.8
122.8
101.7
84.2
124.7
56.0
129.1
113.5
112.4
118.3
119.3
149.3

122.4
102.9
59.0
118.9
102.4
99.0
126.2
117.0
100.3
86.4
74.6
101.4
89.3
100.2
111.4
127.7
81.9
98.9
107.3
111.6
68.1
99.4
94.8
110.1
123.0
101.9
86.1
126.1
54.6
131.2
114.5
113.4
121.6
121.8
150.9

122.0
103.2
59.0
119.9
102.6
99.2
126.2
119.2
100.8
86.0
75.3
101.3
89.3
100.7
111.5
125.9
81.7
99.8
107.4
111.2
73.3
99.3
95.2
110.3
123.0
101.3
87.1
126.5
55.5
130.4
113.5
113.1
120.7
121.6
150.2

121.6
103.5
58.5
121.4
102.7
99.2
125.1
120.7
102.0
86.4
75.2
101.2
89.1
100.5
112.1
131.4
80.6
100.3
107.7
111.8
72.2
99.2
94.2
112.0
123. Z
101.8
86.7
128.2
55.5
129.8
112.8
113.1
119.7
119.7
149.8

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
(Percent)
Time span

Jan.

Feb.

j Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls* 356 industries!/
Over 1-month s p a m
1990..
1991
1992

58.1
38.5
42.8

58.1
36.9
48.0

Over 3-month spam
1990
1991
1992

58.8
31.6
42.6

59.0
30.8
E/45.2

56.6
26.7
E/44.0

54.6
30.2

Over 6-month spam
1990
1991..

1992

Over 12-month spam
1990
1991
1992

48.7
52.2
38.5
38.6
fi/49.3 E/55.2

52.8
51.1

48.3
45.8

46.6
51.3

47.8
54.8

45.1
50.0

41.4
48.3

40.3
44.1

42.0
45.9

54.4
30.3
E'50.3

50.7
38.3

48.7
39.5

49.4
48.9

45.6
51.7

43.7
52.9

40.0
50.1

37.4
43.5

35.8
42.8

35.1
39.2

55.2
31.2

55.2
29.5

51.8
34.3

47.6
41.2

44.9
45.8

42.7
49.9

38.6
44.9

37.2
46.5

34.8
43.3

30.9
40.7

54.5
30.6

51.4
30.3

48.3
32.7

46.6
33.1

43.5
33.6

40.3
36.9

35.8
39.0

34.1
30.6
fi/41.7 fi/44.7

28.8
fi/40.6

32.0

30.2

Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries!/
Over 1-month spam
1990
1991
1992

46.0
31.7
39.2

Over 3-month span*
1990
1991
1992

45.0
19.4
37.8

41.4
29.9
E/47.8

47. 8
38. 5
fi/54.

41 .7
46 .8

39 .6
46 .0

43 .2
53 .2

40
53

45.0
43.2
18.0
16.5
fi/40.3 E/48.9

38. 1
30. 2

38 .1
36 .3

37 .4
48 .9

35 .6
57 .2

51.1
28.4
45.0

38.8
43.5

34 .5
45

27.3
40.6

33.8
43.9

31 .3
55 .0

27.0
46.0

23 .0
38

21.6
36.7

18.3
32.7

\z

Over 6-month spam
1990
1991
1992

39.9
10.4
fi/39.2

36.7
17.3

37.1
19.4

40. 3
23. 4

32 .4
38 .5

30 .6
43 .5

24 .1
49

20 .5
45 .7

21.2
45.7

17 .3
37

16.2
32.0

Over 12-month s p a m
1990
1991
1992

35.3
13.3

33.5
14.7

31.3
14.7

29. 5
18. 0

25 .2
21

20 .9
23 .4

19 .8
26 .3

14 .0
12.9
31
E/36.7

10
£/41 !o

11.2

1/ Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-,
and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month
span. Data are centered within the span.
P = preliminary.
NOTEi Figures mr^ the percent of industries with




11.9
fi/36.0

10.4

employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
indicates an equal balance between industries with
increasing and decreasing employment.