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TEXT Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin Table A-3. Selected employment indicators Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Table A-5. Duration of unemployment Table A-6. Reason for unemployment Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls by industry Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls Table B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted Technical information: Household data: (202) 606-6378 606-6373 Establishment data: Media contact: 606-6555 606-5902 USDL 96-162 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT), Friday, May 3, 1996. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: APRIL 1996 Unemployment edged down in April, and nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The nations jobless rate was 5.4 percent in April, 0.2 percentage point lower than in March. The number of payroll jobs remained at 118.0 million in April. Factory employment continued to decline despite the return of auto workers who had been off payrolls in March because of a strike. Total employment, as measured by the household survey, also was about unchanged at 126.1 million. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons fell by 238,000 to 7.3 million in April, and the unemployment rate edged down from 5.6 to 5.4 percent. The jobless rate has remained in a narrow range between 5.4 and 5.8 percent since October 1994. Unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult men (4.8 percent), adult women (4.7 percent), teenagers (16.7 percent), whites (4.7 percent), blacks (10.5 percent), and Hispanics (9.7 percent)-were little changed from their March levels. (See tables A-1 and A-2.) The number of newly unemployed persons (less than 5 weeks duration) as well as the number of reentrants (persons with work experience who had been out of the labor force prior to beginning their job search) declined in April. (See tables A-5 and A-6.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment, at 126.1 million in April, was essentially unchanged over the month, after rising by 1.2 million between December and March. Similarly, the proportion of the population age 16 years and over that was employed (the employment-population ratio), at 63.0 percent, was about the same as in March. About 4.5 million persons were working part time for economic reasons, also unchanged in April. (See tables A-1 and A-3.) The number of persons who held more than one job totaled 7.5 million (not seasonally adjusted) in April, about 200,000 fewer than a year earlier. These multiple jobholders made up 6.0 percent of all employed persons. (See table A-9.) Both the number of persons in the civilian labor force (133.4 million) and the labor force participation rate (66.6 percent) fell slightly in April. (See table A-1.) - 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | Monthly data | | averages | | |_________________|__________________________|Mar.Category | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 |Apr. |_________________|__________________________|change | IV | I | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________ Civilian labor force..| 132,432| 133,192| 133,018| 133,655| 133,361| -294 Employment..........| 125,096| 125,680| 125,663| 126,151| 126,095| -56 Unemployment........| 7,336| 7,512| 7,355| 7,504| 7,266| -238 Not in labor force....| 66,920| 66,584| 66,754| 66,266| 66,741| 475 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________ All workers...........| 5.5| 5.6| 5.5| 5.6| 5.4| -0.2 Adult men...........| 4.7| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0| 4.8| -.2 Adult women.........| 4.8| 4.9| 4.8| 4.8| 4.7| -.1 Teenagers...........| 17.6| 17.4| 16.6| 17.5| 16.7| -.8 White...............| 4.9| 4.9| 4.9| 4.8| 4.7| -.1 Black...............| 9.9| 10.7| 10.3| 11.1| 10.5| -.6 Hispanic origin.....| 9.3| 9.7| 9.7| 10.0| 9.7| -.3 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |____________________________________________________ Nonfarm employment....| 117,190|p117,691| 117,842|p118,020|p118,022| p2 Goods-producing 1/..| 24,155| p24,197| 24,264| p24,210| p24,139| p-71 Construction......| 5,293| p5,390| 5,426| p5,431| p5,378| p-53 Manufacturing.....| 18,293| p18,235| 18,265| p18,204| p18,187| p-17 Service-producing 1/| 93,034| p93,494| 93,578| p93,810| p93,883| p73 Retail trade......| 20,956| p21,018| 21,040| p21,080| p21,100| p20 Services..........| 33,170| p33,453| 33,505| p33,622| p33,642| p20 Government........| 19,314| p19,333| 19,334| p19,373| p19,375| p2 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work 2/ |____________________________________________________ Total private.........| 34.4| p34.3| 34.5| p34.5| p34.3| p-0.2 Manufacturing.......| 41.4| p41.0| 41.6| p41.4| p41.5| p.1 Overtime..........| 4.4| p4.3| 4.5| p4.3| p4.4| p.1 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings 2/ |____________________________________________________ Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| $11.59| p$11.66| $11.66| p$11.68| p$11.75| p$0.07 Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| 399.19| p399.67| 402.27| p402.96| p403.03| p.07 ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ 1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately. p=preliminary. 2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. N.A.= not available. - 3 Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in April--that is, they wanted and were available for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior 12 months. The number of discouraged workers--persons who had stopped looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available to them--was 403,000 in April. Both figures were close to their levels of a year earlier. (See table A-9.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in April at 118.0 million, after seasonal adjustment. This followed employment growth that averaged 221,000 jobs per month in the first quarter of 1996. In April, small gains in the number of service-producing jobs just offset declines in goods-producing employment. (See table B-1.) Construction employment fell by 53,000 in April, as hiring fell short of seasonal expectations. The effects of volatile weather continued to show up in the employment figures for construction. Spring hiring was held down in areas of the country where winter weather had been unusually favorable and workers were already on payrolls. In other areas, poor weather in the April survey reference period probably led to delays in spring construction activity. Since October, construction employment has expanded by an average of 15,000 jobs per month. Manufacturing employment declined by 17,000 in April. This drop would have been even larger had it not been for the return of workers from strikes and directly related plant shutdowns in the motor vehicles and equipment industry. Since February, the month prior to the auto strike, factory employment has fallen by 78,000. In April, factory job declines generally were small but were widespread among both durable and nondurable goods industries. Long-term declines continued in textiles and apparel manufacturing. Employment in electrical and electronic equipment edged down for the second straight month, after showing steady increases for more than 2 years. The services industry added only 20,000 jobs in April, after gaining an average of 125,000 jobs per month during the first quarter of 1996. Health services added 19,000 jobs over the month, and employment growth continued in computer and data processing services. Less hiring than normal in some seasonal industries, including amusement and recreation and help supply services, led to seasonally adjusted monthly declines. Employment in engineering and management services, which had been expanding by about 13,000 jobs per month for more than a year, was about unchanged in April. Retail trade employment increased by 20,000 in April. Employment in eating and drinking places expanded by 32,000 over the month, and job growth continued in automotive dealers and in home furnishings stores, particularly those specializing in consumer electronics. By contrast, employment in general merchandise and food stores fell over the month, after increasing in February and March. Employment in the finance industry was up 12,000 in April and has grown by 78,000 since its low point in mid-1995. Job growth has been concentrated in mortgage banking and security and commodity brokerages. - 4 The real estate industry added 4,000 jobs in April. Transportation employment rose by 13,000 in April. Air transportation continued to show strength, increasing by 7,000 jobs. Employment also was up in trucking and warehousing, which has added 21,000 jobs thus far in 1996. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.2 hour in April, to 34.3 hours, seasonally adjusted. The factory workweek and overtime each edged up 0.1 hour--to 41.5 and 4.4 hours, respectively--as workers in motor vehicles and parts returned to work following strike-related shutdowns. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.5 percent over the month to 133.9 (1982=100), after seasonal adjustment. The manufacturing index increased by 0.2 percent to 104.9. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls were up by 7 cents in April, after seasonal adjustment. Average weekly earnings were about unchanged at $403.03. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 3.1 percent and average weekly earnings by 2.2 percent. (See table B-3.) _________________________ The Employment Situation for May 1996 is scheduled to be released on Friday, June 7, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). ------------------------------------------------------------| 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 for March 1995 and | |updated seasonal adjustment factors. Unadjusted data from | |April 1994 forward are subject to revision. | | | | BLS also will implement improved seasonal adjustment | |procedures for the nonfarm payroll employment, hours, and | |earnings series. The new seasonal adjustment procedures | |identify and control for the effects of varying time | |intervals between surveys (also known as the 4- vs. 5-week | |effect) and are based on X-12 ARIMA software newly developed | |by the Bureau of the Census. Historical seasonally adjusted | |data series from January 1988 forward will be revised to | |incorporate the new methodology. Further information on the | |planned change in the seasonal adjustment procedures is | |available upon request. (Contact Patricia Getz at | |202-606-6521.) | ------------------------------------------------------------- HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted1/ | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Employment status, sex, and age | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | TOTAL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 198,148| 199,921| 200,101| 198,148| 199,508| 199,634| 199,773| 199,921| 200,101 Civilian labor force............................| 131,657| 132,692| 132,513| 132,529| 132,352| 132,903| 133,018| 133,655| 133,361 Participation rate........................| 66.4| 66.4| 66.2| 66.9| 66.3| 66.6| 66.6| 66.9| 66.6 Employed......................................| 124,278| 124,992| 125,388| 124,973| 124,981| 125,226| 125,663| 126,151| 126,095 Employment-population ratio...............| 62.7| 62.5| 62.7| 63.1| 62.6| 62.7| 62.9| 63.1| 63.0 Agriculture.................................| 3,495| 3,243| 3,344| 3,528| 3,325| 3,529| 3,519| 3,487| 3,368 Nonagricultural industries..................| 120,784| 121,750| 122,044| 121,445| 121,656| 121,698| 122,143| 122,664| 122,726 Unemployed....................................| 7,378| 7,700| 7,124| 7,556| 7,371| 7,677| 7,355| 7,504| 7,266 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.6| 5.8| 5.4| 5.7| 5.6| 5.8| 5.5| 5.6| 5.4 Not in labor force..............................| 66,492| 67,229| 67,589| 65,619| 67,156| 66,730| 66,754| 66,266| 66,741 | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 94,952| 95,864| 95,955| 94,952| 95,661| 95,713| 95,786| 95,864| 95,955 Civilian labor force............................| 71,054| 71,444| 71,450| 71,542| 71,182| 71,593| 71,743| 72,030| 71,935 Participation rate........................| 74.8| 74.5| 74.5| 75.3| 74.4| 74.8| 74.9| 75.1| 75.0 Employed......................................| 67,018| 66,961| 67,415| 67,533| 67,162| 67,501| 67,764| 67,856| 67,933 Employment-population ratio...............| 70.6| 69.9| 70.3| 71.1| 70.2| 70.5| 70.7| 70.8| 70.8 Unemployed....................................| 4,035| 4,483| 4,036| 4,009| 4,020| 4,092| 3,979| 4,174| 4,002 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.7| 6.3| 5.6| 5.6| 5.6| 5.7| 5.5| 5.8| 5.6 | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 87,664| 88,366| 88,440| 87,664| 88,172| 88,223| 88,296| 88,366| 88,440 Civilian labor force............................| 67,288| 67,753| 67,625| 67,479| 67,133| 67,563| 67,719| 67,980| 67,821 Participation rate........................| 76.8| 76.7| 76.5| 77.0| 76.1| 76.6| 76.7| 76.9| 76.7 Employed......................................| 63,953| 64,005| 64,296| 64,196| 63,879| 64,246| 64,425| 64,594| 64,555 Employment-population ratio...............| 73.0| 72.4| 72.7| 73.2| 72.4| 72.8| 73.0| 73.1| 73.0 Agriculture.................................| 2,360| 2,249| 2,283| 2,371| 2,252| 2,399| 2,382| 2,403| 2,292 Nonagricultural industries..................| 61,593| 61,755| 62,014| 61,825| 61,627| 61,848| 62,044| 62,191| 62,263 Unemployed....................................| 3,336| 3,749| 3,328| 3,283| 3,254| 3,317| 3,294| 3,386| 3,266 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.0| 5.5| 4.9| 4.9| 4.8| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0| 4.8 | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 103,197| 104,058| 104,146| 103,197| 103,847| 103,921| 103,986| 104,058| 104,146 Civilian labor force............................| 60,603| 61,248| 61,062| 60,987| 61,170| 61,310| 61,275| 61,625| 61,426 Participation rate........................| 58.7| 58.9| 58.6| 59.1| 58.9| 59.0| 58.9| 59.2| 59.0 Employed......................................| 57,260| 58,031| 57,973| 57,440| 57,819| 57,725| 57,899| 58,294| 58,161 Employment-population ratio...............| 55.5| 55.8| 55.7| 55.7| 55.7| 55.5| 55.7| 56.0| 55.8 Unemployed....................................| 3,343| 3,217| 3,089| 3,547| 3,351| 3,585| 3,376| 3,331| 3,264 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.5| 5.3| 5.1| 5.8| 5.5| 5.8| 5.5| 5.4| 5.3 | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 96,099| 96,798| 96,857| 96,099| 96,633| 96,717| 96,757| 96,798| 96,857 Civilian labor force............................| 57,131| 57,811| 57,636| 57,273| 57,426| 57,591| 57,570| 57,903| 57,763 Participation rate........................| 59.5| 59.7| 59.5| 59.6| 59.4| 59.5| 59.5| 59.8| 59.6 Employed......................................| 54,369| 55,109| 55,081| 54,339| 54,715| 54,642| 54,790| 55,146| 55,060 Employment-population ratio...............| 56.6| 56.9| 56.9| 56.5| 56.6| 56.5| 56.6| 57.0| 56.8 Agriculture.................................| 892| 807| 834| 874| 816| 857| 851| 844| 813 Nonagricultural industries..................| 53,477| 54,303| 54,247| 53,465| 53,899| 53,785| 53,938| 54,303| 54,247 Unemployed....................................| 2,762| 2,701| 2,555| 2,934| 2,711| 2,949| 2,780| 2,757| 2,704 Unemployment rate.........................| 4.8| 4.7| 4.4| 5.1| 4.7| 5.1| 4.8| 4.8| 4.7 | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population.............| 14,385| 14,757| 14,805| 14,385| 14,703| 14,694| 14,719| 14,757| 14,805 Civilian labor force............................| 7,237| 7,128| 7,252| 7,777| 7,793| 7,749| 7,729| 7,772| 7,776 Participation rate........................| 50.3| 48.3| 49.0| 54.1| 53.0| 52.7| 52.5| 52.7| 52.5 Employed......................................| 5,956| 5,879| 6,011| 6,438| 6,387| 6,338| 6,448| 6,411| 6,480 Employment-population ratio...............| 41.4| 39.8| 40.6| 44.8| 43.4| 43.1| 43.8| 43.4| 43.8 Agriculture.................................| 243| 187| 227| 283| 257| 273| 286| 240| 263 Nonagricultural industries..................| 5,713| 5,692| 5,784| 6,155| 6,130| 6,065| 6,161| 6,171| 6,217 Unemployed....................................| 1,281| 1,250| 1,241| 1,339| 1,406| 1,412| 1,282| 1,362| 1,296 Unemployment rate.........................| 17.7| 17.5| 17.1| 17.2| 18.0| 18.2| 16.6| 17.5| 16.7 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted1/ Employment status, race, sex, age, and | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | WHITE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 166,613| 167,853| 167,973| 166,613| 167,545| 167,669| 167,757| 167,853| 167,973 Civilian labor force............................| 111,338| 112,246| 111,965| 112,055| 111,987| 112,198| 112,747| 112,970| 112,613 Participation rate..........................| 66.8| 66.9| 66.7| 67.3| 66.8| 66.9| 67.2| 67.3| 67.0 Employed......................................| 105,886| 106,495| 106,724| 106,517| 106,445| 106,576| 107,244| 107,497| 107,319 Employment-population ratio.................| 63.6| 63.4| 63.5| 63.9| 63.5| 63.6| 63.9| 64.0| 63.9 Unemployed....................................| 5,452| 5,751| 5,241| 5,538| 5,542| 5,623| 5,502| 5,473| 5,294 Unemployment rate...........................| 4.9| 5.1| 4.7| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0| 4.9| 4.8| 4.7 | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 57,578| 58,106| 58,003| 57,783| 57,693| 57,894| 58,162| 58,309| 58,202 Participation rate..........................| 77.0| 77.2| 77.0| 77.3| 76.8| 77.0| 77.3| 77.5| 77.3 Employed......................................| 55,004| 55,237| 55,499| 55,279| 55,206| 55,438| 55,688| 55,795| 55,778 Employment-population ratio.................| 73.6| 73.4| 73.7| 74.0| 73.5| 73.7| 74.0| 74.1| 74.1 Unemployed....................................| 2,574| 2,869| 2,504| 2,504| 2,487| 2,456| 2,475| 2,514| 2,424 Unemployment rate...........................| 4.5| 4.9| 4.3| 4.3| 4.3| 4.2| 4.3| 4.3| 4.2 | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 47,585| 48,056| 47,821| 47,699| 47,772| 47,727| 47,968| 48,136| 47,884 Participation rate..........................| 59.1| 59.4| 59.1| 59.3| 59.1| 59.0| 59.3| 59.5| 59.2 Employed......................................| 45,622| 46,095| 45,983| 45,608| 45,722| 45,604| 45,892| 46,141| 45,937 Employment-population ratio.................| 56.7| 57.0| 56.8| 56.7| 56.6| 56.4| 56.8| 57.0| 56.8 Unemployed....................................| 1,963| 1,961| 1,838| 2,091| 2,050| 2,123| 2,076| 1,995| 1,947 Unemployment rate...........................| 4.1| 4.1| 3.8| 4.4| 4.3| 4.4| 4.3| 4.1| 4.1 | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 6,175| 6,084| 6,141| 6,573| 6,522| 6,577| 6,616| 6,525| 6,527 Participation rate..........................| 54.1| 52.0| 52.4| 57.6| 56.2| 56.6| 56.8| 55.8| 55.7 Employed......................................| 5,260| 5,163| 5,242| 5,630| 5,517| 5,533| 5,665| 5,561| 5,604 Employment-population ratio.................| 46.1| 44.2| 44.7| 49.3| 47.5| 47.6| 48.6| 47.6| 47.8 Unemployed....................................| 915| 921| 899| 943| 1,005| 1,044| 951| 964| 923 Unemployment rate...........................| 14.8| 15.1| 14.6| 14.3| 15.4| 15.9| 14.4| 14.8| 14.1 Men.......................................| 15.8| 17.0| 15.8| 15.2| 16.0| 16.6| 15.2| 16.0| 15.2 Women.....................................| 13.8| 13.1| 13.4| 13.4| 14.7| 15.1| 13.4| 13.4| 12.9 | | | | | | | | | BLACK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 23,169| 23,485| 23,519| 23,169| 23,419| 23,424| 23,455| 23,485| 23,519 Civilian labor force............................| 14,775| 14,899| 14,900| 14,861| 14,959| 14,993| 14,827| 15,030| 14,971 Participation rate..........................| 63.8| 63.4| 63.4| 64.1| 63.9| 64.0| 63.2| 64.0| 63.7 Employed......................................| 13,240| 13,282| 13,368| 13,278| 13,436| 13,409| 13,302| 13,358| 13,399 Employment-population ratio.................| 57.1| 56.6| 56.8| 57.3| 57.4| 57.2| 56.7| 56.9| 57.0 Unemployed....................................| 1,535| 1,617| 1,532| 1,583| 1,523| 1,584| 1,525| 1,673| 1,573 Unemployment rate...........................| 10.4| 10.9| 10.3| 10.7| 10.2| 10.6| 10.3| 11.1| 10.5 | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 6,808| 6,785| 6,716| 6,786| 6,683| 6,748| 6,775| 6,790| 6,696 Participation rate..........................| 73.5| 72.3| 71.5| 73.2| 71.5| 72.2| 72.3| 72.4| 71.3 Employed......................................| 6,202| 6,049| 6,067| 6,188| 6,062| 6,141| 6,089| 6,049| 6,055 Employment-population ratio.................| 66.9| 64.5| 64.6| 66.8| 64.9| 65.7| 65.0| 64.5| 64.5 Unemployed....................................| 606| 735| 648| 598| 621| 607| 686| 741| 641 Unemployment rate...........................| 8.9| 10.8| 9.7| 8.8| 9.3| 9.0| 10.1| 10.9| 9.6 | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 7,171| 7,288| 7,308| 7,178| 7,317| 7,343| 7,193| 7,287| 7,300 Participation rate..........................| 61.6| 61.8| 61.9| 61.6| 62.2| 62.4| 61.1| 61.8| 61.9 Employed......................................| 6,526| 6,680| 6,707| 6,513| 6,751| 6,678| 6,630| 6,674| 6,687 Employment-population ratio.................| 56.0| 56.7| 56.8| 55.9| 57.4| 56.8| 56.3| 56.6| 56.7 Unemployed....................................| 646| 608| 601| 665| 566| 665| 563| 613| 613 Unemployment rate...........................| 9.0| 8.3| 8.2| 9.3| 7.7| 9.1| 7.8| 8.4| 8.4 | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 795| 827| 877| 897| 959| 902| 860| 954| 976 Participation rate..........................| 35.3| 35.6| 37.6| 39.8| 41.4| 39.1| 37.2| 41.1| 41.9 Employed......................................| 512| 553| 594| 577| 623| 590| 583| 635| 657 Employment-population ratio.................| 22.7| 23.8| 25.5| 25.6| 26.9| 25.6| 25.2| 27.4| 28.2 Unemployed....................................| 283| 274| 283| 320| 336| 312| 276| 319| 319 Unemployment rate...........................| 35.6| 33.1| 32.3| 35.7| 35.0| 34.6| 32.1| 33.5| 32.7 Men.......................................| 37.1| 38.0| 35.0| 35.9| 39.0| 39.1| 30.6| 38.2| 34.1 Women.....................................| 34.1| 28.2| 29.5| 35.5| 31.4| 30.4| 33.6| 28.4| 31.3 | | | | | | | | | HISPANIC ORIGIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 18,509| 19,025| 19,080| 18,509| 18,889| 18,929| 18,977| 19,025| 19,080 Civilian labor force............................| 12,090| 12,524| 12,417| 12,177| 12,391| 12,655| 12,666| 12,571| 12,511 Participation rate..........................| 65.3| 65.8| 65.1| 65.8| 65.6| 66.9| 66.7| 66.1| 65.6 Employed......................................| 11,036| 11,229| 11,260| 11,066| 11,237| 11,493| 11,432| 11,308| 11,294 Employment-population ratio.................| 59.6| 59.0| 59.0| 59.8| 59.5| 60.7| 60.2| 59.4| 59.2 Unemployed....................................| 1,054| 1,295| 1,158| 1,111| 1,154| 1,162| 1,234| 1,262| 1,217 Unemployment rate...........................| 8.7| 10.3| 9.3| 9.1| 9.3| 9.2| 9.7| 10.0| 9.7 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Category | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total employed, 16 years and over.................|124,278 |124,992 |125,388 |124,973 |124,981 |125,226 |125,663 |126,151 |126,095 Married men, spouse present.....................| 42,086 | 42,051 | 42,152 | 42,028 | 42,058 | 42,171 | 42,339 | 42,178 | 42,067 Married women, spouse present...................| 32,301 | 32,277 | 32,123 | 32,040 | 32,072 | 32,078 | 32,101 | 32,053 | 31,868 Women who maintain families.....................| 7,181 | 7,457 | 7,426 | 7,146 | 7,304 | 7,294 | 7,295 | 7,397 | 7,389 | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty...........| 34,948 | 36,186 | 36,094 | 34,952 | 35,712 | 35,682 | 35,866 | 36,149 | 36,115 Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,306 | 37,631 | 37,450 | 37,466 | 36,999 | 37,057 | 37,328 | 37,782 | 37,638 Service occupations.............................| 17,092 | 16,831 | 17,074 | 16,984 | 16,964 | 16,755 | 16,727 | 16,714 | 16,939 Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,406 | 13,277 | 13,364 | 13,635 | 13,445 | 13,615 | 13,786 | 13,618 | 13,595 Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,972 | 17,804 | 17,975 | 18,141 | 18,264 | 18,257 | 18,147 | 18,058 | 18,124 Farming, forestry, and fishing..................| 3,554 | 3,263 | 3,431 | 3,679 | 3,599 | 3,760 | 3,744 | 3,622 | 3,545 | | | | | | | | | CLASS OF WORKER | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Agriculture: | | | | | | | | | Wage and salary workers.......................| 1,835 | 1,719 | 1,830 | 1,865 | 1,755 | 1,964 | 1,954 | 1,859 | 1,862 Self-employed workers.........................| 1,600 | 1,484 | 1,466 | 1,626 | 1,521 | 1,547 | 1,531 | 1,572 | 1,484 Unpaid family workers.........................| 60 | 40 | 48 | 66 | 46 | 48 | 34 | 41 | 52 Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | | Wage and salary workers.......................|111,874 |112,648 |112,936 |112,469 |112,618 |112,568 |113,165 |113,461 |113,527 Government..................................| 18,777 | 18,419 | 18,564 | 18,534 | 18,237 | 18,044 | 18,259 | 18,005 | 18,290 Private industries..........................| 93,097 | 94,229 | 94,372 | 93,935 | 94,381 | 94,524 | 94,906 | 95,456 | 95,237 Private households........................| 954 | 917 | 827 | 974 | 975 | 931 | 873 | 901 | 844 Other industries..........................| 92,143 | 93,312 | 93,545 | 92,961 | 93,406 | 93,593 | 94,032 | 94,555 | 94,393 Self-employed workers.........................| 8,795 | 8,992 | 9,008 | 8,874 | 8,877 | 8,913 | 8,953 | 9,092 | 9,081 Unpaid family workers.........................| 114 | 109 | 101 | 114 | 106 | 85 | 116 | 102 | 101 | | | | | | | | | PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All industries: | | | | | | | | | Part time for economic reasons................| 4,245 | 4,569 | 4,299 | 4,473 | 4,447 | 4,091 | 4,502 | 4,479 | 4,525 Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,369 | 2,630 | 2,501 | 2,459 | 2,537 | 2,250 | 2,533 | 2,548 | 2,594 Could only find part-time work..............| 1,644 | 1,626 | 1,522 | 1,696 | 1,615 | 1,509 | 1,621 | 1,596 | 1,571 Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,429 | 18,524 | 18,291 | 17,878 | 17,405 | 17,198 | 17,493 | 17,915 | 17,487 | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | | Part time for economic reasons................| 4,012 | 4,358 | 4,081 | 4,211 | 4,306 | 3,842 | 4,274 | 4,223 | 4,287 Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,214 | 2,491 | 2,362 | 2,323 | 2,440 | 2,114 | 2,382 | 2,386 | 2,476 Could only find part-time work..............| 1,600 | 1,608 | 1,491 | 1,647 | 1,583 | 1,472 | 1,607 | 1,561 | 1,534 Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 17,663 | 17,870 | 17,690 | 17,212 | 16,804 | 16,520 | 16,884 | 17,266 | 16,994 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number of | | unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/ | (in thousands) | Category | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over.........................| 7,556 | 7,504 | 7,266| 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 Men, 20 years and over.........................| 3,283 | 3,386 | 3,266| 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 Women, 20 years and over.......................| 2,934 | 2,757 | 2,704| 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................| 1,339 | 1,362 | 1,296| 17.2 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 16.7 | | | | | | | | | Married men, spouse present....................| 1,438 | 1,361 | 1,291| 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 Married women, spouse present..................| 1,362 | 1,165 | 1,231| 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 Women who maintain families....................| 678 | 615 | 541| 8.7 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 6.8 | | | | | | | | | Full-time workers..............................| 6,036 | 6,014 | 5,843| 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 Part-time workers..............................| 1,522 | 1,499 | 1,427| 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.8 | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION2/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty..........| 885 | 869 | 839| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 Technical, sales, and administrative support...| 1,869 | 1,739 | 1,752| 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........| 859 | 843 | 797| 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.5 Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........| 1,595 | 1,693 | 1,585| 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.0 Farming, forestry, and fishing.................| 334 | 309 | 308| 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.0 | | | | | | | | | INDUSTRY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers| 5,825 | 5,855 | 5,716| 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 Goods-producing industries...................| 1,780 | 1,843 | 1,706| 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.1 Mining.....................................| 28 | 40 | 25| 4.3 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 4.4 Construction...............................| 740 | 683 | 683| 11.5 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 10.2 Manufacturing..............................| 1,012 | 1,120 | 998| 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.8 Durable goods............................| 526 | 638 | 589| 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 Nondurable goods.........................| 486 | 482 | 409| 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 4.8 Service-producing industries.................| 4,045 | 4,011 | 4,010| 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 Transportation and public utilities........| 318 | 293 | 300| 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 Wholesale and retail trade.................| 1,731 | 1,782 | 1,733| 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.6 Finance, insurance, and real estate........| 248 | 189 | 172| 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 Services...................................| 1,748 | 1,747 | 1,805| 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.6 Government workers.............................| 579 | 515 | 547| 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 Agricultural wage and salary workers...........| 235 | 223 | 227| 11.2 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.9 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2/ Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Duration | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Less than 5 weeks................................| 2,424 | 2,303 | 2,221 | 2,630 | 2,717 | 2,784 | 2,793 | 2,623 | 2,412 5 to 14 weeks....................................| 2,141 | 2,578 | 2,133 | 2,362 | 2,431 | 2,413 | 2,280 | 2,298 | 2,337 15 weeks and over................................| 2,813 | 2,819 | 2,770 | 2,439 | 2,322 | 2,370 | 2,307 | 2,479 | 2,388 15 to 26 weeks................................| 1,294 | 1,398 | 1,343 | 1,069 | 1,085 | 1,118 | 1,126 | 1,164 | 1,106 27 weeks and over.............................| 1,520 | 1,421 | 1,427 | 1,370 | 1,237 | 1,252 | 1,181 | 1,316 | 1,282 | | | | | | | | | Average (mean) duration, in weeks................| 19.0 | 18.2 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 17.4 Median duration, in weeks........................| 10.2 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.8 | | | | | | | | | PERCENT DISTRIBUTION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total unemployed.................................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 Less than 5 weeks..............................| 32.9 | 29.9 | 31.2 | 35.4 | 36.4 | 36.8 | 37.8 | 35.4 | 33.8 5 to 14 weeks..................................| 29.0 | 33.5 | 29.9 | 31.8 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 32.7 15 weeks and over..............................| 38.1 | 36.6 | 38.9 | 32.8 | 31.1 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 33.5 | 33.5 15 to 26 weeks...............................| 17.5 | 18.2 | 18.8 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 15.5 27 weeks and over............................| 20.6 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 18.4 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 17.8 | 18.0 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | |Not seasonally adjusted| Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________ _______________________________________________ Reason | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........| 3,479| 3,849| 3,610| 3,495| 3,484| 3,606| 3,595| 3,564| 3,625 On temporary layoff......................................| 1,053| 1,266| 1,094| 1,088| 1,012| 1,132| 1,032| 1,027| 1,116 Not on temporary layoff..................................| 2,425| 2,583| 2,517| 2,407| 2,472| 2,474| 2,564| 2,537| 2,509 Permanent job losers...................................| 1,780| 1,925| 1,828| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs...................| 645| 658| 689| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) Job leavers................................................| 797| 806| 694| 809| 881| 869| 747| 782| 702 Reentrants.................................................| 2,526| 2,534| 2,291| 2,651| 2,466| 2,458| 2,517| 2,588| 2,379 New entrants...............................................| 576| 511| 530| 599| 603| 641| 613| 591| 550 | | | | | | | | | PERCENT DISTRIBUTION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total unemployed...........................................| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 47.2| 50.0| 50.7| 46.3| 46.9| 47.6| 48.1| 47.4| 50.0 On temporary layoff.....................................| 14.3| 16.4| 15.4| 14.4| 13.6| 14.9| 13.8| 13.6| 15.4 Not on temporary layoff.................................| 32.9| 33.6| 35.3| 31.9| 33.3| 32.7| 34.3| 33.7| 34.6 Job leavers...............................................| 10.8| 10.5| 9.7| 10.7| 11.9| 11.5| 10.0| 10.4| 9.7 Reentrants................................................| 34.2| 32.9| 32.2| 35.1| 33.2| 32.5| 33.7| 34.4| 32.8 New entrants..............................................| 7.8| 6.6| 7.4| 7.9| 8.1| 8.5| 8.2| 7.9| 7.6 | | | | | | | | | UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE | | | | | | | | | CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 2.6| 2.9| 2.7| 2.6| 2.6| 2.7| 2.7| 2.7| 2.7 Job leavers...............................................| .6| .6| .5| .6| .7| .7| .6| .6| .5 Reentrants................................................| 1.9| 1.9| 1.7| 2.0| 1.9| 1.8| 1.9| 1.9| 1.8 New entrants..............................................| .4| .4| .4| .5| .5| .5| .5| .4| .4 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Not available. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally | Seasonally adjusted Measure | adjusted | ____________________ _________________________________________ | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, | | | | | | | | | as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | | | | | | | | | U-2 Job losers and persons who completed | | | | | | | | | temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian | | | | | | | | | labor force..........................................................| 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | | | | | | | | | U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the | | | | | | | | | civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)....................| 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | | | | | | | | | U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged | | | | | | | | | workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force | | | | | | | | | plus discouraged workers.............................................| 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.7 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, | | | | | | | | | plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent | | | | | | | | | of the civilian labor force plus all marginally | | | | | | | | | attached workers.....................................................| 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.4 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached | | | | | | | | | workers, plus total employed part time for economic | | | | | | | | | reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force | | | | | | | | | plus all marginally attached workers.................................| 9.8 | 10.3 | 9.7 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Not available. NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994. Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number of | | unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/ | (in thousands) | Age and sex | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over..........................| 7,556 | 7,504 | 7,266 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 16 to 24 years..................................| 2,568 | 2,659 | 2,517 | 11.8 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 11.8 16 to 19 years................................| 1,339 | 1,362 | 1,296 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 16.7 16 to 17 years..............................| 649 | 637 | 613 | 20.1 | 20.9 | 20.5 | 20.0 | 19.4 | 18.7 18 to 19 years..............................| 704 | 722 | 689 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 14.3 | 16.1 | 15.3 20 to 24 years................................| 1,229 | 1,298 | 1,221 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 9.0 25 years and over...............................| 4,966 | 4,865 | 4,735 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 25 to 54 years................................| 4,329 | 4,233 | 4,174 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 55 years and over.............................| 585 | 611 | 518 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over..........................| 4,009 | 4,174 | 4,002 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.6 16 to 24 years................................| 1,383 | 1,508 | 1,441 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 12.8 16 to 19 years..............................| 726 | 787 | 736 | 17.9 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 17.0 | 19.4 | 17.9 16 to 17 years............................| 355 | 362 | 358 | 21.1 | 21.7 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 21.4 | 21.2 18 to 19 years............................| 390 | 426 | 389 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 13.9 | 18.0 | 16.1 20 to 24 years..............................| 657 | 720 | 706 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 9.9 25 years and over.............................| 2,621 | 2,661 | 2,562 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 25 to 54 years..............................| 2,264 | 2,330 | 2,299 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 55 years and over...........................| 358 | 315 | 267 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over........................| 3,547 | 3,331 | 3,264 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 16 to 24 years................................| 1,185 | 1,152 | 1,076 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 10.7 16 to 19 years..............................| 613 | 574 | 561 | 16.5 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 15.3 16 to 17 years............................| 294 | 275 | 255 | 19.0 | 20.1 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 17.3 | 16.1 18 to 19 years............................| 314 | 296 | 300 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 14.7 | 14.0 | 14.4 20 to 24 years..............................| 572 | 577 | 515 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.1 25 years and over.............................| 2,345 | 2,205 | 2,172 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 25 to 54 years..............................| 2,065 | 1,903 | 1,875 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 55 years and over...........................| 227 | 296 | 251 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (In thousands) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Category | Total | Men | Women ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ | Apr. | Apr. | Apr. | Apr. | Apr. | Apr. | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total not in the labor force..........................................| 66,492 | 67,589 | 23,898 | 24,504 | 42,594 | 43,084 Persons who currently want a job.....................................| 5,433 | 5,378 | 2,324 | 2,265 | 3,109 | 3,113 Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................| 1,390 | 1,516 | 719 | 749 | 671 | 767 Reason not currently looking: | | | | | | Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................| 385 | 403 | 268 | 270 | 117 | 133 Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................| 1,006 | 1,113 | 452 | 479 | 554 | 634 | | | | | | MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS | | | | | | | | | | | | Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................| 7,710 | 7,500 | 4,111 | 4,117 | 3,599 | 3,383 Percent of total employed.........................................| 6.2 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 5.8 | | | | | | Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................| 4,490 | 4,250 | 2,675 | 2,594 | 1,815 | 1,655 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................| 1,700 | 1,690 | 512 | 544 | 1,188 | 1,146 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................| 241 | 241 | 183 | 169 | 57 | 72 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................| 1,245 | 1,301 | 721 | 796 | 524 | 506 | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2/ Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3/ Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4/ Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry (In thousands) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total..............................|116,133|116,380|117,099|117,894|116,310|117,357|117,211|117,842|118,020|118,022 | | | | | | | | | | Total private.........................| 96,498| 96,738| 97,326| 98,141| 97,049| 98,029| 97,920| 98,508| 98,647| 98,647 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 24,057| 23,590| 23,668| 23,897| 24,331| 24,173| 24,116| 24,264| 24,210| 24,139 | | | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 577| 558| 562| 566| 583| 569| 567| 573| 575| 574 Metal mining..............................| 50.8| 50.5| 51.0| 51.4| 51| 51| 51| 51| 52| 52 Coal mining...............................| 108.0| 103.0| 102.7| 102.5| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1) Oil and gas extraction....................| 313.6| 305.6| 306.4| 306.5| 319| 308| 307| 311| 313| 313 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........| 104.7| 98.7| 102.0| 105.6| 105| 106| 106| 107| 107| 106 | | | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 5,071| 4,882| 4,997| 5,218| 5,242| 5,297| 5,314| 5,426| 5,431| 5,378 General building contractors..............|1,208.3|1,164.8|1,178.0|1,210.8| 1,255| 1,233| 1,234| 1,250| 1,251| 1,250 Heavy construction, except building.......| 718.9| 624.1| 667.4| 729.0| 743| 736| 729| 755| 765| 752 Special trade contractors.................|3,143.9|3,093.0|3,152.0|3,277.7| 3,244| 3,328| 3,351| 3,421| 3,415| 3,376 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 18,409| 18,150| 18,109| 18,113| 18,506| 18,307| 18,235| 18,265| 18,204| 18,187 Production workers......................| 12,743| 12,513| 12,479| 12,488| 12,818| 12,650| 12,580| 12,604| 12,550| 12,540 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods..............................| 10,606| 10,554| 10,527| 10,560| 10,632| 10,607| 10,581| 10,602| 10,558| 10,573 Production workers......................| 7,280| 7,221| 7,198| 7,232| 7,296| 7,267| 7,237| 7,254| 7,216| 7,234 Lumber and wood products..................| 748.9| 734.7| 733.6| 740.5| 761| 756| 749| 747| 745| 752 Furniture and fixtures....................| 504.3| 492.5| 490.5| 486.5| 506| 497| 494| 493| 491| 487 Stone, clay, and glass products...........| 543.1| 519.3| 526.6| 536.5| 546| 537| 534| 539| 540| 538 Primary metal industries..................| 716.8| 713.2| 710.7| 709.1| 719| 714| 715| 715| 712| 711 Blast furnaces and basic steel products.| 239.1| 237.1| 236.5| 235.2| 240| 239| 238| 238| 237| 236 Fabricated metal products.................|1,436.1|1,435.6|1,435.9|1,433.5| 1,442| 1,438| 1,441| 1,441| 1,439| 1,436 Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,039.7|2,066.7|2,070.4|2,066.9| 2,036| 2,067| 2,066| 2,065| 2,066| 2,061 Computer and office equipment...........| 336.3| 342.8| 344.8| 344.7| 337| 345| 345| 344| 346| 345 Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,612.4|1,647.4|1,642.6|1,641.0| 1,616| 1,643| 1,645| 1,651| 1,646| 1,644 Electronic components and accessories...| 569.7| 612.5| 611.4| 611.7| 571| 604| 608| 614| 613| 614 Transportation equipment..................|1,767.3|1,717.2|1,687.6|1,719.9| 1,766| 1,724| 1,706| 1,719| 1,688| 1,716 Motor vehicles and equipment............| 939.9| 921.2| 888.8| 919.4| 938| 927| 919| 920| 889| 917 Aircraft and parts......................| 453.6| 438.7| 439.7| 440.6| 455| 437| 439| 439| 440| 441 Instruments and related products..........| 844.8| 837.6| 838.7| 836.8| 846| 837| 838| 838| 839| 838 Miscellaneous manufacturing...............| 392.6| 389.4| 390.5| 389.2| 394| 394| 393| 394| 392| 390 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods...........................| 7,803| 7,596| 7,582| 7,553| 7,874| 7,700| 7,654| 7,663| 7,646| 7,614 Production workers......................| 5,463| 5,292| 5,281| 5,256| 5,522| 5,383| 5,343| 5,350| 5,334| 5,306 Food and kindred products.................|1,634.9|1,630.6|1,628.9|1,617.4| 1,687| 1,681| 1,671| 1,676| 1,678| 1,669 Tobacco products..........................| 37.3| 39.7| 37.3| 36.0| 40| 38| 38| 39| 39| 38 Textile mill products.....................| 668.6| 631.5| 630.6| 627.8| 669| 638| 631| 634| 632| 627 Apparel and other textile products........| 937.3| 853.8| 844.5| 841.6| 940| 868| 854| 859| 846| 842 Paper and allied products.................| 687.7| 674.6| 672.4| 668.7| 692| 682| 681| 678| 676| 672 Printing and publishing...................|1,557.4|1,541.4|1,543.8|1,537.1| 1,557| 1,550| 1,544| 1,543| 1,544| 1,537 Chemicals and allied products.............|1,046.6|1,031.8|1,031.8|1,030.7| 1,051| 1,035| 1,036| 1,035| 1,035| 1,034 Petroleum and coal products...............| 144.9| 135.4| 136.2| 137.8| 146| 139| 139| 140| 139| 139 Rubber and misc. plastics products........| 978.6| 956.9| 956.6| 956.9| 981| 966| 959| 958| 956| 956 Leather and leather products..............| 110.0| 100.3| 100.1| 99.4| 111| 103| 101| 101| 101| 100 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 92,076| 92,790| 93,431| 93,997| 91,979| 93,184| 93,095| 93,578| 93,810| 93,883 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 6,138| 6,176| 6,197| 6,225| 6,184| 6,231| 6,231| 6,244| 6,253| 6,262 Transportation............................| 3,885| 3,932| 3,952| 3,982| 3,919| 3,968| 3,969| 3,987| 3,996| 4,009 Railroad transportation.................| 241.2| 230.7| 230.9| 231.4| 242| 237| 235| 235| 233| 231 Local and interurban passenger transit..| 448.5| 485.2| 490.9| 492.1| 437| 466| 467| 473| 477| 479 Trucking and warehousing................|1,839.4|1,840.2|1,849.3|1,864.8| 1,879| 1,883| 1,882| 1,891| 1,897| 1,903 Water transportation....................| 162.2| 144.7| 145.0| 149.0| 164| 154| 153| 151| 149| 149 Transportation by air...................| 756.1| 789.4| 793.9| 802.1| 759| 786| 789| 793| 798| 805 Pipelines, except natural gas...........| 16.8| 15.5| 15.5| 15.5| 17| 16| 16| 16| 16| 16 Transportation services.................| 421.2| 426.3| 426.0| 426.7| 421| 426| 427| 428| 426| 426 Communications and public utilities.......| 2,253| 2,244| 2,245| 2,243| 2,265| 2,263| 2,262| 2,257| 2,257| 2,253 Communications..........................|1,348.0|1,358.7|1,361.6|1,361.9| 1,355| 1,363| 1,368| 1,366| 1,368| 1,367 Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 905.2| 885.1| 883.2| 881.5| 910| 900| 894| 891| 889| 886 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 6,277| 6,363| 6,398| 6,427| 6,300| 6,395| 6,401| 6,422| 6,439| 6,444 Durable goods.............................| 3,643| 3,722| 3,745| 3,762| 3,650| 3,720| 3,730| 3,744| 3,756| 3,766 Nondurable goods..........................| 2,634| 2,641| 2,653| 2,665| 2,650| 2,675| 2,671| 2,678| 2,683| 2,678 | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry (In thousands) -Continued ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 20,531| 20,542| 20,642| 20,873| 20,762| 20,981| 20,933| 21,040| 21,080| 21,100 Building materials and garden supplies....| 855.2| 819.3| 842.5| 880.6| 852| 865| 869| 865| 873| 875 General merchandise stores................|2,440.4|2,443.7|2,449.5|2,443.6| 2,539| 2,517| 2,499| 2,517| 2,554| 2,540 Department stores.......................|2,128.9|2,148.1|2,154.3|2,147.6| 2,218| 2,207| 2,193| 2,210| 2,249| 2,235 Food stores...............................|3,308.2|3,360.4|3,356.6|3,354.6| 3,345| 3,400| 3,395| 3,398| 3,401| 3,388 Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,194.2|2,236.1|2,256.0|2,277.1| 2,205| 2,250| 2,255| 2,266| 2,276| 2,284 New and used car dealers................| 995.4|1,020.7|1,028.8|1,037.3| 1,000| 1,018| 1,021| 1,026| 1,033| 1,040 Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,077.0|1,042.2|1,043.4|1,045.0| 1,103| 1,071| 1,073| 1,073| 1,077| 1,071 Furniture and home furnishings stores.....| 936.1| 977.1| 981.7| 989.7| 945| 967| 975| 981| 989| 998 Eating and drinking places................|7,163.3|7,052.2|7,128.9|7,291.6| 7,170| 7,279| 7,248| 7,308| 7,274| 7,306 Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,556.4|2,611.3|2,583.5|2,590.8| 2,603| 2,632| 2,619| 2,632| 2,636| 2,638 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 6,898| 6,968| 7,000| 7,031| 6,924| 7,001| 7,007| 7,033| 7,043| 7,060 Finance...................................| 3,297| 3,354| 3,365| 3,373| 3,305| 3,342| 3,354| 3,365| 3,370| 3,382 Depository institutions.................|2,054.5|2,043.2|2,043.1|2,041.9| 2,063| 2,047| 2,051| 2,051| 2,049| 2,050 Commercial banks......................|1,487.9|1,485.6|1,486.0|1,485.4| 1,494| 1,492| 1,493| 1,493| 1,492| 1,491 Savings institutions..................| 287.0| 271.2| 269.8| 268.0| 288| 273| 272| 272| 270| 268 Nondepository institutions..............| 475.0| 518.9| 524.2| 529.3| 473| 509| 513| 519| 522| 528 Mortgage bankers and brokers..........| 222.2| 247.3| 249.5| 252.0| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2) Security and commodity brokers..........| 526.8| 535.8| 537.8| 542.1| 528| 535| 537| 538| 540| 544 Holding and other investment offices....| 240.4| 256.2| 259.4| 259.6| 241| 251| 253| 257| 259| 260 Insurance.................................| 2,238| 2,257| 2,264| 2,265| 2,239| 2,256| 2,259| 2,262| 2,265| 2,266 Insurance carriers......................|1,536.0|1,544.1|1,549.7|1,552.3| 1,536| 1,544| 1,546| 1,547| 1,550| 1,552 Insurance agents, brokers, and service..| 701.8| 712.7| 714.5| 713.1| 703| 712| 713| 715| 715| 714 Real estate...............................| 1,363| 1,357| 1,371| 1,393| 1,380| 1,403| 1,394| 1,406| 1,408| 1,412 | | | | | | | | | | Services3/..................................| 32,597| 33,099| 33,421| 33,688| 32,548| 33,248| 33,232| 33,505| 33,622| 33,642 Agricultural services.....................| 595.2| 512.9| 547.4| 610.1| 589| 599| 601| 615| 613| 603 Hotels and other lodging places...........| 1,569| 1,556| 1,584| 1,610| 1,611| 1,629| 1,629| 1,638| 1,651| 1,658 Personal services.........................| 1,209| 1,229| 1,221| 1,220| 1,152| 1,140| 1,149| 1,165| 1,158| 1,160 Business services.........................| 6,479| 6,741| 6,816| 6,865| 6,538| 6,803| 6,783| 6,907| 6,934| 6,941 Services to buildings...................| 865| 894| 898| 907| 866| 896| 890| 909| 906| 909 Personnel supply services...............| 2,325| 2,381| 2,430| 2,453| 2,368| 2,459| 2,442| 2,530| 2,521| 2,505 Help supply services..................| 2,056| 2,102| 2,146| 2,168| 2,097| 2,175| 2,160| 2,240| 2,233| 2,219 Computer and data processing services...| 1,027| 1,115| 1,126| 1,134| 1,026| 1,101| 1,101| 1,111| 1,122| 1,133 Auto repair, services, and parking........| 1,015| 1,060| 1,073| 1,079| 1,016| 1,053| 1,057| 1,067| 1,074| 1,079 Miscellaneous repair services.............| 341| 342| 346| 348| 342| 347| 344| 346| 349| 349 Motion pictures...........................| 578| 586| 597| 592| 580| 584| 589| 586| 593| 594 Amusement and recreation services.........| 1,448| 1,310| 1,370| 1,472| 1,462| 1,469| 1,456| 1,470| 1,481| 1,472 Health services...........................| 9,193| 9,417| 9,453| 9,472| 9,211| 9,403| 9,408| 9,445| 9,472| 9,491 Offices and clinics of medical doctors..| 1,574| 1,613| 1,618| 1,625| 1,578| 1,616| 1,614| 1,620| 1,621| 1,630 Nursing and personal care facilities....| 1,677| 1,716| 1,723| 1,725| 1,682| 1,716| 1,716| 1,719| 1,727| 1,730 Hospitals...............................| 3,803| 3,840| 3,844| 3,840| 3,810| 3,838| 3,838| 3,847| 3,847| 3,844 Home health care services...............| 598| 626| 631| 635| 597| 630| 625| 630| 632| 635 Legal services............................| 927| 929| 932| 932| 932| 932| 931| 934| 936| 936 Educational services......................| 1,983| 2,019| 2,033| 2,030| 1,866| 1,898| 1,888| 1,907| 1,914| 1,911 Social services...........................| 2,275| 2,309| 2,328| 2,334| 2,265| 2,298| 2,296| 2,309| 2,316| 2,322 Child day care services.................| 536| 539| 545| 547| 519| 527| 525| 528| 530| 531 Residential care........................| 629| 645| 648| 651| 631| 642| 644| 647| 649| 653 Museums and botanical and zoological | | | | | | | | | | gardens.................................| 79| 76| 79| 82| 81| 83| 83| 84| 84| 84 Membership organizations..................| 2,047| 2,042| 2,049| 2,048| 2,057| 2,063| 2,061| 2,062| 2,064| 2,060 Engineering and management services.......| 2,688| 2,798| 2,822| 2,824| 2,674| 2,774| 2,785| 2,798| 2,811| 2,809 Engineering and architectural services..| 791| 805| 813| 817| 799| 816| 813| 816| 821| 825 Management and public relations.........| 785| 838| 843| 847| 785| 841| 843| 845| 846| 845 Services, nec.............................| 40.9| 40.9| 40.8| 41.5| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1) | | | | | | | | | | Government..................................| 19,635| 19,642| 19,773| 19,753| 19,261| 19,328| 19,291| 19,334| 19,373| 19,375 Federal...................................| 2,820| 2,768| 2,768| 2,767| 2,826| 2,799| 2,780| 2,779| 2,776| 2,775 Federal, except Postal Service..........|1,985.3|1,916.1|1,913.6|1,911.1| 1,987| 1,942| 1,928| 1,926| 1,919| 1,917 State.....................................| 4,733| 4,698| 4,728| 4,729| 4,608| 4,591| 4,577| 4,599| 4,601| 4,602 Education...............................|2,040.7|2,044.0|2,072.9|2,069.4| 1,905| 1,915| 1,904| 1,926| 1,930| 1,932 Other State government..................|2,692.3|2,654.2|2,655.4|2,659.5| 2,703| 2,676| 2,673| 2,673| 2,671| 2,670 Local.....................................| 12,082| 12,176| 12,277| 12,257| 11,827| 11,938| 11,934| 11,956| 11,996| 11,998 Education...............................|6,957.6|7,026.9|7,093.3|7,064.0| 6,614| 6,683| 6,674| 6,686| 6,711| 6,715 Other local government..................|5,124.3|5,148.8|5,184.1|5,192.7| 5,213| 5,255| 5,260| 5,270| 5,285| 5,283 | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. 2/ This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment because it has very little irregular movement. Thus, the not seasonally adjusted series can be used for analysis of cyclical and long-term trends. 3/ Includes other industries, not shown separately. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total private...........................| 34.3 | 34.2 | 34.2 | 34.2 | 34.6 | 34.3 | 33.8 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 34.3 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 39.9 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.7 | 40.6 | 39.6 | 41.3 | 40.8 | 41.0 | | | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 44.3 | 45.1 | 45.2 | 45.1 | 44.7 | 44.6 | 43.9 | 45.6 | 45.8 | 45.5 | | | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 37.6 | 38.1 | 38.0 | 38.6 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 40.4 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 41.1 | 41.5 | 41.2 | 39.9 | 41.6 | 41.4 | 41.5 Overtime hours.........................| 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods.............................| 41.0 | 42.0 | 41.9 | 41.9 | 42.3 | 41.9 | 40.9 | 42.3 | 42.0 | 42.3 Overtime hours.........................| 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 | | | | | | | | | | Lumber and wood products.................| 40.1 | 39.8 | 40.3 | 40.7 | 40.4 | 40.0 | 39.0 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 41.1 Furniture and fixtures...................| 37.7 | 38.5 | 39.0 | 38.8 | 38.7 | 39.5 | 35.9 | 39.3 | 39.4 | 39.2 Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 42.3 | 42.4 | 42.7 | 43.1 | 42.5 | 42.8 | 42.0 | 43.7 | 43.4 | 43.5 Primary metal industries.................| 43.3 | 44.0 | 43.7 | 43.7 | 43.5 | 43.7 | 43.2 | 44.1 | 43.7 | 44.0 Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 45.4 | 44.6 | 44.3 | 43.7 | 45.4 | 44.3 | 44.5 | 45.0 | 44.5 | 43.7 Fabricated metal products................| 40.3 | 42.0 | 41.9 | 41.7 | 42.0 | 42.1 | 40.9 | 42.2 | 42.1 | 42.3 Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 41.8 | 43.3 | 43.3 | 42.7 | 43.3 | 43.0 | 42.0 | 43.3 | 43.1 | 43.1 Electronic and other electrical equipment| 40.2 | 41.5 | 41.4 | 40.8 | 41.5 | 41.1 | 40.1 | 41.8 | 41.6 | 41.3 Transportation equipment.................| 42.1 | 43.2 | 42.0 | 43.5 | 44.3 | 42.8 | 42.3 | 43.3 | 41.7 | 43.5 Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 42.9 | 44.1 | 41.9 | 44.5 | 43.1 | 44.4 | 43.5 | 44.0 | 41.4 | 44.4 Instruments and related products.........| 40.5 | 41.8 | 41.8 | 41.2 | 41.5 | 41.2 | 40.2 | 41.9 | 41.7 | 41.5 Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 38.9 | 39.2 | 39.9 | 39.4 | 40.1 | 39.4 | 37.8 | 39.6 | 39.9 | 39.6 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods..........................| 39.6 | 40.1 | 40.3 | 40.0 | 40.4 | 40.2 | 38.7 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.4 Overtime hours.........................| 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | | | | | | | | | | Food and kindred products................| 39.8 | 40.4 | 40.5 | 40.2 | 40.7 | 40.6 | 39.7 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 41.0 Tobacco products.........................| 38.5 | 38.9 | 39.9 | 40.0 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) Textile mill products....................| 39.9 | 40.1 | 40.7 | 40.0 | 41.0 | 40.2 | 36.2 | 40.7 | 41.0 | 40.3 Apparel and other textile products.......| 35.6 | 36.7 | 37.0 | 36.5 | 37.0 | 36.8 | 33.5 | 37.0 | 37.1 | 37.2 Paper and allied products................| 42.3 | 42.8 | 42.8 | 42.8 | 43.0 | 42.9 | 41.7 | 43.2 | 43.2 | 43.0 Printing and publishing..................| 37.7 | 37.9 | 38.2 | 37.9 | 38.2 | 37.8 | 37.1 | 38.2 | 38.2 | 38.1 Chemicals and allied products............| 43.3 | 43.2 | 43.2 | 42.9 | 43.4 | 43.2 | 42.5 | 43.4 | 43.2 | 43.0 Petroleum and coal products..............| 43.9 | 42.9 | 42.4 | 43.7 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 40.3 | 41.3 | 41.2 | 40.9 | 41.2 | 41.4 | 40.2 | 41.5 | 41.3 | 41.0 Leather and leather products.............| 37.1 | 37.1 | 37.9 | 37.5 | 38.1 | 37.6 | 34.7 | 37.5 | 38.2 | 38.0 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 32.8 | 32.4 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 32.9 | 32.6 | 32.2 | 32.7 | 32.8 | 32.5 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 39.6 | 39.4 | 39.4 | 39.2 | 39.8 | 39.6 | 38.9 | 39.8 | 39.8 | 39.4 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 38.3 | 38.0 | 38.1 | 38.1 | 38.3 | 38.1 | 37.8 | 38.2 | 38.3 | 38.1 | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 28.9 | 28.3 | 28.5 | 28.4 | 29.1 | 28.7 | 28.3 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 28.7 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 36.3 | 35.7 | 35.7 | 35.7 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | | | | | | | | | | Services....................................| 32.5 | 32.2 | 32.2 | 32.2 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Average hourly earnings | Average weekly earnings | | _______________________________ _______________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Total private...........................|$11.41 |$11.70 |$11.70 |$11.76 |$391.36|$400.14|$400.14|$402.19 Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.40 | 11.66 | 11.68 | 11.75 | 394.44| 402.27| 402.96| 403.03 | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 12.93 | 13.17 | 13.15 | 13.33 | 515.91| 534.70| 533.89| 541.20 | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 15.31 | 15.64 | 15.59 | 15.63 | 678.23| 705.36| 704.67| 704.91 | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 14.88 | 15.09 | 15.08 | 15.13 | 559.49| 574.93| 573.04| 584.02 | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 12.29 | 12.56 | 12.52 | 12.70 | 496.52| 517.47| 515.82| 521.97 | | | | | | | | Durable goods.............................| 12.80 | 13.08 | 13.00 | 13.21 | 524.80| 549.36| 544.70| 553.50 Lumber and wood products.................| 9.98 | 10.23 | 10.29 | 10.35 | 400.20| 407.15| 414.69| 421.25 Furniture and fixtures...................| 9.75 | 9.94 | 10.02 | 10.10 | 367.58| 382.69| 390.78| 391.88 Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.43 | 12.55 | 12.59 | 12.76 | 525.79| 532.12| 537.59| 549.96 Primary metal industries.................| 14.72 | 14.68 | 14.72 | 14.88 | 637.38| 645.92| 643.26| 650.26 Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.50 | 17.51 | 17.62 | 17.94 | 794.50| 780.95| 780.57| 783.98 Fabricated metal products................| 12.03 | 12.28 | 12.28 | 12.42 | 484.81| 515.76| 514.53| 517.91 Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.05 | 13.39 | 13.33 | 13.41 | 545.49| 579.79| 577.19| 572.61 Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.51 | 11.85 | 11.90 | 12.01 | 462.70| 491.78| 492.66| 490.01 Transportation equipment.................| 16.48 | 16.89 | 16.55 | 17.02 | 693.81| 729.65| 695.10| 740.37 Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.03 | 17.42 | 16.92 | 17.62 | 730.59| 768.22| 708.95| 784.09 Instruments and related products.........| 12.69 | 12.96 | 12.99 | 13.10 | 513.95| 541.73| 542.98| 539.72 Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 9.95 | 10.22 | 10.21 | 10.29 | 387.06| 400.62| 407.38| 405.43 | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods..........................| 11.58 | 11.82 | 11.84 | 11.96 | 458.57| 473.98| 477.15| 478.40 Food and kindred products................| 10.93 | 11.05 | 11.11 | 11.23 | 435.01| 446.42| 449.96| 451.45 Tobacco products.........................| 20.12 | 18.50 | 19.60 | 20.23 | 774.62| 719.65| 782.04| 809.20 Textile mill products....................| 9.36 | 9.55 | 9.55 | 9.68 | 373.46| 382.96| 388.69| 387.20 Apparel and other textile products.......| 7.61 | 7.80 | 7.83 | 7.97 | 270.92| 286.26| 289.71| 290.91 Paper and allied products................| 14.27 | 14.45 | 14.45 | 14.56 | 603.62| 618.46| 618.46| 623.17 Printing and publishing..................| 12.21 | 12.47 | 12.51 | 12.52 | 460.32| 472.61| 477.88| 474.51 Chemicals and allied products............| 15.72 | 16.02 | 16.05 | 16.22 | 680.68| 692.06| 693.36| 695.84 Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.57 | 19.54 | 19.22 | 19.22 | 859.12| 838.27| 814.93| 839.91 Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.77 | 11.15 | 11.16 | 11.23 | 434.03| 460.50| 459.79| 459.31 Leather and leather products.............| 8.32 | 8.45 | 8.50 | 8.45 | 308.67| 313.50| 322.15| 316.88 | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 10.90 | 11.21 | 11.21 | 11.23 | 357.52| 363.20| 364.33| 364.98 | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.14 | 14.44 | 14.38 | 14.49 | 559.94| 568.94| 566.57| 568.01 | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 12.45 | 12.63 | 12.63 | 12.72 | 476.84| 479.94| 481.20| 484.63 | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 7.65 | 7.88 | 7.91 | 7.93 | 221.09| 223.00| 225.44| 225.21 | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.32 | 12.71 | 12.75 | 12.79 | 447.22| 453.75| 455.18| 456.60 | | | | | | | | Services....................................| 11.40 | 11.73 | 11.74 | 11.73 | 370.50| 377.71| 378.03| 377.71 | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers ESTABLISHMENT DATA 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted _________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent | | | | | | | change Industry | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | from: | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |Mar. 1996| | | | | | | Apr. 1996 | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Total private: | | | | | | | Current dollars...................| $11.40| $11.61| $11.65| $11.66| $11.68| $11.75| 0.6 Constant (1982) dollars2/.........| 7.40| 7.44| 7.43| 7.42| 7.40| N.A. | (3) | | | | | | | Goods_producing......................| 12.94| 13.16| 13.31| 13.26| 13.22| 13.35| 1.0 Mining.............................| 15.17| 15.55| 15.49| 15.50| 15.51| 15.49| -.1 Construction.......................| 14.95| 15.09| 15.28| 15.17| 15.16| 15.22| .4 Manufacturing......................| 12.28| 12.49| 12.61| 12.56| 12.52| 12.69| 1.4 Excluding overtime4/.............| 11.72| 11.87| 12.00| 11.93| 11.92| 12.03| .9 | | | | | | | Service_producing....................| 10.87| 11.09| 11.10| 11.11| 11.16| 11.20| .4 Transportation and public utilities| 14.15| 14.39| 14.37| 14.40| 14.38| 14.49| .8 Wholesale trade....................| 12.41| 12.57| 12.56| 12.59| 12.66| 12.67| .1 Retail trade.......................| 7.63| 7.82| 7.86| 7.85| 7.89| 7.91| .3 Finance, insurance, and real estate| 12.28| 12.53| 12.52| 12.61| 12.70| 12.73| .2 Services...........................| 11.39| 11.61| 11.61| 11.63| 11.68| 11.72| .3 | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. 2/ The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3/ Change was -.3 percent from February 1996 to March 1996, the latest month available. 4/ Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and onehalf. N.A. = not available. p/ = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry (1982=100) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | ___________________________ _______________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | |Apr. |Feb. | Mar. | Apr. |Apr. |Dec. |Jan. |Feb. | Mar. | Apr. |1995 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |1995 |1995 |1996 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total private...........................|130.7|130.2| 131.4 | 132.5 |132.8|132.9|130.7|134.5| 134.6 | 133.9 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................|106.0|105.3| 105.6 | 107.1 |109.9|108.6|105.7|111.0| 109.5 | 109.5 | | | | | | | | | | Mining.......................................| 52.9| 52.8| 53.5 | 53.8 | 54.3| 53.1| 52.2| 55.2| 55.8 | 55.2 | | | | | | | | | | Construction.................................|133.1|127.4| 130.7 | 140.3 |140.0|142.2|142.4|152.9| 148.2 | 147.8 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing................................|103.8|104.0| 103.7 | 103.5 |107.1|105.1|101.3|105.7| 104.7 | 104.9 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods...............................|104.1|105.9| 105.2 | 105.8 |107.6|106.3|103.1|107.1| 105.6 | 106.7 Lumber and wood products...................|130.6|126.5| 128.2 | 130.6 |133.9|131.5|126.0|131.6| 131.6 | 134.3 Furniture and fixtures.....................|118.4|117.9| 118.8 | 117.0 |121.7|122.0|110.3|120.5| 120.1 | 118.3 Stone, clay, and glass products............|107.5|102.8| 105.4 | 109.0 |108.7|107.9|105.1|110.7| 110.2 | 109.9 Primary metal industries...................| 91.4| 92.6| 91.7 | 91.3 | 92.2| 91.9| 90.9| 92.8| 91.6 | 92.1 Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 74.4| 72.7| 72.0 | 70.5 | 74.6| 72.4| 72.7| 73.5| 72.7 | 70.6 Fabricated metal products..................|108.1|112.0| 111.9 | 111.3 |113.2|112.6|109.6|113.1| 112.8 | 112.9 Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 98.9|103.6| 103.6 | 101.9 |102.3|103.0|100.5|103.2| 102.8 | 102.4 Electronic and other electrical equipment..|103.8|108.5| 107.7 | 106.0 |107.2|106.9|104.4|109.5| 108.2 | 107.5 Transportation equipment...................|115.5|115.6| 110.1 | 117.1 |121.1|114.9|112.3|115.9| 109.1 | 116.4 Motor vehicles and equipment.............|153.0|155.0| 142.0 | 156.4 |153.1|156.6|153.1|154.6| 140.1 | 155.2 Instruments and related products...........| 72.3| 74.2| 74.4 | 73.5 | 74.2| 73.1| 71.2| 74.2| 73.8 | 74.0 Miscellaneous manufacturing................|101.6|101.4| 103.1 | 101.8 |105.3|103.5| 98.9|103.6| 103.6 | 102.5 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods............................|103.4|101.5| 101.7 | 100.5 |106.6|103.5| 98.7|103.7| 103.4 | 102.4 Food and kindred products..................|106.8|108.6| 109.0 | 107.2 |113.7|113.4|110.2|114.6| 114.8 | 113.6 Tobacco products...........................| 53.3| 58.9| 56.1 | 53.7 | 59.0| 55.2| 52.2| 59.7| 61.2 | 59.0 Textile mill products......................| 93.9| 89.0| 90.1 | 88.4 | 96.4| 89.9| 79.7| 90.6| 91.3 | 88.9 Apparel and other textile products.........| 81.5| 75.6| 75.3 | 74.1 | 84.9| 77.1| 68.8| 76.6| 75.6 | 75.4 Paper and allied products..................|107.7|106.6| 106.3 | 105.6 |110.3|108.1|105.1|108.5| 107.8 | 106.7 Printing and publishing....................|124.4|122.9| 124.2 | 122.8 |125.5|123.6|120.6|124.2| 124.0 | 123.1 Chemicals and allied products..............|102.6|101.6| 101.4 | 100.7 |103.0|102.6|100.9|102.5| 101.7 | 101.0 Petroleum and coal products................| 78.4| 70.2| 70.0 | 73.4 | 78.6| 73.6| 74.3| 73.7| 72.5 | 73.3 Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|139.2|138.5| 138.5 | 137.2 |142.6|140.5|135.5|139.3| 138.6 | 137.2 Leather and leather products...............| 49.3| 44.5| 45.2 | 44.3 | 50.9| 46.2| 41.6| 45.5| 45.8 | 45.0 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................|141.8|141.4| 143.0 | 143.9 |143.0|143.8|141.9|145.0| 145.8 | 144.9 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities..........|124.1|125.1| 125.6 | 125.6 |126.2|126.9|124.5|127.9| 128.3 | 127.2 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade..............................|119.2|119.6| 120.6 | 121.1 |119.6|120.8|120.0|121.5| 122.2 | 121.6 | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade.................................|128.0|125.2| 127.1 | 128.1 |130.6|130.0|128.0|131.9| 132.4 | 130.9 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|125.7|125.1| 125.8 | 126.5 |126.7|125.8|123.8|126.4| 127.1 | 127.2 | | | | | | | | | | Services.....................................|168.2|169.0| 171.0 | 172.3 |168.4|170.6|168.6|171.7| 172.9 | 172.0 | | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted (Percent) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | TIME SPAN | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/ | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 1-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 42.3 | 45.2 | 50.1 | 57.3 | 53.7 | 48.2 | 53.5 | 49.6 | 53.4 | 57.0 | 52.2 | 58.1 1993..............| 57.6 | 61.5 | 51.4 | 58.3 | 61.4 | 55.1 | 57.7 | 56.3 | 61.4 | 59.7 | 61.1 | 60.7 1994..............| 60.0 | 63.3 | 65.9 | 62.4 | 58.0 | 63.8 | 60.5 | 61.5 | 60.7 | 61.1 | 65.3 | 61.1 1995..............| 60.3 | 61.7 | 57.6 | 51.3 | 46.2 | 55.3 | 48.5 | 54.9 | 50.6 | 53.7 | 57.9 | 57.2 1996..............| 48.6 | 63.8 |p/55.8 |p/48.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 3-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 40.2 | 42.6 | 50.7 | 56.3 | 56.3 | 54.6 | 50.6 | 51.3 | 52.5 | 54.9 | 58.7 | 59.1 1993..............| 64.0 | 61.2 | 61.8 | 58.8 | 61.4 | 61.8 | 59.3 | 61.8 | 62.6 | 66.7 | 65.7 | 63.6 1994..............| 68.8 | 70.9 | 69.8 | 67.1 | 66.0 | 66.0 | 68.4 | 68.3 | 67.8 | 67.3 | 68.1 | 67.4 1995..............| 66.4 | 64.9 | 57.9 | 49.3 | 50.6 | 47.9 | 52.8 | 50.3 | 52.5 | 54.4 | 57.6 | 56.3 1996..............| 59.1 |p/59.8 |p/55.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 6-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 43.4 | 46.2 | 46.3 | 50.8 | 55.1 | 55.3 | 52.7 | 52.2 | 56.7 | 55.9 | 63.6 | 63.2 1993..............| 63.2 | 63.8 | 62.8 | 64.2 | 60.8 | 63.9 | 64.5 | 64.7 | 66.2 | 67.3 | 70.8 | 70.8 1994..............| 71.2 | 70.2 | 70.5 | 69.5 | 69.8 | 69.1 | 70.5 | 70.9 | 69.0 | 69.0 | 67.4 | 67.0 1995..............| 65.9 | 58.8 | 56.3 | 52.2 | 49.2 | 49.6 | 50.3 | 56.0 | 53.2 | 53.7 | 56.9 |p/60.4 1996..............|p/57.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 12-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 47.2 | 42.3 | 42.7 | 44.1 | 48.0 | 52.5 | 55.8 | 60.7 | 59.7 | 61.4 | 62.9 | 62.9 1993..............| 64.9 | 63.9 | 64.0 | 65.4 | 67.0 | 67.6 | 67.6 | 67.0 | 70.2 | 69.4 | 68.8 | 69.4 1994..............| 68.4 | 70.8 | 71.9 | 70.2 | 69.5 | 69.7 | 70.4 | 70.8 | 70.4 | 70.2 | 66.0 | 64.0 1995..............| 63.1 | 60.8 | 58.1 | 58.3 | 56.6 | 55.9 | 53.8 | 56.2 |p/55.3 |p/53.5 | | 1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/ | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 1-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 37.1 | 40.3 | 46.0 | 57.2 | 48.2 | 46.0 | 56.1 | 42.8 | 50.7 | 47.5 | 51.4 | 52.5 1993..............| 52.2 | 57.9 | 52.9 | 44.2 | 51.4 | 46.0 | 50.7 | 48.6 | 56.1 | 54.7 | 56.5 | 54.3 1994..............| 59.4 | 61.2 | 59.4 | 56.5 | 55.0 | 59.0 | 54.0 | 56.5 | 53.2 | 59.4 | 59.0 | 57.6 1995..............| 56.8 | 54.7 | 49.6 | 44.2 | 36.7 | 41.7 | 39.6 | 46.8 | 40.3 | 50.4 | 43.9 | 48.6 1996..............| 43.2 | 49.3 |p/42.4 |p/39.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 3-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 29.9 | 36.0 | 45.0 | 51.4 | 52.2 | 54.3 | 45.3 | 50.7 | 43.9 | 49.6 | 51.4 | 53.6 1993..............| 60.8 | 60.4 | 57.2 | 46.4 | 46.4 | 50.7 | 49.6 | 54.3 | 53.2 | 60.1 | 56.1 | 57.6 1994..............| 65.1 | 66.5 | 64.4 | 59.0 | 58.6 | 58.3 | 61.5 | 59.0 | 61.5 | 60.4 | 64.0 | 62.2 1995..............| 61.5 | 56.1 | 47.1 | 35.6 | 32.4 | 28.8 | 32.7 | 33.1 | 41.0 | 39.6 | 44.2 | 39.9 1996..............| 39.9 |p/38.8 |p/34.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 6-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 33.5 | 36.0 | 39.6 | 47.5 | 51.8 | 52.5 | 47.5 | 48.9 | 52.5 | 47.1 | 57.9 | 58.3 1993..............| 57.6 | 56.5 | 56.1 | 55.0 | 49.3 | 52.2 | 55.4 | 57.9 | 56.8 | 57.6 | 65.1 | 62.9 1994..............| 61.9 | 62.9 | 64.4 | 61.5 | 60.8 | 59.0 | 62.2 | 62.6 | 61.5 | 64.0 | 61.5 | 61.5 1995..............| 57.2 | 47.1 | 40.3 | 32.7 | 26.6 | 25.9 | 29.9 | 32.7 | 33.5 | 35.6 | 34.5 |p/37.4 1996..............|p/30.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 12-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 42.4 | 36.7 | 36.3 | 36.0 | 39.6 | 45.7 | 50.0 | 55.8 | 57.9 | 56.8 | 58.3 | 56.5 1993..............| 56.8 | 57.9 | 55.8 | 58.6 | 57.2 | 57.6 | 58.6 | 59.0 | 61.2 | 60.4 | 60.1 | 59.4 1994..............| 58.3 | 59.7 | 61.9 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.9 | 63.3 | 61.5 | 59.7 | 56.5 | 49.6 1995..............| 46.8 | 43.2 | 40.6 | 37.1 | 34.9 | 33.5 | 28.1 | 29.9 |p/25.2 |p/22.3 | | 1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered within the span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.
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