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2 Technical information: Household data: Establishment data: Media contact: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 06-777 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ 691-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT), Friday, May 5, 2006. (This release was reissued on the afternoon of Friday, May 5, to correct seasonally adjusted data for April 2005 for some series in tables A-1 to A-9 which contain data from the household survey. The corrections were minor and the affected data are numbers shown in thousands; no rates were affected. Household survey data for April 2006 and for other months shown in this news release were not affected nor were any data from the establishment survey which are presented in tables B-1 to B-7.) THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: APRIL 2006 Nonfarm employment increased by 138,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Industries with notable job gains over the month included financial activities, health care, and manufacturing. Average hourly earnings rose by 9 cents in April. Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, May 2003 – April 2006 Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, May 2003 – April 2006 Percent Millions 6.5 136.0 6.0 134.0 5.5 132.0 5.0 130.0 4.5 128.0 4.0 126.0 124.0 3.5 2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006 Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons (7.1 million) was essentially unchanged in April, and the unemployment rate held at 4.7 percent. The jobless rates for the major worker groups—adult men (4.2 percent), adult women (4.3 percent), teenagers (14.6 percent), whites (4.1 percent), blacks (9.4 percent), and Hispanics (5.4 percent)—showed little or no change over the month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages Category 2005 IV 2006 I HOUSEHOLD DATA Monthly data 2006 Feb. Mar. Mar.Apr. change Apr. Labor force status Civilian labor force…………………………… 150,126 Employment………………………………… 142,671 Unemployment……………………………… 7,455 Not in labor force……………………………… 77,070 150,405 143,324 7,081 77,359 150,449 143,257 7,193 77,314 150,652 143,641 7,011 77,323 150,811 143,688 7,123 77,388 159 47 112 65 4.7 4.2 4.3 14.6 4.1 9.4 5.4 0.0 .1 .2 -1.1 .1 .1 .0 p135,068 p22,425 p7,510 p14,246 p112,643 p15,277 p17,233 p17,656 p13,006 p21,904 p138 p37 p10 p19 p101 p-36 p28 p35 p20 p7 p33.9 p41.1 p4.5 p0.1 p.0 p-.1 Unemployment rates All workers…………………….……………… Adult men…………………...……………… Adult women……………………………… Teenagers…………………………………… White ……….……...……………………… Black or African American ………………… Hispanic or Latino ethnicity………………… 5.0 4.3 4.5 16.1 4.3 9.7 6.0 4.7 4.1 4.2 15.5 4.1 9.2 5.6 4.8 4.2 4.3 15.4 4.1 9.3 5.5 4.7 4.1 4.1 15.7 4.0 9.3 5.4 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment………………………… 1 Goods-producing ………………………… Construction…………………………… Manufacturing…………………………… 1 Service-providing ………………………… 2 Retail trade …………………………… 134,161 22,242 7,391 14,211 111,920 15,284 Professional and business services……… 17,058 Education and health services…………… 17,476 Leisure and hospitality………………… 12,873 Government…………………………… 21,870 p134,730 p22,365 p7,485 p14,227 p112,365 p15,301 p17,163 p17,583 p12,958 p21,872 134,730 p134,930 22,373 p22,388 7,494 p7,500 14,226 p14,227 112,357 p112,542 15,289 p15,313 17,156 p17,205 17,585 p17,621 12,955 p12,986 21,876 p21,897 Hours of work 3 Total private……...…………………………… Manufacturing…………….………………… Overtime………………………………… 33.8 40.9 4.6 p33.8 p41.0 p4.6 33.8 41.0 4.6 p33.8 p41.1 p4.6 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) Total private…...….……….….....……………. 103.4 p104.2 104.2 p104.4 Earnings Average hourly earnings, total private………… Average weekly earnings, total private………… 1 $16.30 551.05 p$16.46 p556.46 $16.47 556.69 p104.9 p0.5 p$16.61 p563.08 p$0.09 p4.70 3 p$16.52 p558.38 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data. 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p = preliminary. 2 3 3 Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment was about unchanged in April at 143.7 million; the employment-population ratio held at 63.0 percent. The labor force participation rate was 66.1 percent in April and has been in a narrow range— 66.0 to 66.2 percent—since April 2005. (See table A-1.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.3 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in April, down from 1.5 million a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 381,000 discouraged workers in April, about the same as a year earlier. Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 928,000 marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) Employment Status of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees (Household Survey Data) Beginning in October, questions were added to the household survey to identify persons who evacuated from their homes, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina. Data collected through these questions do not account for all evacuees; persons living outside the scope of the survey—such as those living in hotels or shelters—are not included. The questions were asked of persons in the household survey sample throughout the country, since some evacuees relocated far from the storm-affected areas. An additional question determined whether evacuees had returned to their homes and were living there at the time of the survey. The total number of evacuees estimated from the household survey may change from month to month as people move in and out of the scope of the survey. In addition, because the estimates are obtained from a sample survey, they may vary from month to month due to sampling error. Information gathered in April represented about 900,000 persons age 16 and over who had evacuated from where they were living in August due to Hurricane Katrina. These evacuees either had returned to their homes or were living in other residential units covered in the survey. Just over half of the evacuees were living in their August 2005 residences. Of all evacuees identified, 62.5 percent were in the labor force in April. The unemployment rate for persons identified as evacuees was 14.9 percent. The rate was much higher for evacuees who were not living in their former homes (26.5 percent) than for those who were again living at their pre-Katrina residences (5.3 percent). (See table B.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 138,000 in April to 135.1 million, seasonally adjusted. Notable employment gains occurred in financial activities, health care, and manufacturing. Retail trade lost jobs over the month. (See table B-1.) Within the service-providing sector, financial activities employment rose by 26,000 in April, as insurance (10,000) and credit intermediation (9,000) gained jobs. Over the year, financial activities employment increased by 213,000. Health care added 23,000 jobs in April. Over the month, employment expanded in nursing and residential care facilities (9,000), hospitals (7,000), and offices of physicians (6,000). 4 Table B. Employment status in April 2006 of persons 16 years and over who evacuated from their August residence, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina 1 (Numbers in thousands, not seasonally adjusted) Employment status in April 2006 Civilian noninstitutional population ............... Civilian labor force .................................. Participation rate ............................. Employed ............................................ Employment-population ratio ........... Unemployed ........................................ Unemployment rate ......................... Not in labor force .................................... Total 911 569 62.5 485 53.2 85 14.9 342 Residence in April Different than Same as in August in August 466 312 67.0 296 63.5 16 5.3 154 445 257 57.8 189 42.5 68 26.5 188 1 Represents persons in the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over who resided in households that were eligible to be selected for the Current Population Survey (CPS). These data are not representative of the total evacuee population because they do not include children or people residing in shelters, hotels, places of worship, or other units outside the scope of the CPS. The total number of evacuees estimated from the CPS may change from month to month as people move in and out of the scope of the survey and because of sampling variability. NOTE: These data use population controls that have been adjusted to account for interstate moves by evacuees. Within professional and business services, employment rose over the month in computer systems design (6,000) and in management and consulting services (6,000). Temporary help services employment was flat over the month and has shown little change since January. Retail trade employment declined by 36,000 in April. General merchandise stores lost 34,000 jobs over the month, more than offsetting a gain in that industry in March. Wholesale trade employment continued to trend upward in April. Over the year, this industry added 103,000 jobs. In the goods-producing sector, manufacturing added 19,000 jobs over the month; factory employment has risen by 50,000 since October. In April, employment increased in motor vehicles and parts (12,000), computer and electronic products (7,000), and fabricated metals (5,000). Small employment declines in primary metals, paper products, and textile mills partly offset these gains. Employment in mining rose by 7,000 in April. This increase was concentrated within support activities, particularly those related to oil and gas. Since its most recent low in April 2003, mining employment has increased by 106,000, or 21 percent. Construction employment was little changed for the second straight month following large gains in January and February. Over the year, construction added 267,000 jobs. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 hour to 33.9 hours in April, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek was unchanged at 41.1 hours, while factory overtime fell by 0.1 hour to 4.5 hours. (See table B-2.) 5 The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.5 percent in April to 104.9 (2002=100). The manufacturing index rose by 0.1 percent to 96.1. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 9 cents in April to $16.61, seasonally adjusted. This followed gains of 5 cents in March and 7 cents in February. Average weekly earnings increased by 0.8 percent in April to $563.08. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 3.8 percent and average weekly earnings increased by 4.1 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for May 2006 is scheduled to be released on Friday, June 2, 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 conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for 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 about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employmentpopulation ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: • The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. • The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. • The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. • The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance. 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. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the monthto-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. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to 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. Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the ad- justed series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most supersectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month’s data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the “true” population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the “true” population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 430,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the “true” over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, occurred. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 percentage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly estimates. The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/ death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five years. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March samplebased employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, the benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent. Additional statistics and other information More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $27.00 per issue or $53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or Visa. Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the household and establishment survey data published in this release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through 1-D of its “Explanatory Notes.” For the establishment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of Employment and Earnings. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1 Employment status, sex, and age Apr. 2005 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 225,441 148,274 65.8 140,939 62.5 7,335 4.9 77,167 5,022 227,975 150,027 65.8 142,772 62.6 7,255 4.8 77,948 4,729 228,199 150,209 65.8 143,405 62.8 6,804 4.5 77,990 4,648 225,441 148,839 66.0 141,196 62.6 7,644 5.1 76,601 5,103 227,425 150,153 66.0 142,779 62.8 7,375 4.9 77,271 5,167 227,553 150,114 66.0 143,074 62.9 7,040 4.7 77,439 4,962 227,763 150,449 66.1 143,257 62.9 7,193 4.8 77,314 4,949 227,975 150,652 66.1 143,641 63.0 7,011 4.7 77,323 4,865 228,199 150,811 66.1 143,688 63.0 7,123 4.7 77,388 4,767 108,812 79,448 73.0 75,456 69.3 3,992 5.0 29,363 110,161 80,624 73.2 76,488 69.4 4,136 5.1 29,537 110,280 80,669 73.1 76,929 69.8 3,740 4.6 29,611 108,812 79,858 73.4 75,773 69.6 4,085 5.1 28,954 109,863 80,431 73.2 76,529 69.7 3,902 4.9 29,432 109,936 80,525 73.2 76,857 69.9 3,668 4.6 29,411 110,048 80,771 73.4 76,888 69.9 3,883 4.8 29,278 110,161 81,031 73.6 77,273 70.1 3,758 4.6 29,129 110,280 81,075 73.5 77,237 70.0 3,838 4.7 29,205 100,520 76,068 75.7 72,770 72.4 3,297 4.3 24,452 101,754 77,125 75.8 73,610 72.3 3,514 4.6 24,629 101,857 77,275 75.9 74,098 72.7 3,177 4.1 24,582 100,520 76,202 75.8 72,855 72.5 3,347 4.4 24,318 101,489 76,786 75.7 73,468 72.4 3,318 4.3 24,703 101,560 76,928 75.7 73,844 72.7 3,084 4.0 24,631 101,657 77,115 75.9 73,857 72.7 3,258 4.2 24,542 101,754 77,335 76.0 74,197 72.9 3,137 4.1 24,419 101,857 77,415 76.0 74,169 72.8 3,246 4.2 24,442 116,629 68,826 59.0 65,483 56.1 3,343 4.9 47,803 117,814 69,403 58.9 66,285 56.3 3,119 4.5 48,411 117,919 69,540 59.0 66,476 56.4 3,064 4.4 48,379 116,629 68,982 59.1 65,423 56.1 3,559 5.2 47,647 117,562 69,722 59.3 66,250 56.4 3,473 5.0 47,840 117,617 69,589 59.2 66,217 56.3 3,372 4.8 48,028 117,715 69,679 59.2 66,369 56.4 3,309 4.7 48,037 117,814 69,621 59.1 66,368 56.3 3,252 4.7 48,193 117,919 69,736 59.1 66,451 56.4 3,285 4.7 48,183 108,573 65,513 60.3 62,644 57.7 2,869 4.4 43,060 109,646 66,068 60.3 63,405 57.8 2,663 4.0 43,577 109,736 66,215 60.3 63,547 57.9 2,668 4.0 43,521 108,573 65,461 60.3 62,426 57.5 3,036 4.6 43,112 109,425 66,215 60.5 63,249 57.8 2,966 4.5 43,209 109,478 66,022 60.3 63,163 57.7 2,859 4.3 43,456 109,562 66,081 60.3 63,262 57.7 2,819 4.3 43,481 109,646 66,038 60.2 63,305 57.7 2,733 4.1 43,608 109,736 66,187 60.3 63,362 57.7 2,825 4.3 43,550 16,347 6,693 40.9 5,524 33.8 1,169 17.5 9,654 16,575 6,834 41.2 5,757 34.7 1,077 15.8 9,741 16,606 6,720 40.5 5,760 34.7 960 14.3 9,886 16,347 7,176 43.9 5,915 36.2 1,261 17.6 9,171 16,511 7,152 43.3 6,061 36.7 1,091 15.2 9,359 16,515 7,164 43.4 6,067 36.7 1,097 15.3 9,352 16,545 7,253 43.8 6,138 37.1 1,115 15.4 9,292 16,575 7,279 43.9 6,139 37.0 1,140 15.7 9,296 16,606 7,210 43.4 6,157 37.1 1,053 14.6 9,396 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Persons who currently want a job ......................................... Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Not in labor force .................................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Not in labor force .................................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ ASIAN Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Not in labor force .................................................................... Seasonally adjusted 1 Apr. 2005 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 184,015 121,578 66.1 116,395 63.3 5,184 4.3 62,437 185,704 122,647 66.0 117,498 63.3 5,149 4.2 63,057 185,849 122,944 66.2 118,141 63.6 4,803 3.9 62,904 184,015 122,007 66.3 116,624 63.4 5,383 4.4 62,008 185,327 122,994 66.4 117,729 63.5 5,264 4.3 62,333 185,436 123,168 66.4 118,071 63.7 5,097 4.1 62,268 185,570 123,022 66.3 117,926 63.5 5,096 4.1 62,548 185,704 123,103 66.3 118,193 63.6 4,910 4.0 62,601 185,849 123,357 66.4 118,357 63.7 5,001 4.1 62,492 63,488 76.2 61,119 73.3 2,369 3.7 64,208 76.3 61,620 73.2 2,588 4.0 64,347 76.4 62,074 73.7 2,273 3.5 63,565 76.3 61,170 73.4 2,396 3.8 64,028 76.2 61,586 73.3 2,441 3.8 64,250 76.4 61,924 73.7 2,326 3.6 64,181 76.3 61,836 73.5 2,345 3.7 64,382 76.5 62,128 73.8 2,254 3.5 64,421 76.5 62,109 73.7 2,312 3.6 52,528 59.7 50,546 57.4 1,981 3.8 52,851 59.6 51,005 57.5 1,846 3.5 53,015 59.7 51,159 57.6 1,856 3.5 52,497 59.6 50,412 57.3 2,085 4.0 53,067 59.9 51,034 57.6 2,034 3.8 52,913 59.7 50,938 57.5 1,974 3.7 52,890 59.6 50,895 57.4 1,994 3.8 52,749 59.5 50,853 57.3 1,895 3.6 52,974 59.7 51,022 57.5 1,952 3.7 5,563 43.9 4,729 37.4 834 15.0 5,588 43.7 4,873 38.1 715 12.8 5,582 43.6 4,909 38.3 674 12.1 5,944 46.9 5,042 39.8 902 15.2 5,899 46.3 5,110 40.1 789 13.4 6,005 47.1 5,209 40.8 797 13.3 5,951 46.6 5,195 40.7 756 12.7 5,973 46.7 5,212 40.7 761 12.7 5,962 46.5 5,226 40.8 736 12.3 26,413 16,783 63.5 15,150 57.4 1,633 9.7 9,631 26,865 17,218 64.1 15,596 58.1 1,623 9.4 9,647 26,905 17,155 63.8 15,638 58.1 1,517 8.8 9,751 26,413 16,952 64.2 15,206 57.6 1,746 10.3 9,461 26,744 16,979 63.5 15,397 57.6 1,582 9.3 9,766 26,788 16,982 63.4 15,476 57.8 1,506 8.9 9,806 26,826 17,273 64.4 15,660 58.4 1,614 9.3 9,553 26,865 17,334 64.5 15,726 58.5 1,608 9.3 9,531 26,905 17,326 64.4 15,698 58.3 1,628 9.4 9,580 7,488 70.5 6,829 64.3 659 8.8 7,638 70.7 6,970 64.5 668 8.7 7,690 71.1 7,032 65.0 658 8.6 7,565 71.3 6,866 64.7 699 9.2 7,553 70.2 6,903 64.2 651 8.6 7,520 69.8 6,959 64.6 561 7.5 7,682 71.2 7,030 65.2 652 8.5 7,703 71.3 7,062 65.4 641 8.3 7,760 71.7 7,067 65.3 694 8.9 8,557 64.2 7,842 58.8 715 8.4 8,707 64.4 8,049 59.5 658 7.6 8,670 64.1 8,036 59.4 635 7.3 8,550 64.1 7,804 58.5 747 8.7 8,633 64.1 7,896 58.6 738 8.5 8,681 64.4 7,981 59.2 700 8.1 8,668 64.2 7,990 59.2 678 7.8 8,725 64.5 8,058 59.6 667 7.6 8,677 64.1 8,004 59.1 673 7.8 738 29.9 479 19.4 259 35.1 873 34.4 577 22.7 296 33.9 794 31.2 570 22.4 224 28.2 837 33.9 536 21.8 300 35.9 792 31.5 598 23.8 194 24.4 781 30.9 536 21.2 245 31.4 924 36.5 640 25.3 284 30.8 905 35.6 606 23.9 299 33.1 889 34.9 627 24.6 262 29.5 9,763 6,411 65.7 6,160 63.1 251 3.9 3,352 10,078 6,744 66.9 6,511 64.6 232 3.4 3,334 10,095 6,690 66.3 6,447 63.9 243 3.6 3,405 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Not in labor force .................................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Seasonally adjusted 1 Apr. 2005 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 28,902 19,670 68.1 18,485 64.0 1,186 6.0 9,231 29,793 20,416 68.5 19,290 64.7 1,126 5.5 9,376 29,880 20,564 68.8 19,528 65.4 1,035 5.0 9,316 28,902 19,693 68.1 18,434 63.8 1,259 6.4 9,209 29,645 20,292 68.4 19,066 64.3 1,226 6.0 9,353 29,622 20,528 69.3 19,344 65.3 1,184 5.8 9,094 29,707 20,485 69.0 19,356 65.2 1,129 5.5 9,222 29,793 20,489 68.8 19,385 65.1 1,104 5.4 9,304 29,880 20,583 68.9 19,476 65.2 1,107 5.4 9,297 11,343 84.2 10,794 80.1 548 4.8 11,785 84.8 11,230 80.8 554 4.7 11,833 84.9 11,371 81.6 462 3.9 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 7,341 57.5 6,888 54.0 454 6.2 7,594 57.8 7,155 54.5 440 5.8 7,734 58.7 7,284 55.3 450 5.8 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 986 37.0 802 30.1 183 18.6 1,037 37.6 905 32.8 132 12.8 996 36.0 873 31.5 123 12.4 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Educational attainment Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force .................................................................... Participation rate ................................................................... Employed ................................................................................ Employment-population ratio ................................................ Unemployed ........................................................................... Unemployment rate .............................................................. High school graduates, no college 1 Civilian labor force .................................................................... Participation rate ................................................................... Employed ................................................................................ Employment-population ratio ................................................ Unemployed ........................................................................... Unemployment rate .............................................................. Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force .................................................................... Participation rate ................................................................... Employed ................................................................................ Employment-population ratio ................................................ Unemployed ........................................................................... Unemployment rate .............................................................. Bachelor’s degree and higher 2 Civilian labor force .................................................................... Participation rate ................................................................... Employed ................................................................................ Employment-population ratio ................................................ Unemployed ........................................................................... Unemployment rate .............................................................. 1 2 Seasonally adjusted Apr. 2005 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 12,658 45.2 11,668 41.7 991 7.8 12,583 45.9 11,591 42.3 991 7.9 12,959 46.3 12,099 43.2 860 6.6 12,563 44.9 11,525 41.2 1,037 8.3 12,388 45.3 11,465 41.9 923 7.5 12,628 46.0 11,742 42.7 886 7.0 12,739 47.0 11,823 43.6 915 7.2 12,682 46.3 11,795 43.0 887 7.0 12,829 45.8 11,933 42.6 897 7.0 38,360 63.2 36,681 60.4 1,679 4.4 38,506 63.2 36,750 60.3 1,756 4.6 38,347 63.3 36,674 60.5 1,673 4.4 38,237 63.0 36,561 60.2 1,676 4.4 38,173 63.1 36,417 60.2 1,756 4.6 38,001 62.5 36,324 59.7 1,678 4.4 37,913 62.6 36,240 59.8 1,673 4.4 38,310 62.9 36,716 60.2 1,594 4.2 38,179 63.0 36,515 60.3 1,664 4.4 34,783 73.0 33,459 70.3 1,324 3.8 35,593 72.5 34,208 69.7 1,385 3.9 35,284 72.4 33,983 69.8 1,300 3.7 34,805 73.1 33,445 70.2 1,361 3.9 35,498 72.4 34,115 69.6 1,383 3.9 35,535 72.5 34,290 69.9 1,246 3.5 35,745 71.6 34,442 69.0 1,302 3.6 35,508 72.3 34,178 69.6 1,329 3.7 35,354 72.6 34,013 69.8 1,341 3.8 41,004 78.1 40,061 76.3 944 2.3 41,838 77.9 40,932 76.2 907 2.2 42,122 77.9 41,243 76.3 879 2.1 40,832 77.8 39,836 75.9 996 2.4 42,097 78.4 41,187 76.7 910 2.2 41,837 78.3 40,955 76.6 882 2.1 41,731 78.3 40,808 76.6 923 2.2 41,810 77.9 40,876 76.1 935 2.2 41,959 77.6 41,032 75.9 927 2.2 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category Apr. 2005 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries ............................................. Wage and salary workers ....................................................... Self-employed workers ........................................................... Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 2,223 1,175 1,025 23 2,010 1,117 880 13 2,219 1,277 930 12 2,253 1,212 1,033 (1) 2,130 1,187 921 (1) 2,198 1,266 897 (1) 2,224 1,281 919 (1) 2,194 1,255 931 (1) 2,232 1,307 937 (1) Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... Wage and salary workers ....................................................... Government .......................................................................... Private industries .................................................................. Private households ............................................................. Other industries .................................................................. Self-employed workers ........................................................... Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 138,716 128,821 20,680 108,141 777 107,365 9,808 87 140,762 131,178 20,385 110,793 772 110,021 9,514 70 141,186 131,547 20,406 111,142 819 110,322 9,560 79 138,926 128,980 20,423 108,512 (1) 107,699 9,878 (1) 140,638 131,170 20,192 111,021 (1) 110,261 9,370 (1) 140,862 131,185 19,952 111,266 (1) 110,440 9,550 (1) 141,000 131,189 19,966 111,229 (1) 110,394 9,730 (1) 141,464 131,638 20,200 111,431 (1) 110,625 9,706 (1) 141,425 131,728 20,149 111,546 (1) 110,699 9,659 (1) All industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................................ Could only find part-time work .............................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 4,150 2,534 1,351 20,350 4,097 2,598 1,183 19,747 3,787 2,352 1,156 19,808 4,321 2,631 1,367 19,527 4,138 2,541 1,246 19,582 4,133 2,649 1,226 19,708 4,204 2,655 1,238 19,564 3,989 2,494 1,191 19,373 3,978 2,474 1,179 19,460 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................................ Could only find part-time work .............................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 4,050 2,462 1,342 19,971 3,983 2,509 1,182 19,407 3,710 2,299 1,153 19,438 4,216 2,555 1,351 19,152 4,051 2,508 1,230 19,214 4,064 2,606 1,198 19,368 4,107 2,590 1,225 19,199 3,884 2,382 1,177 19,044 3,900 2,422 1,169 19,112 PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2 1 2 Data not available. 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. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic Apr. 2005 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 140,939 5,524 2,040 3,485 135,414 13,546 121,868 98,469 30,570 34,724 33,176 23,399 142,772 5,757 2,109 3,648 137,015 13,534 123,481 99,109 30,815 34,494 33,800 24,372 143,405 5,760 2,210 3,550 137,645 13,646 123,999 99,333 30,826 34,596 33,911 24,666 141,196 5,915 2,224 3,667 135,280 13,667 121,579 98,288 30,549 34,609 33,130 23,291 142,779 6,061 2,334 3,713 136,717 13,840 122,906 98,934 30,866 34,581 33,486 23,972 143,074 6,067 2,280 3,788 137,007 13,713 123,302 99,216 30,860 34,632 33,724 24,086 143,257 6,138 2,348 3,791 137,119 13,801 123,261 99,146 30,789 34,630 33,727 24,114 143,641 6,139 2,321 3,848 137,502 13,820 123,575 99,315 30,973 34,553 33,790 24,260 143,688 6,157 2,384 3,756 137,531 13,777 123,661 99,167 30,816 34,508 33,842 24,494 Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 75,456 2,686 1,007 1,679 72,770 7,098 65,673 53,108 16,875 18,771 17,462 12,564 76,488 2,877 1,030 1,847 73,610 7,212 66,399 53,330 17,000 18,660 17,670 13,069 76,929 2,831 1,036 1,795 74,098 7,262 66,836 53,634 17,014 18,820 17,800 13,202 75,773 2,918 1,108 1,802 72,855 7,188 65,639 53,123 16,914 18,774 17,435 12,516 76,529 3,061 1,090 1,951 73,468 7,356 66,157 53,375 17,080 18,739 17,556 12,782 76,857 3,013 1,064 1,943 73,844 7,297 66,534 53,621 17,106 18,818 17,697 12,913 76,888 3,031 1,078 1,968 73,857 7,373 66,460 53,504 17,012 18,796 17,696 12,956 77,273 3,076 1,132 1,965 74,197 7,389 66,753 53,676 17,200 18,782 17,694 13,077 77,237 3,068 1,131 1,936 74,169 7,361 66,758 53,634 17,068 18,818 17,747 13,125 Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 65,483 2,839 1,033 1,805 62,644 6,449 56,196 45,361 13,695 15,953 15,714 10,834 66,285 2,880 1,079 1,801 63,405 6,323 57,082 45,779 13,815 15,834 16,130 11,303 66,476 2,929 1,174 1,755 63,547 6,384 57,163 45,699 13,812 15,776 16,111 11,464 65,423 2,997 1,116 1,865 62,426 6,479 55,940 45,166 13,635 15,835 15,695 10,774 66,250 3,000 1,245 1,762 63,249 6,484 56,749 45,559 13,786 15,843 15,930 11,190 66,217 3,054 1,216 1,845 63,163 6,415 56,769 45,596 13,754 15,814 16,027 11,173 66,369 3,107 1,270 1,824 63,262 6,428 56,801 45,643 13,777 15,834 16,031 11,158 66,368 3,063 1,188 1,883 63,305 6,431 56,822 45,639 13,773 15,770 16,096 11,183 66,451 3,089 1,253 1,820 63,362 6,416 56,903 45,533 13,748 15,690 16,095 11,370 45,406 34,622 8,919 45,624 35,139 8,987 45,731 35,326 8,747 45,524 34,595 (1) 45,469 34,948 (1) 45,790 35,167 (1) 45,679 35,039 (1) 45,806 35,074 (1) 45,837 35,300 (1) 115,888 25,050 117,693 25,079 118,559 24,846 116,592 24,577 118,135 24,743 118,166 24,931 118,402 24,794 119,053 24,559 119,251 24,469 7,437 5.3 7,589 5.3 7,360 5.1 7,547 5.3 7,473 5.2 7,603 5.3 7,408 5.2 7,521 5.2 7,489 5.2 AGE AND SEX MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present ................................................... Married women, spouse present .............................................. Women who maintain families .................................................. FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders ........................................................... Percent of total employed ..................................................... 1 2 Data not available. Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Characteristic Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates 1 Apr. 2005 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 7,644 1,261 544 745 6,383 1,324 5,044 4,182 1,686 1,388 1,109 839 7,011 1,140 529 612 5,870 1,134 4,740 4,057 1,577 1,363 1,117 673 7,123 1,053 451 618 6,071 1,228 4,817 4,061 1,601 1,351 1,109 753 5.1 17.6 19.7 16.9 4.5 8.8 4.0 4.1 5.2 3.9 3.2 3.5 4.9 15.2 17.8 13.5 4.4 8.5 3.9 4.1 5.0 3.8 3.5 3.3 4.7 15.3 16.5 14.4 4.2 8.2 3.7 3.8 4.6 3.7 3.2 3.2 4.8 15.4 17.9 13.9 4.2 8.5 3.8 4.0 5.2 3.6 3.3 2.9 4.7 15.7 18.6 13.7 4.1 7.6 3.7 3.9 4.8 3.8 3.2 2.7 4.7 14.6 15.9 14.1 4.2 8.2 3.7 3.9 4.9 3.8 3.2 3.0 Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 4,085 738 311 445 3,347 753 2,572 2,119 885 684 549 453 3,758 621 291 330 3,137 671 2,487 2,125 804 698 623 362 3,838 592 247 363 3,246 705 2,514 2,091 833 678 579 423 5.1 20.2 21.9 19.8 4.4 9.5 3.8 3.8 5.0 3.5 3.1 3.5 4.9 16.0 19.8 13.8 4.3 9.2 3.8 3.9 4.4 3.7 3.5 3.3 4.6 16.2 17.0 15.4 4.0 8.9 3.5 3.5 4.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 4.8 17.1 21.3 14.6 4.2 9.1 3.7 3.9 5.2 3.2 3.4 2.8 4.6 16.8 20.5 14.4 4.1 8.3 3.6 3.8 4.5 3.6 3.4 2.7 4.7 16.2 17.9 15.8 4.2 8.7 3.6 3.8 4.7 3.5 3.2 3.1 Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 3,559 523 233 300 3,036 571 2,472 2,064 800 704 560 359 3,252 520 238 282 2,733 463 2,253 1,932 773 665 494 289 3,285 460 205 255 2,825 523 2,303 1,970 768 672 530 302 5.2 14.9 17.3 13.8 4.6 8.1 4.2 4.4 5.5 4.3 3.4 3.2 5.0 14.4 16.1 13.2 4.5 7.7 4.1 4.4 5.7 4.0 3.5 2.9 4.8 14.4 16.1 13.2 4.3 7.4 4.0 4.1 5.1 4.2 3.2 3.3 4.7 13.6 14.7 13.1 4.3 7.7 3.9 4.1 5.3 4.0 3.1 3.1 4.7 14.5 16.7 13.0 4.1 6.7 3.8 4.1 5.3 4.0 3.0 2.5 4.7 13.0 14.0 12.3 4.3 7.5 3.9 4.1 5.3 4.1 3.2 2.6 1,228 1,177 748 1,146 956 729 1,200 1,037 708 2.6 3.3 7.7 2.6 3.2 6.9 2.4 3.0 8.2 2.4 2.9 7.5 2.4 2.7 7.5 2.6 2.9 7.5 6,297 1,375 5,684 1,310 5,834 1,326 5.1 5.3 4.8 5.5 4.7 4.8 4.7 5.2 4.6 5.1 4.7 5.1 AGE AND SEX MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present ................................................... Married women, spouse present .............................................. Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1 2 3 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. Not seasonally adjusted. Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Apr. 2005 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 3,559 781 2,779 2,020 758 864 2,232 680 3,707 1,151 2,555 1,855 700 819 2,182 548 3,426 841 2,585 1,840 745 817 2,041 520 3,677 841 2,836 (1) (1) 894 2,348 735 3,486 935 2,552 (1) (1) 841 2,430 644 3,336 873 2,462 (1) (1) 839 2,314 622 3,361 885 2,477 (1) (1) 849 2,313 680 3,412 918 2,494 (1) (1) 817 2,158 634 3,531 907 2,624 (1) (1) 846 2,180 579 100.0 48.5 10.6 37.9 11.8 30.4 9.3 100.0 51.1 15.9 35.2 11.3 30.1 7.5 100.0 50.4 12.4 38.0 12.0 30.0 7.6 100.0 48.0 11.0 37.1 11.7 30.7 9.6 100.0 47.1 12.6 34.5 11.4 32.8 8.7 100.0 46.9 12.3 34.6 11.8 32.5 8.7 100.0 46.7 12.3 34.4 11.8 32.1 9.4 100.0 48.6 13.1 35.5 11.6 30.7 9.0 100.0 49.5 12.7 36.8 11.9 30.5 8.1 2.4 .6 1.5 .5 2.5 .5 1.5 .4 2.3 .5 1.4 .3 2.5 .6 1.6 .5 2.3 .6 1.6 .4 2.2 .6 1.5 .4 2.2 .6 1.5 .5 2.3 .5 1.4 .4 2.3 .6 1.4 .4 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... On temporary layoff .............................................................. Not on temporary layoff ........................................................ Permanent job losers ........................................................ Persons who completed temporary jobs .......................... Job leavers ............................................................................... Reentrants ................................................................................ New entrants ............................................................................ PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed ..................................................................... Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ........ On temporary layoff ............................................................ Not on temporary layoff ...................................................... Job leavers ............................................................................. Reentrants .............................................................................. New entrants .......................................................................... UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ........ Job leavers ............................................................................. Reentrants .............................................................................. New entrants .......................................................................... 1 Data not available. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Apr. 2005 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 15 weeks and over ................................................................... 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 2,365 2,050 2,920 1,242 1,677 2,434 2,186 2,634 1,282 1,352 2,339 1,900 2,566 1,169 1,396 2,670 2,271 2,688 1,091 1,597 2,764 2,240 2,417 1,068 1,350 2,556 2,263 2,241 1,090 1,151 2,595 2,074 2,482 1,126 1,356 2,676 2,011 2,333 1,044 1,288 2,635 2,115 2,373 1,046 1,327 Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 21.1 10.4 17.8 9.9 18.0 9.8 19.6 8.9 17.3 8.5 16.8 8.4 17.6 8.9 16.9 8.5 16.8 8.5 100.0 32.2 27.9 39.8 16.9 22.9 100.0 33.6 30.1 36.3 17.7 18.6 100.0 34.4 27.9 37.7 17.2 20.5 100.0 35.0 29.8 35.2 14.3 20.9 100.0 37.2 30.2 32.6 14.4 18.2 100.0 36.2 32.1 31.7 15.4 16.3 100.0 36.3 29.0 34.7 15.7 19.0 100.0 38.1 28.6 33.2 14.9 18.4 100.0 37.0 29.7 33.3 14.7 18.6 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed ..................................................................... Less than 5 weeks .................................................................. 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 27 weeks and over ............................................................... NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Employed Unemployment rates Unemployed Occupation Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ Professional and related occupations ........................................................ Service occupations .......................................................................................... Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ Production occupations .................................................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... Apr. 2005 Apr. 2006 140,939 49,132 20,288 28,844 22,609 35,962 16,723 19,238 15,099 935 8,927 5,236 18,137 9,545 8,592 143,405 50,105 21,076 29,029 23,577 36,108 16,778 19,330 15,564 968 9,320 5,276 18,051 9,360 8,691 Apr. 2005 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2005 7,335 1,101 454 647 1,524 1,813 885 928 1,006 90 682 234 1,200 629 571 6,804 983 446 538 1,501 1,580 744 836 1,030 92 719 219 1,161 536 625 Apr. 2006 4.9 2.2 2.2 2.2 6.3 4.8 5.0 4.6 6.2 8.8 7.1 4.3 6.2 6.2 6.2 4.5 1.9 2.1 1.8 6.0 4.2 4.2 4.1 6.2 8.7 7.2 4.0 6.0 5.4 6.7 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Industry and class of worker Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... Mining ................................................................................................................. Construction ...................................................................................................... Manufacturing ................................................................................................... Durable goods ................................................................................................ Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ Information ........................................................................................................ Financial activities ........................................................................................... Professional and business services ............................................................ Education and health services ..................................................................... Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... Other services .................................................................................................. Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ Government workers ......................................................................................... Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... Unemployment rates Apr. 2005 Apr. 2006 7,335 5,821 19 693 793 450 343 1,131 257 178 255 714 591 882 306 84 478 273 6,804 5,454 17 674 745 414 331 972 272 132 293 644 558 882 266 81 414 334 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Apr. 2005 4.9 5.1 2.9 7.4 4.8 4.3 5.6 5.4 4.7 5.9 2.7 5.7 3.3 7.7 4.9 6.9 2.3 2.4 Apr. 2006 4.5 4.7 2.5 6.9 4.5 3.9 5.6 4.6 4.8 4.2 3.1 4.9 3.0 7.6 4.1 6.2 2.0 3.1 HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Apr. 2005 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006 Apr. 2006 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force .................................................................................................................................. 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) .................................................................................................................................. 4.9 4.8 4.5 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ........................................................................................................ 5.2 5.1 4.8 5.4 5.2 4.9 5.0 4.9 5.0 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 .................... 5.9 5.8 5.4 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.5 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 ............................................................................................................................. 8.7 8.5 7.9 9.0 8.6 8.4 8.5 8.2 8.2 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. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. NOTE: 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 Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Apr. 2005 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2005 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2005 Apr. 2006 77,167 5,022 1,511 77,990 4,648 1,310 29,363 2,235 784 29,611 2,027 658 47,803 2,787 728 48,379 2,622 651 393 1,119 381 928 270 513 230 428 122 605 151 500 Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 7,437 5.3 7,360 5.1 3,758 5.0 3,795 4.9 3,680 5.6 3,565 5.4 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 3,849 1,708 301 1,551 3,894 1,716 259 1,439 2,119 578 176 872 2,265 496 190 815 1,731 1,130 125 679 1,629 1,219 69 624 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects 2 ..................................... Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS 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 school or family responsibilities, ill health, 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. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Apr. 2005 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Seasonally adjusted Apr. 2006p Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Apr. 2006p Change from: Mar. 2006Apr. 2006 p Total nonfarm ............................. 133,181 133,196 134,117 135,039 133,104 134,376 134,530 134,730 134,930 135,068 138 Total private ........................................ 111,021 111,004 111,817 112,730 111,336 112,498 112,686 112,854 113,033 113,164 131 Goods-producing ............................................ 21,924 21,803 21,959 22,211 22,119 22,282 22,335 22,373 22,388 22,425 37 Natural resources and mining .................................. Logging ........................................................... Mining .................................................................... Oil and gas extraction ........................................ Mining, except oil and gas 1................................. Coal mining ...................................................... Support activities for mining .............................. 609 58.5 550.9 123.5 209.8 72.4 217.6 636 59.9 576.5 129.5 206.8 76.6 240.2 646 58.9 587.5 131.1 211.0 78.1 245.4 659 58.2 600.4 132.3 215.4 78.3 252.7 620 65.3 554.5 124.4 211.1 72.9 219.0 644 62.0 582.1 128.7 214.3 75.4 239.1 648 62.1 585.6 129.9 214.4 76.0 241.3 653 62.3 590.8 130.9 216.0 77.2 243.9 661 63.2 597.7 132.0 217.6 78.5 248.1 669 64.2 604.8 132.8 217.8 78.8 254.2 8 1.0 7.1 .8 .2 .3 6.1 Construction ............................................................. Construction of buildings ................................... Residential building ......................................... Nonresidential building .................................... Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ Specialty trade contractors ............................... Residential specialty trade contractors ........... Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 7,112 1,652.8 924.2 728.6 915.7 4,543.5 2,223.6 2,319.9 7,044 1,677.8 941.7 736.1 880.6 4,485.7 2,231.6 2,254.1 7,148 1,697.6 951.1 746.5 904.6 4,545.6 2,249.2 2,296.4 7,347 1,727.5 967.0 760.5 959.0 4,660.5 2,295.2 2,365.3 7,243 1,686.5 943.2 743.3 940.5 4,615.7 2,252.6 2,363.1 7,416 1,727.2 966.8 760.4 974.8 4,714.3 2,347.3 2,367.0 7,460 1,742.5 976.4 766.1 987.0 4,730.8 2,358.8 2,372.0 7,494 1,745.1 978.8 766.3 992.4 4,756.3 2,368.6 2,387.7 7,500 1,752.8 982.4 770.4 992.8 4,753.9 2,352.3 2,401.6 7,510 1,760.1 985.7 774.4 992.6 4,756.9 2,350.5 2,406.4 10 7.3 3.3 4.0 -.2 3.0 -1.8 4.8 Manufacturing ........................................................... Production workers ....................................... 14,203 10,012 14,123 10,080 14,165 10,123 14,205 10,160 14,256 10,053 14,222 10,123 14,227 10,155 14,226 10,164 14,227 10,175 14,246 10,187 19 12 Durable goods ....................................................... Production workers ....................................... Wood products ................................................... Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ Primary metals .................................................... Fabricated metal products ................................. Machinery ........................................................... Computer and electronic products 1.................... Computer and peripheral equipment ............. Communications equipment ........................... Semiconductors and electronic components . Electronic instruments ..................................... Electrical equipment and appliances ................ Transportation equipment 1.................................. Motor vehicles and parts 2................................. Furniture and related products .......................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 8,949 6,192 550.1 505.7 467.7 1,513.9 1,160.5 1,313.6 205.3 146.9 449.4 434.2 436.4 1,785.8 1,111.1 565.4 650.2 8,932 6,293 548.3 487.0 471.3 1,524.0 1,168.0 1,318.8 201.3 149.0 451.0 444.5 437.9 1,769.4 1,083.3 553.2 653.8 8,967 6,331 549.7 496.1 473.8 1,531.2 1,172.1 1,318.9 202.4 148.7 452.4 443.2 439.9 1,773.1 1,088.6 557.6 654.1 9,008 6,366 549.6 506.1 471.1 1,538.5 1,177.7 1,326.3 202.0 149.6 457.9 444.9 439.7 1,789.0 1,101.5 556.7 653.7 8,959 6,195 555.6 507.1 468.7 1,516.1 1,159.0 1,317.7 205.4 147.5 451.0 435.9 437.1 1,781.5 1,107.5 565.0 650.8 8,970 6,299 558.9 500.7 469.4 1,526.7 1,166.9 1,322.2 205.7 149.2 451.0 441.7 434.4 1,776.7 1,092.1 558.0 655.8 8,977 6,323 560.7 505.1 472.9 1,527.7 1,163.4 1,317.3 201.7 147.3 451.2 443.1 436.5 1,781.6 1,095.8 557.4 654.1 8,981 6,331 557.5 506.5 470.9 1,531.8 1,168.7 1,321.9 201.8 148.8 453.1 445.0 437.6 1,771.7 1,082.8 557.5 656.5 8,992 6,348 556.6 508.6 473.6 1,535.3 1,171.0 1,323.7 203.0 149.2 454.8 444.2 439.3 1,769.5 1,084.5 557.9 656.9 9,016 6,363 553.5 509.0 471.0 1,540.7 1,174.1 1,330.2 202.9 149.8 459.3 446.2 440.4 1,783.4 1,096.7 557.7 656.3 24 15 -3.1 .4 -2.6 5.4 3.1 6.5 -.1 .6 4.5 2.0 1.1 13.9 12.2 -.2 -.6 Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,254 Production workers ....................................... 3,820 Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,442.9 Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 187.2 Textile mills ......................................................... 220.7 Textile product mills ........................................... 173.4 Apparel ................................................................ 264.8 Leather and allied products ............................... 39.8 Paper and paper products ................................. 485.1 Printing and related support activities ............... 648.3 Petroleum and coal products ............................. 112.3 Chemicals ........................................................... 877.7 Plastics and rubber products ............................. 802.2 5,191 3,787 1,434.1 189.7 205.1 172.4 252.0 38.1 475.5 638.8 109.6 883.3 792.1 5,198 3,792 1,434.1 189.6 204.2 173.1 252.7 37.4 474.4 642.9 111.0 887.4 791.3 5,197 3,794 1,436.7 190.7 202.1 173.3 251.1 37.8 470.2 641.4 113.9 887.0 792.3 5,297 3,858 1,476.8 191.6 219.6 171.6 265.0 39.5 488.0 650.9 113.0 878.5 802.1 5,252 3,824 1,466.0 192.3 209.0 173.9 253.5 39.7 478.1 644.0 112.3 884.0 798.9 5,250 3,832 1,463.4 194.4 208.6 175.4 253.7 38.9 477.7 643.4 111.5 886.4 796.2 5,245 3,833 1,462.6 194.3 206.3 173.9 253.1 38.4 477.3 644.1 112.9 885.8 796.4 5,235 3,827 1,461.0 194.7 203.8 172.6 252.3 37.5 475.1 644.5 113.2 886.6 793.2 5,230 3,824 1,463.7 195.1 201.6 171.6 251.0 37.7 472.6 643.1 114.3 885.9 793.0 -5 -3 2.7 .4 -2.2 -1.0 -1.3 .2 -2.5 -1.4 1.1 -.7 -.2 See footnotes at the end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Apr. 2005 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Seasonally adjusted Apr. 2006p Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Apr. 2006p Service-providing .............................................. 111,257 111,393 112,158 112,828 110,985 112,094 112,195 112,357 112,542 112,643 Change from: Mar. 2006Apr. 2006 p 101 Private service-providing ............................... 89,097 89,201 89,858 90,519 89,217 90,216 90,351 90,481 90,645 90,739 94 Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,665 25,649 25,768 25,836 25,861 26,015 26,042 26,048 26,077 26,063 -14 Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,726.8 Durable goods .................................................... 2,976.9 Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,020.2 Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 729.7 5,762.6 3,014.5 2,006.5 741.6 5,796.1 3,030.2 2,018.2 747.7 5,823.3 3,044.4 2,027.9 751.0 5,730.8 2,981.6 2,020.8 728.4 5,783.8 3,017.6 2,023.9 742.3 5,801.8 3,028.5 2,025.6 747.7 5,810.6 3,032.2 2,030.4 748.0 5,822.6 3,040.7 2,031.3 750.6 5,833.8 3,049.0 2,031.5 753.3 11.2 8.3 .2 2.7 Retail trade ............................................................ 15,057.1 14,990.1 15,066.7 15,077.4 15,233.5 15,300.3 15,300.4 15,289.4 15,312.7 15,276.6 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1........................ 1,914.9 1,888.0 1,898.6 1,902.1 1,918.1 1,914.7 1,910.2 1,911.6 1,911.0 1,906.7 Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,260.3 1,238.6 1,240.4 1,241.4 1,262.0 1,252.4 1,248.0 1,247.6 1,244.6 1,244.1 Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 570.0 585.4 583.1 589.9 575.8 583.0 589.6 590.7 589.1 595.7 Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 518.7 532.8 532.6 522.3 523.6 540.5 534.2 536.5 536.9 534.0 Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,292.5 1,248.6 1,290.2 1,348.3 1,268.0 1,290.9 1,300.1 1,309.1 1,313.4 1,318.4 Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,788.9 2,776.9 2,773.0 2,783.4 2,819.6 2,805.9 2,805.9 2,807.4 2,807.9 2,807.3 Health and personal care stores ....................... 946.8 952.6 955.4 950.8 952.7 966.1 959.4 955.9 960.6 958.3 Gasoline stations ................................................ 864.6 857.9 855.2 863.3 871.6 869.6 869.4 870.2 866.7 869.2 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,354.3 1,384.4 1,384.4 1,384.0 1,396.4 1,448.1 1,434.3 1,432.2 1,427.6 1,426.6 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores ................................................................ 626.0 627.0 618.5 607.9 645.6 640.0 641.3 637.8 633.4 629.5 General merchandise stores 1............................. 2,865.9 2,822.9 2,870.5 2,822.0 2,925.9 2,906.9 2,919.1 2,907.0 2,932.9 2,898.7 Department stores .......................................... 1,553.3 1,543.4 1,555.7 1,534.7 1,604.6 1,595.6 1,597.5 1,596.7 1,606.9 1,591.7 Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 890.8 887.7 883.2 885.7 903.8 899.0 901.5 900.7 903.7 903.6 Nonstore retailers ............................................... 423.7 425.9 422.0 417.7 432.4 435.6 435.4 430.3 429.5 428.6 -36.1 -4.3 -.5 6.6 -2.9 5.0 -.6 -2.3 2.5 -1.0 Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,327.5 Air transportation ................................................ 507.4 Rail transportation .............................................. 228.6 Water transportation ........................................... 59.4 Truck transportation ........................................... 1,375.7 Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 406.3 Pipeline transportation ....................................... 37.7 Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 25.6 Support activities for transportation ................... 546.2 Couriers and messengers .................................. 566.1 Warehousing and storage .................................. 574.5 -3.9 -34.2 -15.2 -.1 -.9 4,338.9 483.6 225.1 59.8 1,374.1 409.2 37.3 22.9 561.9 572.2 592.8 4,347.7 485.1 225.5 60.4 1,380.6 409.7 37.5 24.8 559.6 570.3 594.2 4,373.5 485.3 227.2 62.4 1,399.4 405.2 37.7 27.9 561.1 572.1 595.2 4,340.2 507.6 228.8 59.3 1,389.0 387.6 37.8 28.8 550.1 571.0 580.2 4,371.6 486.9 227.3 63.7 1,404.0 392.2 37.0 31.1 556.2 579.7 593.5 4,380.0 489.0 227.4 63.4 1,406.0 394.1 37.4 30.3 560.7 576.8 594.9 4,387.4 489.1 227.4 63.0 1,407.5 394.6 37.5 31.5 564.7 576.5 595.6 4,381.8 488.4 227.4 62.9 1,407.7 393.5 37.7 32.0 561.3 573.5 597.4 4,390.4 488.7 227.3 63.0 1,415.7 388.1 37.8 32.3 561.6 575.5 600.4 8.6 .3 -.1 .1 8.0 -5.4 .1 .3 .3 2.0 3.0 553.4 557.5 557.4 561.5 556.0 559.7 559.3 560.4 559.4 562.1 2.7 Information ................................................................ 3,062 Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 898.8 Motion picture and sound recording industries . 377.7 Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 324.0 Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 30.8 Telecommunications .......................................... 1,003.0 ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 378.2 Other information services ................................. 49.9 3,056 901.5 378.6 324.0 30.7 994.3 377.2 49.3 3,063 903.2 382.3 323.9 30.1 991.8 382.1 49.2 3,059 900.7 375.4 325.9 30.4 992.4 384.9 49.6 3,072 902.1 384.0 325.7 30.6 1,002.5 377.3 50.0 3,066 902.5 387.7 325.1 30.4 993.3 377.8 49.6 3,065 901.5 391.2 323.4 29.6 991.3 377.4 50.4 3,073 903.9 389.7 325.3 30.7 994.6 378.7 49.6 3,073 904.3 390.5 325.2 30.2 992.7 381.0 49.3 3,071 904.1 385.5 326.8 30.3 992.9 382.4 49.4 -2 -.2 -5.0 1.6 .1 .2 1.4 .1 8,218 6,094.9 21.2 2,901.6 1,800.9 1,309.6 796.2 2,287.8 88.1 2,123.2 1,466.7 629.1 27.4 8,249 6,118.6 21.2 2,911.2 1,808.6 1,317.3 798.7 2,298.8 88.7 2,130.2 1,468.8 633.7 27.7 8,286 6,136.5 21.3 2,920.3 1,813.6 1,319.3 798.4 2,308.0 88.5 2,149.1 1,483.7 637.2 28.2 8,100 5,982.9 20.8 2,849.7 1,763.5 1,292.3 781.7 2,246.4 84.3 2,117.0 1,441.9 648.2 26.9 8,223 6,068.2 21.0 2,894.2 1,793.2 1,306.0 790.4 2,274.8 87.8 2,154.5 1,481.6 645.0 27.9 8,244 6,081.8 21.2 2,896.7 1,793.0 1,303.3 792.9 2,283.5 87.5 2,161.7 1,490.5 643.3 27.9 8,268 6,103.8 21.2 2,906.7 1,803.3 1,311.4 795.9 2,292.2 87.8 2,164.2 1,492.3 643.9 28.0 8,287 6,123.0 21.3 2,915.4 1,811.1 1,318.4 798.0 2,300.4 87.9 2,163.5 1,491.4 643.8 28.3 8,313 6,143.6 21.4 2,923.9 1,815.8 1,319.6 799.6 2,310.5 88.2 2,169.5 1,498.4 642.7 28.4 26 20.6 .1 8.5 4.7 1.2 1.6 10.1 .3 6.0 7.0 -1.1 .1 Utilities ................................................................... Financial activities .................................................... Finance and insurance .......................................... Monetary authorities - central bank ................... Credit intermediation and related activities 1....... Depository credit intermediation 1..................... Commercial banking .................................... Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. Insurance carriers and related activities ........... Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... Real estate .......................................................... Rental and leasing services ............................... Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... See footnotes at the end of table. 8,077 5,977.9 20.7 2,846.7 1,761.7 1,291.2 779.5 2,246.1 84.9 2,098.7 1,429.5 642.3 26.9 ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Industry Apr. 2005 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Apr. 2006p Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Apr. 2006p Change from: Mar. 2006Apr. 2006 p Professional and business services ........................ Professional and technical services 1..................... Legal services .................................................. Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... Architectural and engineering services .......... Computer systems design and related services .......................................................... Management and technical consulting services .......................................................... Management of companies and enterprises ....... Administrative and waste services ....................... Administrative and support services 1................. Employment services 1...................................... Temporary help services ............................. Business support services .............................. Services to buildings and dwellings ............... Waste management and remediation services 16,777 7,037.1 1,157.4 936.2 1,281.8 16,823 7,212.6 1,151.2 978.3 1,322.5 16,996 7,241.8 1,156.1 966.6 1,336.0 17,201 7,255.7 1,154.0 950.5 1,349.5 16,780 6,966.9 1,165.0 833.3 1,291.5 17,121 7,118.9 1,160.8 859.0 1,335.6 17,127 7,133.8 1,161.8 847.0 1,340.5 17,156 7,147.1 1,161.0 846.2 1,348.3 17,205 7,167.9 1,163.8 845.3 1,356.1 17,233 7,188.7 1,163.4 847.1 1,361.0 28 20.8 -.4 1.8 4.9 1,177.8 1,229.6 1,234.3 1,240.3 1,180.3 1,212.1 1,226.0 1,230.5 1,234.4 1,240.8 6.4 828.4 1,746.3 7,993.1 7,661.0 3,468.5 2,449.5 766.0 1,717.5 332.1 862.6 1,759.1 7,851.3 7,523.7 3,430.3 2,438.1 760.0 1,598.4 327.6 870.0 1,762.6 7,991.2 7,661.2 3,505.3 2,486.8 766.7 1,648.2 330.0 878.0 1,774.0 8,171.1 7,838.9 3,558.1 2,533.4 767.5 1,772.8 332.2 833.9 1,752.5 8,060.8 7,727.2 3,532.6 2,504.6 765.6 1,715.9 333.6 865.4 1,756.7 8,245.1 7,911.0 3,671.0 2,628.1 751.8 1,751.1 334.1 867.8 1,772.6 8,220.1 7,884.9 3,638.3 2,605.6 760.7 1,750.0 335.2 871.7 1,771.0 8,237.5 7,903.1 3,636.8 2,602.0 760.6 1,761.6 334.4 876.6 1,772.8 8,264.1 7,928.5 3,651.7 2,612.1 762.9 1,766.9 335.6 882.5 1,775.4 8,268.8 7,934.6 3,652.9 2,611.4 763.1 1,774.3 334.2 5.9 2.6 4.7 6.1 1.2 -.7 .2 7.4 -1.4 Education and health services ................................ 17,418 17,700 17,766 17,815 17,241 17,507 17,544 17,585 17,621 17,656 Educational services ............................................. 2,970.5 2,989.3 3,001.7 3,013.3 2,805.8 2,827.5 2,828.5 2,840.1 2,844.3 2,854.0 Health care and social assistance ........................ 14,447.4 14,710.4 14,764.0 14,801.6 14,435.5 14,679.6 14,715.6 14,744.9 14,776.7 14,802.0 Health care 3............................................................ 12,226.0 12,446.6 12,488.1 12,515.0 12,243.8 12,435.8 12,465.9 12,490.3 12,516.2 12,539.4 Ambulatory health care services 1....................... 5,068.8 5,196.4 5,221.9 5,231.6 5,074.4 5,181.4 5,202.1 5,216.1 5,231.9 5,239.8 Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,079.0 2,143.1 2,149.5 2,152.5 2,084.3 2,135.8 2,143.3 2,148.2 2,153.7 2,159.2 Outpatient care centers ................................... 468.0 485.8 488.3 489.2 467.8 484.1 485.9 486.9 488.0 489.2 Home health care services ............................. 808.6 825.0 834.6 836.0 809.0 822.1 829.1 831.9 836.2 835.7 Hospitals ............................................................. 4,319.2 4,383.5 4,394.7 4,399.3 4,325.5 4,382.5 4,387.3 4,393.0 4,402.2 4,408.7 Nursing and residential care facilities 1............... 2,838.0 2,866.7 2,871.5 2,884.1 2,843.9 2,871.9 2,876.5 2,881.2 2,882.1 2,890.9 Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,571.9 1,572.9 1,577.1 1,582.1 1,576.6 1,582.5 1,583.5 1,583.4 1,582.3 1,586.1 Social assistance 1................................................ 2,221.4 2,263.8 2,275.9 2,286.6 2,191.7 2,243.8 2,249.7 2,254.6 2,260.5 2,262.6 Child day care services ................................... 796.7 806.0 808.6 814.0 777.7 793.3 795.1 795.8 796.0 799.3 35 9.7 25.3 23.2 7.9 5.5 1.2 -.5 6.5 8.8 3.8 2.1 3.3 Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,708 12,399 12,631 12,924 12,770 12,898 12,932 12,955 12,986 13,006 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,847.8 1,694.3 1,739.1 1,857.7 1,879.9 1,905.9 1,903.5 1,906.5 1,906.7 1,912.7 Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 378.4 337.5 343.3 381.8 371.7 362.1 356.3 364.9 364.6 371.9 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 119.2 110.6 113.6 121.9 120.5 121.6 121.4 121.9 121.8 123.2 Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,350.2 1,246.2 1,282.2 1,354.0 1,387.7 1,422.2 1,425.8 1,419.7 1,420.3 1,417.6 Accommodations and food services .................... 10,859.8 10,704.6 10,891.5 11,066.7 10,889.9 10,992.3 11,028.0 11,048.9 11,079.2 11,093.2 Accommodations ................................................ 1,773.3 1,724.2 1,744.1 1,755.4 1,814.2 1,809.2 1,808.0 1,804.2 1,803.2 1,798.4 Food services and drinking places .................... 9,086.5 8,980.4 9,147.4 9,311.3 9,075.7 9,183.1 9,220.0 9,244.7 9,276.0 9,294.8 20 6.0 7.3 1.4 -2.7 14.0 -4.8 18.8 Other services .......................................................... 5,390 Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,241.1 Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,283.1 Membership associations and organizations .... 2,866.2 5,356 1,236.4 1,261.0 2,858.2 5,385 1,246.5 1,264.3 2,873.8 5,398 1,254.9 1,272.3 2,871.0 5,393 1,237.5 1,278.7 2,876.6 5,386 1,241.4 1,270.3 2,874.5 5,397 1,240.7 1,278.4 2,877.7 5,396 1,242.8 1,275.5 2,877.6 5,396 1,244.6 1,270.1 2,881.3 5,397 1,248.8 1,268.6 2,880.0 1 4.2 -1.5 -1.3 Government .............................................................. Federal ................................................................... Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. U.S. Postal Service ............................................ State government .................................................. State government education .............................. State government, excluding education ............ Local government .................................................. Local government education ............................. Local government, excluding education ........... 22,192 2,690 1,924.3 765.5 5,134 2,372.4 2,761.4 14,368 8,236.0 6,131.6 22,300 2,692 1,926.8 765.0 5,169 2,400.5 2,768.9 14,439 8,277.6 6,161.2 22,309 2,697 1,932.7 763.9 5,172 2,400.6 2,771.0 14,440 8,259.1 6,180.7 21,768 2,729 1,955.3 773.5 5,018 2,247.0 2,770.6 14,021 7,838.6 6,182.1 21,878 2,713 1,941.2 772.1 5,036 2,258.1 2,777.4 14,129 7,906.9 6,222.2 21,844 2,705 1,935.6 769.1 5,007 2,232.4 2,774.9 14,132 7,902.6 6,228.9 21,876 2,707 1,938.8 767.9 5,024 2,248.1 2,775.7 14,145 7,911.9 6,233.2 21,897 2,705 1,937.4 767.7 5,026 2,250.3 2,775.7 14,166 7,922.1 6,243.5 21,904 2,701 1,937.9 763.5 5,027 2,251.8 2,774.7 14,176 7,928.4 6,247.1 7 -4 .5 -4.2 1 1.5 -1.0 10 6.3 3.6 1 22,160 2,722 1,951.8 769.8 5,163 2,395.5 2,767.8 14,275 8,160.6 6,114.1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. 2 3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Industry Seasonally adjusted Change from: Mar. 2006Apr. 2006 p Apr. 2005 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Apr. 2006p Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Apr. 2006p Total private ....................................... 33.6 33.5 33.6 33.9 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.9 0.1 Goods-producing .......................................... 39.9 40.0 40.2 39.8 40.2 40.2 40.4 40.4 40.5 40.6 .1 Natural resources and mining .............................. 45.4 44.8 44.6 45.3 45.6 45.6 46.1 45.2 44.9 45.4 .5 Construction ............................................................ 38.7 38.2 38.5 38.5 39.1 38.7 39.1 38.9 39.0 39.2 .2 Manufacturing ......................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.3 4.3 40.7 4.3 41.0 4.4 40.3 3.8 40.5 4.4 40.8 4.5 40.9 4.5 41.0 4.6 41.1 4.6 41.1 4.5 .0 -.1 Durable goods ..................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.7 4.3 41.1 4.4 41.4 4.5 40.6 3.7 40.9 4.5 41.2 4.5 41.3 4.5 41.4 4.6 41.4 4.6 41.6 4.5 .2 -.1 Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 39.3 41.8 42.5 40.6 41.9 39.4 39.8 42.0 41.6 39.1 38.8 39.3 42.0 43.7 41.1 41.9 40.2 40.8 42.6 42.3 38.3 38.7 40.0 42.6 43.6 41.4 42.2 40.5 41.2 42.9 42.5 38.4 38.7 40.2 43.0 42.9 40.1 41.6 40.1 40.5 41.2 40.5 37.9 37.7 39.5 41.9 42.6 40.8 42.0 39.8 40.2 42.2 41.9 39.3 38.9 40.1 42.7 43.5 41.1 41.9 40.3 40.9 42.6 42.2 38.3 38.5 40.1 43.1 43.7 41.2 41.8 40.5 41.2 42.6 42.1 38.2 38.5 40.3 42.9 43.6 41.3 42.1 40.4 41.4 42.7 42.2 38.5 38.6 40.4 43.1 43.6 41.5 42.1 40.5 41.4 42.7 42.4 38.5 38.5 40.6 43.3 43.6 41.5 42.7 40.6 41.8 42.7 42.1 38.4 38.5 .2 .2 .0 .0 .6 .1 .4 .0 -.3 -.1 .0 Nondurable goods ............................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 39.5 4.1 40.1 4.2 40.3 4.3 39.9 3.9 39.9 4.3 40.2 4.6 40.3 4.4 40.4 4.5 40.5 4.5 40.4 4.4 -.1 -.1 Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 38.3 41.0 40.1 38.6 36.0 38.2 41.9 38.0 45.1 42.2 39.7 39.0 39.5 40.3 40.3 35.9 39.1 42.0 39.0 43.9 42.9 40.4 39.5 40.0 40.7 39.8 36.3 39.9 42.0 39.1 44.3 42.7 40.8 39.0 40.0 39.6 39.5 35.4 38.6 42.0 38.5 44.6 42.5 40.0 39.0 40.3 40.2 39.0 36.0 37.8 42.2 38.3 46.1 42.4 39.8 39.3 40.0 41.0 40.0 35.6 39.4 42.6 38.4 44.5 42.5 40.5 39.6 39.9 40.6 40.1 36.0 39.4 42.4 38.8 45.0 42.6 40.5 39.7 39.9 40.5 40.4 35.8 39.3 42.5 39.0 44.6 42.8 40.5 40.0 40.1 40.3 39.6 35.9 39.4 42.4 39.0 44.9 42.6 40.8 39.8 39.8 40.0 40.1 36.1 39.0 42.6 39.0 44.6 42.5 40.8 -.2 -.3 -.3 .5 .2 -.4 .2 .0 -.3 -.1 .0 Private service-providing ............................. 32.3 32.2 32.1 32.6 32.5 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 .1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.3 32.9 33.0 33.6 33.5 33.4 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.4 .1 Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.6 37.6 37.6 38.4 37.8 37.9 37.8 37.9 37.9 38.1 .2 Retail trade ........................................................... 30.4 29.9 30.0 30.6 30.7 30.5 30.5 30.4 30.4 30.5 .1 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.9 36.1 36.4 36.8 37.3 36.7 36.6 36.7 36.7 36.7 .0 Utilities ................................................................... 41.0 40.9 40.8 41.5 41.1 41.4 41.0 41.1 41.1 41.3 .2 Information ............................................................... 36.2 36.4 36.4 36.7 36.5 36.6 36.6 36.5 36.7 36.5 -.2 Financial activities .................................................. 35.8 35.5 35.3 36.3 36.0 35.9 36.0 35.7 35.7 35.7 .0 Professional and business services .................... 34.1 34.4 34.3 34.8 34.2 34.3 34.6 34.5 34.4 34.8 .4 Education and health services ............................. 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.7 32.6 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.6 32.6 .0 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.5 25.3 25.3 25.7 25.8 25.6 25.7 25.6 25.6 25.6 .0 Other services ......................................................... 30.9 30.8 30.8 31.1 31.1 30.9 30.9 30.9 31.0 31.1 .1 1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Industry Average weekly earnings Apr. 2005 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Apr. 2006p Apr. 2005 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Total private ....................................... Seasonally adjusted ..................... $16.01 16.00 $16.51 16.47 $16.52 16.52 $16.68 16.61 $537.94 540.80 $553.09 556.69 $555.07 558.38 $565.45 563.08 Goods-producing .......................................... 17.48 17.72 17.73 17.83 697.45 708.80 712.75 709.63 Natural resources and mining .............................. 18.65 19.41 19.60 19.77 846.71 869.57 874.16 895.58 Construction ............................................................ 19.33 19.57 19.54 19.62 748.07 747.57 752.29 755.37 Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.46 16.71 16.72 16.77 663.34 680.10 685.52 675.83 Durable goods ..................................................... Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 17.20 13.16 16.69 18.80 15.62 16.98 18.22 15.08 21.77 13.45 14.01 17.54 13.16 16.55 19.22 16.06 17.01 18.75 15.48 22.30 13.48 14.08 17.56 13.17 16.62 19.17 16.06 17.00 18.81 15.40 22.33 13.49 14.29 17.59 13.29 16.71 19.22 16.08 16.94 19.03 15.47 22.25 13.71 14.35 700.04 517.19 697.64 799.00 634.17 711.46 717.87 600.18 914.34 525.90 543.59 720.89 517.19 695.10 839.91 660.07 712.72 753.75 631.58 949.98 516.28 544.90 726.98 526.80 708.01 835.81 664.88 717.40 761.81 634.48 957.96 518.02 553.02 714.15 534.26 718.53 824.54 644.81 704.70 763.10 626.54 916.70 519.61 541.00 Nondurable goods ............................................... Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 15.23 12.98 19.38 12.35 11.71 10.10 11.44 17.93 15.60 24.09 19.62 14.76 15.31 13.01 18.24 12.38 11.74 10.59 11.00 17.74 15.69 24.78 19.92 14.89 15.27 13.00 18.14 12.41 11.65 10.63 11.10 17.78 15.77 24.85 19.65 14.87 15.38 13.07 18.44 12.46 11.76 10.70 10.96 17.98 15.75 25.29 19.86 14.81 601.59 497.13 794.58 495.24 452.01 363.60 437.01 751.27 592.80 1,086.46 827.96 585.97 613.93 507.39 720.48 498.91 473.12 380.18 430.10 745.08 611.91 1,087.84 854.57 601.56 615.38 513.50 725.60 505.09 463.67 385.87 442.89 746.76 616.61 1,100.86 839.06 606.70 613.66 509.73 737.60 493.42 464.52 378.78 423.06 755.16 606.38 1,127.93 844.05 592.40 Private service-providing ............................. 15.62 16.19 16.20 16.37 504.53 521.32 520.02 533.66 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.91 15.23 15.25 15.46 496.50 501.07 503.25 519.46 Wholesale trade ................................................... 18.03 18.65 18.61 18.89 677.93 701.24 699.74 725.38 Retail trade ........................................................... 12.42 12.47 12.52 12.71 377.57 372.85 375.60 388.93 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.58 16.95 17.00 17.18 611.80 611.90 618.80 632.22 Utilities ................................................................... 26.49 27.60 27.68 27.63 1,086.09 1,128.84 1,129.34 1,146.65 Information ............................................................... 21.86 22.84 22.82 23.12 791.33 831.38 830.65 848.50 Financial activities .................................................. 17.85 18.45 18.45 18.72 639.03 654.98 651.29 679.54 Professional and business services .................... 17.91 18.77 18.82 19.15 610.73 645.69 645.53 666.42 Education and health services ............................. 16.57 17.14 17.18 17.24 536.87 555.34 556.63 563.75 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 9.08 9.41 9.44 9.47 231.54 238.07 238.83 243.38 Other services ......................................................... 14.29 14.54 14.50 14.61 441.56 447.83 446.60 454.37 1 See p= footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. Apr. 2006p ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent change from: Mar. 2006-p Apr. 2006 Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Apr. 2006p Total Private: Current dollars ................................................ Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. $16.00 8.17 $16.35 8.20 $16.40 8.17 $16.47 8.20 $16.52 8.19 $16.61 N.A. 0.5 Goods-producing .......................................................... 17.52 17.77 17.79 17.80 17.82 17.86 .2 Natural resources and mining .............................................. 18.55 19.12 19.33 19.40 19.51 19.64 .7 Construction ............................................................................ 19.38 19.65 19.63 19.66 19.65 19.66 .1 Manufacturing ......................................................................... Excluding overtime 4..................................................... 16.48 15.63 16.70 15.83 16.71 15.84 16.72 15.83 16.74 15.85 16.79 15.92 .3 .4 Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.24 17.52 17.53 17.54 17.58 17.62 .2 Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.22 15.31 15.33 15.33 15.31 15.37 .4 Private service-providing ............................................. 15.60 15.97 16.03 16.11 16.17 16.27 .6 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.86 15.10 15.13 15.19 15.23 15.32 .6 Wholesale trade ................................................................... 18.03 18.56 18.53 18.61 18.68 18.71 .2 Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.35 12.39 12.44 12.46 12.49 12.59 .8 Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.60 16.87 16.91 16.99 17.02 17.16 .8 Utilities ................................................................................... 26.42 27.34 27.48 27.54 27.62 27.50 -.4 Information ............................................................................... 21.92 22.60 22.98 22.82 22.94 23.07 .6 Financial activities .................................................................. 17.85 18.27 18.33 18.45 18.49 18.62 .7 Professional and business services .................................... 17.94 18.42 18.54 18.66 18.81 18.98 .9 Education and health services ............................................. 16.58 17.00 17.04 17.13 17.18 17.23 .3 Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 9.09 9.27 9.27 9.36 9.41 9.47 .6 Other services ......................................................................... 14.26 14.47 14.48 14.50 14.49 14.50 .1 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was -0.1 percent from Feb. 2006 to Mar. 2006, the latest month available. 2 The (3) 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half. N.A. = not available. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Apr. 2005 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Apr. 2006p Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Percent Apr. change from: 2006p Mar. 2006Apr. 2006 p Total private ....................................... 101.4 101.3 102.5 104.4 102.4 103.7 104.0 104.2 104.4 104.9 0.5 96.9 97.2 98.6 99.1 98.6 100.1 101.1 101.3 101.8 102.2 .4 Natural resources and mining .............................. 110.3 113.8 115.4 119.6 112.7 118.0 120.0 118.4 119.1 121.6 2.1 Construction ............................................................ 105.0 102.3 104.9 108.6 108.3 110.0 112.2 112.1 112.7 113.5 .7 Industry Goods-producing .......................................... Manufacturing ......................................................... 92.6 94.2 95.3 94.0 93.4 94.8 95.3 95.6 96.0 96.1 .1 Durable goods ..................................................... Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 94.7 97.7 96.1 92.1 98.0 98.1 91.0 84.7 96.9 95.1 91.3 90.4 97.2 97.8 93.9 96.2 100.3 99.5 101.5 88.4 99.5 94.7 88.3 91.0 98.5 99.7 97.0 96.7 101.8 100.5 103.1 89.6 100.5 95.5 89.5 91.0 97.1 99.9 99.7 94.3 99.0 100.0 102.4 88.1 97.9 92.2 88.6 88.5 95.2 99.2 97.0 92.5 98.5 98.0 92.2 85.6 96.9 95.3 91.7 90.7 97.5 102.0 97.5 95.1 100.4 99.3 101.1 87.7 99.2 95.2 88.9 90.5 98.1 102.3 100.0 96.4 100.8 98.9 101.8 89.1 99.8 95.3 88.7 90.5 98.5 102.0 100.0 95.8 101.4 100.0 102.3 89.5 99.7 94.3 89.7 91.2 98.7 102.0 100.8 96.5 102.1 100.1 103.2 90.1 99.9 95.0 90.0 90.9 99.5 101.7 101.3 95.7 102.5 102.1 103.9 91.2 100.6 95.1 90.0 90.8 .8 -.3 .5 -.8 .4 2.0 .7 1.2 .7 .1 .0 -.1 Nondurable goods ............................................... 88.9 Food manufacturing ......................................... 91.5 Beverages and tobacco products .................. 91.5 Textile mills ........................................................ 72.3 Textile product mills ......................................... 89.7 Apparel ............................................................... 68.5 Leather and allied products ............................ 78.0 Paper and paper products .............................. 86.6 Printing and related support activities ........... 89.9 Petroleum and coal products .......................... 102.3 Chemicals .......................................................... 96.5 Plastics and rubber products .......................... 91.9 89.4 92.9 96.5 67.2 95.1 64.4 76.7 85.7 91.6 94.4 99.3 92.0 90.0 93.7 96.3 68.0 93.5 65.6 77.0 85.8 92.6 96.5 99.8 93.0 89.2 93.0 97.2 65.6 92.1 63.4 76.0 84.5 91.5 98.4 99.1 91.4 90.7 95.8 93.3 72.0 89.7 68.2 77.0 87.8 91.2 105.8 97.0 92.0 90.5 95.8 98.0 69.2 94.3 63.9 81.2 87.2 90.9 97.6 97.6 92.9 90.9 96.4 99.7 68.7 96.2 65.3 80.0 86.8 91.6 98.4 98.8 92.8 91.2 96.7 100.3 68.0 95.5 64.5 77.9 87.2 92.6 99.3 99.2 92.9 91.3 97.1 100.8 67.1 92.6 64.6 76.5 86.9 92.9 100.0 99.3 93.2 91.0 97.0 100.2 65.9 92.7 64.5 76.8 86.4 93.0 98.7 98.9 93.2 -.3 -.1 -.6 -1.8 .1 -.2 .4 -.6 .1 -1.3 -.4 .0 Private service-providing ............................. 102.7 102.8 103.3 105.8 103.6 104.6 104.9 105.1 105.3 105.8 .5 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 100.0 98.9 99.8 101.8 101.5 102.0 101.9 101.9 102.1 102.3 .2 Wholesale trade ................................................... 100.5 101.8 102.4 105.2 101.2 103.1 103.1 103.7 103.8 104.6 .8 98.6 96.6 97.5 99.5 100.9 100.7 100.9 100.5 100.7 100.7 .0 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 103.9 102.2 103.4 105.1 105.5 104.8 104.7 105.1 105.1 105.2 .1 Retail trade ........................................................... Utilities ................................................................... 92.6 94.2 93.6 95.8 93.2 95.2 94.5 94.9 94.7 95.5 .8 Information ............................................................... 98.3 99.9 100.3 100.9 99.5 100.6 100.7 100.5 101.1 100.5 -.6 Financial activities .................................................. 103.2 104.6 104.6 108.3 104.2 105.8 106.4 105.9 106.4 107.0 .6 Professional and business services .................... 104.5 106.4 107.2 110.3 105.0 108.0 109.1 109.0 109.0 110.6 1.5 Education and health services ............................. 106.1 107.7 108.1 109.4 105.7 106.7 107.0 107.3 107.9 108.1 .2 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 104.4 101.0 103.1 107.3 106.3 106.5 107.4 107.1 107.4 107.7 .3 95.2 95.9 97.0 96.9 96.0 96.2 96.3 96.8 97.0 .2 Other services ......................................................... 1 See 96.2 footnote 1, table B-2. motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by 2 Includes dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Apr. 2005 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Apr. 2006p Apr. 2005 Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 Feb. 2006 Mar. 2006p Percent Apr. change from: 2006p Mar. 2006Apr. 2006 p Total private ....................................... 108.6 111.9 113.3 116.5 109.6 113.4 114.1 114.8 115.4 116.6 1.0 Goods-producing .......................................... 103.7 105.5 107.1 108.2 105.8 108.9 110.1 110.4 111.1 111.8 .6 Natural resources and mining .............................. 119.6 128.5 131.6 137.6 121.6 131.2 134.9 133.6 135.1 138.9 2.8 Construction ............................................................ 109.6 108.2 110.7 115.0 113.4 116.7 118.9 119.0 119.6 120.5 .8 Manufacturing ......................................................... 99.7 102.9 104.2 103.1 100.7 103.5 104.2 104.6 105.1 105.5 .4 Durable goods ..................................................... 101.7 106.4 108.0 106.6 102.5 106.7 107.4 107.8 108.4 109.4 .9 95.6 96.8 97.1 96.9 97.5 98.0 98.5 98.8 98.8 98.8 .0 Private service-providing ............................. 110.3 114.3 114.9 118.9 111.1 114.8 115.5 116.3 117.0 118.2 1.0 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 106.3 107.5 108.5 112.3 107.6 109.9 110.0 110.4 110.9 111.8 .8 Wholesale trade ................................................... 106.8 111.9 112.2 117.0 107.5 112.8 112.6 113.7 114.3 115.3 .9 Retail trade ........................................................... 105.0 103.2 104.6 108.4 106.8 106.9 107.6 107.3 107.8 108.7 .8 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 109.3 109.9 111.5 114.5 111.1 112.1 112.3 113.3 113.4 114.5 1.0 Utilities ................................................................... 102.4 108.5 108.1 110.5 102.8 108.6 108.3 109.1 109.1 109.6 .5 Information ............................................................... 106.3 112.9 113.3 115.5 107.9 112.5 114.5 113.6 114.8 114.8 .0 Financial activities .................................................. 113.9 119.3 119.3 125.4 115.0 119.5 120.6 120.9 121.7 123.1 1.2 Professional and business services .................... 111.4 118.8 120.0 125.7 112.1 118.3 120.3 121.0 122.0 124.9 2.4 Education and health services ............................. 115.5 121.3 122.1 123.9 115.2 119.3 119.9 120.9 121.9 122.5 .5 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 110.5 110.8 113.5 118.5 112.7 115.1 116.0 116.9 117.9 118.9 .8 Other services ......................................................... 100.1 100.8 101.3 103.3 100.6 101.2 101.4 101.7 102.2 102.5 .3 Industry Nondurable goods ............................................... 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls p= by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 40.8 44.1 51.6 50.7 61.0 36.5 37.9 49.5 57.7 59.9 38.3 34.9 62.4 56.7 p 60.6 38.7 38.3 65.5 54.7 p 59.2 40.1 42.8 62.4 54.5 46.0 38.8 57.7 56.7 43.7 37.6 52.7 59.2 43.3 39.7 52.0 54.1 41.7 50.7 57.0 51.4 41.9 49.8 54.3 53.4 41.5 52.0 55.0 61.7 36.0 51.3 54.1 58.6 34.5 40.6 54.3 52.9 66.2 36.2 34.2 53.4 56.7 65.5 35.6 34.7 57.6 59.2 p 61.9 35.8 32.7 63.1 60.4 p 60.1 34.9 35.3 69.4 56.8 38.8 41.7 68.3 60.8 38.5 38.5 58.8 60.4 44.8 33.8 55.6 59.7 37.6 42.6 57.4 57.9 39.7 47.8 56.5 52.2 37.2 49.8 59.9 57.0 39.6 50.5 55.2 63.7 30.2 34.4 49.8 55.4 61.2 30.6 31.8 52.3 57.7 61.5 31.5 31.8 54.7 57.4 p 62.8 30.9 34.0 60.8 58.8 p 64.9 32.0 32.7 63.3 55.2 36.3 36.2 63.8 58.6 35.8 33.3 63.1 60.8 37.6 32.4 63.5 59.5 34.5 40.5 59.0 60.6 36.0 45.3 61.3 57.7 36.7 46.4 55.9 58.5 35.3 47.7 55.6 60.6 33.6 34.5 40.3 60.1 61.3 31.7 31.5 42.1 61.0 61.0 30.2 32.9 44.8 59.5 p 62.4 30.4 33.5 48.4 58.6 p 64.4 30.2 34.2 50.7 58.6 29.1 35.1 57.7 59.4 32.0 32.7 57.0 60.8 31.3 33.1 55.2 61.0 30.0 37.1 56.7 60.8 29.5 36.7 58.3 58.3 32.9 37.2 60.1 58.8 34.7 39.2 60.3 62.1 Over 3-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 19.6 32.7 44.0 39.3 59.5 21.4 19.6 47.6 38.7 48.8 18.5 19.6 44.6 38.7 p 52.4 29.2 10.7 64.9 42.3 p 53.0 25.0 23.2 53.6 44.6 30.4 19.0 45.8 34.5 36.9 19.6 56.5 47.6 25.6 29.2 52.4 35.7 28.6 28.6 41.7 45.2 17.9 36.3 42.3 43.5 17.9 42.3 39.9 50.0 19.6 40.5 39.3 52.4 9.5 18.5 43.5 35.7 56.0 9.5 11.3 42.3 39.9 51.8 11.3 12.5 43.5 42.9 p 50.0 17.9 8.3 53.6 39.9 p 45.2 14.9 7.7 57.7 37.5 17.9 11.3 58.9 41.1 22.6 14.9 53.6 39.3 25.6 15.5 48.8 35.7 22.6 16.7 48.2 39.9 17.3 27.4 40.5 36.3 9.5 32.1 38.1 36.9 11.9 35.7 31.0 50.0 7.1 11.3 28.6 36.9 37.5 8.3 11.3 33.3 36.9 45.8 7.7 8.3 33.3 35.1 p 47.6 8.3 9.5 45.8 33.3 p 51.2 8.3 10.7 47.6 33.3 11.9 9.5 51.2 32.7 12.5 6.0 56.0 36.9 11.9 8.9 51.8 36.9 13.7 13.7 48.2 41.1 8.9 18.5 49.4 41.7 7.1 24.4 39.3 39.3 7.7 23.8 35.7 42.3 7.1 10.7 13.1 44.6 41.1 6.0 6.0 14.3 44.6 39.9 6.0 6.5 13.1 41.7 p 41.1 6.5 6.0 20.2 40.5 p 45.2 7.1 8.3 23.2 39.9 3.6 7.1 35.7 33.3 4.8 7.1 36.9 32.7 6.0 8.3 38.1 31.0 4.8 10.7 36.3 32.1 7.1 10.7 44.0 39.3 4.8 9.5 44.6 35.7 8.3 10.7 44.6 40.5 Over 3-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month 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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