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2 Technical information: Household data: Establishment data: Media contact: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 07-0638 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 4, 2007. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: APRIL 2007 Nonfarm payroll employment edged up (+88,000) in April, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job gains continued in several service-providing industries, including health care and food services, while employment declined in retail trade and manufacturing. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, May 2004 – April 2007 Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, May 2004 – April 2007 Millions Percent 6.5 140.0 6.0 138.0 5.5 136.0 5.0 134.0 4.5 132.0 4.0 130.0 3.5 128.0 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons (6.8 million) and the unemployment rate (4.5 percent) were essentially unchanged in April. The jobless rate has ranged from 4.4 to 4.6 percent since September 2006. (See table A-1.) Over the month, the jobless rates for the major worker groups—adult men (4.0 percent), adult women (3.8 percent), teenagers (15.3 percent), whites (3.9 percent), blacks (8.2 percent), and Hispanics (5.4 percent)—showed little or no change. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.3 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-2 and A-3.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) In April, total employment and the employment-population ratio fell to 145.8 million and 63.0 percent, respectively. The civilian labor force also fell over the month, to 152.6 million, and the labor force participation rate declined to 66.0 percent. The labor force participation rate was little changed over the year. (See table A-1.) 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages Category 2006 IV 2007 I Feb. Mar. Apr. Mar.-Apr. change Labor force status HOUSEHOLD DATA Civilian labor force ……………………….. Employment ……………………….……. Unemployment …………………….……. Not in labor force …………………………. Monthly data 2007 152,425 145,629 6,797 77,471 152,912 146,044 6,869 77,927 152,784 145,919 6,865 78,050 152,979 146,254 6,724 78,055 152,587 145,786 6,801 78,666 -392 -468 77 611 4.4 4.0 3.8 14.5 3.8 8.3 5.1 4.5 4.0 3.8 15.3 3.9 8.2 5.4 0.1 .0 .0 .8 .1 -.1 .3 p 137,596 p 22,501 p 7,691 p 14,095 p 115,095 p 15,397 p 17,846 p 18,187 p 13,445 p 22,194 p 137,684 p 22,473 p 7,680 p 14,076 p 115,211 p 15,371 p 17,870 p 18,240 p 13,467 p 22,219 p 88 p -28 p -11 p -19 p 116 p -26 p 24 p 53 p 22 p 25 p 33.8 p 41.1 p 4.2 p -0.1 p -.1 p -.1 Unemployment rates All workers ……………………....………… Adult men …………...……...……………. Adult women ……………………………. Teenagers …………………...…………… White ……….……...……………………. Black or African American …………….. Hispanic or Latino ethnicity …….………… 4.5 3.9 3.9 15.1 3.9 8.5 4.8 4.5 4.1 3.9 14.8 4.0 8.1 5.4 4.5 4.1 3.8 14.9 4.0 7.9 5.2 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment ……….……...……… 136,951 Goods-producing 1…...…...……………… 22,539 Construction ..…...…………………….. 7,691 Manufacturing …………...……………. 14,147 Service-providing 1 ………...……………. 114,412 Retail trade 2 .………...……………….. 15,316 Professional and business services ...…. 17,727 Education and health services …..…….… 18,019 Leisure and hospitality …...…………… 13,318 Government ………...…………………… 22,107 p 137,448 p 22,507 p 7,683 p 14,113 p 114,941 p 15,373 p 17,830 p 18,142 p 13,422 p 22,169 137,419 22,465 7,641 14,113 114,954 15,365 17,840 18,138 13,425 22,174 Hours of work 3 Total private ……...…………...…………… Manufacturing …………….……...……… Overtime ……...………………..…….… 33.9 41.1 4.2 p 33.8 p 41.0 p 4.2 33.7 40.9 4.1 p 33.9 p 41.2 p 4.3 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3 Total private ……...……………………….. 106.5 p 106.8 106.4 p 107.3 p 106.9 p -0.4 p $17.25 p 583.05 p $0.04 p -.37 Earnings 3 Average hourly earnings, total private ……. Average weekly earnings, total private …… 1 $17.00 575.73 p $17.16 p 579.90 $17.16 578.29 p $17.21 p 583.42 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 and nonsupervisory workers. p = preliminary. 2 3 Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) In April, 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force compared with 1.3 million a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime during 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 399,000 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 remaining 992,000 persons marginally attached to the labor force in April had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance and family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 88,000 in April to 137.7 million (seasonally adjusted). Thus far in 2007, monthly payroll employment gains have averaged 129,000 compared with average increases of 189,000 per month in 2006. In April, job gains in health care, food services, and a few other industries were partially offset by employment declines in manufacturing and retail trade. (See table B-1.) Health care employment continued to grow in April (+37,000), with gains throughout the component industries. Over the year, health care has added 362,000 jobs. Employment in social assistance was up by 10,000 in April and has grown by 63,000 over the year. Food services and drinking places continued to expand in April, gaining 25,000 jobs. Employment in this industry has increased by 336,000 over the year. Within professional and business services, employment rose in April in computer systems design (+11,000) and in management and technical consulting services (+12,000). Wholesale trade employment edged up by 13,000 over the month. Government employment continued to trend up in April and has grown by 297,000 over the year. Local government accounted for three-quarters of the over-the-year growth. Employment in construction was little changed in April, with no significant movements among the component industries. Thus far in 2007, there has been essentially no net change in construction employment. Manufacturing employment continued to decline in April (-19,000). Small job losses were widespread across manufacturing industries, with notable declines in machinery (-5,000), motor vehicles (-5,000), and textile mills (-3,000). The return of 6,500 shipbuilding workers from a strike partly offset losses elsewhere in manufacturing. Employment declined by 26,000 in retail trade in April. A sizeable job loss (-41,000) in general merchandise stores followed a large gain (30,000) in March. Within finance and insurance, employment fell by 14,000 in credit intermediation and related activities in April; commercial banking accounted for over half of the loss. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) In April, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.1 hour to 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek and factory overtime each fell by 0.1 hour to 41.1 and 4.2 hours, respectively. (See table B-2.) 4 The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.4 percent in April to 106.9 (2002=100). The manufacturing index also fell by 0.4 percent over the month to 95.0. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 4 cents, or 0.2 percent, in April to $17.25, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings edged down by 0.1 percent over the month to $583.05. Over the year, average hourly and weekly earnings grew by 3.7 and 3.4 percent, respectively. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for May 2007 is scheduled to be released on Friday, June 1, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). Planned Changes to Layout of Household Data Tables With the release of data for May 2007, scheduled for June 1, the font sizes in the A tables will be enlarged to improve readability. This will result in the addition of two pages to the set of A tables; however, the number of tables will not change, nor will any data cells be added or deleted. Technical 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 0.6 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) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Apr. 2006 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 228,199 150,209 65.8 143,405 62.8 6,804 4.5 77,990 4,648 231,034 152,236 65.9 145,323 62.9 6,913 4.5 78,798 4,365 231,253 151,829 65.7 145,297 62.8 6,532 4.3 79,423 4,729 228,199 150,862 66.1 143,763 63.0 7,098 4.7 77,338 4,753 230,108 152,775 66.4 145,926 63.4 6,849 4.5 77,333 4,506 230,650 152,974 66.3 145,957 63.3 7,017 4.6 77,676 4,520 230,834 152,784 66.2 145,919 63.2 6,865 4.5 78,050 4,705 231,034 152,979 66.2 146,254 63.3 6,724 4.4 78,055 4,511 231,253 152,587 66.0 145,786 63.0 6,801 4.5 78,666 4,773 110,280 80,669 73.1 76,929 69.8 3,740 4.6 29,611 111,733 81,600 73.0 77,553 69.4 4,047 5.0 30,133 111,849 81,665 73.0 78,013 69.7 3,651 4.5 30,184 110,280 81,059 73.5 77,234 70.0 3,825 4.7 29,221 111,288 82,030 73.7 78,311 70.4 3,718 4.5 29,259 111,528 82,060 73.6 78,237 70.2 3,823 4.7 29,468 111,627 82,014 73.5 78,172 70.0 3,842 4.7 29,613 111,733 82,044 73.4 78,344 70.1 3,701 4.5 29,689 111,849 82,076 73.4 78,344 70.0 3,732 4.5 29,773 101,857 77,275 75.9 74,098 72.7 3,177 4.1 24,582 103,143 78,217 75.8 74,737 72.5 3,480 4.4 24,926 103,248 78,315 75.9 75,218 72.9 3,097 4.0 24,933 101,857 77,390 76.0 74,163 72.8 3,228 4.2 24,467 102,751 78,334 76.2 75,235 73.2 3,100 4.0 24,417 102,956 78,384 76.1 75,158 73.0 3,226 4.1 24,572 103,046 78,375 76.1 75,138 72.9 3,237 4.1 24,671 103,143 78,452 76.1 75,323 73.0 3,129 4.0 24,691 103,248 78,459 76.0 75,313 72.9 3,146 4.0 24,789 117,919 69,540 59.0 66,476 56.4 3,064 4.4 48,379 119,300 70,636 59.2 67,771 56.8 2,865 4.1 48,665 119,403 70,164 58.8 67,284 56.3 2,881 4.1 49,239 117,919 69,803 59.2 66,530 56.4 3,273 4.7 48,117 118,820 70,745 59.5 67,615 56.9 3,130 4.4 48,074 119,122 70,914 59.5 67,720 56.8 3,194 4.5 48,207 119,207 70,770 59.4 67,747 56.8 3,023 4.3 48,437 119,300 70,934 59.5 67,911 56.9 3,024 4.3 48,366 119,403 70,511 59.1 67,442 56.5 3,069 4.4 48,893 109,736 66,215 60.3 63,547 57.9 2,668 4.0 43,521 110,964 67,453 60.8 64,975 58.6 2,478 3.7 43,510 111,057 66,973 60.3 64,530 58.1 2,443 3.6 44,084 109,736 66,249 60.4 63,432 57.8 2,818 4.3 43,487 110,528 67,132 60.7 64,491 58.3 2,641 3.9 43,396 110,803 67,361 60.8 64,654 58.4 2,707 4.0 43,442 110,880 67,267 60.7 64,703 58.4 2,564 3.8 43,612 110,964 67,487 60.8 64,912 58.5 2,576 3.8 43,477 111,057 67,083 60.4 64,502 58.1 2,581 3.8 43,974 16,606 6,720 40.5 5,760 34.7 960 14.3 9,886 16,927 6,566 38.8 5,611 33.1 954 14.5 10,362 16,948 6,541 38.6 5,549 32.7 992 15.2 10,407 16,606 7,222 43.5 6,169 37.1 1,053 14.6 9,384 16,829 7,309 43.4 6,200 36.8 1,108 15.2 9,520 16,891 7,228 42.8 6,145 36.4 1,083 15.0 9,662 16,908 7,142 42.2 6,078 35.9 1,064 14.9 9,766 16,927 7,039 41.6 6,019 35.6 1,020 14.5 9,888 16,948 7,045 41.6 5,970 35.2 1,075 15.3 9,903 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 2007, 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) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age Apr. 2006 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 185,849 122,944 66.2 118,141 63.6 4,803 3.9 62,904 187,704 124,328 66.2 119,375 63.6 4,953 4.0 63,376 187,843 123,944 66.0 119,231 63.5 4,713 3.8 63,899 185,849 123,394 66.4 118,397 63.7 4,997 4.0 62,454 187,115 124,783 66.7 119,813 64.0 4,970 4.0 62,333 187,471 124,908 66.6 119,767 63.9 5,141 4.1 62,562 187,582 124,676 66.5 119,669 63.8 5,007 4.0 62,905 187,704 124,888 66.5 120,115 64.0 4,773 3.8 62,817 187,843 124,450 66.3 119,547 63.6 4,904 3.9 63,393 64,347 76.4 62,074 73.7 2,273 3.5 65,059 76.4 62,544 73.5 2,515 3.9 65,104 76.4 62,857 73.8 2,247 3.5 64,401 76.4 62,096 73.7 2,305 3.6 65,084 76.7 62,766 73.9 2,318 3.6 65,109 76.6 62,693 73.7 2,416 3.7 65,113 76.5 62,703 73.7 2,410 3.7 65,206 76.6 63,007 74.0 2,199 3.4 65,165 76.5 62,884 73.8 2,282 3.5 53,015 59.7 51,159 57.6 1,856 3.5 53,835 60.1 52,109 58.2 1,726 3.2 53,443 59.6 51,677 57.7 1,766 3.3 53,025 59.7 51,072 57.5 1,953 3.7 53,633 60.1 51,795 58.0 1,838 3.4 53,809 60.1 51,877 58.0 1,932 3.6 53,667 60.0 51,840 57.9 1,827 3.4 53,839 60.1 52,036 58.1 1,803 3.3 53,486 59.7 51,636 57.6 1,851 3.5 5,582 43.6 4,909 38.3 674 12.1 5,434 41.8 4,722 36.3 712 13.1 5,397 41.4 4,698 36.1 699 13.0 5,969 46.6 5,229 40.8 740 12.4 6,066 46.8 5,252 40.5 814 13.4 5,990 46.1 5,197 40.0 793 13.2 5,896 45.3 5,126 39.4 770 13.1 5,843 44.9 5,072 39.0 771 13.2 5,799 44.5 5,027 38.6 772 13.3 26,905 17,155 63.8 15,638 58.1 1,517 8.8 9,751 27,346 17,312 63.3 15,874 58.0 1,439 8.3 10,034 27,385 17,353 63.4 15,997 58.4 1,356 7.8 10,032 26,905 17,318 64.4 15,699 58.3 1,619 9.3 9,588 27,231 17,512 64.3 16,045 58.9 1,466 8.4 9,719 27,276 17,639 64.7 16,226 59.5 1,412 8.0 9,637 27,310 17,549 64.3 16,154 59.2 1,395 7.9 9,761 27,346 17,436 63.8 15,988 58.5 1,448 8.3 9,910 27,385 17,510 63.9 16,065 58.7 1,444 8.2 9,875 7,690 71.1 7,032 65.0 658 8.6 7,732 70.3 7,017 63.8 715 9.2 7,801 70.8 7,163 65.1 638 8.2 7,757 71.7 7,065 65.3 692 8.9 7,812 71.3 7,240 66.1 572 7.3 7,893 72.0 7,304 66.6 588 7.5 7,846 71.5 7,262 66.1 584 7.4 7,804 71.0 7,103 64.6 701 9.0 7,860 71.4 7,201 65.4 659 8.4 8,670 64.1 8,036 59.4 635 7.3 8,823 64.3 8,289 60.4 535 6.1 8,787 63.9 8,296 60.4 491 5.6 8,674 64.1 8,008 59.2 667 7.7 8,840 64.7 8,171 59.8 669 7.6 8,891 64.9 8,316 60.7 575 6.5 8,850 64.5 8,286 60.4 564 6.4 8,832 64.3 8,285 60.4 547 6.2 8,798 64.0 8,273 60.2 525 6.0 794 31.2 570 22.4 224 28.2 757 28.8 568 21.7 189 24.9 765 29.1 537 20.4 228 29.8 887 34.8 627 24.6 260 29.3 860 33.0 634 24.4 226 26.2 855 32.7 606 23.2 249 29.1 852 32.5 605 23.1 247 29.0 800 30.5 600 22.9 200 25.0 852 32.4 591 22.5 261 30.6 10,095 6,690 66.3 6,447 63.9 243 3.6 3,405 10,579 7,020 66.4 6,810 64.4 210 3.0 3,559 10,545 6,951 65.9 6,723 63.8 228 3.3 3,594 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 .................................................................... 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 2007, 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) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Apr. 2006 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 29,880 20,564 68.8 19,528 65.4 1,035 5.0 9,316 31,055 21,341 68.7 20,191 65.0 1,150 5.4 9,714 31,147 21,434 68.8 20,328 65.3 1,106 5.2 9,714 29,880 20,566 68.8 19,466 65.1 1,100 5.3 9,314 30,596 21,176 69.2 20,131 65.8 1,045 4.9 9,419 30,877 21,439 69.4 20,221 65.5 1,218 5.7 9,438 30,965 21,318 68.8 20,204 65.2 1,115 5.2 9,647 31,055 21,390 68.9 20,288 65.3 1,101 5.1 9,665 31,147 21,445 68.9 20,284 65.1 1,161 5.4 9,702 11,833 84.9 11,371 81.6 462 3.9 12,309 84.9 11,702 80.7 607 4.9 12,376 85.1 11,860 81.6 516 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) (2) 7,734 58.7 7,284 55.3 450 5.8 7,964 58.3 7,594 55.6 370 4.6 7,999 58.4 7,590 55.4 409 5.1 (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) 996 36.0 873 31.5 123 12.4 1,069 36.8 895 30.8 173 16.2 1,060 36.3 878 30.1 182 17.1 (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) 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 ............................................................ 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 2007, 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 Seasonally adjusted Apr. 2006 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 12,959 46.3 12,099 43.2 860 6.6 12,896 46.7 11,881 43.0 1,015 7.9 12,799 46.6 11,918 43.4 881 6.9 12,844 45.9 11,937 42.6 907 7.1 12,719 46.8 11,877 43.7 842 6.6 12,870 47.0 11,993 43.8 877 6.8 13,150 47.9 12,212 44.4 938 7.1 13,033 47.2 12,126 43.9 906 7.0 12,765 46.5 11,847 43.1 917 7.2 38,347 63.3 36,674 60.5 1,673 4.4 38,739 63.1 37,033 60.3 1,706 4.4 38,354 62.7 36,798 60.1 1,557 4.1 38,249 63.1 36,584 60.4 1,665 4.4 38,373 63.0 36,722 60.3 1,651 4.3 38,723 62.8 37,083 60.1 1,641 4.2 38,723 62.8 37,063 60.1 1,660 4.3 38,610 62.9 37,042 60.3 1,568 4.1 38,319 62.6 36,758 60.1 1,562 4.1 35,284 72.4 33,983 69.8 1,300 3.7 35,434 72.1 34,115 69.4 1,319 3.7 35,669 72.3 34,405 69.8 1,263 3.5 35,320 72.5 33,987 69.8 1,333 3.8 35,593 72.5 34,393 70.1 1,200 3.4 35,092 72.2 33,802 69.6 1,290 3.7 34,678 71.2 33,434 68.6 1,244 3.6 35,200 71.6 33,944 69.1 1,256 3.6 35,620 72.2 34,337 69.6 1,283 3.6 42,122 77.9 41,243 76.3 879 2.1 43,532 78.4 42,756 77.0 776 1.8 43,565 77.9 42,809 76.5 757 1.7 42,031 77.8 41,115 76.1 916 2.2 43,565 78.1 42,742 76.6 823 1.9 43,584 78.2 42,673 76.6 911 2.1 43,770 78.6 42,930 77.1 839 1.9 43,660 78.6 42,858 77.1 801 1.8 43,567 77.9 42,773 76.5 793 1.8 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 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. See box note in the BLS news release USDL 07-0486, "The Employment Situation: March 2007," issued on April 6, 2007, for a discussion of technical issues regarding educational attainment data. 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. 2006 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries ............................................. Wage and salary workers ....................................................... Self-employed workers ........................................................... Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 2,219 1,277 930 12 2,046 1,169 859 18 2,040 1,166 856 18 2,232 1,303 924 (1) 2,291 1,415 879 (1) 2,266 1,358 890 (1) 2,343 1,441 892 (1) 2,241 1,327 897 (1) 2,053 1,205 858 (1) Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... Wage and salary workers ....................................................... Government .......................................................................... Private industries .................................................................. Private households ............................................................. Other industries .................................................................. Self-employed workers ........................................................... Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 141,186 131,547 20,406 111,142 819 110,322 9,560 79 143,277 133,551 21,138 112,413 859 111,553 9,606 121 143,257 133,513 21,320 112,193 819 111,374 9,641 103 141,468 131,779 20,166 111,604 (1) 110,753 9,653 (1) 143,646 133,636 20,734 112,888 (1) 112,147 9,865 (1) 143,681 134,018 20,902 113,050 (1) 112,309 9,520 (1) 143,537 133,798 20,872 112,918 (1) 112,026 9,605 (1) 144,032 134,110 20,931 113,171 (1) 112,283 9,737 (1) 143,687 133,874 21,046 112,762 (1) 111,967 9,713 (1) All industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................................ Could only find part-time work .............................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 3,787 2,352 1,156 19,808 4,384 2,856 1,218 20,554 4,205 2,729 1,236 20,336 3,964 2,467 1,179 19,494 4,232 2,706 1,234 19,885 4,246 2,753 1,185 19,761 4,212 2,729 1,208 19,907 4,278 2,769 1,215 20,088 4,374 2,849 1,248 19,948 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................................ Could only find part-time work .............................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 3,710 2,299 1,153 19,438 4,295 2,805 1,204 20,197 4,127 2,681 1,226 20,001 3,891 2,436 1,170 19,142 4,159 2,653 1,221 19,512 4,155 2,686 1,165 19,410 4,088 2,662 1,187 19,521 4,196 2,698 1,196 19,677 4,308 2,811 1,236 19,570 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 2007, 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. 2006 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 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 ............................................................... 143,405 5,760 2,210 3,550 137,645 13,646 123,999 99,333 30,826 34,596 33,911 24,666 145,323 5,611 2,069 3,543 139,712 13,927 125,785 100,300 31,388 34,458 34,453 25,485 145,297 5,549 2,129 3,420 139,748 13,819 125,929 100,476 31,565 34,457 34,454 25,453 143,763 6,169 2,400 3,744 137,594 13,788 123,694 99,193 30,857 34,502 33,834 24,502 145,926 6,200 2,513 3,655 139,726 14,073 125,677 100,385 31,283 34,589 34,513 25,293 145,957 6,145 2,394 3,734 139,813 14,086 125,634 100,627 31,411 34,689 34,527 25,007 145,919 6,078 2,275 3,777 139,841 14,139 125,597 100,319 31,366 34,618 34,335 25,278 146,254 6,019 2,301 3,715 140,235 14,204 125,916 100,488 31,530 34,520 34,438 25,428 145,786 5,970 2,315 3,628 139,815 13,982 125,667 100,365 31,588 34,378 34,400 25,302 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 ............................................................... 76,929 2,831 1,036 1,795 74,098 7,262 66,836 53,634 17,014 18,820 17,800 13,202 77,553 2,816 1,004 1,811 74,737 7,270 67,466 54,025 17,311 18,651 18,062 13,442 78,013 2,795 1,059 1,736 75,218 7,285 67,934 54,426 17,433 18,823 18,170 13,508 77,234 3,071 1,143 1,923 74,163 7,369 66,746 53,626 17,067 18,808 17,751 13,120 78,311 3,077 1,193 1,872 75,235 7,468 67,776 54,318 17,338 18,750 18,231 13,458 78,237 3,079 1,195 1,881 75,158 7,457 67,648 54,406 17,325 18,862 18,220 13,242 78,172 3,034 1,124 1,915 75,138 7,435 67,665 54,282 17,314 18,839 18,129 13,383 78,344 3,020 1,126 1,903 75,323 7,458 67,811 54,358 17,470 18,779 18,109 13,454 78,344 3,031 1,157 1,865 75,313 7,412 67,846 54,412 17,478 18,804 18,130 13,434 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 ............................................................... 66,476 2,929 1,174 1,755 63,547 6,384 57,163 45,699 13,812 15,776 16,111 11,464 67,771 2,796 1,064 1,731 64,975 6,656 58,319 46,275 14,077 15,807 16,391 12,044 67,284 2,754 1,070 1,684 64,530 6,534 57,996 46,050 14,132 15,634 16,284 11,945 66,530 3,098 1,257 1,821 63,432 6,419 56,948 45,566 13,789 15,693 16,084 11,382 67,615 3,124 1,319 1,783 64,491 6,605 57,902 46,066 13,945 15,839 16,282 11,835 67,720 3,066 1,198 1,853 64,654 6,629 57,986 46,221 14,086 15,828 16,307 11,765 67,747 3,044 1,151 1,863 64,703 6,704 57,932 46,037 14,052 15,779 16,206 11,895 67,911 2,999 1,175 1,812 64,912 6,746 58,105 46,130 14,060 15,741 16,329 11,974 67,442 2,940 1,157 1,763 64,502 6,570 57,821 45,954 14,110 15,574 16,270 11,867 45,731 35,326 8,747 46,452 36,252 9,233 46,488 36,101 9,135 45,809 35,298 (1) 45,864 35,383 (1) 46,066 35,536 (1) 46,231 35,728 (1) 46,527 36,167 (1) 46,500 36,037 (1) 118,559 24,846 119,640 25,684 119,609 25,688 119,251 24,440 120,716 25,209 120,965 24,990 120,819 24,983 121,035 25,120 120,348 25,248 7,360 5.1 7,808 5.4 7,846 5.4 7,487 5.2 7,743 5.3 7,683 5.3 7,739 5.3 7,740 5.3 7,937 5.4 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 2007, 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. 2006 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 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 ............................................................... 7,098 1,053 446 625 6,045 1,233 4,793 4,033 1,582 1,338 1,114 756 6,724 1,020 450 568 5,704 1,162 4,517 3,689 1,448 1,139 1,101 820 6,801 1,075 459 639 5,726 1,184 4,537 3,743 1,442 1,193 1,108 791 4.7 14.6 15.7 14.3 4.2 8.2 3.7 3.9 4.9 3.7 3.2 3.0 4.5 15.2 16.9 13.7 3.9 7.9 3.5 3.6 4.3 3.7 2.9 3.0 4.6 15.0 16.9 13.7 4.1 8.1 3.6 3.7 4.7 3.4 3.0 3.3 4.5 14.9 16.6 13.7 4.0 7.4 3.6 3.7 4.8 3.3 3.2 3.1 4.4 14.5 16.4 13.3 3.9 7.6 3.5 3.5 4.4 3.2 3.1 3.1 4.5 15.3 16.5 15.0 3.9 7.8 3.5 3.6 4.4 3.4 3.1 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 ............................................................... 3,825 598 249 374 3,228 709 2,504 2,078 825 672 580 426 3,701 572 241 330 3,129 661 2,473 2,017 796 636 585 456 3,732 587 241 364 3,146 694 2,445 1,998 767 624 607 446 4.7 16.3 17.9 16.3 4.2 8.8 3.6 3.7 4.6 3.4 3.2 3.1 4.5 16.7 19.0 14.8 4.0 8.3 3.5 3.5 4.2 3.5 2.8 3.2 4.7 16.2 17.0 15.4 4.1 8.4 3.6 3.7 4.8 3.4 2.9 3.4 4.7 16.6 19.3 15.0 4.1 8.2 3.7 3.8 5.0 3.3 3.2 3.1 4.5 15.9 17.6 14.8 4.0 8.1 3.5 3.6 4.4 3.3 3.1 3.3 4.5 16.2 17.2 16.4 4.0 8.6 3.5 3.5 4.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 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 ............................................................ 3,273 455 198 251 2,818 524 2,289 1,955 757 666 533 302 3,024 448 209 238 2,576 501 2,043 1,672 652 504 516 341 3,069 488 218 274 2,581 491 2,092 1,745 675 569 501 311 4.7 12.8 13.6 12.1 4.3 7.6 3.9 4.1 5.2 4.1 3.2 2.6 4.4 13.6 14.9 12.6 3.9 7.5 3.5 3.8 4.4 4.0 3.0 2.4 4.5 13.7 16.8 11.8 4.0 7.7 3.6 3.7 4.6 3.4 3.2 3.3 4.3 13.1 13.8 12.4 3.8 6.4 3.5 3.6 4.6 3.2 3.2 3.0 4.3 13.0 15.1 11.6 3.8 6.9 3.4 3.5 4.4 3.1 3.1 2.8 4.4 14.2 15.9 13.5 3.8 7.0 3.5 3.7 4.6 3.5 3.0 2.5 1,182 1,045 708 1,182 938 667 1,214 997 605 2.5 2.9 7.5 2.5 2.7 6.2 2.5 2.8 6.6 2.7 2.7 6.5 2.5 2.5 6.7 2.5 2.7 6.2 5,802 1,309 5,515 1,178 5,507 1,326 4.6 5.1 4.4 4.8 4.5 5.0 4.4 4.9 4.4 4.5 4.4 5.0 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 2007, 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. 2006 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 3,426 841 2,585 1,840 745 817 2,041 520 3,487 1,078 2,409 1,681 728 749 2,151 526 3,249 954 2,295 1,625 670 713 2,030 540 3,476 912 2,564 (1) (1) 845 2,183 585 3,236 958 2,278 (1) (1) 807 2,199 601 3,440 1,021 2,420 (1) (1) 797 2,230 619 3,453 1,022 2,430 (1) (1) 816 2,042 580 3,238 863 2,375 (1) (1) 755 2,147 599 3,287 1,022 2,265 (1) (1) 748 2,174 607 100.0 50.4 12.4 38.0 12.0 30.0 7.6 100.0 50.4 15.6 34.9 10.8 31.1 7.6 100.0 49.7 14.6 35.1 10.9 31.1 8.3 100.0 49.0 12.9 36.2 11.9 30.8 8.3 100.0 47.3 14.0 33.3 11.8 32.1 8.8 100.0 48.6 14.4 34.1 11.2 31.5 8.7 100.0 50.1 14.8 35.3 11.8 29.6 8.4 100.0 48.0 12.8 35.2 11.2 31.9 8.9 100.0 48.2 15.0 33.2 11.0 31.9 8.9 2.3 .5 1.4 .3 2.3 .5 1.4 .3 2.1 .5 1.3 .4 2.3 .6 1.4 .4 2.1 .5 1.4 .4 2.2 .5 1.5 .4 2.3 .5 1.3 .4 2.1 .5 1.4 .4 2.2 .5 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 2007, 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. 2006 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 15 weeks and over ................................................................... 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 2,339 1,900 2,566 1,169 1,396 2,103 2,339 2,471 1,189 1,282 2,141 1,909 2,482 1,221 1,261 2,632 2,123 2,365 1,036 1,329 2,707 2,037 2,081 991 1,090 2,642 2,283 2,118 986 1,133 2,600 2,192 2,135 905 1,230 2,327 2,159 2,177 954 1,223 2,432 2,141 2,268 1,072 1,196 Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 18.0 9.8 18.4 10.1 18.3 10.1 16.9 8.5 15.9 7.3 16.2 8.1 16.4 8.1 17.3 8.5 17.1 8.7 100.0 34.4 27.9 37.7 17.2 20.5 100.0 30.4 33.8 35.7 17.2 18.5 100.0 32.8 29.2 38.0 18.7 19.3 100.0 37.0 29.8 33.2 14.6 18.7 100.0 39.7 29.8 30.5 14.5 16.0 100.0 37.5 32.4 30.1 14.0 16.1 100.0 37.5 31.6 30.8 13.1 17.8 100.0 34.9 32.4 32.7 14.3 18.4 100.0 35.6 31.3 33.2 15.7 17.5 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 2007, 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. 2006 Apr. 2007 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 8,691 145,297 51,955 21,447 30,507 23,858 36,262 16,814 19,447 15,459 945 9,422 5,092 17,764 9,394 8,370 Apr. 2006 6,804 983 446 538 1,501 1,580 744 836 1,030 92 719 219 1,161 536 625 Apr. 2007 Apr. 2006 6,532 952 419 533 1,361 1,492 804 688 1,058 85 809 165 1,110 633 477 Apr. 2007 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 4.3 1.8 1.9 1.7 5.4 4.0 4.6 3.4 6.4 8.2 7.9 3.1 5.9 6.3 5.4 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 2007, 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. 2006 Apr. 2007 6,804 5,454 17 674 745 414 331 972 272 132 293 644 558 882 266 81 414 334 6,532 5,276 17 853 749 467 282 872 188 77 231 689 555 822 224 67 408 240 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. 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 Apr. 2007 4.3 4.5 2.3 8.6 4.6 4.4 4.8 4.2 3.3 2.4 2.4 5.0 2.9 6.9 3.6 5.7 1.9 2.2 HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Apr. 2006 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force .................................................................................................................................. 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.2 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) .................................................................................................................................. 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ........................................................................................................ 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.7 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 .................... 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.3 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 ............................................................................................................................. 7.9 8.3 7.9 8.1 8.0 8.3 8.1 8.0 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 2007, 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. 2006 Apr. 2007 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2007 Apr. 2006 Apr. 2007 77,990 4,648 1,310 79,423 4,729 1,391 29,611 2,027 658 30,184 2,161 680 48,379 2,622 651 49,239 2,567 711 381 928 399 992 230 428 235 444 151 500 163 548 Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 7,360 5.1 7,846 5.4 3,795 4.9 3,975 5.1 3,565 5.4 3,871 5.8 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 ................................................... 3,894 1,716 259 1,439 4,332 1,783 240 1,446 2,265 496 190 815 2,516 521 175 746 1,629 1,219 69 624 1,816 1,263 65 700 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 2007, 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. 2006 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Seasonally adjusted Apr. 2007p Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Apr. 2007p Change from: Mar. 2007Apr. 2007 p Total nonfarm ............................. 135,802 135,904 136,835 137,668 135,803 137,167 137,329 137,419 137,596 137,684 88 Total private ........................................ 113,483 113,412 114,236 115,052 113,881 115,053 115,189 115,245 115,402 115,465 63 Goods-producing ............................................ 22,407 21,870 22,073 22,273 22,604 22,520 22,554 22,465 22,501 22,473 -28 Natural resources and mining .................................. Logging ........................................................... Mining .................................................................... Oil and gas extraction ........................................ Mining, except oil and gas 1................................. Coal mining ...................................................... Support activities for mining .............................. 669 61.0 608.1 132.4 218.5 79.0 257.2 693 63.0 630.3 144.7 212.5 78.9 273.1 701 61.8 639.0 146.3 216.8 79.5 275.9 708 58.5 649.6 146.4 225.0 80.5 278.2 678 67.0 611.3 133.2 220.4 79.1 257.7 705 64.6 640.0 143.2 222.4 79.9 274.4 706 64.8 641.1 145.1 222.2 80.0 273.8 711 65.2 645.4 145.9 222.9 79.7 276.6 715 65.8 649.3 147.1 224.4 80.0 277.8 717 64.2 652.8 147.1 226.8 80.4 278.9 2 -1.6 3.5 .0 2.4 .4 1.1 Construction ............................................................. Construction of buildings ................................... Residential building ......................................... Nonresidential building .................................... Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ Specialty trade contractors ............................... Residential specialty trade contractors ........... Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 7,556 1,785.4 1,003.7 781.7 951.8 4,818.8 2,376.5 2,442.3 7,167 1,723.5 964.0 759.5 881.8 4,561.5 2,157.0 2,404.5 7,344 1,741.5 969.0 772.5 919.7 4,682.9 2,203.5 2,479.4 7,532 1,759.0 978.7 780.3 970.8 4,802.5 2,261.1 2,541.4 7,699 1,815.6 1,020.1 795.5 981.7 4,901.9 2,420.3 2,481.6 7,684 1,799.7 1,013.0 786.7 993.5 4,890.5 2,331.2 2,559.3 7,718 1,801.4 1,005.4 796.0 1,003.8 4,912.5 2,326.1 2,586.4 7,641 1,791.7 1,000.3 791.4 993.2 4,856.1 2,299.0 2,557.1 7,691 1,795.3 999.0 796.3 1,002.4 4,893.5 2,308.3 2,585.2 7,680 1,789.4 996.3 793.1 1,001.4 4,889.0 2,306.9 2,582.1 -11 -5.9 -2.7 -3.2 -1.0 -4.5 -1.4 -3.1 Manufacturing ........................................................... Production workers ....................................... 14,182 10,153 14,010 10,029 14,028 10,040 14,033 10,047 14,227 10,187 14,131 10,126 14,130 10,121 14,113 10,114 14,095 10,093 14,076 10,076 -19 -17 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 ............................ 9,014 6,377 564.6 511.0 464.1 1,546.0 1,181.3 1,312.6 197.3 145.1 460.4 437.0 433.4 1,787.5 1,097.8 565.5 648.4 8,893 6,286 521.5 483.6 454.8 1,558.8 1,214.7 1,315.3 196.6 144.2 467.1 437.2 435.6 1,721.5 1,022.4 530.7 656.7 8,904 6,290 522.7 490.7 453.5 1,559.7 1,218.3 1,308.5 196.5 143.5 465.8 432.9 438.0 1,723.8 1,028.5 531.5 657.4 8,912 6,296 526.3 495.3 451.6 1,561.3 1,213.2 1,310.1 197.7 144.5 466.5 432.5 437.2 1,726.0 1,024.9 532.4 658.8 9,020 6,377 568.5 513.1 463.5 1,548.5 1,180.3 1,315.8 198.7 145.1 460.6 438.3 434.2 1,780.2 1,091.9 565.1 650.3 8,972 6,349 540.4 504.0 454.6 1,564.9 1,210.1 1,319.9 199.8 143.8 466.2 438.3 437.4 1,741.0 1,043.9 541.1 658.2 8,952 6,325 539.4 504.1 454.9 1,566.2 1,213.3 1,319.4 196.4 143.7 470.5 437.5 437.3 1,722.3 1,023.5 536.6 658.2 8,943 6,326 532.6 501.9 454.4 1,566.1 1,215.4 1,317.5 197.8 143.7 468.8 436.8 436.4 1,724.4 1,025.1 535.8 658.9 8,931 6,309 530.7 500.9 453.2 1,563.5 1,217.4 1,313.9 197.8 143.8 467.9 434.3 438.0 1,720.9 1,024.7 532.8 659.7 8,918 6,295 529.5 497.7 450.9 1,563.2 1,212.5 1,312.3 198.7 144.1 466.4 433.7 438.2 1,720.7 1,019.9 531.9 660.6 -13 -14 -1.2 -3.2 -2.3 -.3 -4.9 -1.6 .9 .3 -1.5 -.6 .2 -.2 -4.8 -.9 .9 Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,168 Production workers ....................................... 3,776 Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,450.5 Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 190.1 Textile mills ......................................................... 201.4 Textile product mills ........................................... 161.2 Apparel ................................................................ 243.7 Leather and allied products ............................... 37.9 Paper and paper products ................................. 469.6 Printing and related support activities ............... 635.9 Petroleum and coal products ............................. 111.9 Chemicals ........................................................... 864.8 Plastics and rubber products ............................. 801.1 5,117 3,743 1,464.2 193.3 177.7 156.8 223.3 36.3 459.0 630.4 113.8 870.7 791.7 5,124 3,750 1,468.0 192.8 177.5 156.8 224.1 36.9 456.5 633.0 115.3 870.9 792.4 5,121 3,751 1,463.3 196.4 174.6 158.8 222.1 35.9 456.2 631.0 116.7 872.6 793.3 5,207 3,810 1,480.5 194.7 200.8 160.5 243.2 37.8 472.1 636.9 112.5 864.9 802.6 5,159 3,777 1,485.1 195.5 185.0 157.7 230.4 36.5 462.6 636.7 117.1 871.0 781.7 5,178 3,796 1,493.9 197.0 182.3 158.6 227.7 36.5 462.4 634.7 117.4 872.1 795.8 5,170 3,788 1,492.8 197.8 179.1 157.9 225.2 36.4 460.5 634.6 117.4 872.5 795.7 5,164 3,784 1,494.6 198.0 177.1 157.3 223.9 36.6 458.1 634.0 117.8 871.7 794.6 5,158 3,781 1,493.4 200.3 174.3 157.9 221.5 35.9 458.3 632.4 117.5 872.3 794.2 -6 -3 -1.2 2.3 -2.8 .6 -2.4 -.7 .2 -1.6 -.3 .6 -.4 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. 2006 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Seasonally adjusted Apr. 2007p Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Apr. 2007p Service-providing .............................................. 113,395 114,034 114,762 115,395 113,199 114,647 114,775 114,954 115,095 115,211 Change from: Mar. 2007Apr. 2007 p 116 Private service-providing ............................... 91,076 91,542 92,163 92,779 91,277 92,533 92,635 92,780 92,901 92,992 91 Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 26,002 26,003 26,158 26,211 26,207 26,345 26,378 26,393 26,433 26,420 -13 Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,870.8 Durable goods .................................................... 3,063.4 Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,030.8 Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 776.6 5,910.8 3,094.9 2,023.8 792.1 5,936.8 3,104.7 2,037.7 794.4 5,967.7 3,118.2 2,047.2 802.3 5,879.6 3,067.0 2,034.4 778.2 5,955.0 3,104.3 2,055.0 795.7 5,949.0 3,102.5 2,050.5 796.0 5,960.0 3,112.0 2,049.7 798.3 5,962.9 3,114.2 2,051.4 797.3 5,975.4 3,121.3 2,051.2 802.9 12.5 7.1 -.2 5.6 Retail trade ............................................................ 15,156.9 15,078.0 15,189.6 15,191.1 15,336.6 15,323.7 15,357.5 15,364.6 15,397.2 15,371.1 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1........................ 1,907.6 1,884.8 1,895.6 1,911.0 1,910.7 1,908.5 1,906.8 1,910.3 1,908.6 1,913.7 Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,246.0 1,234.1 1,239.8 1,246.9 1,248.0 1,244.8 1,244.1 1,244.9 1,244.6 1,249.0 Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 584.5 581.7 579.4 581.0 589.7 591.4 588.1 587.6 586.0 586.8 Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 533.5 537.7 536.7 532.4 542.9 531.4 535.3 538.2 538.6 540.1 Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,357.2 1,263.4 1,290.0 1,347.9 1,325.8 1,314.1 1,318.0 1,323.4 1,314.3 1,317.6 Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,801.8 2,822.6 2,828.1 2,825.8 2,825.7 2,843.7 2,844.0 2,849.9 2,855.7 2,851.6 Health and personal care stores ....................... 944.2 961.4 962.1 960.5 952.6 959.7 964.1 964.8 967.1 969.0 Gasoline stations ................................................ 859.9 840.8 844.3 847.1 865.7 854.8 853.7 852.9 854.3 852.5 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,377.0 1,391.8 1,400.6 1,407.0 1,421.2 1,460.1 1,446.9 1,445.1 1,449.7 1,456.4 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores ................................................................ 627.8 644.6 640.0 640.8 646.8 648.9 655.8 654.9 654.9 657.7 General merchandise stores 1............................. 2,872.2 2,846.5 2,916.4 2,845.4 2,937.5 2,885.4 2,923.9 2,917.3 2,947.5 2,906.5 Department stores .......................................... 1,511.8 1,518.1 1,535.9 1,510.0 1,566.8 1,537.7 1,568.7 1,565.3 1,571.3 1,560.0 Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 875.3 868.9 863.9 866.7 889.7 881.4 880.3 880.2 880.2 879.6 Nonstore retailers ............................................... 415.9 433.8 432.5 425.5 428.3 444.3 440.6 440.0 440.3 439.6 -26.1 5.1 4.4 .8 1.5 3.3 -4.1 1.9 -1.8 6.7 Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,426.2 Air transportation ................................................ 485.2 Rail transportation .............................................. 225.4 Water transportation ........................................... 62.4 Truck transportation ........................................... 1,416.2 Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 409.9 Pipeline transportation ....................................... 38.4 Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 23.7 Support activities for transportation ................... 568.9 Couriers and messengers .................................. 573.2 Warehousing and storage .................................. 622.9 2.8 -41.0 -11.3 -.6 -.7 4,468.0 478.8 226.8 65.5 1,421.2 407.2 40.7 20.5 577.3 584.2 645.8 4,483.3 482.2 227.6 65.0 1,430.2 405.7 39.8 21.6 577.9 586.3 647.0 4,501.7 486.6 227.6 66.0 1,437.3 407.0 39.1 23.9 582.2 583.5 648.5 4,441.6 487.3 225.8 62.9 1,431.9 392.6 38.6 27.3 568.5 577.3 629.4 4,517.0 488.3 226.4 67.8 1,453.6 390.2 39.7 27.8 575.9 596.4 650.9 4,522.6 490.8 227.9 67.1 1,457.9 391.6 40.3 27.8 575.9 593.0 650.3 4,519.6 485.5 228.9 68.1 1,454.7 393.3 40.6 28.0 579.4 590.6 650.5 4,522.7 486.4 229.1 67.5 1,456.3 391.1 39.9 27.7 579.8 592.0 652.9 4,522.7 488.7 227.8 66.7 1,454.2 390.4 39.3 27.5 581.5 590.2 656.4 .0 2.3 -1.3 -.8 -2.1 -.7 -.6 -.2 1.7 -1.8 3.5 Utilities ................................................................... 547.9 545.9 548.2 550.8 548.9 549.2 549.0 549.0 549.9 550.8 .9 Information ................................................................ Publishing industries, except Internet ............... Motion picture and sound recording industries . Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ Telecommunications .......................................... ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... Other information services ................................. 3,046 903.6 370.6 329.6 34.0 973.0 383.9 51.2 3,075 907.6 375.9 336.8 37.9 978.7 386.1 51.6 3,075 906.6 380.6 335.0 38.8 972.6 389.5 52.3 3,078 900.3 388.1 335.9 40.1 970.9 390.2 52.0 3,056 905.8 380.3 330.7 33.9 972.2 382.1 51.1 3,073 906.1 378.3 335.6 37.0 978.0 386.1 52.1 3,071 907.0 378.2 335.3 36.9 975.6 386.1 51.9 3,084 907.8 385.2 337.4 37.9 976.2 387.3 51.9 3,081 905.9 387.0 336.3 39.0 972.6 387.7 52.3 3,084 902.7 393.6 336.7 40.0 970.8 388.0 51.9 3 -3.2 6.6 .4 1.0 -1.8 .3 -.4 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 ......... 8,320 6,163.5 21.1 2,931.5 1,797.0 1,313.9 810.4 2,309.0 91.5 2,156.5 1,491.6 637.1 27.8 8,404 6,243.3 21.9 2,963.3 1,823.2 1,334.9 831.8 2,331.2 95.1 2,161.1 1,492.7 637.7 30.7 8,416 6,245.5 22.1 2,961.4 1,824.4 1,336.0 833.1 2,333.3 95.6 2,170.2 1,504.1 635.5 30.6 8,409 6,226.8 22.1 2,942.6 1,814.8 1,324.7 831.9 2,335.3 94.9 2,182.6 1,511.5 640.3 30.8 8,340 6,166.6 21.2 2,932.3 1,797.8 1,313.7 810.5 2,310.9 91.7 2,173.5 1,500.9 644.5 28.1 8,438 6,239.8 21.8 2,959.7 1,824.6 1,336.9 829.2 2,333.9 95.2 2,198.0 1,516.4 650.9 30.7 8,440 6,238.9 21.7 2,961.5 1,824.3 1,336.9 831.0 2,329.6 95.1 2,201.5 1,518.5 651.9 31.1 8,446 6,244.4 22.0 2,962.8 1,823.1 1,334.7 831.4 2,333.2 95.0 2,202.0 1,518.4 652.4 31.2 8,446 6,242.7 22.1 2,959.7 1,823.6 1,334.0 832.1 2,333.7 95.1 2,203.2 1,523.4 648.7 31.1 8,435 6,232.2 22.2 2,945.3 1,817.0 1,325.7 832.9 2,336.7 95.1 2,202.5 1,522.1 649.3 31.1 -11 -10.5 .1 -14.4 -6.6 -8.3 .8 3.0 .0 -.7 -1.3 .6 .0 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 Seasonally adjusted Industry Apr. 2006 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Apr. 2007p Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Apr. 2007p Change from: Mar. 2007Apr. 2007 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 17,407 7,386.9 1,167.7 983.1 1,361.2 17,508 7,616.0 1,169.2 1,068.4 1,396.1 17,631 7,622.6 1,171.3 1,042.5 1,403.7 17,803 7,656.1 1,175.0 1,027.8 1,415.9 17,458 7,319.0 1,175.2 879.8 1,373.7 17,792 7,499.8 1,179.0 925.1 1,411.4 17,804 7,515.6 1,176.2 922.1 1,419.2 17,840 7,544.3 1,178.8 927.8 1,422.7 17,846 7,557.2 1,179.0 923.3 1,424.7 17,870 7,590.0 1,181.7 925.4 1,428.7 24 32.8 2.7 2.1 4.0 1,260.1 1,307.3 1,315.2 1,327.9 1,262.1 1,303.3 1,305.2 1,311.1 1,319.2 1,330.5 11.3 903.9 1,794.8 8,225.4 7,880.4 3,550.9 2,557.8 785.9 1,789.2 345.0 958.8 1,821.1 8,070.9 7,726.9 3,439.7 2,464.4 806.0 1,660.9 344.0 966.6 1,827.5 8,181.2 7,836.3 3,504.4 2,511.1 808.4 1,697.2 344.9 981.7 1,837.4 8,309.2 7,956.4 3,498.4 2,540.0 800.9 1,823.1 352.8 908.4 1,797.6 8,341.0 7,994.2 3,658.0 2,632.2 783.2 1,792.3 346.8 953.8 1,826.0 8,466.4 8,117.0 3,674.2 2,641.6 806.9 1,817.7 349.4 958.1 1,830.8 8,457.3 8,106.1 3,667.1 2,641.8 803.6 1,812.1 351.2 967.1 1,836.7 8,458.9 8,107.4 3,651.6 2,629.2 803.3 1,823.8 351.5 973.7 1,839.7 8,448.8 8,097.7 3,642.3 2,628.4 803.1 1,819.3 351.1 985.5 1,843.9 8,435.7 8,081.7 3,615.3 2,622.2 799.9 1,826.3 354.0 11.8 4.2 -13.1 -16.0 -27.0 -6.2 -3.2 7.0 2.9 Education and health services ................................ 17,906 18,254 18,345 18,413 17,743 18,063 18,102 18,138 18,187 18,240 Educational services ............................................. 3,062.7 3,107.5 3,134.7 3,139.3 2,902.6 2,948.6 2,959.5 2,955.9 2,969.7 2,974.6 Health care and social assistance ........................ 14,843.4 15,146.4 15,209.8 15,273.5 14,839.9 15,113.9 15,142.6 15,181.7 15,217.7 15,265.1 Health care 3......................................................... 12,515.4 12,794.8 12,840.5 12,879.9 12,540.0 12,779.2 12,801.2 12,837.5 12,865.0 12,902.0 Ambulatory health care services 1.................... 5,244.2 5,376.7 5,401.1 5,421.4 5,251.0 5,369.2 5,375.3 5,395.6 5,408.7 5,426.8 Offices of physicians .................................... 2,131.0 2,189.3 2,199.9 2,205.8 2,138.0 2,185.5 2,187.4 2,196.7 2,204.9 2,212.0 Outpatient care centers ................................ 488.0 496.3 495.2 494.9 487.6 493.6 494.1 496.8 494.6 494.9 Home health care services .......................... 857.3 895.6 904.8 907.1 858.5 890.9 896.4 901.1 904.4 907.8 Hospitals .......................................................... 4,394.1 4,473.2 4,486.1 4,489.4 4,404.3 4,469.5 4,478.3 4,484.4 4,493.4 4,500.0 Nursing and residential care facilities 1............ 2,877.1 2,944.9 2,953.3 2,969.1 2,884.7 2,940.5 2,947.6 2,957.5 2,962.9 2,975.2 Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,575.0 1,597.4 1,600.6 1,607.4 1,579.6 1,596.4 1,600.1 1,605.7 1,605.7 1,611.5 Social assistance 1................................................ 2,328.0 2,351.6 2,369.3 2,393.6 2,299.9 2,334.7 2,341.4 2,344.2 2,352.7 2,363.1 Child day care services ................................... 830.3 812.3 819.1 826.9 813.6 803.6 804.3 802.7 804.9 808.2 53 4.9 47.4 37.0 18.1 7.1 .3 3.4 6.6 12.3 5.8 10.4 3.3 Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,969 12,889 13,092 13,385 13,049 13,373 13,396 13,425 13,445 13,467 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,873.5 1,756.3 1,801.8 1,908.2 1,918.1 1,957.2 1,960.4 1,963.3 1,960.9 1,956.2 Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 403.9 376.5 384.7 408.9 395.3 406.4 408.0 406.0 405.8 402.2 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 120.8 116.9 118.5 124.1 122.8 127.1 127.7 127.5 127.0 126.6 Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,348.8 1,262.9 1,298.6 1,375.2 1,400.0 1,423.7 1,424.7 1,429.8 1,428.1 1,427.4 Accommodations and food services .................... 11,095.5 11,132.9 11,290.2 11,477.1 11,131.0 11,415.9 11,435.8 11,461.3 11,484.3 11,510.5 Accommodations ................................................ 1,774.5 1,778.9 1,803.8 1,816.4 1,821.5 1,863.2 1,858.1 1,860.3 1,863.4 1,864.6 Food services and drinking places .................... 9,321.0 9,354.0 9,486.4 9,660.7 9,309.5 9,552.7 9,577.7 9,601.0 9,620.9 9,645.9 22 -4.7 -3.6 -.4 -.7 26.2 1.2 25.0 Other services .......................................................... 5,426 Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,253.1 Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,287.1 Membership associations and organizations .... 2,885.4 5,409 1,241.1 1,273.8 2,894.1 5,446 1,254.1 1,285.1 2,907.2 5,480 1,259.7 1,304.5 2,915.6 5,424 1,247.1 1,282.4 2,894.3 5,449 1,251.6 1,287.4 2,909.7 5,444 1,246.3 1,285.8 2,912.3 5,454 1,248.9 1,290.3 2,915.2 5,463 1,252.6 1,292.2 2,917.8 5,476 1,253.4 1,298.0 2,924.2 13 .8 5.8 6.4 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 ........... 22,492 2,697 1,935.1 762.2 5,249 2,451.1 2,798.2 14,546 8,352.8 6,193.4 22,599 2,700 1,938.3 761.8 5,276 2,473.5 2,802.1 14,623 8,404.7 6,217.9 22,616 2,711 1,949.2 762.0 5,286 2,482.9 2,803.5 14,619 8,374.4 6,244.1 21,922 2,731 1,960.2 770.5 5,064 2,284.5 2,779.2 14,127 7,905.0 6,222.2 22,114 2,713 1,948.6 764.5 5,111 2,311.8 2,798.9 14,290 8,015.6 6,274.1 22,140 2,718 1,951.1 767.1 5,117 2,311.4 2,805.7 14,305 8,018.7 6,286.4 22,174 2,718 1,951.8 766.5 5,133 2,324.0 2,809.4 14,323 8,025.1 6,298.0 22,194 2,717 1,950.9 766.0 5,135 2,326.5 2,808.3 14,342 8,040.2 6,302.2 22,219 2,721 1,954.7 765.8 5,144 2,335.1 2,808.8 14,354 8,042.4 6,311.6 25 4 3.8 -.2 9 8.6 .5 12 2.2 9.4 1 22,319 2,720 1,953.7 766.6 5,206 2,431.4 2,774.1 14,393 8,240.1 6,153.1 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 and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Industry Seasonally adjusted Change from: Mar. 2007Apr. 2007 p Apr. 2006 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Apr. 2007p Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Apr. 2007p Total private ....................................... 33.9 33.4 33.6 34.0 33.9 33.9 33.8 33.7 33.9 33.8 -0.1 Goods-producing .......................................... 39.9 39.6 40.4 40.3 40.6 40.7 40.2 40.2 40.6 40.5 -.1 Natural resources and mining .............................. 45.5 45.3 45.3 45.9 45.5 45.6 45.0 45.9 45.8 46.0 .2 Construction ............................................................ 38.4 37.4 38.7 38.4 39.1 39.8 38.7 38.4 39.0 38.8 -.2 Manufacturing ......................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.4 3.9 40.5 3.9 41.1 4.1 41.0 4.1 41.2 4.5 41.0 4.2 40.9 4.1 40.9 4.1 41.2 4.3 41.1 4.2 -.1 -.1 Durable goods ..................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.7 3.8 40.7 3.9 41.4 4.2 41.2 4.0 41.6 4.6 41.2 4.2 41.1 4.1 41.1 4.1 41.4 4.3 41.3 4.1 -.1 -.2 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 ......................... 39.9 42.9 42.6 40.5 41.6 40.1 39.9 41.6 41.0 38.0 38.1 38.0 40.5 42.8 40.7 42.0 40.1 40.4 42.3 41.3 38.5 37.8 39.1 41.8 43.2 41.6 42.4 40.4 40.7 43.1 42.5 38.8 38.7 39.3 42.0 43.0 41.2 42.5 39.9 40.9 42.8 42.5 38.8 38.7 40.4 43.3 43.4 41.7 42.6 40.7 41.3 43.1 42.6 38.6 38.8 39.3 42.7 43.3 41.0 42.3 40.4 40.4 42.5 41.7 39.0 38.7 38.7 42.0 42.8 41.0 41.8 40.3 40.7 42.8 42.0 38.9 38.5 39.1 41.6 43.0 41.1 42.3 40.3 40.9 42.5 41.5 38.8 37.9 39.4 42.4 43.2 41.7 42.4 40.4 40.9 42.9 42.3 38.9 38.5 39.4 42.0 43.0 41.3 42.5 40.3 40.9 42.6 42.2 39.0 38.7 .0 -.4 -.2 -.4 .1 -.1 .0 -.3 -.1 .1 .2 Nondurable goods ............................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 39.9 3.9 40.1 3.9 40.7 4.1 40.7 4.1 40.6 4.4 40.6 4.3 40.6 4.1 40.6 4.2 40.9 4.3 40.9 4.3 .0 .0 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 .......................... 38.8 40.0 40.1 39.5 35.8 38.2 42.3 38.8 45.4 42.7 40.0 39.7 39.6 40.5 39.3 36.9 37.7 41.7 39.4 44.0 41.8 40.1 40.6 40.2 40.5 39.8 36.9 38.3 42.6 39.5 43.8 41.9 40.7 40.2 41.1 40.5 39.6 37.7 37.8 42.9 39.7 44.5 42.0 41.1 39.8 40.3 40.4 40.3 36.4 38.9 43.0 39.2 45.2 42.7 40.7 40.4 40.7 41.0 39.2 36.7 38.2 42.4 39.5 44.7 42.0 40.6 40.4 40.8 40.6 39.3 37.5 38.2 42.5 39.2 45.3 41.8 40.8 40.5 40.5 40.7 39.5 37.0 38.0 42.4 39.4 45.1 41.8 40.4 41.1 40.6 40.3 39.6 36.7 38.0 43.0 39.4 44.6 41.9 40.7 40.8 40.8 40.2 39.7 37.5 37.6 43.0 39.7 44.8 42.0 41.0 -.3 .2 -.1 .1 .8 -.4 .0 .3 .2 .1 .3 Private service-providing ............................. 32.6 32.1 32.2 32.6 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.4 -.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.5 32.9 33.1 33.4 33.5 33.4 33.4 33.3 33.4 33.3 -.1 Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.3 37.8 37.9 38.6 38.1 38.0 38.0 38.1 38.1 38.1 .0 Retail trade ........................................................... 30.6 29.6 29.9 30.1 30.6 30.4 30.4 30.2 30.2 30.1 -.1 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.6 36.6 36.9 36.9 36.7 36.9 37.1 37.1 37.2 36.9 -.3 Utilities ................................................................... 41.4 42.1 42.1 42.3 41.2 42.0 41.9 42.3 42.4 42.2 -.2 Information ............................................................... 36.8 36.4 36.4 36.9 36.6 36.6 36.5 36.6 36.7 36.6 -.1 Financial activities .................................................. 36.3 35.8 35.7 36.7 35.7 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.1 .1 Professional and business services .................... 34.7 34.4 34.6 35.1 34.6 34.6 34.5 34.6 34.8 34.7 -.1 Education and health services ............................. 32.6 32.3 32.4 32.8 32.5 32.4 32.5 32.4 32.6 32.7 .1 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.7 25.1 25.3 25.7 25.6 25.7 25.6 25.5 25.6 25.6 .0 Other services ......................................................... 31.0 30.6 30.8 30.9 31.0 30.9 30.9 30.7 31.0 30.9 -.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 and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Industry Average weekly earnings Apr. 2006 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Apr. 2007p Apr. 2006 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Total private ....................................... Seasonally adjusted ..................... $16.72 16.63 $17.21 17.16 $17.22 17.21 $17.35 17.25 $566.81 563.76 $574.81 578.29 $578.59 583.42 $589.90 583.05 Goods-producing .......................................... 17.82 18.26 18.35 18.47 711.02 723.10 741.34 744.34 Natural resources and mining .............................. 19.78 20.81 20.87 21.01 899.99 942.69 945.41 964.36 Construction ............................................................ 19.61 20.45 20.52 20.58 753.02 764.83 794.12 790.27 Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.74 17.03 17.07 17.20 676.30 689.72 701.58 705.20 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 ......................... 17.54 13.24 16.71 19.37 16.04 16.95 18.73 15.37 22.27 13.72 14.37 17.95 13.55 16.81 19.33 16.31 17.63 19.57 15.87 22.53 14.05 14.50 18.02 13.58 16.95 19.37 16.35 17.67 19.67 15.92 22.62 14.35 14.61 18.12 13.60 16.85 19.49 16.44 17.71 19.92 15.94 22.83 14.43 14.61 713.88 528.28 716.86 825.16 649.62 705.12 751.07 613.26 926.43 521.36 547.50 730.57 514.90 680.81 827.32 663.82 740.46 784.76 641.15 953.02 540.93 548.10 746.03 530.98 708.51 836.78 680.16 749.21 794.67 647.94 974.92 556.78 565.41 746.54 534.48 707.70 838.07 677.33 752.68 794.81 651.95 977.12 559.88 565.41 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 .......................... 15.36 13.09 18.32 12.42 11.97 10.62 11.26 18.01 15.72 24.52 19.78 14.87 15.46 13.33 17.91 12.87 11.96 10.82 11.82 18.10 15.87 24.73 19.55 15.22 15.44 13.33 18.49 12.79 12.01 10.71 11.80 18.15 15.83 24.60 19.47 15.19 15.64 13.48 18.66 12.95 11.99 10.75 11.82 18.43 16.00 24.71 19.67 15.34 612.86 507.89 732.80 498.04 472.82 380.20 430.13 761.82 609.94 1,113.21 844.61 594.80 619.95 529.20 709.24 521.24 470.03 399.26 445.61 754.77 625.28 1,088.12 817.19 610.32 628.41 541.20 743.30 518.00 478.00 395.20 451.94 773.19 625.29 1,077.48 815.79 618.23 636.55 541.90 766.93 524.48 474.80 405.28 446.80 790.65 635.20 1,099.60 826.14 630.47 Private service-providing ............................. 16.43 16.94 16.93 17.06 535.62 543.77 545.15 556.16 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 15.44 15.65 15.66 15.79 517.24 514.89 518.35 527.39 Wholesale trade ................................................... 18.87 19.25 19.24 19.48 722.72 727.65 729.20 751.93 Retail trade ........................................................... 12.69 12.72 12.75 12.84 388.31 376.51 381.23 386.48 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 17.19 17.42 17.51 17.49 629.15 637.57 646.12 645.38 Utilities ................................................................... 27.65 27.50 27.74 27.88 1,144.71 1,157.75 1,167.85 1,179.32 Information ............................................................... 23.14 23.80 23.77 23.98 851.55 866.32 865.23 884.86 Financial activities .................................................. 18.77 19.42 19.49 19.74 681.35 695.24 695.79 724.46 Professional and business services .................... 19.21 19.95 19.91 20.22 666.59 686.28 688.89 709.72 Education and health services ............................. 17.29 17.76 17.79 17.80 563.65 573.65 576.40 583.84 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 9.65 10.24 10.22 10.25 248.01 257.02 258.57 263.43 Other services ......................................................... 14.78 15.10 15.13 15.19 458.18 462.06 466.00 469.37 1 See p= footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. Apr. 2007p ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent change from: Mar. 2007-p Apr. 2007 Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Apr. 2007p Total Private: Current dollars ................................................ Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. $16.63 8.20 $17.07 8.36 $17.10 8.36 $17.16 8.36 $17.21 8.32 $17.25 N.A. 0.2 Goods-producing .......................................................... 17.87 18.29 18.34 18.37 18.45 18.52 .4 Natural resources and mining .............................................. 19.66 20.52 20.60 20.77 20.79 20.88 .4 Construction ............................................................................ 19.71 20.44 20.55 20.57 20.65 20.69 .2 Manufacturing ......................................................................... Excluding overtime 4..................................................... 16.75 15.88 16.95 16.12 16.98 16.17 17.03 16.22 17.09 16.24 17.19 16.35 .6 .7 Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.58 17.86 17.90 17.96 18.05 18.14 .5 Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.34 15.41 15.44 15.47 15.48 15.59 .7 Private service-providing ............................................. 16.29 16.74 16.77 16.84 16.89 16.92 .2 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 15.30 15.58 15.59 15.61 15.66 15.66 .0 Wholesale trade ................................................................... 18.71 19.20 19.25 19.22 19.32 19.33 .1 Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.56 12.67 12.69 12.71 12.73 12.73 .0 Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 17.18 17.53 17.49 17.50 17.53 17.51 -.1 Utilities ................................................................................... 27.49 27.33 27.40 27.50 27.67 27.70 .1 Information ............................................................................... 23.09 23.60 23.72 23.77 23.87 23.92 .2 Financial activities .................................................................. 18.66 19.29 19.32 19.42 19.52 19.61 .5 Professional and business services .................................... 18.91 19.64 19.63 19.80 19.87 19.91 .2 Education and health services ............................................. 17.25 17.67 17.74 17.75 17.77 17.78 .1 Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 9.66 10.02 10.08 10.16 10.18 10.24 .6 Other services ......................................................................... 14.67 15.02 15.03 15.06 15.07 15.08 .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 -0.5 percent from Feb. 2007 to Mar. 2007, 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 and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Apr. 2006 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Apr. 2007p Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Percent Apr. change from: 2007p Mar. 2007Apr. 2007 p Total private ....................................... 105.1 103.6 105.1 107.1 105.6 106.9 106.7 106.4 107.3 106.9 -0.4 Goods-producing .......................................... 100.3 96.5 99.7 100.6 103.1 102.8 101.8 101.2 102.6 102.1 -.5 Natural resources and mining .............................. 122.3 125.7 127.3 130.3 124.0 129.2 127.2 131.2 131.7 132.2 .4 Construction ............................................................ 111.3 101.1 108.0 110.5 116.0 116.9 114.6 111.9 115.2 114.3 -.8 Industry Manufacturing ......................................................... 94.1 93.2 94.7 94.5 96.3 95.3 95.0 94.9 95.4 95.0 -.4 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 ......................... 97.5 102.0 100.6 92.2 100.4 100.2 102.4 85.3 98.6 93.2 89.9 88.9 96.1 86.9 88.5 91.0 102.0 104.5 103.8 88.5 96.8 86.0 85.0 89.9 97.8 89.6 92.8 91.3 104.2 105.5 104.1 90.0 98.6 88.7 86.0 92.0 97.5 91.0 94.2 90.5 103.3 104.9 102.2 90.4 98.3 88.3 86.0 92.7 99.7 104.0 102.0 93.8 103.5 102.4 104.2 88.8 101.4 95.8 91.3 90.9 98.3 93.8 98.2 92.0 103.2 105.0 104.9 88.5 98.2 88.8 87.8 92.2 97.7 91.8 96.6 90.7 103.0 103.7 104.5 89.0 97.9 87.3 87.0 91.7 97.7 91.7 94.8 91.3 103.4 105.2 104.6 89.9 97.3 86.3 86.6 90.5 98.1 91.9 96.4 91.2 104.6 105.3 104.4 90.6 97.9 87.9 86.4 92.1 97.7 92.0 94.7 90.3 103.6 104.7 103.5 90.9 97.3 87.0 86.3 92.9 -.4 .1 -1.8 -1.0 -1.0 -.6 -.9 .3 -.6 -1.0 -.1 .9 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 .......................... 88.7 93.2 97.2 66.1 86.0 62.4 75.5 85.3 91.7 99.0 96.9 92.4 88.4 97.1 97.7 59.3 80.5 61.3 71.5 82.8 93.5 90.1 93.6 91.9 89.9 99.5 98.6 59.5 81.4 61.8 75.2 83.9 94.3 91.7 93.9 93.4 89.9 98.1 104.0 58.3 81.9 62.3 72.2 84.5 93.9 96.3 95.2 94.7 91.1 97.9 101.5 66.3 87.2 63.3 76.4 87.4 92.9 98.9 96.7 94.1 90.3 100.3 100.1 62.8 81.7 62.8 72.9 84.7 95.0 95.3 94.4 91.4 90.8 101.0 101.4 61.2 81.9 63.5 73.7 85.2 93.9 97.1 93.8 94.1 90.6 101.2 101.8 60.2 81.4 62.1 72.6 84.5 94.2 96.2 94.0 93.1 91.1 102.8 102.9 59.0 81.1 61.3 73.9 85.1 94.3 95.6 94.0 93.7 91.1 102.0 105.1 57.8 81.5 61.9 71.3 85.2 94.0 97.1 94.9 94.5 .0 -.8 2.1 -2.0 .5 1.0 -3.5 .1 -.3 1.6 1.0 .9 Private service-providing ............................. 106.5 105.5 106.6 108.7 106.1 107.8 108.0 108.1 108.6 108.3 -.3 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 102.3 100.5 101.8 102.9 103.3 103.6 103.7 103.4 104.0 103.5 -.5 Wholesale trade ................................................... 106.0 105.4 106.2 108.8 105.6 106.8 106.8 107.3 107.4 107.6 .2 Retail trade ........................................................... 100.1 96.5 98.3 98.9 101.5 100.8 101.1 100.5 100.8 100.1 -.7 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 106.1 106.5 107.6 108.0 106.7 109.2 109.5 109.4 109.6 108.5 -1.0 93.6 94.4 94.7 95.4 93.2 95.0 94.7 95.3 95.7 95.3 -.4 Information ............................................................... 100.8 100.8 101.0 102.3 100.4 101.3 101.0 101.7 101.8 101.7 -.1 Financial activities .................................................. 108.7 109.2 109.2 112.2 107.3 110.2 110.3 110.4 110.6 110.8 .2 Professional and business services .................... 111.1 110.9 112.6 115.3 111.1 113.7 113.5 114.0 114.7 114.4 -.3 Education and health services ............................. 109.7 110.8 111.8 113.5 108.4 110.1 110.7 110.5 111.5 112.2 .6 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 107.7 104.4 107.0 111.3 108.0 111.4 111.2 110.9 111.5 111.6 .1 96.4 97.6 98.6 97.4 98.0 98.1 97.6 98.6 98.6 .0 Utilities ................................................................... Other services ......................................................... 1 See 97.3 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 and nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Apr. 2006 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Apr. 2007p Apr. 2006 Dec. 2006 Jan. 2007 Feb. 2007 Mar. 2007p Percent Apr. change from: 2007p Mar. 2007Apr. 2007 p Total private ....................................... 117.5 119.1 120.9 124.2 117.3 121.9 122.0 122.0 123.3 123.3 0.0 Goods-producing .......................................... 109.4 107.9 112.0 113.7 112.9 115.1 114.3 113.8 115.9 115.8 -.1 Natural resources and mining .............................. 140.7 152.1 154.6 159.2 141.8 154.1 152.4 158.5 159.2 160.6 .9 Construction ............................................................ 117.9 111.7 119.7 122.8 123.5 129.1 127.2 124.3 128.4 127.7 -.5 Manufacturing ......................................................... 103.1 103.8 105.7 106.3 105.5 105.6 105.5 105.7 106.7 106.8 .1 Durable goods ..................................................... 106.8 107.7 110.1 110.3 109.4 109.6 109.1 109.5 110.6 110.6 .0 96.3 96.6 98.1 99.4 98.8 98.3 99.0 99.0 99.7 100.3 .6 Private service-providing ............................. 119.9 122.5 123.8 127.1 118.5 123.7 124.2 124.8 125.8 125.7 -.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 112.7 112.2 113.8 115.9 112.7 115.1 115.4 115.2 116.1 115.6 -.4 Wholesale trade ................................................... 117.8 119.6 120.4 124.9 116.3 120.7 121.1 121.5 122.3 122.5 .2 Retail trade ........................................................... 108.9 105.2 107.5 108.9 109.3 109.5 110.0 109.4 110.0 109.3 -.6 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 115.7 117.7 119.6 119.8 116.3 121.4 121.5 121.4 121.8 120.5 -1.1 Utilities ................................................................... 108.0 108.3 109.6 111.0 107.0 108.4 108.3 109.4 110.6 110.2 -.4 Information ............................................................... 115.4 118.7 118.8 121.5 114.7 118.3 118.6 119.6 120.3 120.4 .1 Financial activities .................................................. 126.2 131.1 131.5 136.9 123.8 131.5 131.7 132.6 133.5 134.3 .6 Professional and business services .................... 127.0 131.7 133.4 138.7 125.0 132.8 132.6 134.3 135.6 135.5 -.1 Education and health services ............................. 124.7 129.4 130.7 132.8 123.0 127.9 129.1 129.0 130.3 131.1 .6 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 118.0 121.4 124.2 129.5 118.5 126.7 127.2 128.0 128.8 129.8 .8 Other services ......................................................... 104.8 106.1 107.6 109.2 104.1 107.2 107.4 107.1 108.3 108.3 .0 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 and 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: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 43.5 51.6 52.5 64.2 54.9 37.2 50.2 61.3 64.6 54.7 33.6 62.1 52.7 64.0 p 58.1 38.8 64.9 60.8 62.8 p 53.4 40.8 59.9 54.9 56.7 38.5 57.6 58.5 55.9 39.2 56.5 59.0 59.4 41.7 51.4 60.4 55.9 48.0 56.5 53.6 55.8 50.2 55.0 53.1 57.7 52.2 51.4 62.2 53.6 52.9 55.6 60.4 57.6 39.6 55.9 51.3 70.5 64.6 33.8 53.2 55.9 66.7 60.6 34.9 57.0 56.8 66.0 p 60.4 33.8 64.2 61.3 66.9 p 56.8 35.3 70.3 57.2 63.3 42.3 65.6 59.4 62.4 39.2 59.9 62.8 60.3 34.4 55.2 63.7 62.6 42.6 57.9 59.9 57.7 48.6 59.0 53.4 59.0 48.7 60.4 57.2 57.7 50.2 55.8 62.2 59.9 34.7 49.8 54.1 63.8 62.2 33.1 51.8 57.2 63.3 60.3 31.1 55.0 57.6 67.1 p 65.8 33.3 60.8 56.3 68.2 p 61.3 33.5 63.5 56.5 67.1 36.5 63.7 58.1 67.1 32.7 63.3 65.8 63.5 32.4 62.6 63.8 62.9 40.8 58.3 61.9 62.6 44.8 62.1 59.2 62.1 47.7 55.4 62.8 61.5 47.5 55.2 60.8 61.0 34.5 40.3 60.1 67.3 64.6 31.5 42.1 61.0 65.3 64.4 32.9 44.8 59.5 66.0 p 64.7 33.5 48.4 58.8 64.7 p 62.1 34.2 50.7 58.3 65.8 35.1 57.7 60.3 65.3 32.7 57.0 60.6 67.6 33.1 55.2 62.8 66.4 37.1 56.7 60.3 66.5 36.7 58.3 58.8 66.4 37.2 60.1 59.7 65.5 39.2 60.3 61.3 65.1 Over 3-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 34.5 41.1 36.9 63.1 52.4 17.3 45.2 48.2 48.2 38.7 17.3 47.0 43.5 56.0 p 40.5 10.7 63.1 48.2 53.0 p 32.1 22.0 50.0 38.7 47.0 17.3 48.2 37.5 58.9 17.3 56.5 42.3 51.2 31.5 43.5 45.8 44.6 26.8 41.7 44.0 40.5 38.1 43.5 44.6 47.6 42.3 40.5 48.2 43.5 42.3 42.3 51.8 38.7 15.5 45.2 35.1 56.5 48.2 11.3 42.9 39.9 52.4 38.1 13.7 43.5 40.5 52.4 p 43.5 9.5 57.7 42.3 51.2 p 32.1 8.9 60.1 35.1 47.6 11.9 58.3 33.9 54.8 15.5 55.4 40.5 48.2 15.5 46.4 41.7 52.4 17.9 47.0 42.3 39.3 29.2 42.9 40.5 42.3 30.4 42.9 39.9 35.7 33.3 37.5 43.5 39.9 11.9 28.0 31.5 42.9 39.9 11.3 32.7 35.1 41.7 37.5 7.1 35.1 36.3 50.0 p 39.3 8.3 47.0 34.5 50.6 p 32.1 9.5 50.0 32.1 51.2 10.7 52.4 33.3 53.0 7.1 54.2 44.0 45.8 9.5 52.4 39.3 45.8 12.5 48.8 32.1 47.6 16.1 51.2 36.9 45.2 25.0 41.1 34.5 44.6 24.4 38.7 39.3 39.9 10.7 13.1 44.6 44.6 41.7 6.0 14.3 44.6 40.5 42.3 6.5 13.1 41.7 40.5 p 39.3 6.0 20.2 40.5 40.5 p 38.7 8.3 23.2 37.5 39.3 7.1 35.7 36.3 42.3 7.1 36.9 32.1 48.8 8.3 38.1 33.9 48.8 10.7 36.3 32.7 44.6 10.7 44.0 33.3 45.2 9.5 44.6 33.3 43.5 10.7 44.6 37.5 41.7 Over 3-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 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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