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TEXT Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin Table A-3. Selected employment indicators Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Table A-5. Duration of unemployment Table A-6. Reason for unemployment Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls by industry Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls Table B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted Technical information: Household data: (202) 606-6378 606-6373 Establishment data: Media contact: USDL 96-365 606-6555 606-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT), Friday, September 6, 1996. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: AUGUST 1996 Unemployment declined in August, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to increase, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The nation's jobless rate fell from 5.4 to 5.1 percent. The number of jobs on nonfarm payrolls rose by 250,000 in August; private sector employment increased by 173,000. Average hourly earnings were up by 6 cents over the month. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) Both the number of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate fell in August. The number of persons who were unemployed, at 6.8 million, was 467,000 below July's level. The unemployment rate, at 5.1 percent, was 0.3 percentage point lower than in July. The August decline in unemployment occurred primarily among workers 20 to 24 years old, whose jobless rate fell from 9.7 to 8.3 percent, and among those 55 years and over, whose rate declined from 3.8 to 3.1 percent. (See tables A-1 and A-8.) Among the unemployed, both the number of persons who had been looking for work for less than 5 weeks and the number who had been looking from 5 to 14 weeks fell in August. Unemployment among persons who had lost their job also declined substantially over the month. (See tables A-5 and A-6.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment was about unchanged in August at 127.1 million. At 63.3 percent, the proportion of the population 16 years and over with jobs (the employment-population ratio) also was little different from the July figure. Over the past year, total employment has increased by 2.2 million and the employment-population ratio has risen by half a percentage point. The civilian labor force edged down in August to 133.9 million, after expanding by a half million in July. (See table A-1.) The number of persons who held more than one job in August was 7.5 million (not seasonally adjusted). These multiple jobholders comprised 5.9 percent of the total employed. (See table A-9.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in August--that is, they wanted and were available for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior 12 months. Of this total, discouraged workers--those who were no longer looking specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them-numbered 415,000. (See table A-9.) - 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | Monthly data | | averages | | |_________________|__________________________|JulyCategory | 1996 | 1996 |Aug. |_________________|__________________________|change | I | II | June | July | Aug. | ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________ Civilian labor force..| 133,192| 133,647| 133,669| 134,181| 133,885| -296 Employment..........| 125,680| 126,389| 126,610| 126,884| 127,055| 171 Unemployment........| 7,512| 7,258| 7,060| 7,297| 6,830| -467 Not in labor force....| 66,584| 66,633| 66,790| 66,460| 66,962| 502 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________ All workers...........| 5.6| 5.4| 5.3| 5.4| 5.1| -0.3 Adult men...........| 4.9| 4.7| 4.6| 4.7| 4.2| -.5 Adult women.........| 4.9| 4.8| 4.6| 4.9| 4.6| -.3 Teenagers...........| 17.4| 16.3| 15.9| 16.4| 17.2| .8 White...............| 4.9| 4.7| 4.6| 4.7| 4.4| -.3 Black...............| 10.7| 10.3| 10.1| 10.5| 10.5| .0 Hispanic origin.....| 9.7| 9.2| 8.8| 9.0| 8.7| -.3 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |____________________________________________________ Nonfarm employment....| 118,462| 119,272| 119,554|p119,782|p120,032| p250 Goods-producing 1/..| 24,187| 24,249| 24,275| p24,266| p24,295| p29 Construction......| 5,308| 5,380| 5,403| p5,426| p5,432| p6 Manufacturing.....| 18,308| 18,294| 18,297| p18,270| p18,295| p25 Service-producing 1/| 94,275| 95,024| 95,279| p95,516| p95,737| p221 Retail trade......| 21,317| 21,499| 21,575| p21,663| p21,684| p21 Services..........| 33,877| 34,257| 34,383| p34,457| p34,538| p81 Government........| 19,365| 19,435| 19,451| p19,490| p19,567| p77 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work 2/ |____________________________________________________ Total private.........| 34.3| 34.4| 34.7| p34.3| p34.4| p0.1 Manufacturing.......| 40.9| 41.7| 41.8| p41.6| p41.7| p.1 Overtime..........| 4.2| 4.6| 4.6| p4.4| p4.4| p.0 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings 2/ |____________________________________________________ Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| $11.65| $11.76| $11.83| p$11.81| p$11.87| p$0.06 Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| 399.22| 404.56| 410.50| p405.08| p408.33| p3.25 ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ 1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p=preliminary. - 3 Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 250,000 in August to 120.0 million, seasonally adjusted, about in line with the average monthly gain so far this year. Employment in services rose by 81,000 in August, following a gain of 74,000 in July. During the first half of 1996, services added an average of 120,000 jobs per month. The recent slowdown was in part related to weakness in health services. Job growth in health services has averaged just 8,000 per month since May, following an average monthly gain of 29,000 jobs during the first 5 months of the year. Services employment in August also was held down by a decline of 16,000 jobs in private educational services. This decline followed large gains in June and July. In August, strong job growth continued in business services, particularly help supply and computer services, and in engineering and management services. (See table B-1.) Government employment rose by 77,000 in August. Nearly two-thirds of the gain took place in local education, which has had three consecutive large employment increases, after seasonal adjustment. The magnitude of the seasonal swings in local education employment, the yearly variation in the timing of school openings and closings, and the recent movement toward more year-round education, all make precise seasonal adjustment of the job count for local education difficult during the summer and autumn. Federal government employment continued to decline in August; since its most recent peak in May 1992, job losses have totaled 236,000. Both finance and real estate continued to add jobs in August. Transportation and public utilities employment rose by 15,000 over the month, although there were unusual movements in some of the transportation components. Trucking lost 7,000 jobs, while air transportation had a large increase of 9,000. Communications also continued its strong growth pattern, adding 7,000 jobs. Retail trade gained just 21,000 jobs in August, after having added an average of 80,000 jobs per month over the April-July period. Employment growth in department and food stores was particularly strong, and most other retail industries added workers as well. These increases, however, were partly offset by a decline of 28,000 in eating and drinking places, which followed a gain of 70,000 over the prior 2 months. Wholesale trade added only 7,000 jobs over the month, continuing the trend toward slower growth that began in March. Manufacturing employment increased by 25,000 in August, offsetting a decline of similar magnitude in July. The largest over-the-month increase was in motor vehicle and equipment manufacturing, where workers returned from unusually widespread July vacation shutdowns. Continued gains in fabricated metals and aircraft were nearly offset by losses in electronic equipment. Within nondurables, job growth continued in rubber and miscellaneous plastics. Apparel experienced a large decline in August, and has lost nearly 10 percent of its jobs over the past year. Elsewhere in the goods-producing sector, employment in construction was little changed in August, after rising by 203,000 during the first 7 months of the year. - 4 Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls inched up 0.1 hour in August to 34.4 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek also edged up 0.1 hour to 41.7 hours, and factory overtime was unchanged at 4.4 hours. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls rose 0.6 percent, on a seasonally adjusted basis, to 136.9 (1982=100) in August. The manufacturing index edged up 0.4 percent to 106.2. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls rose 6 cents in August to $11.87, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings increased by 0.8 percent to $408.33. Over the past year, both average hourly earnings and average weekly earnings have risen by 3.6 percent. (See table B-3.) _________________________ The Employment Situation for September 1996 is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 4, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted1/ | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Employment status, sex, and age | | | | | | | | | | Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | TOTAL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 198,801| 200,641| 200,847| 198,801| 200,101| 200,278| 200,459| 200,641| 200,847 Civilian labor force............................| 133,383| 136,272| 135,011| 132,298| 133,361| 133,910| 133,669| 134,181| 133,885 Participation rate........................| 67.1| 67.9| 67.2| 66.5| 66.6| 66.9| 66.7| 66.9| 66.7 Employed......................................| 125,926| 128,579| 128,143| 124,859| 126,095| 126,462| 126,610| 126,884| 127,055 Employment-population ratio...............| 63.3| 64.1| 63.8| 62.8| 63.0| 63.1| 63.2| 63.2| 63.3 Agriculture.................................| 3,697| 3,862| 3,706| 3,376| 3,368| 3,491| 3,382| 3,502| 3,421 Nonagricultural industries..................| 122,229| 124,717| 124,437| 121,483| 122,726| 122,971| 123,228| 123,382| 123,635 Unemployed....................................| 7,457| 7,693| 6,868| 7,439| 7,266| 7,448| 7,060| 7,297| 6,830 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.6| 5.6| 5.1| 5.6| 5.4| 5.6| 5.3| 5.4| 5.1 Not in labor force..............................| 65,418| 64,369| 65,836| 66,503| 66,741| 66,368| 66,790| 66,460| 66,962 | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 95,287| 96,230| 96,335| 95,287| 95,955| 96,048| 96,140| 96,230| 96,335 Civilian labor force............................| 72,133| 73,801| 72,888| 71,259| 71,935| 72,241| 72,121| 72,375| 71,973 Participation rate........................| 75.7| 76.7| 75.7| 74.8| 75.0| 75.2| 75.0| 75.2| 74.7 Employed......................................| 68,326| 69,819| 69,533| 67,248| 67,933| 68,278| 68,283| 68,400| 68,442 Employment-population ratio...............| 71.7| 72.6| 72.2| 70.6| 70.8| 71.1| 71.0| 71.1| 71.0 Unemployed....................................| 3,807| 3,982| 3,355| 4,011| 4,002| 3,964| 3,837| 3,975| 3,531 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.3| 5.4| 4.6| 5.6| 5.6| 5.5| 5.3| 5.5| 4.9 | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 87,905| 88,614| 88,650| 87,905| 88,440| 88,530| 88,570| 88,614| 88,650 Civilian labor force............................| 67,446| 68,639| 68,390| 67,218| 67,821| 68,064| 68,118| 68,274| 68,114 Participation rate........................| 76.7| 77.5| 77.1| 76.5| 76.7| 76.9| 76.9| 77.0| 76.8 Employed......................................| 64,394| 65,618| 65,725| 63,982| 64,555| 64,818| 64,962| 65,094| 65,286 Employment-population ratio...............| 73.3| 74.0| 74.1| 72.8| 73.0| 73.2| 73.3| 73.5| 73.6 Agriculture.................................| 2,441| 2,529| 2,477| 2,297| 2,292| 2,337| 2,292| 2,381| 2,352 Nonagricultural industries..................| 61,953| 63,090| 63,248| 61,685| 62,263| 62,480| 62,669| 62,713| 62,933 Unemployed....................................| 3,052| 3,020| 2,665| 3,236| 3,266| 3,246| 3,157| 3,179| 2,829 Unemployment rate.........................| 4.5| 4.4| 3.9| 4.8| 4.8| 4.8| 4.6| 4.7| 4.2 | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 103,514| 104,411| 104,512| 103,514| 104,146| 104,230| 104,319| 104,411| 104,512 Civilian labor force............................| 61,250| 62,471| 62,123| 61,039| 61,426| 61,669| 61,548| 61,806| 61,912 Participation rate........................| 59.2| 59.8| 59.4| 59.0| 59.0| 59.2| 59.0| 59.2| 59.2 Employed......................................| 57,600| 58,760| 58,610| 57,611| 58,161| 58,184| 58,326| 58,484| 58,613 Employment-population ratio...............| 55.6| 56.3| 56.1| 55.7| 55.8| 55.8| 55.9| 56.0| 56.1 Unemployed....................................| 3,650| 3,711| 3,514| 3,428| 3,264| 3,485| 3,222| 3,322| 3,299 Unemployment rate.........................| 6.0| 5.9| 5.7| 5.6| 5.3| 5.7| 5.2| 5.4| 5.3 | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 96,327| 97,064| 97,146| 96,327| 96,857| 96,925| 96,999| 97,064| 97,146 Civilian labor force............................| 57,065| 57,933| 57,992| 57,291| 57,763| 57,915| 57,893| 58,102| 58,225 Participation rate........................| 59.2| 59.7| 59.7| 59.5| 59.6| 59.8| 59.7| 59.9| 59.9 Employed......................................| 53,963| 54,880| 55,026| 54,458| 55,060| 55,014| 55,211| 55,266| 55,522 Employment-population ratio...............| 56.0| 56.5| 56.6| 56.5| 56.8| 56.8| 56.9| 56.9| 57.2 Agriculture.................................| 865| 913| 880| 811| 813| 831| 842| 863| 829 Nonagricultural industries..................| 53,098| 53,968| 54,146| 53,647| 54,247| 54,183| 54,369| 54,403| 54,693 Unemployed....................................| 3,102| 3,052| 2,966| 2,833| 2,704| 2,901| 2,682| 2,837| 2,704 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.4| 5.3| 5.1| 4.9| 4.7| 5.0| 4.6| 4.9| 4.6 | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population.............| 14,569| 14,963| 15,051| 14,569| 14,805| 14,823| 14,890| 14,963| 15,051 Civilian labor force............................| 8,872| 9,701| 8,629| 7,789| 7,776| 7,932| 7,658| 7,805| 7,545 Participation rate........................| 60.9| 64.8| 57.3| 53.5| 52.5| 53.5| 51.4| 52.2| 50.1 Employed......................................| 7,569| 8,080| 7,392| 6,419| 6,480| 6,630| 6,437| 6,524| 6,248 Employment-population ratio...............| 52.0| 54.0| 49.1| 44.1| 43.8| 44.7| 43.2| 43.6| 41.5 Agriculture.................................| 390| 420| 349| 268| 263| 323| 248| 258| 240 Nonagricultural industries..................| 7,179| 7,660| 7,043| 6,151| 6,217| 6,308| 6,189| 6,266| 6,008 Unemployed....................................| 1,303| 1,620| 1,237| 1,370| 1,296| 1,301| 1,221| 1,280| 1,297 Unemployment rate.........................| 14.7| 16.7| 14.3| 17.6| 16.7| 16.4| 15.9| 16.4| 17.2 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted1/ Employment status, race, sex, age, and | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | | | Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | WHITE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 167,058| 168,345| 168,489| 167,058| 167,973| 168,098| 168,222| 168,345| 168,489 Civilian labor force............................| 112,815| 114,808| 113,713| 111,939| 112,613| 113,109| 112,941| 113,076| 112,832 Participation rate..........................| 67.5| 68.2| 67.5| 67.0| 67.0| 67.3| 67.1| 67.2| 67.0 Employed......................................| 107,479| 109,338| 108,801| 106,512| 107,319| 107,612| 107,757| 107,772| 107,828 Employment-population ratio.................| 64.3| 64.9| 64.6| 63.8| 63.9| 64.0| 64.1| 64.0| 64.0 Unemployed....................................| 5,336| 5,470| 4,912| 5,427| 5,294| 5,497| 5,184| 5,304| 5,004 Unemployment rate...........................| 4.7| 4.8| 4.3| 4.8| 4.7| 4.9| 4.6| 4.7| 4.4 | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 57,800| 58,789| 58,553| 57,614| 58,202| 58,340| 58,426| 58,456| 58,354 Participation rate..........................| 77.1| 77.9| 77.5| 76.9| 77.3| 77.4| 77.5| 77.5| 77.3 Employed......................................| 55,567| 56,584| 56,568| 55,171| 55,778| 55,914| 56,047| 56,079| 56,174 Employment-population ratio.................| 74.2| 75.0| 74.9| 73.6| 74.1| 74.2| 74.3| 74.3| 74.4 Unemployed....................................| 2,234| 2,205| 1,985| 2,443| 2,424| 2,426| 2,379| 2,376| 2,179 Unemployment rate...........................| 3.9| 3.8| 3.4| 4.2| 4.2| 4.2| 4.1| 4.1| 3.7 | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 47,632| 47,926| 47,960| 47,790| 47,884| 48,103| 47,956| 47,981| 48,124 Participation rate..........................| 59.1| 59.1| 59.1| 59.3| 59.2| 59.4| 59.2| 59.2| 59.3 Employed......................................| 45,366| 45,779| 45,847| 45,741| 45,937| 45,976| 46,063| 46,009| 46,217 Employment-population ratio.................| 56.3| 56.5| 56.5| 56.7| 56.8| 56.8| 56.9| 56.8| 57.0 Unemployed....................................| 2,266| 2,148| 2,113| 2,049| 1,947| 2,128| 1,894| 1,972| 1,907 Unemployment rate...........................| 4.8| 4.5| 4.4| 4.3| 4.1| 4.4| 3.9| 4.1| 4.0 | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 7,383| 8,092| 7,200| 6,535| 6,527| 6,666| 6,558| 6,639| 6,354 Participation rate..........................| 64.2| 68.3| 60.6| 56.8| 55.7| 56.6| 55.5| 56.0| 53.5 Employed......................................| 6,546| 6,975| 6,387| 5,600| 5,604| 5,723| 5,647| 5,684| 5,437 Employment-population ratio.................| 56.9| 58.9| 53.7| 48.7| 47.8| 48.6| 47.8| 48.0| 45.7 Unemployed....................................| 836| 1,117| 813| 935| 923| 943| 911| 955| 917 Unemployment rate...........................| 11.3| 13.8| 11.3| 14.3| 14.1| 14.1| 13.9| 14.4| 14.4 Men.......................................| 12.3| 15.1| 12.1| 15.7| 15.2| 15.2| 14.7| 16.6| 15.6 Women.....................................| 10.2| 12.3| 10.5| 12.8| 12.9| 12.9| 13.0| 12.0| 13.2 | | | | | | | | | BLACK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 23,284| 23,611| 23,650| 23,284| 23,519| 23,549| 23,579| 23,611| 23,650 Civilian labor force............................| 14,910| 15,590| 15,470| 14,781| 14,971| 15,149| 14,955| 15,279| 15,361 Participation rate..........................| 64.0| 66.0| 65.4| 63.5| 63.7| 64.3| 63.4| 64.7| 65.0 Employed......................................| 13,230| 13,785| 13,792| 13,159| 13,399| 13,599| 13,451| 13,671| 13,750 Employment-population ratio.................| 56.8| 58.4| 58.3| 56.5| 57.0| 57.7| 57.0| 57.9| 58.1 Unemployed....................................| 1,680| 1,805| 1,677| 1,622| 1,573| 1,551| 1,504| 1,609| 1,611 Unemployment rate...........................| 11.3| 11.6| 10.8| 11.0| 10.5| 10.2| 10.1| 10.5| 10.5 | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 6,704| 6,876| 6,888| 6,696| 6,696| 6,786| 6,728| 6,867| 6,890 Participation rate..........................| 72.0| 73.0| 73.2| 71.9| 71.3| 72.2| 71.5| 72.9| 73.2 Employed......................................| 6,081| 6,233| 6,320| 6,080| 6,055| 6,136| 6,110| 6,233| 6,326 Employment-population ratio.................| 65.3| 66.2| 67.1| 65.3| 64.5| 65.3| 64.9| 66.2| 67.2 Unemployed....................................| 623| 643| 568| 616| 641| 650| 617| 634| 564 Unemployment rate...........................| 9.3| 9.3| 8.2| 9.2| 9.6| 9.6| 9.2| 9.2| 8.2 | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 7,112| 7,469| 7,478| 7,138| 7,300| 7,373| 7,373| 7,504| 7,511 Participation rate..........................| 60.8| 63.1| 63.1| 61.0| 61.9| 62.4| 62.4| 63.4| 63.4 Employed......................................| 6,449| 6,741| 6,749| 6,511| 6,687| 6,758| 6,743| 6,830| 6,824 Employment-population ratio.................| 55.1| 57.0| 57.0| 55.7| 56.7| 57.2| 57.0| 57.7| 57.6 Unemployed....................................| 663| 727| 728| 627| 613| 615| 630| 674| 687 Unemployment rate...........................| 9.3| 9.7| 9.7| 8.8| 8.4| 8.3| 8.5| 9.0| 9.1 | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force............................| 1,094| 1,245| 1,104| 947| 976| 990| 854| 908| 960 Participation rate..........................| 48.0| 52.8| 46.2| 41.6| 41.9| 42.3| 36.4| 38.5| 40.2 Employed......................................| 700| 810| 723| 568| 657| 705| 598| 607| 599 Employment-population ratio.................| 30.7| 34.4| 30.3| 24.9| 28.2| 30.1| 25.4| 25.8| 25.1 Unemployed....................................| 394| 435| 381| 379| 319| 286| 256| 301| 361 Unemployment rate...........................| 36.0| 34.9| 34.5| 40.0| 32.7| 28.9| 30.0| 33.1| 37.6 Men.......................................| 39.6| 41.9| 36.4| 43.0| 34.1| 27.4| 35.3| 43.3| 38.6 Women.....................................| 32.1| 26.6| 32.4| 37.0| 31.3| 30.2| 25.0| 20.9| 36.5 | | | | | | | | | HISPANIC ORIGIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 18,702| 19,238| 19,292| 18,702| 19,080| 19,131| 19,184| 19,238| 19,292 Civilian labor force............................| 12,453| 12,893| 12,989| 12,355| 12,511| 12,514| 12,576| 12,641| 12,877 Participation rate..........................| 66.6| 67.0| 67.3| 66.1| 65.6| 65.4| 65.6| 65.7| 66.7 Employed......................................| 11,270| 11,707| 11,844| 11,173| 11,294| 11,365| 11,472| 11,500| 11,750 Employment-population ratio.................| 60.3| 60.9| 61.4| 59.7| 59.2| 59.4| 59.8| 59.8| 60.9 Unemployed....................................| 1,183| 1,186| 1,145| 1,182| 1,217| 1,149| 1,104| 1,141| 1,127 Unemployment rate...........................| 9.5| 9.2| 8.8| 9.6| 9.7| 9.2| 8.8| 9.0| 8.7 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Category | | | | | | | | | | Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total employed, 16 years and over.................|125,926 |128,579 |128,143 |124,859 |126,095 |126,462 |126,610 |126,884 |127,055 Married men, spouse present.....................| 42,060 | 42,521 | 42,622 | 42,086 | 42,067 | 42,406 | 42,587 | 42,478 | 42,622 Married women, spouse present...................| 31,614 | 32,157 | 32,209 | 32,153 | 31,868 | 32,330 | 32,649 | 32,713 | 32,732 Women who maintain families.....................| 7,202 | 7,157 | 7,276 | 7,205 | 7,389 | 7,314 | 7,360 | 7,230 | 7,291 | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty...........| 35,313 | 36,181 | 36,265 | 35,614 | 36,115 | 36,257 | 36,696 | 36,361 | 36,520 Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,510 | 38,210 | 37,971 | 37,431 | 37,638 | 37,681 | 37,683 | 37,795 | 37,858 Service occupations.............................| 17,144 | 17,801 | 17,571 | 16,959 | 16,939 | 17,312 | 17,215 | 17,418 | 17,397 Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,722 | 13,721 | 14,029 | 13,387 | 13,595 | 13,439 | 13,572 | 13,439 | 13,701 Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 18,195 | 18,540 | 18,344 | 17,879 | 18,124 | 18,282 | 18,137 | 18,392 | 18,075 Farming, forestry, and fishing..................| 4,041 | 4,126 | 3,962 | 3,577 | 3,545 | 3,560 | 3,472 | 3,594 | 3,500 | | | | | | | | | CLASS OF WORKER | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Agriculture: | | | | | | | | | Wage and salary workers.......................| 1,983 | 2,109 | 1,991 | 1,779 | 1,862 | 2,026 | 1,900 | 1,863 | 1,802 Self-employed workers.........................| 1,660 | 1,686 | 1,635 | 1,550 | 1,484 | 1,456 | 1,457 | 1,564 | 1,528 Unpaid family workers.........................| 54 | 66 | 79 | 45 | 52 | 46 | 35 | 52 | 65 Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | | Wage and salary workers.......................|113,145 |115,495 |115,358 |112,448 |113,527 |114,032 |114,130 |114,294 |114,634 Government..................................| 17,758 | 17,781 | 17,737 | 18,314 | 18,290 | 18,256 | 18,329 | 18,294 | 18,286 Private industries..........................| 95,387 | 97,714 | 97,620 | 94,134 | 95,237 | 95,776 | 95,801 | 96,000 | 96,348 Private households........................| 970 | 985 | 1,030 | 933 | 844 | 918 | 812 | 935 | 1,009 Other industries..........................| 94,417 | 96,729 | 96,590 | 93,201 | 94,393 | 94,858 | 94,989 | 95,065 | 95,339 Self-employed workers.........................| 8,975 | 9,088 | 8,956 | 8,883 | 9,081 | 8,878 | 9,073 | 8,998 | 8,876 Unpaid family workers.........................| 109 | 134 | 124 | 106 | 101 | 124 | 136 | 130 | 121 | | | | | | | | | PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All industries: | | | | | | | | | Part time for economic reasons................| 4,553 | 4,646 | 4,407 | 4,467 | 4,525 | 4,277 | 4,301 | 4,366 | 4,354 Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,462 | 2,553 | 2,388 | 2,546 | 2,594 | 2,216 | 2,322 | 2,589 | 2,477 Could only find part-time work..............| 1,658 | 1,755 | 1,615 | 1,634 | 1,571 | 1,719 | 1,569 | 1,494 | 1,610 Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 15,070 | 15,551 | 15,459 | 17,894 | 17,487 | 17,620 | 18,211 | 17,814 | 18,229 | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | | Part time for economic reasons................| 4,316 | 4,441 | 4,218 | 4,291 | 4,287 | 4,068 | 4,146 | 4,159 | 4,205 Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,311 | 2,437 | 2,242 | 2,414 | 2,476 | 2,092 | 2,215 | 2,457 | 2,350 Could only find part-time work..............| 1,614 | 1,701 | 1,586 | 1,610 | 1,534 | 1,663 | 1,542 | 1,479 | 1,600 Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 14,468 | 14,910 | 14,866 | 17,251 | 16,994 | 17,038 | 17,623 | 17,157 | 17,613 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number of | | unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/ | (in thousands) | Category | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over.........................| 7,439 | 7,297 | 6,830| 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.1 Men, 20 years and over.........................| 3,236 | 3,179 | 2,829| 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.2 Women, 20 years and over.......................| 2,833 | 2,837 | 2,704| 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................| 1,370 | 1,280 | 1,297| 17.6 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 17.2 | | | | | | | | | Married men, spouse present....................| 1,433 | 1,309 | 1,258| 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 Married women, spouse present..................| 1,341 | 1,194 | 1,085| 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 Women who maintain families....................| 560 | 721 | 704| 7.2 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 8.8 | | | | | | | | | Full-time workers..............................| 5,962 | 5,825 | 5,363| 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.9 Part-time workers..............................| 1,487 | 1,505 | 1,476| 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION2/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty..........| 924 | 922 | 786| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.1 Technical, sales, and administrative support...| 1,704 | 1,842 | 1,685| 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........| 920 | 776 | 754| 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.2 Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........| 1,636 | 1,545 | 1,534| 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.8 Farming, forestry, and fishing.................| 259 | 242 | 216| 6.8 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 5.8 | | | | | | | | | INDUSTRY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers| 5,820 | 5,635 | 5,418| 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 Goods-producing industries...................| 1,817 | 1,646 | 1,582| 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.6 Mining.....................................| 27 | 16 | 25| 4.4 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 4.4 Construction...............................| 762 | 661 | 575| 12.0 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 8.8 Manufacturing..............................| 1,028 | 970 | 981| 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 Durable goods............................| 511 | 514 | 464| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.8 Nondurable goods.........................| 517 | 455 | 517| 5.9 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.0 Service-producing industries.................| 4,003 | 3,989 | 3,836| 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.2 Transportation and public utilities........| 310 | 308 | 303| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 Wholesale and retail trade.................| 1,677 | 1,690 | 1,664| 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.3 Finance, insurance, and real estate........| 240 | 211 | 177| 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 Services...................................| 1,776 | 1,781 | 1,692| 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.2 Government workers.............................| 556 | 606 | 500| 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.7 Agricultural wage and salary workers...........| 170 | 175 | 144| 8.7 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 7.4 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2/ Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Duration | | | | | | | | | | Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Less than 5 weeks................................| 2,578 | 2,941 | 2,364 | 2,715 | 2,412 | 2,815 | 2,485 | 2,701 | 2,486 5 to 14 weeks....................................| 2,668 | 2,540 | 2,402 | 2,373 | 2,337 | 2,334 | 2,160 | 2,322 | 2,129 15 weeks and over................................| 2,211 | 2,212 | 2,102 | 2,371 | 2,388 | 2,336 | 2,435 | 2,319 | 2,248 15 to 26 weeks................................| 975 | 822 | 835 | 1,129 | 1,106 | 1,020 | 1,116 | 958 | 978 27 weeks and over.............................| 1,237 | 1,391 | 1,268 | 1,242 | 1,282 | 1,317 | 1,319 | 1,361 | 1,270 | | | | | | | | | Average (mean) duration, in weeks................| 16.2 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 16.8 | 17.4 Median duration, in weeks........................| 8.4 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.5 | | | | | | | | | PERCENT DISTRIBUTION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total unemployed.................................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 Less than 5 weeks..............................| 34.6 | 38.2 | 34.4 | 36.4 | 33.8 | 37.6 | 35.1 | 36.8 | 36.2 5 to 14 weeks..................................| 35.8 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 31.8 | 32.7 | 31.2 | 30.5 | 31.6 | 31.0 15 weeks and over..............................| 29.7 | 28.8 | 30.6 | 31.8 | 33.5 | 31.2 | 34.4 | 31.6 | 32.8 15 to 26 weeks...............................| 13.1 | 10.7 | 12.2 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 13.1 | 14.3 27 weeks and over............................| 16.6 | 18.1 | 18.5 | 16.7 | 18.0 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 18.5 | 18.5 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | |Not seasonally adjusted| Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________ _______________________________________________ Reason | | | | | | | | | | Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........| 3,331| 3,323| 2,932| 3,455| 3,625| 3,388| 3,431| 3,343| 3,054 On temporary layoff......................................| 910| 974| 777| 1,032| 1,116| 1,154| 990| 953| 889 Not on temporary layoff..................................| 2,420| 2,349| 2,155| 2,423| 2,509| 2,234| 2,441| 2,391| 2,165 Permanent job losers...................................| 1,697| 1,686| 1,459| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs...................| 724| 663| 696| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) Job leavers................................................| 896| 772| 808| 865| 702| 661| 676| 749| 773 Reentrants.................................................| 2,620| 2,716| 2,556| 2,525| 2,379| 2,784| 2,419| 2,529| 2,448 New entrants...............................................| 609| 882| 573| 581| 550| 532| 528| 623| 548 | | | | | | | | | PERCENT DISTRIBUTION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total unemployed...........................................| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 44.7| 43.2| 42.7| 46.5| 50.0| 46.0| 48.6| 46.1| 44.8 On temporary layoff.....................................| 12.2| 12.7| 11.3| 13.9| 15.4| 15.7| 14.0| 13.1| 13.0 Not on temporary layoff.................................| 32.5| 30.5| 31.4| 32.6| 34.6| 30.3| 34.6| 33.0| 31.7 Job leavers...............................................| 12.0| 10.0| 11.8| 11.6| 9.7| 9.0| 9.6| 10.3| 11.3 Reentrants................................................| 35.1| 35.3| 37.2| 34.0| 32.8| 37.8| 34.3| 34.9| 35.9 New entrants..............................................| 8.2| 11.5| 8.3| 7.8| 7.6| 7.2| 7.5| 8.6| 8.0 | | | | | | | | | UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE | | | | | | | | | CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 2.5| 2.4| 2.2| 2.6| 2.7| 2.5| 2.6| 2.5| 2.3 Job leavers...............................................| .7| .6| .6| .7| .5| .5| .5| .6| .6 Reentrants................................................| 2.0| 2.0| 1.9| 1.9| 1.8| 2.1| 1.8| 1.9| 1.8 New entrants..............................................| .5| .6| .4| .4| .4| .4| .4| .5| .4 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Not available. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally | Seasonally adjusted Measure | adjusted | ____________________ _________________________________________ | Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, | | | | | | | | | as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | | | | | | | | | U-2 Job losers and persons who completed | | | | | | | | | temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian | | | | | | | | | labor force..........................................................| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | | | | | | | | | U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the | | | | | | | | | civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)....................| 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.1 | | | | | | | | | U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged | | | | | | | | | workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force | | | | | | | | | plus discouraged workers.............................................| 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.4 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, | | | | | | | | | plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent | | | | | | | | | of the civilian labor force plus all marginally | | | | | | | | | attached workers.....................................................| 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.1 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached | | | | | | | | | workers, plus total employed part time for economic | | | | | | | | | reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force | | | | | | | | | plus all marginally attached workers.................................| 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.3 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Not available. NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994. Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number of | | unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/ | (in thousands) | Age and sex | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over..........................| 7,439 | 7,297 | 6,830 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.1 16 to 24 years..................................| 2,658 | 2,563 | 2,380 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 11.5 16 to 19 years................................| 1,370 | 1,280 | 1,297 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 17.2 16 to 17 years..............................| 663 | 637 | 602 | 20.7 | 18.7 | 19.4 | 19.0 | 19.4 | 19.1 18 to 19 years..............................| 701 | 640 | 698 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 16.0 20 to 24 years................................| 1,288 | 1,283 | 1,083 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 8.3 25 years and over...............................| 4,784 | 4,720 | 4,459 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 25 to 54 years................................| 4,181 | 4,105 | 3,945 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 55 years and over.............................| 582 | 607 | 493 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.1 | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over..........................| 4,011 | 3,975 | 3,531 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.9 16 to 24 years................................| 1,489 | 1,492 | 1,237 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 13.3 | 11.5 16 to 19 years..............................| 775 | 795 | 702 | 19.2 | 17.9 | 17.2 | 17.0 | 19.4 | 18.2 16 to 17 years............................| 366 | 408 | 341 | 22.2 | 21.2 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 24.2 | 22.0 18 to 19 years............................| 404 | 389 | 362 | 16.9 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 14.2 | 16.1 | 15.9 20 to 24 years..............................| 714 | 696 | 535 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 7.7 25 years and over.............................| 2,526 | 2,466 | 2,307 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 25 to 54 years..............................| 2,196 | 2,115 | 2,005 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 55 years and over...........................| 315 | 345 | 291 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over........................| 3,428 | 3,322 | 3,299 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 16 to 24 years................................| 1,169 | 1,071 | 1,144 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 11.6 16 to 19 years..............................| 595 | 485 | 595 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 13.1 | 16.2 16 to 17 years............................| 297 | 229 | 260 | 19.2 | 16.1 | 18.8 | 17.5 | 14.4 | 16.3 18 to 19 years............................| 297 | 251 | 336 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 16.0 20 to 24 years..............................| 574 | 586 | 548 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 8.9 25 years and over.............................| 2,258 | 2,254 | 2,153 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 25 to 54 years..............................| 1,985 | 1,989 | 1,940 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 55 years and over...........................| 267 | 262 | 202 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.9 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (In thousands) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Category | Total | Men | Women ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ | Aug. | Aug. | Aug. | Aug. | Aug. | Aug. | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total not in the labor force..........................................| 65,418 | 65,836 | 23,155 | 23,447 | 42,264 | 42,389 Persons who currently want a job.....................................| 5,718 | 5,666 | 2,127 | 2,118 | 3,592 | 3,547 Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................| 1,510 | 1,436 | 673 | 687 | 837 | 749 Reason not currently looking: | | | | | | Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................| 410 | 415 | 241 | 256 | 169 | 159 Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................| 1,101 | 1,021 | 433 | 432 | 668 | 590 | | | | | | MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS | | | | | | | | | | | | Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................| 7,565 | 7,525 | 4,189 | 4,089 | 3,376 | 3,436 Percent of total employed.........................................| 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | | | | | | Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................| 4,390 | 4,252 | 2,655 | 2,528 | 1,736 | 1,724 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................| 1,626 | 1,514 | 575 | 513 | 1,051 | 1,001 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................| 278 | 245 | 195 | 192 | 83 | 53 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................| 1,222 | 1,477 | 743 | 848 | 479 | 630 | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2/ Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3/ Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4/ Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry (In thousands) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | Aug. | June | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total..............................|117,206|120,578|119,539|119,750|117,499|118,928|119,335|119,554|119,782|120,032 | | | | | | | | | | Total private.........................| 99,082|101,066|101,143|101,496| 98,130| 99,531| 99,877|100,103|100,292|100,465 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 24,629| 24,585| 24,549| 24,757| 24,179| 24,209| 24,262| 24,275| 24,266| 24,295 | | | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 587| 578| 580| 579| 576| 573| 576| 575| 570| 568 Metal mining..............................| 52.1| 53.0| 53.0| 53.2| 51| 51| 52| 52| 52| 52 Coal mining...............................| 105.4| 100.6| 100.5| 97.5| 105| 101| 101| 101| 100| 97 Oil and gas extraction....................| 319.5| 313.2| 314.2| 315.1| 314| 314| 316| 314| 310| 311 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........| 109.9| 111.6| 112.5| 113.3| 106| 107| 107| 108| 108| 108 | | | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 5,494| 5,626| 5,743| 5,776| 5,164| 5,353| 5,384| 5,403| 5,426| 5,432 General building contractors..............|1,256.0|1,269.2|1,287.2|1,291.6| 1,194| 1,227| 1,229| 1,233| 1,230| 1,229 Heavy construction, except building.......| 822.8| 823.9| 835.3| 842.6| 752| 765| 764| 768| 768| 770 Special trade contractors.................|3,415.1|3,532.4|3,620.1|3,642.2| 3,218| 3,361| 3,391| 3,402| 3,428| 3,433 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 18,548| 18,381| 18,226| 18,402| 18,439| 18,283| 18,302| 18,297| 18,270| 18,295 Production workers......................| 12,853| 12,702| 12,541| 12,720| 12,765| 12,623| 12,632| 12,635| 12,615| 12,631 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods..............................| 10,657| 10,747| 10,632| 10,714| 10,653| 10,654| 10,679| 10,695| 10,682| 10,714 Production workers......................| 7,291| 7,373| 7,253| 7,328| 7,300| 7,290| 7,302| 7,327| 7,318| 7,339 Lumber and wood products..................| 773.3| 774.0| 774.7| 780.4| 761| 761| 762| 766| 764| 767 Furniture and fixtures....................| 505.7| 501.9| 491.9| 501.8| 507| 498| 500| 500| 500| 501 Stone, clay, and glass products...........| 548.0| 547.8| 544.6| 548.3| 536| 534| 537| 536| 535| 536 Primary metal industries..................| 707.6| 709.3| 694.8| 703.3| 709| 704| 705| 708| 700| 703 Blast furnaces and basic steel products.| 241.0| 239.4| 238.3| 238.4| 241| 238| 239| 239| 237| 237 Fabricated metal products.................|1,436.9|1,457.2|1,439.8|1,456.3| 1,438| 1,440| 1,443| 1,450| 1,453| 1,458 Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,057.6|2,098.7|2,082.4|2,080.8| 2,067| 2,086| 2,087| 2,088| 2,087| 2,089 Computer and office equipment...........| 351.2| 360.9| 359.9| 359.6| 351| 358| 360| 359| 357| 359 Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,623.6|1,655.6|1,648.2|1,649.9| 1,625| 1,650| 1,652| 1,651| 1,658| 1,652 Electronic components and accessories...| 587.0| 616.2| 615.9| 615.4| 586| 615| 615| 614| 616| 615 Transportation equipment..................|1,778.5|1,778.5|1,744.6|1,773.1| 1,787| 1,763| 1,773| 1,775| 1,769| 1,791 Motor vehicles and equipment............| 968.4| 973.0| 934.9| 960.2| 972| 958| 965| 967| 955| 979 Aircraft and parts......................| 445.7| 445.7| 450.6| 454.4| 449| 447| 449| 446| 454| 457 Instruments and related products..........| 836.3| 836.5| 831.6| 834.1| 835| 832| 834| 835| 831| 833 Miscellaneous manufacturing...............| 389.6| 387.8| 378.9| 385.6| 388| 386| 386| 386| 385| 384 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods...........................| 7,891| 7,634| 7,594| 7,688| 7,786| 7,629| 7,623| 7,602| 7,588| 7,581 Production workers......................| 5,562| 5,329| 5,288| 5,392| 5,465| 5,333| 5,330| 5,308| 5,297| 5,292 Food and kindred products.................|1,759.3|1,647.3|1,676.3|1,726.0| 1,676| 1,666| 1,664| 1,647| 1,640| 1,644 Tobacco products..........................| 44.1| 37.7| 37.3| 40.0| 43| 41| 41| 41| 41| 39 Textile mill products.....................| 663.8| 641.6| 630.9| 637.6| 662| 636| 637| 637| 637| 634 Apparel and other textile products........| 926.9| 856.6| 828.1| 840.0| 922| 859| 853| 847| 848| 835 Paper and allied products.................| 696.3| 681.6| 677.2| 680.1| 692| 677| 679| 676| 673| 674 Printing and publishing...................|1,539.3|1,527.8|1,525.4|1,524.2| 1,541| 1,527| 1,525| 1,528| 1,527| 1,525 Chemicals and allied products.............|1,038.1|1,026.9|1,025.1|1,027.9| 1,031| 1,024| 1,025| 1,020| 1,019| 1,022 Petroleum and coal products...............| 146.6| 142.3| 142.2| 142.7| 143| 139| 139| 140| 139| 139 Rubber and misc. plastics products........| 971.6| 974.4| 959.2| 972.5| 972| 962| 963| 969| 967| 974 Leather and leather products..............| 105.3| 97.3| 92.0| 96.9| 104| 98| 97| 97| 97| 95 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 92,577| 95,993| 94,990| 94,993| 93,320| 94,719| 95,073| 95,279| 95,516| 95,737 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 6,170| 6,364| 6,324| 6,335| 6,187| 6,294| 6,311| 6,327| 6,333| 6,348 Transportation............................| 3,904| 4,070| 4,026| 4,034| 3,936| 4,015| 4,028| 4,043| 4,051| 4,062 Railroad transportation.................| 239.2| 231.8| 233.0| 232.4| 238| 233| 232| 231| 230| 230 Local and interurban passenger transit..| 366.5| 452.8| 393.8| 394.4| 432| 442| 450| 453| 459| 465 Trucking and warehousing................|1,894.8|1,905.1|1,907.0|1,907.3| 1,872| 1,882| 1,891| 1,890| 1,887| 1,880 Water transportation....................| 180.0| 177.3| 181.7| 179.5| 175| 173| 167| 171| 172| 173 Transportation by air...................| 794.2| 846.6| 853.4| 861.4| 789| 837| 837| 844| 847| 856 Pipelines, except natural gas...........| 14.9| 14.2| 14.3| 14.2| 15| 14| 14| 14| 14| 14 Transportation services.................| 414.4| 441.7| 442.8| 445.2| 415| 434| 437| 440| 442| 444 Communications and public utilities.......| 2,266| 2,294| 2,298| 2,301| 2,251| 2,279| 2,283| 2,284| 2,282| 2,286 Communications..........................|1,345.2|1,391.5|1,397.1|1,403.3| 1,339| 1,378| 1,384| 1,388| 1,391| 1,398 Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 920.9| 902.8| 900.8| 897.5| 912| 901| 899| 896| 891| 888 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 6,472| 6,622| 6,630| 6,628| 6,437| 6,550| 6,567| 6,576| 6,586| 6,593 Durable goods.............................| 3,767| 3,883| 3,885| 3,881| 3,752| 3,844| 3,850| 3,858| 3,861| 3,866 Nondurable goods..........................| 2,705| 2,739| 2,745| 2,747| 2,685| 2,706| 2,717| 2,718| 2,725| 2,727 | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry (In thousands) -Continued ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | Aug. | June | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 21,388| 21,774| 21,786| 21,870| 21,225| 21,422| 21,499| 21,575| 21,663| 21,684 Building materials and garden supplies....| 890.8| 959.5| 954.3| 948.2| 871| 896| 907| 917| 922| 925 General merchandise stores................|2,638.9|2,660.3|2,676.8|2,702.3| 2,679| 2,679| 2,728| 2,726| 2,733| 2,745 Department stores.......................|2,314.9|2,349.2|2,365.2|2,390.1| 2,349| 2,358| 2,409| 2,408| 2,415| 2,430 Food stores...............................|3,390.6|3,445.9|3,451.9|3,460.4| 3,377| 3,401| 3,416| 3,422| 3,431| 3,445 Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,220.8|2,294.8|2,312.1|2,319.5| 2,193| 2,253| 2,259| 2,272| 2,285| 2,294 New and used car dealers................|1,000.9|1,033.0|1,038.4|1,041.7| 996| 1,025| 1,027| 1,030| 1,033| 1,037 Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,127.0|1,091.1|1,092.0|1,098.5| 1,126| 1,098| 1,100| 1,101| 1,101| 1,098 Furniture and home furnishings stores.....| 936.5| 962.8| 971.2| 976.6| 947| 957| 963| 972| 982| 986 Eating and drinking places................|7,569.4|7,719.3|7,688.5|7,707.1| 7,378| 7,469| 7,454| 7,485| 7,524| 7,496 Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,613.6|2,640.1|2,638.7|2,657.5| 2,654| 2,669| 2,672| 2,680| 2,685| 2,695 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 6,906| 7,032| 7,073| 7,085| 6,833| 6,942| 6,964| 6,967| 6,987| 7,007 Finance...................................| 3,252| 3,337| 3,354| 3,364| 3,235| 3,303| 3,315| 3,319| 3,329| 3,344 Depository institutions.................|2,032.6|2,041.2|2,046.9|2,049.3| 2,020| 2,023| 2,026| 2,029| 2,031| 2,032 Commercial banks......................|1,474.9|1,479.2|1,485.2|1,487.1| 1,464| 1,467| 1,469| 1,470| 1,471| 1,474 Savings institutions..................| 272.4| 268.0| 266.7| 265.7| 271| 266| 267| 267| 265| 264 Nondepository institutions..............| 466.1| 511.3| 514.4| 519.5| 466| 505| 507| 509| 513| 519 Mortgage bankers and brokers..........| 207.3| 231.6| 232.5| 235.1| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1) Security and commodity brokers..........| 525.6| 543.1| 548.3| 550.7| 522| 534| 538| 541| 543| 548 Holding and other investment offices....| 227.5| 241.6| 244.0| 244.9| 227| 241| 244| 240| 242| 245 Insurance.................................| 2,248| 2,266| 2,272| 2,269| 2,241| 2,256| 2,261| 2,259| 2,261| 2,261 Insurance carriers......................|1,547.6|1,555.4|1,560.7|1,559.7| 1,543| 1,549| 1,552| 1,551| 1,553| 1,554 Insurance agents, brokers, and service..| 700.0| 710.4| 711.5| 709.1| 698| 707| 709| 708| 708| 707 Real estate...............................| 1,406| 1,429| 1,447| 1,452| 1,357| 1,383| 1,388| 1,389| 1,397| 1,402 | | | | | | | | | | Services2/..................................| 33,517| 34,689| 34,781| 34,821| 33,269| 34,114| 34,274| 34,383| 34,457| 34,538 Agricultural services.....................| 633.1| 686.2| 685.1| 676.2| 580| 606| 605| 615| 618| 619 Hotels and other lodging places...........| 1,791| 1,799| 1,828| 1,829| 1,662| 1,673| 1,681| 1,704| 1,689| 1,684 Personal services.........................| 1,125| 1,148| 1,135| 1,139| 1,166| 1,179| 1,177| 1,175| 1,176| 1,182 Business services.........................| 6,909| 7,199| 7,246| 7,354| 6,831| 7,085| 7,152| 7,189| 7,228| 7,275 Services to buildings...................| 895| 903| 899| 901| 886| 900| 903| 895| 893| 891 Personnel supply services...............| 2,541| 2,636| 2,674| 2,758| 2,477| 2,569| 2,622| 2,648| 2,670| 2,697 Help supply services..................| 2,250| 2,337| 2,374| 2,449| 2,190| 2,272| 2,322| 2,353| 2,370| 2,393 Computer and data processing services...| 1,097| 1,195| 1,206| 1,219| 1,098| 1,169| 1,184| 1,195| 1,206| 1,218 Auto repair, services, and parking........| 1,032| 1,096| 1,106| 1,112| 1,025| 1,072| 1,078| 1,085| 1,097| 1,105 Miscellaneous repair services.............| 361| 369| 369| 369| 356| 363| 364| 366| 365| 365 Motion pictures...........................| 501| 531| 537| 542| 491| 517| 525| 526| 531| 526 Amusement and recreation services.........| 1,684| 1,737| 1,775| 1,768| 1,451| 1,517| 1,516| 1,504| 1,514| 1,518 Health services...........................| 9,317| 9,587| 9,604| 9,609| 9,291| 9,520| 9,555| 9,566| 9,571| 9,580 Offices and clinics of medical doctors..| 1,619| 1,678| 1,684| 1,688| 1,611| 1,659| 1,668| 1,674| 1,678| 1,678 Nursing and personal care facilities....| 1,705| 1,746| 1,753| 1,756| 1,698| 1,733| 1,740| 1,744| 1,748| 1,749 Hospitals...............................| 3,796| 3,857| 3,862| 3,855| 3,788| 3,844| 3,851| 3,847| 3,846| 3,846 Home health care services...............| 636| 660| 656| 654| 637| 658| 658| 657| 655| 654 Legal services............................| 929| 944| 946| 940| 922| 926| 929| 929| 932| 934 Educational services......................| 1,694| 1,822| 1,754| 1,716| 1,976| 1,994| 1,987| 2,001| 2,016| 2,000 Social services...........................| 2,305| 2,390| 2,381| 2,371| 2,336| 2,385| 2,395| 2,396| 2,403| 2,410 Child day care services.................| 517| 555| 515| 517| 568| 569| 571| 570| 568| 571 Residential care........................| 648| 671| 675| 676| 643| 661| 663| 665| 669| 670 Museums and botanical and zoological | | | | | | | | | | gardens.................................| 87| 92| 93| 91| 81| 84| 85| 85| 85| 85 Membership organizations..................| 2,175| 2,182| 2,211| 2,183| 2,141| 2,137| 2,147| 2,148| 2,146| 2,148 Engineering and management services.......| 2,781| 2,914| 2,917| 2,928| 2,769| 2,863| 2,885| 2,901| 2,893| 2,914 Engineering and architectural services..| 829| 857| 858| 862| 816| 834| 838| 848| 844| 847 Management and public relations.........| 839| 909| 913| 921| 833| 892| 897| 901| 903| 914 Services, nec.............................| 44.7| 46.1| 46.2| 46.9| (3)| (3)| (3)| (3)| (3)| (3) | | | | | | | | | | Government..................................| 18,124| 19,512| 18,396| 18,254| 19,369| 19,397| 19,458| 19,451| 19,490| 19,567 Federal...................................| 2,839| 2,783| 2,777| 2,767| 2,822| 2,777| 2,776| 2,756| 2,753| 2,748 Federal, except Postal Service..........|1,998.2|1,931.1|1,926.9|1,916.9| 1,977| 1,920| 1,918| 1,906| 1,898| 1,894 State.....................................| 4,380| 4,509| 4,412| 4,401| 4,638| 4,645| 4,655| 4,654| 4,665| 4,672 Education...............................|1,639.3|1,786.9|1,677.5|1,681.7| 1,935| 1,956| 1,963| 1,968| 1,984| 1,981 Other State government..................|2,741.0|2,721.9|2,734.4|2,719.1| 2,703| 2,689| 2,692| 2,686| 2,681| 2,691 Local.....................................| 10,905| 12,220| 11,207| 11,086| 11,909| 11,975| 12,027| 12,041| 12,072| 12,147 Education...............................|5,443.7|6,752.4|5,614.6|5,564.6| 6,664| 6,682| 6,690| 6,724| 6,777| 6,825 Other local government..................|5,461.0|5,467.2|5,591.9|5,521.4| 5,245| 5,293| 5,337| 5,317| 5,295| 5,322 | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment because it has very little seasonal and irregular movement. Thus, the not seasonally adjusted series can be used for analysis of cyclical and long-term trends. 2/ Includes other industries, not shown separately. 3/ This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | Aug. | June | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total private...........................| 34.8 | 34.9 | 34.6 | 34.8 | 34.4 | 34.3 | 34.2 | 34.7 | 34.3 | 34.4 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 41.2 | 41.4 | 40.9 | 41.3 | 40.9 | 41.0 | 40.9 | 41.2 | 41.0 | 41.0 | | | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 44.7 | 46.0 | 44.7 | 45.0 | 44.4 | 45.0 | 45.2 | 45.8 | 44.8 | 44.5 | | | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 39.8 | 39.6 | 39.8 | 39.8 | 38.7 | 38.9 | 38.1 | 38.7 | 38.7 | 38.7 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 41.5 | 41.9 | 41.1 | 41.8 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 41.7 | 41.8 | 41.6 | 41.7 Overtime hours.........................| 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods.............................| 42.3 | 42.7 | 41.7 | 42.5 | 42.3 | 42.4 | 42.5 | 42.6 | 42.3 | 42.5 Overtime hours.........................| 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | | | | | | | | | | Lumber and wood products.................| 41.1 | 41.6 | 40.8 | 41.4 | 40.6 | 40.7 | 41.0 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 40.9 Furniture and fixtures...................| 40.1 | 39.5 | 39.2 | 40.0 | 39.7 | 39.2 | 39.7 | 39.5 | 39.7 | 39.5 Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 43.7 | 44.1 | 43.5 | 44.2 | 43.1 | 43.4 | 43.2 | 43.5 | 43.2 | 43.4 Primary metal industries.................| 43.4 | 44.3 | 43.5 | 43.9 | 43.7 | 43.9 | 44.3 | 44.1 | 43.9 | 44.3 Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 43.8 | 44.5 | 44.3 | 43.7 | 43.9 | 44.1 | 44.4 | 44.5 | 44.2 | 43.9 Fabricated metal products................| 42.2 | 42.7 | 41.6 | 42.6 | 42.2 | 42.3 | 42.6 | 42.6 | 42.4 | 42.5 Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 43.0 | 43.3 | 42.4 | 42.6 | 43.5 | 43.1 | 43.2 | 43.3 | 42.9 | 42.9 Electronic and other electrical equipment| 41.4 | 41.6 | 40.5 | 41.4 | 41.6 | 41.0 | 41.3 | 41.6 | 41.2 | 41.5 Transportation equipment.................| 43.5 | 44.5 | 42.7 | 44.2 | 43.6 | 44.6 | 44.5 | 44.4 | 44.0 | 44.6 Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 44.3 | 45.7 | 43.3 | 45.2 | 44.5 | 46.1 | 46.5 | 45.7 | 45.4 | 46.1 Instruments and related products.........| 41.2 | 42.0 | 41.0 | 41.6 | 41.5 | 41.4 | 41.6 | 41.9 | 41.4 | 41.8 Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 39.9 | 39.7 | 38.9 | 40.0 | 39.9 | 39.6 | 39.9 | 39.8 | 39.7 | 39.9 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods..........................| 40.6 | 40.8 | 40.3 | 40.9 | 40.4 | 40.4 | 40.6 | 40.7 | 40.5 | 40.5 Overtime hours.........................| 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | | | | | | | | | | Food and kindred products................| 41.7 | 40.9 | 40.9 | 41.6 | 41.2 | 41.0 | 41.1 | 41.1 | 40.7 | 40.7 Tobacco products.........................| 40.4 | 41.1 | 38.7 | 39.9 | 40.0 | 40.4 | 39.4 | 39.4 | 39.3 | 39.6 Textile mill products....................| 41.0 | 41.4 | 40.2 | 41.2 | 40.7 | 40.3 | 40.6 | 41.0 | 40.8 | 40.8 Apparel and other textile products.......| 37.0 | 37.9 | 36.8 | 37.5 | 36.8 | 36.5 | 37.2 | 37.6 | 37.1 | 37.3 Paper and allied products................| 42.7 | 43.4 | 43.1 | 43.1 | 42.9 | 43.4 | 43.4 | 43.5 | 43.3 | 43.0 Printing and publishing..................| 38.2 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 38.4 | 38.1 | 38.1 | 38.3 | 38.1 | 38.2 | 38.2 Chemicals and allied products............| 42.8 | 43.4 | 43.0 | 43.1 | 43.1 | 42.9 | 43.2 | 43.4 | 43.3 | 43.5 Petroleum and coal products..............| 43.2 | 44.7 | 44.5 | 44.3 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 41.1 | 41.7 | 40.8 | 41.6 | 41.3 | 41.5 | 41.4 | 41.5 | 41.6 | 41.5 Leather and leather products.............| 38.6 | 39.1 | 37.9 | 38.7 | 38.2 | 37.6 | 38.3 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 38.6 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 33.0 | 33.2 | 32.9 | 33.0 | 32.6 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 33.0 | 32.5 | 32.7 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 39.8 | 40.1 | 39.6 | 39.9 | 39.4 | 39.4 | 39.2 | 40.0 | 39.2 | 39.5 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 38.3 | 38.8 | 38.1 | 38.3 | 38.2 | 38.1 | 38.1 | 38.7 | 38.0 | 38.2 | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 29.5 | 29.4 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 28.7 | 28.6 | 28.8 | 29.0 | 28.7 | 28.8 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 35.7 | 36.5 | 35.6 | 35.7 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | | | | | | | | | | Services....................................| 32.7 | 32.8 | 32.5 | 32.7 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls. 2/ These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers ESTABLISHMENT DATA 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Average hourly earnings | Average weekly earnings | | _______________________________ _______________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | Aug. | June | July | Aug. | Aug. | June | July | Aug. | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Total private...........................|$11.37 |$11.76 |$11.74 |$11.77 |$395.68|$410.42|$406.20|$409.60 Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.46 | 11.83 | 11.81 | 11.87 | 394.22| 410.50| 405.08| 408.33 | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 13.10 | 13.44 | 13.55 | 13.58 | 539.72| 556.42| 554.20| 560.85 | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 15.29 | 15.57 | 15.54 | 15.47 | 683.46| 716.22| 694.64| 696.15 | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 15.20 | 15.32 | 15.49 | 15.54 | 604.96| 606.67| 616.50| 618.49 | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 12.35 | 12.75 | 12.80 | 12.84 | 512.53| 534.23| 526.08| 536.71 | | | | | | | | Durable goods.............................| 12.92 | 13.32 | 13.36 | 13.46 | 546.52| 568.76| 557.11| 572.05 Lumber and wood products.................| 10.20 | 10.45 | 10.47 | 10.51 | 419.22| 434.72| 427.18| 435.11 Furniture and fixtures...................| 9.89 | 10.11 | 10.12 | 10.15 | 396.59| 399.35| 396.70| 406.00 Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.47 | 12.81 | 12.93 | 12.93 | 544.94| 564.92| 562.46| 571.51 Primary metal industries.................| 14.63 | 14.92 | 15.12 | 15.14 | 634.94| 660.96| 657.72| 664.65 Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.43 | 17.69 | 18.02 | 18.11 | 763.43| 787.21| 798.29| 791.41 Fabricated metal products................| 12.10 | 12.49 | 12.48 | 12.60 | 510.62| 533.32| 519.17| 536.76 Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.24 | 13.52 | 13.57 | 13.65 | 569.32| 585.42| 575.37| 581.49 Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.73 | 12.16 | 12.24 | 12.25 | 485.62| 505.86| 495.72| 507.15 Transportation equipment.................| 16.67 | 17.26 | 17.33 | 17.61 | 725.15| 768.07| 739.99| 778.36 Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.20 | 17.91 | 18.00 | 18.37 | 761.96| 818.49| 779.40| 830.32 Instruments and related products.........| 12.70 | 13.09 | 13.20 | 13.22 | 523.24| 549.78| 541.20| 549.95 Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 9.99 | 10.35 | 10.40 | 10.45 | 398.60| 410.90| 404.56| 418.00 | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods..........................| 11.56 | 11.93 | 12.02 | 11.97 | 469.34| 486.74| 484.41| 489.57 Food and kindred products................| 10.90 | 11.24 | 11.27 | 11.17 | 454.53| 459.72| 460.94| 464.67 Tobacco products.........................| 18.56 | 21.52 | 21.13 | 19.66 | 749.82| 884.47| 817.73| 784.43 Textile mill products....................| 9.44 | 9.67 | 9.67 | 9.69 | 387.04| 400.34| 388.73| 399.23 Apparel and other textile products.......| 7.68 | 7.98 | 7.95 | 7.99 | 284.16| 302.44| 292.56| 299.63 Paper and allied products................| 14.20 | 14.64 | 14.81 | 14.76 | 606.34| 635.38| 638.31| 636.16 Printing and publishing..................| 12.36 | 12.53 | 12.64 | 12.70 | 472.15| 474.89| 479.06| 487.68 Chemicals and allied products............| 15.57 | 16.15 | 16.18 | 16.24 | 666.40| 700.91| 695.74| 699.94 Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.14 | 18.86 | 19.01 | 18.85 | 826.85| 843.04| 845.95| 835.06 Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.93 | 11.16 | 11.25 | 11.26 | 449.22| 465.37| 459.00| 468.42 Leather and leather products.............| 8.14 | 8.48 | 8.42 | 8.62 | 314.20| 331.57| 319.12| 333.59 | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 10.78 | 11.20 | 11.14 | 11.16 | 355.74| 371.84| 366.51| 368.28 | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.24 | 14.47 | 14.55 | 14.56 | 566.75| 580.25| 576.18| 580.94 | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 12.40 | 12.85 | 12.80 | 12.81 | 474.92| 498.58| 487.68| 490.62 | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 7.65 | 7.97 | 7.94 | 7.96 | 225.68| 234.32| 234.23| 234.82 | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.28 | 12.76 | 12.69 | 12.70 | 438.40| 465.74| 451.76| 453.39 | | | | | | | | Services....................................| 11.22 | 11.67 | 11.61 | 11.63 | 366.89| 382.78| 377.33| 380.30 | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers ESTABLISHMENT DATA 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted _________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent | | | | | | | change Industry | Aug. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | from: | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |July 1996| | | | | | | Aug. 1996 | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Total private: | | | | | | | Current dollars...................| $11.46| $11.72| $11.73| $11.83| $11.81| $11.87| 0.5 Constant (1982) dollars2/.........| 7.39| 7.40| 7.38| 7.44| 7.41| N.A. | (3) | | | | | | | Goods_producing......................| 13.10| 13.40| 13.38| 13.45| 13.49| 13.59| .7 Mining.............................| 15.43| 15.44| 15.46| 15.59| 15.59| 15.60| .1 Construction.......................| 15.14| 15.28| 15.31| 15.40| 15.47| 15.48| .1 Manufacturing......................| 12.42| 12.74| 12.72| 12.77| 12.80| 12.93| 1.0 Excluding overtime4/.............| 11.79| 12.09| 12.06| 12.12| 12.16| 12.28| 1.0 | | | | | | | Service_producing....................| 10.91| 11.15| 11.18| 11.29| 11.25| 11.30| .4 Transportation and public utilities| 14.27| 14.49| 14.50| 14.56| 14.56| 14.62| .4 Wholesale trade....................| 12.46| 12.71| 12.71| 12.91| 12.81| 12.87| .5 Retail trade.......................| 7.72| 7.90| 7.93| 8.00| 7.98| 8.02| .5 Finance, insurance, and real estate| 12.37| 12.64| 12.76| 12.86| 12.77| 12.83| .5 Services...........................| 11.40| 11.65| 11.69| 11.79| 11.77| 11.81| .3 | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. 2/ The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3/ Change was -.4 percent from June 1996 to July 1996, the latest month available. 4/ Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and onehalf. N.A. = not available. p/ = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers ESTABLISHMENT DATA 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry (1982=100) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | ___________________________ _______________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | |Aug. |June | July | Aug. |Aug. |Apr. | May |June | July | Aug. |1995 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |1995 |1996 |1996 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total private...........................|136.5|139.9| 138.6 | 140.0 |133.4|135.2|135.4|137.7| 136.1 | 136.9 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................|113.0|113.3| 111.4 | 114.1 |109.7|109.9|110.0|110.7| 110.1 | 110.5 | | | | | | | | | | Mining.......................................| 55.1| 56.6| 55.1 | 55.5 | 53.4| 54.6| 55.2| 55.9| 54.1 | 53.7 | | | | | | | | | | Construction.................................|155.8|158.1| 163.0 | 163.8 |140.3|146.7|144.3|147.0| 147.6 | 147.8 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing................................|107.6|107.3| 103.9 | 107.2 |106.9|105.7|106.2|106.5| 105.8 | 106.2 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods...............................|107.5|109.9| 105.5 | 108.6 |107.8|107.7|108.4|108.9| 108.1 | 108.9 Lumber and wood products...................|138.4|140.4| 137.4 | 140.8 |134.2|134.5|135.9|137.2| 137.0 | 136.2 Furniture and fixtures.....................|125.8|123.3| 119.4 | 124.9 |125.1|121.1|124.2|122.6| 123.9 | 123.2 Stone, clay, and glass products............|112.7|114.2| 111.5 | 114.3 |108.4|109.1|108.6|109.7| 108.6 | 109.4 Primary metal industries...................| 90.1| 93.0| 88.9 | 91.0 | 91.3| 91.0| 92.0| 92.3| 90.7 | 92.0 Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 72.3| 73.8| 72.9 | 71.8 | 72.5| 72.4| 73.3| 73.5| 72.2 | 71.7 Fabricated metal products..................|113.0|116.3| 111.4 | 115.6 |113.1|113.5|114.5|115.3| 115.1 | 115.8 Industrial machinery and equipment.........|101.6|104.4| 101.1 | 101.4 |103.7|103.4|103.7|103.9| 102.9 | 103.2 Electronic and other electrical equipment..|106.7|108.7| 105.0 | 107.1 |107.6|107.0|107.8|108.3| 107.9 | 108.0 Transportation equipment...................|120.1|124.6| 116.0 | 122.8 |121.4|122.9|122.5|123.8| 122.1 | 125.5 Motor vehicles and equipment.............|161.8|170.3| 153.3 | 164.8 |163.4|168.0|171.7|169.6| 165.2 | 171.3 Instruments and related products...........| 73.0| 74.4| 71.5 | 73.3 | 73.5| 72.9| 73.6| 74.0| 72.6 | 73.5 Miscellaneous manufacturing................|103.2|102.5| 97.2 | 102.2 |102.9|101.4|102.1|102.3| 101.3 | 101.0 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods............................|107.8|103.8| 101.8 | 105.3 |105.6|102.9|103.3|103.3| 102.6 | 102.5 Food and kindred products..................|123.2|111.8| 114.4 | 120.9 |114.3|113.7|114.2|112.6| 111.1 | 111.2 Tobacco products...........................| 67.9| 57.8| 52.6 | 60.9 | 63.4| 64.0| 60.5| 62.5| 60.3 | 56.9 Textile mill products......................| 95.5| 93.2| 88.8 | 92.5 | 94.5| 90.1| 90.9| 91.6| 91.2 | 91.0 Apparel and other textile products.........| 83.1| 78.2| 72.9 | 75.8 | 82.4| 75.5| 76.4| 76.7| 75.9 | 74.9 Paper and allied products..................|110.2|109.3| 107.7 | 108.8 |109.6|108.5|108.5|108.4| 107.5 | 107.3 Printing and publishing....................|124.6|121.9| 121.4 | 123.4 |124.4|122.7|123.2|122.7| 122.8 | 122.8 Chemicals and allied products..............|101.9|101.2| 99.6 | 100.3 |102.0|100.1|100.4|100.6| 100.0 | 100.4 Petroleum and coal products................| 78.5| 78.9| 78.6 | 78.9 | 77.1| 72.8| 72.9| 76.7| 76.3 | 77.3 Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|140.8|142.9| 136.8 | 142.3 |141.4|139.8|140.1|141.0| 141.3 | 142.1 Leather and leather products...............| 49.2| 45.2| 40.4 | 44.4 | 48.1| 43.9| 44.1| 44.4| 43.2 | 43.3 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................|147.0|151.9| 150.9 | 151.6 |144.1|146.6|146.8|149.8| 147.7 | 148.8 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities..........|125.9|131.3| 128.9 | 129.9 |124.8|127.6|127.2|130.1| 127.6 | 128.8 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade..............................|123.3|127.3| 125.4 | 125.8 |122.1|123.7|124.0|126.1| 123.9 | 124.5 | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade.................................|136.5|138.7| 139.1 | 139.6 |131.9|132.7|134.0|135.4| 134.6 | 135.1 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|124.5|129.9| 127.4 | 127.9 |123.2|124.6|124.3|128.9| 125.4 | 126.4 | | | | | | | | | | Services.....................................|174.1|180.8| 179.8 | 180.9 |170.8|175.1|174.7|178.7| 176.3 | 178.0 | | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted (Percent) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | TIME SPAN | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/ | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 1-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 43.7 | 43.7 | 50.0 | 57.3 | 55.5 | 50.1 | 52.2 | 49.0 | 52.1 | 56.3 | 53.2 | 57.4 1993..............| 60.0 | 60.8 | 51.3 | 58.6 | 61.7 | 55.2 | 57.7 | 57.0 | 61.8 | 59.7 | 61.8 | 59.6 1994..............| 58.8 | 62.1 | 66.0 | 64.2 | 60.3 | 63.5 | 61.5 | 62.1 | 60.8 | 61.5 | 63.1 | 63.9 1995..............| 63.2 | 59.3 | 54.9 | 54.6 | 51.4 | 55.1 | 54.1 | 57.4 | 51.8 | 54.8 | 56.3 | 59.4 1996..............| 52.4 | 63.2 | 60.0 | 52.4 | 62.2 | 57.4 |p/55.2 |p/58.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 3-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 39.7 | 41.9 | 49.7 | 57.0 | 58.4 | 55.8 | 50.6 | 50.1 | 52.8 | 54.4 | 57.6 | 61.2 1993..............| 63.8 | 61.2 | 61.1 | 59.8 | 63.1 | 62.9 | 59.7 | 63.1 | 64.5 | 67.1 | 64.6 | 63.5 1994..............| 67.1 | 69.5 | 70.4 | 68.7 | 66.4 | 66.0 | 68.5 | 69.5 | 65.3 | 65.6 | 68.0 | 67.8 1995..............| 66.6 | 63.2 | 56.9 | 53.4 | 54.2 | 52.9 | 56.6 | 53.8 | 54.2 | 54.6 | 58.3 | 57.0 1996..............| 60.7 | 61.8 | 61.2 | 60.0 | 61.0 |p/63.2 |p/60.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 6-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 43.3 | 46.8 | 47.5 | 52.5 | 54.9 | 56.7 | 53.8 | 52.2 | 55.5 | 57.6 | 63.9 | 61.9 1993..............| 63.3 | 65.2 | 63.8 | 64.2 | 62.4 | 65.9 | 65.7 | 63.9 | 66.3 | 67.3 | 70.6 | 69.5 1994..............| 70.8 | 71.6 | 69.0 | 69.8 | 69.5 | 69.5 | 69.2 | 69.0 | 69.2 | 68.5 | 69.1 | 66.6 1995..............| 66.3 | 60.8 | 58.7 | 54.4 | 53.5 | 54.1 | 53.1 | 56.3 | 55.9 | 54.1 | 56.2 | 61.8 1996..............| 60.3 | 62.9 | 63.8 |p/63.8 |p/63.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 12-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 47.2 | 42.3 | 42.7 | 44.1 | 48.0 | 52.5 | 55.8 | 60.7 | 59.7 | 61.4 | 62.9 | 62.9 1993..............| 64.9 | 63.9 | 64.0 | 65.4 | 67.0 | 67.6 | 67.6 | 67.0 | 70.2 | 69.5 | 69.2 | 70.1 1994..............| 70.2 | 71.6 | 71.8 | 71.8 | 72.1 | 71.8 | 71.5 | 72.1 | 70.1 | 69.4 | 65.7 | 65.0 1995..............| 62.6 | 60.8 | 60.1 | 61.2 | 58.1 | 57.7 | 54.5 | 58.7 | 58.6 | 57.3 | 59.4 | 59.8 1996..............|p/60.3 |p/62.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/ | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 1-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 37.4 | 39.9 | 43.9 | 56.8 | 50.0 | 48.9 | 52.2 | 44.6 | 47.5 | 47.8 | 51.4 | 54.7 1993..............| 52.5 | 56.5 | 50.7 | 45.7 | 54.0 | 45.7 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 59.4 | 53.2 | 53.6 | 55.0 1994..............| 56.5 | 60.1 | 59.7 | 58.6 | 53.2 | 57.9 | 57.6 | 53.6 | 55.8 | 54.7 | 57.2 | 59.4 1995..............| 56.8 | 55.0 | 46.0 | 45.3 | 39.2 | 40.3 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 42.4 | 45.3 | 46.4 | 47.5 1996..............| 42.1 | 48.2 | 48.2 | 39.6 | 53.2 | 49.6 |p/44.6 |p/51.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 3-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 29.9 | 33.5 | 43.9 | 49.6 | 55.4 | 53.2 | 46.8 | 47.8 | 45.7 | 47.5 | 51.1 | 54.7 1993..............| 60.8 | 58.3 | 53.2 | 47.8 | 48.9 | 54.0 | 50.4 | 58.3 | 57.6 | 59.7 | 54.7 | 57.6 1994..............| 63.7 | 64.4 | 66.2 | 60.8 | 56.1 | 56.8 | 60.8 | 58.6 | 54.0 | 56.1 | 60.1 | 60.8 1995..............| 60.4 | 51.8 | 43.5 | 34.9 | 33.1 | 32.0 | 33.1 | 35.6 | 38.8 | 39.6 | 40.6 | 38.8 1996..............| 38.8 | 39.9 | 37.8 | 43.2 | 45.3 |p/48.2 |p/45.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 6-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 32.4 | 34.9 | 39.9 | 46.8 | 52.2 | 54.3 | 48.2 | 47.8 | 51.1 | 51.1 | 56.8 | 56.5 1993..............| 56.5 | 59.0 | 56.8 | 55.4 | 50.7 | 57.9 | 59.4 | 56.5 | 57.6 | 58.6 | 64.4 | 60.8 1994..............| 62.2 | 64.4 | 60.4 | 61.5 | 59.0 | 56.8 | 56.5 | 57.2 | 60.1 | 55.8 | 59.7 | 55.8 1995..............| 55.4 | 45.0 | 38.5 | 33.5 | 27.7 | 28.8 | 28.8 | 30.6 | 33.5 | 33.1 | 34.2 | 38.8 1996..............| 32.0 | 37.4 | 37.1 |p/38.5 |p/43.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 12-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 42.4 | 36.7 | 36.3 | 36.0 | 39.6 | 45.7 | 50.0 | 55.8 | 57.9 | 56.8 | 58.3 | 56.5 1993..............| 56.8 | 57.9 | 55.8 | 58.6 | 57.2 | 57.6 | 58.6 | 59.0 | 61.2 | 59.7 | 60.1 | 57.6 1994..............| 57.9 | 58.6 | 60.8 | 60.8 | 60.8 | 63.3 | 59.4 | 60.1 | 57.2 | 55.8 | 49.6 | 47.5 1995..............| 42.1 | 40.3 | 39.9 | 40.6 | 34.5 | 31.7 | 25.9 | 28.8 | 28.1 | 24.1 | 27.0 | 29.1 1996..............|p/32.4 |p/34.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered within the span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.
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