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2 Technical information: Household data: Establishment data: Media contact: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 04-1728 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ 691-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT), Friday, September 3, 2004. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: AUGUST 2004 Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 144,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 5.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the month, job growth occurred in several service-providing industries. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, September 2001 – August 2004 Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, September 2001 – August 2004 Percent Millions 6.5 136.0 6.0 134.0 5.5 132.0 5.0 130.0 4.5 128.0 4.0 126.0 3.5 124.0 2002 2003 2004 2002 2003 2004 Unemployment (Household Survey Data) Both the number of unemployed persons, 8.0 million, and the unemployment rate, 5.4 percent, were little changed from July to August. The jobless rate is down from its recent high of 6.3 percent in June 2003; Hurricane Charley Hurricane Charley struck Florida during the August survey reference period. BLS made additional data collection efforts for the hurricane-affected counties to ensure that payroll survey response rates were at normal levels. Our examination of the survey data suggests that there were no discernable weather-related effects on national payroll employment as measured by the establishment survey. This was likely due to the fact that the storm hit late in the reporting period for most of our survey respondents. For the storm to have affected payroll employment, people would have had to have been off work for the entire pay period and not paid for the time missed. (In the household survey, people who miss work for weatherrelated events are counted as employed whether or not they are paid for the time off.) 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages 2004 Category I II Monthly data 2004 June HOUSEHOLD DATA July JulyAug. change Aug. Labor force status Civilian labor force……………………………… 146,661 Employment………………………………… 138,388 8,273 Unemployment……………………………… Not in labor force……………………………… 75,695 146,998 138,793 8,205 75,975 147,279 139,031 8,248 75,916 147,856 139,660 8,196 75,565 147,704 139,681 8,022 75,973 -152 21 -174 408 5.4 5.0 4.7 17.0 4.7 10.4 6.9 -0.1 .1 -.2 -.6 -.1 -.5 .1 131,258 p131,331 p131,475 21,891 p21,906 p21,942 6,911 p6,915 p6,930 14,393 p14,399 p14,421 109,367 p109,425 p109,533 15,055 p15,041 p15,030 p144 p36 p15 p22 p108 p-11 Unemployment rates All workers…………………….……………… Adult men…………………...……………… Adult women………………………………… Teenagers…………………………………… White ……….……...……………………… Black or African American ………………… Hispanic or Latino ethnicity………………… 5.6 5.1 5.0 16.6 5.0 10.1 7.4 5.6 5.1 4.9 17.0 5.0 9.9 7.0 5.6 5.0 5.0 16.8 5.0 10.1 6.7 5.5 4.9 4.9 17.6 4.8 10.9 6.8 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment…………………………… Goods-producing ¹…………………………… Construction……………………………… Manufacturing…………………………… Service-providing ¹………………………… Retail trade 2…………………………… 130,367 21,719 6,819 14,326 108,648 14,974 131,125 21,869 6,897 14,385 109,256 15,047 Professional and business services……… Education and health services…………… Leisure and hospitality…………………… Government……………………………… 16,202 16,774 12,239 21,540 16,417 16,874 12,324 21,548 16,457 16,897 12,339 21,528 p16,504 p16,913 p12,340 p21,541 p16,536 p16,958 p12,346 p21,565 p32 p45 p6 p24 p33.8 p40.9 p4.6 p0.0 p.0 p.0 Hours of work 3 Total private……...……………………………… Manufacturing…………….………………… Overtime………………………………… 33.8 41.0 4.6 33.7 40.9 4.6 33.6 40.8 4.6 p33.8 p40.9 p4.6 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) Total private…...….……….….....…………….. 99.3 99.8 99.7 p100.4 Earnings Average hourly earnings, total private………… Average weekly earnings, total private………… $15.52 524.58 $15.63 526.62 $15.66 526.18 p100.6 p0.2 p$15.77 p533.03 p$0.05 p1.69 3 p$15.72 p531.34 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated based on unrounded data. 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p=preliminary. 3 3 most of this decline occurred in the second half of last year. In August, the unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (5.0 percent), adult women (4.7 percent), teenagers (17.0 percent), whites (4.7 percent), blacks (10.4 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (6.9 percent)—showed little change over the month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.6 percent in August, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment held at 139.7 million in August, and the employment-population ratio—the proportion of the population age 16 and over with jobs—was essentially unchanged at 62.4 percent. The civilian labor force was about unchanged over the month at 147.7 million. After rising in July, the labor force participation rate edged down to its June level of 66.0 percent. (See table A-1.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force was 1.6 million in August, about the same as a year earlier. (Data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. There were 534,000 discouraged workers in August, also about the same as a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.1 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 144,000 in August to 131.5 million, seasonally adjusted. Over the year, payroll employment has risen by 1.7 million, with slightly more than half the gain (885,000) occurring from March through May of this year. Since May, nonfarm employment has risen by 313,000, as revised. In August, there were job gains in health care and social assistance, financial activities, and professional and technical services. (See table B-1.) Within the service-providing sector, health care and social assistance continued to add jobs, with an increase of 42,000 in August. Over the year, employment in this industry has risen by 307,000. In August, employment rose in ambulatory health care services (+11,000), which includes doctors’ offices and home health care services, and in hospitals (+8,000). Social assistance added 20,000 jobs, following no net change over the prior 3 months. Employment in financial activities increased by 18,000 in August, more than offsetting an employment decline in July. Rental and leasing services added 7,000 jobs over the month, and securities, commodity contracts, and investments added 4,000. Over the year, securities employment has increased by 32,000. Professional and technical services added 22,000 jobs over the month. Within this industry, employment rose in computer systems design and related services (+9,000); over the year, computer systems design has added 36,000 jobs. Employment in temporary help services was little changed in August for the third consecutive month. Within the information industry, employment continued to trend down in telecommunications. Since its most recent peak in March 2001, the telecommunications industry has lost 293,000 jobs, or 22 percent of its employment. 4 In the goods-producing sector, employment in manufacturing edged up (+22,000) in August. Employment in transportation equipment rebounded (+28,000) from a loss in the previous month, but this increase mostly reflected auto workers returning to work from the larger-than-usual annual retooling shutdowns in July. Since January, manufacturing has added 107,000 jobs, due to growth in its durable goods component. Construction employment edged up in August, following 2 months of little change. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in August at 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek (40.9 hours) and manufacturing overtime (4.6 hours) also were unchanged over the month. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.2 percent in August to 100.6 (2002=100). The manufacturing index rose by 0.3 percent to 95.5. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 5 cents in August to $15.77, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings increased by 0.3 percent over the month to $533.03. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 2.3 percent, and average weekly earnings grew by 2.9 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for September 2004 is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 8, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). Explanatory Note This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides the information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides the information on the employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies. The sample includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employmentpopulation ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as Federal, State, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: • The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. • The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. • The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. • The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation’s labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the monthto-month changes in unemployment. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity. Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the ad- justed series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most supersectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month’s data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the “true” population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the “true” population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 350,000. 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 -250,000 to 450,000 (100,000 +/- 350,000). 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 +/- 320,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .22 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 substantially 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 0.3 percent, ranging from zero to 0.7 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 Aug. 2003 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 221,507 146,967 66.3 138,137 62.4 8,830 6.0 74,540 5,030 223,422 149,217 66.8 140,700 63.0 8,518 5.7 74,204 4,767 223,677 148,166 66.2 140,226 62.7 7,940 5.4 75,511 5,145 221,507 146,622 66.2 137,693 62.2 8,929 6.1 74,884 4,826 222,757 146,741 65.9 138,576 62.2 8,164 5.6 76,016 4,744 222,967 146,974 65.9 138,772 62.2 8,203 5.6 75,993 4,656 223,196 147,279 66.0 139,031 62.3 8,248 5.6 75,916 4,635 223,422 147,856 66.2 139,660 62.5 8,196 5.5 75,565 4,630 223,677 147,704 66.0 139,681 62.4 8,022 5.4 75,973 4,844 106,604 78,640 73.8 74,032 69.4 4,608 5.9 27,964 107,746 80,344 74.6 76,041 70.6 4,302 5.4 27,402 107,881 79,832 74.0 75,707 70.2 4,125 5.2 28,048 106,604 78,251 73.4 73,263 68.7 4,988 6.4 28,353 107,392 78,501 73.1 74,053 69.0 4,448 5.7 28,891 107,504 78,600 73.1 74,035 68.9 4,566 5.8 28,904 107,625 78,918 73.3 74,476 69.2 4,442 5.6 28,707 107,746 79,193 73.5 74,822 69.4 4,371 5.5 28,552 107,881 79,283 73.5 74,860 69.4 4,423 5.6 28,598 98,434 74,727 75.9 70,733 71.9 3,994 5.3 23,707 99,512 75,876 76.2 72,362 72.7 3,514 4.6 23,636 99,642 75,798 76.1 72,328 72.6 3,470 4.6 23,844 98,434 74,682 75.9 70,324 71.4 4,358 5.8 23,751 99,170 74,871 75.5 71,118 71.7 3,753 5.0 24,299 99,279 75,048 75.6 71,162 71.7 3,886 5.2 24,231 99,396 75,372 75.8 71,570 72.0 3,802 5.0 24,023 99,512 75,577 75.9 71,847 72.2 3,730 4.9 23,935 99,642 75,639 75.9 71,870 72.1 3,768 5.0 24,003 114,903 68,327 59.5 64,105 55.8 4,222 6.2 46,576 115,676 68,874 59.5 64,659 55.9 4,215 6.1 46,802 115,796 68,333 59.0 64,519 55.7 3,815 5.6 47,463 114,903 68,372 59.5 64,431 56.1 3,941 5.8 46,532 115,365 68,240 59.2 64,523 55.9 3,717 5.4 47,126 115,463 68,374 59.2 64,737 56.1 3,637 5.3 47,089 115,570 68,361 59.2 64,555 55.9 3,806 5.6 47,209 115,676 68,663 59.4 64,838 56.1 3,825 5.6 47,013 115,796 68,421 59.1 64,822 56.0 3,599 5.3 47,375 106,957 64,521 60.3 60,859 56.9 3,663 5.7 42,436 107,687 64,642 60.0 61,224 56.9 3,418 5.3 43,045 107,801 64,535 59.9 61,277 56.8 3,259 5.0 43,266 106,957 64,836 60.6 61,467 57.5 3,369 5.2 42,121 107,389 64,785 60.3 61,571 57.3 3,215 5.0 42,604 107,483 64,813 60.3 61,721 57.4 3,092 4.8 42,670 107,586 64,893 60.3 61,629 57.3 3,264 5.0 42,693 107,687 65,122 60.5 61,918 57.5 3,204 4.9 42,565 107,801 64,903 60.2 61,870 57.4 3,033 4.7 42,898 16,116 7,719 47.9 6,546 40.6 1,173 15.2 8,397 16,222 8,699 53.6 7,114 43.9 1,585 18.2 7,523 16,234 7,832 48.2 6,621 40.8 1,211 15.5 8,402 16,116 7,104 44.1 5,902 36.6 1,202 16.9 9,012 16,198 7,085 43.7 5,888 36.3 1,197 16.9 9,113 16,205 7,113 43.9 5,888 36.3 1,225 17.2 9,092 16,214 7,014 43.3 5,832 36.0 1,181 16.8 9,200 16,222 7,157 44.1 5,896 36.3 1,262 17.6 9,065 16,234 7,162 44.1 5,941 36.6 1,220 17.0 9,072 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 2004, 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 Aug. 2003 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 181,512 120,894 66.6 114,531 63.1 6,364 5.3 60,617 182,676 122,413 67.0 116,487 63.8 5,926 4.8 60,263 182,846 121,666 66.5 116,007 63.4 5,659 4.7 61,179 181,512 120,658 66.5 114,156 62.9 6,502 5.4 60,854 182,252 120,675 66.2 114,712 62.9 5,963 4.9 61,577 182,384 120,984 66.3 114,976 63.0 6,008 5.0 61,400 182,531 121,180 66.4 115,152 63.1 6,028 5.0 61,351 182,676 121,428 66.5 115,623 63.3 5,805 4.8 61,248 182,846 121,300 66.3 115,547 63.2 5,753 4.7 61,546 62,587 76.4 59,608 72.7 2,979 4.8 63,389 76.7 60,913 73.7 2,476 3.9 63,295 76.5 60,796 73.5 2,499 3.9 62,543 76.3 59,233 72.3 3,310 5.3 62,660 76.0 59,831 72.6 2,829 4.5 62,758 76.1 59,817 72.5 2,941 4.7 62,960 76.3 60,107 72.8 2,853 4.5 63,163 76.4 60,466 73.2 2,697 4.3 63,130 76.3 60,379 73.0 2,750 4.4 51,814 59.6 49,289 56.7 2,525 4.9 51,833 59.3 49,456 56.6 2,377 4.6 51,866 59.3 49,586 56.7 2,280 4.4 52,156 59.9 49,866 57.3 2,290 4.4 52,035 59.6 49,839 57.1 2,196 4.2 52,245 59.8 50,116 57.4 2,130 4.1 52,369 59.9 50,061 57.3 2,308 4.4 52,302 59.8 50,085 57.3 2,217 4.2 52,224 59.7 50,132 57.3 2,093 4.0 6,493 51.8 5,633 44.9 860 13.2 7,191 57.1 6,118 48.6 1,074 14.9 6,505 51.6 5,626 44.6 880 13.5 5,959 47.5 5,057 40.3 903 15.1 5,981 47.5 5,042 40.0 939 15.7 5,981 47.5 5,043 40.0 938 15.7 5,851 46.5 4,984 39.6 867 14.8 5,963 47.3 5,073 40.3 891 14.9 5,946 47.2 5,036 40.0 909 15.3 25,742 16,626 64.6 14,794 57.5 1,832 11.0 9,116 26,078 17,011 65.2 14,964 57.4 2,047 12.0 9,067 26,120 16,789 64.3 15,023 57.5 1,766 10.5 9,331 25,742 16,585 64.4 14,771 57.4 1,813 10.9 9,157 25,967 16,485 63.5 14,878 57.3 1,607 9.7 9,482 26,002 16,442 63.2 14,818 57.0 1,624 9.9 9,560 26,040 16,506 63.4 14,833 57.0 1,673 10.1 9,534 26,078 16,755 64.3 14,926 57.2 1,829 10.9 9,323 26,120 16,724 64.0 14,983 57.4 1,741 10.4 9,396 7,339 71.2 6,607 64.1 733 10.0 7,424 70.9 6,634 63.4 791 10.6 7,422 70.8 6,685 63.8 737 9.9 7,362 71.5 6,585 63.9 776 10.5 7,302 70.1 6,626 63.6 676 9.3 7,356 70.5 6,674 64.0 683 9.3 7,394 70.8 6,709 64.2 685 9.3 7,384 70.5 6,624 63.3 760 10.3 7,432 70.9 6,660 63.5 772 10.4 8,497 65.1 7,637 58.5 860 10.1 8,573 65.0 7,727 58.6 846 9.9 8,492 64.3 7,721 58.5 771 9.1 8,494 65.1 7,674 58.8 820 9.7 8,502 64.7 7,763 59.1 739 8.7 8,342 63.4 7,642 58.1 700 8.4 8,374 63.6 7,626 57.9 748 8.9 8,598 65.2 7,815 59.3 783 9.1 8,488 64.3 7,752 58.7 737 8.7 789 33.0 550 23.0 239 30.3 1,013 41.8 603 24.9 411 40.5 875 36.0 617 25.4 258 29.5 729 30.5 512 21.4 217 29.8 681 28.2 489 20.3 193 28.3 744 30.8 502 20.8 242 32.5 738 30.5 497 20.6 241 32.6 773 31.9 487 20.1 286 37.0 804 33.1 572 23.5 232 28.9 9,351 6,195 66.2 5,828 62.3 367 5.9 3,156 9,559 6,275 65.6 6,008 62.9 267 4.3 3,284 9,598 6,245 65.1 6,018 62.7 226 3.6 3,353 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 2004, 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 Aug. 2003 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 27,701 18,825 68.0 17,386 62.8 1,439 7.6 8,876 28,150 19,552 69.5 18,203 64.7 1,349 6.9 8,598 28,243 19,500 69.0 18,185 64.4 1,314 6.7 8,743 27,701 18,843 68.0 17,383 62.8 1,460 7.8 8,858 27,879 19,064 68.4 17,693 63.5 1,371 7.2 8,815 27,968 19,313 69.1 17,958 64.2 1,355 7.0 8,654 28,059 19,304 68.8 18,019 64.2 1,285 6.7 8,755 28,150 19,450 69.1 18,118 64.4 1,332 6.8 8,700 28,243 19,482 69.0 18,144 64.2 1,338 6.9 8,761 10,761 83.6 10,098 78.4 664 6.2 11,124 84.9 10,572 80.7 553 5.0 11,107 84.5 10,501 79.9 605 5.5 (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) 7,067 57.6 6,495 52.9 573 8.1 7,253 58.3 6,736 54.2 517 7.1 7,343 58.9 6,834 54.8 509 6.9 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 996 39.0 794 31.1 203 20.3 1,175 45.0 896 34.3 280 23.8 1,050 40.1 850 32.5 200 19.1 (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 2004, 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 Aug. 2003 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 12,553 45.2 11,484 41.4 1,069 8.5 12,090 44.8 11,161 41.3 929 7.7 12,483 45.4 11,552 42.0 931 7.5 12,618 45.5 11,449 41.3 1,169 9.3 12,019 44.2 10,977 40.4 1,042 8.7 12,212 44.5 11,140 40.6 1,072 8.8 12,326 44.9 11,242 40.9 1,083 8.8 12,389 45.9 11,358 42.1 1,031 8.3 12,521 45.5 11,503 41.8 1,018 8.1 37,741 63.5 35,775 60.2 1,966 5.2 37,810 63.0 35,940 59.9 1,871 4.9 37,987 63.2 36,184 60.2 1,803 4.7 37,916 63.8 35,872 60.4 2,044 5.4 37,724 62.8 35,745 59.5 1,979 5.2 37,870 63.0 35,964 59.9 1,906 5.0 38,088 63.3 36,137 60.1 1,951 5.1 38,233 63.7 36,297 60.5 1,936 5.1 38,050 63.3 36,170 60.2 1,880 4.9 33,972 72.7 32,326 69.1 1,646 4.8 34,999 72.4 33,468 69.2 1,531 4.4 34,547 72.2 33,141 69.2 1,406 4.1 33,979 72.7 32,365 69.2 1,613 4.7 34,580 73.0 33,152 70.0 1,428 4.1 34,575 73.1 33,183 70.2 1,392 4.0 34,516 72.6 33,083 69.6 1,433 4.2 34,629 71.6 33,176 68.6 1,453 4.2 34,499 72.1 33,105 69.2 1,394 4.0 39,795 77.1 38,371 74.3 1,425 3.6 39,853 77.2 38,684 75.0 1,169 2.9 39,903 77.2 38,689 74.8 1,214 3.0 39,997 77.5 38,752 75.1 1,245 3.1 40,185 77.6 39,006 75.3 1,179 2.9 40,104 77.5 38,927 75.2 1,177 2.9 40,175 77.8 39,088 75.7 1,086 2.7 40,127 77.8 39,039 75.7 1,087 2.7 40,192 77.7 39,114 75.6 1,078 2.7 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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category Aug. 2003 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries ............................................. Wage and salary workers ....................................................... Self-employed workers ........................................................... Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 2,546 1,541 972 32 2,454 1,358 1,063 33 2,561 1,462 1,056 42 2,327 1,410 942 (1) 2,245 1,268 934 (1) 2,298 1,277 976 (1) 2,289 1,242 1,018 (1) 2,271 1,200 1,016 (1) 2,318 1,274 1,020 (1) Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... Wage and salary workers ....................................................... Government .......................................................................... Private industries .................................................................. Private households ............................................................. Other industries .................................................................. Self-employed workers ........................................................... Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 135,591 125,861 19,148 106,713 865 105,848 9,621 110 138,246 128,458 19,263 109,195 818 108,377 9,717 70 137,665 127,731 19,638 108,093 864 107,229 9,836 98 135,282 125,746 19,662 106,047 (1) 105,184 9,526 (1) 136,384 127,094 19,917 107,142 (1) 106,377 9,228 (1) 136,488 126,999 19,759 107,256 (1) 106,514 9,365 (1) 136,675 127,248 19,984 107,234 (1) 106,457 9,338 (1) 137,274 127,655 19,816 107,850 (1) 107,098 9,513 (1) 137,307 127,595 20,089 107,479 (1) 106,643 9,641 (1) All industries: Part time for economic reasons .............................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................................ Could only find part-time work .............................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 4,377 2,835 1,149 17,186 4,648 2,629 1,659 17,645 4,395 2,636 1,316 17,451 4,498 3,063 1,201 19,482 4,574 2,819 1,439 19,000 4,665 2,853 1,467 19,621 4,513 2,803 1,404 19,531 4,490 2,660 1,500 19,741 4,504 2,812 1,461 19,680 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons .............................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................................ Could only find part-time work .............................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 4,279 2,772 1,131 16,821 4,564 2,583 1,639 17,281 4,256 2,523 1,308 17,079 4,404 2,989 1,191 19,016 4,471 2,756 1,431 18,664 4,605 2,812 1,476 19,220 4,442 2,762 1,387 19,072 4,400 2,605 1,496 19,290 4,391 2,714 1,442 19,213 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 2004, 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 Aug. 2003 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 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 ............................................................... 138,137 6,546 2,710 3,836 131,591 13,636 117,956 96,882 30,239 34,747 31,896 21,073 140,700 7,114 2,735 4,379 133,586 14,333 119,253 97,381 30,499 34,472 32,411 21,871 140,226 6,621 2,421 4,200 133,604 14,039 119,566 97,400 30,455 34,452 32,494 22,165 137,693 5,902 2,346 3,580 131,791 13,398 118,483 97,212 30,318 34,839 32,055 21,271 138,576 5,888 2,256 3,634 132,689 13,767 118,886 97,124 30,316 34,421 32,388 21,762 138,772 5,888 2,152 3,713 132,883 13,669 119,198 97,343 30,396 34,611 32,336 21,856 139,031 5,832 2,080 3,748 133,199 13,676 119,554 97,550 30,542 34,653 32,355 22,003 139,660 5,896 2,144 3,769 133,765 13,783 119,925 97,749 30,490 34,678 32,581 22,177 139,681 5,941 2,100 3,891 133,740 13,776 119,979 97,626 30,491 34,525 32,611 22,353 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 ............................................................... 74,032 3,299 1,345 1,954 70,733 7,161 63,572 52,218 16,661 18,864 16,693 11,354 76,041 3,679 1,330 2,349 72,362 7,693 64,668 52,897 17,018 18,802 17,077 11,772 75,707 3,380 1,181 2,199 72,328 7,472 64,856 52,835 17,057 18,726 17,052 12,021 73,263 2,939 1,147 1,813 70,324 6,973 63,372 52,016 16,623 18,761 16,632 11,357 74,053 2,935 1,044 1,886 71,118 7,235 63,839 52,283 16,685 18,656 16,942 11,556 74,035 2,873 967 1,897 71,162 7,165 63,969 52,377 16,758 18,728 16,890 11,593 74,476 2,906 956 1,957 71,570 7,244 64,306 52,543 16,856 18,787 16,900 11,763 74,822 2,975 991 2,000 71,847 7,340 64,477 52,637 16,879 18,761 16,997 11,840 74,860 2,989 997 2,018 71,870 7,287 64,578 52,576 16,968 18,624 16,984 12,002 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 ............................................................... 64,105 3,247 1,365 1,882 60,859 6,475 54,384 44,665 13,579 15,883 15,202 9,719 64,659 3,435 1,405 2,030 61,224 6,640 54,584 44,485 13,481 15,670 15,334 10,099 64,519 3,242 1,241 2,001 61,277 6,567 54,709 44,565 13,398 15,726 15,442 10,144 64,431 2,963 1,199 1,767 61,467 6,425 55,111 45,197 13,695 16,078 15,424 9,914 64,523 2,952 1,212 1,747 61,571 6,532 55,047 44,841 13,631 15,765 15,446 10,205 64,737 3,016 1,185 1,816 61,721 6,504 55,229 44,966 13,637 15,883 15,446 10,263 64,555 2,926 1,124 1,791 61,629 6,432 55,248 45,007 13,686 15,866 15,455 10,240 64,838 2,921 1,153 1,769 61,918 6,442 55,449 45,112 13,611 15,918 15,583 10,337 64,822 2,952 1,103 1,873 61,870 6,489 55,401 45,050 13,523 15,901 15,627 10,351 Married men, spouse present ................................................... Married women, spouse present .............................................. Women who maintain families .................................................. 44,753 34,168 8,483 44,986 33,841 8,700 45,206 33,933 8,718 44,659 34,684 (1) 44,735 34,339 (1) 44,723 34,522 (1) 44,938 34,461 (1) 44,935 34,599 (1) 45,106 34,448 (1) Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 114,894 23,243 116,349 24,351 116,656 23,570 113,121 24,853 114,094 24,397 113,894 24,820 114,269 24,878 114,297 25,455 114,737 25,110 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 2004, 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 Aug. 2003 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 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 ............................................................... 8,929 1,202 542 666 7,727 1,522 6,187 5,231 2,028 1,839 1,364 916 8,196 1,262 544 724 6,935 1,411 5,540 4,681 1,821 1,581 1,279 848 8,022 1,220 550 681 6,802 1,364 5,428 4,549 1,724 1,595 1,230 856 6.1 16.9 18.8 15.7 5.5 10.2 5.0 5.1 6.3 5.0 4.1 4.1 5.6 16.9 20.2 14.7 5.0 9.2 4.5 4.6 5.5 4.4 3.9 3.8 5.6 17.2 21.6 14.7 5.0 9.7 4.4 4.5 5.6 4.2 3.9 3.9 5.6 16.8 20.6 14.3 5.0 9.8 4.5 4.5 5.1 4.6 4.0 3.9 5.5 17.6 20.2 16.1 4.9 9.3 4.4 4.6 5.6 4.4 3.8 3.7 5.4 17.0 20.8 14.9 4.8 9.0 4.3 4.5 5.4 4.4 3.6 3.7 Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 4,988 630 297 334 4,358 833 3,493 2,970 1,196 1,018 756 523 4,371 641 267 373 3,730 789 2,948 2,477 958 828 691 471 4,423 655 280 385 3,768 799 2,953 2,456 933 843 680 497 6.4 17.6 20.6 15.6 5.8 10.7 5.2 5.4 6.7 5.1 4.3 4.4 5.7 19.1 23.4 16.5 5.0 10.0 4.4 4.5 5.5 4.2 3.9 3.9 5.8 19.1 23.3 16.6 5.2 10.3 4.6 4.7 6.0 4.1 3.9 4.1 5.6 18.1 22.8 15.8 5.0 10.4 4.4 4.4 4.8 4.5 3.9 4.3 5.5 17.7 21.2 15.7 4.9 9.7 4.4 4.5 5.4 4.2 3.9 3.8 5.6 18.0 21.9 16.0 5.0 9.9 4.4 4.5 5.2 4.3 3.9 4.0 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 ............................................................ 3,941 572 245 331 3,369 689 2,694 2,261 832 821 608 453 3,825 621 277 350 3,204 622 2,592 2,204 863 753 588 398 3,599 566 270 295 3,033 565 2,476 2,093 791 753 549 411 5.8 16.2 17.0 15.8 5.2 9.7 4.7 4.8 5.7 4.9 3.8 4.5 5.4 14.5 17.3 12.6 5.0 8.3 4.6 4.7 5.4 4.7 4.0 3.3 5.3 15.3 20.1 12.7 4.8 9.0 4.2 4.4 5.1 4.3 3.8 3.3 5.6 15.6 18.7 12.6 5.0 9.0 4.5 4.7 5.5 4.7 4.0 3.8 5.6 17.5 19.4 16.5 4.9 8.8 4.5 4.7 6.0 4.5 3.6 3.8 5.3 16.1 19.7 13.6 4.7 8.0 4.3 4.4 5.5 4.5 3.4 3.9 Married men, spouse present ................................................... Married women, spouse present .............................................. Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 1,798 1,391 778 1,489 1,256 863 1,420 1,239 792 3.9 3.9 8.4 3.1 3.7 7.5 3.1 3.3 7.4 3.2 3.7 8.2 3.2 3.5 9.0 3.1 3.5 8.3 Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 7,524 1,396 6,803 1,398 6,646 1,378 6.2 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.7 5.2 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.2 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 2004, 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 Aug. 2003 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 4,789 1,030 3,760 2,928 832 869 2,465 706 4,233 1,152 3,081 2,265 817 922 2,375 988 3,809 914 2,895 2,009 886 972 2,395 764 4,939 1,092 3,847 (1) (1) 790 2,530 650 4,399 994 3,405 (1) (1) 822 2,314 645 4,211 926 3,286 (1) (1) 846 2,438 713 4,099 1,011 3,088 (1) (1) 902 2,435 636 4,181 1,065 3,116 (1) (1) 895 2,330 680 3,936 982 2,955 (1) (1) 884 2,447 694 100.0 54.2 11.7 42.6 9.8 27.9 8.0 100.0 49.7 13.5 36.2 10.8 27.9 11.6 100.0 48.0 11.5 36.5 12.2 30.2 9.6 100.0 55.4 12.3 43.2 8.9 28.4 7.3 100.0 53.8 12.1 41.6 10.1 28.3 7.9 100.0 51.3 11.3 40.0 10.3 29.7 8.7 100.0 50.8 12.5 38.3 11.2 30.2 7.9 100.0 51.7 13.2 38.5 11.1 28.8 8.4 100.0 49.4 12.3 37.1 11.1 30.7 8.7 3.3 .6 1.7 .5 2.8 .6 1.6 .7 2.6 .7 1.6 .5 3.4 .5 1.7 .4 3.0 .6 1.6 .4 2.9 .6 1.7 .5 2.8 .6 1.7 .4 2.8 .6 1.6 .5 2.7 .6 1.7 .5 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 2004, 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 Aug. 2003 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 15 weeks and over ................................................................... 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 2,740 2,780 3,310 1,307 2,003 3,087 2,684 2,747 1,100 1,647 2,571 2,694 2,675 1,032 1,643 2,735 2,630 3,561 1,561 2,001 2,792 2,369 2,969 1,170 1,800 2,707 2,376 3,077 1,288 1,789 2,688 2,405 3,065 1,306 1,759 2,805 2,476 2,878 1,211 1,667 2,604 2,521 2,903 1,239 1,664 Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 19.1 10.0 17.5 8.0 18.7 9.2 19.2 10.0 19.7 9.5 20.0 10.0 19.9 10.8 18.6 8.9 19.0 9.4 100.0 31.0 31.5 37.5 14.8 22.7 100.0 36.2 31.5 32.2 12.9 19.3 100.0 32.4 33.9 33.7 13.0 20.7 100.0 30.6 29.5 39.9 17.5 22.4 100.0 34.3 29.1 36.5 14.4 22.1 100.0 33.2 29.1 37.7 15.8 21.9 100.0 33.0 29.5 37.6 16.0 21.6 100.0 34.4 30.3 35.3 14.8 20.4 100.0 32.4 31.4 36.2 15.4 20.7 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 2004, 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 .................................... Aug. 2003 Aug. 2004 138,137 47,192 19,837 27,355 22,611 35,374 15,917 19,457 14,926 1,229 8,648 5,048 18,034 9,781 8,253 140,226 47,856 20,420 27,436 23,212 35,939 16,114 19,826 15,178 1,172 8,986 5,020 18,041 9,580 8,461 Aug. 2003 8,830 1,780 653 1,127 1,666 2,112 977 1,135 1,084 154 687 243 1,461 797 664 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 7,940 1,405 478 927 1,660 1,874 894 980 906 88 600 219 1,312 675 637 Aug. 2004 6.0 3.6 3.2 4.0 6.9 5.6 5.8 5.5 6.8 11.1 7.4 4.6 7.5 7.5 7.4 5.4 2.9 2.3 3.3 6.7 5.0 5.3 4.7 5.6 7.0 6.3 4.2 6.8 6.6 7.0 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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Industry 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 Aug. 2003 Aug. 2004 8,830 6,903 20 650 1,186 752 434 1,161 255 224 342 881 760 1,050 373 173 745 302 7,940 6,074 10 563 840 541 300 1,079 236 191 312 845 647 1,010 341 103 676 324 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Aug. 2003 6.0 6.1 3.8 7.1 6.7 6.9 6.4 5.6 4.8 6.1 3.7 7.2 4.3 9.0 6.1 10.7 3.7 2.7 Aug. 2004 5.4 5.3 1.9 6.0 4.9 5.0 4.8 5.1 4.4 5.7 3.4 6.7 3.7 8.4 5.6 7.0 3.3 2.9 HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Aug. 2003 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.3 1.8 1.8 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.0 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force ...................................................................................................................................... 3.3 2.8 2.6 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 6.0 5.7 5.4 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 6.3 6.0 5.7 6.4 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8 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 ................................................................................................................. 7.1 6.7 6.4 7.1 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.4 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 9.8 9.3 10.2 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.5 9.5 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 2004, 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 Aug. 2003 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 Aug. 2004 74,540 5,030 1,665 75,511 5,145 1,587 27,964 2,191 867 28,048 2,168 823 46,576 2,838 798 47,463 2,977 763 503 1,162 534 1,052 320 547 313 511 183 615 222 542 Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 7,221 5.2 7,368 5.3 3,737 5.0 3,889 5.1 3,484 5.4 3,479 5.4 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 3,749 1,528 293 1,609 3,875 1,580 289 1,594 2,133 484 225 876 2,260 546 198 870 1,615 1,043 69 733 1,615 1,034 91 724 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 2004, 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 Aug. 2003 June 2004 July 2004p Seasonally adjusted Aug. 2004p Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004p Aug. 2004p Change from: July 2004Aug. 2004 p Total nonfarm ............................. 129,512 132,325 131,190 131,202 129,789 130,954 131,162 131,258 131,331 131,475 144 Total private ........................................ 109,120 110,812 110,760 110,805 108,209 109,382 109,618 109,730 109,790 109,910 120 Goods-producing ............................................ 22,115 22,230 22,265 22,357 21,712 21,822 21,894 21,891 21,906 21,942 36 Natural resources and mining .................................. Logging ............................................................ Mining .................................................................... Oil and gas extraction ........................................ Mining, except oil and gas 1................................. Coal mining ...................................................... Support activities for mining .............................. 582 71.0 511.4 124.5 208.7 70.7 178.2 596 65.2 530.9 134.3 213.1 73.9 183.5 602 66.9 535.0 134.0 216.3 75.2 184.7 604 67.8 536.2 133.9 214.6 75.4 187.7 569 67.5 501.8 123.2 203.6 70.7 175.0 585 66.7 518.5 131.0 205.2 71.8 182.3 589 65.6 523.2 132.3 207.8 72.9 183.1 587 64.5 522.7 132.0 207.9 73.5 182.8 592 64.5 527.2 132.0 210.9 75.0 184.3 591 64.7 526.7 132.6 208.5 74.5 185.6 -1 .2 -.5 .6 -2.4 -.5 1.3 Construction ............................................................. 7,045 Construction of buildings ................................... 1,622.6 Heavy and civil engineering construction ......... 987.9 Specialty trade contractors ................................ 4,434.5 7,141 1,668.4 975.4 4,496.8 7,232 1,690.0 987.8 4,554.3 7,246 1,692.4 995.7 4,557.5 6,739 1,570.0 913.9 4,255.5 6,872 1,609.8 924.7 4,337.3 6,909 1,622.9 924.3 4,362.2 6,911 1,625.9 920.9 4,364.6 6,915 1,630.3 921.6 4,363.0 6,930 1,637.6 922.4 4,369.8 15 7.3 .8 6.8 Manufacturing ........................................................... Production workers ....................................... 14,488 10,166 14,493 10,203 14,431 10,154 14,507 10,234 14,404 10,104 14,365 10,085 14,396 10,123 14,393 10,128 14,399 10,143 14,421 10,169 22 26 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 .................................. Furniture and related products .......................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 8,917 6,117 539.8 501.5 472.5 1,467.4 1,138.0 1,344.2 221.7 153.9 456.8 427.0 454.4 1,770.0 570.6 658.4 9,019 6,213 551.8 513.1 467.3 1,505.4 1,162.9 1,350.8 219.1 157.2 460.0 431.6 450.3 1,776.4 581.0 659.6 8,957 6,157 552.4 512.0 464.6 1,503.7 1,159.6 1,355.7 218.4 158.8 461.6 433.7 451.3 1,718.9 581.3 657.3 9,024 6,219 554.0 513.3 465.6 1,508.9 1,162.3 1,356.8 220.0 159.5 461.4 432.6 449.6 1,779.9 578.5 654.6 8,886 6,099 528.9 490.2 470.6 1,465.6 1,140.8 1,343.8 222.5 155.0 456.2 425.2 453.8 1,766.5 568.1 657.9 8,924 6,126 540.0 497.8 462.5 1,486.7 1,152.0 1,339.7 218.1 155.1 453.4 427.5 446.5 1,768.8 576.5 653.0 8,946 6,152 543.0 501.4 464.0 1,494.5 1,153.3 1,345.8 218.8 155.9 455.8 430.1 447.3 1,764.4 577.6 654.4 8,955 6,164 543.8 501.7 465.4 1,497.6 1,156.7 1,346.2 217.7 157.1 458.0 429.8 448.6 1,765.1 575.0 654.6 8,959 6,171 544.2 502.4 466.4 1,503.1 1,161.9 1,352.4 218.4 158.6 460.2 431.8 449.9 1,747.6 576.2 655.2 8,995 6,202 545.1 502.1 465.3 1,507.8 1,165.4 1,355.7 220.4 159.3 461.0 431.5 450.3 1,775.5 572.9 654.4 36 31 .9 -.3 -1.1 4.7 3.5 3.3 2.0 .7 .8 -.3 .4 27.9 -3.3 -.8 Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,571 Production workers ....................................... 4,049 Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,558.4 Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 206.1 Textile mills ......................................................... 252.5 Textile product mills ........................................... 173.5 Apparel ................................................................ 303.7 Leather and allied products ............................... 44.5 Paper and paper products ................................. 516.7 Printing and related support activities ............... 680.1 Petroleum and coal products ............................. 116.3 Chemicals ........................................................... 907.0 Plastics and rubber products ............................. 812.6 5,474 3,990 1,499.3 201.4 238.0 183.4 294.0 45.7 509.0 671.7 116.3 901.2 814.3 5,474 3,997 1,525.9 203.4 235.0 181.1 281.4 45.3 511.0 666.7 116.8 899.2 808.5 5,483 4,015 1,537.2 201.7 236.2 179.8 282.3 44.2 512.7 664.8 117.2 896.0 810.7 5,518 4,005 1,523.8 201.0 251.8 170.7 304.0 44.3 515.1 678.8 113.8 905.4 808.8 5,441 3,959 1,502.7 197.8 235.8 180.1 292.7 44.6 507.0 663.6 112.6 896.4 807.5 5,450 3,971 1,507.0 197.5 236.1 181.4 290.8 45.1 508.1 665.9 113.1 895.0 810.2 5,438 3,964 1,502.8 197.6 235.0 179.7 286.8 44.7 506.7 667.0 113.8 895.2 808.6 5,440 3,972 1,506.0 197.3 236.0 179.0 284.3 45.0 509.8 664.0 113.5 894.4 811.1 5,426 3,967 1,499.8 196.1 235.7 178.4 282.4 44.1 511.3 662.3 114.1 893.4 808.7 -14 -5 -6.2 -1.2 -.3 -.6 -1.9 -.9 1.5 -1.7 .6 -1.0 -2.4 Service-providing ............................................ 107,397 110,095 108,925 108,845 108,077 109,132 109,268 109,367 109,425 109,533 108 Private service-providing ............................ 87,005 88,582 88,495 88,448 86,497 87,560 87,724 87,839 87,884 87,968 84 Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,205 25,559 25,498 25,464 25,225 25,448 25,477 25,497 25,499 25,487 -12 Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,609.3 Durable goods .................................................... 2,949.0 Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,007.0 Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 653.3 5,668.8 2,989.0 2,008.0 671.8 5,679.9 3,002.5 2,003.9 673.5 5,675.0 3,002.7 1,999.7 672.6 5,586.0 2,936.2 1,997.9 651.9 5,632.5 2,967.5 1,996.3 668.7 5,636.7 2,969.7 1,997.2 669.8 5,639.5 2,975.6 1,994.3 669.6 5,649.3 2,988.1 1,990.2 671.0 5,651.9 2,991.7 1,989.2 671.0 2.6 3.6 -1.0 .0 See footnotes at 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 Aug. 2003 June 2004 July 2004p Seasonally adjusted Aug. 2004p Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004p Aug. 2004p Retail trade ............................................................ 14,886.1 15,058.4 15,023.8 14,998.3 14,911.6 15,037.1 15,047.6 15,054.9 15,040.8 15,029.5 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1........................ 1,898.8 1,924.0 1,927.3 1,916.5 1,883.5 1,910.9 1,911.4 1,908.5 1,907.8 1,901.7 Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,262.5 1,266.4 1,267.4 1,261.4 1,257.0 1,264.7 1,263.6 1,262.3 1,260.3 1,256.5 Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 533.0 541.6 541.0 545.2 538.0 544.5 545.7 546.3 547.8 549.4 Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 500.7 504.5 502.3 498.1 507.4 514.1 512.6 511.5 509.6 506.8 Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,214.0 1,299.4 1,279.4 1,266.9 1,194.7 1,247.3 1,248.7 1,245.8 1,245.7 1,248.3 Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,844.2 2,855.5 2,848.8 2,841.0 2,833.6 2,839.9 2,845.3 2,839.7 2,834.8 2,831.7 Health and personal care stores ....................... 941.8 960.0 955.4 954.8 941.0 957.9 957.1 957.2 956.7 957.0 Gasoline stations ................................................ 892.8 879.8 881.8 879.7 881.4 872.4 871.6 870.3 868.2 868.0 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,296.8 1,333.5 1,348.8 1,353.1 1,294.8 1,328.0 1,335.5 1,346.5 1,349.4 1,350.2 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores................................................................ 632.5 618.6 614.0 619.4 642.5 635.8 636.1 635.7 634.6 633.9 General merchandise stores 1............................. 2,783.3 2,792.2 2,776.0 2,776.4 2,834.9 2,831.0 2,830.5 2,837.4 2,831.2 2,828.9 Department stores .......................................... 1,581.2 1,573.8 1,568.7 1,573.1 1,622.3 1,607.3 1,610.9 1,614.9 1,613.5 1,610.3 Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 929.4 932.7 931.3 928.1 931.9 927.9 925.7 928.4 927.5 926.9 Nonstore retailers ............................................... 418.8 416.6 417.7 419.1 427.9 427.4 427.4 427.6 427.5 426.7 Change from: July 2004Aug. 2004 p -11.3 -6.1 -3.8 1.6 -2.8 2.6 -3.1 .3 -.2 .8 -.7 -2.3 -3.2 -.6 -.8 4,245.2 516.1 218.3 53.7 1,377.3 374.0 38.7 39.4 524.1 576.0 527.6 4,206.3 516.5 219.1 54.7 1,380.0 314.9 39.2 40.8 528.4 577.4 535.3 4,207.1 514.6 217.6 53.6 1,386.1 316.7 38.9 42.0 525.5 574.7 537.4 4,148.4 512.4 213.8 52.9 1,329.6 371.2 39.5 28.9 512.2 566.7 521.2 4,196.5 513.3 216.3 50.6 1,352.2 372.3 38.1 31.1 519.1 570.9 532.6 4,209.9 514.7 216.4 51.1 1,353.9 381.5 38.3 30.6 519.5 572.8 531.1 4,220.9 513.8 217.3 51.7 1,359.5 374.6 38.4 32.6 520.8 578.2 534.0 4,226.8 512.3 217.7 51.8 1,360.2 373.7 38.5 33.0 522.6 579.7 537.3 4,225.4 510.2 217.3 50.8 1,359.5 375.5 38.5 33.3 521.3 580.9 538.1 -1.4 -2.1 -.4 -1.0 -.7 1.8 .0 .3 -1.3 1.2 .8 581.8 586.3 587.6 583.4 578.8 582.1 582.3 581.7 581.9 580.2 -1.7 Information ................................................................ 3,189 Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 922.4 Motion picture and sound recording industries . 382.3 Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 325.9 Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 30.3 Telecommunications .......................................... 1,073.9 ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 406.8 Other information services ................................. 47.8 3,203 918.3 408.0 336.3 34.3 1,047.5 408.1 50.4 3,202 917.6 411.2 335.6 34.2 1,045.5 408.0 49.8 3,179 914.7 398.1 335.6 34.5 1,040.2 405.8 50.4 3,174 922.0 369.9 325.5 30.0 1,071.3 407.6 47.8 3,173 916.3 385.7 333.3 32.5 1,051.9 404.0 49.6 3,177 916.2 390.8 335.4 32.9 1,047.3 405.1 49.6 3,182 916.6 394.9 335.5 33.6 1,044.8 406.5 50.0 3,176 914.3 393.5 336.0 33.6 1,042.6 405.7 49.8 3,166 913.0 389.3 336.0 34.0 1,038.1 405.1 50.3 -10 -1.3 -4.2 .0 .4 -4.5 -.6 .5 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 ......... 8,059 5,953.7 22.7 2,816.1 1,766.1 1,292.4 763.9 2,270.0 81.0 2,104.8 1,416.6 659.1 29.1 8,121 5,991.1 21.9 2,827.1 1,778.9 1,293.5 791.4 2,273.2 77.5 2,129.8 1,444.6 655.6 29.6 8,111 5,981.2 21.9 2,820.5 1,780.2 1,294.0 794.4 2,265.7 78.7 2,130.1 1,448.6 652.8 28.7 8,128 5,983.1 21.9 2,820.5 1,776.4 1,290.5 795.4 2,266.9 78.4 2,145.0 1,450.5 666.2 28.3 7,996 5,936.8 22.6 2,806.0 1,756.0 1,283.9 758.7 2,268.7 80.8 2,058.8 1,386.6 643.4 28.8 8,015 5,943.7 22.3 2,802.1 1,765.0 1,285.0 781.0 2,259.5 78.8 2,071.6 1,409.2 633.2 29.2 8,029 5,946.0 21.8 2,800.8 1,765.2 1,284.2 782.8 2,262.7 77.9 2,083.1 1,418.7 635.4 29.0 8,049 5,960.4 21.9 2,809.9 1,768.8 1,285.9 787.2 2,263.8 77.6 2,088.1 1,418.8 640.5 28.8 8,039 5,948.8 21.7 2,802.3 1,766.3 1,283.4 787.2 2,259.5 78.1 2,090.6 1,420.9 641.3 28.4 8,057 5,957.3 21.8 2,803.6 1,766.0 1,281.7 791.1 2,262.6 78.2 2,100.1 1,423.5 648.6 28.0 18 8.5 .1 1.3 -.3 -1.7 3.9 3.1 .1 9.5 2.6 7.3 -.4 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.......................................................... 16,187 6,564.5 1,137.8 744.7 1,242.2 16,615 6,731.5 1,162.3 760.2 1,280.2 16,648 6,742.7 1,164.3 755.3 1,286.8 16,738 6,745.2 1,151.6 755.4 1,289.5 15,998 6,578.1 1,133.8 800.7 1,222.0 16,363 6,701.4 1,141.9 818.5 1,254.1 16,432 6,708.1 1,143.3 806.3 1,258.3 16,457 6,732.6 1,146.3 811.6 1,261.9 16,504 6,742.3 1,147.8 813.7 1,263.7 16,536 6,764.1 1,147.1 817.0 1,267.2 32 21.8 -.7 3.3 3.5 1,093.9 1,119.8 1,119.9 1,132.6 1,094.5 1,103.5 1,110.1 1,117.7 1,121.5 1,130.9 9.4 750.1 794.5 798.7 801.2 744.2 780.9 785.9 791.4 792.3 796.1 3.8 Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,127.7 Air transportation ................................................ 518.3 Rail transportation .............................................. 214.8 Water transportation ........................................... 55.7 Truck transportation ........................................... 1,352.8 Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 313.0 Pipeline transportation ....................................... 39.6 Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 36.4 Support activities for transportation ................... 515.6 Couriers and messengers .................................. 560.8 Warehousing and storage .................................. 520.7 Utilities ................................................................... See footnotes at 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 Aug. 2003 June 2004 July 2004p Aug. 2004p Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004p Aug. 2004p Change from: July 2004Aug. 2004 p 1,680.3 7,942.3 7,615.9 3,482.4 2,351.1 741.0 1,724.0 326.4 1,692.3 8,190.9 7,859.1 3,606.9 2,477.8 752.5 1,796.0 331.8 1,700.5 8,204.8 7,871.6 3,628.8 2,479.3 747.6 1,796.5 333.2 1,684.5 8,308.1 7,974.7 3,738.0 2,561.8 742.7 1,785.3 333.4 1,671.4 7,748.1 7,427.0 3,366.2 2,262.3 748.7 1,648.4 321.1 1,679.7 7,982.3 7,657.0 3,553.7 2,423.8 748.6 1,674.5 325.3 1,683.3 8,040.1 7,715.6 3,591.5 2,451.7 751.2 1,686.0 324.5 1,684.5 8,040.0 7,713.0 3,573.4 2,449.4 754.0 1,694.1 327.0 1,686.3 8,075.0 7,747.9 3,607.4 2,453.9 751.1 1,694.3 327.1 1,678.6 8,093.7 7,766.0 3,616.4 2,463.7 750.2 1,696.6 327.7 -7.7 18.7 18.1 9.0 9.8 -.9 2.3 .6 Education and health services ................................ 16,232 16,715 16,620 16,595 16,591 16,854 16,871 16,897 16,913 16,958 Educational services ............................................. 2,344.5 2,516.0 2,430.9 2,395.7 2,673.9 2,740.8 2,731.1 2,727.4 2,731.8 2,734.4 Health care and social assistance ........................ 13,887.9 14,199.3 14,189.4 14,199.5 13,916.8 14,113.1 14,140.1 14,169.8 14,181.0 14,223.4 Ambulatory health care services 1....................... 4,800.2 4,926.2 4,932.1 4,940.4 4,791.9 4,883.6 4,896.8 4,909.6 4,922.8 4,934.2 Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,012.6 2,057.0 2,060.1 2,064.1 2,007.1 2,046.1 2,049.6 2,053.9 2,056.4 2,059.1 Outpatient care centers ................................... 423.5 436.3 439.0 439.3 423.5 432.2 435.1 436.0 438.2 439.2 Home health care services ............................. 732.1 759.7 758.4 759.6 733.7 748.4 751.7 754.2 757.9 760.0 Hospitals ............................................................. 4,264.3 4,324.9 4,337.5 4,338.5 4,260.2 4,305.1 4,315.4 4,318.3 4,323.4 4,331.4 Nursing and residential care facilities 1............... 2,792.1 2,816.0 2,819.7 2,821.5 2,784.7 2,802.8 2,806.3 2,809.0 2,812.8 2,816.2 Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,583.0 1,589.1 1,590.5 1,591.9 1,580.6 1,584.0 1,585.3 1,586.5 1,587.6 1,588.8 Social assistance1................................................ 2,031.3 2,132.2 2,100.1 2,099.1 2,080.0 2,121.6 2,121.6 2,132.9 2,122.0 2,141.6 Child day care services ................................... 721.5 776.5 742.1 748.2 764.5 777.6 777.1 786.0 790.3 794.9 45 2.6 42.4 11.4 2.7 1.0 2.1 8.0 3.4 1.2 19.6 4.6 Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,705 12,892 12,944 12,893 12,117 12,303 12,331 12,339 12,340 12,346 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 2,053.7 2,031.3 2,073.1 2,032.6 1,795.0 1,791.1 1,793.1 1,792.0 1,786.1 1,787.3 Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 394.3 380.5 378.2 378.3 366.7 361.4 358.8 359.3 353.8 353.6 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 122.4 124.6 128.2 127.0 114.5 114.6 115.6 116.1 117.0 117.6 Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,537.0 1,526.2 1,566.7 1,527.3 1,313.8 1,315.1 1,318.7 1,316.6 1,315.3 1,316.1 Accommodations and food services .................... 10,651.4 10,860.6 10,871.1 10,860.5 10,321.8 10,511.8 10,537.9 10,546.7 10,554.3 10,558.8 Accommodations ................................................ 1,897.5 1,854.2 1,905.3 1,897.0 1,755.0 1,758.5 1,758.5 1,764.7 1,762.3 1,763.4 Food services and drinking places .................... 8,753.9 9,006.4 8,965.8 8,963.5 8,566.8 8,753.3 8,779.4 8,782.0 8,792.0 8,795.4 6 1.2 -.2 .6 .8 4.5 1.1 3.4 Other services .......................................................... 5,428 Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,246.7 Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,261.4 Membership associations and organizations .... 2,919.8 5,477 1,243.7 1,283.6 2,949.6 5,472 1,242.6 1,269.8 2,959.2 5,451 1,236.7 1,272.0 2,942.4 5,396 1,242.4 1,257.3 2,895.9 5,404 1,238.2 1,260.5 2,904.8 5,407 1,237.7 1,265.5 2,903.7 5,418 1,235.1 1,268.4 2,914.9 5,413 1,234.8 1,264.5 2,913.6 5,418 1,232.7 1,267.0 2,918.0 5 -2.1 2.5 4.4 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 ........... 21,513 2,726 1,943.9 781.8 4,817 2,048.3 2,768.7 13,970 7,698.1 6,271.8 20,430 2,735 1,951.5 783.2 4,756 1,973.4 2,782.7 12,939 6,602.3 6,336.4 20,397 2,733 1,950.6 782.0 4,762 1,986.7 2,775.1 12,902 6,626.8 6,275.3 21,580 2,750 1,942.2 808.0 4,997 2,258.7 2,738.2 13,833 7,742.4 6,090.1 21,572 2,727 1,939.5 787.3 5,019 2,278.3 2,740.6 13,826 7,710.9 6,115.4 21,544 2,712 1,925.7 786.5 5,004 2,261.4 2,742.8 13,828 7,710.2 6,117.9 21,528 2,716 1,930.5 785.4 5,004 2,257.8 2,746.1 13,808 7,695.1 6,113.3 21,541 2,712 1,925.6 786.8 5,021 2,271.2 2,749.5 13,808 7,693.0 6,115.1 21,565 2,718 1,933.6 784.0 5,030 2,275.3 2,754.2 13,817 7,697.1 6,119.4 24 6 8.0 -2.8 9 4.1 4.7 9 4.1 4.3 Industry Professional and business services--Continued 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 1 Includes 20,392 2,762 1,958.0 804.0 4,740 1,980.4 2,759.7 12,890 6,647.8 6,241.7 other industries, not shown separately. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Aug. 2003 June 2004 July 2004p Aug. 2004p Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004p Aug. 2004p Change from: July 2004Aug. 2004 p Total private ....................................... 33.9 33.7 33.9 34.2 33.6 33.7 33.8 33.6 33.8 33.8 0.0 Goods-producing .......................................... 40.1 40.2 40.0 40.4 39.7 40.0 40.3 40.0 40.2 40.1 -.1 Natural resources and mining .............................. 44.1 44.5 44.4 44.6 43.6 44.3 44.2 43.9 44.1 44.2 .1 Construction ............................................................ 39.5 38.6 39.2 39.1 38.5 38.2 38.3 38.1 38.4 38.1 -.3 Manufacturing ......................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.2 4.2 41.0 4.6 40.3 4.4 40.8 4.6 40.2 4.1 40.7 4.5 41.1 4.6 40.8 4.6 40.9 4.6 40.9 4.6 .0 .0 Durable goods ..................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 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 ......................... 40.6 4.3 40.7 42.7 41.6 40.5 40.5 40.8 40.3 40.9 39.4 38.1 41.5 4.8 41.1 42.5 43.7 41.2 42.2 40.6 41.1 42.7 39.8 38.4 40.6 4.4 40.8 42.5 42.5 40.7 41.5 40.3 40.3 40.4 39.3 38.1 41.3 4.7 41.3 42.8 43.3 41.0 41.5 40.8 40.6 42.1 40.0 38.4 40.5 4.2 40.4 42.1 41.9 40.5 40.7 41.0 40.6 40.7 39.1 38.1 41.2 4.7 41.0 42.3 43.1 41.0 41.6 40.5 40.8 42.4 39.5 38.3 41.6 4.8 41.4 42.0 43.4 41.3 42.3 40.8 41.6 42.8 40.0 38.9 41.2 4.7 40.5 41.8 43.5 41.0 42.0 40.5 40.8 42.3 39.7 38.4 41.4 4.7 40.8 42.1 43.5 41.2 42.2 40.9 40.9 42.4 39.5 38.7 41.4 4.7 40.9 42.2 43.6 41.1 42.0 40.9 40.8 42.4 39.7 38.5 .0 .0 .1 .1 .1 -.1 -.2 .0 -.1 .0 .2 -.2 Nondurable goods ............................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 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 .......................... 39.7 4.1 39.6 39.1 38.7 40.1 34.8 38.7 41.0 38.1 43.9 42.2 40.1 40.2 4.4 39.4 39.2 40.4 39.4 36.3 38.2 41.9 38.2 45.2 42.7 41.1 39.8 4.4 39.3 39.3 39.9 38.0 35.8 36.1 41.9 38.3 46.0 42.2 39.7 40.2 4.5 39.5 39.8 40.5 39.0 36.4 37.5 42.7 38.5 46.5 42.7 40.1 39.6 3.9 39.2 38.8 38.7 40.0 34.8 38.9 41.2 38.0 44.4 42.3 40.3 40.0 4.3 39.1 39.6 39.5 38.3 35.9 39.1 41.9 38.4 43.9 43.0 40.7 40.3 4.4 39.6 39.2 40.3 38.8 36.1 38.4 42.6 38.6 45.0 42.9 40.9 40.1 4.4 39.4 38.7 40.3 38.9 35.9 38.0 42.0 38.5 45.0 42.6 40.8 40.1 4.4 39.3 39.1 40.6 38.6 36.1 37.2 42.5 38.7 45.0 42.8 40.5 40.2 4.4 39.2 39.5 40.6 38.9 36.4 37.6 43.0 38.5 47.1 42.9 40.4 .1 .0 -.1 .4 .0 .3 .3 .4 .5 -.2 2.1 .1 -.1 Private service-providing ............................. 32.6 32.3 32.5 32.9 32.3 32.3 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.9 33.5 33.8 34.1 33.5 33.5 33.5 33.3 33.4 33.5 .1 Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.0 37.6 37.7 38.1 37.9 38.0 37.8 37.6 37.8 37.7 -.1 Retail trade ........................................................... 31.4 30.8 31.2 31.4 30.9 30.7 30.7 30.5 30.6 30.7 .1 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.0 37.0 37.1 37.7 36.9 36.9 37.3 36.9 37.0 37.0 .0 Utilities ................................................................... 41.0 41.3 40.4 40.6 41.0 41.2 41.3 41.1 40.8 40.9 .1 Information ............................................................... 36.4 36.6 36.3 36.8 36.2 36.3 36.4 36.5 36.3 36.5 .2 Financial activities .................................................. 35.4 35.3 35.4 36.1 35.5 35.6 35.8 35.5 35.6 35.5 -.1 Professional and business services .................... 34.1 34.0 34.1 34.7 33.9 34.1 34.2 33.9 34.2 34.2 .0 Education and health services ............................. 32.4 32.4 32.6 33.0 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.5 32.6 32.7 .1 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 26.3 25.9 26.3 26.5 25.5 25.7 25.7 25.7 25.6 25.5 -.1 Other services ......................................................... 31.5 31.0 31.2 31.3 31.3 31.1 31.2 31.0 31.1 31.1 .0 Industry 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. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Industry Average weekly earnings Aug. 2003 June 2004 July 2004p Aug. 2004p Aug. 2003 June 2004 July 2004p Aug. 2004p Total private ....................................... Seasonally adjusted ..................... $15.31 15.41 $15.57 15.66 $15.60 15.72 $15.70 15.77 $519.01 517.78 $524.71 526.18 $528.84 531.34 $536.94 533.03 Goods-producing .......................................... 16.92 17.14 17.18 17.27 678.49 689.03 687.20 697.71 Natural resources and mining .............................. 17.52 18.18 18.08 18.09 772.63 809.01 802.75 806.81 Construction ............................................................ 19.08 19.12 19.26 19.32 753.66 738.03 754.99 755.41 Manufacturing ......................................................... 15.76 16.09 16.04 16.16 633.55 659.69 646.41 659.33 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 ......................... 16.48 12.77 15.81 18.13 15.04 16.32 16.81 14.45 21.29 13.04 13.27 16.75 12.98 16.24 18.51 15.23 16.56 17.21 14.88 21.36 13.10 13.81 16.61 13.03 16.36 18.63 15.26 16.68 17.35 14.88 20.76 13.11 13.89 16.83 13.00 16.19 18.52 15.25 16.72 17.44 15.03 21.44 13.25 13.87 669.09 519.74 675.09 754.21 609.12 660.96 685.85 582.34 870.76 513.78 505.59 695.13 533.48 690.20 808.89 627.48 698.83 698.73 611.57 912.07 521.38 530.30 674.37 531.62 695.30 791.78 621.08 692.22 699.21 599.66 838.70 515.22 529.21 695.08 536.90 692.93 801.92 625.25 693.88 711.55 610.22 902.62 530.00 532.61 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 .......................... 14.65 12.80 17.75 11.95 11.46 9.75 11.67 17.33 15.36 22.96 18.60 14.27 15.03 13.00 19.39 12.15 11.29 9.60 11.59 17.86 15.54 24.24 19.20 14.59 15.14 13.04 19.30 12.06 11.49 9.76 11.68 17.91 15.68 24.35 19.37 14.69 15.10 12.95 19.05 12.09 11.44 9.71 11.71 17.79 15.85 24.42 19.31 14.70 581.61 506.88 694.03 462.47 459.55 339.30 451.63 710.53 585.22 1,007.94 784.92 572.23 604.21 512.20 760.09 490.86 444.83 348.48 442.74 748.33 593.63 1,095.65 819.84 599.65 602.57 512.47 758.49 481.19 436.62 349.41 421.65 750.43 600.54 1,120.10 817.41 583.19 607.02 511.53 758.19 489.65 446.16 353.44 439.13 759.63 610.23 1,135.53 824.54 589.47 Private service-providing ............................. 14.88 15.14 15.18 15.27 485.09 489.02 493.35 502.38 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.32 14.61 14.64 14.68 485.45 489.44 494.83 500.59 Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.35 17.58 17.67 17.70 659.30 661.01 666.16 674.37 Retail trade ........................................................... 11.89 12.09 12.08 12.10 373.35 372.37 376.90 379.94 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.33 16.80 16.88 17.02 604.21 621.60 626.25 641.65 Utilities ................................................................... 24.81 25.33 25.61 25.28 1,017.21 1,046.13 1,034.64 1,026.37 Information ............................................................... 21.11 21.18 21.29 21.44 768.40 775.19 772.83 788.99 Financial activities .................................................. 17.34 17.38 17.46 17.65 613.84 613.51 618.08 637.17 Professional and business services .................... 17.00 17.28 17.33 17.51 579.70 587.52 590.95 607.60 Education and health services ............................. 15.68 16.06 16.19 16.18 508.03 520.34 527.79 533.94 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.68 8.78 8.79 8.82 228.28 227.40 231.18 233.73 Other services ......................................................... 13.75 13.82 13.80 13.88 433.13 428.42 430.56 434.44 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent change from: July 2004-p Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004p Aug. 2004p Total private: Current dollars .............................................. Constant (1982) dollars 2.............................. $15.41 8.28 $15.59 8.25 $15.63 8.21 $15.66 8.20 $15.72 8.24 $15.77 N.A. 0.3 ( 3) Goods-producing .......................................................... 16.86 17.13 17.13 17.16 17.19 17.24 .3 Natural resources and mining .............................................. 17.62 18.08 18.10 18.24 18.16 18.18 .1 Construction ............................................................................ 19.01 19.20 19.20 19.19 19.22 19.24 .1 Manufacturing ......................................................................... Excluding overtime 4.................................................... 15.79 15.02 16.08 15.24 16.08 15.23 16.13 15.27 16.15 15.29 16.22 15.36 .4 .5 Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.50 16.75 16.75 16.78 16.80 16.88 .5 Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.68 15.00 15.02 15.08 15.11 15.17 .4 Private service-providing ............................................. 15.02 15.17 15.23 15.26 15.32 15.38 .4 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.40 14.57 14.61 14.65 14.71 14.74 .2 Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.43 17.60 17.63 17.67 17.73 17.71 -.1 Retail trade ........................................................................... 11.95 12.01 12.06 12.10 12.14 12.17 .2 Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.33 16.71 16.75 16.82 16.90 17.03 .8 Utilities ................................................................................... 24.99 25.67 25.46 25.44 25.66 25.48 -.7 Information ............................................................................... 21.22 21.29 21.42 21.30 21.43 21.54 .5 Financial activities .................................................................. 17.39 17.46 17.49 17.50 17.58 17.62 .2 Professional and business services .................................... 17.20 17.29 17.36 17.42 17.46 17.60 .8 Education and health services ............................................. 15.69 15.99 16.06 16.12 16.19 16.21 .1 Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.77 8.86 8.86 8.85 8.88 8.90 .2 Other services ......................................................................... 13.82 13.84 13.85 13.88 13.90 13.92 .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 June 2004 to July 2004, the latest month available. 2 The 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half. N.A. = not available. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Aug. 2003 June 2004 July 2004p Aug. 2004p Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004p Percent Aug. change from: 2004p July 2004Aug. 2004 p Total private ....................................... 100.0 101.2 101.8 102.8 98.2 99.5 100.2 99.7 100.4 100.6 0.2 98.0 99.0 98.8 100.4 94.9 96.2 97.4 96.7 97.4 97.4 .0 Natural resources and mining .............................. 100.1 104.3 105.9 107.1 96.6 102.2 102.9 101.7 102.9 103.6 .7 Construction ............................................................ 106.9 105.6 109.1 109.2 98.6 99.8 100.6 100.2 101.3 100.7 -.6 Industry Goods-producing .......................................... Manufacturing ......................................................... 93.8 96.0 93.9 95.8 93.2 94.2 95.5 94.8 95.2 95.5 .3 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 ......................... 93.3 98.9 97.4 90.7 94.0 91.7 91.9 89.9 93.2 93.6 91.8 96.9 102.7 100.1 94.9 98.7 98.6 92.2 90.2 97.9 96.3 92.3 93.9 102.1 100.2 91.4 97.2 96.6 92.2 89.1 88.7 95.2 91.2 96.5 103.6 101.2 93.4 98.1 96.7 93.6 89.4 97.2 96.2 91.3 92.8 96.3 93.3 90.9 93.9 92.8 92.7 90.5 92.6 92.5 91.7 94.8 99.7 96.3 92.4 96.9 95.8 90.0 88.5 96.8 95.0 90.9 96.2 101.5 96.5 93.4 98.3 97.9 91.7 90.7 97.5 96.2 92.6 95.4 99.7 96.1 94.1 97.5 97.5 91.4 89.4 96.5 95.2 91.4 96.0 100.4 97.0 94.0 98.4 99.0 93.3 90.4 95.5 94.8 92.3 96.5 100.7 97.2 94.0 98.3 98.7 93.6 90.2 97.6 95.1 91.6 .5 .3 .2 .0 -.1 -.3 .3 -.2 2.2 .3 -.8 Nondurable goods ............................................... 94.7 Food manufacturing ......................................... 102.0 Beverages and tobacco products .................. 90.7 Textile mills ........................................................ 81.9 Textile product mills ......................................... 90.2 Apparel ............................................................... 77.2 Leather and allied products ............................ 89.9 Paper and paper products .............................. 91.5 Printing and related support activities ........... 94.9 Petroleum and coal products .......................... 99.2 Chemicals .......................................................... 98.5 Plastics and rubber products .......................... 94.1 94.5 97.6 92.1 80.1 95.8 78.0 91.2 91.2 94.2 108.5 100.0 97.0 93.7 99.5 94.8 77.7 91.5 73.2 85.3 91.5 94.0 111.6 98.7 92.8 95.1 101.2 95.3 79.3 93.2 75.5 85.1 93.6 94.2 113.8 99.6 94.1 93.4 98.4 87.1 81.6 88.5 77.3 90.6 91.3 94.4 97.8 98.9 94.2 93.3 97.1 89.1 77.7 92.3 76.7 90.3 91.2 93.4 99.6 99.6 94.7 94.2 98.7 89.3 79.2 94.3 76.5 90.2 92.8 94.1 103.7 99.6 95.6 93.6 98.1 89.4 78.9 92.9 74.9 87.8 90.9 94.2 105.3 99.0 95.4 93.8 98.2 90.4 79.7 92.1 74.7 86.9 92.6 94.2 106.0 99.7 95.0 93.9 97.8 90.1 79.6 92.5 75.3 85.0 93.8 93.6 111.6 100.1 94.5 .1 -.4 -.3 -.1 .4 .8 -2.2 1.3 -.6 5.3 .4 -.5 Private service-providing ............................. 100.8 101.8 102.5 103.7 99.3 100.4 101.0 100.9 101.3 101.4 .1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 99.2 99.6 100.3 101.0 98.2 99.0 99.2 98.8 99.1 99.3 .2 Wholesale trade ................................................... 98.3 98.4 99.1 100.2 97.7 98.4 98.3 97.9 98.7 98.5 -.2 Retail trade ........................................................... 100.4 99.6 100.7 101.2 99.0 99.0 99.1 98.7 98.8 99.1 .3 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 97.7 101.2 100.3 101.9 98.1 99.7 101.1 100.4 100.7 100.8 .1 Utilities ................................................................... 98.3 99.0 97.0 96.5 97.6 98.3 98.5 97.7 96.9 96.5 -.4 Information ............................................................... 97.9 101.6 101.3 102.5 97.0 98.7 99.9 100.6 100.3 101.2 .9 Financial activities .................................................. 102.3 102.4 102.7 105.0 101.6 101.6 102.3 101.9 102.0 102.1 .1 Professional and business services .................... 100.0 102.7 103.4 106.0 98.2 101.1 102.1 101.4 102.7 103.0 .3 Education and health services ............................. 99.3 101.9 102.1 103.1 101.6 102.7 103.2 103.3 103.8 104.3 .5 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 107.8 107.7 110.0 110.2 99.4 101.6 101.8 101.9 101.5 101.1 -.4 97.7 98.3 98.3 97.0 96.4 96.8 96.6 96.6 96.9 .3 Other services ......................................................... 1 See 98.2 footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the p= corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Aug. 2003 June 2004 July 2004p Aug. 2004p Aug. 2003 Apr. 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004p Percent Aug. change from: 2004p July 2004Aug. 2004 p Total private ....................................... 102.5 105.4 106.3 108.0 101.3 103.8 104.7 104.5 105.6 106.2 0.6 Goods-producing .......................................... 101.6 103.9 103.9 106.2 97.9 100.9 102.1 101.6 102.5 102.8 .3 Natural resources and mining .............................. 102.0 110.3 111.4 112.7 99.0 107.4 108.3 107.9 108.7 109.5 .7 Construction ............................................................ 110.2 109.1 113.5 113.9 101.2 103.5 104.3 103.9 105.1 104.7 -.4 Manufacturing ......................................................... 96.7 101.0 98.5 101.3 96.3 99.1 100.4 100.0 100.6 101.3 .7 Durable goods ..................................................... 96.0 101.3 97.4 101.4 95.6 99.2 100.6 100.0 100.7 101.7 1.0 Nondurable goods ............................................... 98.0 100.3 100.2 101.4 96.9 98.9 100.0 99.8 100.2 100.7 .5 Private service-providing ............................. 103.0 105.9 106.8 108.8 102.4 104.6 105.6 105.7 106.6 107.1 .5 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 101.4 103.8 104.7 105.8 100.9 102.9 103.4 103.2 104.0 104.5 .5 Wholesale trade ................................................... 100.5 101.9 103.2 104.4 100.3 102.0 102.1 101.9 103.1 102.8 -.3 Retail trade ........................................................... 102.3 103.2 104.3 104.9 101.4 101.9 102.5 102.3 102.9 103.4 .5 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 101.2 107.9 107.5 110.0 101.7 105.6 107.4 107.1 108.0 108.9 .8 Utilities ................................................................... 101.8 104.6 103.7 101.9 101.8 105.4 104.7 103.7 103.8 102.7 -1.1 Information ............................................................... 102.3 106.5 106.7 108.8 101.9 104.0 105.9 106.1 106.4 107.9 1.4 Financial activities .................................................. 109.7 110.0 110.8 114.6 109.3 109.6 110.6 110.3 110.9 111.3 .4 Professional and business services .................... 101.2 105.6 106.6 110.4 100.5 104.0 105.4 105.1 106.7 107.9 1.1 Education and health services ............................. 102.4 107.6 108.6 109.6 104.8 108.0 109.0 109.5 110.5 111.2 .6 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 109.1 110.3 112.7 113.3 101.7 105.0 105.1 105.1 105.1 104.9 -.2 98.4 98.9 99.5 97.6 97.2 97.7 97.7 97.9 98.3 .4 Industry Other services ......................................................... 1 See 98.4 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 by p= the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted (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: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 61.9 52.2 40.1 41.2 52.3 62.9 47.8 35.1 35.1 56.1 63.3 50.4 41.0 38.1 68.7 59.5 34.4 41.5 41.4 67.6 46.9 41.4 41.7 42.8 63.8 61.7 39.2 47.8 40.1 60.6 63.1 37.1 44.1 40.5 p 54.9 52.5 38.8 44.1 39.7 p 54.5 51.1 38.3 42.8 49.3 53.4 32.4 39.0 46.0 56.8 36.7 38.7 51.1 53.8 34.9 34.5 49.1 Over 3-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 69.2 52.7 34.0 36.5 54.0 66.2 50.4 37.4 32.6 55.2 67.8 50.4 35.1 36.3 62.8 68.3 43.5 36.2 35.1 70.0 60.1 38.8 36.7 40.5 74.5 58.1 34.9 39.4 42.6 68.7 56.3 36.2 39.9 37.4 p 64.4 61.5 37.9 40.8 35.4 p 57.9 56.5 34.7 38.7 40.1 53.2 35.3 37.1 45.5 52.9 30.8 34.4 50.5 56.8 32.0 34.7 51.1 Over 6-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 67.3 51.8 29.5 33.6 48.9 69.1 50.0 30.0 31.1 54.1 72.5 51.8 31.1 31.7 59.5 72.5 47.3 31.1 31.7 64.7 67.4 43.5 31.7 33.5 67.8 67.8 41.5 37.1 37.8 71.2 66.7 38.1 37.2 36.2 p 68.2 60.8 35.4 39.0 36.5 p 71.9 59.0 32.2 34.7 40.5 55.0 33.1 36.5 39.4 59.7 31.5 35.3 42.6 54.0 31.1 33.3 41.7 Over 12-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 70.9 59.5 33.6 34.5 37.8 69.2 59.5 31.7 31.5 43.2 73.2 53.4 30.2 32.9 47.3 71.0 49.3 30.4 33.5 50.7 69.8 48.6 30.2 36.2 54.9 71.0 45.0 29.1 34.4 60.3 70.0 43.3 32.0 34.7 p 64.4 70.3 43.9 31.3 33.1 p 62.2 70.3 39.9 30.0 37.6 65.6 37.8 29.5 37.4 63.8 37.1 32.9 33.1 62.1 34.9 34.7 35.4 Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 48.2 22.6 21.4 26.2 42.9 58.3 22.0 18.5 15.5 55.4 50.0 21.4 23.8 22.6 60.1 50.0 16.1 35.1 13.7 66.1 41.1 15.5 29.8 26.2 64.9 57.1 23.2 32.7 25.0 52.4 60.7 13.7 40.5 28.0 p 60.1 28.6 14.3 28.0 26.2 p 51.8 25.0 19.0 31.0 27.4 35.1 17.9 11.9 28.6 39.9 14.9 15.5 51.2 41.1 10.1 17.9 45.8 Over 3-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 53.6 35.7 9.5 13.7 48.8 53.6 21.4 10.1 13.1 51.8 56.0 16.1 11.3 16.7 59.5 54.8 14.3 17.9 10.1 66.1 44.0 13.1 17.3 13.1 71.4 44.0 13.7 19.0 14.9 65.5 51.2 11.9 28.0 16.1 p 67.3 47.6 8.9 22.0 16.1 p 57.1 32.7 8.3 23.8 16.1 25.0 13.1 15.5 24.4 23.2 8.9 6.5 27.4 38.7 10.1 4.8 41.7 Over 6-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 44.0 22.0 6.5 11.3 28.6 52.4 23.8 8.9 9.5 36.9 55.4 22.0 7.7 6.0 46.4 57.7 20.8 8.3 7.1 56.5 47.6 14.3 7.7 8.9 61.3 51.8 13.7 14.3 13.1 64.9 56.0 14.3 14.9 8.9 p 67.3 45.2 10.1 10.7 13.1 p 68.5 39.3 10.7 12.5 13.1 34.5 5.4 10.1 16.7 32.1 7.1 8.9 19.0 27.4 4.8 8.9 19.6 Over 12-month span: 2000 ........................................................ 2001 ........................................................ 2002 ........................................................ 2003 ........................................................ 2004 ........................................................ 41.7 29.8 7.1 10.7 9.5 39.3 32.1 6.0 6.0 19.0 47.0 20.8 6.0 6.5 16.7 50.0 19.0 6.5 5.4 26.2 46.4 13.1 7.1 8.3 29.8 52.4 12.5 3.6 9.5 40.5 51.8 10.7 4.8 9.5 p 49.4 49.4 11.9 6.0 9.5 p 50.0 46.4 11.9 4.8 10.7 40.5 10.1 7.1 11.9 35.1 8.3 4.8 9.5 33.3 6.0 8.3 11.3 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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