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8:30 A.M. (EST)f FRIDAY,
JANUARY 8, 1993

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION; DECEMBER 1992
Employment edged up in Decenter and unemployment was unchanged, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.
The unemployment rate held at the revised November level of 7.3 percent,
after falling from its June high of 7.7 percent.
Payroll employment, as measured by the survey of employers, rose
marginally in December and has been slowly trending upward over the past
year. Total employment, as estimated from the survey of households, showed
some further improvement in December, after rising substantially in
Novwter.
^employment (Household Survey Data)
Both the unemployment rate, 7.3 percent* and the number of unemployed
persons, 9-3 million, were about unchanged in Decenter, after seasonal
adjustment. Although c^kemploymont has shown modest improvement since its
recent peak last J-ne, the unemployment-rate-rerains-roaply 2 percentage
points higher than it was in July 1990, when the recent recession began,
and half a percentage point higher than in March 1991 • when the recession
officially ended. (See table A-1.)
Jobless rates for the major demographic groups, including adult man
(6.8 percent), adult women (6.4 percent), teenagers (19*2 percent), whites
(6.3 percent), blacks (14.2 percent), and Hispanics (11.7 percent) all
showed little change in Decenter. (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
The nunter of persons unemployed for less than 15 weeks edged down in
December, but this decline was essentially offset by a small increase in
long-term unenployroant (15 weeks and over). The mean duration of
unenploymant rose to 19.2 weeks, a return to the October level. Over the
past year, mean duration has risen by about 3-1/2 weeks. (See table A-5.)
The nutter of persons working part time for economic reasons-*
sometimes referred to as the "partially unemployed"—was 6.3 million in
This release incorporates annual revisions in seasonally
adjusted unemployment and cither labor force series derived from
the household survey. Information on the revisions appears on
page 5.



- 2Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

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Quarterly
averages
Category

Monthly data

1992

|Nov.|Dec.
Jchange

1992
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
Civilian labor force..
Employment
Unemployment
Not in labor force....
Discouraged workers.

Unemployment rates:
All workers
Adult men
Adult women
Teenagers
White
Black
Hispanic origin...

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IV

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Thousands of persons

127.3431 127.3411 127.0661 127.3651 127.5911 226
117.742| 118.021j 117.6871 118,064| 118.3111 247
-21
9.601| 9.320| 9.3791 9.3O1|
64.4431 64.978| 65.0651 64.9511 9.280| -38
N.A.j
N.A.j 64.9131 N.A.
1.1251 1.084|
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N.A.|
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Percent of labor force
7.5|
7.2|
6.4|
20.31
6.6|
14.2|

7.31
7.0|
6.31
19.4|
6.4|

4|
2|

21

18.91
6.5|

7.31
6.91
6.2|
20.2|
6.4|

14.0J
12.0|

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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.0
-0.1
.2
-1.0
-.1
.2

7.3|
6.8|
6.4|
19.2|
6.3|
14.2|
11.71

-.3
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Thousands of Jobs

Nonfarm employment.... 108.525|p108.643|
Goods-producing U..
23.372| p23.273|
Construction
4.583I p4.588|
Manufacturing
18.1631 p18,064J
Service-producing 1/| 85.1531 p85.370|
Retail trade
7
19.1371 p19. 137|
Services
29.0061 p29. 196|
Government
18.646| p18.658|
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108.571|p108.647|p108.711| p64
23.270| p23.277| p23.273| p-4
4.601| p4.584| p4.579l P"5
18.0461 p18,071| p18.074| p3
85.301| p85.370| p85.438| p68
19.146| p19.125| p19.140| p15
29.1521 p29.183| p29.253| p70
18.6231 p18.686| p18.664| p-22
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Hours of work
Average weekly hours:
Total private
Manufacturing
Overtime

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34.i
P34.5I
34.51 P34.6I P34.3IP-0.3
41.1|
P41.2|
41.(
p41.2| p41.3| p.1
P3.9I P-1
3.8|
P3.9I
3.1
P3.9I
U Includes other industries, not shown separately. N.A." not available,
p-preliminary.
NOTE: Household data have been revised based on
the experience through December 1992.




- 3Deceraber. not naterially different from November. This series has shown no
clear trend over the past year. (See table A-3.)
Jotal Employment and the Labor Forge (Household Survey Data)
Total enployment was up slightly to 118,3 million in December
(seasonally adjusted), following a sizable increase in the prior month.
The enploynmnt-population ratio—the percentage of the working-age
population that is enployed--was 61.5 percent in Deoenfeer and has shown
little movemsnt in the last year and a half* (See table A-1.)
The civilian labor force rose slightly in Decenter to 127*6 million,
seasonally adjusted, and the labor force participation rate inched up to
66.3 percent. The labor force has risen by 1.8 million over the past year,
whereas it had grown by only half a million in the year before that. (See
table A-1.)
Discouraged Workers (Household Survey Data)
The number of discouraged workers—persons who indicate that they want
to work but are not looking for a job because they think their search would
be unproductive—was about unchanged at 1.1 million In the fourth quarter
of 1992. The discouraged worker total has held at about this level since
the third quarter of 1991. (See table A-11.)
Payroll Brralovmant (Establishment Survey Data!
The nuEber of payroll jobs edged up by 64,000 In DftMnher, while
private sector enployment was i*> by 86,000. About 600.000 jobs have been
added to total nonfann payrolls since January. (See table B-1 •)
Manufacturing enployment was virtually unchanged, following a modest
gain In Hovenber. Prior to that, factory enploymont had fallen by about
200,000 In 3 months (August-October). Decanter was characterized by
generally noall changes among the oonponent Industries. Employment in
Industrial machinery and electronic equipment has leveled off in recent
months, whereas two defense-related Industries, aircraft and instruments,
have continued to lose jobs.
Enployment in construction was about unchanged In Deuenfaei at 4.6
million, following a slight decline In Novenber. Mining employment
continued its protracted slide; roughly 40.000 jobs have been lost during
the past year, largely in oil and gas extraction*
Enploytnont In the services Industry grew by 70,000, with the
Increase led by a 32.000 gain in business services. Business services,
which had been a major job producer in the 1980s, experienced a resurgence
in 1992. adding 320.000 jobs. Enployment also rose in health services. In
retail trade, enployment was about unchanged on a seasonally adjusted
basis, as slower than normal holiday-related hiring, such as In department




- 4and clothing stores, was offset by gains elsewhere in the industry.
Wholesale trade had a small dob loss in December, following 2 months of
gains. Finance employment rose slightly. The number of government jobs
fell by 22,000, because an estimated 45,000 tenporary election poll workers
were no longer on local government payrolls.
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.3 hour in December to 34-3 hours,
seasonally adjusted, returning weekly hours to a low point of a range they
have stayed within for over a year. Part of this decline may have resulted
from severe winter storms that hit the mid-Atlantic and Northeast areas of
the country during the survey reference period. The workweek in
manufacturing increased for the third consecutive month to a very high 41.3
hours, while factory overtime was unchanged at 3.9 hours. (See table B-2.)
As a result of the workweek decrease, the index of aggregate weekly
hours of private production or nonsupervisory workers fell by 0.7 percent
to 121.1 (1982-100) in Decanter, seasonally adjusted. The index for
manufacturing increased by 0.2 percent to 102.3, its highest level since
last Hay. (See table B-5.)
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers ware about unchanged after seasonal adjustment, while average
weekly earnings decreased by 1.0 percent because of the shorter workweek.
Prior to seasonal adjustment, average hourly earnings were unchanged at
$10.72 and average weekly earnings fell by $1.07 to $369.84. Over the
year, average hourly earnings increased by 2.2 percent and overage weekly
earnings by 1.6 percent. (See table B-3.)

The Enploymsnt Situation for January 1993 will be released on Friday,
February 5. at 8:30 A.M. (EOT).




- 5-

Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data
At the end of each calendar year, BLS routinely updates the seasonal
adjustment factors for the labor force series derived from the Current
Population Survey (household survey) to incorporate the experience of that
year. Seasonally adjusted data for the most recent 5 years are subject to
revision. (Seasonally adjusted establishment data are revised later in the
year, concurrently with the introduction of annual benchmark adjustments.)
Table B sunmarizes the effects of the revisions on the overall
unenployment rate in 1992, and revised seasonally adjusted data for major
labor force series for December 1991 through December 1992 are presented in
table C.
The January 1993 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain new
seasonal adjustment factors that will be used to calculate the civilian
labor force and other major series for January-June of 1993. The
publication will also contain a description of the current seasonal
adjustment methodology and revised data for the most recent 13 months or
calendar quarters for all regularly published tables containing seasonally
adjusted household survey data. Revised monthly data for the 1988-92
revision period for nearly 450 labor force series will be published in the
February 1993 issue. Microcomputer diskettes of historical seasonally
adjusted data (monthly and quarterly) may be purchased from the Bureau
(contact Gloria P. Green on 202-606-6373).
Table B. Seasonally adjusted unenployment rates in 1992
and change due to revision
Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
*

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computed |

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7.1
7.3
7.3
7.2
7.5
7.8
7.7
7.6
7.5
7.4
7.2
•7.2

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Not published.




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revised

Change

7.1
7.3
7.3
7.3
7.4
7.7
7.6
7.6
7.5
7.4

7.3
7.3

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0
0
0.1
-.1
-.1
-.1
0
0
0
.1
.1

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table C. Employment status of the civilian nonlnstltutlonal population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Employment status,
sex, and age

1992

1991
Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct

Nov.

Dec.

TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population1.
Civilian labor force
Percent of population .
Employed
„
Employment-population ratio1..
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

190.605 190.759 190,684 191.022 191,168 191,307 191,455 191,622 191.790 191,947 192,131 192,316 192,509
»,185 126.548
i.548 126,743 127,039 127,298 127,350 127,404 127,274 127,066 127,365 127,591
125,736 126,028 126.185
66.2
66.1
66.3
66.3
66.3
66.4
66.1
66.4
66.2
66.5
66.0
66.5
66.1
116,752 117,036 116,962 117,264 117,518 117,580 117,510 117,722 117.780 117,724 117,687 118,064 118,311
61.4
61.3
61.5
61.5
61.3
61.4
61.5
61.4
61.4
61.4
61.3
61.4
61.3
8,984 8,992 9,223 9,284 9,225 9,459 9,768 9,628 9,624 9,550 9,379 9.301 9,280
7.4
7.3
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.3
77
7.3
7.3
7.1
7.6
7.6
7.1

Men, 20 year* and over
Civilian noninstitutional population1.
Civilian labor force.
Percent of population ...
Employed
Employment-population ratio*
Agriculture
Nonagricuttural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Not in labor force

64,367
65.050
77.1
60,669
71.9
2,316
58,353
4.381
6.7
19.317

84.464
65.121
77.1
60.664
71.8
2,278
58,386
4,457

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population1 .Civilian labor force.
Percent of population .
Employed .
Employment-population ratio*.
Agriculture
NonagriculturaJ industries.....
Unemployed.....
Unemployment rate .
Not in labor force ...

93,032
53,955
58.0
50.682
54.5
663
50,019
3.273
6.1
39,077

93.125
54,143
58.1
50,889
54.6
663
50.226
3,254
6.0
38,982

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population1 .
Civilian labor force............................
Percent of population
Employed .
Employment-population ratio*.
Agriculture .
Nonagricuttural industries...
Unemployed *
Unemployment rate ,
Not in labor force

13,206 13.169 13,127 13,176 13.177 13,136 13,134 13.116 13,145 13.169 13,200 13.208 13.181
6,731 6,764 6,785 6,654 6,637 6,727 6,603 6,734 6,774 6.858 6,677 6.793 6,796
51.4
51.0
51.4
50.6
50.4
51.7
52.1
51.5
50.5
51.6
51.3
51.8
51.2
5,401 5,483 5.431 5.307 5,349 5,389 5,250 5.345 5,429 5.458 5,417 5,423 5.491
40.9
41.1
41.0
41.4
41.6
41.4
41.3
40.3
41.7
40.8
40.6
40.0
41.0
190
267
207
205
245
236
191
203
278
231
207
213
201
5,211 5.278 5,228 5,116 5,142 5.188 5,037 5,114 5,193 5.213 5.210 5.156 5.213
1.330
1.370
1,260
1,281
1.345 1,400
1,347
1,354
1,305
1.389
1,288
1.553
1.338
19.8
20.2
18.9
18.9
20.4
20.2
20.0
19.2
19.9
20.6
19.4
22.6
19.9
6,475 6,405 6.342 6.522 6,540 6.409 6,331 6,382 6.371 6,311 6.523 6.415 6,365

85.369
65,785
77.1
61,326
71.8
2,371
58,955
4,459
6.8
19,584

93,849
54.832
58.4
51.435
54.8
616
50,819
3,397
62
6.2
39.193 39.017

93,960
55.010
58.5
51,494
54.8
613
50,681
3.516
6.4
38,950

84,590
65,436
77.4
60,643
71.9
2,353
58,490
4,593
7.0
19,154

84.671
65,572
77.4
61,033
72.1
2,351
58,682
4.539
6.9
19,099

84,755
65.844
77.7
61,087
72.1
2.366
58,721
4,757
7.2
18.911

84.842
65,813
77.6
61,027
71.9
2,366
58,661
4,786
7.3
19.029

84.944
65,782
77.4
61.070
71.9
2.359
58.711
4,712
7.2
19,162

65.010
65,857
77.5
61,104
71.9
2,363
58,741
4,753
12.
19,153

85,075
65.805
77.3
61,125
71.8
2,382
58,743
4.680
7.1
19.270

85,159
65,611
77.3
61,088
71.7
£378
58,710
4,723
7-2
19,348

93.208
54,239
58.2
50,925
54.6
655
50,270
3.314
6.1
38.969

93.256
54.458
58.4
51,114
54.8
650
50,464
3.344
6.1
38,798

93,320
54.534
58.4
51,136
54.8
648
50,488
3,398
6.2
38.766

93,416
54,468
58.3
51,104
54.7
619
50.485
3,364
6.2
38.948

93,479
54,682
58.5
51.233
54.8
665
50,568
3,449
6.3
38.797

93.562
54,834
58.6
51,307
54.8
617
50,690
3.527
6.4
38,728

93,635
54,773
58.5
51.247
54.7
619
50,628
3,526
6.4
38,862

93.703
54.611
58.3
51,141
54.6
594
50,547
3.470
6.4
39,092

93,771
54.576
58.2
51,182
54.6
584
50.598
3.396

1
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
* Employment as a percent of the civilian constitutional population.




85.259
65,740
77.1
61,206
71.8
2,326
58,880
4,534
6.9
19,519

84.549
65,161
77.1
60.606
71.7
2,355
58.251
4,555
7.0
as
19,343 19,388

NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the
experience through December 1992.

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).
Hie
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 that is conducted by the Bureau of the Census
with most of the findings analyzed and published by 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. Hie sample includes over
350,000 establishments employing over 41 million people.
For both surveys, the data for a given month are actually
collected for and relate to a particular week. In the household
survey, unless otherwise indicated, it is the calendar week that
contains the 12th day of the month, which is called die survey
week. In the establishment survey, the reference week is the pay
period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond
directly to the calendar week.
The data in this release are affected by a number of technical
factors, including definitions, survey differences, seasonal
adjustments, and the inevitable variance in results between a
survey of a sample and a census of me entire population. Each of
these factors is explained below.

Coverage, definitions, and differences
between surveys
The sample households in the household survey are selected so
as to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population 16 years
of age and older. Each person in a household is classified as
employed, unemployed, or not m the labor force. Those who hold
more than one job are classified according to the job at which they
worked the most hours.
People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as
paid employees; worked in their own business or profession or on
their own farm; or worked 15 hours or more in an enterprise
operated by a member of their family, whether they were paid or
noL People are also counted as employed if they were on unpaid
leave because of illness, bad weather, labor-management dispites,
or personal reasons.
People are classified as unemployed, regardless of their
eligibility for unemployment benefits or public assistance, if they
meet all of the following criteria; They had no employment during
the survey week; they were available for work at that time; and
they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the
prior 4 weeks. Persons laid off from their former jobs and
awaiting recall and those expecting to report to a job within 30
days need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed




The civilian labor force equals the sum of the number employed
and the number unemployed. The unemployment rate is the
number unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor force. Table
A-7 presents a special grouping of seven measures of
unemployment based on varying definitions of unemployment and
the labor force. The definitions are provided in the table. The
most restrictive definition yields U-l and the most comprehensive
yields U-7. The civilian worker unemployment rate is U-5b, while
U-5a, the overall unemployment rate, includes the resident Aimed
Forces in the labor force base.
Unlike the household survey, the establishment survey only
counts wage and salary employees whose names appear on the
payroll records of nonfarm firms. As a result, there are many
differences between the two surveys, among which are the
following:
• The household survey, although based on a smaller sample, reflects a
larger segment of the population; the establishment survey excludes
agnculture, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private
• Hie, household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed; the establishment survey does not;
• The household survey if limited to those 16 yean of age and older, the
establishment survey is not limited by age;
o duplication of individuals, because each
; m the establishment survey, anployees
g at more than one job or otherwise appearing <
would be counted separately for each appearance.

Other differences between the two surveys are described in
"Comparing Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll
Surveys,*1 which may be obtained from BLS upon request

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. For example, the labor force
increases by a large number each June, when schools close and
many young people enter the job market The effect of such
seasonal variation can be very large; over the course of a year, for
example, seasonality may account for as much as 95 percent of the
month-to-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 To return to the school's-out example,
the large number of people entering the labor force each June is
likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place since
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.
Measures of labor force, employment, and unemployment
contain components such as age and sex* Statistics for all
employees, production workers, average weekly hours, and
average hourly earnings include components based on the
employer's industry. All these statistics can be seasonally adjusted
either by adjusting the total or by adjusting each of the components
and combining them. The second procedure usually yields more
accurate information and is therefore followed by BLS. For
example, the seasonally adjusted figure for the civilian labor force
is the sum of eight seasonally adjusted employment components
and four seasonally adjusted unemployment components; the total
for unemployment is the sum of the four unemployment
components; and the unemployment rate is derived by dividing the
resulting estimate of total unemployment by the estimate of the
civilian labor force.
The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year. For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July*
December period For the establishment survey, updated factors
for seasonal adjustment are calculated for the May-October period
and introduced along with new benchmarks, and again for the
November-April period. In both surveys, revisions to historical
data are made once a year.

are approximately 90 out of 100 that the "true" level or rate would
not be expected to differ from the estimates by more than these
amounts.
Sampling errors for monthly surveys are reduced when the data
are cumulated for several months, such as quarterly or annually.
Also, as a general rule, the smaller the estimate, the larger the
sampling error. Therefore, relatively speaking, the estimate of the
size of the labor force is subject to less error than is the estimate of
the number unemployed. And, among the unemployed, the
sampling error for the jobless rate of adult men, for example, is
much smaller than is the error for the jobless rate of teenagers.
Specifically, the error on monthly change in the jobless rate for
men is 3 0 percentage point; for teenagers, it is 1.65 percentage
points.
In the establishment survey, estimates for the most current 2
months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these
estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. When all the
returns in the sample have been received, the estimates are revised
In other words, data for the month of September are published in
preliminary form in October and November and in final form in
December.
To remove errors that build up over time, a
comprehensive count of the employed is conducted each year. The
results of this survey are used to establish new benchmarkscomprehensive counts of employment—against which month-tomonth changes can be measured. The new benchmarks also
incorporate changes in the classification of industries and allow for
die formation of new establishments.

Sampling variability
Additional statistics and other Information
Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are
subject to sampling error, that is, the estimate of the number of
people employed and the other estimates drawn from these surveys
probably differ from the figures mat would be obtained Ironrm
complete census, even if the tame questionnaires and procedures
were used. In the household survey, the amount of the differences
can be expressed in terms of standard errors. Hie numerical value
of a standard error depends upon me size of the sample, the results
of the survey, and other factors. However, the numerical value is
always such that the chances are approximately 68 out of 100 that
an estimate based on the sample will differ by no more than the
standard error from the results of a complete census. The chances
are approximately 90 out of 100 that an estimate based on die
sample will differ by no more than 1.6 times the standard error
from the results of a complete census. At approximately the 90*
percent level of confidence-the confidence limits used by BLS in
its analyses—the error for the monthly change in total employment
is on the order of plus or minus 341,000; for total unemployment it
is 251,000; and, for the civilian worker unemployment rate, it is
0.22 percentage points. These figures do not mean that the sample
results are off by these magnitudes but, rather, that the chances




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HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-1. Employment statue of the civilian population by H X and ago
(NuntonlnthouMndt)

Seasonally adjusted1

Not aaaaonally adjusted
Employment status, sex, and age
Dec.
1901

NOV.
1982

Dec.
1992

Dec.
1991

At*
1992

Sept.
1992

OCL
1992

Nov.
1992

D«c.
1992

190.605
125.108
664
116.649
61.1
2462
113,687
8.669
64

192,316
127*087
66.1
116430
614
3.089
116,150

192.509

190,605
125.736
6&0
116.752
61.3
3.169
113,583

191,790
127404
664
117,780
614
3418
114,562
0.624
74

191.947
127474
664
117.724
614
3421
114.603
0.550
7.5
64,673

192.131
127.066
66.1
117487
614
3,169
114,618
9470
74
66465

192416
127466
6&2
118,064
614
3409
114455
0401
74
64461

192.500
127,591
664
118411
61.5
3462
116.049
9480
74
64.918

91,653
69432
754
63401
68.7
6431
84

01.739
69453
75.7
63.976
60.7
6477
74

01444
69434
754
63,924
604
6410
74

91.051
69435
764
64,043
694
5492
7.6

02.060
69494
754
64,194
697
5400
74

86,010
86457
774
81,104
714
2463
58.741
4.753

86.075
66406
774
61.125
714
2462
68.743

86,159
65411
774
61488
71.7
2478
58.710
4,723
74

86450
65,740
77.1
81408
714
2428

65,765
77.1
61426
714
2471

4434
64

4460

100465
68430
574
64421
534
4,000
64

100449
58.107
674
54.117
534

TOTAL
nonfcwttutional popu
CMJtanh
Participation rate Employed.
Emptoymtrt-popotatlon ratio Agriculture.
Nonegricultursl Industries
Urwnploy*
Ufwrptoyrnemrata.
Not In labor tore*

7.0
86,229

65.9
116,073

6U
2£31
115.142
8J29
7J0
66.607

7.1

Men, 16 yeara and over
CVIfcn nonintttuttonal population
CMlknhfcortoro*

„

74.7
63426
6O3
4.083

Employed.
jy
ployed

91.008

81,008

mxao
76.1

68J67
74J
63J09
694

73

764
63408
69.7
6.101
74

Man, 20 years and over
•4^67

ClrttononlntttutionaJf:
CMUenUbor force
Partfc*Mtionn*e-.
Empbyed..
rr0oymer*poputation ratio..
Aartaufttn.
Nonaoncuftural Indurtries
UnerrpK
UnermtfoynwNF

64,793
76J
60467
717
2.134
SU34

6&2S9
764
61406
714
Z272
69436
4480

64

66,600
76.7
61.126
714
2.184
58442
4483
6.7

84467
66.060
77.1
714
2416
68463
4481
*7

72.

7.1

Woman, 16 years and over
CJrita
nlntttutionaU
CMUantaborforce.

Istion

Employed.
EmptoynwntyMpulstion ratio .
l d
Unenployrrantrate.

99,597
67,100
67^
63.624
63.7
&57B
6JJ

10O365
68467
674
64434
544
4432

8X962
5&0

55416
684
61.769
6&2
606
81.163
3447
64

54407
684
51488
564
662
61.136
3400

13408

13,161
6406

100/449
68436
674
64464
644

am

100.137
67472
574
83479
534
4JD93
7.1

100408
57421
67.7
53.748
534
4473
74

100487
67.732
674
53,763
634
346J9

584
80482
544
663
60,019
0273
6.1

03436
64.773
684
61447
64.7
619
60,628
3426
64

83,703
64411
584
61,141
644
604
60.547
3470

03,771
64478
684
51,182
544
584

13406
6,731
614
5401
404
190
5411
1430
194

13,145
6,774
514
5429
414
236
6.193
1445
194

13.160

89407
67437
574
83464
534
.4483

64

74

Woman, 20 yaara and over
CVtknnonfrwttutiontl population
CMttan labor force

_

_
—.

83432

Employed.
i ratio.
Aortcultjre .
Nonagftcumml Induttrle*.
Unemployed
Unemployment raio .

54.7
607
50499
6.7

64

3406

64432
684
61436
544
616
50410
3407

03.960
66.010
584
61494
544
613
60481
3416

13400
6,877
504
6417
414
207
5410
1460
184

13408
6.703
614
5423
41.1
267
6.156
1470
2O2

13,181
6,796
514
6481
41.7
278
5413
1406
112

Both —xmt 16 to 10 yaara
nkwftu
CMIemtabort o n e .
Emptoyed.
Employmeni^npuletion ratio.
AQriouKure.
Nonsaricufcural InduMriet
Unemployed
Unenploymeritrsie.

13406
6452
48.1
5.186
304
131
5464
1.166
M

40.1
6.162
3S.1
211
4461
1421
204

1
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal
variation; therefore, identical rturnbers appear in the
unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.




394
196
5464
1,136
174

52.1
414
246
5413
1400
204

NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised basedon
tfw experience triroughDeosmber 1982.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD OATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hlapanle origin
(Nuntotrs Inthoutandt)

Seaeonalty adjusted1
Employment status, race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin
1601

Nov.
1082

OtCL
1602

Dec.
1001

163.132
108325

16X259
106,300

16Z047
107.711

66,5

664

101,871
623

101.547

6&5
100.621
622

1002

Sipt
1002

Oct.
1082

162391
108,606

163.013
108463

667

663

10M12

101456
622

1002

Dtc.
1002

WHTTE
16Z047
107.172
68.1
100.625
62.1
6*547
6,1

CMU
CMIan labor fore*.

p
Enptoyd

Men, 20 years and over
CMUntiboctorc*

56.126
77.3

i ratio.

624
7.163

6J0

56.734
774
53426

56.735
77.3

56^07

7.025
63

56.002
773
5X270
723
3,623

66.010
777
5X305
723
3,605
63
45.005
573
4X365
547
2340
53

45.688
573
547
2.562
53

3,306
63

X376
6JO

45.542
673
4X298

46296
664

46^18

45,655

643

4X003
653
2402

43347
5&2

43

5JO

Z371
6.1

64

2387
53

5304

5496
62-3

517

553

6,726
543

72J0

7.104
63

46,055
662

6.1

6X359
72.7

623

77J
53J00

77J
S2JO3
724
3404
6J>

62.723
723
X4O3

pioyd.

624
6.643

162,701
108,707
66J8
101^24

3.626
64

Women, 20 yeara and over
CMUnUxxtorc*

„•••

p
Errptoyd

57J
43,107

54.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Partlcpeilonrais
43J
601
164
16.1

Unenplbynwnt r
Wbmtn,

433
946
172
173
163

44.1
796
143
167
124

4311
453
1,036
177
163
17JO

4,766
454
970
163
163
1&2

5316
554
4307
453
1,000
173
187
163

16X132
108.723
663
101316

624
6307

77.8

53.360
723
3460
6.1

46.005
58.1
4X661
5&0
2434

53

163250
108,046

66.7
102.043

623
6.003
63
66.037
773
53,543
73J0
3.394

63
48240
583

43,667
553
Z573
53
6,760
543

153
153
15.1

5.770
543
4.786
453
984
17.1
177
164

4333
463
936
162
172
15.1

22.061
1X948
632
11384
543
1364
14.1

22,006
13304
623
11348
54.1
1.048
143

22.131
1X035
633
11360
543
1.975
142

6499
73J0

6461
723
6.640
632
641
1X0

6450

5311
6X0
688
1X7
6.682
603
6.030
5X5

6.630
593
5354
523

6.687
602

54 J0
4,788

BLACK
21.774
CMtan labor f e f »
Errployed.
EnptoymtfU-poputtion rrto ,
UfMnptoymtnt « • .

1XM

22.006
13311

622
11471
643
1476
124

12315
• 644
1395
133

633

22,131
13352
623
11350
5431303

137

21,774
13320

623
11366
643
1752
123

21397
14,106
64.1
12306
5&0
2306
142

22327
1X061
633
12433

543
1346
133

Men, 20 years and over
Enployed.
Errptoyrmm-poputation rate Unenptoynwitrat*.

4393
72J
5354
643
730
113

633
701
122

6420
713
5390
623
921
123

6407
603
5.796
623

603

602

727

732

6334
733

770
12-0

6334
633
900
133

7X1
6320
632
675
133

6.767
612

6.675
603

5354
633
903
113

5344
6X7
731
113

915
303
510
243
306

911
39.1
469
223
342
422
443
303

6v418

72.1
6,580
623
661
1X3

Women, 20 years and over

py
Unemutoyd .
Unerrpbyimni nttt.
Both eexes, 16 to 19 year*
CMlantabortoroi
Enptoydployd,
Unemployniem rate.
M

See footnotes at end of table.




711
103

3
53.1
900
123

53.1
791
113

31.7
431
20.7
220
347
353
333

737
354
432
203
305
413
433
363

742
367
461
222
281
373
407
343

MOO
504
6771
623
710
11.1

712
342
440
213
263
363
372

374
427
313

762
113

767
363
443
213
324
422
442
393

766
113

5X0
706
113

774
372
454
213
320
413
443
373

708
363
482
232
316
303
422
363

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-2. Employment etatua of th6 civilian population by race, esx, age, a n d Hispanic origin — Continued
(Nunfcenlnihoussnds)

Seasonally adjusted 1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin
Dsc.
1991

Nov.
1992

Dsc.
1992

Dec.
1991

Aug.
1992

S«PL
1992

OCL
1902

Nov.
1992

14.967
9.757
66.1
6310
563
946
9.7

15421
10.138
65.7
6336
66J0
1.200
11J

15461
10.174
653
9360
563
1.114
104

14.987
9316
662
8394
504
1322
1O3

15303
10.116
66.1
6369
663
1.147

15,342
10.213
663
9,028
563
1.185
11J6

15362
10.210
664
9311

15,421
10211
6&2
6300
5&3
1221

OK.

1902

HISPANIC ORIGIN

CMUn tsfaor tot^t
Emptoymtnt-poputtlon ratio

1
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation;
therefore, Identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups w i

113

S6J6

1.199
11.7

12JO

15.461
10351
66J9
9.145
50.1
ijaoe
11.7

not sum t> totals because data for the 'other races" group are not
presented and Hispanics are included in both the white w i d black
population groups. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised
based on the experience through December 1902.

T a b l e A - 3 . Selected employment Indicators
(In thousands)

—

-

,

Seasonally adjusted

—

Category
Dee.
1991

1992

Sept
1992

OCL
1992

Nov.
1902

Dsc
1992

6325

116.782
40,174
26301
6346

117,760
40316
30212
6341

117.724
40292
30,108
6339

117367
40324
30330
6326

118364
40467
302a
6366

118311
40336
30403
6,546

31379
36346
16220
13223
17331
3374

31.706
35363
16335
12348
16331
3366

31,108
36367
16,007
13256
16,962
3466

31,174
36,700
16274
13316
16329
3309

31266
36336
16376
13326
16307
3347

31329
36304
15396

12303
17316
Z964

31,766
36.717
15361
13257
17331
3267

17330
3307

31465
36,799
16226
13271
16360
3325

1366
1332
156

1372

1300
66
— - — 104385
16,156
66329
654
65.576
6,790
212

Dec.
1992

Dec.
1991

Nov.
1992

116346
40312
29367.
6329

116239
40.764
-30321
6320

116373
40790

31365
35,774

CHARACTERISTIC
CMten employed, 16 years and over
Manjedwonm spouse present

OCCUPATION

8arvk» occupations

. - _ - _ _ _ - - « - _ — — .

Operators,ttbrtcaiora.and laborers ....
Farming,forestry,and fishing

.

INDUSTRY AND CLASS O f WORKER
Agricuture:
Wags and salaiy workers
SaH-ernpbyad workers
Unpaid farmy workers
Nonagnculural Industries:
Wage and salary workers

.

.

.

.

—

Private Industries
Other Industries
8aff<enptoyed workers
Unpaid tarnly workers

1331
1420
111

1366
1417
103

1394
1307
108

1366
1406
116

1385
1370
163

1.735
1397
106

106374
18304
67370
1367
66303
6359
217

i27*
60
106221
16334
67387
1367
66320
8.716
206

104423
17378
66.546
969
85.576
6.746
227

105397
16376
67319
1.116
68203
8,642
242

106343
16305
87.136
1,166

105313

8,662
217

105363
16371
87492
1.102
66390
6.566
169

6.700
220

106378
16365
87313
1391
66322
6.668
221

6221
3325
2,620
15307

6471
3206
3304
15337

6216
3313
2307
15376

6366
3225
Z777
14332

6362
3254
2349
15362

6362
3,171
2379
14306

6434
3,160
2366
14,726

6483
3,161
3360
14334

6349
3206
2365
14365

6,165
2384
23(6
15342

6336
3396
2346
16309

6362
3361
2396
14391

6360
3,121
2,766
14.721

6366
3,001
2326
14366

6,151

3.124
2360
16316

6230
2364
2.996
14413

6,063
3,024
2.793
14476

—

67.697
1.109

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME*
Alhdustrws:
Could only 1 M nM-tkm wrvfr
Vomntarypsirtitmt
....

.I

Nonagricutun4 Industries:
pfrttirrw^
GouW only f * - * ' * • * • - * « • " • * *
Votorftarypei

p
j
g
period for eucfi reasons as vacation, Wnees, or Industrial dispule.
NOTE: Data on occupations and industries tor 1902 are not fu%
comparable with data tor prior years because of the introduction of
the classification system* used In tf» 1900 decennial census of




2303
2306
14324

population. Some categories, particularly "technical, sales, and
administrative
support," may have significant breaks In
comparabiity. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based
on the experience through December 1992.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

H O U S E H O L D DATA
T a b l e A-4.Selected unemployment Indicators, seasonally adjusted

Category

Number*
unsmploytd psttont
(In thousands)
Dsc.
1992

Dec.
1991

UnsfrployTnsnt ratss
Dsc.
1991

Aug.
1992

Sept

7.1
8.7
6.1

7J

7J
7.1
64
204

1992

OcL
1992

1992

74

7.3

Dec.
1992

CHARACTERISTIC
Total. 16 yaan and ovar
Msn,20yaarsandovar—
intomsn, 20 y t u i and over .
BothseMs.16lo19ysafB..

CM!
4.S34
&397
U70

9,280
4.AS9
3.516

1,644

1,566
765

1.592
766

7,446
1367

7,625
1.656

7,860
1,749

1.024
2*235

2£85

Z029
338

1.883
338

7,101
Z563

7.162

4,381
3273
1,330

Married imo, spouse praesni
Mamedv
V*rnsnwhorna(r«aiifamll«

Part-tima workers.
Labor tores tin* tost*.

4.9
9-2
8.7
8.1

6.4
19.9
5.0
7.3
9.1

5.0
9.1
9.5
8J3

64

202
6.1
6.1

AS
5.0
104

4.8
6.0
10JJ

8w3

9.7
8.1

7.1
fl-2

OCCUPATION*
rtintlspsciaRy.
Managerial and r
Technical, sales, and adrrtnH
Pridtton production, craft, and repair.
Opttstors, fabricators, and laborers __
Fanning, forestry, and fishing

947
2,117
1.193
2.090
273

1,049

6.6
64

74

6.0
8^
11.1
7.9

3-2
6J
8.6
11.1

6J3

3.1
6.7

32
6J
104)
8.7

B.9

INDUSTRY
Nonagrfeuturai pdvato «mg« and tatatfy workMB.
Qoodfrprodudng Industrial
Mining.
Construction
Manufacturing ~
Ourabte goods
Nondurablagoo
Oarvkja producing indtstrfss,
Transportation and public uttftiss.
WholoisMi and retail trada
Finance and servtot Industries . . .
Apfcutural wage and sate

orkert,

61
962
1,562
4.381
449
1395
2,037

36
853
1.674
1,010

664
4,538
413
1.922
Z203

669
200

725
264

1

Unamp*oymanta*ap«fcafrtofihadviBanlaborfc>fca.
Agontgat* hours lost by tha unamploytd and ptraont on part
tima for aconomic raaiona as a paroant of potantiaJty avaHabta
tabor foroa hours.
• SaaaonaNy adjuttad unamptoymem data lor atrvioa
occupationa ara not available bacausa tha seasonal components
tre amaQ relative to the trend^yde and/or irregular components
and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
2

2,463
37
B36
M90
868

602
4,699
379
675
242

73
9.3
8^

16.5
7J
1A
7.3
6.7

5-8
3.6

7.9
10.0
10^
17.0
8.0
8^
74
7.1
64
9.0
6.1
34
114

7J
10.1
75
174
8.1
84
7.7
6.9
6.7
BJS
tJQ
34
14.3

13
16.1
7^
7.0
8.1
64
3J)
12.5

9.3
5^
14.5
8.0
8.5
7.3
6.7
6.1
7.9
6.1
3.8

7.6
9JQ

6.5
15.7
72
7.5
6^
6.9
6.6
6J
6.5
3.6
122

NOTE: Data on occupations and Industries for 1992 am not futty
comparable with data for prior years because of the introduction of
the classification systems used in the 1990 decennial census of
population. Some categories, particularly "technical, sales, and
administrative support," may have significant breaks in
comparability. Data have been revised based on the experience
through December 1992.

Table A 4 . Duration of unemployment
(Numbtrs In thousands)

Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted

Weeks of unemployment
Otc
1991

Dsc.
1992

Dsc.
1991

2.757
2,736
3,336
1434
1301

3359
2,771
2389
1381
1308

192
9.5

Sept
1992

OOL
1992

Nov.
19S2

Dsc.
1992

32B9
2346
3.647
1.502
ZO45

3281
2347
3322
1427
2.086

3.192
2366
3.564
1475
2,069

3,120
2335
3446
1438
2,008

3342
2388
3305
1.540
2.066

163
8.0

183

183
93

192
93

184
94

192
94

100.0
372
30.7
323
153
16.7

1003
343
29.4
363
15.5
21.1

343
293
363
143
21.7

100.0
33.9
283
373
15.7

100.0
332
302
36.7
163
214

100.0
323
263
383
163
22.1

DURATION
Lesethand*
and over.
16lo26
27
Average (mean) duration. In weeto ,
Madlm duration. In wests — — -

3,063
2327
2.678
1284

3,109
£699
3,040
1218

15.6
8.1

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unamptoysd.
LavsthanS* •ta
6to14wesfci
16wsaksandover.

27 was** and over ,

lOOi)
36.7
3O0
31J
1&0
16-3

100JD
35.1
344

133
20.6

NOTE: Seasonaly adjusted data have been revised based on the




312
3 1 JO

373
162
213

experience through December 1092.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-6. Reason for unsmployma
(Number* In thoueandt)

Not seasonally adjusted

Saasonally adjusted

Reaaon
Nov.

Dec.
1991

1902

Dsc.
1992

Dec.
1991

At*
1902

Sept
1902

Oct.
1902

5491
1443
3.748
837
1.942
688

4420
1.063
XJ37
900
2484
844

5.142
1276
X666
860
2407
•01

6486
1264
3J02
918
2.174
616

M14
1256
4,159
1409
2246
941

4438
1236
4,103
963
2274
044

1004
693
16.7
4X6
9J
2Z7

1004
682
144
43J
104
22.7
0.1

1004

1004

14.1
424
102
242

1X1
4X3

1004
66.6
1X9
^ 42.7
104
2X6

84

1004
564
122
4X4
114
2X6
94

4.1

X9

4.1

44

42

A

14
.7

A

1.7
A

1J
.7

Nov.

1902

Dec
1902

1492
126S
4227
913
2206
784

5207
1.196
4412

5.138
1204

977

972
2237
030

1000
56.5

1004

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
On layoff
Other Job tosert
Job leavers
Room/ami
Nfwtftfnntt

... ,

2.194
030

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Ontayofl
Other Jobtosert
Job lecvors „
Reentrants
Now entrant ..-.

.

— .
—

,,^

2X4

2X6
104

1004
654
134
42-4
10.5
24.1
104

44

4.1

44

1.7
A

1.7
.7

U
.7

654
124
4X1
1O5

1X6
454
0.7
2X5

ai

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job been „

—.

Newentramt

NOTE: SoasonsJy adjustad daa have ba«n revi

Jonths

1J

.7

txpsftenos through Daotmbsr 1002.

»***"*** um—i ~* w y i ^ i *««»in,»~. »•
sd)ustsd
(Pefoeni)

Quaftsrtyavsfagss

Monthly data

1991

IM

Peiiomunenployed15iieekiOrton9wasapereenioftftecMtan
labor torn

U-2 Job loeeit M a percent of the dvttinWbortofoe.

22
34

24

24

4.1

42

84
8.7

2J
43

Oct.

2J

2J

4.1

43

82

8.1

82

74

72

74

7.1

84

72

1A

72

73

74

73

7.5

73

7A

126 yearn and over at a percent oftfteoNtten
tabortarcetorpenom 25 yearn and over.

U-8a Te«eliaiemeioyedeeaBereentof t i etaborferae.
eicJitfngttwreeJotetfAnnodForeee

1092

IV

Nov.

Dec.

2.7

2J

4.1

44

84

84

74
72

72

73

73

U-Bb Tetelunemstoyedeeaperoentof theeh«enlebor

7.5

104

84

104

1/2 of the part-time i

84
104

U-7To*if!
onpBrtttrrwtaeayCTTfcMMorwptw^

ia7

10J

114

ia7

NA
NA

NA.notavsilabla.
NOTE: Data havetx




December 10*2.
j on ths ajQMrisnos tfvouQh

NA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A 4 . Unemployed persons by M X and age, ssasonally adjusted

Number ol
unsmptoysd psrtons
(in thousands)

Sex and age

Total. 16 yaars and ovar.
16 to 24 yaars
16to1Oy
16 to 17 yaars.
18to 10 yaars.
20 to24 years.

25 years and over2Sio64yaari
56 years and over.,
Man, 16 years and over.
16 to 24 y u m .
16to10y*«r»_

16to17yMTi.
18to10y*art.
2Oto24yaan.
y
25 to 64 y—n.

Dec.
1991

Nov.
1992

Dae.
1902

Dae.
1991

Aug.
1992

Sapt
1902

Oct.
1902

Nov.
1902

1992

8.064
2.947
1,330
632
712
1.617
8,044
5/406
671

9.301
2.884
1,370
634
737
1.514
6.428
5.719
723

0.260
2.854
1.305
585
733
1.549
6,432
5.756
699

7.1
14.4
19.8
23.7
17.4
11.8
5.7
6.0
44

7.6
14.3
19.9
21.5
18.5
11.5
62
64
52

7.6
144
204
23.8
182
114
62
64
&0

74
13.6
18.9
22.1
16.8
11.0
62
64
4.9

7.3
14.1
202
2X6
17.9
11.1
6.0
6.3
4.7

7.3
13.9
192
21.8
17.8
11.3
6.0
6.3
4.6

5.101
1.625
720
905
3.480
3,089
406

5.202
1.645
756
3S6
402
687
3.656
3.246
437

5,200
1.601
741
320
410
860
3.604
3.173
440

74
152
20.9
23.0
19.4
12.5
6.0
6J3
4.7

8.0
15.2
21.8
23.7
204
12.0
6.6
6.8
5.5

7.9
15.1
21.8
24.5
19.0
11.7
6.5
8.8
54

73
144
19.5
22.6
17.8
11.0
6.6
&8
&5

7.6
16.1
21.1
29.1
18.5
122
6.3
6.5
5.0

7.5
14.7
20.5
2Z6
10.3
11.8
62
64
5.1

3.683
1.322
610
324
302
712
2.564
2*17
265

4.009
1.239
612
278
335
627
£772
2473
286

4.060
1.253
564
265
314
689
2.826
2,583
259

6,8
13.6
18.6
244
1!L3
11.0
54
6.7
4.1

7.1
112
17.7
19.2
iej
10.9
&8
&0
4.8

7.0
13.6
1&8
23J)
16£
11.1
&8
6.0
43

6.9
12.7
182
21.6
1&6
10.0
5.7
5,9
4J

6.9
1&9
10.1
224
172
8.8
5.7
&0
4.3

7.0
13.0
17.7
21.0
162
10.6
&8
62
X9

aoe
410

55y«anandovar.

Woman, 16 yaart and ovar .
16to24yMrt.
16to19y»a/»~
I6toi7y«art.
18 to 10 yaart.
2Oto24yaanw
25 yaan and ovar.
2610
54;
6to54yaar»
66 yean) and ova? *

Unarrptoyiusntratas1

1

Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
NOTE: Data have been revised based on the experience through

OK.

December 1992.

Table A-0. Employment status et male Vietnam-era veterans and nonveterans by age, not seasonally adjusted
(Nuntoar* In thousands)
CMIan labor forca

Veteran status
and age

CMOan
noninarttutional
population

Total

Emptoyad

Paroant of
labor forca

Dae.
1001

Dsc.
1002

Dae.
1001

Dae
1902

Dsc.
1901

Dsc.
1902

7^23
6^00
1.063

7300
6.126
842
2487
2,707
1.764

7.013
5,927
961
2.603
2273
1.066

7.006
6.665
786
2283
2,616

6,652
6.620
888
2.653
2.178

a.500
5^00
691
2.129
2400
1280

360
306
73

19^40
8.871
6495
4483

17.625
8.113
5.543
3.060

18.506

16,650
7.638
5254
3,767

17463
7.825
5.769
3360

067
476

Dec.
1991

Dsc.
1002

Dae.
1991

Dae.
1902

VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS
Total. 35 yaara and ovar.
35to49yaars
_
35to30yaan
40fe>44 years
„
45to40yaars
60 yaars and ovar - _

2410
1433

140
05
53

416
356
75
164
127
61

5,1
52
7.6
52
42
4.0

5.0
62
0.8
6.8

1.045
637
200
218

64
&0
52
5.1

5.6
6.4
4.6

4.8
4.5

NONVETERANS
Total. 35 lo 40 yaars
35to3Oyaars _ .
4010 44 yaars
_
45to49ysars

18306
8.506

5.064
4,336

NOTE: Mate Vietnam-era veterans are men who served in the
Armed Forces between August 5. 1964 and May 7, 1975.
Nonveterans are men who have never served in the Armed Forces;




BJ362

6.060
4.087

203

published data are limited to those 35 to 49 years of age, the group
that most dosely corresponds to the bulk of the Vietnam-era
veteran population.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-10. Employment status of the civilian population for 11 large statss
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted'
State and employment status

Dec.
1991

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992

Dec.
1991

Aug.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992

22.656
15.010
13.903
1,107
7.4

23,120
15,309
13,798
1.510
9.9

23,167
15.311
13.886
1.425
9.3

22,656
15,087
13.932
1,155
7.7

22.986
15,367
13,855
1,512
9.8

23.029
15,297
13,859
1.438
9.4

23.074
15,183
13.690
1,493
9.8

23,120
15.272
13,725
1,546
10.1

23.167
15,374
13.880
1,494
9.7

10.465
6,404
5.938
466
7.3

10.687
6.570
6,094
476
7.2

10,710
6,540
6,129
411
6.3

10,465
6,436
5,952
484
7.5

10,623
6.599
6.018
581
8.8

10.644
6,646
6,052
593
8.9

10.666
6,601
6,113
488
7.4

10,687
6,544
6,056
488
7.5

10,710
6,575
6.126
449
6.8

8,939
6.018
5.465
553
9.2

8.986
6,109
5,721
387
6.3

8.992
6,177
5.730
447
7.2

8.939
6,049
5.497
552
9.1

8,970
6,051
5,655
396
6.5

8.975
6,108
5,696
412
6.7

8.980
6,097
5.760
337
5.5

8.986
6.108
5,729
378
62

8.992
6,224

4.627
3,146
2,897
249
7.9

4,634
3,113
2.855
257
8.3

4,635
3,135
2,887
248
7.9

4,627
3.164
2.889
275
8.7

4.630
3.119
2.659
260
8.3

4,631
3,095
2.629
266
8.6

4,632
3.093
2.834
259
8.4

4,634
3.132
2.849
262
9.0

4,635
3.145
2.873
272
6.6

7.027
4,575
4,185
390
8.5

7.048
4,635
4,295
340
7.3

7,051
4,611
4.281
331
12

7.027
4.559
4,138
421
9.2

7,040
4,631
4.215
415
9.0

7,042
4,633
4,225
407
8.8

7.045
4,609
4,212
397
8.6

7.048
4,631
4.267
364
7.9

7.051
4.602
4,240
363
7.9

6.026
3,993
3.711
282
7.1

6.029
3,960
3.629
331
8.4

6,030
4,009
3.696
313
7.8

6,026
3,995.
3,707
288
12

6,026
3JB32

3,562
371
9.4

6.026
3.980
3,620
360
9.0

6,028
3,977
3,655
322
8.1

6,029
3.975
3,628
347
8.7

6.030
4.019
3.697
322
8.0

13,806
8.438
7.780
658
7.8

13.816
8.509
7,845
664
7.8

13,820
8.540
7.845
695
8.1

13,806
8,479
7.798
681
8.0

13,809
8,547
7,825
722
8.5

13,810
8,516
7.752
764
9.0

13.813
8,439
7.706
733
8.7

13.816
8,522
7,841
681
8.0

13.820
6.593
7.872
721
8.4

5.092
3.414
3,225
189
5.5

5,153
3,547
3.340
207
5.6

5,160
3.494
3,310
184
5.3

5,092
3,436
3.239
197
5.7

5,135
3.506
3,287
219
6.2

5.140
3,499
3,291
208
5.9

5,147
3,519
3,326
193
5.5

5,153
3,541
3,332
209
5.9

5,160
3.519
3,325
194
5.5

8,325
5.438
5,086
353
6.5

8.355
5.417
5.048
369
6.8

8,360
5,405
5,024
381
7.1

8.325
5,445
5,092
353
6.5

8,345
5,590
5,167
423
7.6

8.347
5.542
5.150
391
7.1

8,351
5,441
5,049
392
12

8,355
5,395
4.995
400
7.4

8.360
5.422
5,033
389
12

California
Civilian noninstitutionaJ population ,
Civilian labor force.
Employed
Unemployed.
Unemployment rate
Florida
Civilian noninstitutionaJ population .
Civilian labor force
Employed .....................................
Unemployed.
Unemployment rate .

Illinois
Civilian noninstitutionaJ population .
Civilian labor force
Employed .....
Unemployed.
Unemployment rate

5,781
443
7.1

Massachusetts
Civilian noninstitutionaJ population .,
Civilian labor force....
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Michigan
Civilian nontnstitutionai population .
Civilian tabor force
Employed
Unemployment rate

New Jersey
Civilian noninstitutionaJ population
Civilian labor force
Employed ....
Unemployment rate
N e w York
Civilian noninstitutionaJ population ,
Civilian labor force...
Employed .................
Unemployed
Unemployment rats .
North Carolina
Civilian noninstitutionaJ population .
Civilian labor force.
Employed .

OMo
Civilian nontnstitutionai populatio
Civilian labor force.
Employed .....
Unemployed.
Unemployment rate ,




HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Employmtnt status of the ctvlltan population for 11 large

-Con tint

(Numbers in thousands)
Saasonally adjusted1

Not saasonally adjusted'
State and employment status

Sept
1992

Dec
1991

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992

Dec.
1991

Aug.
1992

9.428
5,930

9.457
6.085

9.428
5,953

9,446
6,061

5.532
421

5.565
496

7.1

8.2

9,449
6.030
5,574
456
7.6

12,606
8.583
7.984

12,718
8.734
8,128

12,732
8,742
8.072

599
7.0

606

670
7.7

Oct
.1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992

9,457
6.069
5,639
430
7.1

9,462
6,022
5.588
435
72

12,764
8.732
8.068
664
7.6

12,781
8.817
8.129
688
7.8

Permsyfv
Civilian noninstitiitional population Civilian labor force
«•„„„.
Employed ,
Unemployed
Unemployment rate .

6.7

as

9,462
5,995
5,589
407
6.8

12,608
8,562
7.987
575

12.764
8.727
8,056
671
7.7

12,781
8.762
8,112
650
7.4

5.531
399

5,673
412

9.453

6,064
5,612
451
7.4

Texas
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force.
Unemployed.
Unemployment rate „..

6.7

1
These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
* The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted




6.9

12.748
8.741
8,098
643
7.4

columns.
NOTE: Revised seasonal adjustment factors are not yet available for
State data. The seasonally adjusted series will be revised for the release of
January data on February 5.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

TabtaA-11. Paroona not In tha labor fort* by mason, M I , and raoa, quarterly avsraoas

(In tout**)
Not saasonalty
adjustad

SaasonaUyadJuatad

Raason, u x , and raoa
1901

1002

IV

IV

66,001

6&374

64.776

64.634

64383

60273
e\277

59^40
6^20
6.170
21,100
20.657
4,102

66332
6,786
6303
22,787
10.570
4306

6321
5.060
22.176
10.734

66.166
6,641
4373
22377
10347
4.510

6.103
21,460
20306
4306

56.066
6336
5,177
21.108
20.803
4.042

660
374
1.006

1,434
1306
1301
1,112
743
360
1,113

1<
13*1
1325
1.077
014
263
1.133

6,291
1.763
1336
1360
1.116
773
345
1.115

6.147
1/404
1304
1.176
1.126
810
307
1357

6300
1.620
1.171
1.187
1364
702
383
1.147

2Z062

22/434

2Z424

22.131

22.500

20J31

2O246

20341

10.704

20,447

2,110
712
611
424
472

Z160
600
626
446
463

2307
754
508
461

2.167
713
616
476
463

2354
862
408
527

2300
666
545
523
53$

2J242
728
527

42327

42J02

42354

4Z210

42,153

42.102

42361

38,161

38300

3357
606
560
1,176
603
720

3387

1001

1002

TOTAL
Total not In tabor ton*.
Do not want atabnow
,
CunsfrtactMty: Going to school»
Ksspinghousal
Aatimd.
Othsr activity .
Wantatabnow
Riason not looking: School aaartdanos,
IUhtafth.dlMDlty .
Horn* fMpontbiitlM ,
otostabb.
Think cannot
«factors _ .
4 facto
Othar raaaont1

22.747
18360
3,704
1382
1300
1.266
1.102
741
361
1360

22.764

Total, not In labor tore*..
Do not want a Job now.
Want atabnow H
Raason nottooMng:School i
,
y
Think cannot g « a Job.
Othsr raasons1
_

Total, not in tabor teros-

6,026
1.667
1.160
1,160

3v\516

Do not want a Job now.
Wsfltatabnow
Rsason nottooWng:School aosrtdanos
MhMth. MC4tV
Think cannot osta |ob .

670
407
1.2*7
676
667

36366

3378
667
622
1.166
616
613

3,750
680
407
1301
861
621

3361
770
625
1325
602

3337
001
540

64.714

54330

54367

53341

4300
1312
750
013
747
670

4413
1377
722
088
733
013

1,174
702
010
751

501

64.078
66227

1,167
506

WWta
Total, not In taborftorosDo not want a Job now.
Want a fob now.
Raason not tool ng: School i
Think cannot osta Job.
Othsr rs sacra1

60312

601310

4.166
036
762
661
761

4366
1361
672
637
710

64,418
40351
4372
1354

4,553
1,185

001

603
007

Black
Total not In tabor tore*-

•\214

Do not want atobnow.
Want a Job now
nottooting:Sent
HormnapomttfMstTWnk cannot gat a tab.

1,362
366
225
333
250
167

1
lndud«*smaJlrxjmbardmanrw
"horn* msponaibilitifts."
NOTE: Dttafl may not add to noMrvlabor fore* totals bocauw of




6300

6,180

6307

6.701

6371

6382

1303
372
244
282
300
186

1343
333
227
314
260
100

1467
361

1483

337
104

317
104

6334

7370

8,170
6,730

1371
380
246
252
264

1375
340
248
263
308
207

frit wtighttng procadurts. SoaaonaJfy adjusted data have been
roviaad band on the axptrianca through Daoombar 1902.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employee* on nonfarm payrolls by Industry
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

Dec.
1991

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992°

Seasonally adjustecI

Dec.
1992P

Dec.
1991

Aug.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct
1992

Nov.
1992P

Dec
1992P

108,966 109,400 109,595 109.493 106,154 108,485 108,497 108,571 108,647 108,711

Total
Total private

90.212

90.530

90,513

90.525

89.704

89.803

89,847

89,948

89,961

90,047

Goods-producing industries....

23,547

23,655

23.477

23218

23,584

23,362

23296

23270

23277

23,273

Minino
Oil and gas extraction ....

663
378.4

627
346.0

625
3472

619
347.3

663
376

626
345

620
340

623
345

622
345

620
345

Construction
General building contractors

4,523
1,114.6

4,836
1,136.5

4,699
1,109.5

4.506
1,084.3

4,592
1.121

4,591
1.100

4374
1.097

4,601
1,098

4384
1,093

4,579
1.090

Manufacturing
Production workers ..............I........*..,.....

18,361
12,423

18,192
12,383

18,153
12.349

18,093
12297

18.329
12,403

18,145
12307

18,102
12270

18,046
12235

18,071
12.279

18,074
12,287

10.493
6,933

10,296
6.856

10.293
6,860

10262
6.836

10,466
6,913

10298
6,828

10271
6.809

10.231
6,789

10248
6,822

10,243
6,823

698.7
6892
693.3
467.0
466.6
464.3
527.5
515.0
5242
698.2
697.6
6962
250.5
249.7
250.1
1,336.0 1.334.2 1,329.9
1,932.6 1,935.1 1,938.5
1,541.6 1,545.1 1341.5
1.790.6 1.797.9 1,796.0
811.2
823.4
8272
931.0
927.3
9242
372.6
372.0
366.8

679
467
520
714
259
1.347
1.958
1374
1.878
811
962
367

682
465
520
701
252
1334
1,941
1336
1,816
814
938
365

683
461
520
699
252
1330
1,943
1338
1,797
803
935
365

689
461
518
695
250
1323
"1.935
1334
1.782
802
930
364

694
462
518
697
251
1324
1,935
1337
1,789
817
926
366

696
462
519
695
249
1.322
1,935
1,537
1,787
821
922
368

Durable goods
Production workers
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
«»
,
Stone, day, and glass products
„..,
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products ,
Fabricated metal products
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment...
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment.
Instruments and related products .
Miscellaneous manufacturing .„

672.8
469.7
515.9
716.3
260.5
1,355.0
1,963.5
1,579.8
1,888.8
815.5
964.7
366.0
7,868
5,490

7,896
5327

7,860
5,489

7,831
5,461

7.863
5.490

7,847
5.479

7,831
5,461

7.815
5,446

7,623
5.457

7,831
5.464

1,6592
52.6
679.0
1,029.4
687.9
1.536.3
1,071.2
156.3
871.7
124.0

1.7092
52.0
6772
1,016.6
689.4
1,518.1
1,068.3
154.0
886.3
124.5

1.675.3
48.1
679.1
1,015.4
689.0
1324.9
1.065.4
153.2
885.9
123.4

1.655.3
51.3
677.0
1,005.5
6893
1,528.9
1,067.8
149.4
8852
121.4

1.671
49
679
1.026
687
1327
1,072
458
.B70
124

1.672
51
675
1.013
687
1321
1.072
153
880
123

1,661
50
677
1.007
692
1323
1,069
152
877
123

1361
49
672
1.004
688
1320
1,069
152
877
123

1,665
47
675
1.006
688
1.519
1.068
152
881
122

1.669
48
677
1,002
689
1.520
1,069
151
884
122

85.419

65.745

86,118

86275

84,570

85.123

85201

85.301

85.370

85.438

Transportation and public utilities
Transportation
Communications and public utilities .

5,814
3,567
2.247

5.789
3,572
2,217

5,782
3,565
2217

5,793
3,579
2214

5.758
3,511
2247

5.729
3.514
2215

5,738
3,520
2218

5,731
3316
2215

5,733
3,516
2217

5.737
3.523
2,214

Wholesale trade
Durable goods
Nondurable goods

6,028
3,480
2.548

5.995
3.427
2.568

5.992
3,427
2.565

5,973
3.417
2.556

6.021
3.476
2345

5.964
3.423
2341

5,957
3.419
2338

5,969
3.424
2,545

5.974
3,424
2350

5,967
3.414
2.553

19,697 19,165
2.614.0 2,3012
3,245.0 3,179.5
1.984.4 2.028.7
6,397.1 6,493.2

19,431
2,418.6
3202.8
2,027.1
6.496.5

19.714
2.4952
3,233.8
2.026.6
6.515.0

19,112
2.352
3,178
1,996
6,443

19.106
2,296
3,169
2,013
6,463

19.122

19,146

2296

2285

3,176
2,012
6,494

3.170
2.017
6.513

19,125
2265
3,165
2,025
6,536

19,140
2,248
3.170
2,039
6,561

Nondurable goods
Production workers
Food and kindred products .,
Tobacco products ...
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products..
Paper and allied products
,
Printing and publishing
............
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products ,.».i
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products
Service-producing Industries

Retail trade
General merchandise stores .,
Food stores
Automotive dealers and service stations
Eating and drinking places
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Finance
Insurance
«.
...........
Real estate
............. „.„...
Services
Business services
Health services ...
See footnotes at end of table.




,

6.655
3205
2.157
1,293

6,657
3,231
2,124
1302

6.648
3238
2.123
1287

6,662
3252
2,122
1288

6,670
3205
2,159
1,306

6,661
3227
2.133
1,301

6369
3.238
2.132
1299

6.680
3244
2,133
1,303

6,669
3,244
2.129
1296

6,677
3.252
2,124
1,301

28,471
5,163.0
8,338.9

29269
5,493.0
8,5352

29.183
5,479.9
8,557.3

29,165
5,479.8
8,580.0

28.559
5.140
6,340

26,981
5319
8,488

29.065
5322
8,506

29.152
5,406
8,535

29.183
5,426
8357

29.253
5.458
8,580

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfirm payrolls by Industry - Continued
(In thousands)
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

Government......................................................
Federal ........
.
...
State

Local
r

Dec

Dec.
1991

Oct
1992

Nov.
1992P

Dec.
1992°

1991

Aug.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct
1992

Nov.
1992P

Dec.
1992P

18.754
2.977
4.423
11.354

18.670
2.930
4.491
11.449

19,082
2.927
4.513
11,642

18,968
2.838
4.475
11.555

16,450
2,983
4.342
11.125

18.682
2.959
4333
11.340

18,650
2.967
4.401
11.282

18,623
2.942
4.390
11,291

18,688
2,942
4,386
11.358

18.664
2.944
4.392
11.328

• pr win unary.

Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or i

upervlsorywj

• 1 on private nonfarm payrolls by Industry
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

Dec.
1991

Oct
1992

34.7

34.5

Wrring.

44.7

44.4

Construction ,

37.9

Manufacturing
Overtime hours...

Sept
1992

Oct
1992

Nov.
1992°

Dec
1992°

1992°

Dec
1991

Aug.
1992

3 4 4

344

3 4 4

3 4 4

345

3 4 4

34.3

44.7

4 4 4

44.0

44.4

4 3 4

444

4 4 4

43.8

39.0

3 7 4

3 7 2

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

41.7
4.1

41.3
4.1

4 1 4
4.1

42.0

42

41.0
3.7

4 1 4
3.7

40.9
35

41.1
3 4

4 1 2
3.9

41.3
3.9

4 2 2
4.1

41.8
4.0

42.1
4.1

42.7
44

414
3.7

4 1 4
3.7

412
34

4 1 4
3 4

4 1 4
3.9

41.9
3.9

Lumber and wood products .
Furniture and futures.
Stone, day, and glass products
Primary metal Industries .»
.
Blast furnaces and basic steel products .
Fabricated metal products.
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other •Jec&rteaJ equipment
Transportation equipment.
Motor vehicles and equipment.
Instruments and related products ...
Miscellaneous manufacturing . „ . —

40.9
40.7
41.9
43.1
43.5
42.4
43.0
4 2 2
4 2 5
4 £ 7
42.1
4 0 4

40.9
40.1
43.1
42.9
43.0
42.0
42.5
41.4
42.0
42.6

40.9
404
42.1
444
44.1
424
434
42.7
432
434
424
40.7

404
394
414
424
43.0
414
414
41.1
424
424
41:1
404

4 0 4
39.4
4 2 4
43.1
4 3 4
4 1 4
4 2 2
4 1 2
4 2 2
4 2 4
4 1 2
39.7

40J3
392
425
42.7
424
41.1
424
41.0
404
414

405

4 0 4
40.1
4 2 4
43.4
4 3 4
4 2 4
43.0
42.1
4 2 4
4 2 4
•414
40.7

41-jfr
395

40.7
39.7
42.4
4 2 4
4 2 4
41.7
4 2 5
4 1 4
4 1 5
4 1 5
4 1 4
40.0

4 1 4
40.1
4 2 4
43.1
4 3 4
41.9
4 2 4
41.6
41.7
4 2 2
4 1 2
40.0

40.5
39.7
42.1
43.6
43.7
41.9
425
41.5
424
43.7
41.3
40.1

Nondurable goods ,
Overtime hours ...

41.1
4.0

40.7
4.1

4 0 4
4.1

412
4.1

404

4 0 4
3 4

405
34

4 0 4
3.9

4 0 5
3.9

40.6
3.9

41,3
39.4
41.7
3 7 4
44.4
3 8 4
44.3
43 5
42.0
38.1

4 1 2
38.5
41.2
37.7
43.7
38.3
42.7
44.8
4 1 7
38.5

4 1 4
3 8 4
4 1 4
37.9
44.0
3 8 4
43.4
4 5 2
42.0
39.1

414
40.7
414
374
442
38.9
434
44.4
424
384

4 0 4
(2)
4 1 4
37.4
4 3 4
38.1
43.4
(2)
4 1 4
37.7

4 0 5
(2)
4 0 4
3 7 2
4 3 5
38.0
43.1
(2)
41.7
3 7 4

40.8
(2)
4 1 4
3 7 4
4 3 4
38.1
42.9

(2)
415
374

40.9
(2)
4 0 4
3 7 4
43.4
3 8 2
4 2 4
(2)
4 1 5
3 8 4

40.7
(2)
41.1
3 7 4
4 3 5
38.1
43.0
(2)
414
392

40.8
(2)
41.6
37.4
43.3
38.2
43.0
(2)
42.0
38.1

Transportation and public utilities .

38.7

39.0

39.4

392

3 8 4

3 9 4

38.9

3 8 4

394

39.1

WholesaJe trade

3 8 4

382

3 8 4

382

3 8 2

3 8 5

38.0

38.1

385

38.0

29.2

28.7

2 8 4

284

28.7

28.9

2 8 4

28.9

284

284

35.6

3 6 2

354

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

32.4

3 2 4

32.4

3 2 4

32.7

32.1

3 2 5

324

32.4

Total private,

Durable good*

Overtime hours.

Food and kindred products ~~~—

Tobacco products ..««
Textile mfll products „„

—.«....
•«...

Apparel and other textile products.
Paper and allied products .......—
Printing and publishing . „ . — . .
Chemicals and allied products •
Petroleum and coal products.
Rubber and misc. plastics products.
Leather and leather products.

Retail trade
Finance, Insurance, and real estate ,
Services

32.6

Nov.
1992°

1
Data relate to production workers In mining and manufacturing;
construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers In
transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and services. These group* account for
approximately four-fifths of the tool employees on private nonfarm
payrotts.




Dec.

34

2
These series are not published seasonally adjusted since the
seasonal component is small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular
components and consequently, cannot be separated with sufficient
precision.
P - preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
1

Tab)* B*3. Average hourly and weekly aamlngs of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm
payrolls by Industry
Average hourly earnings
Industry

Total private.
Seasonally adjusted ....

Dec.

Average weekly earnings
Dec.
1991

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992P

Dec.
1992P

$10.72
10.70

$364.00
360.87

$368.81
387.43

$370.91
37057

$369.84
367.01

1991

OCL
1992

Nov.
1992P

Dec.
1992P

$10.49
10.46

$10.69
10.65

$10.72
10.71

Mtolng.

14.50

14.44

14.57

1454

648.15

641.14

65128

647.03

Construction ,

14.09

142S

14.18

1422

534.01

55575

531.75

528.98

Manufacturing.

11.38

11.49

1155

11.63

47455

47454

480.48

488.46

Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, day, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products .
Fabricated metal products .
Industrial machinery and equipment.
Electronic and other electrical equipment.
Transportation equipment....
Motor vehicles and equipment..
Instruments and related products .
Miscellaneous manufacturing,

11.96
9.34
6.94
11.49
13.49
1555
11.39
12.33
10.94
15.12
15.47
11 £ 2
9.06

12.07
9.52
9.10
11.74
13.73
15.98

1221

12.51
11.04
15.28
15.38
12.04
9.19

12.12
9.49
9.08
11.73
13.76
16.03
11.47
12.58
11.06
15.34

50471
382.01
363.86
481.43
581.42
676.43
482.94
530.19
461.67
642.60
660.57
497.62
36855

50453
38957
364.91
505.99
589.02
687.14
479.64
531.68
457.06
64176
655.19
496.05
37220

51025
387.19
364.11
499.70
597.18
698.91
485.18
540.94
465.63
64428
650.15
50356
37556

52157
38855
372.60
492.15
606.96
717.07
49520
551.98
47653
669.17
683.72
51457
37952

Nondurable goods <
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products.
Textile mill products,
Apparel and other textile products.
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing ,
Chemicals and allied products.
Petroleum and coal products,
Rubber and misc. plastics products.
Leather and leather products

10.62
10.14

10.74
10.12

15.75
8.49
6.68

15.73
8.66

436.48
418.78
62055
354.03
260.06
57651
453.18
632.60
76058
429.66
279.65

437.12
416.94
605.61
356.79
263.15
575.09
454.62
622.14
808.64
435.35
28356

442.13
42559
67529
361.05
264.16
58124
45623
63551
82354
43952
290.12

44826
429.94
66422
36553
266.49
585.65
462.13
643.86
813.41
447.95
28854

51751

530.01

53751

533.90

435.07

437.77

442.75

440.45

205.86

20655

20621

207.79

38559

388.40

400.01

39150

34155

344,41

349.15

34850

11.42

12.10
923

6.98
13.16
11.87

10.81
1050
1754
6.70
6.07
1321
11.85

950

9.11

11.69
1354
1626
1157
12.66
11.16
15.49
1551
12.16
952
10.88

1056
1652

14.57

1455

18.05
10.44

1822
10.46

8.74
7.05
1325
1158
14.70
1852
1054

7.34

7.36

7.42

7.47

13.38

13.50

1355

1352

11.33

11.46

1153

1153

7.05

7.19

721

7.19

10.66

10.91

1155

11.00

12.98
11.68
14.28
17.48
1023

Transportation and public utilities .
Wholesale trade „
RetaJI trade ,
Finance, Insurance, and real estate ,
Services

«..^....^««...«_
10.46

10.63-

1 S— footnote 1, table B-2.

10.71

10.75

P -preliminary.

Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonaupervlaory workers1 on private nonffami payroll* by
Industry, ssasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:
Current dollars
Constant (1982) dollars*
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Excluding overtime4 ...
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
..........
«
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services

Dec
1991

Aug.
1992

SepL
1992

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992P

Dec
1992P

$10.46
7.45
14.43
1452
1152
1052
13.34
1127
7.06
10.62
1059

$10.66
7.44
14.55
14.21
1151
11.00
13.53
11.51
7.16
10.96
10.61

$10.63
7.41
1454
1457
1151
11.03
1356
11.44
7.16
10.84
1059

$10.65
7.40
1459
14.15
1151
10.98
1356
11.48
7.18
10.92
10.61

$1071
7.42
14.66
14.18
1155
11.03
13.65
1153
7.19
11.06
1057

$10.70
NA
14.45
14.15
1157
11.04
1359
11.47
720
10.96
10.66

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners
and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this
2

Changs was 5 percent from October 1992 ID




change
from:
Nov. 1992*
Dec 1992

-0.1
(3)
-1.4
-2
2

.1
-.4
-5

.1
-1.1
-.1

November 1992, the latest month available.
4
Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at
the rate oftimeand one-half.
N A . « not available.
P . preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
1

Table B*5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonauptrvlsory workers on privata nonfarm payroll*
bylnduatry
(1982-100)
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

Total private.
Goods-produdng Industrie

Seasonally adjusted

Dae.
1091

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992P

Dac.
1992P

Dac.
1991

Aug.
1992

Sapt
1992

Oct
1992

Nov.
1992P

Dec.
1992P

1225

1225

122.8

1225

120.7

121.7

1205

121.4

122.0

121.1

104.4 105.7

104.4

1035

1035

1025

102.1

1025

1025

102.7

56.8

565

55.4

58.7

562

55.0

555

55.9

545

Construction «..««*„

1182 132.9

123.1

115.9

1215

1215

1215

121.4

1195

119.7

Manufacturing.

1045

103-2

1035

1042

1025

1015

1012

101.4

102.1

1025

Durable goods ,
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures.
Stone, day, and glass products..
Primary metal industries
•*
Blast furnaces and basic steel products .
Fabricated metal products ,
Industrial machinery and equipment
•
Electronic and other electrical equipment.
Transportation equipment ..<
Motor vehicles and equipment.,
Instruments and related products <
Miscellaneous manufacturing — -

1015
119.0
1185
100.6
88.4
76.7
104.7
02.8
104.0
116.0
129.3
85.4
101.0

99.4
1242

100.1
122.8
1162
1045
87.0
74.0
1035
925
103.0
110.4
1292
60.7
1025

101.1
122.1
117.9
100.8
87.7
745
1042
94.0
1045
113.4
134.1
81.7
100.7

995

96.4
1195
1135
1025

965
1235
114.7
1025

99.0
122.4
113.9
102.1

Nondurable goods

106.7 108.4
116.4
77.8 762
100.9 98.9
95.6
112,3
1275 123.7
102.9 975
835 865
127.6 1295

108.4
1135

111.1
125.1

108.4
1122
785
1002
935
1122
126.9

965

095

86.4
130.4
595

Mining

89.6

w

Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
Textile mW products
Apparel and other textile products.
P
d allied products.*•
Printing and publishing ,
Chemicals and allied products —
Petroleum and coal products •
Rubber and misc. plastics products.
Leather and leather products ~ « ™
Service-producing Industrl

1303

Transportation and public utilities.
Wholesale trade.

WMWM .. W .~.

Retail trade

See footnote 1 1 table B*2.




114.7
113.6
124.9

Finance, insurance, and real eetaie
Services •....«»...«»«—.—.

58.9

*****

119.7
1465

106.4
86.1

72.9
1025

90.6
101.0
109.6
127.8
80.1
1025

595
1305
1155
1132
119.1
116.4
1505

67.7
995
045

119.4
1145
1015
87.0

755
1015
90.0
101.1
113.9
127.0
82.9

995

86.7
74.0
1012
00.4

995
1105
1282
80.7
975
1065
1115
755
965
925

61.9
131.7

1072
110.4
715
100.4
942
1095
1235
1012
855
125.9

585

585

972

97.9

1192
111.9
1035
85.6
72.7

121.7
1135
102.6
855

995

1005

905
995
106.0
120.1

90.9
995
106.7

79.9
974

982

725

1215
605

1282

575

575

58.4

835

1235
98.1

645
1265

1285

1305

1165

1165

1132

114.7

1145

1135

123.8

1185

113*1
1195

1115
119.7

1122
119.7

1202

1165

119.9

1205

1182

119.7

151.1

1495

1475

1505

1475.

1505

P.prelminary.

107.0
111.7
722

1095
123.0
982

1302

1205

795
995

1095

1285

1125

79.4
985
106.7
1112

131.1

1125

101.1
914
1012
111.1
132.7

1062
111.1
68.1
97.1
022

109.7
1232
99.1

665
735

101.4
02.0
1012
1085
1275

1065
110.7
695
100.7
925
1115
1235
96.1
82.1
1275

131.1

1135

662
735

64.0
985
02.7

995
922
1095
123.4

85.0

98.0
635

1285

130.1

595
1305

574
1295
1145

1135
119.7
121.4
150.7

1115
117.7
118.7
1502

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-6. Diffusion Indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
(Percent)
Jan.

Time span

Feb.

Mar.

May

Apr.

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

463
P50.6

46.0
P52.9

Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries'I
Oven-month span:
1991
„. ....„.„..
1992
„..,
M

37.9
433

37.6
473

36.1
473

41.3
58.4

50.7
51.4

45.1
452

48.7
49.6

51.4
42.6

50.0
49.9

47.1
50.1

Over 3-month span:
1991
,
1992

313
443

28.7
44.1

31.7
532

38.3
54.9

413
54.4

453
47.6

48.0
413

51.4
44.4

463
44.1

n48-3
P43.9

Over 6-month span:
1991 ..^.
*
1992... —.».......

27.9
473

292
503

282
49.7

33.0
51.1

36.9
473

44.0
493

472
423

463
P41.7

46.9
P44.7

46.1

44.0

43.4

Over 12-month span:
1991
1992 ..............

27.4
492

283
44.1

28.1
452

29.9
43.8

322
P45.1

33.4

35.7

39.0

423

463

47.6

47.8

453
P52.9

46.0
P493

42.1
432

37.4

ttm

42.7

Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
Over 1-month span:
1991 ...«.. M *.. M .. W .
1992......,,, ,T..,.L..Jt.

353
393

Over 3-month span:
1991 «..
..
1992
_,..
Over 6-month span:
1001
1992 lrttttT
rt ,, lllt „
Over 12-month span:
1991
MllllllltI1UJ
1992
,.„

.

333
433

303
432

40.6
57.6

463
46.4

43.9
42.4

493
51.4

50.7
36.7

423
45.7

46.4
392

363

213
483

32.4
493

363
50.4

433
46.4

522
353

493
36.7

46.4
31.7

42.4

373

173

41.4

203
432

25.9
47.6

343
41.7

403
42.4

453
293

443
P31.7

453
P333

39.9

360

360

173
423

19.4
32.4

19.4
30.6

24.1

252
P353

25.9

263

37.4

403

41.4

38.1

23.4

183
343

Based on seasonally adjusted data lor 1-, 3-, and 6-month upant
unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are-centered-wtoin
tpan.




D

NOTE: Figures are the percent of Industries with employment
•increasing plus one-half, of JheJndustries jwtth unchanged employment,
where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with.
increasing and decreasing employment