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2 Technical information: Household data: Establishment data: Media contact: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 07-0003 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ 691-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Friday, January 5, 2007. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: DECEMBER 2006 Nonfarm employment increased by 167,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job gains occurred in several service-providing industries, including professional and business services, health care, and food services. Average hourly earnings rose by 8 cents, or 0.5 percent, in December. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, January 2004 – December 2006 Percent Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, January 2004 – December 2006 Millions 6.5 138.0 6.0 136.0 5.5 134.0 5.0 132.0 4.5 130.0 4.0 128.0 126.0 3.5 2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006 Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons (6.8 million) was about unchanged in December, and the unemployment rate held at 4.5 percent. Over the year, these measures declined from 7.3 million and 4.9 percent, respectively. In December, unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (4.0 percent), adult women (3.9 percent), teenagers (15.2 percent), whites (4.0 percent), blacks (8.4 percent), and Hispanics (4.9 per- Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data Seasonally adjusted household survey data have been revised using updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted estimates back to January 2002 were subject to revision. The unemployment rates for January-November 2006 (as originally published and as revised) appear on page 5, along with additional information about the revisions. 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages Category 2006 III IV Oct. Nov. Nov.Dec. Dec. change Labor force status HOUSEHOLD DATA Civilian labor force………………………… Employment……………………………… Unemployment…………………………… Not in labor force…………………………… Monthly data 2006 151,703 144,618 7,086 77,464 152,425 145,629 6,797 77,471 152,052 145,337 6,715 77,623 152,449 145,623 6,826 77,456 152,775 145,926 6,849 77,333 326 303 23 -123 4.5 3.9 4.0 15.1 3.9 8.6 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.9 15.2 4.0 8.4 4.9 0.0 .1 -.1 .1 .1 -.2 -.1 p 136,047 p 22,314 p 7,458 p 14,162 p 113,733 p 15,252 p 17,491 p 17,919 p 13,220 p 22,108 p 136,214 p 22,303 p 7,455 p 14,150 p 113,911 p 15,243 p 17,541 p 17,962 p 13,251 p 22,125 p 167 p -11 p -3 p -12 p 178 p -9 p 50 p 43 p 31 p 17 p 33.9 p 41.0 p 4.3 p 0.0 p .0 p .1 Unemployment rates All workers…………………….…………… Adult men…………………...…………… Adult women……………………………… Teenagers………………………………… White ……….……...……………………… Black or African American ……………… Hispanic or Latino ethnicity……………… 4.7 4.0 4.2 16.1 4.1 9.1 5.3 4.5 3.9 3.9 15.1 3.9 8.5 4.8 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment……………………… Goods-producing 1………..……………… Construction…………..……………….. Manufacturing…………………………. 1 Service-providing ……………………… 2 Retail trade ………………………….. Professional and business services……. Education and health services…………. Leisure and hospitality………………… Government………..…………………… 4.4 3.9 3.9 15.2 3.9 8.5 4.6 135,595 22,422 7,509 14,230 113,173 15,214 17,394 17,801 13,097 22,022 p 136,051 p 22,324 p 7,465 p 14,165 p 113,727 p 15,236 p 17,492 p 17,921 p 13,217 p 22,110 135,893 22,355 7,483 14,182 113,538 15,213 17,444 17,883 13,181 22,098 Hours of work Total private……...………………………… Manufacturing………….…….……………… Overtime………………………………… 33.8 41.3 4.4 p 33.9 p 41.0 p 4.3 33.9 41.1 4.3 3 p 33.9 p 41.0 p 4.2 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) Total private……...………………………… 105.2 p 105.7 105.6 p 105.7 Earnings Average hourly earnings, total private……… $16.81 Average weekly earnings, total private……… $568.62 1 p $16.97 p 575.28 $16.91 573.25 p 105.9 p 0.2 p $17.04 p 577.66 p $0.08 p 2.72 3 p $16.96 p 574.94 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data. 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p = preliminary. NOTE: Seasonally adjusted household data have been revised. See note on page 5. 2 3 3 cent)—showed little or no change. The unemployment rate for Asians was 2.4 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) In December, both total employment, at 145.9 million, and the employment-population ratio, at 63.4 percent, were little changed. Over the year, total employment grew by 3.1 million and the employment-population ratio rose by 0.6 percentage point. The civilian labor force edged up in December to 152.8 million. The labor force participation rate, at 66.4 percent, was little changed over the month, but the rate was 0.4 percentage point higher than a year earlier. (See table A-1.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.3 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in December, 337,000 fewer than a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 274,000 discouraged workers in December, down from 451,000 a year earlier. Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 978,000 persons marginally attached to the labor force in December had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 167,000 in December to 136.2 million, following increases of 86,000 in October and 154,000 in November (as revised). Over the year, payroll employment rose by 1.8 million. In December, employment growth continued in several service-providing industries. Employment in construction was about unchanged over the month, and the number of manufacturing jobs continued to trend downward. (See table B-1.) Professional and business services employment continued to expand in December with a gain of 50,000. Job gains occurred in services to buildings and dwellings (13,000) and in management and technical consulting services (7,000). Employment continued to trend up in architectural and engineering services and in computer systems design and related services. Temporary help services employment was little changed over the month and over the year. Health care added 31,000 jobs in December. Employment rose in ambulatory health care services (14,000), hospitals (11,000), and nursing and residential care facilities (7,000). Over the year, health care employment increased by 324,000, with gains spread throughout the component industries. Job growth continued in food services and drinking places (23,000) in December. In the past 12 months, food services added 304,000 jobs, accounting for most of the over-the-year increase in leisure and hospitality employment. In financial activities, commercial banking added 5,000 jobs in December. Employment in financial activities was up by 153,000 over the year; job gains occurred in insurance (46,000) and in credit intermediation (62,000), which includes commercial banking. Employment in transportation and warehousing continued to trend up in December. Over the year, the industry added 106,000 jobs. Telecommunications employment was up by 6,000 in December; over the year, however, employment in the industry was essentially unchanged. 4 Employment in retail trade was little changed over the month after rising by 39,000 in November. Building and garden supply stores lost 8,000 jobs in December. Over the year, retail trade employment edged down. In the goods-producing sector, employment in mining continued to trend up in December. Job gains in the industry averaged 4,000 per month in 2006. Employment in construction was about unchanged in December following losses in October and November that totaled 53,000. After increasing by 295,000 in 2005, construction employment was little changed in 2006. Over the year, gains in nonresidential speciality trades and in heavy construction were largely offset by a decline in residential specialty trades. Manufacturing employment continued to trend down over the month with declines in motor vehicles and parts (-5,000), primary metals (-3,000), and textile mills (-2,000). Over the year, manufacturing employment fell by 72,000 with declines widespread throughout the component industries. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls remained at 33.9 hours in December. Weekly hours for factory workers were unchanged at 41.0 hours while overtime increased by 0.1 hour to 4.3 hours. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers increased by 0.2 percent in December to 105.9 (2002=100). The manufacturing index fell by 0.1 percent to 95.2. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 8 cents, or 0.5 percent, in December to $17.04. Average weekly earnings also rose by 0.5 percent, to $577.66. Over the year, hourly earnings were up 4.2 percent, while weekly earnings were up 4.5 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for January 2007 is scheduled to be released on Friday, February 2, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Revisions in the Establishment Survey Data With the release of January data on February 2, BLS is scheduled to introduce revisions to the nonfarm payroll employment, hours, and earnings data to reflect the annual benchmark adjustments for March 2006 and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Unadjusted data since April 2005 and seasonally adjusted data since January 2002 are subject to revision. Planned Changes in the Household Survey Effective with the release of data for January 2007, revisions will be introduced into the population controls for the household survey. These changes reflect the routine annual updating of intercensal population estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau. 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 (CPS), or household survey. This year, seasonally adjusted data for January 2002-November 2006 were subject to revision. As shown in table B, the revisions to seasonal adjustment did not change the overall civilian unemployment rate for any month of 2006. Revised seasonally adjusted data for other major labor force series beginning in December 2005 appear in table C. The January 2007 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain an article describing the current seasonal adjustment methodology for the household survey data and revised data for the most recent months or quarters for all regularly published tables containing seasonally adjusted household survey data. A copy of the article is available at http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsrs2007.pdf on the BLS Web site. Historical data for the household series contained in the A tables of this release can be accessed on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsatabs.htm. Revised historical seasonally adjusted monthly and quarterly data for additional series are available on the Internet at ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf/. Table B. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates and changes due to revision, January-November 2006 Year and month 2006 January .................................... February ................................. March ..................................... April ........................................ May ........................................ June ........................................ July ......................................... August ..................................... September ............................... October .................................. November ............................... As first published As revised Change 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5 0.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table C. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) 2005 2006 Employment status, sex, and age Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population 1 ..................... 227,425 227,553 227,763 227,975 228,199 228,428 228,671 228,912 229,167 229,420 229,675 229,905 230,108 Civilian labor force .............................................. 150,113 150,122 150,477 150,689 150,862 151,051 151,370 151,558 151,734 151,818 152,052 152,449 152,775 Participation rate ........................................... 66.0 66.0 66.1 66.1 66.1 66.1 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.3 66.4 Employed .......................................................... 142,782 143,099 143,319 143,680 143,763 144,045 144,386 144,330 144,618 144,906 145,337 145,623 145,926 Employment-population ratio ........................ 62.8 62.9 62.9 63.0 63.0 63.1 63.1 63.1 63.1 63.2 63.3 63.3 63.4 Unemployed ..................................................... 7,331 7,023 7,158 7,009 7,098 7,006 6,984 7,228 7,116 6,912 6,715 6,826 6,849 Unemployment rate ...................................... 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.5 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population 1 ..................... 101,489 101,560 101,657 101,754 101,857 101,963 102,075 102,187 102,308 102,428 102,549 102,656 102,751 Civilian labor force .............................................. 76,799 76,927 77,115 77,310 77,390 77,457 77,319 77,339 77,616 77,823 77,936 78,123 78,334 Participation rate ........................................... 75.7 75.7 75.9 76.0 76.0 76.0 75.7 75.7 75.9 76.0 76.0 76.1 76.2 Employed .......................................................... 73,503 73,837 73,880 74,180 74,163 74,208 74,233 74,105 74,421 74,868 74,924 75,088 75,235 Employment-population ratio ........................ 72.4 72.7 72.7 72.9 72.8 72.8 72.7 72.5 72.7 73.1 73.1 73.1 73.2 Unemployed ..................................................... 3,296 3,090 3,235 3,130 3,228 3,249 3,087 3,234 3,195 2,954 3,012 3,036 3,100 Unemployment rate ...................................... 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population 1 ..................... 109,425 109,478 109,562 109,646 109,736 109,829 109,927 110,026 110,134 110,241 110,349 110,445 110,528 Civilian labor force .............................................. 66,141 66,016 66,098 66,089 66,249 66,356 66,644 66,872 66,856 66,754 66,851 67,024 67,132 Participation rate ........................................... 60.4 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.4 60.4 60.6 60.8 60.7 60.6 60.6 60.7 60.7 Employed .......................................................... 63,198 63,172 63,286 63,349 63,432 63,622 63,901 64,029 64,118 63,978 64,252 64,333 64,491 Employment-population ratio ........................ 57.8 57.7 57.8 57.8 57.8 57.9 58.1 58.2 58.2 58.0 58.2 58.2 58.3 Unemployed ..................................................... 2,944 2,844 2,811 2,739 2,818 2,735 2,743 2,843 2,738 2,776 2,599 2,691 2,641 Unemployment rate ...................................... 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.0 3.9 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population 1 ..................... Civilian labor force .............................................. Participation rate ........................................... Employed .......................................................... Employment-population ratio ........................ Unemployed ..................................................... Unemployment rate ...................................... 1 16,511 7,173 43.4 6,081 36.8 1,091 15.2 16,515 7,178 43.5 6,090 36.9 1,089 15.2 16,545 7,264 43.9 6,153 37.2 1,111 15.3 16,575 7,290 44.0 6,150 37.1 1,140 15.6 16,606 7,222 43.5 6,169 37.1 1,053 14.6 16,637 7,237 43.5 6,215 37.4 1,022 14.1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation. NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. 16,668 7,407 44.4 6,253 37.5 1,154 15.6 16,700 7,347 44.0 6,197 37.1 1,151 15.7 16,725 7,262 43.4 6,079 36.3 1,183 16.3 16,751 7,242 43.2 6,060 36.2 1,182 16.3 16,776 7,264 43.3 6,161 36.7 1,104 15.2 16,804 7,301 43.5 6,202 36.9 1,099 15.1 16,829 7,309 43.4 6,200 36.8 1,108 15.2 Technical Note This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides the information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides the information on the employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies. The sample includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employmentpopulation ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: • The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. • The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. • The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. • The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation’s labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the monthto-month changes in unemployment. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity. Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the ad- justed series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most supersectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month’s data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the “true” population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the “true” population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 430,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the “true” over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, occurred. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 percentage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly estimates. The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/ death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five years. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March samplebased employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, the benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent. Additional statistics and other information More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $27.00 per issue or $53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or Visa. Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the household and establishment survey data published in this release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through 1-D of its “Explanatory Notes.” For the establishment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of Employment and Earnings. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Dec. 2005 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 227,425 149,874 65.9 142,918 62.8 6,956 4.6 77,550 4,808 229,905 152,590 66.4 146,014 63.5 6,576 4.3 77,315 4,476 230,108 152,571 66.3 146,081 63.5 6,491 4.3 77,537 4,121 227,425 150,113 66.0 142,782 62.8 7,331 4.9 77,312 5,258 229,167 151,734 66.2 144,618 63.1 7,116 4.7 77,433 4,887 229,420 151,818 66.2 144,906 63.2 6,912 4.6 77,602 4,643 229,675 152,052 66.2 145,337 63.3 6,715 4.4 77,623 4,759 229,905 152,449 66.3 145,623 63.3 6,826 4.5 77,456 4,778 230,108 152,775 66.4 145,926 63.4 6,849 4.5 77,333 4,506 109,863 80,140 72.9 76,287 69.4 3,854 4.8 29,722 111,180 81,689 73.5 78,210 70.3 3,479 4.3 29,491 111,288 81,715 73.4 78,030 70.1 3,684 4.5 29,573 109,863 80,446 73.2 76,564 69.7 3,882 4.8 29,417 110,792 81,309 73.4 77,482 69.9 3,827 4.7 29,482 110,925 81,532 73.5 77,920 70.2 3,612 4.4 29,393 111,059 81,612 73.5 77,985 70.2 3,626 4.4 29,448 111,180 81,798 73.6 78,148 70.3 3,650 4.5 29,382 111,288 82,030 73.7 78,311 70.4 3,718 4.5 29,259 101,489 76,670 75.5 73,315 72.2 3,355 4.4 24,819 102,656 78,161 76.1 75,247 73.3 2,914 3.7 24,495 102,751 78,198 76.1 75,040 73.0 3,158 4.0 24,553 101,489 76,799 75.7 73,503 72.4 3,296 4.3 24,690 102,308 77,616 75.9 74,421 72.7 3,195 4.1 24,692 102,428 77,823 76.0 74,868 73.1 2,954 3.8 24,606 102,549 77,936 76.0 74,924 73.1 3,012 3.9 24,613 102,656 78,123 76.1 75,088 73.1 3,036 3.9 24,533 102,751 78,334 76.2 75,235 73.2 3,100 4.0 24,417 117,562 69,734 59.3 66,631 56.7 3,102 4.4 47,828 118,724 70,900 59.7 67,804 57.1 3,097 4.4 47,824 118,820 70,856 59.6 68,050 57.3 2,806 4.0 47,963 117,562 69,667 59.3 66,218 56.3 3,449 5.0 47,895 118,376 70,425 59.5 67,136 56.7 3,289 4.7 47,951 118,495 70,286 59.3 66,986 56.5 3,300 4.7 48,209 118,616 70,440 59.4 67,352 56.8 3,089 4.4 48,175 118,724 70,651 59.5 67,475 56.8 3,176 4.5 48,073 118,820 70,745 59.5 67,615 56.9 3,130 4.4 48,074 109,425 66,376 60.7 63,669 58.2 2,707 4.1 43,048 110,445 67,408 61.0 64,778 58.7 2,630 3.9 43,036 110,528 67,412 61.0 64,988 58.8 2,424 3.6 43,116 109,425 66,141 60.4 63,198 57.8 2,944 4.5 43,283 110,134 66,856 60.7 64,118 58.2 2,738 4.1 43,277 110,241 66,754 60.6 63,978 58.0 2,776 4.2 43,487 110,349 66,851 60.6 64,252 58.2 2,599 3.9 43,498 110,445 67,024 60.7 64,333 58.2 2,691 4.0 43,420 110,528 67,132 60.7 64,491 58.3 2,641 3.9 43,396 16,511 6,828 41.4 5,934 35.9 894 13.1 9,683 16,804 7,021 41.8 5,989 35.6 1,031 14.7 9,783 16,829 6,961 41.4 6,052 36.0 909 13.1 9,868 16,511 7,173 43.4 6,081 36.8 1,091 15.2 9,338 16,725 7,262 43.4 6,079 36.3 1,183 16.3 9,464 16,751 7,242 43.2 6,060 36.2 1,182 16.3 9,509 16,776 7,264 43.3 6,161 36.7 1,104 15.2 9,512 16,804 7,301 43.5 6,202 36.9 1,099 15.1 9,502 16,829 7,309 43.4 6,200 36.8 1,108 15.2 9,520 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Persons who currently want a job ......................................... Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. 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 Dec. 2005 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 185,327 122,752 66.2 117,803 63.6 4,949 4.0 62,575 186,988 124,635 66.7 119,995 64.2 4,640 3.7 62,353 187,115 124,640 66.6 119,923 64.1 4,717 3.8 62,475 185,327 122,931 66.3 117,710 63.5 5,220 4.2 62,396 186,500 124,149 66.6 119,023 63.8 5,127 4.1 62,350 186,669 124,062 66.5 119,164 63.8 4,898 3.9 62,607 186,840 124,364 66.6 119,511 64.0 4,853 3.9 62,476 186,988 124,536 66.6 119,636 64.0 4,900 3.9 62,452 187,115 124,783 66.7 119,813 64.0 4,970 4.0 62,333 63,925 76.1 61,455 73.2 2,470 3.9 64,972 76.6 62,895 74.2 2,077 3.2 64,994 76.6 62,615 73.8 2,379 3.7 64,020 76.2 61,609 73.3 2,411 3.8 64,613 76.4 62,260 73.6 2,353 3.6 64,594 76.3 62,465 73.8 2,129 3.3 64,792 76.5 62,613 73.9 2,179 3.4 64,935 76.6 62,712 73.9 2,223 3.4 65,084 76.7 62,766 73.9 2,318 3.6 53,175 60.0 51,365 58.0 1,810 3.4 53,879 60.4 52,066 58.3 1,813 3.4 53,836 60.3 52,201 58.5 1,635 3.0 53,011 59.9 50,981 57.6 2,029 3.8 53,517 60.1 51,596 58.0 1,922 3.6 53,497 60.0 51,552 57.9 1,945 3.6 53,614 60.1 51,740 58.0 1,874 3.5 53,594 60.1 51,700 57.9 1,893 3.5 53,633 60.1 51,795 58.0 1,838 3.4 5,651 44.3 4,983 39.1 669 11.8 5,785 44.7 5,034 38.9 751 13.0 5,810 44.9 5,106 39.4 704 12.1 5,900 46.3 5,120 40.2 780 13.2 6,019 46.7 5,166 40.1 853 14.2 5,970 46.3 5,147 39.9 824 13.8 5,958 46.1 5,158 39.9 800 13.4 6,008 46.4 5,223 40.4 784 13.1 6,066 46.8 5,252 40.5 814 13.4 26,744 17,001 63.6 15,487 57.9 1,514 8.9 9,743 27,193 17,489 64.3 16,021 58.9 1,469 8.4 9,704 27,231 17,531 64.4 16,138 59.3 1,393 7.9 9,700 26,744 16,970 63.5 15,394 57.6 1,576 9.3 9,775 27,065 17,361 64.1 15,839 58.5 1,522 8.8 9,705 27,109 17,225 63.5 15,659 57.8 1,565 9.1 9,884 27,153 17,378 64.0 15,902 58.6 1,476 8.5 9,774 27,193 17,444 64.2 15,950 58.7 1,494 8.6 9,749 27,231 17,512 64.3 16,045 58.9 1,466 8.4 9,719 7,560 70.3 6,897 64.1 663 8.8 7,831 71.6 7,220 66.0 611 7.8 7,824 71.4 7,253 66.2 571 7.3 7,546 70.2 6,885 64.0 661 8.8 7,729 71.0 7,086 65.1 643 8.3 7,731 70.9 7,098 65.1 632 8.2 7,747 70.9 7,109 65.1 639 8.2 7,778 71.1 7,170 65.5 608 7.8 7,812 71.3 7,240 66.1 572 7.3 8,667 64.3 7,965 59.1 702 8.1 8,814 64.6 8,177 59.9 637 7.2 8,875 64.9 8,221 60.1 653 7.4 8,626 64.0 7,908 58.7 719 8.3 8,790 64.6 8,154 60.0 636 7.2 8,657 63.6 7,988 58.7 669 7.7 8,721 63.9 8,122 59.6 599 6.9 8,798 64.4 8,152 59.7 647 7.4 8,840 64.7 8,171 59.8 669 7.6 774 30.7 624 24.8 150 19.3 844 32.5 624 24.0 220 26.1 832 32.0 664 25.5 168 20.2 798 31.7 601 23.9 197 24.7 842 32.7 598 23.2 243 28.9 837 32.4 573 22.2 264 31.6 910 35.1 671 25.9 239 26.3 868 33.4 629 24.2 239 27.6 860 33.0 634 24.4 226 26.2 10,036 6,652 66.3 6,400 63.8 252 3.8 3,384 10,214 6,779 66.4 6,565 64.3 214 3.2 3,435 10,257 6,824 66.5 6,657 64.9 167 2.4 3,433 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. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-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) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. 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 Dec. 2005 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 29,645 20,316 68.5 19,084 64.4 1,232 6.1 9,329 30,508 21,048 69.0 20,006 65.6 1,042 5.0 9,460 30,596 21,213 69.3 20,151 65.9 1,061 5.0 9,383 29,645 20,283 68.4 19,068 64.3 1,215 6.0 9,362 30,232 20,652 68.3 19,551 64.7 1,101 5.3 9,581 30,324 20,738 68.4 19,611 64.7 1,127 5.4 9,586 30,416 20,825 68.5 19,860 65.3 965 4.6 9,591 30,508 20,994 68.8 19,953 65.4 1,042 5.0 9,513 30,596 21,176 69.2 20,131 65.8 1,045 4.9 9,419 11,664 84.3 11,071 80.0 593 5.1 12,127 85.2 11,664 82.0 463 3.8 12,162 85.2 11,618 81.4 544 4.5 (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) 7,590 58.1 7,135 54.6 455 6.0 7,839 58.4 7,437 55.4 402 5.1 7,916 58.8 7,588 56.4 328 4.1 (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) 1,061 38.7 878 32.0 184 17.3 1,081 38.0 904 31.8 177 16.4 1,134 39.7 946 33.1 189 16.6 (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 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. 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 Dec. 2005 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 12,490 45.6 11,499 42.0 991 7.9 12,684 46.4 11,869 43.4 815 6.4 12,778 47.0 11,862 43.7 915 7.2 12,416 45.4 11,509 42.0 908 7.3 12,771 46.2 11,896 43.0 875 6.9 12,692 45.7 11,873 42.8 819 6.5 12,725 46.5 11,993 43.8 732 5.8 12,681 46.4 11,855 43.4 826 6.5 12,719 46.8 11,877 43.7 842 6.6 38,167 63.1 36,445 60.3 1,722 4.5 38,828 63.6 37,212 60.9 1,617 4.2 38,387 63.0 36,744 60.3 1,643 4.3 38,149 63.1 36,414 60.2 1,735 4.5 38,395 63.3 36,639 60.4 1,756 4.6 38,427 63.2 36,800 60.6 1,627 4.2 38,360 63.2 36,780 60.6 1,581 4.1 38,489 63.0 36,837 60.3 1,652 4.3 38,373 63.0 36,722 60.3 1,651 4.3 35,329 72.0 33,978 69.3 1,350 3.8 35,382 72.2 34,232 69.9 1,150 3.3 35,514 72.3 34,344 70.0 1,170 3.3 35,429 72.2 34,043 69.4 1,386 3.9 35,358 72.2 34,080 69.5 1,278 3.6 35,472 72.5 34,201 69.9 1,270 3.6 35,702 72.4 34,486 69.9 1,216 3.4 35,469 72.4 34,293 70.0 1,176 3.3 35,593 72.5 34,393 70.1 1,200 3.4 42,100 78.4 41,262 76.8 838 2.0 43,550 78.6 42,799 77.2 752 1.7 43,756 78.4 43,001 77.0 754 1.7 41,980 78.2 41,066 76.5 913 2.2 42,712 77.9 41,947 76.5 765 1.8 42,866 78.0 41,994 76.4 872 2.0 42,900 77.7 42,088 76.2 812 1.9 43,225 78.0 42,423 76.5 802 1.9 43,565 78.1 42,742 76.6 823 1.9 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 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. 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 Dec. 2005 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries ............................................. Wage and salary workers ....................................................... Self-employed workers ........................................................... Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 1,942 1,058 868 15 2,104 1,226 856 23 2,079 1,240 825 13 2,135 1,205 928 (1) 2,193 1,251 911 (1) 2,150 1,199 946 (1) 2,150 1,249 882 (1) 2,173 1,283 869 (1) 2,291 1,415 879 (1) Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... Wage and salary workers ....................................................... Government .......................................................................... Private industries .................................................................. Private households ............................................................. Other industries .................................................................. Self-employed workers ........................................................... Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 140,976 131,616 20,252 111,364 782 110,582 9,294 66 143,910 134,084 20,952 113,132 732 112,400 9,725 101 144,001 134,151 20,871 113,280 722 112,558 9,751 99 140,634 131,129 20,127 111,006 (1) 110,213 9,402 (1) 142,509 132,832 20,365 112,441 (1) 111,661 9,636 (1) 142,836 133,030 20,525 112,515 (1) 111,757 9,694 (1) 143,260 133,421 20,658 112,759 (1) 111,990 9,700 (1) 143,423 133,583 20,753 112,811 (1) 112,057 9,709 (1) 143,646 133,636 20,734 112,888 (1) 112,147 9,865 (1) All industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................................ Could only find part-time work .............................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 4,183 2,654 1,132 20,420 4,054 2,687 1,100 20,995 4,281 2,808 1,156 20,808 4,133 2,556 1,215 19,515 4,157 2,683 1,163 19,625 4,099 2,630 1,151 19,631 4,305 2,770 1,203 19,467 4,183 2,711 1,168 19,780 4,232 2,706 1,234 19,885 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................................ Could only find part-time work .............................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 4,069 2,591 1,129 20,040 3,947 2,620 1,085 20,667 4,189 2,737 1,149 20,456 4,041 2,510 1,204 19,163 4,083 2,638 1,155 19,235 3,981 2,563 1,142 19,289 4,233 2,717 1,196 19,170 4,091 2,661 1,140 19,423 4,159 2,653 1,221 19,512 PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2 1 2 Data not available. Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic Dec. 2005 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 142,918 5,934 2,270 3,664 136,984 13,799 123,185 99,104 30,876 34,681 33,547 24,081 146,014 5,989 2,470 3,519 140,025 13,913 126,111 100,735 31,498 34,778 34,459 25,377 146,081 6,052 2,449 3,603 140,028 14,076 125,952 100,528 31,324 34,673 34,530 25,424 142,782 6,081 2,337 3,713 136,700 13,804 122,932 98,965 30,845 34,599 33,521 23,967 144,618 6,079 2,390 3,688 138,539 14,054 124,660 99,818 31,136 34,599 34,083 24,843 144,906 6,060 2,449 3,608 138,846 13,928 124,964 99,925 31,126 34,582 34,217 25,038 145,337 6,161 2,560 3,598 139,176 13,849 125,351 100,276 31,236 34,652 34,388 25,075 145,623 6,202 2,520 3,665 139,421 13,905 125,548 100,312 31,237 34,660 34,415 25,235 145,926 6,200 2,513 3,655 139,726 14,073 125,677 100,385 31,283 34,589 34,513 25,293 Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 76,287 2,972 1,041 1,931 73,315 7,280 66,034 53,239 17,032 18,710 17,497 12,795 78,210 2,964 1,185 1,779 75,247 7,400 67,847 54,383 17,315 18,828 18,240 13,464 78,030 2,991 1,136 1,855 75,040 7,420 67,620 54,174 17,328 18,702 18,145 13,446 76,564 3,061 1,098 1,949 73,503 7,336 66,193 53,383 17,050 18,754 17,579 12,810 77,482 3,062 1,189 1,871 74,421 7,499 67,005 53,798 17,074 18,754 17,970 13,206 77,920 3,051 1,173 1,865 74,868 7,485 67,375 53,957 17,201 18,706 18,050 13,419 77,985 3,061 1,179 1,878 74,924 7,428 67,485 54,119 17,179 18,777 18,162 13,366 78,148 3,060 1,190 1,855 75,088 7,429 67,668 54,236 17,213 18,787 18,237 13,432 78,311 3,077 1,193 1,872 75,235 7,468 67,776 54,318 17,338 18,750 18,231 13,458 Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 66,631 2,962 1,229 1,733 63,669 6,519 57,150 45,865 13,844 15,971 16,050 11,285 67,804 3,026 1,285 1,741 64,778 6,513 58,265 46,352 14,183 15,950 16,219 11,913 68,050 3,062 1,313 1,749 64,988 6,657 58,332 46,354 13,997 15,971 16,385 11,978 66,218 3,020 1,239 1,764 63,198 6,468 56,739 45,582 13,795 15,844 15,943 11,158 67,136 3,017 1,201 1,817 64,118 6,555 57,656 46,019 14,061 15,845 16,113 11,636 66,986 3,008 1,276 1,743 63,978 6,442 57,589 45,969 13,925 15,877 16,167 11,620 67,352 3,099 1,382 1,720 64,252 6,421 57,866 46,157 14,056 15,874 16,226 11,709 67,475 3,142 1,330 1,809 64,333 6,476 57,880 46,076 14,024 15,874 16,178 11,804 67,615 3,124 1,319 1,783 64,491 6,605 57,902 46,066 13,945 15,839 16,282 11,835 45,708 35,438 9,028 45,956 35,824 9,008 46,055 35,864 9,138 45,511 34,968 (1) 45,514 35,304 (1) 45,645 35,421 (1) 45,548 35,277 (1) 45,802 35,363 (1) 45,864 35,383 (1) 117,791 25,127 120,507 25,507 120,371 25,710 118,153 24,646 119,953 24,725 120,447 24,526 120,889 24,554 120,812 24,779 120,716 25,209 7,665 5.4 7,863 5.4 7,950 5.4 7,459 5.2 7,529 5.2 7,667 5.3 7,603 5.2 7,765 5.3 7,743 5.3 AGE AND SEX MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present ................................................... Married women, spouse present .............................................. Women who maintain families .................................................. FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders ........................................................... Percent of total employed ..................................................... 1 2 Data not available. Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Characteristic Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates 1 Dec. 2005 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 7,331 1,091 503 575 6,240 1,279 4,955 4,184 1,634 1,363 1,188 792 6,826 1,099 529 568 5,727 1,271 4,452 3,668 1,420 1,257 991 767 6,849 1,108 511 581 5,740 1,213 4,524 3,779 1,406 1,336 1,037 774 4.9 15.2 17.7 13.4 4.4 8.5 3.9 4.1 5.0 3.8 3.4 3.2 4.7 16.3 19.4 14.5 4.1 8.2 3.6 3.8 4.4 3.8 3.3 2.9 4.6 16.3 18.0 15.1 4.0 8.0 3.5 3.7 4.6 3.5 3.0 2.9 4.4 15.2 17.6 13.3 3.9 8.4 3.3 3.4 4.6 2.9 2.7 3.0 4.5 15.1 17.3 13.4 3.9 8.4 3.4 3.5 4.3 3.5 2.8 2.9 4.5 15.2 16.9 13.7 3.9 7.9 3.5 3.6 4.3 3.7 2.9 3.0 Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over ............................................................... 3,882 586 265 309 3,296 743 2,553 2,133 795 716 622 420 3,650 614 281 313 3,036 702 2,309 1,900 791 642 467 409 3,718 619 279 324 3,100 675 2,425 1,977 768 677 532 448 4.8 16.1 19.5 13.7 4.3 9.2 3.7 3.8 4.5 3.7 3.4 3.2 4.7 17.1 18.6 16.5 4.1 8.9 3.5 3.7 4.2 3.6 3.3 3.0 4.4 17.7 19.4 16.8 3.8 8.3 3.3 3.4 4.1 3.4 2.8 2.6 4.4 16.7 19.8 14.0 3.9 8.9 3.2 3.3 4.6 2.8 2.5 3.0 4.5 16.7 19.1 14.4 3.9 8.6 3.3 3.4 4.4 3.3 2.5 3.0 4.5 16.7 19.0 14.8 4.0 8.3 3.5 3.5 4.2 3.5 2.8 3.2 Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 20 years and over ................................................................... 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 25 years and over ................................................................. 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 3,449 506 238 266 2,944 535 2,402 2,052 838 647 566 340 3,176 485 248 255 2,691 570 2,143 1,768 629 615 524 361 3,130 490 232 256 2,641 538 2,099 1,802 638 659 505 291 5.0 14.3 16.1 13.1 4.5 7.6 4.1 4.3 5.7 3.9 3.4 2.9 4.7 15.4 20.1 12.3 4.1 7.4 3.7 4.0 4.6 4.2 3.2 3.2 4.7 14.8 16.7 13.3 4.2 7.6 3.8 4.0 5.2 3.6 3.2 3.3 4.4 13.6 15.6 12.5 3.9 7.9 3.4 3.5 4.6 3.1 3.0 2.9 4.5 13.4 15.7 12.4 4.0 8.1 3.6 3.7 4.3 3.7 3.1 2.9 4.4 13.6 14.9 12.6 3.9 7.5 3.5 3.8 4.4 4.0 3.0 2.4 1,201 1,127 671 1,092 972 671 1,153 975 602 2.6 3.1 6.9 2.5 2.9 6.7 2.3 2.9 6.8 2.3 2.8 6.5 2.3 2.7 6.9 2.5 2.7 6.2 5,901 1,423 5,508 1,312 5,562 1,282 4.8 5.5 4.6 5.1 4.5 5.1 4.3 5.1 4.4 5.0 4.4 4.8 AGE AND SEX MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present ................................................... Married women, spouse present .............................................. Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1 2 3 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. Not seasonally adjusted. Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Dec. 2005 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 3,622 1,013 2,609 1,866 743 752 2,083 499 3,025 808 2,217 1,530 686 772 2,232 547 3,374 1,054 2,320 1,654 666 730 1,916 471 3,482 923 2,560 (1) (1) 829 2,389 640 3,289 892 2,398 (1) (1) 851 2,276 646 3,195 872 2,323 (1) (1) 804 2,292 635 3,088 958 2,130 (1) (1) 783 2,249 593 3,179 965 2,214 (1) (1) 793 2,279 591 3,236 958 2,278 (1) (1) 807 2,199 601 100.0 52.1 14.6 37.5 10.8 30.0 7.2 100.0 46.0 12.3 33.7 11.7 33.9 8.3 100.0 52.0 16.2 35.7 11.3 29.5 7.3 100.0 47.4 12.6 34.9 11.3 32.5 8.7 100.0 46.6 12.6 34.0 12.1 32.2 9.1 100.0 46.1 12.6 33.5 11.6 33.1 9.2 100.0 46.0 14.3 31.7 11.7 33.5 8.8 100.0 46.5 14.1 32.4 11.6 33.3 8.6 100.0 47.3 14.0 33.3 11.8 32.1 8.8 2.4 .5 1.4 .3 2.0 .5 1.5 .4 2.2 .5 1.3 .3 2.3 .6 1.6 .4 2.2 .6 1.5 .4 2.1 .5 1.5 .4 2.0 .5 1.5 .4 2.1 .5 1.5 .4 2.1 .5 1.4 .4 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... On temporary layoff .............................................................. Not on temporary layoff ........................................................ Permanent job losers ........................................................ Persons who completed temporary jobs .......................... Job leavers ............................................................................... Reentrants ................................................................................ New entrants ............................................................................ PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed ..................................................................... Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ........ On temporary layoff ............................................................ Not on temporary layoff ...................................................... Job leavers ............................................................................. Reentrants .............................................................................. New entrants .......................................................................... UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ........ Job leavers ............................................................................. Reentrants .............................................................................. New entrants .......................................................................... 1 Data not available. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Dec. 2005 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 15 weeks and over ................................................................... 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 2,443 2,189 2,324 1,014 1,310 2,323 2,171 2,082 965 1,116 2,507 1,986 1,997 945 1,052 2,655 2,239 2,422 1,069 1,353 2,615 2,198 2,345 1,036 1,309 2,582 2,077 2,264 1,010 1,254 2,588 2,064 2,062 974 1,088 2,517 2,135 2,152 1,006 1,145 2,707 2,037 2,081 991 1,090 Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 17.5 8.6 16.6 8.2 15.9 7.4 17.4 8.5 17.3 8.4 17.2 8.1 16.4 8.0 16.3 8.2 15.9 7.3 100.0 35.1 31.5 33.4 14.6 18.8 100.0 35.3 33.0 31.7 14.7 17.0 100.0 38.6 30.6 30.8 14.6 16.2 100.0 36.3 30.6 33.1 14.6 18.5 100.0 36.5 30.7 32.8 14.5 18.3 100.0 37.3 30.0 32.7 14.6 18.1 100.0 38.5 30.7 30.7 14.5 16.2 100.0 37.0 31.4 31.6 14.8 16.8 100.0 39.7 29.8 30.5 14.5 16.0 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed ..................................................................... Less than 5 weeks .................................................................. 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 27 weeks and over ............................................................... NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. 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 .................................... Dec. 2005 Dec. 2006 142,918 50,524 21,100 29,424 22,936 36,296 16,467 19,829 15,264 843 9,303 5,117 17,899 9,353 8,546 146,081 51,834 21,901 29,932 23,413 36,970 17,446 19,525 15,802 866 9,710 5,225 18,062 8,981 9,080 Dec. 2005 6,956 1,010 385 625 1,469 1,572 773 799 1,156 129 827 199 1,213 657 556 Dec. 2006 Dec. 2005 6,491 918 357 561 1,346 1,502 727 775 1,075 137 736 202 1,149 580 569 Dec. 2006 4.6 2.0 1.8 2.1 6.0 4.2 4.5 3.9 7.0 13.3 8.2 3.7 6.3 6.6 6.1 4.3 1.7 1.6 1.8 5.4 3.9 4.0 3.8 6.4 13.6 7.0 3.7 6.0 6.1 5.9 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Industry and class of worker Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... Mining ................................................................................................................. Construction ...................................................................................................... Manufacturing ................................................................................................... Durable goods ................................................................................................ Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ Information ........................................................................................................ Financial activities ........................................................................................... Professional and business services ............................................................ Education and health services ..................................................................... Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... Other services .................................................................................................. Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ Government workers ......................................................................................... Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... Unemployment rates Dec. 2005 Dec. 2006 6,956 5,611 23 813 757 461 296 968 202 128 204 788 529 930 269 127 393 327 6,491 5,199 25 725 660 395 265 965 190 108 227 791 502 701 306 139 395 287 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Dec. 2005 4.6 4.8 3.5 8.2 4.5 4.2 5.0 4.5 3.6 3.7 2.1 6.1 2.8 7.9 4.3 11.1 1.9 3.1 Dec. 2006 4.3 4.4 3.4 6.9 4.0 3.8 4.6 4.5 3.2 2.9 2.3 5.9 2.6 5.9 5.2 10.4 1.9 2.6 HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Dec. 2005 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006 Dec. 2006 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force .................................................................................................................................. 2.4 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) .................................................................................................................................. 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.5 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ........................................................................................................ 4.9 4.5 4.4 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.7 U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers .................... 5.6 5.2 5.0 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.3 U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers ............................................................................................................................. 8.4 7.8 7.8 8.6 8.4 8.0 8.1 8.0 8.0 have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. 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 Dec. 2005 Dec. 2006 Dec. 2005 Dec. 2006 Dec. 2005 Dec. 2006 77,550 4,808 1,589 77,537 4,121 1,252 29,722 2,146 833 29,573 1,934 699 47,828 2,662 756 47,963 2,187 553 451 1,139 274 978 266 568 194 506 185 571 81 472 Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 7,665 5.4 7,950 5.4 3,794 5.0 3,966 5.1 3,871 5.8 3,984 5.9 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 ................................................... 4,045 1,818 295 1,455 4,252 1,728 300 1,606 2,173 641 175 784 2,399 535 187 811 1,872 1,177 120 671 1,853 1,193 113 795 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects 2 ..................................... Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Dec. 2005 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Seasonally adjusted Dec. 2006p Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Dec. 2006p Change from: Nov. 2006Dec. 2006 p Total nonfarm ............................. 135,041 136,787 137,141 136,935 134,376 135,604 135,807 135,893 136,047 136,214 167 Total private ........................................ 112,819 114,337 114,542 114,426 112,498 113,584 113,731 113,795 113,939 114,089 150 Goods-producing ............................................ 22,160 22,601 22,425 22,195 22,282 22,427 22,419 22,355 22,314 22,303 -11 Natural resources and mining .................................. Logging ........................................................... Mining .................................................................... Oil and gas extraction ........................................ Mining, except oil and gas 1................................. Coal mining ...................................................... Support activities for mining .............................. 643 62.5 580.8 128.6 211.7 76.0 240.5 700 64.1 635.5 140.6 224.6 79.0 270.3 699 63.5 635.1 141.6 221.5 78.1 272.0 695 62.9 631.6 142.6 216.5 79.1 272.5 644 62.0 582.1 128.7 214.3 75.4 239.1 683 61.6 621.0 139.1 218.9 78.5 263.0 685 60.7 624.5 139.5 219.9 78.4 265.1 690 60.8 629.6 141.3 220.4 79.1 267.9 694 61.1 632.9 142.3 219.7 78.6 270.9 698 62.1 636.0 143.3 220.0 79.1 272.7 4 1.0 3.1 1.0 .3 .5 1.8 Construction ............................................................. Construction of buildings ................................... Residential building ......................................... Nonresidential building .................................... Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ Specialty trade contractors ............................... Residential specialty trade contractors ........... Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 7,282 1,721.4 963.7 757.7 931.2 4,629.2 2,314.4 2,314.8 7,690 1,778.1 997.7 780.4 1,057.0 4,854.5 2,316.7 2,537.8 7,555 1,752.4 981.7 770.7 1,018.0 4,784.8 2,278.5 2,506.3 7,347 1,734.1 965.2 768.9 964.9 4,648.2 2,203.9 2,444.3 7,416 1,727.2 966.8 760.4 974.8 4,714.3 2,347.3 2,367.0 7,512 1,755.8 982.4 773.4 985.0 4,771.4 2,317.6 2,453.8 7,511 1,757.2 986.3 770.9 990.9 4,762.6 2,297.2 2,465.4 7,483 1,748.5 982.0 766.5 996.8 4,737.3 2,264.0 2,473.3 7,458 1,739.7 975.3 764.4 994.4 4,723.8 2,254.7 2,469.1 7,455 1,738.5 969.5 769.0 1,000.1 4,716.4 2,244.3 2,472.1 -3 -1.2 -5.8 4.6 5.7 -7.4 -10.4 3.0 Manufacturing ........................................................... Production workers ....................................... 14,235 10,138 14,211 10,177 14,171 10,139 14,153 10,122 14,222 10,123 14,232 10,212 14,223 10,187 14,182 10,146 14,162 10,126 14,150 10,118 -12 -8 Durable goods ....................................................... Production workers ....................................... Wood products ................................................... Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ Primary metals .................................................... Fabricated metal products ................................. Machinery ........................................................... Computer and electronic products 1.................... Computer and peripheral equipment ............. Communications equipment ........................... Semiconductors and electronic components . Electronic instruments ..................................... Electrical equipment and appliances ................ Transportation equipment 1.................................. Motor vehicles and parts 2................................. Furniture and related products .......................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 8,987 6,319 556.5 497.1 471.4 1,528.3 1,171.5 1,323.1 206.0 149.0 450.9 442.2 435.4 1,787.0 1,100.9 558.6 658.0 8,991 6,362 535.6 504.6 467.5 1,553.6 1,200.3 1,325.1 202.9 146.5 461.7 445.3 443.0 1,756.1 1,054.9 541.3 663.4 8,968 6,343 525.2 499.5 464.8 1,551.7 1,199.7 1,328.4 203.2 147.6 462.4 446.1 442.8 1,755.6 1,053.6 534.5 665.8 8,967 6,342 519.6 494.0 463.3 1,557.2 1,201.0 1,331.3 205.0 148.0 462.0 447.3 446.7 1,755.9 1,053.5 534.2 663.7 8,970 6,299 558.9 500.7 469.4 1,526.7 1,166.9 1,322.2 205.7 149.2 451.0 441.7 434.4 1,776.7 1,092.1 558.0 655.8 9,014 6,397 546.0 500.7 473.4 1,551.8 1,194.8 1,329.4 203.2 147.4 463.0 446.4 445.1 1,766.9 1,070.6 547.3 658.5 9,011 6,381 541.0 496.5 469.8 1,555.2 1,197.0 1,329.0 202.8 147.7 462.9 446.8 445.5 1,770.6 1,070.1 545.4 660.6 8,987 6,357 533.6 498.4 468.0 1,551.5 1,199.8 1,327.1 203.6 146.6 462.3 446.1 445.7 1,759.1 1,057.7 542.0 661.9 8,970 6,343 526.5 497.7 465.4 1,552.7 1,200.0 1,331.3 204.1 148.1 463.6 447.1 444.7 1,751.9 1,051.7 537.1 662.7 8,964 6,335 523.5 499.5 462.6 1,555.6 1,201.0 1,330.7 204.9 147.7 462.3 447.4 446.4 1,746.9 1,047.1 534.7 663.2 -6 -8 -3.0 1.8 -2.8 2.9 1.0 -.6 .8 -.4 -1.3 .3 1.7 -5.0 -4.6 -2.4 .5 Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,248 Production workers ....................................... 3,819 Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,471.0 Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 191.6 Textile mills ......................................................... 207.1 Textile product mills ........................................... 172.0 Apparel ................................................................ 251.4 Leather and allied products ............................... 39.7 Paper and paper products ................................. 477.6 Printing and related support activities ............... 646.5 Petroleum and coal products ............................. 109.5 Chemicals ........................................................... 883.1 Plastics and rubber products ............................. 798.0 5,220 3,815 1,495.4 201.9 188.1 167.0 240.6 37.4 463.3 639.6 119.2 894.7 772.7 5,203 3,796 1,485.9 197.4 187.1 165.8 240.1 37.3 462.9 640.9 116.8 895.8 772.9 5,186 3,780 1,474.7 196.0 184.0 166.2 238.9 37.7 463.4 641.9 114.2 895.6 773.5 5,252 3,824 1,466.0 192.3 209.0 173.9 253.5 39.7 478.1 644.0 112.3 884.0 798.9 5,218 3,815 1,468.0 197.1 193.4 168.4 243.6 36.8 467.2 640.3 116.8 897.5 788.9 5,212 3,806 1,474.0 197.7 190.0 167.9 243.2 37.2 465.4 638.1 117.2 895.8 785.5 5,195 3,789 1,471.2 198.6 188.4 167.3 242.0 37.2 464.3 639.3 117.6 896.7 772.4 5,192 3,783 1,472.6 197.5 187.5 166.6 241.0 37.0 463.4 640.5 116.9 896.7 772.2 5,186 3,783 1,470.2 197.5 185.6 166.5 240.7 37.2 463.5 639.9 116.6 895.3 773.1 -6 0 -2.4 .0 -1.9 -.1 -.3 .2 .1 -.6 -.3 -1.4 .9 See footnotes at the end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Dec. 2005 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Seasonally adjusted Dec. 2006p Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Dec. 2006p Service-providing .............................................. 112,881 114,186 114,716 114,740 112,094 113,177 113,388 113,538 113,733 113,911 Change from: Nov. 2006Dec. 2006 p 178 Private service-providing ............................... 90,659 91,736 92,117 92,231 90,216 91,157 91,312 91,440 91,625 91,786 161 Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 26,631 26,163 26,610 26,796 26,015 26,052 26,073 26,092 26,153 26,167 14 Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,794.6 Durable goods .................................................... 3,024.2 Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,025.2 Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 745.2 5,871.5 3,068.0 2,043.4 760.1 5,880.5 3,066.9 2,052.9 760.7 5,887.9 3,071.4 2,051.5 765.0 5,783.8 3,017.6 2,023.9 742.3 5,854.6 3,058.0 2,039.5 757.1 5,868.0 3,069.0 2,040.6 758.4 5,866.9 3,068.2 2,039.2 759.5 5,878.3 3,069.4 2,047.3 761.6 5,885.3 3,070.7 2,050.5 764.1 7.0 1.3 3.2 2.5 Retail trade ............................................................ 15,873.9 15,242.5 15,667.6 15,829.1 15,300.3 15,212.3 15,207.3 15,213.2 15,251.7 15,242.5 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1........................ 1,904.7 1,914.0 1,905.9 1,897.2 1,914.7 1,906.7 1,907.3 1,906.7 1,906.6 1,908.2 Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,248.7 1,245.7 1,242.1 1,237.8 1,252.4 1,243.6 1,242.6 1,241.7 1,242.0 1,243.4 Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 606.0 595.9 609.4 614.5 583.0 594.3 592.2 594.0 592.3 593.0 Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 569.5 527.9 547.9 548.2 540.5 527.1 525.8 523.6 522.9 521.1 Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,261.5 1,304.7 1,289.7 1,270.7 1,290.9 1,313.2 1,313.9 1,312.1 1,307.9 1,300.2 Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,843.1 2,825.0 2,853.8 2,874.3 2,805.9 2,813.5 2,818.2 2,823.9 2,827.4 2,834.8 Health and personal care stores ....................... 981.8 959.4 976.4 981.0 966.1 960.0 962.4 960.0 968.2 965.0 Gasoline stations ................................................ 865.5 855.6 857.5 857.2 869.6 858.5 859.1 855.0 857.9 858.0 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,574.2 1,436.2 1,542.2 1,594.6 1,448.1 1,437.5 1,436.9 1,443.6 1,464.3 1,460.7 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores ................................................................ 705.3 624.1 675.4 697.9 640.0 628.1 622.6 623.3 633.5 629.5 General merchandise stores 1............................. 3,162.0 2,849.6 3,029.3 3,098.1 2,906.9 2,850.8 2,841.6 2,840.9 2,837.3 2,840.3 Department stores .......................................... 1,789.6 1,565.8 1,707.7 1,747.7 1,595.6 1,565.0 1,560.2 1,556.0 1,558.0 1,556.9 Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 927.7 896.6 901.9 913.2 899.0 889.9 889.7 889.4 886.1 883.4 Nonstore retailers ............................................... 472.6 453.5 478.2 482.2 435.6 432.7 437.6 440.7 447.3 448.3 -9.2 1.6 1.4 .7 -1.8 -7.7 7.4 -3.2 .1 -3.6 Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,406.1 Air transportation ................................................ 487.3 Rail transportation .............................................. 227.7 Water transportation ........................................... 62.7 Truck transportation ........................................... 1,403.4 Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 409.5 Pipeline transportation ....................................... 37.0 Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 25.6 Support activities for transportation ................... 558.9 Couriers and messengers .................................. 591.9 Warehousing and storage .................................. 602.1 -4.0 3.0 -1.1 -2.7 1.0 4,489.9 491.3 227.0 66.3 1,450.3 402.7 38.9 31.9 569.2 592.0 620.3 4,502.7 484.9 227.2 66.2 1,443.9 404.5 38.1 28.1 569.5 615.2 625.1 4,519.1 489.7 226.4 68.3 1,439.3 404.9 38.3 25.5 571.6 624.6 630.5 4,371.6 486.9 227.3 63.7 1,404.0 392.2 37.0 31.1 556.2 579.7 593.5 4,425.3 488.1 226.7 64.6 1,427.4 388.7 38.6 31.5 565.4 584.4 609.9 4,437.4 488.8 226.1 66.0 1,430.8 391.3 38.2 31.2 566.9 587.4 610.7 4,452.1 490.8 226.3 66.4 1,433.0 389.4 38.9 31.0 568.7 593.7 613.9 4,462.7 487.7 226.1 68.0 1,433.7 389.1 38.4 31.1 570.5 602.1 616.0 4,477.9 492.6 226.3 69.3 1,436.9 388.3 38.3 30.9 569.9 604.5 620.9 15.2 4.9 .2 1.3 3.2 -.8 -.1 -.2 -.6 2.4 4.9 Utilities ................................................................... 556.7 558.7 559.2 560.3 559.7 559.8 560.1 559.8 560.4 561.3 .9 Information ................................................................ Publishing industries, except Internet ............... Motion picture and sound recording industries . Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ Telecommunications .......................................... ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... Other information services ................................. 3,077 905.9 392.3 327.3 30.2 993.3 378.3 49.3 3,052 900.7 368.8 329.6 31.2 992.2 380.1 49.8 3,066 905.9 369.3 332.2 31.4 994.5 383.2 49.4 3,083 907.3 377.5 333.2 32.1 997.5 384.6 50.8 3,066 902.5 387.7 325.1 30.4 993.3 377.8 49.6 3,062 901.2 379.8 328.2 30.6 990.1 382.8 49.4 3,060 898.9 375.7 329.1 31.0 991.9 383.2 49.9 3,062 901.1 375.0 328.9 31.4 994.5 381.0 50.2 3,059 903.3 368.2 330.2 31.6 993.0 382.9 50.0 3,071 903.2 371.6 330.7 32.2 999.0 383.6 50.9 12 -.1 3.4 .5 .6 6.0 .7 .9 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 ......... 8,213 6,068.3 21.0 2,890.3 1,790.0 1,303.4 790.6 2,278.7 87.7 2,144.9 1,476.8 640.1 28.0 8,349 6,169.9 21.8 2,943.3 1,828.9 1,335.0 803.0 2,310.4 91.4 2,179.4 1,497.0 652.2 30.2 8,355 6,180.5 21.8 2,949.8 1,833.7 1,336.7 803.2 2,313.4 92.3 2,174.4 1,498.1 645.8 30.5 8,366 6,194.5 21.8 2,955.0 1,839.4 1,343.2 803.7 2,320.5 93.5 2,171.0 1,495.4 644.7 30.9 8,223 6,068.2 21.0 2,894.2 1,793.2 1,306.0 790.4 2,274.8 87.8 2,154.5 1,481.6 645.0 27.9 8,333 6,150.9 21.7 2,927.2 1,821.4 1,325.7 799.4 2,310.9 91.7 2,182.0 1,500.3 651.9 29.8 8,360 6,172.7 21.8 2,942.9 1,828.2 1,332.3 802.1 2,313.7 92.2 2,187.2 1,501.1 656.0 30.1 8,359 6,177.3 21.8 2,946.9 1,835.2 1,340.0 803.1 2,313.4 92.1 2,181.5 1,497.4 654.0 30.1 8,367 6,184.9 21.8 2,950.6 1,838.1 1,341.1 803.1 2,316.8 92.6 2,182.5 1,500.8 651.2 30.5 8,376 6,194.6 21.9 2,955.8 1,842.8 1,345.6 803.1 2,320.3 93.5 2,181.8 1,501.5 649.7 30.6 9 9.7 .1 5.2 4.7 4.5 .0 3.5 .9 -.7 .7 -1.5 .1 See footnotes at the end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Industry Dec. 2005 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Dec. 2006p Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Dec. 2006p Change from: Nov. 2006Dec. 2006 p Professional and business services ........................ Professional and technical services 1..................... Legal services .................................................. Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... Architectural and engineering services .......... Computer systems design and related services .......................................................... Management and technical consulting services .......................................................... Management of companies and enterprises ....... Administrative and waste services ....................... Administrative and support services 1................. Employment services 1...................................... Temporary help services ............................. Business support services .............................. Services to buildings and dwellings ............... Waste management and remediation services 17,128 7,122.1 1,164.4 841.9 1,333.0 17,617 7,284.9 1,159.9 814.1 1,398.9 17,595 7,319.7 1,163.6 827.6 1,403.4 17,514 7,376.7 1,162.5 883.4 1,396.5 17,121 7,118.9 1,160.8 859.0 1,335.6 17,402 7,295.5 1,160.5 869.4 1,386.6 17,415 7,306.0 1,159.3 880.7 1,388.2 17,444 7,322.9 1,160.6 881.4 1,390.1 17,491 7,345.8 1,162.2 885.3 1,396.4 17,541 7,369.2 1,161.4 890.0 1,401.0 50 23.4 -.8 4.7 4.6 1,218.4 1,283.6 1,283.4 1,290.1 1,212.1 1,274.6 1,278.2 1,280.0 1,280.5 1,285.5 5.0 871.8 1,758.9 8,247.3 7,915.5 3,754.2 2,687.3 760.0 1,670.1 331.8 917.5 1,788.7 8,543.1 8,202.5 3,799.8 2,720.0 784.8 1,822.2 340.6 922.9 1,794.7 8,480.3 8,140.5 3,775.0 2,691.1 788.9 1,784.7 339.8 930.2 1,797.5 8,339.8 7,997.8 3,711.2 2,653.4 788.5 1,716.5 342.0 865.4 1,756.7 8,245.1 7,911.0 3,671.0 2,628.1 751.8 1,751.1 334.1 892.0 1,790.7 8,315.4 7,983.4 3,663.8 2,600.5 770.5 1,775.9 332.0 896.4 1,795.9 8,313.0 7,977.7 3,649.6 2,589.4 772.3 1,773.6 335.3 912.7 1,795.5 8,325.6 7,986.4 3,641.3 2,592.2 778.9 1,781.6 339.2 918.3 1,796.5 8,348.5 8,007.5 3,654.2 2,597.6 780.7 1,783.8 341.0 925.2 1,797.7 8,374.0 8,031.8 3,665.5 2,612.2 779.7 1,796.8 342.2 6.9 1.2 25.5 24.3 11.3 14.6 -1.0 13.0 1.2 Education and health services ................................ 17,665 18,056 18,153 18,137 17,507 17,805 17,863 17,883 17,919 17,962 Educational services ............................................. 2,962.8 3,055.2 3,099.2 3,049.7 2,827.5 2,889.1 2,907.6 2,894.4 2,901.8 2,906.3 Health care and social assistance ........................ 14,702.0 15,000.5 15,053.4 15,087.5 14,679.6 14,915.7 14,955.3 14,988.7 15,017.4 15,055.5 Health care 3............................................................ 12,453.7 12,711.5 12,754.7 12,782.7 12,435.8 12,642.7 12,678.2 12,704.4 12,728.5 12,759.8 Ambulatory health care services 1....................... 5,192.0 5,323.2 5,349.5 5,362.6 5,181.4 5,287.0 5,311.0 5,320.7 5,334.7 5,348.6 Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,146.3 2,199.7 2,211.2 2,220.6 2,135.8 2,182.8 2,197.5 2,199.3 2,205.2 2,210.0 Outpatient care centers ................................... 484.3 494.0 496.1 498.2 484.1 491.5 492.9 495.0 495.8 497.7 Home health care services ............................. 825.0 859.4 865.6 862.2 822.1 850.9 856.1 857.3 859.3 859.2 Hospitals ............................................................. 4,384.6 4,463.2 4,470.8 4,480.2 4,382.5 4,445.1 4,456.1 4,463.0 4,467.0 4,477.5 Nursing and residential care facilities 1............... 2,877.1 2,925.1 2,934.4 2,939.9 2,871.9 2,910.6 2,911.1 2,920.7 2,926.8 2,933.7 Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,586.6 1,597.7 1,600.9 1,603.3 1,582.5 1,590.3 1,590.7 1,594.9 1,596.3 1,599.4 Social assistance 1................................................ 2,248.3 2,289.0 2,298.7 2,304.8 2,243.8 2,273.0 2,277.1 2,284.3 2,288.9 2,295.7 Child day care services ................................... 801.6 798.2 798.1 798.6 793.3 789.7 787.1 787.5 787.5 788.6 43 4.5 38.1 31.3 13.9 4.8 1.9 -.1 10.5 6.9 3.1 6.8 1.1 Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,577 13,095 12,948 12,937 12,898 13,099 13,129 13,181 13,220 13,251 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,746.0 1,887.2 1,783.8 1,774.5 1,905.9 1,916.1 1,911.3 1,926.8 1,925.2 1,928.8 Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 348.4 380.1 362.9 356.4 362.1 375.1 372.2 375.6 373.6 373.0 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 115.4 127.3 122.1 121.4 121.6 124.4 125.2 125.9 126.0 126.9 Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,282.2 1,379.8 1,298.8 1,296.7 1,422.2 1,416.6 1,413.9 1,425.3 1,425.6 1,428.9 Accommodations and food services .................... 10,831.1 11,208.2 11,164.4 11,162.7 10,992.3 11,182.6 11,217.3 11,254.2 11,294.8 11,322.0 Accommodations ................................................ 1,741.8 1,807.6 1,770.7 1,772.9 1,809.2 1,809.9 1,821.6 1,825.4 1,830.7 1,835.3 Food services and drinking places .................... 9,089.3 9,400.6 9,393.7 9,389.8 9,183.1 9,372.7 9,395.7 9,428.8 9,464.1 9,486.7 31 3.6 -.6 .9 3.3 27.2 4.6 22.6 Other services .......................................................... 5,368 Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,236.1 Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,265.4 Membership associations and organizations .... 2,866.1 5,404 1,251.5 1,270.8 2,881.2 5,390 1,246.4 1,264.5 2,879.3 5,398 1,243.2 1,267.1 2,887.2 5,386 1,241.4 1,270.3 2,874.5 5,404 1,252.5 1,268.2 2,883.0 5,412 1,254.3 1,273.3 2,884.8 5,419 1,253.5 1,273.8 2,891.6 5,416 1,253.1 1,271.8 2,890.9 5,418 1,252.4 1,271.1 2,894.9 2 -.7 -.7 4.0 Government .............................................................. Federal ................................................................... Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. U.S. Postal Service ............................................ State government .................................................. State government education .............................. State government, excluding education ............ Local government .................................................. Local government education ............................. Local government, excluding education ........... 22,450 2,700 1,934.2 766.1 5,213 2,428.2 2,784.6 14,537 8,276.6 6,260.7 22,599 2,696 1,926.9 768.8 5,242 2,455.3 2,786.5 14,661 8,392.6 6,268.5 22,509 2,705 1,921.8 783.1 5,199 2,413.0 2,785.9 14,605 8,363.8 6,241.3 21,878 2,713 1,941.2 772.1 5,036 2,258.1 2,777.4 14,129 7,906.9 6,222.2 22,020 2,708 1,940.3 767.5 5,055 2,268.6 2,786.1 14,257 7,973.2 6,284.0 22,076 2,707 1,940.0 767.4 5,079 2,291.1 2,788.0 14,290 7,995.5 6,294.6 22,098 2,700 1,934.3 765.6 5,075 2,282.0 2,792.8 14,323 8,021.9 6,300.7 22,108 2,696 1,930.3 765.2 5,081 2,284.5 2,796.2 14,331 8,027.6 6,303.0 22,125 2,691 1,929.8 761.1 5,088 2,289.8 2,798.3 14,346 8,036.3 6,309.8 17 -5 -.5 -4.1 7 5.3 2.1 15 8.7 6.8 1 22,222 2,714 1,929.3 784.7 5,134 2,374.1 2,760.2 14,374 8,222.6 6,151.1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. 2 3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Industry Seasonally adjusted Change from: Nov. 2006Dec. 2006 p Dec. 2005 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Dec. 2006p Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Dec. 2006p Total private ....................................... 33.7 34.2 33.8 33.9 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.9 33.9 33.9 0.0 Goods-producing .......................................... 40.4 40.9 40.5 41.0 40.2 40.6 40.3 40.6 40.5 40.8 .3 Natural resources and mining .............................. 45.6 46.4 45.8 45.4 45.6 45.3 45.1 45.8 45.8 45.4 -.4 Construction ............................................................ 38.1 39.8 38.9 39.5 38.7 39.0 38.5 39.3 39.1 39.9 .8 Manufacturing ......................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 41.4 4.9 41.3 4.4 41.2 4.4 41.6 4.6 40.8 4.5 41.3 4.4 41.1 4.3 41.1 4.3 41.0 4.2 41.0 4.3 .0 .1 Durable goods ..................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 41.8 5.0 41.6 4.4 41.4 4.3 41.9 4.7 41.2 4.5 41.6 4.4 41.3 4.3 41.4 4.3 41.3 4.2 41.3 4.3 .0 .1 Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 40.3 42.3 44.0 41.7 42.7 40.8 41.5 43.6 43.4 39.2 38.9 39.9 43.1 43.5 41.8 42.7 40.6 41.3 42.7 42.0 39.1 38.8 39.1 42.1 43.7 41.5 42.5 40.5 41.2 42.7 41.9 39.1 39.1 39.3 41.9 44.5 41.6 42.9 41.1 42.5 43.7 43.1 39.6 39.7 40.1 42.7 43.5 41.1 41.9 40.3 40.9 42.6 42.2 38.3 38.5 39.9 43.3 43.7 41.7 42.7 40.5 41.0 42.9 42.5 39.0 38.7 39.4 43.0 43.6 41.4 42.3 40.4 40.9 42.6 42.1 38.8 38.6 39.6 42.5 43.6 41.4 42.7 40.4 40.9 42.5 41.8 39.1 38.8 39.4 42.3 43.7 41.2 42.5 40.2 40.8 42.6 41.8 39.1 39.0 39.2 42.3 43.7 41.0 42.3 40.3 41.2 42.6 41.9 39.0 39.0 -.2 .0 .0 -.2 -.2 .1 .4 .0 .1 -.1 .0 Nondurable goods ............................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.7 4.8 40.9 4.4 40.9 4.4 41.0 4.5 40.2 4.6 40.7 4.3 40.7 4.2 40.7 4.3 40.6 4.2 40.5 4.3 -.1 .1 Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 39.8 39.7 41.4 40.7 36.0 39.7 43.5 38.8 44.5 43.0 41.2 40.8 40.4 40.3 39.1 37.2 38.9 43.0 39.8 45.5 42.2 40.7 41.0 40.5 41.0 40.7 37.2 39.1 43.0 39.3 46.3 41.8 40.6 40.9 39.2 41.5 39.9 37.6 41.0 43.3 39.7 45.2 42.2 40.9 39.3 40.0 41.0 40.0 35.6 39.4 42.6 38.4 44.5 42.5 40.5 39.8 41.1 41.1 40.4 36.6 39.6 43.4 39.1 45.4 42.7 40.9 40.2 40.8 40.7 39.8 36.6 38.8 42.9 39.2 45.1 43.0 40.7 40.4 40.7 40.7 39.2 37.0 39.0 42.8 39.5 45.2 42.4 40.6 40.4 40.4 40.9 40.3 37.0 38.7 42.6 39.2 45.5 41.8 40.6 40.4 39.9 41.0 39.1 37.4 40.0 42.6 39.3 45.5 41.8 40.2 .0 -.5 .1 -1.2 .4 1.3 .0 .1 .0 .0 -.4 Private service-providing ............................. 32.3 32.7 32.3 32.5 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.4 32.5 .1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.4 33.6 33.4 33.6 33.4 33.4 33.4 33.4 33.5 33.4 -.1 Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.8 38.4 37.9 37.8 37.9 38.0 37.9 38.0 37.9 37.9 .0 Retail trade ........................................................... 30.7 30.4 30.3 30.7 30.5 30.3 30.4 30.4 30.5 30.4 -.1 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.0 37.3 37.4 37.5 36.7 37.0 36.8 36.9 37.1 37.2 .1 Utilities ................................................................... 41.3 42.2 42.3 42.0 41.4 41.7 41.3 41.9 42.1 42.1 .0 Information ............................................................... 36.6 37.2 36.6 36.5 36.6 36.8 36.8 36.8 36.6 36.6 .0 Financial activities .................................................. 35.7 36.3 35.5 35.8 35.9 35.5 35.7 35.7 35.7 36.0 .3 Professional and business services .................... 34.3 35.0 34.6 34.7 34.3 34.7 34.7 34.7 34.6 34.8 .2 Education and health services ............................. 32.5 32.7 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.4 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 .0 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.2 26.0 25.4 25.5 25.6 25.6 25.8 25.8 25.7 25.8 .1 Other services ......................................................... 30.8 31.0 30.7 30.8 30.9 30.9 30.8 30.9 30.8 30.9 .1 1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Industry Average weekly earnings Dec. 2005 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Dec. 2006p Dec. 2005 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Total private ....................................... Seasonally adjusted ..................... $16.37 16.35 $16.99 16.91 $16.96 16.96 $17.05 17.04 $551.67 552.63 $581.06 573.25 $573.25 574.94 $578.00 577.66 Goods-producing .......................................... 17.82 18.26 18.26 18.37 719.93 746.83 739.53 753.17 Natural resources and mining .............................. 19.23 20.30 20.30 20.42 876.89 941.92 929.74 927.07 Construction ............................................................ 19.68 20.45 20.47 20.55 749.81 813.91 796.28 811.73 Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.81 16.91 16.95 17.10 695.93 698.38 698.34 711.36 Durable goods ..................................................... Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 17.67 13.23 16.53 19.16 16.18 17.07 18.72 15.56 22.71 13.52 14.20 17.83 13.64 16.60 19.37 16.26 17.46 19.29 15.63 22.51 14.02 14.48 17.89 13.62 16.58 19.85 16.26 17.58 19.27 15.56 22.57 14.02 14.36 18.05 13.56 16.73 19.85 16.49 17.64 19.52 15.61 22.74 14.15 14.52 738.61 533.17 699.22 843.04 674.71 728.89 763.78 645.74 990.16 529.98 552.38 741.73 544.24 715.46 842.60 679.67 745.54 783.17 645.52 961.18 548.18 561.82 740.65 532.54 698.02 867.45 674.79 747.15 780.44 641.07 963.74 548.18 561.48 756.30 532.91 700.99 883.33 685.98 756.76 802.27 663.43 993.74 560.34 576.44 Nondurable goods ............................................... Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 15.35 13.13 18.59 12.45 11.89 10.47 11.33 17.91 15.92 24.62 19.85 14.84 15.34 13.10 18.46 12.82 11.80 10.59 11.64 18.07 15.88 24.41 19.56 15.02 15.37 13.20 18.54 12.74 11.93 10.49 11.58 18.06 15.99 24.51 19.58 15.05 15.47 13.31 18.30 12.59 11.94 10.44 11.79 18.16 16.02 24.70 19.76 15.26 624.75 522.57 738.02 515.43 483.92 376.92 449.80 779.09 617.70 1,095.59 853.55 611.41 627.41 534.48 745.78 516.65 461.38 393.95 452.80 777.01 632.02 1,110.66 825.43 611.31 628.63 541.20 750.87 522.34 485.55 390.23 452.78 776.58 628.41 1,134.81 818.44 611.03 634.27 544.38 717.36 522.49 476.41 392.54 483.39 786.33 635.99 1,116.44 833.87 624.13 Private service-providing ............................. 15.98 16.64 16.61 16.71 516.15 544.13 536.50 543.08 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.96 15.58 15.41 15.39 499.66 523.49 514.69 517.10 Wholesale trade ................................................... 18.58 19.13 19.14 19.25 702.32 734.59 725.41 727.65 Retail trade ........................................................... 12.25 12.71 12.53 12.52 376.08 386.38 379.66 384.36 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.86 17.40 17.31 17.28 623.82 649.02 647.39 648.00 Utilities ................................................................... 27.44 27.56 27.46 27.43 1,133.27 1,163.03 1,161.56 1,152.06 Information ............................................................... 22.61 23.72 23.69 23.89 827.53 882.38 867.05 871.99 Financial activities .................................................. 18.23 19.21 19.16 19.22 650.81 697.32 680.18 688.08 Professional and business services .................... 18.44 19.48 19.41 19.69 632.49 681.80 671.59 683.24 Education and health services ............................. 17.04 17.50 17.57 17.68 553.80 572.25 569.27 572.83 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 9.39 9.81 9.89 10.03 236.63 255.06 251.21 255.77 Other services ......................................................... 14.52 14.71 14.74 14.85 447.22 456.01 452.52 457.38 1 See p= footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. Dec. 2006p ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent change from: Nov. 2006-p Dec. 2006 Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Dec. 2006p Total Private: Current dollars ................................................ Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. $16.35 8.20 $16.81 8.16 $16.85 8.24 $16.91 8.32 $16.96 8.35 $17.04 N.A. 0.5 Goods-producing .......................................................... 17.77 18.06 18.07 18.16 18.21 18.29 .4 Natural resources and mining .............................................. 19.12 20.06 20.16 20.31 20.31 20.36 .2 Construction ............................................................................ 19.65 20.11 20.18 20.27 20.39 20.48 .4 Manufacturing ......................................................................... Excluding overtime 4..................................................... 16.70 15.83 16.85 16.00 16.84 16.00 16.90 16.06 16.92 16.10 16.97 16.12 .3 .1 Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.52 17.74 17.75 17.80 17.83 17.88 .3 Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.31 15.32 15.29 15.36 15.38 15.41 .2 Private service-providing ............................................. 15.97 16.47 16.53 16.58 16.62 16.71 .5 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 15.10 15.49 15.51 15.53 15.51 15.56 .3 Wholesale trade ................................................................... 18.56 19.00 19.10 19.07 19.12 19.20 .4 Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.39 12.65 12.66 12.68 12.65 12.68 .2 Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.87 17.34 17.37 17.37 17.33 17.35 .1 Utilities ................................................................................... 27.34 27.47 27.37 27.46 27.40 27.44 .1 Information ............................................................................... 22.60 23.40 23.49 23.57 23.62 23.76 .6 Financial activities .................................................................. 18.27 18.86 19.02 19.09 19.18 19.25 .4 Professional and business services .................................... 18.42 19.17 19.29 19.42 19.50 19.66 .8 Education and health services ............................................. 17.00 17.44 17.46 17.51 17.58 17.65 .4 Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 9.27 9.67 9.72 9.78 9.84 9.90 .6 Other services ......................................................................... 14.47 14.61 14.68 14.70 14.73 14.78 .3 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 0.4 percent from Oct. 2006 to Nov. 2006, the latest month available. 2 The (3) 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half. N.A. = not available. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Dec. 2005 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Dec. 2006p Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Percent Dec. change from: 2006p Nov. 2006Dec. 2006 p Total private ....................................... 103.8 107.1 106.1 106.3 103.7 105.1 105.2 105.6 105.7 105.9 0.2 Goods-producing .......................................... 100.0 103.9 101.9 101.7 100.1 102.4 101.4 101.6 101.1 101.7 .6 Natural resources and mining .............................. 118.0 130.9 128.7 126.7 118.0 124.7 124.6 127.0 127.5 127.1 -.3 Construction ............................................................ 106.2 117.8 112.8 110.5 110.0 112.7 110.9 112.5 111.5 113.4 1.7 Industry Manufacturing ......................................................... 96.3 96.5 95.9 96.6 94.8 96.8 96.1 95.7 95.3 95.2 -.1 Durable goods ..................................................... Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 99.2 102.1 95.6 96.8 101.8 101.6 102.8 89.5 102.4 98.9 91.1 91.9 99.4 95.2 99.2 94.5 104.3 105.4 106.4 91.3 99.2 90.3 87.9 93.0 98.7 91.4 95.9 94.4 103.4 105.0 106.0 90.5 99.3 89.9 87.2 94.0 99.8 90.1 94.6 96.0 103.8 105.9 107.9 94.8 101.7 92.4 88.6 95.6 97.5 102.0 97.5 95.1 100.4 99.3 101.1 87.7 99.2 95.2 88.9 90.5 100.0 98.1 99.1 96.3 104.1 104.7 106.3 91.1 101.0 93.9 89.4 92.0 99.0 95.5 97.4 95.4 103.5 104.1 106.1 90.6 99.8 92.2 88.5 92.0 98.9 94.0 96.6 94.8 103.2 105.4 105.8 90.8 99.0 90.2 88.3 92.7 98.4 92.2 96.1 94.5 102.7 105.1 105.3 90.1 99.0 89.6 87.8 93.1 98.3 90.3 96.9 94.1 102.1 104.5 105.6 91.6 98.5 89.2 87.4 93.7 -.1 -2.1 .8 -.4 -.6 -.6 .3 1.7 -.5 -.4 -.5 .6 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 .......................... 91.5 97.3 96.9 69.1 95.1 63.8 82.2 89.0 92.2 94.5 98.8 94.2 91.9 102.3 101.1 62.4 87.5 65.9 73.8 85.8 95.6 99.0 97.9 90.3 91.4 102.0 98.2 63.7 89.9 66.0 74.1 85.5 94.2 98.0 96.3 90.3 91.3 100.9 93.8 63.6 88.2 66.5 79.1 85.7 95.6 93.8 97.5 90.6 90.5 95.8 98.0 69.2 94.3 63.9 81.2 87.2 90.9 97.6 97.6 92.9 91.4 97.2 100.3 65.6 91.0 65.7 74.9 87.4 93.5 99.0 100.7 93.1 91.2 98.8 99.7 63.8 89.7 65.4 73.6 85.9 93.6 97.9 100.3 91.9 90.8 99.2 99.1 63.2 87.9 66.0 73.7 85.4 94.7 97.3 98.9 89.9 90.5 99.2 97.9 63.7 89.8 65.9 73.1 84.6 93.9 96.7 96.8 90.0 90.2 99.2 96.5 63.3 86.9 67.0 75.8 84.4 94.2 97.0 97.0 89.1 -.3 .0 -1.4 -.6 -3.2 1.7 3.7 -.2 .3 .3 .2 -1.0 Private service-providing ............................. 104.9 107.8 107.0 107.8 104.6 106.1 106.2 106.8 106.7 107.2 .5 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 104.9 103.4 104.9 106.3 102.0 102.3 102.3 102.5 103.1 102.8 -.3 Wholesale trade ................................................... 103.1 106.3 105.3 105.0 103.1 104.8 104.8 105.1 105.2 105.3 .1 Retail trade ........................................................... 105.9 100.1 103.1 105.7 100.7 99.5 99.7 99.9 100.5 100.2 -.3 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 106.7 110.0 110.4 110.9 104.8 107.5 107.0 107.7 108.4 109.0 .6 94.5 97.5 97.8 97.4 95.2 96.5 95.6 97.0 97.7 97.7 .0 Information ............................................................... 101.0 102.4 101.2 101.3 100.6 101.8 101.8 101.7 101.1 101.2 .1 Financial activities .................................................. 105.1 109.8 107.7 108.8 105.8 107.1 108.0 108.2 108.4 109.6 1.1 Professional and business services .................... 108.1 113.9 112.5 112.3 108.0 111.3 111.5 111.7 111.7 112.8 1.0 Education and health services ............................. 107.7 111.0 110.6 110.4 106.7 108.5 109.2 109.2 109.5 109.7 .2 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 102.0 110.2 106.3 106.6 106.5 108.5 109.6 110.0 110.0 110.7 .6 97.2 96.1 96.5 96.0 96.8 96.7 97.2 96.9 97.2 .3 Utilities ................................................................... Other services ......................................................... 1 See 95.3 footnote 1, table B-2. motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by 2 Includes dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production 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 Dec. 2005 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Dec. 2006p Dec. 2005 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2006 Oct. 2006 Nov. 2006p Percent Dec. change from: 2006p Nov. 2006Dec. 2006 p Total private ....................................... 113.7 121.7 120.4 121.2 113.4 118.2 118.6 119.4 120.0 120.7 0.6 Goods-producing .......................................... 109.1 116.1 113.9 114.4 108.9 113.2 112.2 113.0 112.8 114.0 1.1 Natural resources and mining .............................. 132.0 154.6 152.0 150.4 131.2 145.5 146.1 150.1 150.6 150.6 .0 Construction ............................................................ 112.9 130.1 124.7 122.6 116.7 122.4 120.9 123.1 122.7 125.4 2.2 Manufacturing ......................................................... 105.9 106.7 106.3 108.1 103.5 106.7 105.8 105.8 105.4 105.7 .3 Durable goods ..................................................... 109.5 110.7 110.2 112.5 106.7 110.7 109.7 109.9 109.6 109.7 .1 99.3 99.6 99.3 99.8 98.0 99.0 98.6 98.6 98.3 98.3 .0 Private service-providing ............................. 115.2 123.2 122.1 123.8 114.8 120.0 120.6 121.6 121.8 123.1 1.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 112.0 114.9 115.3 116.7 109.9 113.0 113.2 113.5 114.0 114.1 .1 Wholesale trade ................................................... 112.8 119.8 118.8 119.1 112.8 117.3 117.9 118.1 118.5 119.1 .5 Retail trade ........................................................... 111.2 109.0 110.7 113.4 106.9 107.9 108.2 108.6 109.0 108.9 -.1 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 114.1 121.4 121.3 121.5 112.1 118.2 117.9 118.7 119.2 120.0 .7 Utilities ................................................................... 108.2 112.1 112.1 111.5 108.6 110.7 109.2 111.2 111.7 111.9 .2 Information ............................................................... 113.0 120.2 118.7 119.8 112.5 117.9 118.4 118.7 118.2 119.0 .7 Financial activities .................................................. 118.5 130.5 127.6 129.2 119.5 124.8 127.0 127.7 128.6 130.4 1.4 Professional and business services .................... 118.6 132.0 129.9 131.5 118.3 127.0 127.9 129.1 129.6 131.9 1.8 Education and health services ............................. 120.6 127.7 127.7 128.3 119.3 124.3 125.3 125.7 126.5 127.3 .6 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 111.7 126.0 122.6 124.7 115.1 122.3 124.2 125.5 126.2 127.8 1.3 Other services ......................................................... 100.9 104.2 103.2 104.4 101.2 103.1 103.4 104.2 104.0 104.7 .7 Industry Nondurable goods ............................................... 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls p= by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 40.8 44.1 51.6 50.7 61.0 36.5 37.9 49.5 57.7 59.9 38.3 34.9 62.4 56.7 58.5 38.7 38.3 65.5 54.7 64.4 40.1 42.8 62.4 54.5 55.8 46.0 38.8 57.7 56.7 56.8 43.7 37.6 52.7 59.2 53.8 43.3 39.7 52.0 54.1 53.1 41.7 50.7 57.0 51.4 55.2 41.9 49.8 54.3 53.4 56.8 41.5 52.0 55.0 61.7 p 58.8 36.0 51.3 54.1 58.6 p 58.6 34.5 40.6 54.3 52.9 66.2 36.2 34.2 53.4 56.7 65.5 35.6 34.7 57.6 59.2 63.3 35.8 32.7 63.1 60.4 63.7 34.9 35.3 69.4 56.8 63.8 38.8 41.7 68.3 60.8 59.7 38.5 38.5 58.8 60.4 56.7 44.8 33.8 55.6 59.7 58.8 37.6 42.6 57.4 57.9 55.0 39.7 47.8 56.5 52.2 57.7 37.2 49.8 59.9 57.0 p 57.7 39.6 50.5 55.2 63.7 p 59.9 30.2 34.4 49.8 55.4 61.2 30.6 31.8 52.3 57.7 61.5 31.5 31.8 54.7 57.4 63.1 30.9 34.0 60.8 58.8 67.6 32.0 32.7 63.3 55.2 65.5 36.3 36.2 63.8 58.6 65.8 35.8 33.3 63.1 60.8 62.9 37.6 32.4 63.5 59.5 59.9 34.5 40.5 59.0 60.6 60.3 36.0 45.3 61.3 57.7 59.2 36.7 46.4 55.9 58.5 p 59.2 35.3 47.7 55.6 60.6 p 59.4 33.6 34.5 40.3 60.1 61.3 31.7 31.5 42.1 61.0 61.0 30.2 32.9 44.8 59.5 62.2 30.4 33.5 48.4 58.6 62.6 30.2 34.2 50.7 58.6 64.0 29.1 35.1 57.7 59.4 65.3 32.0 32.7 57.0 60.8 60.8 31.3 33.1 55.2 61.0 62.6 30.0 37.1 56.7 60.8 64.0 29.5 36.7 58.3 58.3 66.0 32.9 37.2 60.1 58.8 p 63.3 34.7 39.2 60.3 62.1 p 64.0 Over 3-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 19.6 32.7 44.0 39.3 59.5 21.4 19.6 47.6 38.7 48.8 18.5 19.6 44.6 38.7 49.4 29.2 10.7 64.9 42.3 57.7 25.0 23.2 53.6 44.6 50.0 30.4 19.0 45.8 34.5 60.7 36.9 19.6 56.5 47.6 45.2 25.6 29.2 52.4 35.7 39.9 28.6 28.6 41.7 45.2 44.6 17.9 36.3 42.3 43.5 46.4 17.9 42.3 39.9 50.0 p 48.2 19.6 40.5 39.3 52.4 p 44.6 9.5 18.5 43.5 35.7 56.0 9.5 11.3 42.3 39.9 51.8 11.3 12.5 43.5 42.9 48.8 17.9 8.3 53.6 39.9 50.6 14.9 7.7 57.7 37.5 48.8 17.9 11.3 58.9 41.1 51.2 22.6 14.9 53.6 39.3 48.8 25.6 15.5 48.8 35.7 49.4 22.6 16.7 48.2 39.9 39.9 17.3 27.4 40.5 36.3 38.7 9.5 32.1 38.1 36.9 p 40.5 11.9 35.7 31.0 50.0 p 41.7 7.1 11.3 28.6 36.9 37.5 8.3 11.3 33.3 36.9 45.8 7.7 8.3 33.3 35.1 45.2 8.3 9.5 45.8 33.3 51.2 8.3 10.7 47.6 33.3 48.2 11.9 9.5 51.2 32.7 51.8 12.5 6.0 56.0 36.9 45.2 11.9 8.9 51.8 36.9 45.2 13.7 13.7 48.2 41.1 49.4 8.9 18.5 49.4 41.7 44.6 7.1 24.4 39.3 39.3 p 48.2 7.7 23.8 35.7 42.3 p 41.7 7.1 10.7 13.1 44.6 41.1 6.0 6.0 14.3 44.6 39.9 6.0 6.5 13.1 41.7 39.9 6.5 6.0 20.2 40.5 42.9 7.1 8.3 23.2 39.9 41.7 3.6 7.1 35.7 33.3 46.4 4.8 7.1 36.9 32.7 42.9 6.0 8.3 38.1 31.0 42.9 4.8 10.7 36.3 32.1 45.8 7.1 10.7 44.0 39.3 47.6 4.8 9.5 44.6 35.7 p 44.6 8.3 10.7 44.6 40.5 p 40.5 Over 3-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.
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