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Industry Payroll Employment
Total nonagricultural payroll employment declined by 180,000 to 88.7 million in February,
seasonally adjusted, following an increase of 330,000 in January. February declines were
concentrated in construction and retail trade, the same industries in which the large January
increases had occurred.
Manufacturing employment held about steady in February, following a small increase in
January.
Prior to January, factory employment had declined every month since July 1981 for a
total loss of nearly 2.2 million jobs.
The number of workers in transportation equipment
manufacturing increased for the third consecutive month. There were also small employment gains
in the rubber and electrical equipment industries. Machinery manufacturing continued to lose
jobs, though at a slower pace.
Tab].* A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally ad jus tad
Monthly data

Quarterly averages
THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:

FEBRUARY 1983

Unemployment was unchanged from January to February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The Nation's overall unemployment rate—which includes
the resident Armed Forces in the labor force-*-remained at 10.2 percent in February.
The
unemployment rate for all civilian workers was 10.4 percent, also the same as in January.

Category
1982

1981

1982

Jan. Feb.
change

1983

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Total employment was about unchanged in February at 100.7 million. Civilian employment—as
measured by the monthly survey of households—held steady at 99.1 million, about the same level
that has prevailed since last October.
Nonfarm payroll employment—as measured by the monthly survey of establishments—declined by
180,000 in February, following a substantial increase in January. The number of payroll jobs
was 150,000 above the December level.

Labor force \J
Total employment
V....
Civilian labor force
Civilian employment....
Unemployment
Not in labor force
Discouraged workers....

Thousands of
110,775|112,307|112,638|112,794
101,746 101,282 100,799 100,758
109,116 110,629 110,974 111,129
100,0871 99,605 99,135 99,093
9,029 11,025 11,839 12,036
61,874 61,893 62,072 62,070
N.A.
1,849
1,191
1,638

persons
112,215 112,217
100,770 100,727
110,548 110,553
99,103 99,063
11,446| 11,490
62,806| 62,952
N.A.
N.A.

2
-43
5
-40
44
146
N.A.

Unemployment
Both the number of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate held steady in February.
After
seasonal adjustment, 11.5 million persons were jobless and the civilian worker
unemployment rate was 10.4 percent. Although still well above the July 1981 pre-recession low,
the February rate remained 0.4 percentage point below its December 1982 high. (See table A-2.)
There was little over-the-month change in unemployment among the major labor force groups;
an exception was an increase of 0.3 percentage point in the rate for adult men to 9.9 percent.
Their rate had declined by 0.5 point in January and thus was slightly below the December 1982
level.
Jobless rates for adult women (8.9 percent), teenagers (22.2 percent), whites (9.2
percent), and Hispanics (15.8 percent) were essentially unchanged, while the rate for blacks
showed some improvement—from 20.8 to 19.7 percent. (See tables A-2 and A-3.)

Percent of labor force
Unemployment rates:
All workers 1/
All civilian workers
Adult men
Adult women
Teenagers
White
Black
Hispanic origin

10.2
10.4
9.9
8.9
22.2
9.2
19.7
15.81

0
0
0.3
-0.1
-0.5
0.1
-1.1
0.3

Thousands of jobs
90,954| 89,371| 88,731| 88,565|88,895p 88,715p|
25,159| 23,676| 23,102| 22,986|23,141p 23,018p|
65,795| 65,696| 65,629| 65,579|65,754p 65,697p|

-180p
-123p
-57p

8.2
8.3
7.1
7.2
21.2
7.3
16.9
11.1

9.8
10.0
9.1
8.4|
23.9
8.8
19.31
14.4

10.5|
10.7|

10.0|
9.0 j
24.3|
9.5
20.4
15.2

10.2|
10.4|
9.6|

10.7
10.8
10.1
9.2
24.5
9.7
20.8
15.3

9.01
22.7|
9.1|
20.8
15.5

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
The number of persons unemployed for 6 months or more, which had been rising steadily during
the second half of 1982, was unchanged in February at 2.7 million. The median duration of
unemployment declined to 9.6 weeks, while mean duration edged down to 19.0 weeks.
(See table
A-7.)
The number of unemployed persons who lost their last jobs, after declining sharply in
January, was about unchanged in February; the number on layoff decreased, but there was an
increase among those who had permanently lost their jobs. (See table A-8.)
The number of workers employed on part-time schedules for economic reasons returned close to
the December 1982 level, after rising sharply in January. Three-fourths of this decline
occurred among persons who could only find part-time jobs. (See table A-4.)
Civilian Employment and the Labor Force
Both civilian employment and the labor force were unchanged in February. At 99.1 million,
seasonally adjusted, civilian employment was about the same level for the fifth consecutive
month. The civilian labor force, which had fallen by nearly 600,000 in January, remained at
110.6 million.
Since February 1982, the civilian labor force has grown by 1.3 million. The
adult labor force rose by 1.8 million over this period, as the teenage work force declined by
half a million. (See table A-2.)




Nonfarm payroll employment
Goods-producing industries..
Service-producing industries

I

1

I

I

Hours of work
Average weekly hours:
Total private nonfarm.
Manufacturing.
Manufacturing overtime.
~T7 Includes the resident Armed Forces,
p-preliminary

N.A.*not available.

- 3 Elsewhere, the number of jobs in finance, insurance, and real estate increased, while
employment in services, government, and transportation and public utilities was unchanged from
January. Services employment has shown little growth in recent months, although it has risen by
560,000 since the onset of the recession. (See table B-l.)
Hours of Work
Data on the average workweek were marked by large movements for January and February.
The
average workweek of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls declined by
0.7 hour in February to 34.4 hours, seasonally adjusted, after rising 0.3 hour in the previous
month. Unusual weather patterns over the past two winters affected these movements.
The manufacturing workweek completely reversed its January increase by declining 0.9 hour,
but factory overtime edged up a tenth of an hour over the month. Within manufacturing, weekly
hours decreased substantially in several industries which had increased markedly in January.
(See table B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonagricultural payrolls, which rose in January, was down 2.3 percent, seasonally adjusted, in
February to 101.8 (1977-100). The manufacturing index, at 83.8, decreased 1.8 percent over the
month but was up 0.8 percent from December. (See table B-5.)
Hourly and Weekly Earnings
Average hourly earnings, at $7.88, seasonally adjusted, were up 0.3 percent in February,
but, as a result of the shorter workweek, average weekly earnings dropped by 1.7 percent.
Before adjustment for seasonality, average hourly earnings of $7.90 were the same as in January
and 36 cents above a year earlier. Average weekly earnings fell $3.16 over the month to $270.18
but were $7.79 higher than in February 1982. (See table B-3.)
The Hourly Earnings Index
The Hourly Earnings Index (HEI) was 152.9 (1977-100) in February, seasonally adjusted, 0.1
percent higher than in January.
For the 12 months ended in February, the increase (before
seasonal adjustment) was 5.5 percent. The HEI excludes the effects of two types of changes
unrelated to underlying wage rate movements—fluctuations in overtime in manufacturing and
interindustry employment shifts. In dollars of constant purchasing power, the HEI Increased 1.8
percent during the 12-month period ended in January. (See table B-4.)




Explanatory Note
This news release presents statistics from two major surveys,
the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the
Current Employment Statistics Survey (establishment survey).
The household survey provides the information on the labor
force, total employment, and unemployment that appears in
the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample
survey of about 60,000 households that is conducted by the
Bureau of the Census with most of the findings analyzed and
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The establishment survey provides the information on the
employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonagricultural 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 approximately 180,000 establishments employing about 36 million people.
For both surveys, the data for a given month are actually
collected for and relate to a particular week. In the household
survey, unless otherwise indicated, it is the calendar week that
contains the 12th day of the month, which is called the survey
week. In the establishment survey, the reference week is the
pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.
The data in this release are affected by a number of technical
factors, including definitions, survey differences, seasonal adjustments, and the inevitable variance in results between a
survey of a sample and a census of the entire population. Each
of these factors is explained below.
Coverage, definitions and differences between surveys
The sample households in the household survey are selected
so as to reflect the entire civilian rioninstitutional population
16 years of age and older. Each person in a household is
classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force.
Those who hold more than one job are classified according to
the job at which they worked the most hours.
People are classified as employed if they did any work at all
as paid civilians; worked in their own business or profession or
on their own farm; or worked 15 hours or more in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, whether they were
paid or not. People are also counted as employed if they were
on unpaid leave because of illr.ess, bad weather, disputes between labor and management, or personal reasons. Members
of the Armed Forces stationed in the United States are also included in the employed total.
People are classified as unemployed, regardless of their
eligibility for unemployment benefits or public
assistance, if they meet all of the following criteria: They had
no employment during the survey week; they were available
for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the prior 4 weeks. Also included
among the unemployed are persons not looking for work
because they were laid off and waiting to be recalled and those
expecting to report to a job within 30 days.
The labor force equals the sum of the number employed and
the number unemployed. The unemployment rate is the
percentage of unemployed people in the labor force (civilian
plus the resident Armed Forces). Table A-5 presents a special

grouping of seven measures of unemployment based on varying definitions of unemployment and the labor force. The
definitions are provided in the table. The most restrictive
definition yields U-l, and the most comprehensive yields U-7.
The overall unemployment rate is U-5a, while U-5b represents
the same measure with a civilian labor force base.
Unlike the household survey, the establishment survey only
cotints wage and salary employees whose names appear on the
payroll records of nonagricultural firms. As a result, there are
many differences between the two surveys, among which are
the following:
—-The household survey, although based on a smaller sample, reflects a larger segment of the population; the establishment survey excludes agriculture, the self-employed, unpaid
family workers, private household workers, and members of
the resident Armed Forces;
— T h e household survey includes people on unpaid leave
among the employed; the establishment survey does not;
— T h e household survey is limited to those 16 years of age
and older; the establishment survey is not limited by age;
— T h e household survey has no duplication of individuals,
because each individual is counted only once; in the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job or
otherwise appearing on more than one payroll would be
counted separately for each appearance.
Other differences between the two surveys are described in
"Comparing Employment Estimates from Household and
Payroll Surveys," which may be obtained from the BLS upon
request.

Seasonal adjustment
Over a course of a year, the size of the Nation's labor force
and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo
sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in
weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major
holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. For example, the labor force increases by a large number each June,
when schools close and many young people enter the job
market. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very
large; over the course of a year, for example, seasonality may
account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular
pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be
eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month.
These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as
declines in economic activity or increases in the participation
of women in the labor force, easier to spot. To return to the
school's-out example, the large number of people entering the
labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes
that have taken place since May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined.
However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can
be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the
seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in
economic activity.
Measures of labor force, employment, and unemployment
contain components such as age and sex. Statistics for all

employees, production workers, average weekly hours, and
average hourly earnings include components based on the
employer's industry. All these statistics can be seasonally adjusted either by adjusting the total or by adjusting each of the
components and combining them. The second procedure
usually yields more accurate information and is therefore
followed by BLS. For example, the seasonally adjusted figure
for the labor force is the sum of eight seasonally adjusted
civilian employment components, plus the resident Armed
Forces total (not adjusted for seasonality), and four seasonally
adjusted unemployment components; the total for unemployment is the sum of the four unemployment components; and
the overall unemployment rate is derived by dividing the
resulting estimate of total unemployment by the estimate of
the labor force.
The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are recalculated regularly. For the household
survey, the factors are calculated for the January-June period
and again for the July-December period. The January revision
is applied to data that have been published over the previous S
years. For the establishment survey, updated factors for
seasonal adjustment are calculated only once a year, along
with the introduction of new benchmarks which are discussed
at the end of the next section.
Sampling variability

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys
are subject to sampling error, that is, the estimate of the
number of people employed and the other estimates drawn
from these surveys probably differ from the figures that would
be obtained from a complete census, even if the same questionnaires and procedures were used. In the household survey, the
amount of the differences can be expressed in terms of standard errors. The numerical value of a standard error depends
upon the size of the sample, the results of the survey, and other
factors. However, the numerical value is always such that the
chances are 68 out of 100 that an estimate based on the sample
will differ by no more than the standard error from the results
of a complete :ensus. The chances are 90 out of 100 that an
estimate based on the sample will differ by no more than 1.6
times the standard error from the results of a complete census.
At the 90-percent level of confidence-the confidence limits
used by BLS in its analyses-the error for the monthly change in
total employment is on the order of plus or minus 279,000; for
total unemployment it is 194,000; and, for the overall
unemployment rate, it is 0.19 percentage point. These figures
do not mean that the sample results are off by these




magnitudes but, rather, that the chances are 90 out of 100 that
the "true" level or rate would not be expected to differ from
the estimates bv more than these amounts.
Sampling errors for monthly surveys are reduced when the
data are cumulated for several months, such as quarterly or
annually. Also, as a general rule, the smaller the estimate, the
larger the sampling error. Therefore, relatively speaking, the
estimate of the size of the labor force is subject to less error
than is the estimate of the number unemployed. And, among
the unemployed, the sampling error for the jobless rate of
adult men, for example, is much smaller than is the error for
the jobless rate of teenagers. Specifically, the error on monthly
change in the jobless rate for men is .24 percentage point; fdr
teenagers, it is 1.06 percentage points.
In the establishment survey, estimates for the 2 most current
months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these
estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. When all the
returns in the sample have been received, the estimates are
revised. In other words, data for the month of September are
published in preliminary form in October and November and
in final form in December. To remove errors that build up
over time, a comprehensive count of the employed is conducted each year. The results of this survey are used to
establish new benchmarks—comprehensive counts of
employment—against which month-to-month changes can be
measured. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in
the classification of industries and allow for the formation of
new establishments.

Additional statistics and other information
In order to provide a broad view of the Nation's employment situation, BLS regularly publishes a wide variety of data
in this news release. More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by
BLS. It is available for $6.00 per issue or $39.00 per year from
the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
20204. A check or money qrder made out to the Superintendent of Documents must accompany all orders.
Employment and Earnings also provides approximations of
the standard errors for the household survey data published in
this release. For unemployment and other labor force
categories, the standard errors appear in tables B through J of
its "Explanatory Notes." Measures of the reliability of the
data drawn from the establishment survey and the actual
amounts of revision due to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables M, O, P, and Q of that publication.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A*1. Employment status of I

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Including Armed Fore— In the United States, by sex

173.153
109,988

•63.5
99.610
57.5
1.664
97,946
2.853

95.093

10.378
9.1
63.165

175.021
111.446

63.7
98,929
56,5
1,667

97.262

2.921
94.341
12.517
11.2
63.575

82.673
62,980
76.2
56.796
68.7
1.527
55,269
6.181
9.8

83.652
63.487

90.480
47.008
52.0
42.814
47.3
137
42.677
4,194
8.9

175.169
111.311

63.5
98.929
56.5
1.664

97.265
2.645

94,399
12.382
11.1
63.858

91.369

75.9

83,720
63,471
75.8

55.93S
66.9
1.531
54.4 04

66.7
1,528
54.311

7.552
11.9

55,839

7.632
12.0

47,9 59

52.5

42.994
47.1
136
42.858

4.96S
10.4

52.3
43.089
47.1
136

173,153
111.028
64.1
101,359
58.5
1,664
99.695
3.367
96.328
9.669
8.7
62.125

174.549
112.420
64.4
100.844
57.8
1.668
99.176
3.413
95.763
11.576
10.3
62.129

174.718
112.702

82.673
63.683
77.0
58.197
70.4
1,527
56.670
5*. 486
8.6

83.323
64,300
77.2
57,456
69.0
1.524

83,402
64,414
77.2
57.408
68.8
1.516
55.892
7.006
10.9

83.581
64.384
77.0
57.338

83.652
63.916
76.4

1.529

63.5
1.531
55.752

68.4
1.528
5 5.706

90.480
47.345
52.3

91.226
48,120

91.316
48.288
52.9
43.388
47.5
144
43.244
4.900
10.1

43,162
47.7
137

42.953

43,025

4.751

4,183
8.8

9.9

55.932
6.844
10.6

52.7

43,388
47.6
144
43.244
4.732
9.8

64.5

100.796

57.7

1.660
99.136

3.466

95.670
11.906
10.6
62.016

174.864
112.794
64.5
100.758
57.6
1.665

99.093

3.411
95.682
12.036
10.7
62.070

175,021
112.215
64.1
100.770
57.6
1.667
99,103
3.412
95,691
11.446
10.2

62.S06

175.169
112.217
64.1
100,727
57.5
1.664
99,063
3.393
95.670
11.490
10.2

62,952

e3,720
63.996

57.283

76.4
S7.234

7.046
10.9

6.633

6.762

10.4

10.6

91,283
48.410
53.0
43,420
47.6
136
43,284
4,990
10.3

91.369
48,299

91,449
48,220
52.7
43.493
47.6
136
43.357
4.727
9.8

68.6

55.809

' Labor forea as a paroant of tha r*
Total atfipioyfnsfit as a pafoant of ttta n
I I paroant of tha labor t>

52.9

43,486
47.6
136
43,350
4.813
10.0

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
(Numbers In thousands)
Seasonally adjusted*

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, sex, and age
Feb.
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

Feb.
1982

Oct.
1982

Nov.
1982

Dec.
1982

Jan.
1983

TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutlonai population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio* . . .
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

171.489
108.324
63.2
97.946
57.1
10.378
9.6

173.354
109.779
63.3
97.262
56.1
12.517
11.4

173.505
109.647
63.2
97.265
56.1
12.382
11.3

171.489
109.364
63.8
99.695
58.1
9.669
8.8

172.881
110.752
64.1
99.176
57.4
11.576
10.5

173.058
111,042
64-2
99.136
57.3
11.906
10.7

173.199
111,129
64.2
99.093
57.2
12.036
10.8

173.354
110,548
63.8
99.103
57.2
11.446
10.4

73.209
57.328
78.3
52.221
71.3
2.169
50.052
5,108
8.9

74.339
58.009
78.0
51.529
69.3
2 . 2 03
49.325
6.481
11.2

74.434
58,083
78.0
51.506
69.2
2.153
49.353
6.577
11-3

73,209
57.581
78.7
53,130
72.6
2.388
50,742
4,451
7.7

73.984
58.363
78-9
52.649
71.2
2.444
50.205
5,714
9.8

74.094
58.454
78.9
52.589
71.0
2.434
50.155
5.865
10.0

74,236
58.443
78.7
52.534
70.8
2.389
50.145
5.909
10. 1

74.339
58.048
78. 1
52.452
70.6
2.426
50.025
5.597
9.6

82.367
43.140
52.4
39.788
4 8.3
476
39.312
3.352
7.8

83.490
44.198
52.9
40.024
47.9
4 90
39.534
4.173
9.4

83.593
44.219
52.9
40.219
48.1
506
39.713
4,000
9-0

82,367
43.111
52.3
39.825
48.4
6 20
39.205
3.286
7.6

83.271
43.936
52.8
40.112
48.2
578
39.534
3.824
8.7

83.385
44.112
52.9
40.123
48.1
590
39.533
3,989
9-0

83.383
44..28 6
53.1
40,215
48.2
628
39.587
4,071
9.2

83.490
44.201
52.9
40.238
48.2
625
39.613
3.963
9.0

15.913
7.856
49.4
5.937
37.3
208
5.729
1.918
24.4

15,525
7.572
48.8
5.709
36.8
228
5.482
1,863
24.6

15.478
7,345
47.5
5,539
35.8
207
5.333
1.805
24.6

15.913
8.672
54.5
6.740
42.4
359
6.381
1.932
22.3

15.625
8,453
54.. 1
6.415
41.1
391
6.024
2.038
24- 1

15,579
8.476
54-4
6.424
41-2
442
5.982
2.052
24.2

15.580
8.400
53.9
6.344
40.7
394
5.950
2.056
24.5

15.525
8.299
53.5
6.413
41.3
361
6.052
1,886
22.7

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutlonai population
Civilian laborforce
Participation rate
Employed
—
Employment-population ratio 2 . . .
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutlonai population
Civilian laborforce
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio 1 . . .
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutlonai population
Civilian laborforce
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio' . . .
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

1
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonai variation; therefore, Identical
numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.




* Civilian employment as a percent of the civilian noninstitutlonai population,

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Tabic A-3. Employment status of ths civilian population by raes, sex, ago, and Hispanic origin
(Numbers In thousands)
Not

Feb.
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

Feb.
1982

Oct.
1982

Nov.
1982

Dec.
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

WHITE
Civilian nonlnstitutlonal population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
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, 10 to 10 years
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

148.855
94,616

150.129
95.533

150.187
95.368

63.6
86.492

63.6
85.760

63.5

58.1
8.124
8.6

57.1

85.619
57.0

9.772

9.749

10.2

10.2

51.052
78,4
45.910
70.5
5.142
10.1

51.138
78.5
45.842
70.3

50.692
78.8

46.624
72.5

148.855
95.459
64.1
88.080

59.2
7.379
7.7
50.900
79.2

149.838

149.887

96.453
64.4

96.719
64.5

87.477
58.4
8.976

87.435
58.3
9.284

9.3

9.6

51.499
79.4
46.987
72.4
4.512
8.8

51,531
79.4
46.837
72.1

37.762
52.4
34,74 9

5.296

47.471
73.8
3.429

10.4

6.7

37.763
52.3
34.625

37.687
52.2

36.906

34.695

34.467

37.532
52-1
34.663

48.0
3.138
8.3

48.1
2.991

48.3
2.439

48.1
2.869

7.9

6.6

7.6

6.940
52.5
5.407
40.9

6.717
52.2

7.653
57.9

1.492
22.2
24.7
19.5

7.422
57.3
5.827
45.0
1.595
21.5
23.0
19.9

7.426
57.5

1.533
22.1
23.8
20,1

6.544
51.0
5.082
39.6
1.462
22.3
25.0
19.4

18.450
11.036
59.8

18.768
11.397

18.796
11.366

60.7
8 . 9 73

60.5
9.076

47.8
2.424
21.3

2.290

9.260
50.2
1.959

18.692
11.398
61.0
9.102
48.7

20.1

17.5

5.420
74.4
4.317
59.2
1.103
20.4

5,307
74.5
4.449
62.5

4.068
8.0
36.984
51.8
34.461
48.3
2.523

6.8

5.225
40.6

51-7

6.142
46.5
1.511
19.7
20.4
19.0

4.694
9.1

150.056
96,864
64.6

150,129
96,176
64.1

150.187
95.987

87,443
58.3

87,466
58.3
8,711
9.1

87.194
58.1
8.793
9.2

51,033
78.4

51.151
78.5

46,752

46.682

71.8
4,281
8.4

4.469

9.421
9.7
51.562

79.3
46.823
72.0
4.739
9.2

63.9

71.6
8.7

37.934
52.6

37,794
52.4

37.588
52.1

34.847
48.3
3,087
8. 1

34,834
48.3

34,695

7,368
57.1
5,773
44.8
1.595
21.6
22.8
20.4

7.349
57.1

18,740
11.522
61.5
9.127
48.7
20.8

18,768
11,542
61.5
9.142
48.7
2,400
20.8

18,796
11,548
61.4
9,276

20.1

18.723
11.475
61.3
9.159
48.9
2.316
20.2

5.390
74.4
4.331
59.8
1.059
19.6

5,488
75.6
4.437
61.1
1,051
19.2

5.483
75.6
4.358
60.1
1.125
20.5

5,459
75.1
4,385
60.3
1.075
19.7

5,441
74.7
4.423
60.7

5.169
56.1
4.332
47.0
837
16.2

5.157
55.9
4.305

5,207
56.5
4,349

5.295
57.3
4.329

46.6

47.1
858
16.5

46.8

852
16.5

5.353
57.8
4,441
48.0
912
17.0

839
37.5
439
19.6

830
37.2
417
18.7
413
49.8
53.0
46.2

832
36.8
420
18.6
412
49.5
52.5
46.2

788
35.0
428
19.0

360
45.7
45.9
45.5

9.355
5.923

9,301
5.898

9,328
5.981

63.3
5.012
53.6
911
15.4

63.4
4.998
53.7
900

64.1
5.053
54.2
929

15.3

15.5

48.2
3.013
8.0

5,849
45.3
1.577
21.2
22.6
19.8

2,960
7.8

5.880
45.7
1,469
20-0
21.2
18.7

48.1
2,893
7.7

7,248
56.5
5,817
45.4
1,431
19.7
21.1
18.2

BLACK
Civilian nonlnstitutlonal population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed ...'
Unemployment rate
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Women, 20 years end over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Both sexes, 16 to 10 years
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
m
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Men
ion

9.060
49.1
1.977

17.9
5.278
74.1
4.343
61.0

935
17.7

5.4 56
75-0
4.275
58.8
1.181
21.6

48.3

18.450
11.219
60.8

858
16.2

5.019
55.4
4.308
47.5
711
14.2

5.248
56.8
4.325
46,8

5.290
57.1
4.410

5.075
56.0

47.6

923

880
16.6

47.9
737

739
32.7
409
18.1
331
44.7
46.2
43.2

693
30.8
373
16,6
319
46,1
48.0
44.0

9.341
5.955
63.8
5.166
55.3
790
13,3

9.328
5.878
63.0
4.891
52.4
987
16.8

17.6

4.338
14.5

2.296

656
29.2

837
37.0

349
15.5

306
46.7
49.7
43.3

473
20.9
364
43.5
42.2
45.0

400
47.7
49.2
45.9

9.368
5.915
63.1
4.916

9.341
6.051
64.8
5.297

52.5
999

56.7
754

9.474
5.973
63. 0
5,075

16.9

12.5

2.395

965
18.2

49.4
2,271
19.7

1.018
18.7

754
33.5
412
18.3
342
45.4
45.3
45.4

HISPANIC ORIGIN
Civilian nonlnstitutlonal population.. . * . . .
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.
* Civilian employment as a percent of the civilian nonlnstitutlonal population.




53.6
898
15.0

9,368
5,992
64.0
5.042
53.8
950
15.8

NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-ortgin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included
In both the white and black population groups.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-4. Selected employment indicators
(NumbWB in thousands)
illy

Category
Feb,
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

Feb.
1982

Oct.
1982

Nov.
1982

Dec.
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

97,946
37.758
23,846
5.163

97.262
36.963
24.132
5.028

97.265
36.367
24.094
5.055

99,695
38,326
23,807
5,157

99,176
37.852
24,081
5,107

99,136
37,641
23.985
5,025

99,093
37,507
24.155
4.985

99.103
37.450
24.205
5.038

99.063
37,428
24.070
5.050

1.161
1.456
235

1.311
1.44 6
164

1,317
1.390
158

1.430
1.613
334

1,576
1.621
229

1.584
1.628
241

1.547
1.627
224

1.637
1.587
231

1,624
1.541
223

87.700
15.760
71.940
1.113
70.827
7.027
366

86.764
15.571
71.193
1.083
70.110
7.234
343

86.780
15,749
71.031
1.158
69,873
7,304
315

88.702
15.515
73.187
1.181
72,006
7,097
410

88.064
15.436
72.628
1,216
71^412
7,332
403

87.936
15.514
72.422
1.221
71.201
7,349
382

87.976
15.477
72.499
1.163
71.336
7.335
383

87.813
15.386
72.427
1.162
71.265
7.465
380

87.794
15.501
72.293
1,232
71.061
7.385
353

91.248
72.736
5.289
2.232
3.057
13.223

90.719
71.571
6.533
2.297
4.236
12.615

90.486
71.278
6.195
2.175
4,020
13,013

90.867
73.026
5.489
2.155
3.334
12.352

90,232
71,394
6,403
2,381
4,022
12.435

90.238
71.442
6.411
2.228
4,183
12,385

90.219
71.499
6.425
2.153
4.272
12.295

90.903
71.786
6.845
2.200
4.645
12.271

90.207
71.564.
6.481
2.097
4,384
12,162

CHARACTERISTIC
Civilian employed, 16 years and over
Married men, spouse present
Married women, spouse present
Women who maintain families
MAJOR INDUSTRY AND CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture:
Wage and salary workers
Self-employed workers
Unpaid family workers
Nonagrlculturai industries:
Wage and salary workers
Government
Private Industries
Private households
Other Industries
Self-employed workers
Unpaid family workers
PERSONS AT WORK1
Nonagrlculturai industries
Full-time schedules
Part time for economic reasons
Usually work full time
Usually work part time
Part time for noneconomic reasons

' Excludes persons "with a job but not at work" during the survey period for such
asons as vacation, Illness, or industrial- dispute.

Table A-5. Range of unemployment measures based on varying definitions of unemployment and the labor force,
seasonally adjusted
(Percent)

_

—

«

»

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

.
Quarterly

Measure

1982

1981

IV
U-1

II

IV

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer as a percent of the
2.2

2. 5

3.0

3.3

4.0

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.9

5.5

6.0

6.6

6.6

6.1

6.2

7.1

7.6

8.3

8.6

8.1

8.2

civilian labor force
U-2

Job losers as a percent of the civilian labor force

U-3

Unemployed* persons 25 years and over as a percent of the
civilian labor force
Unemployed full-time jobseekers as a percent of the full-time
civilian labor force

U-4

III

1983

4.5
6.0

6.5

8.0

8.6

9.3

9.8

10.6

10.8

10.3

10.4

U>Sa Total unemployed as a percent off the labor force. Including the
resident Armed Forces

8.2

8.7

9.3

9.8

10.5

10.7

10.2

10.2

8,3

8.8

9.4

10*0

10.7

10.8

10.4

10.4

12.1

12.8

13.8

13.9

13.7

13.5

14.2

15.3

U-5b

Total unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor force

U-6

Total full-time jobseekers plus Vt part-time jobseekers plus Vs total on part time
for economic reasons as a percent of the civilian labor force less V* of the
part-time labor force

U-7

Total full-time jobseekers plus V> part-time jobseekers plus V* total on part
time for economic reasons plus discouraged workers as a percent of the
civilian labor force plus discouraged workers less V* of the
part-time labor force

N.A. - not available.




10.7

11.7

12.5

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-6. Selected unemployment Indicators, seasonally adjusted

Number of
•employed per
(In thousands)

Unemployment rates1

Category
Feb.
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

Feb.
1982

Oct.
1982

Nov.
1982

Dec.
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

10.5

10.7
11.1
10.0
10.2
9.0
24.2

10.8
11.2
10.1
10.3
9.2
24.5

10.4
10.6

10.4

9.6
10.0
9.0
22.7

10.8
9.9
9.8
8.9
22.2

7.6

CHARACTERISTIC
9.669
5,486
4,451
4.183
3,286
1.932

11.44 6
6.633
5.597
4.813
3.963
1.886

11.490
6.762
5.749
4.727
3.925
1.815

8.8
8.8
7.7
8.9
7.6
22.3

Married men, spouse present
Married women, spouse present
Women who maintain families

2.190
1.758

2.876
2.057

7.5
7.9

8.2

765

2.896
1.980
754

5.4
6.9

599

10.4

11.3

12.5

7.8
8.2
13.2

7.1
7,8
13.2

13.0

Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Labor force time lost*

8.000
1.631

9.810
1.649

9.872
1.579

8.5
10.4
9.9

10.5
10.3
12.0

10.6
11.3
12.4

10.8
11. 1
12.7

10.3
10.6
11.7

10.4
10.1
12.0

7.271

8.773
182
1.043
2.829
1.893

8.772
196
1.016

9.0

11.0
17.9
22.3
14. 1
16.0
11.2

11.4
18. 1
21.8
14.8

11.6
18.1
22.0
14.8
17.1
11.4
8.0
11.0

10.8
17.1
20.0
13.0
14.7
10.5
7.8
10.8

10.8
18.4

7.9

7.6
5.7

Total, 16 years and over
Men, 16 years and over
Men, 20 years and over
Women, 16 years and over
Women, 20 years and over
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

10.9
9-8
9.9
8.7
24. 1

7.2
7.6

INDUSTRY
Nonagrlcultural private wage and salary workers
Mining
,
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Transportation and public utitities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance and service Industries
Government workers
Agricultural wage and salary workers

97
943
2.400
1.527
873
342
1.843
1.646
8 28
222

2.930
1.888
1.042

936
450
2.253

463
2.259

2.015
927
312

1.908
985

317

1
Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
' Aggregate hours- lost by the unemployed and persona on part time for economic

8*3
18.3
10.6
11.2

9.6
5.9
9.1
6.5
5.1
13. 4

17.0

4.9

11.4
8.3
10.6
7.7
5.1

13-3

15.6

7.9
10.4
7.1

5.1
16.5

16.0

19.7
13.3
14.7
11.4
8.0
10.-9
7.3

6.0
16.4

reasons as a percent of potentially available labor force hours.

Table A-7. Duration of unemployment
(Numbers In thousands)

Weeks of unemployment
Feb.
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

Feb.
1982

Oct.
1982

Nov.
1982

Dec,
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

3.581
3.782
3.015
1.678
1.337

4.042
3.49e
4.977
2.244
2.733

3.507
3.823
5.052
2.221
2.632

3.807
3.068
2.750
1.479
1.271

3.930
3.511
4,167
1.951
2.216

3,963
3.549
4,524
2.191
2.333

4.019
3.160
4.732
2.125
2.607

3.536
3.328
4.634
1.928
2.706

3.731
3,106
4.618
1.S28
2.689

14.3
8.5

18.8
10.7

19.4
11.0

14.0
7.4

17.1
9.6

17.3
10.0

18.0
10. 1

19.4
11.5

19,0
9.6

10.378
34.5
36.4
29.1
16.2
12,9

12.517
32.3
27.9
39.8
17.9
21.8

12.382
28,3
30,9
40.8
17.9
22.9

9.669
39.6
31,9
28.6
15.4
13,2

11.576
33.9
30.2
35.9
16.8
19.1

11.906
32.9
29.5
37.6
18.2
19.4

11.446
30.8
28.9
40,3
16.8
23,5

11,490
32.6
27.1
40.3
16.8
23.5

DURATION
Less than 5 weeks
5 to 14 weeks
15 weeks and over
15 to 26 weeks
27 weeks and over
Average (mean) duration, In weeks
Median duration, In weeks
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed
Less than 5 weeks
5 to 14 weeks
15 weeks and over
15 to 26 weeks
27 weeks and over




,

12.036
32.9
28.3
38.8
17.4
21.3

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-8. Reason for unemployment
(Humbert > thousands)
n
Not seasonally adjusted

Feb.
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

Feb.
1982

Oct.
1982

MOT.

6.132
2.344
3.788
931
2.300
1.015

7.978
2.947
5.031
856
2.633
1.046

7.939
2.654
5.285
842
2.521
1,079

5.246
1.777
3.469
942
2.272
1.096

7.325
2.519
4.806
803
2.322
1.296

7.369
2.531
4.838
794

100.0
59.1
22.6
36.5

100.0
63.8
23.6
40.2
6.8
21.0
8.4

100.0
64.1
21.4
42.7
6.8
20.4
8.7

100.0
54.9
18.6
36.3
9.9
23.8
11.5

7.3
.8
2.4

7.2
.8
2.3
1.0

4.8

Dec.
1982

Jan.
1983

1.244

7.295
2.468
4.827
826
2.629
1.288

6.704
2.131
4.573
839
2.623
1.174

6,809
2.024
4,784
848
2,491
1 ,161

100.0
62.4
21.4
4 0.9
6.8
19.8
11.0

100.0
61.6
21.2
40.5
6.6
21.3
10,4

100.0
60.6
20.5
40.1
6.9
21.8
10.7

100,0
59.1
18.8
40.3
7.4
23.1
10.4

100,0
60.2
17.9
4 2.3
7.5
22.0
10.3

6.6
.7

6.6
.7
2-3

6.6
.7
2.4
1.2

6.1

6.2

2.4
1.1

.8
2.3
1.1

T982

Feb.
1983

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers
On layoff
Other Job loaers
Job Isavers
Reentrants
New entrants

2.546

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed
Job losers
On layoff
Other job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants

9.0
22.2
9.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants

5.7
.9
2.1
.9

1.0

.9
2. 1
1.0

2. 1
1.2

1.1

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted

Number of
mptoyed per
(In thousands)

Sex and age

Feb,
1982
Total, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
18 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over
Men, 18 years and o v e r —
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
l6tol7years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years.
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over —
Women, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over . . .
1

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

Feb.
1982

Oct.
1982

Nov.
1982

Dec.
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

9.669
4.1S5
1,932
792
1.140
2,263
5.485
4.794

11.446
4.462
1.886
774
1.104
2,576
7.000
6.208
812

11,490
4,444
1,815
721
1,091
2,629
7,054
6,194
802

8.8
16.9
22.3

10.5
18.7
24.1
26.1
22.9
15.8
8.1
8.7
5.5

10.7
19.0
24.2
22.8
16,3
8.3
8.9
5.7

10.8
18.9
24.5
27.4
22.7
16.0
8.6
9.1
5.8

10.4
18.3
22.7
24.1
21.7
16.1
8.1
8.7
5.4

10.4
18.3
22-2
23.4
21.5
16.3
8.2
8.7
5.4

6,633

6,762
2,544

8.8
17.9

1,013
389

22.6
23.3

10.9
20.2
25.6

20.6
25.7

622

22.1
15.3

639
5.486
2.358
1.035
4 32

602
1.323
3.142
2.715
3 86
4.183
1.837
897

360
538

940
2.343
2.079
253

Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.




2,548
1,036
419
617
1.512
4.078
3.541
519
4.813
1,914
850
355
487
1,064

2.922
2.667
293

22.9
21.8
14.1

6.5
6.9
4.3

6.4

28.8
23.4
17.4
8.5

3,678
507

6.8
4.3

9.1
6.0

4,72 7
1,900
802
332

8.9
15.9
21.9
22.4
21.6
12.6
6.6
7.0
4.3

1,531
4,230

469
1,098
2,824
2.516
294

26.3

11.1
28.2
24.1
18.0
8.6
9.2

6.2

9.9

10.2

17.0
22.5

17.2
22.6
24.2
21.4

22.9
22.3
14.0

7.6
8.2
4.8

14.4

7-9
8.5

4.9

11.2
20.5
25.8

29.0
24.0
17.8
8.8

9.4
6.3
10.3
17.1
23.0

25.6
21.3
14.0
8.2
8.8
5.1

10.6
19.7

10.8
19.8

23.9
24.4
23.5

23.6
23.6
23.4

17.6
8.2
8.7
5.8

17.*8
8.5
9.1
5.7

10.0
16.7
21.5
23.7
19.8
14.2

9.8
16.6
20.7
23.2
19.3
14.5
7.7
8.2
4.9

~/.9
8.7
4.8

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-10. Employment status of black and other workers
(Number* in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status
Peb.
1982
Civilian noninstitutional population..
Civilian labor fores
Participation rats
Employsd
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed
Unemployment rats
Not in labor fores

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

Feb.
1982

Oct.
1982

Nov.
1982

Dec.
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

22,634
13.708
60.6
11.454
50.6
2.254
•16.4
8.926

23.225
14.247
61.3
11.502
49.5
2.745
19.3
8.978

23,318
14,279
61.2
11,646
49.9
2,633
18.4
9.038

22,634
13,847
61.2
11,634
51.4
2,213
16.0
8,787

23,043
14,289
62.0
11,657
50-6
2.632
18.4
8,754

23.171
14.315
61.8
11,668
50.4
2,647
18.5
8.856

23,143
14.376
62. 1
11.674
50.4
2.702
18.8
8.767

23,225
14,408
62.0
11,668
50.2
2,740
19.0
8,817

2 3,318
14,420
61.8
11.828
50.7
2.593
18.0
8.898

' The population figures ars not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical
numbers appsar in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

' Civilian employment as a percent of the civilian nonlnstitutional population.

Table A-11. Occupational status of the employed and unemployed, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers In thousands)
Chfillan employed
Feb.
1982

Feb.
1983

Feb.
1982

Feb.
1983

97.946

97.265

10,378

12.382

9.6

11.3

Managerial and professional specialty
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Professional specialty

23.106
10,443
12.663

23.415
10.471
12.944

690
364
326

840
451
389

2.9
3.4
2.5

3.5
4.1
2.9

Technical, sales, and administrative support
Technicians and related support
Sales occupations
Admlnistrativs support, including clerical

30.349
2.971
10.848
16.530

30,394
3,075
11,213
16,106

1.89,1
104
691
1.095

2.390
169
958
1.264

5.9
3.4
6.0
6.2

7.3
5.2
7.9
7.3

Service occupations
Prlvats household
Protective service
Service, except private household and protective

13.216
1.024
1.549
10.643

13.491
9 53
1,628
10,910

1.493
64
124
1.305

1.718
72
119
1.528

10.
5.
7.
10.

11.3
7.0
6.8
12.3

Precision production, craft, and rspair
Mechanics and repairers
Construction trades
Other precision production, craft, and repair

11,605
4,059
3,696
3,850

11.712
4,082
3,893
3.736

1.530
320
890
320

1.972
441
1.022
50 9

11.6
7.3
19.4
7.7

14.4
9.7
20.8
12.0

Operators, fabricators, and laborers
Machine operators, assemblers, and Inspectors
Transportation and material moving occupations
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Construction laborers
Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

16.600
8.164
4.156
4,280
470
3.810

15.262
7.462
4.053
3.747
453
3,294

3.392
1.572
676
1.145
248
897

3.791
1.814
819
1. 158
300
859

17.0
16. 1
14.0
21. 1
34.6
19.1

19.9
19.6
16.8
23.6
39.8
20.7

3.053

2,986

363

491

10.6

14.1

Total, 16 years and over'

Farming, forestry, and fishing
1

Persons with no previous work experience are included In the unemployed total.




Feb.
1982

Feb.
1983

NOTE: Occupational detail may not add to totals because of changes in the estimation procedures.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Tabls A-12. Employmsnt status of mala Vlstnam-sra vstsrans and nonvstsrans by age, not seasonally adjuatsd
(Numbani In thousands)
Civilian labor forea

Total
perooiti av

Fab.
1983

Fab.
1982

Feb.
1983

Fab.
1982

Feb.
1983

8,660
7,236
1.326
3.094
2.616
1.42*

8.270
6.542
941
2.504
3.097
1.728

8.181
6.933
1.215
2.978
2.740
1.248

7.758
6,230
890
2.370
2.970
1.528

7.462
6.270
1.043
2.699
2.528
1.192

6,868
5.465
703
2,058
2.704
1.403

719
663
172
279
212
56

17.832
8.053
5,786
3.993

19.297
8.496
6.462
4.339

16.894
7.596
5.515
3.783

18,203
7,968
6,106
4,129

15.373
6.745
5.085
3.543

16.129
6.827
5.528
3.774

.521
851
430
240

ret.
1962

Feb.
1982

Feb.
1982

Feb.

890
765
187
312
266
125

8.8
9.6
14.2
9.4
7.7
4.5

11.5
12.3
21.0
13.2
9.0
8.2

2.074
1.141
578
355

9.0
11.2
7.8
6.3

Fab.
1983

1983

VETERANS
Total, 2Syeara and over
2Sto39yeara
25to29yeara

30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years

40 years and over
NONVETERAN8

Total, 25 to 39 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years

NOTE: Male Vietnam-era veterana ara men who served in the Armed Forces between
August 5,1964 and May 7,1975. Nonveterana ara men who have never served In the Arm-




11.4
14.3
9.5
8.6
ed Forces; published data are limited to those 25 to 39 years of age, the group that moat
closely corraeponda to the bulk of the Vietnam-era veteran population.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-13. Employment status of the civilian population for ten large States
. (Numbers in thouaanda)

Peb.
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

Feb.
1982

Oct.
1982

Nov.
1982

Dec.
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

Civilian nonlnatltutlonal population.
Civilian labor-fore*
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

18,302
11,985
10,837
1, 149
9.6

18,633
12,234
10,801
1,434
11. 7

18,660
12,212
10,761
1,451
11.9

18,302
12,038
10,968
1,070
8.9

18,550
12,316
10,998
1,318
10.7

18,576
12,286
10,925
1,361
11. 1

18,606
12,300
10,950
1,350
11.0

18,633
12,262
10,909
1,353
11.0

18,660
12,263
10,893
1,370
11. 2

Civilian nonlnatltutlonal population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

8,029
4,528
4,208
320
7. 1

8,245
4,783
4,285
499
10.4

8,264
4,679
4, 235
444
9.5

8,029
4,572
4,237
335
7.3

8, 186
4,887
4,463
424
8.7

8, 205
4,877
4,424
453
9.3

8,225
4,819
4,360
459
9.5

8,245
4,897
4,399
4 98
10.2

8, 264
4,727
4, 268
459
9.7

Civilian nonlnatltutlonal population.
Civilian labor force

8,5 20
5,538
4,978
560
10. 1

8\ 54 1
5,584
4,828
756
13.5

8,542
5,572
4,802
770
13.8

8,520
5,605
5,057
548
9.8

8,537
5,527
4,846
681
12.3

8,538
5,523
4,807
716
13.0

8,540
5,538
4,829
709
12.8

8,541
5,641
4,929
712
12.6

8,542
5,639
4,880
759
13.5

Civilian nonlnatltutlonal population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed

4,463
2,953
2,707
246
8.3

4,495
2,975
2,717
258
8.7

4,498
2, 904
2,667
238
8. 2

4,463
2, 968
2,737
231
7.8

4,486
3,007
2,775
232
7.7

4,489
3,007
2,783
224
7.4

4,492
2,974
2,744
230
7.7

4,495
2,997
2,759
238
7.9

4,498
2, 921
2,698
223
7.6

Civilian -nonlnatltutlonal population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

6,765
4,228
3,546
682
16. 1

6,736
4, 260
3*, 5 36
725
17.0

6,733
4,238
3,539
699
16.5

6.765
4, 261
3,641
620
14.6

6, 742
4, 246
3,560
686
16. 2

6,739
4,219
3,501
718
17.0

6,738
4,293
3,558
735
17. 1

6,736
4,324
3,654
670
15.5

6,733
4, 273
3,639
634
14.8

Civilian nonlnatltutlonal population.
Civilian labor force
Employed

5,684
3,509
3,182
327
9.3

5,727
3,584
3,263
322
9.0

5,730
3,565
3, 240
325
9. 1

5,684
3,564
3,254
310
8.7

5,715
3,630
3,298
332
9. 1

5,718
3,658
3,303
355
9.7

5,723
3,626
3,292
334
9.2

5, 727
3,609
3,311
298
8.3

5,730
3,623
3,314
309
8.5

13,473
8,039
7,316
722
9.0

13,556
7,903
7,148
755
9.6

13,562
7,918
7, 164
754
9.5

13,473
8,037
7,373
664
8.3

13,538
8,026
7,270
756
9.4

13,543
7,995
7,214
781
9.8

13,550
7,959
7, 237
722
9. 1

13,556
7,920
7,224
696
8.8

13,562
7,917
7, 221
696

Civilian nonlnatltutlonal population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed

8,047
4/977
4,370
607
12.2

8,066
4,942
4,204
738
14.9

8,067
4,925
4,212
713
14.5

8,047
5,096
4,516
580
11.4

8,062
5,137
4,435
702
13.7

8,063
5,063
4,355
708
14.0

8,065
5, 116
4,389
727
14. 2

8,066
5,016
4,316
700
14.0

8,067
5,047
4,361
686
13.6

Civilian nonlnatltutlonal population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rata

9,123
5,443
4,846
597
11.0

9, 148
5,407
4,603
804
14.9

9, 149
5,369
4,610
759
14. 1

9,123
5,489
4,934
555
10.1

9,142
5,4 90
4,855
635
11.6

9, 143
5,514
4,851
663
12.0

9, 146
5,540
4,842
698
12.6

9, 148
5,447
4,704
743
13.6

9, 149
5,416
4,700
716
13.2

10,784
7,236
6,815
421
5.8

11,117
7,589
6,943
646
8.5

11,143
7,543
6,877
666
8.8

10,784
7,262
6,840
422
5.8

11,036
7,361
6,769
592
8.0

11,062
7,445
6,885
560
7.5

11,090
7,527
6,926
601
8.0

11, 117
7,616
6,993
623
8. 2

Unemployed
Unemployment rata
Maeaachueetts

Unemployment rate
New York
Civilian nonlnatltutlonal population.
Civilian labor force
—
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rata
OMo

Texaa
Civilian nonlnatltutlonal population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

' Theae are the official Bureau of Labor Statlettce' eetlmatee ueed In the administration of
Federal fund allocation programs.




1

The population figure* i
l variation; therefore,
In the u
I the aeaaonally adiueted columns.

11,143
7,569
6,900
669
8.8

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonagrlcultural payrolls by industry
(In thousands!
Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted

Industry
Feb.
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.
1983

89,413

89,358

87,719

87,700

90,459

88,877

88,750

88,565

88,895

24,038

Total
Goods-producing

Dec.
1982

22,993

22,584

22,452

24,631

23,239

23,081

22,986

23,141

Feb.
1982

Oct.
1982

Nov.
1982

De c .
1982

Jan.
1983

Mining

1,180

1,032

1,013

996

1,203

1,058

1,046

1,037

1,028

Construction

3,559

3,803

3,536

3,389

3,974

3,856

3,854

3,818

3,916

19,299
13,168

18,158
12,193

18,035
12,099

18,067
12,157

19,454
13,290

18,325
12,335

18,181
12,203

18,131
12,172

18,197
12,238

,

11,503
7,705

10,554
6,885

10,500
6,854

10,529
6,899

11,575
7,759

10,666
6,979

10,550
6,874

10,519
6,853

10,563
6,908

Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products —
Primary metal products
,
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electric and electronic equipment .
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products . .
Miscellaneous manufacturing

592.9
450.8
571, 5
1,018, 4
1,500, 3
2,458. 5
2,045, 2
1,758. 5
715. 3
391. 3

610.9
438.1
533.9
811.0
1,362.8
2,068.0
1,961.4
1,665.3
682.8
365.3

6 17.1
4 37.4
5 32.4
8 07.5
1,3 67.0
2,0 66.9
1,9 63.2
1,6 87.2
6 1.2
3 69.2

611
449
596
1,024
1,505
2,446
2,048
1,778
718
400

614
434
565
831
1,381
2,142
1,969
1,658
694
378

616
435
556
813
1,365
2,108
1 ,963
1,631
689
374

621
436
552
803
1,358
2,086
1,946
1,662
682
373

632
436
553
813
1,368
2,064
1,959
1,677
684
377

7,535
5,245

7,538
5,258

7,879
5,531

7,659
5,356

7,631
5,329

7,612
5,319

7,634
5,330

1,644
63
735
1 ,141
650
1,268
1,061
208
684
205

1 ,644
61
726
1, 134
652
1,266
1,059
206
678
205

1,636
66
725
1,131
650
1,265
1,054
206
678
201

1,640
67
722
1,144
650
1,269
1,053
207
680
202

65,579

65,754

Manufacturing
Production workers
Durable goods
Production workers

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

Service-producing
Transportation and public utilities

612.
440,
548,
801.
1,367.
2,094,
1,957.
1,675.
684.
371.

7,796
5,463

7,604
5,308

1,604.7
67.5
776.6
1,194.4
665.8
1,276.9
1,087.5
203.2
706.5
212.5

1,624.6
69.6
729.1
1,121.3
649.3
1,275.1
1,050.7
204.1
680.3
199.9

1,587.3
68.9
719.5
1,120.2
64 5-. 7
1,267.6
1 ,046.2
201.9
678.8
199.1

1,5 72.4
66.4
7 22.4
1.1 29.1
6 42.6
1,2 69.5
1,0 50.9
2 01.2
6 84.0
199.0

l,-663
68
777
1,201
670
1,276
1,093
208

65,375

66,365

65,135,

65,248

65,828

708J
215

65,638

65,669

5,013

4,899

4,887

5,115

5,007

4,992

4,983

4,959

Wholesale and retail trade

20,258]

20,952

20,285

20,029

20,670

20,441

20,425

20,316

20,500

Wholesale trade

5,3031
14,955j

5,221
15,731

5,167
15,1181

5,142
14,887

5,343
15,327

5,254
15,187

5,228
15,197

5,205
15,111

5,198
15,302

5,285

5,361

5,358

5,326

5,357

5,363

5,377

5,390

18,696

19,091

18,872

19,004

18,867

19,074

19,135

19,148

19,179

16,085

15,948

15,7271

15,970

15,850

15,759

15,754

15,755

15,726

2,723
13,3621

2,733
13,215

2,726|
13,001

2,737
13,233

2,740
13,019

2,745
13,009

2,761
12,994

2,751
12,975

5,051

Retail trade
5 ,352|

Finance, Insurance, and real estate
Services

Government . . .
Federal govemnient
State and local government
p = preliminary.




2,737 I
13,113

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagrJcuitural payrolls by industry
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted

Industry
Feb.
1982
Total private.

34.8

Dec.
1982

Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
1983 P| 1983 P| 1982

35.1

Oct.
1982

Nov.
1982

Dec.
1982

Jan.
Feb.
1983 P| 1983 °

34.6

34.2

35.0

34.7

34.7

34.8

35.1

34.4

43.6

42.5

40.8

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

35.9

MMMflQ.

36.9

35.4

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

39.2
2.3

39.7
2.5

39.2
2.2

38.7
2.3

39.4
2.4

38.8
2.3

38.9
2.3

38.9
2.3

3

8

Overtime hours

38.9
2.4

Overtime hours

39.7
2.2

40.1
2.4

39.7
2.1

39.2
2.3

39.8
2.2

39.0
2.0

39.2
2.1

39.2
2.1

4_.l
2.1

39.3
2.3

Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products...
Primary metal products
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electric and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products.
Miscellaneous manufacturing

37,
37,
39,
39,
39,
40.
39,
40,
40.
38,

38,
38.
40.
39,
40.
40.
40.
41.
40.
39.

39.1
37.6
40.1
39.1
39
39
39
41
40
38

38.
37.
39.
39.
38.
39,
39,
40.
39.
37.

37.9
37.7
40.1
39.4
39
40
39
40
39
38

38.0
37.5
40.2
38.0
38.
39.
39.
40.
39,
38.

38.
37.
40.
38.
39.
39.
39.
40.
39.
38.

38.
37.
40.
38.
39,
39,
39,
39.
39,
38.

40.7
38.9
41.4
39.0
39.8
39.7
39.8
41.6
40.6
39.3

39.
37.
39.
38.
39.
39,
39,
40,
39,
37,

38.6
2.5

39.1
2.6

38.6
2.4

38.1
2.4

38.9
2.6

38.5
2.6

38.5
2.5

38.5
2.5

39.3
2.5

38.4
2.5

39
38
38
35
42
37
41
42
39
35

39,
37.
39.
35.
42.
37,
41,
44.
40,
36.

38.
36.
38.
34,
41.
36.
40.
43.
39.
34.

40.2
(2)
38.3
35.5
42.3
37.4
41.2
43.5
40.0
35.6

39.7
(2)
38.2
35
41
36
40
43
39
35

39.4
(2)
38.6
35
41
37
40
43
39
35

39.2
(2)
38,
35.
41.
37.
40.
44.
39.
35,

39.3
(2)
40.3
36
41
37
41
45
40
36

38.9
(2)
38.9
34
41
37
40
44
39
34

39.2

39.1

38.0

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)
31.4
38.2
29.3

Nondurable goods.
Overtime hours .
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products .
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products
Transportation and publio utilities
Wholesale and retail trade

38.4

insurance, and real estate

30.9

32.0

31.9

31.8

32.1

38.7
30.6

38.3
29.3

37.9
28.8

38.5
29.9

38.3
29.9

38.4
29.8

38.4
30.2

38.6
30.0

36.2

36.3

36.6

36.2

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

32.5

Wholesale trade*.
Retail t r a d e . . . . .

32.0

32.7

32.6

32.4

32.6

•32.6

32.6

32.7

32.8

32.5

32.4
38.2
29.4

1
Oata relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; to construction
workers in construction; and to nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public
utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private
nonagrJcuitural payrolls.




1
This series is not published seasonally adjusted since the seasonal component Is
small relative to the trend-cycle and/or Irregular components and consequently cannot
be separated with sufficient precision.
p m preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural
payrolls by industry
Average hourly earnings

Feb.
1982

Feb.
1983

$7.82
7.82

$7.90
7.86

$7.90
7.88

11.08

11.21

476.43

462.67

11.32

11.90

11.85

437.27

421.97

8.34

8.69

8.71

8.89

9.23

9.26

7.27
6.19
8.62
11.20
8.57
9.20
7.96
10.82
7.94
6.29

7.59
6.47
9.08
11.49
8.9 7
9.41
8.45
11.44
8.66
6.66

7.70
6.51
9.08
11.57
8.99
9.39
8.47
11.41
8.75
6.73

7.54

Seasonally adjusted

Jan.
1 9 8 3 Pi

$7.54
7.53

Total private

Dec.
1982

Mining

Feb.
P| 1 9 8 2

Dec.
1982

Jan.
1983

Feb.1983

$262.39 $274.48 $273.34 $270.18
263.55 272.14 275.89 271.07

Construction

341.43

338.63

3 52.93

370.12

367.62

364.56

272.63
231.51
337.90
443.52
337.66
374.44
316.81
437.13
317.60
241.54

295.25
250.39
366.83
450.41
359.70
380.16
339.69
474.76
349.86
259.74

301.07
244.78
364.11
452.39
355.11
371.84
335.41
467.81
351.75
259.78

295.30
242.45
355.29
449.67
352.43
369.03
334.38
468.46
346.02
251.33

291.04

311.24

307.64

305.18

319.98
364.98
236.38
186.20
410.55
340.72
423.08
563.50
317.97
196.38

313.53
361.24
236.51
187.44
402.82
332.79
422.28
578.60
316.79
195.64

311.04
384.87
235.68
183.38
399.64
330.30
424.32
570.71
313.24
188.10
405.84

Manufacturing
Durabia goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products . . .
Primary metal products
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electric and electronic equipment .
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products .
Miscellaneous manufacturing

7
6.
9,
11.
9,
9,
8.53
11.51
8.76
6.72

Transportation and public utilities

7.97

8.06
9.63
6.03
5.26
9.66
8.99
10.34
12.72
7.89
5.44

8.06
9.87
6.08
5.31
9.66
8.97
10.35
13.15
7.90
5.48

10.40
13.15
7.9 3
5.50

307.28
366.15
219.46
180.58
377.58
317.58
397.85
518.64
298.85
184.2 7

10.13

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

7.96

7.74
9.56
5.76
5.13
8.99
8.56
9.68
12.29
7.49
5.22

Nondurable goods

10.62

10.66

10.68

397.10

415.24

409.34

6.44

6.47

194.66

203.80

202.86

199.92

303.31
159.35

318.89
170.14

319.04
166.42

316.09
164.16

6.16

Wholesale and retail trade

8.10
10.43

7.94
5.42

8.24
5.56

8.33
5.68

6.62

7.01

7.21

7.17

239.64

254.46

6.79

Wholesale trade

8.34
5.70

7.12

7.19

7.15

220.68

232.82

Retail trade

259.55

Finance, insurance, and real estate.

234.39

231.66

Service*
1

See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.

Table B-4. Hourly Earnings Index for production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by industry
(1977*100)
Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted
Percent
change
from:

Industry
Feb.
1982

Totel private nonf arms
Current dollar*
Constant (1977) dollars
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and puwlc utHttleo .
rtnenoo. Insurance, and
real estate
1
2
3
4

Dec.
1982

Jan.
1983p

Feb.
1983

p

Feb.
1982Feb.*
1983

Peccant
change
Feb.
1982

0-ct.
1982

Nov.
1982

Dec.
1982

Jan.
19 8 3 P

Feb.
1983P

Jan.
1983Feb.
1983

145.4
93.3
156.0
136.5
149.1
146.3
143.3

15 2 . 1
94.5
163.4
143.9
156.2
154.2
147.8

153.3
95.3
164.5
143.2
157.0
154.7
149.9

153.4
N.A.
165.8
143.8
157.2
155.3
150.1

5.5
(2)
6.3
5.3
5.4
6.2
4.7

145.0
93.1
(4)
137.9
149.1
146.0
142.5

150.8
93.2
(4)
142.3
154.6
151.1
147.6

151.2
93.5
(4)
141.0
155.3
152.3*
148.1

152.1
94.3
(4)
143.8
155.6
153.4
148.6

152.7
94.7
(4)
143.4
156.5
154.4
148.9

152.9
N.A.
(4)
145.2
157.1
155.0
149.2

0.1
(3)
(4)
1.3
.4
.4
.2

144.9
144.9

153.0
152.1

157.2
153.4

156.4
152.5

7.9
5.3

143.3
143.7

152.9
150.8

152.7
150.9

153.7
152.4

156.6
152.2

154.6
151.3

-1.2
-.6

See footnote 1, table B-2.
Percent change was 1.8 from January 1982 to January 1983, the latest month available.
Percent change was .4 from December 1982 to January 1983, the latest month available.
Mining is not seasonally adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular
components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
N.A. » not available,
p • preliminary.




ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
1

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervlsory workers on private nonagrlcultural
payrolls by industry
(1977 »100)
Not seasonally adjusted

Industry
Feb.
1982

100.9

99.0

87.8

85.1

83.0

139.4

Mining

104.5

91.8

Goods-producing

J.an.
1983

103.4

Total private

Dec*
1982

114.1

111.5

Feb.
Feb.
1 9 8.3 P| 1982

Construction

86.4

96.8

90.6

84.9

Nov.
1982

Dee.
1982

Jan.
1983

106.2

102.6

102.8

104.2

95.6

86.7

86.4

89.7

86.5

'104.4

143.7

113.8

112.8

114.4

107.5

80.0

102.9

97.2

97.4

97.0

106.5

94.9

91.9

83.9

83.3

83.1

85.3

78,
80,
86,
75,
59,
77,
80.
91.
73,
99,
79,

88.5

Manufacturing

83.2

Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products . . .
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electric and electronic equipment .
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products..
Miscellaneous manufacturing

89,
74,
89,
76,
79,
87,
105,
100,
81,
109.
84,

81.2
79.8
90.2
75.9
60.1
80.1
82.8
94.1
78.0
101.8
79.6

79,
80,
87,
73,
61,
78,
80,
93,
76.
100,
77.

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

91,
93,
93,
79.
88.
93,
106,
96.
90.
94,
77,

90.4
95.1
96.9
76.4
83.1
92.5
108.8
93.8
95.7
91.6
73.9

Primary metal products

Service-producing

Oct.
1982

D

Feb.
1983

P

101.8

79,
79.
86.
70.
60.
77.
79.
93.
77.
99.
75.

90,
77,
90,
82.
79,
88.
104,
100.
81.
109.

80.
78,
86.
78,
60.
78,
83.
92.
74,
101.
81.

79,
79,
86,
76.
59.
77.
81.
92,
73.
99.
80.

88.2
90.2
91.5
74.9
82.9
90.1
105.1
92.2
93.3
90.9
73.1

87.
88.
86.
74.
82.
88.
104.
93.
92.
90.
70.

93,
98.
94,
79.
90.
95,
107,
97,
96.
94.
79.

89.
96.
84.
75.
83.
90.
105.
93.
96.
89.
74.

89.
95.
78,
75.
83.
90.
105.
92.
97.
88.
75.

89.2
94.9
90.1
74.4
83.1
90
105
93
97
89
7-3

91.
95.
93.
77.
88.
90.
106,
93.
98.
90.
76.

89,
93.
87,
75.
83.
90,
105.
94.
98.
90.
71'.

81
86
89
78
61
79
80
93
78
102.1
81.7

80,
83,
86,
76,
60,
78,
79,
92.
78,
99.
78,

109.8

113.8

109.6

107.9

112.1

111.5

111.4

111.8

112.2

110.3

Transportation and public utilities

102.2

101.0

96.8

95.6

103.7

100.1

100.2

99.9

98.8

96.9

Wholesale and retail trade

102,7

109.7

102.5

99.3

106.3

104.8

104.3

104.9

105.4

103.0

108.9
100.3

108.1
110.2

105.9
101.2

104.0
97.5

110.7
104.6

107.9
103.6

107.4
103.1

107.0
104.0

107.3
104.7

105.7
102.0

116.1

117.1

117.5

116.2

116.8

117.0

117.2

117.6

118.5

117.1

119.3

122.3

120.5

120.4

120.9

122.0

122.4

122.8

123.4

122.1

Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services
' See footnote 1, table B-2.

p » preliminary.

Table B-6. Indexes of diffusion: Percent of industries in which employment1 increased
Time
span

Year

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

Jury

Aug.

Sept

Oct

Nov.

Dec

Over
1-month
span

56.7
32.5
54.Op

48.7
42.5
48.lp

51.1
35.8

68.3
40.9

65.3
51.1

54.0
32.0

59.9
43.5

50.3
37.6

50.3
43.0

34.7
26.1

28.2
43.9

31.2
39.0

Over
3-month
span

53.5
28.0
4 4 . lp

52.2
31.2

60.2 .
33.6

70.2
37.1

70.4
35.8

65.9
35.8

59.4
27.7

57.0
31.7

40.1
27.7

30.6
28.0

26.3
23.9

23.4
39.5p

Over
6-month
span

64.8
21.8

65.9
27.4

67.2
27.4

67.7
29.8

67.2
28.8

67.5
30.1

51.3
24.2

39.0
21.0

33.9
24.7

30.1
28.8p

27.7
29.3p

24.2

Over
12-month
span

73.9
23.1

71.0
23.1

70.4
21.2

62.1
18.8

50.0
18.0

43.3
21.0

35.2
25.8p

33.6
23.lp

31.5

27.2

27.7

25.8

* Number of employees, seasonally adjusted for 1, 3, and 6 month spans, on payrolls
of 186 private nonagricultural industries,
p = preliminary.

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press in the conventional manner. But, news organizations
and others now have the option of accessing the releases
electronically.
Bi^ also makes its data
avail ble in periodicals
published by the Bureau and
sold by the Government Printing Office; on computer tape,
sold by BLS; and in some instances, via Mailgram and in
microform.
Information about electronic news releases and about
BLS' data in other forms is
available from the Office of
Publications, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Washington, D.C.
20212.

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