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TEXT Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin Table A-3. Selected employment indicators Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Table A-5. Duration of unemployment Table A-6. Reason for unemployment Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls by industry Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls Table B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted Technical information: Household data:(202) 606-6378 606-6373 Establishment data: Media contact: 606-6555 606-5902 USDL 96-84 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Friday, March 8, 1996. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: FEBRUARY 1996 Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 705,000 in February, and the unemployment rate decreased to 5.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The jump in payroll jobs follows a decline of 188,000 in January, which largely reflected the severe weather conditions in the eastern part of the country. The jobless rate has hovered within a relatively narrow range since late 1994. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The unemployment rate fell 0.3 percentage point to 5.5 percent in February, and the number of unemployed persons decreased by 322,000 to 7.4 million. Each had risen by a similar magnitude in January, as revised. The unemployment rate has fluctuated between 5.4 and 5.8 percent since the last quarter of 1994. In February, the jobless rate for adult women decreased by 0.3 percentage point to 4.8 percent; the rate for teenagers dropped 1.6 percentage points to 16.6 percent. The unemployment rates for the other major worker groups--adult men (4.9 percent), whites (4.9 percent), blacks (10.3 percent), and Hispanics (9.7 percent)--showed little or no change over the month. (See tables A-1 and A-2.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment increased by 437,000 in February, to 125.7 million. The proportion of the working-age population that was employed (the employment-population ratio) edged up to 62.9 percent; however, the measure was slightly lower than a year earlier. The number of persons working part time for economic reasons increased by 411,000 in February, reversing a decline of similar magnitude in the previous month. (See tables A-1 and A3.) The number of persons who held more than one job in February was 7.9 million (not seasonally adjusted). These multiple jobholders made up 6.3 percent of all employed persons, the same as a year earlier. (See table A9.) - 2 ---------------------------------------------------------| All seasonally adjusted household data have been | |revised to incorporate updated seasonal adjustment | |factors, which reflect the 1995 experience. Also, | |unadjusted household data series have been revised for | |1990-93 to reflect 1990 census-based population controls, | |adjusted for the estimated undercount. As a result, | |seasonally adjusted data back to 1990 are subject to | |revision. The January 1995-January 1996 unemployment | |rates, as originally published and as revised, appear | |on page 5, along with additional information on the | |revisions. | | In addition, as announced last fall, this release | |resumes publication of a range of alternative measures | |of labor underutilization (table A-7). | ---------------------------------------------------------- Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | Monthly data | | averages | | |_________________|__________________________|Jan.Category | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 |Feb. |_________________|________|_________________|change | III | IV | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________ Civilian labor force..| 132,380| 132,432| 132,352| 132,903| 133,018| 115 Employment..........| 124,909| 125,096| 124,981| 125,226| 125,663| 437 Unemployment........| 7,471| 7,336| 7,371| 7,677| 7,355| -322 Not in labor force....| 66,427| 66,920| 67,156| 66,730| 66,754| 24 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________ All workers...........| 5.6| 5.5| 5.6| 5.8| 5.5| -0.3 Adult men...........| 4.8| 4.7| 4.8| 4.9| 4.9| .0 Adult women.........| 5.0| 4.8| 4.7| 5.1| 4.8| -.3 Teenagers...........| 17.7| 17.6| 18.0| 18.2| 16.6| -1.6 White...............| 4.9| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0| 4.9| -.1 Black...............| 10.9| 9.9| 10.2| 10.6| 10.3| -.3 Hispanic origin.....| 9.2| 9.3| 9.3| 9.2| 9.7| .5 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |____________________________________________________ Nonfarm employment....| 116,782| 117,190| 117,357|p117,169|p117,874| p705 Goods-producing 1/..| 24,159| 24,155| 24,173| p24,114| p24,267| p153 Construction......| 5,240| 5,293| 5,297| p5,314| p5,435| p121 Manufacturing.....| 18,344| 18,293| 18,307| p18,232| p18,258| p26 Service-producing 1/| 92,622| 93,034| 93,184| p93,055| p93,607| p552 Retail trade......| 20,862| 20,956| 20,981| p20,921| p21,087| p166 Services..........| 32,951| 33,170| 33,248| p33,204| p33,491| p287 Government........| 19,316| 19,314| 19,328| p19,299| p19,341| p42 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work 2/ |____________________________________________________ Total private.........| 34.5| 34.4| 34.3| p33.7| p34.5| p0.8 Manufacturing.......| 41.5| 41.4| 41.2| p39.9| p41.6| p1.7 Overtime..........| 4.4| 4.4| 4.3| p4.1| p4.5| p.4 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings 2/ |____________________________________________________ Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| $11.51| $11.59| $11.61| p$11.66| p$11.65|p-$0.01 Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| 396.98| 399.19| 398.22| p392.94| p401.93| p8.99 ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ 1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately. p=preliminary. 2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. N.A.= not available. NOTE: Household data have been revised based on experience through December 1995. The size of the civilian labor force was about unchanged in February, at 133.0 million, seasonally adjusted. The labor force participation rate held at 66.6 percent and has shown no clear trend since last spring. Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.8 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in February--that is, they wanted and were available for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior 12 months. The number of discouraged workers--persons who had stopped looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available to them--was 455,000 in February. Both figures were close to their levels of a year earlier. (See table A-9.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 705,000 in February, rebounding strongly from weather-related declines in January. Services, retail trade, and construction all experienced particularly large employment increases. Most other industries also exhibited strong growth following depressed January levels. Overall, job growth during the first 2 months of 1996 averaged 259,000 per month. (See table B-1.) The services industry added 287,000 jobs in February, following weatherrelated reductions in the prior month. Business services, which dipped by 31,000 in January, accounted for the largest share of the February increase (126,000). Within business services, employment in help supply services increased by 79,000, after showing no net growth since last September. The number of jobs in building services rose by 24,000 over the month, partly due to the return of 13,000 strikers. Computer services added 14,000 jobs in February, continuing its upward trend. Employment in health services rose by 46,000, in line with its recent trend when combined with Januarys small gain. Amusement and recreation, social, and educational services showed significant gains in February, due in part to the improved weather conditions. - 4 Retail trade employment rose by 166,000, rebounding sharply from job losses in the prior 2 months. Eating and drinking places, which were particularly affected by the January blizzard, added 62,000 workers over the month. Job gains also were robust in department stores (59,000), partly the result of a weather-related rebound. Automobile dealerships and service stations employment continued to expand, and miscellaneous retail establishments added 24,000 jobs, thereby regaining Januarys losses. After registering a very small increase in January, employment in wholesale trade rose by 16,000, about its average for 1995. Construction employment was up by 121,000 in February, seasonally adjusted. Improved weather conditions contributed to this gain, but the industry also has shown underlying strength. Mining employment rose by 6,000 over the month, with 3,000 of this increase in oil and gas extraction. Manufacturing employment was up 26,000 in February, reflecting the return of employees from weather-related cutbacks. Despite this increase, factory employment was still down by 49,000 since December and 267,000 since its recent peak of March 1995. Auto manufacturers brought back only part of the workforce that was laid off in January due to high inventories. In contrast, the electronic components industry continued its growth trend. Employment in the transportation industry rose by 23,000 in February, with trucking and warehousing and local transit contributing most of the growth. The finance industry added 9,000 jobs over the month. Government employment rose by 42,000 in February. This increase was mostly in state and local education, where some nonsalaried employees had been off payrolls in January due to the snowstorm. Federal government employment continued to fall. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose sharply in February--0.8 hour--to 34.5 hours, seasonally adjusted, rebounding from the impact of the extreme weather last month. The weather's influence was particularly evident in manufacturing; the factory workweek declined by 1.3 hours in January and increased by 1.7 hours in February. Factory overtime was up by 0.4 hour to 4.5 hours. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls rose by 3.2 percent to 134.5 (1982=100) in February, reflecting a large rebound in both employment and hours. The manufacturing index increased by 4.4 percent to 105.8. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls edged down by 1 cent in February, after seasonal adjustment, following a 5-cent rise in January. Average weekly earnings rose by 2.3 percent because of the workweek increase. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 2.9 percent and average weekly earnings by 2.6 percent. (See table B-3.) - 5 ___________________________ The Employment Situation for March 1996 is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Revised Household Survey Data Recent shutdowns and the weather-related closing of many federal agencies, including BLS, delayed the annual revisions in the seasonally adjusted household survey series. These revisions are being introduced with the publication of February 1996 data, 2 months later than usual. In addition, unadjusted series for 1990-93 have been revised to incorporate 1990 census-based population controls, adjusted for the estimated undercount. Thus, seasonally adjusted data for January 1990-January 1996 are subject to revision. Table B summarizes the effects of the revisions on the overall unemployment rate since January 1995. Rates were revised in only 2 months, each by 0.1 percentage point. Revised seasonally adjusted data for major labor force series, also since January 1995, appear in table C. The March 1996 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain the new seasonal adjustment factors for major series for the January-June 1996 period. The publication also will contain a description of the 1990-93 population revisions, the current seasonal adjustment methodology, and revised data for the most recent 13 months for all regularly published tables containing seasonally adjusted household survey data. Revised monthly data for the January 1990-January 1996 revision period for several labor force series also will be published in the March 1996 issue. Microcomputer diskettes of historical seasonally adjusted monthly data may be purchased from BLS; contact Gloria P. Green on 202-606-6373. Historical seasonally adjusted monthly data also are available on the INTERNET. INTERNET users can access these data from the ftp://stats.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf directory. Table B. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates and change due to revision, January 1995-January 1996 _______________________________________________________ Month and year | As first | As | Change | computed | revised | _______________|_____________|_____________|___________ | | | 1995: January.| 5.7 | 5.7 | .0 February.......| 5.4 | 5.4 | .0 March..........| 5.5 | 5.5 | .0 April..........| 5.8 | 5.7 | -0.1 May............| 5.7 | 5.6 | -.1 June...........| 5.6 | 5.6 | .0 July...........| 5.7 | 5.7 | .0 August.........| 5.6 | 5.6 | .0 September......| 5.6 | 5.6 | .0 October........| 5.5 | 5.5 | .0 November.......| 5.6 | 5.6 | .0 December.......| 5.6 | 5.6 | .0 | | | 1996: January.| 5.8 | 5.8 | .0 _______________|_____________|_____________|___________ New Seasonal Adjustment Procedures for Establishment-Based Series BLS plans to implement improved seasonal adjustment procedures for the nonfarm payroll employment, hours, and earnings series effective with the release of annual benchmark revisions and May 1996 preliminary estimates on June 7, 1996. The new seasonal adjustment procedures identify and control for the effects of varying time intervals between surveys (also known as the 4-vs. 5-week effect) and are based on X-12 ARIMA software newly developed by the Bureau of the Census. Historical data series from January 1988 forward will be revised to incorporate the new methodology. Further information on this planned change is available upon request. (Contact Patricia Getz at 202-606-6521.) HOUSEHOLD DATA Table C. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | 1995 | 1996 Employment status, | | ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______ sex, and age | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. |Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | | | | | | | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TOTAL | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population1/|197753|197886|198007|198148|198286|198453|198615|198801|199005|199192|199355|199508|199634 Civilian labor force................|132170|132078|132391|132529|132058|131962|132342|132298|132501|132473|132471|132352|132903 Participation rate..............| 66.8| 66.7| 66.9| 66.9| 66.6| 66.5| 66.6| 66.5| 66.6| 66.5| 66.4| 66.3| 66.6 Employed..........................|124671|124881|125106|124973|124598|124566|124832|124859|125036|125244|125062|124981|125226 Employment-population ratio.....| 63.0| 63.1| 63.2| 63.1| 62.8| 62.8| 62.9| 62.8| 62.8| 62.9| 62.7| 62.6| 62.7 Unemployed........................| 7,499| 7,197| 7,285| 7,556| 7,460| 7,396| 7,510| 7,439| 7,465| 7,229| 7,409| 7,371| 7,677 Unemployment rate...............| 5.7| 5.4| 5.5| 5.7| 5.6| 5.6| 5.7| 5.6| 5.6| 5.5| 5.6| 5.6| 5.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population1/|87,528|87,572|87,622|87,664|87,691|87,750|87,818|87,905|87,940|88,027|88,046|88,172|88,223 Civilian labor force................|67,593|67,451|67,563|67,479|67,283|67,281|67,264|67,218|67,286|67,193|67,171|67,133|67,563 Participation rate..............| 77.2| 77.0| 77.1| 77.0| 76.7| 76.7| 76.6| 76.5| 76.5| 76.3| 76.3| 76.1| 76.6 Employed..........................|64,190|64,355|64,367|64,196|63,951|64,039|64,031|63,982|64,023|64,146|63,901|63,879|64,246 Employment-population ratio.....| 73.3| 73.5| 73.5| 73.2| 72.9| 73.0| 72.9| 72.8| 72.8| 72.9| 72.6| 72.4| 72.8 Agriculture...................| 2,397| 2,463| 2,481| 2,371| 2,241| 2,331| 2,321| 2,297| 2,296| 2,351| 2,259| 2,252| 2,399 Nonagricultural industries....|61,793|61,892|61,886|61,825|61,710|61,708|61,710|61,685|61,727|61,795|61,642|61,627|61,848 Unemployed........................| 3,403| 3,096| 3,196| 3,283| 3,332| 3,242| 3,233| 3,236| 3,263| 3,047| 3,270| 3,254| 3,317 Unemployment rate...............| 5.0| 4.6| 4.7| 4.9| 5.0| 4.8| 4.8| 4.8| 4.8| 4.5| 4.9| 4.8| 4.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population1/|95,961|96,020|96,037|96,099|96,141|96,204|96,265|96,327|96,409|96,487|96,555|96,633|96,717 Civilian labor force................|56,913|56,965|57,028|57,273|57,027|56,896|57,315|57,291|57,387|57,516|57,502|57,426|57,591 Participation rate..............| 59.3| 59.3| 59.4| 59.6| 59.3| 59.1| 59.5| 59.5| 59.5| 59.6| 59.6| 59.4| 59.5 Employed..........................|54,109|54,177|54,226|54,339|54,243|54,059|54,422|54,458|54,568|54,661|54,752|54,715|54,642 Employment-population ratio.....| 56.4| 56.4| 56.5| 56.5| 56.4| 56.2| 56.5| 56.5| 56.6| 56.7| 56.7| 56.6| 56.5 Agriculture...................| 873| 879| 881| 874| 835| 813| 801| 811| 778| 816| 806| 816| 857 Nonagricultural industries....|53,236|53,298|53,345|53,465|53,408|53,246|53,621|53,647|53,790|53,845|53,946|53,899|53,785 Unemployed........................| 2,804| 2,788| 2,802| 2,934| 2,784| 2,837| 2,893| 2,833| 2,819| 2,855| 2,750| 2,711| 2,949 Unemployment rate...............| 4.9| 4.9| 4.9| 5.1| 4.9| 5.0| 5.0| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0| 4.8| 4.7| 5.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population1/|14,263|14,294|14,348|14,385|14,454|14,498|14,531|14,569|14,657|14,678|14,754|14,703|14,694 Civilian labor force................| 7,664| 7,662| 7,800| 7,777| 7,748| 7,785| 7,763| 7,789| 7,828| 7,764| 7,798| 7,793| 7,749 Participation rate..............| 53.7| 53.6| 54.4| 54.1| 53.6| 53.7| 53.4| 53.5| 53.4| 52.9| 52.9| 53.0| 52.7 Employed..........................| 6,372| 6,349| 6,513| 6,438| 6,404| 6,468| 6,379| 6,419| 6,445| 6,437| 6,409| 6,387| 6,338 Employment-population ratio.....| 44.7| 44.4| 45.4| 44.8| 44.3| 44.6| 43.9| 44.1| 44.0| 43.9| 43.4| 43.4| 43.1 Agriculture...................| 287| 254| 274| 283| 284| 291| 287| 268| 261| 267| 258| 257| 273 Nonagricultural industries....| 6,085| 6,095| 6,239| 6,155| 6,120| 6,177| 6,092| 6,151| 6,184| 6,170| 6,151| 6,130| 6,065 Unemployed........................| 1,292| 1,313| 1,287| 1,339| 1,344| 1,317| 1,384| 1,370| 1,383| 1,327| 1,389| 1,406| 1,412 Unemployment rate...............| 16.9| 17.1| 16.5| 17.2| 17.3| 16.9| 17.8| 17.6| 17.7| 17.1| 17.8| 18.0| 18.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation. NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | 1/ Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Employment status, sex, and age | | | | | | | | | | Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TOTAL | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 197,886| 199,634| 199,773| 197,886| 199,192| 199,355| 199,508| 199,634| 199,773 Civilian labor force............................| 131,028| 131,396| 131,995| 132,078| 132,473| 132,471| 132,352| 132,903| 133,018 Participation rate........................| 66.2| 65.8| 66.1| 66.7| 66.5| 66.4| 66.3| 66.6| 66.6 Employed......................................| 123,343| 123,126| 124,137| 124,881| 125,244| 125,062| 124,981| 125,226| 125,663 Employment-population ratio...............| 62.3| 61.7| 62.1| 63.1| 62.9| 62.7| 62.6| 62.7| 62.9 Agriculture.................................| 3,171| 3,068| 3,102| 3,596| 3,434| 3,323| 3,325| 3,529| 3,519 Nonagricultural industries..................| 120,172| 120,058| 121,035| 121,285| 121,810| 121,739| 121,656| 121,698| 122,143 Unemployed....................................| 7,685| 8,270| 7,858| 7,197| 7,229| 7,409| 7,371| 7,677| 7,355 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.9| 6.3| 6.0| 5.4| 5.5| 5.6| 5.6| 5.8| 5.5 Not in labor force..............................| 66,857| 68,238| 67,777| 65,808| 66,719| 66,884| 67,156| 66,730| 66,754 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 94,818| 95,713| 95,786| 94,818| 95,492| 95,580| 95,661| 95,713| 95,786 Civilian labor force............................| 70,691| 70,612| 71,011| 71,444| 71,238| 71,208| 71,182| 71,593| 71,743 Participation rate........................| 74.6| 73.8| 74.1| 75.3| 74.6| 74.5| 74.4| 74.8| 74.9 Employed......................................| 66,333| 66,006| 66,481| 67,612| 67,416| 67,177| 67,162| 67,501| 67,764 Employment-population ratio...............| 70.0| 69.0| 69.4| 71.3| 70.6| 70.3| 70.2| 70.5| 70.7 Unemployed....................................| 4,358| 4,605| 4,529| 3,832| 3,822| 4,031| 4,020| 4,092| 3,979 Unemployment rate.........................| 6.2| 6.5| 6.4| 5.4| 5.4| 5.7| 5.6| 5.7| 5.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 87,572| 88,223| 88,296| 87,572| 88,027| 88,046| 88,172| 88,223| 88,296 Civilian labor force............................| 67,060| 66,990| 67,355| 67,451| 67,193| 67,171| 67,133| 67,563| 67,719 Participation rate........................| 76.6| 75.9| 76.3| 77.0| 76.3| 76.3| 76.1| 76.6| 76.7 Employed......................................| 63,445| 63,129| 63,521| 64,355| 64,146| 63,901| 63,879| 64,246| 64,425 Employment-population ratio...............| 72.4| 71.6| 71.9| 73.5| 72.9| 72.6| 72.4| 72.8| 73.0 Agriculture.................................| 2,224| 2,147| 2,160| 2,463| 2,351| 2,259| 2,252| 2,399| 2,382 Nonagricultural industries..................| 61,222| 60,982| 61,361| 61,892| 61,795| 61,642| 61,627| 61,848| 62,044 Unemployed....................................| 3,615| 3,861| 3,834| 3,096| 3,047| 3,270| 3,254| 3,317| 3,294 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.4| 5.8| 5.7| 4.6| 4.5| 4.9| 4.8| 4.9| 4.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 103,068| 103,921| 103,986| 103,068| 103,700| 103,775| 103,847| 103,921| 103,986 Civilian labor force............................| 60,337| 60,784| 60,985| 60,634| 61,235| 61,263| 61,170| 61,310| 61,275 Participation rate........................| 58.5| 58.5| 58.6| 58.8| 59.1| 59.0| 58.9| 59.0| 58.9 Employed......................................| 57,011| 57,119| 57,656| 57,269| 57,828| 57,885| 57,819| 57,725| 57,899 Employment-population ratio...............| 55.3| 55.0| 55.4| 55.6| 55.8| 55.8| 55.7| 55.5| 55.7 Unemployed....................................| 3,327| 3,665| 3,329| 3,365| 3,407| 3,378| 3,351| 3,585| 3,376 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.5| 6.0| 5.5| 5.5| 5.6| 5.5| 5.5| 5.8| 5.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 96,020| 96,717| 96,757| 96,020| 96,487| 96,555| 96,633| 96,717| 96,757 Civilian labor force............................| 56,952| 57,352| 57,579| 56,965| 57,516| 57,502| 57,426| 57,591| 57,570 Participation rate........................| 59.3| 59.3| 59.5| 59.3| 59.6| 59.6| 59.4| 59.5| 59.5 Employed......................................| 54,165| 54,264| 54,805| 54,177| 54,661| 54,752| 54,715| 54,642| 54,790 Employment-population ratio...............| 56.4| 56.1| 56.6| 56.4| 56.7| 56.7| 56.6| 56.5| 56.6 Agriculture.................................| 782| 748| 759| 879| 816| 806| 816| 857| 851 Nonagricultural industries..................| 53,382| 53,516| 54,046| 53,298| 53,845| 53,946| 53,899| 53,785| 53,938 Unemployed....................................| 2,787| 3,088| 2,774| 2,788| 2,855| 2,750| 2,711| 2,949| 2,780 Unemployment rate.........................| 4.9| 5.4| 4.8| 4.9| 5.0| 4.8| 4.7| 5.1| 4.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population.............| 14,294| 14,694| 14,719| 14,294| 14,678| 14,754| 14,703| 14,694| 14,719 Civilian labor force............................| 7,016| 7,054| 7,061| 7,662| 7,764| 7,798| 7,793| 7,749| 7,729 Participation rate........................| 49.1| 48.0| 48.0| 53.6| 52.9| 52.9| 53.0| 52.7| 52.5 Employed......................................| 5,734| 5,733| 5,811| 6,349| 6,437| 6,409| 6,387| 6,338| 6,448 Employment-population ratio...............| 40.1| 39.0| 39.5| 44.4| 43.9| 43.4| 43.4| 43.1| 43.8 Agriculture.................................| 166| 173| 183| 254| 267| 258| 257| 273| 286 Nonagricultural industries..................| 5,568| 5,560| 5,627| 6,095| 6,170| 6,151| 6,130| 6,065| 6,161 Unemployed....................................| 1,283| 1,322| 1,250| 1,313| 1,327| 1,389| 1,406| 1,412| 1,282 Unemployment rate.........................| 18.3| 18.7| 17.7| 17.1| 17.1| 17.8| 18.0| 18.2| 16.6 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | 1/ Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, age, and | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | | | Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WHITE | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 166,444| 167,669| 167,757| 166,444| 167,327| 167,441| 167,545| 167,669| 167,757 Civilian labor force............................| 110,915| 111,180| 111,876| 111,816| 112,147| 112,023| 111,987| 112,198| 112,747 Participation rate..........................| 66.6| 66.3| 66.7| 67.2| 67.0| 66.9| 66.8| 66.9| 67.2 Employed......................................| 105,142| 104,900| 105,887| 106,527| 106,761| 106,451| 106,445| 106,576| 107,244 Employment-population ratio.................| 63.2| 62.6| 63.1| 64.0| 63.8| 63.6| 63.5| 63.6| 63.9 Unemployed....................................| 5,774| 6,280| 5,989| 5,289| 5,386| 5,572| 5,542| 5,623| 5,502 Unemployment rate...........................| 5.2| 5.6| 5.4| 4.7| 4.8| 5.0| 4.9| 5.0| 4.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................| Participation rate..........................| Employed......................................| Employment-population ratio.................| Unemployed....................................| Unemployment rate...........................| | | Women, 20 years and over 57,455| 76.9| 54,620| 73.1| 2,835| 4.9| | | 57,593| 76.6| 54,606| 72.6| 2,987| 5.2| | | 57,855| 76.9| 54,908| 73.0| 2,947| 5.1| | | 57,789| 77.4| 55,419| 74.2| 2,370| 4.1| | | 57,717| 76.9| 55,383| 73.8| 2,334| 4.0| | | 57,679| 76.8| 55,150| 73.4| 2,529| 4.4| | | 57,693| 76.8| 55,206| 73.5| 2,487| 4.3| | | 57,894| 77.0| 55,438| 73.7| 2,456| 4.2| | | 58,162 77.3 55,688 74.0 2,475 4.3 Civilian labor force............................| Participation rate..........................| Employed......................................| Employment-population ratio.................| Unemployed....................................| Unemployment rate...........................| | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years 47,479| 59.1| 45,490| 56.6| 1,989| 4.2| | | 47,546| 58.8| 45,285| 56.0| 2,261| 4.8| | | 47,922| 59.3| 45,846| 56.7| 2,076| 4.3| | | 47,535| 59.1| 45,551| 56.7| 1,984| 4.2| | | 47,909| 59.4| 45,820| 56.8| 2,089| 4.4| | | 47,832| 59.2| 45,796| 56.7| 2,036| 4.3| | | 47,772| 59.1| 45,722| 56.6| 2,050| 4.3| | | 47,727| 59.0| 45,604| 56.4| 2,123| 4.4| | | 47,968 59.3 45,892 56.8 2,076 4.3 Civilian labor force............................| Participation rate..........................| Employed......................................| Employment-population ratio.................| Unemployed....................................| Unemployment rate...........................| Men.......................................| Women.....................................| | | BLACK | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| Civilian labor force............................| Participation rate..........................| Employed......................................| Employment-population ratio.................| Unemployed....................................| Unemployment rate...........................| | | Men, 20 years and over 5,982| 52.6| 5,032| 44.3| 950| 15.9| 17.7| 13.9| | | 6,041| 52.0| 5,008| 43.1| 1,033| 17.1| 18.7| 15.3| | | 6,098| 52.3| 5,133| 44.0| 965| 15.8| 17.2| 14.3| | | 6,492| 57.1| 5,557| 48.9| 935| 14.4| 15.7| 13.0| | | 6,521| 56.5| 5,558| 48.1| 963| 14.8| 16.8| 12.5| | | 6,512| 56.3| 5,505| 47.6| 1,007| 15.5| 16.4| 14.5| | | 6,522| 56.2| 5,517| 47.5| 1,005| 15.4| 16.0| 14.7| | | 6,577| 56.6| 5,533| 47.6| 1,044| 15.9| 16.6| 15.1| | | 6,616 56.8 5,665 48.6 951 14.4 15.2 13.4 | 23,117| 14,622| 63.3| 13,108| 56.7| 1,514| 10.4| | | | 23,424| 14,752| 63.0| 13,152| 56.1| 1,600| 10.8| | | | 23,455| 14,632| 62.4| 13,116| 55.9| 1,516| 10.4| | | | 23,117| 14,841| 64.2| 13,307| 57.6| 1,534| 10.3| | | | 23,357| 14,856| 63.6| 13,370| 57.2| 1,486| 10.0| | | | 23,389| 15,006| 64.2| 13,558| 58.0| 1,448| 9.6| | | | 23,419| 14,959| 63.9| 13,436| 57.4| 1,523| 10.2| | | | 23,424| 14,993| 64.0| 13,409| 57.2| 1,584| 10.6| | | Civilian labor force............................| Participation rate..........................| Employed......................................| Employment-population ratio.................| Unemployed....................................| Unemployment rate...........................| | | Women, 20 years and over 6,742| 72.9| 6,140| 66.4| 602| 8.9| | | 6,657| 71.2| 5,969| 63.8| 689| 10.3| | | 6,713| 71.7| 5,992| 64.0| 721| 10.7| | | 6,817| 73.7| 6,245| 67.5| 572| 8.4| | | 6,676| 71.7| 6,125| 65.7| 551| 8.3| | | 6,664| 71.8| 6,108| 65.8| 556| 8.3| | | 6,683| 71.5| 6,062| 64.9| 621| 9.3| | | 6,748| 72.2| 6,141| 65.7| 607| 9.0| | | 6,775 72.3 6,089 65.0 686 10.1 Civilian labor force............................| Participation rate..........................| Employed......................................| Employment-population ratio.................| Unemployed....................................| Unemployment rate...........................| | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years 7,113| 61.2| 6,475| 55.7| 638| 9.0| | | 7,315| 62.2| 6,651| 56.5| 664| 9.1| | | 7,181| 61.0| 6,616| 56.2| 565| 7.9| | | 7,137| 61.4| 6,497| 55.9| 640| 9.0| | | 7,259| 61.9| 6,637| 56.6| 622| 8.6| | | 7,366| 62.7| 6,789| 57.8| 577| 7.8| | | 7,317| 62.2| 6,751| 57.4| 566| 7.7| | | 7,343| 62.4| 6,678| 56.8| 665| 9.1| | | 7,193 61.1 6,630 56.3 563 7.8 23,455 14,827 63.2 13,302 56.7 1,525 10.3 Civilian labor force............................| 768| 780| 738| 887| 921| 976| 959| 902| 860 Participation rate..........................| 34.2| 33.8| 31.9| 39.5| 39.9| 41.2| 41.4| 39.1| 37.2 Employed......................................| 493| 532| 507| 565| 608| 661| 623| 590| 583 Employment-population ratio.................| 22.0| 23.1| 21.9| 25.2| 26.3| 27.9| 26.9| 25.6| 25.2 Unemployed....................................| 275| 248| 230| 322| 313| 315| 336| 312| 276 Unemployment rate...........................| 35.8| 31.8| 31.2| 36.3| 34.0| 32.3| 35.0| 34.6| 32.1 Men.......................................| 40.2| 37.3| 31.0| 38.9| 35.3| 33.7| 39.0| 39.1| 30.6 Women.....................................| 31.3| 27.1| 31.4| 33.5| 32.7| 30.8| 31.4| 30.4| 33.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HISPANIC ORIGIN | | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 18,413| 18,929| 18,977| 18,413| 18,800| 18,845| 18,889| 18,929| 18,977 Civilian labor force............................| 11,944| 12,393| 12,503| 12,101| 12,410| 12,374| 12,391| 12,655| 12,666 Participation rate..........................| 64.9| 65.5| 65.9| 65.7| 66.0| 65.7| 65.6| 66.9| 66.7 Employed......................................| 10,779| 11,102| 11,203| 11,001| 11,251| 11,227| 11,237| 11,493| 11,432 Employment-population ratio.................| 58.5| 58.7| 59.0| 59.7| 59.8| 59.6| 59.5| 60.7| 60.2 Unemployed....................................| 1,165| 1,291| 1,299| 1,100| 1,159| 1,147| 1,154| 1,162| 1,234 Unemployment rate...........................| 9.8| 10.4| 10.4| 9.1| 9.3| 9.3| 9.3| 9.2| 9.7 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995. Table A-3. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Category | | | | | | | | | | Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | | Total employed, 16 years and over.................|123,343 |123,126 |124,137 |124,881 |125,244 |125,062 |124,981 |125,226 |125,663 Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,726 | 41,580 | 41,958 | 42,114 | 42,281 | 42,081 | 42,058 | 42,171 | 42,339 Married women, spouse present...................| 31,988 | 31,854 | 32,197 | 31,906 | 32,185 | 32,153 | 32,072 | 32,078 | 32,101 Women who maintain families.....................| 7,095 | 7,214 | 7,310 | 7,081 | 7,089 | 7,274 | 7,304 | 7,294 | 7,295 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty...........| 34,982 | 35,614 | 35,957 | 34,888 | 35,758 | 35,730 | 35,712 | 35,682 | 35,866 Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,275 | 36,761 | 37,141 | 37,411 | 37,337 | 37,291 | 36,999 | 37,057 | 37,328 Service occupations.............................| 16,940 | 16,487 | 16,744 | 16,935 | 16,994 | 16,947 | 16,964 | 16,755 | 16,727 Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,160 | 13,302 | 13,331 | 13,634 | 13,459 | 13,344 | 13,445 | 13,615 | 13,786 Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,763 | 17,755 | 17,763 | 18,160 | 18,034 | 18,213 | 18,264 | 18,257 | 18,147 Farming, forestry, and fishing..................| 3,222 | 3,207 | 3,201 | 3,777 | 3,692 | 3,590 | 3,599 | 3,760 | 3,744 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLASS OF WORKER | | | | | | | | | Agriculture: | | | | | | | | | Wage and salary workers.......................| 1,614 | 1,609 | 1,655 | 1,917 | 1,806 | 1,750 | 1,755 | 1,964 | 1,954 Self-employed workers.........................| 1,534 | 1,420 | 1,418 | 1,663 | 1,543 | 1,514 | 1,521 | 1,547 | 1,531 Unpaid family workers.........................| 24 | 40 | 30 | 27 | 49 | 34 | 46 | 48 | 34 Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | | Wage and salary workers.......................|111,245 |111,267 |112,062 |112,292 |112,777 |112,722 |112,618 |112,568 |113,165 Government..................................| 18,596 | 18,044 | 18,369 | 18,484 | 18,244 | 18,288 | 18,237 | 18,044 | 18,259 Private industries..........................| 92,649 | 93,223 | 93,693 | 93,808 | 94,533 | 94,434 | 94,381 | 94,524 | 94,906 Private households........................| 1,002 | 874 | 874 | 1,004 | 973 | 980 | 975 | 931 | 873 Other industries..........................| 91,647 | 92,349 | 92,819 | 92,804 | 93,560 | 93,454 | 93,406 | 93,593 | 94,032 Self-employed workers.........................| 8,814 | 8,708 | 8,863 | 8,896 | 8,913 | 8,853 | 8,877 | 8,913 | 8,953 Unpaid family workers.........................| 112 | 83 | 110 | 118 | 102 | 105 | 106 | 85 | 116 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME | | | | | | | | | All industries: | | | | | | | | | Part time for economic reasons................| 4,567 | 4,320 | 4,597 | 4,468 | 4,433 | 4,435 | 4,447 | 4,091 | 4,502 Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,633 | 2,580 | 2,766 | 2,400 | 2,520 | 2,526 | 2,537 | 2,250 | 2,533 Could only find part-time work..............| 1,656 | 1,466 | 1,542 | 1,741 | 1,652 | 1,648 | 1,615 | 1,509 | 1,621 Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,763 | 17,542 | 18,386 | 17,910 | 17,678 | 17,452 | 17,405 | 17,198 | 17,493 | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | | Part time for economic reasons................| 4,304 | 4,103 | 4,351 | 4,225 | 4,274 | 4,283 | 4,306 | 3,842 | 4,274 Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,471 | 2,427 | 2,595 | 2,255 | 2,426 | 2,419 | 2,440 | 2,114 | 2,382 Could only find part-time work..............| 1,606 | 1,444 | 1,530 | 1,688 | 1,610 | 1,622 | 1,583 | 1,472 | 1,607 Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,164 | 16,933 | 17,846 | 17,240 | 17,054 | 16,852 | 16,804 | 16,520 | 16,884 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number of | | unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/ | (in thousands) | Category | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over.........................| 7,197 | 7,677 | 7,355| 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 Men, 20 years and over.........................| 3,096 | 3,317 | 3,294| 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 Women, 20 years and over.......................| 2,788 | 2,949 | 2,780| 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................| 1,313 | 1,412 | 1,282| 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 16.6 | | | | | | | | | Married men, spouse present....................| 1,351 | 1,429 | 1,306| 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 Married women, spouse present..................| 1,247 | 1,336 | 1,268| 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 Women who maintain families....................| 643 | 651 | 594| 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 7.5 | | | | | | | | | Full-time workers..............................| 5,713 | 6,116 | 5,853| 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 Part-time workers..............................| 1,490 | 1,472 | 1,516| 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | | | | | | | | | 2/ | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty..........| 812 | 896 | 834| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 Technical, sales, and administrative support...| 1,723 | 1,777 | 1,763| 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........| 802 | 766 | 858| 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.9 Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........| 1,567 | 1,656 | 1,631| 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 Farming, forestry, and fishing.................| 308 | 347 | 314| 7.5 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 7.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | INDUSTRY | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers| 5,560 | 5,842 | 5,701| 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 Goods-producing industries...................| 1,677 | 1,790 | 1,819| 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.4 Mining.....................................| 35 | 32 | 40| 5.0 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 6.5 Construction...............................| 682 | 704 | 750| 10.7 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11.2 Manufacturing..............................| 960 | 1,054 | 1,029| 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 Durable goods............................| 507 | 554 | 652| 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.3 Nondurable goods.........................| 453 | 500 | 377| 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.4 Service-producing industries.................| 3,883 | 4,051 | 3,882| 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 Transportation and public utilities........| 328 | 260 | 272| 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 Wholesale and retail trade.................| 1,665 | 1,759 | 1,634| 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.3 Finance, insurance, and real estate........| 256 | 204 | 164| 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.2 Services...................................| 1,634 | 1,828 | 1,812| 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 Government workers.............................| 555 | 514 | 564| 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 Agricultural wage and salary workers...........| 208 | 231 | 235| 9.8 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 10.7 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2/ Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. NOTE: Data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995. Table A-5. Duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Duration | | | | | | | | | | Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | | Less than 5 weeks................................| 2,431 | 3,301 | 2,578 | 2,628 | 2,744 | 2,767 | 2,717 | 2,784 | 2,793 5 to 14 weeks....................................| 2,717 | 2,485 | 2,796 | 2,207 | 2,348 | 2,383 | 2,431 | 2,413 | 2,280 15 weeks and over................................| 2,537 | 2,483 | 2,485 | 2,342 | 2,281 | 2,305 | 2,322 | 2,370 | 2,307 15 to 26 weeks................................| 1,257 | 1,215 | 1,237 | 1,132 | 1,010 | 1,057 | 1,085 | 1,118 | 1,126 27 weeks and over.............................| 1,280 | 1,268 | 1,247 | 1,210 | 1,271 | 1,248 | 1,237 | 1,252 | 1,181 | | | | | | | | | Average (mean) duration, in weeks................| 16.9 | 15.5 | 16.3 | 17.1 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 16.6 Median duration, in weeks........................| 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PERCENT DISTRIBUTION | | | | | | | | | Total unemployed.................................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 Less than 5 weeks..............................| 31.6 | 39.9 | 32.8 | 36.6 | 37.2 | 37.1 | 36.4 | 36.8 | 37.8 5 to 14 weeks..................................| 35.4 | 30.1 | 35.6 | 30.8 | 31.8 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 30.9 15 weeks and over..............................| 33.0 | 30.0 | 31.6 | 32.6 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 31.3 | 31.3 15 to 26 weeks...............................| 16.4 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.3 27 weeks and over............................| 16.7 | 15.3 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.0 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________ _______________________________________________ Reason | | | | | | | | | | Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | | Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........| 3,923| 4,425| 4,099| 3,427| 3,457| 3,485| 3,484| 3,606| 3,595 On temporary layoff......................................| 1,426| 1,728| 1,458| 1,016| 1,018| 1,049| 1,012| 1,132| 1,032 Not on temporary layoff..................................| 2,497| 2,697| 2,641| 2,411| 2,439| 2,436| 2,472| 2,474| 2,564 Permanent job losers...................................| 1,731| 1,853| 1,883| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs...................| 766| 844| 758| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) Job leavers................................................| 817| 803| 776| 780| 762| 857| 881| 869| 747 Reentrants.................................................| 2,459| 2,503| 2,465| 2,514| 2,506| 2,504| 2,466| 2,458| 2,517 New entrants...............................................| 486| 540| 519| 585| 559| 585| 603| 641| 613 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PERCENT DISTRIBUTION | | | | | | | | | Total unemployed...........................................| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 51.1| 53.5| 52.2| 46.9| 47.5| 46.9| 46.9| 47.6| 48.1 On temporary layoff.....................................| 18.6| 20.9| 18.6| 13.9| 14.0| 14.1| 13.6| 14.9| 13.8 Not on temporary layoff.................................| 32.5| 32.6| 33.6| 33.0| 33.5| 32.8| 33.3| 32.7| 34.3 Job leavers...............................................| 10.6| 9.7| 9.9| 10.7| 10.5| 11.5| 11.9| 11.5| 10.0 Reentrants................................................| 32.0| 30.3| 31.4| 34.4| 34.4| 33.7| 33.2| 32.5| 33.7 New entrants..............................................| 6.3| 6.5| 6.6| 8.0| 7.7| 7.9| 8.1| 8.5| 8.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE | | | | | | | | | CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | | Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 3.0| 3.4| 3.1| 2.6| 2.6| 2.6| 2.6| 2.7| 2.7 Job leavers...............................................| .6| .6| .6| .6| .6| .6| .7| .7| .6 Reentrants................................................| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.8| 1.9 New entrants..............................................| .4| .4| .4| .4| .4| .4| .5| .5| .5 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Not available. NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Not seasonally Seasonally adjusted Measure | | adjusted ____________________ _________________________________________ | Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, | | | | | | | | | as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | | | | | | | | | U-2 Job losers and persons who completed | | | | | | | | | temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian | | | | | | | | | labor force..........................................................| 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the ....................| 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) | | | | | | | | | U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged | | | | | | | | | workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force | | | | | | | | | plus discouraged workers.............................................| 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.3 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, | | | | | | | | | plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent | | | | | | | | | of the civilian labor force plus all marginally | | | | | | | | | attached workers.....................................................| 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.2 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached | | | | | | | | | workers, plus total employed part time for economic | | | | | | | | | reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force | | | | | | | | | plus all marginally attached workers.................................| 10.5 | 10.8 | 10.7 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | | | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Not available. NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994. Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995. Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number of | | unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/ | (in thousands) | Age and sex | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over..........................| 7,197 | 7,677 | 7,355 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 16 to 24 years..................................| 2,518 | 2,750 | 2,616 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 12.4 16 to 19 years................................| 1,313 | 1,412 | 1,282 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 16.6 16 to 17 years..............................| 647 | 649 | 642 | 20.1 | 20.4 | 20.1 | 20.9 | 20.5 | 20.0 18 to 19 years..............................| 676 | 767 | 645 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 14.3 20 to 24 years................................| 1,205 | 1,339 | 1,334 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 9.9 25 years and over...............................| 4,687 | 4,825 | 4,762 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 25 to 54 years................................| 4,162 | 4,311 | 4,212 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 55 years and over.............................| 546 | 550 | 573 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over..........................| 3,832 | 4,092 | 3,979 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 16 to 24 years................................| 1,373 | 1,446 | 1,464 | 12.0 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 13.1 16 to 19 years..............................| 736 | 776 | 685 | 18.4 | 19.2 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 17.0 16 to 17 years............................| 355 | 361 | 363 | 21.3 | 21.5 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 22.3 | 21.7 18 to 19 years............................| 386 | 415 | 328 | 16.5 | 17.4 | 17.0 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 13.9 20 to 24 years..............................| 637 | 670 | 779 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 10.9 25 years and over.............................| 2,472 | 2,548 | 2,544 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 25 to 54 years..............................| 2,180 | 2,279 | 2,259 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 55 years and over...........................| 314 | 310 | 305 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over........................| 3,365 | 3,585 | 3,376 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 16 to 24 years................................| 1,145 | 1,304 | 1,152 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 11.5 16 to 19 years..............................| 577 | 636 | 597 | 15.7 | 14.8 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 16.1 16 to 17 years............................| 292 | 288 | 279 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 18.5 | 20.1 | 18.7 | 18.1 18 to 19 years............................| 290 | 352 | 317 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 14.7 20 to 24 years..............................| 568 | 668 | 555 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 8.8 25 years and over.............................| 2,215 | 2,277 | 2,219 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 25 to 54 years..............................| 1,982 | 2,033 | 1,953 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 55 years and over...........................| 232 | 240 | 268 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.8 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. NOTE: Data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (In thousands) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Category | Total | Men | Women ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ | Feb. | Feb. | Feb. | Feb. | Feb. | Feb. | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | | | | | Total not in the labor force..........................................| 66,857 | 67,777 | 24,127 | 24,775 | 42,730 | 43,002 Persons who currently want a job.....................................| 5,852 | 5,836 | 2,401 | 2,284 | 3,451 | 3,551 Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................| 1,721 | 1,838 | 802 | 826 | 919 | 1,012 Reason not currently looking: | | | | | | Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................| 439 | 455 | 257 | 253 | 182 | 202 Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................| 1,282 | 1,383 | 545 | 573 | 737 | 811 | | | | | | | | | | | | MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS | | | | | | Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................| 7,740 | 7,861 | 4,123 | 4,150 | 3,617 | 3,711 Percent of total employed.........................................| 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | | | | | | Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................| 4,536 | 4,415 | 2,697 | 2,612 | 1,839 | 1,803 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................| 1,667 | 1,730 | 504 | 522 | 1,164 | 1,207 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................| 233 | 226 | 154 | 160 | 78 | 67 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................| 1,252 | 1,456 | 742 | 831 | 509 | 625 | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2/ Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3/ Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4/ Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry (In thousands) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | Feb. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total..............................|114,645|118,157|115,376|116,411|116,123|117,000|117,212|117,357|117,169|117,874 | | | | | | | | | | Total private.........................| 95,104| 98,481| 96,133| 96,763| 96,882| 97,685| 97,912| 98,029| 97,870| 98,533 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 23,643| 24,090| 23,527| 23,593| 24,324| 24,159| 24,134| 24,173| 24,114| 24,267 | | | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 572| 569| 558| 558| 588| 571| 567| 569| 568| 574 Metal mining..............................| 49.8| 50.8| 50.7| 50.8| 51| 51| 51| 51| 51| 52 Coal mining...............................| 108.3| 103.8| 102.9| 103.2| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1) Oil and gas extraction....................| 317.3| 311.2| 307.0| 305.5| 323| 309| 306| 308| 308| 311 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........| 96.6| 103.0| 97.4| 98.7| 105| 105| 105| 106| 106| 107 | | | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 4,677| 5,206| 4,853| 4,889| 5,213| 5,287| 5,295| 5,297| 5,314| 5,435 General building contractors..............|1,161.6|1,228.9|1,169.7|1,163.7| 1,250| 1,230| 1,234| 1,233| 1,234| 1,249 Heavy construction, except building.......| 611.3| 695.5| 605.0| 625.1| 740| 749| 739| 736| 727| 756 Special trade contractors.................|2,904.5|3,281.5|3,078.4|3,100.6| 3,223| 3,308| 3,322| 3,328| 3,353| 3,430 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 18,394| 18,315| 18,116| 18,146| 18,523| 18,301| 18,272| 18,307| 18,232| 18,258 Production workers......................| 12,721| 12,654| 12,486| 12,512| 12,833| 12,634| 12,616| 12,650| 12,581| 12,603 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods..............................| 10,568| 10,627| 10,532| 10,550| 10,622| 10,565| 10,553| 10,607| 10,579| 10,597 Production workers......................| 7,242| 7,283| 7,203| 7,219| 7,288| 7,220| 7,211| 7,267| 7,237| 7,253 Lumber and wood products..................| 751.1| 754.5| 734.3| 735.4| 766| 755| 753| 756| 749| 747 Furniture and fixtures....................| 507.0| 499.0| 494.7| 491.6| 509| 494| 495| 497| 495| 493 Stone, clay, and glass products...........| 523.8| 531.4| 515.7| 519.5| 545| 538| 539| 537| 536| 539 Primary metal industries..................| 715.6| 716.5| 713.5| 712.0| 718| 711| 714| 714| 714| 713 Blast furnaces and basic steel products.| 239.0| 240.0| 237.5| 236.6| 240| 238| 239| 239| 237| 237 Fabricated metal products.................|1,429.1|1,442.2|1,434.1|1,433.9| 1,435| 1,433| 1,433| 1,438| 1,438| 1,440 Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,026.5|2,067.0|2,067.1|2,068.5| 2,025| 2,055| 2,061| 2,067| 2,067| 2,066 Computer and office equipment...........| 338.9| 344.6| 344.6| 343.7| 340| 344| 344| 345| 345| 344 Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,610.3|1,649.3|1,643.6|1,646.7| 1,613| 1,635| 1,637| 1,643| 1,645| 1,650 Electronic components and accessories...| 564.8| 605.3| 607.2| 610.3| 565| 596| 599| 604| 607| 612 Transportation equipment..................|1,765.0|1,735.8|1,706.9|1,716.8| 1,766| 1,713| 1,691| 1,724| 1,705| 1,719 Motor vehicles and equipment............| 933.4| 937.7| 910.0| 920.5| 934| 933| 920| 927| 917| 920 Aircraft and parts......................| 456.6| 439.5| 439.4| 438.0| 457| 413| 409| 437| 439| 438 Instruments and related products..........| 849.0| 837.8| 836.8| 836.8| 849| 840| 836| 837| 838| 837 Miscellaneous manufacturing...............| 390.9| 393.6| 385.7| 388.7| 396| 391| 394| 394| 392| 393 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods...........................| 7,826| 7,688| 7,584| 7,596| 7,901| 7,736| 7,719| 7,700| 7,653| 7,661 Production workers......................| 5,479| 5,371| 5,283| 5,293| 5,545| 5,414| 5,405| 5,383| 5,344| 5,350 Food and kindred products.................|1,642.3|1,664.6|1,630.6|1,632.4| 1,689| 1,683| 1,679| 1,681| 1,672| 1,678 Tobacco products..........................| 41.3| 40.9| 40.3| 39.4| 40| 39| 38| 38| 38| 38 Textile mill products.....................| 668.1| 637.8| 624.7| 630.9| 671| 643| 643| 638| 628| 633 Apparel and other textile products........| 944.8| 865.8| 845.3| 853.6| 951| 884| 877| 868| 856| 859 Paper and allied products.................| 687.9| 681.5| 677.2| 674.8| 692| 684| 682| 682| 680| 678 Printing and publishing...................|1,558.4|1,559.0|1,543.6|1,540.3| 1,561| 1,550| 1,552| 1,550| 1,544| 1,542 Chemicals and allied products.............|1,050.0|1,034.0|1,031.6|1,032.7| 1,054| 1,041| 1,039| 1,035| 1,036| 1,036 Petroleum and coal products...............| 142.9| 137.1| 134.6| 134.0| 148| 141| 139| 139| 139| 138 Rubber and misc. plastics products........| 979.1| 964.6| 956.0| 957.1| 983| 965| 966| 966| 959| 958 Leather and leather products..............| 110.8| 102.9| 100.5| 100.3| 112| 106| 104| 103| 101| 101 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 91,002| 94,067| 91,849| 92,818| 91,799| 92,841| 93,078| 93,184| 93,055| 93,607 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 6,081| 6,298| 6,172| 6,178| 6,156| 6,217| 6,240| 6,231| 6,230| 6,246 Transportation............................| 3,839| 4,037| 3,921| 3,937| 3,900| 3,947| 3,973| 3,968| 3,969| 3,992 Railroad transportation.................| 237.2| 235.7| 232.9| 230.4| 242| 236| 236| 237| 237| 234 Local and interurban passenger transit..| 442.4| 482.8| 476.3| 486.8| 431| 457| 462| 466| 466| 474 Trucking and warehousing................|1,817.9|1,938.0|1,844.7|1,847.7| 1,871| 1,882| 1,895| 1,883| 1,888| 1,899 Water transportation....................| 157.7| 150.6| 146.0| 145.8| 165| 155| 157| 154| 152| 152 Transportation by air...................| 751.2| 788.8| 780.7| 783.9| 756| 774| 780| 786| 783| 788 Pipelines, except natural gas...........| 16.8| 15.9| 15.6| 15.5| 17| 16| 16| 16| 16| 16 Transportation services.................| 415.5| 425.5| 424.7| 427.3| 418| 427| 427| 426| 427| 429 Communications and public utilities.......| 2,242| 2,261| 2,251| 2,241| 2,256| 2,270| 2,267| 2,263| 2,261| 2,254 Communications..........................|1,336.0|1,364.3|1,361.6|1,356.3| 1,343| 1,367| 1,367| 1,363| 1,368| 1,363 Electric, gas, and sanitary services....| 906.4| 896.4| 888.9| 884.8| 913| 903| 900| 900| 893| 891 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 6,217| 6,392| 6,347| 6,355| 6,275| 6,359| 6,373| 6,395| 6,398| 6,414 Durable goods.............................| 3,608| 3,720| 3,710| 3,717| 3,631| 3,697| 3,708| 3,720| 3,729| 3,739 Nondurable goods..........................| 2,609| 2,672| 2,637| 2,638| 2,644| 2,662| 2,665| 2,675| 2,669| 2,675 | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry (In thousands) -Continued ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | Feb. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 20,288| 21,577| 20,601| 20,588| 20,794| 20,897| 20,989| 20,981| 20,921| 21,087 Building materials and garden supplies....| 805.7| 853.8| 822.8| 813.2| 851| 853| 860| 865| 868| 859 General merchandise stores................|2,472.0|2,796.5|2,550.1|2,481.3| 2,545| 2,556| 2,553| 2,517| 2,495| 2,555 Department stores.......................|2,159.9|2,450.1|2,238.4|2,184.4| 2,223| 2,245| 2,239| 2,207| 2,188| 2,247 Food stores...............................|3,293.3|3,457.4|3,378.7|3,362.8| 3,328| 3,372| 3,394| 3,400| 3,396| 3,400 Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,160.3|2,236.1|2,224.0|2,237.2| 2,191| 2,231| 2,237| 2,250| 2,253| 2,267 New and used car dealers................| 989.3|1,014.5|1,014.7|1,022.4| 996| 1,008| 1,013| 1,018| 1,021| 1,028 Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,084.3|1,172.9|1,084.6|1,048.4| 1,118| 1,074| 1,086| 1,071| 1,077| 1,080 Furniture and home furnishings stores.....| 931.7|1,006.6| 982.5| 979.4| 936| 962| 966| 967| 975| 983 Eating and drinking places................|6,959.3|7,242.8|6,938.9|7,049.0| 7,221| 7,236| 7,262| 7,279| 7,243| 7,305 Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,581.3|2,811.3|2,619.3|2,616.5| 2,604| 2,613| 2,631| 2,632| 2,614| 2,638 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 6,860| 6,987| 6,941| 6,963| 6,929| 6,977| 6,991| 7,001| 7,003| 7,028 Finance...................................| 3,298| 3,343| 3,340| 3,350| 3,312| 3,325| 3,337| 3,342| 3,352| 3,361 Depository institutions.................|2,056.5|2,049.5|2,046.9|2,042.0| 2,066| 2,048| 2,051| 2,047| 2,051| 2,050 Commercial banks......................|1,489.0|1,491.5|1,489.5|1,485.9| 1,497| 1,489| 1,492| 1,492| 1,494| 1,493 Savings institutions..................| 290.4| 273.5| 271.3| 269.8| 291| 277| 276| 273| 272| 270 Nondepository institutions..............| 475.3| 507.8| 509.6| 516.7| 475| 497| 503| 509| 511| 517 Mortgage bankers and brokers..........| 223.8| 240.8| 243.3| 247.0| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2)| (2) Security and commodity brokers..........| 528.5| 534.0| 534.4| 536.8| 532| 532| 533| 535| 537| 539 Holding and other investment offices....| 238.0| 251.2| 249.5| 254.9| 239| 248| 250| 251| 253| 255 Insurance.................................| 2,228| 2,254| 2,254| 2,257| 2,233| 2,253| 2,252| 2,256| 2,258| 2,262 Insurance carriers......................|1,530.9|1,542.0|1,541.7|1,543.1| 1,534| 1,543| 1,542| 1,544| 1,545| 1,546 Insurance agents, brokers, and service..| 697.2| 711.5| 712.0| 714.0| 699| 710| 710| 712| 713| 716 Real estate...............................| 1,334| 1,390| 1,347| 1,356| 1,384| 1,399| 1,402| 1,403| 1,393| 1,405 | | | | | | | | | | Services3/..................................| 32,015| 33,137| 32,545| 33,086| 32,404| 33,076| 33,185| 33,248| 33,204| 33,491 Agricultural services.....................| 483.8| 549.9| 504.6| 508.1| 580| 593| 593| 599| 601| 609 Hotels and other lodging places...........| 1,532| 1,565| 1,538| 1,556| 1,614| 1,621| 1,630| 1,629| 1,629| 1,638 Personal services.........................| 1,222| 1,128| 1,196| 1,233| 1,160| 1,138| 1,139| 1,140| 1,149| 1,169 Business services.........................| 6,385| 6,871| 6,610| 6,733| 6,555| 6,752| 6,769| 6,803| 6,772| 6,898 Services to buildings...................| 855| 893| 875| 899| 870| 889| 890| 896| 889| 913 Personnel supply services...............| 2,279| 2,518| 2,298| 2,364| 2,427| 2,446| 2,450| 2,459| 2,430| 2,512 Help supply services..................| 2,015| 2,228| 2,030| 2,090| 2,152| 2,170| 2,168| 2,175| 2,149| 2,228 Computer and data processing services...| 1,010| 1,103| 1,102| 1,117| 1,006| 1,081| 1,089| 1,101| 1,099| 1,113 Auto repair, services, and parking........| 1,002| 1,047| 1,045| 1,061| 1,010| 1,039| 1,043| 1,053| 1,058| 1,068 Miscellaneous repair services.............| 338| 345| 340| 344| 342| 341| 342| 347| 344| 348 Motion pictures...........................| 565| 589| 586| 588| 566| 596| 593| 584| 591| 588 Amusement and recreation services.........| 1,258| 1,322| 1,264| 1,307| 1,398| 1,485| 1,500| 1,469| 1,453| 1,467 Health services...........................| 9,143| 9,412| 9,377| 9,424| 9,168| 9,349| 9,386| 9,403| 9,406| 9,452 Offices and clinics of medical doctors..| 1,564| 1,617| 1,607| 1,616| 1,570| 1,600| 1,609| 1,616| 1,613| 1,623 Nursing and personal care facilities....| 1,671| 1,718| 1,713| 1,720| 1,676| 1,706| 1,713| 1,716| 1,718| 1,724 Hospitals...............................| 3,790| 3,838| 3,835| 3,845| 3,796| 3,832| 3,833| 3,838| 3,839| 3,853 Home health care services...............| 592| 630| 618| 624| 596| 622| 626| 630| 625| 629 Legal services............................| 926| 930| 927| 926| 932| 930| 930| 932| 931| 931 Educational services......................| 1,974| 2,002| 1,848| 2,014| 1,864| 1,892| 1,890| 1,898| 1,880| 1,902 Social services...........................| 2,250| 2,309| 2,285| 2,311| 2,254| 2,291| 2,293| 2,298| 2,296| 2,311 Child day care services.................| 528| 541| 532| 540| 517| 525| 525| 527| 525| 529 Residential care........................| 623| 642| 641| 645| 626| 640| 640| 642| 644| 647 Museums and botanical and zoological | | | | | | | | | | gardens.................................| 73| 80| 76| 75| 81| 82| 83| 83| 84| 83 Membership organizations..................| 2,040| 2,051| 2,025| 2,044| 2,060| 2,052| 2,060| 2,063| 2,060| 2,065 Engineering and management services.......| 2,650| 2,763| 2,753| 2,790| 2,648| 2,743| 2,762| 2,774| 2,778| 2,790 Engineering and architectural services..| 784| 812| 802| 802| 795| 810| 813| 816| 811| 813 Management and public relations.........| 758| 837| 825| 832| 762| 826| 835| 841| 839| 839 Services, nec.............................| 40.8| 41.9| 40.9| 40.9| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1) | | | | | | | | | | Government..................................| 19,541| 19,676| 19,243| 19,648| 19,241| 19,315| 19,300| 19,328| 19,299| 19,341 Federal...................................| 2,823| 2,819| 2,768| 2,772| 2,831| 2,801| 2,800| 2,799| 2,788| 2,783 Federal, except Postal Service..........|1,990.8|1,924.3|1,914.1|1,920.1| 1,997| 1,952| 1,946| 1,942| 1,935| 1,930 State.....................................| 4,706| 4,680| 4,522| 4,698| 4,610| 4,600| 4,599| 4,591| 4,580| 4,599 Education...............................|2,018.9|2,030.2|1,872.9|2,041.4| 1,901| 1,917| 1,919| 1,915| 1,907| 1,924 Other State government..................|2,687.0|2,649.7|2,649.3|2,656.2| 2,709| 2,683| 2,680| 2,676| 2,673| 2,675 Local.....................................| 12,012| 12,177| 11,953| 12,178| 11,800| 11,914| 11,901| 11,938| 11,931| 11,959 Education...............................|6,924.9|7,017.2|6,824.3|7,030.7| 6,591| 6,663| 6,670| 6,683| 6,671| 6,690 Other local government..................|5,086.7|5,160.1|5,128.2|5,147.4| 5,209| 5,251| 5,231| 5,255| 5,260| 5,269 | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. 2/ This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment because it has very little irregular movement. Thus, the not seasonally adjusted series can be used for analysis of cyclical and long-term trends. 3/ Includes other industries, not shown separately. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | Feb. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total private...........................| 34.2 | 34.5 | 33.4 | 34.1 | 34.6 | 34.6 | 34.4 | 34.3 | 33.7 | 34.5 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 40.7 | 41.1 | 39.0 | 40.4 | 41.4 | 41.0 | 40.9 | 40.6 | 39.4 | 41.0 | | | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 44.4 | 44.9 | 43.6 | 45.1 | 44.9 | 45.0 | 44.3 | 44.6 | 43.7 | 45.6 | | | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 36.9 | 38.0 | 35.8 | 37.1 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 41.7 | 42.0 | 39.8 | 41.2 | 42.1 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 41.2 | 39.9 | 41.6 Overtime hours.........................| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods.............................| 42.6 | 42.8 | 40.8 | 42.1 | 43.0 | 42.4 | 42.4 | 41.9 | 40.9 | 42.4 Overtime hours.........................| 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | | | | | | | | | | Lumber and wood products.................| 40.0 | 40.4 | 38.6 | 39.8 | 40.9 | 40.9 | 40.6 | 40.0 | 39.0 | 40.6 Furniture and fixtures...................| 39.7 | 40.7 | 35.7 | 38.6 | 40.5 | 39.5 | 39.7 | 39.5 | 35.8 | 39.4 Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 41.9 | 42.6 | 40.9 | 42.4 | 43.3 | 43.1 | 42.9 | 42.8 | 42.0 | 43.7 Primary metal industries.................| 44.6 | 44.4 | 43.2 | 44.0 | 44.8 | 43.9 | 44.0 | 43.7 | 43.1 | 44.1 Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 45.0 | 44.7 | 44.3 | 44.4 | 45.4 | 44.4 | 44.7 | 44.3 | 44.5 | 44.8 Fabricated metal products................| 42.7 | 43.2 | 40.9 | 41.9 | 43.1 | 42.3 | 42.3 | 42.1 | 40.9 | 42.1 Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 44.0 | 44.0 | 42.2 | 43.4 | 44.0 | 43.1 | 43.5 | 43.0 | 42.0 | 43.4 Electronic and other electrical equipment| 41.5 | 42.2 | 40.3 | 41.5 | 41.9 | 42.1 | 41.7 | 41.1 | 40.1 | 41.8 Transportation equipment.................| 44.4 | 43.8 | 42.4 | 43.5 | 44.7 | 43.6 | 43.9 | 42.8 | 42.5 | 43.6 Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 45.9 | 45.4 | 43.3 | 44.1 | 46.1 | 44.7 | 45.0 | 44.4 | 43.5 | 44.0 Instruments and related products.........| 41.5 | 42.1 | 40.4 | 41.9 | 41.7 | 41.4 | 41.5 | 41.2 | 40.2 | 42.0 Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 39.8 | 40.0 | 37.4 | 39.3 | 40.2 | 39.8 | 39.7 | 39.4 | 37.7 | 39.7 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods..........................| 40.5 | 40.8 | 38.4 | 40.1 | 41.0 | 40.3 | 40.4 | 40.2 | 38.6 | 40.6 Overtime hours.........................| 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | | | | | | | | | | Food and kindred products................| 40.5 | 41.3 | 39.2 | 40.3 | 41.3 | 40.9 | 40.7 | 40.6 | 39.6 | 41.1 Tobacco products.........................| 38.6 | 39.1 | 35.8 | 39.5 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) Textile mill products....................| 41.2 | 40.6 | 36.0 | 40.3 | 41.9 | 40.4 | 40.6 | 40.2 | 36.1 | 40.9 Apparel and other textile products.......| 37.3 | 37.2 | 33.1 | 36.7 | 37.7 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.8 | 33.3 | 37.0 Paper and allied products................| 43.3 | 43.7 | 41.7 | 42.7 | 43.9 | 42.8 | 43.2 | 42.9 | 41.7 | 43.1 Printing and publishing..................| 38.1 | 38.4 | 36.6 | 37.7 | 38.5 | 38.0 | 38.2 | 37.8 | 37.0 | 38.0 Chemicals and allied products............| 43.2 | 44.0 | 42.7 | 43.6 | 43.4 | 43.2 | 43.2 | 43.2 | 42.7 | 43.8 Petroleum and coal products..............| 44.4 | 43.2 | 42.9 | 42.4 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 42.0 | 42.1 | 40.3 | 41.2 | 42.3 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 41.4 | 40.2 | 41.4 Leather and leather products.............| 38.0 | 38.1 | 35.0 | 37.7 | 38.4 | 38.1 | 37.7 | 37.6 | 35.1 | 38.1 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 32.4 | 32.7 | 31.9 | 32.5 | 32.7 | 32.9 | 32.7 | 32.6 | 32.2 | 32.8 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 39.3 | 39.6 | 38.4 | 39.4 | 39.7 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 39.6 | 38.8 | 39.8 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 38.1 | 38.2 | 37.7 | 38.1 | 38.4 | 38.4 | 38.2 | 38.1 | 37.9 | 38.3 | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 28.1 | 29.1 | 27.5 | 28.4 | 28.8 | 28.9 | 28.8 | 28.7 | 28.2 | 29.1 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 35.7 | 35.7 | 35.5 | 35.8 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | | | | | | | | | | Services....................................| 32.3 | 32.3 | 31.8 | 32.2 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls. 2/ These series are not published seasonally adjusted since the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Average hourly earnings | Average weekly earnings | | _______________________________ _______________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | Feb. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Total private...........................|$11.36 |$11.63 |$11.73 |$11.69 |$388.51|$401.24|$391.78|$398.63 Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.32 | 11.61 | 11.66 | 11.65 | 391.67| 398.22| 392.94| 401.93 | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................| 12.82 | 13.20 | 13.27 | 13.20 | 521.77| 542.52| 517.53| 533.28 | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 15.26 | 15.57 | 15.66 | 15.67 | 677.54| 699.09| 682.78| 706.72 | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 14.82 | 15.09 | 15.28 | 15.20 | 546.86| 573.42| 547.02| 563.92 | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 12.24 | 12.58 | 12.66 | 12.58 | 510.41| 528.36| 503.87| 518.30 | | | | | | | | Durable goods.............................| 12.83 | 13.09 | 13.14 | 13.11 | 546.56| 560.25| 536.11| 551.93 Lumber and wood products.................| 9.94 | 10.29 | 10.28 | 10.24 | 397.60| 415.72| 396.81| 407.55 Furniture and fixtures...................| 9.66 | 9.99 | 10.01 | 9.96 | 383.50| 406.59| 357.36| 384.46 Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.23 | 12.52 | 12.62 | 12.58 | 512.44| 533.35| 516.16| 533.39 Primary metal industries.................| 14.43 | 14.67 | 14.81 | 14.72 | 643.58| 651.35| 639.79| 647.68 Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.09 | 17.36 | 17.67 | 17.56 | 769.05| 775.99| 782.78| 779.66 Fabricated metal products................| 12.03 | 12.39 | 12.37 | 12.31 | 513.68| 535.25| 505.93| 515.79 Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.15 | 13.45 | 13.44 | 13.42 | 578.60| 591.80| 567.17| 582.43 Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.53 | 11.91 | 11.93 | 11.85 | 478.50| 502.60| 480.78| 491.78 Transportation equipment.................| 16.71 | 16.80 | 16.83 | 16.92 | 741.92| 735.84| 713.59| 736.02 Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.26 | 17.48 | 17.34 | 17.45 | 792.23| 793.59| 750.82| 769.55 Instruments and related products.........| 12.63 | 12.91 | 13.00 | 12.96 | 524.15| 543.51| 525.20| 543.02 Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 9.94 | 10.24 | 10.27 | 10.20 | 395.61| 409.60| 384.10| 400.86 | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods..........................| 11.43 | 11.86 | 11.95 | 11.83 | 462.92| 483.89| 458.88| 474.38 Food and kindred products................| 10.83 | 11.18 | 11.10 | 11.04 | 438.62| 461.73| 435.12| 444.91 Tobacco products.........................| 19.67 | 18.10 | 18.96 | 18.82 | 759.26| 707.71| 678.77| 743.39 Textile mill products....................| 9.31 | 9.57 | 9.56 | 9.53 | 383.57| 388.54| 344.16| 384.06 Apparel and other textile products.......| 7.48 | 7.81 | 7.86 | 7.81 | 279.00| 290.53| 260.17| 286.63 Paper and allied products................| 14.02 | 14.52 | 14.61 | 14.49 | 607.07| 634.52| 609.24| 618.72 Printing and publishing..................| 12.24 | 12.47 | 12.47 | 12.48 | 466.34| 478.85| 456.40| 470.50 Chemicals and allied products............| 15.42 | 16.09 | 16.16 | 16.05 | 666.14| 707.96| 690.03| 699.78 Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.55 | 19.45 | 19.39 | 19.27 | 868.02| 840.24| 831.83| 817.05 Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.76 | 11.16 | 11.16 | 11.19 | 451.92| 469.84| 449.75| 461.03 Leather and leather products.............| 8.14 | 8.37 | 8.54 | 8.39 | 309.32| 318.90| 298.90| 316.30 | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................| 10.86 | 11.10 | 11.22 | 11.19 | 351.86| 362.97| 357.92| 363.68 | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.04 | 14.43 | 14.47 | 14.44 | 551.77| 571.43| 555.65| 568.94 | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade.............................| 12.28 | 12.58 | 12.61 | 12.56 | 467.87| 480.56| 475.40| 478.54 | | | | | | | | Retail trade................................| 7.63 | 7.81 | 7.91 | 7.83 | 214.40| 227.27| 217.53| 222.37 | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.19 | 12.57 | 12.63 | 12.70 | 435.18| 448.75| 448.37| 454.66 | | | | | | | | Services....................................| 11.38 | 11.69 | 11.76 | 11.74 | 367.57| 377.59| 373.97| 378.03 | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted _________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent | | | | | | | change Industry | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | from: | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ |Jan. 1996| | | | | | | Feb. 1996 | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Total private: | | | | | | | Current dollars...................| $11.32| $11.59| $11.58| $11.61| $11.66| $11.65| -0.1 Constant (1982) dollars2/.........| 7.40| 7.44| 7.43| 7.44| 7.44| N.A. | (3) | | | | | | | Goods_producing......................| 12.89| 13.14| 13.16| 13.16| 13.33| 13.29| -.3 Mining.............................| 15.12| 15.50| 15.44| 15.55| 15.49| 15.53| .3 Construction.......................| 14.88| 15.14| 15.17| 15.09| 15.37| 15.28| -.6 Manufacturing......................| 12.24| 12.45| 12.47| 12.49| 12.63| 12.58| -.4 Excluding overtime4/.............| 11.60| 11.84| 11.84| 11.87| 12.01| 11.95| -.5 | | | | | | | Service_producing....................| 10.76| 11.06| 11.04| 11.09| 11.11| 11.09| -.2 Transportation and public utilities| 14.00| 14.44| 14.41| 14.39| 14.41| 14.40| -.1 Wholesale trade....................| 12.24| 12.53| 12.50| 12.57| 12.55| 12.52| -.2 Retail trade.......................| 7.60| 7.76| 7.78| 7.82| 7.86| 7.80| -.8 Finance, insurance, and real estate| 12.09| 12.56| 12.51| 12.53| 12.52| 12.60| .6 Services...........................| 11.28| 11.56| 11.55| 11.61| 11.62| 11.64| .2 | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. 2/ The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3/ Change was .0 percent from December 1995 to January 1996, the latest month available. 4/ Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and onehalf. N.A. = not available. p/ = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers 1/ on private nonfarm payrolls by industry (1982=100) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | ___________________________ _______________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | |Feb. |Dec. | Jan. | Feb. |Feb. |Oct. |Nov. |Dec. | Jan. | Feb. |1995 |1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ |1995 |1995 |1995 |1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ | | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total private...........................|128.0|134.3| 126.4 | 130.2 |132.4|133.8|133.3|132.9| 130.3 | 134.5 | | | | | | | | | | Goods_producing...............................|105.8|109.5| 100.8 | 104.8 |111.7|109.7|109.3|108.6| 105.1 | 110.4 | | | | | | | | | | Mining.......................................| 52.4| 53.5| 50.9 | 52.6 | 54.7| 53.7| 52.3| 53.1| 52.1 | 55.0 | | | | | | | | | | Construction.................................|118.0|138.0| 119.0 | 124.4 |142.1|145.4|144.0|142.2| 139.2 | 148.9 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing................................|106.9|107.1| 100.2 | 104.1 |109.0|105.7|105.7|105.1| 101.3 | 105.8 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods...............................|107.5|108.7| 102.6 | 106.0 |109.2|106.7|106.7|106.3| 103.2 | 107.3 Lumber and wood products...................|130.8|132.3| 122.7 | 126.6 |136.9|134.1|132.7|131.5| 126.0 | 131.6 Furniture and fixtures.....................|125.5|126.1| 109.7 | 117.9 |128.6|121.1|122.0|122.0| 110.0 | 120.5 Stone, clay, and glass products............|101.8|106.0| 98.1 | 102.7 |110.4|108.9|108.4|107.9| 105.4 | 110.7 Primary metal industries...................| 94.0| 93.6| 90.9 | 92.2 | 94.4| 91.7| 92.4| 91.9| 90.5 | 92.4 Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 73.7| 73.5| 72.1 | 72.0 | 74.6| 72.1| 73.0| 72.4| 72.3 | 72.8 Fabricated metal products..................|113.8|116.1| 109.0 | 111.6 |115.6|112.7|112.8|112.6| 109.4 | 112.7 Industrial machinery and equipment.........|103.2|105.5| 101.0 | 103.9 |102.9|102.5|103.8|103.0| 100.5 | 103.5 Electronic and other electrical equipment..|107.4|110.5| 105.0 | 108.5 |108.9|109.0|108.4|106.9| 104.5 | 109.6 Transportation equipment...................|121.1|118.4| 112.7 | 116.5 |121.8|115.0|113.8|114.9| 112.9 | 116.8 Motor vehicles and equipment.............|161.7|162.2| 150.3 | 155.1 |162.6|157.7|156.2|156.6| 152.8 | 154.6 Instruments and related products...........| 74.1| 74.9| 71.6 | 74.6 | 74.5| 73.8| 73.6| 73.1| 71.2 | 74.7 Miscellaneous manufacturing................|103.6|104.5| 95.5 | 101.0 |106.4|103.4|103.9|103.5| 98.3 | 103.5 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods............................|106.1|104.8| 97.0 | 101.4 |108.7|104.3|104.3|103.5| 98.6 | 103.7 Food and kindred products..................|109.5|113.7| 105.5 | 108.4 |115.5|114.0|113.5|113.4| 110.0 | 114.5 Tobacco products...........................| 60.8| 61.4| 55.7 | 59.5 | 60.9| 55.6| 58.4| 55.2| 51.9 | 58.6 Textile mill products......................| 96.7| 90.9| 78.7 | 89.3 | 98.9| 91.0| 91.6| 89.9| 79.2 | 91.1 Apparel and other textile products.........| 86.5| 77.8| 67.3 | 75.5 | 88.0| 78.5| 77.6| 77.1| 68.7 | 76.6 Paper and allied products..................|110.0|110.1| 104.3 | 106.7 |112.4|108.3|108.9|108.1| 104.9 | 108.4 Printing and publishing....................|125.4|126.7| 119.2 | 122.0 |126.9|124.2|125.3|123.6| 120.4 | 123.2 Chemicals and allied products..............|102.1|104.2| 100.7 | 102.6 |102.8|103.3|103.1|102.6| 101.2 | 103.4 Petroleum and coal products................| 77.2| 71.5| 69.9 | 69.1 | 81.4| 75.6| 73.6| 73.6| 73.9 | 72.9 Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|145.3|142.9| 135.3 | 138.4 |146.9|141.0|141.4|140.5| 135.5 | 138.9 Leather and leather products...............| 50.9| 47.0| 41.9 | 45.3 | 51.9| 48.6| 47.5| 46.2| 42.1 | 46.2 | | | | | | | | | | Service_producing.............................|138.0|145.4| 137.9 | 141.6 |141.6|144.6|144.0|143.8| 141.7 | 145.3 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities..........|122.1|128.4| 121.5 | 125.7 |125.0|126.0|126.5|126.9| 124.3 | 128.7 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale trade..............................|117.1|121.2| 118.2 | 119.8 |119.5|121.2|120.7|120.8| 120.2 | 121.7 | | | | | | | | | | Retail trade.................................|123.2|136.0| 122.3 | 125.8 |129.6|130.6|130.5|130.0| 127.4 | 132.5 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|123.0|125.7| 124.0 | 125.2 |124.0|128.4|125.8|125.8| 123.8 | 126.7 | | | | | | | | | | Services.....................................|163.9|169.9| 163.9 | 168.7 |166.6|171.7|170.8|170.6| 168.4 | 171.5 | | | | | | | | | | __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted (Percent) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | TIME SPAN | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/ | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 1-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 42.3 | 45.2 | 50.1 | 57.3 | 53.7 | 48.2 | 53.5 | 49.6 | 53.4 | 57.0 | 52.2 | 58.1 1993..............| 57.6 | 61.5 | 51.4 | 58.3 | 61.4 | 55.1 | 57.7 | 56.3 | 61.4 | 59.7 | 61.1 | 60.7 1994..............| 60.0 | 63.3 | 65.9 | 62.4 | 58.0 | 63.8 | 60.5 | 61.5 | 60.7 | 61.1 | 65.3 | 61.1 1995..............| 60.3 | 61.7 | 57.6 | 51.3 | 46.2 | 55.3 | 48.5 | 54.9 | 50.6 | 53.7 | 57.9 | 57.2 1996..............|p/47.1 |p/60.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 3-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 40.2 | 42.6 | 50.7 | 56.3 | 56.3 | 54.6 | 50.6 | 51.3 | 52.5 | 54.9 | 58.7 | 59.1 1993..............| 64.0 | 61.2 | 61.8 | 58.8 | 61.4 | 61.8 | 59.3 | 61.8 | 62.6 | 66.7 | 65.7 | 63.6 1994..............| 68.8 | 70.9 | 69.8 | 67.1 | 66.0 | 66.0 | 68.4 | 68.3 | 67.8 | 67.3 | 68.1 | 67.4 1995..............| 66.4 | 64.9 | 57.9 | 49.3 | 50.6 | 47.9 | 52.8 | 50.3 | 52.5 | 54.4 | 57.6 |p/55.1 1996..............|p/57.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 6-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 43.4 | 46.2 | 46.3 | 50.8 | 55.1 | 55.3 | 52.7 | 52.2 | 56.7 | 55.9 | 63.6 | 63.2 1993..............| 63.2 | 63.8 | 62.8 | 64.2 | 60.8 | 63.9 | 64.5 | 64.7 | 66.2 | 67.3 | 70.8 | 70.8 1994..............| 71.2 | 70.2 | 70.5 | 69.5 | 69.8 | 69.1 | 70.5 | 70.9 | 69.0 | 69.0 | 67.4 | 67.0 1995..............| 65.9 | 58.8 | 56.3 | 52.2 | 49.2 | 49.6 | 50.3 | 56.0 | 53.2 |p/53.5 |p/57.3 | 1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 12-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 47.2 | 42.3 | 42.7 | 44.1 | 48.0 | 52.5 | 55.8 | 60.7 | 59.7 | 61.4 | 62.9 | 62.9 1993..............| 64.9 | 63.9 | 64.0 | 65.4 | 67.0 | 67.6 | 67.6 | 67.0 | 70.2 | 69.4 | 68.8 | 69.4 1994..............| 68.4 | 70.8 | 71.9 | 70.2 | 69.5 | 69.7 | 70.4 | 70.8 | 70.4 | 70.2 | 66.0 | 64.0 1995..............| 63.1 | 60.8 | 58.1 | 58.3 | 56.6 | 55.9 |p/54.1 |p/55.6 | | | | 1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/ | _______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 1-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 37.1 | 40.3 | 46.0 | 57.2 | 48.2 | 46.0 | 56.1 | 42.8 | 50.7 | 47.5 | 51.4 | 52.5 1993..............| 52.2 | 57.9 | 52.9 | 44.2 | 51.4 | 46.0 | 50.7 | 48.6 | 56.1 | 54.7 | 56.5 | 54.3 1994..............| 59.4 | 61.2 | 59.4 | 56.5 | 55.0 | 59.0 | 54.0 | 56.5 | 53.2 | 59.4 | 59.0 | 57.6 1995..............| 56.8 | 54.7 | 49.6 | 44.2 | 36.7 | 41.7 | 39.6 | 46.8 | 40.3 | 50.4 | 43.9 | 48.6 1996..............|p/42.8 |p/47.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 3-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 29.9 | 36.0 | 45.0 | 51.4 | 52.2 | 54.3 | 45.3 | 50.7 | 43.9 | 49.6 | 51.4 | 53.6 1993..............| 60.8 | 60.4 | 57.2 | 46.4 | 46.4 | 50.7 | 49.6 | 54.3 | 53.2 | 60.1 | 56.1 | 57.6 1994..............| 65.1 | 66.5 | 64.4 | 59.0 | 58.6 | 58.3 | 61.5 | 59.0 | 61.5 | 60.4 | 64.0 | 62.2 1995..............| 61.5 | 56.1 | 47.1 | 35.6 | 32.4 | 28.8 | 32.7 | 33.1 | 41.0 | 39.6 | 44.2 |p/39.2 1996..............|p/38.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 6-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 33.5 | 36.0 | 39.6 | 47.5 | 51.8 | 52.5 | 47.5 | 48.9 | 52.5 | 47.1 | 57.9 | 58.3 1993..............| 57.6 | 56.5 | 56.1 | 55.0 | 49.3 | 52.2 | 55.4 | 57.9 | 56.8 | 57.6 | 65.1 | 62.9 1994..............| 61.9 | 62.9 | 64.4 | 61.5 | 60.8 | 59.0 | 62.2 | 62.6 | 61.5 | 64.0 | 61.5 | 61.5 1995..............| 57.2 | 47.1 | 40.3 | 32.7 | 26.6 | 25.9 | 29.9 | 32.7 | 33.5 |p/35.6 |p/35.6 | 1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Over 12-month span: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992..............| 42.4 | 36.7 | 36.3 | 36.0 | 39.6 | 45.7 | 50.0 | 55.8 | 57.9 | 56.8 | 58.3 | 56.5 1993..............| 56.8 | 57.9 | 55.8 | 58.6 | 57.2 | 57.6 | 58.6 | 59.0 | 61.2 | 60.4 | 60.1 | 59.4 1994..............| 58.3 | 59.7 | 61.9 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.9 | 63.3 | 61.5 | 59.7 | 56.5 | 49.6 1995..............| 46.8 | 43.2 | 40.6 | 37.1 | 34.9 | 33.5 |p/28.8 |p/28.8 | | | | 1996..............| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered within the span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.
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