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News United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Washington, D.C. 20212 Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 09-0224 Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ Media contact: (202) 691-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Friday, March 6, 2009. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: FEBRUARY 2009 Nonfarm payroll employment continued to fall sharply in February (-651,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 7.6 to 8.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Payroll employment has declined by 2.6 million in the past 4 months. In February, job losses were large and widespread across nearly all major industry sectors. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, March 2006 – February 2009 Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, March 2006 – February 2009 Millions Percent 10.0 9.5 9.0 8.5 8.0 7.5 142.0 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 132.0 140.0 138.0 136.0 134.0 130.0 128.0 126.0 124.0 122.0 2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009 Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons increased by 851,000 to 12.5 million in February, and the unemployment rate rose to 8.1 percent. Over the past 12 months, the number of unemployed persons has increased by about 5.0 million, and the unemployment rate has risen by 3.3 percentage points. (See table A-1.) The unemployment rate continued to trend upward in February for adult men (8.1 percent), adult women (6.7 percent), whites (7.3 percent), blacks (13.4 percent), and Hispanics (10.9 percent). The jobless rate for teenagers was little changed at 21.6 percent. The unemployment rate for Asians was 6.9 percent in February, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages Category III 2008 IV 2008 Monthly data Dec. 2008 Feb. 2009 Jan.-Feb. change 154,214 141,748 12,467 80,699 498 -351 851 -324 7.6 7.6 6.2 20.8 6.9 12.6 9.7 8.1 8.1 6.7 21.6 7.3 13.4 10.9 0.5 .5 .5 .8 .4 .8 1.2 p 134,419 p 20,153 p 6,723 p 12,645 p 114,266 p 14,999 p 17,222 p 19,123 p 13,275 p 22,563 p 133,768 p 19,877 p 6,619 p 12,477 p 113,891 p 14,960 p 17,042 p 19,149 p 13,242 p 22,572 p -651 p -276 p -104 p -168 p -375 p -40 p -180 p 26 p -33 p9 p 33.3 p 39.6 p 2.6 p 0.0 p -.2 p -.2 Jan. 2009 Labor force status HOUSEHOLD DATA Civilian labor force …………….…………… 154,650 Employment …………………….………… 145,299 9,350 Unemployment ……………….…………… Not in labor force ………………….………… 79,460 154,648 144,046 10,602 80,177 154,447 143,338 11,108 80,588 153,716 142,099 11,616 81,023 Unemployment rates All workers ……………….……………....… Adult men …………………....……...…… Adult women ………….…………………… Teenagers ………….………………...…… White ……….………….…...……………… Black or African American ………….…… Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ………..…… 6.0 5.8 5.0 19.7 5.4 10.7 7.8 6.9 6.8 5.6 20.7 6.3 11.5 8.9 7.2 7.2 5.9 20.8 6.6 11.9 9.2 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment ……….……...……… 137,004 21,343 Goods-producing 1…...…...……………… 7,170 Construction ..…...…………….………… Manufacturing …………………....…… 13,388 1 Service-providing ………...……..……… 115,661 2 15,331 Retail trade …...…………….…..…… Professional and business service ….....… 17,730 Education and health services …..…….… 18,932 13,452 Leisure and hospitality …...……………. Government ………...…………………… 22,543 135,727 20,803 6,949 13,062 114,924 15,127 17,485 19,035 13,348 22,538 135,074 20,532 6,841 12,902 114,542 15,038 17,356 19,080 13,304 22,532 Hours of work Total private ……...…………...…………… Manufacturing …………….……...……… Overtime ……...………………..…….… 33.6 40.8 3.6 33.4 40.2 3.2 33.3 39.9 2.9 3 p 33.3 p 39.8 p 2.8 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) Total private ……...………………….……… 106.1 104.1 103.2 p 102.6 Earnings Average hourly earnings, total private …...… Average weekly earnings, total private ……. 1 $18.16 610.90 $18.34 612.55 $18.40 612.72 p 101.9 p -0.7 p $18.47 p 615.05 p $0.03 p 1.00 3 p $18.44 p 614.05 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data. 3 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers. p = preliminary. 2 3 3 Among the unemployed, the number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs increased by 716,000 to 7.7 million in February. This measure has grown by 3.8 million in the last 12 months. (See table A-8.) The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) increased by 270,000 to 2.9 million in February. Over the past 12 months, the number of long-term unemployed was up by 1.6 million. (See table A-9.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) The civilian labor force participation rate was about unchanged at 65.6 percent. The employmentpopulation ratio, at 60.3 percent in February, continued to trend down. The ratio has declined by 2.4 percentage points over the year. (See table A-1.) In February, the number of persons who worked part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) rose by 787,000, reaching 8.6 million. The number of such workers rose by 3.7 million over the past 12 months. This category includes persons who would like to work full time but were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find full-time jobs. (See table A-5.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 2.1 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in February, 466,000 more than a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 731,000 discouraged workers in February, up by 335,000 from a year earlier. Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The other 1.3 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in February had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment dropped by 651,000 in February. Since the recession began in December 2007, about 4.4 million jobs have been lost, with more than half (2.6 million) of the decrease occurring in the last 4 months. In February, employment declined in most major industry sectors, with the largest losses occurring in professional and business services, manufacturing, and construction. Health care continued to add jobs over the month. (See table B-1.) Employment in professional and business services fell by 180,000 in February. The temporary help industry lost 78,000 jobs over the month. Since December 2007, temporary help employment has declined by 686,000, or 27 percent. In February, job declines also occurred in services to buildings and dwellings (-17,000), architectural and engineering services (-16,000), and business support services (-12,000). Widespread job losses continued in manufacturing in February (-168,000). The majority of the decline occurred in durable goods industries (-132,000), with the largest decreases in fabricated metal 4 products (-28,000) and machinery (-25,000). Employment in nondurable goods manufacturing declined by 36,000 over the month. The construction industry lost 104,000 jobs in February. Employment in the industry has fallen by 1.1 million since peaking in January 2007. Two-fifths of that decline occurred over the last 4 months. Employment fell sharply in both the residential and nonresidential components of the industry in February. Employment in truck transportation declined by 33,000 in February; the industry has lost 138,000 jobs since the start of the recession in December 2007. Nearly two-thirds of the decline (-88,000) occurred over the last 4 months. The information industry continued to lose jobs (-15,000). Over the last 4 months, employment in the industry has decreased by 76,000, with about two-fifths of the decline occurring in publishing. Employment in financial activities continued to decline in February (-44,000). The number of jobs in this industry has dropped by 448,000 since an employment peak in December 2006, with half of this loss occurring in the past 6 months. In February, job losses occurred in real estate (-11,000); credit intermediation (-11,000); and securities, commodity contracts, and investments (-8,000). Retail trade employment fell by 40,000 over the month and has declined by 608,000 since December 2007. In February, employment decreased in automobile dealerships (-9,000), sporting goods (-9,000), furniture and home furnishing stores (-8,000), and building material and garden supply stores (-7,000). Employment in wholesale trade fell by 37,000 over the month, with nearly all of the decline occurring in durable goods. Employment in leisure and hospitality continued to trend down over the month (-33,000), with about half of the decrease in the accommodation industry (-18,000). Health care continued to add jobs in February, with a gain of 27,000. Job growth occurred in ambulatory health care (16,000) and in hospitals (7,000). The change in total nonfarm employment for December was revised from -577,000 to -681,000 and the change for January was revised from -598,000 to -655,000. Monthly revisions result from additional sample reports and the monthly recalculation of seasonal factors. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) In February, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was 33.3 hours for the third month in a row. Both the manufacturing workweek and factory overtime decreased by 0.2 hour over the month to 39.6 and 2.6 hours, respectively. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.7 percent in February. The manufacturing index declined by 2.0 percent over the month. (See table B-5.) 5 Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) In February, average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 3 cents, or 0.2 percent, seasonally adjusted. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings increased by 3.6 percent, and average weekly earnings rose by 2.1 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for March 2009 is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 3, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). 6 Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates Why are there two monthly measures of employment? The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of employment and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of 107,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? Neither the establishment nor household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Thus, while it is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants, it is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The household survey does include questions about whether respondents were born outside the United States. Data from these questions show that foreign-born workers accounted for 15.7 percent of the labor force in 2007 and 47.7 percent of the net increase in the labor force from 2000 to 2007. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by incorporating additional information that was not available at the time of the initial publication of the estimates. The establishment survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey and recalculated seasonal adjustment factors. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm. On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax records. The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit http://www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of business establishments with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sample is designed to maximize the reliability of the total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past 7 values of the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year. Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving unemployment insurance benefits? No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households. All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for work? Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in the Employment Situation news release. Technical Note This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides the information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides the information on the employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies. The sample includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: • The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. • The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. • The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. • The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes in unemployment. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity. Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most supersectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month's data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 430,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the "true" over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, occurred. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/-280,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/-.19 percentage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly estimates. The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past 5 years. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total nonfarm employment have averaged 0.2 percent, with a range from 0.1 percent to 0.6 percent. Other information Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-8778339. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Feb. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 232,809 152,503 65.5 144,550 62.1 7,953 5.2 80,306 4,689 234,739 153,445 65.4 140,436 59.8 13,009 8.5 81,293 5,866 234,913 153,804 65.5 140,105 59.6 13,699 8.9 81,109 5,588 232,809 153,498 65.9 146,075 62.7 7,423 4.8 79,311 4,777 234,612 154,878 66.0 144,657 61.7 10,221 6.6 79,734 5,065 234,828 154,620 65.8 144,144 61.4 10,476 6.8 80,208 5,393 235,035 154,447 65.7 143,338 61.0 11,108 7.2 80,588 5,488 234,739 153,716 65.5 142,099 60.5 11,616 7.6 81,023 5,643 234,913 154,214 65.6 141,748 60.3 12,467 8.1 80,699 5,645 112,596 81,515 72.4 76,853 68.3 4,661 5.7 31,081 113,573 81,725 72.0 73,763 64.9 7,962 9.7 31,848 113,666 81,959 72.1 73,441 64.6 8,517 10.4 31,707 112,596 82,212 73.0 78,171 69.4 4,041 4.9 30,384 113,546 82,892 73.0 76,938 67.8 5,954 7.2 30,654 113,660 82,666 72.7 76,577 67.4 6,089 7.4 30,994 113,769 82,338 72.4 75,847 66.7 6,491 7.9 31,431 113,573 81,863 72.1 75,092 66.1 6,771 8.3 31,710 113,666 81,994 72.1 74,777 65.8 7,217 8.8 31,672 103,961 78,378 75.4 74,365 71.5 4,013 5.1 25,583 104,902 78,741 75.1 71,556 68.2 7,185 9.1 26,162 104,999 78,879 75.1 71,217 67.8 7,662 9.7 26,120 103,961 78,806 75.8 75,395 72.5 3,412 4.3 25,155 104,869 79,380 75.7 74,292 70.8 5,088 6.4 25,489 104,978 79,335 75.6 74,045 70.5 5,290 6.7 25,643 105,083 78,998 75.2 73,285 69.7 5,714 7.2 26,085 104,902 78,585 74.9 72,613 69.2 5,972 7.6 26,318 104,999 78,687 74.9 72,293 68.9 6,394 8.1 26,312 120,213 70,988 59.1 67,696 56.3 3,292 4.6 49,225 121,166 71,721 59.2 66,674 55.0 5,047 7.0 49,445 121,247 71,846 59.3 66,664 55.0 5,182 7.2 49,401 120,213 71,286 59.3 67,904 56.5 3,382 4.7 48,927 121,066 71,986 59.5 67,720 55.9 4,267 5.9 49,080 121,168 71,954 59.4 67,567 55.8 4,387 6.1 49,214 121,266 72,109 59.5 67,491 55.7 4,618 6.4 49,157 121,166 71,853 59.3 67,007 55.3 4,845 6.7 49,313 121,247 72,220 59.6 66,970 55.2 5,250 7.3 49,027 111,822 67,793 60.6 64,943 58.1 2,851 4.2 44,028 112,738 68,654 60.9 64,123 56.9 4,531 6.6 44,085 112,824 68,738 60.9 64,106 56.8 4,632 6.7 44,086 111,822 67,879 60.7 64,993 58.1 2,886 4.3 43,943 112,633 68,700 61.0 64,975 57.7 3,725 5.4 43,933 112,731 68,753 61.0 64,902 57.6 3,851 5.6 43,978 112,825 68,891 61.1 64,860 57.5 4,031 5.9 43,935 112,738 68,584 60.8 64,298 57.0 4,286 6.2 44,154 112,824 68,917 61.1 64,271 57.0 4,646 6.7 43,907 17,027 6,331 37.2 5,242 30.8 1,089 17.2 10,695 17,098 6,051 35.4 4,758 27.8 1,293 21.4 11,047 17,090 6,187 36.2 4,783 28.0 1,405 22.7 10,903 17,027 6,813 40.0 5,688 33.4 1,125 16.5 10,214 17,110 6,799 39.7 5,390 31.5 1,408 20.7 10,311 17,118 6,531 38.2 5,196 30.4 1,335 20.4 10,587 17,126 6,557 38.3 5,194 30.3 1,363 20.8 10,568 17,098 6,547 38.3 5,188 30.3 1,359 20.8 10,551 17,090 6,610 38.7 5,184 30.3 1,427 21.6 10,480 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Persons who currently want a job ............................... Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age Feb. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 188,906 124,361 65.8 118,395 62.7 5,966 4.8 64,545 190,225 125,099 65.8 115,320 60.6 9,779 7.8 65,126 190,331 125,528 66.0 115,182 60.5 10,346 8.2 64,803 188,906 125,047 66.2 119,607 63.3 5,440 4.4 63,858 190,085 126,298 66.4 118,722 62.5 7,577 6.0 63,787 190,221 126,029 66.3 118,226 62.2 7,803 6.2 64,193 190,351 125,634 66.0 117,357 61.7 8,277 6.6 64,718 190,225 125,312 65.9 116,692 61.3 8,621 6.9 64,913 190,331 125,703 66.0 116,481 61.2 9,222 7.3 64,628 65,023 75.9 61,947 72.3 3,075 4.7 65,218 75.5 59,787 69.2 5,431 8.3 65,342 75.6 59,471 68.8 5,872 9.0 65,320 76.2 62,763 73.2 2,557 3.9 65,792 76.2 61,972 71.8 3,821 5.8 65,762 76.1 61,761 71.5 4,001 6.1 65,331 75.5 61,101 70.7 4,230 6.5 65,126 75.4 60,683 70.2 4,443 6.8 65,180 75.4 60,361 69.8 4,819 7.4 54,149 60.1 52,055 57.8 2,094 3.9 54,882 60.5 51,494 56.7 3,388 6.2 54,995 60.6 51,585 56.8 3,411 6.2 54,120 60.1 52,043 57.7 2,077 3.8 54,891 60.6 52,178 57.6 2,714 4.9 54,810 60.4 52,014 57.3 2,796 5.1 54,878 60.5 51,846 57.1 3,031 5.5 54,786 60.4 51,601 56.9 3,185 5.8 54,967 60.5 51,624 56.9 3,344 6.1 5,189 39.7 4,393 33.6 796 15.3 4,999 38.2 4,039 30.9 960 19.2 5,190 39.7 4,126 31.5 1,064 20.5 5,608 42.9 4,802 36.8 806 14.4 5,615 42.9 4,572 34.9 1,043 18.6 5,457 41.6 4,451 34.0 1,006 18.4 5,425 41.4 4,409 33.6 1,016 18.7 5,400 41.3 4,408 33.7 993 18.4 5,556 42.5 4,497 34.4 1,059 19.1 27,675 17,412 62.9 15,947 57.6 1,465 8.4 10,263 28,052 17,629 62.8 15,274 54.4 2,355 13.4 10,423 28,085 17,534 62.4 15,108 53.8 2,426 13.8 10,551 27,675 17,633 63.7 16,156 58.4 1,477 8.4 10,042 27,982 17,768 63.5 15,762 56.3 2,006 11.3 10,214 28,021 17,708 63.2 15,703 56.0 2,005 11.3 10,313 28,059 17,796 63.4 15,674 55.9 2,122 11.9 10,263 28,052 17,791 63.4 15,546 55.4 2,245 12.6 10,261 28,085 17,703 63.0 15,336 54.6 2,368 13.4 10,382 7,854 70.6 7,178 64.6 676 8.6 7,962 70.6 6,702 59.4 1,260 15.8 7,904 70.0 6,632 58.7 1,273 16.1 7,943 71.4 7,306 65.7 637 8.0 7,961 70.7 7,019 62.3 942 11.8 7,954 70.5 6,989 62.0 965 12.1 7,999 70.8 6,930 61.4 1,069 13.4 7,979 70.7 6,850 60.7 1,129 14.1 7,949 70.4 6,762 59.9 1,187 14.9 8,805 63.4 8,238 59.3 566 6.4 8,957 63.6 8,121 57.7 836 9.3 8,944 63.4 8,052 57.1 891 10.0 8,862 63.8 8,285 59.6 577 6.5 9,016 64.2 8,213 58.5 804 8.9 9,069 64.5 8,249 58.7 820 9.0 9,060 64.4 8,256 58.7 804 8.9 9,022 64.1 8,194 58.2 828 9.2 9,006 63.9 8,115 57.6 890 9.9 753 28.3 531 19.9 222 29.5 710 26.4 451 16.7 259 36.5 686 25.5 424 15.8 262 38.2 828 31.1 565 21.2 264 31.8 790 29.4 531 19.8 260 32.9 685 25.5 464 17.3 221 32.2 736 27.4 488 18.1 248 33.7 790 29.4 502 18.6 288 36.5 749 27.8 459 17.0 290 38.8 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. See footnotes at end of table. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age — Continued (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age Feb. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 10,712 7,159 66.8 6,942 64.8 217 3.0 3,553 10,745 7,023 65.4 6,588 61.3 435 6.2 3,722 10,753 7,086 65.9 6,597 61.4 489 6.9 3,667 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) ASIAN Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Feb. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 31,732 21,628 68.2 20,146 63.5 1,482 6.9 10,105 32,417 21,868 67.5 19,453 60.0 2,415 11.0 10,549 32,501 22,044 67.8 19,388 59.7 2,657 12.1 10,457 31,732 21,764 68.6 20,395 64.3 1,369 6.3 9,968 32,465 22,187 68.3 20,232 62.3 1,955 8.8 10,278 32,558 22,074 67.8 20,168 61.9 1,906 8.6 10,484 32,649 22,134 67.8 20,096 61.6 2,038 9.2 10,515 32,417 21,931 67.7 19,800 61.1 2,132 9.7 10,486 32,501 22,100 68.0 19,684 60.6 2,416 10.9 10,401 12,428 84.1 11,625 78.7 804 6.5 12,524 83.1 11,146 73.9 1,378 11.0 12,557 83.1 11,027 72.9 1,530 12.2 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 8,093 58.0 7,620 54.6 472 5.8 8,366 58.7 7,566 53.1 800 9.6 8,438 59.0 7,578 53.0 860 10.2 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 1,107 37.0 901 30.1 205 18.6 978 31.7 741 24.0 238 24.3 1,050 34.0 782 25.3 267 25.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Educational attainment Seasonally adjusted Feb. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 11,898 45.5 10,878 41.6 1,020 8.6 12,192 46.6 10,437 39.9 1,755 14.4 11,898 46.1 10,097 39.2 1,801 15.1 12,112 46.3 11,221 42.9 891 7.4 12,390 48.3 11,106 43.3 1,284 10.4 12,185 47.2 10,899 42.2 1,286 10.6 12,108 46.4 10,793 41.4 1,315 10.9 12,024 45.9 10,577 40.4 1,446 12.0 11,955 46.4 10,445 40.5 1,510 12.6 38,002 62.5 35,954 59.1 2,048 5.4 39,009 62.9 35,394 57.1 3,616 9.3 38,497 62.3 34,791 56.3 3,706 9.6 38,064 62.6 36,287 59.7 1,777 4.7 38,428 62.6 35,939 58.5 2,489 6.5 38,271 62.3 35,643 58.1 2,628 6.9 38,656 62.5 35,683 57.6 2,972 7.7 38,675 62.4 35,599 57.4 3,075 8.0 38,463 62.2 35,270 57.1 3,193 8.3 36,237 71.6 34,766 68.7 1,471 4.1 36,366 71.4 33,870 66.5 2,496 6.9 37,267 71.9 34,421 66.4 2,846 7.6 36,379 71.9 35,007 69.2 1,372 3.8 36,820 71.5 34,867 67.7 1,954 5.3 37,120 71.6 35,077 67.7 2,043 5.5 37,049 72.0 34,969 68.0 2,080 5.6 36,693 72.0 34,433 67.6 2,260 6.2 37,362 72.1 34,738 67.1 2,624 7.0 45,339 78.3 44,405 76.7 934 2.1 45,132 77.6 43,269 74.4 1,863 4.1 45,078 77.7 43,190 74.5 1,888 4.2 45,244 78.1 44,311 76.5 933 2.1 45,454 77.7 44,044 75.3 1,410 3.1 45,232 77.7 43,794 75.3 1,438 3.2 45,182 77.9 43,517 75.0 1,665 3.7 45,208 77.8 43,474 74.8 1,735 3.8 45,027 77.6 43,177 74.4 1,850 4.1 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... High school graduates, no college 1 Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... Bachelor’s degree and higher 2 Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category Feb. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries ................................... Wage and salary workers ............................................. Self-employed workers ................................................. Unpaid family workers .................................................. 1,999 1,173 808 18 1,988 1,106 860 22 1,961 1,126 817 18 2,208 1,311 865 (1) 2,177 1,313 827 (1) 2,206 1,267 915 (1) 2,191 1,264 925 (1) 2,149 1,233 903 (1) 2,148 1,244 875 (1) Nonagricultural industries ............................................... Wage and salary workers ............................................. Government ................................................................ Private industries ........................................................ Private households ................................................... Other industries ........................................................ Self-employed workers ................................................. Unpaid family workers .................................................. 142,551 133,159 21,209 111,950 763 111,187 9,292 100 138,449 129,888 21,142 108,746 749 107,997 8,520 41 138,144 129,232 21,158 108,075 719 107,356 8,859 53 143,878 134,277 21,219 113,052 (1) 112,283 9,418 (1) 142,566 133,694 21,539 112,170 (1) 111,279 8,852 (1) 141,901 132,983 21,431 111,542 (1) 110,677 8,816 (1) 141,047 132,082 21,395 110,684 (1) 109,863 8,940 (1) 139,952 131,110 21,237 109,997 (1) 109,217 8,816 (1) 139,579 130,465 21,192 109,311 (1) 108,574 8,962 (1) All industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................... Could only find part-time work ................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 5,114 3,534 1,260 19,847 8,829 6,909 1,593 19,051 9,170 7,067 1,827 19,296 4,890 3,294 1,241 19,317 6,848 4,953 1,514 19,083 7,323 5,399 1,585 18,886 8,038 6,020 1,617 18,922 7,839 5,766 1,667 18,864 8,626 6,443 1,764 18,855 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................... Could only find part-time work ................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 5,007 3,459 1,255 19,524 8,675 6,797 1,583 18,734 9,053 6,989 1,822 18,977 4,790 3,234 1,230 18,980 6,742 4,889 1,499 18,808 7,209 5,304 1,579 18,635 7,932 5,938 1,619 18,642 7,705 5,660 1,658 18,567 8,543 6,390 1,760 18,562 PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2 1 Data not available. 2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic Feb. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 144,550 5,242 1,884 3,358 139,308 13,304 126,003 99,503 31,307 33,741 34,456 26,500 140,436 4,758 1,547 3,210 135,679 12,709 122,970 95,921 30,060 32,034 33,827 27,049 140,105 4,783 1,667 3,116 135,323 12,823 122,500 95,530 30,003 31,844 33,683 26,970 146,075 5,688 2,105 3,597 140,388 13,627 126,687 100,105 31,617 33,871 34,618 26,581 144,657 5,390 1,933 3,469 139,267 13,528 125,833 98,803 31,122 33,176 34,505 27,029 144,144 5,196 1,791 3,408 138,948 13,443 125,422 98,373 31,070 32,883 34,420 27,049 143,338 5,194 1,779 3,413 138,144 13,374 124,748 97,651 30,864 32,691 34,097 27,096 142,099 5,188 1,741 3,441 136,911 13,050 123,911 96,693 30,449 32,308 33,936 27,218 141,748 5,184 1,854 3,348 136,564 13,157 123,302 96,255 30,369 31,999 33,888 27,047 Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 76,853 2,488 827 1,662 74,365 6,996 67,369 53,417 17,042 18,255 18,120 13,952 73,763 2,207 695 1,512 71,556 6,458 65,098 50,844 16,189 17,226 17,429 14,253 73,441 2,224 716 1,508 71,217 6,565 64,652 50,461 16,111 16,989 17,360 14,191 78,171 2,777 968 1,798 75,395 7,215 68,149 54,036 17,356 18,399 18,281 14,113 76,938 2,646 895 1,751 74,292 6,974 67,372 53,090 17,064 17,962 18,065 14,282 76,577 2,531 800 1,728 74,045 6,965 67,039 52,740 16,979 17,816 17,944 14,299 75,847 2,562 847 1,712 73,285 6,863 66,456 52,128 16,789 17,663 17,676 14,328 75,092 2,479 818 1,654 72,613 6,723 65,879 51,480 16,461 17,452 17,567 14,399 74,777 2,484 837 1,640 72,293 6,784 65,479 51,125 16,449 17,144 17,532 14,354 Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 67,696 2,754 1,058 1,696 64,943 6,308 58,634 46,086 14,265 15,486 16,336 12,548 66,674 2,551 853 1,699 64,123 6,250 57,872 45,077 13,871 14,808 16,398 12,795 66,664 2,559 951 1,607 64,106 6,258 57,848 45,069 13,892 14,854 16,322 12,778 67,904 2,911 1,137 1,799 64,993 6,412 58,538 46,070 14,261 15,472 16,337 12,468 67,720 2,744 1,038 1,718 64,975 6,553 58,460 45,713 14,058 15,215 16,440 12,747 67,567 2,665 990 1,680 64,902 6,478 58,383 45,634 14,091 15,067 16,476 12,750 67,491 2,632 932 1,701 64,860 6,510 58,292 45,523 14,075 15,027 16,421 12,769 67,007 2,709 923 1,787 64,298 6,327 58,032 45,213 13,988 14,856 16,369 12,819 66,970 2,699 1,017 1,708 64,271 6,372 57,823 45,131 13,920 14,855 16,356 12,693 45,949 35,727 9,051 44,425 35,325 8,751 44,248 35,550 8,705 46,146 35,720 (1) 45,787 35,590 (1) 45,610 35,649 (1) 45,182 35,632 (1) 44,712 35,375 (1) 44,502 35,563 (1) 119,452 25,098 113,815 26,621 112,947 27,158 121,374 24,688 119,304 25,452 118,413 25,577 116,865 26,250 115,794 26,200 114,853 26,590 7,610 5.3 7,258 5.2 7,676 5.5 7,607 5.2 7,551 5.2 7,410 5.1 7,352 5.1 7,441 5.2 7,626 5.4 AGE AND SEX MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present ......................................... Married women, spouse present .................................... Women who maintain families ........................................ FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers 2 ......................................................... Part-time workers 3 ......................................................... MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders ................................................. Percent of total employed ........................................... 1 Data not available. 2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Characteristic Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates 1 Feb. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 7,423 1,125 478 658 6,298 1,340 4,998 4,111 1,620 1,278 1,212 886 11,616 1,359 473 868 10,258 1,801 8,490 6,981 2,608 2,255 2,118 1,481 12,467 1,427 552 888 11,040 1,943 9,076 7,466 2,883 2,346 2,237 1,603 4.8 16.5 18.5 15.5 4.3 9.0 3.8 3.9 4.9 3.6 3.4 3.2 6.6 20.7 23.1 18.4 6.0 10.6 5.3 5.5 6.7 5.4 4.6 4.6 6.8 20.4 24.1 18.3 6.2 11.1 5.6 5.8 7.0 5.4 5.1 4.8 7.2 20.8 24.1 19.1 6.6 12.1 6.0 6.3 7.5 5.9 5.5 4.9 7.6 20.8 21.4 20.2 7.0 12.1 6.4 6.7 7.9 6.5 5.9 5.2 8.1 21.6 22.9 21.0 7.5 12.9 6.9 7.2 8.7 6.8 6.2 5.6 Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 4,041 630 250 390 3,412 795 2,674 2,203 906 654 643 470 6,771 799 295 488 5,972 1,100 4,892 4,083 1,589 1,231 1,262 809 7,217 823 301 537 6,394 1,160 5,275 4,356 1,720 1,323 1,313 919 4.9 18.5 20.5 17.8 4.3 9.9 3.8 3.9 5.0 3.4 3.4 3.2 7.2 24.7 27.3 21.7 6.4 12.9 5.6 5.8 7.1 5.6 4.8 4.7 7.4 24.0 28.8 21.2 6.7 12.9 5.9 6.1 7.5 5.4 5.6 5.1 7.9 23.3 27.0 21.5 7.2 14.2 6.4 6.7 8.3 5.9 6.1 5.1 8.3 24.4 26.5 22.8 7.6 14.1 6.9 7.3 8.8 6.6 6.7 5.3 8.8 24.9 26.5 24.7 8.1 14.6 7.5 7.9 9.5 7.2 7.0 6.0 Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over 2 .................................................. 3,382 496 229 268 2,886 545 2,324 1,908 715 624 569 432 4,845 559 178 380 4,286 701 3,598 2,898 1,018 1,024 856 729 5,250 604 250 351 4,646 783 3,801 3,110 1,163 1,023 924 717 4.7 14.5 16.7 13.0 4.3 7.8 3.8 4.0 4.8 3.9 3.4 3.3 5.9 16.5 19.2 14.7 5.4 8.1 5.1 5.2 6.3 5.2 4.4 4.3 6.1 16.7 19.7 15.1 5.6 9.2 5.2 5.4 6.4 5.4 4.6 4.3 6.4 18.2 21.2 16.6 5.9 9.8 5.4 5.7 6.5 5.8 4.9 4.3 6.7 17.1 16.2 17.5 6.2 10.0 5.8 6.0 6.8 6.4 5.0 5.4 7.3 18.3 19.8 17.0 6.7 10.9 6.2 6.4 7.7 6.4 5.3 5.3 1,281 1,134 655 2,330 1,750 1,010 2,574 1,918 1,003 2.7 3.1 6.7 4.1 4.2 8.8 4.2 4.3 9.3 4.4 4.5 9.5 5.0 4.7 10.3 5.5 5.1 10.3 6,112 1,297 10,057 1,646 10,839 1,635 4.8 5.0 6.8 5.7 7.0 5.8 7.5 5.9 8.0 5.9 8.6 5.8 AGE AND SEX MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present ......................................... Married women, spouse present .................................... Women who maintain families 2 ..................................... FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers 3 ......................................................... Part-time workers 4 ......................................................... 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Not seasonally adjusted. 3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Feb. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 4,471 1,351 3,120 2,204 916 802 2,139 542 8,633 2,251 6,382 4,923 1,460 920 2,791 665 9,098 2,052 7,047 5,466 1,581 841 2,929 830 3,865 982 2,883 1 ( ) (1) 780 2,096 660 5,811 1,367 4,443 (1) (1) 946 2,650 825 6,156 1,413 4,744 (1) (1) 940 2,655 760 6,471 1,524 4,946 (1) (1) 1,007 2,777 829 6,980 1,441 5,539 (1) (1) 917 2,751 780 7,696 1,488 6,208 (1) (1) 820 2,834 1,005 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 56.2 17.0 39.2 10.1 26.9 6.8 66.4 17.3 49.1 7.1 21.5 5.1 66.4 15.0 51.4 6.1 21.4 6.1 52.2 13.3 39.0 10.5 28.3 8.9 56.8 13.4 43.4 9.2 25.9 8.1 58.6 13.4 45.1 8.9 25.3 7.2 58.4 13.8 44.6 9.1 25.1 7.5 61.1 12.6 48.5 8.0 24.1 6.8 62.3 12.0 50.2 6.6 22.9 8.1 2.9 .5 1.4 .4 5.6 .6 1.8 .4 5.9 .5 1.9 .5 2.5 .5 1.4 .4 3.8 .6 1.7 .5 4.0 .6 1.7 .5 4.2 .7 1.8 .5 4.5 .6 1.8 .5 5.0 .5 1.8 .7 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs On temporary layoff .................................................... Not on temporary layoff .............................................. Permanent job losers .............................................. Persons who completed temporary jobs ................ Job leavers ..................................................................... Reentrants ...................................................................... New entrants .................................................................. PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed ........................................................... Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ............................................................................. On temporary layoff .................................................. Not on temporary layoff ............................................ Job leavers ................................................................... Reentrants .................................................................... New entrants ................................................................ UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ............................................................................. Job leavers ................................................................... Reentrants .................................................................... New entrants ................................................................ 1 Data not available. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Feb. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 Less than 5 weeks .............................................................................. 5 to 14 weeks ..................................................................................... 15 weeks and over ............................................................................. 15 to 26 weeks ................................................................................ 27 weeks and over .......................................................................... 2,530 2,854 2,570 1,212 1,358 4,137 4,044 4,828 2,086 2,742 3,247 4,778 5,673 2,611 3,063 2,661 2,419 2,400 1,103 1,297 3,108 3,055 4,109 1,834 2,275 3,255 3,141 3,964 1,757 2,207 3,267 3,398 4,517 1,927 2,591 3,658 3,519 4,634 1,987 2,647 3,404 3,969 5,264 2,347 2,917 Average (mean) duration, in weeks .................................................... Median duration, in weeks .................................................................. 16.8 8.9 18.8 10.0 19.9 11.7 16.6 8.4 19.8 10.6 18.9 10.0 19.7 10.6 19.8 10.3 19.8 11.0 100.0 31.8 35.9 32.3 15.2 17.1 100.0 31.8 31.1 37.1 16.0 21.1 100.0 23.7 34.9 41.4 19.1 22.4 100.0 35.6 32.3 32.1 14.7 17.3 100.0 30.3 29.7 40.0 17.9 22.1 100.0 31.4 30.3 38.3 17.0 21.3 100.0 29.2 30.4 40.4 17.2 23.2 100.0 31.0 29.8 39.2 16.8 22.4 100.0 26.9 31.4 41.7 18.6 23.1 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed ............................................................................... Less than 5 weeks ............................................................................ 5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 15 weeks and over ........................................................................... 15 to 26 weeks ............................................................................... 27 weeks and over ......................................................................... NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Employed Unemployed Occupation Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................... Management, professional, and related occupations ............. Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................................................................ Professional and related occupations ...................................... Service occupations ....................................................................... Sales and office occupations ....................................................... Sales and related occupations .................................................. Office and administrative support occupations ...................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................................................................... Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................. Construction and extraction occupations ................................ Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ................ Production, transportation, and material moving occupations .................................................................................... Production occupations .............................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations ................. Feb. 2008 Feb. 2009 Unemployment rates Feb. 2008 Feb. 2009 144,550 52,498 140,105 52,196 7,953 1,159 13,699 2,137 5.2 2.2 8.9 3.9 21,732 30,766 23,493 35,849 16,439 19,410 21,668 30,528 24,110 34,161 15,676 18,485 503 656 1,694 1,790 896 894 1,018 1,119 2,415 2,983 1,438 1,545 2.3 2.1 6.7 4.8 5.2 4.4 4.5 3.5 9.1 8.0 8.4 7.7 14,653 931 8,674 5,049 13,191 821 7,328 5,041 1,473 128 1,150 196 2,845 238 2,163 445 9.1 12.1 11.7 3.7 17.7 22.5 22.8 8.1 18,057 9,209 8,848 16,448 7,868 8,580 1,280 595 685 2,469 1,246 1,223 6.6 6.1 7.2 13.1 13.7 12.5 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Feb. 2008 Feb. 2009 HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Industry and class of worker Feb. 2008 Total, 16 years and over 1 .................................................... Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .................... Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction ......................... Construction .................................................................................. Manufacturing ............................................................................... Durable goods ............................................................................ Nondurable goods ..................................................................... Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................... Transportation and utilities ......................................................... Information ..................................................................................... Financial activities ........................................................................ Professional and business services ......................................... Education and health services .................................................. Leisure and hospitality ................................................................ Other services ............................................................................... Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ...... Government workers ..................................................................... Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................. Unemployment rates Feb. 2009 7,953 6,564 16 1,118 820 481 339 1,007 289 193 323 866 562 1,056 313 135 372 340 Feb. 2008 13,699 11,469 63 2,025 1,822 1,219 603 1,847 563 224 637 1,512 847 1,477 453 251 563 586 Feb. 2009 5.2 5.5 2.2 11.4 5.0 4.6 5.7 4.9 4.6 5.8 3.4 6.2 2.9 8.5 5.1 10.9 1.7 3.2 8.9 9.6 7.6 21.4 11.5 11.9 10.8 8.9 9.1 7.1 6.7 10.8 4.1 11.4 7.3 18.8 2.6 5.7 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2009 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2007 Census industry classification system into the Current Population Survey. This industry classification system is derived from the 2007 North American Industry Classification System. No historical data have been revised. Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Feb. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009 Feb. 2009 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force ..................................................................... 1.7 3.1 3.7 1.6 2.7 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.4 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............................................. 2.9 5.6 5.9 2.5 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.5 5.0 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) ................................................. 5.2 8.5 8.9 4.8 6.6 6.8 7.2 7.6 8.1 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ........................... 5.5 8.9 9.3 5.1 6.9 7.1 7.6 8.0 8.5 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 ................................ 6.2 9.7 10.1 5.8 7.6 7.9 8.3 8.8 9.3 U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers 9.5 15.4 16.0 9.0 12.0 12.6 13.5 13.9 14.8 NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not looking currently 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 more information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Feb. 2008 Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Feb. 2009 80,306 4,689 1,585 81,109 5,588 2,051 31,081 2,073 775 31,707 2,633 1,051 49,225 2,616 810 49,401 2,956 1,000 396 1,189 731 1,320 248 527 450 601 148 662 281 719 Total multiple jobholders 4 .................................................................. Percent of total employed ............................................................... 7,610 5.3 7,676 5.5 3,682 4.8 3,703 5.0 3,928 5.8 3,973 6.0 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ................................. Primary and secondary jobs both part time .................................... Primary and secondary jobs both full time ...................................... Hours vary on primary or secondary job ......................................... 4,157 1,792 255 1,371 4,054 1,886 235 1,437 2,256 529 166 713 2,107 628 154 777 1,901 1,263 89 658 1,947 1,258 80 660 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force .................................................................. Persons who currently want a job ...................................................... Marginally attached to the labor force 1 ........................................ Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects 2 .................................. Reasons other than discouragement 3 ................................. MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Feb. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Seasonally adjusted Feb. 2009p Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Feb. 2009p Change from: Jan. 2009Feb. 2009 p Total nonfarm ............................. 136,356 135,917 132,347 132,099 137,936 136,352 135,755 135,074 134,419 133,768 -651 Total private ........................................ 113,620 113,023 109,882 109,234 115,515 113,813 113,212 112,542 111,856 111,196 -660 Goods-producing ............................................ 21,292 20,469 19,586 19,262 21,887 21,063 20,814 20,532 20,153 19,877 -276 Mining and logging ................................................... Logging ........................................................... Mining .................................................................... Oil and gas extraction ........................................ Mining, except oil and gas 1................................. Coal mining ...................................................... Support activities for mining .............................. 731 56.5 674.3 153.5 212.1 77.0 308.7 786 56.1 730.3 169.3 225.0 85.1 336.0 766 54.8 710.7 168.7 216.2 84.5 325.8 759 56.1 702.5 167.6 212.7 83.9 322.2 750 58.2 691.7 154.9 223.7 77.6 313.1 794 56.6 737.7 166.5 230.5 83.1 340.7 793 56.6 736.8 167.4 230.7 84.3 338.7 789 55.7 733.3 169.4 229.2 84.5 334.7 785 56.4 728.9 168.7 228.1 85.0 332.1 781 56.8 724.2 169.1 226.1 84.7 329.0 -4 .4 -4.7 .4 -2.0 -.3 -3.1 Construction ............................................................. Construction of buildings ................................... Residential building ......................................... Nonresidential building .................................... Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ Specialty trade contractors ............................... Residential specialty trade contractors ........... Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 6,983 1,639.3 830.5 808.8 890.5 4,453.4 1,992.8 2,460.6 6,739 1,571.6 772.4 799.2 897.0 4,270.1 1,851.1 2,419.0 6,298 1,472.2 717.5 754.7 822.7 4,002.7 1,728.5 2,274.2 6,150 1,429.5 695.8 733.7 816.9 3,903.9 1,688.0 2,215.9 7,445 1,716.5 873.8 842.7 997.3 4,731.4 2,124.3 2,607.1 7,066 1,609.9 795.6 814.3 952.6 4,503.9 1,975.5 2,528.4 6,939 1,588.4 781.7 806.7 942.5 4,408.5 1,921.6 2,486.9 6,841 1,572.9 769.4 803.5 933.2 4,335.2 1,883.6 2,451.6 6,723 1,535.1 753.9 781.2 929.0 4,258.7 1,841.8 2,416.9 6,619 1,502.7 738.3 764.4 923.8 4,192.0 1,806.3 2,385.7 -104 -32.4 -15.6 -16.8 -5.2 -66.7 -35.5 -31.2 Manufacturing ........................................................... Production workers ....................................... 13,578 9,787 12,944 9,202 12,522 8,857 12,353 8,729 13,692 9,886 13,203 9,425 13,082 9,322 12,902 9,174 12,645 8,959 12,477 8,827 -168 -132 Durable goods ....................................................... Production workers ....................................... Wood products ................................................... Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ Primary metals .................................................... Fabricated metal products ................................. Machinery ........................................................... Computer and electronic products 1.................... Computer and peripheral equipment ............. Communications equipment ........................... Semiconductors and electronic components . Electronic instruments ..................................... Electrical equipment and appliances ................ Transportation equipment 1.................................. Motor vehicles and parts 2................................. Furniture and related products .......................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 8,615 6,124 474.3 466.1 451.0 1,549.5 1,186.9 1,250.9 183.2 127.3 437.0 440.0 425.5 1,675.6 944.4 501.5 634.1 8,126 5,663 416.3 436.6 421.4 1,467.8 1,159.2 1,227.9 180.7 129.4 419.4 438.1 412.8 1,518.5 797.0 441.2 623.8 7,811 5,409 392.6 414.8 410.6 1,418.6 1,123.0 1,212.7 179.9 130.9 410.0 433.4 406.1 1,399.9 689.1 424.4 607.9 7,685 5,315 374.4 404.3 392.2 1,388.7 1,093.9 1,196.9 175.7 130.2 402.6 431.1 399.8 1,419.6 713.6 413.1 602.5 8,673 6,176 486.2 484.2 450.8 1,558.6 1,190.5 1,254.7 184.0 127.5 439.2 440.1 427.9 1,676.7 945.2 507.3 636.4 8,300 5,805 438.8 458.2 438.6 1,505.0 1,179.3 1,239.8 182.4 128.6 428.4 440.2 421.3 1,531.3 829.7 458.8 628.5 8,216 5,741 429.8 450.1 429.8 1,486.3 1,162.7 1,233.3 181.8 129.5 423.2 438.8 417.5 1,532.5 809.6 449.6 624.2 8,085 5,633 416.2 441.2 419.6 1,461.5 1,150.2 1,223.7 180.0 129.1 417.4 437.5 412.0 1,501.8 781.5 440.6 618.4 7,879 5,462 400.6 433.5 407.9 1,424.4 1,125.2 1,213.3 180.4 129.6 410.5 433.9 407.4 1,425.5 712.5 428.9 612.0 7,747 5,358 385.6 423.5 392.7 1,396.9 1,099.9 1,200.2 177.3 129.4 403.9 431.9 402.9 1,420.4 711.3 417.5 606.9 -132 -104 -15.0 -10.0 -15.2 -27.5 -25.3 -13.1 -3.1 -.2 -6.6 -2.0 -4.5 -5.1 -1.2 -11.4 -5.1 Nondurable goods ................................................. 4,963 Production workers ....................................... 3,663 Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,462.6 Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 191.5 Textile mills ......................................................... 160.1 Textile product mills ........................................... 149.8 Apparel ................................................................ 203.1 Leather and allied products ............................... 33.0 Paper and paper products ................................. 448.9 Printing and related support activities ............... 603.8 Petroleum and coal products ............................. 112.5 Chemicals ........................................................... 852.7 Plastics and rubber products ............................. 744.7 4,818 3,539 1,482.6 193.1 136.0 142.2 181.7 32.7 434.6 569.9 114.0 836.7 694.9 4,711 3,448 1,449.0 189.2 133.7 137.6 173.8 32.4 427.1 555.7 109.8 828.7 673.6 4,668 3,414 1,441.0 185.0 130.1 133.5 175.8 31.1 419.5 548.3 110.5 828.4 665.2 5,019 3,710 1,489.7 196.7 161.2 150.7 205.7 33.2 451.0 608.2 116.4 855.8 750.1 4,903 3,620 1,484.7 197.2 145.6 144.5 192.8 33.9 439.7 582.3 117.8 843.4 721.1 4,866 3,581 1,489.0 196.4 140.6 143.5 187.1 32.6 437.1 574.1 117.2 842.6 705.9 4,817 3,541 1,477.6 195.8 136.8 141.2 183.5 32.6 433.4 567.0 116.9 837.1 694.9 4,766 3,497 1,472.7 194.0 134.0 138.6 179.6 32.4 427.7 559.2 114.2 833.6 680.1 4,730 3,469 1,469.9 191.0 131.2 136.2 178.7 31.7 422.6 552.7 114.7 831.7 669.9 -36 -28 -2.8 -3.0 -2.8 -2.4 -.9 -.7 -5.1 -6.5 .5 -1.9 -10.2 See footnotes at the end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Feb. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Seasonally adjusted Feb. 2009p Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Feb. 2009p Service-providing .............................................. 115,064 115,448 112,761 112,837 116,049 115,289 114,941 114,542 114,266 113,891 Change from: Jan. 2009Feb. 2009 p -375 Private service-providing ............................... 92,328 92,554 90,296 89,972 93,628 92,750 92,398 92,010 91,703 91,319 -384 Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 26,246 26,475 25,536 25,199 26,655 26,157 26,005 25,843 25,739 25,615 -124 Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,969.2 Durable goods .................................................... 3,080.9 Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,041.5 Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 846.8 5,864.1 2,986.0 2,028.2 849.9 5,771.2 2,942.7 1,984.1 844.4 5,728.2 2,905.6 1,982.4 840.2 6,021.2 3,101.0 2,067.9 852.3 5,920.1 3,026.1 2,040.5 853.5 5,890.3 3,004.9 2,033.6 851.8 5,850.7 2,978.6 2,025.1 847.0 5,819.3 2,957.8 2,013.5 848.0 5,782.3 2,926.4 2,011.1 844.8 -37.0 -31.4 -2.4 -3.2 Retail trade ............................................................ 15,225.6 15,594.7 14,878.7 14,659.1 15,526.1 15,216.8 15,126.0 15,037.9 14,999.4 14,959.9 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1........................ 1,867.2 1,728.7 1,695.0 1,688.0 1,894.6 1,792.7 1,770.5 1,745.6 1,731.6 1,718.3 Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,217.2 1,090.3 1,070.5 1,066.2 1,229.8 1,141.7 1,121.2 1,099.9 1,089.2 1,080.2 Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 552.1 539.0 510.3 493.2 558.5 532.4 522.6 514.2 506.8 498.6 Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 547.1 561.3 538.4 535.1 551.2 545.1 541.5 538.6 540.3 542.1 Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,217.8 1,196.7 1,161.1 1,157.4 1,271.9 1,245.9 1,235.8 1,227.8 1,217.6 1,211.1 Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,846.3 2,867.1 2,821.6 2,804.1 2,872.0 2,851.9 2,843.5 2,835.1 2,834.1 2,826.9 Health and personal care stores ....................... 1,002.5 1,009.4 985.7 981.1 1,006.7 995.9 989.4 991.2 985.3 986.1 Gasoline stations ................................................ 843.0 833.1 824.1 821.2 854.6 836.1 836.9 834.4 833.0 832.4 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,434.7 1,592.9 1,443.2 1,391.6 1,497.7 1,471.5 1,462.2 1,448.5 1,449.3 1,449.4 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores ................................................................ 649.6 682.9 635.2 597.4 660.0 641.2 633.1 624.3 620.3 611.7 General merchandise stores 1............................. 2,984.4 3,271.8 3,033.4 2,971.0 3,058.1 3,025.5 3,024.5 3,029.2 3,038.7 3,046.4 Department stores .......................................... 1,540.3 1,700.6 1,540.8 1,496.4 1,588.2 1,523.9 1,517.5 1,521.2 1,531.8 1,541.1 Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 842.7 851.2 804.3 803.8 857.0 845.0 838.3 825.0 820.0 817.5 Nonstore retailers ............................................... 438.2 460.6 426.4 415.2 443.8 433.6 427.7 424.0 422.4 419.4 -39.5 -13.3 -9.0 -8.2 1.8 -6.5 -7.2 .8 -.6 .1 Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,497.6 Air transportation ................................................ 501.8 Rail transportation .............................................. 229.8 Water transportation ........................................... 63.2 Truck transportation ........................................... 1,376.8 Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 432.5 Pipeline transportation ....................................... 40.4 Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 22.0 Support activities for transportation ................... 587.3 Couriers and messengers .................................. 575.8 Warehousing and storage .................................. 668.0 -8.6 7.7 9.3 -2.5 -3.0 4,452.8 476.5 225.9 59.1 1,347.9 425.2 43.4 23.2 581.8 601.3 668.5 4,318.2 472.8 225.9 58.0 1,294.2 418.4 42.9 20.8 565.4 564.7 655.1 4,244.1 471.3 225.9 57.6 1,244.8 418.3 42.9 20.1 558.7 558.6 645.9 4,551.6 506.2 231.4 66.7 1,411.9 419.9 40.6 28.9 590.9 581.2 673.9 4,456.9 482.1 229.5 63.9 1,370.3 413.8 43.3 27.1 588.0 570.5 668.4 4,424.4 481.6 229.0 62.6 1,358.0 411.7 43.2 27.2 582.2 565.7 663.2 4,389.9 477.8 226.8 60.3 1,340.8 410.1 43.3 27.2 579.5 564.6 659.5 4,351.3 476.8 227.5 59.9 1,316.0 408.4 43.2 26.9 571.7 564.2 656.7 4,302.4 474.8 227.1 61.5 1,282.6 406.6 43.3 26.6 562.4 564.8 652.7 -48.9 -2.0 -.4 1.6 -33.4 -1.8 .1 -.3 -9.3 .6 -4.0 553.2 563.7 567.8 567.5 556.4 562.8 564.0 564.6 568.8 569.9 1.1 Information ................................................................ 3,014 Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 894.5 Motion picture and sound recording industries . 372.8 Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 318.5 Telecommunications .......................................... 1,030.1 Data processing, hosting and related services . 265.4 Other information services ................................. 132.7 2,954 862.2 380.3 310.8 1,007.5 256.7 136.5 2,899 842.9 361.4 304.7 1,003.4 252.0 134.7 2,890 836.7 370.7 301.1 993.4 252.7 135.6 3,025 895.7 381.9 319.3 1,029.3 265.6 133.1 2,982 872.6 388.7 312.9 1,014.5 258.9 134.1 2,965 863.6 385.0 313.1 1,010.2 257.5 135.1 2,940 857.8 377.2 308.1 1,004.0 256.4 136.5 2,921 848.4 373.3 307.0 999.6 256.6 136.0 2,906 839.1 379.8 303.7 992.3 254.6 136.0 -15 -9.3 6.5 -3.3 -7.3 -2.0 .0 Financial activities .................................................... Finance and insurance .......................................... Monetary authorities - central bank ................... Credit intermediation and related activities 1....... Depository credit intermediation 1..................... Commercial banking .................................... Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. Insurance carriers and related activities ........... Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... Real estate .......................................................... Rental and leasing services ............................... Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 8,009 5,926.5 21.1 2,679.2 1,805.4 1,351.1 840.8 2,294.5 90.9 2,082.9 1,460.4 594.0 28.5 7,899 5,874.0 20.8 2,661.0 1,799.1 1,346.7 821.7 2,280.3 90.2 2,024.8 1,417.6 579.2 28.0 7,859 5,854.0 20.8 2,653.6 1,792.9 1,341.7 815.3 2,276.5 87.8 2,005.4 1,405.6 571.8 28.0 8,211 6,059.3 22.3 2,775.6 1,826.3 1,362.0 864.4 2,307.2 89.8 2,151.3 1,491.2 631.7 28.4 8,088 5,978.7 22.1 2,706.4 1,811.1 1,356.0 847.8 2,311.0 91.4 2,109.0 1,471.2 609.7 28.1 8,043 5,948.7 21.5 2,692.8 1,806.9 1,352.7 842.1 2,300.9 91.4 2,093.8 1,461.7 603.8 28.3 8,010 5,924.0 21.3 2,680.8 1,804.9 1,351.8 839.9 2,292.0 90.0 2,085.8 1,458.2 599.3 28.3 7,958 5,891.1 21.1 2,667.7 1,800.4 1,348.5 824.1 2,288.2 90.0 2,066.6 1,446.0 592.3 28.3 7,914 5,863.9 21.0 2,657.2 1,796.9 1,345.8 816.0 2,282.0 87.7 2,050.2 1,434.6 587.4 28.2 -44 -27.2 -.1 -10.5 -3.5 -2.7 -8.1 -6.2 -2.3 -16.4 -11.4 -4.9 -.1 Utilities ................................................................... See footnotes at the end of table. 8,163 6,053.8 22.4 2,776.3 1,824.3 1,360.1 863.3 2,301.9 89.9 2,108.7 1,463.7 617.0 28.0 ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change from: Jan. 2009Feb. 2009 p Industry Feb. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Feb. 2009p Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Feb. 2009p Professional and business services ........................ Professional and technical services 1..................... Legal services .................................................. Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... Architectural and engineering services .......... Computer systems design and related services .......................................................... Management and technical consulting services .......................................................... Management of companies and enterprises ....... Administrative and waste services ....................... Administrative and support services 1................. Employment services 1...................................... Temporary help services ............................. Business support services .............................. Services to buildings and dwellings ............... Waste management and remediation services 17,695 7,897.5 1,163.1 1,099.2 1,430.5 17,406 7,840.8 1,160.5 951.3 1,417.0 16,899 7,784.5 1,143.8 1,019.3 1,391.0 16,746 7,790.9 1,140.1 1,063.2 1,371.4 18,018 7,823.1 1,171.2 958.7 1,453.6 17,612 7,844.0 1,160.2 946.4 1,437.1 17,488 7,827.7 1,157.7 941.0 1,428.6 17,356 7,797.2 1,156.8 933.7 1,419.4 17,222 7,763.5 1,154.4 923.2 1,413.3 17,042 7,726.8 1,150.2 920.8 1,397.3 -180 -36.7 -4.2 -2.4 -16.0 1,424.9 1,475.1 1,460.5 1,457.2 1,429.9 1,466.1 1,467.9 1,466.8 1,463.6 1,463.3 -.3 982.5 1,892.7 7,904.8 7,555.3 3,173.8 2,358.7 833.3 1,688.5 349.5 1,030.0 1,875.7 7,689.5 7,328.7 2,887.8 2,105.7 833.8 1,745.4 360.8 1,012.0 1,871.3 7,242.9 6,884.2 2,575.1 1,842.1 813.6 1,658.1 358.7 1,008.2 1,856.7 7,098.4 6,746.4 2,499.9 1,777.2 804.8 1,630.0 352.0 993.1 1,905.9 8,289.3 7,933.2 3,370.7 2,520.3 829.9 1,858.0 356.1 1,022.9 1,882.8 7,884.8 7,522.0 2,987.7 2,218.9 820.8 1,837.4 362.8 1,024.9 1,882.0 7,778.3 7,414.2 2,896.7 2,128.5 823.7 1,829.4 364.1 1,020.5 1,872.1 7,686.3 7,324.4 2,829.5 2,055.6 816.0 1,818.1 361.9 1,026.6 1,875.8 7,582.7 7,219.2 2,734.9 1,975.6 816.9 1,816.8 363.5 1,021.8 1,869.3 7,446.3 7,085.5 2,647.4 1,897.9 804.6 1,799.4 360.8 -4.8 -6.5 -136.4 -133.7 -87.5 -77.7 -12.3 -17.4 -2.7 Education and health services ................................ 18,757 19,242 19,008 19,224 18,657 18,981 19,044 19,080 19,123 19,149 Educational services ............................................. 3,137.1 3,186.1 3,010.0 3,198.1 3,000.1 3,047.3 3,066.0 3,063.1 3,083.4 3,079.2 Health care and social assistance ........................ 15,619.7 16,055.9 15,997.7 16,026.3 15,657.0 15,934.1 15,977.8 16,017.0 16,039.8 16,070.2 Health care 3......................................................... 13,127.3 13,502.4 13,456.3 13,475.1 13,171.7 13,401.2 13,442.4 13,475.9 13,496.1 13,523.0 Ambulatory health care services 1.................... 5,568.8 5,758.0 5,733.7 5,750.0 5,588.9 5,706.1 5,727.7 5,742.6 5,755.2 5,771.5 Offices of physicians .................................... 2,234.7 2,304.9 2,296.4 2,301.5 2,241.2 2,283.3 2,289.8 2,294.5 2,302.1 2,308.4 Outpatient care centers ................................ 525.7 537.1 536.0 537.1 526.4 536.6 536.9 536.7 537.8 538.5 Home health care services .......................... 934.8 981.3 976.9 985.3 940.6 968.6 975.6 980.7 982.1 990.3 Hospitals .......................................................... 4,573.6 4,708.2 4,701.5 4,703.7 4,587.5 4,681.9 4,692.4 4,703.7 4,712.5 4,719.3 Nursing and residential care facilities 1............ 2,984.9 3,036.2 3,021.1 3,021.4 2,995.3 3,013.2 3,022.3 3,029.6 3,028.4 3,032.2 Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,610.6 1,621.2 1,612.3 1,611.0 1,616.0 1,611.0 1,614.5 1,617.3 1,615.8 1,616.2 Social assistance 1................................................ 2,492.4 2,553.5 2,541.4 2,551.2 2,485.3 2,532.9 2,535.4 2,541.1 2,543.7 2,547.2 Child day care services ................................... 869.6 875.5 871.3 875.9 859.7 862.3 863.2 864.3 865.6 866.0 26 -4.2 30.4 26.9 16.3 6.3 .7 8.2 6.8 3.8 .4 3.5 .4 Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,971 13,013 12,668 12,660 13,529 13,395 13,344 13,304 13,275 13,242 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,788.7 1,799.5 1,732.6 1,741.2 1,993.0 1,952.0 1,944.0 1,947.1 1,945.0 1,943.6 Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 380.1 387.8 365.1 370.1 410.4 402.5 398.8 401.4 403.6 400.9 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 119.6 123.8 119.3 118.6 132.0 129.6 130.6 130.8 130.9 131.5 Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,289.0 1,287.9 1,248.2 1,252.5 1,450.6 1,419.9 1,414.6 1,414.9 1,410.5 1,411.2 Accommodation and food services ...................... 11,182.3 11,213.3 10,935.1 10,918.3 11,535.9 11,442.7 11,399.6 11,356.5 11,329.9 11,297.9 Accommodation .................................................. 1,805.1 1,739.8 1,689.2 1,679.1 1,888.7 1,827.9 1,812.1 1,794.3 1,775.2 1,757.1 Food services and drinking places .................... 9,377.2 9,473.5 9,245.9 9,239.2 9,647.2 9,614.8 9,587.5 9,562.2 9,554.7 9,540.8 -33 -1.4 -2.7 .6 .7 -32.0 -18.1 -13.9 Other services .......................................................... 5,482 Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,234.8 Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,302.6 Membership associations and organizations .... 2,944.6 5,455 1,178.7 1,319.7 2,957.0 5,387 1,169.2 1,292.2 2,925.7 5,394 1,165.8 1,291.3 2,936.9 5,533 1,246.2 1,320.5 2,966.6 5,535 1,216.4 1,330.1 2,988.3 5,509 1,204.7 1,323.2 2,980.7 5,477 1,189.9 1,320.9 2,965.7 5,465 1,187.8 1,314.7 2,962.8 5,451 1,180.1 1,313.1 2,957.3 -14 -7.7 -1.6 -5.5 Government .............................................................. Federal ................................................................... Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. U.S. Postal Service ............................................ State government .................................................. State government education .............................. State government, excluding education ............ Local government .................................................. Local government education ............................. Local government, excluding education ........... 22,894 2,782 2,044.9 737.1 5,297 2,497.0 2,800.1 14,815 8,395.1 6,419.5 22,465 2,779 2,042.3 736.5 5,119 2,321.2 2,797.6 14,567 8,177.0 6,389.8 22,865 2,780 2,057.9 722.0 5,302 2,510.8 2,791.5 14,783 8,400.2 6,382.4 22,421 2,746 1,984.7 761.2 5,153 2,334.4 2,818.3 14,522 8,069.7 6,451.8 22,539 2,775 2,043.5 731.9 5,194 2,372.8 2,820.7 14,570 8,071.6 6,498.3 22,543 2,783 2,052.4 730.1 5,197 2,380.3 2,816.4 14,563 8,067.6 6,495.6 22,532 2,778 2,057.3 720.9 5,196 2,381.3 2,814.8 14,558 8,060.5 6,497.7 22,563 2,794 2,065.7 728.4 5,193 2,383.9 2,809.1 14,576 8,075.2 6,500.8 22,572 2,794 2,069.9 724.5 5,190 2,386.4 2,803.9 14,588 8,088.6 6,499.0 9 0 4.2 -3.9 -3 2.5 -5.2 12 13.4 -1.8 1 22,736 2,723 1,968.7 754.6 5,269 2,461.2 2,808.2 14,744 8,395.0 6,349.4 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. 2 3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Industry Seasonally adjusted Change from: Jan. 2009Feb. 2009 p Feb. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Feb. 2009p Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Feb. 2009p Total private ....................................... 33.4 33.2 32.9 33.3 33.8 33.5 33.4 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 Goods-producing .......................................... 39.8 39.4 38.8 38.7 40.5 39.8 39.5 39.4 39.3 39.2 -.1 Mining and logging ................................................. 45.1 44.2 43.7 43.5 45.6 44.7 45.3 44.3 44.4 44.2 -.2 Construction ............................................................ 37.5 37.3 37.1 37.0 38.8 38.3 37.7 38.0 37.9 38.1 .2 Manufacturing ......................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.7 3.8 40.3 3.2 39.5 2.6 39.2 2.5 41.2 4.1 40.4 3.5 40.2 3.2 39.9 2.9 39.8 2.8 39.6 2.6 -.2 -.2 Durable goods ..................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 41.0 3.9 40.5 3.1 39.5 2.5 39.3 2.3 41.5 4.2 40.6 3.4 40.4 3.1 40.0 2.8 39.8 2.6 39.7 2.4 -.1 -.2 Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 37.9 40.7 42.4 41.3 42.8 40.1 40.6 42.7 42.5 37.7 38.5 36.7 40.5 40.8 40.7 41.6 41.2 40.7 41.6 40.7 37.8 38.5 35.7 38.9 40.3 39.7 40.8 40.4 39.3 40.3 38.2 37.2 38.3 36.3 38.9 39.5 39.3 40.6 40.4 38.5 40.4 38.2 36.8 37.8 39.1 42.3 42.7 41.8 43.0 40.5 41.1 43.0 42.7 38.3 38.8 38.1 41.8 41.4 40.8 41.8 40.8 40.4 41.3 40.6 37.4 38.9 37.6 40.9 40.9 40.8 41.4 41.3 40.2 40.9 40.0 37.2 38.5 36.8 40.9 40.5 40.3 41.1 40.4 39.7 40.9 39.9 37.3 38.3 37.0 40.2 40.3 39.9 40.9 40.7 39.4 40.5 38.6 37.5 38.4 37.3 40.2 39.8 39.6 40.7 40.6 38.7 40.4 38.3 37.3 38.2 .3 .0 -.5 -.3 -.2 -.1 -.7 -.1 -.3 -.2 -.2 Nondurable goods ............................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.1 3.6 40.0 3.3 39.3 2.9 39.1 2.7 40.6 3.9 40.2 3.6 39.9 3.4 39.7 3.1 39.7 3.1 39.4 2.9 -.3 -.2 Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 39.8 39.0 38.5 39.1 36.7 37.9 43.3 38.2 42.8 41.3 40.9 40.2 36.4 37.3 37.7 36.1 35.4 42.6 38.5 44.6 41.3 40.5 39.7 36.3 36.7 36.6 35.3 33.4 41.4 37.4 44.9 40.9 39.8 39.3 36.1 35.9 36.5 35.1 32.3 41.2 37.1 45.2 41.1 39.2 40.7 39.9 38.9 39.4 36.7 38.2 43.9 38.2 43.9 41.4 41.3 40.3 38.1 38.4 37.9 36.3 36.9 42.2 38.3 45.2 41.5 40.6 39.9 37.9 37.7 37.9 36.2 34.4 42.1 38.2 44.4 41.3 40.6 39.8 36.7 37.0 37.1 36.0 34.7 41.9 38.0 45.3 41.1 40.0 40.0 37.1 37.1 36.9 35.7 33.9 41.7 37.7 45.2 41.2 39.9 39.9 36.8 36.4 36.7 35.4 32.8 41.7 37.3 45.3 41.1 39.4 -.1 -.3 -.7 -.2 -.3 -1.1 .0 -.4 .1 -.1 -.5 Private service-providing ............................. 32.1 32.0 31.8 32.3 32.4 32.3 32.2 32.2 32.2 32.2 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 32.9 32.9 32.4 32.7 33.3 33.1 33.0 32.9 32.9 32.8 -.1 Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.9 37.7 37.7 38.1 38.2 38.2 38.1 37.8 38.1 38.0 -.1 Retail trade ........................................................... 29.7 29.9 29.1 29.5 30.2 29.9 29.8 29.7 29.7 29.7 .0 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.2 36.5 35.5 35.5 36.7 36.3 36.1 36.2 36.0 35.7 -.3 Utilities ................................................................... 42.6 42.9 42.4 43.3 42.8 42.5 42.4 42.9 42.7 43.2 .5 Information ............................................................... 36.1 36.9 36.7 37.0 36.3 36.9 37.0 37.0 37.1 36.9 -.2 Financial activities .................................................. 35.6 35.7 35.9 36.8 35.8 35.9 36.1 35.9 36.2 36.2 .0 Professional and business services .................... 34.4 34.6 34.4 35.0 34.7 34.9 34.9 34.8 35.0 34.9 -.1 Education and health services ............................. 32.5 32.3 32.3 32.4 32.6 32.5 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.3 -.1 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.0 24.5 24.0 25.0 25.4 25.1 25.0 25.0 24.8 25.0 .2 Other services ......................................................... 30.6 30.5 30.4 30.7 30.8 30.7 30.7 30.6 30.6 30.6 .0 1 Data relate to production workers in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Industry Average weekly earnings Feb. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Feb. 2009p Feb. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Total private ....................................... Seasonally adjusted ..................... $17.86 17.83 $18.40 18.40 $18.48 18.44 $18.55 18.47 $596.52 602.65 $610.88 612.72 $607.99 614.05 $617.72 615.05 Goods-producing .......................................... 18.96 19.75 19.64 19.64 754.61 778.15 762.03 760.07 Mining and logging ................................................. 21.89 23.53 23.46 23.18 987.24 1,040.03 1,025.20 1,008.33 Construction ............................................................ 21.35 22.52 22.32 22.20 800.63 840.00 828.07 821.40 Manufacturing ......................................................... 17.57 18.06 18.02 18.11 715.10 727.82 711.79 709.91 Durable goods ..................................................... Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 18.53 13.85 16.85 20.01 16.79 17.83 20.57 15.71 23.53 14.37 14.95 19.06 14.66 16.73 20.05 17.36 18.15 21.44 15.88 24.58 14.92 15.60 18.99 14.69 16.81 19.62 17.23 18.16 21.52 15.82 24.69 14.92 15.64 19.13 14.83 17.06 19.56 17.27 18.22 21.44 15.87 24.83 14.83 16.00 759.73 524.92 685.80 848.42 693.43 763.12 824.86 637.83 1,004.73 541.75 575.58 771.93 538.02 677.57 818.04 706.55 755.04 883.33 646.32 1,022.53 563.98 600.60 750.11 524.43 653.91 790.69 684.03 740.93 869.41 621.73 995.01 555.02 599.01 751.81 538.33 663.63 772.62 678.71 739.73 866.18 611.00 1,003.13 545.74 604.80 Nondurable goods ............................................... Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 15.93 13.77 19.78 13.35 11.61 11.46 12.68 18.64 16.48 26.35 19.36 15.60 16.43 14.26 19.95 13.80 11.72 11.38 13.47 19.11 17.01 28.17 19.72 16.24 16.49 14.34 20.08 13.90 11.61 11.45 14.10 19.28 16.80 29.13 19.79 16.23 16.50 14.27 20.29 13.68 11.59 11.41 14.33 19.05 16.76 29.76 20.01 16.24 638.79 548.05 771.42 513.98 453.95 420.58 480.57 807.11 629.54 1,127.78 799.57 638.04 657.20 573.25 726.18 514.74 441.84 410.82 476.84 814.09 654.89 1,256.38 814.44 657.72 648.06 569.30 728.90 510.13 424.93 404.19 470.94 798.19 628.32 1,307.94 809.41 645.95 645.15 560.81 732.47 491.11 423.04 400.49 462.86 784.86 621.80 1,345.15 822.41 636.61 Private service-providing ............................. 17.59 18.09 18.22 18.31 564.64 578.88 579.40 591.41 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 16.05 16.14 16.38 16.45 528.05 531.01 530.71 537.92 Wholesale trade ................................................... 20.04 20.36 20.44 20.58 759.52 767.57 770.59 784.10 Retail trade ........................................................... 12.80 12.74 12.97 12.99 380.16 380.93 377.43 383.21 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 18.12 18.62 18.70 18.77 655.94 679.63 663.85 666.34 Utilities ................................................................... 28.63 29.28 29.06 29.49 1,219.64 1,256.11 1,232.14 1,276.92 Information ............................................................... 24.48 24.86 25.01 24.95 883.73 917.33 917.87 923.15 Financial activities .................................................. 20.06 20.50 20.46 20.59 714.14 731.85 734.51 757.71 Professional and business services .................... 20.83 22.01 22.14 22.53 716.55 761.55 761.62 788.55 Education and health services ............................. 18.57 19.23 19.26 19.25 603.53 621.13 622.10 623.70 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 10.83 11.05 11.00 11.05 270.75 270.73 264.00 276.25 Other services ......................................................... 15.78 16.27 16.35 16.32 482.87 496.24 497.04 501.02 1 See p= footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. Feb. 2009p ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent change from: Jan. 2009- p Feb. 2009 Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Feb. 2009p Total private: Current dollars ................................................ Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. $17.83 8.28 $18.28 8.33 $18.34 8.54 $18.40 8.65 $18.44 8.64 $18.47 N.A. 0.2 Goods-producing .......................................................... 19.07 19.56 19.63 19.69 19.72 19.78 .3 Mining and logging ................................................................. 21.80 23.03 23.28 23.23 23.14 23.08 -.3 Construction ............................................................................ 21.48 22.17 22.28 22.41 22.41 22.37 -.2 Manufacturing ......................................................................... Excluding overtime 4..................................................... 17.58 16.75 17.89 17.15 17.94 17.25 17.96 17.33 17.99 17.38 18.10 17.52 .6 .8 Durable goods ..................................................................... 18.53 18.84 18.91 18.94 18.98 19.11 .7 Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.95 16.35 16.37 16.39 16.45 16.52 .4 Private service-providing ............................................. 17.51 17.97 18.03 18.10 18.14 18.17 .2 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 16.04 16.23 16.29 16.31 16.36 16.38 .1 Wholesale trade ................................................................... 20.03 20.22 20.29 20.31 20.39 20.45 .3 Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.81 12.89 12.93 12.94 12.97 12.97 .0 Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 18.21 18.58 18.66 18.66 18.74 18.74 .0 Utilities ................................................................................... 28.62 28.91 28.91 29.16 29.08 29.54 1.6 Information ............................................................................... 24.48 24.99 24.94 24.91 24.94 24.94 .0 Financial activities .................................................................. 20.04 20.43 20.41 20.53 20.50 20.48 -.1 Professional and business services .................................... 20.69 21.63 21.78 21.97 22.03 22.20 .8 Education and health services ............................................. 18.60 19.08 19.13 19.20 19.22 19.27 .3 Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 10.75 10.92 10.90 10.94 10.96 10.98 .2 Other services ......................................................................... 15.85 16.24 16.29 16.29 16.33 16.32 -.1 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was -0.1 percent from Dec. 2008 to Jan. 2009, the latest month available. 2 The (3) 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half. N.A. = not available. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Feb. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Feb. 2009p Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Percent Feb. change from: 2009p Jan. 2009Feb. 2009 p Total private ....................................... 104.3 103.4 99.3 99.9 107.6 105.0 104.1 103.2 102.6 101.9 -0.7 95.3 89.9 84.0 82.3 100.3 93.9 92.0 90.4 88.3 86.8 -1.7 Mining and logging ................................................. 130.9 138.1 132.8 130.8 136.9 140.6 143.2 139.1 139.7 138.1 -1.1 Construction ............................................................ 100.3 95.9 88.2 85.6 111.7 104.1 100.5 99.8 97.7 96.7 -1.0 Manufacturing ......................................................... 91.4 85.1 80.3 78.5 93.5 87.4 86.0 84.0 81.8 80.2 -2.0 Durable goods ..................................................... 94.3 Wood products .................................................. 78.0 Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 87.2 Primary metals .................................................. 90.2 Fabricated metal products .............................. 103.2 Machinery .......................................................... 104.4 Computer and electronic products ................ 100.6 Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 87.5 Transportation equipment ............................... 95.7 Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 81.7 Furniture and related products ....................... 77.6 Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 88.9 86.2 66.5 81.8 79.1 95.2 96.6 99.5 86.2 81.4 63.9 67.0 87.0 80.3 60.7 74.2 75.7 89.4 91.3 96.1 81.9 71.8 51.4 63.2 84.3 78.5 58.8 72.2 70.3 86.4 88.4 93.7 78.4 73.8 53.3 60.7 83.0 96.3 83.0 94.8 90.8 105.1 105.4 102.1 89.2 96.4 82.0 79.9 89.9 88.5 72.7 89.6 84.7 98.1 99.6 99.3 87.3 81.0 66.3 69.7 89.0 87.1 70.5 86.3 81.5 96.6 96.7 99.7 86.1 81.0 63.9 67.4 87.1 84.6 66.7 84.0 78.1 93.8 94.8 96.8 83.8 79.0 61.3 66.1 85.9 81.7 64.2 81.0 75.1 90.2 91.8 96.7 82.2 73.5 53.6 64.4 85.3 79.9 62.2 79.0 71.1 87.5 89.1 94.2 79.6 73.6 53.2 62.3 84.3 -2.2 -3.1 -2.5 -5.3 -3.0 -2.9 -2.6 -3.2 .1 -.7 -3.3 -1.2 Nondurable goods ............................................... Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 86.5 97.5 85.5 51.0 71.7 58.4 68.3 84.5 87.6 95.8 94.5 89.1 83.4 99.9 86.9 40.7 66.1 51.0 64.1 81.4 82.1 94.4 92.1 81.0 79.8 96.4 84.8 39.6 61.9 47.4 60.0 77.4 77.6 87.4 89.9 76.9 78.6 94.8 83.9 37.7 60.3 47.6 55.2 75.3 75.9 86.5 90.5 74.8 88.7 101.9 90.6 51.7 72.7 59.1 69.9 86.1 88.4 101.7 95.1 90.8 85.7 100.4 91.4 45.3 68.3 54.9 69.3 81.5 83.9 102.8 94.0 85.1 84.2 99.3 91.6 42.6 67.5 52.7 62.0 80.9 82.5 98.6 93.4 82.9 82.8 98.6 89.3 40.7 65.0 51.3 62.5 79.8 80.6 98.4 91.8 80.2 81.8 98.7 90.3 40.0 63.4 49.5 60.7 78.2 78.9 93.6 91.4 78.2 80.5 98.4 89.7 38.5 61.9 48.8 57.6 76.9 76.9 91.8 90.8 76.1 -1.6 -.3 -.7 -3.8 -2.4 -1.4 -5.1 -1.7 -2.5 -1.9 -.7 -2.7 Private service-providing ............................. 106.8 107.1 103.6 104.8 109.6 108.2 107.5 107.0 106.7 106.2 -.5 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 102.0 103.4 97.8 97.3 105.2 102.4 101.4 100.6 100.2 99.3 -.9 Wholesale trade ................................................... 107.9 105.6 103.4 103.5 110.0 108.0 107.0 105.5 105.5 104.4 -1.0 Retail trade ........................................................... 98.1 101.8 94.2 93.9 102.0 98.9 97.9 97.1 96.9 96.6 -.3 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 106.9 106.7 100.5 98.7 109.8 106.1 104.5 104.2 102.7 100.6 -2.0 Industry Goods-producing .......................................... Utilities ................................................................... 96.6 99.8 99.3 101.2 97.6 98.8 98.7 100.2 100.2 101.6 1.4 Information ............................................................... 99.3 99.9 97.3 97.8 100.2 100.8 100.2 99.6 99.1 98.1 -1.0 Financial activities .................................................. 106.6 105.6 104.8 106.9 108.0 107.4 107.3 106.2 106.5 106.0 -.5 Professional and business services .................... 112.1 110.5 106.1 106.9 115.5 112.9 112.0 110.8 110.5 108.8 -1.5 Education and health services ............................. 115.0 117.4 116.1 117.8 114.7 116.5 116.6 116.9 117.2 117.0 -.2 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 104.5 103.2 98.2 102.2 111.2 109.0 108.2 107.8 106.7 107.3 .6 97.3 95.8 96.9 99.8 99.7 99.1 98.3 98.0 97.7 -.3 Other services ......................................................... 1 See 98.1 footnote 1, table B-2. motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. NOTE: The index of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing 2 Includes the current months estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production and nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Feb. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Feb. 2009p Feb. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008 Jan. 2009p Percent Feb. change from: 2009p Jan. 2009Feb. 2009 p Total private ....................................... 124.5 127.1 122.6 123.8 128.2 128.3 127.6 126.9 126.4 125.8 -0.5 Goods-producing .......................................... 110.7 108.7 101.1 99.0 117.1 112.5 110.6 109.0 106.6 105.1 -1.4 Mining and logging ................................................. 166.6 189.0 181.2 176.4 173.6 188.3 193.9 188.0 188.0 185.4 -1.4 Construction ............................................................ 115.6 116.7 106.3 102.6 129.6 124.7 120.9 120.8 118.2 116.8 -1.2 Manufacturing ......................................................... 105.0 100.5 94.6 93.0 107.5 102.2 100.9 98.7 96.3 95.0 -1.3 Durable goods ..................................................... 109.1 102.5 95.2 93.7 111.4 104.1 102.9 100.1 96.8 95.3 -1.5 97.4 96.8 93.0 91.7 100.0 99.1 97.4 95.9 95.1 94.0 -1.2 Private service-providing ............................. 128.8 132.8 129.4 131.5 131.6 133.4 132.8 132.8 132.7 132.3 -.3 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 116.8 119.1 114.3 114.1 120.3 118.6 117.9 117.0 116.9 116.0 -.8 Wholesale trade ................................................... 127.4 126.6 124.5 125.5 129.8 128.6 127.9 126.2 126.7 125.8 -.7 Retail trade ........................................................... 107.6 111.2 104.7 104.5 112.0 109.2 108.5 107.7 107.7 107.4 -.3 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 122.9 126.1 119.2 117.5 126.9 125.1 123.7 123.3 122.1 119.6 -2.0 Utilities ................................................................... 115.4 121.9 120.5 124.6 116.6 119.3 119.1 121.9 121.7 125.3 3.0 Information ............................................................... 120.4 123.0 120.5 120.8 121.4 124.7 123.8 122.8 122.4 121.1 -1.1 Financial activities .................................................. 132.2 133.8 132.6 136.1 133.8 135.6 135.4 134.9 135.0 134.2 -.6 Professional and business services .................... 138.9 144.7 139.7 143.3 142.2 145.3 145.1 144.9 144.8 143.8 -.7 Education and health services ............................. 140.3 148.5 147.0 149.0 140.3 146.2 146.7 147.5 148.1 148.2 .1 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 128.6 129.5 122.7 128.3 135.7 135.2 133.9 133.9 132.8 133.8 .8 Other services ......................................................... 112.7 115.4 114.1 115.2 115.3 117.9 117.6 116.6 116.6 116.2 -.3 Industry Nondurable goods ............................................... 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: The index of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current months estimates of aggregate payrolls p= by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 271 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... p 52.6 64.9 53.5 42.1 23.2 60.1 62.2 55.5 40.6 p 23.8 54.1 63.8 52.4 44.1 58.1 59.8 49.4 41.1 56.8 49.1 55.9 42.6 58.3 51.8 48.3 36.9 58.5 59.2 50.7 37.6 59.2 55.4 46.5 39.1 54.2 55.7 55.9 34.7 55.9 56.3 57.2 33.0 62.7 59.4 59.4 27.1 57.6 60.7 57.9 20.5 ......................................................... 51.7 ......................................................... 67.7 ......................................................... 62.5 ......................................................... 57.7 ......................................................... p 19.0 57.2 68.6 54.8 44.8 p 16.8 59.0 65.1 54.2 40.2 59.8 65.1 54.8 39.7 57.9 60.5 54.1 37.3 62.0 58.9 50.4 33.6 60.5 55.5 52.8 33.6 62.9 57.0 48.7 32.8 60.3 55.0 53.3 34.9 55.5 54.4 53.9 33.2 56.3 59.0 58.3 26.9 62.7 64.2 62.5 20.8 55.4 64.6 60.3 56.6 22.0 57.9 63.8 57.2 53.0 p 19.9 58.1 67.5 60.5 50.7 57.0 66.2 58.3 47.4 58.3 65.5 55.5 40.2 60.9 66.6 56.5 33.4 63.1 60.3 52.8 31.0 63.3 61.1 52.4 33.4 61.6 57.9 56.6 30.6 59.6 57.9 54.4 29.0 61.4 62.4 56.8 26.0 62.5 59.0 59.0 24.4 ......................................................... 60.9 ......................................................... 67.2 ......................................................... 63.3 ......................................................... 54.4 ......................................................... p 24.9 60.9 65.5 59.4 56.1 p 21.6 60.0 65.9 61.1 52.6 59.2 62.9 59.6 49.1 58.3 65.5 59.2 50.2 60.3 66.8 58.3 47.8 61.3 64.8 56.8 43.7 63.3 64.4 57.2 42.3 60.7 66.6 59.4 38.0 59.2 65.9 58.9 37.8 59.8 64.9 58.1 32.3 61.8 66.2 59.6 28.2 Over 3-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Over 6-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... p Over 12-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Manufacturing payrolls, 83 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... p 36.7 57.8 44.6 30.7 7.2 46.4 49.4 41.0 28.9 p 15.1 42.2 53.6 30.7 37.3 46.4 47.0 24.7 32.5 40.4 37.3 38.0 40.4 33.7 50.6 32.5 25.3 41.0 49.4 43.4 25.9 43.4 42.2 30.7 27.7 45.8 40.4 39.2 22.9 47.6 42.8 42.8 18.7 44.6 41.0 60.8 15.1 47.0 44.0 48.2 10.2 ......................................................... 36.7 ......................................................... 56.6 ......................................................... 40.4 ......................................................... 48.8 ......................................................... p 6.6 43.4 57.2 33.1 33.7 p 5.4 41.0 48.2 33.1 28.3 41.6 48.2 28.9 29.5 35.5 44.6 29.5 26.5 36.1 50.0 30.1 22.9 34.9 43.4 31.9 19.9 36.7 45.2 28.9 16.9 42.2 36.7 30.7 22.3 44.0 33.1 30.7 21.1 38.6 35.5 39.2 15.1 48.8 39.2 51.2 11.4 33.7 45.2 37.3 34.3 9.6 39.8 45.2 33.1 30.1 p 6.6 38.0 50.6 29.5 37.3 36.1 48.8 28.9 35.5 35.5 50.6 30.7 25.3 34.9 50.0 34.9 20.5 39.8 45.2 28.9 17.5 36.1 47.0 26.5 18.1 36.1 43.4 29.5 16.9 38.0 42.2 28.3 13.3 36.7 39.8 33.7 11.4 39.8 34.3 38.0 9.6 ......................................................... 45.2 ......................................................... 44.0 ......................................................... 39.8 ......................................................... 27.7 ......................................................... p 8.4 44.0 41.0 36.7 28.9 p 6.6 42.2 41.0 37.3 25.9 41.0 39.8 30.7 25.3 36.7 39.8 28.9 30.7 35.5 45.2 29.5 27.1 32.5 42.2 30.7 24.7 34.3 42.8 28.9 19.3 33.1 47.0 33.1 21.7 33.7 48.8 28.9 21.7 33.7 45.8 34.3 16.9 38.0 44.6 35.5 15.1 Over 3-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Over 6-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... p Over 12-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.
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