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NEWS USDL - 73-22 FOR RELEASE: U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OFFICE OF INFORMATION, WASHINGTON, D. C. 20210 Transmission Embargo 10:00 A .M . (EST) Friday, February 2, 197 3 Bureau of Labor Statistics J. E. B regger (202) 961-2633 K. D. Hoyle (202) 961-2913 home: 333-1384 THE E M PLO YM E N T SITUATION: JANUARY 1973 The Nation' s overall employment situation in January was little changed from the previous month, the U. S. Department of Labor' s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The unemployment rate was 5. 0 percent; the December rate was 5. L percent, as revised. on p age^.) (See note oft the annual revision of the seasonally adjusted data The jobless rate was at its lowest point in 2-1/2 years, substantially below the year-ago rate of 5. 9 percent. The total number of persons employed, which has advanced strongly since mid1971, edged down slightly in January to 82. 6 million (after seasonal adjustment) . Over the year, total employment has risen by 1. 9 million. The number of nonagricultural payroll jobs (from the establishment survey) rose by 200, 000 in January (seasonally adjusted) to a new high of 74. 2 million. The pickup in payroll employment was concentrated largely in the service-producing industries. Unemployment Total joblessness rose about in line with usual December-January movements, and, after seasonal adjustment, both the number of persons unemployed and the unem ployment rate, at 4. 4 million and 5. 0 percent, respectively, were essentially unchanged from their December levels. Over the past year, however, total unemployment has declined by nearly 800, 000. Jobless rates in January were also little changed or unchanged for most of the major demographic groups: adult men (3. 3 percent) , adult women (5. 3 percent) , white workers (4. 6 percent) , m arried men (2. 4 percent) , and household heads (2. 9 percent). However, the jobless rate for teenagers declined significantly--from 15. 7 to 14. 3 p er cent, its lowest point in nearly 3 years. The rate for Negro workers edged down to 8. 9 percent after averaging 10. 0 percent during 1972. The jobless situation among most of the major occupational groups changed little except for a sharp drop in the unemployment rate for service workers. On an industry basis, the jobless rate for manufacturing workers rose from 4. 4 percent in December to 5. 0 percent in January but was still substantially below its year-ago level of 6. 4 percent. -2 - The rate for workers covered by State unemployment insurance programs moved down sharply in January, falling from 3. 2 to 2. 8 percent. This was the lowest insured unemployment rate since March 1970. The average (mean) duration of joblessness fell to 10. 9 weeks in January and was down a little over a full week compared with a year ago. The number of persons unemployed 15 weeks or more declined for the fifth consecutive month. Table A. Highlights of the employment situation (seasonally adjusted data) Selected categories Jan. 1973 Dbc . 1972 Nov. 1972 4th Qtr. 1972 3rd Qtr. 1972 2nd Qtr. 1972 1st Qtr. 1972 4th Qtr. 1971 86.4 81.5 46.7 28.0 6.7 4.9 85.8 80.8 46.4 27.8 6.6 5.0 85.0 79.9 46.1 27.5 6.3 5.1 5.7 4.1 5.5 15.8 5.2 9.6 3.5 2.9 5.2 3.6 5.8 4.1 5.4 17.8 5.2 10.6 3.4 2.9 5.4 3.5 5.9 4.4 5.7 17.0 5.4 10.1 3.6 3.2 5.6 4.2 12.3 12.4 12.1 72.5 23.0 49.5 71.8 22.7 49.0 71.1 22.6 48.5 37.1 40.7 3.4 37.1 40.3 3.1 40.1 136.8 135.0 109.8 109.0 (Millions of persons) Civilian labor force1..................... Total employment1.................. Adult m e n ......................... Adult w o m e n ..................... Teenagers.......................... Unem ploym ent....................... 86.9 82.6 47.4 28.3 6.9 4.4 87.3 82.8 47.5 28.4 6.9 4.5 87.0 82.5 47.3 28.3 6.9 4.5 87.2 82.6 47.3 28.3 6.9 4.6 86.9 82.0 47.1 28.2 6.7 4.8 (Percent of labor force) Unemployment rates: All w orke rs............................ Adult m en............................. Adult women.......................... Teenagers............................. White .................................. Negro and other races............... Household heads..................... Married m e n .......................... Full-time w o rk e rs.................... State insured 2. ......................... 5.0 3.3 5.3 14.3 4.6 8.9 2.9 2.4 4.6 2.8 5.1 3.4 5.1 15.7 4.6 9.6 2.9 2.4 4.7 3.2 5.2 3.5 5.0 15.6 4.6 10.1 2.9 2.5 4.6 3.1 5.3 3.6 5.2 15.6 4.7 9.9 3.1 2.5 4.8 3.2 5.6 3.9 5.5 16.1 5.0 9.9 3.3 2.7 5.0 3.5 (Weeks) Average duration of unemployment ........................ 10.9 11.4 11.6 11.6 12.0 (Millions of persons) Nonfarm payroll em ploym ent........ Goods-producing industries ....... Service-producing industries...... 74.2p 23.6p 50.7p 74.0p 23.5p 50.5P 73.9 23.5 50.4 73.8p 23.5p 50.4P 72.9 23.1 49.9 (Hours of work) Average weekly hours: Total private nonfarm ............... Manufacturing........................ Manufacturing ove rtim e ........... 36.9p 37. Ip 40 .2p 40 .7p 3.6p 3.8p 37.2 40.9 3.7 37.2p 40.8p 3.7p 37.2 40.7 3.5 37.1 3.0 (1967 = 100) Hourly Earnings Index, private nonfarm: In current dollars .................... In constant dollars.................... 142.5p 141.8p NA 111.5P 1 Civilian labor force and total employment figures for periods prior to January 1972 should be raised by about 300.000 to be comparable with subsequent data. 140.7 110.9 141.0p lll.lp 138.5 110.2 132.4 107-.9 2 For calculation of this rate, see table A-3, footnote 2. p=preliminary. SO U R C E : Tables A-1. A-3, A-4, B-1. B-2, and B-4. -3 - The number of workers who had lost their last job continued to decline in January, and there was also a drop among workers who left their last job. These decreases were partly offset by increases in the number who newly entered or reenter ed the labor force and could not find employment. Over the year, the number of job losers has diminished by 580, 000, accounting for almost the entire decline in total joblessness. Civilian Labor Force and Total Employment The number of persons in the Nation' s civilian labor force declined more than it usually does between December and January and after seasonal adjustment was down by 350, 000 to a level of 86. 9 million. Total employment also edged down in January to a seasonally adjusted level of 82. 6 million, prim arily due to a drop in agricultural employment. Compared with January a year ago, the labor force has grown by 1. 2 million and the number of employed by 1. 9 million. Adult men made up over half of the employment advance; adult women accounted for another 550, 000 of the gain, and teenagers rose by 300, 000. Vietnam Era Veterans The employment situation for Vietnam Era veterans 20-to-29 years old was little changed in January, as both employment and unemployment, after seasonal adjustment, held at the improved levels of the last few months of 1972. The veterans' unemployment rate was 5. 9 percent, seasonally adjusted, essentially the same as their 5. 8-percent rate in December. January marked the fifth straight month that there was no material difference between the unemployment rates for veterans and nonveterans. Compared with January 1972, veterans' employment has expanded by 420, 000, absorbing all of the increase in their labor force and reducing the number unemployed by about 100, 000. During this period, their seasonally adjusted jobless rate has declined by 2. 6 percentage points. Indugtry-Pa-y-rQil EmploymentAccording to preliminary data from the establishment survey (based on an unusually small initial response to the January survey), the number of nonagricultural payroll jobs declined less than seasonally expected in January. ment, payroll employment rose by 200, 000 to 74. 2 million. After seasonal adjust This represented an increase of nearly 2. 7 million jobs over January a year ago. Goods-producing industries accounted for one-fourth of the January increase in payroll jobs. In manufacturing, the durable goods industries showed a seasonally -4 - adjusted employment increase of about 40, 000, but this was partly offset by a 20, 000 job decline in nondurable goods. Contract construction employment rose by 25, 000, after falling steeply in December because of unusually bad weather. In the service-producing sector, the number of jobs rose 145, 000 (seasonally adjusted) in January, with large gains being posted in transportation and public utilities, services, and government. Hours, of Work The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory personnel fell more than usual between December and January, according to preliminary figures from the payroll survey. 36. 9 hours. After seasonal adjustment, the workweek declined by 0. 2 hour to In manufacturing, the average workweek dropped 0. 5 hour to 40. 2 hours, and overtime fell 0. 2 hour to 3. 6 hours. Hourly., and Weekly Earning^. Average hourly earnings of rank-and-file workers rose 4 cents in January (3 cents, after seasonal adjustment) to $3. 78. This represented an increase of 23 cents or 6. 5 percent over January 1972. Average weekly earnings declined $1. 15 to $138. 35, as the drop in actual hours (0. 7 hour) more than offset the increase in hourly earnings. After seasonal adjustment, however, average weekly earnings were up 31 cents from December. Compared with January a year ago, average weekly earnings have increased by $8. 06 or 6. 2 percent. During the latest 12-month period for which the Consumer Price Index is available-December 1971 to December 1972--consumer prices rose 3. 4 percent. Hourly-Earnings Index The Bureau' s Hourly Earnings Index, seasonally adjusted, was 142. 5 (1967=100) in January, 0. 5 percent higher than in December, according to preliminary figures. The index was 5. 9 percent above January a year ago. A ll industries posted increases in 1972, ranging from 4. 7 percent in wholesale and retail trade to 9. 2 percent in trans portation and public utilities. During the 12-month period ending in December, the Hourly Earnings Index in dollars of constant purchasing power rose 2. 6 percent. This release presents and analyzes statistics from two major surveys. Data on labor force, total employment, and unemployment are derived from the sample sur vey of households conducted and tabulated by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Statistics on payroll employment, hours, and earnings are collected by State agencies from payroll records of employers and are tabulated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A description of the two surveys appears in the BLS publication Employment and Earnings. -5 - Note on Seasonal Adjustment It is a long established practice of the BLS to revise the seasonally adjusted labor force series at the beginning of each calendar year, taking into account data from the previous year. The revisions just completed did not affect the previously published 1972 seasonally adjusted overall unemployment rate in 7 months of the year and altered it by only 0.1 percentage point in the remaining 5 months. New seasonal factors for the 12 component series of the civilian labor force and the updated historical seasonally adjust ed data for the major series will appear in the February 1973 issue of Bnplovment and Earn ings. The following table presents the seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rates for 1972 as originally published and as revised based on the application of new seasonal adjust ment factors incorporating data through December 1972. Months in 1972 January...................... February..................... March........................ April........................ May.......................... June......................... July......................... August....................... September.................... October...................... November..................... December..................... Unemployment rate as originally published 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.2 Revised unemployment ________ rate________ 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.1 TabU A-1: E m ploym e n t s ta tu s off th o n o n in s titu t ie n a l p o p u la tio n b y s o x a n d ago. (In thousands) Seasonally adjusted Employment status, age, and sex Jan. Jan. Dec. Nov. O ct. S ep t. 197 2 1973 1 972 1972 1972 1972 8 9 ,4 .3 7 8 7 ,1 4 7 8 9 ,3 2 5 8 9 ,7 0 7 8 9 ,4 5 4 8 9 ,6 5 1 8 9 ,4 7 1 86,997 8 4 ,5 5 3 7 9 ,1 0 6 86,921 8 7 ,2 6 7 8 7 ,0 2 3 8 7 ,2 3 6 8 7 ,0 6 6 8 2 ,5 5 5 3 ,5 0 1 8 2 ,7 8 0 8 2 ,5 2 5 3 ,5 5 6 8 2 ,3 9 7 8 2 ,2 5 6 3 ,6 5 8 7 9 ,0 5 4 2 ,0 2 3 7 9 ,1 3 0 7 8 ,7 3 9 3 ,5 7 9 7 8 ,6 7 7 2 ,1 8 1 7 8 ,9 6 9 2 ,2 1 7 968 1 ,0 2 5 2 ,2 6 4 1 ,0 2 7 2 ,3 4 7 1 ,0 7 0 Jan. 1973 Dec. 1 972 8 8 ,1 2 2 8 5 ,7 1 8 8 1 ,0 4 3 8 2 ,8 8 1 2 ,9 5 5 7 8 ,0 8 8 3 ,1 6 3 Total Total labor f o r c e ........................................ .. Civilian labor force ........................................... Em ployed........................................... ............... A griculture...................................................... Nonagricultural in d u stries ............................ On part time for economic rea so n s ............. Usually work full tim e ............................... Usually work part t i m e ............................ Unemployed. ...................................................... 1 ,8 9 9 7 9 ,7 1 9 1 ,9 9 0 2 ,8 6 9 7 6 ,2 3 7 2 ,3 2 1 3 ,6 5 0 '917 1 ,2 2 0 1 ,1 0 1 1 ,2 3 7 1 ,2 7 7 5 ,4 4 7 4 ,3 6 6 1 ,2 1 3 4 ,4 8 7 1 ,1 9 2 4 ,6 7 5 1 ,0 7 3 4 ,1 1 6 89 3 1 ,1 3 0 4 ,4 9 8 4 ,8 3 9 4 ,8 1 0 Civilian labor fo rce.............................................. Em ployed........................................................... Agriculture...................................... ............... Nonagricultural in d u stries............................ 4 8 ,6 2 9 4 8 ,9 2 1 4 8 ,0 3 9 4 9 ,0 0 1 4 9 ,1 5 2 49,044 4 4 ,1 6 2 4 9 ,0 7 1 4 6 ,6 3 0 4 7 ,2 6 3 4 5 ,5 5 4 4 7 ,3 6 1 4 7 ,3 0 8 4 7 ,2 2 7 2 ,3 1 9 2 ,4 6 4 2 ,6 3 0 4 7 ,1 9 6 2 ,6 1 2 4 4 ,3 1 1 4 4 ,5 9 7 4 4 ,5 8 4 Unemployed........................................................ 1 ,9 9 9 2 ,5 9 9 4 4 ,7 0 9 1 ,7 3 6 1 ,9 3 5 1 ,8 7 5 2 9 ,9 3 1 2 8 ,2 8 1 2 9 ,9 0 8 951 948 Men, 20 years and aver 2,230 2 ,5 5 7 4 4 ,7 9 9 1 ,6 5 7 4 3 ,3 2 3 4 4 ,8 0 4 4 7 ,4 7 5 2 ,6 6 4 4 4 ,8 1 1 2 ,4 8 5 1 ,6 4 0 1 ,6 7 7 3 0 ,2 9 1 2 8 ,9 8 0 2 9 ,4 6 8 2 9 ,8 7 0 2 8 ,2 9 6 2 9 ,8 6 9 2 8 ,3 5 7 44 5 2 7 ,7 7 4 408 526 566 2 8 ,5 3 5 2 7 ,3 6 6 2 7 ,7 7 0 2 7 ,7 9 1 1 ,5 1 2 Women, 20 years and ever Civilian labor force ....................... ................... Em ployed........................................................... A griculture...................................................... Nonagricultural in d u s trie s ............................ Unemployed........................................................ 2 9 ,9 5 2 2 8 ,3 2 5 38 8 2 7 ,9 3 7 1 ,6 2 7 1 ,3 1 1 1 ,6 9 5 1 ,5 7 4 7 ,1 3 7 6 ,0 8 8 7 ,7 8 6 7 ,0 4 6 8,050 6,638 5 ,7 7 9 6 ,8 9 8 248 253 230 5 ,8 4 0 6 ,3 8 4 1 ,1 4 8 5 ,5 4 8 418 6 ,4 8 0 1 ,2 6 7 1 ,1 5 2 2 9 ,7 7 9 2 8 ,2 9 3 547 2 8 ,2 8 7 567 2 7 ,7 4 6 585 2 7 ,6 9 6 2 7 ,7 2 0 1 ,4 8 6 1 ,6 5 0 1 ,6 2 1 Both sexes, 16-19 years Civilian labor force.............................................. Em ployed........................................................... Agriculture................................................... .. Nonagricultural industries ............................ Unemployed........................................................ T ab le A -2: 1,050 8 ,2 4 6 8 ,2 0 0 8 ,1 4 3 8 ,0 8 7 6 ,9 4 8 420 6 ,9 2 4 410 6 ,8 8 9 6 ,7 7 3 6 ,5 2 8 6 ,5 1 4 1 ,2 7 6 1 ,2 9 8 443 400 6,446 6 ,3 7 3 1 ,2 5 4 1 ,3 1 4 Full- and part-tim e statu s off the civilia n la b o r fforce b y se x a n d a g e (Numbers in thousands) Table A-3: Majpr unemployment indicators (Persons 16 years and over) Thousands o f persons unemployed fSelrrtwd categories SeasonaHy adjusted n Nov. 197 2 O ct. 5 .2 3 .5 5 .0 5 .5 3 .9 5 .5 1 4 -3 5 .1 3 .4 5 .1 1 5 .7 1 5 .6 1 5 .4 5 .4 1 6 .2 4 ,4 2 2 4 .6 4 .6 5 .0 5 .0 1 ,0 2 5 8 .9 9 .6 4 .6 1 0 .1 1 0 .0 1 0 .0 Jan. 1972 Total (all civilian workers)........................................ Men, 20 years and over.......................... .......... Women, 20 years and over................................... Both sexes, 16-19 years....................................... 4 ,6 7 5 1 ,9 9 9 1 ,6 2 7 1 ,0 5 0 5 ,4 4 7 5 .0 2 ,4 8 5 1 ,6 9 5 1 ,2 6 7 3 .3 5 .3 W h ite ........ ........................................................ Negro and other races......................................... 3 ,8 3 5 840 Household heads..................................................... Married m e n .......................... ............................. Full-time w orkers................................................... Part-time workers..................................................... Unemployed 15 weeks and over*............................. State insured3 ..................................................... Labor force time lost3 ............................................. 1 ,7 9 3 2 ,1 1 7 2 .9 2 .9 2 .9 1 ,2 3 5 3 ,6 5 0 1 ,5 1 8 4 ,2 6 1 2 .4 4 .6 2 .4 4 .7 2 .5 4 .6 1 ,0 2 5 1 ,1 8 6 942 8 .4 1 .2 2 ,1 6 9 2 ,5 2 4 7 .9 1 .1 2 .8 8.4 1 ,2 6 6 5 .3 5 .3 5 .4 3 .2 3 .3 2 .6 1 .7 3 .9 4 .5 5 .6 3 .7 — T Dec. 1972 Jan. 1973 Jan. 1 — 1973 1972 3 .4 2 .8 S ep t. 197 2 5 .5 3 .8 Jan. 1 972 5 .9 4 .2 5 .6 1 7 .5 5 .3 1 0 .9 3 .3 3 .5 3 .0 5 .0 2 .8 5 .0 8 .5 8 .7 1 .3 3 .3 5 .8 1 .3 3 .4 5 .8 6 .3 3 .1 2 .2 3 .5 2 .6 1 .9 2 .0 3 .4 2 .3 1 .7 1 .9 4 .3 4 *4 5 .6 4 .3 3 .9 5 .8 4 .4 4 .8 4 .7 4 .7 4 .5 4 .7 6 .0 6 .0 7 .1 3 .9 5 .8 4 .2 4 .0 4 .5 5 .9 4 .1 6 .3 6 .3 7 .9 9 .1 9 .3 9 .5 5 .5 8 .8 6 .2 6 .3 6 .4 1 1 .4 6 .1 2 .4 2 .3 3 .4 2 .9 6 .9 2 .7 5 .1 9 .0 5 .0 5 .2 5 .3 1 0 .5 4 .6 5 .6 5 .6 9 .8 1 0 .3 9 .8 1 .1 3 .2 3 .1 5 .5 9 .0 1 .4 3 .4 Occupation4 White-collar workers............................................... Professional and technical................................... Managers and administrators, except fa r m .......... Sales workers............................................... . Clerical w orkers................................................. Blue-collar workers............................................. Craftsmen and kindred workers........................... Operatives.......................................................... Nonfarm laborers............................................... Service workers...................................................... Farmworkers......................................................... 1 ,3 0 0 - 252 1 ,4 3 4 298 136 157 239 673 2 ,1 1 0 713 2 ,6 3 7 560 266 2 .4 1 .6 1 ,0 3 7 684 1 ,2 8 2 6 .3 512 672 8.4 673 93 759 101 3 .6 3 .0 2 .7 Industry4 Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers5 . . . Construction....................................................... Manufacturing.................................................... Durable goods................................................. Nondurable g o o d s ......................................... Transportation and public utilities...................... Wholesale and retail trade................................... Finance and service industries ........................... Government workers............................................... Agricultural wage and salary w orkers...................... 3 ,6 5 3 600 1 ,1 5 6 4 ,2 8 1 645 1 ,4 2 6 4 .4 4 .6 163 767 966 213 1 ,0 6 6 2 .9 5 .6 2 .7 6 .1 892 415 130 4 .9 3 .0 4 .5 333 107 4 .4 2 .3 6.4 6 .4 2 .9 8 .7 3 .0 1 0 .0 54 8 5 .5 3 .9 5 .2 4 .2 5 .1 834 592 608 5 .2 4 .5 5 .8 2 .8 3 .3 6 .3 6 .5 5 .0 5 .1 4.8 6 .1 1 0 .0 6 .4 5 .5 6 .5 6 .1 3 .9 6 .6 6.4 3 .9 4 .6 5 .2 3 .2 8 .2 2 .9 8 .2 1 Unemployment rate calculated as a percent o f civilian labor force. 7 Insured unemployment under State programs—unemployment rate calculated as a percent o f average covered employment. As with the other statistics presented, insured unemployment data relate to the week containing the 12th. 3 Man-hours lost by the unemployed and persons on part time for economic reasons as a percent o f potentially available labor force man-hours. 4 Unemployment by occupation includes alt experienced unemployed persons, whereas that by industry covers only unemployed wage and salary Workers. s Includes mining, not shown separately. Table A-4: Unemployed persons 16 years and over by duration of unemployment (In thousands) Seasonally adjusted Duration of unemployment Less than 5 w eeks.................................................. 5 to 14 w eek s........................................................ 15 weeks and o ver................................................... 15t o 2 6 weeks .. ............................................. 27 weeks and over.............................................. Average (mean) duration, in w eeks......................... Jan. Jan. Jan. 1973 1972 2 ,2 3 1 2 ,5 3 0 1 ,6 5 1 1 ,2 6 6 1,501 942 55 7 N ov. 1973 D ec. 1972 1972 O ct. 1972 2 ,0 6 0 2 ,0 2 6 1 ,3 7 5 1 ,4 4 4 1 ,0 0 1 2 ,1 5 1 1 ,3 4 8 1 ,0 6 8 2 ,2 3 9 1 ,4 5 5 1 ,1 1 7 919 701 515 53 0 57 9 386 56 4 404 471 489 589 528 1 0 .4 1 1 .5 1 0 .9 1 1 .4 1 1 .6 1 1 .9 S ep t. 1972 Jan. 1972 2 ,3 1 2 1 ,3 9 5 2 ,3 3 5 1 ,5 1 1 - 1 ,1 3 4 590 1 ,2 3 4 554 644 590 1 2 .1 1 2 .0 — T o b U A -5: U n e m p lo y e d persons by reason for une m p loym e nt (Numbers in thousands) S easonally adjusted Reason for unemployment Jan. 1973 D ec. 1972 N ov. 1973 Jan. 197 2 197 2 o ^t. 197 2 L o s tla s t j o b ......................................................... 2 ,2 2 8 2 ,8 0 9 1 ,7 5 8 1 ,8 4 6 1 ,8 8 2 1 ,9 8 8 2 ,1 0 2 L e ft last j o b .................. ...................................... Reentered labor f o r c e ......................................... Never worked b e fo r e ............................................ 59 0 598 550 672 646 653 557 1 ,3 6 5 1 ,5 3 1 1 ,4 0 9 1 ,3 2 2 1,422 1 ,5 7 9 -491 509 679 629 1 ,3 7 5 621 68 5 1 ,4 5 0 638 656 703 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 4 7 .7 5 1 .6 40.0 4 1 .3 4 1 .6 4 1 .8 4 3 .5 4 3 .8 1 2 .6 1 1 .0 1 5 .0 1 4 .3 1 4 .4 1 3 .5 1 1 .0 2 9 .2 3 0 .5 1 0 .5 1 3 .4 2 9 .4 1 3 .6 1 3 .9 2 .6 Jan. S ep t. 197 2 Jan. 1972 Number of unemployed 2 ,2 1 5 Percent distribution Total unemployed . . . .................................. .. Lost last j o b ......................................... L eft last job .................................................... Reentered labor force....................................... Never worked before............................... .. . . . 2 8 .1 1 2 .5 3 2 .1 29.6 9 .3 1 5 .4 1 4 .1 3 0 .4 1 3 .7 3 .3 .7 2 .0 2 .1 2 .2 .6 .8 .7 2 .3 .8 2 .4 .8 2 .6 .7 1 .6 1 .8 1 .6 1 .5 1 .6 1 .6 1 .6 1 .8 .6 .6 .8 .7 .7 .7 .8 .8 3 1 .2 Unemployed os o percent of tho civilian labor force Lost last job . ....................................................... L eft last j o b ........................................................ Reentered labor force..................... ...................... Never worked b e fo r e ........................................... Table A -6 : T h o u san d s o f p e rso n s U n e m p lo y e d persons by a g e an d sex P e rc e n t S e a s o n a lly a d ju s te d unem ploym ent rates lo o k in g for full-tim e A g e and s e x .7 work Jan. Dec. Nov. O ct. S ep t. Jan. 197 3 197 2 197 2 1972 197 2 197 2 7 8 .1 5 .0 5 .1 5 .2 5 .5 5 .5 5 2 .1 2 5 .3 1 4 .3 . 1 7 .3 1 5 .7 1 5 .6 475 1 ,2 6 7 52 8 1 7 .5 1 8 .3 1 5 .4 1 7 .6 575 74 0 7 4 .3 8 5 .7 8 5 .6 1 2 .2 8 .2 1 3 .7 1 3 .7 8.4 3 .3 1 4 .4 8 .7 3 .2 9 .2 3 .6 3 .4 2 .8 Jan. Jan. 1973 1972 T o t a l, 16 y e a r s and o v e r ................................ 4 ,6 7 5 5 ,4 4 7 16 to 19 y e a r s ............................. .................... 16 and 17 y e a r s . * ................................... 1 ,0 5 0 18 and 19 y e a r s ......................................... Jan. 1973 16.2 1 9 .3 1 4 .1 9 .0 5 .9 1 7 .5 1 8 .7 1 6 .3 1 0 .0 3 .8 20 to 24 y e a r s .................................................. 25 y e a r s and o v e r ......................................... 1 ,0 8 9 2 ,5 3 6 1 ,2 6 4 2 ,9 1 6 25 to 54 y e a r s ............................................ 55 y e a r s and o v e r ...................................... 2 ,0 8 0 2 ,3 8 9 526 8 7 .5 456 7 6 .5 3 .4 2 .9 3 -4 3 .0 M a le s , 16 y e a r s and o v e r ................................ 2 ,6 0 3 3 ,2 4 0 8 2 .8 4 .2 4 .4 4 .6 4 .8 4 .8 5 .3 16 to 19 y e a r s ................................ .. 16 and 17 y e a r s ......................................... 18 and 19 y e a r s ......................................... 605 1 5 .4 1 5 .7 1 7 .1 24.2 1 8 .4 1 3 .7 2 0 .0 7 7 .2 1 7 .4 1 3 .7 1 4 .5 1 7 .1 425 1 3 .4 1 7 .1 1 1 .0 1 5 .7 293 312 755 330 5 1 .7 1 2 .5 1 2 .7 1 8 .8 1 5 .7 20 to 24 y e a r s .................................................. 25 y e a r s and o v e r ......................................... 608 1 ,3 9 1 763 1 ,7 2 2 8 8 .3 9 4 .0 7 .7 2 .6 8 .2 2 .7 8 .5 2 .8 8 .8 3 .1 8 .6 3 .0 1 0 .3 3 .3 25 to 54 y e a r s ............................................ 1 ,1 2 0 1 ,3 7 3 9 6 .8 2 .7 2 .6 2 .8 2 .9 2 .9 55 y e a r s and o v e r ...................................... 271 349 8 2 .3 2 .5 3 .0 2 .7 3 .5 3 .4 3 .3 3 .0 F e m a le s , 16 y e a r s and o v e r .......................... 2 ,0 7 2 2 ,2 0 7 7 2 .1 6.4 6 .3 6 .1 6 .7 6 .6 6 .9 1 6 .2 1 6 .6 1 6 .9 1 8 .3 1 8 .0 1 8 .6 1 7 .1 16 to 19 y e a r s ..................... . ......................... 16 and 17 y e a r s ......................................... 18 and 19 y e a r s .......................... ... . . . . 20 to 24 y e a r s .................................................. 25 y e a r s and o v e r ......................................... 25 to 54 y e a r s ............................................ 55 y e a r s and o v e r ...................................... 5 2 .8 445 182 512 197 2 6 .4 1 5 .4 1 7 .7 263 31 5 7 0 .7 1 3 .7 8 2 .3 7 5 .4 481 1 ,1 4 5 959 186 501 1 ,1 9 4 1 ,0 1 5 178 7 6 .9 6 7 .7 3 .3 3 .6 3 .5 3 .6 3 .4 3 .1 3 .9 3 .2 1 5 .4 1 8 .1 1 8 .4 1 3 .8 1 5 .2 8 .9 4 .4 1 5 .4 9 .2 4 .2 8 .2 9 .7 1 5 .9 9 .6 4 .3 4 .5 4 .5 9 .7 4 .6 4 .7 4 .6 4 .6 4 .8 3 .7 3 .0 3 .0 3 .2 4 .9 2 .7 3 .4 1 7 .6 5 .0 Table A-7: Employment status of male Vietnam Era veterans and nonveterans 20 to 29 years old (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted Employment status D ec. 1972 Nov. Oct. 1972 Sep£. 1972 Jan. 1972 4 ,6 6 6 4 ,3 3 4 4 ,0 8 0 254 5 .9 4 ,6 4 8 4 ,3 3 8 4 ,0 8 7 251 5 .8 4 ,6 3 6 4 ,3 1 8 4 ,0 5 2 266 6 .2 4 ,6 2 4 4 ,3 1 0 4 ,0 2 6 284 6 .6 4 ,5 9 6 4 ,2 5 5 3 ,9 8 1 274 6 .4 4 ,3 8 0 3 ,9 9 0 3 ,6 5 2 338 8 .5 1 ,9 9 1 1 ,7 4 9 1 ,5 0 2 247 1 4 .1 1 ,8 1 8 1 ,6 4 9 1 ,5 0 8 141 8 .6 1 ,8 3 7 1 ,6 7 3 1 ,5 2 4 149 8 .9 1 ,8 6 1 1 ,6 8 2 1 ,5 1 4 168 1 0 .0 1 ,8 8 5 1 ,7 0 9 1 ,5 4 3 166 9 .7 1 ,8 9 7 1 ,6 9 9 1 ,5 4 1 158 9 .3 1 ,9 9 1 1 ,7 4 8 1 ,5 3 9 209 1 2 .0 2 ,8 1 1 2 ,6 4 8 2 ,5 6 4 84 3 .2 2 ,3 8 9 2 ,2 2 5 2 ,0 7 2 153 6 .9 2 ,8 4 8 2 ,6 8 5 2 ,5 7 2 113 4 .2 2 ,8 1 1 2 ,6 6 5 2 ,5 6 3 102 3 .8 2 ,7 7 5 2 ,6 3 6 2 ,5 3 8 98 3 .7 2 ,7 3 9 2 ,6 0 1 2 ,4 8 3 118 4 .5 2 ,6 9 9 2 ,5 5 6 2 ,4 4 0 116 4 .5 2 ,3 8 9 2 ,2 4 2 2 ,1 1 3 129 5 .8 1 0 ,3 9 0 8 ,8 9 6 8 ,2 5 7 639 7 .2 1 0 ,3 2 7 8 ,8 7 9 8 ,3 4 3 536 6 .0 9 ,6 6 2 8 ,2 4 8 7 ,5 1 6 732 8 .9 1 0 ,3 9 0 9 ,1 0 4 8 ,5 5 8 546 6 .0 1 0 ,3 2 7 9 ,0 0 9 8 ,4 3 9 570 6 .3 1 0 ,2 5 0 8 ,9 4 7 8 ,3 9 3 554 6 .2 1 0 ,2 0 9 8 ,9 6 2 8 ,3 7 7 585 6 .5 1 0 ,1 5 5 8 ,8 3 3 8 ,2 7 8 555 6 .3 9 ,6 6 2 8 ,4 1 0 7 ,7 8 3 627 7 .5 6 ,3 3 7 5 ,0 6 6 4 ,6 2 5 441 8 .7 6 ,2 8 9 5 ,0 7 5 4 ,6 9 8 377 7 .4 5 ,7 9 0 4 ,5 6 9 4 ,0 5 3 516 1 1 .3 6 ,3 3 7 5 ,2 6 6 4 ,8 7 4 392 7 .4 6 ,2 8 9 5 ,2 3 1 4 ,8 0 8 423 8 .1 6 ,2 2 6 5 ,1 8 0 4 ,7 6 8 412 8 .0 6 ,1 9 4 5 ,1 5 8 4 ,7 1 9 439 8 .5 6 ,1 4 0 5 ,0 3 6 4 ,6 3 5 401 8 .0 5 ,7 9 0 4 ,7 3 0 4 ,2 7 1 459 9 .7 4 ,0 5 3 3 ,8 3 0 3 ,6 3 2 198 5 .2 4 ,0 3 8 3 ,8 0 4 3 ,6 4 5 159 4 .2 3 ,8 7 2 3 ; 679 3 ,4 6 3 216 5 .9 4 ,0 5 3 3 ,8 3 8 3 ,6 8 4 154 4 .0 4 ,0 3 8 3 ,7 7 8 3 ,6 3 1 147 3 .9 4 ,0 2 4 3 ,7 6 7 3 ,6 2 5 142 3 .8 4 ,0 1 5 3 ,8 0 4 3 ,6 5 8 146 3 .8 4 ,0 1 5 3 ,7 9 7 3 ,6 4 3 154 4 .1 3 ,8 7 2 3 ,6 8 0 3 ,5 1 2 168 4 .6 . D ec. 1972 Jan. Jan. 1973 1972 1973 4 ,6 6 6 4 ,2 9 5 3 ,9 9 3 302 7 .0 4 ,6 4 8 4 ,3 3 0 4 ,0 9 9 231 5 .3 4 ,3 8 0 3 ,9 7 4 3 ,5 7 4 400 1 0 .1 1 ,8 1 8 1 ,6 3 9 1 ,4 7 2 167 1 0 .2 1 ,8 3 7 1 ,6 8 2 1 ,5 3 5 147 8 .7 2 ,8 4 8 2 ,6 5 6 2 ,5 2 1 135 5 .1 Jan. 1972 Veterans' Total. 20 to 29 years old Civilian noninstitutional population2 ........... Civilian labor force ................................ Employed ......................................... Unemployed .................................... Unemployment rate........................... 20 to 24 years Civilian noninstitutional population2 ........... Civilian labor force ................................ Employed ......................................... Unemployed .................................... Unemployment rate........................... 25 to 29 years Civilian noninstitutional population 2........... Civilian labor force ................................ Employed ......................................... Unemployed .................................... Unemployment rate........................... Nonveterans Total. 20 to 29 years old Civilian noninstitutional population2........... Civilian labor force ................................ Employed ......................................... Unemployed .................................... Unemployment rate........................... 20 to 24 years Civilian noninstitutional population2 ........... Civilian labor force ............................... Employed ......................................... Unemployed .................................... Unemployment rate........................... 25 to 29 years Civilian noninstitutional population2 ........... Civilian labor force ................................ Employed ......................................... Unemployed .................................... Unemployment rate........................... 1Vietnam Era veterans are those who served after August 4, 1964; they are all classified as war veterans. 78 peacetime veterans 20 to 29 years old are not included in this table. . percent of the Vietnam Era veterans of all ages are 20 to 29 years old. Post-Korean- 2Since seasonal variations are not present in the population figu res, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. Toble B - l : Em ployees on n on agricu ltu ra l payrolls, b y industry, (la thousands) Seasonally adjusted Change from Jan. Industry 1973 P D ec. Nov. Jan. 1972 p 1972 1972 Change from D ec. Jan. 1972 1972 Jan. D ec. Nov. Dec. 1973 P 1972 P 1972 1972 ................... 7 3 ,3 2 2 7 4 ,7 7 5 7 4 ,4 4 9 7 0 ,6 4 2 -1 ,4 5 3 2 ,6 8 0 7 4 ,2 2 1 7 4 ,0 2 4 7 3 ,8 9 9 19 7 GOODS-PRODUCING.................. 2 3 ,0 0 4 2 3 ,4 1 9 2 3 ,6 5 1 2 2 ,1 4 2 -4 1 5 862 2 3 ,5 5 0 2 3 ,4 9 7 2 3 ,4 5 7 53 603 604 607 603 615 608 609 7 CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION........ 3, 149 3, 388 3 ,6 3 0 3, 174 3 ,4 9 5 3 ,4 6 8 3 ,5 2 4 27 MANUFACTURING...................... 1 9 ,2 5 2 1 9 ,4 2 7 1 9 ,4 1 4 1 8 ,3 6 5 -1 7 5 887 1 9 ,4 4 0 1 9 ,4 2 1 1 9 .3 2 4 Production workers.................. 1 4 ,1 2 7 1 4 ,2 9 0 1 4 ,2 8 1 1 3 ,3 2 5 -1 6 3 802 1 4 ,2 9 6 1 4 ,2 7 2 1 4 ,1 9 1 19 24 ........... 1 1 ,2 4 8 1 0 ,5 0 5 -4 1 743 1 1 ,3 2 0 1 1 ,2 8 1 1 1 ,2 0 3 8 ,2 6 2 1 1 ,2 8 9 8 ,2 9 2 1 1 ,2 4 1 Production workers ................... 8 ,2 4 8 7 ,5 7 3 -3 0 689 8 ,3 3 0 8 ,2 7 6 8 ,2 1 2 TOTAL......... MIMING................................... 1 D U R A B L E G O O D S ................... 1 9 9 .0 Ordnance and accessories ............. 5 9 9 .2 Lumber and wood products............. 5 0 9 .9 Furniture and fix tu re s .................. 6 5 3 .9 Stone, clay, and glass products . . Primary metal in d u s trie s ............. 1 , 2 6 8 . 1 1 ,4 0 8 .7 Fabricated metal products. . . . . . 1 ,9 6 7 . 0 Machinery, except electrical . . . . 1 9 8 .0 . 1 9 8 .0 6 1 3 .8 6 2 0 .8 5 8 5 .6 5 1 1 .7 4 7 7 .2 512. 1 1 8 3 .0 -> -2 3 9 1. 0 -1 4 .6 -2 . 2 -2 5 16. 0 198 197 19 7 1 3 .6 618 622 622 3 2 .7 510 508 505 2 8 .6 675 673 673 84. 2 1 ,2 7 7 1 ,2 8 5 1 ,2 8 0 39 54 1 -4 2 6 6 6 .5 676. 1 625. 3 1 ,2 7 2 .2 1 ,2 6 1 . 1 -4 . 1 -7 .6 8 0 .7 1 ,4 1 6 1 ,4 0 6 1 ,4 0 0 10 1 6 .2 1 6 7 .7 1 ,9 7 1 1 ,9 5 7 1 ,9 3 4 14 1 4 2 .8 1 ,9 2 1 1 ,9 1 3 1 ,8 9 0 8 1 2 5 .9 32. 3 1 ,8 2 4 1 ,8 1 5 1 ,8 0 1 474 472 470 9 2 18. 2 436 433 431 3 1 ,4 1 6 .3 1 ,4 1 2 . 2 1, 1 8 3 .9 1 ,3 2 8 .0 1 ,9 5 0 .8 1 ,9 2 0 . 1 1 ,7 9 9 .3 1 ,9 1 7 .3 -1 2 .6 0 2 -8 1 ,9 2 0 .8 1 ,9 0 5 .2 1 ,7 7 4 .5 -3 .5 1 ,8 3 5 .0 1 ,8 3 3 . 0 1 ,8 1 7 .7 Instruments and related products . Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . 472. 3 474. 3 4 7 1 .4 1 ,7 0 9 . 1 440. 0 -2 . 0 417. 5 431. 0 447. 1 399. 3 -1 3 .5 N O N D U R A B L E G O O D S ........................ 8, 004 8 , 13 8 8 , 173 7 ,8 6 0 -1 3 4 144 8 , 120 8 , 140 8 , 121 -2 0 Production workers.................. 5 ,8 6 5 5 ,9 9 8 6 , 033 5 ,7 5 2 -1 3 3 11 3 5 ,9 6 6 5 ,9 9 6 5 ,9 7 9 -3 0 Food and kindred products........... Tobacco manufactures.................. Textile mill products..................... Apparel and other textile products Paper and allied products............. Printing and publishing................ Chemicals and allied products. . . Petroleum and coal products . . . . Rubber and plastics products, nec Leather and leather products . . . . 1 ,6 8 1 .3 7 2 .4 1 ,7 2 7 .6 1 ,7 6 1 . 7 1 ,6 9 1 .5 -4 6 . 3 -1 0 . 2 1 ,7 4 8 1 ,7 4 3 1 ,7 4 1 7 7 .0 7 4 .9 7 2 .6 -. 2 73 73 69 1 ,0 1 2 .9 1 ,3 6 2 .0 9 6 7 .8 -2 3 . 0 1, 3 0 8 . 4 185. 5 1 8 7 .7 189. 0 1 8 3 .9 -2 . 2 657. 3 660. 3 -3 .0 3 0 0 .2 6 5 6 .9 303. 0 5 9 6 .4 2 9 9 .9 SERVICE-PRODUCING................ 5 0 ,3 1 8 5 1 ,3 5 6 5 0 ,7 9 8 4 8 ,5 0 0 TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES.............................. 4 , 526 4 ,5 5 9 4, 554 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE. 1 5 ,8 1 9 1 6 ,6 4 5 W H O L E S A L E T R A D E .................................. 3 ,9 5 5 1 1 ,8 6 4 4 ,0 0 0 1 2 ,6 4 5 FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE........................ 3 ,9 5 5 SERVICES................................ GOVERNMENT .......................... Electrical equipment..................... Transportation equipment............. R E T A I L T R A D E ............................................ 9 9 8 .5 1 ,0 2 1 .5 1 ,3 0 7 .4 1 ,3 4 4 .5 7 0 5 .9 1 ,0 8 8 .0 7 1 1 .6 1 ,0 9 6 .7 1 ,0 0 7 .5 1 ,0 1 0 .6 7 0 9 .9 1 ,0 9 2 .8 1 ,0 0 9 .5 2. 0 -4 .6 5 0 3 0 .7 1 ,0 0 4 1 ,0 1 8 -1 . 0 1 ,3 2 7 1 ,3 4 7 1 ,0 0 9 1 ,3 5 1 -1 4 -3 7 . 1 6 8 0 .2 -5 .7 25. 7 710 707 706 3 1 ,0 6 8 .6 -8 .7 1 9 .4 1 ,0 9 0 1 ,0 8 8 1 -3 . 1 1 7 .7 1 ,0 9 1 1 ,0 1 6 1 ,0 1 5 1 ,0 1 3 1 9 8 9 .8 -2 0 1 .6 190 190 18 9 60. 9 661 658 654 3 -. 5 300 299 301 1 -1 ,0 3 8 1 ,8 1 8 5 0 ,6 7 1 5 0 ,5 2 7 5 0 ,4 4 2 144 4 ,3 9 3 -3 3 133 4 ,5 9 0 4 , 559 4 , 549 31 1 6 ,1 6 2 1 5 ,2 3 7 -8 2 6 582 1 5 ,9 4 3 1 5 ,9 2 4 1 5 ,9 5 4 19 3 ,9 8 7 1 2 ,1 7 5 3 ,8 2 2 1 1 ,4 1 5 -4 5 -7 8 1 133 449 3 ,9 8 3 1 1 ,9 6 0 3 ,9 7 2 1 1 ,9 5 2 3 ,9 5 9 1 1 ,9 9 5 11 8 3 ,9 6 9 3 ,9 6 5 3 ,8 2 8 -1 4 12 7 3 ,9 9 5 3 ,9 8 9 3, 9 81 6 1 2 ,4 0 4 1 2 ,4 8 7 1 2 ,4 7 2 1 1 ,8 6 4 -8 3 540 1 2 ,6 1 9 1 2 ,5 6 2 1 2 ,4 9 7 57 31 3 0 0 .4 -. 3 0 1 3 ,6 1 4 1 3 ,6 9 6 1 3 ,6 4 5 1 3 ,1 7 8 -8 2 436 1 3 ,5 2 4 1 3 ,4 9 3 1 3 ,4 6 1 F E D E R A L ..................................................... 2 ,6 3 9 2 ,6 7 1 2 ,6 3 1 2 ,6 5 4 -3 2 -1 5 2 ,6 5 8 2 ,6 5 2 2, 642 6 S T A T E A N D L O C A L ................................... 1 0 ,9 7 5 1 1 ,0 2 5 1 1 ,0 1 4 1 0 ,5 2 4 -5 0 451 1 0 ,8 6 6 1 0 ,8 4 1 1 0 ,8 1 9 25 p = prelim inary. T o b le B-2: A v e r a g e w e e k ly h o u rs o f p ro d u c tio n o r n o n su p e r v iso ry w o rk e rs o n p riv a te n o n a g r ic u ltu r a l p a y r o lls , b y in d u stry Seasonally adjusted Change fromIndustry Jan. 1973 p D ec. 1972p Jan. 1972 N ov. 1972 D ec. 19 7 2 Jan. 1972 Jan. 1973 P D ec. 1972p N ov. 1972 Change from D ec. 197 2 T O T A L P R IV A T E ............................... 3 6 .6 3 7 .3 37. 1 36. 7 -0 . 7 -0 . 1 3 6 .9 37. 1 3 7 .2 -0 .2 MINING.................................... 4 0 .8 42. 1 42. 5 4 2 .4 -1 . 3 -1 .6 41. 0 4 1 .8 42. 5 -.8 CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION........ 3 4 .8 3 5 .2 36. 0 3 5 .8 -.4 -1 . 0 36. 1 3 5 .6 3 7 .0 .5 MANUFACTURING...................... 3 9 .9 3 .5 4 1 .2 3 .9 4 1 .0 3 .8 3 9 .8 2 .8 -1 . 3 -.4 . 1 .7 40. 2 3 .6 4 0 .7 3 .8 4 0 .9 3 .7 -.5 -. 2 4 0 .8 3 .8 42. 1 4. 3 4 1 .8 4. 0 40. 3 2 .8 -1 .3 -.5 .5 1 .0 41. 1 4. 0 4 1 .6 4. 1 4 1 .7 3 .9 -.5 -. 1 4 3 .4 38. 3 38. 1 4 0 .2 4 1 .3 40. 7 4 2 .3 40. 3 42. 1 4 3 .2 3 9 .9 4 0 .7 4 1 .5 4 2 .4 42. 0 4 3 .5 4 1 .2 4 3 .8 4 2 .4 4 0 .9 4 0 .7 4 1 .9 42. 3 . 2 -1 .6 -2 .6 -1 . 3 -1 . 1 1 .7 - 1 .7 - 1 .6 -. 7 . 7 .5 4 3 .4 39. 2 3 8 .7 41. 1 41. 3 4 2 .7 3 9 .8 3 9 .8 4 1 .5 42. 3 42. 3 41. 0 40. 3 4 1 .8 4 2 .8 4 1 .7 42. 7 4 1 . 1, 42. 5 4 1 .7 40. 0 3 9 .7 4 0 .9 4 0 .6 40. 2 4 1 .0 3 9 .9 4 0 .5 -.9 - 1 .7 1. 3 .4 1 .6 41. 1 42. 3 4 0 .4 4 2 .5 4 1 .6 4 2 .8 4 0 .6 4 2 .8 4 1 .6 4 2 .7 4 0 .8 42. 0 . 7 -.6 -1 . 1 -.4 -1 .0 -.5 -.5 -.2 -.3 -1 .0 -1 . 0 -.2 -. 3 40. 1 3 8 .7 4 0 .5 39. 1 4 0 .5 39. 3 -.4 -.4 Overtime hours............................ D U R A B L E G O O D S ........................................ Overtime h o u r s .......................... Ordnance and accessories............. Lumber and wood products........... Furniture and fix tu r e s ............. * . Stone, clay, and glass products . . Primary metal in d u stries ............. Fabricated metal products............. Machinery, except electrical . . . . Electrical equipment..................... Transportation equipment............. Instruments and related products . Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . -1 . 3 -1 .2 3 9 .9 3 8 .4 4 0 .9 3 9 .4 40. 9 3 9 .7 40. 1 3 8 .7 .3 8 .5 3. 0 3 9 .9 3 .5 40. 0 3 .6 39. 1 2 .9 -1 .4 -. 5 -.6 . 1 3 8 .8 3 .2 3 9 .6 3 .4 3 9 .9 3 .5 - .8 -.2 3 9 .6 35. 3 39. 0 3 3 .9 42. 3 4 0 .7 3 7 .3 4 1 .8 3 5 .8 4 0 .4 3 5 .5 4 1 .7 3 6 .4 3 9 .7 34. 1 4 0 .8 3 5 .4 -. 1 1 .2 -1 .8 -1 .5 3 9 .9 3 5 .8 3 9 .4 34. 3 4 0 .4 3 6 .6 4 1 .3 3 5 .8 4 0 .3 3 5 .5 4 1 .4 3 6 .2 -.5 -.8 -1 .9 -1 . 5 37. 5 41. 3 4 0 .4 4 3 .3 3 8 .4 4 2 .2 42. 1 43. 38. 42. 42. 4 1 .9 37. 0 4 1 .6 -1 . 1 -2 . 0 - 2 .8 -1 .9 -1 . 0 -.9 -.9 .4 .5 -. 3 42. 6 38. 0 4 1 .4 4 2 .9 37. 9 4 1 .9 4 3 .2 38. 3 4 1 .9 -. 3 . 1 -.5 -1 .7 -1 . 3 41. 1 4 2 .4 4 2 .4 4 0 .8 4 1 .5 4 1 .7 4 0 .6 -. 7 41. 1 4 1 .6 -. 1 3 7 .3 3 7 .9 38. 2 -.9 . 2 -1 .8 4 1 .0 3 6 .4 36. 3 36. 5 3 7 .7 -.2 TRANSPORTATION ANO PUBLIC UTILITIES...................... . 40. 3 4 0 .6 40. 5 3 9 .8 -. 3 40. 7 4 0 .4 40. 3 . 3 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE. 3 4 .6 3 5 .3 34. 7 3 4 .7 -. 7 35. 0 35. 1 3 5 .0 -. 1 W H O L E S A L E T R A D E ................................... 3 9 .4 4 0 .2 33. 1 3 3 .9 3 9 .8 3 3 .2 3 9 .6 R E T A I L T R A D E ............................................ -.8 -.8 FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE........................ 3 7 .2 37. 1 37. 0 37. 3 SERVICES.................. ............. 3 3 .8 3 4 .0 34. 0 3 3 .9 N O N D U R A B L E G O O D S ....................... Overtime hours............................ Food and kindred produ cts.......... Tobacco manufactures.................. Textile mill products..................... Apparel and other textile products Paper and allied products............. Printing and publishing................ Chemicals and allied products. . . Petroleum and coal products . . . . Rubber and plastics products, nec Leather and leather products.. . . . 3 3 0 5 4 1 .7 3 3 .2 .5 - « -.2 3 9 .6 3 9 .8 -. 1 3 3 .6 3 3 .7 3 9 .9 3 3 .5 -. 2 -. 1 . 1 -. 1 37. 2 37. 1 37. 0 . 1 -. 2 -. 1 3 4 .0 3 4 .0 34. 1 I Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing: to construction workers in contract construction: and to nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths o f the total employment on private nonagricultural payrolls, p - preliminary. -1 .3 0 Table B-3r A v e ra g e hourly a n d weekly e a rn in gs o f production o r non su p e rv iso ry w orkers on private n on og rice I to rol p ayrolls, by industry Average weekly earning? Average hourly earnings Change from Dec. Jan. 1*972 1972 Jan. 1972 Champ: fcun Jan. Dec. 1972 1972 $3. 74 3.74 $3. 55 3.55 $0.04 $0-23 . 03 i .2 3 4 . 56 4.47 4. 34 .06 ! .28 188.50 191.98 : 189.98 184. 02 -3 .4 8 4.48 ; 6.39 6.32 6.23 5.96 . 07 .43 222.37 222.46 224.28 213.37 -.0 9 9. 00 MANUFACTURING.................. .. | 3.99 3.96 3.89 3. 70 .03 .2 9 159.20 1 163. 15 159.49 147.26 -3.9 5 11.94 ! 4.24 4. 22 4. 14 3.94 .02 .30 172-99 i 177.66 ; 173.05 158.78 -4 .6 7 14.21 : 4. 18 3.37 3. 15 i 4.02 4.85 4 .1 2 : 4 .4 5 1 5.83 | 5.06 3.8® Miscellaneous, manufacturing . . 3. 24 4. 18 3. 37 3. 15 4. 02 4 .8 3 4. 13 i 4 .4 4 3. 80 5.01 i 3.83 1 3.19 ; 181.41 [ 180.58 i 175.11 1 165.97 129-07 1 134.46 ' 139-06 128.40 120.02 128.21 127.39 118.31 161.60 166-83 167.6® 153.78 200.31 ; 204.79 203.04 183. 92 167.68 173.46 169.72 155.98 188.24 193-14 187. 03 170. 56 154.35 156.56 153.71 143.24 213.03 219-44 206.98 185.09 151.62 156-65 152.97 146.77 124.42 125.69 125*06 119.20 .83 -5 .3 9 -8 . 19 -5 . 23 -4 .4 8 -5 . 78 -4 . 90 -2 .2 1 -6 .4 1 -5 . 03 -1 .2 7 15.44 .67 1.71 7. 82 16. 39 11.70 17.68 11. 11 27.94 4.85 5. 22 ; 3 .6 i 3.57 3.53 3.39 Food and foadfecdpeadbces . . . . ! 3.75 3 .6 6 3 .4 9 2 .7 8 2 .6 8 3 .5 3 3. 32 2. 69 2 . 55 4 .0 5 3 . 72 3 .4 6 2 . 83 2 .6 9 4 .0 5 4 .0 3 3 .8 1 0 4 .5 7 4 .3 8 4 .9 4 3 .7 4 2. 78 4 . 58 4 . 33 5 .0 4 3 .7 3 2 . 74 4 . 56 4 .2 9 5 .0 2 3 .6 8 2 .7 2 4 . 36 4 . 10 4 .8 3 3 .5 2 2 .6 8 -.0 1 .0 5 - . 10 .0 1 .0 4 TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES............................ 4 . 86 4 .8 4 4 .8 2 4 . 45 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE 3 . 11 3 . 06 3 . 07 WHOLESALE TRADE.................. RETAIL TRADE......................- 4 . 00 3 . 78 3 .9 8 2. 74 FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE ...................... 3 .5 5 SERVICES.............................. 3 .2 9 Industry 1 Ia n . 11973 P Dec. 1972p Nov. 3.78 $3. 74 3.75 a m i n e ......... ............................. j 4.62 TO T A L PR IV A T E -------- ------------ $3.78 1 | | Seasonallyadjusted..................... DURABLECOOOS . Ordnance and accessories. . . . . * Lumber: and wood products. . . . . F *lMl® T Stone, clay.,. andiglass products-. Primary metal industries . . . . . Fabricated metal: products. . . ... Machinery, except electrical1. . . Electrical; equipment.............. Transportation, equipment .... . . . NONDURABLE COOOS........... i 3 .6 4 2 .8 6 Testdt n3i pindarti . . . . . . . Apparel nod other n M e products 2 . 7 2 Paper amd allied products . . . . . Printing amdpublishing.......... Chemicals and allied products. . Petroleum m l coal products . . . Rubber nod plastics products, nec Leather and leather products. . . *Sec footnote I, table B-2. p - preliminary. 1972 i 4.13*' 3.4® 3. 13 : 4 .0 0 4.8® i 4.07 4 .3 8 1 3.74 4.87 I 3.74 3.15 3.98 3.21 2. 98 1 3.76 i 4.53 ■ 3.88 4.16 3.59 4.5 7 3.66 ; 3.08 | © 0 i © 0 i .0 2 -.0 1 .01 .0 3 .05 -.0 3 .05 .2 0 .1 6 . 17 .26 .32 .2 4 .2 9 .24 -4 9 . 14 .16 Jan. 1973p *>ec. 1972 p N ov. 1972 Jan. 1972 $138.35 $139.5® $138.75 $130.29 -$1. 15 .31 139.17 ; 139. 13 131.35 . 139.48 $8. 06 8. 13 .04 .22 138.99 142.44 141.20 132. 55 -3 .4 5 6.44 .0 3 .2 2 .3 2 . 17 . 17 1 4 8 .5 0 1 2 8 .4 9 1 1 1 .5 4 9 2 .2 1 1 5 1 .4 0 129. 06 118. 29 9 6 . 30 1 4 7 .8 6 1 2 3 .9 0 1 1 5 .9 3 9 7 . 55 1 4 0 . 14 1 1 3 .2 1 1 0 9 .7 5 9 0 . 27 -2 . 90 -.5 7 -6 .7 5 - 4 . 09 8 . 36 1 5 .2 8 1 .7 9 1 .9 4 .2 4 1 7 1 .3 2 1 7 5 .3 7 174. 50 1 5 9 .6 4 - 4 . 05 1 1 .6 8 .2 1 .2 8 .1 1 .2 2 . 10 1 7 1 .3 8 1 8 0 .8 9 1 9 9 .5 8 1 5 2 .5 9 1 0 1 .1 9 1 7 5 .8 7 1 8 2 .7 3 2 1 2 .1 8 1 5 4 .8 0 1 0 2 .2 0 1 7 4 .6 5 1 8 0 .1 8 2 1 3 .3 5 153. 46 1 0 3 . 09 1 6 1 .3 2 1 7 0 . 56 2 0 1 .4 1 1 4 2 .9 1 1 0 2 .3 8 -4 .4 9 -1 .8 4 -1 2 . 60 -2 .2 1 -1 .0 1 1 0 . 06 1 0 . 33 -1 .8 3 9 .6 8 -1 .1 9 .0 2 .4 1 1 9 5 .8 6 1 9 6 .5 0 1 9 5 .2 1 1 7 7 .1 1 -.6 4 1 8 .7 5 2 .9 7 .0 5 . 14 1 0 7 .6 1 1 0 8 . 02 1 0 6 .5 3 1 0 3 . 06 -4 1 4 . 55 3 .9 4 2 .7 5 3 .8 2 2 .6 6 . 02 .0 4 . 18 . 12 1 5 7 .6 0 9 2 . 02 160. 00 9 2 . 89 1 5 6 .8 1 9 1 . 30 1 5 1 .2 7 8 8 .3 1 - 2 .4 0 -.8 7 6 .3 3 3 .7 1 3 .5 1 3 .4 9 3 .4 0 . 04 . 15 1 3 2 .0 6 130. 22 1 2 9 .1 3 1 2 6 .8 2 1 .8 4 5 .2 4 3 .2 7 3 . 25 3 . 12 . 02 . 17 1 1 1 .20 1 1 1 . 18 1 1 0 .5 0 1 0 5 .7 7 .0 2 5 .4 3 . 18 .0 3 .0 3 Table B-4. -Hourly Earnings Index for production or nonsupervisory w orkers in private nonfarm indu strie s, seaso n ally adjusted 1/ Percent change was 0.6 from November: U972 to December 1972, the latest month avariila&le. 2/ Percent change was 2.6 from Decembers: 13971 to December 1972, the latest month aw aifaM e. 15a indicates data are noC a vaila ble. p~Pre l iminar y . NOTE: A l l series are in current dollars^ except where indicated. The index excludes effec ts of two- types of changes: that: are unrelated to underlying wage-rate developmentst Fluctuations in overtime premiums in? manufacturing Ctthe only sedunr fids which ~ overtime data are a v a ila b le ! and the effects: o f changes in the proportion of workers in. high-wage amdi low-wage in d ustries. Hie seasonal adjustment eliminates the e ffe c t o f changes that normally occur at the same time and in a&ouit the same magpifiudfe! each- year. LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD DATA - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 1 . LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT THOUSANOS ____ .... ____ CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE TOTAL EMPLOYMENT N0NA6RICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT 2- TOTAL EMPLOYMENT AOULT MEN ADULT WOMEN TEENAGERS THOUSANOS 50000 40000 30000 20000 1000 0 1964 1965 1966 1967 1966 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 THOUSANOS 1964 1965 1966 1967 1966 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 3. UNEMPLOYMENT 4. UNEMPLOYMENT ____ .... ____ ____ .... .... ALL CIVILIAN WORKERS FULL-TIME WORKERS MARRIED MEN AOULT MEN AOULT WOMEN TEENAGERS 2250 2000 1750 1500 1250 1000 750 50 0 1964 1965 1966 1967 1966 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1964 1965 1966 1967 1966 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOUSEHOLD DATA - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 5. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES PERCENT ____ .... .... 6. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ALL CIVILIAN WORKERS STATE INSURED « MARRIEO MEN PERCENT ____ .... .... TEENAGERS AOULT WOMEN AOULT MEN 7.0 6.0 5.0 4-0 3.0 2.0 1 .0 7- UNEMPLOYMENT RATES PERCENT NEGRO AND OTHER RACES WHITE 8. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES PERCENT PART-TIME WORKERS FULL-TIME WORKERS * State insured unemployment rate pertains to the week including the 12th of the month and represents the insured unemployed under State p r o y r d i m al 3 p3rC2P.t Of SYCrag? covered employment.. The figures are derived from administrative records of unemployment insurance systems. UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD DATA - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 10. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES 9. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES PERCENT ____ .... ____ BLUE COLLAR WORKERS SERVICE WORKERS WHITE COLLAR WORKERS CONSTRUCTION MANUFACTURING PERCENT 15.0 12.5 10.0 7.5 5.0 2.5 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1975 12. UNEMPLOYMENT BY REASON 1 1 . AVERAGE DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT THOUSANDS ____ .... ____ ____ JOB LOSERS REENTRANTS NEW ENTRANTS JOB LEAVERS 17.5 15.0 12.5 10.0 7.5 5.0 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1967 1968 1969 L970 197L 1972 1973 0.0 NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AND HOURS ESTABLISHMENT DATA - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 13. EMPLOYMENT THOUSANOS ____ .... ____ ____ 14. MAN-HOURS TOTAL NONAGRICULTURAL SERVICE-PROOUCJNG GOOOS-PROOUCING MANUFACTURING ___ _ .... ____ TOTAL PRIVATE NONAGRICULTURAL PRIVATE SERVICE-PROOUCING GOOOS-PROOUCING MANUFACTURING 2000 1750 1500 1250 1000 750 500 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 16. AVERAGE WEEKLY OVERTIME HOURS IN MANUFACTURING 15 - AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS ____ ____ MANUFACTURING TOTAL PRIVATE 42.0 41 .0 40.0 39.0 38.0 37.0 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 36.0 4 1964 1965 1966 1967 I960 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 NOTI=: Charts 14 and 15 relate to production or nonsuporvisory workers; chart 16 relates to production workers. Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary in charts 13-16. VETERANS AND NONVETERANS, 20-29 YEARS HOUSEHOLD DATA - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 18. EMPLOYED 17. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE VIETNAM ERA VETERANS NONVETERANS THOUSANDS VIETNAM ERA VETERANS NONVETERANS THOUSANDS 10000 10000 . - ■ 7500 ► 7500 7500 5000 5000 25 0 0 2500 5000 ■ 2500 - 1970 1969 1971 1973 20. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 19. UNEMPLOYED ____ .... VIETNAM ERA VETERANS NONVETERANS PERCENT THOUSANDS VIETNAM ERR VETERANS NONVETERANS 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1969 1970 1971 1972 1979
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