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Friday, February 6, 1976

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:

JANUARY 1976

Unemployment declined and employment rose in January, as the Nation's unemployment
rate dropped from 8.3 percent in December to 7.8 percent, it was reported today by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor.

The jobless rate had

reached a high of 8.9 percent (as revised) last May; most of the subsequent improvement
has occurred between October and January.
Total employment—as measured by the monthly survey of households—increased by
800,000 in January, after adjustment for normal seasonal fluctuations.

At 86.2 million,

the employment level was 2.1 million above last March's recession low and very close to
the pre-recession peak reached in July 1974.
Nonagricultural payroll employment—as measured by the monthly survey of establishments—rose by 360,000 in January, with nearly three-quarters of the gain taking place
in manufacturing and trade.

The payroll total of 78.1 million jobs was 1.8 million

above the June 1975 low but still 700,000 short of the previous September's peak.
As is usual at this time of year, seasonally adjusted data from the household
survey have been revised; the current revisions are based upon experience through
December 1975.

A note on this process and a table depicting the overall unemployment

rate as originally reported and as revised appear on page 6.
Unemployment
i

The number of persons unemployed fell by about 450,000 in January to 7.3 million
(seasonally adjusted).

Since October, unemployment has declined by 770,000, after having

held close to the 8-million mark since April.
*om the 8.3 percent registered in December.

The unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent
For the second consecutive month, the drop

^employment occurred entirely among those who had lost their last job, the jobless




^ost sensitive to cyclical fluctuations.

(See tables A-l and A-5.)

The overall decline in joblessness was reflected in improvements among most component labor force groups.

The unemployment rate for adult men fell from 6.6 to 5.8

percent, while the rate for adult women moved down from 8.0 to 7.5 percent.

Paralleling

these declines were sizeable decreases in the unemployment rates for household heads,
married men, and full-time workers.

On the other hand, the rate for teenagers—19.9

p e r c e n t — w a s virtually unchanged in January.

(See table A-2.)

Table A. Highlights of the employment situation (seasonally adjusted data)
Monthly data

Quarterly averages
Selected categories

1974
IV

Civilian labor force
Total employment
Adult men
Adult women
Teenagers
Unemployment

91.7
85e5
48.2
30.0
7.3
6.1

1975
I
91-8
84.3
47.3
29.9
7.1
- 7.5

II
92.5
84* 4
47.3
30.1
7.0
8.1

IV
III
(Millions of persons)
93.1
85.1
47.6
30.5
7.1
8.0

93.2
85.2
47.5
30.7
7.0
7.9

Nov.
1975

Dec.
1975

Jan.
1976

93.1
85.2
47.5
30.6
7.0
7.9

93.1
. 85.4
47.6
JO. 8
7.1
7.7

93.5
86.2
47.9
31.1
7.1
7.3

8.5
7.1
7.9
19.0
7.8
13.9
5.8
5.1
8.3

8.3
6.6
8.0
19.6
7.6
13.8
5.7
4.8
7.9

7.8
5.8
7.5
19.9
7.1
13.2
5.1
4.1
7.3

16.9

17.0

16.9

77.6
22.7
54.9

77. 8p
22. 7p
55. Op

78. lp
22. 9p
. 55.3p

36.3
39.9
2.8

36. 4p
40.3p
3.Op

36. 6p
40. 4p
3. Op

178.2
107. 6

178.2p
107.lp

179.8p
N.A.

(Percent of labor force)
Unemployment rates:
All workers
Adult men
Adult women
Teenagers
White
Negro and other races
Household heads
Married men
Full-time workers

6.7
4.9
6.5
17.6
6.0
11.7
4.2
3.5
6.2

8.1
6.2
8.0
19.8
7.5
13.4
5.4
4.7
7.7

8.7
7.0
8.4
20.2
8.0
- 14.1
6.0
5.5
8.4

8.6
7.0
7.9
20.2
7.9
14.1
5.9
5.4
8.3

8.5
7.0
7.9
19.5
7.8
14.0
5.9
5.1
8.2

(Weeks)
Average duration of
unemployment

10.0

11.3

13.8

15.6

16.5

(Millions of persons)
Nonfarm payroll employment
Goods-producing industries
Service-producing industries

78.3
24.1
54.2

76.9
22.8
54.1

76.4
22.3
54.1

77.0
22.4
54.6

77. 6p
22. 7 p
54.9 p

(Hours of work)
Average weekly hours:
Total private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Manufacturing overtime

36.3
39.6
2.9

36.1
39.0
2.4

35.9
39.1
2.4

36.1
39.6
2.7

36. 3p
40. Op
2.9p

(1967-100)
Hourly Earnings Index, private
nonfarm:
In current dollars
In constant dollars
p= p r e l i m i n a r y .
N . A . = n o t available.




164.3
106. 5

167.7
106. 7

170.7
107.1

174.3
107.1

177. 7p
107. 4p

White workers showed an improvement in unemployment, as their rate dropped 0.5
percentage point to 7.1 percent in January.

The rate for black workers (13.2 percent),

though little changed from December, has trended downward from the September peak of
14.4 percent.
Declines in industry unemployment rates were pervasive, while the drop in joblessness by occupational categories was concentrated among blue-collar workers, whose rate
fell from 10.7 to 9.4 percent.
The average (mean) duration of unemployment, which usually lags behind movements
in total unemployment, remained stable in January at 16.9 weeks, despite a large decrease
in the number of persons unemployed 15-26 weeks.

However, the number unemployed 5-14

weeks also dropped substantially and the number unemployed 27 weeks or longer—1.6
million--was little changed over the month.

(See table A-4.)

In contrast to the downward movement in overall unemployment, the number of persons
working part time for economic reasons on nonfarm jobs rose by 240,000 in January to
3.5 million, after having remained at about 3.3 million since last July.

(See table A-3.)

However, labor force time l o s t — a measure that combines the involuntary part-time employed
with unemployment on a worker-hours basis—declined from 8.9 to 8.4 percent over the
month.
Total Employment and Labor Force
Total employment surged upward by 800,000 in January to 86.2 million (seasonally
adjusted); employment has risen by 2.1 million since the March recession low.

Over-the-

month employment increases were concentrated among adult workers in nonagricultural
industries.

Workers in both white-collar and blue-collar occupations registered large

I

employment gains.

(See tables A-l and A-3.)

The civilian labor force rose by 360,000 in January to 93.5 million persons
(seasonally adjusted).

All of the increase occurred among adult womer. and teenagers.

The labor force has grown by 1.5 million over the past year, with adult women accounting
for 1.1 million of this increase.
Industry Payroll Employment




Total nonagricultural payroll employment increased for the second month, moving

- 4 up by 360,000 in January to 78.1 million (seasonally adjusted).

As in the previous

month, the most substantial gains occurred in manufacturing and trade.

The total

payroll job count now stands 1.8 million above the June 1975 recession low.

(See

table B-l.)
Employment increases from December to January occurred in 68 percent of the 172
industries comprising the diffusion index of nonagricultural payroll employment.
fourths of all industries have posted job gains over their July levels.

Three-

(See table B-6.)

Employment in manufacturing advanced by 140,000, as widespread gains took place
among both the durable and nondurable goods industries.

Within durable goods, the

largest increases occurred in electrical equipment, transportation equipment, and
fabricated metal products.
food processing.

In nondurables, notable gains were registered in apparel and

In contrast, employment in contract construction remained about unchanged

over the month, maintaining the recessionary low level of 3.4 million exhibited for more
than half a year.
An expansion in each of the industry divisions in the service-producing sector was
led by an increase of 120,000 jobs in wholesale and retail trade.
division continued its steady upward trend, growing by 60,000.

The service industry

An increase of 20,000 in

transportation and public utilities resulted from the settlement of airline strikes.
Hours
The average workweek for all production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm
payrolls continued to climb, advancing by 0.2 hour in January to 36.6 hours (seasonally
adjusted).

The manufacturing workweek edged up to 40.4 hours, following a gain of 0.4

hour in the previous month.

The factory workweek was 1.6 hours above its recession low

but 0.6 hour below the pre-recession high recorded in February 1973.

Factory overtime,

which in December had recorded its first increase since August, held steady in January
at 3.0 hours.

(See table B-2.)

The index of aggregate hours of private nonagricultural production or nonsupervisory
employees rose by 0.9 percent to 110.3 (1967~100), the seventh consecutive monthly increase.

Aggregate factory hours also rose by 0.9 percent over the month to 93.3, con-

tinuing the upward movement from last March's low of 86.4.




(See table B-5.)

- 5 H o u r l y and Weekly

Earnings

A v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s of
nonagricultural

payrolls

and 7 . 3 p e r c e n t o v e r

p r o d u c t i o n o r n o n s u p e r v i s o r y w o r k e r s on p r i v a t e

r o s e 1 . 1 p e r c e n t from the December l e v e l

the l a s t

12 months.

S i n c e January 1975,

s i n c e January

a v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s r o s e 4 c e n t s to

the i n c r e a s e has been 32 c e n t s .

Index—earnings

and the e f f e c t s of

industries—was

A v e r a g e weekly e a r n i n g s were

179.8

changes i n the p r o p o r t i o n of w o r k e r s

(1967*100)

December,

the H o u r l y E a r n i n g s

percent.

(See t a b l e




(See t a b l e

$170.39,

B-3.)

adjusted f o r overtime in manufacturing,

in January,

0.9 percent higher

i n d e x was 8 . 2 p e r c e n t above January a y e a r a g o .
Index i n d o l l a r s

During
of

i n h i g h - w a g e and

seasonlow-wage

than i n December.

the 12-month p e r i o d

ended

c o n s t a n t p u r c h a s i n g power r o s e

B-4.)

This release presents and analyzes statistics from two major surveys. Data on labor force,
total employment, and unemployment are derived from the sample survey 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. Unless
otherwise indicated, data for both series relate to the week of the specified month containing the 12th day. A description of the two surveys appears in the BLS publication
Employment and Earnings.

f

$4.72.

Index

The H o u r l y E a r n i n g s
ality,

percent

1975.

down 43 c e n t s from December b u t $13.31 above January a y e a r a g o .
The H o u r l y E a r n i n g s

adjusted)

A v e r a g e weekly e a r n i n g s advanced 1 . 6

o v e r t h e month and have r i s e n 8 . 4 p e r c e n t
B e f o r e adjustment f o r s e a s o n a l i t y ,

(seasonally

The
in
0.7

- 6 -

Note on Seasonal Adjustment
At the beginning of each calendar year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics routinely
revises the seasonally adjusted xabor force series derived from the Current Population
Survey (household survey) to take into account data from the previous year.

This year,

in addition to these routine annual revisions, the Bureau has introduced a modification
in the procedure for seasonally adjusting teenage unemployment and those few other
series of which teenagers are the exclusive or major part.

All other series are

adjusted following past procedures.
Largely because of the dramatic rise in unemployment in 1975, the seasonally
adjusted figures were revised to a much greater extent than in prior years.

For

example, as shown in Table B below, the revised overall unemployment rates for 1975 differ
from those originally published by 0.3 percentage point in 5 months, 0.2 percentage point
in 3 months, 0.1 percentage point in 2 months, and were unchanged in just 2 months.

Of

course, these revisions do not affect the annual average, which was 8.5 percent in 1975.
An explanation of the seasonal adjustment methodology will accompany publication of the
new seasonal adjustment factors for the 12 major components of the civilian labor f o r c e —
as well as revised historical data for nearly 300 s e r i e s — i n the February 1976 issue of
Employment and Earnings.

Table B.

Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates in 1975

Months

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November.
December




As originally
published

8.2
8.2
8.7
8.9
9.2
8.6
8.4
8.4
8.3
8.6
8.3
8.3

As revised

7.9
8.0
8.5
8.6
8.9
8.7
8.7
8.5
8.6
8.6
8.5
8.3

Difference

-0.3
- .2
- .2
- .3
- .3
.1
.3
.1
.3
.2

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

I!

t

f*.
>i

Table A-1. Employment statu* of the noninatitutional population

/

(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status

Jan.
1975

Jan.
1975

Jan.
1976

Dec.
1975

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

1975

1975

1975

1975

1.976

TOTAL
Total n o n i n s t i t u t i o n a l p o p u l a t i o n '

..

Total labor force
Participation rate
Civilian n o n i n s t i t u t i o n a l p o p u l a t i o n '
Civilian labor force

152,230

154,700

154,915

152,230

154,052

154,256

154,476

154,700

154,915

93,342

94,888

94,805

94,156

95,298

95,377

95,272

^ 9 5 , 2 8 6

95,624

61.3

61.3

61.2

61.9

61.9

61.8

150,037

152,543

152,775

150,037

151,882

152,092

152,320

93,213

93,117

91,149

Participation rate
Employed
Nonagricultural industries . .
Unemployed
U n e m p l o y m e n t rate
Not in labor force

93,128

T>

/

61.7 •

6 1 , 6

152,543

152,775

93,129

93,484

60.8

60.8

60.7

61.3

61.3

61.3

61.1

61.1

61.2

82,969

85,536

84,491

84,666

85,158

85,151

85,178

85,394

86,194

2,888

Agriculture

91,963

92,665

92,731

6 1 , , 8

2,856

2,853

3,370

3,512

3,408

3,301

3,236

3,343

82,680

81,638

81,296

81,646

81,743

81,877

82,158

82,851

80,082

j

8,180

|

7,970

!

7.8

8.8

7.9

8.6

8,062

9.0

8.6

8.5

8.3

7.8

58,888

!

59,812

60,110

58,074

58,754

58,879

59,203

59,414

59,291

64 , 5 5 2

I

65 , 6 4 3

65 , 3 5 3 |

65 , 4 4 4

!

65 , 5 4 2

65 , 6 4 3

!

65 , 7 3 9

52 , 1 5 3

I

52 , 4 5 2

52 , 9 3 1

52 , 9 4 4

!

52 , 8 8 8 |

52 , 6 5 1

!

52 , 5 7 6

81.0 |

80.9

;

80.7

i

80.2

,

80.0

63 , 6 2 9 ;

63 , 7 2 5

1

63 , 8 3 0 j

63 , 9 2 9

,

64 , 0 5 5

1

51 , 1 7 6

50 , 8 9 2

7,297

8,174

7,195

7,939

7,290

7,735

Males, 20 years and over
Total n o n i n s t i t u t i o n a l p o p u l a t i o n

1

T o t a l labor force
Participation rate
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Agriculture

U n e m p l o y m e n t rate
N o t in labor force

64 , 5 5 2

52 , 5 1 3

52 , 2 2 6

i

80.9

1

j

79.9

62 , 8 2 4 |

63 , 9 2 9

:

64 , 0 5 5

|

6 2, 8 2 4

50 , 4 2 5

j

50 , 7 3 9

50 , 8 2 9

:

51 , 2 0 8

51 , 2 2 5

!

79.4

i

79.4

50, 4 9 7
80.4

i

80.3

i

80.5

80.4

46 , 7 5 3

!

47 , 4 9 9

i

47 , 1 3 6

< 47 , 5 3 8

,

47 , 5 1 6

47 , 5 1 3

2 ,226 j

Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed

65 , 7 3 9

79.9

80.8

Civilian n o n i n s t i t u t i o n a l p o p u l a t i o n '

;

2 ,177

,

2 ,163

44 ,527

;

45 , 3 2 2

:

44 ,973

3 ,672

;

3 ,240

7.3

!

6.4

12 , 3 9 9

3 ,693
:

;

79.7

!

79.5

;

47 , 5 2 1 i

47 , 5 8 6

;

47 , 9 1 6

;

2 ,386 i

2 ,316

,419

2 ,473

2 ,430

1

45 , 1 1 9

45 , 0 4 3

45 , 0 8 3

;

2,959

3 ,692

3 ,712

;

7.2

!

1

2

7.3
13 , 2 2 6

13 , 1 9 0

50 , 9 3 7

80.2 |

;

12

5.9

.

7.2

,327

!

12 , 4 2 1

12 , 5 0 0 i

1

2 ,351

45 , 1 3 5

;

45 , 2 7 0

|

45 , 5 6 5

3 ,655

;

3 ,351

:

2 -976

7.1 1

6.6

;

5.8

12 , 9 9 2

'

13 , 1 6 3

!

12 , 6 5 4

Females, 20 years and over
Civilian n o n i n s t i t u t i o n a l population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed

71,061

72,251

72,354

71,061

71,926

72,029

32,632

33,627

33,746

32,557

33,121

33,236

Nonagricultural industries .
Unemployed
U n e m p l o y m e n t rate
N o t in labor force

72,139 :

72,251

33,256

,

33,415

46.1

;

45.9

46.5

46.6

45.8

46.0

29,856

31,271

31,002

29,984

30,551

408

520

536

534

29,464

30,015

30,087

30,128

389

Agriculture

1

46.1
30,621 -

30,619

46.6

46.2
30,755 i

491 I

72,354
33,683
31,140

483

545

30,272

30,595

29,467

385
30,887

2,776

2,355

30,595
2,744

2,573

2,570

2,615

2,637

8.5

7.0

8.1

7.9

7.8

7.9

7.9

38,429

38,625

38,608

38,504

38,805

38,793 .

38,883 |

38,836

38,671

16,152
8,092

16,363
8,366

16,366

16,152
8,909

16,327

16,338

16,352

8,799

8,752

8,685

16,363 I
8,777

16,366
8,909

53.1
7,038

7,053 i

!

2,660

'

8.0

'

2,543
7.5

Both sexes, 16-19 years
Civilian n o n i n s t i t u t i o n a l p o p u l a t i o n 1
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
U n e m p l o y m e n t r3te
N o t in labor force

50.1

51.1

6,361

8,090 ,
49.4

272

6,765
294

6,353

6,088

6,471

282
6,071

1,732
21.4

1,600

1,737

19.1

8,060

'

53.9

55.2
7,144

7,091

53.6 ;
7,017

;

444 !

54.4

53.6

7,138

424 |

437

447

431

503

6,713

6,588

6,573

6,614 ;

6,616

6,691

1,765
19.8

1,708

1,735

1,647

1,724 |

1,771

21.5

19.4

19.8

7,997

8,276

7,243

7,528

7,586

132,553

134,480

134,668

132,553

133,954

134,121

134,303

80,933

82,190

82,125

81,563

82,478

82,725

82,517

61.1

61.1

61.0

61.5

61.6

61.7

61.4

74,172

76,345

75,439

75,603

76,041

76,077

6,762

5,845

6,686

5,960

6,437

6,648

:

19.0 !
7,667

!

19.9

19.6
7,586

:

7,457

WHITE
Civilian n o n i n s t i t u t i o n a l p o p u l a t i o n 1
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Unemployed
U n e m p l o y m e n t rate
N o t in labor force

,
:

;
|

134,480

134,668

82,474

82,738

61.3

61.4

76,059

76,223

76,839

6,458

6,251

5,899

8.4

7.1

8.1

7.3

7.8

8.0

7.8

7.6

51,620

52,290

52,543

50,990

51,476

51,396

51,786

52,006

7.1

18 , 0 6 3

18 , 1 0 7 ,

17 , 4 8 4

17 , 9 2 9

17,971

18,018

18,063 I

18,107

10 , 5 4 1
58.4

10 , 5 4 0 j

10 , 3 9 8

10 , 7 2 8

10,668 i

10,684 ,

10,653

10,731

;

51,930

N E G R O A N D O T H E R RACES
Civilian n o n i n s t i t u t i o n a l p o p u l a t i o n 1

,

17,484
10,216

Civilian labor force
Participation rate

58.4
8,797 1

Employed

1,418

Unemployed

13.9
7,268 ;

N o t in labor force
-

1

i

9 ,190

58.2
:

1 ,351
12.8 j
7 ,522 ;

9 ,052 :

59.5
9 ,043

1 ,488 i

1 ,355

14.1 ,
7 ,567 ;
1

7 ,086

i3.o

:

59.8

59.4 j

59.3 j

59.0 i

59.3

'

9 ,180

9,147 ,

9,197 j

9,188 |

9,314

1,465 |

1,417

1 ,548 ;

;

14.4
7 ,201 i

1,521
14.3 /
7,303

1,487 i

13.9 j
7,334 |

13.8 1
7,410 |

Seasonal variations are not present in the population figures; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

NOTE: Data relate to the noninstitutional population 16 years of age and over. Total noninstitutional population and total labor force include persons in the Armed Forces.




13.2
7,376

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A - 2 .

Major unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Unemployment rates
unemployed perse is
(In thousands)

Selected categories

Jan.
1975
Total, 16 years and over
Males, 20 years and over
Females, 20 years and over
Both sexes, 16-19 years
White, total
Males, 20 years and over
Females, 20 years and over
Both sexes, 16-19 years
Negro and other races, total
Males, 20 years and over
Females, 20 years and over
Both sexes, 16-19 years
Household heads
Married men, spouse present
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Unemployed 15 weeks and over'
Labor force time lost 2

.
.....

Jar .
197 i

Jan.
1975

Sept.
1975

Oct.
1975

8 .6
7..2
7,.8
19..4

0. 6
7..2
7..9
19..8

8. 5
7,. 1
7,. 9
19,.0

8 .3
6,.6
8..0
19..6

7.8
5.8
7.5
19.9

Nov.
1975

Dec.
1975

Jan.
1976

7 297
2 ,959
2 ,573
1 ,765

].

, 7 '1

7 .9
5,.9
7..9
19..8

5 ,960
2 ,422
2,122
1 ,416

5 , 8 )9
2 , 301
2,o;i
1 ,4-7

7,,3
5.,3
7.,5
17.,7

7,.8
6,.6
7,. 0
17,.6

8,.0
6.. 7
7,.5
17.. 7

7,. 8
6,.5
7 .5
17,.1

7,.6
5,.9
7 .5
17..8

7.1
5.2
7.0
18.3

1 ,355
534
454
367

1 ,417
5<;B
4V<7
332

13.,0
10., 3
10,,6
39.,5

14,.4
12..5
12,.2
36,.0

14,.3
12.,2
11..9
36,.7

13..9
12.• 8
11,.0
34,. 3

13,.8
12..3
10,.8
35,.2

13.2
11.2
11.0
34.6

2, 736
1 ,747
5 ,900
1 ,389
1 ,572

2r 7-5
1 ,6.11
5 ,839
1 ,442
2 ,785

5,,2
4,.4
7., 5
10.,4

6,.0
.5
8,.4
9,.9
"3 .2

6..0
5..3
8..5
10.,4

5,.8
5,. 1
8..3
10,.2

5,.7
4..8
7..9
10,. 5

5.1
4.1
7.3
10.5

3..0

9..1

9..4

3,, 3
9..3

-3.. 4
8,.9

3. 0
8.4

—

7, 2

)0
2 : - '6
2, 5 n

—

1,.3
8. 7

OCCUPATION 3
White-collar workers
Professional and technical
Managers and administrators, except farm
Sales workers
Clerical workers
Blue-collar workers
Craft and kindred workers
Operatives
Nonfarm laborers
Service workers
Farm workers

1 ,959
364
285
3 20
990
3 ,375
833
1 ,854
688
1 ,025
106

2 ,094
4:, 6
274
3r 5
,0.r 9
3 ,001
802
1,510
6£ 9
1 ,212
11 5

4,.5
2..8
3. 1
5.,6
6. 1
10. 6
7. 0
12. 4
14. 1
8. 1
3. 5

4..8
3,.2
3..4
3,.8
6.,5
11,.9
o,.8
13..2
15..7
3.,8
3.,5

4..8
3,.2
2..9
6..0
6.,7
11,,6
3..7
12..5
16.,4
9.,1
3.,7

4,.8
3,, 7
2..9
6,.3
6.,4
11..3
8..3
12.,4
15..5
8.,7
3.,8

4,.8
3,. 1
3..0
6..3
6..6
10., 7
7..2
12.,2
14..9
9.,2
4.,5

4.7
3.0
2.9
6.4
6.4
9.4
6.6
10.2
14.1
9.3
3.9

5,r 617
665
2,,140
1 , 276
864
293
1., 3 6 1
1,,129
511
145

5,,467
652
1 ,710
1 ,02?
688
244
1,,487
1,,337
640
157

8.
15.
10.
9.
10.
5.
8.
6.
3.
10.

0
9
3
1
4
2

9.,2
18.,7
10.,8
11..5
S..9
5. 8
8.,9
6.,5
4., J
10..6

9. 2
18. 1
10. 6
11..1
9. 7
5. 6
9. 1
7..0
4. 3
10. 7

9. 2
17..5
10., 5
10.,8
10. 0
4..9
9. 4
7. 0
4. 0
10..2

8. 9
16. 6
9. 6
9 .,9
9. 2
5. 1
9.,4
7. 0
4. 4
12..4

8.1
15.4
8.1
8.2
8.0
4.9
8.7
7.0
4.2
10.8

510
200
227
83

502
171
235
96

8.
18.
6.
5.

6
5
8
4

9.,8
20..6
8. 3
6..7

9..9
22..3
8. 4
5. 9

10. 2
23..1
9. 0
5. 6

10. 3
22..0
9. 9
5. 3

8.1
18.9
7.1
4.8

1,, 198
720
290
188

1,,282
790
320
172

8. 6
11. 5
7. 2
5. 1

10.,6
14. 3
8. 5
6. 3

10.
13.
8.
6.

10.
13.
7.
7.

9.
12.
6.
6.

8.8
12.0
7.3
4.8

INDUSTRY 3
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers 4
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance and service industries
Government workers
Agricultural wage and salary workers

5
6
0
q

VETERAN STATUS
Males, Vietnam-era veterans:5
20 to 34 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
Males, nonveterans:
20 to 34 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years

1
2
3
4
5

2
8
2
0

1
2
9
1

Unemployment rate calculated as a percent of civilian labor force.
Aggregate hours lost by the unemployed and persons on part time for economic reasons as a percent of potentially available labor force hours.
Unemployment by occupation includes all experienced unemployed persons, whereas that by industry covers only unemployed wage and salary workers.
Includes mining, not shown separately.
Vietnam-era veterans are those who served after August 4, 1964.




2
6
8
0

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A - 3 .

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Selected employment indicators

[In thousands]
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Selected categories

Females

Married women, spouse present

Jan.
1975

Jan.
1976

Jan.
1975

Sept.
1975

Oct.
1975

Nov.

82,969
50,099

84,491
50,474

85,158
51,334

85,151
51,300

85,178
51,325

32,870
49,434
37,499
19,369

34,017

84,666
51,387
33,279

50,020
37,502
20,025

50,043
37,997
19,414

33,824
50,279
37,948
19,758

33,851
50,258
37,921
19,799

33,853
50,316
37,858

41,967
12,539

42,844
13,284

41,924

42,540
12,814

42,386

8,786

8,837

15,311
27,047
10,603
12,746
3,698

8,990
5,161
15,409
27,478
10,860
12,931
3,687

42,253
12,795
9,077
5,269

28,315
10,997
13,114
4,204

11,442
2,514

11,725
2,444

11,637
2,954

1,052
1,581

1,075
1,552

1,273
1,681

255

225

375

74,135
1,256
14,538
58,341

75,607
1,219
14,971
59,417

75,083
1,326
14,351
59,406

5,455
490

5,551
481

5,595
538

76,719

78,400
63,954

76,750
62,494
3,758

2,123
1,474

3,233
1,513
1,720

10,889

11,213

1975

19,833

Dec.
1975

Jan.
1976

85,394
51,390
34,004

86,194
51,761

50,332
37,739
19,859

34,433
50,628
37,996
20,065

OCCUPATION

Professional and technical
Managers and administrators, except farm

5,331

Operatives

-

Service workers

12,427
5,396
15,264

9,215
5,493
15,018
27,936
10,907
12,899

12,773
9,027
5,515
15,071
28,105
11,104

15,112
28,126
11,018
13,010
4,098

42,326
13,026
8,837
5,296
15,167
28,408

42,797
13,166
9,044
5,224
15,363
28,759
11,266
13,303
4,190
11,926
2,868

2,975

11,872
2,838

11,265
13,043
4,100
11,837
2,782

1,303
1,710
408

1,262
1,687
349

1,231
1,663
300

1,300
1,649

75,716
1,320
14,551
59,845
5,621
478

75,760
1,349
14,443
59,968

75,468
1,307
14,628
59,533
5,991
540

76,038
1,309
14,719
60,010
5,683
510

76,568
1,287
14,779
60,502
5,693
528

76,784

76,822
62,824

77,380

78,506

63,730
3,243
1,332
1,911

64,211
3,482

10,407

10,813

Dec.
1975

Jan.
1976

4,130
11,739
3,040

12,915
4,086
11,759

MAJOR INDUSTRY A N D CLASS
OF WORKER
Agriculture:
Wage and salary workers
Self-employed workers
Unpaid family workers
Nonagricultural industries:
Wage and salary workers

Other
Self-employed workers
Unpaid family workers
PERSONS AT WORK

5,531
478

331

1

Full-time schedules
Part time for economic reasons
Usually work full time
Usually work part time
Part time for noneconomic reasons

1

1,347
1,753
411

62,233
3,597

1,986

62,838
3,291
1,409

1,772

1,882

1,902

77,103
63,141
3,353
1,405
1,948

10,498

10,655

10,637

10,609

3,361
1,459

1,415
2,067

Excludes persons "with a job but not at work" during the survey period for such reasons as vacation, illness, or industrial disputes.

Table A - 4 .

Duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Weeks of unemployment

5 to 14 weeks
15 to 26 weeks

Jan.
1975

Jan.
1976

Jan.
1975

3,641

3,017

3,267

2,985
1,554

2,403

2,599

2,754

Oct.
1975

Nov.
1975

2,820

3,015

2,641

2,648

2,706

2,444

2,446

2,469

2,244

2,091

2,934

2,719

3,004

3,080

2,785

1,352
1,582

1,238
1,481

1,286
1,718

1,413
1,667

1,155
1,630

Sept.
1975

960
594

1,221
1,532

1,572
940
632

10.1

15.8

10.8

16.2

15.6

16.9

17.0

16.9

100.0
44.5

100.0
36.9

100.0
43.9

100.0
34.4

100.0
36.9

100.0
32.5

100.0
33.2

100.0
35.7

36.5
19.0

29.4

34.9

30.4

21.1

29.8
35.8

29.9

33.7

33.2

37.0

28.1
38.6

27.6
36.7

11.7
7.3

14.9
18.7

12.6
8.5

16.5
19.3

15.1
18.1

21.2

17.7
20.9

15.2
21.5

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

5 to 14 weeks
15 weeks and over
15 to 26 weeks




15.8

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A - 5 .

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Reasons for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Reason

Oct.
1975

Nov.
1975

Dec.
1975

Jan.
1976

4,797
824
1,808
812

4,531

4,444
872

3,955
862

3,481

829
1,892
844

1,846
837

1,975
865

100.0
51.6
10.7
26.7
11.0

100.0
58.2
10.0
21.9
9.9

100.0
56.0
10.2
23.4
10.4

100.0
55.6
10.9
23.1
10.5

100.0
51.7
11.3
25.8
11.3

4.0
.8
2.1
.9

5.2

4.9

4.8

4.2

3.7

.9
1.9
.9

.9
2.0
.9

.9
2.0
.9

.9
2.1

.9
2.1

.9

.9

Jan.
1975

Jan.
1976

Jan.
1975

4,858
780
1,905

4,588
863
1,983
740

3,686
767
1,907
783

100.0
56.1
10.6
24.3
9.1

5.3

5.0

.9
2.1
.7

.9
2.1
.8

Sept.
1975

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Lost last job
Left last job
Reentered labor force
Seeking first job

637

849
1,985
886

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
100.0
59.4

Total unemployed
Job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants

9.5
23.3
7.8

.*

100.0
48.3
11.8
27.6
12.3

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

Table A - 6 .

Unemployment by sex and age
Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates

Not seasonally adjusted
Thousands of persons
Sex and age

Jan.
1975

Jan.
1976

Percent
looking for
full-time
work
Jan.
1976

Total, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over
Males, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over
Females, 16 years and over
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over




Jan.
1975

Sept.
1975

Oct.
1975

Nov.
1975

Dec.
1975

Jan.
1976

8.6
19.4
22.0
18.2
13.9
6,2
6.5
4.7

8.6
19.8
21.9
18.2
14.0
6.3

8.5
19.0
20.1
18.1
14.2
6.1
6.4
5.0

8.3
19.6
20.6
18.9
13.5
5.9
6.2
5.0

7.8
19.9
21.2
19.0
12.7
5.4
5.5
4.5

8.1
18.8
19.6
18.2
14.6
5.8
6.0
4.8

7.6
19.0
19.3
18.7
13.8
5.4

7.1
20.1
21.5
19.6
12.8
4.7
4.8
4.2

9.1
19.1
20.7
17.9

9.3
20.3
22.2
19.1
13.1

8,180
1,732

8,174
1,737

746
985
1,829
4,619

730
1,007
1,928
4,508

80.2
53.0
26.3
72.4
86.5
88.0

3,938
681

3,769
739

89.8
78.6

7.9
19.8
21.0
19.0
12.3
5.6
5.9
4.2

4,644
972
439
533
1,070
2,602
2,189
412

4,690
997
430
567
1,114
2,578
2,144
435

83.7
52,7
24.9
73.7
87.8
93.9
96.1
83.0

7.1
19.7
21.4
18.7
12.5
4.8
5.0
3.9

3,535
759
307
452
759

3,484

75.5
53.5
28.3
70.7

9.3
20.0
20.5
19.3
12.1

9.1

9.2

19.6
21.7
18.5
12.1

19.9
22.3
18.2

2,017
1,750
268

1,930
1,625
305

7.0
7.4

6.8
7.2

12.7
6.8
7.3

4.7

4.7

5.4

740
300
440
814

84.8
80.1
81.6
72 f 1

6.6
4.9

8.2
19.3
22.2
17.9
15.3

8.3
19.8
21.6
18.2
15.1

5.8
6.1
4.6

6.0
6.2
4.6

13.7
6.7
7.0
5.3

5.6
4.7

6.8
7.2
5.4

8.9
19.6
20.8
18.4
12.7
6.4
6.6
5.1

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by industry
[ I n thousands]

Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
industry

Nov.
1975

Jan,
1975

TOTAL
GOODS-PRODUCING

Production workers
DURABLE GOODS
Production workers

Jan*
1975

D

1976p

77, 319

77, 310

77, 555

77, 574

77, 782

78, 140

22,

22,

920

22,683

22,279

2 3, 2 7 0

22, 601

22, 669

22, 657

2 2., 7 3 9

22, 879

715

763

764

759

723

7 52

774

766

770

767

3, 3 4 8

3, 522

3, 3 2 8

3, 0 3 6

3, 7 4 9

3, 4 0 2

3, 4 0 9

3, 3 9 6
18, 573
13, 3 1 1

18, 7 1 2

636

635

18, 591

18,484

13, 3 3 1

13, 2 2 2

18, 7 9 8
13, 4 3 7

13, 157

18, 4 9 3
13, 2 3 5

10,

994

10, 7 3 9

10, 7 4 4

10, 7 0 4

11, 0 9 9

10, 6 5 0

10, 6 6 1

10, 6 5 3

10, 7 2 5

10, 808

7, 8 0 5

7, 62 3

7, 6 2 8

7, 8 9 8

7, 5 2 7

7, 548

7, 5 3 9

7, 6 0 5

7, 6 7 9

161

163

7,

164.2

583

570. 7

564.2

551

47 6. 0

473. 9

454

613. 9
1, 2 7 7 . 4

163. 2

b06. 5

619. 1
1, 1 4 1 c 7

1,

150.4

1, 3 4 8 . 3

1, 3 6 2 . 8
2, 184. 8

1, 3 5 6 « 4
2,030.4

2, 0 3 9 . 4

1,
2,

Electrical equipment

1, 8 4 4 . 8

1, 7 8 2 c 0

1, 7 9 0 . 7

Transportation equipment

1, 6 5 5 . 5 !

1, 6 7 8 . 1

1, 6 9 4 , 0

503.2 i

494c 6

494. 3

|

423c 7
7,896

391.8
7,

579

5, 4 3 2 i

|
1

1, 6 0 6 . 4 |

Tobacco manufactures
Textile m i l l products
Apparel and other t e x t i l e products .

80. 3 |
867.2 |
1, 1 9 1 . 0 i

Paper and allied products

j

Printing and publishing

! 1, 1 0 0 . 6 ,
1 1, 0 2 6 . 1 i

Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products

I
Rubbei and plastics products, nec. . ;
Leather and leather products
j

SERVICE-PRODUCING

657. 5

!

189.2 I
607. 9 1
2 53c 2

1
I

53, 571 !
j
4,

WHOLESALE A N D RETAIL TRADE . .
WHOLESALE TRADE

.

1

i

. '

RETAIL TRADE

548

R E A L ESTATE
SERVICES

4,
i

GOVERNMENT .
FEDERAL.
STATE A N D LOCAL

preliminary.




j

177 !
i

13,608

576

582

587

470

474

474

615

615

616

i . 169
1, 3 4 0
2, 035

1, 1 4 9
1, 3 4 4

1, 1 4 6

039
767

i, 641
490

1, 6 4 8
492
409

611

614

1, 1 5 3

1, 3 3 9

1, 1 5 6
1, 3 4 2 1!

2, 032

031 i

764

1, 7 7 8 !
1, 6 7 9

2, 037
1. 8 0 1

1, 3 5 4

1, 7 5 5

1, 6 9 2 c 8

1, 6 7 4

1, 6 4 3

496c 9

506

486

409. 6

397c 7

411

410

409

7, 8 4 7
5, 7 0 3

7, 7 8 0

7, 6 9 9

7, 7 6 7

7, 8 3 2

7, 82 9

5, 6 3 9

5, 5 3 9 !

5, 6 3 0

5

' 687

5, 6 8 3

1 , 7 1 0 . 1 1, 6 7 0 . 6

1, 6 3 2 . 1

1, 6 6 8

1, 6 9 3

1, 6 9 5

1, 6 8 8

1, 6 8 4

79
953

81
950

81
955

1, 2 9 0

1, 2 9 7

652

657

663

1, 0 7 2

1, 0 7 3
u ,019
202

1, 0 7 2
1, 0 2 5

5, 7 4 7

i
!

!
i

2

'

80.3

80

80

955.2

84.9
957c 6

957c 2

870

938

1, 3 0 7 . 8

1, 2 9 3 c 6

1, 2 8 8 . 7

660. 1

657c 4

1. 2 1 8
663

1, 2 6 1

657.2
1, 0 7 5 c 8

1, 0 8 0 . 7
1, 0 1 7 . 3

1, 0 7 1 c 6

1, 1 0 1

1, 0 1 6 c 4

1, 0 1 1
599
2 62
54, 7 0 9

54, 8 8 6

87. 0

1, 0 1 8 . 8
2 02.4
610.4
271.0i

201. 1

198. 1

1, 0 3 4
194

609.2

607. 0

614

270.8

2 57

271.4
55, 832

55,419

509

4, 2 07 '
13, 106 j

4, 4 6 9

4, 437

17, 7 4 5

17, 0 0 0

4,213
13, 532

4,235
14,

174

14, 538 ,

15,188

2,711 j
11,827 I
J

2,742 I
12,446 i
1

54, 0 4 9 i

54, 7 7 6

! 4>

, 603

4.

176 1
12, 8 2 4

!

i

|

FINANCE, INSURANCE, A N D

163

57 6
467

1, 7 9 5 . 2

17,313

4, 180 j
12, 5 2 0 j

164

!

568
464

1 3. 42 7

2 , 18 3!!
1, 8 5 0

4,

16,700

1, 2 8 4 ! !
1, 3 7 4 !

342.9
038.6

T R A N S P O R T A T I O N A N D PUBLIC
UTILITIES

[

635,

591.2

Fabricated metal products

165

177

1, 1 4 6 . 9

Machinery, except electrical

Food and kindred products

3, 4 0 0

13, 3 7 0

18,

573

162. 2

'

!

13, 2 3 7

574, 3

Production workers

432
18, 4 1 7

18, 4 8 2
13, 2 2 2

476. 0

N O N D U R A B L E GOODS

Jan. D
1976P

055

177. 2

Instruments and related products . . i
Miscellaneous manufacturing

Decc
1975p

77,

52 9 . 3
453. 6

Primary metal industries

Nov.
1975

78,515

Lumber and w o o d products
Stone, clay, and glass products . . . .

r

339

Ordnance and accessories
F u r n i t u r e and fixtures

Oct.
1975

Sept.
197 5

78,

18,

MANUFACTURING

Jan.

76, 207

MINING
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION

DeCcp
1975p

648
1, 0 7 5
200

4S 4 6 7

],

1, 2 8 7
652
1, 0 7 1
1, 0 1 9
201

1, 0 2 0

608

604

267

!
i

202

I

! 4>

413

1. 7 1 2
499
417

7, 8 4 8

7, 9 0 4

706

5, 7 4 8

493

5»

4,232

80
960
1, 3 1 8

203
613

270

609
271

275

54, 917

55, 0 4 3

55, 2 6 1

, 476

4, 4 9 6

4 ,, 4 6 9

4, 4 9 1

17, 0 1 0

1 7 ,, 0 8 8

17, 2 0 7

i
4 S, 1 8 8 1
1 2 ,, 9 0 0 ;

4, 201
13, 0 0 6

16, 90 3

1 7 ,, 0 4 5

1 7 ,, 0 4 3

4, 2 05
l 2 698
'

4 j, 1 8 1
12 3, 8 6 4

4 , • 18 0!
12, , 8 6 3 |

4 ,, 1 7 4
1 2, 8 3 6

jI

|
4, 2 4 3

1, 6 9 5

|

4, 2 1 9 '

4 a, 2 3 9

158

14, 03 0 ;

1 3 ,, 8 5 7I

14,, 1 1 3

14., 157|

4 j, 2 4 8
I
1
1 4 ,, 1 8 8 1

14,, 2 2 9

1 5 , 2 17

15, 07 7 !

M ., 4 6 7!

14:, 8 4 5

14.• 9 6 4

14,, 9 7 5

14,, 9 9 3

1 5 ,, 0 0 1

2, 7 3 2 !
12, 3 4 5 !

2,, 7 3 4i
11,, 7 3 31

2;, 7 6 1
12,, 2 1 4 !

2,, 7 5 5
12,, 2 3 8

2 ,, 7 5 4
12 ,, 2 4 7

14,

2,771
12,446
, ... ..

i

2:,

765

12,, 0 8 0

, 24 6

2., 7 6 7
12.,
•

197

4,, 2 6 4 i
1

I

4, 2 7 5
u ., 2 8 7

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table 3-2,

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Average w e e k l y h o u r s of p r o d u c t i o n or nonsupervisory workers 1 on p r i v a t e nonagricultural

payrolls, by industry
N o l seasonally adjusted
Industry
:

TOTAL PRIVATE..
MINING

.

.

CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION

...

.So v0
1975

.fan.
L975

|
i

D e c p
1975p

!
;I

1976P

j

3b„ 1

7

• 6c 3

|

36,

42. 0

.t "5o 0

!

43. 1

!

35. 5

3

1

Overtime hours

....

D U R A B L E GOODS

I

3b.

;

2

*2
„5

I

Overt'mo hours

36. 9

Lumoer and vvood products

1

57, 0

Furniture and fixtures

'

35.

Primary metal Industrie?.

. .

, ,

:

Electrical equsprnom
Instruments and rci-n.-J prf--du<. >.. ,
Miscellaneous nan'..ifaf+i.iri-!_

.

N O N D U R A B L E GOODS

,
1

I

;

Textile m i ! products
-oparc'
other r«xt-ic n ,'\iue;-

. :

Paper and ailied products

36. 1

!
-

4 0B 0
40, 7

j
I

n , i
3

Pubber a n d p!a,ric.s ,>ro'ju- ;>, n t c . . .

T R A N S P O R T A T I O N A N D PURI !C

1

7

,

40o 3

:

410

40o 1
41. 3

;

40. 6

|

41. 6

!
'
;

43^ 3

3

i

0

1

40o 9
39. 5

:
'

40.

1

1

3. 2

;

41, Z
36. 4
1

43., c
i & -4

:

42, 1
40. 8

.

3

\
1

;

!
;

40o 2

1

40. 1

.

41. 6

;
;

3 4. 2
39. 2
3? 8

8

39o 8
2. 8

39c 9
2. 8

40. 3
0

3, 0

40. 2

-10. 6
2C 6

40.

40c 7

10. 8

40. 2

40. 9

390 8

40, 6

40c 4
410 2

40, 4
41. 8

3 9. 5
40, 9
40

u

o

:i

5
39.
2. 9

!
,

!
1

40e

;

39a 7

;

3 8c i
i 3

U-

I

:

1

41, 7
39o 4

i

3°. 1
40, 9

;

40. 6

39.
40. 9

3^. 6
!
i

4 0o 5
40, 9

'

3 > o6
40„ 8

40, A ,
30, 7 '
3 8. 8

'

39. 4
3.
°

;

40. o
37. 5

1

41

,

'>

9

41.0
41. 4

4 0 c. 2
41, 7

1

,

39.9
41. 7

1

40. 3

39. 3

|

39.2

•
;

39. 9
3.2

8

1

41. 0
36, 2
42. 3

42

-1-0, 7

,

36. 9
41, 3

'

38„ 1

4i. 9
~>9u 5
33. 0

39. 9

3 9» 9

31. 8

41, 0

2

!'

-1 (

iI
!!
1!

40. 6
37. 5

40.,

1

41, h
40.. 0

4

j

/> '->,

•

36. 3

'

36.5

4

:

42. 8

-

42. 6

" i - i 04
420 0
0
3 8, 4

9

•

40. 2
41. 3

3

.

3 o

y

. ?

3

.

36. 4

;

37. 6

410 8
I

!

4i o 9
40. 7

41.5
43. 0
41.0

3 8c 6

3 9. 6

330 6

'

37. 8
410 3
36., 5
37. h

41.
'

40.7

|

370 0

-11. 6
4 •,,, ;

3 8. 3
2

0

!

40. 5

,

39. 7

8

3 90 9

1

3. 0

1!

33.

;

?

39. 5

0

3 8, 7
4

39. 3
41.3

3. 0

•!2C 2

:

40. 5

,
1

41, 1

38, 6

;

i

4i,

:

390 5

s

I

33, 4

9

;

i
:

'>'4. 2
4i„ o
^70 4

3 8. 7

40 o 4

40.
410
40. 3

p

36. 6

i
:

i

:

j

2. 9

40o

S6, 2

40 7

'

3o„ J

3 9, 9

39. 7
0
3 6, i

!
:

j

c

40. 9
38. 0
40., 9

40. 7

|

40, 2

•t 0 , 'i-

40. 7

39. 7
3 8, 7

2. '
!

41. 6
3
9
•10o 8
39, Q

39. 9
40o 2

I

39. 6
390 6
1

j;

39. 6

39. 5

3 8,

:

i
•

37. 8

380 9
40. 8

42. 2

:

1

3 6. 6

;

39. 7

..37. 5

6

37, 0
41. 3

1

36, 8

39., 8
2 8

2. 7

3 3. 1

-3 9 . 0

6

41. 7

35. 7

1

4 20 8

41. 8
:->> 1

42. 4
1

!

2. 3

36. 4

-1 2 . I
41. 9

43, 0

4i„ 7
>9. 4

|
!

Jarj0
1976

9

2. 7
!

'
.

36. 3

36. 7

:

Der
1 0 7 5" P

7

37, 2
39. 2
2. 4

1

1
j

!

3t> 0 2

360 1
42, 1

1

No

t.

|

5

39. 8
2. 8

43. 2

- i .

3 3. 6

; "

40. 9
38. 9

4 i ,
42.
Jn„

f,

UTiLITSES

RET A ' I T R A D E

410 4
3. 1

I

H,

. . . .

.

1

' ' c0
41 0

J

•

Cheiriico's anci a i r e d orodoc.v . .

WHOLESALE TRADE

40. 8

i

I

8

heather ana l e a t h e r p r o d u o . s

2

40. 3

y^c 4
i
0.r;

'

1

3 9- 7
- i

6
.5?" 0
33. 7

Printing rind pubiishiou
.

!

41. 9

~>

....

Tobacco manufactures

8
7

1

37,

WHOLESALE A N D RETAIL THAi.it

a

39..
37.

.

Petroleum and coai p r o d u c t , , , .

!

*9H 9,

39,
3 8„ 8

T r a n s p o i t a t i o n equip''!'.-;!" . . .

F o o d and k i n d r e d p r o d i - c f :

9. 8
6

!

(

40„ 4

4 i

0

, 8
HL 5

3

1

Fabricated meta! p i o d u t :
Machinery, except <:!cctn i

1

1
!

*

11 o 6

Stone, clay, and glass p r o d ^ u .

40o 1
2. 9

2 3

;
j

Ordnance and accessonc.

i
|
i

36, 2

42c

j
i
MANUFACTURING

Sept0
1975

Jan.
1975

!

!
i
i
I
|

3 8. 6

39. 7

;

40. 2

8

3.3, 9

;

3 3.9

3 8. 7
32 5

380 8

i!

3 8.9

32. 3

|

32.4

FINANCE, INSURANCE, A N D
R E A L ESTATE

..

3 o i

3

t>

3, 7
— — l

36. 4

;:

36. 5

3 3. 6

i

3 3. 7

V

6
j

33,
?

Datu i'jlstf 5 to p r o d u u ' i u n w o r r o :

» —• g a'-d :v i

,-hj. to e: i > ' * t s o n workers in ••.on'rac: const- - i c v i n

j i .Mate <>•••!

These g>nups account for approximately f o m ' d ' h s 01 '-ic total e m p l o y m e n t c-n priva

p--preltm!nir'v




.'«. d

|

36, 4

36. 5

j

33, 6

33. 9

i

sale and refai; trad. 1 : finance. msur.-';:;.*,

'

3 o. 7
33. 9

nonsispervisory w c k c - i

1

i i n s p e c t i o n and public otiiities, whole-goc-HUm! payrolls

•j 8 .

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers 1 on private
nonagricultural payrolls, by industry
Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
Industry

TOTAL PRIVATE
Seasonally adjusted
MINING

Jan.
1975

Nov.
1975

1975p

1976p

Jan.
1975

Nov.
1975

Decv
1975p

Jan.D
1976P

$4. 4 0
4. 41

$4. 68
4. 68

$4. 68
4. 6 8

$4. 7 2
4. 7 3

$ 1 5 7 . 08
159-64

$169.42
169.88

$170. 82
170. 35

$170.39
1 7 3 . 12

5.69

6 . 11

6. 15

6. 22

238.98

262.73

265.07

2 6 3 . 11

7. 5 5

250.99

270.44

275.27

2 7 2 . 56

CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION

7. 07

7. 4 5

7.46

MANUFACTURING

4. 67

4.93

5. 0 0

5. 0 1

180. 73

197.69

204.00

199- 4 0

4. 9 5

5. 29

5. 38

5. 36

1 9 5 . 53

213.72

222.73

2 1 5 . 47

226. 85
172. 87
150.13
2 0 7 . 46
257.20
212.45
227.69
188.00
256.25
186. 99
150. 93

231.02
178.53
154.79
209.39
262.68
2 2 0 . 48
2 3 6 . 18
1 9 4 . 21
2 7 6 . 48
1 9 4 . 28
155.24

230.18
1 7 2 . 97
147. 8 4
2 0 3 . 41
2 5 6 . 31
2 1 4 . 12
230.72
188.02
258.90

DURABLE GOODS
Ordnance and accessories
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical equipment
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
NONDURABLE GOODS
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and plastics products, nec
Leather and leather products

4. 98
4.05
3. 6 4
4 . 67
5.93
4 . 78
5. 17
4. 43
5. 77
4. 4 2
3. 73
4. 23
4.
4.
3.
3.
4.
5.
5.
5.
4.
3.

42
34
29
14
75
16
15
88
23
15

3.82
5. 0 6
6. 43
5. 2 2
5. 5 4
4 . 70
6 . 25
4. 6 4
3. 8 7

5. 5 4
4. 4 3
3. 8 6
5. 0 7
6 . 47
5. 30
5.61
4. 76
6. 40
4 . 75
3. 9 3

5. 52
4. 39
3.83
5. 0 6
6. 44
5. 30
5. 6 0
4. 76
6. 33
4. 78
3.99

149- 8 5
130.68
185. 87
240.17
190.24
215.07
1 7 3 . 21
223.88
1 7 3 . 71
139-88

4. 4 5

4. 48

4 . 53

159-05

176.67

179-65

1 7 8 . 48

4.
4.
3.
3.
5.
5.
5.
6.
4.
3.

4.
4.
3.
3.
5.
5.
5.
6.
4.
3.

75
52
55
26
22
51
58
68
51
30

4. 79
4. 79
3. 56
3. 31
5. 2 5
5. 58
5.65

189.88
1 7 8 . 20
145. 44
118.30
221.95
2 0 4 . 58
230.74
281.72
178.93
126.61

1 9 4 . 28
175. 83
147.68
118.66
225.50

7. 0 0
4. 53
3. 36

175. 03
160.58
117. 45
104.88
193. 80
189-89
2 0 8 . 58
241.67
165. 82
1 1 1 . 51

279.89
185.36
128.70

193. 04
190.16
144. 89
118.17
222.60
2 0 6 . 46
2 3 3 . 35
2 9 5 . 40
1 8 4 . 37
128.02

5. 4 4
4. 41

70
40
53
25
21
47
56
66
44
28

207.17

209-93
234. 92

1 9 1 . 20
153. 62

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES

5. 67

6 . 19

6. 19

6. 2 4

2 2 4 . 53

2 4 5 . 12

245. 74

248.98

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE

3. 6 5

3. 8 3

3. 8 2

3. 9 0

121.55

128.69

130.64

1 3 0 . 26

4. 7 4
3. 2 4

5. 0 2
3. 41

5. 0 4
3. 4 0

5. 0 7
3. 47

182. 49
103. 03

1 9 4 . 27
109- 46

197.57
111.52

196.21
110.35

FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE

3.99

4. 24

4 . 23

4. 29

147.23

1 5 5 . 18

153.97

156.59

SERVICES

3. 9 4

4. 22

4. 24

4 . 28

1 3 2 . 78

1 4 2 . 21

142.46

144. 24

WHOLESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADE

1
See footnote 1, table B-2.
p=preliminary.




ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.
Hourly earnings index for production or nonsupervisory workers 1 on private nonagricultural
payrolls, by industry division, seasonally adjusted
[1967=100]

Jan.
1975

Industry

Aug.
1975

Percent change from

Sept.
1975

Oct,
1975

Nov.
1975

Dec.P
1975

Jan .P
1976

175.2
107.2
187.2
177.3
174.5
186.3
170.5
162.6
177.8

176.7
107.5
188.9
177.7
176.0
188.8
171.9
163.8
179.4

178.2
107.6
189.4
179.2
176.9
190.7
172.9
167.1
182.2

17.8^2107.1
190.2
178.5
177.4
189.3
173.0
165.0
181.8

179.8
N.A.
192.4
181.7
178.4
192.2
174.4
167.0
184.7

Jan. 1975Jan. 1976

Dec. 1975Jan. 1976

TOTAL PRIVATE NONFARM:
166.3
106.3
174.9
170.4
164.8
174.3
162.6
154.9
170.4

Current dollars
Constant (1967) dollars
MINING
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION
MANUFACTURING
T R A N S P O R T A T I O N A N D PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S
WHOLESALE A N D RETAIL TRADE
FINANCE, INSURANCE, A N D REAL ESTATE
SERVICES

174.6
107.4
186.2
176.7
173.3
186.2
170.5
163.0
177.1

1

See footnote 1, table B-2.

2

Percent: change was 0.7 from December 1974 to December 1975, the latest month available.
Percent change was -0.5 from November 1975 to December 1975. the latest month available.

3

8.2
(2)
10.0
6.6
8.2
10.3
7.3
7.8
8.4

0.9
(3)
1.1
1.8
.5
1.6
.8
1.2
1.6

N . A . = not available.
p=preliminary.
N O T E : All series are in current dollars except where indicated. The index excludes effects of two types of changes that are unrelated to underlying wage-rate developments: Fluctuations ii
t.me premiums m m a n u f a c t u r e (the only sector for which overtime data are available) and the effects of changes in the proportion of workers in high-wage and low-wage industries.

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural
payrolls, by industry, seasonally adjusted
[1967 = 100]
1975

Industry division and group

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

108. 9

107. 0

105. 9

94. 5

90. 7

88. 4

MINING

117. 4

116. 7

CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION

111. 0
90. 8

TOTAL
GOODS-PRODUCING

MANUFACTURING

Apr.

1976

May

June

July

106. 0

106. 3

106. 0 ° 1 0 6 . 2

89. 2

89. 4

88. 9

89. 3

91. 2

92. 4

115. 9

113. 7

119.4

118.4

118. 8

118. 6

104. 1

94. 5

99. 0

99. 3

94. 9

96. 2

87. 4

86. 4

86. 6

86. 6

86. 8

87. 1

Aug.
C

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

108. 4

108. 8

109. 3

92. 7

92. 9

94. 4

95. 1

119. 9

125. 0

124. 7

126. 5

124. 2

98. 3

98. 6

97. 3

97. 7

99. 1

99. 6

89. 0

90. 3

90. 8

90. 9

92. 5

93. 3

107. 4

C

107. 9

:

Dec.P

Jan.

P

110. 3

91. 8

87. 9

86. 6

86.5

85. 4

85. 2

84. 9

86. 7

87. 7

87. 8

88. 1

90. 0

90. 7

Ordnance and accessories

48. 3

48. 3

47. 7

47. 7

47. 5

43. 7

43. 0

41. 3

42. 1

82. 3

81. 6

82. 5

84. 4

86. 7

88. 8

90. 1

42. 9
92. 1

40. 8

83. 8

46. 9
85. 8

44. 7

Lumber and wood products

90. 8

93. 8

95. 1

Furniture and fixtures

88. 0

85. 1

83. 9

85, 8

87. 7

87. 2

88. 7

92. 6

97. 4

99. 2

101. 0

100. 5

98. 5

94. 1

92. 4
80. 8

93. 1

94. 5

95. 7

96. 2

80. 0

81. 7

83. 5

82. 3

88. 5

86. 7

90. 9
91. 0
84. 3

92. 0

81. 9
92. 8

96. 9
83. 3

96. 7

90.6

92. 6
84. 1

92. 6

94. 8

91. 2
87. 3

97. 9
95. 7

92. 7

94. 2

95. 2

91. 9
85. 8

DURABLE GOODS

Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries

82. 1

94. 9
104. 0
90. 2

92. 1

90. 2

90. 1

100. 8
85. 3

98. 3
84. 3

90. 4

75. 1

77. 3

89. 0
93. 1
81. 9
80. 2

91. 3
81. 8

81. 1

96. 6
83. 3
80. 4

81.4

82. 0

105. 0

100. 7

98. 3

98. 2

97. 1

97. 0

89. 4

87. 3

85. 6

86. 0

86. 5

87. 0

89. 3
92. 8

86. 7

86. 0

86. 7

88. 2

92.5

92. 6

92. 4

Tobacco manufactures

88. 2

86. 9

86. 7

83. 4

92. 9
80. 3

Textile mil! products

78. 0

75. 8

77. 2

80. 1

76. 9

76.5

80. 8
78. 5

Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical equipment and supplies

. . . .

Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products

. . . .

Miscellaneous manufacturing, Ind
N O N D U R A B L E GOODS
Food and kindred products

92. 7
88. 1

81. 5

83. 1

86. 7

89. 1
88. 6

98. 1

91. 8
84. 9
82. 2
99. 4

92. 0
85. 5

82. 9
97. 2

100. 8

101. 7

103. 0

104. 4

87. 7

89. 0

91. 4

91. 3

90. 8

93. 1

94. 0

89. 1
93. 1

90. 2
93. 4

92. 4

94. 1

95. 1

95. 0

96. 1

97. 0

96. 1

95. 1

95. 1

96. 7

80. 8

85. 8

96. 9
88. 1

96. 5

86. 7

85. 6

93. 4

94. 6

85. 7

87. 0

88. 5

96. 4

98. 1

98. 0

82. 4

84. 6

93. 0
85. 3

88. 9
99. 3

87. 8

90. 0

90. 1

81. 6

87.4

85. 3

84. 5

79. 8
85. 7

86. 4

87. 6

Printing and publishing

91. 0
96. 7

92. 6

92, 0

91. 2

96. 6

94.9
95. 0

93. 9

Chemicals and allied products -.

92.4

91.4

92. 7

92. 6

90. 9
93. 0

94. 5

102. 8

100. 2

104. 0

101. 4

104. 4

105. 3

107. 2

107. 3

113. 8

104. 2

100. 4

102. 1

105. 1

105. 1

67. 8

64.4

63. 0

65. 8

66. 8

69. 6

106. 9
71. 4

118. 9

118.4

118. 1

117. 6

118. 0

117. 8 ° 1 1 8 . 0

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC
UTILITIES

105. 0

103. 5

102. 1

102. 3

100. 3

100, 6

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
TRADE

Apparel and other textile products

. . .

Paper and allied products

Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and plastics products, nec

. . ,

Leather and leather products

SERVICE-PRODUCING

82. 4

114. 3

113. 7

113. 9

113. 4

113. 9

113. 7

WHOLESALE TRADE

113. 0

112. 1

111. 6

111. 5

110. 3

RETAIL TRADE

114. 7

114. 2

114.8

114. 0

111. 4
114. 8

100. 3

C

114. 0

115. 0 ° 115. 2

91. 3

92. 0

92. 6

91. 9
96. 1

91. 8
97. 4

92. 4

93. 3

97. 6

98. 5

98. 6

110. 2

111. 6

111. 4

114. 3

110. 6

108. 9
113. 0

114. 7

113. 5

116. 7

118. 3

72. 1

74. 9

77. 2

77. 2

77. 9

78. 9

119. 3

119. 8

1 1 9 ., 7

120. 8

101. 2

101. 5

100. 9

102. 8

118. 7

100. 5

C

110. 8

C

118. 7

115. 9

2

101. 1

1 1 4 . 6 ° 114. 6
111. 0

C

99. 5
93. 1

91. 8
94. 5

89. 6
92. 4

C

93. 5

94. 4
93. 2

115. 1

115. 2

115. 8

116. 4

111. 3
115. 8

112. 0

111. 5

"116. 2

116. 6

112. 3
1 1 7 ., 1

117. 7

:

113. 1

FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND
REAL ESTATE

125. 2

124. 5

123. 6

122. 1

122o 9

123. 2

122. 3

122. 9

123. 5

123. 7

.25. 1

124. 4

125. 4

SERVICES

129. 9

129.9

129. 6

129. 3

130. 3

129. 9

130. 4

131. 4

131. 1

132. 0

133. 1

1 3 2 ., 3

133. 9

1

See footnote 1, table B-2.

p= preliminary.
c=corrected.




ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Indexes of diffusion:

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Percent of industries in which employment 1 increased

Over 12-month span

Over 1-month span

Over 3-month span

Over 6-month span

January
February
March

76. 7
75. 0
73. 8

84. 0
83. t
76. 2

81. 7
79. 4
79. 4

81. 1
80. 8
82. 6

April
May
)une

62. 5
59. 9
68. 0

71. 5
70. 3
63. 1

74. 7
72. 1
66. 6

81. 4
79. 7
78. 5

July
August
September

.

55. 8
63. 1
61. 6

66. 9
64. 8
74. 7

72. 1
72. 7
73. 0

75. 6
73. 5
69. 2

October
November . .
December , .

72. 7
75. 0
66. 6

75. 9
76. 5
70. 1

75. 6
70. 3
66. 0

66. 0
66. 6
64. 2

59. 3
52. 6
46. 5

62. 8
53. 8
48. 0

60. 8
55. 2
49. 7

63. 4
59. 6
55. 2

47. 1
55. 2
53. 2

48. 3
51, 7
52. 6

48. 5
49. 7
45. 6

50. 3
40. 1
28. 2

52. 3
45. 9
36. 0

45. 1
39. 2
40. 4

37. 2
31. 1
23. 3

27. 0
22. 4
20. 9

37. 8
20. 1
18. 6

28. 8
21. 5
13. 4

17. 7
17. 2
13. 1

18. 6
16. 6
14. 0

18. 6
16. 6
25. 0

12. 5
13. 7
19. 2

13. 4
13. 1
16. 3

16. 6
17. 4
1 7. 4

40. 4
53. 8
40. 4

35. 8
40. 4
48. 5

27. 9
40. 1

20.
25.

55. 2

55. 8
80. 2
81. 4

67.4
67.4
75. 9 p

47. l p

64.. 8
54.. 7

70. 3
67. " p
67. 2p

75. 9p

Year and month

1973

1974
January

...

July
September

.

December
1975

February

..

July

73.. 5
83., 7

September

6 4 .. 5 p
1976
68.. 3 p

1

Number of employees, seasonally adjusted, on payrolls of 172 private nonagricu'turai industries,

p = preliminary.




60. 8

9

9
41. 3p

LABOR FORCE. EMPLOYMENT > UNEMPLOYMENT
HOUSEHOLD DATA - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
1.

LABOR

FORCE

AND

2.

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

TOTAL

C I V I L I A N LABOR FORCE
TOTAL -lMPLOYMENT
NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT

ADULT MEN
ADULT WOMEN
TEENAGERS

THOUSRNDS

THOUSANDS

60000

95000

r

-

90000

-

y

85000

-

80000

•

-

90000

/
/

/

50000

50000
-

/

85000

V

40000

40000
-

/

80000

30000

30000

75000

20000

20000

y
"

/

V
v

75000
V

-

/

/

-

7 0 0 0 0 y• V '

70000

10000

10000

—

-

-

65000
1967

1968

1969

3.

1970

1971

1972

1973 1974

1975

1976

1966 1 9 6 9

1967

UNEMPLOYMENT

4.

ALL C I V I L I A N WORKERS
F U L L - T I M E WORKERS
MARRIED MEN

1970

1971

1972

1973 1974

10000

UNEMPLOYMENT

THOUSANDS
4000

4000

ri\

-

3500

£

3500

1

-

7500
3000

2500
5000

-

5000

2000

i f ^

-

2500

r

V
h
i
'j
/

i

//

1500

vv

•

/

1000

'•rtV,

<

I

3000

yv

-

2500

1976

ADULT MEN
ADULT WOMEN
TEENA6ERS

THOUSANDS
10000

7500

1975

V

j u A

»

2500

2000

i«
fj
V / w

1500

1000

500
1367

196tS 1 9 6 9 1 9 7 0




1971

1972

1973 1974

1975

1976

1967

1968

1969

1970 1971

1972 1973

1974

1975

1976

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
HOUSEHOLD DATA - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
5.

UNEMPLOYMENT

RATES

6.

UNEMPLOYMENT

A L L C I V I L I A N WORKERS
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HARRIED MEN

RATES

TEENAGERS
ADULT WOHEN
ADULT MEN

PERCENT

10.0

10.0

7.5

7.5

PERCENT
25.0

25.0

A

20.0

,/r
5.0

20.0

15.0

15.0

10.0

10.0

5.0

5.0

IIIMIHJIII
0 . o l..i..i..iJ..ii.i..h.Li..i..i..l..fllii
1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

0.0

5.0

2.5

2.5

Q , 0 Lonla
*Mu\uU*mUiUih
1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

7.

UNEMPLOYMENT
NEGRO ANO OTHER
WHITE

o.o

RATES

8.

UNEMPLOYMENT

RACES

PART-TIME
FULL-TIME

PERCENT
15.0

15.0

RATES

WORKERS
WORKERS

PERCENT
12.5

12.5

:
12.5

12.5

10.0

7.5

V

4* A

/(

1
t

1

5.0

/

LV J

AJ

7.5

*

7 .5

1

\

/vw*HV

f
1

(

W

1

5.0

/
i<>
i
i
t
j
/

5.0

•v.,

2.5

Sm1

'V

"

^

:
*

f

i
I

i
i
i
i
i
i'
i

2.5




7.5

5.0

2.5

2.5

19S7 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

10.0

\t

Vs,

0 . 0

i W '

10.0

I
f

[JJSlmA.

10.0

1967 1968 1989 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

UNEMPLOYMENT
HOUSEHOLD DATA - SEASONALLY
9.

UNEMPLOYMENT

RATES

10.

ADJUSTED

UNEMPLOYMENT

BLUE COLLRR WORKERS
SERVICE WORKERS
WHITE COLLAR WORKERS

RATES

CONSTRUCTION
flflNUFflCTURING

PERCENT
15.0

15.0

PERCENT
25.0

25.0

20.0

20.0

15.0

15.0

10.0

10.0

-

A

12.5

12.5

10.0

10.0

7.5
/1

2.5

A'

1/
Fir

A

J

(

Vs

OF

5.0

£

5.0
2.5

196*7 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

11 . A V E R A G E

7.5

d'

/ ''

5.0

r

>H

0.0

DURATION

5.0

0.0

inlimilliiillHIirliili
1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1979 1974 1975 1976

12.

UNEMPLOYMENT

BY

REASON

JOB LOSERS
REENTRANTS
NEW ENTRANTS
JOB LEAVERS

UNEMPLOYMENT

WEEKS
17.5

THOUSANDS
17.5

8000
-

5000

5000
15.0

1S.0
-

4000
12.5

4000

ft

12.5
-

-

i

3000

\

2000

N
W

j
7.5

7.5

1967

i960

196S 1970 1971




197? 1973

1974

1975 1976

3000

-

10.0

10.0

1

1000

2000
' A "

/I

Mr-,

1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

1000

NONflGRI CULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AND HOURS
ESTABLISHMENT DATA - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
13.

EMPLOYMENT

14-

TOTAL NONAGRICULTURAL
SERVICE-PRODUCING
GOODS-PRODUCING
MANUFACTURING

THOUSANDS
90000

.

90000

:

HOURS

TOTAL PRIVATE NONAGRICULTURAL
PRIVATE SERVICE-PRODUCING
GOODS-PRODUCING
MANUFACTURING

M I L L I O N S OF HOURS
2250

2250

:

80000

80000

2000

:

2000
t

:

70000

70000
:

1750

'

1750
-

60000

60000

1500

:

1500
:

:

50000

50000

1250

1250
:

40000

40000

•

"

:

1000

:

1000
:

30000

30000

750

750

i — /
-

mm
Si

20000

20000

—

_

500

500

..I..I..I..

iilnliilii lilulllill

1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

15. A V E R A G E

WEEKLY

L967

HOURS

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

16. A V E R A G E WEEKLY O V E R T I M E
IN M A N U F A C T U R I N G

MANUFACTURING
TOTAL PRIVATE

HOURS

HOURS

HOURS
42 .0

42 .0

5.0

5.0

-

i

41.0

If

„/

\a

40.0

1

-

39.0
T
I

38 . 0

K

41 .0

V,
y

, -

IT

40 . 0

K

V

4 .0

3.0

3.0
39 . 0

if

38 . 0

'V,
\

37 . 0

N

4.0

\

V

v

/

/

2 . 0

2 .0

1 .0

1 .0

/A

v/

V

37 . 0
LS
'.V

-

»

36.0

-

1

36 . 0

-

35.0

1

1967

1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

NOTE:

f

0 . 0 U.1..I..I..I..I.
1967

1960

1969

1970

1971

197C

1373

C h a r t s 1 4 a n d 1 5 r e l a t e t o p r o d u c t i o n o r n o n s u p e r v i s o r y w o r k e r s ; c h . u t 1b relates t o p r o d u c t i o n w o o e r s .

r e c e n t m o n t h s are p r e l i m i n a r y i n c h a r t s




35 .0

13-16.

1974

1975

1976

D a t a l o r t h e 2 ;r,o^t

.0