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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:

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8:30A.M. (EST), FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 5, 1993
JANUARY 1993

The nation's job market showed modest improvement in January, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.
The unemployment rate declined 0.2 percentage point to 7.1 percent, 0.6
point below its recent high in June 1992.
Payroll employment, as measured by the survey of employers, edged up
by 106,000 in January to 108.8 million, continuing its recent pattern of
slow growth. Total employment, measured through the survey of households,
fell slightly in January, following a substantial gain over the prior 2
months.
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
Both the unenployment rate, 7.1 percent, and the number of unenployed
persons, 9-0 million, edged down in January, after seasonal adjustment.
Since unenployment reached a high point last June, the unemployment rate
has declined 0.6 percentage point and the number of unemployed persons has
declined by 775,000. (See table A-1.)
The January improvement in unemployment was confined largely to adult
men, whose jobless rate fell 0.4 percentage point to 6.4 percent. Jobless
rates for other major demographic groups—including adult women (6.4
percent), teenagers (19-7 percent), whites (6.2 percent), blacks (14.2
percent), and Hispanics (11.6 percent)—showed little or no change from the
prior month. (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
The number of unemployed persons who had lost their last jobs
decreased by 290,000 in January, with three-fifths of the decline occurring
among persons who were on layoff and expected recall. There was also a
decline in the number of unemployed persons who had voluntarily left their
last jobs to search for new ones. (See table A-6.)
Unemployment in the mid- and long-term duration categories fell in
January. This more than offset an increase in the number of persons
unemployed fewer than 5 weeks. Both the mean and median measures of
duration declined over the month, to 18.7 and 8.5 weeks, respectively.
(See table A-5.)



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Table A . Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
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Quarterly

Category

HOUSEHOLD DATA

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1992
III

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IV

Monthly data

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1992
| 1993 |Jan.
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j change
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I Nov. I Dec. I Jan. |
Thousands of persons

Civilian labor force..| 127.3431 127,3411 127,3651 127,5911 127,083| -508
Employment
j 117,742| 118,021 | 118,064| 118,311 | 118,0711 -240
Unemployment
j
9,601 j 9,320|
9,3011
9,280|
9,013| -267
Hot in labor force
j 64,443| 64,978| 64,951| 64,913| 65,561j 648
Discouraged workers.j
1,1251
1,084|
N.A. |
N.A.j
N.A.j N.A.
Percent of labor force
Unemployment rates:
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All workers
j
Adult men
j
Adult women
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Teenagers
j
White
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Black
j
Hispanic origin...j
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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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7.5|
7.2|
6.4|
20.3|
6.6|
14.2|
11.6|
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7-3|
7.0|
6.3|
19-4|
6.4|
14.11
11.8|
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7-3|
6.9|
6.2|
20.2|
6.4|
14. oj
12.oj
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7.3|
6.8j
6.41
19-2|
6.3|
14.2|
11.7|
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7.1|
6.4|
6.4|
19-7|
6.2|
14.2|
11.6|
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-0.2
-.4
.0
.5
-.1
.0
-.1

Thousands of jobs

Nonfarm employment
| 108,525|p108,6511
Goods-producing 1/..|
23,372| p23,270|
Construction
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4,583| p4,591|
Manufacturing
j 18.163j p18,058|
Service-producing 1/1
85,153| p85,3811
Retail trade
j
19,137| p19,l40|
Services
| 29,006| p29,190 |
Government
| 18,646| p18,669|

108,646|p108,736|p108,842|
23,280| p23,26l| p23,254|
4,590| p4,581| p4,544|
18,068| p18,06l| p18,095|
85.366| p85,475| p85,588|
19,116| p19,159| p19,228|
29.188| p29,231| p29,212|
18,685| p18,700| p18,695|

p106
p-7
p-37
p34
p113
p69
p-19
p-5

Hours of work
Average weekly hours:
Total private
Manufacturing
Overtime

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34.4|
p34.5|
34.6|
p34.4|
p34.4| pO.O
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41.0|
p41.2|
41.2|
p41.2|
p41.4| p.2
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3-7|
p3.9|
3.9|
p3-9|
p4.0| p.1
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p=preliminary.
N.A.® not available.




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The number of persons employed part time involuntarily—sometimes
referred to as the "partially unemployed"—decreased by about 240,000 in
January to 6.1 million. The decline occurred among those whose hours had
been cut back because of sluggish demand, a group shown in table A-3 as
working part time for economic reasons due to "slack work."
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
Total civilian enployment slipped to 118.1 million in January, on a
seasonally adjusted basis, after increasing markedly over the prior 2
months. Over the past year, civilian employment has risen by 1 million.
The enployment-population ratio—the percentage of the working-age
population that is employed—was 61.3 percent in January, about the same as
a year earlier. (See table A-1.)
The number of persons in the civilian labor force showed a decline of
about 500,000 in January, to 127*1 million. The labor force has exhibited
no clear trend since mid-1992, following a sizable expansion in the first
half of the year. The labor force participation rate, at 66.0 percent in
January, was about the same as a year earlier, but has drifted down a bit
since mid-1992. (See table A-1.)
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
Modest growth in nonfarm employment continued in January, as the
number of payroll jobs edged up by 106,000 to 108.8 million, seasonally
adjusted. Since January 1992, the ntnfcer of nonfarm jobs has grown by more
than 700,000. (See table B-1.)
Manufacturing enployment rose by 34,000, for the second increase in 3
months, following large losses from August to October. Job gains took
place in the food processing, machinery, fabricated metals, and
transportation equipment industries, among others. An increase of 45,000
in automobile employment in January was largely the result of unusual
shifts in seasonal patterns in the industry. Because automobiles and its
higher-level aggregate, transportation equipment, are seasonally adjusted
independently of each other, much of this exaggerated rise in the estimate
of auto enployment is not carried forward into published aggregates such as
manufacturing and total payroll enployment.
Employment in construction fell by 37,000, seasonally adjusted, in
part due to unusually adverse weather conditions. Much of the decrease was
concentrated in heavy construction. Mining again lost jobs in January,
continuing a downtrend that has totaled 100,000, or 14 percent of the
industry's total, since July 1990.
In the service-producing sector, wholesale and retail trade employment
rose by 36,000 and 69,000, respectively. Both industries have shown signs
of a pickup in recent months, after lengthy periods of weakness.
Transportation added 23,000 jobs in January, an unusually large gain for
this industry. Employment in the services industry edged down, as small
gains in business and health services did not offset losses elsewhere in




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the industry.
in a row.

Finance employment increased by 9>000 for the second month

Vfeekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in January at 34.4 hours, seasonally
adjusted. The manufacturing workweek increased 0.2 hour to 41.4, its
highest level since 1966, and factory overtime (4.0 hours) edged up by a
tenth of an hour. (See table B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.3 percent to 121.8
(1982=100), after seasonal adjustment. The manufacturing index rose for
the fourth consecutive month to 102.9. (See table B-5.)
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers increased by 0.5 percent in January, seasonally adjusted. Average
weekly earnings also increased 0.5 percent, after declining by 0.8 percent
in December. Prior to seasonal adjustment, average hourly earnings
increased by 7 cents to $10.78, but average weekly earnings fell $4.05 to
$366.52 (as the workweek declined seasonally by 0.6 hour). Over the year,
average hourly earnings rose by 2.7 percent and average weekly earnings
were up 3.3 percent. (See table B-3.)

The Employment Situation for February 1993 will be released on Friday,
March 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
Planned Changes for the Current Population Survey (CPS)
Beginning in 1994, with the release of data for January, estimates
from the Current Population Survey (household survey) will reflect the
results of a major redesign of the survey. The redesign is being
undertaken to obtain more accurate and comprehensive information on the
labor force. As part of this effort, the survey questionnaire is being
revamped to include many new and revised questions regarding individuals'
employment and unemployment activities, and a fully automated data
collection environment is being introduced.
Work on the redesign began in the late 1980s. The new questionnaire
is being tested for an 18-month period, July 1992-December 1993, in a
separate national sample survey of about 13,000 households to gauge the
effect of both the new questions and the automated data collection
procedures on the labor force estimates. Results from this survey will be
compared to estimates based on the current CPS questionnaire, and the
findings will be published in an article in the February 199^ issue of
Employment and Earnings.




Explanatory Note
This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the
Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current
Employment Statistics Survey (establishment survey).
The
household survey provides the information on the labor force,
employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables,
marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households that is conducted by the Bureau of the Census
with most of the findings analyzed and published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
The establishment survey provides the information on the
employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfaim payrolls
that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.
This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in
cooperation with State agencies. The sample includes over
350,000 establishments employing over 41 million people.
For both surveys, the data for a given month are actually
collected for and relate to a particular week. In the household
survey, unless otherwise indicated, it is the calendar week that
contains the 12th day of the month, which is called tfie survey
week. In the establishment survey, the reference week is the pay
period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond
directly to the calendar week.
The data in this release are affected by a number of technical
factors, including definitions, survey differences, seasonal
adjustments, and the inevitable variance in results between a
survey of a sample and a census of the entire population. Each of
these factors is explained below.

The civilian labor force equals the sum of the number employed
and the number unemployed. The unemployment rate is the
number unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor force. Table
A-7 presents a special grouping of seven measures of
unemployment based on varying definitions of unemployment and
the labor force. The definitions are provided in the table. The
most restrictive definition yields U-l and the most comprehensive
yields U-7. The civilian worker unemployment rate is U-5b, while
U-5a, the overall unemployment rate, includes the resident Armed
Forces in the labor force base.
Unlike the household survey, the establishment survey only
counts wage and salary employees whose names appear on the
payroll records of nonfarm firms. As a result, there are many
differences between the two surveys, among which are the
following:
• The household survey, although based on a smaller sample,reflectsa
larger segment of the population; the establishment survey excludes
agriculture, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private
household workers;
• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed; the establishment survey does not;
• The household survey is limited to those 16 years of age and older, the
establishment survey is not limited by age;
• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because each
individual is counted only once; in the establishment survey, employees
working at more than one job or otherwise appearing an more than one
payroll would be counted separately for each appearance.

Coverage, definitions, and differences
between surveys

Seasonal adjustment

The sample households in the household survey are selected so
as to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population 16 years
of age and older. Each person in a household is classified as
employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. Those who hold
more than one job are classified according to the job at which they
worked the most hours.
People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as
paid employees; worked in their own business or profession or on
their own farm; or worked 15 hours or more in an enterprise
operated by a member of their family, whether they were paid or
not. People are also counted as employed if they were on unpaid
leave because of illness, bad weather, labor-management disputes,
or personal reasons.
People are classified as unemployed, regardless of their
eligibility for unemployment benefits or public assistance, if they
meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during
the survey week; they were available for work at that time; and
they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the
prior 4 weeks. Persons laid off from their former jobs and
awaiting recall and those expecting to report to a job within 30
days need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed.



Other differences between the two surveys are described in
"Comparing Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll
Surveys," which may be obtained from BLS upon request.

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

change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the
adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze
changes in economic activity.
Measures of labor force, employment, and unemployment
contain components such as age and sex. Statistics for all
employees, production workers, average weekly hours, and
average hourly earnings include components based on the
employer's industry. All these statistics can be seasonally adjusted
either by adjusting the total or by adjusting each of the components
and combining them. The second procedure usually yields more
accurate information and is therefore followed by BLS. For
example, the seasonally adjusted figure for the civilian labor force
is the sum of eight seasonally adjusted employment components
and four seasonally adjusted unemployment components; the total
for unemployment is the sum of the four unemployment
components; and the unemployment rate is derived by dividing the
resulting estimate of total unemployment by the estimate of the
civilian labor force.
The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year. For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the JulyDecember period. For the establishment survey, updated factors
for seasonal adjustment are calculated for the May-October period
and introduced along with new benchmarks, and again for the
November-April period. In both surveys, revisions to historical
data are made once a year.

are approximately 90 out of 100 that the "true" level or rate would
not be expected to differ from the estimates by more than these
amounts.
Sampling errors for monthly surveys are reduced when the data
are cumulated for several months, such as quarterly or annually.
Also, as a general rule, the smaller the estimate, the larger the
sampling error. Therefore, relatively speaking, the estimate of the
size of the labor force is subject to less error than is the estimate of
the number unemployed. And, among the unemployed, the
sampling error for the jobless rale of adult men, for example, is
much smaller than is the error for the jobless rate of teenagers.
Specifically, the error on monthly change in the jobless rate for
men is .30 percentage point; for teenagers, it is 1.65 percentage
points.
In the establishment survey, estimates for the most current 2
months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these
estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. When all the
returns in the sample have been received, the estimates are revised.
In other words, data for the month of September are published in
preliminary form in October and November and in final form in
December. To remove errors that build up over time, a
comprehensive count of the employed is conducted each year. The
results of this survey are used to establish new benchmarkscomprehensive counts of employment-against which month-tomonth changes can be measured. The new benchmarks also
incorporate changes in the classification of industries and allow for
the formation of new establishments.

Sampling variability
Additional statistics and other Information
Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are
subject to sampling error, that is, the estimate of the number of
people employed and the other estimates drawnfromthese surveys
probably differ from the figures that would be obtained from a
complete census, even if the same questionnaires and procedures
were used. In the household survey, the amount of the differences
can be expressed in terms of standard errors. The numerical value
of a standard error depends upon the size of the sample, the results
of the survey, and other factors. However, the numerical value is
always such that the chances are approximately 68 out of 100 that
an estimate based on the sample will differ by no more than the
standard error from the results of a complete census. The chances
are approximately 90 out of 100 that an estimate based on the
sample will differ by no more than 1.6 times the standard error
from the results of a complete census. At approximately the 90percent level of confidence--the confidence limits used by BLS in
its analyses-the error for the monthly change in total employment
is on the order of plus or minus 341,000; for total unemployment it
is 251,000; and, for the civilian worker unemployment rate, it is
0.22 percentage points. These figures do not mean that the sample
results are off by these magnitudes but, rather, that the chances




In order to provide a broad view of the nation's employment
situation, BLS regularly publishes a wide variety of data in this
news release. More comprehensive statistics are contained in
Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is
available for $13.00 per issue or $31.00 per year from the U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. A check or
money order made out to the Superintendent of Documents must
accompany all orders.
Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling
error for the household survey data published in this release. For
unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures
appear in tables 1-B through 1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."
Measures of the reliability of the data drawn from the
establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due to
benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-F of
that publication.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory
impaired individuals upon request Voice phone: 202-606-STAT;
TDD phone: 202-606-5897; TDD Message Referral Phone
Number. 1-800-326-2577.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

TabU A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by MX and age
(Nurribers In thousands)

Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, sex, and age
Jan.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

Jaa
1992

Sept.
1992

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

190,760
125,072
65.6
.... 115,122
60.3
2,722
..... 112,400
9,949
—
8.0
66.687

192,509
128,902
65.9
118,073
61.3
2,931
115,142
8,829
7.0
66,607

192,644
126.034
65.4
116,123
60.3
2,753
113.370
9,911
7.9
66,610

190.759
126,028
66.1
117,036
6U
3.146
113,890
8,992
7.1
64,731

191,947
127,274
66.3
117,724
61.3
3,221
114,503
9,550
7.5
64,673

192,131
127,066
66.1
117,687
61.3
3,169
114,518
9,379
7.4
65,065

192.316
127,365
66.2
118,064
61.4
3.203
114,855
9,301
7.3
64,951

192,509
127.591
66.3
118,311
61.5
3,262
115,049
9,280
7.3
64,918

192,644
127,083
66.0
118,071
61.3
3.191
114,879
9,013
7.1
65,561

91.094
68,117
74.8
62,024
68.1
6,093
8.9

92,060
68,867
74.6
63.809
69.3
5,058
7.3

92.130
68,511
74.4
62,721
68.1
5,790
8.5

91,094
68.640
75.4
63,466
69.7
5,174
7.5

91,739
69,453
75.7
63,976
69.7
5,477
7.9

91,844
69,334
75.5
63.924
69.6
5,410
7.8

91,951
69.335
75.4
64,043
69.6
5,292
7.6

92,060
69,394
75.4
64,194
69.7
5,200
7.5

92,130
69,115
75.0
64,186
69.7
4,929
7.1

84,464
64,915
76.9
59,526
70.5
2.020
57,506
5.389
8.3

85,369
65.509
76.7
61,126
71.6
2.184
58.942
4,383
6.7

85,445
65,346
76.5
60,271
70.5
2.073
58.197
5,075
7.8

84,464
65.121
77.1
60,664
71.8
2,278
58,386
4.457
6.8

85,075
65,805
77.3
61,125
71.8
2.382
56,743
4,680
7.1

85,159
65,811
773
61,088
71.7
2,378
58,710
4,723
7.2

85,259
65,740
77.1
61,206
71.8
2,326
58,880
4,534
6.9

85,369
65,785
77.1
81.326
71.8
2,371
58,955
4,459
6.8

85.445
65,624
76.8
61,423
71.9
2,340
59,083
4,201
6.4

99,665
56,955
57.1
53.099
53.3
3,856
&8

100,449
58,035
57.8
54,264
54.0
3,771
6.5

100,514
57,523
57.2
53,402
53.1
4.121
7.2

99.665
57,388
57.6
53,570
53.8
3,818
6.7

100,208
57,821
57.7
53.748
53.6
4,073
7.0

100,287
57,732
57.6
53,763
53.6
3,969
6.9

100,365
58,030
57.8
54,021
53.8
4,009
6.9

100,449
56,197
57.9
54,117
53.9
4,080
7.0

100,514
57,968
57.7
53,885
53.6
4,083
7.0

93,125
64.019
58.0
50,669
54.4
575
50.094
3,350
6.2

93,960
54,997
58.5
51,688
55.0
552
51,136
3,309
6.0

94,007
54,600
58.1
51.016
54.3
530
50.486
3,584
6.6

93,125
54,143
58.1
50,889
54.6
663
50,226
3,254
6.0

93.703
54,611
58.3
51.141
54.6
594
50,547
3,470
6A

93.771
54,578
58.2
51.182
54.6
584
50,598
3,396
6.2

93.849
54,832
58.4
51,435
54.8
616
50,819
3,397
6.2

93,960
55.010
58.5
51*494
54.8
613
50,881
3,516
6,4

94,007
54.733
58.2
51,246
54.5
608
50,638
3,486
6.4

13,169
6,138
46.6
4,927
37.4
127
4,800
1.210
19.7

13,181
6.396
48.5
5,260
39.9
195
5.064
1,136
17.8

13,191
6,088
46.2
4,837
36.7
150
4,687
1,251
20.6

13,169
6.764
51.4
5,483
41.6
205
5,278
1*281
18.9

13,169
6.858
52.1
5,458
41.4
245
5,213
1,400
20.4

13,200
6,677
50.6
5,417
41.0
207
5,210
1,260
18.9

13.208
6,793
51.4
5.423
41.1
267
5,156
1,370
20.2

13,181
6,796
51.6
5,491
41,7
278
5,213
1.305
19.2

13,191
6,726
51.0
5,401
40.9
243
5,158
1,325
19.7

TOTAL
ChrBlan nonlratftuttonalpopulation
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
.....
Employment-population ratio
Agriculture ....
Nonagricuitural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment
rate
Not In labor force

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian nonlnstltutlonal population
.....
Civilian labor foroe
.................—
Participation rate
........................—
Employed
....
Employment-population
ratio
Unemployed .................
.....
Unemployment rate ..................................

Men, 20 years and over
Civiian nonlnstkutiona! population
...
Civilian labor foroe
..............................
Participation rate
Employed
—
Employment-population ratio — «
Agriculture
—....
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

Women, 16 years and over
Clvllan nonlnsttutlonal population
— ~
Civilian tabor force
„
Participation rate
Errptoyed...........
—
—...
Employment-populationratio—
Unemployed
....————
Unemployment rate ......—...»

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstftutional population
Civilian Ubor force
Participation rate
Errptoyed.... ............».....»......»...•.*.....«.»••*••
Employment-population ratio
Agriculture ..............................................
Nonagricuttural Industrie* .„.._—
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Clvllan nonInstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate .......
Employed
Employment-populationratio............—
Agriculture
—..
Nonagricuttural Industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

1
The population figures are not adjusted fof seasonal variation;
therefore, identical numbers fppear In the unadjusted and seasonally




adjusted columns,

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A*2. Employment status of ths civilian population by race, ssx, ags, and Hispanic origin
(Nurrfcers in thousands)

Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, raoet sex, age, and
Hispanic origin
Jan.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

Jan.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

162,144
107,118
66.1
99,476
6U
7,641
7.1

163,259
108,390
664
101,847
624
6,543
65

163,343
107,795
66.0
100.296
614
7,498
75

162,144
107,992
66.6
101,172
624
6,820
6J3

162,891
108,606
66.7
101,412
62.3
7,194
6.6

163,013
108.483
66.5
101,458
62.2
7,025
6.5

163,132
108,723
66.6
101,816
624
6,907
64

163,259
106,946
66.7
102,043
62.5
6,903
62

163,343
108,729
66.6
101,987
624
6,742
62

56,258
77 4
52,009
71.5
4,249
7.6

56,735
775
53,359
72.7
3,376

56,610
77.1
52,650
71.7
3,959

6J0

7J0

56.480
77.7
52,973
72.9
3,507
62

56.902
77.8
53,279
72.8
3,623
64

56,910
77.7
53,305
725
3,605
65

56,858
77.6
53,369
72.8
3,489
6.1

56,937
77.6
53,543
73.0
3,394
6 JO

56,895
77.5
53,615
73.0
3,280
5.8

45,603
575
43,121
54.7
2.462
54

46.218
582
43,847
55.2
2,371
5.1

45,986
57.9
43.365
54.6
2,621
5.7

45,718
58.0
43,343
55.0
2,375
52

45,888
57.9
43,326
54.7
2,562
5.6

45,905
575
43,365
54.7
2,540
5.5

46,095
58.1
43,661
55.0
2,434
5.3

46,240
582
43,667
55.0
2,573
55

46,096
58.1
43,583
54.9
2,513
5.5

5,257
49.8
4,346
41.1
910
17.3
19.1
154

5,436
51.7
4.640
44.1
796
14J6
16.7
124

5.199
494
4.281
40.7
918
17.7
19.9
155

5,794
54.9
4,856
46.0
938
16.2
17.3
145

5.816
554
4,807
45.8
1,009
17 5
18.7
• 155

5,668
54.0
4,788
45.6
880
15.5
15 5
15.1

5,770
54.9
4,786
45.5
984
17.1
17.7
164

5,769
542
4,833
46.0
936
162
172
15.1

5,738
54.5
4,789
45.5
949
165
18.1
14.9

21.803
13,574
62.3
11,676
53.6
1,899
14.0

22,131
13,852
62.6
11,959
54 5
1,893
13.7

22,157
13,648
61.6
11,663
52.6
1,984
14.5

21,803
13,742
63.0
11,860
544
1,882
13.7

22,027
13,981
63.5
12,033
54.6
1,948
13.9

22,061
13,948
63 2
11,984
54.3
1,964
14.1

22,096
13,894
62.9
11,948
54.1
1,946
145

22,131
13,935
63.0
11,960
545
1,975
142

22,157
13,822
624
11,853
53.5
1,969
142

6,379
72.7
5,461
622
918
14 A

6,420
71.8
5.599
62.6
821
125

6,417
71.7
5.510
61.5
907
14.1

6,443
734
5,591
63.7
852
13.2

6,495
73.1
5,620
632
875
13.5

6,499
73.0
5,611
63.0
888
13.7

6,481
72.6
5,640
632
841
13.0

6,450
72.1
5,589
62.5
861
135

6,486
724
5,645
63.1
841
13.0

6,485
59.3
5,755
52.6
729
112

6,690
60 2
5,899
53.1
791
11.8

6,527
58.7
5,723
51.5
804
12.3

6,489
595
5,747
52.5
742
114

6,675
60.3
5,944
53.7
731
11.0

6,682
60.3
5,930
53.5
752
115

6,639
59.9
5,854
525
785
11.8

6,687
602
5,889
53.0
798
115

6,536
585
5,717
514
819
12.5

710
342
459
22.1
251
354
37.7
324

742
35.7
461
222
281
375
40.7
345

704
33.8
430
20.7
274
38.9
41.0
36.6

810
39,0
522
25.1
288
35.6
36.1
34.9

811
39.1
469
225
342
42.2
44 5
395

767
36.9
443
215
324
42.2
442
395

774
372
454
215
320
412
445
37.5

798
385
482
23 2
316
39.6
42 2
36.5

800
384
490
23.5
310
38.7
395
38.5

WHITE
Civilian nonlnstltutlonal population
Civilian labor force
Partlc^aatton rate

.

—

Employment-population ratio
Unemployed
Unemployment rale

.
.

.

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
................
Partlcfeallon rate
Enployed
.
_
.
Employment-population ratio................
Unemployment rate

.

......

—
-

Women, 20 ysars and ovsr
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
—
Employment-population ratio
Unemployment rate

..........................
.
.

.

-

.

Both ssxss, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force
Participation r * e
Errployed
Employment-population ratio
Unenployment rate
Men
Wbmen ...........

»
—

........

BLACK
CMIIan nonlnstltutional population
Civilian labor force
«...
Participation rate
Errployed....—
Employment-population ratio
Unemployed
Unenployment rate .... .......

.
...

Men, 20 years and ovsr
Civilian labor force
..
Participation rate
Errployed
Employment-population ratio

...
......

Unenployment rate

Women, 20 ysars and ovsr
CMIIan labor force
Participation rate
Errployed.......
Employment-population ratio
Unemployed
Unenployment rate

......
.

Both ssxss, 18 to 19 ysars
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Enployed
Employment-population ratio
Unemployed
Men
Women
See footnotes at end of table.




.

.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-2. Employment status of ths civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin — Continued
(Nurribers In thousands)

Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin
Jan.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

Jan.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992

1992

Jan.
1993

15,027
9,821
854
8,658
575
1,164
115

15,461
10,174
655
9,060
585
1,114
105

15,500
10,104
652
8,862
572
1242
125

15,027
9,950
662
8,840
585
1.110
112

15,342
10,213
665
9,028
585
1,185
11.6

15,382
10,210
664
9,011
585
1,199
11.7

15,421
10,211
662
8,990
585
1221
125

15,461
10,351
66.9
9,145
59.1
1206
11.7

15,500
10,225
66.0
9,043
585
1,182
115

Dec.

HISPANIC ORIGIN
Civilian noninstltutional population
Civilian labor force
.......................
Participation rate
........
Enployed
......................
Employment-population ratio.... ........ .........
.....
Unemployed ..........—.........—......
Unemployment rate
....„.„»....»...»......„—
......

1
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
Identical numbers appear In the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to

totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and
Hispanlcs are Included in both the white and black population groups.

Table A*3. Selected smploymsnt Indicators
(In thousands)

Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted

Category
Jan.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

Jan.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

CHARACTERISTIC
Civilian employed, 16 years and over ................................. 115,122
Married men, spouse present......
....... .................. 39,691
Married women, spouse present ..„.„..»....„„...»...*—...... 29,653
6,599
Women who maintain families ..................
..................

118,073
40.790
30,565
6,625

116,123
40,160
30,056
6,575

117.036
40,125
29,874
6,575

117,724
40,292
30,108
6,639

117,687
40,324
30, OX
6,626

118.064
40487
30,244
6,585

118,311
40,639
.30403
6,548

118,071
40,607
30,298
6,555

31,679
36,846
16220
13223
17,031
3,074

31,949
36,072
16,135
12,678
16,479
2511

31.102
36,541
16,030
13,034
17.000
3,406

31,174
36.700
16274
13,31 B
16,829
3,509

31,289
36,538
16,076
13,328
16,907
3,547

31,529
36,804
15,999
13,203
17,030
3,507

31,485
36,799
16,226
13271
16.959
3,525

31,874
36,363
16414
12,937
17,132
3,403

1,572
1279
90

1,365
1289
100

1,596
1455
103

1,694
1,397
106

1,656
1,405
118

1,685
1,370
163

1,735
1,397
106

1,661
1.404
145

106221
18.334
B7.887
1,067
86,820
8.715
206

104,547
18,518
86,029
977
85,052
8,591
232

105,195
17,850
87,345
1.028
86,317
8,507
225

105,643
18,505
87,138
1,158
85,980
8,662
217

105,863
18,371
87492
1,102
86,390
8,558
189

105,913
18216
87.697
1.109
86.588
8,700
220

6,806
3,662
2.846
14,935

6215
3,313
2,697
15,978

6,388
3,407
2.734
14,921

6,516
3212
3,011
14,781

6,362
3,171
2,879
14,805

6,434
3,160
2,988
14,726

6,493
3.161
3,060
14,834

6,349
3206
2.865
14595

6,113
2.994
2,887
14,788

6,570
3,476
2,802
14,570

5,935
3.095
2,646
15,609

6,181
3217
2,715
14,579

6261
3.020
2.943
14,340

6,096
3,001
2,826
14,358

6,151
2,993
2,905
14,324

6230
2,984
2,998
14,413

6.063
3,024
2,793
14,476

5,887
2.800
2.849
14,364

OCCUPATION
Managerial and professional specialty
«...
Technical, sales, and adrrfnistratto support....—»....—
Service occupations
«...
Precision production, craft, and repair
....
«.
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
Farming,forestry,and fishing

31,173
36,250
15,765
12,765
16,356
2,814

INDUSTRY AND CLASS O f WORKER
Agriculture:
1,317
Wage and salary workers
....
1534
Self-employed markers
............
—
71
Unpaid family workers ....„..„..«.».....«—
——»...
Nonagricukural Industries:
103,868
Wage and salary workers
17,909
Government
85,960
Private industries
950
Private households
05,010
Other industries
8,323
Self-employed workers
......
.......
«...
209
Unpaid famfly workers

105,978 105,883
18,065
18,481
87,913. 87402
1,091
1,061
86,822
86,341
8,668
8,793
221
250

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME1
AH industries:
Part time for economic reasons ...
Stack work
—
Could only find part-time work
Voluntary part time
Nonagricukural industries:
Part time for economic reasons — . —

— —
——

—
—

——
—

—

Could only find part-time work
Voluntary part time „.........„.....».........-._».»««»»——•
1

Excludes persons "with a job but not at work" during the survey period for




such reasons as vacation. Illness, or industrial dispute.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-4. Selected unemployment Indicators, seasonally adjusted
Number of
unemployed persons
(In thousands)

Category

Unemployment rates1

Jan.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

Jan.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

8,992
4,457
3,254
1,281

9,280
4,459
3,516
1,305

9,013
4,201
3,486
1,325

7.1
6.8
6.0
18.9

7.5
7.1
6.4
20.4

7.4
7.2
6.2
18.9

7.3
6.9
6.2
20.2

7.3
6.8
6.4
19.2

7.1
6.4
6.4
19.7

2,037
1,503
662

2,031
1,592
755

1,915
1,565
775

4.8
4.8
9.1

52
5.0
9.1

5.1
5.1
9.3

4.9
5.0
10.4

4.8
5.0
10.3

4.5
4.9
10.6

7,403
1,599

7,569
1,749

7,368
1,658

6.8
9.0
8.1

72
9.5
8.3

7.1
9.2
8.3

7.0
92
8.3

6.9
9.7
8.1

6.7
9.3
7.9

CHARACTERISTIC
Men, 20 years and over.—
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Married men. spouse present
Married women, spouse present
Women who maintain families

.........
.

.

—

—

—

OCCUPATION 3
Technical, sales, and administrative support
Precision production, craft, and repair
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
....
Farming, forestry, and fishing ...........—

.......
..........

927
2,139
1,295
2.080
296

1.049
2,285
1,283
1,883
338

1.086
2,126
1,108
1,858
318

2.9
5.5
9.0
10.9
B.O

3.2
5.9
8.6
11.1
8.9

32
6.0
8.6
11.0
7.9

3.1
5.7
8.6
10.6
8.8

3.2
5.8
8.8
10.0
8.7

3.3
5.5
7.9
9.8
8.5

7,028
2,579
49
1,008
1,522
881
641
4,449
375
1,983
2,091
696
203

7,162
2.463
37
936
1,490
888
602
4,699
379
1,959
2,361
675
242

6.910
2,363
53
828
1,483
858
625
4,547
330
1,947
2,270
695
219

7A
9.3
6.7
16.9
7.2
7.3
12.
6.7
5.5
8.2
5.9
3.8
11.3

7.8
10.1
72
17A
8.1
8.4
7.7
6.9
5.7
6.5
6.0
3.4
14.3

7.8
9.9
8.3
16.1
8.2
8.9
7.3
7.0
5.8
8.1
6.4
3.0
12.5

7.5
9.3
5.3
14.5
8.0
8.5
7.3
6.7
6.1
7.9
6.1
3.8
13.5

7.5
9.0
5.5
15.7
7.2
7.5
6.9
6.9
5.6
8.0
6.5
3.6
122

7.3
8.8
7.8
14.3
7.3
7.3
72
6.7
4.9
7.9
6.3
3.6
11.6

INDUSTRY
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .
Goods-produdng industries
.
Mining
Construction
—
......
Durable goods
.................
Nondur&le goods
Service-producing Industries
Transportation and public utilities —
Wholesale and retail trade ..*....
Finance and servfoe industries
Government workers
Agricultural wage and salary workers . .

.......

.........

1

Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
Aggregate hours lost by the unemployed and persons on part tlms for
economic reasons as a percent of potentially available labor force hours.
3
Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not
2

avalabie because the seasonal components are small relatfce to the
trend-cycle and/or irregular components and consequently cannot be
separated with sufficient precision.

Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
(Nurribers In thousands)

Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted

Weeks of unemployment
Jan.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

Jan.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

3,689
3,003
3,258
1,577
1,681

2,757
2,736
3,336
1,434
1.901

3,625
2.746
3.539
1,530
2,009

3,332
2,701
3.049
1,455
1,594

3.281
2,847
3,522
1,427
2.095

3,192
2,666
3,564
1,475
2.089

3,120
2,835
3,446
1,438
2.008

3,042
2,688
3,605
1,540
2,065

3,272
2,481
3,317
1,407
1.910

16.0
8.1

19.2
9.5

18.3
8.5

16.3
8.1

18.5
9.3

19.2
9.3

18.4
9.4

19.2
9.4

18.7
8.5

100.0
37.1
30.2
32.7
15.9
16.9

100.0
31.2
31.0
37.8
16.2
21.5

100.0
36.6
27.7
35.7
15.4
20.3

100.0
36.7
29.7
33.6
16.0
17.6

100.0
34.0
29.5
36.5
14.8
21.7

100.0
33.9
28.3
37.8
15.7
22.2

100.0
33.2
30.2
36.7
15.3
21.4

100.0
32.6
28.8
38.6
16.5
22.1

100.0
36.1
27.4
36.6
15.5
21.1

DURATION

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

—
............

Average (mean) duration, in weeto ...................................
Median duration, in weeks
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed
Less than 5 weeks
5 to 14 weeks
15 weeks and over
15 to 26 weeks




-

............
— ...............

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
(Nurribers In thousands)

Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted

Reason
Jan.

Dec.

Jan.

Jan.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

1992

1992

1993

1992

1992

1992

1992

1992

1993

5.875
1,759
4.115
1,043
2,347
684

5,142
1,276
3.866
880
2,007
801

5,821
1,487
4,333
881
2,377
831

4,884
1,213
3,671
971
2,316
810

5,438
1,335
4.103
963
2,274
944

5,492
1,265
4,227
913
2.206
784

5,207
1,195
4.012
977
2,194
930

5,138
1,204
3,934
972
2^37
930

4,847
1,029
3,818
821
2.346
960

.......

100.0
59.0
17.7
41.4
10.5
23.6
6.9

100.0
58.2
14.5
43.8
10.0
22.7
9.1

100.0
58.7
15.0
43.7
8.9
24.0
8.4

100.0
54.4
13.5
40.9
10.8
25.8
9.0

100.0
56.5
13.9
42.7
10.0
23.6
9.8

100.0
58.5
13.5
45.0
9.7
23.5
8.3

100.0
55.9
12.8
43.1
10.5
23.6
10.0

100.0
55.4
13.0
42.4
10.5
24.1
10.0

100.0
54.0
11.5
42.5
9.1
26.1
10.7

—........—.

4.7
.8
1.9
.5

4.1
.7
1.6
.6

4.6
.7
1.9
.7

3.9
.8
1.8

4.3
.8
1.8
.7

4.3
.7
1.7
.6

4.1
.8
1.7
.7

4.0

3.8
.6
1.8
.8

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers
On layoff
Other job beers ......
.......... ...........................
Job leavers .........
....... .„„..
.................
Reentrants ....
....... ....
—.....
New entrants
..
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed ....... .............
Job losers
On layoff
Other job beers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants
...

.......

-

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

..............

—.

.8

.8

1.8
.7

Table A-7. Range of unemployment measures based on varying definitions of unemployment and the labor force, seasonally
adjusted
(Percent)

Quarterly averages
Measure

1991

Monthly data

1992

1992

IV

1

II

III

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer as a percent of the civilian
labor foroe

22

2.5

Z6

2.8

2.8

U-2 Job bsers as a percent of the civilian labor force

3.9

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.1

IV

Nov.

1993
Dec.

Jan.

Z7

2.8

2.6

4.1

4JD

3.8

U-3 Unemployed persons 25 years and over as a percent of the dvifian
5.6

6.0

6.2

6.2

6.1

6.0

6.0

5.8

U-4 Unemployed full-time jobseekers as a percent of the ful-time cMlan
labor force...........
......
—..——
....................

6.7

7.0

7.2

7.3

7.0

7.0

6.9

6.7

U-5a Total unemployed as a percent of the labor force,
Including fee resident Armed Force* —

.........

6.9

7.2

7.4

7A

72

72

72

7.0

U-5b Total unemployed aa a percent of the civilian labor
force ............-......„...„....._„......„..
—..........
...............................

7.0

7.3

7.5

7.5

7.3

7.3

73

7.1

U*6 Total ful-time jobseekers plus 1/2 part-time jobseekers plus 1/2 total
on part time for economic reasons as a percent of the dviHan labor
force less 1/2 of the part-time labor force
....
..

9.6

9.9

10.0

10.1

9.9

9.9

9.8

9.5

10.4

10.7

10.8

11.0

10.7

NA

NA

NA

U-7 Total ful-time jobseekers plus 1/2 part-time jobseekers plus 1/2 total
on part time for economic reasons plus discouraged workers as a
percent of the cMBan labor force plus discouraged workers less
1/2 of the part-time labor force
N A - not available.




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HOUSEHOLD D A T A

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by ssx and age, seasonally adjusted

Number of
unemployed persons
(in thousands)

Sex and age

TotaJ, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years .......
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and wer

-

.............

...........—..............—..

Men. 16 years and ovsr
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
...............
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years.
..
—
55 years and over ..................
Women, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years ~
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over...
25 to 54 years
55 years and over.
1

—....
......

.......
....—........
—„„.„....«...„...„.......„.
...

...

........

......—

Unenployment rales1

Jan.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

Jan.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

8,992
2.825
1.281
571
682
1,544
6,206
5,532
675

9,280
2,854
1,305
585
733
1,549
6,432
5.756
699

9,013
2,846
1,325
654
644
1.521
6.203
5.518
684

7.1
13.8
18.9
21.6
16.6
11.3
5.9
6.1
44

7.5
144
20.4
23.8
18.3
11.4
62
64
5.0

74
13.6
18.9
22.1
16.8
11.0
6.2
64
4.9

7.3
14.1
202
23.8
17.9
11.1
6.0
6.3
4.7

7.3
13.9
192
21.8
17.8
11.3
6.0
6.3
4.6

7.1
14.0
19.7
24.0
16.2
11.1
5.8
6.0
4.5

5,174
1,624
717
308
394
907
3.604
3.180
435

5,200
1,601
741
320
419
860
3,604
3.173
440

4,929
1,581
728
369
347
853
3.399
3.011
399

7.5
15.1
20.4
22.6
18.2
12.6
6.2
6.5
5.0

7.9
15.1
21.8
24.5
19.9
11.7
6.5
6.8
54

7.8
144
19.5
22.6
17.8
11.9
6.6
6.8
5.5

7.6
15.1
21.1
25.1
18.5
122
6.3
6.5
5.0

7.5
14.7
20.5
22.6
19.3
11.8
62
64
5.1

7.1
14.7
20.9
26.0
16.7
11.8
5.8
6.0
4.6

3,818
1,201
564
263
288
637
2,604
2.352
240

4,080
1,253
564
265
314
689
2.828
2.583
259

4,083
1,266
597
285
297
669
2,604
2,507
285

6.7
12.4
174
20.5
14.8
9.9
5.5
5.7
3.6

7.0
13.6
18.8
23.0
16.5
11.1
5.8
6.0
4.5

6.9
12.7
18.2
21.6
15.8
10.0
5.7
5.9
4.3

6.9
12.9
19.1
224
172
92
5.7
5.9
4.3

7.0
13.0
17.7
21.0
162
10.6
5.8
62
3.9

7.0
13.1
18.5
21.7
15.6
104
5.8
6.0
4.3

Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor foroe.

Table A-9. Employment status of mats Vietnam-era vetsrans and nonvstsrans by ago, not ssasonally adjusted
(Numbers In thousands)
CMIan labor force
CIvHian
HAjtlutlh
•
IWIIIIIWItUtlVfW
poputat ion

Veteran status
and age

Unemployed
Total

Employed

Percent of
labor force

Number

Jan.
1992

Jan.
1993

Jan.
1992

Jan.
1993

Jan.
1992

Jan.
1993

.....

7.831
6.373
1.035
2.B81
2.457
1,458

7,898
6,103
827
2.454
2.822
1,795

7.040
5,924
951
2.667
2.306
1.116

7,049
5,677
765
2277
2,635
1272

6,563
5.506
871
2.474
2.162
1,057

6,569
5,278
674
2,112
2,492
1291

477
418
81
193
145
69

.....

18,944
8,599
6,009
4,336

19,894
8,893
6,521
4480

17,700
8,095
5,624
3,982

18,461
8,320
6,062
4,078

16.477
7,504
5246
3.728

17,304
7,742
5,731
3,832

1222
591
378
253

Jan.
1992

Jan.
1992

Jan.
1993

480
400
91
166
143
80

6.8
7.1
8.5
72
6.3
5.3

6.8
7.0
11.9
72
5.4
52

1,156
578
332
247

6.9
7.3
6.7
6.4

62
6.9
5.5
6.1

Jan.
1993

VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS
Total, 35 years and over
35 to 49 yean
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 49 years
50 years and over ....

....

...

NONVETERANS
Total, 35 to 49 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years w
45 to 49 years

NOTE: Male Vietnam-era veterans are men who served In the Armed Forces
between August 5, 1964 and May 7, 1976. Nonveterans are men who have
never served in the Armed Forces.




HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-10. Employment statue of the civilian population for 11 large states

(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted1
State and employment status

Seasonally adjusted2

Jan.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

Jan.
1992

Sept.
1992

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992

22,698
14,889
13,623
1,266
8.5

23,167
15,311
13,886
1,425
9.3

23,205
15,123
13,638
1,484
9.8

22,698
15,004
13,781
1,224
8.2

23,029
15,284
13,837
1,447
9.5

23,074
15,211
13,722
1,490
9.8

23,120
15,283
13,757
1,526
10.0

23,167
15,366
13,863
1,503
9.8

10,485
6,338
5,794
544
8.6

10,710
6,540
6,129
411
6.3

10,729
6,531
6,015
515
7.9

10,485
6,450
5,903
547
8.5

10,644
6,628
6,052
577
8.7

10,666
6,592
6,091
502
7.6

10,687
6,573
6,068
505
7.7

10,710
6,586
6,109
477
7.2

8,943
6,081
5,527
554
9.1

8,992
8,177
5,730
447
7.2

8,995
6,028
5,580
448
7.4

8,943
6,118
5,615
502
8.2

8,975
6,126
5,698
428
7.0

8,980
6,110
5,749
360
5.9

8,986
6,138
5,739
399
6.5

8,992
6,205
5,773
432
7.0

4,627
3,087
2,826
261
8.4

4,635
3,135
2,887
248
7.9

4,635
3,151
2,884
267
8.5

4,627
3,135
2,878
257
8.2

4,631
3,107
2,841
266
8.6

4,632
3,106
2,843
262
8.4

4,634
3,129
2,852
277
8.9

4,635
3,139
2,868
271
8.6

7,029
4,564
4,116
448
9.8

7,051
4,611
4,281
331
7.2

7,052
4,562
4,205
357
7.8

7,029
.4,596
4,180
416
9.0

7,042
4,629
4,226
402
8.7

7,045
4,616
4,219
396
8.6

7,048
4,626
4,256
370
8.0

7,051
4,609
4,239
369

6,027
3,984
3,680
304
7.6

6,030
4,009
3,696
313
7.8

6,030
3,897
3,587
310
8.0

6,027
4,015
3,733
283
7.0

6,026
3,982
3,625
357
9.0

6,028
3,974
3,649
325
8.2

6,029
3,998
3,651
348
8.7

6,030
4,008
3,676
332
8.3

13,806
8,434
7,665
769
9.1

13,820
8,540
7,845
695
8.1

13,819
8,562
7,766
796
9.3

13,806
8,472
7,767
705
8.3

13,810
8,510
7,761
749
8.8

13,813
8,470
7,733
737
8.7

13,816
8,531
7,831
700
8.2

13,820
8,584
7,858
726
8.5

California
Civilian noninstitutional population ,
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Florida
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Illinois
Civilian noninstitutional population .
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Massachusetts
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Michigan
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
,
Unemployment rate

8.0

New Jersey
Civilian noninstitutional population ,
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
New York
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
See footnotes at end of table.




HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Employment statue of the civilian population for 11 large statee — Continued

(Numbers in thousands)
1

Seasonally adjusted2

Not seasonally ad usted
State and employment status

Jan.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

Jan.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992

Jan.
1993

5,097
3,385
3,157
228
6.7

5,160
3,494
3,310
184
5.3

5,165
3,458
3,241
216
6.3

5,097
3,448
3,246
202
5.9

5,140
3,500
3,293
207
5.9

5,147
3,510
3,313
197
5.6

5,153
3,530
3,323
207
5.9

5,160
3,521
3,325
197
5.6

5,165
3,524
3,332
192
5.4

6,328
5,426
4,993
434
8.0

8,360
5,405
5,024
381
7.1

8,362
5,437
4,990
447
8.2

8,328
5,492
5,120
372
6.8

8,347
5,523
5,127
396

8,351
5,457
5,057
400
7.3

8,355
5,420
5,015
405
7.5

8,360
5,439
5,043
395
7.3

8,362
5,508
5,122
386
7.0

9,430
5,935
5,470
465
7.8

9,462
5,995
5,589
407
8.8

9,464
5,980
5,491
489
8.2

9,430
5,975
5,546
429

9,449
6,029
5,574
455

72

7A

9,453
6,048
5,596
452
7.5

9,457
6,057
5,616
441
7.3

9,462
6,031
5,588
442
7.3

9,464
6,024
5,570
453
7.5

12,622
8,646
7,924
722
8.3

12,781
8,762
8,112
650
7.4

12,793
8,680
7,953
727
8.4

12,622
8,732
8,054
677
7.8

12,732
8,753
8,083
671
7.7

12,748
8,756
8,099
657

12,764
8,747
8,082
A
U
ooo
7.6

12,781
8,798
8,124
674
7.7

12,793
8,762
8,081
682
7.8

North Carolina
Civilian noninstitutional population

Unemployment rate
Ohio
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

72

Pennsylvania
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor fores
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Texae
CMiian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor fores
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

1
These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
2
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted




7JS

columns.
NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the
experience through December 1992. Data for 1988-92 are subject to revision,

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by Industry - Continued
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

Government
Federal
State
Local

Seasonally adjusted

Jan.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992P

Jan.
1993P

Jan.
1992

Sept.
1992

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992P

Jan.
1993P

18,423
2,959
4,303
11,161

19,081
2,925
4,511
11,645

19,004
2,967
4,478
11,559

18,653
2,945
4,353
11,355

18,457
2,981
4,347
11,129

18,650
2,967
4,401
11,282

18,623
2,942
4,390
11,291

18,685
2,940
4,384
11,361

18,700
2,973
4,395
11,332

18,695
2,966
4,397
11,332

P - preliminary.

Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervlsory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

Seasonally adjusted

Jan.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992P

Jan.
1993P

Jan.
1992

Sept.
1992

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992P

Jan.
1993P

33.8

34.6

34.6

34.0

34.3

34.3

34.5

34.6

34.4

34.4

Mining

43.4

44.7

44.3

43.4

43.7

43.8

44.0

44.3

43.6

43.6

Construction

36.7

37.5

37.2

36.1

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Manufacturing
Overtime hours

40.6
3.4

41.6
4.1

42.0
4.2

41.1
3.7

40.9
3.6

40.9
3.5

41.1
3.8

41.2
3.9

41.2
3.9

41.4
4.0

Durable goods
Overtime hours

41.0
3.3

42.1
4.1

42.6
4.3

41.7
3.8

41.3
3.5

41.2
3.4

41.6
3.8

41.8
3.9

41.8
3.9

42.0
4.1

Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing

39.8
39.1
40.3
42.4
42.5
41.1
41.8
41.0
41.2
41.4
40.9
39.4

40.7
40.1
42.6
43.3
43.4
42.2
43.0
42.1
42.1
42.4
41.7
40.7

40.8
41.1
42.0
43.9
44.2
42.8
43.7
42.7
43.1
43.8
42.2
40.5

39.8
39.8
40.9
43.5
43.5
41.7
42.8
41.6
42.1
42.5
41.7
39.6

40.5
39.5
41.6
42.4
42.4
41.4
41.8
41.0
41.6
41.9
41.0
39.8

40.3
39.2
42.5
42.7
42.4
41.1
42.0
41.0
40.9
41.0
41.0
39.5

40.7
39.7
42.4
42.8
42.8
41.7
42.5
41.3
41.5
41.5
41.3
40.0

40.9
40.1
42.3
43.0
43.1
41.8
42.8
41.6
41.8
42.3
41.3
40.0

40.4
39.9
42.0
43.5
43.8
41.9
42.6
41.5
42.5
43.7
41.2
39.9

40.5
40.2
42.1
43.6
43.6
42.0
42.8
41.6
42.6
43.5
41.8
40.0

Nondurable goods
Overtime hours

40.1
3.5

40.9
4.1

41.1
4.1

40.3
3.7

40.4
3.7

40.5
3.8

40.4
3.9

40.5
3.9

40.5
3.9

40.6
3.9

40.2
39.1
40.6
37.1
43.4
37.6
43.2
42.4
41.4
37.2

41.4
37.9
41.5
37.9
43.9
38.5
43.3
44.9
42.0
39.1

41.3
39.6
41.9
37.7
44.3
38.8
43.7
44.1
A2A
39.0

40.2
38.5
41.4
37.2
43.5
38.1
42.8
44.0
42.0
38.2

40.6
(2)
41.0
37.4
43.4
37.9
43.2
(2)
41.5
37.6

40.8
(2)
41.8
37.4
43.9
38.1
42.9
(2)
41.5
37.8

40.9
(2)
40.8
37.4
43.4
38.2
42.8
(2)
41.5
38.4

40.8
(2)
41.1
37.6
43.4
38.1
42.9
(2)
41.8
39.2

40.6
(2)
41.7
37.3
43.4
38.1
42.9
(2)
41.9
38.5

40.5
(2)
41.9
37.5
43.5
38.4
42.8
(2)
42.2
38.7

Transportation and public utilities

37.9

39.5

39.3

38.9

38.5

38.9

38.9

39.5

39.2

39.5

Wholesale trade

37.8

38.4

38.2

37.8

38.1

38.0

38.1

38.5

38.0

38.1

Retail trade

27.8

28.7

29.2

27.9

28.7

28.9

28.9

29.0

28.7

28.7

Finance, insurance, and real estate

35.6

36.2

35.7

35.5

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

32.1

32.6

32.4

32.2

32.4

32.1

32.5

32.6

32.4

32.5

Total private

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

Services

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




2
These series are not published seasonally adjusted since the
seasonal component is small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular
components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
precision.
P • preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by Industry
(In thousands)
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

Total

Jan.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992P

Jan.
1993P

Jan.
1992

Sept.
1992

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992P

Jan.
1993P

106,607 109,592 109,520 107,329 108,100 108,497 108,571 108,646 108,736 108,842
88,184

90,511

90,516

88,676

89,643

89,847

89,948

89,961

90,036

90,147

22,987

23,478

23,207

22,712

23,527

23,296

23,270

23,280

23,261

23,254

646
369.1

625
347.0

618
347.4

605
344.3

657
372

620
340

623
345

622
345

619
345

615
346

Construction
General building contractors

4,210
1,062.2

4,705
1,109.9

4,508
1,080.3

4,167
1,021.4

4,587
1,125

4,574
1,097

4,601
1,098

4,590
1,093

4,581
1,086

4,544
1,080

Manufacturing
Production workers

18,131
12,236

18,148
12,345

18,081
12,292

17,940
12,169

18,283
12,386

18,102
12,270

18,046
12,235

18,068
12,274

18,061
12,282

18,095
12,328

Durable goods
Production workers

10,344
6,813

10,292
6,857

10,258
6,835

10,182
6,767

10,422
6,895

10,271
6,809

10,231
6,789

10,247
6,819

10,240
6,821

10,262
6,853

662.6
465.1
498.7
709.8
258.0
1,335.6
1,954.3
1,568.3
1,827.6
762.2
960.7
360.8

694.3
466.3
524.0
695.7
247.7
1,333.9
1,935.2
1,544.7
1,799.1
824.4
927.6
371.5

689.7
464.5
514.4
694.2
246.7
1,330.6
1,937.6
1,540.9
1,797.1
828.4
923.2
365.8

677.5
460.8
500.3
693.7
245.0
1,322.7
1,936.6
1,537.6
1,774.5
821.6
917.3
361.1

680
466
517
711
258
1,344
1,954
1,570
1,850
787
963
367

683
461
520
699
252
1,330
1,943
1,538
1,797
803
935
365

689
461
518
695
250
1,323
1,935
1,534
1,782
802
930
364

695
461
518
695
248
1,323
1,935
1,537
1,790
818
927
366

697
462
519
693
245
1,323
1,934
1,536
1,788
823
921
367

694
462
519
695
245
1,332
1,939
1,539
1,796
868
919
367

7,787
5,423

7,856
5,488

7,823
5,457

7,758
5,402

7,861
5,491

7,831
5,461

7,815
5,446

7,821
5,455

7,821
5,461

7,833
5,475

1,626.9
53.0
674.3
1,014.4
683.5
1,525.9
1,067.6
153.5
865.4
122.3

1,673.5
48.2
678.7
1,014.6
688.7
1,524.5
1,066.6
152.3
884.7
123.7

1,650.6
52.0
677.4
1,007.0
686.8
1,527.4
1,067.2
149.0
883.2
121.9

1,627.7
52.1
674.2
995.6
684.4
1,516.3
1,063.0
146.1
879.0
119.9

1,672
50
678
1,024
687
1,524
1,073
158
871
124

1,661
50
677
1,007
692
1,523
1,069
152
877
123

1,661
49
672
1,004
688
1,520
1,069
152
877
123

1,664
47
675
1,006
688
1,518
1,069
152
880
122

1,664
49
677
1,004
686
1,518
1,068
151
882
122

1,673
49
678
1,005
688
1,515
1,068
151
885
121

83,620

86,114

86,313

84,617

84,573

85,201

85,301

85,366

85,475

85,588

Transportation and public utilities
Transportation
Communications and public utilities

5,684
3,463
2,221

5,781
3,566
2,215

5,796
3,585
2,211

5,701
3,502
2,199

5,746
3,512
2,234

5,738
3,520
2,218

5,731
3,516
2,215

5,732
3,517
2,215

5,740
3,529
2,211

5,764
3,552
2,212

Wholesale trade
Durable goods
Nondurable goods

5,957
3,447
2,510

5,994
3,427
2,567

5,974
3,420
2,554

5,950
3,410
2,540

6,010
3,467
2,543

5,957
3,419
2,538

5,969
3,424
2,545

5,976
3,424
2,552

5,968
3,417
2,551

6,004
3,431
2,573

18,834
2,397.7
3,166.3
1,968.4
6,167.8

19,422
2,415.4
3,202.6
2,025.5
6,496.5

19,734 18,940
2,510.3 2,311.0
3,236.7 3,164.8
2,021.6 2,020.8
6,515.2 6,290.9

19,118
2,340
3,176
1,995
6,450

19,122
2,296
3,176
2,012
6,494

19,146
2,285
3,170
2,017
6,513

19,116
2,262
3,165
2,023
6,536

19,159
2,262
3,173
2,034
6,561

19,228
2,257
3,178
2,047
6,580

6,608
3,198
2,152
1,258

6,648
3,237
2,123
1,288

6,662
3,252
2,123
1,287

6,628
3,248
2,121
1,259

6,665
3,209
2,153
1,303

6,669
3,238
2,132
1,299

6,680
3,244
2,133
1,303

6,669
3,243
2,129
1,297

6,677
3,252
2,125
1,300

6,685
3,261
2,121
1,303

28,114
5,026.0
8,334.9

29,188
5,480.8
8,560.9

29,143
5,471.8
8,576.7

28,745
5,350.5
8,568.3

28,577
5,122
8,354

29,065
5,322
8,506

29,152
5,406
8,535

29,188
5,427
8,561

29,231
5,450
8,577

29,212
5,460
8,585

Total private
Goods-producing industries
Mining
Oil and gas extraction

Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primaiy metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products ...
Fabricated metal products
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Production workers
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products
Service-producing industries

Retail trade
General merchandise stores
Food stores
Automotive dealers and service stations
Eating and drinking places
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Finance
Insurance
Real estate
Services
Business services
Health services
See footnotes at end of table.




ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervlsory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by Industry
Average hourly earnings
Industry

Average weekly earnings

Jan.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992P

Jan.
1993P

$10.50
10.46

$10.73
10.71

$10.71
10.69

Mining

14.59

14.58

Construction

14.04

14.20

11.29

11.54

Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, day, and glass products
Primary metal Industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing

11.84
9.34
8.85
11.46
13.42
15.52
11.29
12.23
10.87
14.85
15.01
11.78
9.06

12.12
9.49
9.08
11.71
13.76
16.03
11.47
12.57
11.06
15.36
15.40
12.10
9.23

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products

10.58
10.08
15.86
8.49
6.83
12.90
11.60
14.24
17.55
10.28
7.37

10.81
10.30
17.33
8.70
6.97
13.20
11.85
14.64
18.21
10.45
7.42

13.36

Total private
Seasonally adjusted

Manufacturing

Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products

Finance, insurance, and real estate

1

Jan.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992P

Jan.
1993P

$10.78
10.74

$354.90
358.78

$371.26
370.57

$370.57
367.74

$366.52
369.46

14.53

14.61

633.21

651.73

643.68

634.07

14.23

14.19

515.27

532.50

529.36

512.26

11.63

11.59

458.37

480.06

488.46

476.35

12.21
9.49
9.16
11.67
13.80
16.08
11.59
12.65
11.14
15.51
15.64
12.14
9.30

12.16
9.46
9.15
11.70
13.73
15.94
11.55
12.61
11.16
15.30
15.32
12.12
9.26

485.44
371.73
346.04
461.84
569.01
659.60
464.02
511.21
445.67
611.82
621.41
481.80
356.96

510.25
386.24
364.11
498.85
595.81
695.70
484.03
540.51
465.63
646.66
652.96
504.57
375.66

520.15
387.19
376.48
490.14
605.82
710.74
496.05
552.81
475.68
668.48
685.03
512.31
376.65

507.07
376.51
364.17
478.53
597.26
693.39
481.64
539.71
464.26
644.13
651.10
505.40
366.70

10.87
10.35
16.18
8.76
7.03
13.29
11.91
14.69
18.09
10.54
7.48

10.85
10.29
15.69
8.80
7.04
13.19
11.86
14.65
18.41
10.57
7.49

424.26
405.22
620.13
344.69
253.39
559.86
436.16
615.17
744.12
425.59
274.16

442.13
426.42
656.81
361.05
264.16
579.48
456.23
633.91
817.63
438.90
290.12

446.76
427.46
640.73
367.04
265.03
588.75
462.11
641.95
797.77
446.90
291.72

437.26
413.66
604.07
364.32
261.89
573.77
451.87
627.02
810.04
443.94
286.12

13.65

13.62

13.64

506.34

539.18

535.27

530.60

11.29

11.53

11.53

11.61

426.76

442.75

440.45

438.86

7.10

7.21

7.19

7.27

197.38

206.93

209.95

202.83

10.66

11.06

11.04

11.16

379.50

400.37

394.13

396.18

10.49

10.72

10.75

10.81

336.73

349.47

348.30

348.08

p

See footnote 1, table B-2.

- preliminary.

Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervlsory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:
Current dollars
Constant (1982) dollars2
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Excluding overtime4
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services

Jan.
1992

Sept.
1992

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992P

Jan.
1993P

Percent
change
from:
Dec. 1992Jan. 1993

$10.46
7.44
14.43
13.99
11.27
10.81
13.34
11.27
7.07
10.62
10.41

$10.63
7.41
14.54
14.07
11.51
11.03
13.56
11.44
7.18
10.84
10.59

$10.65
7.40
14.59
14.15
11.51
10.98
13.56
11.48
7.18
10.92
10.61

$10.71
7.42
14.67
14.20
11.54
11.02
13.65
11.53
7.19
11.09
10.68

$10.69
7.40
14.44
14.16
11.57
11.04
13.59
11.47
7.20
11.00
10.66

$10.74
NA
14.47
14.15
11.58
11.07
13.61
11.59
7.23
11.12
10.73

0.5
(3)
.2
-.1
.1
.3
.1
1.0
.4
1.1
.7

J See footnote 1, table B-2.
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners
and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this
series.
3
Change was -.3 percent from November 1992 to
2




December 1992, the latest month available.
4
Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at
the rate of time and one-half.
N.A.« not available.
P - preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
1

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervlsory workers on private nonfarm payrolls
by Industry
(1982-100)
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

Seasonally adjusted

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992P

Jan.
1993P

Jan.
1992

Sept.
1992

Oct.
1992

Nov.
1992

Dec.
1992P

Jan.
1993P

116.2 122.8

122.8

117.8

120.3

120.5

121.4

122.1

121.4

121.8

98.5 104.3

103.4

98.3

102.8

102.1

102.3

102.6

102.6

102.7

56.8

55.4

52.6

57.8

55.0

55.6

55.9

54.5

54.1

104.5 123.3

116.1

101.6

120.2

121.3

121.4

119.8

119.9

117.2

100.2 103.5

104.0

100.9

102.1

101.2

101.4

102.1

102.2

102.9

Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, day, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing

96.8
113.7
112.6
93.3
85.8
74.0
99.7
89.7
100.7
107.7
115.4
82.5
96.4

100.0
122.9
116.1
104.5
86.6
73.0
103.0
92.2
102.9
110.6
129.4
80.7
102.4

101.0
122.1
118.4
100.8
87.6
74.2
104.1
94.1
104.1
113.4
134.4
81.5
99.8

97.8
116.7
113.8
95.1
86.8
72.5
100.9
92.1
100.7
108.8
128.7
79.7
96.4

98.6
119.4
114.0
100.6
86.0
73.4
101.2
89.6
100.8
111.8
121.6
82.7
99.3

97.2
119.2
111.9
103.3
85.6
72.7
99.6
90.3
99.3
106.0
120.1
79.9
97.4

97.9
121.7
113.6
102.6
85.5
72.6
100.5
90.9
99.9
106.7
121.8
80.3
98.2

98.8
123.6
114.4
1023
85.7
72.7
101.2
92.0
101.1
109.1
127.8
79.6
98.6

98.9
122.3
114.5
101.8
86.6
73.1
101.1
91.5
100.9
111.0
133.1
79.1
99.1

99.8
122.1
115.3
102.3
87.3
72.8
102.5
92.0
100.7
113.5
140.9
80.1
99.4

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

104.9
105.8
78.1
97.5
92.4
108.9
122.4
100.0
80.0
124.9
56.7

108.3
113.8
67.6
99.9
94.6
111.0
125.2
98.5
85.6
130.2
59.9

108.2
111.7
78.1
100.6
93.3
111.6
126.8
99.7
81.2
131.0
58.8

105.1
106.6
76.2
98.8
90.9
109.4
123.1
97.3
78.3
128.9
56.4

106.9
110.7
72.4
99.1
94.1
109.4
123.3
100.6
85.2
126.3
57.8

106.8
110.7
69.3
100.7
92.5
111.5
123.6
98.1
82.1
127.0
57.5

106.2
111.1
68.1
97.1
92.2
109.6
123.5
98.1
84.6
126.8
58.4

106.6
111.4
64.8
98.5
92.7
109.4
123.2
98.0
84.4
128.5
59.6

106.7
110.9
70.2
100.3
92.1
109.2
123.3
98.1
83.4
129.2
58.0

107.3
111.3
71.1
100.6
92.9
110.1
124.2
98.1
84.2
130.7
57.7

124.2 131.1

131.5

126.5

128.2

128.8

130.0

130.8

129.8

130.4

113.5

112.9

114.0

113.9

115.7

115.2

116.9

Total private

Jan.
1992
-

Goods-producing industries

56.3
Construction

.

Manufacturing

Service-producing industries
Transportation and public utilities

109.8 116.8

116.7

Wholesale trade

110.3 113.5

112.6

110.9

112.5

111.6

112.2

113.6

111.9

112.9

Retail trade

113.1 120.8

125.1

114.3

118.8

119.7

119.7

120.1

119.1

119.6

Finance, insurance, and real estate

117.0 120.3

118.7

117.7

119.0

118.2

119.7

121.4

118.9

119.3

Services

142.6 151.1

149.5

146.4

146.7

147.8

150.3

150.8

150.1

150.6

1

See footnote 1, table B-2.




P « preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
(Percent)
Time span

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

May

Apr.

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct

Nov.

Dec.

1

Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries
Over 1-month span:
1990
1991
1992.....
1993

59.1
37.9
43.5
P57.4

58.8
37.6
47.9

53.8
36.1
47.5

46.9
41.3
58.4

49.3
50.7
51.4

47.8
45.1
45.2

43.5
48.7
49.6

41.4
51.4
42.6

40.3
50.0
49.9

40.2
47.1
50.1

38.2
46.8
49.7

37.1
46.9
P52.8

Over 3-month span:
1990
1991
1992

61.2
31.3
44.8

61.1
28.7
44.1

54.8
31.7
53.2

48.0
38.3
54.9

45.6
41.0
54.4

45.2
45.6
47.6

40.9
48.0
41.6

35.7
51.4
44.4

33.8
48.5
44.1

33.1
46.3
48.2

32.6
44.4
P50.4

32.3
42.7
P57.0

Over 6-month span:
1990
1991
1992

58.6
27.9
47.8

55.1
29.2
50.6

54.2
28.2
49.7

50.0
33.0
51.1

43.7
38.9
47.3

39.0
44.0
49.3

37.2
47.2
42.8

34.7
46.3
42.0

31.9
46.9
P45.5

30.6
46.1
P48.2

29.1
44.0

27.9
43.4

Over 12-month span:
1990
1991
1992

53.7
27.4
49.2

51.4
28.5
44.1

48.9
28.1
45.2

46.6
29.9
43.8

43.0
32.2
44.9

40.0
33.4
P45.6

37.1
35.7
P49.0

33.7
39.0

32.3
42.8

30.6
46.3

28.9
47.6

27.7
47.8

Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
Over 1-month span:
1990
1991
1992
1993

47.8
35.6
39.6
P55.8

51.1
33.5
43.9

48.2
30.6
43.2

45.3
40.6
57.6

41.7
46.0
46.4

42.8
43.9
42.4

39.9
49.6
51.4

36.7
50.7
36.7

34.2
42.8
45.7

33.5
46.4
39.2

29.5
45.3
51.1

31.7
46.0
P49.6

Over 3-month span:
1990
1991
1992

48.6
23.4
37.8

49.3
21.6
36.3

48.6
21.6
48.9

41.0
32.4
49.3

37.8
36.3
50.4

37.1
43.5
46.4

32.4
52.2
35.6

27.7
49.6
36.7

25.2
46.4
31.7

21.9
42.4
40.6

19.8
42.1
P42.4

22.7
37.4
P55.8

Over 6-month span:
1990
1991 ....
1992

45.3
17.3
41.4

41.4
20.5
43.2

41.7
21.9
41.4

42.8
25.9
47.8

33.1
34.9
41.7

29.5
40.6
42.4

23.7
45.3
29.9

21.2
44.6
30.9

18.7
45.3
P33.8

19.4
39.9
P37.1

18.0
36.0

16.2
36.0

Over 12-month span:
1990
1991
1992

35.3
17.6
42.8

32.7
19.4
32.4

31.7
18.0
34.9

32.7
19.4
30.6

26.3
24.1
32.4

23.4
25.2
P33.8

23.0
25.9
P39.9

19.4
28.8

18.3
37.4

15.8
40.6

14.7
41.4

15.5
38.1

1
Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans
and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered within
the span.
P * preliminary.




NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment
increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment,
where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with
increasing and decreasing employment