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Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 02-47 Establishment data: 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ Media contact: 691-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Friday, February 1, 2002. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JANUARY 2002 Employment continued to decline in January, and the unemployment rate decreased to 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment declined by 89,000 over the month, as job losses continued in manufacturing and construction employment also fell. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons declined in January by 337,000, to 7.9 million (after seasonal adjustment). The unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage point to 5.6 percent, reversing an increase of the same size in December. The rate was 1.7 percentage points above its most recent low of 3.9 percent reached in October 2000. (See table A-1.) In January, the unemployment rate for adult women decreased by 0.4 percentage point to 4.8 percent after rising by 0.3 percentage point in December. Jobless rates for adult men (5.2 percent), teenagers (16.1 percent), whites (5.0 percent), blacks (9.8 percent), and Hispanics (8.1 percent) showed little or no change. (See tables A-1 and A-2.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment fell by 587,000 in January to 133.5 million, after seasonal adjustment. The employment-population ratio dropped by 0.4 percentage point to 62.6 percent. Over the past 12 months, the number of employed persons has declined by 2.4 million and the employment-population ratio has fallen by 1.8 percentage points. (See table A-1.) Over the month, the number of persons working part time despite their preference for full-time work decreased by 294,000 to 4.0 million, after seasonal adjustment. Over the year, however, the number of these persons working part time for economic reasons has risen by 685,000. (See table A-4.) The civilian labor force fell by 924,000 in January, to 141.4 million persons. The labor force participation rate--the proportion of the population that is either working or looking for work--fell to 66.4 percent. (See table A-1.) About 7.0 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one job in January. These multiple jobholders represented 5.3 percent of the total employed, the same as a year earlier. (See table A-10.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) In January, the number of persons not in the labor force who reported that they currently want a job rose by 163,000 to 4.8 million, seasonally adjusted. These individuals are not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4-week period preceding the survey. Most had not searched for over a year. (See table A-1.) About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in January, up from 1.3 million persons a year ago. These individuals reported they wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they had not actively searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. The number of discouraged workers was 319,000 in January, essentially unchanged from a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently - 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | | | averages | Monthly data | |_________________|__________________________| Dec.Category | 2001 | 2001 | 2002 | Jan. |_________________|_________________|________|change | III | IV | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________ Civilian labor force..| 141,700| 142,291| 142,279| 142,314| 141,390| -924 Employment..........| 134,839| 134,308| 134,253| 134,055| 133,468| -587 Unemployment........| 6,860| 7,983| 8,026| 8,259| 7,922| -337 Not in labor force....| 70,438| 70,467| 70,488| 70,613| 71,699| 1,086 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________ All workers...........| 4.8| 5.6| 5.6| 5.8| 5.6| -0.2 Adult men...........| 4.3| 5.0| 5.2| 5.2| 5.2| .0 Adult women.........| 4.2| 5.0| 4.9| 5.2| 4.8| -.4 Teenagers...........| 15.2| 15.8| 15.7| 16.2| 16.1| -.1 White...............| 4.2| 4.9| 5.0| 5.1| 5.0| -.1 Black...............| 8.7| 9.9| 9.9| 10.2| 9.8| -.4 Hispanic origin.....| 6.4| 7.5| 7.4| 7.9| 8.1| .2 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |____________________________________________________ Nonfarm employment....| 132,358|p131,502| 131,427|p131,297|p131,208| p-89 Goods-producing 1/..| 24,991| p24,590| 24,577| p24,448| p24,303| p-145 Construction......| 6,866| p6,850| 6,851| p6,847| p6,793| p-54 Manufacturing.....| 17,556| p17,174| 17,159| p17,037| p16,948| p-89 Service-producing 1/| 107,367|p106,912| 106,850|p106,849|p106,905| p56 Retail trade......| 23,575| p23,404| 23,424| p23,365| p23,427| p62 Services..........| 41,103| p40,942| 40,889| p40,942| p40,940| p-2 Government........| 20,973| p21,022| 21,006| p21,063| p21,058| p-5 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work 2/ |____________________________________________________ Total private.........| 34.1| p34.1| 34.1| p34.1| p34.0| p-0.1 Manufacturing.......| 40.7| p40.5| 40.3| p40.6| p40.5| p-.1 Overtime..........| 4.0| p3.8| 3.7| p3.8| p3.9| p.1 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/ |____________________________________________________ Total private.........| 150.3| p148.8| 148.7| p148.7| p148.1| p-0.6 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings 2/ |____________________________________________________ Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| $14.40| p$14.53| $14.54| p$14.59| p$14.59| p$0.00 Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| 490.93| p495.10| 495.81| p497.52| p496.06| p-1.46 ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ 1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p=preliminary. - 3 looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. (See table A-10.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment fell by 89,000 in January to 131.2 million, seasonally adjusted. Since the recession began in March 2001, payroll employment has declined by 1.4 million. In January, job losses continued in manufacturing, and construction experienced its first large employment decline since last April. Services employment was about unchanged over the month. (See table B-1.) Manufacturing employment fell by 89,000 in January, compared with average losses of 137,000 a month in the fourth quarter of 2001. Within manufacturing, motor vehicle employment decreased by 22,000, reflecting temporary shutdowns for inventory control. Large employment declines continued in industrial machinery (-19,000). Primary metals and electrical equipment each lost 11,000 jobs in January, and employment in fabricated metals fell by 10,000. In nondurable goods manufacturing, declines continued in printing and publishing (-8,000) and textile mill products (-4,000). Elsewhere in the goods-producing sector in January, construction employment fell by 54,000, despite relatively mild weather across most of the country. The decline was spread throughout special trades (-33,000), heavy construction (-16,000), and general building contractors (-5,000). Mining lost jobs for the third consecutive month in January. This industry's employment had been on a growth trend since September 1999, reflecting expansion in oil and gas extraction. January's employment decline was primarily in metal mining (-2,000). Employment in the services industry was about unchanged in January, following a net decline of 192,000 in the fourth quarter of 2001. Help supply services employment was essentially unchanged in January; employment has fallen by 661,000 since its recent peak in September 2000. Computer services lost 18,000 jobs in January and has dropped by 34,000 since June 2001. Hotels lost 7,000 jobs in January; since peaking in March 2001, employment in this industry has declined by 124,000. In contrast, employment gains continued in health services in January, and social services had an above-average increase of 15,000. Elsewhere in the service-producing sector, employment was unchanged over the month in transportation and public utilities, following seven consecutive monthly declines that totaled 211,000. In January, employment in air transportation rose after seasonal adjustment because extremely light holiday-season hiring by air courier services resulted in fewer layoffs than usual. Communications continued to lose jobs; since its peak last July, employment has declined by 26,000. In finance, both depository institutions and mortgage brokerages continued to add workers, aided by low interest rates. Employment in security and commodity brokerages was little changed in January, following a large decline in December. Wholesale trade employment continued its downward trend in January. The industry has lost 145,000 jobs since its peak in November 2000. Employment in government was essentially unchanged in January. Following losses that totaled 241,000 in the last 5 months of 2001, retail trade posted a seasonally adjusted gain of 62,000 jobs in January. Seasonal hiring for the holidays in department, apparel, and miscellaneous retail stores (such as toy stores) had been very light. As a result, there were fewer seasonal layoffs than usual in January, resulting in large employment gains after seasonal adjustment. An employment decline of 22,000 in eating and drinking places more than offset the small gains of the prior 2 months and brought total job losses in the industry since July to 129,000. In January, car dealers added 4,000 jobs, following similar increases in November and December. - 4 Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour in January to 34.0 hours, seasonally adjusted. Following an increase of 0.3 hour in December, the manufacturing workweek edged down by 0.1 hour to 40.5 hours in January. Manufacturing overtime was up by 0.1 hour to 3.9 hours. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.4 percent in January to 148.1 (1982=100), seasonally adjusted. The index has fallen by 2.7 percent from its recent peak in January 2001. The manufacturing index fell by 0.9 percent to 92.6 in January 2002 and has fallen by 9.7 percent since January 2001. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls were unchanged in January at $14.59, seasonally adjusted. This followed a gain of 5 cents (as revised) in December. Average weekly earnings fell by 0.3 percent in January to $496.06. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 4.0 percent and average weekly earnings grew by 2.8 percent. (See table B-3.) _____________________________ The Employment Situation for February 2002 is scheduled to be released on Friday, March 8, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). - 5 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 conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides the information on the employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies. In June 2001, the sample included about 350,000 establishments employing about 39 million people. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as Federal, State, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-producing sector. - 6 Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. --The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. --The household survey has no duplication individuals are counted only once, even if the establishment survey, employees working appearing on more than one payroll would be appearance. of individuals, because they hold more than one job. In at more than one job and thus counted separately for each 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. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes in unemployment. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity. In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major agesex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. 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 July-December - 7 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. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 292,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -192,000 to 392,000 (100,000 292,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the "true" over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, occurred. The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is 273,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is .19 percentage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly estimates. The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth (and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change. The size of the - 8 monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment described below. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, the benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent, ranging from zero to 0.7 percent. Additional statistics and other information More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $26.00 per issue or $50.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or Visa. 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-D 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-H of that publication. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. HOUSEHOLD DATA Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted(1) Employment status, sex, and age Jan. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 Jan. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population.............. Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate........................ Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio............... Agriculture................................. Nonagricultural industries.................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate......................... Not in labor force.............................. Persons who currently want a job.............. 210,889 141,049 66.9 134,462 63.8 2,811 131,651 6,587 4.7 69,841 4,474 212,927 141,912 66.6 134,235 63.0 2,946 131,288 7,678 5.4 71,015 4,347 213,089 141,074 66.2 132,139 62.0 2,896 129,244 8,935 6.3 72,014 4,872 210,889 141,757 67.2 135,870 64.4 3,169 132,701 5,887 4.2 69,132 4,420 212,357 142,068 66.9 135,004 63.6 3,181 131,823 7,064 5.0 70,289 4,568 212,581 142,280 66.9 134,615 63.3 3,203 131,412 7,665 5.4 70,301 4,673 212,767 142,279 66.9 134,253 63.1 3,154 131,099 8,026 5.6 70,488 4,698 212,927 142,314 66.8 134,055 63.0 3,246 130,809 8,259 5.8 70,613 4,661 213,089 141,390 66.4 133,468 62.6 3,273 130,195 7,922 5.6 71,699 4,824 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,357 102,402 102,484 101,357 102,110 102,229 102,322 102,402 102,484 Civilian labor force............................ 75,149 75,643 75,208 75,678 75,951 76,027 76,023 75,976 75,469 Participation rate........................ 74.1 73.9 73.4 74.7 74.4 74.4 74.3 74.2 73.6 Employed...................................... 71,405 71,311 70,053 72,492 72,177 71,871 71,570 71,577 71,114 Employment-population ratio............... 70.4 69.6 68.4 71.5 70.7 70.3 69.9 69.9 69.4 Unemployed.................................... 3,744 4,332 5,155 3,186 3,774 4,156 4,453 4,399 4,356 Unemployment rate......................... 5.0 5.7 6.9 4.2 5.0 5.5 5.9 5.8 5.8 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate........................ Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio............... Agriculture................................. Nonagricultural industries.................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate......................... 93,184 71,161 76.4 68,101 73.1 1,907 66,194 3,060 4.3 94,161 71,862 76.3 68,172 72.4 1,962 66,210 3,690 5.1 94,228 71,593 76.0 67,127 71.2 1,976 65,152 4,466 6.2 93,184 71,374 76.6 68,825 73.9 2,132 66,693 2,549 3.6 93,917 71,805 76.5 68,696 73.1 2,138 66,558 3,109 4.3 94,015 71,940 76.5 68,486 72.8 2,132 66,354 3,454 4.8 94,077 71,935 76.5 68,204 72.5 2,082 66,122 3,731 5.2 94,161 71,988 76.5 68,276 72.5 2,141 66,135 3,712 5.2 94,228 71,534 75.9 67,818 72.0 2,207 65,611 3,716 5.2 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 109,532 110,525 110,605 109,532 110,247 110,353 110,445 110,525 110,605 Civilian labor force............................ 65,899 66,269 65,867 66,079 66,117 66,253 66,256 66,338 65,920 Participation rate........................ 60.2 60.0 59.6 60.3 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 59.6 Employed...................................... 63,057 62,923 62,087 63,378 62,827 62,744 62,683 62,478 62,354 Employment-population ratio............... 57.6 56.9 56.1 57.9 57.0 56.9 56.8 56.5 56.4 Unemployed.................................... 2,842 3,346 3,780 2,701 3,290 3,509 3,573 3,860 3,566 Unemployment rate......................... 4.3 5.0 5.7 4.1 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.8 5.4 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,643 102,492 102,550 101,643 102,277 102,371 102,438 102,492 102,550 Civilian labor force............................ 62,164 62,521 62,277 62,071 62,222 62,269 62,321 62,481 62,056 Participation rate........................ 61.2 61.0 60.7 61.1 60.8 60.8 60.8 61.0 60.5 Employed...................................... 59,760 59,665 59,048 59,869 59,463 59,302 59,288 59,205 59,102 Employment-population ratio............... 58.8 58.2 57.6 58.9 58.1 57.9 57.9 57.8 57.6 Agriculture................................. 777 798 771 835 823 842 852 859 824 Nonagricultural industries.................. 58,983 58,867 58,277 59,034 58,640 58,460 58,436 58,346 58,277 Unemployed.................................... 2,404 2,856 3,229 2,202 2,759 2,967 3,033 3,276 2,954 Unemployment rate......................... 3.9 4.6 5.2 3.5 4.4 4.8 4.9 5.2 4.8 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population............. Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate........................ Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio............... Agriculture................................. Nonagricultural industries.................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate......................... 16,063 7,724 48.1 6,601 41.1 126 6,475 1,123 14.5 16,275 7,529 46.3 6,397 39.3 186 6,211 1,131 15.0 16,310 7,204 44.2 5,964 36.6 149 5,815 1,240 17.2 16,063 8,312 51.7 7,176 44.7 202 6,974 1,136 13.7 16,163 8,041 49.7 6,845 42.3 220 6,625 1,196 14.9 16,195 8,071 49.8 6,827 42.2 229 6,598 1,244 15.4 16,252 8,023 49.4 6,761 41.6 220 6,541 1,262 15.7 16,275 7,845 48.2 6,574 40.4 246 6,328 1,271 16.2 16,310 7,800 47.8 6,548 40.1 241 6,307 1,252 16.1 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. HOUSEHOLD DATA Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted(1) Employment status, race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin Jan. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 Jan. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 175,246 176,607 176,713 175,246 176,220 176,372 176,500 176,607 176,713 Civilian labor force............................ 117,622 118,126 117,569 118,097 118,274 118,506 118,566 118,403 117,759 Participation rate.......................... 67.1 66.9 66.5 67.4 67.1 67.2 67.2 67.0 66.6 Employed...................................... 112,768 112,459 110,796 113,857 113,147 112,878 112,652 112,388 111,876 Employment-population ratio................. 64.3 63.7 62.7 65.0 64.2 64.0 63.8 63.6 63.3 Unemployed.................................... 4,854 5,667 6,773 4,240 5,127 5,628 5,914 6,015 5,883 Unemployment rate........................... 4.1 4.8 5.8 3.6 4.3 4.7 5.0 5.1 5.0 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... 60,265 76.7 57,927 73.7 2,338 3.9 60,779 76.7 57,950 73.1 2,829 4.7 60,511 76.3 57,024 71.9 3,487 5.8 60,454 76.9 58,562 74.5 1,892 3.1 60,751 76.9 58,428 73.9 2,323 3.8 60,957 77.0 58,287 73.7 2,670 4.4 60,900 76.9 58,044 73.3 2,856 4.7 60,875 76.8 58,051 73.3 2,824 4.6 60,473 76.3 57,658 72.7 2,815 4.7 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... 50,848 60.6 49,171 58.6 1,677 3.3 50,999 60.3 48,974 57.9 2,025 4.0 50,941 60.2 48,610 57.5 2,330 4.6 50,661 60.3 49,128 58.5 1,533 3.0 50,680 60.1 48,747 57.8 1,933 3.8 50,762 60.1 48,695 57.7 2,067 4.1 50,850 60.2 48,712 57.7 2,138 4.2 50,869 60.2 48,591 57.5 2,278 4.5 50,698 59.9 48,562 57.4 2,136 4.2 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... Men....................................... Women..................................... 6,509 51.3 5,670 44.7 839 12.9 15.8 9.8 6,348 49.4 5,535 43.0 813 12.8 14.3 11.3 6,117 47.5 5,162 40.1 955 15.6 16.8 14.5 6,982 55.0 6,167 48.6 815 11.7 13.1 10.2 6,843 53.4 5,972 46.6 871 12.7 13.6 11.7 6,787 52.9 5,896 45.9 891 13.1 14.7 11.5 6,816 53.1 5,896 45.9 920 13.5 15.8 11.1 6,659 51.8 5,746 44.7 913 13.7 14.6 12.8 6,588 51.2 5,656 44.0 932 14.2 13.7 14.6 BLACK Civilian noninstitutional population.............. Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... 25,382 16,577 65.3 15,170 59.8 1,407 8.5 25,752 16,851 65.4 15,262 59.3 1,589 9.4 25,785 16,623 64.5 14,906 57.8 1,717 10.3 25,382 16,754 66.0 15,387 60.6 1,367 8.2 25,644 16,827 65.6 15,339 59.8 1,488 8.8 25,686 16,748 65.2 15,144 59.0 1,604 9.6 25,720 16,687 64.9 15,040 58.5 1,647 9.9 25,752 16,833 65.4 15,122 58.7 1,711 10.2 25,785 16,769 65.0 15,119 58.6 1,650 9.8 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... 7,372 72.4 6,800 66.8 571 7.8 7,526 72.8 6,840 66.2 686 9.1 7,520 72.7 6,776 65.5 745 9.9 7,419 72.9 6,901 67.8 518 7.0 7,486 72.8 6,905 67.1 581 7.8 7,354 71.4 6,751 65.5 603 8.2 7,385 71.6 6,739 65.3 646 8.7 7,490 72.5 6,811 65.9 679 9.1 7,546 72.9 6,872 66.4 674 8.9 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... 8,314 65.2 7,716 60.5 598 7.2 8,453 65.4 7,811 60.4 642 7.6 8,316 64.3 7,582 58.6 734 8.8 8,338 65.4 7,763 60.9 575 6.9 8,431 65.5 7,783 60.5 648 7.7 8,450 65.6 7,734 60.0 716 8.5 8,371 64.9 7,669 59.4 702 8.4 8,456 65.4 7,720 59.7 736 8.7 8,329 64.4 7,628 58.9 702 8.4 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... Men....................................... Women..................................... 891 36.3 654 26.6 238 26.7 27.8 25.5 871 34.9 610 24.4 262 30.0 31.3 28.5 787 31.5 548 22.0 238 30.3 32.8 27.2 997 40.6 723 29.5 274 27.5 27.3 27.6 910 36.6 651 26.2 259 28.5 30.8 26.1 944 37.9 659 26.5 285 30.2 31.2 29.1 931 37.3 632 25.3 299 32.1 31.6 32.6 887 35.5 591 23.7 296 33.4 32.0 34.8 894 35.8 619 24.8 274 30.7 32.1 29.0 HISPANIC ORIGIN Civilian noninstitutional population.............. Civilian labor force............................ Participation rate.......................... Employed...................................... Employment-population ratio................. Unemployed.................................... Unemployment rate........................... 22,769 15,513 68.1 14,525 63.8 989 6.4 23,478 15,994 68.1 14,760 62.9 1,234 7.7 23,542 15,926 67.6 14,553 61.8 1,373 8.6 22,769 15,609 68.6 14,682 64.5 927 5.9 23,288 15,811 67.9 14,785 63.5 1,026 6.5 23,351 15,956 68.3 14,824 63.5 1,132 7.1 23,417 15,932 68.0 14,751 63.0 1,181 7.4 23,478 16,013 68.2 14,753 62.8 1,260 7.9 23,542 15,988 67.9 14,700 62.4 1,288 8.1 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted(1) Educational attainment Jan. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 Jan. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 27,957 12,065 43.2 11,070 39.6 995 8.2 27,815 12,195 43.8 11,099 39.9 1,097 9.0 28,078 12,201 43.5 10,970 39.1 1,231 10.1 27,957 12,017 43.0 11,216 40.1 801 6.7 27,478 11,981 43.6 11,056 40.2 925 7.7 27,325 12,076 44.2 11,139 40.8 937 7.8 27,504 12,035 43.8 11,066 40.2 969 8.1 27,815 12,257 44.1 11,173 40.2 1,084 8.8 28,078 12,112 43.1 11,126 39.6 986 8.1 58,092 37,611 64.7 35,950 61.9 1,661 4.4 57,520 37,036 64.4 35,248 61.3 1,789 4.8 57,608 37,128 64.4 34,838 60.5 2,290 6.2 58,092 37,305 64.2 35,917 61.8 1,388 3.7 57,400 36,923 64.3 35,319 61.5 1,604 4.3 57,221 36,912 64.5 35,199 61.5 1,713 4.6 57,400 36,719 64.0 34,882 60.8 1,837 5.0 57,520 36,856 64.1 35,051 60.9 1,805 4.9 57,608 36,675 63.7 34,768 60.4 1,907 5.2 44,313 32,763 73.9 31,704 71.5 1,059 3.2 45,362 33,563 74.0 32,216 71.0 1,347 4.0 45,075 33,126 73.5 31,604 70.1 1,523 4.6 44,313 33,181 74.9 32,210 72.7 971 2.9 45,424 33,759 74.3 32,570 71.7 1,189 3.5 45,471 33,373 73.4 32,057 70.5 1,316 3.9 45,353 33,420 73.7 32,018 70.6 1,402 4.2 45,362 33,521 73.9 32,087 70.7 1,434 4.3 45,075 33,516 74.4 32,117 71.3 1,398 4.2 45,790 36,479 79.7 35,873 78.3 606 1.7 46,877 37,071 79.1 36,045 76.9 1,026 2.8 46,985 37,140 79.0 36,013 76.6 1,127 3.0 45,790 36,465 79.6 35,878 78.4 587 1.6 46,870 36,918 78.8 36,008 76.8 910 2.5 47,371 37,157 78.4 36,153 76.3 1,004 2.7 47,225 37,324 79.0 36,223 76.7 1,101 2.9 46,877 37,101 79.1 35,960 76.7 1,141 3.1 46,985 37,106 79.0 36,013 76.6 1,093 2.9 Less than a high school diploma Civilian noninstitutional population...... Civilian labor force.................... Percent of population............... Employed.............................. Employment-population ratio......... Unemployed............................ Unemployment rate................... High school graduates, no college(2) Civilian noninstitutional population...... Civilian labor force.................... Percent of population............... Employed.............................. Employment-population ratio......... Unemployed............................ Unemployment rate................... Less than a bachelor's degree(3) Civilian noninstitutional population...... Civilian labor force.................... Percent of population............... Employed.............................. Employment-population ratio......... Unemployed............................ Unemployment rate................... College graduates Civilian noninstitutional population...... Civilian labor force.................... Percent of population............... Employed.............................. Employment-population ratio......... Unemployed............................ Unemployment rate................... 1 and 2 3 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted seasonally adjusted columns. Includes high school diploma or equivalent. Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category Jan. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 Jan. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 CHARACTERISTIC Total employed, 16 years and over................. 134,462 134,235 132,139 135,870 135,004 134,615 134,253 134,055 133,468 Married men, spouse present..................... 43,048 42,879 42,566 43,304 43,099 42,983 42,861 42,772 42,823 Married women, spouse present................... 34,180 33,514 33,440 33,932 33,604 33,227 33,330 33,209 33,174 Women who maintain families..................... 8,299 8,504 8,313 8,391 8,274 8,256 8,331 8,458 8,396 OCCUPATION Managerial and professional specialty........... Technical, sales, and administrative support.... Service occupations............................. Precision production, craft, and repair......... Operators, fabricators, and laborers............ Farming, forestry, and fishing.................. 41,339 39,886 17,922 14,651 17,808 2,856 41,953 38,970 18,408 14,513 17,365 3,026 41,564 38,480 18,238 14,144 16,719 2,996 41,450 39,991 18,222 14,938 18,124 3,317 41,813 38,891 18,402 14,857 17,654 3,281 41,940 38,626 18,406 14,802 17,596 3,264 41,925 38,546 18,456 14,637 17,311 3,267 41,890 38,573 18,532 14,507 17,179 3,371 41,668 38,557 18,553 14,432 17,032 3,467 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture: Wage and salary workers....................... 1,721 1,715 1,674 1,971 1,882 1,898 1,865 1,879 1,917 Self-employed workers......................... 1,070 1,211 1,186 1,186 1,278 1,290 1,276 1,313 1,311 Unpaid family workers......................... 20 20 35 27 24 26 12 27 49 Nonagricultural industries: Wage and salary workers....................... 122,969 122,781 121,022 124,128 123,186 122,710 122,507 122,196 122,145 Government.................................. 19,163 19,418 19,238 18,953 19,290 19,223 19,172 19,183 19,047 Private industries.......................... 103,806 103,364 101,784 105,175 103,896 103,487 103,335 103,013 103,098 Private households........................ 820 743 690 862 804 867 790 736 725 Other industries.......................... 102,986 102,620 101,094 104,313 103,092 102,620 102,545 102,277 102,373 Self-employed workers......................... 8,559 8,406 8,114 8,661 8,556 8,505 8,507 8,524 8,213 Unpaid family workers......................... 124 101 107 112 101 95 77 92 97 PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME All industries: Part time for economic reasons................ Slack work or business conditions........... Could only find part-time work.............. Part time for noneconomic reasons............. 3,693 2,445 895 18,977 4,388 2,943 1,117 19,801 4,470 3,072 1,047 18,566 3,288 2,029 934 18,696 4,148 2,796 1,064 18,798 4,329 2,983 1,108 18,644 4,206 2,796 1,121 18,587 4,267 2,809 1,161 18,540 3,973 2,549 1,089 18,291 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons................ Slack work or business conditions........... Could only find part-time work.............. Part time for noneconomic reasons............. 3,559 2,359 894 18,509 4,199 2,826 1,103 19,228 4,249 2,955 1,023 18,071 3,172 1,955 935 18,139 4,015 2,704 1,045 18,232 4,222 2,898 1,082 18,065 4,017 2,679 1,096 18,007 4,119 2,717 1,138 17,960 3,781 2,448 1,068 17,717 NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates(1) Category Jan. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 Jan. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 Total, 16 years and over......................... Men, 20 years and over......................... Women, 20 years and over....................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years..................... 5,887 2,549 2,202 1,136 8,259 3,712 3,276 1,271 7,922 3,716 2,954 1,252 4.2 3.6 3.5 13.7 5.0 4.3 4.4 14.9 5.4 4.8 4.8 15.4 5.6 5.2 4.9 15.7 5.8 5.2 5.2 16.2 5.6 5.2 4.8 16.1 Married men, spouse present.................... Married women, spouse present.................. Women who maintain families.................... 1,007 889 573 1,516 1,280 731 1,544 1,173 719 2.3 2.6 6.4 2.8 3.3 7.1 3.1 3.6 6.8 3.3 3.6 8.0 3.4 3.7 8.0 3.5 3.4 7.9 Full-time workers.............................. Part-time workers.............................. 4,693 1,183 6,820 1,383 6,671 1,240 4.0 4.9 5.0 4.6 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.2 744 1,433 581 1,355 237 1,233 2,114 889 1,738 264 1,244 2,005 965 1,790 298 1.8 3.5 3.7 7.0 6.7 2.4 4.4 4.9 7.7 7.2 2.7 4.7 5.6 8.5 6.4 2.8 5.1 5.8 9.1 6.8 2.9 5.2 5.8 9.2 7.3 2.9 4.9 6.3 9.5 7.9 4,633 1,384 12 545 827 482 345 3,249 231 1,360 189 1,469 422 194 6,839 2,072 32 734 1,306 846 460 4,767 497 1,963 244 2,063 475 199 6,505 2,055 29 790 1,236 798 438 4,450 500 1,730 184 2,037 440 219 4.2 4.8 2.2 6.7 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.0 2.9 4.9 2.3 3.9 2.2 9.0 5.2 6.2 5.0 7.8 5.6 5.8 5.4 4.9 3.9 5.9 2.8 4.8 2.2 7.6 5.8 6.7 5.8 8.3 6.0 6.5 5.3 5.5 6.0 6.1 2.8 5.5 2.3 9.0 6.0 7.1 5.3 8.9 6.4 6.9 5.5 5.6 6.1 6.4 3.5 5.4 2.4 9.3 6.2 7.4 6.1 8.9 6.8 7.2 6.1 5.8 6.1 7.1 3.0 5.5 2.4 9.6 5.9 7.4 5.9 9.4 6.6 7.0 5.9 5.4 6.2 6.3 2.2 5.4 2.3 10.3 CHARACTERISTIC OCCUPATION(2) Managerial and professional specialty.......... Technical, sales, and administrative support... Precision production, craft, and repair........ Operators, fabricators, and laborers........... Farming, forestry, and fishing................. INDUSTRY Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers Goods-producing industries................... Mining..................................... Construction............................... Manufacturing.............................. Durable goods............................ Nondurable goods......................... Service-producing industries................. Transportation and public utilities........ Wholesale and retail trade................. Finance, insurance, and real estate........ Services................................... Government workers............................. Agricultural wage and salary workers........... 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Jan. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 Jan. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 Less than 5 weeks................................ 5 to 14 weeks.................................... 15 weeks and over................................ 15 to 26 weeks................................ 27 weeks and over............................. 3,072 2,094 1,420 707 714 2,641 2,749 2,287 1,185 1,103 3,466 2,795 2,673 1,430 1,244 2,631 1,940 1,357 709 648 2,807 2,366 1,907 1,084 823 3,084 2,522 2,042 1,136 906 3,090 2,573 2,317 1,207 1,110 3,024 2,724 2,410 1,295 1,115 2,978 2,586 2,546 1,418 1,127 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................ Median duration, in weeks........................ 12.2 5.5 14.8 8.3 14.2 8.1 12.6 5.9 13.3 7.3 13.0 7.4 14.4 7.6 14.5 8.2 14.6 8.8 100.0 46.6 31.8 21.6 10.7 10.8 100.0 34.4 35.8 29.8 15.4 14.4 100.0 38.8 31.3 29.9 16.0 13.9 100.0 44.4 32.7 22.9 12.0 10.9 100.0 39.6 33.4 26.9 15.3 11.6 100.0 40.3 33.0 26.7 14.9 11.8 100.0 38.7 32.2 29.0 15.1 13.9 100.0 37.1 33.4 29.5 15.9 13.7 100.0 36.7 31.9 31.4 17.5 13.9 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed................................. Less than 5 weeks.............................. 5 to 14 weeks.................................. 15 weeks and over.............................. 15 to 26 weeks............................... 27 weeks and over............................ HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Jan. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 Jan. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 3,406 1,567 1,839 1,223 616 818 1,985 378 4,420 1,183 3,237 2,463 774 814 2,051 393 5,365 1,753 3,611 2,764 848 884 2,270 417 2,762 1,002 1,760 (1) (1) 813 1,921 439 3,595 1,114 2,481 (1) (1) 819 2,102 466 4,297 1,288 3,009 (1) (1) 880 2,113 466 4,501 1,157 3,344 (1) (1) 848 2,197 497 4,492 1,107 3,385 (1) (1) 908 2,361 495 4,354 1,124 3,231 (1) (1) 879 2,191 479 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 51.7 23.8 27.9 12.4 30.1 5.7 57.6 15.4 42.2 10.6 26.7 5.1 60.0 19.6 40.4 9.9 25.4 4.7 46.5 16.9 29.7 13.7 32.4 7.4 51.5 16.0 35.5 11.7 30.1 6.7 55.4 16.6 38.8 11.3 27.2 6.0 56.0 14.4 41.6 10.5 27.3 6.2 54.4 13.4 41.0 11.0 28.6 6.0 55.1 14.2 40.9 11.1 27.7 6.1 2.4 .6 1.4 .3 3.1 .6 1.4 .3 3.8 .6 1.6 .3 1.9 .6 1.4 .3 2.5 .6 1.5 .3 3.0 .6 1.5 .3 3.2 .6 1.5 .3 3.2 .6 1.7 .3 3.1 .6 1.5 .3 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... On temporary layoff............................. Not on temporary layoff......................... Permanent job losers.......................... Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... Job leavers....................................... Reentrants........................................ New entrants...................................... PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed.................................. Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... On temporary layoff............................ Not on temporary layoff........................ Job leavers...................................... Reentrants....................................... New entrants..................................... UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... Job leavers...................................... Reentrants....................................... New entrants..................................... 1 Not available. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Jan. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 Jan. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force................................ 1.0 1.6 1.9 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force................... 2.4 3.1 3.8 1.9 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.1 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)...................... 4.7 5.4 6.3 4.2 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.6 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.... 4.9 5.6 6.5 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers........................................ 5.5 6.3 7.3 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers............................. 8.1 9.3 10.5 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) 1 Not available. NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994. Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates(1) Age and sex Jan. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 Jan. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001 Jan. 2002 Total, 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............................. 5,887 2,188 1,136 529 589 1,052 3,708 3,244 501 8,259 2,679 1,271 566 722 1,408 5,428 4,674 773 7,922 2,653 1,252 487 749 1,401 5,268 4,655 675 4.2 9.5 13.7 16.6 11.5 7.2 3.1 3.2 2.7 5.0 10.8 14.9 16.6 13.9 8.6 3.8 3.9 3.2 5.4 11.5 15.4 17.4 14.2 9.3 4.2 4.4 3.4 5.6 11.7 15.7 17.5 14.8 9.5 4.4 4.6 3.5 5.8 11.9 16.2 18.8 14.8 9.6 4.5 4.7 4.0 5.6 11.9 16.1 17.0 15.2 9.7 4.4 4.7 3.5 Men, 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........................... 3,186 1,226 637 309 320 589 1,958 1,677 301 4,399 1,483 687 308 382 796 2,883 2,413 447 4,356 1,439 640 249 383 799 2,908 2,532 408 4.2 10.2 14.8 19.0 11.9 7.7 3.1 3.1 2.9 5.0 11.5 16.0 18.7 14.5 9.1 3.7 3.8 3.3 5.5 12.4 17.2 20.3 15.1 9.8 4.2 4.3 3.7 5.9 13.0 17.7 20.4 16.2 10.5 4.5 4.6 4.1 5.8 12.8 17.2 20.0 15.6 10.5 4.5 4.5 4.2 5.8 12.5 16.3 17.6 15.1 10.6 4.5 4.7 3.8 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........................... 2,701 962 499 220 269 463 1,750 1,567 200 3,860 1,196 584 258 340 612 2,545 2,261 326 3,566 1,214 612 238 365 601 2,360 2,123 267 4.1 8.8 12.5 14.0 11.1 6.7 3.2 3.3 2.4 5.0 10.1 13.6 14.3 13.3 8.1 4.0 4.0 3.2 5.3 10.5 13.6 14.5 13.3 8.7 4.2 4.4 3.2 5.4 10.3 13.7 14.5 13.3 8.3 4.4 4.7 2.8 5.8 11.0 15.1 17.6 14.0 8.7 4.6 4.8 3.7 5.4 11.3 15.8 16.4 15.2 8.7 4.3 4.6 3.0 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Jan. 2001 Jan. 2002 Jan. 2001 Jan. 2002 Jan. 2001 Jan. 2002 69,841 4,474 1,290 72,014 4,872 1,509 26,208 1,901 668 27,276 2,140 746 43,633 2,573 622 44,738 2,732 763 303 987 319 1,190 194 474 198 549 109 513 122 641 Total multiple jobholders(4)...................................... Percent of total employed..................................... 7,134 5.3 6,953 5.3 3,659 5.1 3,633 5.2 3,475 5.5 3,320 5.3 Primary job full time, secondary job part time................ Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... Primary and secondary jobs both full time..................... Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................ 4,001 1,480 251 1,379 3,839 1,517 223 1,353 2,287 405 173 784 2,187 483 143 811 1,713 1,075 78 595 1,652 1,034 80 542 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force...................................... Persons who currently want a job................................ Searched for work and available to work now(1)............... Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects(2).................... Reasons other than discouragement(3).................... MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Industry Jan. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001p Jan. 2002p Jan. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001p Jan. 2002p Total......................... 130,413 132,435 132,128 129,234 132,428 132,230 131,782 131,427 131,297 131,208 Total private.................... 109,860 110,988 110,739 108,264 111,799 111,249 110,784 110,421 110,234 110,150 Goods-producing......................... 25,087 24,696 24,370 23,777 25,633 24,888 24,746 24,577 24,448 24,303 Mining................................ Metal mining........................ Coal mining......................... Oil and gas extraction.............. Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels.. 539 38.3 75.5 322.1 103.1 571 34.5 81.6 339.8 115.3 563 32.7 82.9 337.6 110.2 550 31.2 82.4 332.5 104.3 550 39 75 325 111 569 35 80 342 112 569 35 81 340 113 567 34 81 339 113 564 33 82 336 113 562 31 82 337 112 Construction.......................... 6,379 6,938 6,736 6,362 General building contractors........ 1,475.9 1,570.9 1,546.6 1,479.9 Heavy construction, except building. 791.1 966.1 893.2 802.4 Special trade contractors........... 4,112.1 4,401.0 4,296.6 4,079.7 6,826 1,538 921 4,367 6,871 1,562 932 4,377 6,852 1,560 933 4,359 6,851 1,561 942 4,348 6,847 1,556 942 4,349 6,793 1,551 926 4,316 Manufacturing......................... Production workers................ 18,169 12,309 17,187 11,530 17,071 11,428 16,865 11,262 18,257 12,394 17,448 11,706 17,325 11,626 17,159 11,500 17,037 11,402 16,948 11,340 Durable goods........................ Production workers................ 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.. Computer and office equipment..... Electronic and other electrical equipment........................ Electronic components and accessories.................... Transportation equipment............ Motor vehicles and equipment...... Aircraft and parts................ Instruments and related products.... Miscellaneous manufacturing......... 11,000 7,425 792.9 551.8 562.6 682.6 10,250 6,821 787.3 498.0 563.8 620.3 10,177 6,763 779.0 500.4 554.4 615.3 10,042 6,648 769.2 496.3 538.8 602.6 11,031 7,462 806 552 579 681 10,460 6,970 794 513 567 638 10,363 6,897 789 505 566 633 10,240 6,805 784 499 562 619 10,153 6,743 780 500 558 612 10,071 6,684 783 498 553 601 217.0 203.7 200.8 191.2 1,525.2 1,439.5 1,432.5 1,416.1 2,123.0 1,911.4 1,896.1 1,878.9 372.0 338.3 334.5 331.9 (1) 1,526 2,117 369 (1) 1,464 1,965 344 (1) 1,454 1,943 342 (1) 1,435 1,917 339 (1) 1,427 1,893 334 (1) 1,417 1,874 329 1,735.3 1,500.2 1,481.9 1,466.8 1,735 1,551 1,529 1,499 1,475 1,464 713.2 590.5 584.4 580.7 1,768.6 1,708.3 1,702.1 1,662.1 951.4 906.6 910.4 879.4 462.3 457.6 449.0 440.9 869.4 840.5 837.5 836.6 388.5 380.2 378.1 374.2 714 1,772 952 462 870 393 613 1,735 919 465 851 382 601 1,714 903 463 849 381 591 1,706 903 456 843 376 583 1,693 902 447 838 377 578 1,665 880 441 837 379 Nondurable goods..................... 7,169 6,937 6,894 6,823 Production workers................ 4,884 4,709 4,665 4,614 Food and kindred products........... 1,658.7 1,697.5 1,680.5 1,659.9 Tobacco products.................... 33.0 34.0 34.2 34.1 Textile mill products............... 500.7 447.2 443.6 435.6 Apparel and other textile products.. 586.6 536.6 526.7 518.7 Paper and allied products........... 649.7 627.1 626.2 623.5 Printing and publishing............. 1,530.4 1,458.0 1,454.8 1,433.3 Chemicals and allied products....... 1,036.8 1,022.8 1,020.0 1,018.7 Petroleum and coal products......... 122.5 127.3 125.7 122.7 Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 984.2 927.2 923.5 918.0 Leather and leather products........ 66.6 59.7 58.4 58.0 7,226 4,932 1,684 32 505 599 651 1,534 1,039 127 987 68 6,988 4,736 1,682 33 459 551 629 1,473 1,031 128 941 61 6,962 4,729 1,689 33 454 542 628 1,465 1,027 128 935 61 6,919 4,695 1,691 33 446 533 627 1,452 1,024 127 927 59 6,884 4,659 1,683 32 443 529 624 1,445 1,021 127 921 59 6,877 4,656 1,686 33 439 530 624 1,437 1,021 128 920 59 Service-producing....................... 105,326 107,739 107,758 105,457 106,795 107,342 107,036 106,850 106,849 106,905 Transportation and public utilities... 7,045 6,998 6,980 6,859 Transportation...................... 4,524 4,459 4,449 4,347 Railroad transportation........... 225.7 224.9 223.4 220.3 Local and interurban passenger transit........................ 487.2 496.1 500.1 496.7 Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,833.3 1,843.2 1,834.1 1,797.6 Water transportation.............. 189.5 201.9 199.0 193.3 Transportation by air............. 1,300.3 1,237.9 1,245.1 1,196.3 Pipelines, except natural gas..... 13.7 14.2 14.2 13.6 Transportation services........... 474.0 441.2 433.4 429.3 Communications and public utilities. 2,521 2,539 2,531 2,512 Communications.................... 1,676.0 1,690.9 1,685.6 1,669.8 Electric, gas, and sanitary services....................... 845.0 848.2 845.1 842.6 7,106 4,580 229 7,070 4,528 226 7,016 4,472 225 6,952 4,414 224 6,919 4,390 224 6,919 4,400 224 479 1,868 201 1,312 14 477 2,526 1,679 482 1,838 205 1,300 14 463 2,542 1,695 479 1,832 206 1,264 14 452 2,544 1,695 480 1,830 204 1,221 14 441 2,538 1,689 485 1,831 205 1,198 14 433 2,529 1,684 488 1,832 204 1,206 14 432 2,519 1,674 847 847 849 849 845 845 6,873 4,053 2,820 23,071 7,067 4,198 2,869 23,415 6,988 4,123 2,865 23,536 6,971 4,114 2,857 23,422 6,941 4,087 2,854 23,424 6,933 4,085 2,848 23,365 6,925 4,073 2,852 23,427 1,001.1 999.1 968.8 2,992.3 3,057.9 2,815.7 2,627.1 2,674.8 2,470.5 3,573.1 3,590.8 3,513.0 1,007 2,789 2,448 3,538 1,013 2,793 2,450 3,538 1,012 2,764 2,422 3,542 1,010 2,778 2,420 3,539 1,013 2,754 2,410 3,530 1,021 2,774 2,436 3,531 2,392.7 2,428.0 2,419.9 2,405.8 1,116.0 1,137.7 1,137.0 1,136.9 1,224.4 1,260.4 1,301.8 1,227.0 2,424 1,124 1,221 2,435 1,133 1,224 2,429 1,134 1,208 2,430 1,137 1,203 2,431 1,141 1,197 2,437 1,145 1,223 1,154.7 1,163.6 1,191.7 1,151.3 7,849.5 8,124.3 8,164.1 7,863.5 3,140.4 3,241.2 3,305.1 3,125.6 1,147 8,157 3,132 1,138 8,242 3,153 1,136 8,187 3,144 1,136 8,198 3,130 1,143 8,203 3,094 1,143 8,181 3,117 Finance, insurance, and real estate... 7,540 7,615 7,613 7,581 Finance............................. 3,728 3,766 3,772 3,768 Depository institutions........... 2,021.5 2,040.9 2,044.9 2,045.2 Commercial banks................ 1,415.5 1,425.5 1,428.7 1,428.6 Savings institutions............ 253.0 258.9 259.7 260.2 Nondepository institutions........ 676.0 716.8 727.9 728.7 Mortgage bankers and brokers.... 299.3 332.4 341.1 344.2 Security and commodity brokers.... 774.0 749.5 741.2 737.5 Holding and other investment offices........................ 256.3 259.2 257.9 256.1 Insurance........................... 2,341 2,353 2,354 2,343 Insurance carriers................ 1,584.6 1,594.2 1,594.8 1,589.8 Insurance agents, brokers, and service........................ 756.1 759.0 758.7 753.2 Real estate......................... 1,471 1,496 1,487 1,470 7,594 3,738 2,024 1,418 253 678 301 777 7,633 3,758 2,039 1,423 256 706 323 755 7,634 3,761 2,041 1,427 257 712 326 750 7,638 3,772 2,045 1,428 259 717 333 751 7,627 3,769 2,044 1,427 260 727 342 741 7,636 3,779 2,048 1,432 261 732 347 740 259 2,346 1,588 258 2,362 1,601 258 2,361 1,602 259 2,356 1,597 257 2,352 1,594 259 2,349 1,594 758 1,510 761 1,513 759 1,512 759 1,510 758 1,506 755 1,508 40,984 818 1,952 1,261 9,888 1,007 3,779 3,372 41,134 838 1,913 1,284 9,581 997 3,488 3,106 40,995 841 1,862 1,281 9,467 995 3,378 3,005 40,889 840 1,852 1,271 9,356 996 3,282 2,913 40,942 845 1,843 1,287 9,343 992 3,247 2,889 40,940 836 1,836 1,286 9,319 985 3,243 2,886 Wholesale trade....................... Durable goods....................... Nondurable goods.................... Retail trade.......................... Building materials and garden supplies......................... General merchandise stores.......... Department stores................. Food stores......................... Automotive dealers and service stations......................... New and used car dealers.......... Apparel and accessory stores........ Furniture and home furnishings stores........................... Eating and drinking places.......... Miscellaneous retail establishments. Services2............................. Agricultural services............... Hotels and other lodging places..... Personal services................... Business services................... Services to buildings............. Personnel supply services......... Help supply services............ 7,013 4,178 2,835 23,053 955.7 2,814.6 2,470.0 3,521.2 40,122 700.8 1,837.0 1,311.5 9,663.9 994.3 3,596.6 3,196.5 6,953 4,087 2,866 23,784 40,942 839.2 1,779.8 1,242.6 9,501.5 993.1 3,402.9 3,029.9 6,946 4,089 2,857 24,030 40,800 779.5 1,764.0 1,271.6 9,423.1 985.8 3,321.0 2,954.6 40,103 714.8 1,731.0 1,336.6 9,118.2 973.4 3,084.7 2,743.8 Computer and data processing services....................... Auto repair, services, and parking.. Miscellaneous repair services....... Motion pictures..................... Amusement and recreation services... Health services..................... Offices and clinics of medical doctors........................ Nursing and personal care facilities..................... Hospitals......................... Home health care services......... Legal services...................... Educational services................ Social services..................... Child day care services........... Residential care.................. Museums and botanical and zoological gardens........................... Membership organizations............ Engineering and management services. Engineering and architectural services....................... Management and public relations... Services, nec....................... Government............................ Federal............................. Federal, except Postal Service.... State............................... Education......................... Other State government............ Local............................... Education......................... Other local government............ 2,175.1 1,280.3 360.6 592.5 1,524.0 10187.9 2,170.7 1,301.8 354.0 580.4 1,526.2 10485.2 2,176 1,291 365 600 1,769 10,211 2,200 1,306 363 586 1,766 10,408 2,201 1,298 362 582 1,781 10,431 2,189 1,305 360 584 1,762 10,458 2,189 1,304 359 579 1,772 10,483 2,171 1,313 358 587 1,768 10,508 1,951.2 1,999.7 2,006.6 2,007.5 1,953 1,992 1,993 2,000 2,002 2,010 1,800.8 4,030.6 638.2 1,012.4 2,291.2 2,969.2 739.5 822.4 1,841.6 4,165.3 652.3 1,029.2 2,369.8 3,102.8 761.8 855.0 1,806 4,035 646 1,017 2,363 2,985 732 827 1,830 4,124 655 1,030 2,446 3,085 756 851 1,834 4,135 655 1,030 2,436 3,096 757 854 1,837 4,149 657 1,030 2,439 3,100 755 855 1,842 4,158 659 1,032 2,462 3,106 757 853 1,847 4,168 659 1,034 2,448 3,121 755 860 99.3 108.0 107.6 101.7 2,451.8 2,489.9 2,494.8 2,466.7 3,468.2 3,531.9 3,525.5 3,512.5 109 2,487 3,496 112 2,509 3,533 112 2,505 3,538 110 2,505 3,543 110 2,505 3,539 111 2,501 3,541 1,035.6 1,063.1 1,059.1 1,056.5 1,106.8 1,128.4 1,124.4 1,117.1 50.2 51.5 50.5 50.3 1,046 1,119 (1) 1,067 1,122 (1) 1,069 1,124 (1) 1,065 1,127 (1) 1,064 1,124 (1) 1,067 1,130 (1) 20,629 2,613 1,755 4,800 2,028 2,772 13,216 7,468 5,748 20,981 2,627 1,776 4,931 2,129 2,802 13,423 7,595 5,828 20,998 2,625 1,779 4,919 2,107 2,812 13,454 7,607 5,847 21,006 2,607 1,777 4,916 2,109 2,807 13,483 7,630 5,853 21,063 2,614 1,774 4,930 2,117 2,813 13,519 7,643 5,876 21,058 2,616 1,774 4,929 2,116 2,813 13,513 7,627 5,886 20,553 2,598 1,738.9 4,712 1,967.4 2,744.1 13,243 7,629.5 5,613.2 2,185.1 1,297.0 360.7 574.9 1,595.7 10468.7 1,840.6 4,150.5 662.1 1,029.9 2,634.6 3,114.2 771.5 853.7 21,447 2,608 1,763.9 5,064 2,274.6 2,789.5 13,775 7,993.7 5,781.1 2,192.0 1,297.0 358.5 580.8 1,586.1 10496.6 1,844.5 4,161.2 660.9 1,032.3 2,590.6 3,119.9 771.1 853.5 21,389 2,599 1,756.9 5,024 2,237.2 2,786.5 13,766 7,988.6 5,777.5 20,970 2,596 1,755.9 4,836 2,052.4 2,783.9 13,538 7,790.1 5,747.5 1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. 2 Includes other industries, not shown separately. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Industry Total private.................... Jan. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001p Jan. 2002p Jan. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001p Jan. 2002p 33.9 34.0 34.4 33.6 34.4 34.1 34.0 34.1 34.1 34.0 Goods-producing......................... 40.1 40.2 40.4 39.9 40.5 40.2 40.0 40.0 40.1 40.3 Mining................................ 42.5 43.0 43.1 42.2 43.1 43.5 43.1 43.2 43.1 42.9 Construction.......................... 38.1 38.9 38.3 38.5 39.1 39.1 38.7 39.2 38.8 39.7 Manufacturing......................... Overtime hours.................... 40.9 4.0 40.7 4.0 41.3 4.1 40.4 3.7 41.0 4.2 40.6 3.9 40.5 3.8 40.3 3.7 40.6 3.8 40.5 3.9 Durable goods........................ Overtime hours.................... 41.1 4.0 40.9 3.8 41.6 4.1 40.7 3.6 41.3 4.1 40.9 3.8 40.7 3.7 40.4 3.6 40.9 3.8 40.8 3.8 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......... 39.4 39.0 41.9 43.9 40.6 38.7 44.1 43.2 40.6 39.9 43.6 44.5 39.7 39.8 43.3 43.4 39.8 39.2 43.0 43.8 41.1 38.8 44.0 43.7 40.6 38.3 43.9 43.2 40.5 38.4 43.8 42.6 40.7 38.9 43.6 43.9 40.1 40.0 44.4 43.3 44.7 41.6 41.7 43.8 41.2 40.2 43.8 42.2 41.0 43.3 41.0 40.3 44.7 41.7 41.5 45.5 41.2 40.3 44.0 41.0 40.4 43.3 40.7 39.9 43.8 41.3 40.1 43.2 41.1 40.1 40.3 41.6 41.5 41.2 37.9 39.3 41.8 42.7 40.6 37.3 40.2 42.8 44.1 41.2 38.2 38.4 42.3 43.7 40.2 37.1 40.3 42.0 42.1 41.0 38.3 39.1 41.5 42.3 41.1 37.6 39.0 41.3 41.9 40.7 37.5 38.8 41.3 42.2 40.3 37.1 39.3 41.8 43.1 40.5 37.8 38.4 42.7 44.5 40.1 37.5 Nondurable goods..................... Overtime hours.................... 40.5 4.1 40.5 4.2 40.8 4.2 39.9 3.8 40.6 4.3 40.2 4.1 40.2 4.1 40.0 3.9 40.2 4.0 40.0 4.0 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........ 41.0 39.0 40.6 37.2 42.2 38.1 42.6 44.7 41.1 36.6 41.5 40.3 39.8 37.0 41.9 38.4 42.4 41.8 40.9 37.0 41.6 41.3 40.5 37.7 42.3 38.4 42.5 41.3 42.0 37.6 40.4 38.7 40.0 36.5 41.6 37.3 41.9 40.7 40.9 37.7 41.3 40.4 40.7 37.6 41.9 38.4 42.6 (2) 41.0 36.9 41.0 40.0 39.8 36.9 41.6 38.1 42.2 (2) 40.8 36.3 41.1 40.2 39.7 36.8 41.5 38.0 42.3 (2) 40.5 36.0 40.8 39.8 39.5 36.9 41.3 37.8 42.1 (2) 40.7 36.6 40.9 40.6 40.0 37.3 41.5 37.9 41.9 (2) 41.2 37.5 40.7 40.1 40.0 36.9 41.4 37.5 42.0 (2) 40.9 38.1 Service-producing....................... 32.4 32.5 33.0 32.1 32.9 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.7 32.6 Transportation and public utilities... 38.2 37.7 38.3 37.2 38.7 37.6 37.8 37.8 38.0 37.6 Wholesale trade....................... 37.9 38.2 38.6 37.9 38.3 38.3 38.1 38.2 38.3 38.2 Retail trade.......................... 28.2 28.5 29.2 28.0 29.1 28.7 28.7 28.8 28.9 28.8 Finance, insurance, and real estate... 36.0 36.0 36.7 35.8 36.2 36.2 36.0 36.2 36.1 36.0 Services.............................. 32.3 32.5 32.9 32.2 32.7 32.6 32.5 32.6 32.7 32.5 1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry Jan. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001p Jan. 2002p Jan. 2001 Total private.................... Seasonally adjusted............. $14.10 14.03 $14.56 14.54 $14.64 14.59 $14.67 14.59 $477.99 482.63 Goods-producing......................... 15.60 16.18 16.25 16.18 Mining................................ 17.67 17.79 17.90 Construction.......................... 18.17 18.51 Manufacturing......................... 14.59 15.07 Durable goods........................ 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......... 14.98 12.13 11.92 14.65 16.66 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001p Jan. 2002p $495.04 495.81 $503.62 497.52 $492.91 496.06 625.56 650.44 656.50 645.58 18.03 750.98 764.97 771.49 760.87 18.65 18.48 692.28 720.04 714.30 711.48 15.19 15.17 596.73 613.35 627.35 612.87 15.55 12.41 12.40 15.16 17.31 15.68 12.37 12.56 15.23 17.26 15.64 12.36 12.60 15.35 17.21 615.68 477.92 464.88 613.84 731.37 636.00 503.85 479.88 668.56 747.79 652.29 502.22 501.14 664.03 768.07 636.55 490.69 501.48 664.66 746.91 20.16 13.99 15.73 20.75 14.44 16.15 20.61 14.63 16.33 20.68 14.56 16.34 901.15 581.98 655.94 908.85 594.93 649.23 902.72 617.39 669.53 895.44 596.96 658.50 14.07 18.57 18.77 14.64 11.98 14.87 19.51 19.96 15.03 12.46 15.01 19.65 20.19 15.16 12.67 14.97 19.49 19.99 15.20 12.58 567.02 772.51 778.96 603.17 454.04 584.39 815.52 852.29 610.22 464.76 603.40 841.02 890.38 624.59 483.99 574.85 824.43 873.56 611.04 466.72 Nondurable goods..................... 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........ 13.97 12.70 21.34 11.32 9.39 16.53 14.59 18.34 22.10 13.24 10.51 14.37 13.11 22.32 11.43 9.58 17.13 14.93 18.74 22.38 13.53 10.09 14.45 13.21 22.21 11.52 9.69 17.17 15.04 18.81 21.95 13.67 10.25 14.47 13.11 21.87 11.61 9.73 17.23 15.06 18.93 21.79 13.68 10.22 565.79 520.70 832.26 459.59 349.31 697.57 555.88 781.28 987.87 544.16 384.67 581.99 544.07 899.50 454.91 354.46 717.75 573.31 794.58 935.48 553.38 373.33 589.56 549.54 917.27 466.56 365.31 726.29 577.54 799.43 906.54 574.14 385.40 577.35 529.64 846.37 464.40 355.15 716.77 561.74 793.17 886.85 559.51 385.29 Service-producing....................... 13.65 14.09 14.19 14.24 442.26 457.93 468.27 457.10 Transportation and public utilities... 16.56 17.23 17.26 17.30 632.59 649.57 661.06 643.56 Wholesale trade....................... 15.56 15.91 16.16 16.09 589.72 607.76 623.78 609.81 Retail trade.......................... 9.69 9.98 9.99 10.05 273.26 284.43 291.71 281.40 Finance, insurance, and real estate... 15.45 16.04 16.21 16.18 556.20 577.44 594.91 579.24 Services.............................. 14.39 14.92 15.09 15.08 464.80 484.90 496.46 485.58 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted Percent change from: Dec. 2001Jan. 2002 Jan. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001p Jan. 2002p Total private: Current dollars.............. Constant (1982) dollars2..... $14.03 7.90 $14.45 8.02 $14.47 8.06 $14.54 8.11 $14.59 8.16 $14.59 N.A. 0.0 (3) Goods-producing............... Mining...................... Construction................ Manufacturing............... Excluding overtime4....... 15.67 17.49 18.28 14.54 13.83 16.04 17.67 18.36 14.96 14.28 16.05 17.73 18.38 14.97 14.31 16.15 17.85 18.46 15.05 14.38 16.21 17.80 18.58 15.10 14.41 16.24 17.84 18.55 15.13 14.43 .2 .2 -.2 .2 .1 Service-producing............. Transportation and public utilities................ Wholesale trade............. Retail trade................ Finance, insurance, and real estate................... Services.................... 13.54 13.98 14.01 14.07 14.13 14.12 -.1 16.51 15.53 9.64 17.02 15.95 9.87 17.09 15.89 9.91 17.23 15.91 9.98 17.23 16.04 9.99 17.26 16.07 9.99 .2 .2 .0 15.44 14.25 16.01 14.76 16.05 14.81 16.07 14.87 16.16 14.94 16.16 14.93 .0 -.1 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was .6 percent from November 2001 to December 2001, 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 Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry (1982=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Industry Jan. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001p Jan. 2002p Jan. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2001p Jan. 2002p Total private.................... 147.0 149.2 150.5 143.1 152.2 149.9 148.9 148.7 148.7 148.1 Goods-producing......................... 110.1 108.7 107.3 102.5 114.4 109.5 108.3 107.5 107.1 106.9 Mining................................ 50.4 55.2 54.2 51.3 52.5 55.1 54.8 54.8 54.1 53.7 Construction.......................... 168.1 189.2 178.9 Manufacturing......................... 101.4 94.6 95.1 167.9 187.6 188.0 185.5 187.9 185.7 188.2 91.6 102.5 95.9 94.9 93.4 93.4 92.6 Durable goods........................ 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......... 106.5 133.5 134.2 111.2 88.8 97.2 136.2 119.2 117.4 77.9 98.1 134.4 123.6 113.4 79.5 94.4 129.3 122.1 109.0 76.0 107.4 137.4 135.2 117.8 88.3 99.4 138.6 123.2 117.8 81.7 97.9 136.1 119.5 117.0 79.9 96.0 135.1 118.3 116.0 76.5 96.2 135.1 120.2 114.7 78.0 95.3 133.4 123.2 115.4 75.5 67.8 118.1 101.2 61.5 109.4 85.5 60.8 111.2 86.4 57.3 106.5 84.0 68.2 118.3 100.6 65.3 111.1 88.2 63.2 109.7 87.5 60.6 107.4 85.1 60.5 108.3 84.2 57.4 107.0 83.3 106.3 111.4 143.0 76.1 94.2 86.9 107.1 139.0 70.7 89.0 87.5 108.8 143.5 71.7 90.6 82.9 104.1 135.4 70.1 86.3 106.1 113.3 146.5 75.7 96.6 89.6 108.0 139.9 72.9 90.2 87.9 105.9 135.3 71.9 89.6 85.5 105.4 136.5 70.5 87.3 85.2 105.6 138.5 70.5 89.3 82.7 105.8 139.2 69.8 88.6 Nondurable goods..................... 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........ 94.5 113.0 47.0 70.9 49.7 101.5 117.9 99.6 69.8 142.0 28.0 91.1 117.0 50.5 62.0 44.4 97.5 112.9 96.8 71.5 132.6 25.3 91.0 115.5 51.7 62.1 44.4 98.0 112.7 96.4 69.8 135.7 24.8 87.9 111.0 49.4 60.0 42.4 96.0 107.5 94.8 66.6 131.2 24.9 95.7 116.0 46.0 71.2 51.4 100.9 119.3 99.7 73.1 142.3 28.9 91.0 113.7 47.5 63.7 45.7 96.7 113.4 96.9 73.4 134.5 25.7 90.8 115.5 47.8 62.8 44.9 96.5 112.5 96.8 71.6 132.6 24.9 89.8 114.5 47.3 61.4 44.1 96.2 110.7 96.2 71.7 131.8 24.7 89.6 113.9 46.3 61.2 44.1 95.9 110.2 95.2 71.1 132.9 24.8 89.0 113.7 49.7 60.3 43.9 95.5 108.4 95.1 69.5 131.9 25.7 Service-producing....................... 163.6 167.4 169.9 161.4 169.2 168.1 167.1 167.1 167.4 166.6 Transportation and public utilities... 137.6 135.8 137.3 131.0 140.8 136.7 136.3 135.0 135.1 133.9 Wholesale trade....................... 129.8 129.9 130.9 127.0 132.3 130.6 129.7 129.3 129.7 129.4 Retail trade.......................... 140.5 146.5 151.6 138.7 147.5 145.7 144.8 145.3 145.5 145.2 Finance, insurance, and real estate... 137.2 138.8 141.4 136.8 139.2 140.0 139.3 140.2 139.5 138.8 Services.............................. 205.2 210.8 212.2 203.7 212.4 212.4 211.1 211.1 211.7 210.5 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. Sept. 2001 Oct. 2001 ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 353 industries1 Over 1-month span: 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 2002.............. 63.2 55.1 55.7 53.7 p50.1 56.2 59.6 59.3 50.4 59.3 52.8 61.0 55.8 60.2 57.2 54.2 45.0 58.9 58.2 47.7 46.6 57.1 54.2 60.5 44.3 55.4 57.1 57.8 45.5 58.4 54.4 55.1 43.9 54.8 55.2 52.0 44.1 55.0 57.9 54.8 38.7 58.2 59.9 55.1 38.7 56.4 56.8 54.2 p41.2 Over 3-month span: 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 2002.............. 65.3 60.8 61.6 51.7 66.1 57.8 63.3 54.1 64.6 58.5 61.9 48.6 65.7 55.8 56.2 49.2 62.2 58.1 55.1 42.5 57.9 57.9 57.9 42.4 57.5 57.2 61.5 40.5 58.4 59.2 56.4 39.9 59.1 59.8 54.1 38.8 59.2 59.1 53.3 35.8 59.3 61.0 55.7 p35.0 59.2 60.6 53.3 p38.1 Over 6-month span: 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 2002.............. 70.4 59.8 63.5 52.0 67.4 59.8 60.6 50.6 65.0 58.2 62.6 48.6 62.5 60.3 63.7 45.3 63.6 56.7 61.5 44.1 60.5 59.2 55.5 38.5 59.2 61.8 56.1 37.1 58.6 60.8 58.6 35.6 57.9 62.2 54.2 p34.4 59.6 61.2 54.8 p35.4 60.6 62.3 51.8 59.9 64.9 54.2 Over 12-month span: 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 2002.............. 69.7 61.2 62.5 49.6 67.6 60.2 63.0 47.7 67.4 58.2 61.8 45.0 66.0 60.8 59.5 43.1 64.0 60.8 58.4 40.5 62.7 61.6 56.8 p39.5 61.9 62.2 55.7 p39.4 62.0 61.3 56.5 60.9 63.9 54.2 59.3 63.0 53.4 60.8 61.3 53.0 58.8 60.9 51.7 Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1 Over 1-month span: 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 2002.............. 57.4 46.0 44.9 37.9 p40.8 51.5 44.5 56.6 32.4 53.7 43.0 55.5 41.5 53.3 42.3 46.7 31.3 43.8 50.4 41.2 29.4 48.2 39.3 54.8 33.1 38.2 51.5 53.7 39.0 51.5 39.3 38.6 27.6 41.9 45.2 34.6 36.0 41.5 46.3 41.5 29.4 41.2 53.3 43.8 25.7 43.4 46.7 44.1 p28.7 Over 3-month span: 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 2002.............. 59.6 41.2 50.0 28.3 59.6 39.0 54.0 29.4 55.9 38.2 52.9 24.6 50.4 41.5 42.3 26.5 46.7 40.8 43.0 22.4 37.9 45.2 48.5 24.6 41.5 39.0 48.2 21.0 41.5 45.2 33.8 19.9 41.9 40.8 28.7 19.9 38.2 44.9 30.5 21.0 36.8 46.3 39.0 p17.3 40.8 46.0 35.7 p21.7 Over 6-month span: 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 2002.............. 63.2 36.0 51.5 26.8 54.4 38.2 44.5 25.4 50.4 37.5 48.5 19.9 40.4 41.2 55.1 20.6 44.5 36.8 43.8 20.2 40.1 39.7 34.9 15.1 37.5 43.0 33.5 13.2 36.4 41.5 34.6 14.0 34.9 46.0 30.1 p11.8 40.1 40.4 29.4 p15.8 37.1 46.3 25.0 34.2 51.5 27.9 Over 12-month span: 1998.............. 1999.............. 2000.............. 2001.............. 2002.............. 54.8 38.6 46.3 19.1 52.2 34.6 45.2 16.5 51.8 32.4 41.2 14.7 46.7 36.0 37.9 16.2 40.4 37.9 33.8 15.1 40.1 39.0 31.3 p12.1 38.2 40.1 31.3 p14.0 37.5 40.4 31.3 36.4 44.5 27.6 34.6 46.0 25.4 35.7 44.9 24.3 34.2 44.5 21.0 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered within the span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.
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