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1 Technical information: Household data: Establishment data: Media contact: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 02-414 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ 691-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT), Friday, August 2, 2002. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JULY 2002 Both the unemployment rate, 5.9 percent, and total nonfarm payroll employment, 130.8 million, were unchanged in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. A gain in payroll employment in services was partially offset by a decline in construction. Job losses continued to moderate in manufacturing, but the factory workweek fell. Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, August 1999 - July 2002 Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, August 1999 - July 2002 Percent Millions 6.5 134.0 6.0 132.0 5.5 130.0 5.0 128.0 4.5 126.0 4.0 124.0 0.0 3.5 0.0 122.0 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons (8.3 million) and the unemployment rate (5.9 percent) were essentially unchanged for the third month in a row in July. The jobless rates for adult men (5.2 percent), adult women (5.2 percent), teenagers (17.7 percent), whites (5.3 percent), blacks (9.9 percent), and Hispanics (7.6 percent) showed little change from the previous month. (See tables A-1 and A-2.) The number of persons unemployed for 15 weeks or more fell by 220,000 to 2.9 million in July. This measure had been trending steadily upward since June 2001. (See table A-6.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) The civilian labor force and the labor force participation rate were virtually unchanged in July, as were the number of employed persons and the employment-population ratio. The labor force and the number of employed persons are very close to their levels at the end of 2001. (See table A-1.) 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages Monthly data 2002 Category 2002 I II May July Labor force status HOUSEHOLD DATA Civilian labor force............................. Employment................................... Unemployment.............................. Not in labor force................................ June JuneJuly change 141,868 133,894 7,975 71,342 142,605 134,149 8,456 71,059 142,769 134,417 8,351 70,889 142,476 134,053 8,424 71,366 142,390 134,045 8,345 71,633 -86 -8 -79 267 5.9 5.2 5.2 17.7 5.3 9.9 7.6 .0 -0.2 .1 .1 .1 -.8 .2 Unemployment rates All workers......................................... Adult men...................................... Adult women................................. Teenagers...................................... White.............................................. Black.............................................. Hispanic origin............................... 5.6 5.1 4.9 16.0 5.0 10.1 7.5 5.9 5.3 5.2 17.1 5.2 10.7 7.4 5.8 5.2 5.2 16.9 5.2 10.2 7.0 5.9 5.4 5.1 17.6 5.2 10.7 7.4 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment......................... Goods-producing¹.......................... Construction............................ 130,759 p130,717 24,049 p23,881 6,602 p6,546 130,702 p130,768 p130,774 23,870 p23,868 p23,828 6,541 p6,555 p6,525 p6 p-40 p-30 Manufacturing......................... Service-producing¹...................... Retail trade............................... Services.................................... Government.............................. 16,883 p16,776 106,711 p106,836 23,353 p23,328 40,924 p41,091 21,165 p21,206 16,771 p16,758 p16,751 106,832 p106,900 p106,946 23,327 p23,311 p23,323 41,093 p41,155 p41,205 21,206 p21,227 p21,211 p-7 p46 p12 p50 p-16 Hours of work² Total private........................................ Manufacturing................................ Overtime................................... 34.2 40.8 4.0 p34.2 p41.0 p4.2 34.2 40.9 4.2 p34.3 p41.1 p4.3 p34.0 p40.7 p4.1 p-0.3 p-.4 p-.2 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100)² Total private........................................ 148.2 p148.3 148.1 p148.6 p147.7 p-0.9 Earnings² Average hourly earnings, total private................................... $14.62 p$14.71 Average weekly earnings, total private................................... 499.52 p503.58 ¹ Includes other industries, not shown separately. ² Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p=preliminary. $14.70 p$14.75 p$14.79 p$0.04 502.74 p505.93 p502.86 p-3.07 3 In July, the number of persons working part time despite their preference for full-time work increased by 278,000 to 4.2 million. This follows declines in May and June and brings the number of persons working part time for economic reasons close to its April level. Since March 2001, the number of such persons has increased by almost 1.0 million. (See table A-4.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in July, compared with 1.2 million a year earlier. These individuals reported that 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 398,000 in July. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently 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, at 130.8 million, was essentially unchanged in July (+6,000) and has been little changed since February. In comparison, from March 2001 through February 2002, payroll employment declined by 160,000 a month, on average. (See table B-1.) The services industry added 50,000 jobs in July, the fifth consecutive monthly gain in the industry. Employment in health services rose by 29,000 in July, slightly above the industry’s average increase for the prior 12 months. Over the month, employment also increased in management and public relations (12,000), services to buildings (7,000), and auto repair and parking (4,000). The help supply industry, which provides workers to other businesses on a temporary basis, lost 35,000 jobs over the month. From February through June, employment in this industry increased by 145,000. In July, employment in the construction industry declined by 30,000, following an increase of 14,000 in June. Losses in the industry were widespread over the month, including declines of 11,000 in heavy construction and 13,000 in special trades. Manufacturing employment was little changed in July (-7,000). Job losses in the industry have moderated this year. The average monthly job loss in the industry for the 3 months ending in June was 21,000, compared with 63,000 a month in February and March and 115,000 a month from March 2001 to January 2002. In July, employment continued to decline in aircraft manufacturing, and motor vehicle employment fell. Employment in electronic and electrical equipment was essentially unchanged in July; the industry had been losing jobs since January 2001. Employment in rubber and plastics manufacturing increased (6,000), and employment in printing and publishing was little changed for the second consecutive month, following nearly 2 years of sustained job losses. Job losses in communications continued; the industry has lost 128,000 jobs since its employment peak in April 2001. Within finance, job gains in mortgage banks and brokerages (6,000) were largely offset by losses in security and commodity brokerages (-4,000). Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.3 hour in July to 34.0 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek declined by 0.4 hour to 40.7 hours, and factory overtime was down by 0.2 hour to 4.1 hours. (See table B-2.) 4 The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.6 percent in July to 147.7 (1982=100). The manufacturing index was down by 0.9 percent over the month. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 4 cents in July to $14.79, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings decreased by 0.6 percent over the month to $502.86. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 3.2 percent and average weekly earnings grew by 2.6 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for August 2002 is scheduled to be released on Friday, September 6, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). 5 Upcoming Changes to National Nonfarm Payroll Series in June 2003 NAICS conversion. The nonfarm payroll series, produced from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program, will be converted from the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) basis to the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) basis with the June 6, 2003, release of May 2003 estimates. The NAICS conversion involves major definitional changes to many of the currently published SIC-based series. After the conversion to NAICS, SIC-based series will no longer be produced or published. Historical time series will be reconstructed as part of the NAICS conversion process. All published series will have a NAICS-based history extending back to at least January 1990. For total nonfarm and other high-level aggregates, NAICS history will begin in January 1939, the current starting date for these series. For more detailed series, the starting date will vary depending on the scope of the definitional changes between SIC and NAICS. The NAICS-based reconstruction effort will cover all CES published data types: all employees, women workers, production workers, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, and derivative series (for example, indexes of aggregate weekly hours). Completion of the CES sample redesign. June 6, 2003, also will mark the completion of the CES sample redesign phase-in. The redesign converts the CES from a quota-based sample to a probability-based sample. In June 2003, the services industries will be converted to the new sample design; all other private sector industries have already been converted. The final stage of sample redesign phase-in may result in level shifts for average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, production worker, and women worker series. New levels for these series are being computed from NAICS/probability sample-based averages. Concurrent seasonal adjustment. Also beginning in June 2003, the CES program will convert from its current practice of updating seasonal factors twice a year to updating them every month. Concurrent seasonal adjustment is technically superior to semiannual updates because it uses all available monthly estimates, including those for the current month, thereby eliminating the need to project the seasonal factors. With the introduction of concurrent seasonal adjustment, BLS will no longer publish seasonal factors for CES national estimates. Change to federal government series. The CES series for federal government employment will be revised slightly in scope and definition due to a change in source data and estimation methods. The current national series is an end-of-month federal employee count produced by the Office of Personnel Management, and it excludes some workers, mostly employees who work in Department of Defense-owned establishments such as military base commissaries. Beginning in June 2003, the CES national series will include these workers. Also, federal government employment will be estimated from a sample of federal establishments, will be benchmarked annually to counts from unemployment insurance tax records, and will reflect employee counts as of the pay period including the 12th of the month, consistent with other CES industry series. The historical time series for federal government employment will be revised to reflect these changes. Further information on upcoming changes to CES data series is available through the BLS public database on the Internet, via the CES homepage at http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling 202-691-6555. 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 2002, the sample included over 300,000 establishments employing about 37 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. Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: • The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. • The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. • The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. • The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance. 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 age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. 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 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 samplebased change. The size of the 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 samplebased 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 HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age July 2001 June 2002 July 2002 July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 211,921 143,181 67.6 136,385 64.4 3,449 132,936 6,797 4.7 68,739 4,488 213,842 143,669 67.2 134,992 63.1 3,405 131,587 8,677 6.0 70,173 5,083 214,023 143,885 67.2 135,289 63.2 3,671 131,618 8,595 6.0 70,139 4,856 211,921 141,651 66.8 135,106 63.8 3,055 132,051 6,545 4.6 70,270 4,546 213,334 142,005 66.6 133,894 62.8 3,126 130,768 8,111 5.7 71,329 4,537 213,492 142,570 66.8 133,976 62.8 3,154 130,823 8,594 6.0 70,922 4,468 213,658 142,769 66.8 134,417 62.9 3,097 131,320 8,351 5.8 70,889 4,779 213,842 142,476 66.6 134,053 62.7 3,110 130,942 8,424 5.9 71,366 4,689 214,023 142,390 66.5 134,045 62.6 3,282 130,763 8,345 5.9 71,633 4,895 101,885 76,936 75.5 73,441 72.1 3,494 4.5 102,856 77,016 74.9 72,388 70.4 4,627 6.0 102,945 77,274 75.1 72,831 70.7 4,443 5.7 101,885 75,626 74.2 72,093 70.8 3,533 4.7 102,607 75,756 73.8 71,299 69.5 4,457 5.9 102,682 76,009 74.0 71,397 69.5 4,611 6.1 102,765 76,415 74.4 71,894 70.0 4,521 5.9 102,856 76,189 74.1 71,524 69.5 4,665 6.1 102,945 76,041 73.9 71,509 69.5 4,532 6.0 93,708 71,818 76.6 69,081 73.7 2,231 66,850 2,737 3.8 94,622 72,404 76.5 68,751 72.7 2,301 66,450 3,653 5.0 94,694 72,437 76.5 68,877 72.7 2,463 66,413 3,560 4.9 93,708 71,500 76.3 68,610 73.2 2,035 66,575 2,890 4.0 94,315 71,723 76.0 68,013 72.1 2,084 65,929 3,710 5.2 94,414 72,098 76.4 68,193 72.2 2,213 65,980 3,905 5.4 94,479 72,428 76.7 68,647 72.7 2,125 66,522 3,781 5.2 94,622 72,288 76.4 68,390 72.3 2,138 66,251 3,899 5.4 94,694 72,172 76.2 68,405 72.2 2,256 66,149 3,767 5.2 110,035 66,246 60.2 62,943 57.2 3,302 5.0 110,985 66,653 60.1 62,603 56.4 4,050 6.1 111,078 66,610 60.0 62,458 56.2 4,152 6.2 110,035 66,025 60.0 63,013 57.3 3,012 4.6 110,728 66,249 59.8 62,595 56.5 3,654 5.5 110,809 66,561 60.1 62,579 56.5 3,982 6.0 110,893 66,354 59.8 62,524 56.4 3,830 5.8 110,985 66,287 59.7 62,528 56.3 3,759 5.7 111,078 66,349 59.7 62,536 56.3 3,813 5.7 102,067 61,575 60.3 58,940 57.7 846 58,094 2,636 4.3 103,038 62,278 60.4 58,999 57.3 783 58,215 3,279 5.3 103,127 62,098 60.2 58,656 56.9 867 57,789 3,442 5.5 102,067 62,103 60.8 59,640 58.4 784 58,856 2,463 4.0 102,728 62,320 60.7 59,227 57.7 804 58,423 3,093 5.0 102,847 62,724 61.0 59,333 57.7 732 58,602 3,391 5.4 102,936 62,597 60.8 59,337 57.6 760 58,577 3,260 5.2 103,038 62,481 60.6 59,316 57.6 749 58,567 3,165 5.1 103,127 62,590 60.7 59,364 57.6 814 58,550 3,226 5.2 16,145 9,788 60.6 8,364 51.8 373 7,991 1,424 14.5 16,182 8,987 55.5 7,242 44.8 321 6,921 1,745 19.4 16,202 9,349 57.7 7,756 47.9 341 7,416 1,593 17.0 16,145 8,048 49.8 6,856 42.5 236 6,620 1,192 14.8 16,292 7,962 48.9 6,655 40.8 239 6,416 1,308 16.4 16,231 7,748 47.7 6,450 39.7 209 6,240 1,298 16.8 16,243 7,744 47.7 6,434 39.6 213 6,221 1,310 16.9 16,182 7,707 47.6 6,347 39.2 223 6,124 1,360 17.6 16,202 7,629 47.1 6,276 38.7 213 6,064 1,352 17.7 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 ......................................... Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Agriculture .......................................................................... Nonagricultural industries ................................................... Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Agriculture .......................................................................... Nonagricultural industries ................................................... Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population .......................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Agriculture .......................................................................... Nonagricultural industries ................................................... Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin July 2001 June 2002 July 2002 July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 175,924 119,119 67.7 114,222 64.9 4,897 4.1 177,217 119,542 67.5 113,220 63.9 6,322 5.3 177,345 119,749 67.5 113,470 64.0 6,279 5.2 175,924 117,986 67.1 113,176 64.3 4,810 4.1 176,866 118,159 66.8 112,286 63.5 5,873 5.0 176,972 118,661 67.1 112,426 63.5 6,236 5.3 177,087 118,742 67.1 112,563 63.6 6,179 5.2 177,217 118,530 66.9 112,382 63.4 6,148 5.2 177,345 118,678 66.9 112,446 63.4 6,233 5.3 60,714 77.0 58,771 74.5 1,943 3.2 61,182 76.9 58,461 73.5 2,721 4.4 61,202 76.9 58,571 73.6 2,631 4.3 60,474 76.7 58,346 74.0 2,128 3.5 60,521 76.3 57,793 72.8 2,728 4.5 60,867 76.6 57,921 72.9 2,946 4.8 61,095 76.9 58,170 73.2 2,926 4.8 61,007 76.7 58,112 73.1 2,895 4.7 61,068 76.7 58,164 73.1 2,904 4.8 50,161 59.6 48,240 57.3 1,921 3.8 50,804 59.9 48,471 57.1 2,333 4.6 50,671 59.7 48,221 56.8 2,450 4.8 50,655 60.1 48,878 58.0 1,777 3.5 50,938 60.2 48,765 57.6 2,174 4.3 51,289 60.5 48,908 57.7 2,381 4.6 51,163 60.4 48,871 57.7 2,292 4.5 51,060 60.2 48,812 57.5 2,248 4.4 51,125 60.2 48,856 57.6 2,268 4.4 8,244 64.4 7,211 56.3 1,033 12.5 12.7 12.4 7,557 58.8 6,289 49.0 1,268 16.8 18.4 15.1 7,875 61.3 6,677 52.0 1,198 15.2 16.9 13.4 6,857 53.5 5,952 46.5 905 13.2 13.8 12.6 6,699 52.1 5,728 44.6 971 14.5 16.3 12.7 6,505 50.7 5,596 43.6 908 14.0 15.4 12.5 6,483 50.5 5,522 43.0 961 14.8 15.4 14.2 6,464 50.3 5,458 42.5 1,006 15.6 17.7 13.4 6,485 50.5 5,425 42.2 1,060 16.4 19.1 13.6 25,565 16,990 66.5 15,481 60.6 1,509 8.9 25,930 16,965 65.4 15,126 58.3 1,839 10.8 25,961 16,918 65.2 15,109 58.2 1,809 10.7 25,565 16,685 65.3 15,337 60.0 1,348 8.1 25,839 16,758 64.9 14,969 57.9 1,789 10.7 25,868 16,941 65.5 15,045 58.2 1,896 11.2 25,898 16,887 65.2 15,168 58.6 1,718 10.2 25,930 16,822 64.9 15,027 58.0 1,794 10.7 25,961 16,618 64.0 14,976 57.7 1,642 9.9 7,439 72.6 6,815 66.5 624 8.4 7,509 72.1 6,794 65.2 715 9.5 7,521 72.1 6,806 65.3 715 9.5 7,382 72.0 6,796 66.3 586 7.9 7,579 73.0 6,814 65.7 765 10.1 7,528 72.5 6,831 65.8 698 9.3 7,573 72.8 6,925 66.6 648 8.6 7,543 72.4 6,760 64.9 783 10.4 7,472 71.6 6,800 65.2 673 9.0 8,371 65.2 7,808 60.8 564 6.7 8,381 64.4 7,628 58.6 753 9.0 8,327 63.9 7,534 57.8 794 9.5 8,400 65.5 7,878 61.4 522 6.2 8,267 63.7 7,526 58.0 742 9.0 8,458 65.1 7,597 58.5 860 10.2 8,401 64.6 7,606 58.5 794 9.5 8,363 64.3 7,628 58.6 735 8.8 8,348 64.1 7,602 58.3 746 8.9 1,179 47.5 858 34.5 321 27.3 29.7 24.9 1,076 43.0 704 28.2 371 34.5 35.7 33.3 1,069 42.8 769 30.8 300 28.1 23.8 32.2 903 36.4 663 26.7 240 26.6 28.1 25.2 912 36.6 630 25.3 282 31.0 36.9 24.7 954 38.3 617 24.7 338 35.4 37.3 33.5 913 36.6 637 25.5 276 30.2 36.8 22.3 916 36.6 639 25.6 276 30.2 30.0 30.4 798 31.9 575 23.0 223 28.0 20.5 34.8 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Men ................................................................................... Women ............................................................................. BLACK Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Men ................................................................................... Women ............................................................................. See footnotes at end of table. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin — Continued (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin July 2001 June 2002 July 2002 July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 23,157 15,792 68.2 14,814 64.0 979 6.2 23,867 16,207 67.9 15,018 62.9 1,188 7.3 23,935 16,341 68.3 15,111 63.1 1,231 7.5 23,157 15,753 68.0 14,776 63.8 977 6.2 23,664 15,908 67.2 14,743 62.3 1,165 7.3 23,732 16,156 68.1 14,877 62.7 1,279 7.9 23,797 16,085 67.6 14,963 62.9 1,122 7.0 23,867 16,146 67.6 14,959 62.7 1,187 7.4 23,935 16,304 68.1 15,066 62.9 1,238 7.6 HISPANIC ORIGIN Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 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. Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Educational attainment July 2001 June 2002 July 2002 July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 27,679 11,986 43.3 11,221 40.5 765 6.4 28,105 12,443 44.3 11,548 41.1 896 7.2 27,112 11,642 42.9 10,700 39.5 942 8.1 27,679 12,130 43.8 11,302 40.8 828 6.8 27,858 12,187 43.7 11,206 40.2 980 8.0 28,155 12,410 44.1 11,297 40.1 1,113 9.0 28,073 12,356 44.0 11,306 40.3 1,051 8.5 28,105 12,254 43.6 11,288 40.2 966 7.9 27,112 11,770 43.4 10,743 39.6 1,028 8.7 56,947 36,286 63.7 34,795 61.1 1,491 4.1 57,070 36,482 63.9 34,572 60.6 1,910 5.2 57,012 36,504 64.0 34,651 60.8 1,853 5.1 56,947 36,971 64.9 35,452 62.3 1,519 4.1 57,327 36,431 63.5 34,450 60.1 1,981 5.4 56,904 36,547 64.2 34,459 60.6 2,089 5.7 57,063 36,648 64.2 34,605 60.6 2,042 5.6 57,070 36,737 64.4 34,676 60.8 2,061 5.6 57,012 37,149 65.2 35,250 61.8 1,898 5.1 45,444 33,432 73.6 32,366 71.2 1,066 3.2 44,897 32,797 73.0 31,287 69.7 1,510 4.6 45,695 33,317 72.9 31,788 69.6 1,529 4.6 45,444 33,288 73.3 32,264 71.0 1,024 3.1 45,094 32,896 72.9 31,497 69.8 1,398 4.3 44,670 32,845 73.5 31,314 70.1 1,532 4.7 44,541 32,786 73.6 31,184 70.0 1,602 4.9 44,897 32,962 73.4 31,413 70.0 1,550 4.7 45,695 33,162 72.6 31,693 69.4 1,469 4.4 46,784 36,635 78.3 35,752 76.4 883 2.4 48,435 37,848 78.1 36,676 75.7 1,173 3.1 48,755 37,788 77.5 36,566 75.0 1,222 3.2 46,784 36,697 78.4 35,907 76.7 790 2.2 47,675 37,853 79.4 36,833 77.3 1,019 2.7 48,373 38,394 79.4 37,236 77.0 1,158 3.0 48,583 38,359 79.0 37,239 76.6 1,121 2.9 48,435 38,084 78.6 36,971 76.3 1,113 2.9 48,755 37,850 77.6 36,750 75.4 1,100 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 college2 Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Percent of population .......................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Less than a bachelor's degree3 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 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 3 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 July 2001 June 2002 July 2002 July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 136,385 43,251 32,931 8,507 134,992 43,140 33,029 8,397 135,289 43,273 32,727 8,496 135,106 43,264 33,571 8,558 133,894 43,317 33,552 8,320 133,976 43,167 33,446 8,266 134,417 43,548 33,371 8,397 134,053 43,140 33,362 8,465 134,045 43,273 33,361 8,521 41,629 39,145 18,996 15,222 17,762 3,631 41,633 38,585 19,229 14,490 17,393 3,663 41,687 38,574 19,183 14,383 17,481 3,981 41,889 39,038 18,587 14,913 17,597 3,187 41,908 38,146 18,722 14,412 17,482 3,238 42,167 38,140 18,749 14,274 17,377 3,290 41,901 38,346 18,909 14,365 17,468 3,265 41,675 38,740 18,889 14,375 17,152 3,285 41,978 38,458 18,752 14,073 17,327 3,501 2,028 1,392 29 2,155 1,210 40 2,289 1,349 34 1,798 1,252 23 1,825 1,264 29 1,896 1,216 34 1,911 1,156 40 1,909 1,158 29 2,031 1,227 27 124,162 18,371 105,792 811 104,981 8,694 79 123,146 19,276 103,870 846 103,024 8,348 92 123,155 19,020 104,135 879 103,256 8,383 80 123,204 18,999 104,205 790 103,415 8,568 98 122,545 19,218 103,327 677 102,650 8,200 89 122,366 19,347 103,019 791 102,228 8,234 103 123,071 19,811 103,260 775 102,485 8,305 105 122,627 19,630 102,997 810 102,187 8,208 95 122,196 19,709 102,486 855 101,631 8,268 99 All industries: Part time for economic reasons ............................................ Slack work or business conditions ...................................... Could only find part-time work ............................................ Part time for noneconomic reasons ...................................... 3,681 2,167 1,113 16,452 4,188 2,591 1,210 17,502 4,286 2,712 1,202 16,765 3,571 2,174 1,011 18,812 3,997 2,721 1,021 18,530 4,151 2,690 1,131 18,793 3,996 2,626 1,064 18,887 3,899 2,588 1,031 19,170 4,177 2,723 1,096 19,138 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 2,094 1,088 15,929 4,006 2,475 1,183 16,977 4,087 2,583 1,173 16,214 3,425 2,111 993 18,283 3,848 2,605 1,001 18,004 4,009 2,587 1,122 18,274 3,818 2,515 1,033 18,350 3,758 2,472 1,022 18,739 3,949 2,609 1,074 18,572 CHARACTERISTIC Total employed, 16 years and over .......................................... Married men, spouse present ................................................. Married women, spouse present ............................................ Women who maintain families ................................................ 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 ................................................. CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture: Wage and salary workers ..................................................... Self-employed workers ......................................................... Unpaid family workers .......................................................... Nonagricultural industries: Wage and salary workers ..................................................... Government ........................................................................ Private industries ................................................................ Private households ........................................................... Other industries ................................................................ Self-employed workers ......................................................... Unpaid family workers .......................................................... PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 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 Category Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates1 July 2001 June 2002 July 2002 July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 Total, 16 years and over .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over ......................................................... Women, 20 years and over ................................................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years .................................................... 6,545 2,890 2,463 1,192 8,424 3,899 3,165 1,360 8,345 3,767 3,226 1,352 4.6 4.0 4.0 14.8 5.7 5.2 5.0 16.4 6.0 5.4 5.4 16.8 5.8 5.2 5.2 16.9 5.9 5.4 5.1 17.6 5.9 5.2 5.2 17.7 Married men, spouse present ................................................ Married women, spouse present ........................................... Women who maintain families ............................................... 1,183 1,011 580 1,834 1,315 761 1,558 1,289 782 2.7 2.9 6.3 3.4 3.7 7.3 3.9 3.9 8.6 3.6 3.9 8.1 4.1 3.8 8.2 3.5 3.7 8.4 Full-time workers ................................................................... Part-time workers .................................................................. 5,305 1,247 7,172 1,266 6,962 1,388 4.5 5.1 5.8 5.2 6.2 5.2 5.9 5.6 6.1 5.0 5.9 5.4 962 1,647 688 1,415 256 1,400 2,178 909 1,748 214 1,340 2,152 960 1,630 338 2.2 4.0 4.4 7.4 7.4 3.0 5.3 6.0 8.7 9.0 3.1 5.5 6.5 9.4 6.1 3.2 5.2 5.9 8.9 6.3 3.2 5.3 5.9 9.3 6.1 3.1 5.3 6.4 8.6 8.8 5,277 1,620 22 587 1,011 599 412 3,657 275 1,482 251 1,649 409 211 6,968 2,028 40 746 1,242 797 445 4,940 466 1,905 349 2,220 455 173 6,822 1,981 19 824 1,138 737 400 4,841 404 1,929 308 2,200 505 217 4.8 5.7 3.9 7.1 5.2 5.0 5.5 4.5 3.4 5.3 3.1 4.4 2.1 10.5 6.1 7.6 6.3 8.8 7.0 7.5 6.3 5.6 5.4 6.5 3.1 5.4 2.8 12.4 6.5 7.8 6.0 9.3 7.2 7.6 6.6 6.0 6.1 7.2 3.2 5.8 2.5 9.0 6.3 7.4 4.4 8.9 6.7 6.3 7.5 5.9 5.7 7.0 4.0 5.6 2.6 9.1 6.3 7.5 7.9 9.1 6.8 7.3 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.6 4.1 5.9 2.3 8.3 6.2 7.4 3.8 10.3 6.3 6.8 5.6 5.9 5.3 6.8 3.7 5.8 2.5 9.7 CHARACTERISTIC OCCUPATION2 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 2 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 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. Table A-6. Duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration July 2001 June 2002 July 2002 July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 Less than 5 weeks ................................................................... 5 to 14 weeks .......................................................................... 15 weeks and over .................................................................. 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 2,873 2,347 1,576 876 700 3,395 2,384 2,898 1,308 1,590 3,145 2,666 2,785 1,222 1,563 2,647 2,170 1,630 948 682 3,078 2,411 2,688 1,355 1,333 2,793 2,818 2,854 1,360 1,494 2,876 2,531 2,952 1,316 1,636 2,729 2,784 3,103 1,434 1,669 2,896 2,464 2,883 1,349 1,533 Average (mean) duration, in weeks ......................................... Median duration, in weeks ....................................................... 12.3 6.2 15.8 8.1 15.9 8.0 12.7 6.7 15.4 8.1 16.6 8.9 17.1 9.8 17.3 11.7 16.4 8.6 100.0 42.3 34.5 23.2 12.9 10.3 100.0 39.1 27.5 33.4 15.1 18.3 100.0 36.6 31.0 32.4 14.2 18.2 100.0 41.1 33.7 25.3 14.7 10.6 100.0 37.6 29.5 32.9 16.6 16.3 100.0 33.0 33.3 33.7 16.1 17.6 100.0 34.4 30.3 35.3 15.7 19.6 100.0 31.7 32.3 36.0 16.6 19.4 100.0 35.1 29.9 35.0 16.4 18.6 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 July 2001 June 2002 July 2002 July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 3,327 1,033 2,294 1,721 573 825 2,000 644 4,364 904 3,460 2,735 725 807 2,688 818 4,530 1,228 3,302 2,547 756 854 2,436 775 3,294 1,020 2,274 (1) (1) 791 1,948 442 4,270 1,066 3,204 (1) (1) 862 2,471 557 4,525 1,095 3,430 (1) (1) 1,017 2,450 519 4,598 1,091 3,506 (1) (1) 902 2,433 499 4,579 1,061 3,518 (1) (1) 836 2,360 584 4,580 1,224 3,356 (1) (1) 818 2,375 571 100.0 49.0 15.2 33.8 12.1 29.4 9.5 100.0 50.3 10.4 39.9 9.3 31.0 9.4 100.0 52.7 14.3 38.4 9.9 28.3 9.0 100.0 50.9 15.8 35.1 12.2 30.1 6.8 100.0 52.3 13.1 39.3 10.6 30.3 6.8 100.0 53.2 12.9 40.3 12.0 28.8 6.1 100.0 54.5 12.9 41.6 10.7 28.9 5.9 100.0 54.8 12.7 42.1 10.0 28.2 7.0 100.0 54.9 14.7 40.2 9.8 28.5 6.8 2.3 .6 1.4 .4 3.0 .6 1.9 .6 3.1 .6 1.7 .5 2.3 .6 1.4 .3 3.0 .6 1.7 .4 3.2 .7 1.7 .4 3.2 .6 1.7 .3 3.2 .6 1.7 .4 3.2 .6 1.7 .4 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. Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure July 2001 June 2002 July 2002 July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force ............................................................................................................... 1.1 2.0 1.9 1.2 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.0 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force ................................................................................................... 2.3 3.0 3.1 2.3 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) ............................................................................... 4.7 6.0 6.0 4.6 5.7 6.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers .................................................................... 5.0 6.3 6.2 (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 ................................................................................................... 5.6 6.9 6.9 (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 9.8 9.9 (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) Age and sex Unemployment rates1 July 2001 June 2002 July 2002 July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 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 ............................................. 6,545 2,306 1,192 599 608 1,114 4,206 3,668 537 8,424 2,723 1,360 608 749 1,363 5,749 4,922 854 8,345 2,753 1,352 604 767 1,401 5,553 4,795 758 4.6 10.2 14.8 19.0 12.4 7.7 3.5 3.7 2.9 5.7 12.5 16.4 18.0 15.1 10.3 4.5 4.7 3.5 6.0 12.3 16.8 19.4 15.1 10.0 4.9 5.0 4.0 5.8 11.6 16.9 20.7 14.8 8.9 4.8 5.0 4.2 5.9 12.2 17.6 20.8 15.6 9.3 4.8 4.9 4.2 5.9 12.3 17.7 20.9 16.1 9.5 4.6 4.8 3.7 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 ........................................... 3,533 1,255 643 304 340 612 2,272 1,936 315 4,665 1,492 766 348 422 726 3,189 2,688 508 4,532 1,505 765 345 420 740 3,025 2,581 440 4.7 10.7 15.6 19.1 13.4 8.1 3.6 3.6 3.1 5.9 13.7 18.5 20.8 16.7 11.1 4.5 4.7 3.6 6.1 13.0 18.1 19.6 17.2 10.3 4.8 4.9 4.3 5.9 12.5 18.6 23.7 15.6 9.4 4.8 4.9 4.5 6.1 12.9 19.6 23.2 17.4 9.5 4.9 5.0 4.6 6.0 13.0 19.8 23.9 17.4 9.6 4.7 4.8 4.0 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 ........................................... 3,012 1,051 549 295 268 502 1,934 1,732 222 3,759 1,231 594 260 327 637 2,560 2,233 346 3,813 1,249 587 259 347 662 2,528 2,214 318 4.6 9.7 14.0 18.8 11.3 7.3 3.5 3.7 2.6 5.5 11.2 14.3 15.3 13.4 9.4 4.4 4.6 3.4 6.0 11.6 15.4 19.2 12.9 9.6 5.0 5.1 3.7 5.8 10.7 15.2 17.4 14.1 8.3 4.8 5.1 3.7 5.7 11.4 15.6 18.3 13.7 9.1 4.6 4.8 3.8 5.7 11.6 15.6 17.9 14.8 9.4 4.6 4.8 3.4 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category July 2001 July 2002 July 2001 July 2002 July 2001 July 2002 68,739 4,488 1,225 70,139 4,856 1,490 24,950 1,812 549 25,671 2,096 752 43,790 2,676 676 44,468 2,759 739 308 917 398 1,092 171 377 245 507 137 540 153 585 Total multiple jobholders4 ................................................................... Percent of total employed ............................................................... 7,452 5.5 7,168 5.3 3,920 5.3 3,697 5.1 3,532 5.6 3,471 5.6 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 ......................................... 4,017 1,573 324 1,493 3,757 1,567 313 1,469 2,382 512 196 804 2,169 468 210 826 1,635 1,061 127 689 1,589 1,099 103 644 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force .................................................................. Persons who currently want a job ................................................... Searched for work and available to work now1 .......................... Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects2 ................................ Reasons other than discouragement3 ............................... 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 Industry July 2001 May 2002 June 2002p Seasonally adjusted July 2002p July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002p July 2002p Total .................................................. 131,887 131,431 131,877 130,572 132,045 130,701 130,680 130,702 130,768 130,774 Total private ............................................ 112,042 109,788 110,611 110,490 111,074 109,505 109,495 109,496 109,541 109,563 Goods-producing .................................................. 25,260 23,915 24,201 24,173 24,907 23,975 23,905 23,870 23,868 23,828 Mining ............................................................... Metal mining ................................................. Coal mining ................................................... Oil and gas extraction ................................... Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels ............... 578 34.8 80.9 346.3 116.0 559 32.1 80.1 332.3 114.2 562 32.8 79.8 335.1 114.2 561 32.8 79.3 333.9 114.6 570 35 81 342 112 560 32 81 336 111 564 32 81 339 112 558 32 80 334 112 555 32 80 333 110 552 33 79 330 110 Construction ..................................................... General building contractors ......................... Heavy construction, except building ............. Special trade contractors .............................. 7,022 1,522.1 999.0 4,500.4 6,597 1,449.3 940.1 4,207.5 6,796 1,495.8 967.6 4,333.0 6,857 1,511.2 971.1 4,374.7 6,680 1,457 925 4,298 6,593 1,462 908 4,223 6,541 1,452 901 4,188 6,541 1,454 908 4,179 6,555 1,454 910 4,191 6,525 1,448 899 4,178 Manufacturing ................................................... Production workers ................................... 17,660 11,874 16,759 11,243 16,843 11,309 16,755 11,235 17,657 11,901 16,822 11,264 16,800 11,250 16,771 11,245 16,758 11,239 16,751 11,259 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 ....................... 10,593 7,069 798.6 516.5 579.9 651.0 207.9 1,467.0 1,999.4 343.0 1,605.9 648.9 1,750.5 934.4 463.6 846.3 377.6 9,967 6,634 767.3 496.7 555.2 594.9 187.0 1,424.2 1,838.9 307.8 1,433.6 564.3 1,678.8 917.3 413.8 806.8 370.9 10,001 6,658 776.8 499.5 562.0 593.5 187.1 1,430.1 1,840.4 306.3 1,429.4 564.3 1,687.9 926.8 410.0 808.7 373.0 9,912 6,581 779.0 493.3 564.4 586.2 186.7 1,418.5 1,823.3 303.5 1,420.3 559.1 1,649.4 896.7 405.8 807.0 370.6 10,606 7,101 786 519 569 655 (1) 1,478 2,003 341 1,611 652 1,763 950 464 842 380 9,976 6,625 769 491 550 596 (1) 1,422 1,846 315 1,445 566 1,674 915 419 813 370 9,976 6,620 767 497 551 598 (1) 1,425 1,842 313 1,443 566 1,671 912 416 811 371 9,963 6,619 770 494 549 597 (1) 1,428 1,834 308 1,437 567 1,675 914 416 807 372 9,942 6,605 767 495 552 592 (1) 1,425 1,830 305 1,427 566 1,678 920 411 805 371 9,924 6,610 767 495 554 590 (1) 1,429 1,826 302 1,426 563 1,661 911 406 803 373 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 ........................ 7,067 4,805 1,711.7 32.1 473.4 560.2 633.4 1,488.6 1,027.0 128.8 954.1 57.5 6,792 4,609 1,666.5 32.1 435.2 525.0 611.8 1,402.9 1,006.6 126.1 929.5 55.8 6,842 4,651 1,688.7 33.1 434.9 530.2 616.9 1,406.2 1,012.4 128.1 935.8 55.9 6,843 4,654 1,717.5 32.7 427.9 520.9 613.2 1,407.9 1,010.6 129.1 929.2 54.3 7,051 4,800 1,689 34 475 566 632 1,487 1,024 126 959 59 6,846 4,639 1,685 34 440 527 620 1,419 1,010 126 929 56 6,824 4,630 1,689 33 436 523 615 1,413 1,008 125 927 55 6,808 4,626 1,687 34 434 520 612 1,407 1,006 125 928 55 6,816 4,634 1,693 34 432 524 613 1,405 1,007 125 928 55 6,827 4,649 1,695 35 429 526 612 1,407 1,007 126 934 56 Service-producing ................................................. 106,627 107,516 107,676 106,399 107,138 106,726 106,775 106,832 106,900 106,946 Transportation and public utilities ..................... Transportation .............................................. Railroad transportation ............................. Local and interurban passenger transit .... Trucking and warehousing ....................... Water transportation ................................. Transportation by air ................................. Pipelines, except natural gas .................... Transportation services ............................ Communications and public utilities ............. Communications ....................................... Electric, gas, and sanitary services .......... 7,090 4,505 233.5 427.2 1,864.0 208.9 1,285.0 15.3 471.4 2,585 1,726.2 859.0 6,802 4,339 230.4 493.6 1,825.3 195.4 1,155.5 14.5 424.7 2,463 1,624.3 838.7 6,824 4,356 230.9 470.8 1,847.3 201.8 1,165.6 14.7 425.0 2,468 1,621.1 846.9 6,771 4,309 231.0 416.6 1,848.8 205.6 1,163.5 14.9 428.9 2,462 1,613.0 848.8 7,110 4,535 233 484 1,850 196 1,288 15 469 2,575 1,721 854 6,814 4,330 233 478 1,819 186 1,172 15 427 2,484 1,643 841 6,799 4,330 230 476 1,830 190 1,162 15 427 2,469 1,628 841 6,793 4,328 228 475 1,827 193 1,165 15 425 2,465 1,626 839 6,791 4,335 230 473 1,829 193 1,171 15 424 2,456 1,616 840 6,788 4,337 230 472 1,835 192 1,167 15 426 2,451 1,608 843 Wholesale trade ................................................ Durable goods .............................................. Nondurable goods ........................................ 6,808 4,040 2,768 6,685 3,914 2,771 6,713 3,932 2,781 6,716 3,933 2,783 6,773 4,021 2,752 6,681 3,912 2,769 6,678 3,908 2,770 6,681 3,916 2,765 6,681 3,915 2,766 6,682 3,915 2,767 See footnotes at end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry–Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Seasonally adjusted July 2001 May 2002 June 2002p July 2002p July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002p July 2002p 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 ............. 23,698 1,083.9 2,846.1 2,514.3 3,452.5 2,450.9 1,125.0 1,187.3 1,116.6 8,479.1 3,081.7 23,359 1,116.4 2,826.3 2,496.8 3,383.2 2,437.6 1,130.4 1,146.3 1,130.7 8,270.5 3,047.5 23,521 1,121.2 2,833.2 2,500.0 3,405.6 2,453.2 1,131.4 1,165.4 1,134.5 8,357.9 3,049.5 23,446 1,104.0 2,831.8 2,496.1 3,402.7 2,457.3 1,133.3 1,173.3 1,136.0 8,298.5 3,042.5 23,577 1,047 2,911 2,574 3,439 2,426 1,119 1,191 1,131 8,304 3,128 23,332 1,053 2,901 2,560 3,392 2,426 1,131 1,175 1,143 8,154 3,088 23,345 1,061 2,915 2,575 3,392 2,429 1,129 1,170 1,141 8,152 3,085 23,327 1,068 2,897 2,560 3,397 2,434 1,133 1,169 1,146 8,130 3,086 23,311 1,069 2,882 2,541 3,394 2,432 1,128 1,174 1,147 8,121 3,092 23,323 1,066 2,896 2,554 3,391 2,432 1,127 1,176 1,151 8,124 3,087 Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. Finance ......................................................... Depository institutions .............................. Commercial banks ................................ Savings institutions ............................... Nondepository institutions ........................ Mortgage bankers and brokers ............. Security and commodity brokers .............. Holding and other investment offices ....... Insurance ...................................................... Insurance carriers ..................................... Insurance agents, brokers, and service .... Real estate ................................................... 7,799 3,826 2,069.8 1,445.1 256.4 726.7 332.6 771.9 257.1 2,380 1,606.2 773.3 1,593 7,739 3,812 2,071.6 1,445.7 263.4 756.2 361.6 721.8 262.1 2,368 1,583.0 784.9 1,559 7,796 3,837 2,083.3 1,453.9 264.9 764.7 370.1 726.8 262.4 2,372 1,584.9 787.3 1,587 7,814 3,843 2,086.9 1,455.4 264.3 768.6 375.1 726.6 261.0 2,374 1,584.9 789.3 1,597 7,718 3,803 2,056 1,434 255 724 331 765 258 2,369 1,597 772 1,546 7,740 3,809 2,074 1,447 264 753 357 722 260 2,375 1,591 784 1,556 7,743 3,813 2,075 1,446 264 756 360 723 259 2,374 1,589 785 1,556 7,732 3,813 2,073 1,446 264 756 359 723 261 2,369 1,583 786 1,550 7,735 3,820 2,071 1,444 264 762 367 724 263 2,366 1,579 787 1,549 7,737 3,821 2,073 1,444 263 766 373 720 262 2,365 1,576 789 1,551 Services2 .......................................................... 41,387 41,288 41,556 41,570 Agricultural services ..................................... 937.5 924.2 944.4 948.3 Hotels and other lodging places ................... 2,040.0 1,806.1 1,903.3 1,961.3 Personal services ......................................... 1,223.2 1,264.4 1,253.5 1,237.6 Business services ......................................... 9,572.2 9,304.4 9,400.5 9,373.8 Services to buildings ................................. 1,022.6 1,028.7 1,035.6 1,038.9 Personnel supply services ........................ 3,432.3 3,185.0 3,250.9 3,221.8 Help supply services ............................. 3,075.3 2,866.2 2,931.6 2,901.8 Computer and data processing services .. 2,238.2 2,188.1 2,191.9 2,195.3 Auto repair, services, and parking ................ 1,273.6 1,264.3 1,272.1 1,277.6 Miscellaneous repair services ...................... 374.8 376.7 379.5 382.0 Motion pictures ............................................. 598.4 579.2 591.0 594.1 Amusement and recreation services ............ 2,036.4 1,713.6 1,871.7 1,928.7 Health services ............................................. 10,419.6 10,620.2 10,685.3 10,719.0 Offices and clinics of medical doctors ...... 2,010.5 2,050.3 2,064.5 2,070.4 Nursing and personal care facilities .......... 1,852.3 1,879.9 1,888.4 1,892.2 Hospitals ................................................... 4,113.4 4,201.1 4,230.4 4,250.3 Home health care services ....................... 633.3 645.1 644.4 644.2 Legal services ............................................... 1,055.5 1,057.9 1,080.7 1,084.4 Educational services ..................................... 2,142.1 2,565.9 2,316.9 2,219.0 Social services .............................................. 3,027.4 3,194.4 3,163.2 3,117.8 Child day care services ............................ 660.3 750.4 713.7 663.5 Residential care ........................................ 876.1 899.3 910.1 910.6 Museums and botanical and zoological gardens ..................................................... 121.1 111.3 117.3 119.3 Membership organizations ........................... 2,532.1 2,476.1 2,523.6 2,545.6 Engineering and management services ....... 3,638.0 3,637.1 3,660.9 3,669.0 Engineering and architectural services ..... 1,076.4 1,038.3 1,048.3 1,050.6 Management and public relations ............. 1,174.6 1,206.5 1,213.0 1,224.1 Services, nec ................................................ 50.8 48.0 48.3 48.8 40,989 852 1,874 1,272 9,528 1,016 3,400 3,041 2,237 1,265 372 585 1,722 10,393 2,006 1,848 4,101 634 1,038 2,439 3,076 723 868 40,963 872 1,811 1,289 9,237 1,021 3,107 2,795 2,198 1,260 377 572 1,635 10,602 2,046 1,879 4,193 643 1,056 2,489 3,162 723 902 41,025 857 1,796 1,286 9,312 1,027 3,175 2,857 2,190 1,261 377 574 1,611 10,611 2,044 1,883 4,199 643 1,059 2,501 3,167 725 903 41,093 856 1,789 1,279 9,330 1,023 3,198 2,888 2,190 1,262 375 578 1,621 10,626 2,050 1,883 4,207 644 1,066 2,518 3,164 722 901 41,155 855 1,802 1,286 9,334 1,025 3,206 2,903 2,190 1,265 377 580 1,623 10,662 2,060 1,886 4,224 643 1,065 2,522 3,165 727 904 41,205 862 1,801 1,287 9,331 1,032 3,191 2,868 2,195 1,269 379 580 1,632 10,691 2,066 1,888 4,237 645 1,066 2,526 3,167 727 902 111 2,464 3,604 1,057 1,166 (1) 109 2,470 3,631 1,044 1,191 (1) 109 2,477 3,636 1,041 1,202 (1) 108 2,480 3,649 1,042 1,209 (1) 109 2,483 3,635 1,033 1,204 (1) 109 2,478 3,635 1,031 1,216 (1) Government ...................................................... Federal ......................................................... Federal, except Postal Service ................. State ............................................................. Education .................................................. Other State government ........................... Local ............................................................. Education .................................................. Other local government ............................ 20,971 2,622 1,770 4,912 2,120 2,792 13,437 7,644 5,793 21,196 2,611 1,782 4,940 2,133 2,807 13,645 7,767 5,878 21,185 2,610 1,784 4,942 2,135 2,807 13,633 7,754 5,879 21,206 2,600 1,777 4,945 2,141 2,804 13,661 7,770 5,891 21,227 2,600 1,782 4,938 2,139 2,799 13,689 7,763 5,926 21,211 2,597 1,781 4,944 2,148 2,796 13,670 7,783 5,887 19,845 2,644 1,795.7 4,649 1,818.0 2,831.2 12,552 6,445.7 6,106.4 21,643 2,605 1,785.4 4,996 2,191.0 2,805.1 14,042 8,178.0 5,864.1 21,266 2,623 1,809.1 4,764 1,931.4 2,832.4 13,879 7,774.2 6,104.7 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. 20,082 2,620 1,807.6 4,678 1,843.1 2,835.1 12,784 6,578.4 6,205.9 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 Industry Seasonally adjusted July 2001 May 2002 June 2002p July 2002p July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002p July 2002p Total private ............................................ 34.7 34.1 34.7 34.2 34.2 34.2 34.2 34.2 34.3 34.0 Goods-producing .................................................. 40.5 40.4 40.8 40.0 40.4 40.5 40.4 40.3 40.5 40.0 Mining ............................................................... 43.7 43.2 43.5 42.8 43.4 43.3 42.4 43.0 43.3 42.5 Construction ..................................................... 40.4 39.0 39.5 39.3 39.4 39.1 39.0 38.7 39.0 38.3 Manufacturing ................................................... Overtime hours ......................................... 40.4 3.9 40.9 4.1 41.2 4.3 40.3 4.1 40.8 3.9 41.0 4.1 40.9 4.2 40.9 4.2 41.1 4.3 40.7 4.1 Durable goods ................................................ Overtime hours ......................................... 40.6 3.8 41.4 4.1 41.7 4.3 40.5 3.8 41.1 3.9 41.3 4.1 41.4 4.1 41.3 4.1 41.5 4.2 41.0 3.9 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 ....................... 40.8 39.4 44.3 43.3 44.9 40.8 40.3 38.4 40.7 41.0 40.4 37.9 41.1 40.1 43.8 44.2 45.7 41.8 40.7 39.1 42.9 44.9 40.2 38.8 41.6 40.3 44.4 44.8 46.5 42.1 40.9 39.4 42.8 44.6 41.0 39.4 41.1 39.4 43.7 43.8 45.3 41.0 39.9 38.2 40.4 41.2 39.9 38.2 40.9 39.7 43.8 43.8 44.6 41.5 40.6 39.1 42.1 42.9 40.8 38.2 41.1 40.6 43.6 44.4 45.5 41.7 40.5 39.4 42.4 43.9 40.6 38.8 40.8 40.8 43.8 44.3 45.1 41.6 40.6 39.5 42.6 44.4 40.4 38.8 40.8 40.4 43.4 44.1 45.6 41.9 40.7 39.4 42.3 44.2 40.4 38.8 41.1 40.2 43.7 44.6 46.1 42.0 40.9 39.4 42.4 44.0 40.9 39.5 41.2 39.7 43.2 44.2 45.0 41.7 40.2 38.9 41.8 43.1 40.3 38.5 Nondurable goods .......................................... Overtime hours ......................................... 40.1 4.1 40.3 4.1 40.6 4.3 40.0 4.4 40.3 4.0 40.4 4.2 40.3 4.3 40.4 4.3 40.6 4.3 40.2 4.3 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 ........................ 40.9 39.8 39.1 37.2 41.7 38.0 42.3 43.3 40.0 35.3 41.0 41.7 41.5 37.2 41.6 37.2 42.2 40.3 41.2 36.7 41.4 42.3 41.9 37.5 41.6 37.3 42.6 41.4 41.7 37.4 41.0 42.3 40.7 36.7 41.0 37.0 42.0 41.7 40.4 36.4 40.9 39.8 39.7 37.4 41.8 38.3 42.5 (2) 40.7 36.0 41.4 41.2 41.4 37.4 41.5 37.5 42.0 (2) 41.1 37.3 41.2 41.3 41.5 37.1 41.6 37.2 41.8 (2) 41.6 37.5 41.2 41.6 41.4 37.0 41.9 37.5 42.3 (2) 41.2 36.7 41.6 41.1 41.5 37.0 41.7 37.7 42.5 (2) 41.5 36.8 41.0 42.3 41.4 36.9 41.1 37.2 42.2 (2) 41.1 37.1 Service-producing ................................................. 33.3 32.6 33.3 32.9 32.7 32.8 32.7 32.8 32.8 32.7 Transportation and public utilities ..................... 38.7 38.3 38.8 38.3 38.1 38.2 38.3 38.4 38.3 38.2 Wholesale trade ................................................ 38.5 38.3 39.0 38.4 38.2 38.4 38.3 38.3 38.6 38.5 Retail trade ....................................................... 29.7 29.0 29.7 29.6 28.8 29.1 29.0 29.1 29.1 28.8 Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 36.6 35.7 36.7 35.8 36.1 36.2 36.1 36.1 36.0 36.0 Services ............................................................ 33.1 32.4 33.0 32.7 32.7 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.7 32.6 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 Industry Average weekly earnings July 2001 May 2002 June 2002p July 2002p July 2001 May 2002 June 2002p July 2002p Total private ............................................ Seasonally adjusted ............................. $14.26 14.33 $14.67 14.70 $14.68 14.75 $14.67 14.79 $494.82 490.09 $500.25 502.74 $509.40 505.93 $501.71 502.86 Goods-producing .................................................. 15.99 16.30 16.38 16.48 647.60 658.52 668.30 659.20 Mining ............................................................... 17.61 17.74 17.65 17.64 769.56 766.37 767.78 754.99 Construction ..................................................... 18.33 18.67 18.74 18.95 740.53 728.13 740.23 744.74 Manufacturing ................................................... 14.84 15.23 15.28 15.29 599.54 622.91 629.54 616.19 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 ....................... 15.26 12.32 12.27 15.10 17.07 20.48 14.26 15.88 14.56 18.85 19.09 14.91 12.12 15.68 12.43 12.59 15.43 17.36 20.81 14.64 16.35 14.91 19.65 20.17 15.11 12.37 15.74 12.54 12.63 15.46 17.45 20.90 14.71 16.35 15.03 19.79 20.39 15.13 12.30 15.70 12.59 12.62 15.59 17.59 21.09 14.62 16.51 15.10 19.47 19.91 15.23 12.39 619.56 502.66 483.44 668.93 739.13 919.55 581.81 639.96 559.10 767.20 782.69 602.36 459.35 649.15 510.87 504.86 675.83 767.31 951.02 611.95 665.45 582.98 842.99 905.63 607.42 479.96 656.36 521.66 508.99 686.42 781.76 971.85 619.29 668.72 592.18 847.01 909.39 620.33 484.62 635.85 517.45 497.23 681.28 770.44 955.38 599.42 658.75 576.82 786.59 820.29 607.68 473.30 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 ........................ 14.21 12.95 22.97 11.37 9.38 16.98 14.84 18.68 22.01 13.37 10.24 14.55 13.25 23.09 11.73 9.93 17.51 15.05 18.96 22.02 13.69 10.43 14.60 13.29 23.19 11.68 9.96 17.53 15.12 19.14 22.14 13.66 10.27 14.70 13.34 23.41 11.80 10.01 17.79 15.08 19.37 22.36 13.78 10.45 569.82 529.66 914.21 444.57 348.94 708.07 563.92 790.16 953.03 534.80 361.47 586.37 543.25 962.85 486.80 369.40 728.42 559.86 800.11 887.41 564.03 382.78 592.76 550.21 980.94 489.39 373.50 729.25 563.98 815.36 916.60 569.62 384.10 588.00 546.94 990.24 480.26 367.37 729.39 557.96 813.54 932.41 556.71 380.38 Service-producing ................................................. 13.75 14.20 14.20 14.16 457.88 462.92 472.86 465.86 Transportation and public utilities ..................... 16.81 17.24 17.32 17.40 650.55 660.29 672.02 666.42 Wholesale trade ................................................ 15.92 16.08 16.16 16.13 612.92 615.86 630.24 619.39 Retail trade ....................................................... 9.70 9.98 9.99 9.96 288.09 289.42 296.70 294.82 Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 15.82 16.18 16.26 16.25 579.01 577.63 596.74 581.75 Services ............................................................ 14.52 15.12 15.09 15.03 480.61 489.89 497.97 491.48 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 July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002p July 2002p Percent change from: June 2002July 2002 Total private: Current dollars ................................ Constant (1982) dollars2 ................ $14.33 7.99 $14.65 8.13 $14.68 8.10 $14.70 8.12 $14.75 8.14 $14.79 N.A. 0.3 (3) Goods-producing .............................. Mining ........................................... Construction ................................. Manufacturing ............................... Excluding overtime4 ................. 15.92 17.63 18.29 14.86 14.19 16.29 17.72 18.74 15.19 14.45 16.32 17.63 18.83 15.19 14.43 16.35 17.87 18.77 15.27 14.53 16.39 17.70 18.81 15.31 14.56 16.41 17.66 18.92 15.31 14.59 .1 -.2 .6 .0 .2 Service-producing ............................. Transportation and public utilities Wholesale trade ............................ Retail trade ................................... Finance, insurance, and real estate ...................................... Services ........................................ 13.86 16.81 15.87 9.77 14.18 17.26 16.23 9.95 14.21 17.26 16.11 9.97 14.24 17.31 16.12 9.99 14.29 17.40 16.14 10.05 14.34 17.40 16.17 10.03 .3 .0 .2 -.2 15.85 14.68 16.14 15.08 16.18 15.13 16.17 15.16 16.26 15.20 16.38 15.27 .7 .5 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 .2 percent from May 2002 to June 2002, 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 Industry Seasonally adjusted July 2001 May 2002 June 2002p July 2002p July 2001 Mar. 2002 Apr. 2002 May 2002 June 2002p July 2002p Total private ............................................ 153.9 148.2 152.1 150.0 150.4 148.2 148.1 148.1 148.6 147.7 Goods-producing .................................................. 112.5 105.6 108.2 106.0 110.6 105.5 105.4 105.0 105.7 104.3 56.9 53.8 54.6 53.8 55.5 54.0 53.5 53.7 53.7 52.5 Construction ..................................................... 201.8 179.6 188.8 189.3 185.6 178.1 178.3 176.4 178.6 174.3 Mining ............................................................... Manufacturing ................................................... 96.6 92.8 94.1 91.3 97.9 93.0 92.9 92.8 93.2 92.4 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 ....................... 100.0 139.0 125.8 122.1 82.3 64.5 110.2 90.1 91.7 106.2 136.5 71.9 90.0 95.7 134.6 123.3 115.0 76.5 58.7 109.5 83.3 81.5 107.6 147.4 67.6 90.5 96.8 138.0 124.6 117.7 77.1 59.7 111.0 83.7 81.9 107.9 147.8 68.9 92.1 93.0 137.2 119.9 116.1 74.4 58.3 106.7 81.0 78.6 99.0 131.5 67.0 88.3 101.8 137.1 127.9 117.8 83.8 64.1 113.4 91.2 94.3 111.6 146.4 72.4 92.0 95.5 134.7 123.2 113.1 76.7 58.4 109.2 83.1 83.1 105.5 143.0 68.6 90.2 95.5 133.3 124.7 113.6 76.7 58.3 109.1 83.1 82.9 105.7 144.2 68.2 90.2 95.4 134.4 122.9 112.6 76.4 58.9 110.1 82.8 82.2 105.6 144.0 67.9 90.6 95.6 134.3 122.9 113.6 76.6 59.2 110.3 83.1 81.7 106.1 144.6 68.4 91.8 94.6 135.1 122.0 112.3 75.7 57.8 109.8 81.8 80.9 103.9 141.0 67.5 90.2 Nondurable goods .......................................... 92.0 Food and kindred products ........................... 116.7 Tobacco products ......................................... 45.1 Textile mill products ...................................... 64.5 Apparel and other textile products ................ 47.1 Paper and allied products ............................. 97.5 Printing and publishing ................................. 114.6 Chemicals and allied products ...................... 96.9 Petroleum and coal products ........................ 73.1 Rubber and misc. plastics products .............. 133.4 Leather and leather products ........................ 23.0 88.8 113.1 48.1 61.9 44.2 94.2 105.2 94.7 70.2 134.4 23.3 90.3 116.1 50.7 62.6 44.7 95.2 105.7 96.3 72.9 137.1 23.8 88.9 117.6 50.2 60.0 43.1 93.0 104.8 94.2 74.2 131.6 22.4 92.4 114.8 49.3 65.7 47.9 97.6 115.5 97.6 70.0 137.0 24.3 89.6 115.5 51.0 62.4 44.1 95.5 106.8 94.4 70.9 133.8 23.5 89.3 115.4 49.1 62.1 43.7 94.9 106.0 93.6 67.9 135.1 23.6 89.4 115.6 51.5 61.6 43.4 95.0 106.2 95.1 70.9 133.8 23.1 90.0 117.3 52.9 61.6 43.7 94.7 106.8 95.5 70.7 135.0 22.6 89.3 116.0 54.5 61.1 43.8 93.2 105.5 95.0 71.4 135.0 23.9 Service-producing ................................................. 172.5 167.4 171.8 169.7 168.2 167.4 167.3 167.5 167.9 167.2 Transportation and public utilities ..................... 141.6 134.2 136.3 133.3 139.7 134.4 134.4 134.4 134.0 133.4 Wholesale trade ................................................ 128.0 125.8 128.7 126.6 126.1 125.9 125.7 125.7 126.7 126.2 Retail trade ....................................................... 152.4 147.1 151.6 150.7 146.8 147.3 146.8 147.1 147.1 145.6 Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 143.7 139.1 144.6 141.2 139.6 140.7 140.9 140.6 140.2 140.1 Services ............................................................ 217.2 211.9 217.2 214.9 212.5 211.3 211.5 211.8 212.8 212.3 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. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 347 industries1 Over 1-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 62.4 55.3 55.9 49.4 47.3 57.5 58.6 57.5 45.7 41.4 59.1 53.6 57.9 50.3 49.7 60.2 58.4 51.2 42.4 47.8 57.5 55.5 50.1 47.3 50.9 56.8 57.8 55.8 43.2 p49.7 54.6 57.1 57.8 44.5 p48.4 59.1 54.8 51.4 42.5 57.2 57.1 52.4 42.4 53.0 57.2 52.4 40.5 57.9 60.4 53.2 39.3 56.8 58.1 52.7 44.1 Over 3-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 65.3 59.2 60.4 45.5 40.1 66.3 57.6 61.4 46.1 43.2 65.3 59.5 58.4 40.8 42.5 65.9 55.2 53.2 43.4 46.5 62.7 60.2 52.4 37.8 p48.0 58.2 57.2 55.5 43.2 p50.0 58.9 59.4 56.6 39.3 59.1 59.2 56.2 38.0 59.8 59.7 51.2 35.3 57.9 58.9 51.0 33.7 57.1 61.2 53.2 36.3 58.8 60.7 51.6 38.9 Over 6-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 70.2 60.2 61.1 44.7 37.0 67.4 58.9 59.4 42.7 41.6 64.7 58.5 58.1 39.5 p43.5 61.5 59.7 57.9 40.1 p45.0 64.1 57.2 54.2 40.8 62.1 60.8 52.4 35.6 59.1 61.2 52.9 37.0 58.8 62.5 54.2 32.4 57.5 62.7 52.4 34.3 60.2 61.8 48.7 33.1 59.2 61.2 45.7 34.1 58.4 62.8 46.5 35.6 Over 12-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 69.9 61.2 61.4 41.5 p35.2 67.9 60.1 59.9 41.5 67.6 58.2 58.8 38.9 65.6 61.0 56.2 37.5 64.1 60.7 55.3 37.3 62.7 61.5 53.6 36.2 61.7 62.2 53.0 34.1 62.2 61.1 51.0 33.6 60.8 63.8 47.7 34.4 59.4 62.2 45.2 33.9 60.8 59.7 44.5 33.3 58.9 60.5 42.9 p34.4 Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1 Over 1-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 57.0 47.4 44.9 34.9 35.3 52.6 41.2 52.2 26.8 37.9 52.2 42.6 49.3 38.2 40.4 52.9 46.0 46.0 29.0 47.4 44.9 46.3 49.3 28.3 47.1 47.4 43.4 50.7 30.5 p41.9 38.2 50.0 57.4 34.9 p47.1 52.9 42.6 36.8 25.7 44.9 46.0 39.0 31.6 38.6 45.6 42.3 31.3 42.3 51.5 47.1 25.0 41.5 49.3 40.8 30.9 Over 3-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 59.2 39.3 48.2 21.3 24.6 57.0 39.3 48.9 21.3 30.1 54.8 39.7 48.9 18.4 37.1 51.8 40.1 44.5 23.5 38.6 48.2 41.2 46.7 19.9 p40.4 38.2 43.8 52.2 23.2 p40.4 41.9 44.1 46.0 17.3 43.0 46.3 38.6 19.1 43.0 42.3 29.0 16.2 38.2 44.1 34.2 18.0 32.7 47.8 39.0 18.4 40.4 45.2 36.0 18.0 Over 6-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 60.7 36.4 47.8 20.2 19.9 54.4 36.0 45.2 16.9 26.8 49.3 37.5 44.5 14.0 p30.1 40.1 40.4 50.0 16.2 p38.2 45.2 37.5 41.9 16.5 42.6 42.3 37.9 13.2 39.0 43.0 36.0 14.7 38.2 44.5 35.3 11.8 34.6 48.2 32.4 14.0 41.2 43.0 26.1 13.2 35.7 44.5 21.3 17.6 33.1 47.4 21.7 16.5 Over 12-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 54.8 38.6 49.3 13.6 p18.0 52.2 34.6 44.1 13.6 51.8 32.4 39.3 13.6 46.7 36.0 36.8 15.4 40.4 37.9 35.3 12.1 40.1 39.0 34.2 11.0 38.2 40.1 33.8 11.0 37.5 40.4 28.7 11.0 36.4 44.5 22.1 12.9 34.6 44.5 19.1 12.9 35.7 43.4 17.6 14.0 34.2 44.5 14.0 p14.0 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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