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News United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Washington, D.C. 20212 Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 08-1049 Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ Media contact: (202) 691-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT), Friday, August 1, 2008. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JULY 2008 The unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down in July (-51,000), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment continued to fall in construction, manufacturing, and several service-providing industries, while health care and mining continued to add jobs. Average hourly earnings rose by 6 cents, or 0.3 percent, over the month. Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, August 2005 – July 2008 Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, August 2005 – July 2008 Millions Percent 6.5 140.0 6.0 138.0 5.5 136.0 5.0 134.0 4.5 132.0 4.0 130.0 128.0 3.5 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 Unemployment (Household Survey Data) Both the number of unemployed persons (8.8 million) and the unemployment rate (5.7 percent) rose in July. Over the past 12 months, the number of unemployed persons has increased by 1.6 million, and the unemployment rate has risen by 1.0 percentage point. (See table A-1.) Over the month, the unemployment rates for adult men (5.3 percent) and whites (5.1 percent) edged up while the rates for adult women (4.6 percent), blacks (9.7 percent), and Hispanics (7.4 percent) were little changed. The jobless rate for teenagers increased to 20.3 percent in July. The unemployment rate for Asians was 4.0 percent in July, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) Among the unemployed, the number of reentrants to the labor force in July rose by 207,000 to 2.7 million. The number has increased by 623,000 over the past 12 months. The number of unemployed persons 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages Category I 2008 II 2008 Monthly data May 2008 July 2008 June-July change 154,603 145,819 8,784 79,261 213 -72 285 24 5.5 5.1 4.7 18.1 4.9 9.2 7.7 5.7 5.3 4.6 20.3 5.1 9.7 7.4 0.2 .2 -.1 2.2 .2 .5 -.3 p 137,666 p 21,500 p 7,197 p 13,536 p 116,166 p 15,326 p 17,943 p 18,875 p 13,686 p 22,496 p 137,615 p 21,454 p 7,175 p 13,501 p 116,161 p 15,309 p 17,919 p 18,914 p 13,687 p 22,521 p -51 p -46 p -22 p -35 p -5 p -17 p -24 p 39 p1 p 25 p 33.6 p 41.0 p 3.8 p -0.1 p .0 p .0 June 2008 Labor force status HOUSEHOLD DATA Civilian labor force …………….…………… 153,661 Employment …………………….………… 146,070 7,591 Unemployment ……………….…………… Not in labor force ………………….………… 79,146 154,294 146,089 8,204 79,117 154,534 146,046 8,487 78,871 154,390 145,891 8,499 79,237 Unemployment rates All workers ……………….……………....… Adult men …………………....……...…… Adult women ………….…………………… Teenagers ………….………………...…… White ……….………….…...…………… Black or African American ………….…… Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ………..…… 4.9 4.4 4.3 16.8 4.4 8.8 6.5 5.3 4.9 4.6 17.4 4.7 9.1 7.2 5.5 4.9 4.8 18.7 4.9 9.7 6.9 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment ……….……...……… 137,917 21,820 Goods-producing 1…...…...……………… 7,384 Construction ..…...…………….………… Manufacturing …………………....…… 13,690 Service-providing 1 ………...……..……… 116,097 15,434 Retail trade 2 …...…………….…..…… 18,063 Professional and business service ….....… Education and health services …..…….… 18,664 13,660 Leisure and hospitality …...……………. Government ………...…………………… 22,358 p 137,716 p 21,568 p 7,242 p 13,566 p 116,147 p 15,338 p 17,985 p 18,817 p 13,685 p 22,450 137,717 21,577 7,246 13,571 116,140 15,332 17,982 18,820 13,679 22,453 Hours of work 3 Total private ……...…………...…………… Manufacturing …………….……...……… Overtime ……...………………..…….… 33.7 41.1 4.0 p 33.7 p 41.0 p 3.9 33.7 41.0 3.9 p 33.7 p 41.0 p 3.8 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3 Total private ……...………………….……… 107.4 p 107.2 107.1 p 107.0 p 106.6 p -0.4 p $18.06 p 606.82 p $0.06 p .22 Earnings 3 Average hourly earnings, total private …...… Average weekly earnings, total private ……. 1 $17.81 600.80 p $17.95 p 605.40 $17.95 604.92 p $18.00 p 606.60 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data. 3 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers. p = preliminary. 2 3 who had lost their last job was about unchanged over the month at 4.4 million, but has risen by 778,000 over the year. (See table A-8.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) The civilian labor force, at 154.6 million, was little changed in July, and the labor force participation rate remained at 66.1 percent. Total employment, at 145.8 million, was about the same as in June. The employment-population ratio, at 62.4 percent in July, was the same as in the prior month but was down from its most recent high of 63.4 percent in December 2006. (See table A-1.) In July, the number of persons who worked part time for economic reasons rose by 308,000 to 5.7 million and has risen by 1.4 million over the past 12 months. This category includes persons who indicated that they would like to work full time but were working part time because their hours had been cut back or they were unable to find full-time jobs. (See table A-5.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.6 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in July, an increase of 197,000 over the past 12 months. These individuals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 461,000 discouraged workers in July, 94,000 more than a year earlier. Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.1 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in July had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down (-51,000) in July. Thus far in 2008, payroll employment has fallen by 463,000. Over the month, employment continued to decline in manufacturing, construction, employment services, wholesale trade, and the information industry. Health care and mining continued to add jobs over the month. (See table B-1.) Manufacturing employment fell by 35,000 in July, bringing losses over the past 12 months to 383,000. Over the month, job losses were widespread with notable declines in transportation equipment (-8,000), wood products (-4,000), and textile mills (-3,000). Machinery added 6,000 jobs over the month. Employment in construction was down by 22,000 in July. Construction has shed 557,000 jobs since its September 2006 employment peak, with nearly three-quarters of the decline occurring since October 2007. Nearly all of the July employment decrease came among specialty trade contractors (-20,000), with both the residential and nonresidential components contributing to the decline. Within professional and business services, employment services lost 34,000 jobs in July, with nearly all of the decline in temporary help services (-29,000). Since January 2008, employment in temporary help services has declined by 185,000. Computer systems design and related services added 7,000 jobs in July. Wholesale trade employment decreased by 17,000 over the month, with declines in both the durable and nondurable components. Since its peak in November 2007, wholesale trade has lost 57,000 jobs. 4 Employment in the information industry declined by 13,000 in July and by 44,000 over the past 12 months. Telecommunications lost 5,000 jobs in July. Over the month, employment in retail trade continued to trend down. Since its peak in March 2007, retail trade has lost 211,000 jobs. Employment in motor vehicle and parts dealers fell by 11,000 in July, bringing declines in that industry to 35,000 since January 2008. Employment in health care continued to increase with a gain of 33,000 in July. This industry has added 368,000 jobs over the past 12 months. In July, there were job gains of 21,000 in ambulatory health care services and 10,000 in hospitals. In July, employment continued to grow in mining (10,000). Mining employment has expanded by 222,000, or 45 percent, since reaching a low in April 2003. Most of this increase has occurred in oil and gas extraction and in support activities for this industry. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) In July, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.1 hour to 33.6 hours, seasonally adjusted. Both the manufacturing workweek and factory overtime were unchanged over the month at 41.0 and 3.8 hours, respectively. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.4 percent in July to 106.6 (2002=100). The manufacturing index decreased by 0.1 percent to 91.6. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) In July, average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 6 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $18.06, seasonally adjusted. This followed gains of 6 cents in May and 5 cents in June. Average weekly earnings, at $606.82, were about unchanged in July. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings increased by 3.4 percent and average weekly earnings rose by 2.8 percent. (See tables B-3 and B-4.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for August 2008 is scheduled to be released on Friday, September 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). 5 Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates Why are there two monthly measures of employment? The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of employment and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of 104,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? Neither the establishment nor household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Thus, while it is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants, it is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The household survey does include questions about whether respondents were born outside the United States. Data from these questions show that foreign-born workers accounted for about 15 percent of the labor force in 2006 and about 47 percent of the net increase in the labor force from 2000 to 2006. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by incorporating additional information that was not available at the time of the initial publication of the estimates. The establishment survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm. On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax records. The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit http://www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm. Has the establishment survey understated employment growth because it excludes the selfemployed? While the establishment survey excludes the self-employed, the household survey provides monthly estimates of unincorporated self-employment. These estimates have shown no substantial growth in recent years. 6 Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of business establishments with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sample is designed to maximize the reliability of the total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year. Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving unemployment insurance benefits? No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households. All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for work? Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in the Employment Situation news release. Technical 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. The sample includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts. 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 employmentpopulation 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-providing sector. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System. 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. 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 monthto-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. Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the ad- justed series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most supersectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major agesex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month’s data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. 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 90percent 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 430,000. 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 -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000). 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. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .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 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, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/ death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five years. 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 0.2 percent, ranging from less than 0.1 percent to 0.6 percent. Other information 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 adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age July 2007 June 2008 July 2008 July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 231,958 154,871 66.8 147,315 63.5 7,556 4.9 77,087 4,900 233,627 155,582 66.6 146,649 62.8 8,933 5.7 78,045 5,374 233,864 156,300 66.8 146,867 62.8 9,433 6.0 77,564 5,213 231,958 153,182 66.0 146,045 63.0 7,137 4.7 78,776 4,773 232,995 153,784 66.0 145,969 62.6 7,815 5.1 79,211 4,730 233,198 153,957 66.0 146,331 62.7 7,626 5.0 79,241 4,755 233,405 154,534 66.2 146,046 62.6 8,487 5.5 78,871 4,766 233,627 154,390 66.1 145,891 62.4 8,499 5.5 79,237 4,888 233,864 154,603 66.1 145,819 62.4 8,784 5.7 79,261 4,997 112,222 83,383 74.3 79,542 70.9 3,841 4.6 28,839 113,029 83,432 73.8 78,614 69.6 4,818 5.8 29,597 113,154 84,113 74.3 78,991 69.8 5,122 6.1 29,040 112,222 82,124 73.2 78,237 69.7 3,887 4.7 30,098 112,695 82,184 72.9 77,948 69.2 4,236 5.2 30,511 112,803 82,256 72.9 78,038 69.2 4,218 5.1 30,547 112,912 82,602 73.2 77,954 69.0 4,648 5.6 30,310 113,029 82,528 73.0 77,794 68.8 4,734 5.7 30,502 113,154 82,889 73.3 77,823 68.8 5,066 6.1 30,264 103,598 79,078 76.3 75,947 73.3 3,131 4.0 24,521 104,371 79,231 75.9 75,402 72.2 3,829 4.8 25,139 104,490 79,752 76.3 75,643 72.4 4,110 5.2 24,738 103,598 78,619 75.9 75,324 72.7 3,295 4.2 24,979 104,052 78,838 75.8 75,197 72.3 3,641 4.6 25,214 104,152 78,776 75.6 75,148 72.2 3,628 4.6 25,376 104,258 78,878 75.7 75,001 71.9 3,877 4.9 25,380 104,371 79,037 75.7 74,998 71.9 4,038 5.1 25,334 104,490 79,327 75.9 75,094 71.9 4,234 5.3 25,163 119,736 71,488 59.7 67,773 56.6 3,715 5.2 48,248 120,598 72,150 59.8 68,035 56.4 4,115 5.7 48,448 120,710 72,187 59.8 67,876 56.2 4,311 6.0 48,523 119,736 71,058 59.3 67,808 56.6 3,250 4.6 48,679 120,300 71,600 59.5 68,021 56.5 3,579 5.0 48,700 120,396 71,701 59.6 68,293 56.7 3,408 4.8 48,694 120,493 71,931 59.7 68,092 56.5 3,839 5.3 48,562 120,598 71,862 59.6 68,097 56.5 3,765 5.2 48,735 120,710 71,714 59.4 67,996 56.3 3,718 5.2 48,996 111,367 67,293 60.4 64,184 57.6 3,110 4.6 44,073 112,183 68,227 60.8 64,904 57.9 3,323 4.9 43,956 112,290 68,072 60.6 64,526 57.5 3,546 5.2 44,218 111,367 67,566 60.7 64,792 58.2 2,774 4.1 43,801 111,902 68,159 60.9 65,055 58.1 3,104 4.6 43,743 111,990 68,176 60.9 65,260 58.3 2,916 4.3 43,814 112,083 68,390 61.0 65,138 58.1 3,252 4.8 43,693 112,183 68,446 61.0 65,238 58.2 3,208 4.7 43,737 112,290 68,303 60.8 65,167 58.0 3,135 4.6 43,988 16,993 8,500 50.0 7,184 42.3 1,316 15.5 8,493 17,073 8,124 47.6 6,343 37.1 1,781 21.9 8,950 17,084 8,476 49.6 6,698 39.2 1,777 21.0 8,608 16,993 6,997 41.2 5,930 34.9 1,067 15.3 9,996 17,041 6,787 39.8 5,717 33.5 1,070 15.8 10,254 17,056 7,005 41.1 5,923 34.7 1,082 15.4 10,051 17,064 7,266 42.6 5,907 34.6 1,358 18.7 9,798 17,073 6,907 40.5 5,655 33.1 1,253 18.1 10,166 17,084 6,973 40.8 5,558 32.5 1,415 20.3 10,110 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. 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 ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age July 2007 June 2008 July 2008 July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 188,312 126,102 67.0 120,635 64.1 5,468 4.3 62,210 189,428 126,674 66.9 120,191 63.4 6,483 5.1 62,753 189,587 127,164 67.1 120,357 63.5 6,807 5.4 62,422 188,312 124,945 66.3 119,713 63.6 5,232 4.2 63,368 189,019 125,190 66.2 119,574 63.3 5,616 4.5 63,829 189,147 125,171 66.2 119,667 63.3 5,504 4.4 63,975 189,281 125,762 66.4 119,661 63.2 6,101 4.9 63,519 189,428 125,704 66.4 119,518 63.1 6,186 4.9 63,724 189,587 125,971 66.4 119,542 63.1 6,428 5.1 63,616 65,424 76.6 63,122 73.9 2,302 3.5 65,578 76.3 62,803 73.0 2,775 4.2 66,010 76.7 63,055 73.3 2,956 4.5 65,200 76.3 62,736 73.4 2,464 3.8 65,342 76.2 62,665 73.1 2,677 4.1 65,183 75.9 62,507 72.8 2,676 4.1 65,392 76.1 62,491 72.7 2,901 4.4 65,402 76.1 62,447 72.6 2,955 4.5 65,789 76.4 62,695 72.8 3,094 4.7 53,638 59.7 51,415 57.2 2,223 4.1 54,346 60.2 51,969 57.5 2,376 4.4 54,186 59.9 51,637 57.1 2,549 4.7 53,935 60.1 51,968 57.9 1,967 3.6 54,264 60.2 52,061 57.7 2,202 4.1 54,211 60.1 52,182 57.8 2,029 3.7 54,400 60.3 52,177 57.8 2,223 4.1 54,562 60.4 52,282 57.9 2,280 4.2 54,424 60.2 52,184 57.7 2,240 4.1 7,040 53.9 6,098 46.7 942 13.4 6,750 51.6 5,419 41.4 1,332 19.7 6,968 53.2 5,665 43.3 1,303 18.7 5,809 44.5 5,009 38.4 800 13.8 5,584 42.7 4,848 37.1 736 13.2 5,777 44.2 4,978 38.1 799 13.8 5,971 45.7 4,993 38.2 978 16.4 5,740 43.9 4,789 36.6 951 16.6 5,758 44.0 4,664 35.6 1,094 19.0 27,498 17,895 65.1 16,307 59.3 1,588 8.9 9,603 27,816 17,926 64.4 16,165 58.1 1,760 9.8 9,891 27,854 18,097 65.0 16,132 57.9 1,965 10.9 9,757 27,498 17,593 64.0 16,172 58.8 1,421 8.1 9,905 27,709 17,702 63.9 16,116 58.2 1,586 9.0 10,007 27,746 17,753 64.0 16,234 58.5 1,520 8.6 9,992 27,780 17,742 63.9 16,029 57.7 1,713 9.7 10,038 27,816 17,716 63.7 16,085 57.8 1,632 9.2 10,100 27,854 17,767 63.8 16,040 57.6 1,726 9.7 10,088 8,039 72.7 7,423 67.1 617 7.7 8,051 72.0 7,292 65.2 760 9.4 8,067 72.0 7,223 64.5 844 10.5 7,960 72.0 7,359 66.5 601 7.6 7,922 71.2 7,255 65.2 667 8.4 7,945 71.3 7,278 65.3 667 8.4 7,909 70.8 7,202 64.5 707 8.9 7,997 71.5 7,254 64.9 742 9.3 7,979 71.3 7,184 64.2 795 10.0 8,896 64.5 8,217 59.6 679 7.6 8,987 64.4 8,300 59.5 687 7.6 9,019 64.5 8,267 59.1 752 8.3 8,867 64.3 8,254 59.8 613 6.9 9,016 64.8 8,336 59.9 680 7.5 9,038 64.9 8,374 60.1 664 7.4 9,008 64.6 8,268 59.3 740 8.2 8,973 64.3 8,305 59.5 668 7.4 8,985 64.3 8,311 59.5 674 7.5 960 36.3 667 25.2 292 30.5 887 33.1 573 21.4 314 35.4 1,011 37.7 642 24.0 369 36.5 765 28.9 558 21.1 206 27.0 764 28.7 525 19.7 239 31.3 771 28.9 582 21.8 189 24.5 825 30.9 558 20.9 266 32.3 747 27.9 525 19.6 221 29.6 802 30.0 545 20.4 257 32.0 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... 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 .................................................. BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... 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 .................................................. See footnotes at end of table. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age — Continued (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age July 2007 June 2008 July 2008 July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 10,640 7,161 67.3 6,949 65.3 212 3.0 3,479 10,728 7,231 67.4 6,903 64.3 328 4.5 3,498 10,802 7,326 67.8 7,030 65.1 296 4.0 3,476 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) ASIAN Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age July 2007 June 2008 July 2008 July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 31,423 21,752 69.2 20,454 65.1 1,298 6.0 9,670 32,087 22,184 69.1 20,499 63.9 1,684 7.6 9,904 32,179 22,193 69.0 20,505 63.7 1,688 7.6 9,986 31,423 21,613 68.8 20,345 64.7 1,269 5.9 9,809 31,820 21,775 68.4 20,269 63.7 1,507 6.9 10,045 31,911 21,917 68.7 20,404 63.9 1,512 6.9 9,994 31,998 22,102 69.1 20,573 64.3 1,529 6.9 9,896 32,087 22,131 69.0 20,420 63.6 1,711 7.7 9,956 32,179 22,071 68.6 20,435 63.5 1,636 7.4 10,108 12,419 84.7 11,931 81.3 488 3.9 12,632 84.5 11,849 79.3 783 6.2 12,661 84.5 11,937 79.6 725 5.7 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 8,170 59.2 7,598 55.0 572 7.0 8,286 58.7 7,680 54.5 606 7.3 8,268 58.5 7,650 54.1 618 7.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 1,163 39.5 926 31.4 238 20.4 1,266 41.7 970 32.0 296 23.4 1,264 41.5 919 30.2 345 27.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... 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 .................................................. 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Educational attainment Seasonally adjusted July 2007 June 2008 July 2008 July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 11,865 46.7 11,045 43.5 821 6.9 12,422 46.8 11,424 43.0 998 8.0 11,877 46.6 10,897 42.8 980 8.3 12,154 47.8 11,281 44.4 874 7.2 12,058 46.0 11,071 42.3 986 8.2 12,095 45.5 11,157 42.0 938 7.8 12,119 45.4 11,118 41.6 1,001 8.3 12,178 45.9 11,117 41.9 1,061 8.7 12,168 47.8 11,135 43.7 1,033 8.5 37,798 62.2 36,093 59.4 1,705 4.5 37,875 62.3 36,031 59.3 1,844 4.9 38,248 62.5 36,211 59.2 2,037 5.3 38,473 63.3 36,758 60.5 1,714 4.5 37,952 62.3 36,016 59.1 1,936 5.1 37,926 62.6 36,032 59.5 1,894 5.0 38,323 62.8 36,349 59.5 1,974 5.2 38,170 62.8 36,233 59.6 1,937 5.1 38,872 63.5 36,854 60.2 2,018 5.2 36,574 72.0 35,221 69.3 1,353 3.7 36,692 71.7 35,117 68.6 1,575 4.3 36,791 71.7 35,035 68.3 1,756 4.8 36,137 71.1 34,848 68.6 1,288 3.6 36,548 72.1 35,142 69.3 1,405 3.8 36,688 72.2 35,271 69.4 1,417 3.9 36,791 72.4 35,219 69.3 1,572 4.3 36,824 71.9 35,264 68.9 1,559 4.2 36,444 71.1 34,813 67.9 1,631 4.5 44,295 77.0 43,239 75.2 1,056 2.4 44,677 77.5 43,611 75.7 1,066 2.4 44,955 77.0 43,703 74.8 1,252 2.8 44,452 77.3 43,512 75.7 941 2.1 45,459 78.6 44,501 77.0 958 2.1 45,309 78.4 44,376 76.8 933 2.1 44,566 77.7 43,588 76.0 978 2.2 44,993 78.1 43,964 76.3 1,029 2.3 45,071 77.2 43,993 75.3 1,078 2.4 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... High school graduates, no college 1 Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... Bachelor’s degree and higher 2 Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category July 2007 June 2008 July 2008 July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries ................................... Wage and salary workers ............................................. Self-employed workers ................................................. Unpaid family workers .................................................. 2,242 1,328 872 41 2,331 1,401 876 53 2,372 1,444 894 35 1,997 1,145 825 (1) 2,192 1,331 849 (1) 2,109 1,244 839 (1) 2,122 1,241 849 (1) 2,137 1,244 840 (1) 2,123 1,258 844 (1) Nonagricultural industries ............................................... Wage and salary workers ............................................. Government ................................................................ Private industries ........................................................ Private households ................................................... Other industries ........................................................ Self-employed workers ................................................. Unpaid family workers .................................................. 145,073 135,111 20,468 114,643 856 113,787 9,830 132 144,319 134,573 20,955 113,618 862 112,756 9,625 120 144,495 134,662 20,509 114,153 873 113,280 9,727 106 144,096 134,329 21,023 113,327 (1) 112,533 9,648 (1) 143,796 134,411 21,262 113,142 (1) 112,383 9,224 (1) 144,258 134,761 21,333 113,394 (1) 112,650 9,355 (1) 143,898 134,385 21,263 113,116 (1) 112,315 9,384 (1) 143,650 134,132 21,186 113,001 (1) 112,155 9,430 (1) 143,589 133,951 21,098 112,956 (1) 112,157 9,518 (1) All industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................... Could only find part-time work ................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 4,516 2,693 1,402 17,955 5,697 3,806 1,532 18,424 6,054 4,174 1,481 17,442 4,332 2,751 1,210 19,957 4,914 3,323 1,362 19,409 5,220 3,558 1,323 19,809 5,233 3,595 1,281 19,428 5,416 3,816 1,336 19,496 5,724 4,194 1,286 19,406 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................... Could only find part-time work ................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 4,456 2,653 1,390 17,559 5,608 3,749 1,513 18,038 5,947 4,111 1,469 17,080 4,259 2,711 1,205 19,569 4,797 3,238 1,354 19,072 5,125 3,513 1,331 19,456 5,164 3,531 1,288 19,047 5,308 3,744 1,328 19,106 5,599 4,156 1,277 19,051 PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2 1 Data not available. 2 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. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic July 2007 June 2008 July 2008 July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 147,315 7,184 2,853 4,331 140,131 14,533 125,598 99,912 31,689 33,937 34,286 25,686 146,649 6,343 2,212 4,130 140,307 14,123 126,183 99,597 31,540 33,553 34,504 26,586 146,867 6,698 2,445 4,253 140,169 14,323 125,846 99,215 31,465 33,371 34,379 26,631 146,045 5,930 2,289 3,687 140,116 13,913 126,311 100,350 31,673 34,146 34,531 25,961 145,969 5,717 2,125 3,578 140,252 13,657 126,574 99,948 31,581 33,783 34,585 26,626 146,331 5,923 2,072 3,847 140,408 13,761 126,595 99,964 31,639 33,740 34,586 26,631 146,046 5,907 2,040 3,807 140,139 13,704 126,394 99,774 31,545 33,701 34,528 26,620 145,891 5,655 1,966 3,678 140,236 13,720 126,565 99,813 31,488 33,692 34,634 26,751 145,819 5,558 1,974 3,619 140,261 13,724 126,611 99,733 31,468 33,613 34,651 26,879 Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 79,542 3,595 1,439 2,156 75,947 7,826 68,121 54,430 17,706 18,607 18,117 13,691 78,614 3,212 1,106 2,106 75,402 7,450 67,952 53,714 17,367 18,154 18,193 14,238 78,991 3,348 1,215 2,133 75,643 7,598 68,045 53,755 17,370 18,147 18,237 14,290 78,237 2,914 1,106 1,812 75,324 7,373 67,986 54,253 17,558 18,556 18,139 13,732 77,948 2,751 971 1,780 75,197 7,268 67,938 53,847 17,255 18,359 18,233 14,091 78,038 2,890 937 1,948 75,148 7,299 67,809 53,678 17,321 18,180 18,177 14,131 77,954 2,953 990 1,946 75,001 7,250 67,742 53,652 17,309 18,147 18,196 14,091 77,794 2,795 938 1,879 74,998 7,202 67,832 53,605 17,298 18,133 18,174 14,227 77,823 2,729 931 1,799 75,094 7,179 67,952 53,643 17,245 18,122 18,276 14,309 Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 67,773 3,589 1,414 2,175 64,184 6,707 57,477 45,481 13,983 15,329 16,169 11,995 68,035 3,131 1,106 2,025 64,904 6,673 58,231 45,883 14,173 15,400 16,311 12,348 67,876 3,350 1,230 2,119 64,526 6,725 57,802 45,460 14,095 15,224 16,142 12,341 67,808 3,016 1,184 1,875 64,792 6,541 58,325 46,097 14,115 15,590 16,391 12,228 68,021 2,966 1,154 1,798 65,055 6,389 58,636 46,101 14,326 15,423 16,352 12,535 68,293 3,033 1,136 1,899 65,260 6,463 58,786 46,286 14,318 15,559 16,409 12,500 68,092 2,954 1,050 1,861 65,138 6,454 58,652 46,122 14,236 15,555 16,332 12,529 68,097 2,859 1,028 1,799 65,238 6,518 58,733 46,208 14,190 15,559 16,459 12,525 67,996 2,829 1,043 1,820 65,167 6,544 58,660 46,090 14,224 15,491 16,376 12,570 46,211 35,286 9,431 45,897 35,940 9,007 46,034 35,571 8,877 46,307 35,938 (1) 45,961 35,749 (1) 45,964 36,177 (1) 45,862 36,171 (1) 45,911 36,270 (1) 46,120 36,185 (1) 123,219 24,096 121,845 24,804 122,378 24,489 121,161 25,026 121,231 24,691 120,856 25,245 120,989 24,970 120,542 25,419 120,537 25,431 7,636 5.2 7,694 5.2 7,743 5.3 7,648 5.2 7,449 5.1 7,644 5.2 7,679 5.3 7,794 5.3 7,757 5.3 AGE AND SEX MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present ......................................... Married women, spouse present .................................... Women who maintain families ........................................ FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers 2 ......................................................... Part-time workers 3 ......................................................... MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders ................................................. Percent of total employed ........................................... 1 Data not available. 2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Characteristic Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates 1 July 2007 June 2008 July 2008 July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 7,137 1,067 469 600 6,069 1,291 4,841 3,972 1,527 1,327 1,117 857 8,499 1,253 596 678 7,247 1,535 5,639 4,704 1,798 1,545 1,361 919 8,784 1,415 654 759 7,369 1,567 5,848 4,826 1,862 1,614 1,349 1,014 4.7 15.3 17.0 14.0 4.2 8.5 3.7 3.8 4.6 3.7 3.1 3.2 5.1 15.8 18.6 14.0 4.6 9.3 4.0 4.2 5.3 3.8 3.5 3.4 5.0 15.4 19.7 13.2 4.5 8.9 3.9 4.2 5.1 3.8 3.6 3.0 5.5 18.7 21.2 17.5 4.8 10.4 4.1 4.4 5.3 4.2 3.7 3.3 5.5 18.1 23.3 15.6 4.9 10.1 4.3 4.5 5.4 4.4 3.8 3.3 5.7 20.3 24.9 17.3 5.0 10.2 4.4 4.6 5.6 4.6 3.7 3.6 Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 3,887 592 264 330 3,295 749 2,568 2,086 801 689 596 482 4,734 695 333 387 4,038 904 3,072 2,574 986 863 725 497 5,066 833 387 447 4,234 940 3,308 2,759 1,114 925 720 549 4.7 16.9 19.3 15.4 4.2 9.2 3.6 3.7 4.4 3.6 3.2 3.4 5.2 17.8 22.0 15.2 4.6 10.3 4.0 4.1 5.4 3.6 3.5 3.3 5.1 16.9 22.2 14.5 4.6 9.9 4.0 4.3 5.0 4.0 3.8 3.0 5.6 20.7 23.3 19.6 4.9 11.0 4.2 4.4 5.4 4.1 3.7 3.4 5.7 19.9 26.2 17.1 5.1 11.2 4.3 4.6 5.4 4.5 3.8 3.4 6.1 23.4 29.4 19.9 5.3 11.6 4.6 4.9 6.1 4.9 3.8 3.7 Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over 2 .................................................. 3,250 476 205 270 2,774 542 2,273 1,885 726 638 521 434 3,765 557 262 292 3,208 631 2,567 2,130 812 682 636 439 3,718 583 267 312 3,135 627 2,540 2,067 749 689 629 550 4.6 13.6 14.8 12.6 4.1 7.7 3.8 3.9 4.9 3.9 3.1 3.5 5.0 13.8 15.5 12.8 4.6 8.1 4.1 4.2 5.3 3.9 3.5 3.4 4.8 14.0 17.5 11.8 4.3 7.7 3.9 4.0 5.1 3.7 3.4 2.8 5.3 16.6 19.0 15.2 4.8 9.6 4.1 4.4 5.1 4.4 3.8 2.8 5.2 16.3 20.3 13.9 4.7 8.8 4.2 4.4 5.4 4.2 3.7 3.4 5.2 17.1 20.4 14.6 4.6 8.7 4.2 4.3 5.0 4.3 3.7 4.3 1,267 1,061 687 1,426 1,256 768 1,523 1,240 820 2.7 2.9 6.8 2.8 3.3 7.1 2.8 3.0 6.8 2.9 3.1 6.9 3.0 3.3 7.9 3.2 3.3 8.5 5,869 1,334 7,050 1,442 7,327 1,486 4.6 5.1 5.0 5.3 5.0 4.9 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.7 5.5 AGE AND SEX MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present ......................................... Married women, spouse present .................................... Women who maintain families 2 ..................................... FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers 3 ......................................................... Part-time workers 4 ......................................................... 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Not seasonally adjusted. 3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason July 2007 June 2008 July 2008 July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 3,730 1,090 2,640 1,861 779 856 2,141 829 4,201 949 3,252 2,341 912 818 2,778 1,136 4,562 1,134 3,428 2,512 916 904 2,825 1,142 3,629 983 2,646 1 ( ) (1) 823 2,082 602 4,154 1,056 3,098 (1) (1) 781 2,117 681 4,014 1,099 2,915 (1) (1) 850 2,134 624 4,282 1,113 3,169 (1) (1) 870 2,460 828 4,370 1,077 3,292 (1) (1) 833 2,498 748 4,407 1,037 3,370 (1) (1) 861 2,705 811 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 49.4 14.4 34.9 11.3 28.3 11.0 47.0 10.6 36.4 9.2 31.1 12.7 48.4 12.0 36.3 9.6 29.9 12.1 50.8 13.8 37.1 11.5 29.2 8.4 53.7 13.7 40.1 10.1 27.4 8.8 52.7 14.4 38.2 11.2 28.0 8.2 50.7 13.2 37.5 10.3 29.1 9.8 51.7 12.7 39.0 9.9 29.6 8.9 50.2 11.8 38.4 9.8 30.8 9.2 2.4 .6 1.4 .5 2.7 .5 1.8 .7 2.9 .6 1.8 .7 2.4 .5 1.4 .4 2.7 .5 1.4 .4 2.6 .6 1.4 .4 2.8 .6 1.6 .5 2.8 .5 1.6 .5 2.9 .6 1.7 .5 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 Data not available. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration July 2007 June 2008 July 2008 July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 Less than 5 weeks .............................................................................. 5 to 14 weeks ..................................................................................... 15 weeks and over ............................................................................. 15 to 26 weeks ................................................................................ 27 weeks and over .......................................................................... 2,731 2,557 2,269 988 1,281 3,425 2,719 2,790 1,261 1,529 3,121 3,291 3,021 1,360 1,661 2,496 2,220 2,402 1,091 1,311 2,767 2,525 2,400 1,118 1,282 2,484 2,495 2,626 1,272 1,353 3,244 2,469 2,773 1,223 1,550 2,712 2,999 2,916 1,328 1,587 2,835 2,823 3,118 1,440 1,678 Average (mean) duration, in weeks .................................................... Median duration, in weeks .................................................................. 16.3 8.0 15.9 7.5 16.3 8.9 17.3 8.9 16.2 8.1 16.9 9.3 16.6 8.3 17.5 10.0 17.1 9.7 100.0 36.1 33.8 30.0 13.1 17.0 100.0 38.3 30.4 31.2 14.1 17.1 100.0 33.1 34.9 32.0 14.4 17.6 100.0 35.1 31.2 33.7 15.3 18.4 100.0 36.0 32.8 31.2 14.5 16.7 100.0 32.7 32.8 34.5 16.7 17.8 100.0 38.2 29.1 32.7 14.4 18.3 100.0 31.4 34.8 33.8 15.4 18.4 100.0 32.3 32.2 35.5 16.4 19.1 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 ......................................................................... NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Employed Unemployed Occupation Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................... Management, professional, and related occupations ............. Management, business, and financial operations occupations .................................................................................... Professional and related occupations ...................................... Service occupations ....................................................................... Sales and office occupations ....................................................... Sales and related occupations .................................................. Office and administrative support occupations ...................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................................................................... Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................. Construction and extraction occupations ................................ Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ................ Production, transportation, and material moving occupations .................................................................................... Production occupations .............................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations ................. July 2007 July 2008 Unemployment rates July 2007 July 2008 147,315 50,954 146,867 52,655 7,556 1,315 9,433 1,585 4.9 2.5 6.0 2.9 21,696 29,259 25,406 36,407 16,804 19,604 22,596 30,059 25,613 35,096 15,995 19,102 385 930 1,537 1,792 918 874 593 992 1,880 2,143 1,055 1,088 1.7 3.1 5.7 4.7 5.2 4.3 2.6 3.2 6.8 5.8 6.2 5.4 16,214 1,081 9,785 5,348 15,399 1,085 9,086 5,227 902 57 649 195 1,240 93 864 283 5.3 5.0 6.2 3.5 7.5 7.9 8.7 5.1 18,334 9,410 8,924 18,104 9,015 9,089 1,176 534 642 1,407 686 722 6.0 5.4 6.7 7.2 7.1 7.4 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. July 2007 July 2008 HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Industry and class of worker Total, 16 years and over 1 .................................................... Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .................... Mining ............................................................................................. Construction .................................................................................. Manufacturing ............................................................................... Durable goods ............................................................................ Nondurable goods ..................................................................... Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................... Transportation and utilities ......................................................... Information ..................................................................................... Financial activities ........................................................................ Professional and business services ......................................... Education and health services .................................................. Leisure and hospitality ................................................................ Other services ............................................................................... Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ...... Government workers ..................................................................... Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................. Unemployment rates July 2007 July 2008 7,556 5,659 33 617 621 374 247 1,089 309 112 307 743 665 920 243 40 704 324 9,433 7,050 13 783 908 607 301 1,329 359 141 350 866 776 1,172 352 125 770 345 July 2007 July 2008 4.9 4.7 4.3 5.9 3.7 3.6 4.0 5.2 5.1 3.4 3.1 5.2 3.5 7.3 3.8 3.1 3.3 2.9 6.0 5.8 1.5 8.0 5.5 5.7 5.0 6.5 5.7 4.1 3.6 6.1 3.9 8.8 5.2 8.5 3.6 3.1 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure July 2007 June 2008 July 2008 July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force ..................................................................... 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............................................. 2.4 2.7 2.9 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.9 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) ................................................. 4.9 5.7 6.0 4.7 5.1 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.7 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ........................... 5.1 6.0 6.3 4.9 5.3 5.2 5.7 5.8 6.0 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 ................................ 5.7 6.7 7.0 5.5 5.9 5.8 6.4 6.4 6.6 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 8.6 10.3 10.8 8.3 9.1 9.2 9.7 9.9 10.3 NOTE: 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 looking currently 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 more information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category July 2007 July 2008 July 2007 July 2008 July 2007 July 2008 77,087 4,900 1,376 77,564 5,213 1,573 28,839 2,141 751 29,040 2,251 810 48,248 2,758 624 48,523 2,961 764 367 1,009 461 1,112 231 520 301 508 135 489 160 604 Total multiple jobholders 4 .................................................................. Percent of total employed ............................................................... 7,636 5.2 7,743 5.3 3,837 4.8 3,981 5.0 3,799 5.6 3,762 5.5 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 ......................................... 3,996 1,732 367 1,486 4,149 1,783 335 1,426 2,167 551 234 850 2,267 622 209 859 1,829 1,181 133 636 1,882 1,161 126 567 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force .................................................................. Persons who currently want a job ...................................................... Searched for work and available to work now 1 ........................... Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects 2 .................................. Reasons other than discouragement 3 ................................. MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, 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. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry July 2007 May 2008 June 2008p Seasonally adjusted July 2008p July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008p July 2008p Change from: June 2008July 2008 p Total nonfarm ............................. 137,410 138,405 138,694 137,236 137,682 137,831 137,764 137,717 137,666 137,615 -51 Total private ........................................ 116,464 115,578 116,234 115,929 115,512 115,454 115,363 115,264 115,170 115,094 -76 Goods-producing ............................................ 22,607 21,634 21,832 21,784 22,242 21,737 21,628 21,577 21,500 21,454 -46 Natural resources and mining .................................. Logging ........................................................... Mining .................................................................... Oil and gas extraction ........................................ Mining, except oil and gas 1................................. Coal mining ...................................................... Support activities for mining .............................. 740 62.1 677.8 148.4 233.0 78.2 296.4 761 57.4 703.7 158.1 234.0 80.3 311.6 778 57.7 719.8 162.8 238.0 81.4 319.0 793 59.6 733.5 165.7 239.8 81.5 328.0 726 59.9 666.3 146.3 225.4 77.4 294.6 750 60.1 689.7 155.2 226.2 79.2 308.3 752 60.8 690.9 154.2 225.8 79.3 310.9 760 59.5 700.6 158.3 229.6 80.5 312.7 767 57.4 709.6 160.5 230.4 80.8 318.7 778 57.9 719.9 162.8 231.7 80.7 325.4 11 .5 10.3 2.3 1.3 -.1 6.7 Construction ............................................................. Construction of buildings ................................... Residential building ......................................... Nonresidential building .................................... Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ Specialty trade contractors ............................... Residential specialty trade contractors ........... Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 7,941 1,816.7 984.3 832.4 1,063.9 5,060.3 2,417.7 2,642.6 7,306 1,636.8 857.7 779.1 991.4 4,677.9 2,114.2 2,563.7 7,425 1,663.7 872.8 790.9 1,011.4 4,749.6 2,151.7 2,597.9 7,459 1,671.8 873.1 798.7 1,016.7 4,770.6 2,158.7 2,611.9 7,632 1,765.3 953.1 812.2 1,002.3 4,863.9 2,315.7 2,548.2 7,343 1,668.2 875.5 792.7 976.9 4,697.5 2,137.5 2,560.0 7,284 1,648.2 863.9 784.3 967.4 4,668.0 2,117.1 2,550.9 7,246 1,634.9 855.5 779.4 965.3 4,645.6 2,094.7 2,550.9 7,197 1,623.9 849.9 774.0 959.9 4,613.3 2,078.2 2,535.1 7,175 1,622.8 844.7 778.1 958.6 4,593.6 2,069.3 2,524.3 -22 -1.1 -5.2 4.1 -1.3 -19.7 -8.9 -10.8 Manufacturing ........................................................... Production workers ....................................... 13,926 10,008 13,567 9,785 13,629 9,825 13,532 9,744 13,884 9,985 13,644 9,847 13,592 9,799 13,571 9,784 13,536 9,749 13,501 9,731 -35 -18 Durable goods ....................................................... Production workers ....................................... Wood products ................................................... Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ Primary metals .................................................... Fabricated metal products ................................. Machinery ........................................................... Computer and electronic products 1.................... Computer and peripheral equipment ............. Communications equipment ........................... Semiconductors and electronic components . Electronic instruments ..................................... Electrical equipment and appliances ................ Transportation equipment 1.................................. Motor vehicles and parts 2................................. Furniture and related products .......................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 8,816 6,246 533.0 516.4 455.4 1,566.4 1,197.2 1,275.4 187.1 127.7 447.5 445.4 429.2 1,667.8 952.9 537.2 637.8 8,602 6,111 483.1 486.4 449.9 1,542.1 1,196.1 1,248.9 186.0 130.8 424.5 444.8 421.5 1,642.6 914.4 503.2 628.5 8,635 6,127 484.7 490.5 450.2 1,545.7 1,201.1 1,252.4 185.9 132.3 424.4 446.4 425.0 1,649.0 916.5 505.9 630.0 8,550 6,052 482.8 488.6 445.8 1,537.9 1,206.5 1,249.6 186.7 129.8 424.6 445.5 425.2 1,591.4 864.4 499.6 622.5 8,817 6,258 523.4 504.4 456.4 1,564.2 1,192.5 1,268.3 186.2 127.5 443.7 443.1 427.7 1,704.7 991.7 536.1 639.5 8,652 6,152 492.9 487.7 451.3 1,556.9 1,195.1 1,254.1 186.0 129.4 428.7 446.2 419.9 1,651.1 927.3 511.2 632.0 8,607 6,112 490.9 486.3 450.1 1,544.1 1,193.1 1,253.8 186.7 130.9 426.7 445.7 421.5 1,630.6 908.6 506.4 630.2 8,594 6,100 482.4 482.1 448.7 1,544.2 1,195.1 1,250.1 186.2 130.4 424.2 445.6 422.1 1,636.8 908.4 503.5 629.1 8,575 6,078 477.6 479.6 448.1 1,539.2 1,195.6 1,246.1 184.3 131.5 422.1 444.6 422.7 1,637.1 908.3 501.6 627.0 8,558 6,070 473.7 477.5 447.4 1,537.4 1,201.7 1,243.6 185.6 129.6 421.9 443.4 423.5 1,628.8 905.3 499.3 624.9 -17 -8 -3.9 -2.1 -.7 -1.8 6.1 -2.5 1.3 -1.9 -.2 -1.2 .8 -8.3 -3.0 -2.3 -2.1 Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,110 Production workers ....................................... 3,762 Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,514.5 Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 202.2 Textile mills ......................................................... 167.5 Textile product mills ........................................... 157.5 Apparel ................................................................ 212.9 Leather and allied products ............................... 32.5 Paper and paper products ................................. 462.1 Printing and related support activities ............... 624.1 Petroleum and coal products ............................. 115.6 Chemicals ........................................................... 868.3 Plastics and rubber products ............................. 752.4 4,965 3,674 1,455.1 192.7 156.1 152.5 197.7 34.1 457.3 608.2 115.3 861.5 734.8 4,994 3,698 1,476.4 196.6 153.7 150.0 199.1 34.8 459.0 604.7 116.9 867.3 735.9 4,982 3,692 1,490.1 198.7 148.5 147.9 194.8 32.8 458.8 598.7 118.1 865.0 728.1 5,067 3,727 1,488.8 197.0 168.1 157.1 212.8 33.1 459.8 623.3 112.5 862.5 752.4 4,992 3,695 1,477.0 190.8 158.7 153.3 198.1 33.5 457.9 614.2 112.2 860.5 735.6 4,985 3,687 1,473.8 193.3 156.4 152.2 198.0 33.9 458.4 611.7 112.2 861.3 734.1 4,977 3,684 1,473.5 193.7 155.1 151.0 196.6 33.7 458.1 607.3 113.4 861.6 732.8 4,961 3,671 1,471.8 193.0 152.0 149.2 195.5 34.3 456.8 601.7 114.0 861.3 731.1 4,943 3,661 1,467.6 193.0 149.4 148.0 194.4 33.4 456.6 598.5 114.6 859.2 728.2 -18 -10 -4.2 .0 -2.6 -1.2 -1.1 -.9 -.2 -3.2 .6 -2.1 -2.9 See footnotes at the end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry July 2007 May 2008 June 2008p Seasonally adjusted July 2008p July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008p July 2008p Service-providing .............................................. 114,803 116,771 116,862 115,452 115,440 116,094 116,136 116,140 116,166 116,161 Change from: June 2008July 2008 p -5 Private service-providing ............................... 93,857 93,944 94,402 94,145 93,270 93,717 93,735 93,687 93,670 93,640 -30 Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 26,610 26,396 26,478 26,367 26,617 26,552 26,496 26,451 26,436 26,397 -39 Wholesale trade .................................................... 6,076.6 Durable goods .................................................... 3,159.9 Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,082.7 Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 834.0 6,050.2 3,112.4 2,096.8 841.0 6,073.4 3,123.2 2,103.5 846.7 6,052.0 3,115.0 2,092.0 845.0 6,040.7 3,140.2 2,069.2 831.3 6,054.3 3,127.8 2,087.5 839.0 6,043.9 3,118.1 2,086.9 838.9 6,038.4 3,109.8 2,089.3 839.3 6,035.3 3,105.4 2,088.0 841.9 6,018.4 3,097.3 2,078.7 842.4 -16.9 -8.1 -9.3 .5 Retail trade ............................................................ 15,478.0 15,244.0 15,303.4 15,279.8 15,489.1 15,401.4 15,355.7 15,331.8 15,325.5 15,309.0 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1........................ 1,929.2 1,906.1 1,903.6 1,890.1 1,911.9 1,901.5 1,897.6 1,892.9 1,885.6 1,875.0 Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,251.9 1,228.9 1,224.0 1,214.8 1,244.7 1,233.7 1,228.8 1,224.2 1,217.4 1,209.0 Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 570.2 560.7 561.3 559.3 577.7 570.6 569.0 568.5 568.2 567.9 Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 536.3 529.2 527.6 527.2 545.0 535.0 534.7 539.3 535.8 536.9 Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,351.1 1,307.1 1,296.5 1,273.0 1,307.3 1,250.8 1,240.5 1,240.3 1,236.1 1,230.6 Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,862.6 2,877.7 2,897.1 2,895.1 2,847.1 2,890.1 2,882.4 2,880.7 2,881.6 2,882.3 Health and personal care stores ....................... 982.8 987.0 993.2 982.8 985.6 993.9 993.4 990.9 990.7 988.6 Gasoline stations ................................................ 873.2 839.4 854.2 855.8 861.5 852.6 847.4 841.2 844.9 844.2 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,499.4 1,446.4 1,463.1 1,495.1 1,496.7 1,498.9 1,495.4 1,494.5 1,496.2 1,496.9 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores ................................................................ 639.4 636.7 632.7 624.7 660.5 658.6 651.5 653.2 651.1 648.2 General merchandise stores 1............................. 2,939.4 2,866.1 2,894.7 2,898.3 2,987.0 2,943.9 2,939.0 2,928.5 2,939.3 2,943.2 Department stores .......................................... 1,540.7 1,465.9 1,474.4 1,471.6 1,580.1 1,534.3 1,528.1 1,514.7 1,514.2 1,512.0 Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 872.7 859.9 860.2 860.6 871.3 862.8 863.3 860.8 858.6 859.2 Nonstore retailers ............................................... 421.7 427.7 419.2 417.8 437.5 442.7 441.5 441.0 437.4 436.0 -16.5 -10.6 -8.4 -.3 1.1 -5.5 .7 -2.1 -.7 .7 Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,496.3 Air transportation ................................................ 496.0 Rail transportation .............................................. 235.3 Water transportation ........................................... 67.6 Truck transportation ........................................... 1,454.0 Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 349.3 Pipeline transportation ....................................... 40.3 Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 37.8 Support activities for transportation ................... 584.0 Couriers and messengers .................................. 575.7 Warehousing and storage .................................. 656.3 -2.9 3.9 -2.2 .6 -1.4 4,543.2 502.1 234.0 61.9 1,413.0 432.2 42.1 32.9 589.2 581.4 654.4 4,539.4 502.6 234.4 64.0 1,418.7 414.3 43.0 36.9 589.3 583.3 652.9 4,472.2 500.3 235.2 63.4 1,409.4 354.3 43.6 39.5 587.1 583.2 656.2 4,533.0 493.4 234.4 65.0 1,437.4 411.0 40.0 28.9 583.7 580.1 659.1 4,537.7 507.5 233.7 61.6 1,420.4 412.9 41.2 31.7 586.3 585.3 657.1 4,538.3 504.5 233.5 62.3 1,415.2 418.3 41.3 31.3 588.2 585.0 658.7 4,524.1 501.3 233.0 61.3 1,409.8 412.9 42.2 31.1 587.1 587.2 658.2 4,517.7 499.4 233.0 61.8 1,399.2 416.8 42.7 31.0 586.6 588.1 659.1 4,511.9 498.5 234.4 61.1 1,394.1 415.6 43.2 30.6 586.9 588.8 658.7 -5.8 -.9 1.4 -.7 -5.1 -1.2 .5 -.4 .3 .7 -.4 559.3 558.2 562.0 563.1 554.3 558.2 557.7 557.1 557.6 557.8 .2 Information ................................................................ 3,041 Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 902.0 Motion picture and sound recording industries . 386.3 Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 326.0 Telecommunications .......................................... 1,026.8 Data processing, hosting and related services . 273.1 Other information services ................................. 127.1 3,011 876.7 388.2 321.4 1,018.4 275.8 130.4 3,022 878.5 396.8 320.2 1,021.2 273.5 131.3 2,993 876.5 381.8 320.5 1,013.2 269.9 130.9 3,027 898.7 377.9 325.1 1,026.6 272.8 126.3 3,013 882.9 383.0 322.5 1,020.1 272.3 131.9 3,007 882.8 382.5 320.8 1,018.0 272.2 130.7 3,002 879.7 380.9 321.2 1,017.7 272.1 130.1 2,996 877.0 380.2 319.8 1,018.1 271.3 130.0 2,983 873.6 375.5 320.2 1,012.9 270.5 130.2 -13 -3.4 -4.7 .4 -5.2 -.8 .2 Financial activities .................................................... Finance and insurance .......................................... Monetary authorities - central bank ................... Credit intermediation and related activities 1....... Depository credit intermediation 1..................... Commercial banking .................................... Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. Insurance carriers and related activities ........... Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... Real estate .......................................................... Rental and leasing services ............................... Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 8,227 6,096.7 21.1 2,803.7 1,819.7 1,343.0 863.4 2,321.5 87.0 2,130.3 1,466.7 632.7 30.9 8,273 6,106.5 21.0 2,801.6 1,822.2 1,347.3 870.0 2,326.1 87.8 2,166.4 1,492.0 642.3 32.1 8,285 6,108.5 21.1 2,800.1 1,825.4 1,348.8 867.4 2,331.8 88.1 2,176.1 1,491.3 651.6 33.2 8,331 6,165.8 20.8 2,892.3 1,823.8 1,346.7 851.2 2,314.2 87.3 2,165.4 1,493.8 641.4 30.2 8,231 6,103.4 20.9 2,811.8 1,821.6 1,343.4 865.8 2,318.4 86.5 2,127.8 1,465.0 631.1 31.7 8,229 6,103.8 21.1 2,807.9 1,822.9 1,344.2 867.2 2,319.7 87.9 2,124.9 1,465.7 627.4 31.8 8,226 6,098.8 21.0 2,800.5 1,820.6 1,343.4 866.6 2,323.2 87.5 2,127.3 1,466.4 629.5 31.4 8,213 6,086.7 20.9 2,792.3 1,818.4 1,343.2 866.2 2,319.5 87.8 2,126.2 1,465.7 628.6 31.9 8,213 6,084.6 20.9 2,788.5 1,817.3 1,342.5 865.2 2,322.3 87.7 2,128.5 1,463.3 632.8 32.4 0 -2.1 .0 -3.8 -1.1 -.7 -1.0 2.8 -.1 2.3 -2.4 4.2 .5 Utilities ................................................................... See footnotes at the end of table. 8,401 6,189.6 21.1 2,905.3 1,832.6 1,353.3 852.5 2,323.1 87.6 2,211.0 1,521.3 658.9 30.8 ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Industry July 2007 May 2008 June 2008p July 2008p July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008p July 2008p Change from: June 2008July 2008 p Professional and business services ........................ Professional and technical services 1..................... Legal services .................................................. Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... Architectural and engineering services .......... Computer systems design and related services .......................................................... Management and technical consulting services .......................................................... Management of companies and enterprises ....... Administrative and waste services ....................... Administrative and support services 1................. Employment services 1...................................... Temporary help services ............................. Business support services .............................. Services to buildings and dwellings ............... Waste management and remediation services 18,086 7,649.6 1,188.1 872.7 1,461.5 17,983 7,775.1 1,169.1 919.7 1,463.3 18,100 7,836.5 1,189.1 909.6 1,485.2 18,017 7,839.9 1,188.0 893.8 1,495.6 17,958 7,664.2 1,173.7 947.8 1,436.5 18,014 7,823.5 1,172.6 983.3 1,461.8 18,031 7,845.6 1,172.5 986.1 1,464.9 17,982 7,839.1 1,172.2 973.8 1,464.9 17,943 7,856.3 1,172.7 977.5 1,469.3 17,919 7,866.8 1,173.3 977.8 1,471.4 -24 10.5 .6 .3 2.1 1,369.0 1,407.3 1,414.3 1,421.7 1,366.8 1,391.3 1,403.9 1,408.9 1,412.2 1,419.3 7.1 952.1 1,859.9 8,576.2 8,211.3 3,585.7 2,589.2 798.7 1,977.2 364.9 1,006.0 1,832.6 8,375.1 8,008.1 3,400.9 2,437.6 790.7 1,949.3 367.0 1,015.3 1,848.2 8,415.1 8,042.8 3,391.5 2,437.7 782.4 1,996.8 372.3 1,024.1 1,843.1 8,334.2 7,960.1 3,321.7 2,372.5 777.5 1,990.6 374.1 946.6 1,845.0 8,448.6 8,092.2 3,584.6 2,596.5 805.5 1,854.9 356.4 997.0 1,839.7 8,351.2 7,987.3 3,483.7 2,506.0 794.1 1,857.3 363.9 1,001.3 1,841.0 8,344.4 7,978.9 3,462.2 2,487.1 792.8 1,864.6 365.5 1,006.9 1,836.4 8,306.0 7,939.8 3,421.8 2,451.6 789.2 1,865.9 366.2 1,015.2 1,836.8 8,250.0 7,883.9 3,366.2 2,418.6 786.9 1,869.3 366.1 1,019.3 1,832.8 8,219.6 7,853.4 3,332.0 2,389.6 786.3 1,867.9 366.2 4.1 -4.0 -30.4 -30.5 -34.2 -29.0 -.6 -1.4 .1 Education and health services ................................ 18,012 18,868 18,686 18,564 18,360 18,709 18,757 18,820 18,875 18,914 Educational services ............................................. 2,627.4 3,076.2 2,858.2 2,747.3 2,962.7 3,018.6 3,030.5 3,047.3 3,080.8 3,086.1 Health care and social assistance ........................ 15,384.9 15,791.7 15,828.2 15,817.0 15,396.8 15,690.5 15,726.1 15,772.4 15,794.0 15,828.3 Health care 3......................................................... 12,992.6 13,261.0 13,331.4 13,366.2 12,963.8 13,202.3 13,236.3 13,274.7 13,299.0 13,331.9 Ambulatory health care services 1.................... 5,485.0 5,648.2 5,679.8 5,692.9 5,484.7 5,612.5 5,632.8 5,649.9 5,667.3 5,688.5 Offices of physicians .................................... 2,204.5 2,260.9 2,274.8 2,280.3 2,204.7 2,251.7 2,259.6 2,265.2 2,272.8 2,279.3 Outpatient care centers ................................ 504.4 516.8 516.8 520.7 505.0 511.9 514.9 516.6 516.8 520.6 Home health care services .......................... 917.6 949.7 957.2 960.6 917.7 943.3 946.1 951.0 954.6 959.6 Hospitals .......................................................... 4,544.4 4,625.8 4,650.7 4,672.9 4,524.2 4,606.4 4,616.2 4,635.0 4,640.2 4,650.6 Nursing and residential care facilities 1............ 2,963.2 2,987.0 3,000.9 3,000.4 2,954.9 2,983.4 2,987.3 2,989.8 2,991.5 2,992.8 Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,604.2 1,610.4 1,615.1 1,613.3 1,602.2 1,609.6 1,610.7 1,612.1 1,611.7 1,611.8 Social assistance 1................................................ 2,392.3 2,530.7 2,496.8 2,450.8 2,433.0 2,488.2 2,489.8 2,497.7 2,495.0 2,496.4 Child day care services ................................... 802.7 884.5 843.1 795.6 847.7 861.8 858.1 860.2 850.5 845.5 39 5.3 34.3 32.9 21.2 6.5 3.8 5.0 10.4 1.3 .1 1.4 -5.0 Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 14,142 13,906 14,248 14,328 13,476 13,676 13,690 13,679 13,686 13,687 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 2,274.9 2,096.7 2,261.2 2,304.4 1,968.8 2,025.7 2,021.1 2,013.1 2,008.2 2,005.5 Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 432.9 457.4 466.3 460.3 405.8 433.9 436.4 434.7 436.8 434.9 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 146.5 138.9 144.2 145.5 131.9 133.4 132.6 133.9 132.1 131.5 Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,695.5 1,500.4 1,650.7 1,698.6 1,431.1 1,458.4 1,452.1 1,444.5 1,439.3 1,439.1 Accommodation and food services ...................... 11,867.3 11,808.8 11,986.7 12,023.4 11,507.0 11,650.7 11,668.7 11,665.8 11,677.4 11,681.1 Accommodation .................................................. 1,995.7 1,851.3 1,928.4 1,990.9 1,853.6 1,849.4 1,853.0 1,849.0 1,849.2 1,849.7 Food services and drinking places .................... 9,871.6 9,957.5 10,058.3 10,032.5 9,653.4 9,801.3 9,815.7 9,816.8 9,828.2 9,831.4 1 -2.7 -1.9 -.6 -.2 3.7 .5 3.2 Other services .......................................................... 5,565 Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,262.1 Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,316.5 Membership associations and organizations .... 2,986.6 5,553 1,259.1 1,327.9 2,966.2 5,595 1,259.9 1,330.0 3,005.1 5,591 1,248.7 1,322.2 3,019.6 5,501 1,257.8 1,307.9 2,935.4 5,522 1,254.8 1,308.5 2,959.0 5,525 1,254.0 1,309.9 2,961.4 5,527 1,251.7 1,310.6 2,964.3 5,521 1,246.1 1,312.2 2,963.1 5,527 1,245.2 1,313.3 2,968.1 6 -.9 1.1 5.0 Government .............................................................. Federal ................................................................... Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. U.S. Postal Service ............................................ State government .................................................. State government education .............................. State government, excluding education ............ Local government .................................................. Local government education ............................. Local government, excluding education ........... 22,827 2,742 2,011.4 730.6 5,215 2,382.2 2,833.1 14,870 8,399.1 6,470.8 22,460 2,757 2,031.4 725.3 4,986 2,129.1 2,857.3 14,717 8,061.6 6,655.4 21,307 2,763 2,037.6 725.5 4,914 2,047.6 2,866.8 13,630 6,901.6 6,728.3 22,170 2,726 1,964.3 761.6 5,123 2,313.8 2,808.8 14,321 7,938.2 6,382.5 22,377 2,726 1,986.6 739.1 5,157 2,332.9 2,823.8 14,494 8,035.7 6,457.8 22,401 2,734 1,996.0 737.9 5,170 2,340.8 2,829.1 14,497 8,032.1 6,465.0 22,453 2,740 2,006.5 733.3 5,174 2,344.4 2,829.7 14,539 8,060.0 6,479.2 22,496 2,742 2,011.2 730.8 5,186 2,352.3 2,833.8 14,568 8,075.0 6,493.0 22,521 2,739 2,010.5 728.6 5,198 2,359.0 2,838.9 14,584 8,077.2 6,506.5 25 -3 -.7 -2.2 12 6.7 5.1 16 2.2 13.5 1 20,946 2,748 1,989.1 759.3 4,835 1,999.4 2,836.0 13,363 6,761.4 6,601.2 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. 3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North 2 American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Industry Seasonally adjusted Change from: June 2008July 2008 p July 2007 May 2008 June 2008p July 2008p July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008p July 2008p Total private ....................................... 34.2 33.6 34.1 33.7 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.7 33.7 33.6 -0.1 Goods-producing .......................................... 40.5 40.2 40.7 40.3 40.6 40.5 40.4 40.2 40.3 40.4 .1 Natural resources and mining .............................. 45.9 44.2 45.3 45.2 45.9 46.2 44.9 44.6 45.0 45.2 .2 Construction ............................................................ 39.4 38.6 39.3 39.2 38.9 38.9 38.9 38.5 38.7 38.7 .0 Manufacturing ......................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.9 4.1 40.9 3.7 41.2 3.9 40.7 3.6 41.4 4.2 41.2 4.0 41.0 4.0 41.0 3.9 41.0 3.8 41.0 3.8 .0 .0 Durable goods ..................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 41.1 4.0 41.2 3.8 41.5 3.9 40.8 3.6 41.6 4.2 41.5 4.0 41.3 4.0 41.2 3.9 41.3 3.8 41.3 3.8 .0 .0 Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 40.1 42.8 42.8 41.3 42.3 39.9 41.0 41.6 40.4 39.2 38.7 39.3 42.5 42.2 41.4 42.1 41.1 40.8 41.9 41.4 38.5 39.0 39.9 42.8 43.0 41.3 42.1 41.5 41.2 42.5 42.2 39.2 39.3 39.2 42.9 41.5 40.8 41.6 41.0 40.6 41.2 40.1 38.7 38.9 39.9 42.6 43.2 41.7 42.5 40.3 41.4 43.3 42.5 39.2 39.2 38.7 43.1 42.9 41.7 42.7 41.0 41.3 42.3 41.8 38.7 39.3 38.8 42.2 42.4 41.6 42.5 41.1 41.1 42.3 41.9 38.7 39.3 39.1 42.3 42.2 41.4 42.1 41.2 41.1 42.1 41.6 38.8 39.2 39.2 42.2 42.5 41.2 42.0 41.3 41.0 42.3 41.9 39.0 39.1 39.0 42.6 41.9 41.2 41.9 41.3 41.0 42.6 42.1 38.7 39.3 -.2 .4 -.6 .0 -.1 .0 .0 .3 .2 -.3 .2 Nondurable goods ............................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.6 4.1 40.3 3.7 40.6 3.9 40.4 3.7 40.9 4.1 40.7 3.9 40.5 3.9 40.5 3.8 40.5 3.9 40.6 3.7 .1 -.2 Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.7 40.9 39.6 40.2 37.1 37.0 42.8 38.4 44.5 41.8 40.8 40.7 40.1 38.8 38.3 36.1 39.0 42.1 38.3 44.0 41.0 41.0 40.7 39.1 39.2 39.7 36.4 38.6 42.7 37.8 45.2 42.0 41.5 40.8 39.6 38.6 38.4 36.3 37.8 41.9 37.5 45.8 41.8 40.8 40.8 40.7 40.2 40.8 37.5 37.5 43.0 38.8 44.0 42.2 41.5 40.7 40.4 38.8 39.3 36.7 38.7 43.6 38.6 43.5 41.9 41.1 40.8 39.6 38.4 38.3 36.6 38.6 43.3 38.5 43.2 41.3 41.0 40.8 39.7 39.0 38.7 36.0 38.7 42.5 38.5 44.2 41.3 41.0 40.8 38.6 39.0 39.0 36.3 38.4 42.7 38.1 44.5 41.8 41.1 40.8 39.4 39.1 38.7 36.6 38.5 42.3 38.0 45.0 41.9 41.4 .0 .8 .1 -.3 .3 .1 -.4 -.1 .5 .1 .3 Private service-providing ............................. 32.8 32.2 32.8 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.3 32.3 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.7 33.1 33.7 33.3 33.2 33.4 33.4 33.3 33.3 33.2 -.1 Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.5 38.2 38.9 38.3 38.1 38.4 38.3 38.3 38.3 38.4 .1 Retail trade ........................................................... 30.6 30.0 30.5 30.3 30.1 30.2 30.2 30.1 30.1 30.0 -.1 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.1 36.3 36.8 36.5 36.8 36.7 36.7 36.5 36.4 36.4 .0 Utilities ................................................................... 42.6 42.3 43.0 42.1 42.6 43.3 42.6 42.4 42.8 42.1 -.7 Information ............................................................... 37.2 36.2 37.1 36.7 36.6 36.6 36.5 36.6 36.6 36.6 .0 Financial activities .................................................. 36.5 35.7 36.5 35.5 35.9 35.8 35.9 36.0 35.8 35.6 -.2 Professional and business services .................... 35.0 34.8 35.4 34.6 34.8 34.8 34.8 34.8 34.8 34.7 -.1 Education and health services ............................. 32.9 32.5 32.7 32.6 32.6 32.7 32.6 32.7 32.6 32.6 .0 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 26.3 25.3 26.0 25.7 25.3 25.3 25.4 25.3 25.3 25.1 -.2 Other services ......................................................... 31.2 30.7 31.1 31.0 30.9 30.9 30.8 30.8 30.7 30.8 .1 1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Industry Average weekly earnings July 2007 May 2008 June 2008p July 2008p July 2007 May 2008 June 2008p Total private ....................................... Seasonally adjusted ..................... $17.44 17.47 $17.90 17.95 $17.96 18.00 $17.99 18.06 $596.45 590.49 $601.44 604.92 $612.44 606.60 $606.26 606.82 Goods-producing .......................................... 18.72 19.13 19.23 19.37 758.16 769.03 782.66 780.61 Natural resources and mining .............................. 20.87 21.51 21.74 22.64 957.93 950.74 984.82 1,023.33 Construction ............................................................ 21.02 21.60 21.66 21.89 828.19 833.76 851.24 858.09 Manufacturing ......................................................... 17.22 17.63 17.70 17.71 704.30 721.07 729.24 720.80 Durable goods ..................................................... Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 18.10 13.62 17.04 19.85 16.52 17.82 20.08 16.09 22.67 14.36 14.82 18.57 14.08 16.90 20.23 16.84 17.98 20.99 15.69 23.53 14.48 14.97 18.67 14.11 16.98 20.22 16.92 17.87 21.08 15.74 23.81 14.59 15.13 18.65 14.23 16.96 20.42 16.91 18.02 21.26 15.73 23.65 14.53 15.29 743.91 546.16 729.31 849.58 682.28 753.79 801.19 659.69 943.07 562.91 573.53 765.08 553.34 718.25 853.71 697.18 756.96 862.69 640.15 985.91 557.48 583.83 774.81 562.99 726.74 869.46 698.80 752.33 874.82 648.49 1,011.93 571.93 594.61 760.92 557.82 727.58 847.43 689.93 749.63 871.66 638.64 974.38 562.31 594.78 Nondurable goods ............................................... Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 15.74 13.57 18.61 13.13 11.89 11.15 12.18 18.68 16.19 25.12 19.70 15.31 16.04 13.89 19.05 13.50 11.86 11.43 12.88 18.74 16.66 27.01 19.37 15.71 16.07 13.94 18.56 13.59 11.79 11.28 12.70 18.76 16.85 27.12 19.36 15.72 16.16 13.99 19.27 13.84 11.75 11.26 12.01 18.97 16.84 27.20 19.39 15.79 639.04 552.30 761.15 519.95 477.98 413.67 450.66 799.50 621.70 1,117.84 823.46 624.65 646.41 565.32 763.91 523.80 454.24 412.62 502.32 788.95 638.08 1,188.44 794.17 644.11 652.44 567.36 725.70 532.73 468.06 410.59 490.22 801.05 636.93 1,225.82 813.12 652.38 652.86 570.79 763.09 534.22 451.20 408.74 453.98 794.84 631.50 1,245.76 810.50 644.23 Private service-providing ............................. 17.10 17.59 17.64 17.64 560.88 566.40 578.59 569.77 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 15.89 16.14 16.20 16.20 535.49 534.23 545.94 539.46 Wholesale trade ................................................... 19.70 19.93 20.07 20.11 758.45 761.33 780.72 770.21 Retail trade ........................................................... 12.84 12.91 12.90 12.94 392.90 387.30 393.45 392.08 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 17.90 18.33 18.46 18.49 664.09 665.38 679.33 674.89 Utilities ................................................................... 27.70 28.83 28.98 28.45 1,180.02 1,219.51 1,246.14 1,197.75 Information ............................................................... 23.77 24.60 24.75 24.74 884.24 890.52 918.23 907.96 Financial activities .................................................. 19.66 20.20 20.29 20.23 717.59 721.14 740.59 718.17 Professional and business services .................... 20.26 20.81 21.05 21.05 709.10 724.19 745.17 728.33 Education and health services ............................. 18.18 18.64 18.66 18.85 598.12 605.80 610.18 614.51 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 10.33 10.82 10.76 10.71 271.68 273.75 279.76 275.25 Other services ......................................................... 15.39 15.84 15.84 15.75 480.17 486.29 492.62 488.25 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the p= basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details. July 2008p ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent change from: June 2008-p July 2008 July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008p July 2008p Total Private: Current dollars ................................................ Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. $17.47 8.33 $17.87 8.28 $17.89 8.27 $17.95 8.24 $18.00 8.17 $18.06 N.A. 0.3 Goods-producing .......................................................... 18.69 19.12 19.12 19.17 19.23 19.32 .5 Natural resources and mining .............................................. 20.95 22.01 21.61 21.71 22.00 22.66 3.0 Construction ............................................................................ 20.94 21.56 21.60 21.70 21.73 21.81 .4 Manufacturing ......................................................................... Excluding overtime 4..................................................... 17.30 16.46 17.61 16.79 17.62 16.80 17.65 16.85 17.72 16.94 17.78 16.99 .3 .3 Durable goods ..................................................................... 18.23 18.54 18.58 18.61 18.68 18.77 .5 Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.70 16.03 15.99 16.04 16.09 16.11 .1 Private service-providing ............................................. 17.15 17.55 17.58 17.64 17.69 17.75 .3 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 15.82 16.11 16.11 16.16 16.18 16.18 .0 Wholesale trade ................................................................... 19.58 20.03 20.05 20.06 20.11 20.15 .2 Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.79 12.86 12.85 12.90 12.88 12.90 .2 Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 17.78 18.25 18.33 18.38 18.41 18.39 -.1 Utilities ................................................................................... 27.82 28.77 28.56 28.81 29.12 28.65 -1.6 Information ............................................................................... 23.92 24.53 24.50 24.67 24.77 24.88 .4 Financial activities .................................................................. 19.67 20.11 20.16 20.23 20.28 20.33 .2 Professional and business services .................................... 20.19 20.74 20.84 20.90 21.02 21.14 .6 Education and health services ............................................. 18.14 18.61 18.64 18.71 18.74 18.82 .4 Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 10.46 10.74 10.79 10.81 10.84 10.86 .2 Other services ......................................................................... 15.46 15.77 15.79 15.81 15.84 15.87 .2 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was -0.8 percent from May 2008 to June 2008, the latest month available. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half. 2 The (3) N.A. = not available. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted July 2007 May 2008 June 2008p July 2008p July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008p Percent July change from: 2008p June 2008July 2008 p Total private ....................................... 109.7 107.1 109.4 107.8 107.4 107.6 107.5 107.1 107.0 106.6 -0.4 Goods-producing .......................................... 103.7 98.2 100.4 99.2 102.0 99.5 98.6 97.9 97.6 97.6 .0 Natural resources and mining .............................. 137.3 133.2 139.1 142.9 134.2 138.5 134.6 134.6 137.0 139.8 2.0 Construction ............................................................ 122.1 108.9 113.1 113.4 115.1 110.4 109.3 107.5 107.2 106.6 -.6 Industry Manufacturing ......................................................... 93.9 91.9 92.9 91.0 94.9 93.1 92.2 92.1 91.7 91.6 -.1 Durable goods ..................................................... Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 96.4 94.6 101.8 90.6 103.9 103.5 100.3 88.7 92.0 77.7 87.5 89.6 94.6 82.7 96.8 89.4 102.9 103.2 102.7 87.6 91.5 76.5 79.3 89.5 95.5 84.1 98.5 91.2 102.7 103.4 103.6 89.4 92.9 77.9 80.9 90.5 92.8 83.0 98.1 86.8 100.5 102.9 101.7 88.3 86.7 69.0 78.8 88.0 97.8 92.1 98.4 92.0 104.8 103.7 101.1 89.5 98.5 85.6 87.0 91.3 95.9 83.3 97.7 91.3 104.5 104.5 102.9 88.4 93.2 78.6 81.1 90.8 94.8 83.2 95.6 90.3 103.3 103.9 103.1 88.3 91.5 76.6 80.3 90.3 94.4 82.0 95.1 89.2 103.0 103.1 102.9 88.6 91.5 76.3 79.8 89.9 94.3 81.4 94.6 89.7 101.9 102.6 102.6 88.5 91.8 76.6 79.7 89.4 94.2 80.8 94.7 88.1 101.5 103.4 102.3 89.0 92.3 76.7 78.6 89.6 -.1 -.7 .1 -1.8 -.4 .8 -.3 .6 .5 .1 -1.4 .2 Nondurable goods ............................................... 90.0 Food manufacturing ......................................... 103.5 Beverages and tobacco products .................. 107.6 Textile mills ........................................................ 53.9 Textile product mills ......................................... 77.8 Apparel ............................................................... 60.9 Leather and allied products ............................ 64.5 Paper and paper products .............................. 86.2 Printing and related support activities ........... 90.0 Petroleum and coal products .......................... 98.2 Chemicals .......................................................... 95.0 Plastics and rubber products .......................... 89.5 87.2 99.3 91.1 50.1 73.0 55.5 74.0 84.2 88.3 98.9 95.9 88.2 88.5 100.8 93.4 49.5 74.3 56.9 75.0 85.8 86.3 101.6 99.0 89.4 87.9 102.3 97.3 46.8 70.6 55.7 68.9 84.1 84.9 104.6 98.0 87.0 89.8 101.8 103.7 55.3 79.1 61.3 66.9 86.1 90.8 93.9 95.0 91.2 88.6 101.3 90.4 51.0 74.3 56.4 70.5 87.0 90.1 96.6 97.1 88.5 88.0 101.2 89.0 49.5 72.4 56.4 71.9 86.8 89.2 95.7 95.9 88.0 87.9 101.1 90.7 49.7 72.8 55.1 72.1 85.3 88.6 97.8 96.3 88.0 87.6 100.9 89.5 48.8 72.4 55.5 73.6 85.2 86.6 97.5 97.4 88.0 87.6 100.6 92.1 48.1 71.3 56.0 71.7 84.4 86.0 99.3 97.5 88.5 .0 -.3 2.9 -1.4 -1.5 .9 -2.6 -.9 -.7 1.8 .1 .6 Private service-providing ............................. 111.1 109.4 112.0 110.0 109.0 109.7 109.8 109.7 109.3 109.3 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 105.9 103.5 105.7 104.0 104.3 105.0 104.8 104.4 104.3 103.7 -.6 Wholesale trade ................................................... 111.4 110.6 113.0 110.9 109.4 111.3 110.7 110.6 110.5 110.4 -.1 Retail trade ........................................................... 102.9 99.4 101.5 100.6 101.3 101.1 100.8 100.4 100.3 99.8 -.5 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 108.6 108.6 110.0 107.3 108.8 109.5 109.5 108.8 108.2 108.1 -.1 97.8 97.2 100.0 97.4 96.8 99.2 97.8 97.2 98.5 96.3 -2.2 Information ............................................................... 102.4 99.6 102.3 100.1 100.3 100.5 100.0 100.2 99.9 99.4 -.5 Financial activities .................................................. 112.1 108.1 111.4 108.4 109.2 108.3 108.7 108.9 108.2 107.6 -.6 Professional and business services .................... 117.0 115.7 118.5 115.3 115.5 115.7 116.1 115.6 115.4 114.9 -.4 Education and health services ............................. 111.8 115.8 115.4 114.3 112.9 115.4 115.4 116.1 116.1 116.5 .3 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 121.0 114.1 120.3 119.7 110.5 111.9 112.6 112.0 112.1 111.2 -.8 Other services ......................................................... 101.9 99.9 101.9 101.5 99.4 99.9 99.6 99.6 99.1 99.4 .3 Utilities ................................................................... 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current months estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours 2 Includes estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production and nonsupervisory worker employment. Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted July 2007 May 2008 June 2008p July 2008p July 2007 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008p Percent July change from: 2008p June 2008July 2008 p Total private ....................................... 127.8 128.1 131.3 129.6 125.4 128.4 128.5 128.4 128.7 128.6 -0.1 Goods-producing .......................................... 118.9 115.1 118.3 117.7 116.8 116.5 115.5 114.9 115.0 115.5 .4 Natural resources and mining .............................. 166.7 166.6 175.9 188.2 163.5 177.2 169.1 170.0 175.3 184.2 5.1 Construction ............................................................ 138.5 127.0 132.2 134.0 130.1 128.5 127.5 126.0 125.8 125.5 -.2 Manufacturing ......................................................... 105.8 105.9 107.5 105.4 107.3 107.2 106.3 106.3 106.3 106.5 .2 Durable goods ..................................................... 109.0 109.7 111.3 108.0 111.3 111.0 110.0 109.7 110.0 110.4 .4 Nondurable goods ............................................... 100.1 98.9 100.5 100.4 99.6 100.4 99.4 99.6 99.6 99.7 .1 Private service-providing ............................. 130.3 131.9 135.5 133.1 128.1 132.0 132.3 132.7 132.6 133.0 .3 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 120.0 119.1 122.2 120.1 117.7 120.7 120.5 120.3 120.3 119.7 -.5 Wholesale trade ................................................... 129.3 129.8 133.6 131.3 126.2 131.3 130.8 130.7 130.8 131.1 .2 Retail trade ........................................................... 113.3 110.0 112.2 111.6 111.1 111.4 111.1 111.0 110.7 110.3 -.4 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 123.4 126.3 128.8 125.9 122.7 126.8 127.4 126.8 126.3 126.1 -.2 Utilities ................................................................... 113.1 116.9 120.9 115.6 112.4 119.1 116.6 116.9 119.7 115.2 -3.8 Information ............................................................... 120.5 121.2 125.4 122.6 118.7 122.1 121.3 122.3 122.5 122.4 -.1 Financial activities .................................................. 136.3 135.0 139.7 135.6 132.8 134.6 135.5 136.2 135.7 135.2 -.4 Professional and business services .................... 141.1 143.2 148.4 144.4 138.7 142.8 143.9 143.8 144.4 144.5 .1 Education and health services ............................. 133.6 141.8 141.5 141.7 134.6 141.2 141.4 142.8 143.0 144.1 .8 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 141.9 140.2 147.1 145.6 131.2 136.5 138.0 137.5 138.0 137.2 -.6 Other services ......................................................... 114.2 115.3 117.6 116.4 112.0 114.8 114.6 114.8 114.3 115.0 .6 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current months estimates of aggregate payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory p= worker employment. Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 274 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 50.5 52.2 65.1 51.6 45.4 50.5 60.6 60.9 51.8 41.4 64.1 54.2 64.4 52.7 47.4 62.6 58.2 59.3 51.1 45.6 61.7 55.8 53.3 56.6 46.4 58.9 58.2 52.7 50.4 p 42.2 56.0 58.0 60.4 52.2 p 41.2 50.0 61.3 58.9 51.6 56.9 54.7 53.5 56.4 56.9 53.6 55.8 54.6 51.3 62.4 57.1 48.2 51.8 54.7 56.0 48.5 54.4 52.2 67.2 58.4 46.7 52.9 55.5 66.2 54.7 42.7 57.3 57.5 66.6 55.3 42.3 63.5 60.8 65.5 54.7 44.0 68.8 58.9 60.6 56.2 43.1 66.6 61.9 58.2 53.3 p 43.6 61.3 60.4 56.0 53.1 p 40.0 56.4 63.9 58.9 54.7 57.7 61.1 55.7 58.4 59.5 54.4 56.4 56.8 61.9 54.9 57.1 54.7 54.6 61.3 58.4 52.4 50.0 54.6 63.1 59.1 51.5 51.6 57.3 64.4 56.4 49.8 55.3 56.8 67.2 57.5 44.7 60.9 57.5 67.0 56.8 46.5 63.7 57.5 64.4 58.8 43.6 65.1 58.2 66.4 58.2 p 41.4 65.1 64.4 61.5 56.2 p 38.7 63.9 62.8 61.7 58.0 60.4 62.0 60.4 58.2 61.7 59.3 59.7 57.1 58.2 61.5 60.8 54.6 56.0 62.0 56.0 53.8 40.5 60.6 67.2 62.6 53.8 42.3 60.8 65.1 59.1 54.6 45.1 59.7 65.5 60.4 52.6 48.9 58.9 62.6 58.9 50.4 51.3 58.0 64.8 59.5 49.3 58.2 60.0 66.4 58.4 p 47.4 57.5 60.9 64.4 57.5 p 46.0 55.7 63.3 64.4 58.8 57.3 60.4 66.2 61.7 58.8 58.9 65.1 60.4 60.6 59.5 64.4 59.9 60.8 61.7 65.5 57.7 Over 3-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 43.5 36.3 57.7 47.6 40.5 47.6 48.8 45.8 35.7 28.6 47.0 42.9 54.8 30.4 38.1 63.7 44.6 48.8 29.8 35.1 50.6 42.3 38.1 37.5 44.6 51.2 35.1 53.0 39.3 p 32.7 58.3 38.1 50.6 41.7 p 27.4 42.9 47.0 44.0 33.3 42.9 45.8 36.3 40.5 48.2 46.4 40.5 45.2 42.3 47.0 38.1 44.6 39.9 47.0 39.3 36.3 41.1 38.1 54.8 33.9 35.7 40.5 39.3 52.4 28.6 27.4 43.5 42.3 47.6 32.1 26.8 56.5 44.6 48.8 27.4 29.2 58.9 36.3 44.6 29.8 29.8 61.3 37.5 50.6 32.7 p 33.9 57.7 33.3 42.9 31.0 p 32.1 47.0 39.9 47.6 34.5 46.4 45.8 36.3 32.1 41.7 41.7 37.5 39.3 44.6 38.7 32.1 44.0 38.7 49.4 34.5 41.7 29.2 33.9 42.9 34.5 34.5 31.5 38.1 45.2 27.4 33.9 32.7 35.1 50.6 23.8 32.1 44.6 36.9 47.6 27.4 28.0 49.4 32.1 48.2 31.5 26.8 54.8 32.1 47.6 34.5 p 24.4 59.5 41.7 46.4 33.3 p 19.6 56.0 35.7 48.8 31.0 51.2 36.3 43.5 29.2 51.8 36.9 41.7 35.1 44.0 37.5 38.7 34.5 38.7 42.3 29.8 32.7 13.1 44.6 44.6 39.3 29.8 14.3 43.5 40.5 36.3 29.8 13.1 41.7 40.5 36.9 29.8 20.2 40.5 39.3 28.6 24.4 23.2 36.3 39.3 29.8 27.4 35.7 35.1 44.6 26.2 p 25.6 36.9 32.1 41.7 26.8 p 31.0 38.1 33.9 42.3 29.2 36.9 32.7 46.4 30.4 44.0 33.3 48.2 29.8 44.6 33.3 45.2 33.3 44.6 38.1 44.0 33.9 Over 3-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month 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. Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details.
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