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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:

JUNE 1984

Employment rose In June and unemployment declined, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The overall unemployment rate, which includes the
resident Armed Forces in the labor force base, was 7.0 percent, and the rate for civilian
workers was 7.1 percent. Both of these measures dropped four-tenths of a percentage point over
the month; they have decreased by a full percentage point thus far in 1984.
Total civilian employment—as measured by the monthly survey of households—rose by 460,000
to 105.7 million, following an even larger increase in May. The number of employees on
nonagricultural payrolls—as measured by the monthly survey of establishments—advanced by
300,000.
Strong growth was registered In construction, durable goods manufacturing, and the
services industry.
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
The civilian worker unemployment rate dropped by 0.4 percentage point to 7.1 percent in
June.
The number of unemployed persons was down by 385,000, after seasonal adjustment, to 8.1
million; a large part of this decline occurred among reentrants to the labor force. The jobless
rate has fallen by 3.6 percentage points from its late 1982 high to the lowest level since April
1980. The number of unemployed has declined by 3.8 million since November 1982. (See tables
A-2.) and A-8.)
Unemployment rates declined among most major worker groups in June. Decreases were largest
for adult women and teenagers, whose rates dropped to 6.4 and 17.6 percent, respectively. The
jobless rate for adult men edged down to 6.3 percent, continuing its sharp downward trend. The
reduction among teenagers represented the first substantial change in their rate since November
1983. Unemployment rates for both whites and blacks were also lower in June.
The rate for
black teenagers, which tends to fluctuate quite widely, dropped sharply, to 34.3 percent. There
was also a decrease in the unemployment rate for full-time workers. (See tables A-2, A-3, and
A-6.)
The decline in unemployment over the month was concentrated among those unemployed from 5 to
26 weeks.
The median duration of unemployment also dropped—from 8.7 to 7.2 weeks—while the
mean duration was little changed at 18.6 weeks. (See table A-7.)
Civilian Labor Force and Employment (Household Survey Data)
The civilian labor force typically swells in June with the summertime entrance of students
and graduates. This June, the labor force increased by 2.1 million, with teenagers accounting
for most of the gain. This was essentially in line with seasonal expectations, and thus, after
seasonal adjustment, the labor force showed little change over the month. (See table A-2.)
Civilian employment continued to show strong growth in June, rising by 460,000 on a
seasonally adjusted basis to 105.7 million. Adult men accounted for nearly two-thirds of this
increase and teenagers for most of the remainder.
Discouraged Workers (Household Survey Data)
At 1.3 million, the number of discouraged workers—persons who report that they want to work
but are not looking for jobs because they believe they cannot find any—was about unchanged
between the first and second quarters of 1984 but was down by more than half a million from the



- 2 fourth quarter 1982 recession high. Almost 3 out of 4 discouraged workers reported job-market
factors as their reason for not looking for jobs. (See table A-13.)
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 300,000 in June to 94.0 million, seasonally adjusted,
continuing the strong job gains evident since early 1983. Employment growth was widespread, as
more than three-fifths of the 185 industries in the BLS diffusion
index
registered
over-the-month increases. Construction, durable goods manufacturing, and the services industry
showed the largest employment gains. (See tables B-l and B-6.)
Construction employment, which has rebounded strongly during the current recovery period,
rose by 75,000 in June to 4.4 million, its highest level since the spring of 1980. Durable
goods manufacturing recorded a 70,000 job gain, with most of the strength occurring in
fabricated metals, machinery, electrical equipment, and transportation equipment. There was
Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
Monthly data

Quarterly averages
Category
1983

1984

1984

II

Apr.

II

May

June

persons
115,493
106,978
113,803
105,288
8,514
62,320
N.A.

115,567
107,438
113,877
105,748
8,130
62,407
N.A.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Labor force \J
Total employment J_/....
Civilian labor force
Civilian employment....
Unemployment
Not in labor force
Discouraged workers....

112,946
101,706
111,277
100,037
11,240
62,680
1,726

114,292
105,426
112,607
103,740
8,866
63,072
1,339

Thousands of
115,333 114,938
106,837 106,095
113,642 113,245
105,146 104,402
8,496
8,8.43
62,484 62,724
1,295
N.A.

Percent of labor force
Unemployment rates:
All workers \J
All civilian workers
Adult men
Adult women
Teenagers
White
Black
Hispanic origin

10.0
10.1
9.4
8.5
23.3
8.8
20.4
14.2

7,
7.
7.
7.
19.
6.
16.
10.

7,
7.
6.
6.
18.
6.
15.
10.

7,
7.
6.
7.
19.
6.
16.8
11.5

7
7
6
6
19
6
15.8
10.5

7.
7.
6.
6.
17.
6.
15.
10.0

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Nonfarm payroll employment
Goods-producing industries..
Service-producing industries

89,588
23,092
66,496

Thousands of jobs
92,765 93,729p 93,449 93,718p 94,019p
24,518 24,867p 24,760 24,850p 24,990p
68,247 68,862p 68,689 68,868p 69,029p
Hours of work

Average weekly hours:
Total private nonfarm.,
Manufacturing
Manufacturing overtime.
"T7Includes the resident Armed Forces.
p=preliminary.




34.9
40.0
2.8

35.3
40.8
3.5

35.3p
40.8p
3.4p

35.4
41.1
3.7

35.3p
40.6p
3.3p

35.3p
40.6p
3.3p

N.A.*not available.

- 3 little change in nondurable goods employment for the second month in a row. While manufacturing
has continued to grow, job gains in the last 3 months have been considerably less than the
average growth earlier in the recovery.
The largest over-the-month Increase occurred in services, where employment rose by 130,000.
Elsewhere in the service-producing sector, job gains also occurred in both wholesale and retail
trade and in transportation and public utilities.
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
The average workweek of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural
payrolls was unchanged in June at 35.3 hours, seasonally adjusted, and has fluctuated around
this level since the beginning of the year. Weekly hours and overtime in manufacturing, at 40.6
and 3.3 hours, respectively, were also unchanged in June at levels close to the very high points
that prevailed in the January-April period. (See table B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.6 percent in June to 112.6 (1977=100), reflecting the increase in
employment. The manufacturing index increased 0.3 percent over the month to 96.3 but was still
somewhat below the April level. (See table B-5.)
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
Average hourly and weekly earnings both increased 0.4 percent in June, seasonally adjusted.
Prior to seasonal adjustment, average hourly earnings rose 2 cents to $8.29, and weekly earnings
increased $3.19 to $295.12. Over the past year, hourly earnings rose by 31 cents, and weekly
earnings were up by $14.22. (See table B-3.)
The Hourly Earnings Index (Establishment Survey Data)
The Hourly Earnings Index (HEI) was 160.0 (1977=100) in June, seasonally adjusted, an
increase of 0.3 percent from May. For the 12 months ended in June, the increase (before seasonal
adjustment) was 3.2 percent. The HE! excludes the effects of two types of changes unrelated to
underlying wage rate movements—fluctuations
in overtime in manufacturing and interindustry
employment shifts. In dollars of constant purchasing power, the HEI increased 0.1 percent
during the 12-month period ended in May. (See table B-4.)




grouping of seven measures of unemployment based on varying definitions of unemployment and the labor force. The
definitions are provided in the table. The most restrictive
This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, definition yields U-l, and the-most comprehensive yields U-7.
the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the The overall unemployment rate is U-5a, while U-5b represents
Current Employment Statistics Survey (establishment survey). the same measure with a civilian labor force base.
Unlike the household survey, the establishment survey only
The household survey provides the information on the labor
counts wage and salary employees whose names appear on the
force, total employment, and unemployment that appears in
the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample payroll records of nonagricultural firms. As a result, there are
survey of about 60,000 households that is conducted by the many differences between the two surveys, among which are
Bureau of the Census with most of the findings analyzed and the following:
—-The household survey, although based on a smaller sampublished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The establishment survey provides the information on the ple, reflects a larger segment of the population; the establishemployment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonag- ment survey excludes agriculture, the self-employed, unpaid
ricultural payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked family workers, private household workers, and members of
ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected the resident Armed Forces;
The household survey includes people on unpaid leave
from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.
The sample includes approximately 195,000 establishments among the employed; the establishment survey does not;
—The household survey is limited to those 16 years of age
employing over 35 million people.
and older; the establishment survey is not limited by age;
For both surveys, the data for a given month are actually
—The household survey has no duplication of individuals,
collected for and relate to a particular week. In the household
because each individual is counted only once; in the establishsurvey, unless otherwise indicated, it is the calendar week that
contains the 12th day of the month, which is called the survey ment survey, employees working at more than one job or
week. In the establishment survey, the reference week is the otherwise appearing on more than one payroll would be
pay period including the 12th, which may or may not corres- counted separately for each appearance.
Other differences between the two surveys are described in
pond directly to the calendar week.
The data in this release are affected by a number of technical "Comparing Employment Estimates from Household and
factors, including definitions, survey differences, seasonal ad- Payroll Surveys," which may be obtained from the BLS upon
justments, and the inevitable variance in results between a request.
survey of a sample and a census of the entire population. Each
of these factors is explained below.

Explanatory Note

Coverage, definitions and differences between surveys
The sample households in the household survey are selected
so as to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population
16 years of age and older. Each person in a household is
classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force.
Those who hold more than one job are classified according to
the job at which they worked the most hours.
People are classified as employed if they did any work at all
as paid civilians; worked in their own business or profession or
on their own farm; or worked 15 hours or more in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, whether they were
paid or not. People are also counted as employed if they were
on unpaid leave because of illness, bad weather, disputes between labor and management, or personal reasons. Members
of the Armed Forces stationed in the United States are also included in the employed total.
People are classified as unemployed, regardless of their
eligibility for unemployment benefits or public
assistance, if they meet all of the following criteria: They had
no employment during the survey week; they were available
for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the prior 4 weeks. Also included
among the unemployed are persons not looking for work
because they were laid off and waiting to be recalled and those
expecting to report to a job within 30 days.
The labor force equals the sum of the number employed and
the number unemployed. The unemployment rate is the
percentage of unemployed people in the labor force (civilian
plus the resident Armed Forces). Table A-5 presents a special




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

employees, production workers, average weekly hours, and
average hourly earnings include components based on rhe
employer's industry. All these statistics can be seasonally adjusted either by adjusting the total or by adjusting each of the
components and combining them. The second procedure
usually yields more accurate information and is therefore
followed by BLS. For example, the seasonally adjusted figure
for the labor force is the sum of eight seasonally adjusted
civilian employment components, plus the resident Armed
Forces total (not adjusted for seasonality), and four seasonally
adjusted unemployment components; the total for unemployment is the sum of the four unemployment components; and
the overall unemployment rate is derived by dividing the
resulting estimate of total unemployment by the estimate of
the labor force.
The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are recalculated regularly. For the household
survey, the factors are calculated for the January-June period
and again for the July-December period. The January revision
is applied to data that have been published over the previous 5
years. For the establishment survey, updated factors for
seasonal adjustment are calculated only once a year, along
with the introduction of new benchmarks which are discussed
at the end of the next section.
Sampling variability
Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys
are subject to sampling error, that is, the estimate of the
number of people employed and the other estimates drawn
from these surveys probably differ from the figures that would
be obtained from a complete census, even if the same questionnaires and procedures were used. In the household survey, the
amount of the differences can be expressed in terms of standard errors. The numerical value of a standard error depends
upon the size of the sample, the results of the survey, and other
factors. However, the numerical value is always such that the
chances are 68 out of 100 that an'estimate based on the sample
will differ by no more than the standard error from the results
of a complete census. The chances are 90 out of 100 that an
estimate based on the sample will differ by no more than 1.6
times the standard error from the results of a complete census.
At the 90-percent level of confidence--the confidence limits
used by BLS in its analyses-the error for the monthly change in
total employment is on the order of plus or minus 328,000; for
total unemployment it is 220,000; and, for the overall
unemployment rate, it is 0.19 percentage point. These figures
do not mean that the sample results are off by these




magnitudes but, rather, that the chances are 90 out of 100 that
the "true'' level or rate would not be expected to differ from
the estimates bv more than these amounts.
Sampling errors for monthly surveys are reduced when the
data are cumulated for several moniha, such as quarterly or
annually. Also, as a genr. . rule, the smaller the estimate, the
larger the sampling error. Therefore, relatively speaking, the
estimate of the size of the labor force is subject to less error
than is the estimate of the number unemployed. And, among
the unemployed, the sampling error for the jobless rate of
adult men, for example, is much smaller than is the error for
the jobless rate of teenagers. Specifically, the error on monthly
change in the jobless rate for men is .26 percentage point; for
teenagers, it is 1.25 percentage points.
In the establishment survey, estimates for the 2 most current
months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these
estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. When all the
returns in the sample have been received, the estimates are
revised. In other words, data for the month of September are
published in preliminary form in October and November and
in final form in December. To remove errors that build up
over time, a comprehensive count of the employed is conducted each year. The results of this survey are used to
establish new benchmarks—comprehensive counts of
employment—against which month-to-month changes can be
measured. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in
the classification of industries and allow for the formation of
new establishments.

Additional statistics and other information
In order to provide a broad view of the Nation's employment situation, BLS regularly publishes a wide variety of data
in this news release. More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by
BLS. It is available for $6.00 per issue or $39.00 per year from
the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
20204. A check or money order made out to the Superintendent of Documents must accompany all orders.
Employment and Earnings also provides approximations of
the standard errors for the household survey data published in
this, release. For unemployment and other labor force
categories, the standard errors appear in tables B through J of
its "Explanatory Notes." Measures of the reliability of the
data drawn from the establishment survey and the actual
amounts of revision due to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables M, O, P, and Q of that publication.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-1. Employment status of the population, Including Armed Forces In the United States, by sex
(Numbers In thousands)
Seasonally adjusted1

Net seaaonalry adjusted
Employment status and sex

Mac
1984

lpr.
1984

Hay
1984

June
198 4

June
.196 3

Hay
1984

June
1984

175,793
115,051
65.4
10 3 , 4 8 1
58.9
1,668
101,813
3,977
97,836
11,570
10.1
60,742

177,813
114,941
64.6
106,786
60.1
1,690
105,096
3,529
101,567
8,154
7.1
62,873

177,974
117,083
65.8
108,502
61.0
1,690
106,812
3,879
102,932
8,582
7.3
6C,891

175,793
113,573
64.6
102,411
58*3
1 ,668
100,743
3,479
97,264
11,162
9.8
62,220

I
177, &6 3
114,377
64.5
105,576
59.5
1,634
10 3, 89 2
3,39 5
100,496
8,801
7.7
62,986

177,510
114,598
64.6
105,826
59.6
1,686
104,140
3,281
100,859
8,772
7.7
62,y|2

177,662
114,938
64.7
106,095
59.7
1,693
104,402
3,393
101,009
8,843
7.7
62,724

177,813
115,493
65.0
106,978
60.2
1,690
105,288
3,389
101,899
8,514
7.4
62,320

177,974
115,567
64.9
107, 438
6 0.4
1,69 0
10 5,74 8
3,403
10 2, 34 4
8 , 130
7.0
62,407

84,014
66,078
78.7
59,581
70.9
1,525
58,056
6,498
9.8

85,024
65,079
76.5
60,606
71.3
1,545
59,061
4,472
6.9

85,101
66,802
78.5
62,138
73.0
1,545
60,593
4,664
7.0

84,014
64,778
77.1
58,369
. 69.5
1 ,525
56,844
6,409
9.9

84,811
65,093
76.8
60,147
7 0.9
1,540
58,607
4,94 6
7.6

84,880
65,156
76.8
60,290
71.0
1,542
58,748
4,867
7.5

84,953
65,212
76.8
60,293
71.0
1,548
58,745
4,919
7.5

85,024
65,307
76.8
60,629
71.3
1,545
59,084
4,678
7.2

8 5, 10 1
6 5, 452
76.9
60,923
71.6
1, 545
59,378
4,529
6.9

91,779
48,973
53.4
43,900
47.8
143
43,757
5,072
10.4

92,789
49,862
53.7
46,180
49.8
145
46,035
3,682
7.4

92,873
50,281
54.1
46,364
49.9
145
46,219
3,917
7.8

91,779
48,795
53.2
44,042
48.0
143
43,899
4,753
9.7

92,552
49,293
53.2
45,429
49.1
UK
4 5,285
3,85 5
7.8

92,630
49,442
53.4
45,536
49.2
144
45,392
3,905
7.9

92,709
49,725
53.6
45,802
49.4
145
45,657
3,924
7.9

92,789
50,186
54.1
46,350
50.0
145
46,205
3,836
7.6

9 2, 87 3
5 0 , 115
54.0
4 6, 515
50.1
14 5
46, 370
3,600
7.2

Jape
1983

Feb.
1984

TOTAL
Nonlnstltutlonal population*
Labor force*
Participation rate*
Total employed'
Employment-population ratio4 . . .
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Agriculture
Nonagrlcultural Industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate*
Not In labor force
Men, 16 years and over
Nonlnstltutlonal population'
Labor force1
Participation rate*
Total employed*
Employment-population ratio4 . . .
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate*
Women, 16 years and over
Nonlnstltutlonal population'
Labor force*
Participation rate'
Total employed*
Employment-population ratio4 . . .
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate*

* The population and Armed Forces figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation;
therefore, Identical numbers appear In the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted
columns.
* Includes members of the Armed Forces stationed In the United States.




* Labor force as a percent of the nonlnstltutlonsl population.
4
Total employment as a percent of the nonlnstltutlonal population.
• Unemployment as a percent of the labor force (Including the resident Armed
Forces).

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
(Numbers In thousands)
sdJMstad'
Employment status, sax, and aga

Jane
1983

Hay
1984

Jane
1984

176,123
113,251

176,284
115,393

64.3

65.5

105,096
59.7
8,154
7.2

106,812

76,073

Jane
1983

Feb.
1984

Bar.
1984

Apr.
1984

Hay
1984

June
1984

TOTAL
Civilian nonlnstltutlonsl population
Civilian labor force
Participation rats
Employed
Employment-population ratio* . . .
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

174,125
113,383
65.1
101,813
58.5
11,570
10.2

175,679
112,693
64. 1
103,892
59.1
8,801
7.8

175,824
112,912

175,969
113,245

176,123
113,803

64.2

64.4

64.6

64.6

104,140

104,402
59.3
8,843
7.8

105,288
59.3
8,514
7.5

105, 74 8

8,582
7.4

174,125
111,905
64.3
100,743
57.9
11,162
10.0

75,880
59,388
78.3
55,368
73.0

75,973
59,480

76,073
59,546

76, 176
59,726

78.3
55,385

78.3

55,685
73.2

78.4
55,970
73.5

51,39 5
5,188
8.8

74,814
58,844
78.7
53,492
71.5
2,497
50,995
5,352
9. 1

75,736
59,394

55,760
73.3
2,527
53,234
3,753
6.3

76,176
60,224
79.1
56,585
74.3
2,657
53,929
3,639
6.0

2,451
53,234
3,861

2,469
53,501
3,755

6.5

6.3

84,008

85,272

85,380

84,008

84,962

44,249
52.7
40,394

46,087
54.0

45,649
53.5
42,678
50.0
750

44,684
53.2
40,847

45,258
53.3
42,138

48*. 6
634

49.6
64 0

40,213
3,837

4 1, 49 8
3,120

60.6

59.2
8,772
7.8

176, 284
113,877

60.0
8,130
7.1

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian nonlnstltutlonsl population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio* . . .
Agriculture
Nonagrlcultural Industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

74,814
59,267

79.2
54,078
72.3
2,683

59,513
78.2

78. 4

55,266
72.9

2,40 9
52,857
4,128
7.0

2,364
53,004
4,020
6.8

72.9
2,453
52,932
4,095
6.9

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian nonlnstltutlonsl population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio* . . .
Agriculture
Nonagrlcultural Industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

48. 1

763
39,631
3,855
8.7

43,097
50.5

652
42,445
2,990
6,5

41,928

2,970
6.5

8.6

85,064
45,459
53.4
42,315
49.7
574
41,741
3,144

6.9

6.9

14,931
8,041

14,880
8,065
54.2

85,168
45,703
53.7
42,517

49.9
619
41,898
3,186
7.0

85,272

46,222
54.2
43,098
50.5
610
42,487
3,124
6.8

85,380
4 6 , 101
54.0
43,146
50.5

623
42,523
2,955
6.4

Both sexes, 16 to 10 years
Civilian nonlnstltutlonsl population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio* . . .
Agriculture
Nonagrlcultural Industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

15,303
9,867

64.5
7,341
48.0
53 0
6,811
2,527

25.6

14,778

14,728

7,650
5U8
6,238
42.2
350
5,889

9,520
64.6

1,412
18.5

1
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, Mantleal
numbers appear In the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted coKimne.




7,548
51.2
473
7,075
1,972
20.7

15,303
8,37754.7

53.9

6,404

6,488

41.8
348
6,056
1,973

43.5
34 6

6,457
43.4
343

6,142
1,553
19.3

6,114
1,608
19.9

23.6

* Civilian evnployfnsrit aa a percent of the <

14,828

14,778
8,034
54.4

43.8
321

6,505
44.0
327

14,728
8,050
54.7
6, 631
45.0
311

6,179

6,178

6,320

1,562
19.4

1,529

1.419
17.6

8,062
54.4
6,500

19.0

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
(Numbers In thousands)

Seasonally adjusted1
Employ moot status, race, sax, age, and
Hispanic origin

Feb.
1984

Bar.
1984

ipr.
1984

Hay
1984

June
198 4

Ray
1984

Jane
1984

150,810
98,188
65.3
8 9,89 0
59.6
8,598
8.7

152,229
98,404
64.6
92,287
60.6
6,117
6.2

152,295
100,090
65.7
93,772
61.6
6,319
6.3

150,810
97,235
64.5
88,836
58.9
8,399
8.6

152,079
98,167
64.6
9 1 , 54 4
60. 2
6,623
6.7

152,285
98,424
64.6
91,845
60.3
6,580
6.7

152,178
98,495
64.7
91,933
60.4
6,562
6.7

152,229
98,853
64.9
92,505
60.8
6,348
6.4

1 5 2 , 29 5
98,770
6 4.9
92, 697
6 0.9
6,07 2
6.1

Man, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed .'
Unemployment rate

52,202
79.5
48,235
73.5
3,967
7.6

52,339
78.6
49,489
74.4
2,850
5.4

52,990
79.5
50,291
75.5
2,700
5. 1

51 , 8 2 0
79.0
47,704
72.7
4,116
7.9

52,335
78. 8
49,149
74.0
3,186
6.1

52,398
78.8
49,343
74.2
3,055
5.8

52,406
78.8
49,329
74.2
3,077
5.9

52,357
78.7
49,440
74.3
2,917
5.6

52, 548
7 8.9
49,744
7 4.7
2 , 80 4
5.3

Woman, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio'
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

37,741
52.0
34,934
4 8.2
2,806
7.4

39,306
53.5
37,113
50.5
2,193
5.6

38,847
52.8
36,672
49.9
2,175
5.6

38,129
52-6
35,309
48.7
2,820
7.4

3 8,726
52.8
36,465
49.7
2,261
5.8

38,873
52.9
36,570
49.8
2,303
5.9

39,032
53. 1
36,688
49.9
2,344
6.0

39,439
53.7
37,150
50.5
2,289
5.8

39,226
53.3
37,042
5 0.4
2,184
5.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio1
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Men
Women

8,545
67.6
6,720
53.2
1,825
21.4
20.5
22.4

6,759
55.6
5,686
46.7
1,074
15.9
15.4
16.4

8,253
68.0
6,809
56.1
1,444
17.5
17.1
17.9

7,286
57.6
5,823
46.1
1,463
20. 1
20.4
19.7

7,156
57.7
5,930
48. 1
1,176
16. 5
»6. 4
16.7

7,153
58.3
5,932
48.3
1,221
17.1
17.3
16.8

7,057
57.7
5,916
48.4
1,141
16.2
16.6
15.7

7,057
58.0
5,915
48.6
1,142
16.2
16.8
15.5

6,99 6
57.7
5, 911
48.7
1,085
15.5
16.5
14.5

18,911
11,988
63.4
9,389
49.6
2,599
21.7

19,302
11,896
61.6
10,060
52.1
1,835
15.4

19,330
12,230
63.3
10,222
52.9
2,009
16.4

18,911
11 , 7 1 8
62.0
9,339
49.4
2,379
20.3

19,222
1 1 , 88 1
61.8
9,95 8
51.8
1,923
16.2

19,248
11,867
61.7
9,896
51-4
1,972
16.6

19,274
1 1,934
61.9
9,923
51.5
2,011
16.8

19,302
12,008
62.2
10,105
52.4
1,903
15.8

19,330
11,962
6 1.9
10,168
5 2.6
1,795
15.0

Man, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

5,614
76.4
4,558
62.0
1,055
18.8

5,666
74.8
4,8/2
64.3
795
14.0

5,703
75.1
4,864
64.1
839
14.7

5,562
75.7
4,512
61.4
1,050
18.9

5,677
75.4
4,877
64.8
80 0
14. 1

5,660
75.0
4,7U9
63.5
871
15.4

5,607
74.2
4,712
62.4
894
16.0

5,673
74.9
4,872
64.3
801
14.1

5,646
7 4.4
4 , 811
63.4
835
14.8

Woman, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed
Unemployment rata

5,284
56.6
4,353
4 6. .7
931
17.6

5,504
57.6
4,76 9
49.9
734
13.3

5,485
57.3
4,779
49.9
706
12.9

5,287
56.7
4,391
47.1
896
16*9

5,408
56. 9
4,630
4 8.7
777
14.4

5,425
57.0
4,690
49.2
735
13.5

5,469
57.3
4,737
49.6
731
13.4

5,547
58.0
4,793
50.1
754
13.6

5, 49 6
57.4
4,818
50.3
679
12.4

Both eoxee, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed
Unemployment rate . . . . Men
Women

1,090
48.9
478
21.4
612
56.2
54.5
58.2

726
33.5
419
19.3
3 07
42.3
39.6
45.8

1,042
48.2
579
26.8
464
44.5
43.2
46.0

869
39.0
436
19.6
433
49.8
50.7
48.7

796
36.4
450
20.6
34 6
43.5
46.7
39.9

783
35.9
417
19.1
366
46.7
44.4
49.6

859
39.5
474
21.8
38 5
44.8
42.8
47.1

787
36.3
440
20.3
347
44.1
40.9
48.2

820
37.9
539
2 4.9
281
34.3
3 5.3
33.1

9,738
6,318
64.9
5,422
55.7
896
14.2

10,026
6,363
63.5
5,717
57.0
647
10.2

$,824
6,410
65.2
5,760
58.6
651
10.^

9,738
6,202
63.7
5,336
54.8
866
14.0

9,906
6,292
63.5
5,652
57.1
639
10.2

10,080
6,484
64.3
5,751
57*1
733
11.3

10,072
6,378
63.3
5,643
56.0
735
11.5

10,026
6,332
63.2
5,666
56.5
666
10.5

9,624
6,298
6 4.1
5, 669
5 7.7
629
10.0

June
1983

June
19 83

WHITE
Civilian nonlnstltutlonal population
Civilian labor force
Participation rata
Employed
,
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

BLACK
Civilian nonlnstltutlonal population.
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed . . . '
Unemployment rate

HISPANIC OMQIN
Civilian nonlnstltutlonal population..
' Civilian labor force
Participation rata
Employed
Employment-population ratio*
Unemployed
-.
Unemployment rate

Tlw population figures are not adjusted for i
pear m the unadjusted and i
Orfflan employment as a percent of the <




""^JHZHJZ?"
" b o * * mm a n d HN»ana>ortgln croups will not sum to I o t a *
• £ " * • • * " » * * « » • "other races" group are not preasnuMJ and Hispanic* are InckaaM
both the «mHa and black population groups.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-4. Selected employment Indicators
(Numbers In thousands)

Category

Jane
1983

Jane
1984

»» 7
1984

Jane
19 83

Feb.
1984

Bar.
1984

Apr,
1984

Jane
198 4

Hay
1984

CHARACTERISTIC
101,813
38.115
23,921
4,991

105,096

106,812

38,927
25,239
5,444

39,062
25,457

105,288
3 9 , 159
25,722

105,748

5,674

103,892
'38,911
25,212
5,346

104,402

39,306
25,270
5,642

100,743
37,911
24,416
5,029

104,140

3 9 , 159
25,799

5,491

5,668

5 , 6 88

1,911
1,716
349

1,691
1,585
253

1,886
1,699
295

1,624
1,591
252

1,560
1 ,609
2 32

1,515
1,580
198

1,661
1,534
207

1,610
1,537
246

1,S04
1 , 5 70
212

8 9 , 9 38
15,142
74,796
1,375
73 , 4 2 1

Civilian employed, 16 years and over
Married men, spouse present
Married women, spouse present
Women who maintain families

93,419
15,982
77,436
1,300
76,136
7,815
334

94,718
15,309
79,408

89,345
15,514
73,831
1,295
72,536

92,3 79
15,822
76,557

92,819
15,813
77,006
1,155
75,851

92,931
15,784
77,147
1,296
75,851
7,834
338

93,928
15,761
78,167
1,347
76,820
7,707
311

94,040
1 5 , 6 85
7 8 , 3 55
1,329
7 7 , 0 26
7,828
348

96,523

9 6 , 5 00

78,280
5,353
1,549
3,804
12,889

78 , 4 96
5 , 4 91
1,6 54
3,837
12,514

39,0 72
25,786

MAJOR INDUSTRY AND CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture:
Wage and salary workers
Self-employed workers
Unpaid family workers
Nonagricultural Industries:
Wage and salary workers
Government
Private Industries
Private households
Other Industries
Self-employed workers
Unpaid family workers

7,530
368

1,413
77,995
7,851
364

1,219
75,339
7,849
330

7, 510
352

7,755
326

PERSONS AT WORK'
90,394
73,270
6,593
1,886
4,707
10,531

Nonagricultural Industries
Full-time schedules
Part time for economic reasons
Usually work full time
Usually work part time
Part time for noneconomlc reasons

97,799
78,985
5,074
1,50 6

3,568
13,740

95,860

90,913
73,071

78,731
6,117
1,743
4,374
11,012

95,0 67
76,715
5,808
1,611
4,197
12,545

5,886
1,777
4,109
11,956

94,982
77,004

5,463
1,472
3,991
12,515

96,918
78,276
5,593
1,530

4,063
13,049

* Excludes persons "with a Job but not at work" during the survey period for such
reasons as vacation, Illness, or Industrial dispute.

Table A-5. Range of unemployment measures based on varying definitions of unemployment and the labor force,
seasonally adjusted
(Percent)
MoeAMy data

Quarterly average*
Measure

II
U-1

6.0
U-3
U-4
U-5a

3w7

3.1

2.7

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.3

5.4

4.7

4.2

3.8

4.0

3.8

3.7

7.3

6.6

6.1

5.8

6.0

5.7

5.6

9.3

8.3

7.6

7.2

7,6

7.2

6.7

9.3

8.4

7*8

7.4

7.7

7.4

7.0

7.8

7.5

7.1

Total unemployed as a percent of the labor force, Including the
10.0

Jane

II

Unemployed full-time Jobseekers as a percent of the full-time
10.0

Bay

I

Unemployed-persons 25 years and over as a percent of the
7.9

Apr.

IT

III

Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer as a percent of the
4.0

1984

1984

1983

10.1

7.9

12.2

11.2

10.5

9.9

10.4

9.9

9.5

14.4

U-7

8.5

12,9

U-6

9.4

7.5

13.5

12.4

11.6

11.0

H. A.

B.A.

1 . A.

Total full-time Jobseekers plus Vi part-time Jobseekers plus Vi total on pan time
for economic reasons as a percent of the civilian labor force less Vi of the
Total full-time Jobseekers plus Vi part-time Jobseekers plus Vi total on part
time for economic reasons plus discouraged workers as a percent of the
civilian labor force plus discouraged workers less Vt of the

N.A. - not —MUM.




HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-6. Selected unemployment Indicators, seasonally adjusted
Number of
•ployed pec
(In tbowaande)

Unemployment ratee'

Category

Jane
19 83

Feb.
1984

Bar.
1984

apr.
1984

Bay
1984

June
198 4

8,130
4,529
3,755
3,600
2,955
1,419

10.0
10-1
9-1
9.8
8.6
23.6

7.8
7.8
7.0
7.8
6.9
19.3

7.8
7.7
6-8
7.9
6.9
19.9

7.8
7.7
6.9
7.9
7.0
19.4

7.5
7.3
6.5
7.7
6.8
19.0

7. 1
7. 1
6.3
17.6

1,859
1,574

•1,854
1,516

602

6.7
7.6
12.5

4.9
5.9

616

11.0

4.7
5.8
11.0

4.7
5.8
10.5

4.5
5.8
9.8

4.5
5.6
9. 6

9,332
1,862

7,058
1,495

6,524
1,649

9-7
11.8
11.1

7.5
9.3
8.9

7-5
9-2
8.8

7.6
9.1
8.9

7.2
9.3
8.5

6.7
10.3
8. 3

8,265
198

6,055

5,865
75

10-1
17.9
18.4
11.6
12.5
10.2
7.8
10.2
7.2
5.1
16.5

7.8
12.2
15. 1
7.5
7.3
7.8

7.6

7.7
10.3
14.3
7.7
7.5
8.0
5.4
8.7
6.1
4.4
12.2

7.2
8.9
14.8
7.1
7.0
7.1
5.5
7.9
5.5
4.7
13.9

7.0
7. 1
14. 8
7. 2
7.2
7.3
5.2
7. 2
5.4
4.1
11. 8

Jane
1983

Bay
1984

11,162
6 , 4 09
5,352
4,753
3,837
1 ,973

8,514
4,678
3,861
3,836
3,124
1,529

Married men, spouse present
Married women, spouse present
Women who maintain families

2,705
2,022
718

Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Labor force time lost'

June
1S84

CHARACTERISTIC
Total, 16 years and over
Men, 16 years and over
Men, 20 years and over
Women, 16 years and over
Women, 20 years and over
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

7. 2
6. 4

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

999
2,537
1 ,633

904
442
2,152
1 ,937
835
3 22

89
83 0
1,548
920
628
332
1,690
1,567
781
261

' Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
' Aggregate hours loat by the unemployed and persona on part ttma for economic

820
1,588
949
639
312

1,562
1,508
663
214

8.3

11-2
13.3
7.5
7.8
7-2
5.0
8.3

6.3
4.5

6.4
4.4

14.0

14.6

5.9

reasons aa a percent of potentially available labor force hours.

Table A-7. Duration of unemployment
(Numbers In thousands)
Nat

SeaaoajaSy aolvetsd

Weeks of unemptoyment

June
1983

Bay
1984

June
1984

June
19 83

Feb.
1984

Bar.
1984

Apr.
1984

Bay
1984

June
1984

4,587
2,536
4 , 4 47
1 , 6 05
2,842

3,050
1,978
3,127
1,31B
1,809

4,005
1,973
2,603
1,018
1,585

3,630
2,950
4,486
1,59 3
2,893

3,359
2 , 4 84
2,984
1,173
1,810

3,386
2,539
2,873
1,114
1 ,759

3,438
2,493
2,855
1,111
1,744

3,238
2,433
2,851
1,186
1,664

3,174
2,294
2 , 6 19
1,008
1,611

DURATION
Less than 5 weeks
5 to 14 weeks
15 weeks and over
15 to 26 weeks
27 weeks and over
Average (mean) duration. In weeks
Median duration. In weeks

19.8
8.8

19.9
9.3

17.3
5.9

21.4
10.8

18-3
8.3

18.8
8.3

18.5
8.1

18.4
8.7

18.6
7.2

100.0
39.6
21.9
38.4
13.9
24.6

100.0
37.4
24-3
38.3
16.2
22.2

100.0
46.7
23.0
30.3
11.9
18.5

100.0
3 2.8
26.7
40.5
14.4
26.1

100.0
38.1
28.1
33.8
13-3
20.5

100.0
38.5
28.9
32.7
12.7
20.0

100-0
39.1
28.4
32.5
12.6
19.8

100.0
38.0
28.6
33.5
13.9
19.5

100.0
39.2
28.4
32.4
12.5
19.9

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed
Less than 5 weeks
5 to 14 weeks
15 weeks and over
15 to 26 weeks

27 weeks and over




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Table A-8. Reason for unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
Net seeeeMHy edhwted

Seasonally edjueted

Rssson
June
1983

Hay
1984

June
1984

Jane
19 83

Peb.
198 4

Har.
1984

Apr.
1984

Hay
1984

June
198 4

6,135
1 ,6 25
4,510
7 48
2 ,799
1 ,887

4 , 119
1,066
3,053
752
2,141
1,142

3,963
1,026
2 , 9 37
745
2,259
1 ,614

6,525
1,841
4,684
799
2,436
1, 412

4,737
1,272
3,465
772
2,153
1,092

4,614
1,254
3,360
756
2,208
1,213

4,527
1,108
3,419
781
2,308
1,216

4,327
1,192
3,134
804
2,178
1,186

4,220
1,166
3,055
800
1,968
1,136

100.0
53.0
14.0
39.0
6.5
24.2
16.3

100-0
50.5
13.1
37.4
9.2
26.3 .
14.0

100.0
46.2
12.0
34.2
8.7
26.3
18.8

100.0
5 8.4
16.5
41.9
7.2
21.8
12.6

100.0"
54.1
14.5
39-6
8.8
24.6
12.5

100.0
52.5
14.3
38.2
8.6
25.1
13.8

100.0
51.3
12.5
38.7
8.8
26.1
13.8

100.0
50.9
14.0
36.9
9.5
25.6
14.0

100.0
51.9
14.4
37.6
9.8
24.2
14.0

3.4
.6
2.0
1.4

5.8
.7
2.2
1.3

4.2
.7
1.9
1.0

4.1
.7
2.0
1.1

4.0
.7
2-0
1.1

3.8
.7
1.9
1.0

3.7
.7
1.7
1.0

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
5.4
.7
2.5
1.7

3.6
.7
1.9
1.0

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
Number of
unemployed persons

June
1983
Total, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16to17years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

11,162
4,322
1,973
798
1 ,176
2,349
6,871
5,990
825

- Hay
1984
8,514
3,402
1,529

632
896
1,873
5,132
4,474

659

Men, 16years and over...
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18to19years
20 to 24 years.
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over . . .

6,409
2,448
1 , 0 57

4,678

4 29
635

352
472
995

3,962
3,465
4 92

2,878
2,480

Women, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16to17years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over . . .

4,753
1,874

1 ,391

916
369
541
958
2,909

2,525
333

' Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.




Unemployment rates'

On thousands)

Sex and age

June
1984

June
19 83

Peb.
1984

Har.
1984

Apr.
1984

Hay
1984

June
198 4

8,130
3,156
1,419

10.0
17.6
23*6

602

25.6
22.3

7.8
14.2
19.3
22.1
17.5
11.6
6,1

7.8
14.4
19.9
23.1
18.1
11.6

7.8
14.6
19.4
22.3
17.5
12.2

7.5
14.0
19.0
20.2
18.2
11.5

7. 1
13.0
17.6
19.7
16.3
10.7

5.9

6.4
4.3

6.3
4.3

6.0
6.3
4.2

5.7
6.0
4.4

5. 6
5.7
4.6

7.7
14.6
20.0
23.0
18.2
41.9
5.9
6.1

7.7
15.0
19.7
23.7
17.3
12.7
5.9

7.3
14.0
19.4
21.3
18.3
11.5
5.7
5.9
4.5

7. 1
13.7
18.5
22.7
16. 1
11.-4
5.4

7.7
14.0
18.6
19.0
18. 1
11.6
5.8
6. 1
4.3

7.2
>2- 2
16.7
16.4

813
1,737

4,996
4,274
683

14.5
7.9
8.3
5.5

4,529
1,772
774

10.1
18.6
24.0

365

26.0

413
998
2,757
2,377
378

22.8
15.9

5.5

7.8
14.6
19.7
21.6
18.1
12. 1
6.1
6.4
4.5

3,836
1,591
712
280
424
879

3,600

2,254

2,238
1,897
305

9.8
16.4
23-1
25.2
21.7
12.9
7.8
8.1
5.5

7.8
13.7
18.9
22.6
16.9
11.0
6.1
6.5
4.0

1,812
817

394

1,994

266

1,384

645
237
400
739

7.9
8.4

4.6
7.9

6.2
4.4

14.2
19.8
23.1
18.1
11.3

7.9
14.1
19.0
20.8
17.8
11.6

6-0
6-5
3.9

6.0
6.4
3.9

5. 6
4.3

16.5
9.9
5.8
5. 8
5.0

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Employment status of black and other workers
(Numbers In thousand*)
Not aoooonoJty eojmted
Employment statu*

June
1963

June
198a

June
19 83

Feb.
1984

Bar.
1984

apr.
1984

Ha;
1984

June
198 4

23,316
14,895
63.9
11,923
51. 1
2,972
20.0
8,420

Civilian nonlnstltutlonal population.
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio'
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Not in labor force

Hay
1984
23,894
14,847
62.1
12,809
53.6
2,038
13.7
9,048

23,989
15,303
63.8
13,040
54.4
2,263
14.8
8,686

23,316
14,621
62.7
11,898
51.0
2,723
18.6
8,695

23,600
14,593
61.8
12,417
52.6
2,176

23,539
14,521
61.7
12,325
52.4
2,195
15-1
9,018

23,791
14,770
62.1
12,541
52.7
2,229
15. 1
9,021

23,894
14,976
62.7
12,852
53.8
2,125
14.2
8,918

23,989
15,039
62.7
13,02 0
54.3
2,020
13.4
8,950

' The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical
numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

1

14. 9

9,007

Civilian employment as a percent of the civilian noninsUtuOonal population.

Table A-11. Occupational status of the employed and unemployed, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers In thousands)
Crvwati e*np*oy#d
Occupation

Total, 16 years and over'

June
1983

June
1984

June
1983

June
1984

June
1983

June
1984

101,813

106,812

11,570

8,582

Managerial and professional specialty
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Professional specialty

23,201
10,725
12,475

24,589
11,538
13,0 51

851
392
460

598
284
314

2.4
2. 4
2. 4

Technical, sales, and administrative support
Technicians and related support
Sales occupations
Administrative support, including clerical

31,170
2,951
11,847
16,372

32,876
3,250
12,848
16,778

2,280
156
937
1,187

1,704
112
703
889

4.9
3.3
5.2
5.0

Service occupations
Private household
Protective service
Service, except private household and protective

13,970
990
1,757
11,223

14,506
1,0 35
1,667
11,804

1,803
89
127
1,587

1,333
88
95
1,149

11.4
8.2
6.7
12.4

8.4
7.9
5.4
8. 9

Precision production, craft, and repair
Mechanics and repairers
Construction trades
Other precision production, craft, and repair

12,420
4,118
4,461
3,841

13,193
4,365
4,692
4,136

1,493
372
669
451

987
229
506
252

10.7
8.3
13.0
10.5

7.0
5.0
9.7
5.7

Operators, fabricators, and laborers
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving occupations
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Construction laborers
Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

16,526
7,776
4,255
4,495
739
3,756

17,191
8,083
4,491
4,617
.775
3,842

2,797
1,371
520
9 06
161
745

2,011
864
375
773
183
589

14.5
15.0
10.9
16.8
17.9
16.6

10. 5
9.7
7.7
14. 3
19.1
13.3

4,526

4,458

406

278

8.2

5.9

Farming, forestry, and fishing
'Persons with'no previous work experience and those whose last job was In the Armed
Forces are included in the unemployed total.




10.2

7. 4

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HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Employment status of male Vietnam-era veterans and nonveterans by age, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers In thousands)

Civilian labor force

Veteran status
and aga

Chilian
nonkiatitiitlonal
population

Unemployed
Employed

Total

Pafoaajt of

June
1983

June
1984

Jane
1983

June
1984

June
19 83

June
1984

7,843
5,878
684
2,171
3,023
1,965

7,917
5,515
488
1,747
3,280
2,402

7,367
5,639
637
2,094
2,908
1,728

7,425
5,312
459
1,684
3,169
2,113

6,748
5,113
538
1,887
2,68 8
1,635

7,025
4,997
415
1,576
3,006
2,028

619
526
99
207
220
93

19,97 0
8,691
6,759
4,52 0

21,067
8,955
7,370
4,742

18,915
8,190
6,441
4,284

19,913
8,427
6,983
4,503

17, 197
7,323
5,912
3,962

18,706
7,859
6,612
4,235

1,718
867
529
322

June
1983

June
1983

June
198 4

400
315
44
108
163
85

8.4
9.3
15.5
9.9
7.6
5.4

5.4
5.9
9.6
6.4
5. 1
4.0

1,207
568
371
268

9.1
10.6
8.2
7.5

6.1

June
1984

VETERANS
Total, 25 years and over
25 to 39 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years
40 years and over
NONVETERANS
Total, 25 to 39 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years

NOTE: Male Vietnam-era veterans ara man who eecved In tha Aimed Force* between
August 5,1964 and May 7,1975. Nonveterans are man who hava never served In the Arm-




6.7
5. 3
6.0

rtF*M^pvbHahri4&un#tttoritotoom2StoMymnc4a&,th»gKH0m*m<M
cloaaty correaponda to tha bulk of tha Vietnam-era veteran population.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-13. Persons not in labor force by reason, sex, and race, quarterly averages
(In thousands)

adjusted
R—on, MX, and not
1983

1984

1984

1983
III

Total not in labor force
Do not want a job now
Currant activity:

Want a job now
Reason not looking:

II

62,768

Going to ichool.
Ill, ditablad . . .
Kaapinghouaa .
Retired
Other

School attandanca
III health, disability . . .
Homa responsibilities..
Think cannot get a job •
Job-market factori'.
Personal f acton 1 . . .
Other reasons'

62,527

62,680

62,392

62,938

63,072

6 2, 48 4

55,887
5,962
4,126
28,609
13,025
4 , 165

56,212
5,840
4,206
28,164
13,725
4,276

55,986
6,39 9
4,064
28,281
13, 00 3
4,239

55,690
6,462
3 , 8 04
2 8 , 2 67
12,892
4,265-

56,526
6,540
3,814
28,539
13,196
4,437

56,957
6,713
4,096
28,484
13,466
4,198

5 6,47 4
6,379
4 , 14 5
27,864
13,705
4,381

6,882
2,046
680
1,412
1,646
1,290
356
1,098

6,316
2,121
7S0
1,177
1,226
918
308
1,003

6,540
1 , 518
701
1,436
1,726
1,316
411
1,159

6,756
1,832
841
1,442
1,610
1,197
413
1,032

6,335
1,538
86 8
1,384
1,457
1,046
411
1,089

6,182
1,526
686
1,503
1,339
938
401
1,128

6,017
1,63 3
816
1 , 19 2
1,295
93 5
35 9
1,08 2

Total not in labor forca . .

19,319

19,541

19,455

19,337

19,626

19,752

19,702

Do not want a job now

16,860

17,248

17,187

16,968

17,473

17,753

1 7 , 59 1

Want a job now
Reason not looking:

2,460

2,292

2,409

1,073
301
671
414

1,068
350
500
375

2,203
77 5
308
683
436

2,173
826
380
620
346

2,013
806
337
486
385

Total not in labor forca . .

43,449

42,986

43, 226

43,056

43,311

43,320

42,781

Do not want a job now

39,027

38,963

38,799

38,723

3 9,053

39,204

38,883

Want a job now
Reason not looking:

4,422
972
379
1,412
975
684

4 , 0 23

4, 338

4,347

1,053
4 40
1,177
726
62b

743
39 3
1, 436
1,043
723

753
4 62
1,442
1,003
687

4 , 162
711
488
1,384
836
743

4,168
720
349
1,503
853
743

Total not in labor forca . .

53,957

53,528

53,947

53,574

53,786

53,966

53,528

Do not want a job now

48,838

4 9 , 0 40

49,

132

48,849

49,099

49,702

49,333

5,120

4 , 4 88
1,540
547
805
7S0
805

4,775
1 , 109
510
1,00 3
1,245
907

4,734
1,144
634
1,061
1,076
819

4,605

4,447

1,105
615
1,03 9
974
872

1,082
534
1,100
884
847

4,202
1 , 10 8
55 6
82 6
83 0
88 1

School attandanca
III haaltfi. disability . . .
Think cannot get a job.
Othar reasons1

1,079
379
607
3 45

2,06 8
79 8
35 4
515
401

Woman

School attandanca
III health, disability . . .
Homaraaponaibilitias. .
Think cannot get a job.
Othari

3,949
83 5
46 2
1,192
78 0
68 0

Whrta

Want a job now
Reason not looking:

School attandanca
III health, disability . . .
Homa responsibilities..
Think cannot get a job.
Othar reasons

1,597
50 5
975
1,187
855

Total not in labor forca . .

7,238

7,362

7,210

7,240

7,444

7,419

7,33 5

Do not want«job now

5,650

5,770

5,684

5,556

5,917

5,894

5,812

Want a job now

1,588
39 9
169
386
413
221

1,592
502
2 20
320
379
171

1, 514
330
170
354
431
230

1,679
476
207
3 54
473
169

1,555
425
193
308
458
171

1,584
402
160
352
407
263

1,52 0
42 2
22 5
29 2
403
176

Reason not looking:

1

'

School attandanca • • •
III health, disability . . .
Homa responsibilities. .
Think cannot get a job.
Othar reasons

Job market factoa include "could not find job" and "thinks no Job i
Panonal factors Include "employers think too young or old," "leaks ertaexlrn or training,"




Indudaa emaM number of man not looking for work bacauae of hcna reaportaMMee.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-14. Employment status of the civilian population for ten large States
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted'
Slat* and employment status
June
1983

19*4

June
1984

June
1983

Feb.
1984

Mar.
1984

Apr.
1984

May
1984

18 , 7 9 1
12,448
11 , 19b
1 ,253
10.1

19,088
12,434
11,535
898
7.2

19,116
12 , 6 9 9
11,759
941
7.4

18,791
12,437
1 I ,169
1 ,2*8
10.2

19,009
12 , 3 6 3
11 , 3 8 0
983
8.0

19,035
12 . 4 5 1
11 , 4 2 5
1 ,026
8.2

19,06 1
12,458
11 , 5 0 4
95 4
7.7

19,088
12,490
11 , 5 2 4
966
7.7

8 ,329
4,948
4,515
434
8.8

8,528
5 ,032
4,728
3 05
6.1

8 ,547
5 ,06 7
4,731
336
6.6

8,329
4,899
4,465
434
8.9

8 ,473
5 ,065
4,760
305
6.0

8,491
5 ,105
4 ,826
279
5.5

8,509
5 ,004
4,694
310
6.2

8 ,528
5 ,05 8
4,735
323
6.4

8 ,576
5 ,659
4,938
721
12.7

8,594
5 ,581
5 ,092
489
8.8

8,596
5 ,736
5 ,230
5 06
8.8

8 ,576
5 ,581
4,900
681
12.2

8,590
5 ,599
5 ,067
532
9.5

8 ,591
5 ,625
5 ,036
589
10.5

8 ,5 92
5 ,579
5 ,021
558
10.0

8 ,594
5 ,617
5 ,108
509
9.1

4,485
3,008
2,783
225
7.5

4,507
3,019
2,899
120
4.0

4,509
3,084
2 ,946
138
4.5

4,485
2,986
2,780
2 06
6.9

4,501
3,033
2,860
173
5.7

4 ,503
3,026
2,865
161
5.3

4 , 5 05
3,099
2,932
167
5.4

4,507
3,05 7
2,933
124
4.1

6 ,747
4,435
3,785
650
14.6

6 ,727
4,395
3,899
497
11.3

6 ,726
4,451
3 ,949
5 03
11.3

6,747
4,349
3,698
651
15.0

6 ,733
4 , 3 05
3,815
490
11.4

6 ,731
4,385
3,891
494
11.3

6 ,729
4,377
3,911
466
10.6

6,727
4,356
3,845
511
11.7

749
699
384
315
8.5

5 ,790
3,886
3,643
243
6.3

5 ,794
3,825
3,623
2 02
5.3

5 ,749
3,650
3,347
303
8.3

5 ,779
3,811
3,575
236
6.2

5 ,783
3,822
3,565
25 7
6.7

5 ,786
3,928
3,661
267
6.8

5 ,790
3,861
3,639
222
5.7

13,566
8 ,197
7,448
749
9.1

13,622
7 ,990
7 ,481
5 09
6.4

13,628
8,070
7 ,487
583
7.2

13,566
8,101
7,366
735
9.1

1 3 , 6 09
8,024
7 ,432
5 92
7.4

13,613
8,061
7 , 5 01
560
6.9

13,618
7 ,994
7,461
5 33
6.7

13,622
8,074
7,532
542
6.7

8,05 0
5 ,253
4,583
670
12.8

8., 05 0
5 ,086
4,593
493
9.7

8,05 0
5 ,183
4,715
46 9
9.0

8,05 0
5 ,145
4,489
656
12.8

8 ,05 0
5 ,082
4,607
475
9.3

8,05 0
5 ,025
4,513
512
10.2

8 ,049
5 ,05 0
4,543
507
10.0

8,05 0
5 ,081
4,562
519
10.2

9,184
5 ,624
4,901
723
12.9

9 , 2 05
5 ,429
4,956
473
8.7

9 , 2 08
5 ,640
5 ,122
518
9.2

9,184
5,567
4,882
685
12.3

9,200
5 ,421
4,888
533
9.8

9,202
5 ,365
4,887
478
8.9

9,203
5,394
4,900
494
9.2

9 , 2 05
5 ,497
4,995
502
9.1

11,250
7,702
7,045
65 7
8.5

11,532
7,925
7,482
442
5.6

11 , 5 5 9
8,090
7,646
445
5.5

11,250
7,625
7,031
594
7.8

11 , 4 5 5
7,632
7,199
433
5.7

11,480
7,817
7,307
510
6.5

11,506
7,854
7,322
532
6.8

11 , 5 3 2
7 ,988
7,531
457
5.7

California
Civilian nonlnstltutlonai population .
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Florida
Civilian nonlnstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Illinois
Civilian nonlnstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Massachusetts
Civilian nonlnstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Michigan
Civilian nonlnstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
New Jersey
Civilian nonlnstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
New York
Civilian nonlnstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Ohio
Civilian nonlnstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
,
Pennsylvania
Civilian nonlnstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Texaa
Civilian nonlnstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

< These ara the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used m the admtntstratlon of
Federsl fund allocation programs.




'The population figures ara not ad|ueted for seasonal variation; thweSwa, Identical numbers
appear In the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted columns.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonagrlcultural payrolls by industry
(In thousands)

*J#ejeevieny eolueted

Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

June
1983

Apr.
1984

1984

1984

90,738

93,229

94,094

74,765

77,013

23,528

24,468

950
587.7

Total private
Goods-producing ..
Mining
"Oil and gas extraction

977
604.3

991
611.5

Construction
General building contractors

Mar.
1984

Apr.
1984

May
1984

94,886 89,927

92,846

93,058

93,449

93,718

77,870

78,914 74,091

76,971

77,185

77,546

77,822

24,844

25,313 23,241

24,577

24,595

24,760

24,850

1,008
622.5

939
583

978
607

978
607

984
612

993
618

4,301
4,065
4,059
4,537
1 , 0 5 2 . 3 1,056.9 1,120.1 1,188.2

Total

Feb.
1984

3,911
1,011

4,226
1,111

4,151
1,099

4,246
1,110

4,288
1,125

June
1983

Manufacturing
Production workers

18,513
12,59

19,432
13,368

19,552
13,455

19,768 18,391
13,630 12,494

19,373
13,326

19,466
13,388

19,530
13,443

19,569
13,461

Durable goods
Production workers

10,770
7,152

11,533
7,794

11,621
7,861

11,762 10,686
7,969 7,078

11,440
7,718

11,513
7,769

11,551
7,799

11,597
7,827

676
443
583
838.0
345.8
1,369.1
2,026.9
2,017.2
1,747.7
753.6
692.5
375

700
482
597
886
349
1,456
2,193.8
2,205
1,906
856
717
386

713,
481
608,
891.
350.
,467.
207.
,224.
,921.
863.
720.
385.

729.7
484.5
621.1
901.2
353
,487
226
,257
937
873
728
388

657
445
570
830
340
1,362
2,020
2,006
1,736
741
689
371

706
480
604
877
348
1,447
2,151
2,175
1,898
865
715
387

712
483
606
877
347
1.456
2,166
2,202
1,905
863
718
388

714
482
604
879
345
1,459
2,189
2,212
1,905
857
719
388

710
482
604
887
347
1,467
2,203
2,229
1,907
848
722
386

7,743
5,443

7,899
5,574

8,006
5,661

7,705
5,416

7,933
5,608

7,953
5,619

7,979
5,644

7,972
5,634

1,625
69
743'
1,156
659
1,294
1,045
196
712
206

1,637
65
767
1,213
680
1,333
1,054
190
784
210

1,638
66
769
1,218
680
1,339
1,054
190
790
209

1,648
67
766
1,226
680
1,348
1,057
189
790
208

1,644
67
762
1,217
681
1,354
1,057
188
796
206

68,269

68,463

68,689

68,868

Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable good*
Production workers
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products.
Leather and leather products

7,931
5,594

1,583.8 1,599.6
1,618
62
64
61.9
746.0
765
763.1
1 , 1 7 2 . 8 1,220
1,221.4
664
677
680.0
1,294
1,349
1,352.2
1,053
1,055
1,057.7
198.8
187
188.8
719.5
790
798.3
207.5
211
206

,631.
62.
763.
,228.
688.
,359.
,065.
190,
806.
210.

67,210

68,776

69,250

Transportation and public utilities
Transportation
Communication and public utilities

5,049
2,765
2,284

5,094
2,836
2,258

5,143
2,875
2,268

5,209
2,914
2,29 5

5,005
2,735
2,270

5,105
2,828
2,276

5,112
2,839
2,273

5,129
2,862
2,267

5,142
2,869
2,273

Wholesale trade
Durable goods
Nondurable goods

5,272
3,063
2,209

5,449
3,209
2,240

5,489
3,237
2,252

5,547
3,274
2,273

5,241
3,046
2,195

5,438
3,193
2,245

5,457
3,205
2,252

5,473
3,215
2,258

5,496
3,237
2,259

15,623
2,095.5
2,560.6
1,676.8
5,172.9

15,918
2,167.8
2,609.0
1,735.8
5,148.4

16,139
2,193.8
2,619.4
1,754.9
5,268.2

16,306 15,514
2,208.6 2,152
2,642.0 2,555
1,770.1 1,659
5,366.8 5,002

15,980
2,211
2,626
1,740
5,121

16,030
2,230
2,626
1,748
5,136

16,095
2,251
2,635
1,743
5,154

16,139
2,266
2,630
1,751
5,160

5,507
2,750
1,723
1,034

5,594
2,822
1,740
1,032

5,639
2,834
1,746
1,059

5,710
2,864
1,755
1,091

5,464
2,745
1,717
1,002

5,593
2,812
1,741
1,040

5,613
2,831
1,742
1,041

5,640
2,851
1,742
1,047

5,661
2,863
1,746
1,052

19,786
20,490
20,616
3,527.1 3,880.6 3,948.9
5,987.8 6,043.6 6,051.9

20,829
4,001.7
6,089.6

19,626
3,520
5,963

20,278
3,845
6,040

20,378
3,875
6,052

20,449
3,912
6,062

20,534
3,969
6,070

15,972
2,809
3,584
9,579

15,836
2,744
3,657
9,435

15,875
2,763
3,682
9,430

15,873
2,770
3,686
9,417

15,903
2,771
3,693
9,439

15,896
2,767
3,698
9,431

Service-producing.

Retail trade
General merchandise stores
Food stores
Automotive dealers and service stations.
Eating and drinking places
Finance, insurance, and real estate

Finance
Insurance
Real estate
Services
Business services.
Health services . . .

Government.
Federal...
Stale
Local
p = preliminary.




,

15,973
2,789
3,561
9,623

16,216
2,765
3,785
9,666

16,224
2,770
3,750
9,704

69,573 66,686

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
1

Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervlsory workers on private nonagriculturai payrolls by industry
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted

June
1983
Total private.
Mining

Apr.
1984

May
1984 p

June
1984 P

June
1983

Feb.
1984

Mar.
1984

35.2

35.3

35.3

35.6

35.0

35.3

35.3

42.5

43.0

43.3

44.1

(2)

(2)

(2)

May
1984 P

June
1984 P

35.4

35.3

35.3

(2)

(2)

(2)

Apr.
1984

Construction

37.9

37.5

38.1

38.6

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Manufacturing
Overtime hours

40.3
3.0

40.9
3.4

40.7
3.3

40.9
3.4

40.1
2.9

40.9
3.5

40.7
3.5

41.1
3.7

40.6
3.3

40.6
3.3

Durable goods
Overtime hours

40.8
2.9

41.6
3.6

41.4
3.5

41.6
3.6

40.5
2.8

41.7
3.8

41.4
3.7

41.8
4.0

41.3
3.5

41.3
3.5

40.8

40.
39.
42.
42.
41.
41.
41.8
40.8
42.7
43.8
40.9
39.3

40.1
39.6
42.6
42.3
42.0
41.8
41.9
40.9
43.1
44.4
41.3
39.5

40.0
39.5
41.5
40.4
39.3
40.4
40.3
40.5
41.8
43.2
40.1
(2)

40.
39.
42.
42.
41.
41.8
41.9
41.
43.
44.
41.

40.1

(2)

(2)

40.4
39.7
42.3
42.2
41.0
41.8
42.3
41.3
43.5
44.8
41.4
(2)

39.
39.
42.
42.
41.8
41.4
41.
40.
42.4
43.0
40.9
(2)

39.
39.
41.
42.1
41.9
41.
41.
40.
42.
43,
41.

38

40.2
39.5
42.2
42.4
41.9
41.5
42.1
41.0
43.4'
44.9
41.
39.

39.7
3.0

39.8
3.1

39.6
3.0

39.9
3.2

39.5
3.0

39.9
3.3

39.8
3.3

40.2
3.4

39.7
3.1

39.7
3.2

39.
38.
41.
36.
42.
37.
41.
44.
41.
37.

39.5
39.5
40.5
36.8
43.0
38.0
42.0
43.9
42.1
37.0

39.7
40.1
40.1
36.5
42.9
37.8
41.9
43.7
41.7
36.9

40.
40.
40.
36.
43.
37,
42.
44,
41.
37,

39.7
(2)
40.7
36.2
42.8
37.5
41.8
43.6
(2)
36.8

39^7
(2)
40.8
36.9
43.2
37.9
42.1
44.5
(2)
37.2

39.8
(2)
40.6
36.7
43.0
37.9
42.0
44.7
(2)
36.7

40.1
(2)
41.2
37.4
43.2
38.2
42.0
43.7
(2)
37.5

39.8
(2)
40.0
36.5
43.1
38.0
41.9
43.6
(2)
36.5

39.9
(2)
39.8
36.5
42.8
37.8
42.1
44.0
(2)
36.4

39.2

39.5

38.9

39.3

39.2

39.5

39.4

39.3

Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical

Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods.

Overtime hours .
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products
Leather and leather products
Transportation and public utilities

39.9
42
40
39
40
40
40
42
44
40

(2)-

39.6

41.9
41.8
41.2
41
41
41
42
44
41

(2)

39.1

39.3

Wholesale trade

38.6

38.5

38.6

38.7

38.5

38.5

38.5

38.7

38.6

38.6

Retail trade

30.1

29.8

30.0

30.3

29.9

30.0

30.1

30.0

30.1

30.1

Finance, insurance, and real estate

36.1

36.5

35.3

36.3

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Services

32.9

32.7

32.6

33.0

32.7

32.7

32.8

32.8

32.7

32.8

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




' This series is not published seasonally adjusted since the seasonal component Is
small relative to the trend-cycle and/or Irregular components and consequently cannot
be separated with sufficient precision.
p s preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

TaMa B-3. Avaraga hourly and waakly aamlnga of produotlon or nonauparviaory worker*1 on privata nonagrleultural
payroll* by Induatry

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly MfMnge
Musty

June
1984

May
1984

Apr.
1984

June
1983

June
1983

May
1984 P

June
1984

$7.98
8.01

$8.29
8.31

$8.27
8.28

$8.29
8.31

11.22

11.62

11.55

.11.61

476.85

499.66

500.12

512.00

11.77

11.95

11.97

11.94

446.08

448.13

456.06

460.88

8.79

Total private

Apr.
1984

9.11

9.10

9.13

354.24

372.60

370.37

373.42

11. 51
13.08
34
.93
8.89
12.09
12.64
8.77
7.00

381.07
319.87
263.34
390.27
455.22
499.99
369.56
384.87
349.57
491.53
533.28
337.68
263.45

402.27
317.18
267.02
401.32
488.02
549.73
387.61
417.21
364.49
523.40
563.94
358.80
275.32

399.92
316.79
267.53
404.07
482.58
543.24
386.26
413.82
361.90
514.11
548.81
356.65
275.10

403.10
319.20
270.86
407.26
486.87
549.36
390.41
416.07
363.60
521.08
561.22
362.20
276.50

319.59
326.36
421.63
253.18
196.54
425.57
338.47
440.79
580.36
327.51
207.90

329.94
332.99
451.49
260.42
202.03
442.47
353.02
460.74
590.02
347.33
210.16

328.28
333.88
463.96
257.44
199.66
443.16
351.16
460.48
580.34
342.77
209.59

331.97
337.64
486.30
258.49
202.95
446.77
349.86
465.47
589.63
346.51
212.06

$280.90 $292.64 $291.93 $295.12
293.34
294.17
292.28
280.35

Seasons///«o7«/»r*d
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable good*
Lumber and wood products
Furniture end fixture*
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary matal Industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products..
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment . . . . . . .
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products
Leather and leather products

11.24
12.69

8.OS
8.20
10.98
6.16
5.37
9.92
9.05
10.52
13.19
7.93
5.50

Transportation and public utilities

11.49
13.09

8.61
11.62
12.12
8.40
6.79

11.51
13.12
9.34
9.91
8.89
12.06
12.56
8.73
6.97
8.29
8.43
11.43
6.43
5.49
10.29
9.29
10.97
13.44
8.25
5.68

8.29
8.41
11.57

10.33
9.29
10.99
13.28
8.22
5.68

8.32
8.42
11.89
6.43
5.50
10.39
9.28
11.03
13.28
8.27
5.67

8.87
12.04
12.53
8.72
7.00

10.72

11.07

11.04

11.03

419.15

435.05

432.77

435.69

Wholesale trade

8.49

8.89

8.85

8.86

327.71

342.27

341.61

342.88

Retail trade

5.73

5.90

5.88

5.88

172.47

175.82

176.40

178.16

Finance, Insurance, and real estate

7.25

7.62

7.53

7.53

261.73

278.13

273.34

273.34

7.24

7.60

7.54

7.53

238.20

248.52

245.80

248.49

Service*

1

,

See footnote 1, table B-2.

p » preliminary.

Tabla EM. Hourly Eamlnga Indax for production or nonauparviaory

workers1 on privata nonagrleultural payrolls by Industry

(1977 m 100)
Not seasonally adjusted

Industry
June
1983

Total private nonfarm:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and pubHc ulMHee
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, Insurance, end
real estate

1
2
3
4

Apr.
1984

May
1984p

June
1984p

Seasonally adjusted
Percent
change
from:
June
1983June
1984

154.
94.
166.
144.
157,
155.
157.
150.

159.8
95.4
172.
145.
161.
160.
164.
154.

159.5
94.8
172.
146.
161.
160.
164.
154.

159.6
N.A.
173.4
146.0
162.0
160.2
164.0
154.0

3.2
(2)
4.4

157.9
155.1

165.8
162.3

164.0
161.4

164.0
161.4

3.9
4.1

Percent
change
frorfl!
May
June
1984p, 1 9 8 4 June
1984

June
1983

Feb.
1984

Mar.
1984

Apr.
1984

May
1984p.

155.1
94.9
(4)
145.0
157.5
156.6
(4)
150.2

158.5
94.8
(4)
146.2
160.7
159.8

159.9
95.4
(4)
146.6
161.6
161.3

(4)
153.7

159.6
94.9
(4)
146.9
161.9
161.1
(4)
153.4

160.0
N.A.
(4)
147.0
162.1
161.6

(4)
152.9

159.1
95.1
(4)
146.3
161.2
160.9
(4)
153.2

(4)
153.8

0.3
(3)
(4)
.1
.2
.3
(4)
.3

(4)
156.0

(4)
159.8

(>
*
160.8

(4)
162.3

(4)
161.2

(4)
162.4

(4)
.7

See footnote 1, table B-2,
Percent change la .1 percent froa May 1983 to May 1984, the lateat aonth available.
Percent change la -.6 percent froa April 1984 to May 1984, the lateat aonth available.
Theae aerlea are not aeaaonally adjuated alnce the aeaaonal component la aaall relative to the trend-cycle and/or
Irregular component* and conaequently cannot be aeparated with aufflclent preclalon.
N.A > - Data not available.
p - preliminary.




ESTABLISHMENT Q£TA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
1

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of y. eduction or nonsupervlsory workers on private nonagrlcultural
payrolls by industry
(1977 = 1001
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

June
1983
Total

Apr.
1984

June
June
May
1984 P 1984 P 1983
i

107.2

Feb.
1984

Mar.
1984

Apr.
1984

May
June
1984 P 1984

114.5

105.5

111.9

112.6

92.7

98.0

99.7

102.7

90.6

99.2

98.1

100.1

99.4

100.3

Mining

106.4

111.7

114.4

118.7

105.1

112.1

111.7

114.7

115.6

117.3

Construction

108.1

106.0

115.6

124.7

101.2

114.1

89.1

95.8

95.9

97.7

87.9

95.7

95.3
96.2
102.5
87.8
75.2
64
90
95
112
97
91
108
85

95.
97.
101.
90,
75.
64.1
91.
95.
113.
96.
90.
108.
85.

97.
100.
102.
92.
76.
65.
93.
96.
115.
97.
92.
110.
86.8

84
89
93
82
65
57
81
80.8
98.6
82.8
74.3
101.4
80.1

94.
97.
102.
89.
73.
62.
90.
92.
111.
95,
92.

96
92
84
84.
94
98
116
96
85.8
113.6

96.6
93.8
84.2
82.9
94.2
98.9
115.7
95.8
86.6
113.5
79.6

98.4
97.4
87.3
83.2
95.3
100.7
115.5
97.8
90.8
115.6
81.9

93.2
95.9
90.8
81.7
88.0
95.0
109.1
94.1
91.7
99.1
78.5

118.7

121.0

113.7

117.4

103.8

106.1

100.2

103.1

103.1

113.2

114.8

107.7

112.0

110.4

112.7

106.0

109.4

123.0

124. C 118.7

122.1

125.9

129.9

Qoodt-produclng

Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries.
Blast furnaces and basic steel products . .
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing

85
94
94
85
66
58
82
81
99
84.8
77.4

102.2
80.9

Nondurable goods

94.
95.
85.
82.8
90.5
96.1
108.6
95.4
94.3
100.6
82.7

Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing

Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products
Leather and leather products
Service-producing

115.2

Transportation and public utilities

101.7

Wholesale trade

108.7

Retail trade

107.4

Finance, Insurance, and real estate

119.9

Services

127.6

79.6
117.6
102.9
112.0
108.2
122.6
131.4

131.9

' See footnote 1, table B-2.

134.4

112.6

113.4

116.9

95.7

97.0

96.0

96.3

95.8
98.6
103
89
74
62
91
95
113
96.8
91.8
109.3
86.5

95.
96.
102.
89.
74.
63.
91.
95.
113.
94.
86.
108.
85.

95.
94.
101.
89.
75.
64.
92.
96.
113.
95,
88,
109,

86.5

94.5
97.8
102.8
88
73
62
89
93
112
95
91.8
108.8
85.8

97.5
96.9
86.1
84.8
94.4
99.4
114.1
96.3
88.8
112.5
81.2

97.
97.
87.
84.
94.
99.
L14.
96.
88.
L12.
79,

98.8
98.
93.
85.
96.
99.
116,
96.
86,
113,
81

97.4
97.8
93.
82.
93.
99.
116.
95.
86.
113.
78.

97.
97.
92.
82.
92.
99.
116.
96.
88.
113.
77,

118.6

118.8

119.4

104.4

104.2

104.4

112.5

113.3

113.5

113.7

109.9

110.3

110.9

111.1

122.2

123.1

122.9

123.8

130.9

131.4

131.6

132.5

p = preliminary.

Table B-6. Indexes of diffusion: Percent of industries in which employment1 Increased
Time
span

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Over
1-month
span

27.6
54.3
71.1

47.6
46.5
73.2

35.7
60.8
67.0

31.1
68.9
63.8

41.1
69.5
6 3 . 5p

33.5
64.6
63.2p

34.6
74.3

32.4
68.6

37.3
69.5

28.9
75.4

32.4
69.7

45.7
73.8

Over
3-month
span

25.1
46.8
82.2

27.8
57.3
80.5

27.8
64.1
76.5

27.3
75.1
71.4p

27.6
75.7
67.3p

28.6
77.8

23.5
74.1

24.1
81.6

26.5
80.8

25.9
78.9

27.8
79.5

41.6
77.6

Over
6-month
span

19.2
50.8
81.9

22.2
63.0
8 2 . 2p

21.9
69.2
79.7p

24.6
75.1

20.3
80.0

21.4
82.4

21.4
84.1

.18.6
82.4

23.2
84.6

27.3
85.9

29.5
86.8

35.4
83.8

Over
12-month
span

21.6
49.5

21.4
54.3

17.6
61.9

18.1
71.1

16..'
77.3

18.1
79.5

21.1
83.8

21.1
88.1

25.1
86.8

31.6
87.3

34.1
85.4p

40.3
8 6 . 5p

Year

' Number of employees, seasonally adjusted for 1,3, and 6 month spans, on payrolls
of 185 private nonagrlcultural industries,
p = preliminary.

* U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:




1984-421-816:566

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment rising. (Half of the unchanged components are counted as rising.) Data are centered within the spans.

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