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JULY 3, 1986

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JUNE 1986
Unemployment declined slightly in June, returning to the April level,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported
today. The overall unemployment rate was 7.0 percent, and the rate for
civilian workers was 7.1 percent.
The two employment series showed different over-the-month movements.
Total civilian employment—as measured by the household survey—rose by
560,000 in June, after seasonal adjustment. By contrast, nonfarm payroll
employment—as measured by the establishment survey—showed little change,
even after accounting for about 170,000 workers who were on strike.
Striking workers are not counted as employed in this survey because they
are not on a payroll. (In the household survey, persons on strike are
counted as employed—"with a job but not at work.")
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
Unemployment totaled 8.4 million persons in June, seasonally adjusted,
not much different from the levels in the prior 4 months. The civilian
worker unemployment rate was 7.1 percent, the same as in April, after
rising marginally in May. Although the rate has fluctuated somewhat during
the first half of 1986, the June figure is about in line with those that
have prevailed for nearly a year.
Jobless rates among most worker groups—including adult women (6.4
percent), teenagers (19.1 percent), whites (6.1 percent), blacks (15.1
percent), and Hispanics (10.6 percent)—were little changed over the month.
The unemployment rate for adult men edged down slightly to 6.2 percent,
partly offsetting an increase in May. (See tables A-2 and A-3.)
The average duration of unemployment rose in June, as the number of
unemployed for 27 weeks or more increased by 150,000, while the number out
of work less than 5 weeks declined sharply.
The median duration of
unemployment was 7.3 weeks, and the mean duration was 15.2 weeks. (See
table A-7.)




- 2 The total number of persons working part
time
for
economic
reasons—sometimes referred to as the partially unemployed—fell by 440,000
in June to 5.5 million. The decline was • concentrated among persons who
usually work full time but whose hours had been cut as a result of slack
work. (See table A-4.)

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

Quarterly
averages

MayJune
change

Category
1986

1986
I

Apr,

1 II

May

June

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

118,718
110,460
117,027
108,768
8,259
62,798
1,097

Thousands of
119,359 118,929
110,912 110,587
117,671 117,234
109,225 108,892
8,446
8,342
62,914
62,650
1,101
N.A.

persons
119,351
110,797
117,664
109,110
8,554
62,647
N.A.

119,796
143,353
118,116
109,673
8,443
62,387
N.A.

445
- 5 5 6 "

452
563
-111
-260

N.A.

Percent of labor force
Unemployment rates:
All workers 1/
All civilian workers.
Adult men
Adult women
Teenagers
White
Black
Hispanic origin ...

7.0
7.1

7.1
7.2

6.1

6.2

6.5
18.5

6.4
19.2

7.0
7.1

7.2
7.3
6.4
6.5
19.0

6.0
6.4
19.6

7.0
7.1

6.2

-0.2
-.2
-.2
-.1
.1

6.1

6.2

6.1

6.2

14.6
10.9

14.9
10.7

14.8
10.4

14.8

6.4
19.1
.6.1
15.1

1 1 . 0

10.6

.3
-.4

jobs
p99,908 p99,819
p24,964 p24,859
p74,944 p74,960

p-89
p-105
pl6

- . 1

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

Thousands of
99,403 p99,837
99,783
25,028 p24,954
25,038
74,375 p74,883
74,745

Hour8 of work
Average weekly hours:
Total private
Manufacturing
Overtime

34.9
4(5.7

3.4

p34.8
p40.7
' p3.4

U Includes the resident Armed Forces,
p-preliminary.




34.8
40.7
3.4

p34.8
p40.7
p3.4

p34.8
p0
p40.6 p-0.1
p3.3
P-.1

N.A."not available.

- 3 Civilian Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
Civilian employment rose by 560,000 in June to 109.7 million,
seasonally adjusted.
The bulk of the over-the-month increase occurred
among adult women, as fewer than normal left the labor force at the onset
of summer.
The proportion of the civilian population with jobs rose to a
record-high 60.8 percent. (See table A-2.)
The civilian labor force expanded by 450,000 to 118.1 million in June,
after seasonal adjustment.
Adult women accounted for nearly all of the
growth. The civilian labor force participation rate edged up to 65.4
percent, the highest figure ever recorded.
Discouraged Workers (Household Survey Data)
At 1.1 million in the second quarter, the number of discouraged
workers—persons who want to work but are not actively looking for jobs
because they believe that they cannot find any—was about unchanged from
both the first quarter and the year-earlier levels. Blacks continued to
make up a disproportionately large share of all discouraged workers, 26
percent in the second quarter of 1986. (See table A-14.)
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
Total nonagricultural payroll employment was about unchanged in June,
even after accounting for the 170,000 striking workers who were off
payrolls. Only the services industry experienced strong employment growth
over the month. (See table B-l.)
In the service-producing sector, the strike of some 155,000 American
Telephone and Telegraph workers, since settled, affected not only the
communications industry within transportation and public utilities but also
trade.
Nevertheless, job declines in transportation and public utilities
and wholesale trade reflected some weakness after adjustment for the strike
effects. Services, on the other hand, exhibited a very sharp job gain over
the month—145,000—and there was also an increase in finance.
In the goods-producing sector, employment in construction decreased by
30,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis to 4.9 million. Construction jobs
were still 290,000 above the year-earlier level.
Continuing its recent
downtrend, employment in mining was off by 20,000, with most of the decline
occurring in oil and gas extraction. Within manufacturing, 40,000 of the
55,000 decrease in employment was the result of labor-management disputes,
particularly in primary metals and electrical equipment. The nonelectrical
machinery component of manufacturing showed employment losses, partly
reflecting continued declines in oil field machinery.
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
Average weekly hours for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonagricultural payrolls were unchanged at 34.8 hours in June,
after seasonal adjustment. The manufacturing workweek edged down 0.1 hour
to 40.6 hours; factory overtime also declined 0.1 hour to 3.3 hours. (See
table B-2.)




- 4 The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonagricultural payrolls declined 0,2 percent in June to
117.5 (1977=100), after seasonal adjustment.
Pacing this drop were
decreases of 1.7 percent in construction and 2.2 percent in mining.
Declines in both manufacturing, and transportation and public utilities
were attributable largely to strike activity. (See table B-5.)
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
Average hourly and weekly earnings were about unchanged, seasonally
adjusted. Prior to seasonal adjustment, average hourly earnings were $8.72
and weekly earnings were $305.20. Over the past year, average hourly and
weekly earnings rose 18 cents and $4.59, respectively. (See table B-3.)
The Hourly Earnings Index (Establishment Survey Data )
The Hourly Earnings Index (HEI) was 169.4 (1977=100) in June,
seasonally adjusted, an increase of 0.4 percent from May. For the 12 months
ended in June, the increase was 2.5 percent. The HEI excludes the effects
types
of
changes
unrelated
to
underlying
wage
rate
of
two
movements—fluctuations in manufacturing
overtime
and
interindustry
employment shifts.
In dollars of constant puruchasing power, the HEI
increased 1.4 percent during the 12-month period ended in May. (See table
B-4.)

The Employment Situation for July 1986
August 1, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).




will

be

released

on

Friday,

Explanatory Note

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys,
the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the
Current Employment Statistics Survey (establishment survey).
The household survey provides the information on the labor
force, total employment, and unemployment that appears in
the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD D A T A . It is a sample
survey of about 59,500 households that is conducted by the
Bureau of the Census with most of the findings analyzed and
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The establishment survey provides the information on the
employment, hours, and earnings of workers on
nonagricultural payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked
ESTABLISHMENT D A T A . This information is collected
from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.
The sample includes 250,000 establishments employing over 38
million people.
For both surveys, the data for a given month are actually
collected for and relate to a particular week. In the household
survey, unless otherwise indicated, it is the calendar week that
contains the 12th day of the month, which is called the survey
week. In the establishment survey, the reference week is the
pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.
The data in this release are affected by a number of technical
factors, including definitions, survey differences, seasonal adjustments, and the inevitable variance in results between a
survey of a sample and a census of the entire population. Each
of these factors is explained below.

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. Persons laid off from their
former jobs and awaiting recall and those expecting to report
to a job within 30 days need not be looking for work to be
counted as unemployed.
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
grouping of seven measures of unemployment based on varying definitions of unemployment and the labor force. The
definitions are provided in the table. The most restrictive
definition yields U-1 and the most comprehensive yields U-7.
The overall unemployment rate is U-5a, while U-5b represents
the same measure with a civilian labor force base.
Unlike the household survey, the establishment survey only
counts wage and salary employees whose names appear on the
payroll records of nonagricultural firms. As a result, there are
many differences between the two surveys, among which are
the following: *
— The household survey, although based on a smaller sample, reflects a
larger segment of the population; the establishment survey excludes agriculture,
the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and
members of the resident Armed Forces;
— The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed; the establishment survey does not;
• — The household survey is limited to those 16 years of age and older; the
establishment survey is not limited by age;
— The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because each individual is counted only once; in the establishment survey, employees working at
more than one job or otherwise appearing on more than one payroll would be
counted separately for each appearance.

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

Seasonal adjustment
Over the course of a year, the size of the Nation's labor
force and the levels of employment and unemployment
undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as
changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.
For example, the labor force increases by a large number each
June, when schools close and many young people enter the job
market. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very
large; over the course of a year, for example, seasonality may
account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular
pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be
eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month.
These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as
declines in economic activity or increases in the participation
of women in the labor force, easier to spot. To return to the
school's-out example, the large number of people entering the
labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes
that have taken place since May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined.
However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can
be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the
seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in
economic activity.
Measures of labor force, employment, and unemployment
contain components such as age and sex. Statistics for all
employees, production workers, average weekly hours, and
average hourly earnings include components based on the
employer's industry. All these statistics can be seasonally adjusted either by adjusting the total or by adjusting each of the
components and combining them. The second procedure
usually yields more accurate information and is therefore
followed by BLS. For example, the seasonally adjusted figure
for the 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. At the time the first
half year's factors are calculated (upon availability of data for
December), historical data for the previous 5-year period are
subject to revision. 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 approximately 68 out of 100 that an estimate based
on the sample will differ by no more than the standard error




from the results of a complete census. The chances are approximately 90 out of 100 that an estimate based on the sample will
differ by no more than 1.6 times the standard error from the
results of a complete census. At approximately the 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 approximately 90 out of 100 that
the "true" level or rate would not be expected to differ from
the estimates by more than these amounts.
Sampling errors for monthly surveys are reduced when the
data are cumulated for several months, such as quarterly or
annually. Also, as a general rule, the smaller the estimate, the
larger the sampling error. Therefore, relatively speaking, the
estimate of the size of the labor force is subject to less error
than is the estimate of the number unemployed. And, among
the unemployed, the sampling error for the jobless 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 $4.50 per issue or $31.00 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 off the population, Including Armed Force^ In the United States, by sex
(Numbers In thousands)

Seaaonally edjueted1

Not MMomNy
Employment status and sex
June
1985

May
1986

June
1986

June
1985

Feb.
1986

Mar.

Apr.

1986

1986

May
1986

June

1986

TOTAL
Noninstitutional population1
Labor force1
Participation rate*
Total employed1
Employment-population ratio4
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate*
Not in labor force

179,798
118,27A
65.8
109,521
60.9
1,702
107,819
3,634
104,185
8,753
7.4
61,524

181,998
118,886
65.3
110,728
60.8
1,687
109,041
3,347
105,695
8,158
6.9
63,112

182,183
121,324
66.6
112,549
61.8
1,680
110,869
3,651
107,218
8,775
7.2
60,859

179,798
116,726
64.9
108,303
60.2
1,702
106,601
3,140
103,461
8,423
7.2
63,072

181 , 5 1 2
118,779
65.4
110,252
60.7
1,691
108,561
3,096
105,465
8,527
7.2
62,733

181,678
118,900
65.4
110,481
60.8
1,693
108,788
3,285
105,503
8,419
7.1
62,778

85,970
67,077
78.0
62,368
72.5
1,552
60,816
4,709
7.0

87,195
66,721
76.5
62,262
71.4
1 ,533
60,729
4,460
6.7

87,288
68,203
78.1
63,485
72.7
1,525
61 , 9 6 0
4,718
6.9

85,970
65,808
76.5
61 , 1 7 5
71.2
1,552
59,623
4,633
7.0

86,954
66,838
76.9
62,243
71.6
1 ,539
60,704
4,595
6.9

87,035
66,864
76.8
62,288
71.6
1,540
60,748
4,577
6.8

87,120
66,757
76.6
62 , 2 5 4 ,
71 . 5
1 ,541
60,713
4 ,503
6.7

87,195
66,943
76.8
62,190
71.3
1 ,533
60,657
4 ,754
7.1

87,288
66,964
76.7
62,322
71.4
1 ,525
60,797
4 ,642
6.9

93,828
51,197
54.6
47,153
50.3
150
47,003
4,044
7.9

94,803
52,165
55.0
48,466
51.1
154
48,312
3,698
7.1

94,895
53,121
56.0
49,064
51 . 7
155
48,909
4,057
7.6

93,828
50,918
54.3
47,128
50.2
150
46,978
3,790
7.4

94,558
51,941
54.9
48,009
50.8
152
47,857
3,932
7.6

94,643
52,036
55.0
48,194
50.9
153
48,04i
3,842
7.4

94,723
52,172
55.1
48,333
51.0
154
48,179
3,839
7.4

94,803
52,408

94 , 8 9 5
52,832
55.7
49,031
51 . 7
155
48,876
3 ,801
7.2

181,843
118,929
65.4
110,587
60.8
1,695
108,892
3,222
105,670
8,342
7.0
62,914

181,998
119,351
65.6
110,797
60.9
1 ,687
109,110
3,160
105,950
8,554
7.2
62 , 6 4 7

182 , 1 8 3
119,796
65.8
111,353

61 . 1
1 ,680
109,673
3,165
106,508
8,443
7.0
62,387

Men, 16 years and over
Noninstitutional population1
Labor force1
Participation rate®
Total employed1
Employment-population ratio4
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate5

Women, 16 years and over
Noninstitutional population1
Labor force1
Participation rate*
Total employed1
Employment-population ratio4
Resident Armed Forces
Civilian employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate*

1
The population and Armed Forces figures are not adjuated for soaeonal variation;
therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted
columns.
2
Includes members of the Armed Forces stationed In the United States.




55.3

48,608
51.3
154
48,454
3,800
7.3

' Labor f9rce as a percent of the noninstitutional population.
4
Total employment as a percent of the noninstitutional population.
s
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)

Employment status, sex, and ago
June
1985

May
1986

June
1986

June
1985

Feb.
1986

Mar.
1986

Apr.
1986

179,821
117,088
65.1
108,561
60.4
8,527
7.3

179,985
117,207
65.1
108,788
60.4
8,419
7.2

180,148
117,234
65.1
108,892
60.4
8,342
7.1

78,171
61,183
78.3
57,384
• 73.4
2,258
55,127
3,799
6.2

78,236
61,268
78.3
57,459
73.4
2,411
55,048
3,809
6.2

78,309
61,053
78.0
57,391
73.3
2,347
55,043
3,663
6.0

78,387
61,208
78.1
57,312
73.1
2,278
55,034
3,897
6.4

78,484
61,387
78.2
57,560
73.3
2,320
55,241
3,827
6.2

May
1986

June
1986

TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employment-population ratio1
Unemployment rata

180,503
180,311
117,664
118,116
65.4
65.3
109,110
109,673
60.8
60.5 *
8,554
8,443
7.1
7.3

178,096
116,572
65.5
107,819
60.5
8,753
7.5

180,311
117,199
65.0
109,041
60.5
8,158
7.0

180,503
119,644
66.3
110,869
61.4
8,775
7.3

178,096
115,024
64 »6
106,601
59.9
8,423
7.3

77 , 1 3 5
60,656
78.6
56,948
73.8
2,465
54,483
3,708
6.1

78,387
61,102
77.9
57,412
73.2
2,378
55,034
3,690
6.0

78,484
61,779
78.7
58,105
74.0
2,533
55,572
3,674
5.9

77,135
60,246
78.1
56,384
73.1
2,260
54,124
3,862
6.4

86,477
46,874
54.2
43,727
50.6
688
43,039
3,148
. 6.7

87,444
48,353
55.3
45,331
51.8
656
44,675
3,022
6.2

87,547
48,510
55.4
45,408
51.9
679
4 4 , 7 30
3,101
6.4

86,477
47,185
54.6
44,033
50.9
572
43,461
3,152
6.7

87,185
47,921
55.0
44,710
51.3
593
44,117
3,211
6.7

87,263
47,952
55.0
44,797
51.3
598
44,199
3,155
6.6

87,355
48,107
55.1
45,009
51.5
576
44,433
3,097
6.4

87,444
48,409
55.4
45,284
51.8
609
44,675
3,125
6.5

8 7,547
48,805
55.7
45,701
52.2
565
45,136
3,104
6.4

14,483
9,041
62.4
7,144
49.3
480
6,663
1 ,898
21.0

14,480
7,744
53.5
6,298
43.5
313
5t, 985
1 ,446
18.7

14,472
9,356
64.6
7,356
50.8
439
6,917
2,000
21.4

14,483
7,593
52.4
$,184
42.7
308
5,876
1,409
18.6

14,465
7,984
55.2
6,467
44.7
246
6,221
1,517
19.0

14,485
7,987
55.1
6,532
45.1
276
6,256
1,455
18.2

14,484
8,074
55.7
6,492
44.8
298
6,194
1,582
19.6

14,480
8,047
55.6
6,515
45.0
274
6,241
1 ,532
19.0

14,472
7,923
54.7
6,411
44.3
280
6,131
1,512
19.1

Man, 20 yaart and over
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rata
Employed
Employment-population ratio1
Agriculture
Nonagricultural Induatrlas
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

.

Woman, 20 yoars and over
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio*
Agriculture
Nonagricultural Industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

Both aoxos, 16 to 10 years
Civilian nonlnatltutlonal population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio'
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

1

The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical

numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted oolumns.




1

Civilian employment aa a percent of the civilian noninstitutional population,

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hlspanle origin
(Numbers in thousands)

Seasonally adjuated1

Not seasonally adjuated
Employment stetus, race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin
Hay
1986

June
1985

June
1986

June
1985

Feb.
1986

Mar.
1986

Apr .
1986

May
1986

June
1986

WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployment rate
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployment rate

153,597
100,833
65.6
94,261
61 . 4
6,573
6 . 5

155,236
101 , 2 0 2
65.2
95,142
61 . 3
6,060
6.0

155,376
103,253
66.5
96,823
62 . 3
6,430
6.2

153,597
99 , 5 2 7
64.8
93,132
60.6
6,395
6.4

154,889
101 , 2 3 2
65.4
94,803
61.2
6,429
6.4

155,005
101 , 2 4 8
65.3
94 , 9 5 8
.3
6 , 290
6.2

1 5 5 , 122
101 , 2 4 9
65.3
95,081
61.3
6 , 168
6. 1

155,236
101,515
65.4
95,180
61 . 3
6,335
6.2

155,376
101 , 9 7 5
65.6
95,731
61 . 6
6,244
6. 1

53,257
79.1
50 , 3 7 8
74 . 8
2,879
5.4

53,497
78.3
50,689
74.2
2,809
5.2

54 , 0 4 3
79.0
51 , 2 9 7
75.0
2,746
5.1

52 , 8 7 0
78.5
49 , 8 4 8
74.0
3,022
5.7

53,598
78.6
50,691
74.4
2,906
5.4

53,613
78.6
50,665
74.3
2,948
5.5

53,504
78.4
50,717
74.3
2 ,786
5.2

5 3,54 8
78.4
50,588
74. 1
2 ,960
5.5

53,674
78.5
5 0 , 7 89

41 , 0 0 4
54.6
38,814
51.7
2,190
5.3

41,195
54.8
38,935
51.8
2,260
5.5

40,080
53.9
37,760
50.8
2,320
5.8

40,698
54.4
38 , 2 9 8
51 . 1
2,401
5.9

40,750
54.4
"38 , 4'0 7
51.3
2,343
5.8

40,808
54.4
38,566
51.4
2 ,242
5.5

41 , 0 4 0
54.7
38,775
51.7
2,265
5.5

41,511
55.3
39 , 2 4 9
52 . 3
2,262
5.4

8,015
67.5
6,591
55.5
1,424
17.8
18.1
17.4.

6,577
55.3
5 ,524
46.5
-1,053
16.0
16.7
15.2

6,936
58.5
5,814
49.0
1,122
16.2
16.5
15.8

6,88-5
58. 1
5 ,886
49.6
99 9
14.5

6,927
58.3
5,817
49.0
1,110

15.3
13.7

6,937
58 . 4
5,797
48.8
1 ,140
16.4
17.2
15.6

6,790
57.2
5,693
47 . 9
1 ,097
16.2
17.8
14.4

19,974
12,981
65.0
10,936
54.8
2,046
15 1 8

19,646
12,317
62.7
10,538
53.6
1,779
14.4'

19,863
12,545
63.2
10,690
53.8
1,855
14.8

19,889
12,656
63.. 6
10,791
54.3
1 ,865
14.7

19,916
1 2 , 740
64'.0
10,856
54.5
1 ,8&4
14.8

19,943
12,781
64 . 1
10,889
54.6
1 ,892
14.8

19,974
12,754
63.9
10,825
54.2
1 ,929
15.1

<•

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed

74 . 3
2 ,884
5.4

*

39,772
53.5
37 , 4 5 7
50.4
2,315
5.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

7,804
65.6
6,425
54.0
1 ,379
17.7
17.2
18.2

.

6,700
56.4
5,639
47.5
1 ,061
15.8
15.9
15.8

;
•

16.0
17.3
14.7

BLACK
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
.',
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed . .
Unemployment rate

19,646
12,544
63.8
10,641
5 4.'2
1 ,903
15.2

19,943
12,713
63.7
10,872
54.5
1,840
14.5

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

5,771
74.7 •
5 ,062
65.5
709
12.3

5,938
75.3
5,189
65.8
749
12.6

6,007
76.0
5,218
66.0
790
13.2

5,731
74.2
5,017
65.0
714
12.5

5,858
74.6
5 ,081
64.7
778
13.3

5,913
75.2
5 , 169
65.7
744
12.6

5,916
75.1
5 , 170
65.7
746
12.6

5 ,956
75.5
5 ,199
65.9
757
12.7

5,968
75.5
5,171
65 . 4
796
13.3

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

5,728
58.7
5 ,005
51.3
722
12.6

5,896
59.4
5 , 146
51 . 9
750
• 12.7

5,837
58.7
5,095
51.3
742
12.7

5,727
58.7
5,001
51.2
726
12.7

5,776
58.5
5,054
51.2
722
12.5

'5,791
58.5
5,087
51.4
704
12.2

5,875
59.3
5 , 140
51.9
735
12.5

5,897
59.4
5,141
51 . 8
756
12.8

5,834
58.7
5,085
51 . 2
749
12.8

1 ,045
48.4
574
26.6
472

879
41.2
537
25.2
342
38.9
38.5
39.4

1 ,137
53.3
623
29.2
5^4
45.2
42.7
47.8

859
39 . 8
520
24.1
339
39.5
41.0
37.8

911
42.6
555
26.0
356
39.1
38.7
39.5

951
44.5
535
25.1
416
43.7
44.1
43.4

949
44.4
545
2 5.5
404
42.6
41.4
43.8

928
43.5
549
25.7
379
40.8
40.8

952
44.6
569
26.7
383
40.2
38.5
•41.9

12,326
8,191
66.5
7,331
59.5
860
10.5

11 , 8 9 7
7 ,669
64.5
6,856
57.6
813
10.6

12,184
7 ,943
65.2
6,969
57.2
974
12.3

12,219
7,920
64.8
7 , 105
58.2
815
10.3

12,255
7,975
65.1
7 ,144
58.3
832
10.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Men
Women

45.1
44.9
45.4

,

•

40.8

HISPANIC ORIGIN
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

11 , 8 9 7
7 ,748
65. 1
6,932
58.3
816
10.5

12,290
7,925
64.5
7,095
57.7
830
10.5

1
The population figuree are not adfuoted tor seasonal variation; therefore, identical
numbers appear in the unadjueted and seoeonally adjusted columns.
2
Civilian employment as a percent of the civilian noninstitutional population.




12,290
8,002
65.1
7 ,123
58.0
878
1 1.0

12,326
8,110
65.8
7,251
58.8
858
10.6

NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included
in both the. white and black population groups.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-4. Selected employment indicators
(Numbers in thousands)
t seasonally actuated
Cstsgory

Seasonslly adjusted
Feb.
1986

June
1985 -

Apr.
1986

Mar .
1 986

May
1986

June
1985

May
1986

June
1986

107,819
39,169
25,660
5,724

1 09 , 0 4 1
39 ,7 33
26,947
5,855

1 10,869
39 , 824
26,878
5 ,764

10 6 , 6 0 1
38 , 9 6 6
26,174
5 ,643

108 , 5 6 1
39 , 382
26,593
5,733

10 8 , 7 8 8
39 , 3 6 5
26,656
5,771

1,811
1 ,629
211

1 ,530
1,451
159

1,519
1,444
156

1 ,689
1 ,453
172

1 ,587
1,475

180

1,480
1,48b
186

95 , 39 1
16 , 0 0 0
79,391
78,163
7,728
292

97,516
16,104
81,412
1,197
80,216
7 ,669
270

97 , 6 9 8
16,095
8 1 ,604
1 , 2 13
80,390
7 ,644
240

97,83 1
16,187
81 , 6 4 3
1,321
80,322
7,571
253

97 , 9 9 4
16,325
8 1 ,669
1,275
80 , 3 9 4
7,757
229

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

10 9 , 1 1 0
39,614
2 6,920
5,718

108,892
39,555
26,802
5,812

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

1,845
1,572
217

1 , 6 18
1 ,528

200

96,153
15,572
8 0 , 58 1
1,318
7 9 , 263
7,725
307

97 , 707
16,537
81,169
1 ,257
79,912
7,757
230

99,173
15,945
83,227
1 ,374
81 , 8 5 3
7 ,799
247

All industries:
Part time for economic reasons
Slack work
Could only find part-time work
Voluntary part time

6,119
2,434
3,263
11,750

5,645
2,513
2 ,722
14,511

6,11
2,346
3,335
12,470

5 ,544
2,524
2,751
13,439

5,377
2,369
2 ,703
13,817

5 , 538
2,330
2,953
13,754

5,923
2,603
2,974
1 3 , 9 33

5,980
2,659
2,893
13,63b

Nonagricultural industries:
Part time for economic reasons
Slack work
Could only find part-time work
Voluntary part time

5,793
2,250
3,138
11,29 7

5,406
2,404
2,614
13,996

5,841

5,278
2,334
" 2,675
12 , 9 9 5

5 ,158
2 ,224
2 ,636
13,369

5,301
2,159

5,621
2,430
2,849
1 3 ,599

5,673
2,523
2,790
13,191

1 ,228

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME

2,220
3,198
11 , 9 6 0

2,861
13,285

1
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 measurea based on varying deflnltlone of unemployment and the labor force,
seaeonally adjusted
(Percent)
Quarterly everegee
Meeewe

Monthly data
1986

1986

1985

IV

I

II

1.9

1 ,. 9

1 .9

1 .8

1 . 9

2.0

3 ., 5

3. 6

3.4

3.7

3.7

5.4

5 .. 5

5. 5

5.4

5 . 5

5 . 6

6.8

6.7

6 ., 7

6. 8

6.7

7.0

6.7

7.2

7. 1

6.9

7 .0
.

7 .1

7 . 0

7 . 2

7 . 0

II

III

U-1

Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer as a percent of the
civilian labor force

2.0

U-2

Job losers as a percent of the civilian labor force

3.6

3.6

3.5

U-3

Unemployed persons 25 years and over as a percent of thp
civilian labor force

5.7

5.6

U-4

Unemployed full-time jobseekers as a percent of the full-time
civilian labor force

6.9

U-5a

Total unemployed ee a percent of the labor force, including the
resident Armed Forces

2.0

Apr .

May

June

U-5b

Total unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor force

7.3

7.2

7.0

7 ,. 1

7. 2

7. 1

7 . 3

7 . 1

U-6

Total full-time jobeeekers plus Vt pert-time jobseekers plus V% total on part time
for economic reasons as a percent of the civilian labor force less Vz of the
part-time labor force

9.7

9.6

9.4

9..4

9. 7

9 . 7

9.9

9.4

U-7

Total full-time jobseekers plus 1/a part-time jobseekers plus V* total on part
time for economic reasons plus discouraged workers as a percent of the
civilian labor force plus discouraged workers less 1/a of the
part-time labor force

10.7

10.7

10.4

10,. 3

10. 6

N.A.

N.A.

N . A - n o t available.




N.A.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-6. Selected unemployment Indicators, seasonally adjusted

Number of
unemployed persons
(In thousands)

Unemployment ratea1

Category
June
1985

May
1986

June
1985

Feb.
1986

Mar.
1986

Apr .
1986

May
1986

June
1986

8 423
4 633
3 j, 8 6 2
3,, 7 9 0
3,, 1 5 2
1 ,, 4 0 9

8 ,554
4 ,754
3 ,897
3 ,800
3 , 125
1,532

8 ,, 4 4 3
4,, 6 4 2
3 ,827
3 j, 8 0 1
3,, 104
1 ,,5 1 2

7 .. 3
7 ., 2
6 ,. 4
7 .. 5
6 ,. 7
1 8 .. 6

7 . ,3
7 .,0
6 . ,2
7 .,6
6 . ,7
1 9 . ,0

7 . ,2
7 , ,0
6 . ,2
7 .,4
6 , ,6
1 8 . ,2

7. 1
6. 9
6 . ,0
7 . ,4 •
6 . ,4
1 9 . ,6

7 . ,3
7 . ,3
6 . .4
7 ., 3
6 . .5
1 9 .. 0

7.1
7.1
6.2
7.2
6.4
19.1

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

1 ,,8 7 5
1 ,,6 0 5
619

1 ,852
1 , 544
650

1 ,,8 8 2
1,, 4 9 2
637

4 ,. 6
5 ,. 8
9 ,. 9

4 . ,5
5 . ,5
9 . ,9

4 , ,5
5 . ,6
1 0 ., 1

4 . ,2
5 . ,3
9 . ,4

4 .. 5
5 ., 4
1 0 ., 2

10.1

Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Labor force time lost2

6 ,770
1 ,.5 4 0

7 ,037
1 ,517

6,, 7 5 6
1 ,,5 7 2

6 ., 9
9 ,. 5
8 ,. 2

6 . ,9
9 . ,4
8 ,, 1

6 . ,9
9 ., 1
8 ., 1

6 . ,7
9 . ,6
8. 1

7 .. 0
9 ,. 2
8 ,. 3

7,. 3
1 0 ,. 9
1 3 ,. 5
7 .7
7 ,. 9
7,. 5
5 ., 3
7,. 7
5 ., 7
3 ,. 9
12, . 5

7 . ,2
9 ., 2
1 3 . ,2
7 . ,2
7 .,4
7 ., 0
5 . ,3
7 ..8
5 ,, 9
3 . ,8
1 4 ., 3

7 . ,2
1 0 . ,4
1 3 . ,0
7 . .2
6 . .8
7 ..7
6 ., 1
7 . .6
5 . .7
4 .0
1 1 .. 9

7 .,2
1 2 . ,8
1 2 . ,0
6 . ,8
6 . ,8
6 ., 8
5 . ,6
8 ., 1
5 .. 9
3 ..5
1 3 ., 4

7 .. 3
1 3 .. 7
1 3 .. 3
7.. 5
7.. 3
7,. 7
5,. 3
8,. 1
5,. 5
3,. 7
15,. 8

June
1986

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

- -

- -

—

4.5
5.2

6.7
9. 1
8. 1

INDUSTRY
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers . . .
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Transportation and public utitities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance and service industries
Government workers
Agricultural wage and salary workers
1
2

6 j, 2 7 0
112
790
1 ,, 7 2 1
1 ,,0 5 7
664
321
1 ,,6 8 0
,
6
1 , 46
646
219

6 ,435
136
830
1 ,657
965
692
321
1 ,838
1 ,653
625
278

,282
186
753
1 ,, 6 0 9
931
678
332
1 ,,7 6 1
,
6
1 , 41
616
227

Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
Aggregate hours- lost by the unemployed and persons on part time for economic

7. 1
17.6
12.1
7.3
7 . 1
7.5
5.5
7.7
5.4
3.6
13.2

reasons as a percent of potentially available labor force hours.

Table A-7. Duration of unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
Not aeaaonally adjusted

Seasonally adjuated

Weeka of unemployment
June
1985

May
1986

June
1986

June
1985

Feb.
1986

Mar.
1986

4,169
2,321
2 ,285
1 ,014
1,271

3,466
2,536
2 ,328
1 ,033
1 ,295

3,562
2,622
2,340
1,149
1,191

3 , 589
2,640
2,258
1 ,099
-1,159

3,628
2 ,685
2,135
1 ,001
1,134

Apr.
1986

May
1986

June
1986

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

4,281
2,178
2,294
1 ,013
1 ,281

3,494
2,255
2,410
1,172
1 ,237

3,705
2,737
2 ,209
1,072
1,137

3 ,384
2,708
2 ,320
1,036
1 ,284

14.8
5.2

15 . 4
6 ., 9

14 ,. 5
5 ., 6

15 ,. 5
6 ,. 8

1 5 . .3
6 .,9

14 .,4
6 .,8

14 .,3
6 . .5

14 . 4
6 .6

15.2
7.3

100.0
48.9
24.9
26.2
11.6
14.6

1 0 0 ,. 0
4 2 ,. 8
27 ,. 6
29 ,. 5
14 ,. 4
15 ,. 2

100 ,. 0
47 ..5
26 ..5
26 .. 0
1 1 .6
.
14 ,.5

1 0 0 ,. 0
4 1 ..6
3 0 ,.4
27 ,. 9
1 2 . .4
15 ,.5

1 0 0 . ,0
41 . 8

1 0 0 . .0
42. 3
31 . 1
26 .,6
13 . 0
13. 7

1 0 0 . ,0
4 2 . ,9
31 .,8
25 .,3
11 .,9
1 3 . ,4

1 0 0 ,. 0
4 2 ,. 8
3 1 .,6
25 ,. 5
1 2 .,4
1 3 ,. 1

100.0
40.2
32.2
'27.6
12.3
15.3

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




3 0 . ,8
27 .,5
1 3 . ,5
1 4 . ,0

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Table A-8, Reason for unemployment
(Numbers In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Reason

Seasonally adjusted

June
1985

May
1986

June
1986

June
1985

Feb.
1986

Mar.
1986

Apr.
1986

May
1986

June
1986

3,818
990
2 ,828
918
2,518
1 ,500

3,983
1 ,007
2,976
898
2,219
1 ,058

3,962
927
3,035
948
2,322
1 ,543

4,167
1,135
3,032
983
2,233
1,018

4,162
1 , 152
3,010
1 ,001
2,292
1,097

4,246
1,164
3,082
1 ,002
2,197
1 ,000

4 ,034
1 ,028
3,006
1,110
2,191
1 ,059

4,311
1,133
3,178
975
2,217
1 ,062

4,335
1 , 0 66
3 , 269
1,013
2,064
1 ,05Q

100.0
A3.6
11.3
3 2.3
10.5
28.8
17.1

100.0
48.8
12.3
36.5
11.0
27.2
13.0

100.0
45.2
10.6
34.6
ID.8
26.5
17.6

100.0
49.6
13.5
36. 1
11.7
26.6
12.1

100.0
48.7
13.5
35.2
11.7
26.8
12.8

100.0
50.3
13.8
36.5
11.9
26.0
1 1.8

100.0
48.1
12.2
35.8
13.2
26.1

100.0
50.3
13.2
37.1
11.4
25.9
12.4

l on . n
51.2
12.6
38.6
12.n
24 . 4
12.5

3.3
.8
1.9
1.3

3.6
.9
1.9
. 9

3.6
.9
2.0
.9

3.6
.9
1.9
.9

'

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

12.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
3.2
.8
2.2
1.3

Job losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants

3.4
.8
1 .9
.9

3.4
.9
1 .9
.9

3.7
.8
1 .9
.9

3.7
.9
1 .7
.9

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

Number of
unemployed persons
(in thousands)

Sex and age

Unemployment rates1

June
1 985

Ma v
1986

June
1986

June
1985

Feb.
1986

Ma r .
1 986

Apr .
1986

1986

June
1986

8,, 4 2 3
3 ,, 1 6 7
1 ,: 4 0 9
661
750
1 ,,7 5 8
5,, 2 8 0
4,, 6 1 3
642

8 ,554
3 ,339
1,532
702
824
1 ,807
5 ,188
4 ,672
545

8,, 4 4 3
3 ,. 172
1 ,,5 1 2
680
830
1 ,,6 6 0
5 , 303
4 ,728
560

7,. 3
13,. 6
18,. 6
2 1.6
,
16,. 4
11 .2
,
5,.8
6,.0
4.. 3

7., 3
13..6
19..0
2 1 .. 8
17.. 2
1 0 .. 8
5., 7
5.,9
4 . .4

7.. 2
1 3 ., 2
1 8 .. 2
1 9 .,4
1 7 .. 1
1 0 .. 6
5.,7
5..9
4 . .3

7 ., 1
1 3 ..9
1 9 , ,6
2 0 . .9
1 8 ., 9
i n . ,9
5 ., 4
5 . ,8
3 ., Q

7.. 3
14.. 2
1 9 .,0
2 1.. 1
17.. 5
1 1 . .7
5.,5
5., 9
3..6

7 . 1
13.5
19.1
20. 6
17.9
10.7
5.6
5 . 9
3.7

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

4 ,j 6 3 3
1,, 7 4 5
771
373
397
974
2,, 8 8 7
2,, 5 0 2
391

4 ,754
1 ,850
857
380
478
993
2 ,865
2 ,553
335

4 ,642
1 ,s 7 0 5
815
325
487
890
2,, 9 4 5
2,, 5 9 0
362

7.,2
1 4 ,, 2
1 9 ,, 2
2 3 . .2
16.,4
11 .7
.
5.. 6
5,.8
4 ,,4

7.,0
13, .6
1 9 ,. 3
2 3 . .2
1 6 .,6
1 0 .,7
5.,5
5.,7
4 . ,4

7,.0
1 3 ..6
1 8 , ,9
2 0 . .0
1 7 .,8
1 1,, 0
5,. 5
5 .,7
4 ,, 3

7., 3

7 . 1
14 . n
2 0.1
19.4

Women, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

3,, 7 9 0
1,, 4 2 2
638
288
353
784
2,, 3 9 3
2,, 1 1 1
251

3 ,800
1 ,489
675
322
346
814
2 ,322
2 ,119
209

3,, 8 0 1
1 ,,4 6 7
697
355
343
770
2,, 358
2 , , 1 38
198

7.,5
1 2 ,. 9
1 7 . .8
1 9 .. 9
1 6 .,4
10.,6
6 .0
6 ..3
4 . 1

7..6
1 3 ..6
18..6
2 0 . ,2
1 7 ., 7
11 ..0
5 ..9
6 ,. 2
4 . ,4

7 , ,4
1 2 . .7
1 7 ,, 5
1 8 ..8
1 6 , .3
1 0 ., 1
5 ..9
6 .. 3
4 , ,4

Total, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.




6 ., 9
1 4 ,, 5

Ma

v

2 n ,, 2

1 5.,n
2 n .. 4

2 1 ,, 2
1 9 . ,7
1 1.6.
5 ., 2
5 ., 5
3 .,9

2 I . 6
19, , 6
12 . 2
5.,4
5.8
3.,8

7 ., 4
1 3 ., 2
1 9 . ,0
2 0 ., 5
1 8 ., 1
1 0 ., 0
5., 8 •
6 ., 2
3 . ,8

7. 3
1 3 .. 3
1 7 ., 6
2 0 .. 5
1 5 ., 3
11 . 1
5.,7
6 ., 1
3 , ,4

20 . 4
11.0
5 . 5
5. 8
4. 1
7 . 2

I3.n
18.n
2 1.9
15.1
10.. 4
5 . 7
6 . 1
3. 1

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HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-10. Employment status of black and other workers
(Numbers in thousands)

Seeeonelly adjuated1

Not seaeonalty adjuated
Employment ststus

Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio2
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Not in labor force

June
1985

1986

June
1986

June
1985

Feb.
1986

Mar.
1986

Apr.
1986

May
1986

June
1986

24,498
15,739
64.2
13,558
55.3
2,180
13.9
8,760

25,075
15,997
63.8
13,899
55.4
2,098
13.1
9,078

25,127
16,391
65.2
14,046
55.9
2,345
14.3
8,736

24,498
15,498
63.3
13,458
54.9
2,040
13.2
9,000

24,932
15,869
63.6
13,763
55.2
2,106
13.3
9,063

24,980
16,031
64.2
13,899
55.6
2,132
13.3
8,949

25,025
16,039
64. 1
13,857
55.4
2,182
13.6
8,986

25,075
16,102
64.2
13,919
55.5
2 , 183
13.6
8,973

2 5,127
1 6 , 148
64.3
13,935
55.5
2,213
13.7
8,979

May

1
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical
numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

2

Civilian employment as a percent of the civilian noninstitutional population,

Table A-11. Occupational status of the employed and unemployed, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)

. Civilian employed
Occupation

June
1985

June
1986

Unemployment rate

Unemployed
June
1985

June
1986

June
1985

June
1986

107 , 8 1 9

1 1 0 ,, 8 6 9

8 ,753

8,775

7 .,5

7.3

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

2 5 ., 3 4 6
12 , 1 3 6
13 , 2 1 0

!

2 6 ,, 1 8 5
12 , 6 4 1
13 ., 5 4 4

691
336
355

653
342
311

2 .,7
2 ,,7
2 .,6

2.4
2.6
2.2

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

3 3 ,, 1 6 3
3 ,210
12 , 8 0 1
1 7 , ,1 5 2

34 , 5 1 2
3,, 3 6 6
13 , 4 6 3
17 ., 6 8 3

1 ,750
149
689
912

1 ,823
110
811
902

5 . ,0
4 .,4
5 ., 1
5 ., 1

5.0
3.2
5.7
4.9

14 ., 4 2 3
1 ,,0 1 8
1 ,,7 3 1
11 , 6 7 4

14 , 5 5 7
1 ,,0 6 0
1 ,.8 4 5
1 1 , ,6 5 1

1 ,,4 4 1
80
83
1 ,,2 7 8

1 ,339
72
82
1 ,184

9 ., 1
7 .,3
4.6
S .9

8.4
6.4
4.3

6.7
5.0
8. 1
6.7

Total, 16 years and over1

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

...
•

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

13
4
4
4

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

17
7
4
4

Farming, forestry, and fishing
1

Persons with no previous work experience and those whose last job was in the
Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.




,773
,399
,239
,135

995
206
512
277

987
232
460
296

6 . ,8
4 .,4
9 .,5
6 ., 1

,650
,074
,710
,866
803
4 ,064

2 ,042
979
376
687
154
533

2,092
930
421
741
187
554

1 0 . ,7
11 .,0
7 .,5
1 3 . ,0
17 .,4
12 ., I

10.6
10.3
8.2
13.2
18.9
12.0

4 ,193

291

278

6 .,6

6.2

,630
,522
,866
,243

13
4
5
4

,113
,,8 8 7
,626
,600
729
3 ,870

17
8
4
4

4 ,144

9.2

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Employment status of male Vietnam-era veterane and nonveterana by age, not eeaeonally adiueted
(Numbers in thousands)

Civilian labor force
Civilian
noninstitutional
Veteran atatua
and age

VIETNAM'ERA VETERANS
Total, 30 years and over
30 to 44 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 years and over

7,645
6,514
1 ,386
3,373
1,755
1,131

7,742
6,391
1 , 155
3,086
2,150
1,351

7,187
6,292
1 ,329
3,268
1 ,695
895

7,210
6,116
1 ,088
2,961
2,067
1 ,094

6,806
5,939
1,240
3,071
1,628
867

17,189
7,966
4,925
4,298

18,356
8,545
5,666
4,145

16,285
7,617
4,638
4,030

17,383
8,158
5,365
3,860

15,410
7,168
4,406
3,836

6,872
5„818
1,009
2,818
1 ,991
1,054

381
353
89
197
67
28

338
298
79
143
76
40

4.0
3.1

4.7
4.9
7.3
4.8
3,7
3.7

875
449
232
194

939
460
277
202

5.4
5.9
5.0
4.8

5.4
5.6
5.2
5.2

5.3
5.6
6.7

6.0

NONVETERANS
Total,30to44year8
30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years

NOTE: Male Vietnam-era veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces between
August 5.1964 and May 7,1975. Nonveterana are men who have never served in the Armed Forces; published data are limited to those 30 to 44 years of age, the group that most
closely corresponds to the bulk of the Vietnam-era veteran population.




16,444
7,698
5,088
3,658

Data for 25- to 29-year-old veterans are no longer shown in this table because the group
is rapidly disappearing (into the 30-34 age category) and the numbers remaining for some
labor force categories are not large enough to warrant their continued publication.

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HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-13. Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
(Numbers in thousands)

Not mleeoneNy adjusted1
Stats and employment status

June
198• 5

May
198 6

Jun e
1986

June
1985

Feb .
1986

Mar.
1986

Apr .
1986

May
1986

J une
1986

Cellfomle
Civilian noninstitutional population .
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

19 ,557
12 ,950
11 ,972
978
7.6

19 ,942
13 , 1 1 1
12 ,309
802
6.1

19 ,978
13 ,373
12 ,507
867
6.5

19 ,557
12,902
11 ,926
976
7.6

19 ,839
13,187
12,232
955
7.2

19,872
13,250
12 , 338
912
6.9

19 ,908
13,217
12,319
898
6.8

19,942
13 ,204
12,325
879
6.7

19,978
13,326
12 ,465
861
6.5

Florida
Civilian noninstitutional population .
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

8 ,891
5 ,313
4 ,947
367
6. 9

9 , 119
5 ,550
5 ,256
293
5.3

9 ,141
5 ,655
5 ,313
342
6.0

8,891
5 ,310
4 ,960
350
6.6

9 ,058
5,423
5,112
311
5.7

9,078
5,489
5,147
342
6.2

9 ,09 8
5,525
5,204
321
5.8

9,119
5,570
5 ,253
317
5, 7

9,141
5,654
5,331
323
5.7

Civilian noninstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

8 ,641
5 ,754
5 ,215
539
9.4

8 ,667
5 ,703
5 ,235
468
8.2

8 ,671
,
5 ,813
5 ,324
,
489
8.4

8,641
5,673
5,165
508
9.0

8,661
5 ,694
5,151
543
9.5

8,663
5,667
5,165
502
8.9

8 ,665
5,683
5,217
466
8 . 2

8 ,667
5,685
5,201
484
8.5

8,671
5 ,733
5,273
460
8.0

4 ,547
3 , 130
3 ,007
123
3.9

4 ,581
3 ,047
2 ,925
122
4.0

4 ,584
,
3 ,075
,
2 ,961
,
114
3.7

4,547
3,095
2 ,978
117
3.8

4,572
3,072
2,959
113
3.7

4,575
3,083
2,969
114
3.7

4,578
3 ,058
2,935
123
4.0

4,581
3,065
2,924
141
4.6

4,584
3,038
2,928
110
3.6

6 ,791
4 , 384
3 ,936
448
10 . 2

.
6 ,842
,
4 ,402
3 ,986
.
416
9.4

6 ,! 848
4 , 422
4 ,,007
415
9.4

6,791
4,297
3,856
441
10.3

6 ,829
4,338
3,954
384
8.9

6,834
4 , 349
3 ,962
387
8.9

6 ,838
4 ,329
3,932
397
9.2

6,842
4,360
3,932
428
9.8

6 ,843
4,335
3,929
406
9.4

5 ,888
i , 897
3 ,683
214
5.5

5
3
3

,937
,
,932
.
,725
.
207
5.3

5 , 942
3 , 995
3 , 793
202
5.0

5,888
3,844
3,635
209
5.4

5 ,924
3,914
3,683
231
5.9

5 ,929
3,842
3,682
160
4.2

5,933
3,847
3,666
181
4.7

5,937
3,916
3,699
217
5.5

5,942
3,942
3,745
197
5.0

13 .,722
8 ,255
.
7 ,687
568
6.9

13 , 728
8 , 490
7 , 982
508
6.0

13,676
8 ,236
7 , 702
534
6.5

13,712
8 , 376
7,804
572
6.8

13,715
8 ,329
7,767
562
6.7

13,719
8 ,345
7 ,762
583
7.0

J3 , 7 2 2
8 ,401
7 ,783
618
7.4

13,728
8 ,464
7 ,968
49 6
5.9

,
4 ,649
3 , 1 10
2 ,, 940
170
5.5

4 ,727
,
3,,143
2 ,972
,
171
5.4

4 , 734
3, 206
3 , 030
176
5.5

4,649
3,077
2,926
151
4.9

4 , 706
3 ,200
3,032
168
5.2

4 ,713
3,141
2 ,959
182
5.8

4 ,720
3,125
2 ,946
179
5.7

4,727
3,125
2,940
185
5.9

4,734
3,175
3,017
158
5.0

8 ,063
.
5 ,146
,
4 ,707
,
439
8.5

8 ,,091
5 , 180
4 , 791
38 9
7.5

8 , 095
5 , 259
4 , 802
457
8.7

8 ,063
5 ,065
4 ,623
442
8.7

8 ,084
5,357
4,890
467
8.7

8,087
5,311
4,919
392
7.4

8 ,089
5 ,265
4,842
423
8.0

8 ,091
5,197
4,778
419
8,1

8,095
5,184
4,722
462
8.9

9 ,191
,
5 ,655
,
5 ,141
,
515
9.1 :

9 , 187
5 , 637
5 , 204
433
7.7 .

9 , 188
5 , 676
5 , 260
417
7.3

9,191
5,557
5,096
461
8.3

9 , 189
5 ,619
5,219
400
7 . 1

9 , 189
5 ,746
5,309
437
7.6

9 ,188
5 ,707
5,304
403
7 .1

9 ,187
5,694
5,245
449
7.9

9 ,188
5,573
5,211
362
6.5

U , 883
8 , 023
7 , 274
750
9 . 3

11 , 900
8 , 204
7 , 29 7
907
11.1

11 ,709
8,023
7,454
569
7.1

11 , 8 5 2
8,003
7 ,357
646

11,867
8 ,027
7,342
685
8.5

11 , 8 8 3
8,079
7 , 300
779
9.6

11 , 9 0 0
8 ,076
7,230
846
10.5

Massachusetts
Civilian noninstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

Michigan
Civilian noninstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

New Jersey
Civilian noninatitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

New Yortc
Civilian noninstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

13 ,676
8 ,269
7 ,722
548
6.6

North Carolina
Civilian noninatitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
OMo
Civilian noninatitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

Pennsylvania
Civilian noninstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

Texaa
Civilian noninstitutional population.
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

11
3
7

,,709
,150
,
,
,519
631
7.7

11 ,837
7 ,990
7,319
671
8.4

8.1

4

These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' aetlmates used in the administration of
Federal fund allocation programs.




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

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-14. Persons not In labor force by reason, sex, and race, quarterly averages
(In thousands)

i

Fleeson, sex, end reee
1985

1986

II

11

II

62 ,684

62 ,601

62 , 740

56 ,614
5 ,589
3 ,961
77 ,527
14 ,775
4 ,761

56 , 5 3 0
5 ,834
4 ,181
26 ,745
15 ,396
4 ,373

6 ,069
1 ,905
777
1 ,2 12
1 , 108
794
314
1 ,066

19bb

1985
IV

1

II

62 ,,946

62 , 7 8 3

b 2 , 798

62 :,650

56 ,927
6 ,260
3 ,836
27 ,298
14 ,688
4 ,845

56 ,,788
6 ,266
,
,
3 ,862
26 ,,999
1 5,156
,
,
4 ,505

56 , 7 2 1
6 ,3 14
3 ,923
26 ,822
1 5,299
4 ,362

57 , 254
6 , 24 1
4 , 20b
26 , 8 1 3
15 , 069
4 , 926

56 ,931
6 ,589
4 ,047
26 ,528
1 5,298
4 ,468

6 ,072
1 ,776
859
1 ,250
,04
1
1
734
307
1 ,145

5 ,791
1 ,444
813
1 ,263
1 ,151
813
338
1 , 120

6 ,040
,
1 ,447
,
786
1 ,355
,
1 ,246
,
824
422
1 ,2
, 06

6 ,02 3
1 ,473
851
1 ,391
1 , 187
794
392
1 ,12 1

5 , 794
1 ,439
836
1 ,394
1 ,09 7
764
333
1 ,027

5 ,8 80
1 ,36b
91 I
1 ,306
1 ,101
7l3
347
1 , 197

19 ,818

20 ,162

19 ,982

20 ,,166

20 ,195

20 , 164

20 ,313

17 , 5 8 1

18 , 0 1 0

18 ,025

18 ,053
,

18 , 1 0 5

18 , 350

18 ,535

2 ,237
957
334
514
431

2 , 153
865
452
389
447

2 ,002
721
363
5 04
414

2 ,022
695
400
525
403

1 ,942
741
350
428
424

1 ,957
b59
49b
38b
41b

42 ,866

42 ,439

42 ,758

42 ,779
,

42 ,588

42 , 636

42 ,337

39 ,033

38 , 520 '

38 ,902

38 :,735

38 ,616

38 , 904

38 ,39b

3 ,788
723
449
1 ,263
647
706

4 ,029
,
753
423
1 ,355
,
754
745

3 ,852
,
699
487
1 ,394
670
603

3 ,923
70b
415
1 , 30b
715
782

III

TOTAL

Current activity:
III disabled
Retired

Reason not looking:
III health disability

Men

Oo not want a job now •

Reason not looking:

School attendance
Ill health disability
Think cannot get a job
Other reasons3

.
2 ,010
694
363
492
46 1

Women

Do not want a job now

Reason not looking:

School attendance
Ill health, disability
Home responsibilities
Think cannot get a job
Other reasons

3 ,833
948
443
1 ,212
594
635

3 ,919
911
407
1 ,250
652
699

4 ,001
778
452
1 ,391
662
7 19

White
Total not in labor force
Do not want a job now .
Want a job now
Reason not looking:

School attendance
Ill health disability
Home responsibilities
Think cannot get a job
Other reasons

53 ,725

53 ,584

53 ,819

53 :,925

53 , 6 8 9

53 ,, 746

53 , 6 b 6

49 ,336

49 ,106

49 ,613

49 ,384

49 ,344

49 ,,542

4 y ,365

4 ,389
1 ,354
545
905
727
859

4 ,478
1 ,300
605
931
703
939

4 ,266
996
560
1 ,027
752
932

4 ,507
1 ,110
594
991
815
998

4 ,400
1 ,053
601
1 ,028
814
903

4 ,,247
996
624
1 ,039
,
736
852

4 ,381
960
621
1 ,060
725
1 ,015

7 ,273

7 ,187

7 ,269

7 ,361

7 ,326

7 ,280
,

7 ,187

5 ,828

5 ,829

5 ,906

5 ,977

5 ,925

,
5 ,953

5 ,905

1 ,444
480
219
277
315
153

1 ,358
400
229
285
264
180

1 ,353
382
214
260
342
155

1 ,332
318
198
294
347
176

1 ,428
344
239
308
358
180

1 ,371
,
411
iy8
286
325
151

1 ,282
323
225
269
286
180

Black
Total not in labor force
Do not want a job now
Want a job now
Reason not looking:

School attendance '
HI healto dteeWIHy
Think cannot get a job
Qthtr reeeons

1
3

Job market factors Include "aattW not Und job" and "thinks no )ob available."
Personal factors include "employer* think too young or old," "lacks education or training," and




"other personal handicap.
' Includes small number of men not looking for work because of home responsibilities.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls by industry

SeasonaMy adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
June
1985

Total
Total private

p

June
1986

p

June
1985

Feb.
1986

Mar.

Apr.

1986

1986

June p

May p
1986

1986

98,317

99,553

100,333

100,728

97 , 4 4 2

9 9 , 429

9 9 , 484

99 , 7 8 3

9 9 , 908

99 , 8 19

81 , 8 7 0

82,547

83,270

83,927

81 , 0 8 2

82 , 7 4 8

82 , 7 8 5

8 3 , 072

83 , 165

83 ,

25,229

24,751

24,960

25,199

104

2 4 , 897

2 5 ,038

24 , 9 4 5

25 , 0 3 8

24 , 9 6 4

24 , 859

786
452 . 3

776
442 . 1

936
590

880
541

852
518

821
488

788
459

769
443

4,865
1 , 289.7

4,783
1 ,260.0

5,001
1,309.8

5 , 154
1,346.6

4 , 671
1, 241

4 , 864
1, 320

4 , 838
1 ,2 9 8

4 , 972
1 , 315

4 , 976
1 , 312

4 , 946
1 , 296

workers

19,420
13,204

19,154
12,997

19,173
13,011

19,269
13,092

1 9 ,2 9 0
1 3 , 105

1 9 , 294
13, 097

1 9 , 255
13, 061

19 , 2 4 5
13 , 0 6 0

1 9 , 2 00
1 3 , 026

19 , 144
1 2 ,996

workers

11 , 5 9 9
7,721

11,390
7,538

11 , 3 9 0
7,539

11,396
7,541

11 , 517
7 , 654

1 1 ,4 5 5
7 , 579

i l l , 418
7, 545

11 >4 1 5
7 , 547

1 1 >378
7 , 522

1 1 ,3 1 7
7 , 479

714.3
490.3
601 . 8
82 3 . 3
312.6
1,475.9
2,200.7
2,215.9
1,979.4
888.5
727 . 5
369.6

704.3
495.3
593 .7
790.2
294 .7
1,445.4
2,115.0
2, 1 7 0 . 6
1,986.3
852 . 6
721.6
367 . 7

7 15
493
594
787
j
293
1 ,450
2 , 118
2 , 177
1 , 989
858
726
|
369

719
494
600
785
291
1, 451
2 , 1 11
2 , 177
1 , 986
85 4
723
369

;
'
|

7,821
5,483

7 ,764
5,459

7,783
5,472

7 , 830
5 , 513

|

1,610.1
61.0
704.4
1,124.8
689.0
1 , 434.3
! 1,054.3
1
1oL . /
i
792.5
167.9

1 , 572 . 8
59.3
703.6
1,121.1
685 . 1
1,473.5
1,026.7

1,598.4
58.3

73,088 i

74,802

75,373

5,287
3,036
2,251

5,229
3,016
2,213

5,267
3,048
2,219

5,219
3,075
2 , 144

5 , 767
3,429
2 ,338

5,838
3,478
2 , 360

5,858
3,485
2 ,373

5,854
3,470
2 , 384

Oil and g a s extraction

Construction
General building contractors

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

Nondurable goods
Production

May
1986

814
479.91

Mining

Production

1986

944
588. 5

Goods-producing

Production

Apr .

workers

741.2
719.3
493 . 3
494.8
602 . 9
611.5
786.5
771.2
293.7
292 .7
1 , 445.8 1,449.3
2, 102. 1 2 , 0 9 7 . 2
2,171.7
2, 1 5 6 . 3
1 ,980.1 1,981.2
845.9
845. 3
724 . 1
719.9
369.4
368.0

j

696
491
589
814 |
307
1 , 468
2 , 190
2, 207
1 , 970
879
724
368

7 16
494
597
795
299
1 ,4 5 2
2 , 127
2 , 18 1
1 , 998
864
725
37 0

1

!
7 ,773 i
5, 451 |

7 , 839
5 , 518

! 7 , 837
| 5 , 516

1 , 631
63
705
1, 122
687
1 , 467
1 , 032
16 7
803
162

! 1 ,6 3 2
63
|
707
;
1 , 117
688
1 , 469
1 , 031
16 6
804
160

72 , 5 4 5

74 , 3 9 1

74 , 5 3 9

5 ,238
3 ,001
2 ,237

5 ,277
3 ,048
2 ,229

5 ,280
3 ,053
2 ,227

5 ,736
3 ,408
2 , 328

5 ,843
3 , 482
2 ,361

1 8 , 0 8 0 17 , 3 7 9
2 ,329
2,286.9
2,935.3
2 ,781
1 , 967 . 8
1 , 894
6,118.8
5 ,728

17 , 7 9 5
2 ,333
2 ,891
1 ,938
5 ,854

7,873
5,551

;
!

1
j
•

1 , 447 :
2 , 100 ;
2 , 176
1 , 972
839 !
721 1
369 ;

722
49 6
598
763
2 88
i , 44 2
2 , 08 7
2 , 1 48
1 ,9 7 3
837
7 20
368

7 , 822
5 , 504

!

7 , 827
5 ,5 1 7

1 , 639

!

719 J
49 6
5 99 1
779 ;

,

288 ,

!

1
Food and kindred products
T o b a c c o 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
Transportation and public utilities
Transportation
Communication and public utilities

Wholesale trade
Durable g o o d s
Nondurable g o o d s

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
State
Local

17,525
2,275.5
2,785.2
1,915.5
5,923.2
5,994
2,986
1 ,833
1,175

800.8
155.9

1 , 649 . 9
58.8
710.4
706.0
1,121.4
1,116.5
687 . 3
695 . 4
1,472.0
1 , 479.2
1 , 0-2 3 . 7 1 , 0 3 0 . 8
16 7 . 7
800.0
805.0
154.8
154.6

17 , 6 5 5
17 , 9 0 3
2,255.1 2,274.7
2,878.4 2,897.7
1 , 932.6 1,948.6
5,859.4 6,006.5
6,203
3,111
1,906
1, 186

6,255
3 , 128
1,916
1,211

22,068
4,450.9
6,319.6

22,871
4,707.6
6,504.7

23,027
4,738.2
6,533.7

16,447
2,915
3,731
9,801

17,006
2,908
4,032
10,066

17,063
2,935
3,984
1 0 , 144

75,529

6,334
3 , 165
1 ,929
1,240
23,241
4,826.5
6,579.2
16 , 8 0 1
2,975
3,824
10,002

1 , 611
65 !
700
1 , 109
682
1, 433
1 , 046
17 9
784
164

i 1 , 633
i
!

63 1
703 1
1 , 119 '
1
j
689
i l > 472
1, 028
16 6
800
157

i

797
154
74 , 9 44

5 ,266
3 ,040
2 ,226

5 ,262
3 ,036
2 ,226

5 ,841
3 ,480
2 , 361

5 , 864
3 , 485
2 ,379

5 ,868
3 , 485
2 , 383

17 , 8 2 8
2 ,333
2 ,901
1 ,939
5 ,868

17 , 8 5 1
2 , 342
2 ,910
1,940
5 ,859

17 , 9 0 3
2 , 345
2 ,912
1,943
5 ,889

!

50
b2
706
I , 1 06
689
I , 47 8
1 ,02 3
16 5
796
152

74

;

,960

5 ,170
3 ,039
2,13 1
5 ,824
3 ,449
2 ,37 5
17

,919
2 ,341
2 ,932
1 ,944
5 ,918

5 ,939
2 ,970
1 ,827
1,142

6 ,157
3 ,082
1 ,889
1 , 186

6 , 184
3 ,095
1 ,900
1 , 189

6 ,228
3 , 120
1 ,910
1 , 198

6 ,256
3 ,134
1 ,916
1 , 206

21 , 8 9 3
4 ,433
6 ,291

22 , 6 38
4 ,687
6 ,471

22 , 7 0 7
4 ,698
6 ,497

22 , 8 2 5
4 ,750
6 ,511

22 , 9 12
4 ,752
6 , 540

23

16 , 3 6 0
2 ,872
3 ,835
9 ,653

16 , 6 8 1
2 ,918
3 ,924
9 ,839

16 , 6 9 9
2 ,923
3 ,927
9 ,849

16 , 7 1 1
2 ,914
3 ,938
9 ,859

16 , 7 4 3
2 ,923
3 ,933
9 ,887

16 , 7 15
2 ,931
' 3, 9 3 0
9 ,854

p = preliminary.




1 , 112
689
1 , 473
1 , 025

74 , 7 4 5

i

1 ,6

62 :
7 05 1

6 ,275
3 , 149
1 ,92 1
1 ,205

,057
4 ,807
,553

6

0

i

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

"

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2. Average weekly hours off production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by industry
Seasonally adjuated

Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
June
1985

Total private

Apr

1986

May

1986

P

June
1986

June
P 1985

Feb.
1986

Mar.

Apr.

May

1986

1986

1986

June
P 1986

35 2

34 6

34, ,7

35,,0

34.9

34.9

34.9

34.8

34.8

34.8

43 7

42 0

4 1 , ,7

4 2 , .1

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Construction

38 0

37 6

38, ,0

38, ,0

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Manufacturing
Overtime hours

40 7
3 3

40 5
3 2

4 0 .. 6
3,,3

4 0 , ,8
3,,3

40.5
3.2

40.7
3.4

40.7
3.4

40.7
3.4

40.7
3.4

40.6
3.3

Durable goods
Overtime hours

41 4
3 4

41 2
3 4

41 ,,2
3,,3

4 1 , ,4
3,,4

41.2
3.4

41.4
3.5

41.4
3.6

41.3
3.6

41.2
3.4

41.2
3.4

40 8
39 2
42, ,5
41 ,,8
4 1., 5
41 ,,6
41 .,6
4 0 . ,7
4 2 .. 6
4 3 . ,3
41 ., 1
39. ,4

40 2
38 9
42, .5
41, ,6
4 1 ,, 2
41, ,0
41 ,,5
40, ,8
4 2 . ,3
42, ,4
4 1 . ,0
39, ,7

4 0 . ,5
39. ,0
4 2 . ,7
41 ,,7
4 1 ,. 6
41 ., 1
4 1 . ,5
4 0 . ,8
4 2 ,, i
4 2 , ,2
40, 6
39. ,4

40, ,9
39, ,5 .
4 3 , ,0
41, ,8
4 1 ,, 7
41 ,,2
4 1 ., 6
4 1 . ,0
4 2 . ,3
4 2 . ,8
4 1 . ,0
39. ,9

40. 1
39. 1
41.9
41.5
41.1
41.4
41.6
40.6
42.4
42.9
41.1
(2)

40.0
39.7
41.9
42. 1
41.8
41 . 5
41.6
40.9
42.7
43.4
41.2
(2)

40.2
39.4
41.9
41.9
41.7
41.4
41.6
41.0
42.7
43.3
41.3
(2)

40.3
39. 1
42.4
41.3
40.5
41.2
41.8
41 . 1
42. 1
41.9
41.3
(2)

40.3
39.4
42.3
41.7
41.5
41 . 1
41.8
41.0
42.0
41.9
40.8
(2)

40.2
39.4
42.4
41.6
41.2
41.0
41.6
41.0
42.2
42.5
41.0
(2)

3 9 . ,6
3.,0

39, ,6
3,, 1

39, 8
3. ,2

3 9 . ,9
3.,2

39.5
3.0

39.7
3.2

39.8
3.2

39.9
3.3

39.9
3.4

39.8
3.2

39, ,9
37. ,7
3 9 . ,9
36. ,7
4 3 . ,0
37. ,3
4 2 ., 1
4 2 . ,7
41 .,2
37, ,9

39. ,6
36, ,6
4 0 . ,6
36, ,4
4 2 . ,9
37 ,,9
4 1 . ,9
4 3 , ,5
4 1 ., 1
36, ,3

4 0 , ,2
3 8 , ,0
4 1 , ,0
3 6 , ,5
4 3 ., 1
3 7 , ,8
4 2 , ,0
4 3 ,, 1
4 1 ., 1
36, 6

4 0 . ,2
38. ,9
4 0 . ,9
37. , 1
4 3 . ,3
37. ,7
4 2 . ,0
4 3 . ,8.
41 ., 1
37. ,3

39.8
(2)
39.5
36.3
42.9
37.6
41.9
42.7
(2)
(2)

39.8
(2)
40.6
36.3
43.5
38.0
41.8
43.7
(2)
(2)

39.9
(2)
40.7
36.5
43.5
38.0
41.9
43.8
(2)
(2)

40.2
(2)
41.3
36.9
43.0
38.0
41.9
43.6
(2)
(2)

40.3
(2)
41.1
36. 5
43.2
38.0
42.0
43.3
(2)
(2)

40. 1
(2)
40. 5
36.7
43.3
38.0
41.8
43.8
(2)
(2)

Transportation and public utilities

3 9 . ,8

3 9 . ,0

3 8 , ,9

3 9 . ,4

39.5

39.5

39.6

39.2

39. 1

39. 1

Wholesale trade

3 8 . ,6

38. ,3

3 8 , ,4

38. ,5

38.5

38.4

38.5

38.5

38.4

38.3

Retail trade

2 9 . ,9

2 8 . ,9

2 9 ., 1

2 9 , ,6

29.5

29.3

29.3

29.2

29.2

29.2

Finance, insurance, and real estate

3 6 . ,7

36, ,4

3 6 . ,3

36. ,7

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Services

3 2 . ,7

32, ,4

3 2 . ,4

3 2 . ,7

32.5

32.6

32.5

32.5

32. 5

32.5

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

1
Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; to construction
workers in construction; and to nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public
utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private
nonagricultural payrolls.




P

' 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

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural
payrolls by Industry
Average weekly e a m i n g a

Average hourly earnings
Induatry

Apr.
1986

June
1986

Apr.
1986

May
1986 P

June
1986

$8.54
8.57

$8.72
8.72

$8.72
8.73

$8.72
8.75

$300.61
299.09

$301.71
303.46

$302.58
303.80

$305.20
304.50

12.02

12.43

12.43

12.51

525.27

522.06

518.33

526.67

12.17

12.29

12.34

12.31

462.46

4 6 2 . 10

468.92

467.78

9.52

9.70

9.71

9.70

387.46

392.85

394.23

395.76

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

10.08
8.26
7.17
9.85
11.65
13.28
9.68
10.28
9.46
12.66
13.36
9.12
7.30

10.28
8.32
7.36
10.00
12.00
13.82
9.84
10.55
9.62
12.83
13.54
9.41
7.50

10.27
8.36
7.40
10.03
12.02
13.83
9.84
10.55
9.64
12.79

417.31
337.01
281.06
418.63
486.97
552.45
402.69
427.65
385.02
539.32

423.54
334.46
286.30
425.00
499.20
569.38
403.44
437.83
392.50
542.71

423.12
338.58
288.60
428.28
501.23
575.33
404.42
437.83
393.31
538.46

425.18
345.61
294.67
431.72
500.76
581.30
405.82
439.71
394.42
541.44

13.46
9.39
7.52

10.27
8.45
7 .46
10.04
11.98
13.94
9.85
10.57
9.62
12.80
13.47
9.39
7 . 56

578.49
374.83
287.62

5 7 4 . 10
385.81
297.75

568.01
381.23
296.29

Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
T o b a c c o manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
C h e m i c a l s a n d allied products
Petroleum a n d coal products
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products
Leather a n d leather products

8.69
8 . 58
12.76
6.68
5.71
10.79
9.63
11.51
13.99
8.51
5.83

8.88
8.75
12.84
6.87
5.81
11.05
9.87
11.82
14.16
8.68
5.89

8.91
8.78
13.37
6.88
5.78
11.12
9.92
11.88
14.00
8.74
5.89

8.90
8.75
13.63
6.85
5.79
11.11.
9.90
11.90
14.03
8.76
5.87

3 4 4 . 12
342.34
481.05
266.53
209.56
463.97
359.20
484.57
597.37
350.61
220.96

351.65
346.50
469.94
278.92
211.48
474.05
374.07
495.26
615.96
356.75
213.81

354.62
352.96
508.06
282.08
210.97
479.27
374.98
498.96
603.40
359.21
215.57

355. 1 1
351.75
530.21
280.17
214.81
481.06
373.23
499.80
614.51
360.04
218.95

11.34

11.55

11.52

11.58

451.33

450.45

4 4 8 . 13

456.25

Total private

Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumber and w o o d products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products

Transportation a n d public utilities

P

June
1985

May
1986

June
1985

P

P

* 576.52
384.9?
301.64

W h o l e s a l e trade

9.16

9.29

9.28

9.33

353.58

355.81

356.35

359.21

Retail trade

5.91

6.01

6.00

5.99

176.71

173.69

174.60

177.30

7.96

8.29

8.33

8.43

2 9 2 . 13

301.76

302.38

309.38

7.85

8.12

8.10

8.10

256.70

263.09

262.44

264.87

Finance, Insurance, a n d real estate

1

S e e footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.

Table B-4. Hourly Earnings Index for production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by industry
(1977 « 1 0 0 )
N o t seaeonally adjusted

Percent
change

Industry

T o t a l private nonfarm:
Current dollars
Constant (1977) dollars
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation a n d public utIIHIes .
W h o l e s a l e trade
Retail trade
Finance, Insurance, a n d
veal e s t a t e

8mtew
1
2
3
4

Seasonally adjuated

June
1985

Apr.
1986

164.8
93.8
179.0
148.9
168.5
165.2
169.0
155.4

168.4
95.4
181.2

172.2
167.7

May
1986p

June
1986p

June
1985June
1986

169.0
N.A.
181.2

2.5
(2)
1.3

149.9
172.2
169.0
171.3
157.8

168.6
95.2
180.7
150.9
172.5
168.7
171.3
157.7

150.5
172.5
169.7
172.1
157.9

1.1
2.4
2.7
1.8
1.6

178.9
173.1

179.6
173.1

181.6
173.5

5.4
3.4

Percent
change
June
1985

Feb.
1986

Mar.
1986

Apr.
1986

165.2
94.2
(4)
149.8
168.7
166.4
(4)
155.2

168.2
94.4
(4)
149.7
171.3
169.6
(4)
157.3

168.5
95.1
(4)
149.2
171.8
170.2
(4)
157.4

168.4
95.4
(4)
150.6
172.0
169.3
(4)
157.3

(4)
168.7

(4)
173.1

(4)
174.0

(4)
173.1

May
1986p

June
1986p

(4)
151.2
172.4
169.7
(4)
157.1

169.4
N.A.
(4)
151.4
172.7
170.9
(4)
157.7

• 0.4
(3)
(4)
.2
. l

(4)
173.3

(4)
174.5

(4)
.7

168.6
95.4

See f o o t n o t e 1, t a b l e
B-2.
P e r c e n t c h a n g e i s 1 . 4 p e r c e n t f r o m May 1985 t o May 1 9 8 6 , t h e l a t e s t m o n t h
available.
Percent change i s l e s s than .05 p e r c e n t from A p r i l
1986 t o May 1 9 8 6 , t h e l a t e s t m o n t h
available.
These s e r i e s are not s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d s i n c e the s e a s o n a l component i s s m a l l r e l a t i v e
to the t r e n d - c y c l e
i r r e g u l a r components and c o n s e q u e n t l y
c a n n o t be s e p a r a t e d w i t h s u f f i c i e n t
precision.
N.A.
Data not
available
p •
preliminary




May
1986June
1986

.7
(4)
.4

and/or

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

"

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory

workers1

on private nonagricultural

payrolls by industry
(1977=100)
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

Total

June
1985

Apr.
1986

May
June
1986 P 1986 P

117.4

116.3

117.6

119.7

June
1985

Feb.
1986

Mar.
1986

Apr.
1986

May
1986

115.2

117.5

117.4

117.8

117.7

p

June
1986

p

117.5

100.7

97.6

99.0

100.5

98.3

98.8

98.5

99.4

98.9

98.2

Mining

109.5

88.6

84.4

84.0

107.9

99.3

95.0

90.2

84.7

82.8

Construction

132.4

126.8

135.4

140.1

123.5

126.3

126.6

133.7

133.1

130.8

94.2

92.3

92.7

93.6

93.0

93.5

93.3

93.2

92.9

92.6

93.9
99.3
102.7
89.7
68.4
56.8
92.5
93.2
106.9
97.9
92.5
106.9
80.7

91.1
96.6
103.4
88.4
65.6
53.6
89.2
89.3
102.1
96.2
86.4
105.2
81.0

91.2
99.7
103.3
90.5
65.5
53.8
89.4
88.5
102.3
95.4
85.2
103.7
80.9

91.7
103.9
105.3
92.6
63.9
54.1
90.1
88.4
101.5
95.6
86.0
105.7
82.5

92.6
94.7
102.8
86.1
67.1
54.3
91.5
92.7
96.8
89.6
106. 1
80.6

92.1
98.1
104.9
87.4
66.8
55.1
90.6
89.6
103.2
97.9
c89.4
105.8
82.4

91.7
98.6
104.4
87.4
65.6
53.6
90.2
89.3
102.9
97. 1
88.4
106. 1
81.8

91.5
99.3
103.6
89.2
64.7
51.8
90.1
89.4
103.0
95.6
85.3
106. 1
81.6

91.1
99.5
105.2
88.8
64.8
52.6
89.5
88.9
102.9
94.3
83.5
104.3
81.2

90.6
99.4
105.2
89. 1
62.9
52. 5
89.0
87.9
101.4
94.9
84.3
104.8
82.3

94.6
96.4
78.5
75.9
86.6
101.0
121.1
95.7
83.6
110. 1
65.6

94. 1
92.8
74.3
77.1
85.8
100.5
127.8
93.2
79.5
112.1
58. 1

94.9
96.6
96. 1
100.3
74.5 . 77.5
78.3
78.6
87.4
85.7
101.3
103.3
127.1
126.8
94. 1
92.9
82.5
79.9
112.0
112.8
58.0
59.0

93.7
96.6
83.5
74.7
84.4
99.6
122.2
94.4
82.2
108.3
62.6

95.5
98.2
82.8
77.3
85.5
102.0
127.0
93.3
81.0
112.1
61.3

95.7
98.4
85.4
77.8
85.4
102.0
127.4
93.4
80.4
112.7
60.9

95.8
99.1
81.6
78.4
86.6
101.0
127.8
93.2
80.1
111.8
58.5

95.6
99.8
81.0
78.4
85.1
101.7
127.7
92.8
80.3
111.6
57.3

95.6
100.4
80.8
77.4
85.2
102.1
128.0
92.7
81.2
111.2
56.6

126.6

126.7

127.9

130.2

124.6

127.8

127.8

127.9

128. 1

128. 1

Transportation and public utilities

108.9

105.4

106. 1

106.3

107.0

108.0

108.2

106.8

106.6

104.3

Wholesale trade

119.3

119.3

120.0

120.2

118.1

119.8

120. 1

120.6

120.2

118.9

Retail trade

119.0

115.4

117.8

121.2

116.3

118.3

118.4

118.1

118.4

118.4

Finance, insurance, and reel estate

132.2

134.8

135.4

138.9

130.6

135.4

135.6

135.4

135.6

137.3

Services

140.4

144. 1

145. 1

147.6

138.5

143.7

143.5

144.2

144.8

145.5

Goods-producing

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

.

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
Service-producing

1

See footnote 1, table B-2.
p = preliminary.

10.6.2

c = corrected. Corrected seasonally adjusted indexes for motor vehicles and equipment in May 1985 and January 1986 are 91.3 and 92.1, respectively.

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

Year

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Over
1-month
span

1984
1985
1986

67.8
52.4
59.7

72.7
47.8
53.5

67.6
53.8
45.1

67.6
49.2
54.1

62.4
51.6
p50. 5

65.4
47.0
p44.1

62.2
56.2

55.9
56.8

50.5
50.8

63. 0
61. 9

53.5
57.6

57.0
59.5

Over
3-month
span

1984
1985
1986

76.5
51.1
58.1

75.1
49.7
54.3

75.9
46.2
51.1

71.4
46.2
p50.0

71.6
45.1
p47.6

68.1
51.4

63.2
49.7

58.1
51.1

56.8
55. 1

53. 5
55. 9

58.1
61.4

53.0
60.5

Over
6-month
span

1984
1985
1986

78.1
49.2
53.8

76.5
47.8
p54.1

77.0
43.0
p48.1

75.1
45.9

69.2
44.3

65.1
44.3

63.2
48.9

59.2
50.8

58.6
54.1

53. 2
57. 0

49.7
57.0

54.9
55.9

Over
12-month
span

1984
1985
1986

81.1
46.2

78.1
45.7

72.2
46.8

72.2
43.8

68.9
44.9

67 . 8
47.3

65.7
47.6

62.7
48.9

59.7
47.3

54. 6
49. 5

51.4
p49.2

48.6
p47.6

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




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